GRANDADDY

GRANDADDY

UNDER THE WESTERN FREEWAY (1997)

  1. Non Phenomenal Lineage
  2. A.M. 180
  3. Collective Dreamwish Of Upperclass Elegance
  4. Summer Here Kids
  5. Laughing Stock
  6. Under The Western Freeway
  7. Everything Beautiful Is Far Away
  8. Poisoned At Hartsy Thai Food
  9. Go Progress Chrome
10. Why Took Your Advice
11. Lawn & So On

GRANDADDY

UNDER THE WESTERN FREEWAY

1. NON PHENOMENAL LINEAGE

Hello good morning sir
The results are back
Now it's time to pack
Your things and go
Seems you came up rather short
Of the average sort
Now I must inform
You've no reason left
To remain here

Now surely you understand
Only gifted hands
Will receive the chance
To touch down on fortune
Now we'll gather up your things
And lead you to the gate
And you will go away
And never attempt to return here.

2. A.M. 180

Don't change your name keep it the same
For fear I may lose you again
I know you won't, it's just that I am unorganized
And I want to find you when
Something good happens

If you come down we'll go to town
I haven't been there for years
But I'd be fine wasting our time
Not doing anything here
Just doing nothing

We'll sit for days talk about things
Important to us like whatever
Well defuse bombs walk marathons
And take on whatever together
Whatever together (5 x).

3. COLLECTIVE DREAMWISH OF UPPERCLASS ELEGANCE

Here I sit and play guitar
Drink beer out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town... and now it's Sunday
So here I sit and play guitar
Count stars out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town... now there's no one around

Here I sit and play guitar
Drink beer out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town... and now it's Sunday
So here I sit and play guitar
Count stars out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town... now there's no one around.

4. SUMMER HERE KIDS

Summer here kids

After she lets you glide around
Finally hit the ground like a paper plane
Take a trip join me in the sun
But not really though,
Cause I ain't having fun

Cause summer here kids
Summer here totally lies
Tourist Info said I'd have a good time
Summer here kids
All of them awful lies
Tourist Info said I'd have a good time

Do as I didn't do because
I'm a picture of imdumbivinity
Stay alone put a record on
Listen to the songs
Keep yourself at home

Cause summer here kids
Summer here totally lies
Tourist Info said I'd have a good time
Summer here kids
All of them awful lies
Tourist Info said I'd have a good time
I'd have a good time
I'm not having a good time
I'm not having a good time.

5. LAUGHING STOCK

We do believe it ends right here
The orchestrations and the dream is clear
Shuttle departs and they're all there
Everyone's cracking up but we don't care

And we agree it's what we need, orchestrareal

Whisper the cymbals ride on in
Though this time we'll trade the strings for old 110
Headphones will assure position when
The crowd fades and the overture begins

And we agree it's what we need, orchestrareal
And we agree it's what we need, orchestrareal

I don't believe the way this feels
Slight alterations leave enraptured ears
Headphones will insure possession when
The crowd fades and the overture begins

And we agree it's what we need, orchestrareal
And we agree it's what we need, orchestrareal.

6. UNDER THE WESTERN FREEWAY
Instrumental

7. EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS FAR AWAY

He just finished
Eating dinner
And stepped outside the cave to smoke
A cigarette he'd made
From rolled up photo paper
They were pictures of things back on earth
He looked out
On the grayish white expanse
Of uninhabited terrain
He now called home

He'd seen plenty
Mirages and imaginary visitors
Up until then
So he wasn't sure what to think when
He saw swans
And they were wading on the shores
Of a pale white lake
He had never seen there before
And it was quite beautiful
And it was far away
Cause everything beautiful is far away

He knew he was as good as gone
But gone was somewheres
He really didn't mind going to
Since the shuttle had crashed
Many years had passed
And the pictures of his loved ones
That he drew on the walls of the cave
Had finally faded
He put out his smoke
And proceeded towards the lake
Repeating to himself
Everything beautiful is far away.

8. POISONED AT HARTSY THAI FOOD
A story about some poisoned food

Mister Heartson came over and asked
What the heck's going on
The both of them began to throw up
All over the photos on the table
Billy spilled his Pepsi
Chandler, she was laying on the floor
Nobody knows where poison goes
Or where it came from
Nobody knows, poison Heartson.

9. GO PROGRESS CHROME

Go progress chrome
They paint the moon today
Some brand new future color

Go progress chrome
I aim to shoot the scaffolds
I like it how it's always been

Go progress chrome
Nocturnal glare confusion
The night owl and I
Will hunt the contractor

Go progress chrome
I won't be at your unveiling
I like it how its always been
How its always been.

10. WHY TOOK YOUR ADVICE

I took your advice and turned my cable off
You said you'd do it too
How come you never call?

I took your advice and fixed my radio
But I can't find anything
That sounds good anymore

I took your advice
And bought the microscope
But I can't find anything
I wanna see up close

Why took your advice
Why took your advice
Why took your advice

How come you never call?
How come you never call?

11. LAWN & SO ON
Instrumental

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