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Beth is a Dasher
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Beth is a dasher
drives a Honda Accord
renting her cousin’s sublease
new gig economy
new buzz words like “precarity”
she moonlights ubereats
Tacoma, Washington 2024
where the rails meet the sails
she had a BA in computer science
spent her evenings working driving
but if she only knew
we’re only five years out and that’s pretty soon
from McDonalds on a terraformed moon
they got Frank Gehry to design the building It was his greatest work yet
he put a new spin on the Golden Arches
now they’re building new apartments
and if we only knew
that they would gentrify the final frontier
and if we only knew
whatever the new day shows
whatever tomorrow knows
whatever the future brings Im lovin’ it
and if we only knew
sci-fi reality aint really too far
and if we only knew
Its Dominos autonomous oven-cars
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do you remember the year 2006?
you had an ACDC t shirt and a Line 6 with reverb
keith and Mackenzie would come over after school
you’d eat a pepperoni pizza playing covers of old Weezer
I've got an old Gibson SG
frozen cryogenically
in my basement for posterity
cause now rock and roll is dead
and it aint coming back again
the sands of time no tranquil sea
Guitar Center bankruptcy
thou fall back that apostasy
if you only knew in time
that styles change, that people die I will keep your song alive
I’ll hold it close until the end of time
if you only knew in time
that CDs skip, that people die
I will keep your song alive
I’ll hold it close until the end of time
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Wendy’s in the Digital Age
cyberpunk stuck in cyberspace
airbrush in the summer
Coachella was a bummer
another Jamba Juice double date
remember when the last era fell
and tight jeans saw their silent death knell
crypto crossed the river
the rubicon will shiver
a shaking of the virtual shell
watch the old order tumble and fall
in 1080p on my touch screen iWall
the resolution’s so much clearer than our eyes after all
Wendy’s in the digital age
Elon wants a drive thru in space
celestial devotion, terrestrial the motion
a shifting of tectonic plates
watch the old order tumble and fall
in 1080p on a touch screen iWall
the resolution’s so much clearer than our eyes after all
this ain’t a fortune
this ain’t a guess
it’s more like a notion
I'm something like a Foucault’s pendulum
or the Eagles when they had their reunion
what I’m saying is I’ll come back in the end
and maybe baby then we’ll be good friends
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Springsteen on Ice
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to fall in love with a girl like you
is similar to
ice fishing in that if you fall in
it might kill you
a song a poem a dream a door
they’re all the same
I'm going to the heart of the metaphor where the body meets the name
I want to tell you the truth
but not quite yet
white bread artists, ketchup chord patterns
always too sweet for my spoon
I guess some folks just never did learn
sometimes you gotta sing out of tune
and if you don’t believe me
well then you just have shit taste
come up front at our next gig
I swear I’ll say it to your face
I wanna tell you the truth
in due time
I can’t show all my cards
I can’t play all my tricks
what's a pretty girl like you doing in a dump like this
I wont bend like a branch when a great wind blows
or compromise with you
on shit that you don’t know
I can’t do the same sound
over again and again
and if that’s what you want from me
then go get bent
I won’t bow before the alter of good taste
when "Springsteen on Ice" comes
I’m lacing up my skates
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I want a girl like you Mandy
when I’m alone you’d be so handy
I think I want me a girl like you
Mandy like short for Amanda
I know you said you’ve got a man to
keep you warm
but man do I wish it were me
Oh Mandy can’t you see
that girls like you and guys like me
we were meant to be
I see you going with that asshole lance
fuck that guy and his prep school pants
Vineyard Vines what kind of WASP bullshit is that
so he’s got a 401k
drives a 2023 Enclave
I bet he doesn’t know the difference Between FLAC and mp3
and Mandy you’re like me
you dig Cat Power and drink third wave coffee
oh Mandy I just can’t see
why you’d be with him instead of me
and Mandy if you were with me
we’d have every single thing we could ever need
smoking clove cigarettes and tea
we could combine both our collections of Charles Bukowski
and plus my Steely Dan CDs
including Fagan solo works, oh Mandy please
late nights, you can’t sleep
you know I’d play guitar for you like Wes Montgomery
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Glenn
02:38
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Glenn when we met
we were only 19
I was just a child back then
but Glenn we fell
in lovein the summer
now 7 years have passed
and Glenn I know
when you look into my eyes
you know I won’t always be for you
and if you go to Toledo
I won’t follow you
but if you go there just know
I did love you, I really loved you
but I can’t follow you into the new sunrise
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see all the stars up in the sky
I’ve had a few drinks but please don’t mind
and we are falling in love
and we are all of the above
cause you’ve got something, I’ve got something too
you’ve got something, I’ve got something too
so turn around and look inside the truth
cause you’ve got something, I’ve got something too
meet me on Griswold after dark
streetlights shine, Capitol Park
we will light the city on fire
always thought I’d fall if I walked on that wire
cause you’ve got something I’ve got something too
you’ve got something, I’ve got something too
so turn around and look inside the truth
cause you’ve got something, I’ve got something too
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Doppelgänger
04:09
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I took a climb to the top of the mountain
I looked out over the sea
on Google Earth
surf and turf
in the homeland
I looked out over the world
I bought an old English dictionary
I sold my Portuguese canary
but maybe in due time
the opposites intertwine
like Nixon and Kennedy
our histories and memories
The Beatles and Rolling Stones
The Sex Pistols and Ramones
what is and what seems to be
the real and fake McCartney
I rode the railroads to Wichita
I studied the oeuvre of Peckinpah
but maybe in due time
the simulation aligns
the real and the replicant
the image and referent
like barbecue flavored chips
and barbecue as it is
the map and territory
based on a true story
Spaghetti, spaghetti-Os
the Gottis and Sopranos
John Lennon and Davey Jones
it's just where the money flows
the cash and commodity
the synth and the symphony
like nature and chromakey
what real life is meant to be
like blue light inside my phone
like voices through microphones
like words edit into prose
I’ve been living as a character lately
doing an impression of myself
I've been trapped inside this costume baby I’m gonna take it off for you
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I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
going back to the old times
back to the salt mines
going back to the landlines
before the information pipeline
before the westward expansion
cul de sacs of McMansions
subdivisions, subway sandwiches
suburbs and city planning
I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
I don’t want to know anything about anything anymore
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Time Ain't Coming Back
02:49
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time ain't coming back
you can forget about that
we’re trapped in the new dimension
home telephone calls
posters on the wall
all lost in a ten year daydream
when you feel it calling back
its a voice memo
its an old four track
time aint coming back
you can forget about that
got lost in the landslide honey
in dreams I hold you
we’re right back in school
like a snapshot but memories fail
Mandela effect
like old Malkmus said
"you can never quarantine the past"
and when I feel it calling back
its a slow fade out
to a soft flashback
time aint coming back
you can forget about that
we’re lost in the landslide honey
you’ve got potions and spells now
I’ve got a new joke for show and tell now
you said to make an appointment
I said to meet me on my doorstep
I need another reaction
Im all for finding satisfaction
you're harshing out on my mellow
sweet and sour, limoncello
time aint coming back
you can forget about that
there is a door that can never open
I reach out for you
you sleep right from view
waves crash on a silent shoreline
And when I feel it coming back
it’s a tape speed down
it’s a cut to black
time aint coming back
you can forget about that
we’re stuck in the new dimension
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we’d sincerely like to
invite you all
to set aside the sad times
sing a song
the screen door swung open
the light’s on for you
the spell has been cast now
let’s start anew
this is an invitation to write a song with us
a celebration of all things come and all things past
it’s a dream
this is the sound of
Bud Light and exodus
a phone call from a friend that
you didn’t know you missed
this is the verse still
always important to
remember what we shared together
the good, the bad, will be forever (yeah)
this is a coronation of all the times you lost
an exoneration of all your rights and all your wrongs
it’s a chance to start over
our light’s always shining
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Danny VanZandt Detroit, Michigan
Drawing from both the American indie rock of the 90s (Pavement, Built to Spill, Guided by Voices) , and the singer-
songwriter tradition of the 70s (Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen) Danny VanZandt’s music is an equally hooky and playful take on indie rock.
Detroit, MI.
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