Hooray for the Bad Guy!

by King Toad

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1.	Exposition 01:16	info	buy track
2.	Oh, Dear People 02:15	lyrics	buy track
Oh, dear people, you make me bored with myself And I was bored with myself anyway, OK Let's just go downtown & get a bite to eat And make fun of what we see along the way The demons they can feel but they don't feel pain They just want to have a good time all the time And me I'm living off of gas stations & vending machines And this life is d-d-d-dumb but it's mine All the air you've been breathing out It has circled around the world And all the time you've just been standing here Well your breath's already seen the world You can see the shape of your gods in the sky But not your hand in front of your face, I know And if I look to far I'm gonna burn myself On places I never meant to go Places I never wanted to go Places I wasn't meant to go All the air you've been breathing out It has dispersed around the world And all the life you've just been wasting here Well your breath's already seen the world
3.	A Torturous Ride 02:00	lyrics	buy track
Well you were checking me out I was checking out myself in the mirror And I could finally see cuz it Couldn't have been made any clearer I'm in for a torturous ride For the rest of my life, maybe longer Even now as you're checking me out And I'm checking out myself in the mirror Lah dah dah dah dah... Well you were checking me out I was checking out myself in the mirror And I finally realized with me in front of my eyes What's my secret Well I can make you feel dumb Even when I am wrong, that's a talent Even now as you're checking me out I'm just checking me out in the mirror Lah dah dah dah
4.	Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 03:45	lyrics	buy track
Hush hush, sweet Charlotte Things aren't quite as bad as they seem Been pushed round too often, yes But you haven't let them bury your dreams Drawn around what you haven't done yet Focused on what's already gone Hidden like there's nobody wants you Fading like a phantom at dawn Hush hush, sweet Charlotte Please don't let them rattle your brains Been lied to too often, yes Now your world seems so unbearably strange You fight to keep the things that you're used to Frightened by unstoppable change There's people close to you who will use you, yes But you mustn't let it happen again Floating in the fog of your impossible past You are sure you know the answers to what you're too scared to ask Trapped inside the horror of the things you have seen Now you're waiting for the flood to come and wash it all clean Hush hush, sweet Charlotte Things aren't quite as bad as they seem Been misled too often, yes Now let's show them what insanity means
5.	Far Away 01:30	lyrics	buy track
I'm a bonafide, certified child of Gawd Like every mother-lovin-hubbard Ha ha charade you are Take it to the edge & give you what you need Whenever you want cuz I am here in front of you & I'm here behind you yeah And if you want to be the one to go I know you will stay I am here in front of you & I'm here behind you I thought that I might have forgot I was all like, "Oh shit, I should have made a list I gonna forget & I did so now this." I am here in front of you & I'm here behind you Well maybe you're not looking or maybe you're Far away, too far away
6.	Gone 01:59	lyrics	buy track
Walking 'round stoned on my way to work The leaves have gone orange & my heart is full I've got coins in my pocket so I could take the bus But when I got to the corner I just wanted to walk Walking 'round stoned on my way to work The leaves have gone red & my heart is full I've got quarters in my pocket so I could take the bus But when I got to the corner I just wanted to walk Well how about some reconciliation? How about just 10 more minutes in bed? How does the body grow old when we're not aging? And how can you say we're at rest? How about some instant gratification? How about just 5 more minutes of sleep? How does the body grow old when we're not changing? And how can you say that we're free?
7.	Day Glo 01:52	lyrics	buy track
The past are days we have survived Not to be funny just for the record And how the days just passed you by It wasn't funny, I know cuz you said so Anyway you seemed to mean it And I was successful in salvaging pieces of Anything that seems to matter it seems can hurt you But I saw you laughing in Dayglo Technicolor The blades and pills and all their time Mean more to me now still less than they used to And all the times we stayed alive Mean more to them than whatever we do now But either way we stay the same And leave our mark the way we found it On the outside or stuck within It makes no difference But I saw you laughing in Dayglo Technicolor
8.	Swallow Your Plans 03:18	lyrics	buy track
You watched the cars come & go They moved along in rows as the daylight quickly waned You felt the cold on your face Held your scarf in place & quickly buried the day's remains They'll find you standing there You squint your eyes & think You never will be left behind again You're out there on your own 20 years from home I will be standing on the corner in the rain The dim light shines in the hall As you watch your body fall Through the doorway toward the kitchen sink and The water falls into your hands You swallow all your plans and Everything you hate will drown in your mouth Nobody follows me home I will remind you that I never will be left behind, and when You're out there on your own Shouting through the phone I will be standing on the corner in the rain And when you're on the window ledge Moving closer towards the edge I will be hiding in the corners of your brain You want the lightning, not the thunder You're scared to move because you might go under Where were you when you woke up today? When you woke up today? When you woke up today? Or did you wake up today? And I go ahhhh..... You're out there on your own All your thoughts are overgrown I will be burning my umbrella in the rain And when you hear the final call They need someone to take the fall but you said You would never be that way again, no no Not that way again, no no Not that way again, no no No no no
9.	The Wayside 02:27	lyrics	buy track
Gold flecks on the ground Strobe past the eyes & scroll under the feet It gets cold The wind holds you down Light gives way to dark & we're pressed where they meet The buzzing wall of giants fell And we've all got something to throw by the wayside The buzzing wall of giants fell You know we were here & you know we can't stay
10.	Drown & Rise 02:14	lyrics	buy track
I can feel the drown & rising I can feel the drown & rising Lover lover got the sex appeal Lover lover got the sex appeal Lover lover got the sex appeal I can feel as the anger's rising I can feel as the fear is rising I can feel as the drowning is rising in me I can feel as the fear is rising Fear is rising, fear is rising ...the sex appeal Lover lover got the sex appeal Lover got the sex... I can feel as the... Rise & fall I can feel as the drowning rising I can feel the drown & rising
11.	Happy & Evil 04:35	lyrics	buy track
You can take back whatever you want of yours And I don't think you have much that belongs to me I can't say that I never meant to hurt no one But I can say that it wasn't my priority There's no reason at all There's no reason at all I am curious about your thoughts on universal justice I enjoy hearing some of what you have to say Whether I believe you is secondary to the point Tomorrow I'll forget what your point was anyway There's no reason at all There's no reason at all I am happy & evil I am happy & evil I am happy & evil & that disproves you all You can think whatever you like of them It might hurt them but they hurt anyway And meanwhile, in the time it takes to break your body & mind I'll begin another flawless day I am happy & evil I am happy & evil I am happy & evil & that disproves you all God is watching but It's helpless to stop this God is watching but It's helpless to stop this God is watching but It's helpless to stop this Your God is watching but It's helpless to stop Me Your God is watching but It's helpless to stop Me now
12.	The Letter 03:36	lyrics	buy track
When the curtain rises the noise from a projectile is heard And a cry, "oh my god!" It falls in a heap on the ground and she follows Fires in fast succession into its prostrate body Stretched out flat with its face on the ground Then the sound of a click, the six chambers are empty It looks at the revolver and lets it be dropped with its hand And with a fall of eyes on the body they become enormous Like beginning out of its head Like they be getting out of its head A glance of horror inherits its face It gives a shiver as it looks at the dead man And then on and on he is gone life goes on And then on and on he is gone Such a melancholy air has settled in on this place forever Our star has killed her one true love Or something like it, something hard to get over Holding murder and adultery grimly at bay She's still the champ, she can just grin and bear it, the end All this death and deceit Something well worth it to see Bring it with it'd make a swell movie Presenting Mr. Herbert Marshall as the murdered lover In the year of our Lord 19 and 29 And then eleven years later make the picture again Mr. Marshall reborn as the husband this time But there's a new set of rules, a new code to obey We got that old time religion setting in on the brain So tell your lurid, unscrupulous tale once again But this time it'll be an eye for an eye in the end, Amen Such a wrong-headed life we just cannot abide You want to make it make it right, Bette Davis has to die
13.	Of Human Bondage 04:12	lyrics	buy track
A picture perfect unkind This world is lifetimes away from me She says "I don't mind" and the words defeat me Fingers trace the pulse that keeps me moving You've been so sweet to me all day It makes it so much easier to say I guess I'm bound to help you til I won't I guess I'm bound to like you more than anything until I don't Hit the volume/rewind Take two and it all unfolds again They say that the pain fades with time We're getting older but we're still not smarter People all so pleased to be alive To this day I can't imagine why I guess I'm bound to miss you for a time I guess I'm bound to grasp for some relief of any kind A gentleman in every sense of the word Yeah that's as maybe but what's the use When all you hear is "oh, you should be more like so" A single moment in time This life is eons away from me I say I don't mind but why should you believe me Thanks just the same I guess I've found my reasons It all seemed so much easier some time Turned out there was nothing much to find I guess I'm bound to brave another day I guess the horrors of the flesh are all we are anyway
14.	Home 02:53	lyrics	buy track
Home, could it be upside or down? Could it be here in this town? Rainbow flag painted brown by the dust and debris that coats everything. Home, on the palm of your hand map leads to right where you stand. Molecules drifting say, "Remember, people like us are wrong all the time you know." Home, used to be the USSR, used to be half way too far. Could it be wherever you are? No that's the stars in your eyes reminding you of your Home, could it be touched in the head? Could it be better off dead? Does it remember what you said and does it hold a grudge? Home, does it work just like you planned? Know it like the back of my hand but I never did understand what that means 'cause when I walk the streets I look down. Does it come out in the night? Does it change shape in the light? Does it tell you might equals right, giving you the fight of your life? Buries you deep in the sand, takes your food, bites your hand. Make your very last stand for the place you call Home, could it be upside or down? Could it be here in this town? Rainbow flag painted brown by the dust & debris, it coats everything. Home, on the palm of your hand, map leads to right where you stand. Molecules drifting say, "Remember, people like us are wrong all the time you know." Home, used to be the USSR. Is it really always so far? Could it be wherever you are? No that's the stars in your eyes reminding you of your home.
15.	Politchmiov 02:33	lyrics	buy track
OK, well... Leto took it hard when she heard the sound of Her name taken in vain I have trouble with the middle ground though That's where they tell me it's best to be Your life is just a myth They told you when you were small But you certainly seem convinced That you really do exist Now polish me off Go ahead, polish me off This is something that I can't feel and I don't mind that I don't think so Polish me off Yes polish me off
16.	When & Why 02:23	lyrics	buy track
Asshole has to die Asshole has to die When don't know how But we know when & why Asshole has to die
17.	2 Charlies 02:25	lyrics	buy track
You... you... you... Charlie You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy I went rowing & my gal went too Down on the river when the boat broke through Every time she turn around, she says it's so funny, "You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me boy" Hoke & Sheep they went to the pastor Hoke said to Sheep, "You better move a little faster" Every time he turn around he says it so funny, "You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy" Me & my buddy went down the road Trying to get some money to buy a gourd You gotta have a gourd to drink water out of You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy Green corn, green corn Green corn, come along, Charlie Green corn, come along, Charlie Green corn green corn come along, Charlie Green corn green corn come along, Charlie All I want in this creation: Littie biddie wife & a TV station Three lil fiddies to call me papa One named Sally & one named Daisy One named Betty & one named Daisy One gonna scream to drive me crazy Green corn, green corn Green corn, come along, Charlie Green corn, come along, Charlie Green corn, green corn
18.	Fun & Games 3 00:59	info	buy track
19.	Before Them 02:35	lyrics	buy track
When you rise in the morning Scratch your sleepy head When you fall in the evening Forget all the things you said Like you were before them Like you were before Life goes on before them As if you were before When you're nothing close to haunted Death seems such a game When you're broken & unwanted Cells still work the same, pretty much Like you were before them As if you were before Life goes on before them Like you were before Like you were before As if you were before Like you were before
20.	Calm 02:05	lyrics	buy track
Eyes fixed on the sea Five minutes at least The effect seems to be relating Calm Eyes fixed on the floor Five minutes or more Bought & pictured unseen Still it remains Calm
21.	Shock Corridor 02:27	lyrics	buy track
Shock Corridoridor 9 million civilian gas masks Half a waffle White smoke for the new pope Shock Corridoridor Daisy Clover Til you're overthrown We gonna get it done See it alone Find it alone Go it alone or what Keep it alone Leave it alone Lose it alone or what Waste it alone Break it alone This space does not hold its ground The loudest thing I'll hear all year (I don't like this place at all, sorry I ever came in here) Where's my body buddy? This space does not hold its ground (Sorry I ever came in here) Lay the one wheel from one into the other going One wheel from one into the other, find that One wheel, one into the other find the One wheel, one into the other One wheel, one into the other Find that one
22.	Roll Me Over (Reprise) 00:46	lyrics	buy track
Roll me over & over again
23.	It's Over 02:48	info	buy track
24.	Candid Verses 00:46	info	buy track
25.	Fort Canby 21:40	info	buy track

about

Recorded & assembled over the past 13 years or so using a variety of multi-track & field recording devices; pieced together in my room in Iowa City.

credits

released October 10, 2011

Written & performed by King Toad, except where otherwise noted.
Big thanks to: My Moms, A-Bow, Neil & Gwen Carlill, Richard LaMartina, M.J., The Brothers Howe, Rev. Stangl, all the fine people at 4 North Psychiatric Ward in Mercy Hospital.