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Loved Me Not
02:44
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Loved Me Not
You couldn’t say you loved me
We were lying close together,
naked, making love,
and you couldn’t tell me
what you were feeling,
because you didn’t know yourself
You couldn’t say you loved me
You don’t know what you’re missing
you haven’t got a clue
fuck you, man! what do you want, anyway?
get out of here
you hurt me real bad, man
my body’s on fire with desire
but you couldn’t say you loved me
So I can’t say I loved you, too
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2. |
Third World Boy
05:14
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3rd World Boy
It’s raining gently this afternoon, the ever-present drizzle
that rolls in under dark clouds to become a downpour later—
It’s anyjungle,
anywhere,
a typical rainy season day.
Like all the other labor boys,
like his shorter friend next to him,
all he wears is shorts,
trusting the effort of his work
hauling clumps of bananas to market
to keep him warm,
trusting his bare feet to find their purchase
on the wet, hard clay of the road,
better than shoes ever could.
The grey haze of the day
is bright with reflected waterlight
from the road, from the bushes and trees,
from the roofs and walls,
from the puddles in the road,
from the tops of his shoulders.
He carries two banana clumps
to his smaller friend’s one,
on his shoulder, under his arm—
the smaller boy carries his on his head,
bracing it with both hands.
Both their bodies strain with the weight,
more than half their own,
their legs tense and release as they walk,
brown skin slides tautly over hard muscle,
their feet slap the road heavily.
They talk together about nothing,
bright flash of white teeth in the darkness
as they laugh companionably.
(instrumental break)
Steam rises from his body as he passes by,
his work keeping him warm in the rain,
leaving vapor trails behind him
in the drizzle, as he passes.
He works for food,
no more clothing than his rainsoaked shorts
and the blanket he rolls in to sleep.
He’s one good cotton shirt
to wear on formal holidays,
it’s only missing two buttons.
He wears only shorts to work in,
no matter the weather: fewer clothes
to wash later by the riverside.
(instrumental break)
He notices me,
the sexual tourist,
pale in the grey rain,
pale from the northern electric lights,
and smiles at me as passes.
But it’s not enough,
no, it’s never enough.
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3. |
BF
02:12
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BF
I hate it when you do that
I like it when you do that
I hate it when you do that
I love it when you do that
Refrain:
Fuk me fuk me in the ass
Fuk me fuk me in the ass
Fuk me fuk me in the ass
Fuk me in the ass
Refrain
I hate it when he does that
I love it when he does that
I hate it when he does that
I love it when he does that
Refrain
I love it when you do that
I love it when you do that
I hate it when you do that
I love it when you do that!
Refrain
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4. |
Happiness Is
04:32
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Happiness Is
Happiness is fucking you
Happiness is telling you
to go fuck off
Happiness is being chased
by boys and girls in leather bars
Happiness is a warm dildo
licked clean in an acid bath
Happiness is the way you taste
after rock-climbing all day in the sun
Happiness is having too much fun
Refrain:
Tell me there’s more
Tell me there’s more to life
Than “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
Happiness is a warm cock
Happiness is a woman sucking herself
lips meeting nether lips in mutual kissyfuck
Happiness is kissing your own shoulder
when you masturbate
Happiness is the freedom to have sex
with anyone who wants to have sex with you
anywhere, anytime, in any way imaginable
Happiness is fucking yourself
coming and coming in all your body’s orifices
Happiness is making love real slow
Refrain
Happiness is taking a bath in chocolate
then getting to lick it off
Happiness is eating breakfast naked
Happiness is dancing all night in a thunderstorm
Happiness is horizontal dancing with you
Wherever three or more cum together in my name,
there is happiness
Refrain
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5. |
Bash Back
03:17
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Bash Back
I’m not a violent man
I just wanna kill you
smash your face in
drag you in the gutter
for calling me a faggot
I’m not a violent man
I’m not a man at all
I hate TV sports
I’d rather fuck than fight you
Refrain:
But I’ll bash your brains in
for beating up my friends
I say John Wayne was a pimp
for the Fatherland of AmeriKKKa
I’d tell him where to stick his six-shooter
up the ass of corporate fag-hating Hollywood
don’t tell me to be a good little boy
I’m not gonna take that crap anymore
I’m not a violent man
I’d rather make love like Whitman said
Refrain: But I’ll bash your brains in
for beating up my friends
I’ll show you your own bleeding heart before you die
but I’m not a violent man
oh no
not me not me
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6. |
Lost My Rubber
02:04
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Lost My Rubber (Oh No!)
He’s not my boyfriend
Now I’m in trouble
She’s not my girlfriend
Oh NO!
She’s not my girlfriend
Now I’m in trouble
He’s not my boyfriend
Oh Noooo!
Refrain:
Where’s my rubber?
Lost my rubber!
Got a rubber?
Lost my rubber!
Damn that rubber!
I need a rubber!
Lost my rubber!
Now I’m in deep shit!
You’re not my girlfriend
You’re not my boyfriend
You’re not my lover—
Oh NO! I’m in trouble
He’s not my boyfriend
Now I’m in trouble
She’s not my girlfriend
You’re not my lover
Oh Noooooooooo!
Refrain
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Arthur Durkee Ann Arbor, Michigan
Arthur Durkee is a composer & songwriter who records & performs on Chapman Stick, bass, analog modular synths, bamboo & wood flutes, keys, frame drums, and voice. He has won awards for composed, notated music as well as for his recordings, & is a published poet, & designer & illustrator. ... more
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