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16/21
02:09
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wish i was 21
so i could get real fucked up
yea
fucked up fucked up
real fucked up
wish i was 16
so i could find rock n roll again
with my best friend
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2. |
Normal Week/A Fond Taste
05:52
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i wear a dead mans clothes
was a better
man than me
i find
my heroes
under flowers
daisies
i hear
the baby crow
with a lilly
in her beak
she's at
my window
once or twice
a normal week
i see
jesus
crushing grapes
from a vase
that i drink
its in my blood
that i have found
a fond taste
i had a dream
the ant hill burned
could smell the myrrh
in every urn
the bankers cried
the people learned
the money died
and hope returned
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3. |
Backyard/Winter Baby
04:17
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i am scared to see
a love to take me
from the backyard big and green
to the place i know i should be
but i keep having these
little white cocaine dreams
so delicate short and sweet
for my winter baby sleep
back when momma used to live in a big doll house
that she built herself with a little help
and the backyard used to be so big and green
id hear poets from the past always calling out
but now i drink myself into a dream
and nobody can hear me
now i have a job
but i still don't have any money
i just have this hobby
that gushes when i bleed
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4. |
Times Just A Game
02:57
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i can't believe the weeks half gone
mondays are a thought
and tuesdays just aren't that long
it was sunny yesterday
now all I've got is rain
the clouds keep yelling at me
keeping me at bay
i should've enjoyed the weather when i had the chance yesterday
seconds to minutes to days
sunshine to snow to rain
seasons are just for flavors because time is just a game
i can't believe the years half gone
march was cold and may hasn't been very warm
but summer is tinkering my eye
i see her all the time
she's got a pretty blue dress
opening the basement door so i can come out and play
i cannot run away from my dreams and this winter baby sleep is not as it seems
i cannot stand to think that lately all I've done was sink
i know i can do better
seconds to minutes to days...
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5. |
Phalse Promises
05:52
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i came to philly for the sunshine
but all i got was rain
theres not a chance these skies will clear
there's something about that water
man i don't like the taste but i drink it anyway
to make this poison clear
i heard the people here were friendly
one day i met a man who said "son,
spare me some change"
he said "boy don't you be greedy,
i wish you would believe me its been forever since i ate"
i don't know who to trust anymore
when everything you thought you knew was wrong
i came to philly for the sunshine and one day i got snow and it looked so beautiful
but then they brought the tractors and then they brought the salt and made it go away
i don't know whats real anymore
when everything you thought you knew was wrong
all of these, phalse promises, leaving me so scared, but i keep telling myself that its just a ride i know i'll be okay
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6. |
Bus/Skateboard
07:40
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i wanted to ride the bus
like all of the cool kids
on my street
bus 29 couldn't make it in time and my dad would take me
i just wanted a skateboard so i could play with the cool kids up the street
one day i fell on my bike skinned my knee up real good it was funny
got blood on my church pants
and my allowance bought me a new pair
one day out on the playground
i kissed megan in the loop
pecked her right on the cheek
my mom she asked me "what did you do?"
she told me i couldn't date her
she'd just be my good friend
then we got ice cream
i pulled on albie's tail
he scratched me on the cheek
i wanted to play basketball
like all of the cool kids on the team
had my iverson shirt, my elbow hurt, had the answers
coach said "life isn't easy, that he was sorry, that i was a good shooter"
he said "don't ever give up, please don't give up, next year you'll be bigger"
they asked me at church they asked me if i knew jesus and i said no
i raised my hand and we prayed, told me that god would make me white as snow
they wrote a date in my bible, told me that day would be my new start
i didn't want to go back, they told me the devil lived in the dark
one day at MJs my friend ben told me he was gay
didn't know what to say, drove home scared everything had changed
i didn't realize nothing happened, everything was still the same, i could still love him, he could still be my best friend
everything was okay
i wrote a song for the cool kids, the whole school took it as a joke
"somebody cut the volume, tell him he can't sing, you can be his hero"
"to be misunderstood, is to be great" is what my teacher said
"cut off your years, they're all afraid"
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7. |
Movie Star/Own
05:19
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i met a man at a bar who said i looked famous
just like a movie star
he asked me for an autograph
and i asked him for a drink
he said "there's nothing wrong with being so alive"
he wore a cross
and he looked cross
when i told him "i don't ask god for too much anymore"
he said "there comes a time in a man's life where he thinks he can do it on his own"
on his own
i'm gonna do it on my own
when i was 17 i had a dream id be dead by 22
so i did some drugs and i fell in love and filled my arms up with tattoos
now I'm 21 staring at the sun i've realized theres life to lose
there's something wrong with living so fast
you'll find no subtlety in my cup of tea so please don't pass the spoon
i'll take a witless bliss over an even mix under any moon
i wish i was 16 so i could find rock n roll again
with my best friend
when i was 19 i stood on a bridge coming off of dope
it was winter i was cold and alone
i watched the day begin behind a tall building and thought theres nothing wrong with being so alive
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8. |
Joshie/Poshie
03:25
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9. |
21/How The Devil Won
03:24
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lets write some songs that people wanna hear
and maybe we'll get famous
and be in better places
than this pennsylvania town
where all the girls just wanna look like
what they see
on tv
or in the movies
think I'm gonna spend all my money
wouldn't that be funny
just being 21
the other day i saw a movie
and boy did it move me
im gonna make my dreams come true
gonna move to hollywood
and find out if love is worth the risk
comes a time in a mans life
where nothing seems right
and he's gotta choose
think I'm gonna save all my money
wouldn't that be funny
if my head blew up tomorrow
then some kid could write a movie
have a handsome actor play me
and ill be eternal
let him have a happy ending
and let him learn just what makes a man
let him turn 21
and have all kinds of fun
had a dream
i saw my name in the credits and thats how
the devil won
signed my name to a paper
and said see ya later
ive sang this song a million times before
and i bet i got a million more
but somethings gotta change
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10. |
A Fond Taste(Reprise)
04:50
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