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Stories from The Lower Leisure Class

by The Lower Leisure Class

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    12" vinyl version of our latest album. Includes download code for the digital version, which contains the three songs that could not fit on the album.

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1.
ACTIVATE SUMMER I have lost my fucking mind Hanging out with you all winter You were invincible, but now you’re under blankets Put your water wings on blast ’Cause you know this shit won’t last It’s fucking summer, man, and you don’t know the difference You have lost your fucking mind Hanging in your room all winter And you never return books that you have borrowed Put your feelings on display You know the summer’s here to stay It’s fucking summer, man, and you don’t know the difference
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BILLY HAD A CAR Billy had a car I think it was a Nova He didn’t live far He was always coming over Brian had a bike His daddy didn’t like him But Billy had a car He was always coming over And no one had a job And no one was the wiser Vicky knew karate So no one tried to fight her Someone found a roach But no one had a lighter Ricky lost a bet Motherfucker ate a spider Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen I liked Paul but you liked Gene It was 1999 in space When Brian went to live at his grandma’s place I saw him one more time that fall And the one thing I recall Is Alice Cooper on the wall
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SEE THE WORLD We’re down and we find trouble in our autumn times We get back up, the sun goes down We talk amongst ourselves, at least we have our laughter See the world before it’s gone Although sometimes you barely hear a melody You hold on until you get bored You hear another and chase down the whole routine again See the world before it’s gone See the world before it’s over And we’re down and we find trouble in our autumn times We laugh, can barely hold it in But we change sometimes when things they are not going our way See the world before it’s gone And you’re brave but I’m not half as much And you’re here, I’m barely hanging on And I’m tellin’ you that I am not the one See the world before it’s gone See the world before it’s over It’s over We live our lives like we’ve got something better to do We try but we can’t see the ground And we swear that we’ll try harder on our next go round See the world before it’s gone We try but figure out that we’re paralyzed I’m here, thinking ’bout other things You’re there, you’ll probably run away, but See the world before it’s gone See the world before it’s over
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Dissolving 03:40
DISSOLVING It took a long, long time to get this far And the path is so strung out That you never even noticed What this life was all about Just as you see the sunshine It’s time for it to set It took a long, long time to get this far So let’s have the best night yet ’Cause we’re dissolving Took a long, long time to find this place With only half a map The boundaries realigning Every time we turn our back Running toward the sunshine What a shame it’s getting dark It took a long, long time to find this place Without a question mark
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WESTNEDGE HILLBILLIES And I ain’t gonna work for the man no more My baby finished college so we won’t be too poor And creative leanings bleeding down to my core But dreams don’t pay the bills, no Dreams don’t pay no bills So I’ll craft you some cabinets or I’ll trade you an egg Or I’ll boil up some syrup or I’ll brew up a keg Teach all the children ’bout the Corporal Clegg He had a wooden leg, y’all I wish I had a wooden leg ’Cause I, I had to turn away I think I got something more to say Though I won’t sing it from the streets I like to always know there’s always something here I like to eat I got a thousand ideas, just a tenth of the time And I ain’t gonna waste it on no company’s dime Noose round my neck with a Windsor design I will sell my friends my skills, lord I’ll sell my friends my skills And we’ll prove our independence when our handshakes agree I will tattoo your shoulder if you chainsaw my tree Smile through our beards and drink our sweet herbal tea And await our opportunity I am owed an opportunity And I, I have to stay awake That life, it was more than I could take I scratched out just a little space to breathe Supplemental income is the only thing I really need
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Come January 04:42
COME JANUARY I just know that there’ll be snow come January I believe that in my soul ’Cause where we live’s so cold I think it’s time to go and I’m so weary And I know that it will rain again But I don’t know where or when Then the dandelions and daisies Come lazily along to decorate your lawn Have a hot and heavy summer With laughter loud as thunder Then it pulls you poles asunder When you catch that colder wind it’s autumn blowing in Daylight’s gone before you know it Leaves have gone from green to golden Then with jack-o-lanterns glowin’ It’s mitten time again in the one called Michigan And I know that there’ll be snow come January I believe that in my soul ’Cause where we live’s so cold I think it’s time to go ’cause I’m so weary
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Frodo's Pony 04:38
FRODO’S PONY When Frodo’s pony’s very happy Everybody wants to sing along When Frodo’s pony’s very lonely Everybody sings his sad, sad song When Frodo’s pony’s ridin’ lonely Everybody wants to sing along He runs on oats and making money Funny, buddy, that’s his bottom line Got no complaints ’cause interest rates Are better on the banks of the Brandywine That hobbit’s pony’s no baloney Once he neighs you gotta get in line His money’s straight, make no mistake He’s headed home to cut himself a line But touch his stash and you’ll get smashed And tossed into that river Brandywine
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DON’T TOUCH YOUR EYE You can trust me with your car You can trust me with you heart Don’t touch your eye I may take out all the trash Give you a nice place to crash Don’t touch your eye You can call when I get home I’ll almost always be alone Don’t touch your eye You better wash your hands, ’Cause you don’t know where I’ve been You better wash ’em, ’Cause I know where I’ve been While I might not say a lot I’ll still give it all I got Don’t touch your eye I’ll spend a day inside my head And always tuck you into bed Don’t touch your eye So you can close your eyes assured I mean almost every word Don’t touch your eye
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MICHIGAN MELISSA She is my Michigan Girl And she loves Michigan Man, she loves Michigan More than anywhere else in the world She’s got a sticker of Michigan Shaped like a child’s mitten Stuck on the back of her car So everyone knows it when Everyone sees it when It sits overnight at the bar Miss Wisconsin, I’m sure someone holds you dear Aunt Indiana, well, I’m glad that I live here Say yes to Michigan It says so on her coffee cup And as if she had it planned She shows me on her hand Exactly where she grew up Dame Ohio, you just lack a certain poise Don’t even get me started on that Queen of Illinois
10.
Sally Mae 02:31
SALLY MAE Would you look outside, it’s Sally Mae Dancin’ round the yard in her negligee You should come inside before the neighbors see She don’t care what the neighbors think, no sirree But your carryin’ on might cause a scene She said then let ’em put my face on a movie screen Shame, Sally Mae! You should act your age She said I’m old enough to know not to live in a cage Oh, Sally Mae, what will the neighbors say Carryin’ on this way Aw, please, Sally Mae won’t you listen to sense? She said sense is just an old maid sittin’ a fence The neighbors are up and they’ve turned on the light She said I’ll give ’em an eyeful, I’ll give ’em a sight Please, Sally Mae, I beg you once more She said but dancin’ in the yard’s what the moonlight’s for It’s gettin’ cold outside, you comin’ in or not? She said you go on in, I’m gonna dance myself hot
11.
UNREVOLUTIONABLE I’m starting to think We’re unrevolutionable Don’t cut my hair in the sink no more I’m unrevolutionable But if they change us they have won this war Don’t know what we’re gonna say That could make this go away We can seal it in a baby that we ferry to the sea I’m starting to think We’re unrevolutionable You fuckin’ tickle me pink Yeah, unrevolutionable But if they change us they have won this war Don’t know what we’re gonna do Maybe just say I love you Then we’ll seal it in a baby that we ferry to the sea Don’t know what we’re tryin’ for We always end up on the floor Tryin’ hard to make a baby that we ferry to the sea
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7 x 7 03:36
7 X 7 747 just sittin’ on the runway Got a ticket in my pocket but I couldn’t get myself to go ’Cause I got a good feeling ain’t had in such a long time Seven times seven’s forty-nine And you need me for killing bugs and things and I need you You need me to run the yard machines and I need you I told you twice but I told you nice how I need you Seven times seven’s forty-nine At 90 miles a minute you’ll be there before you know it But I didn’t get on ’cause I’m happy and I know it Yeah, I got a good feeling and I hope I don’t blow it Seven times seven’s forty-nine
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Say Hello 03:48
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released November 9, 2018

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The Lower Leisure Class is six people making songs in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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