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Just No Good At Anything
02:45
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My childhood wasn’t the best
I tried to be like the rest
But whenever I tried to puff out my chest
I consistently failed every test
The problem is...
I’m just no good at anything
I’m just no good at anything
Most people have mixed results
Everybody has their ups and downs
Well, I have my share of faults
And I wear too many frowns
The problem is...
I’m just no good at anything
I’m just no good at anything
People would lower the bar so I could jump over it
But I’d always trip and fall
Friends bought me a new car so I could drive it
But I’d always crash and burn
The problem is...
I’m just no good at anything
I’m just no good at anything
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2. |
Tried So Hard
02:04
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“No, that’s not good enough
Who taught you to write, a snake?
Incorrect, again
Who taught you to study, a goldfish?”
But I tried...
Oh, I tried...
I tried so hard
“Wow, that was not even close
Who taught you to throw, a snake?
Jump higher
Who taught you to jump, a goldfish?”
But I tried...
Oh, I tried...
I tried so hard
But I tried...
Oh, I tried...
I tried so hard
But I tried...
Oh, I tried...
I tried so hard
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I tried out for the baseball team but quit because they expected me to play
Toes too deep
I failed my writing course because my teacher wanted an honest, personal opinion
Toes too deep
I got my learner’s permit but no license because I’m afraid of stationary objects
Toes too deep
I got the lead in the play but became waiter #6 because I wasn’t going to sing in front of a real audience
Toes too deep
I never got published in a scholarly journal because I can’t take criticism
Toes too deep
I joined debate team but never spoke because that way I’d never be wrong
Toes too deep
I could’ve done this but I didn’t
Toes too deep
I could’ve done that but I didn’t
Toes too deep
I had the opportunity, but I didn’t take it
Toes too deep
I made a plan but didn’t follow thorugh
Toes too deep
Toes too deep
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Never Failed To Fail
05:13
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All through my life there’s been a trend of disappointment
My parents thought nothing of me, and I never had any friends
Sometimes I felt like a fly in the ointment
My clothes were forty years behind the latest trends
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
But I never failed to fail!
Picked last for teams throughout my youth
Got last chair in all the bands
It seemed that I was uncouth
My reputation spread throughout the lands
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
But I never failed to fail!
Failure
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
I failed at this, and I failed at that
But I never failed to fail!
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5. |
Ultimate Attempt
03:01
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When I was young and impressionable
It seemed worth my attentionable
Buy a toy plane, save up from chores
I was dead set on that toy jet
I worked on the floors
I washed the dishes
I cleaned the bathroom
I even tidied my room
Weeks went by and my pennies stacked high
I felt king of the world as wealth did grow
In my good humor classmates even said, “hi!”
So into that toy store I finally did go
I walked through the doors
I went to the aisle
I picked out that plane
And left with a smile
But outside it rained a terrible mess
And just by the door, I slipped on a dress
The plane left my hands and landed in the street
A car ran it over, and it started to sleet
I cursed all the way home
Punching at everything all the time
And never again had I goals in the world
For that was my ultimate attempt
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6. |
Unreliable 2
03:41
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It’s nice to not have any responsibility
Nobody asking you do anything
It’s nice to have no obligations
Noone expects you to participate
Everything’s been easier since I proved to be unreliable
So unreliable, yeah
I pity the fools with tasks to complete
I look down on those with games in which to compete
It’s all so simple, see, listen closely
If you mess up enough, people start to expect nothing
Everything’s been easier since I proved to be unreliable
So unreliable, yeah
Everything’s been easier since I proved to be unreliable
So unreliable, yeah
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I’ve experimented with every potential combination and permutation
After countless hours of exhaustion and frustration
It seems that my confounded ineptitude does rankle
If you could assist my in my quest, I’d more than thankle
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Chloroform will not inform, and sandpaper makes a rough writing surface
I burned my house down with my inflammable science kit
All shoes pinch my toes as if the food gods did protest
I’d appreciate an assist in this final test
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
Teach my how to get it right, teach me, teach me how to get it right
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I took the fast lane down the highway
Thought I was really cool
I was goin’ 84 and got stopped on the way
The person I was visiting thought me a fool
Tried goin’ fast, but it got me nowhere
Tried to slow it down and got stuck right there
I never really got anywhere
I never really got anywhere
I bought a ticket for the fancy fresh
Thought I was free from badness
But in the restaurant was only rotting flesh
Apparently I’d purchased sadness
Tried goin’ fast, but it got me nowhere
Tried to slow it down and got stuck right there
I never really got anywhere
I never really got anywhere
Tried goin’ fast, but it got me nowhere
Tried to slow it down and got stuck right there
I never really got anywhere
I never really got anywhere
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Time and time again
They say the same old phrase
If you don’t at first succeed
Try, and try again
Some of us weren’t meant to win
Some of us won’t wear a grin
Some of us will fail again
Because persistence doesn’t pay off
Over and over, yes
The old adage goes
What doesn’t kill you
Makes you stronger
Well, I’ve lost enough limbs
To say that’s a load of droll
And it’s mighty hard to fight without arms
So keep your happy cliches to yourself, thanks
Some of us weren’t meant to win
Some of us won’t wear a grin
Some of us will fail again
Because persistence doesn’t pay off
Some of us weren’t meant to win
Some of us won’t wear a grin
Some of us will fail again
Because persistence doesn’t pay off
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An “adventurer in electronic sounds-poetry” whose music is “mind-bending, at times blissfully bizarre.”
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