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How to Knit a Pony

by The Shrugs

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1.
Tiny Horse (free) 02:35
What’s the difference between doing something right and doing it wrong? Some kind of horse is kicking urging me to move along It must be a pretty tiny horse cos it fits inside my chest Sometimes it feels like running away is the thing that I do best I’m gonna ride My destiny is touching snow on a distant mountainside Whichever way that the wind is blowing that’s the way I’m gonna ride I want to feel the thunder of my hooves against the earth Don’t wanna listen to you tell me what all of this is worth What’s the difference between loving someone right and loving them wrong? One day you will open up your eyes but I’ll be gone I can feel it stirring up inside me every day I can hear it telling me to up and run away
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Take me for a blast through your criminal past tell me stories about what you did it turns me on you were such a naughty kid The fun never ends With your criminal friends Blowjob queens and drug fiends everywhere But when you need a good boy I’ll be here ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba You were so bad You and your criminal Dad Riding on a heap of charm and luck It’s so cool that you don’t give a fuck
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I had adventures with macaroni with glue and cardboard and lots of glitter everywhere Is life over when you’re lonely? I remember what we used to do, so let’s get stoned and fuck let’s get stoned and fuck let’s get stoned and fuck like we used to do. I had a hookup Mabel Schwartzfeld She had contacts She had a guy on the outside God I miss you And I’m dying I remember What we used to do
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Dead by Morning (free) 03:13
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Natural Philosophy Has always been something of a whore I found myself in undergrowth With bugs I’d never seen before Too numerous to catalogue In fevered dreams I count them all Orchids of the palest hue And trees one thousand meters tall In the foothills of the mountain range We met a man named Al-Haroun For a little of the local coin He took us up in his hot air balloon Quite barren were the mountain sides But some creatures managed to survive And at twenty-seven thousand feet I saw the highest fly alive My love My love My love My taxonomic love
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I remember there were flowers everywhere I remember that the sun was shining there That’s the moment I knew I was doomed To die alone in bed within this room Mountains out my window The other side of hills The other side of hills This alpine sickness wasting me away My body’s getting lighter every day Feather-dry and brittle like a matchstick The doctor had to tie me to the mattress Or Der Föhn will come to take me
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Fairy 04:22
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I'm a Dork 03:15
You said, “honey, the thing about this Is that when you come in close for a kiss You close your eyes, and that’s why you miss. I kind of find it strange.” I said, “any inaccuracy Is just because you’re too good for me A guy like me gets freaked out you see If a girl like you’s in range”. Cos I’m a dork, baby, baby I’m a dork After all, it’s kind of suspicious That you fell for me because I did your dishes The guy who fulfils at least some of your wishes Is the one with dishpan hands I’ve always been really shitty at stealing I’ve been even worse at wheeling and dealing The only thing I’m good at is feeling Like no-one understands
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No Way Jose 02:18
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Are you gonna wait until you know for certain that it’s over? are you gonna wait for thunder before you know that you saw lightning? Are you ever Gonna realise You already Turned your last page? Are you gonna Take this silence And fill it up with Your heart’s music?
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I know you’re a nasty piece of work I know that you’re just a fucking jerk You don’t care about the people you hurt I know that your head is full of dirt Cos you’re a fucking nasty piece of Cos you’re a fucking nasty piece of Cos you’re a fucking nasty piece of work I know that you think you’re doing well I know that you’re gonna go to hell You’re gonna fall down on your arse And we’re all gonna stand around and laugh Cos you’re a fucking nasty piece of Cos you’re a fucking nasty piece of Cos you’re a fucking nasty piece of work
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Geoff Doube 02:21
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The Cadaver 04:38
When I was in Paris You took me to the movies and in the intermission you chopped me up for research see I died for you see I died for you When I was in London You took me to the theatre You propped me up between you you chopped me up for research see I died for you See I died for you
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Pretty Dart 04:59
I was born to make you miserable I was born to make your life horrible I am constantly misunderstood If you want some peace you know you should Shoot my heart through the heart of its heart leave my body for the dogs to tear apart turn my meat parts into culinary art poison up your pretty dart Do you know what I’d do if you left me? I’d overspend, I’d oversmoke and eat so I never want to see you walking out the door with my Mcdonald’s voucher that’s my security blanket, that’s my safety net Mummify me under endless sky leave me hanging there until my skin is dry make me a twinkle in the vulture’s hungry eye I don’t care just let me die

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released May 28, 2008

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