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Welcome to the Shitshow
04:24
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It's a long dark road thru the tunnel of love
Got an eye for trouble, guess it runs in the blood
It's the same old story, it's the same old grudge
It's the same old poison from the same old sludge
Chorus
Welcome to the shitshow
Welcome to the shitshow
Welcome to the shitshow
Everybody's working, trying to beat the clock
I been up I been down I been around the block
I'm a bush league outlaw with a cool facade
But I'm wound up tighter than a Walmart watch
Welcome to the shitshow
Welcome to the shitshow
Welcome to the shitshow
Welcome to the shitshow
Welcome to the shitshow
Welcome to the shitshow
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Mystery Train
04:44
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I rode the mystery train into the city of night
I wonder if I'm still sane, Ma says I was never was right
Bless the beasts and the children n' whatever doesn't apply
Every myth needs a villain, to tell the beautiful lie
Chorus
Ooooo mystery train
Ooooo mystery train
Take me home mystery train
Ooooo mystery train
I'm gonna cash out my sins, reap misfortune and lies
Gonna bluff my way in, to drink you in with my eyes
Thru my rose-colored glasses, I'll sit and watch the barrage
I'm a heartbeat from heaven, in an asphalt mirage
Ooooo mystery train
Ooooo mystery train
Take me home mystery train
Ooooo mystery train
Ooooo mystery train
Ooooo mystery train
Take me home mystery train
Ooooo mystery train
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I met a girl at the Salvaton Army
Trying to get by like everyone else I know
She wanted to believe but I've got nothing up my sleeve
And I doubt that I'm the one you think you're looking for
Chorus
Wherever you go, there you are
That's as good a place as any when you need a place to start
Wherever you go, there you are
It all seems kinda random, Lucky Strikes and lucky stars
I knew a girl with a misery addiction
Her eyes looked kinda haunted like she'd seen it all before
She said she had a show on internet radio
No one listens but why tell her if she don't already know
Bridge
She'd been looking high and low for satisfaction
I guess no one told her life can be a whore
Wherever you go, there you are
That's as good a place as any when you need a place to start
Wherever you go, there you are
It all seems kinda random, Lucky Strikes and lucky stars
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Sadness
05:18
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Sadness in your smile, sadness suits your style
I can’t understand these blues
Sadness in your walkin’, sadness in your talkin’
I can’t understand these blues
Always been left wantin’
Ain’t that the way it goes
CHORUS
Step into the light and shine
Come see what there is to see
You’re bound to lose your heart sometime
So it might as well be me
No more dreams in shades of blue
Time to give life one more try
Cause I’ve come to see it’s true
No one gets out of here alive
Sadness in your eyes and across the dark horizon
I don’t understand these blues
Sadness in your laughter, sadness from here on after
I don’t understand these blues
Always been left wantin’
Ain’t that the way it goes
Step into the light and shine
Come see what there is to see
You’re bound to lose your heart sometime
So it might as well be me
No more dreams in shades of blue
Time to give life one more try
Cause I’ve come to see it’s true
No one gets out of here alive
Sadness in your laughter, sadness from here on after
I’ll never understand these blues
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Hard Times in Wonderland
03:38
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Assaulting my senses, and they're armed to the teeth
People are stupid and there ain't no relief
Best of intentions are just wishes on star
So put a bullet in your bible and a song in your heart
Chorus
It's hard times
In Wonderland
It's hard times
In Wonderland
Asleep at the wheel, crashing into myself
I jumped up from the wreckage and I screamed what the hell
I don't need the heartaches, but I got 'em in spades
I do the right thing but don't expect a parade
Bridge
Just remember to remember
What they want you to forget
I think we're in a downward spiral
But let me double check
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Heartbreak Inc.
03:24
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You kissed me on my cheek
And your lipstick musta leaked into my brain
I'm betting that you're able so
Let's you and me go raise some cain
Your love must be affiliated with
Heartbreak Incorporated
Chorus
This has potential for disaster
Like the world I used to know
Could be death by misadventure
But what a way to go
You look at me and wink
What about that makes me think it's real
Anything can happen and
I feel love's been snapping at my heels
You leave me incapacitated, you're
Heartbreak Inc.
Bridge
Baby you're a landmine
In a plunging neckline
Born under a bad sign
Your perfume smells like strychnine
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Bongos and Bayonets
03:38
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Bongos and bayonets
Exhausted and waterlogged
Just a whisper of a silhouette
Out on the street with the dogs
Chorus
Hearts of steel give rattlesnake kisses
Can't say that I'm a prize myself
Love leaves scars, now can I get a witness
Let's call this love but with a lower case L
Horseshoes and hand grenades
You're dreamin' of something more
I've walked in those shoes, but them's the breaks
I got what you're aching for
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And An Idol Falls
03:07
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Sit in a quiet moment and watch your times unfold
Life is like a dark road, you gotta watch out for the holes
Chorus:
And an idol falls, and an idol falls
And an idol falls, watch the idols fall
Athletes in rehab and movie stars with whores
The fame is only fleeting but the infamy endures
Chorus:
And an idol falls, and an idol falls
And an idol falls, watch the idols fall
Bridge:
When it rains, it pours
When it rains, it pours
When it rains, it pours
And another idol falls
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Life Is Good
04:40
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The sun crashes in flames, nights are always the same
And every day's another mother but ya
Gotta roll outta bed, cotton mouth, feet of lead
And baby, baby baby
Chorus
Absent minded memories will drag you down if you don't break the bond
Everything happens for a reason, even if the reasons wrong
This song's no anthem, but the words are gonna echo in your head
Life is good, without it you might be dead
The dead dark and corrupt, can't get over on us
Every day is gonna shove you but ya
Keep on beating your drum against a whole lotta dumb
And baby, baby, baby, baby
Chorus
And baby, baby baby
Chorus
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Arms of an angel and the soul of an assassin
Ice water in your veins betrayed by ice blue eyes
You can't buy love but you sure can fake the passion
You'll steal somebody's heart but it won't be mine
Chorus
Everybody wants a little taste of the poison
Everybody wants to be part of the plan
Everybody needs a reason for rejoicing
But when you're dead you probably won't give a damn
Bless the broken hearted and the sidewalks that they wander
Wide eyed in wonder like they just stepped from a song
Tell me the dream is there as you point over yonder
I'd like to agree but then we'd both be wrong
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The fundaMentals Port Charlotte, Florida
Influenced by everything from Pink Floyd to AC/DC to The Stooges, The 'Mentals tear it up with an unapologetically neo-
classic/ garage-adelic rock sound, for the love of rock and roll.
Don Bathrick: Vocals & guitar
Danger Dan Goodnight: Lead guitar
Dave Gravelin: Drums, percussion, chimichangas
Heather Straw: Bass, vocals
Mary Tero: Keyboards, vocals
“Whiskey” Dick Young: Bass, guitar, haircut
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