the Chipmunk EP Lyrics

Puke Stains

He was up all night, every night.
He was just so sick of his little town.
But then his mind said,
“You know what, I think I’m gonna need a vacation.
I’m gonna go on vacation.”

Then he thought to himself:
“It’s a bashful solution.”
It’s a determined resolution that he really had to make,
for this might be the time he was finally gonna burn out.

But then he said, “There’s a Line to be carrying on.”
And there’s Custom too that he had to keep carrying on.
He didn’t know, he didn’t know,
He just wasn’t sure.

But then he kept thinking
That every face was the same every time it was swirling.
He didn’t know what to say.
“Every face was the same when it swirled.”

In Berlin, rabbits all drink gin
And feed plastic eggs to children.

The gypsies in my Berlin
Stand ten feet tall
And barter their lust for life.
“Do not destroy my Berlin.”

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Away from Scuzztown

“I’m traveling a long way from home.
I’m traveling a long way from home.
I don’t know where I am going.”

He’s traveling a long way from home.
He needs to see for himself.
He’s traveling a long way from home.
He needs to see things for himself.

“I needed to go.”
He needs to breathe for himself.

What is he going to do?
“I needed to go.”
What’s he gonna get into?
“I needed to go,
Away, from my home today.
I needed to go right away.”

“I’m traveling a long way from home.”

He travels

“I’m traveling a long way from home.
I don’t know what the city will bring.
But I’m traveling a long way from home.
I don’t know what this will bring, but
I need to see for myself.
See for my self.”

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Stoned by the City

Chipmunk living in the tree
Just received his bills today.
Nuts he needs but nuts they are not free.
Chipmunk can’t afford to pay.

Chipmunk moved out of the tree
Hoping to go earn some pay.
A nest he needs but nests they are not free
Now chipmunk lives with the bunny.

Chipmunk and the bunny now
Fight over the greens to eat.
Chipmunk and the bunny now
Fight over the greens to eat.
Chipmunk cannot fathom how
He can get out of this now.
Chipmunk cannot fathom how
He could get out of this now.

Chipmunk has no more fight left
Starving, he’s now in the streets.
Searching for some crumbs to eat
Chipmunk cries himself to sleep.

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Then Everything

“I can’t do anything else.
I don’t have anywhere to go.
Why’s it have to be this way?
Why’s this have to go this way?

I see the birds go, then everything.
I see the lights go, then everything.

I don’t have anything left.
I can’t find anywhere to go.

Why’s it have to be this way?
Why’s this have to go this way?

I see my dream go, then everything.
I see my soul go, then everything.”

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Whore is the Chore

“Stop.
What have I become
From all of this rage?
I’m just not what I once was
Or thought I’d be.
I forgot to feel, just what was it
I had wanted to see?
What has happened to me?

What has happened,
From all of this pain?
What has happened?

Through all of this shame,
I know I need to find a new way.
And I’m to blame
But aim to make amends,
So…”

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A New Way

“Well here I am again,
I’m not a chipmunk anymore.
But at least I ain’t dead.

So here I rant again,
I’m not a chipmunk anymore.
But at least I ain’t dead.

I’m here and grown.
I feel alone.
The smoke has shown my hardened core.

Well here I stand again,
I’m not a chipmunk anymore.
But at least I ain’t dead.

City, my friend, you’re a friend in need.
You shouldn’t plant seeds of greed,
I believe.  But,
I’ve now found my groove.

So now I have a groove
But I’m still hurting.
I found a groove, but I’m still hurting.
From.
All that pain.

I’ll let it go like this.”

He’s in the clear now
He’s made it through somehow.
His life won’t be the same.
This smoke will clear one day.

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