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Be Good

by Patrick Porter

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1.
City Sun Rise 03:03
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City Sun Rise Well said, solar plexus You would’ve loved my mom I live in Austin Texas I fall asleep at dawn In the city sun In the city sun rise The city sun High five the Uber driver He’s gonna drive me home I’m alive, but I’m just jiving It don’t matter no more In the city sun In the city sun rise The city sun Long nights are lonely and silent Scariest places I know I’ll Mac Tonite along the Sixth Street lights At least I won’t be alone Until the city sun Until the city sun rise The city sun
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Kolache in The Closet (Suave) 03:29
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Kolache In The Closet (Suave) Let your eyes adjust from the shadows Let your eyes adjust form the shadows Kolache in the closet Behind the totes We live in the middle of the metro We all have lived in the ghetto Kolache in the closet Trust us folks Let your eyes adjust from the shadows The glass box at PetSmart is a shithole Kolache in the closet We’re nice folks We live in the middle of the metro You don’t have to feel like the ghetto Kolache in the closet Behind the totes
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Dumb Fuck Heart 02:11
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Dumb Fuck Heart I got a dumb fuck heart And a see-saw soul Making plans like a man in the know While it flails in the dark I got a dumb fuck heart That blows kisses to the garbage on the street Then goes cold to the gold that I keep Under chain and a lock I got a dumb fuck heart Setting up bleachers on my sleeves Poppin’ wheelies for everyone to see In a laundry cart I got a dumb fuck heart That I just give away to everyone I meet So they can jiggle it or listen to it beat Or tear it apart I got a dumb fuck heart
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Serta Song (Heavyman Jr.) 02:14
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Serta Song (Heavyman Jr.) Hello I’m the cellphone of Heavyman Jr and no I am not home Hello I’m the cellphone of Heavyman Jr and no I am not home Hello I’m the cellphone of Heavyman Jr a chip off the ol’ block Hello I’m the cellphone of Heavyman Jr and I don’t want to talk If we were old friends from back in the day I hope you’re well, but I’m sorry to say that This is the cellphone of the Heavyman Jr. And I don’t want to know Hello I’m the cellphone of Heavyman Jr I like to be left alone Hello I’m the cellphone of Heavyman Jr I like to be left alone Hello I’m the cellphone of Heavyman Jr I throw back the millstone If you call the cellphone of Heavyman Jr you’ll just get a dial tone The only old friend that I want is right here Staring at me in the living room mirror I am the cellphone of the Heavyman Jr Don’t bother to call I am the cellphone of Heavyman Jr and no I am not home I am the cellphone of Heavyman Jr I like to be left alone Don’t call the cellphone of Heavyman Jr you’ll just get a dial tone Don’t call the cellphone of Heavyman Jr cuz he don’t want to know The only old friend that he wants is right here Staring at him in the koo-koo mirror I am the cellphone of the Heavyman Jr and I’ll never be home
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By The Boatful 04:32
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By The Boatful Barely winsome Fifth floor pokey Eskimo Who sticks spools out of the Armpits of the door-hole Table or floor, huh? For here or to go, huh? Mountain pose windows An eyesore to the whole front row River splatter-splot Blue hot versus red cold Restaurant rows Plates and bowls Friendly gestures of the free Friendly gestures by the boatful It’s stupendous It’s so remote and similar I can see my neighbor Plug in his Google chrome Chicken bones, some Rolling stones, some Friendly gestures of the free Friendly gestures by the boatful By the loathsome By the boatful mmm-hmm
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Sometimes City 04:00
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Sometimes City Each day I walk alone and I wonder what is wrong with me Each night I level low and I think of things that I can’t be Each evening passes by with easy beauty I can’t see Each night I level low but sometimes the city is good to me Say my name, like the wages of sin, my love
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6th Street Shuffle 01:46
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No Trick Ponies 03:26
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No Trick Ponies They don’t bake Alaska at the Golden Chick I mean what I say and I say when I’m thick I want to stay friends with the coconut pig He’s from the Bahamas and he seems sensitive It was fun to be a yuppie for awhile Watching the cats bat a cockroach’s shell Half open boxes and a litterbox smell Bought a bulb for the porchlight but it won’t stay lit But I mean what I say and I stay where I sit It was fun to be a yuppie for awhile It was fun to be fancy for awhile
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Firestarter Died / Sooper Magnolia 04:56
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I Hate Mountains 03:56
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I Hate Mountains Pike’s Peak, too high for horizon Can’t tell a shape or a size in Will I ever be free From deep darks I spent childhood nights in? Will I ever see A falling night, without a rising groan? Glass eye porchlight in crossed pines Swinging chains in boarded up ore mines Will I ever be free From the dread of a child that’s frightened ? Will I ever see A falling night without a rising groan? Don't want to live in a Bob Ross afro Don't want to slide on the 285 snow Will I ever be free From deep darks I spent childhood nights in? Will I ever see A falling night, without a rising groan? I hate mountains I hate mountains
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Twin Liquors 02:50
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Twin Liquors Twin Liquors My best friends in the burbs Left on the corner Right on the street Palm trees spark shadows On the concrete Walk past the church And auto parts store Corner of Congress To buy some more Twin Liquors The best place in the burbs 12 pack of Lone Star Pint of Jim Beam Handful of shooters Cheap Irish Cream Bud Light Clamato 2 Tallboy cans I don’t want a receipt I do want a bag Gonna drink the midnight dry! Gonna spin the old wet fly! Soldiers are in fine supply! And what’ll ya have? I’ll have a laugh! And what’ll ya have? I’ll have a cry And what’ll ya have? I’ll have a laugh! And what’ll ya have? ALONE TIME! Twin Liquors My best friends in the burbs Twin Liquors My best friends in the burbs Sack in the backpack “Have a good day!” Hold the door open In the doorway Half a walk home Did the day’s chore A hot Texas mile To buy some more Gonna drink the midnight dry! Gonna spin the old wet fly! Soldiers are in fine supply! NELSON!!!!!! And what’ll ya have? I’ll have a laugh! And what’ll ya have I’ll have a cry And what’ll ya have? I’ll have a laugh! And what’ll ya have? ALONE TIME!
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Heartbreak 02:04
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No One Can Help You But Yourself 02:17
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No One Can Help You But Yourself Your boyfriend was a big bologna And you’re stuck with a broken heart No one can help you but yourself Massachusetts macaroni You don’t have to martyr so hard No one can help you but yourself Don’t move to Pittsfield with a My Little Bronie Don’t act like a Metrocard Nothing can help you but yourself
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When The Summer's On 03:30
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When The Summer’s On Naked My new babe’s got radar Rider Waiting for the ride on Right on New sail I’m a different sound now New name I’m a different zip code Land ho When the summer’s on My bane Meted all it meted Slit palms And I’m a different town now Now Town New plump Raise a butter bakery Clay lump Filled with watery gravy Maybe? When the summer’s on
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Didn't Ask Ya 02:24
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Didn’t Ask Ya Everyone has a story About how they’re bound for glory They say “No one can ignore me I ain’t no phony bologna!” And they come around They’re gonna tell you about it And they come around Make sure you know about it Gonna call you up and tell you all about it And go a hey hey hey That’s when I say I didn’t ask ya, didn’t ask ya I didn’t ask ya, didn’t ask ya Everyone has a story And they’re so sad and lonely They’re frustrated and horny They say “Sorry to be corny” And they come around They’re gonna tell you about it And they come around Make sure you know about it Gonna call you up and tell you all about it And go a hey hey hey That’s when I say I didn’t ask ya, didn’t ask ya I didn’t ask ya, didn’t ask ya
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Sitting Alone Like The Baltimore Colts 03:35
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Sitting Alone Like The Baltimore Colts Saddle up To swing my spine Count the clocks To catch the time Pop the box To pop your pills Watch the wife Worry about bills Summer ends And summer starts Try to find My missing parts Rubber duck Dunked and dried The world is out there So I just stay inside Sweating in the Texas sun Wishing that I owned a gun Where is anyone? Now I’m sitting alone Like the Baltimore Colts Now I’m sitting alone Like the Baltimore Colts Glass of ice Pint of rum Feel exactly like What I’ve become A kept man With no upkeep In a house On a suburban street So settle in And burrow hard Count the stars In the backyard Bad husband Sneaks cigars The red one Is probably still Mars Sitting in the Texas sun Plop some BBQ on my bun Skull me with a slaughterhouse bolt Now I’m sitting alone Like the Baltimore Colts
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Big Wheel 05:30
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Big Wheel I work for Chevy But I drive a fjord With a hook ‘em horns on the bumper You say you’re here And you’re here But you’re not You’re a slice and a hint of a shimmer Family Christmas tree When there’s no family Mom n’ Pop Buy a store Apple core Corp I’m so sad We drove to Target Befuddled hands Over there’s the Rice-A-Roni We’re peasants I can’t smell Chardonnay Almond Joy Sorry I woke you up Sorry about the love song You thought was dumb Up your butt Go fuck a coconut Today sucked SUBARU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Southern Gardens 15:45
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Recorded in Austin, TX 2018-2019

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released July 17, 2019

All songs written and performed by Porter (C. 2019, bring yr own bathos publishing)

Song 9 is a bastardization of a song by JJ Cale

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