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    plain taiyo yuden cd in a hand-printed paper sleeve (black,light blue,dark blue,violet,grey or green) includes a rough,mostly recorded on 4-track cassette version of a Smoosh song,"The World's Not Bad"(written by Chloe Saavedra). It was recorded in autumn 2012 for the intended album with this title,which bears little resemblance to what it morphed into.The proposed album was planned for a june 2013 release,though it was essentially ready when "this is not a demo" was. Other pieces from prior to april 2013 that were supplanted are forthcoming,as is the initially intended album cover for this one.
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- for Maggie.

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i got my stove, got my fridge
'got a real nice view of the ridge
got my big bed, big blankets too
'can toss and turn if i want to.
tried a few times in 7 years
never got out of the first few gears
shifting down i wrecked the clutch
i took some rides but i haven't really tried that much.

that kitchen floor still wont come clean
the fridge is gross (well that's all me)
got games and toys and pretty things
& things to strum & things to ring.
'ain't seen your ghost in several years
ain't felt those pains, ain't had those fears
my blackened heart has peace and quiet
it's not disturbed by any thumps or any bumping Love riot.

i try to live without feeling shit
and i succeed, well a little bit
then of course a ghost reappears
-to get the shit from my eyes and ears.

i drank a lot, then didn't, then did
old tequila bottle mostly hid
didn't drink it; bought it for you
-cuz i'd get in trouble like you used to.
you made a first-class fool out of me
but i'm as blind as a fool can be
now, on my terms i waste my time
by my own terms i'm a victim of my own crime.

a ghost appeared to me today
a lovely sight to block my way
i cannot change the cards i'm dealt
i couldn't hide the way it felt.
you've got your Life, you've got your mom
you've got a little girl as fair as you
there's a man; you ride on his bike
i chose no wife, but a solitary life that i like.

i try to live without feelin' shit
here comes a ghost to ruin it
forever ghosts will reappear
-to reacquaint you with Love and fear.

i try to live without felling shit
and i succeed -well, a little bit
then of course a ghost reappears
-to get the shit from my eyes and ears.

your energy it came loud and clear
the last thing i could've felt was fear
your taste, it lingers on my tongue
your scent, it saturates my lungs.
i don't need spirits in my air
-not even ones with great derrière
-not even ones with Amazing hair
'not even fooling anyone -my air is there to share.

i try to live without feeling shit
and i succeed -well, a little bit
then, of course a ghost reappears
-to get the shit from my eyes and ears.

i try to live without feeling shit
here comes a ghost to ruin it
forever, ghosts will reappear
-to reacquaint you with Love and fear.

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from more songs about dying and death, released December 23, 2013
BACKGROUND VOCALS BY HADEN MINIFIE. THANK YOU HADEN!

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