Lay Low for the Letdown

By Beulah

On Handsome Western States

Released on November 1997

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[Verse 1]

You looked like you were sleeping

Waiting days for the twenty-two

Come on, we'll grab a chariot

Come on, we'll write a soundtrack

Quarter til two, the night's ending

We stand where no Romans dared to stand

Shut up, you might sink ships

Shut up, you'll lose your gold tooth


[Chorus 1]

And we'll testify and we will declare

Daydreams pile up on the interstate where

The arch there is still a square, and we'll jump if you dare

But please don't dare us


[Verse 2]

You said that you were loaded

I know, 'cause I think I was loaded too

Come on, we'll wait for holidays

Come on, we'll curse our weekdays

One dollar well sings the chorus

Something a little, little bigger than small

Shut up, the kids make out

Shut up, and watch the world spin


[Chorus]

God damn the commies, wherever they are

We need someone to blame for closing this bar

And the neon fades like a star, and we'll wish on that star

Our week goes faster


[Bridge]

The conversation ends and the drugs start to fade

On the palm, deserts drift, Martians parade

And they will attack, and we'll laugh

It's alright, it's okay, it don't matter today

It's all easy, everything's cool

It's okay, it's alright, it don't matter tonight

It's all easy

(What's that?)