Doin’ the Cockroach (Live 2004)

By Modest Mouse

On Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again

Released on August 13, 2004

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[Instrumental Intro]


[Verse 1]

I was in heaven

I was in hell

Believe in neither

But fear them as well

This one's a doctor

This one’s a lawyer

This one's a cash thief

Taking your money

Back in the Metro

Ride on a Greyhound

Drunk on the Amtrack

Please shut up

Another rider

He was a talker

Talking about TV

Please shut up

This one's a crazer

Daydreaming disaster

The origin of junk food

Rutting through garbage

Tasty but worthless

Dogs eat their own shit

We’re doing the cockroach, yeah


[Chorus]

Doin' the cockroach, yeah

Doin' the cockroach, yeah

Yeah

All right, not bad

Doin' the cockroach, yeah

Doin' the cockroach, yeah

Yeah

All right, not bad

Not bad, no


[Verse 2]

One year

Twenty years

Forty years

Fifty years

Down the road in your life

You'll look in the mirror and say

"My parents are still alive"


[Verse 3]

You move your mouth

You shake your tongue

You vibrate my eardrums

You're saying words

But you know I ain't listening


[Verse 4]

You’re walking down the street

Your face

Your lips

Your hips

Your eyes

They meet

You’re not hungry though


[Bridge]

Well, late last winter

Down below the equator

They had a summer that would make you blister

Oh, my mind is all made up

So I'll have to sleep in it


[Outro]

Oh, my mind is all

Oh, my mind is all

Oh, my mind is all made up

So I’ll have to sleep in it