Doin’ the Cockroach

By Modest Mouse

On The Lonesome Crowded West

Released on November 18, 1997

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[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 Amtrak, 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

Doin' the cockroach, yeah

Doin' the cockroach, yeah, yeah

All right, not bad, not bad, go


[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


[Verse 5]

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

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

Well, late last winter

Down below the equator

They had a summer that would

Make you blister

And 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


[Instrumental Outro]