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Poison Picking Time
04:16
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(copyright 2007 the matthew show)
If I were a ghost of all the things I tell you
Would you run, seek the higher ground
If I were lost, more lost than when I found you
Should I go, try to find the path again
Fly around inside
Windows look like sky
You know it’s alright
You know it’s okay
Live like you’ll die someday
If I made time the way I make my music
Would you smile more often than you do
If I smiled for once without reservation
I doubt there’d be a thing we couldn’t do
I curse the dashboard light
Home late another night
You know it’s alright
You know it’s okay
Live like you’ll die someday
They never wonder
They never question
They march crying past the grave
And I want to feel loved without feeling old
I want to feel the wind blow through my soul
I want to love you for the rest of my life
And I wish that life weren’t dying
Dying, dying on the vine
Well, they say it’s alright
You don’t get a life without pain
I can’t deny that
But all I wonder
When it’s poison picking time
Which one is mine
You know it’s alright
You know it’s okay
Live like you’ll die someday
And maybe one day
And maybe sometime soon
We can be happy again
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(2006 the matthew show)
I just drank a beer, I don’t know why
I just drank three more, I don’t know why
Then you came down, we fooled around, and now I’m clean & dry
It’s the difference between me and me & you
I ate a box of Krispy Kremes today
Shouted at myself to go away
Then you came back and I relaxed and now I’m all okay
It’s the difference between me and me & you
CHORUS:
Why do you leave me alone with myself
The last place I ever want to be
‘Cause the difference between the wrong thing and the right thing to do
Is the difference between me and me & you
I had sex with Tina Fey today
Then the TV stopped and made it go away
Then you came in, my favorite sin, and I knew what to do
It’s the difference between me and me & you
Maybe I should kill myself today
It’s the only thing to make me go away
But I find that it’s too much of a cruel a thing to do
Not so much to me, but more to me & you
(CHORUS)
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Crackertoa (AM 820)
05:17
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(copyright 2012 the matthew show)
They got it all figured out on the radio station
‘bout the ills of the world and the whole damn nation
Gonna slap a big Bible upside your head
We ain’t gonna pay attention to the words in red
Gonna make a big crater in the Middle East
Gonna kill all the people in the name of peace
Gonna turn the other cheek with my big red button
Bring a newkular hammer, you’ll be hurtin’ for certain
You better run, God’s on my side
Thank you, Lord God, for the gift of this nation
For the backs of the blacks and the Native Americans
For ol’ Davy Crockett and his band of thieves
I keep a 20 in my pocket, Andy Jackson don’t leave me
You touch my flag, I’ll mess you up
In the name of truth, justice, and American bucks
‘cause the man on the radio got it figured out
Told me what I got to do to kick the Mexicans out
You better run, God’s on my side
I keep a semi-automatic by my pillow in the bed
‘cause what God wants is for you to be dead
My stuff is my stuff and now your stuff is mine
‘cause y’all can’t be trusted with them oil pipelines
I got a Bible says kill every one of you dead
I got a Bible says He made the world for me instead
I got a man on the radio says it’s my land
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey gotta take a stand
You better run, God’s on my side
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Arsonist's Lullabye
05:14
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Northern Downpour
03:26
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Careless World
05:01
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(2006 the matthew show)
I just drank a beer, I don’t know why
I just drank three more, I don’t know why
Then you came down, we fooled around, and now I’m clean & dry
It’s the difference between me and me & you
I ate a box of Krispy Kremes today
Shouted at myself to go away
Then you came back and I relaxed and now I’m all okay
It’s the difference between me and me & you
CHORUS:
Why do you leave me alone with myself
The last place I ever want to be
‘Cause the difference between the wrong thing and the right thing to do
Is the difference between me and me & you
I had sex with Tina Fey today
Then the TV stopped and made it go away
Then you came in, my favorite sin, and I knew what to do
It’s the difference between me and me & you
Maybe I should kill myself today
It’s the only thing to make me go away
But I find that it’s too much of a cruel a thing to do
Not so much to me, but more to me & you
(CHORUS)
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the matthew show Fort Worth, Texas
the matthew show's songs, books, and podcasts are acclaimed widely, and have been featured on NPR & PBS. He has worked with Grammy-winning producers Matt Ross-Spang and John Hampton. He is also half of Ah Pook the Destroyer.
the matthew show recommends:
The King in Yellow
by Ah Pook the Destroyer
A collaboration between myself and Paul Shapera. Two concept albums thus far, The King in Yellow and The Silver Key.
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Safely Down: The Songs of Jason Jackson
by Various Artists
Produced by myself and the late Grammy winner John Hampton, this is a fine collection of songs written by a largely unknown songwriter, performed by a wide array of talented artists.
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Top-notch songwriting and heartfelt delivery from a matthew show associate. I co-produced this album, and it easily stands alongside my own work.
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