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Dish Washer

by 10,000 Lakes

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1.
Whisker 03:01
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Whisker mountain… Grandpa sips the orange soda The word kleb ain’t in the dictionary Jarvis Phelps always wanted to Become a calculator so he went to grooming school Computer programming for dogs Hey I think you put too much starch on your ice cream Get out of my bathroom and stop brushing your teeth With the baking soda Flood up the drums with the cheese donuts and Duct tape a hamster to the bacon container Police sunshine Police sunshine Police sunshine Police sunshine Whisker Whisker Whisker Whisker
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Microwaveable 02:32
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Biscuit machine Video adapter, blue control Octopus in my driveway Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na roads 13 inch TV, article next to an ugly dog Lightpost Friend of the cheeseburger hotel manager and owner Yeah Notebook with a lot of papers and stuff in it Lots of documents about the sandwich bag Who ran across 2nd Street yesterday evening The cat had only 46 ears The razorblade was made out of plastic Put a shoestring Put a bootstring Put a string on your hat Frozen ice cream thing In the middle of the water desert A tall spiky fish drove by in his Corvette
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Kowboy Sack 05:08
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Kowboy Sack, take 1 You know there was this guy Who walked around the Dallas area And he held up a sign that said LLPG Which stood for Lost Library Post Guard So an alien electrical lottery ticket Stood up He stood up and he said Central Graphics, Inc. will live forever Meanwhile, purple beauticians were hollering Mail the letter Mail the letter Mail the letter Mail the letter Pick up the beat, Mail the letter Pick up the beat, Mail the letter Mail the letter, pick up the beat now Mail the letter, pick up the beat now Mail the letter Mail the letter Mail the letter Mail that letter now Come on, sing with us New Jersey Grooming School Mail the letter Mail the letter Come on, West Memphis computer programming companies Mail the letter Mail the letter Join us, Chelsea Mail the letter Mail the letter Come on, US Marines Light bulb Light bulb Light bulb How ya doin’ Slate? I’m doing OK circle R TM period Basketball player in the city Blue hazard Blue hazard Kowboy sack Frozen waffle Tune it in to the Fox Sports Network Let’s watch some Home & Garden TV Mail the potato Melting cosmopolitan enchilada
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108 Gallons of Gasoline 03:37
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I had a car It was a pretty car I had a notebook A purple notebook It went 86 miles an hour 108 gallons of gasoline 108 gallons of gasoline I went fishin’ on the desert camel Ah-shucka-shucka-ahh My wrist itches a lot The lamp – it works just fine And then – I opened up A Cherry 7up And it didn’t taste very good It didn’t taste real good at all But I looked up a piece of paper and it said to me 27 bags, 108 gallons of gasoline 48 cheeseburgers, 108 gallons of gasoline 9 ink pads, 108 gallons of gasoline 48 bottles of Tide, 107 gallons of gasoline Bag of Fritos in my trashcan Melting seat in the middle of the shelf Rewind button looking at me because I won’t grab a shelter for the Pepsi bottle Or look inside my chemistry book But sometimes it seems to me That my eyeglasses are made of plastic And the phone book is made out of All the gasoline Basket in a wheel handle
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Stop Sign 03:20
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Alright the title is a coincidence Radio hamster glued to the fence A breeding fan with the fanblade blues Selecting a rhythm Pages, pages, pages Ross Perot had a donut on Tuesday mornin’ Cannonball city with the battery On the carpet in the floor Don’t forget the toothbrush manual Fold a corner of a beef sandwich A robot shell A sock bone Gray field mouse with the blues To use a Nintendo Entertainment Burrito Get a screwdriver and put it in the trunk of your beer can Grease fire banana chicken train
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Dish Washer 05:42
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Information, pocketbook Can of cookies Baking soda I put on a tie every mornin’ Just about in time to watch Regis and Kathie Lee They advertise things, Regis is messin’ around He thinks that he can whoop up on a sumo wrestler Cash register, cash register Canvas Pepsi, mustard bottle filled with green paint Folk music stars eating peanut butter Rolling pins bust out with matchbooks Roll down the street in my ‘64 Basketball tournament Look at the pocketknife Sitting next to the calculated building The Hard Rock Café The Between A Rock And A Hard Place Café The License Plate Drive-Thru Mashed potato in hiding Groveling lawnmower Sad baseball cap Purple turquoise chocolate bears Lawnmower string Harley-Davidson sandwiches Put a deep fryer on your t-shirt No postage necessary if mailed in the United States of America Wine glass filled with Dr Pepper
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Tennisparty 02:59
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Du du du du du green tennis ball Goin’ down to the tennis court Gonna groove it on up Goin’ to the party Tennis party Goin’ to the party Tennis party Goin’ to the party Tennis party Tennis party Go Greyhound, mess with the fritobox We’re goin’ to get cans of coffee And record a few chickens Pull out the potato stops Run three times around the block There is a porcelain pig inside the ‘frigerator The freezer is full of tennis balls Tennis party Tennis party Orange juice party Vacuum cleaner party Chain wallet party Mickey Mouse was listening to a Christmas record Lamp without a lightbulb Tennis party Tennis party Orange juice party Malcolm W party Toothbrush party Corn on the cob party Tennis party
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Be In A Taste Test 03:31
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There was a hockey moment in the jar The universe player had a steamed cheeseburger I had some coffee with my stereo The taste test guy said I was cool Said for me to be in a taste test I went and took the test that day He thought that I liked Coke a little more than Pepsi But I think that juice drinks are better than both Shoestrings are better than both I had a little chicken soup Wile E Coyote came up n said hello The carpet sample waved at me Then I got afraid Because a rewind button was chasing me Haven’t changed the calendar since June Since July The octopus center is raging mad And the dentist had lots of tools Beef pattern
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Grain 05:24
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Fred had a 1979 Ford He liked Dr Pepper He grew up in a town in the middle of Wyoming He saw one day that he’d run out of grain So he pulled up a shotgun and chewed on it He chewed on it hard and he thought about Velveeta And he took his car and went to Florida Went down there, stopped in Georgia To eat a peach and talk to his friends He – he grabbed a cellular phone and decided That it should be in the lake His friends knew that he Had a lot of things to eat The orange peel ran away And I have a feeling there’s a pink thing on the floor Baseball quest, hat universe And a grain controller A grain remote controller Air freshener Crocodile asking for directions to a gas station There was a calendar in the pharmacy A portrait of a TV A guy with light bulbs on his jacket CNN CNN Grain W Menu Shoestring Math book Pair of socks
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The 03:57
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The cat went into the store, grabbed a worry rock, a couple of candy bars and change for a penny. The balloon had a beer in 1933. The cheeseburger had a car wreck! Don't send me to the principal's office! There's a pen, there's a pen. Do you know that's a really great pen. A pen. A pen. Ya know that's a really great pen? There was a cat who jumped around, had 2 legs, no, 3 legs. And it was flying a kite with my cousin, flying a kite with my lawnmower. It chewed up a basketball, the last time I remember. This song's title has only 3 letters in it. Let's go to the Superbowl! Westward expansion. Westward expansion. Westward expansion teams. Count your shoes. Count your hats. Don't remember your ZIP code! Do you remember your ZIP code? Oh, what a fan what a fan what a fan what a fan. Remember they had a - For technical help, please call 1-300-OBOE-CHAIR.
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Stapler 03:41
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There was a cowboy who went swimming in the desert He hung onto his stapler cuz it was his best friend My cap was on fire and he had a sandwich with me We sat back and watched a lot of movies on TV I had a ????? ??? aluminum can The refrigerated stapler was the cowboy’s best friend I remember that day When all the grain was ready And all the cheese was grate Was ??? in my hometown The basketball was orange and All my friends were wearing coats They were wearing then when They traveled in their square boats Tootsie rolls Round thing in the Oh, the orange yard had the great number 5 in it Shoe that doesn’t fit anymore
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Trashcan #79 04:35
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Number 79 There was a big trashcan It was friendly It didn’t like movies It didn’t like ridin’ bikes But it liked the view It had a really great job And it’s number 79 right on the side He said that was my identification number Don’t put the thing sideways in the parking lot Don’t get a candy wrapper and chew on it Don’t tune your guitar to the Simpson style Don’t put your hangers up on your shelf Don’t put toys inside of a driveway Light green, light green, light orange Pocketknife in the sky Bubble person Bacon strips Gravy superhero Caveman Save 79 cents Save 45 cents

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This was a very quick follow-up to Exercise Fever. At the time I had just recorded an album in one night, and wanted to put together some new songs. I didn't use previous methods of multitracking or even that much pre-writing of lyrics. One song was mostly written by a good friend and bandmate in another project, and some of the other songs were only partially pre-written, or only concepts. The theme behind the album was to only use acoustic guitar, similar to Minnesota Hat 1982. It ended up being that except for one song. Using improvisation rather than planning made this a more off-the-cuff album lyrically, and a simpler, more freestyle album musically.

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released February 28, 1997

M.C. Paperclip, Quentin Lundy (partial lyrics on Kowboy Sack)

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10,000 Lakes began in 1993, as a solo project using a Casio SA-7, a combination of acoustic and electric guitar, and completely random lyrics recorded onto a tape recorder. The style has mostly stayed the same, except for a change in keyboard to a CA-110, and pro mic's and a mixer. Chopstick shoes. My belt buckle rented someone else's cupcake remedy. ... more

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