What a Life to Be Living

by The Soup Boys

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1.	Yoshi Takes a Ride 04:18	lyrics	buy track
Good morning How did you sleep, now Can I get you something? Would you like a bite to eat, yeah Now you may feel funny You’re in a strange position Sit back and listen a minute It's only the exposition My dear boy You're off to a strange planet You learn a little You get a bad habit You spend money To grow a bit bigger And when you're all through You better get six figures My brain is thin From all the answers I'm given My light is dim From all the cancers I'm spinning How do I grow, father? How do I make it in the next life? Why do I even bother When the future cuts me like a knife It’s changing It’s the end of the world It’s the end of the world It’s the end It’s changing
2.	Falling Apart 05:16	lyrics	buy track
Falling apart is the best you’ll ever do A sister who doesn’t try is meant for you To break her down was not that hard And build her up with many bricks pointing upwards Falling apart is the best you’ll ever do A city with a curfew would be good for you So you could go feel cool When you break all the rules, if you want to Conversation’s getting boring And I need a chance to catch my breath Stop your never-ending story Won’t you please give it a rest And hope for the best En route to fail, you have left your soul behind Caught up by the friction of a million eyes You say they forced you underground But you made every single sound on your lonesome Restless again, and your candle burns both ends Married to the future in your bungalow And if I thought that you could change I’d be amazed if you would even want to Got to look closer, full moon is sober Parking your rover, quarrel is over Time will tick better with colder weather Do things, whatever, heavenly tether
3.	Long Corridor 04:04	lyrics	buy track
Long corridor was not there before Go down the stairs, we heard it down there Growls down the hall, that’s not good at all Call him real quick, they’ll take care of it Wandering, mystery Wanna know where it leads I really don’t want to say Wandering, mystery Wanna know where it leads I really don’t want to say, well Ooh What’s around the corner? Someone should’ve warned her Ooh What’s around the corner? Someone should’ve warned her Kiss on the lips, don’t tell him ‘bout this Take out your gun and blast him for fun Fall thru the floor, this family’s no more They’re done for sure with that corridor
4.	Scordatura 05:43	lyrics	buy track
Take me somewhere, I’m ready to go Shatter me to pieces Shake me now, break me down to bone Keep me, but keep me on display Green grass and flowers Aging every hour Cooked into sugary jelly Slyly preserved, we are candied Is it scary? Julie You see right through me You said it to me It wasn’t meant to be Sucking the blood out of everything You broke the sun with your hairdo, oh yeah You found the key to the caged canary He told you what you want to hear Dorothy, come with me, I’ll show you How the world carries the world
5.	Square One 03:27	lyrics	buy track
Circling round square one Reeling in tall wonders Oversimplify paragraphs in tongue fur Running through the silence Characters I write in Look up to Orion Pluck me from this island Hiding from square one Calculate large numbers They all wonder why nobody gets too far Celebrate their hygiene Petite cakes with icing Commemorate their tiling Why is no one smiling?
6.	Little Kitty Claw 03:07	lyrics	buy track
I lost my lions mane Washed razors down the drain Father figure crashed my car Kicked it down and raised the bar She shows the signs of love Tattoo of flying dove He didn't want to eat my bread So he split my world in half instead It used to be so cool Swimming laps around the pool Wrap me in a crêpe Read my mind with painters tape Cut down to size But I can't get over her shining eyes Fresh cut butchers meat I'll deliver your mail through hail and sleet Leave the past alone For her I'll work 'til I'm skin and bone Little kitty claw What I put up with to hold your paw I want to make you feel so good Burning engine and a sad old hood Return the favor? I think you should If only the law said that you could He watched us from behind He knew of our design Frankfurters on the grill Old man sweeps in for the kill His pickup truck holds crying child And concrete details on going wild Only he prevents forest fires But maybe to burn is the trees desire I want my old life back Rob my bank and sell me crack If only we could escape Read my mind with painters tape Cut down to size But I can't get over her shining eyes Fresh cut butchers meat I'll deliver your mail through hail and sleet Leave the past alone For her I'll work 'til I'm skin and bone Little kitty claw What I put up with to hold your paw I want to make you feel so good Burning engine and a sad old hood Return the favor? I think you should If only the law said that you could I can't believe you think that I Could love and embrace through your careful eye She shoots me to the panda land And then you drown me in paper sand You hold me back from what I need Do you want to kill or just impede? I can't get through to the smiling core I get so little when I really need more I lost my lions mane Washed razors down the drain
7.	Please Come Back 03:16	lyrics	buy track
Oh no, please come back Don’t know where you’re at Don't know, but I had to laugh After time had passed Delightful Oh no, you spilled your beer While I was over here These moons are aligned Close quarters are in sight Miserable
8.	My Marie 04:13	lyrics	buy track
In the daytime, I keep my things in check Until the memory of the sunlight reminds me Eternally, stay with me And when you go, let me know In the evening, I let myself kick back Because it’s calming In my bedroom forever Eternally, stay with me And when you go, let me know My Marie You're always so good to me My Marie You always know who to be
9.	Al Capone 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Said the preacher, this the feature in the night time Just a dime, a dollar, anything, a promise, and a lifeline Wipe that grin off your face Al Capone, I’m in the zone, I’ll put your phone up on a landline I lost track of the days away Can’t tell, I’m on my way Slip into being And you’re split at the seams

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Cobbled together from Winter 2019-Winter 2021

Mixed by Theo Farnum

Mastered by Donald Dominguez

Special thanks to Drew Lassen, Jeff Jones, Lanier Sammons, Kyle Kaldhustal, Cameron Karren, Dank Frank, JG, Hadley, Sgt. DoDo, Timmy Tim, Silly Sax, Euphonium Erik, CSUMB MPA

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released December 31, 2021

Yoshi Takes A Ride
T Farnum
kevin: bass, vocals / matt: drums, vocals / theo: guitar, vocals, keyboards / paula: clarinet

Falling Apart
T Farnum
kevin: bass, vocals / matt: drums, vocals / theo: guitar, vocals, keyboards

Long Corridor
K Austin & T Farnum
kevin: bass, vocals / matt: drums, vocals / theo: guitar, vocals, keyboards / paula: alto sax, clarinet

Scordatura
T Farnum
matt: vocals / theo: piano, guitar, vocals, drums, bass, synthesizer, keyboards

Square One
K Austin & T Farnum
kevin: bass / matt: drums, vocals / theo: guitar, vocals, keyboards

Little Kitty Claw
T Farnum
kevin: bass, vocals / matt: drums, vocals / theo: guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, keyboards

Please Come Back
K Austin & T Farnum
kevin: bass, vocals, guitar / matt: drums, vocals / theo: guitar, vocals, keyboards. cowbell

My Marie
T Farnum
kevin: bass / matt: drums / theo: guitar, vocals, keyboards

Al Capone
M Austin, K Austin & T Farnum
kevin: guitar, vocals / matt: drums / theo: bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals

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