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Fight Fire With Fire
01:38
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Fight Fire With Fire
by John Hovorka
You've got to fight fire with fire Got to tell a lie to a liar. You've got to fight fire with fire. Got to tell a lie to a liar. Extinguishers are very much on hand. We live in a safe and modern land. And I was so easy to put out. But hey not now because that's not what I'm about I said you got to fight fire with fire. Got to tell a lie to a liar. You got to fight fire with fire. Got to tell a lie to a liar. Asbestos works great and it serves its cause. Anyhow it looks better than burns and gauze. And flame retardant fabrics are the rule. But if you want to hurt somebody back then use some fuel. I said you've got to fight fire with fire. Got to tell a lie to a liar. You got to fight fire with fire. Got to tell a lie to a liar. OSHA says use fire control. Safety first is our government's goal. But if you want revenge when you get burned, then take some advice from me I've learned that you've got to fight fire with fire. Got to tell a lie to a liar.
You got to fight fire with fire. Got to tell a lie to a liar.
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Recombinant Phase
02:30
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Recombinant Phase
by John Hovorka
You're stuck in one more recombinant phase. You're stuck in one more recombinant phase. You, in one more recombinant phase. Are stuck, in one more recombinant phase.
You read obituaries of the race. And you want to live but you know your place. And you even think that you want romance. But the meters show acute variance.
Come on come on come on and hate it. Show how you are so frustrated. Admit admit admit admit it. Then go on go out and get it.
But you're stuck in one more recombinant phase. Stuck, in one more recombinant phase. You, in one more recombinant phase. Are stuck in one more recombinant phase.
You, a tangled knot of chromosomes. Languish in the lab so all alone. You read obituaries of the race. And you want to live but you know your place. And you even think that you want romance. But the meters show acute variance.
Come on come on come on and hate it, show how you are so frustrated. Admit admit admit admit it. Then go on go out and get it.
But you're stuck in one more recombinant phase. Stuck in one more recombinant phase.
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Nakkamichi Boogie
02:26
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Nakkamichi Boogie
by Tom Martel
I make good pay. Three bowls of rice. Turn on my transistor in the paddy fields and night and Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie tonight. I climb into my rickshaw and drive downtown. Walk into McDonald's [choke] my Egg McMuffin down then. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie tonight. Rockin resistors. Rockin IC's. Asia is rockin'. With US industry. I finally get to work. Building number nine. Sit down at my bench on the 501 line. Set my ‘scilloscope and my VOM too. Ready for another day and you know what I do. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie tonight. Rockin resistors. Rockin IC's. Asia is rockin'. With US industry. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie. Rock Rock Nakkamichi Boogie tonight.
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Draft Registration Time
01:53
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Draft Registration Time
by John Hovorka,
American boys march to a bigger war
More metal and less color than they've ever seen before
Registration gears up this violent nation
Machines are encased in mass frustration
Intellectuals say they'll march demoralized
But take a closer look there's no fear in their eyes
A high-stepping unit tracks into world view
They've seen it all on TV and now it's what they'll do
March March to the OPEC beat
There's shortages on every street
March march to the OPEC toll
We'll blow up Iran but save its oil!
Nations get big then just coast along
Thirty thousand bombs make US look strong
And it's fun to be decadent for years on end I know
But when they drop the bomb
That's when you've got to go
March March to the OPEC beat
There's shortages on every street
March march to the OPEC toll
We'll blow up the world up but save its oil!
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5. |
The Spazz
02:08
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The Spazz
by Tom Martel
Well spit up, fall down, and do the spazz
Put your elbow on your head and fall down on your bed do the spazz
Let your backbone slip on the stairs and make you trip do the spazz
Well spit up, fall down, and do the spazz
Well you get the Asian flu and the kids'll do it too do the spazz
Wel you pray to Jesus Christ 'cause you [indistinct[ do the spazz
Well spit up, fall down, and do the spazz
Well stick your finger in your eye and you're doin' up your fly do the spazz
Well [indistinct] while you're walking down the street do the spazz
Well spit up, fall down, and do the spazz
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Neighborhood Bowling League
by John Hovorka
Neighborhood bowling league
That's where all the wives go
Keep their bodies from decay
All the wasted years behind
They shove that out of their minds
They only go out on sunny days
Neighborhood bowling league
That's where all the hubbys go
Founded in nineteen sixty-five
Sunrise Bowling Alley
Keeps its patrons slim and fit
At work they think about it and survive
But now I'm the one who's bowling
Not just one of the pins
Yeah I'm the one who's bowling
Not just one of the pins
They all used to look at me
I was disguised
As a piece of wood
I fit in with the pins
I thought I'd never win
I only wanted to be good
But then I found a new way
So I went out of my way
To get some bowling shoes and a ball
Why be submissive when they only knock ya down?
They only love ya when they see ya fall
But now I'm the one who's bowling
Not just one of the pins
Yeah I'm the one who's bowling
And not just one of the pins
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7. |
Twisted Sense of Humor
02:02
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Twisted Sense of Humor
by John Hovorka
She's got a twisted sense of humor and you know she's gonna be doin' ya wrong
She's got a twisted sense of humor and you know she's gonna be doin' ya wrong
Water pail in the door, banana peel on the floor
She's got a twisted sense of humor and you know she's gonna be doin' ya wrong
You thought you had her in the palm of your hand, but you're up all night thinking that she's got bigger plans
And you wanna call her up and say, Baby we're through!
But every time she leaves your sight in catches up with you
She's got a twisted sense of humor and you know she's gonna be doin' ya wrong
Couple smoke bombs on the lawn, accidental car crash while you're gone
tape recorder hidden near the phone, and you're scared of going out at night alone
She's got a twisted sense of humor and you know she's gonna be doin' ya wrong
She's got a twisted sense of humor and you know she's gonna be doin' ya wrong
She's got a twisted sense of humor uh huh!
Twisted sense of humor uh huh!
Twisted sense of humor and you know she's gonna be doin' ya wrong!
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8. |
Lathe & Drill Press
02:27
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Lathe and Drill Press
by John Hovorka
You know how
To cook food
For a nice Monsanto mood
It always tastes great of course
Your chemical kitchen food resource
Mix n make, mix n make
Shake n bake, shake n bake
Off the shelf, on the plate
I'm in the mood for chemicals
just like mother used to mix
Jam it up and jam it up
I've got machines I've got to fix
Got to go out on the lawn
Wave goodbye ‘til you are gone
Then go to work in the shop I guess
Got to operate
Lathe and Drill Press
Lathe and Drill Press
Lathe and Drill Press
Lathe and Drill Press!
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9. |
Midnight Hour
02:02
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10. |
A Regular Guy
03:02
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A Regular Guy
by John Hovorka
He was just a regular guy
Cook County officers dragged him out alive
He murdered thirty-seven so they ripped his house to hell
But they said he was a regular guy
Look at that man, he shovels your yard
Look at that man, he's working so hard
Look at that man, at the party he's a clown
But when it comes to construction work
you've got to dig down
He was quite a regular guy
It takes backbone to excavate a pool at night
The house smelled like mice, his wife complained it wasn't nice
But she said he was a regular guy
Look at that man
Guess what he did
When he offered nice jobs to the neighborhood kids
He fucked them then he cut them down then buried them downstairs
It just goes to show and who even cares?
After all he was a regular guy
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11. |
Billy Says
01:48
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Billy Says
by John Hovorka
Billy says that Bob's gone mental
The accidents weren't accidental
And now he should be on a farm
But he can't work he broke his arm
Cindy says stay away
Your friend he isn't well today
And I said ah you're just a cynic
But now he's locked up at the clinic
He ripped out a lot of plumbing
He shot the guards he saw them coming
They put him under arrest
But doctors say that a hospital is best
Billy says that Bob's gone mad
His accidents were all he had
But now perhaps he's getting well
They keep him in a padded cell
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Manic
02:09
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Manic
by John Morrill
I can't live in this society
cause I hate the world and it hates me
People on the street look at me funny
now all I've got left is my Mustang and me
I'm going manic, what is wrong with me?
I'm going manic, and from a good family
Get up every morning eat shit for my measly pay
And just to keep on living got to give it away
I'm going out tonight but I feel like such a goon
I hope I hope I hope I hope I die real soon
I'm going manic, what is wrong with me?
I'm going manic, what about my college degree?
I can't live in this society
cause I hate the world and it hates me
People on the street look at me funny
now all I've got left is my Mustang and me
I'm going manic, what is wrong with me?
I'm going manic, was it the LSD?
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John Hovorka New York
John Hovorka played guitar and bass guitar in bands first in Geneva NY but mostly in Boston then in New York City. After he started writing songs he was the leader of The 2x4's (1978 - 1980), then Noise Pencil (1982), Turbines (1983 - 1987), Hovorka (1988 - 2002), John Hovorka And The Dawn Of Mechanized Farming (DOMF) (2003 to the present), and he also released some solo albums. ... more
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