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It's Fun To Steal

by Mono Puff

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1.
Creepy 03:11
Town drunk's angry daughter And all her hospital friends Are coming downstate to meet us She wants to see me again Creepy Strange Over the intercom They announce her real name She's got a thimble Full of all I know A survey of California So Los Feliz, so Silver Lake Creepy Wrong Live from the mini-mall They announced her real name This song is called "Creepy" Creepy Strange Over the intercom They announced her real name "Six-six-six" "Six-six-six" Creepy "Six-six-six" "Six million ways to die" Creepy Wrong Live from the mini-mall
2.
I know you're way past the obvious now So I'm afraid to even ask But when do you stop to consider The events in your recent past? I'm sure you'll find a way to bring the girl around Then turn her world upside-down It's fun to steal It's fun to break a heart But only once will I warn you this way It's fun to steal But the day you change your ways You'll find out she's exactly the same In the ladies room you're all they're talking about Mr. Lovemaker, Heartbreaker, Number One But it's yourself you are deceiving And whoever's next to come The day you trade your soul for a heart of stone Is the greatest story never told It's fun to steal It's fun to fool around But only once will I warn you this way It's fun to steal But ask anyone in town You'll find out there's a price to be paid It's fun to steal It's fun to break a heart But only once will I warn you this way It's fun to steal But the day you change your ways You'll find out she's exactly the same It's fun to steal It's fun to break a heart It's fun to steal It's fun to break a heart It's fun to steal
3.
Who's going to wear my sandals stained with cherry soda? (We will we will we will) Who's going to ride my bike when I'm back in school? Who's going to build my death ray? Who's going to build my death ray? And grow poison flowers Poison flowers with me? Who's going to steal the rowboats from the lifeguard station? (We will we will we will) Who'll type manifestos at my summer job? Who's going to build my bomb? Who's going to build my bomb? And grow poison flowers Poison flowers Poison flowers Poison flowers with me? (Please don't leave!)
4.
Tell your sister and your brother Tell the alien and the chimp Tell the corpse and tell the killer Tell the pilot and the blimp Tell the wind and tell the phone Tell the birds and tell the fly Tell the streetlights and the car Tell the stars and tell the sky Mr. Hughes says, "Live and learn. Dig and be dug in return." Tell the boxer and the fist Tell the logo and the lid Tell the ladies and the lords Tell the goats and tell the kid Tell the stylus and the disc Tell the dust and tell the breeze Tell the needles and the wool Tell the locks and tell the keys Mr. Hughes says, "Live and learn. Dig and be dug in return."
5.
The beauty of A felt-tip pen The comfort found In imaginary friends I've been all around this crummy world And no one will defend The comfort found In imaginary friends I booked my trip On a time machine Going back one hour To the previous scene Right before you called my name I was talking to a friend They could not understand So I'm explaining it all again The beauty of Imaginary friends "Eric...." I can disappear In a Store 24 And re-emerge Distorted and small Back in deepest, Darkest Massachusetts Isolated from The comfort found In imaginary friends
6.
Taste the bass Taste the bass (The bass) Taste the bass
7.
Extra Krispy 03:58
Welcome to New York City Krispy You think you're leavin' You say goodbye You really mean it this time Then you start dreamin' Just one more time It's not a real big surprise It's like, once you get down in New York City You'll never go home again It's like, once you've had Extra Krispy You'll never go back again Your little schoolboy days are far behind I don't know what you're trying to say I've got to get down my way I'm gonna rock you Just one more time Don't make me rock you again I'm gonna rock you Just one more time Don't make me rock you again It's like, once you get down in New York City You'll never go home again It's like, once you've had Extra Krispy You'll never go back again Oh la-la! Train departs de la station ! Venez ici, s'il vous plait, tout les passengers Mono Pouffe Du bu d'or ? Venez avec Me Get your kicks down in New York City (New York City) You'll never go home again Once you've had Extra Krispy You'll never go back again It's like, once you get down in New York City You'll never go home again It's like, once you've had Extra Krispy You'll never go back again Bon On y va Venez avec me Plen-T-Pac "We're floatin' through space" Flansy "New York" Ghost Krabb "Horrible!" Heaven Fini les dit Au revoir Oh la-la
8.
Dedicated 02:33
Puff! [repeated throughout song] Stop playing games of the mind Hey diddo ging gindedo d-ding gingedo go Oh, o-o-o-oh it's you, ee oh oh oh oh oh why what the Not only, but especially for, the ladies Mono Puff Not only, but especially for, the ladies Mono Puff Mono Puff Mono (Puff) Mono (Puff) Mono (Puff) Mono (Puff) Not only, but especially for, the ladies Mono Puff Not only, but especially for, the ladies Mono Puff Mono (Puff) Mono Puff Mono (Puff) Mono (Puff) Comes the sound comin' at ya Hummin' at ya Strummin' and drummin' at ya October 17th: Stayed inside. At 11 o'clock I see my dedicated friend through my window. He's across the street, turning the key in his front door. I sit in my chair just beyond the sunlight of the window and speak out: "There he is." He looks around, thinking, incorrectly, that he will someday discover my secret identity. Puff!
9.
Hear the scream that the turning subway made Hear the screams of the people in your way They love you very much but they Don't know that you're the one Backstabbing liar And have been all along Backstabbing liar Has learned to write songs See the mirror and reflections in the light See the fanzine and your paragraphs of lies We got along so well that I Could hardly tell you're the Backstabbing liar And everyone's wrong Backstabbing liar Has learned to write songs Backstabbing liar And everyone's wrong Backstabbing liar Has learned to write songs Backstabbing liar Says he's resigned Backstabbing liar Will change your mind
10.
She came down from the Ozarks To the big city Memphis world She's a legend and a landmark Hillbilly drummer girl A stomach full of whiskey More than any man A bar of broken tables An empty gasoline can A black behemoth Caddy Sleeping bag in back Holes right through the floorboard A rolling chicken shack She came down from the Ozarks To the big city Memphis world She's a legend and a landmark Hillbilly drummer girl Hillbilly drummer girl At ten o'clock tomorrow Playing for a crowd of six Free beer and eight dollars That's money for new sticks Party 'cross the river Ends up in the mud Morning in the drunk tank Coffee and dried blood She came down from the Ozarks To the big city Memphis world She's a legend and a landmark Hillbilly drummer girl Hillbilly drummer girl The ducks are in the lobby And Graceland's down the road A vacant lot, a pile of bricks Now she's the living soul She came down from the Ozarks To the big city Memphis world She's a legend and a landmark Hillbilly drummer girl Hillbilly drummer girl Hillbilly drummer girl
11.
his moment's brought to you by love Dashiki Lover (Dashiki Lover!) (Dashiki!) Dashiki Lover (Dashiki Lover!) (Dashiki!) Just a townie out with conventioneers Don't know a soul here in The Factory Just a wallflower till he came through the door Dashiki lover slide right up to me Peter Fonda — Dashiki Lover Clifford Irving — Dashiki Lover Allen Ginsberg — Dashiki Lover And Wayne County — Dashiki Lover Dashiki Lover (Dashiki Lover!) Dashiki Lover (Dashiki Lover!) Dashiki! Ultra Violet — Dashiki Lover Dennis Hopper — Dashiki Lover Sammy Davis — Dashiki Lover Jerry Rubin — Dashiki Lover My first grade teacher (What! What!) — Dashiki Lover Humbert Humbert — Dashiki Lover And James Baldwin — Dashiki Lover Rosemary's baby — Dashiki Lover Lonesome Cowboy — Dashiki Lover (Dashiki!) Abbie Hoffman — Dashiki Lover (Dashiki!) Dashiki Love Dashiki! Dashiki! Dashiki! Dashiki! Dashiki! Dashiki Lover! (Dashiki Lover!) Dashiki! Dashiki Lover! (Dashiki!) (Dashiki Lover!)
12.
Pretty Fly 02:09
Once upon a time There was a pretty fly He had a pretty wife This pretty fly But one night She flew away Flew away She had (two pretty children) But one night These two pretty children Flew away Flew away Into the sky Into the moon Once upon a time There was a pretty fly He had a pretty wife This pretty fly But one night She flew away Flew away
13.
She left me behind With my tearstained mind And this monkey fur coat That nobody wants When she tore me in half My neighbors would smile 'Cause that's all the fun They'd had in awhile And I just found out What everybody knows And I can't go back To where I wanna go I met my girlfriend's friend Walking right down my block She had a prosaic stare And a prosaic cough She would poke at my coat And I would reply And kick at the ground And not look in her eyes And I just found out What everybody knows And I can't go back To where I wanna go And I just found out What everybody knows And I can't go back To where I wanna go
14.
I want to know the day custodian I want to hear his harsh refrain But most of all I hear the calling Of the watchman afterhours I want to be the night security I want to own a tiny TV With the sound turned down And no one around I'll sing so very loud I want to be the night security I want to sleep right in my clothes I want to open my eyes As people walk by And whisper, "Who's that guy?" My keychain is on the table Its massive size implies The scope of what I'm able To unlock any time I want to be the night security I want to sleep right in my clothes I want to open my eyes As people walk by And whisper, "Who's that guy?"

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John Flansburgh’s Side Project

Flansburgh’s Mono Puff gets deeper into the groove on this more electronically-driven song set. Bass virtuoso Hal Cragin shines on the electric bass and Phil Hernandez of the Elegant Too delivers unexpected audio manipulations. Features Backstabbing Liar, It's Fun to Steal and Creepy.

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released May 1, 2020

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