Same Place the Fly Got Smashed

Guided by Voices

1990 Released

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Airshow '88

02 : 12

Order for the New Slave Trade

03 : 09

The Hard Way

02 : 53

Drinker's Peace

01 : 52

Mammoth Cave

02 : 17

When She Turns 50

02 : 07

Club Molluska

01 : 35

Pendulum

01 : 49

Ambergris

00 : 52

Local Mix-Up

04 : 40

Murder Charge

06 : 39

Starboy

01 : 10

Blatant Doom Trip

03 : 59

How Loft I Am?

01 : 05

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Track Lyrics

Airshow '88 Lyrics

[Intro]

You brought me down, you ruined me, you and your family, you ruined me!

I did not!

You most certainly did!

You son of a—

Get ready for excitement and adventure

Let's go, airshow!

[Verse]

The smell was overwhelming for the carnivore

And packed in like wet cement, frozen with fear

The message at the traffic circle

The colorful flyers all over town

The sun was shining bright

And the sun was out of sight, let's move on

It was high noon

Amidst the masses, I felt like a bottom feeder

As slowly out of frustration

We began drinking to forget about our jobs

Let's go, let's stay, let's run away

The burning wings are saying things

The chemical air is in my hair

Let's go, let's stay, all fucking day

Mammoth Cave Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Got my flashlight, a two by four

Necessary precaution

Plants at the entrance, flies at the exit

[Chorus]

Way down deep in the darkest hole

Lost my way, lost my soul

You can dig my grave in Mammoth Cave

[Post-Chorus]

I would've brought a sharp object, yeah

But they've taken mine all away, all away

[Verse 2]

I pretended I wasn't scared

Something fucking stinks in here

Like a sump pump or sewer, what the hell was I thinking?

[Chorus]

Way down deep in the darkest hole

Lost my way, lost my soul

You can dig my grave, you can dig me a hole

In Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave

When She Turns 50 Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The tavern's open again

The line-up who light up will surely decide the fate

Of these incorrigibles

Who plaster their messages up on the interstate

[Chorus]

When she turns fifty

I might be dead

[Verse 2]

But acting happy again

For singing his songs about rush-hour traffic jams

When the vodka kicks in

A night at the Rockies, digging in for the slam

[Chorus]

When she turn fifty

I'll bake the bread

Murder Charge Lyrics

[Local Mix-Up]

[Verse]

Rimming an ashtray, face in the light

Local mix-up, someone fix up what we broke up

The pleasure seekers are out there tonight

Local mix-up, someone fix up what we broke up

[Chorus]

You as a person have got to think fast

'Cause this is a party, and it's not gonna last

And this is the same place the fly got smashed

[Post-Chorus]

Dress him, dress him, dress him, dress him

Dress him, dress him, dress him like a queen

Dress him, dress him, dress him, dress him

Dress him, dress him, dress him like a queen

[Verse]

Rimming an ashtray, face in the light

Local mix-up, someone fix up what we broke up

The pleasure seekers are out there tonight

Local mix-up, someone fix up what we broke up

[Chorus]

You as a person have got to think fast

'Cause this is a party, and it's not gonna last

And this is the same place the fly got smashed

[Post-Chorus]

Dress him, dress him, dress him, dress him

Dress him, dress him, dress him like a queen

Dress him, dress him, dress him, dress him

Dress him, dress him, dress him like a queen

[Solo]

[Murder Charge]

[Verse 1]

In the early days, he was bursting with confidence

I saw the light changing

Over the years he began to submerge

The nervous wreck we know him to be

The nervous twisted wreck

[Verse 2]

So watch out for Joker Bob

I wish he were just a distant relative

But he's razor close like brill-cream gelatin

Icy cold acid in his heart

[Refrain]

And with this we shall draw the electrifying conclusion

[Verse 3]

They strapped him in, still chewing his bubblegum

Gave him the Jesus-shock as the reporters watched

Finally his ticker stopped

And they buried him with a smile on his puss

[Refrain]

And that's the electrifying conclusion

Blatant Doom Trip Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Jill and Vicky liked to drag-out

Doin' the negative thing like Crips

Ain't no angels in this part of town

Take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah

Take me on a blatant doom trip

We'll go down, smell around

Take me on a blatant doom trip

[Verse 2]

So outrighteous, no time to back out

Obey all commands at the crack of the whip

I don't care if the rain causes pain

Just take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah

Take me on a blatant doom trip

Sonic boom, legion of doom

Take me on a blatant doom trip

[Verse 3]

Scags, fags, and scallywags blackout

Far too serious and socially hip

Figure it out when it's over, without a doubt

And take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah

Take me on a blatant doom trip

[Chorus]