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AN INTRODUCTION

by Old table

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1.
Do you feel alive in your rumplestiltskin hive Could you survive in a rumplestiltskin hive I have arrived at a rumplestiltskin hive To survive And be alive Sit and wonder why And have some fun tonight
2.
When I was 6 they put some blue tape on my belt they pat me on the back and said "you've done us well" I escaped them in a hurry they'll never catch me now I don't have to worry I don't have to bow I left my family with Oh so much regret There's no hope for them now there's no hope for them left Sensei Steve is evil he'll kill all of your sons Brainwashing the People Devouring their lungs
3.
Ode 01:43
4.
Achin' 03:03
Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' all night long Let's go Walking Single file Don't look at me I won't smile I can't promise Anything Momma told me 'bout yo ring Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' all night long Let's sit down here eat with me things must die so we can breathe I can't promise anything pass the rice and chicken heart Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' all night long Can't you see that I can't see through your mind and back at me don't it scare you when you're alone thinkin bout people you think you've known sometimes I feel paralyzed don't wanna hurt still don't wanna die I can't promise anything kiss my throat so I can't sing I can't sing I can't sing I can't sing Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Achin' Ache!
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Living in a box with a sundreanched top and the superintendent wants a cut of your trash heap, leave some outside and he'll scamper away with it flying from his mouth and a bird smacks a window, what's there to do today what can we burn hows about that plastic toys r us bag? first let me hoist it above my head and pretend I'm Mary Poppins Out in the wind Ok Burn it now I took a walk with my Rat friend to town and all that I saw were a THOUSAND ravens, darting around in different directions with some telephone poles and a gray square building the sky was feeling a dark shade of blue and the cars gathered 'round like oblivious light bulbs, I muttered a breath to the rat in my hand and I set back moon walking back to the dump
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High School 03:01
I played some video games Then I went to bed I wrestled with my shame Then I rest my head I went to school the next day So I could twiddle my thumbs 5th period rolled around then I ate my Lunch See the Pretty girls walk by With the chemicals on their face I wish that they’d all sigh When they hear my name I don’t know anything about girls I don’t know anything about men I don’t know anything about myself I wish that I was young again
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Sexualized 01:41
Everything is so sexualized Why don’t you try to define your ground Everyone is so systematized Why don’t you try to loosen what is bound The lies will subside as discoveries are found The sizes will rise and they’ll fall in every town I’ll decide in my pride if my melody is sound The prize of the guise will be impotent and round The wise will devise a method in their boundlessly Loving crowd around all are welcome bump the pound Everything is so sexualized Why can’t we try to acknowledge what we’ve found
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Mental Horse 02:19
Mental Horse! I project my waves I project my waves I protect my haze I project my waves Ahh!
9.
ASS FORTY 00:38
Bob Dole Bob Dole yea Patricia Bob Dole oh Bob... I've gotta say to you Bob Dole I've got to say to you oOO
10.
Everybody knows Everybody Knows That I was there when Jesus Died
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You're a snake! and you created me and you fed me the apple you planted the tree and you talk just like you know what's good and then you test test test me like a piece of wood you make me think that I've got something to hide and you make me think I've got a snake inside well I'm a disgruntled christian
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Kindergarten 02:14
I don't wanna go to school (I don't wanna) I Don't wanna go to school (school) Please don't make me go to school (go to school son) I don't wanna go to school (ahh) Teacher makes me do my work (do your work son) Teacher makes me take a nap (go to bed) I know I gotta eat and sleep (eat your food son) But I don't wanna go to school (ahh) I don't wanna go to school (I don't wanna) I Don't wanna go to school (school) Please don't make me go to school (go to school son) I don't wanna go to school (ahh) They teach me how to read and write (write your name son) They teach me how to count to ten (1,2,3,) They want me to go to sleep (I'm not tired) But I don't wanna go to school (school)
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Little Steven wonders why he's gotta die die die d-die At the head of the table fork in chicken pot pie And now Judy wants to go o o o o o o o Anywhere that she wants and she can if No One wants to know And the captain turns the wheel, and the passengers all reel, hummingbird spits up it's meal, little Judith's first high heels. Now Big Baby Steven has new clothes jumping through hoops in the snow and he always does his dance before the training whistle blows, and now Judy's found her man and she loves as best she can, but as long as he's watching she'll be following a plan, And the Batman's lost a wheel, and the Supermarket's steal, and a catholic boy just kneels, and a Super-Villain feels. Could you subjugate your friends, till the end oh till the end, pricking each one in the finger swearing they won't make you cry again, oh you're such a splendid King, sure to do the most good thing, you knight the boys when they please you, invite to bed those women things, oh to never wonder why, clever chaps know you're a lie, oh to never want to know, how it feels to be, without total grip control, Oh what a beautiful face I like the way you take up space, but you'll never be a spectator in his majesty's rat race, you don't live with mom no more and that's the one thing I adore about your life-style choice, can't you hear it in my voice? I'm the King of this here land, I rule the best way that I can, but I always want to cry, cause subjugation's just a lie.
14.
What Can I say? You wouldn't understand me anyway What can I do? I'll just make pretend that nothing's true And wallow in it all Till it comes back and hits me like a bowling Ball What Can I say? You ask me to explain myself away What can I do? You wanna believe that you can write the truth Like you could own the words In your grip they're as alive as a dead bird
15.
You look in my eyes and there are no lies No symbols to break no wrong roads to take No bad and no good No could and no would No names and no blames Just senses remain No Words Exchanged I feel all your shape & I kiss on your nape and now you’re all red and now I’m all red, and now we are blue and I think I love you but I would never say it, no I would never tell you No Words Exchanged I wish the objects of my love Were just like cats You could walk up to one You could pet it on the head & they would take you or leave you, ‘cause I don’t want to talk, no I don’t want to talk No Words Exchanged
16.
Caught in a castle, caught in a castle with a sewing machine, cross from the chapel, I can hear you cackle I can hear you scream: "What a hassle to be sewing a seam, what a hassle to be living a dream!" Catching a castle Catching a castle with a shredding machine, would you like to wrastle? I'll let you pin me down just to make a scene, What a hassle, what a hassle to be tearing a seam, what a hassle detonating a dream, Fasten your tassle, fasten your tassle to a fat oak tree, then give me all your cash, one needs a certain amount just to be like me, I'm just sitting in my castle with an insane cackle just a-threading my dream, and it ain't no hassle, it ain't no hassle detonating the seams.
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Wild Celery 04:11
Rumble a Rabbit and Brush Off a Crumb, Stumble a habit and rub out a thumb, Crumble a Tacit and Bumble a Sum, Mumble a Facet 1,2,31
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It's easy to be the victim It's much clearer that way Minding your own business you attach yourself to me Everybody wants to be the one with no responsibility Well I wanna be the victim I don't wanna cause no victims I wanna be the victim I don't wanna cause no victims And I never had no love I just wanted something to cry about And I never had no love I just wanted someone to lie about And I never had no love And I never had no love
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Sometimes you've gotta do it to it And Sometimes you gotta do the damn thing If you've gotta be a contradiction man don't put me down for making sanity demands And if you're tirelessly working for our freedoms man How about puttin something other than a gun in your hand And I've got the Freedom to own this property You've got the freedom to join my security team If you've gotta be a contradiction man Well don't act like you know exactly where you stand And if it costs so much money just to be seen well how 'bout we restructure the dream (together) And sometimes you gotta do it to it And sometimes you gotta do the damn thing And I've got the freedom to own this property You've got the freedom to join my security team DEMOCRACY!
20.
The Americans control the cats War is fought for vacations, for good clean vacations I am gonna die, but you are all right You are gonna cry but we are alright You are gonna die but we are alright I am gonna cry because we are alright Students are all ok The Blacks the Micks the Chinks the Spics are all ok I understand now cause I know what happens I understand now cause we're all ok Language is free when there's no money and we're all ok All people can work on their own in the dirst and we're all ok All people can work on their own and we'll smirk and we're all ok I understand the drift between linguistics I understand it now cause we're all ok War is fought for vacations for good clean vacations war is fought for vacations and transcendental education I misunderstood then cause I knew what happened I understand now cause we're all ok The Japanese control the Ducks War is Fought for vacations for good clean vacations War is fought for vacations and transcendental education
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22.
Have you ever had a dream while you were awake, and then you woke up and told your Dad you were gay, then you woke up again and it wasn't true, your whole life was a joke and the joke was on you, Have you ever lit a bomb in a public place? Have you ever had a dream you didn't have a Race? Have you ever had a dream that war was fun? Have you ever had a dream where you hurt someone? You hurt someone. Have you ever had a dream where you'd talk to God he'd say "hi how's it going" and you'd smile and nod, and then when you woke up, you'd wondered and laughed and said "God was just another dream with a checkerboard past". Now you cut it all up and put it in a bag, then pick 5 words out: (God) (calls) (you) (a) (fag). Well my only dream in life is to snuff this dream out, I'll kill certain people for God, and God will be proud. Have you ever had a dream that war was fun? Have you ever smiled as you hurted someone? You hurt someone. Poor baby hurt someone. Have you ever had a dream that you didn't hate? Have you ever met a dream that you tried to debate? Your whole life is a dream and you'll never awake ::POP:: Have you ever had a dream where you chose your own fate? You chose your own fate.
23.
I played some video games Then I went to bed I wrestled with my shame Then I rest my head I went to school the next day So I could twiddle my thumbs 5th period rolled around then I ate my Lunch See the Pretty girls walk by With the chemicals on their face I wish that they’d all sigh When they hear my name I don’t know anything about girls I don’t know anything about men I don’t know anything about myself I wish that I was young again
24.
I fix My bed every morning at six I check my answering machine for calls business is looking bad now Don't wanna dance I check my windows for you all the time the party on the roof last year was so divine remember when we danced or almost did your hair looked so nice You Don't wanna dance I know you well
25.
And when he kisses me I close my eyes, and when she kisses me I close my eyes, And when I kiss her, I'm laughin' inside, And when he kisses me I'm laughin' outside Phone calls, 16 waterfalls, I opened them up, I got a surprise, Tiled Walls, Blood red shower stalls, I never understood till now, how someone could wanna die, so when she kisses me I open my eyes, and when he kisses me I open my eyes, And when I kiss her, I'm cautious inside, and when he kisses me, I need to know why, Plaid skirt halls, the looks are all appalled, I choke em right up, I tell em 16 lies, I still daydream, I don't know what that means, I don't know if I'm good, I just wanna try, forfeit just to quit, forfeit, just to quit, forfeit just to quit, forfeit just to quit, so when he kisses me I close my eyes, and when she kisses me I close my eyes, and when I touch her I'm UNVILIFIED, and when I touch him I castrate his lies
26.
All are righteous by trade You are righteous in spades all your plans were mislaid and your hands are all stained Branford's X-Calcium You have lice in your braid One grain of rice per day That is what you'll be paid No time for lunch this way Branford's X-Calcium (story) Branford's X-Calcium
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No one knows who wrote Journey to the West That’s because all we learned about was progress No one knows who wrote Journey to the West That’s because all we learned about was you Monkey and Pigsy and Tripitaka Wonderful heroes of virtue Sandy and Buddha and Bodhisattvas Your imagination awaits you No one knows who wrote journey to the west But they can tell you all about wack progress No one knows who wrote journey to the west but all these heroes are walking towards you
28.
You are the Maker of Your Culture You are the Maker Make it what you will You are the maker of your culture Build it up and around what you feel Build it only for the ones you know Build it high so everyone can grow You are the Maker of Your Culture You are the Maker Make it what you will You are the Maker of Your Culture You are the Maker Make it what you will

about

This is a compilation taken from Old table's releases:

Animal Trilogy [Mental Horse, The Bear, Spiteful Crow] CD Anthology (2005)
'06 (2006)
Messin' 'Round (2008)
Sexual Reproduction (2008)
COLORING (2011)
"Taking Care of Business" (2012)
ot / Jesse Carsten Split (2013)
Frank's Chair Repair Split with Cash Miracle (2013)
Journey to the Inside-Out Eye Split with The Cradle (2014)

credits

released April 1, 2015

All songs written by William Table except:
"Hurricane Chris" by Argyle Zandolis
"Not All Facts" by J Boxer

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Old table was / is: Will, KY, Becky, Argyle, J Boxer, Hollahan, zTEve, OZ, CJ Molvaini, Charlie DY, Jesse Carsten, Kira, GI Dave etc etc etc

Photo by Kira Sassano

Thank you to Kevin Yankou for mastering / CRUCIAL logistical, technical, and musical help.

Thanks to Geoff Duncanson for helping transfer many of these songs in the first place and for recording Sexual Reproduction and Save the Environment.

Thanks to Jed Oelbaum for recording Frank's Chair.

Thanks to Jesse.

Thanks to Paco.

Thanks to everyone who helped us make music over the years, either by playing with us booking us listening to us- whatever! Here's hoping many good years are still to come.

Shout out to No One and the Somebodies, The Genuine Imitations, Darb Modnoc, Cave Cricket, The Gradients, The Cradle, Blue Velvet, Argyle & the Gang, Impossible Buildings, Aeon Yahweh, dog, Human Host, Big Neck Police, BLUFFING, Fiasco, Palberta, Ingrid Superstar, Aaron Maine and the Reilly Brothers, Jiker, Never Again, PHFAT RASKALS, Men Who Lunch, Cash Miracle, Half Shadow, Faith Reason, XXY Lemon, Quilty, Red Dwarf, Slam Down Birthday Cake, Funky See Funky Do, Banzai, The Rochambros, Rainbow Party, WAXEATER, Pop Zeus, Gozu, Andrew Dice Clay Movie, Child Bride, Sad Dog, Orphans, Tiger in my Tank, Hermit Thrushes, Kate Ferencz, The Vibration, Young Dead, The Drinkers Themselves, The Commas are Tricky, Heads Up Display, General Miggs, ACLU Benefit, and all the rest of the bands we love / loved over the years

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Like most things, Old table is a conspiracy: the bermuda triangle, 9-11, the green party, lizard people, reptillians, the loch ness monster, creasy boy one, Van Morrison and vanessa carlton. Keep on rockin in the tri-state.

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