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Get your coat Get your hat And let’s get out of here Get your things and bring me some of that And let’s get out of here You’ve been talking to your friends all night And I wouldn’t want to get between But by now you must be up to speed And I can give you something else you need You and I’ve been catching eyes for hours The motor’s starting to purr I bet you live inside a lovely palace Why don’t you give me a tour? I’m not going to take you nowhere you don’t want to go I’m not going to get to nothing you don’t want to show I know I just only met you Let’s go make your acquaintance You and I are only strangers Let’s feel around the situation Feel our way around Get the keys Start the car And let’s get out of here I lit the rag and I set the place on fire So let’s get out of here Let’s get out of here
2.
Go into the tunnel Into the light There’s gonna be trouble But you’ll be all right Water’s breaking Nowhere to hold on Got to start swimming Into the great beyond Witness the birth and bear witness Not everybody can get this But you got in You got here first Witness the birth And spread the word Come out screaming The best you can do All of your life you’ve been fed through a tube Now they’re cutting it off So breath in deep Time to start waking up from the sleep Witness the birth and bear witness Not everybody can get this But you got in You got here first Witness the birth And spread the word Spread the word Love
3.
You break me down I collapse When you come round I fall flat I shake and cough until you’re gone Then I wonder how I can go on You make me ache You make me ache You make me high You make me sigh I don’t know how much I can take You make me make mistakes I say the wrong thing and I’m in the wrong place I try to take my time but I can’t wait So I press my luck but I can’t catch a break And I can’t get it right I’ll try again tonight You break my heart Every time I see your face I go blind I’m walking off the precipice Yes I’d risk madness for your kiss You make me ache You make me ache You make me high You make me sigh I don’t know how much more of this I can take You make me make mistakes I say the wrong thing and I’m in the wrong place I try to take my time but I can’t wait So I press my luck but I can’t catch a break And I can’t get it right I’ll try again tonight
4.
Chairman Mao 04:24
Remember Chairman Mao? How he said “Cut off the body and the body’s dead”? “Cut off the head and the body’s dead” We’re playing to the overseas markets Cash in Cash out It Always gets dark before it’s darkest Take a seat and park it Lost in the forest Found the bodies with their heads cut off Lots of bodies Lots of bodies Lots of bodies Gonna party ’til our heads fall off Let’s party Let’s party Let’s party Third and foremost Ring cash register ring! Pays off in the long run Here comes the explanation FISHHOOK! You didn’t know? Maybe you didn’t The last guy to find out found himself in prison Or in Hong Kong Yeah there’s lots of ways to get it wrong (Venezuela) There’s lots of ways to get things right (Nicaragua) Best way’s to keep your mouth shut tight (Or in a pit, begging for agua) Now we’re down in the well again Ladies and gentlemen: Dizzy Gillespie! You’re paranoid? I’m paralyzed I’m tripping off the noise I’m tripping off the wires I’m tripping off the size Off the amounts I tried to keep track but I couldn’t keep count You’re paranoid? I’m getting annoyed I had a bad dream like Sigmund Freud I had a bad dream I’ve been to the pit
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We can drink and drive if we want to You can’t tell us no you can’t tell us You know we’re gonna survive like we always do You’re just jealous Yeah you’re just jealous And if we want to park then the Fire Department can go to hell They can’t tell us! And if you want us to stop then the cops will have to open fire You’ll have to kill us! Come on kill us! Let us have our fun We hardly hit anyone And if you can’t keep up Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! The rules, and these fools need not apply here We’re bullet proof So open fire!
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All my life I’ve been in prison Education incarceration Now I’m working for the corporation But now there will be no more cooperation I’m gonna get free like the 4th of July So look out for me I’m gonna get wild I’m gonna get free Gonna set it on fire And I’m blowing it up Gonna light up the sky I’m gonna get free All my life I’ve been in prison Now the government’s got me in its PRISM I’ve got my freedom of association And no you do not need to know who with man You don’t need to know I’m the enemy Don’t you tread on me Don’t anybody try to get ahead of me I’m deadly I’ll do it readily I’m a minute man fighting for my liberty I’m the enemy If you’re a friend of me Then we’re the rebels And we’re gonna get in trouble tonight I’m gonna get free
7.
Better 04:37
Reviews are in And they’re not glowing But you are You had no way of knowing How overmatched I would be You’re the only match for me But can’t you see? I’m not the one You could ask anyone Anyone would agree You could do better You could do better baby But you’re gonna have to settle for me How could you know how far I wouldn’t go? You only saw my potential And if I never lived up to it At least I own up to it But it’s time you know Don’t it show? I’m not the one You could have anyone Anyone could see You could do better You could do better baby But you’re gonna have to settle for me I’m nothing without you As it is I’m just a few steps up You’d be so much better without me baby But don’t you doubt me Cause I’m never gonna give you up You’re gonna have to settle for me
8.
How many times we got to get even? I don’t even know How many times we got to go? I don’t even know I don’t even know How do we know when the job is done? I don’t even know How do we know when to turn and run I don’t even know I don’t even know How many times? How do we know? How many times? I don’t even know Why do we do this every time? I don’t even know Why we always the last to know? I don’t even know I don’t even know What the hell are we thinking? I don’t even know What have we got to show? I don’t even know I don’t even know Why? What? Why? What? I don’t even know Hand over the reins before it rains At least a dead man can’t complain First you bring the grain then you bring the fox With a goose in its belly and a body in a box Why do we do this every time? I don’t even know Why we always cross that line? I don’t even know What the hell are we thinking? I don’t even know
9.
We hide in plain sight right out in the open In broad daylight hoping the system Is overwhelmed by the secrets it collects We’re the small detail they did not detect And we hide in plain sight We hide in our homes and at our jobs But every time that the diamond’s been robbed Or the safe is cracked or the sacred text Gets leaked page by page to the press We hide in plain sight We’re the ones who miss-set the minute hands We’re the contras dealing in contraband We’re the glitch on the digital switch We’re the ones they don’t know what to do with We’re the ones they won’t know what to do about We’re the ones digging in when there’s no way out For too long we have not been free And it comes down to people like you and me And we hide in plain sight
10.
Tired 03:00
I’m tired I’m tired I mean I’m really tired I’m tired I’m tired I hit that bed so hard My bones are digging into my guts My knees are loose and my feet are fucked My back is buckling My hands are numb I feel an itch but I don’t know where from I’m tired I’m tired I mean I’m really tired I’m tired I’m tired I hit that bed so hard Got to go to bed boys Got to go to sleep Oh please God please God Let me sleep I’m tired I’m tired I mean I’m really tired I’m tired I’m tired I hit that bed so hard I’m tired
11.
Death's Dog 04:06
Death’s dog is made of bones He has to wear a black cone To keep him from biting himself And burying himself In the back yard lawn I hear him moaning all night long And howling at the moon like a coyote Now I know he’s coming to get me I can hear Death’s dog scratching at the door Go away boy you’ve got to stay outdoors But he’s scratching scratching scratching at the door I laid a blanket out in the garage Death’s dog got out got into the garbage Chewed and scattered What a disaster I can hear the voice of his master I hear someone whisper my name in the night I’m shivering and thinking of dog bites Death’s dog’s got worms and fleas and flies And red hot coals for eyes I can hear Death’s dog I hear Death’s dog And bony fingers twisting the knobs Claws clicking on the kitchen floor Now he’s sniffing at my bedroom door I can hear Death’s dog scratching at the door
12.
Tried to be your man but you made me your maid Tried to give you my love but you made me your slave And when the governess was found face down in the wading pool I knew you had to blame someone and we all know the rules The butler did it But I have to quit it And I know you’re gonna lose your mind Good luck good luck cause good help is hard to find I guess you didn’t know who you were kissing Closed your eyes and half the silver has gone missing You can assemble the staff in the hall Go through their possessions and summon the constable But you won’t find one spoon anytime soon In anything that’s mine So good luck good luck cause good help is hard to find I guess I played above my station Now I’m putting in my vacation time I’m going on hiatus and you’ll have to wait a long long time Till you find a man like me in that stack of resumes Good luck with your misery Watch your days turn grey Tried to be your man but you made me your maid Tried to do the job but I never got paid And when I left I made my bed and I tucked my corners in And it’s like I said you’ll never get a better manservant You can look upstairs You can look downstairs Me I’m not looking behind Good luck good luck cause good help is hard to find
13.
Too good to give up Too hard to take Our deepest love is our greatest mistake We want it too much We want it to match Our fondest bond is our cruelest catch So what we gonna do? Hold out until June? Ride it through July wondering why? And who we gonna tell all our stories to? How we gonna know if the stories are true? Couldn’t you tell that the story was you? We want it to end We want it to start My closest friend don’t take it so hard Too good to give up Too hard to take Our deepest love is our greatest mistake

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Dan Kilian broke up his band The Ks after many years together, then retreated to his apartment, his computer, his casio keyboard and his guitars. What started as demos for the next band became too worthwhile not to release. "L" is the strangest and strongest material this singular songwriter has ever released. "L" stands for a lot of things: Love, Lust, Loss, Liberation, whatever happens after The Ks, but for you...just listen.

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released April 16, 2015

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Dan Kilian and The Million Man Band New York, New York

Dan Kilian swallows hot coals of worry, regret and sorrow, then spits out rough diamonds of pop music. He's well regarded in the Antifolk scene, and whatever that is happening in Park Slope.

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