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Go Ahead and Try

by The Running Riot

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1.
So these tall, dark, strappin' gentlemen Call out to me "lady, why won't you smile my way?" So I tell them, "brother, you best find another lover I already got a little sunshine in my day," I say You can go ahead and try to take this heart But before you start you should know That it's sold, sold, sold on the man in the front row So go ahead and try to take this heart But before you start you should know That it's sold, sold, sold to that man I know You talk about You talk about heart You talk about eyes so blue they light up the moon They make the meanest clouds part You talk about You talk about lady You talk about a lady killin' grin that picks you up And sets you back down again You talk about You talk about shake You talk about shakin' like a leaf when he looks at me, I'm the president on a submarine Makin' melodies at the foot of a tree I'm a robin, he's a batman baby You can go ahead and try to take this heart But before you start you should know That it's sold, sold, sold on the man in the front row So go ahead and try to take this heart But before you start you should know That it's sold, sold, sold to that man I know Doo doo dooo So whenever a dashin' devil say "Hey pretty girl with your hair in a curl You've got my head in such a whirl You got me feelin' coy, Won't you let me be your boy?" I say You can go ahead and try to take this Heart, this heart, this heart But it's sold, sold sold Sold on the man in the front row It's sold, sold, sold to that man I know
2.
First it was fun Making silver from paper, putting tires to pavement Making roads out of stone And after the fight we won We saw all the carpetbaggers overtake the lollygaggers As they made their new homes We made the mountains into malls We made one hell of a hall And held on 'til we had each had twice our fill We made our daughters into whores Made our sons to fight our wars It's not a melting pot if you've got this many corpses Bright eyes and holstered hips and a Song of pride stuck to our lips We had bright eyes and holstered hips and a Song of pride stuck to our lonely lips So we might've jumped the gun After a year without a summer, we drank and drove these hummers 'Til we had it all year long Then scared of what we'd done We sent out the fastest runners to deny our stupid blunders 'Til it didn't feel so wrong We made the fishes into straws, Made a whole new set of laws And called it righteous, and they were too tired to fights us We made our daughters into whores, Built them bright pink barbie stores And filled their heads with fickle princesses Bright eyes and holstered hips and a Song of pride stuck to our lips We had bright eyes and holstered hips and a Song of pride stuck to our lonely lips We made the fishes into straws, Made a whole new set of laws And called it righteous, and they were too tired to fights us We made our daughters into whores Made our sons to fight our wars It's not a melting pot if you've got this many corpses Bright eyes and holstered hips and a Song of pride stuck to our lips We had bright eyes and holstered hips and a Song of pride stuck to our lonely lips
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Blue Bicycle 02:47
I got two arms and legs and hands I got a blue bicycle and a pretty little man A pretty little man and a pretty little band A blue bicycle and a pretty little man I'm a gonna grab my fishin' pole And skip down to the watering hole If I catch a catfish, is she gonna scratch me? If I catch a fat fish, nobody go hungry I got two arms and legs and hands I got a blue bicycle and a pretty little man -- I can play the banjo, I can play guitar I can play the mandolin til the stars fade I can shoot the dice, baby, I can shoot a gun I can sure show you how to have a little fun I can cuss ya out, I can charm you too I can run a mile in my dancin' shoes I can sing your praises Or make you sing the blues Drink you under the table, I don't know how to lose... cause I got two arms and legs and hands I got a blue bicycle and a pretty little man I got two arms and legs and hands I got a blue bicycle and a pretty little man Hey!
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1 2 3 03:57
Please don't dance with me, I fall in love so easily You think you're sweet to sweep me off my two left feet But when you're holding me, you've got your opportunity You're holding me, you'll find it easy to be My number 1, 2, 3; easy opportunity Be my number 1, 2, 3 it's love So please don't dance with me I fall in love easy Don't talk to me, I get a crush so easily Oh it may seem like just a little thing But when you look at me, I can't see no apology You look at me, quick quicker than 1, 2, 3 Brown eyes, sunrise, I could spend eternity I could spend eternity in love So please don't dance with me I fall in love easy You may think I'm made of stronger stuff And I am, but a brush of your hand is Enough to fill my head with Things that'll make you wanna plead the fifth You may think I've played this game before And I have, but I ain't seen plays like yours Your are offa the cuff, When I call the shots you call my bluff So please don't dance with me I fall in love easy
5.
Haberdasher 04:07
When I grow up, I'm gonna be the CEO of a haberdashery And you, my bride, you will be two miles high I'm gonna ride a stegosaurus to school, she will be so cool Two ton feet makin' cracks in the pavement Oh but I don't care I'm gonna wear a cape made of bubble wrap And a fifty dollar eighty gallon hat And if you question me I will erase your memory My house will have no stairs, just fire poles And instead of TV sets we'll put on puppet shows I only keep sailors and gypsies for friends We are at war with a town of M&Ms They've got the trumpets and they've got the drums But we've got whiskey in our water guns When I grow up I'll build a bridge from me to you And another one from you to me (so you can always find me) When I grow up I'll kill the king and outlaw sickness and disease And plant a rose for every one of his casualties And you can have your pet ghost if you want it And I will raise some baby violins The little bows atop which sit the yellow bonnets The tiny strings they are like spiderwebs so thin When I grow up I'm gonna be the driver of the truck that paints the lines on the streets and I will steer it with my feet I'll own a treehouse underground And each and every wonder I have found I'll share with you (and all of my new jokes too) I would build you happy feelings Out of leaves and old shoestrings and rusty memories Water wings filled with your favorite things When I grow up I'll build a bridge from me to you And another one from you to me (so you can always find me) When I grow up I'll kill the king and outlaw sickness and disease And plant a rose for every lost memory And you can have your pet ghost if you want it And I will raise some baby violins The little bows atop which sit the yellow bonnets The tiny strings they are like spiderwebs so thin
6.
Honeybees 03:57
Well the last of the honeybees Has packed her bags and taken her leave For the two left standing tall oak trees Just-a humming humble solidarity and All the apples was like basketballs and All the kids, they had no sense at all All of our gods were TV stars Dark-eyed doves smokin' sweet cigars So you and I drove to the very end of the road 'Til the pavement dropped out to the ocean below What did we see but a thousand old dreams Just-a trying to tread water in a cold, empty sea And so a toast to the tired hands That saved their breath and set their caps There goes the ghost of a dead romance Forever west, there's an endless land And little Lydia James plays a video game Where you live and breathe and walk down the street And the town crier is a thief and a liar That scares you into dyin' every day you start to feel alive So you and I drove to the very end of the road 'Til the pavement dropped out to the ocean below What did we see but a thousand old dreams Just-a trying to tread water in a cold, empty sea And so a toast to the tired hands That saved their breath and set their caps There goes the ghost of a dead romance Forever west, there's an endless land Ooo And so a toast to the tired hands That saved their breath and set their caps There goes the ghost of a dead romance Forever west, there's an endless land (All the apples was like basketballs and All the kids, they had no sense at all)

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released May 30, 2013

Recorded and Mixed by Adam Paulus
Mastered by Tom Garneau
Written by The Running Riot

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The Running Riot Minneapolis, Minnesota

Amanda Zimmerman - Piano, Vocals
Kirstin McDuffie - Viola, Vocals, Percussion
Christine Mennicke - Ukulele, Drums, Vocals
Jessica Cheadle - Cello, Percussion

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