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Songs for Date Night

by The Black Smiths

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1.
Rats (Smoke Out Back) 03:07
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Rats (Smoke out back) They said rats, rats, smoke out back They said rats, rats, smoke out back This is the way we begin the day Keep our heads down low we’ve got nothing to say If that’s how we’re treated well, will do the same This is the way we begin the day. They said rats, rats, smoke out back They said rats, rats, smoke out back If you come looking for me, you’ll find me If you come looking for me you’ll find me If you come looking for me This is the way we end our day Looking at the ground, Not making a sound Like rats are we treated And we’ll do the same This is the way we end our day You might’ve thought I was finished You thought I never began Bad news I’m in the alley Smoking with the rats out back Smoking with the rats Around the corner Back with the rats If you come looking for me, you’ll find me If you come looking for me you’ll find me If you come looking for me Back Climbed back Against all odds Playing with the gods Back Please let me walk again Talk again They said rats, rats, smoke out back They said rats, rats, smoke out back Millions of rats Rats smoke out back Rats fight back Rats smoke out back Rats smoke out back
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La Sinistra 02:27
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La Sinistra La la Sinistra La la Sinistra La la la la la la la From the very moment in life was sipped it didn’t take too long to see the world was flipped Never get control Never get command Using tools built for the other hand La la Sinistra La la Sinistra La la la la la la Even where are you sit you must be selective when the world around you is built dyslective It’s not romantic it doesn’t bring good luck throughout your life you’ll have to run amok It’s okay La Sinistra It’s okay La Sinistra La la Sinistra La la Sinistra I’ll be holding your hand La Sinistra
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Full of Nothing 03:51
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Full of Nothing You can see By the condition of my truck That I haven’t had much luck It’s full of nothing To presume and consume That it’s better to be right Now turn off the light You can see by the condition of my truck That I am stuck And it’s full of nothing It took me a while, but tonight I have learned It’s better to be happy then be right Being wrong and heard Is a thousand pictures Not worth a word It’s full of nothing It’s full of nothing It’s full of nothing A thousand pictures Not worth a word Chock-full of nothing Chock-full of nothing It took me a while, but tonight I have learned It’s better to be happy that’s right Being loud and heard Is a thousand pictures not worth a word It’s full of nothing It’s full of nothing It’s full of nothing It took a while It took a while It took a while It took Full of nothing Full of nothing it’s full of nothing Rising
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More is More 03:38
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More is More I can fight I can last through the night I won’t win an award For surviving I can lick my wounds I can say I’m still here I don’t want to compete or compare Collecting many things Happiness will not bring When you have an enough It’s still too much More is more More is more More is more More is more More is more More is more I forgot houses caught on fire Forgot that planes I’m still surviving I’ve lasted Much longer than I thought I could Much longer than you thought I would There’s nothing to prove To anyone anywhere More is more More is more More is more More is more More is more More is more I can fight Last through the night Breath comes and goes Sometimes fast Sometimes slow Give me less Give me less Give me less Give me less Give me less Give me less Give me less Dear father I’ll take zero Give me less Give me less My house is on fire Let it burn Let it burn Let it burn More is more More is more More is more Let’s stick together
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I Know Three Words In Spanish 02:40
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I Know Three Words in Spanish Compare myself to others I don't know a lot I can find my way to Park Ridge I can untie a square knot Co-workers talk of vacations to Belize and Vietnamese cities Well I made two productive trips To Target yesterday I Know I Know There were monumental moments I've made consistent strides My intelligence and synapses Remain restless like the tides I Know I Know I Know I Know I know three words in Spanish Just listen I'll impress you when I say them Chico Chica Chimichanga Everybody dance when the bass goes boom Everybody dance when the bass goes boom I Know I Know Three words in Spanish I Know
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We’re Gonna Burn Down The Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame 03:18
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We’re Gonna Burn Down the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame When your favorite artist is dead, retired or missing, There’s still is a place Where you can do some reminiscing You can still see them There’s is a museum With statues thrones, and dioramas Full of history, and all the dramas You’ll learn the important things they’ve done And hear all of the important songs they’ve sung Naïve, believe the legends and the myths Never ever Will they induct the Smiths So…Here come the flames Here come the planes that hold the water to douse the fire from above Well, we’re outside playing hand in glove And how come when we ask when They say how soon is never They keep opening up the doors To bands we wouldn’t ever dare vote Here come the flames Here come the flames Here come the flames We’re gonna burn down the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame We’re gonna do it at night Make sure no one is anywhere We’re going to say to the security guard “You better get the hell out of here” No one will get hurt But the t-shirts and the trophies and the egos You’re not coming back It is engulfed in flames Induct The Smiths Here come the flames Here come the flames Let’s burn down the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame
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My Neighbors Cat 02:41
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My Neighbors Cat He came whenever I’d park He came whenever it got dark My neighbors cat My neighbors cat My neighbors cat My neighbors cat When are you coming back? back and that's that He came whenever I was home He made sure I wasn't alone But then tragedy struck He ran outta luck Wont see him again I miss you my friend I miss you my friend My neighbors cat My neighbors cat My neighbors cat My neighbors cat He won't be coming back He won't be coming back and that's that He won’t He won’t and that's that and that's that and that's that…
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Avoid the Future 02:35
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Avoid the future Avoid the future Avoid the future Stay in the present, the present The safe and warm present Stay in the present, the present Right next to me You’ll spend money you don’t have You’ll be part of the staff You’ll have something go wrong and it will stay long. You’ll miss the Winter in July Trapped all day, long in a suit and tie Avoid the future Avoid the future While you’re still a good friend of mine And your tires are new And your air conditioning blows cold No one thinks of you as old We won’t be this young again For a long, long time Stay right here for a long, long time A long long time Avoid the future Avoid the future Avoid the future Stay in the present, the present The safe and warm present Stay in the present, the present Right next to me Stay there Stay there Before my heart is broken beyond repair Avoid the future Avoid the future Beware Avoid the future
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It Will All Be Returned To The Earth 03:10
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It Will All Be Returned To The Earth It will all It will all ha ha ha It will all be returned be returned Haul it away And turn it around Keep it from going in the ground The bottle that we drank from Its not incinerated Clever folk artists recreate it But It will all It will all ha ha ha be returned To the earth So we continue to buy Well they call Bombay - Mumbai Helps distract and justify You know its all a lie Cause It will all It will all ha hah a It will all be returned earth Helps push aside our fears Will be used again for several years But It will all It will all ha ha ha be returned To the Earth It will all be returned to the Earth
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There is No Twitter in Utah 02:46
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There is No Twitter in Utah Choose words wisely use not in haste Disagreements here are settled face to face It’s the law It’s the law There is no Twitter in Utah It’s the law It’s the law There is no Twitter in Utah News here moves here at a snails pace Printed on paper it moves place to place And disagreements here are settled face to face It’s the law It’s the law There is no Twitter in Utah It’s the law It’s the law There is no Twitter in Utah Those of you who are easily upended Those of you easy and long winded Welcome to Utah You’re welcome in Utah We have litter here and we have bitter beer but as of now do not have Twitter here We will never have Twitter here So choose words wisely use not in haste disagreement here are settled face to face news travels place to place disagreements are made case to case It’s the law It’s the law There is no Twitter in Utah It’s the law It’s the law There is no Twitter in Utah
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Some Days (I Cry A Lot) 03:18
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Some days I cry a lot Some Days Some Days Some Days Some Days Some Days Some Days Some days I cry a lot When I see what life has brought Can’t smile or even laugh Stuck thinking what I don’t have Some days are three months long When you’re surrounded by all that’s wrong It’s says from A to Zed Having travelled from “have to ‘had” I’m in a car with four flat tires on a bumpy road I had to reap the whirled wind Some days… Some days I want to put my feelings on the shelf And stop feeling sorry for the whiled wind It doesn’t make sense anywhere But the Universe don’t care The truth looks right through the petty Reminds me I’m unsteady There’s never time to think it through But always time to cry some more And some days so I cry a lot when I think what I ain’t got some times three in a row I have to reap what I didn’t sow I haven’t slept in 100 years some days some days I haven’t slept in 100 years Some days have tears A burnt-out lighthouse still spins For weary sailors it can’t bring in Some days Like Monday Tuesday and Wednesday Tears running down my cheeks Probably last for several weeks Some days…I cry a lot
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We Weren’t Supposed to Write This Song 03:17
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We Weren’t Supposed to Write This Song This was supposed to be funny About not having enough money It was to be bright It was to be sunny Then the day came And everything changed How the lyrics changed We weren’t supposed to write this song We weren’t supposed to write this song But it’s gone wrong Now you won’t want to clap along Now you won’t want to clap along I move forward Don’t know how I’m on a different planet now Try and breathe I can’t take no more I’m on the bottom of the deepest ocean We weren’t supposed to write this song But life went wrong Went wrong Tell me what to do To make it through It was to be bright It was to sunny Tell me what to say To make it go away We weren’t supposed to write the song We weren’t supposed to write this song But it’s gone wrong It’s gone horribly horribly And you won’t want to clap along We don’t want to sing this You won’t wanna hear this Use common sense boy and never go near it It was to be bright It was to be sunny No, no We weren’t supposed to write this But it’s written
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Thought I'd Never Say 03:07
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Thought I’d Never Say Still in bed Staring at the ceiling I got this feeling That makes me want To scream Hey, it’s gonna be a great day Bet that something You thought I’d never say He should still be boring and mourning Should still be Warning of grief Today, though I have relief relief Watch the clock Time has stopped Deep inside by dream I shout and I scream Hey, it’s gonna be a great day Bet that something You thought I’d never say Like the start of a heavy weight fight I waited long in the night Clung to the belief I find relief relief Hey, it’s gonna be a great day Bet that something You thought I’d never say He should still be boring and mourning Should still be Warning of grief Today, though I have relief Relief Relief
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We Never Had Voice Lessons 02:16
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We Never Had Voice Lessons We never had voice lessons We never had voice lessons We never had voice lessons We never had voice lessons We try and get a message across But out of tune it may get lost Never sang in the proper pitch or key Been that way since 1983 We never had voice lessons We never had voice lessons We never had voice lessons We never had voice lessons We never had You think we’d learned We wanted to sound like Orville Peck But what the hell He had a trainer Taught him about the refrain and the bridge And how to sing it And how did improvise and wing it We wish we knew Wish we knew about the refrain and the bridge And how to sing it We never had voice lessons We never had voice lessons Never sang in the proper pitch or key Been that way since 1983 We never had voice lessons Never had Whoa Whoa That would never stop us Turn down the sound Turn down the sound Never

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released February 26, 2023

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The Black Smiths Atlanta, Georgia

The Black Smiths were formed in Atlanta's Kirkwood neighborhood. The band was created while fasting, and they specialize in New Wave and 80s Retro. Though their shows are lively and passionate, they tend to play on the back patios of local Mexican restaurants with sparse audiences. The Black Smiths pride themselves on writing songs about disparity, not parody. ... more

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