1. |
Be a Skeleton
02:18
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Just take a step right out of your skin
And be a skeleton...
It takes some faith to rip off your face
And do a bone dance all over the place
Cause if that's what you wanna do with your life come on and
Be a Skeleton
To leave behind all of the struggle and strife come on and
Be a Skeleton
Come on be a skeleton
Come on take off all your skin
Come on be a skeleton
Let us see your boney grin
Come on be a skeleton
Come on let's see what's within
Come on be a skeleton
Come on be my boney twin
If you wanna be bones, be bones with us
If you wanna be bones, be bones with us
Just lock the door and unplug the phone
And turn into bones
If you want bring over some guests
As long as they don't have flesh
Cause if that's what you wanna do with your life come on and
Be a Skeleton
To leave behind all of the struggle and strife come on and
Be a Skeleton
Come on be a skeleton
Come on take off all your skin
Come on be a skeleton
Let us see your boney grin
Come on be a skeleton
Come on let's see what's within
Come on be a skeleton
Come on be my boney twin
If you wanna be bones, be bones with us
If you wanna be bones, be bones with us
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2. |
Bones Are Us
04:22
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There's bones in me there's bones in you
There's bones in everything we do
Sometimes our bones might even break
That's alright, that's ok
There's bones in every move you make
There's bones in every step you take
One day our bones will fade away
That's the way bones get made
And everytime a bone breaks inside you
A bone breaks inside me
Every little bone inside of us
Is called humanity
Cause' everybody knows our bones are us
And that's reality
Bones are reality
There's bones inside us every day
Inside the marrow shows the way
There is a strength that lies within
Underneath, all our skin
More bones than you can ever count
It doesn't matter the amount
Sometimes we gotta let it out
Sometimes bones make us shout
And every time a bone breaks inside you
A bone breaks inside me
Every little bone inside of us
Is called humanity
Cause' everybody knows our bones are us
And that's reality
I know one thing for sure
I'm glad to have my bones
Cause' when I'm feeling down
They always stand me up
There's bones in every living thing
Metaphorically speaking
And one day bones will pass away
So enjoy them today
And every time a bone breaks inside you
A bone breaks inside me
Every little bone inside of us
Is called humanity
Cause' everybody knows our bones are us
And that's reality
And every time a bone breaks inside you
A bone breaks inside me
Every little bone inside of us
Is called humanity
Cause' everybody knows our bones are us
And that's reality
Bones are reality
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3. |
Bone Dry
04:14
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I came to the west coast
To be a celebrity
Didn't know what I'd find there
Maybe stars and a shining sea
When I came barreling down
On old Los Angeles
All I could recognize
Was sand as far as the eye could see
The bones of men
Women, and children
Were lying all around
On the hot dry ground
Without a sound
I climbed up the hillside
Tryna find some survivors there
As I passed by the Hollywood sign
And mansions, all were in disrepair
Made my way to the Spielberg's
Came in through the open door
All I saw was a coyote
Licking Steve's skull on the dusty floor
The bones of men
Women, and children
Were lying all around
On the hot dry ground
Without a sound
I knew the drought
Was going on
But who knew it was so wrong
To wanna water your lawn
Like Icarus
The city of angels will melt its wings
So begins the reign of the mighty sun king
Took a couple of oscars
From Scorcese and Steve Mcqueen
Then I drove from the sunset
Boulevard of broken dreams
The bones of men
Women, and children
Were lying all around
On the hot dry ground
Without a sound
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4. |
Bony Feeling
03:09
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Sit a couple bone men round the table
Cause I never had a family of my own
Call me mad, crazy or unstable
With friends like these I never feel alone
Everybody get a bony feeling
Everybody have a bony evening
Everybody needs a friend to call their very own
Out back gotta bone man playing baseball
Cause I never had a dad to throw with me
Dig a few more bone men from the graveyard
Got me a complete baseball team
Everybody get a bony feeling
Everybody have a bony evening
Everybody needs a friend to call their very own
I had a bony revelation
Don't lay your judgment on me
Don't need your human expectations
I only wanna be free
Fit a couple bonemen in a suitcase
Left one at home to miss me when I'm gone
Gonna take a bone-ified vacation
Gonna be a bone man in no time at all
Everybody get a bony feeling
Everybody have a bony evening
Everybody needs a friend to call their very own
Everybody get a bony feeling
Everybody have a bony evening
Everybody needs a friend to call their very own
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Hey baby don't you know I got bones a' growing
Ten of em' a day
Down on my farm by evergreen way
Come see just what I mean it's a competition
And my batch is the best
These home-grown bones rise above the rest
Hey mama
Is it a sin
To be growing me a skeleton
Come take a
Look at these bones
That grow right here beneath these slabs of grey stone
I got a little deal with the local people
They bring me the seeds
One long wood casket's all that I need
I plant em' in the ground and I wait a couple
Months for em' to grow
These big bad bones break right through the snow
Hey mama
Is it a sin
To be growing me a skeleton
They send long boxes of wood
I plant them deep down underground till' they're good
In the sun
And the rain
A skeleton will grow so well
It will sell like grain
In the sun
And the rain
A skeleton will grow so well
Yes a skeleton will grow so well
Yes a skeleton will grow so well
That you'll go insane (4x)
Ooh mawma don't you make any fuss about it
I've got enough slack
That local sheriff's all on my back
I don't care what they think
But they sure got plenty
To say about me
Some call my farm a cemetery
Hey mama
Is it a sin
To be growing me a skeleton
Come take a
Look at these bones
That grow right here beneath these slabs of grey stone
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6. |
Bones on the Beach
02:57
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The whale that's been beached
Whose bones have been bleached
The surfer who got mangled on the sharp reef
The hand in the sand
All that remains of a surf band
Bikini'd skeletinis getting bone tans
The bones on the beach
With life just out of reach
They bear the glow
Like moonlit snow
In May
The lost pirate's chest
The ribs are all that's left
Last measure of his treasure are his gold teeth
The skull of a hunk
The grave of a babe
Sundown leaves them rundown
By a big wave
The bones on the beach
With life just out of reach
They bear the glow
Like moonlit snow
In May
Until they wash away...
Bones wash away
Until they wash away
Bones wash away (ad infinitum)
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7. |
Old Bones
03:03
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Old Bones
I've given all I've got
I've worked an awful lot
And I am ready for a rest
Old Bones
I break so easily
Move me oh so carefully
And hear me groan under the stress
When I was young bones
I would grow a lot
I grew a family
Of bones shaped just like me
Old Bones
Wander around house
My hands are often found
Holding pictures shakily
Old Bones
I'm down upon my knees
I'm praying for release
I am ready for a rest
When I was young bones
I was strong enough
To life my children high
Way up into the sky
My children
Had children
Their bones are lifting children up
My children
Had children
Their bones are lifting children up
My children
Had children
Their bones are lifting children up
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8. |
Skeletons in the Closet
03:03
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This time around
These bones are gonna make it known
We gotta let em know they're not alone
This time around
These bones are gonna have to own
Up to the feelings to the feelings let em show
This time around
These bones are gonna bring it home
This time around
These bones are gonna make it known
That all....
All these skeletons
Are afraid that they have committed sins
And all these frightened bones
Hiding love away, speaking in hush tones
And we must let them live
And we must let them love
This time around
They're gonna take the world by storm
Haters will see that they were misinformed
This time around
Homobones will be the new norm
The fabric of the old society is torn
This time around
These bones are gonna bring it home
This time around
These bones are gonna make it known
That all....
All these skeletons
Are afraid that they have committed sins
And all these frightened bones
Hiding love away, speaking in hush tones
And we must let them live
And we must let them love
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9. |
Lucy
03:13
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Lucy lay unknown 3 million years
Before we dug up her bones
And now she's known in every home around the world
Lucy Ethiopian princess and Australopithecus
The scientific consensus says we're truly blessed to find your bones
How can fractured skulls compete with
A skeleton 40% complete there's just one thing I gotta know
Lucy just one kiss before I go
Lucy walks the Serengeti
On a pair of valgus knees
That means bi-pedialy
She could come walk upright to me
Lucy you are truly marvelous
That's why you're called Dinkinesh
In Amharic languages
They sing your song around the world
How can fractured skulls compete with
A skeleton 40% complete there's just one thing I gotta know
Lucy just one kiss before I go
Lucy
You should know
Lucy
I dig your bones
Lucy in a prehistoric life
I would make you my wife
And the sabertooth cats
Would be no match for our true love
Lucy when I die
Here's what I'll do
Put my bones next to you
We'll have eternity to
Lie down and intertwine our bones
How can fractured skulls compete with
A skeleton 40% complete there's just one thing I gotta know
Lucy just one kiss before I go
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10. |
Funny Bones
03:04
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I know I got funny bones
But please don't laugh at me
Because you have to see
I never asked for these things
And it's awfully embarrassing
And I'm aware
That people stare
At my bones
It's not fair
So you can't tell me
Removing them is wrong
I have waited
To be boneless for so long
I know that my tummy groans
But please don't feel for me
Because you've got to see
I'm saving up for surgery
So I can't afford
Food to eat
And I'm aware
That people stare
At my bones
It's not fair
So you can't tell me
Removing them is wrong
I have waited
To be boneless for so long
Gonna turn my life around
Stop being a boney clown
Everyone is gonna see
What I'm really meant to be in my life
And soon
I'm going under the knife
All the folks will hear
That my bones will disappear
So too will the laughs and jeers
Waited for a million years yeah it's true
And then
You'll see what I can do
Yeah yeah
And I know I got
And I'll be so hot
Without all my bones
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11. |
Bone Depot
04:08
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Get down to bone depot
Where the prices are low (6x)
You see some bones for sale on the tv screen
The very finest bones you've ever seen
You wonder why you ain't got no bones on your wall
(you wonder what're gonna put on the wall)
But now you know exactly who to call
You ask yourself if you really need any bones
(Are you really gonna need any bones)
Well why not don't think just pick up the phone
(Bonely one and only)
So you get on up and get ready to go
(Lift your lazy bones and get off the floor)
Down to the one and bonely bone depot
We got the bones
We got the prices
We got it all
For a marrow-minded day
We are the best
No competition
A monopoly
A necropolis
Don't wait
And we got bones for days now
We got em' saved away now
For a rainy day now
And we got bones for days
Yeah we got bones forever
Stacked high in our cellar
We're an authorized reseller
Of every kind of bone
Imagine how you would feel
If you had every bone
That was ever known
In your home
So take a minute or two
And humor me
We got em' in every size
And shape so please
Who knows maybe you'll even want
To take one for yourself
Pull it right off the shelf
Oh what a smell
We got bones for days now
We got em' saved away now
For a rainy day now
Yeah we got bones for days
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12. |
Skull & Bones
03:39
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Your bones are lovely
They're really great
We had to tell ya
It couldn't wait
If you stick with us
You'll never fail
We've got the finest
Bones at Yale
Come join the skull and...
Come join the skull and the bones
Of all the students
Upon the quad
We liked what we saw
Within your bod
So meet us under
The tombs at ten
That's if you want to
Be a bonesmen
Come join the skull and...
Come join the skull and the bones
Paul Giamatti and Bush, Prescott & H(W) & W
David Mccullough and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt too
William F. Buckley Eugene O'neal Jr. William Taft John Kerry
These are just a few of the bonesmen that you'll meet
Before you join us
There's one more thing
A freshly dug up
Skull you must bring
Bring it to us
Some say we're evil
But we don't mind
We just pull the strings
Of all mankind
Come join the skull and...
Come join the skull and the bones
Come join us....
All that we know is skull & bones
It's skull & bones
It's skull & bones
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13. |
Dream in the River
03:21
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Do you remember Halloween 2003?
And those plastic skeletons hung from the tree
And oh how they scared the little ones
The simples ones
Wasn't that fun
Well I took those bones down to the riverside
And put 'em in some lawn chairs where they would reside
And sink way on down below the stream
A perfect scheme
Just like a dream
Well I got a call
From the local sheriff
Just an hour ago
And he spoke of
An investigation of suspicious bones
And they had my DNA
What was I supposed to say?
During the investigation I just froze
All I had to say was that were fake bones
But oh how that bad cop frightened me
And in spite of me
Eventually, I confessed
Now I'm locked up
I'll never pull another prank on you again
I might as well
Be a sack of bones here in my pig pen
And what I've learned is not to fold
Like a lawn chair when you're told
So take it from me
Never put your fake bones in a sacred place or face reality
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14. |
Grocery Store (On Me)
02:10
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I was just a poor french boy
Buried in the catacombs
Then they built a grocery store on me
On me... (2x)
Now I'm just a bone-vivant
Drink fine wine before I haunt
The people in the grocery store on me
On me... (2x)
Died of the plague
At a very young age
And then they built a grocery store on me
Je suis un phantom solitaire
A boy-shaped piece of solid air
Because they built a grocery store on me
On me... (2x)
My skeleton lies in the dark
Underneath your shopping cart
Because they built a grocery store on me
On me... (2x)
Died of the plague
At a very young age
And then they built a grocery store on me
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15. |
Be Bones (With Us)
01:39
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