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GRANDADDY - THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP (2000)

1: He's simple, he's stupid, he's the pilot
2: Hewlett's daughter
3: Jed the humanoid
4: The Crystal lake
5: Chartsengrafs
6: Underneath the weeping willow
7: Broken household appliance national Forest
8: Jeddy's other poem (Beautiful ground)
9: E. Knievel Interlude
10: Miner at the Dial-a-view
11: So you'll aim toward the sky

1: He's simple, he's stupid, he's the pilot

Adrift again 2000 man
You lost your maps, you lost your plans
Did you hear him yell: "Land damn it land" ?
You say you can't, well I hope you can
I hope you can

How's it goin' 2000 man
Welcome back to solid ground my friend
I heard all your controls were jammed
Well it's just nice to have you back again

But I guess they still don't understand
And they can never understand
And they said go find 2000 man
And they said tell him we've got new plans
But instead I'm here to tell you, friend

I believe they want you to give in

Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?

Did you love this world
And did this world not love you

Did you love this world
And did this world not love you

Did you love this world
And did this world not love you


Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?

Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?
Are you giving in 2000 man?
Don't give in 2000 man

2: Hewlett's daughter

Hewlett's daughter, loved her father
And I think she loved me too for a little while

Hewlett's daughter, I forgot her
Now I'm treating water, water, water
And waste at night
High above the wrecks on ice shelves and glaciers
I spy below the mess and measure the pressure
Where sofas float on roads and somebody stole your guns
Well, sir I'm the only one to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son

High above the wrecks on ice shelves and dressers
With crash united sewn on all of my dress shirts
They firefell the roads and somebody stole your guns
Well, sir I'm the only one to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son
Sir I'm the only one
I should have been your son

3: Jed the humanoid

Last night something pretty bad happened
We lost a friend, all shocked and broken
Shut down exploded

Jeddy 3 is what we first called him
Then it was Jed
But Jed's system's dead
Therefore so's Jed

We assembled him in the kitchen
Made out of this and
Made out of that and
Whatever was at hand

When we finished Jed
We were so proud
We celebrated
We congratulated
At what we'd created

Jed could run or walk sing or talk and
Compile thoughts and
Solve lots of problems
We learned so much from him

A couple years went by and something happened
We gave Jed less attention
We had new inventions
We left for a convention

Jed had found our booze and drank every drop
He fizzled and popped
He rattled and knocked
And finally he just stopped.

4: The Crystal lake

Should never have left the crystal lake
For parties full of folks who flake
Italian leather winter games
Retired by the duraflames
The crystal lake it only laughs
It knows you're just a modern man
It's shining like a chandelier
Shining somewhere far away from here

I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here

And find my way again
I've lost my way again

Should never have left the crystal lake
For areas where trees are fake
And dogs are dead with broken hearts
Collapsing by the coffee carts
The crystal lake it only laughs
It knows you're just a modern man
It's shining like a chandelier
Shining somewhere far away from here

I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here

And find my way again.
I've lost my way again.

5: Chartsengrafs

Yeah, I traded laughs in for charstengrafs
But all of that is only fun until evening comes
Your guess is as good as mine, as to just what kind
Of trouble I might find, tonight out of my mind.

My mind, my mind, my mind

6: Underneath the weeping willow

I wanna sleep underneath the weeping willow
As it cries all night quietly
It's tears all around me
I'll sleep there so soundly
'Till I'm allowed finally
To wake up and be happy again
To wake up and be happy again

7: Broken household appliance national Forest

Sit on the toaster like a rock
No need to worry about a shock
All of the microwaves are dead
Just like the salamander said
The refrigerators house the frogs
The conduit it is the hollow log

Broken household appliance national Forest
Air conditioners in the woods
Broken household appliance national Forest
Mud and metal mixing good

Meadows resemble showroom floors
Owls fly out of oven doors
Stream banks are lined with vacuum bags
Flowers reside with filthy rags
A family of deer were happy that
The clearing looked like a laundry mat

Broken household appliance national Forest
Air conditioners in the woods
Broken household appliance national Forest
Mud and metal mixing good

8: Jeddy's other poem (Beautiful ground)

Apparently before Jed had left us
He wrotes some poems
Wrote them for no-one
I guess I'll show them
Here's one of Jed's poems

You said I'd wake up dead drunk
Alone in the park
I called you a liar
But how right you were
Air conditioned TV land, 20 grand
Walk to the bank
With shakes from the night before
Staring at the tiki floor
High school wedding ring
Keys are under the mats
Of all the houses here
But not motels
I try to sing it funny like Beck
But it's bringing me down
Lower than ground
Beautiful ground
Beautiful ground

Test tones and failed
Clones and odd parts made you

9: E. Knievel Interlude

instrumental

10: Miner at the Dial-a-view

I found your house and I saw your car
But I've no idea where you are from the Dial-a-view
Tire scraps on the federal roads
Look like crash landed crows from the Dial-a-view

Hello welcome to dial-a-view to locate the area in which you wish to observe
You must program in the longitude and the latitude
For a closer more detailed picture use either the zoom or the micro-zoom controls
Good luck

I dream at night of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream, alright
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday

Fifteen years is almost done
And I don't recognize anyone
From the Dial-a-view.

My home, my friends and you
I watched them fade
But what can I do
From the Dial-a-view

Hello welcome to dial-a-view to locate the area in which you wish to observe
You must program in the longitude and the latitude
For a closer more detailed picture use either the zoom or the micro-zoom controls
Good luck

I dream at night of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream, alright
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday.

I dream at night of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream, alright
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday.

I dream at night of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream, alright
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday.
I dream

11: So you'll aim toward the sky

So you'll aim toward the sky
And you'll rise high today
Fly away, far away
Far from pain

So you'll aim toward the sky
And you'll rise high today
Fly away, far away
Far from pain

So you'll aim toward the sky
And you'll rise high today
Fly away, far away
Far from pain

So you'll aim toward the sky
And you'll rise high today
Fly away, far away
Far from pain