Don't Get So Heavy
from All The Great Aviators Agree by Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags
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lyrics
Elijah, change the channel
Find my perfect life
This sitcom's falling on the sharp edge of a knife
At this degree, don't count on me
I won't hold out much more
Halfway 'tween suicide
And the liquor store
She said
Baby, don't get so heavy
Don't get so heavy
It's really not that bad
No use crying all your life
'Bout the things you never had
Her goal was the role
To play mother of the earth
Gave her fifteen screaming children in one single birth
And each had screaming eyes so cold
They'd freeze you when they spoke
Man, that girl could take a punch
But she couldn't take a joke
I said...
When the monkeys on my back
Crawl right into my head
Start talking politics and screaming to be fed
I put my boots on and keep on walking
Straight on down the track
I can hear those monkeys singing
As they're jumping off my back
They sing...
Find my perfect life
This sitcom's falling on the sharp edge of a knife
At this degree, don't count on me
I won't hold out much more
Halfway 'tween suicide
And the liquor store
She said
Baby, don't get so heavy
Don't get so heavy
It's really not that bad
No use crying all your life
'Bout the things you never had
Her goal was the role
To play mother of the earth
Gave her fifteen screaming children in one single birth
And each had screaming eyes so cold
They'd freeze you when they spoke
Man, that girl could take a punch
But she couldn't take a joke
I said...
When the monkeys on my back
Crawl right into my head
Start talking politics and screaming to be fed
I put my boots on and keep on walking
Straight on down the track
I can hear those monkeys singing
As they're jumping off my back
They sing...
credits
from All The Great Aviators Agree,
released April 18, 2008
Scotland Barr - lead vocals, guitar
Bryan Daste - pedal steel guitar, vocals
Zach Hinkelman - electric guitar
Chris Hubbard - piano, keyboards, vocals
Nick Kostenborder - drums
Scotland Barr - lead vocals, guitar
Bryan Daste - pedal steel guitar, vocals
Zach Hinkelman - electric guitar
Chris Hubbard - piano, keyboards, vocals
Nick Kostenborder - drums
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