Saturday, March 01, 2008

My 4th Quarter Pipe Dreams

Every so often I throw on the Juno soundtrack and give it a whirl. Kimya Dawson has some interesting lyrics in her songs, but I keep coming back to her odd and eclectic anti-war song.

This might be part of my favorite bit:
shysters live from scheme to scheme and my 4th quarter pipe dreams /
are seeming more and more worth fighting for

Although this part gets points for sheer oddness:
my war paint is sharpie ink and i'll show you how much my shit stinks /
and ask you what you think because your thoughts and words are powerful /
they think we're disposable, well both my thumbs opposable /
spelled down on a double word and triple letter score /

Full lyrics here. It's such a damned odd song, but I think I really like it.

1 comments:

Jenny said...

Did you know Kimya Dawson lives in Olympia?

I love this song, too. You'd think that this soundtrack with it's happy music would be ok in general to have playing in mixed company. Of course, the lyric in this song when she says quite clearly, "F*ck Bush and F*ck this war" rang out clear s a bell at a recent family gathering.

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