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1.
The girl don't wanna dance with me no more She don't want to waltz or polka across the floor We've been monogamous for two straight years So it's playin' on all of my favorite fears that The girl don't wanna dance with me no more And now girl says she never even wanted to dance with me In fact, she said it makes her uncomfortable specifically Don't matter if it's Zappa or good ol' Lou Reed Something inside her just ain't bein' freed 'Cause the girl says she never even wanted to dance with me The girl says she don't wanna inadvertently entertain All the people who will help me get famous, like I've been sayin' Maybe I shouldn't be so upset It's only incompatibility as yet But the girl says she don't wanna inadvertantly entertain Although the girl looks to me like sometimes she's in hell The same could certainly be said of me as well And though I've always tended to feel That our love's about all that's left of what's real The girl don't wanna dance No, the girl don't wanna dance with me no more. Not no more.
2.
Nearly homeless for weeks at a time Living on crumbs at the end of a dime It's a sick way when every single day You wake up wondering if the New York God has something to say Of course he didn't, he never talks Though here you've got Christian couples out on walks Going through campus and on through the town Are damned near wearing my resistance down
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&*#$ &^@%
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Norman, Pt.1 05:42
5.
Shall I Go? 01:09
Shall I hie me to a cybercafe where the postmodern girls hang around all day with inscrutable bandannas tied around their heads and an issue with frappe? Or let me sneak into a cocktail lounge, where in my pockets I will scrounge for change or courage of an earlier era, when I might have been said to be fairer. Will I give up entirely on women, like the good ghost of Paul Goodman did? Or will what Judge MackKinnon hid ever light the way? Let me the canakin clink, indeed. When I'm at port I get what I need. Not Natalie Merchant nor hardly Sheryl Crow but a pint of IPA.
6.
This is the kind of girl you want for your very own but you know it'll never happen in this lifetime This is the kind of girl you'd kiss for four months without trying to feel up In this lifetime This is the kind of girl you don't even mind going to dumb movies with. This is the kind of girl you wanna see if you can make it at the ice cream, if there were an ice cream parlor In this lifetime I'd go to a football game without even being on acid, that's how hot this girl is to me.
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I'm, pt.1 01:00
I'm fucking celibate She's on medication And I really gotta do the right thing here. Woo hoo.
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Norman, pt.2 03:00
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Hooker 02:06
Gonna go to a hooker, fast as you can blink I'm tired of feelin' this mashed-up heart every time I try to think I'm gonna do somethin' about it right now, just as soon as I finish this drink Gonna go to a hooker, I think it's just my style I get sex, she gets money, we're gonna make each other smile I've been saving up for five years running' and I'm ready to spend a pile Gonna go to a hooker, who knows it might be fun You know I didn't loose my virginity till I was way past 21 And I'd like to have some pleasure in this life before my precious time on Earth is done.
10.
The Man Club 00:46
He doesn't have to tell me that he already told you whatever I said 'Cause I already know he's such a good little spy That double crossing so-and-so, but listen: Dude-Bro's out of the Man Club tonight
11.
Oh, no, don't tell me! Yeah, I walked into a conservative nightmare. Things ain't goin' the way I'd have them I got wounds and nothin' to salve them And a tendency to blame the parts of society As hard as it is to believe, are more unfortunate then me.
12.
Here comes mister SUV on his way to the 8:30 service He almost ran over some widows and orphans Too much coffee has made him nervous The big ol' mamas have all stayed home and a few of the thin ones too They don't have time to dress up for worship They got too much fucking work to do You know that they do Men in golf-wear talk on weeknights in a room off in the back 'Bout the latest Christian video on marriage that explains for them all of the things they lack Up on the proverbial rack In the youth rooms there's always the special kid who just never seems to quite fit in The others tell him all about being Christian but they don't know exactly where to begin. No, no... feel that ill wind commenceth to blow. How much of it is business? How much plain PR? When Monday through Saturday you pray the congregation don't see the rust stains on your car? Maybe I'm just a bitter old sinner who ain't gettin' enough good God. But every day prayers are going unanswered Seems a little odd. Big ol' mamas makin' me pancakes.
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Safe Haven 07:14
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Granted 03:56
You never got to where you took the whole damn fair alive. Originally it was a spur to me to survive. You never held Brent Mydland down, put a gun to his head and made him self-inject. You were an archetypal example of how to never leave a stone unchecked. Some bad shit occasionally happened to you as well. But of course you had it covered so's I couldn't ever tell. Eventually a few of you seemed to suggest that you thought I had other things inside. My dues are unpaid still, but you know that always will be till we all have died. These days even I can be a little taciturn. Looking back I wish I'd had the courage to share when you offered to burn. I got fairies, witches, sluts and Dupree pleading every single side of my case. But that still doesn't keep me from wondering if I know my place. You were responsible for Katie Couric being on the nightly news. And when you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose. There may yet come a day when we can all go play outside. And you may not throw my basketball over the neighbor's roof, killing my pride. It ain't your fault that I very well may have nothing to say. And I can't blame you if I don't think I'll ever properly sing "Touch of Grey". Natural Light is so cheap you might almost say it's free. I suppose, notwithstanding these clothes, you haven't quite been the death of me.
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Going to these shows has been setting me back Along with keeping the kids on track And my wife is expensive, needless to say Gotta earn enough to cover all the bills that I gotta pay But you can take a vacation at the drop of a hat Even if you gotta kinda be stealthy with that It's crossing all the I's and dotting all the T's And when the girls take their shirts off, take pictures in threes My cost benefit outweighs conceivable loss That's what's good about being the boss Life 'round the house can sure get tense but I'm a master of factoring in at my own expense Generally things will go quite dandy when the whizzinator comes in handy Ten grand red line on the LLC of a DBA between all y'all and me Working out the wrinkles, smoothing the face Trying my best to secure my place Well sometimes it's time to have big fun and I'm as big a fan of that as anyone But sometimes it's time for putting shoulder to the wheel And to sublimate all of those things that you really feel My cost benefit outweighs conceivable loss That's what's good about being the boss
16.
You know I know that love's not merely physical It also has components of the mystical She blends those worlds so well Her lusciousness just swells And I know that she won't tell I guess I might as well But Nick, don't go to Morocco I'm still recovering from the last deba-co Nick, don't go to Morocco That country rhymes with taco
17.
Korean Store 03:03
Nacho Cheese Doritos at the Korean Store Camel Filters and donuts all this and more at the Korean Store Beef jerky and bottle rockets at the Korean Store Papers, screens and skin magazines All the things you can't get no more at the Korean Store Clientele looks so surreal at the Korean Store Freaky people late at night, strange sights and neon lights at the Korean Store Sun's comin' up and I'm comin' down at the Korean Store Guy behind the counter don't look like the one that was there before at the Korean Store
18.
What kind of woman gets married on game day? Seems a little controlling, that's all I'm trying to say She wants to show that she makes all the decisions and she wants everyone to know it from the start His friends want to tell him, but they don't have the nerve 'Cause they know their women won't like it, if they try to stop it What do you have to lose but joy, freedom, half your stuff and the respect of your peers? It's not too late. Think of the future. When you were a kid, was this how you saw things playing out?
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Norman, pt.3 05:43
20.
Fast Food 02:33
When I woke up this morning Fell off the couch with my boots on Had a laugh at myself in the bathroom mirror, made me hungry so I smoked a little breakfast from the bong. And I got a woman likes to run her mouth She's the boss of every goddamn thing When I ride off on the horse that I rode in on She won't have nothin' left to bitch about but the rain And all my friends are old and tired and they don't get out much these days Since I've lost my loyal fanbase Makes it hard to get a gig that pays You know it's plain to see that all I'll ever be is working fast food so baby, who cares? Really pretty baby who cares?
21.
He was a kid from the suburbs, kind of like me Got pretty far by any standard I can see He played and sang his guts out every night So when they call him a wimp it just doesn't seem right And honey's sometimes bitter when fortune falls on you But fortune keeping hidden's just as hard to make it through And whatever problems I have, vicissitudes and such I've outlived Brent, if not by much
22.
Wonderland 02:40
They don't even know how to start to know They don't even have what they need to have They don't even need what they need to need But they love each other so much, it makes them sick What kind of fantasy world are you living in? How much magic will it take for you to come back from where you've been? I wonder what wonderland you've been wandering 'round trying to find You're looking for some ecstacy so you can leave the pain of your existence far behind They're pretty as can be but they're all fucked up Which just goes to show what it goes to show They're paying a price I don't have to pay
23.
Oh, no, don't tell me! Yeah, I walked into a conservative nightmare... Now they ain't in power at the moment But they're still looking for shit to foment And I'm starting to feel a little guilty about my relative life of crime But if I can't live free it's just another way of doing time
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Expectations 01:48
Takes a mighty big man to love a fat girl who's in need You could get to heaven based on one heroic deed Might seem like you're settling for second best or third But for the price of a Diet Coke and few kind words You just might get laid That's all I'm trying to say Be a part of the solution Some guys only like to smoke the very finest weed But I'll smoke what I can get and disregard the seeds A friend with weed is a friend indeed Don't look that gift horse in the mouth, don't be so picky Lowered expectations are made out to be a crime But high is high and that's good enough for me You could spend your life makin' money Then one day they find you cold and dead and all alone Just like a hobo, and that ain't funny But what made you think that you were special anyway?
25.
Ellen 06:37
I know you'd probably say you don't much like the way that I've been living. That is, if there ever were any kind of reason to be giving me any attention. Don't know what it would be for. What would we talk about? I'd have to keep abreast of what's going on. If you decide to bring up current events... This is, right now, I'm a nobody. I'd be "walking in L.A." Although I'm not sure I would mind, like to see what I can find. But some people are saying that's not realistic. I shouldn't up and fly, just say goodbye to whatever it is I have learned from the biz of this town I grew up in. Wind comes sweeping down the plain. You know, I'm not particularly a fan of American Idol. Never watch it. And I don't even own a TV. Although I did play for George Huff once in a while. Though, why am I dropping names from that show to you? You're Ellen... But I was a fan of yours before you got your sitcom. At least I thought you were a goofy-assed tomboy, and in New York, that was kind of refreshing. But then again, there was the puppy episode... And I don't mean the one where you spent three grand on a dog that got repossessed by some **** away from those kids you gave little Iggy to... I mean, the other puppy episode... Me and my roommate, a woman twenty years older than me who I knew from the office where we worked, stayed home and watched it together. And I'm not ashamed to admit that that show brought us both to tears. I don't know whether you hate me for that, but here goes... And I felt that you were a friend of sorts, that I could count on. Have a little fun today, yeah, yeah... You know I've been playing the organ for the past eight years at the Christian Science church and some others too, right here in Norman, Oklahoma... And sometimes I wonder what you'd think of what I do there. Or how once upon a time I wrote a song that sounds like this: "Ever done a church gig?" sorry... I know you've said it's not only what's on the inside. And I know you're probably right... I also know I'm getting completely sick and tired of trying to measure up to standards I don't understand. And I'm probably just whining about the cruel ways of a superficial, anti-intellectual world. But, better a whiner than a player-hater, so I'm told... And I know I should probably step back a little. I know it's one thing when you do a sketch about talking to God. It's another when I'm singing a song about talking to you. Whatever the case is, as far as all that is concerned, I catch clips of you on YouTube and they bring me some lightness I might not otherwise have. Share a little love today...

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released January 15, 2011

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