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Mitigating Circumstances

from This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things by Family Fun

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lyrics

i used to do eighty in the eighties
nearly thirty i can barely do twenty-nine
desperately trying to sustain this family salt mine
i used to be somebody's son
now i'm somebody's problem
didn't mean to scare the kids
i only tried to robbed them

throwing pennies in the fountain
rolling marbles up the mountain
can't face it, can't fight it, can't taste it unless you bite it
i thought i was viet-right
but i was viet-wrong
i haven't eaten for days but i'm still going strong

ten feet tall warts and all
no love lost in this port of call
world's got problems, lord knows i’ve got plenty
i'm in a tow truck being pulled by a bentley
gotta thank christ for the money he lent me
my mother's a saint for the package she sent me

throwing pennies in the fountain
rolling marbles up the mountain
can't face it, can't fight it, can't taste it unless you bite it
i thought i was viet-right
but i was viet-wrong
i haven't eaten for days but i'm still going strong

it's ninety-six in mexico
and jesus knows i can't let you go

left the building with a cautionary tale
evolution didn't work but it didn't fail
gave the poorly made beasts a quiet dignity
knowledge is a burden which is why it ain't free
axis and allies no matter how you spin it
didn't care for the taste but i loved the finish

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from This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, released October 16, 2012

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Family Fun is equal parts punk rock n' roll and nothing. A refreshingly haphazard, multi-lensed beast drawing upon influences musical, historical, comical, and sexual. Hardcore threaded with the theatrical, punk rock peppered with proud pop insensibilities, draws fervently from a gorge of culture and history whether it be Born Against, Dinosaur Jr., Agnostic Front, ELO, Iggy Pop, or Joan Rivers. ... more

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