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Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made

by Fol Chen

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1.
We don't swallow cigarettes breaking windows, climbing trees don't follow me, now don't follow me in your closet yes, they're there oh well, but they believe yes, they're believers oh they believe maybe it's all in my head when I dream I dream I'm still in bed so you see, now so you see I kiss you somewhere in between all the dark rooms where we meet don't follow me, now don't follow me
2.
I could never break your heart I could never break your, break your heart again listen to me I could never break your heart I could never break your heart again listen to this song listen to this song I could never break your heart I could try but never get too far again you know listen to me I could never break your heart I could try but never get too far listen to this song listen to this song [Chorus] I could never break your heart I could never break your, break your heart again listen to these words I could never break your heart I could try but wouldn't get too far listen to these words listen to these words [Chorus] You're just a bit too late you don't get no wedding cake you're just a bit too late the undertaker's closed at 8
3.
Fuck your friends they don't care smoke too much and dye your hair spin a coil around your throat let them talk I stole a picture of you and your sister in Jericho
4.
The Idiot 03:07
Everybody here thinks I'm an idiot Everybody here can't stop laughing (But) how can that be true if I'm in love with you? Everybody here thinks it's a big joke Everybody here you all think it's a big joke (But) how can that be true if I'm in love with you? if I'm in love with you? All these jets and all these trains wake up shivering again so far away so far away Is it the same for you? oh, what can I do? [BREAK] [VERSES] [AD LIB]
5.
Oh, sorry season "Bedbugs" and "Treason" don't dare to cry Goddamn your pity kick Garden City until it cries It's twelve o'clock in the whites of your eyes And in your head this song is oooooooooonnnnnnnnnn..... And you run too fast like you want to fall and you hold your breath cuz you hate it all there's a hole inside where the poison goes there's a broken dial where your fingers froze and the language changed there's a hole in the sky there's a hole in the sky there's a hole
6.
Cable TV 03:04
Now you been working so hard running in circles like a robot shorting circuits like it's set to blow i gotta make an appointment just to kiss u baby i'm not complaining but i got to know chorus: won't u come away with me i'm not rich but the first night is on me You know I just got paid baby i know a place and they got cable TV So here we are by the pool of this motel getting dizzy from the spritzers and the desert heat I'm getting tired of waiting fuck the hot tub let's go back to the room and watch some cable TV Come away with me the carpet's filthy but the ice is free You know I just got paid, So we could order pay-per-view if nothing good's on TV It' s getting late Hit the lights (but leave the TV on) and put on the dance mix, Let the boom box boom I thought that I knew what love was, then I saw you dancing In your under wear to "When I think of you" When I think of you, baby When I think of you, baby
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John Shade your fortune's made you own our brittle bones by god, it's gone too far this doesn't feel like home
9.
Tried to find you Saturday night left a note by the stairs (saying) "never mind that stuff from before cuz tomorrow I don't care" And yes the longer you wait the more you cry Conversation's gotten so dull it's the weather one more time January left me so cold you can call me in the summertime And yes the longer you wait the more you cry And if it's all the same I think I'll never change I think I'll never change for you
10.
If Tuesday comes I'll pick you up we'll watch the cameras watch us driving around all dressed for the season's goodbye so there you are six stories up tapping out Scritti on your Green coffee cup and just for the seasons you'll ride Tomorrow you'll wake up you pull back your shades and you'll look 'round your room for clues You smoke another cigarette you dance around, you minuet you make your debut too soon oh, it's just too soon

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A Transmission from Fol Chen: "You know that mysterious black object that the creepy family is staring at on the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Presence" album? Fol Chen sound like that. But we don't sound like Led Zeppelin. (We actually do a little.) Instead, we sound like Prince with Amon Duul II and a children's religious revival, not to mention Hot Chip, Pink Floyd, Gwen Stefani, Pere Ubu, Danielson Famile, Scritti Politti, Boards of Canada, The Blow, and Pulp. (Mostly.) We are using secret powers and the guidance of legendary DJ Donna Donna to combat our nemesis, John Shade. We are cryptic and joyful and we would like you to dance."

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released February 3, 2009

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Fol Chen Los Angeles, California

You know that mysterious black object that the creepy family is staring at on the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Presence" album? Fol Chen sound like that. But they don't sound like Led Zeppelin. (They actually do a little.) Instead, they sound like Prince with Amon Duul II and a children's religious revival. They are cryptic and joyful and we would like you to dance. ... more

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