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Ladies and gentlemen, Quartjar!
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Want Some, Get Some
04:38
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Do you want some?
Come get some.
Do you want some?
Come get some.
Do you want some?
Come get some.
Do you want some?
Come get some.
If you want some, son,
Well come on down
You're gonna get some.
If you want some, son,
Well come on down
You're gonna get some.
If you want some, son,
Well come on down
You're gonna get some.
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Beautiful Disaster
05:46
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Welcome to the world
All thems, boys, and girls
Step up and give it a whirl
All the pain and laughter
Now and hereafter
Life is a beautiful disaster
The words are spoken
The words will be forgotten
The world is broken
To the core, yeah, something's rotten
The words are spoken
The words will be forgotten
The world, it's broken
To the core, yeah, something's rotten
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Temporary Armageddon
03:46
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<Old Man on Porch>
Build a house out of straw and sticks
Build a house out of concrete bricks
Build a house you can build again
After the world comes tumbling in
Everything falls apart
Nothing lasts forever
Even every catastrophe ends.
<first inquiry>
Wait, what's that?
<simultaneous voices of two concerned neighbors>
That cloud doesn't look quite right
For some reason, this just doesn't feel right.
Concerned Neighbor 1: Where's everybody gone?
Concerned Neighbor 2: I guess the school buses aren't running today.
Concerned Neighbor 1: It's so strange — I don't see any birds.
Concerned Neighbor 2: 9-1-1 anyone?
Concerned Neighbor 1: Should we call someone?
Concerned Neighbor 2: Crap, where's my cat? Is anyone else's yard on fire?
Voice of Authority:
Build a house out of straw and sticks
Build a house out of concrete bricks
Build a house you can build again
After the world comes tumbling in
Everything falls apart
Nothing lasts forever
Every catastrophe ends.
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Flew West
02:11
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Spoken:
Are you ready fellas?
Yes, we're ready!
All right, let's play the song!
Song proper:
Step into a tango to begin
Takes two, so find a tango friend
Grab hands and walk the line
Tango til the end of time
Hold on until the end of time
It gets closer with every rhyme
Lock eyes with rose in mouth
Hold tight if things go south
Bells toll a haunting chime
Tango til the end of time
Hold on until the very end of time
It gets closer with each and every rhyme
If you hope to make it, my friend
Keep up a tango until the end
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Logic vs.Reality
01:46
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Once the Smoke Clears
01:37
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<cough, cough>
Grampaw: "Let me clear my throat before you do them sticks there, boy, m'okay."
Boy with sticks: "Are you ready there, Grampaw?"
Grampaw: "I'm ready, hit them sticks."
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Life's Not Pretty
04:44
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I had inverted papilloma
So they put me in a coma
Just for an hour or so
Got a discount price
Now the Bird of Paradise
Can fly right up my nose
Chronic gastritis
And a touch of arthritis
Can be a real pain in the neck
But there ain't no trouble
When you're sipping on a double
Out on the Lido deck
Life’s not pretty, but we can be
Oh yeah
Ocular migraine
Flashing on my brain
Signals time to lay back
Rainbow lightning
Very, very frightening
First time it gives you a whack
Life’s not pretty
but we can be, oh yeah
Life’s not pretty
but we can be, oh yeah
<lead guitar>
Nobody knows how long it will last
It's always the future, it's always the past
First you’re born, then every day's less
How your reach the finish is anybody’s guess
Mofo knock you on your knees
Kick him in the balls, life is a breeze
Life’s not pretty but there’s you and me
Life’s not pretty but we can be
Life's not pretty
But we can be, oh yeah
Life's not pretty
But we can be, oh yeah
Life's not pretty
But we can be, oh yeah
Life's not pretty
But we can be, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah etc.
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Desert floor, stage is set,
Crowd roars, pays the debt
Then a sound breaks the ground
Black ship cuts a black night
Black switch lights a black light
Rockets fire, systems engage
Hotblack rises from the grave
Geysers erupt, lava flows
Sonic boom, nature explodes
Solar flares, thousand-yard stares
Sun sets on Kakrafoon
Eager crowd faces the doom
Rockets fire, systems engage
Hotblack rises from the grave
<ponderous instrumental section>
Wave your thumb, hitch a ride
Grab your towel, grab your Guide
Do you want more? Here’s your encore
Good gig, now we gotta fly
Zaphod, he’s just this guy
Rockets fire, systems engage
Hotblack rises from the grave
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Quartjar is a mighty rock trio featuring Randall Brown, Malcolm Norman, and Tory Flenniken.
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