Bad Behavior, by Karlo Takki

Bad Behavior

by Karlo Takki

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1.	Truelove (Revisited) 06:05	lyrics	buy track
Truelove is like a rock of crack Truelove, a beetle on its back Truelove, be careful what you say Truelove, you’ll eat those words someday Truelove is like a cigarette Truelove is like a deadly pet Truelove, it’s better to pretend Truelove will burn you in the end Truelove Truelove is like a bag of smack Truelove is like a heart attack Truelove, you don’t know what to do Truelove, you haven’t got a clue Truelove [spoken] Truelove lives in a house By the river that flows through the evergreen trees There she spends her days Writing simple songs about the birds and the bees Truelove knocked at my door She said, “Won’t you come out? It’s a wonderful day!” “No, thank you,” was my reply, “I haven’t got time to come out and play” Truelove is like a dose of clap Truelove is dancing on your lap Truelove is taking off her dress Truelove, a bloody fucking mess Truelove
2.	Summertime in Prison 04:03	lyrics	buy track
Summertime in Prison Counting trees Helicopters float like Honeybees Summertime in Prison Asphalt burns Time stops moving but the Seasons turn Summertime Summertime Summertime in Prison Orange wine Life is simple like a Nursery rhyme Summertime in Prison Nothing more I am sleeping on the Concrete floor Summertime Summertime Summertime in Prison Sun is high On the ocean of a Cloudless sky Summertime in Prison Humid dreams Bodies burning while the Warden screams Summertime Summertime
3.	Maximum Security 06:04	lyrics	buy track
Every night I cross the line Between divine and profane Every night it’s story time Believe in ghosts again Maximum Security I’m over the border I’m under the wire again Maximum Security I’m walking on fire I’m swinging on tires again Every night I play the game I call her name again Every night I lose the race I see her face again Maximum Security I’m splitting the atom I’m eating macadam again Maximum Security I’m kicking the tires I’m lighting the fires again
4.	Elkton, Ohio 03:17	lyrics	buy track
In the hills and dales In the piney trees There’s a hidden camera taping Everything it sees See a khaki man Another man in blue See a line of khaki men go Marching two-by-two Wake me up when it’s over Elkton, Ohio Wake me up when it’s over Elkton, Ohio Got a RoboCop Got a Dirty Shirt Got a job that makes me feel like I’m a piece of dirt There’s a Shakedown Shack And a razor tree There’s a guy who for a price will Sell a cup of pee Wake me up when it’s over Elkton, Ohio Wake me up when it’s over Elkton, Ohio Got a bag of bread Got a bunch of fruit Got a pound of sugar and a Recipe for hooch To find a state of grace I’m cut off at the knees Like every other khaki man I’m Doing what I please Wake me up when it’s over Elkton, Ohio Wake me up when it’s over Elkton, Ohio
5.	My 500th Day 03:49		buy track
6.	40 Years to the Door 04:27		buy track
7.	Foot That Walketh 01:28		buy track
8.	Lullaby 04:06	lyrics	buy track
Go to sleep my Betty Blue I will count the stars for you The sun has set, the moon will rise Night is here so close your eyes Go to sleep my butterfly Dream of castles in the sky The nurse will hold your hand tonight And everything will be alright I adore you so Never let you go I will hold you tight ‘Til you slip into the night Close your eyes my kangaroo I’ll collect the stars for you Scatter them around your bed Make a halo for your head Close your eyes my honeybee Take a voyage on the see There will come and end to pain And we will all go home again Sleep my angel, sleep Dream of fluffy sheep Sleep tonight and then I will take you home again
9.	Kiss the Pain 04:22	lyrics	buy track
Take one pill a day Kiss the Pain away Now we are okay Kiss the Pain away Crime doesn’t pay Kiss the Pain away Now we must obey Kiss the Pain away Take one pill a day Kiss the Pain away Now we must obey Kiss the Pain away
10.	My Daughter's Oncologist 01:48	lyrics	buy track
She's a world-weary woman with stringy grey hair, My Daughter's Oncologist. Every line on her face is engraved with care, My Daughter's Oncologist. With her navy-blue suit and her sensible shoes, My Daughter's Oncologist. And her clinical method of bringing bad news, My Daughter's Oncologist. With a bag full of poison and a nuclear bomb, My Daughter's Oncologist. She enfolds everybody in a pocket of calm, My Daughter's Oncologist. But all of her nurses and all of her men, My Daughter's Oncologist. Couldn't put my baby back together again, My Daughter's Oncologist.
11.	Day of the Dead 04:59	lyrics	buy track
Right outside of Buffalo Trapped behind a train Early winter Interstate Early winter’s rain Right turn into Canada Left to Mexico Flip a coin to figure out Which way we want go Rising sun is on the left Erie on the right Muncie, Indiana means a Motel for the night Morning on the road again Driving in the rain Country on the radio is Driving me insane September in the sun November in the rain There’s something in the sky again It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody on the winning side now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody’s got a blushing bride now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody’s got a bitchin’ ride now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody on a power slide now Arkansas took half a pack And half a tank of gas Half a case of Miller Light And half a bag of grass Elvis on the radio Pelvis on the seat Jesus billboards everywhere and Miles and miles of wheat East Texas in the sun Ohio in the rain Farewell you amber waves of grain It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody gotta run and hide now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody on the winning side now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody gonna suicide now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody’s drinking cyanide now By the Gulf of Mexico There’s a little town Houses white as fallen snow and the Streets are coffee brown Drinking in the winter sun On a winter beach Nothing left to learn, I guess and Nothing left to teach One cartridge in the gun One bullet in the brain A final end to all the pain It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody on the winning side now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody’s got a blushing bride now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody’s got a bitchin’ ride now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody on a power slide now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody gotta run and hide now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody on the winning side now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody gonna suicide now It’s the Day of the Dead Everybody’s drinking cyanide now
12.	Too Much Craziness 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Three little piggies learning elementary physics In a gas chamber built for two Along came a spider who was looking for asylum From Madison Avenue And some little sister with a walking blister Had a dog that looked just like you God looked down and spit on the ground and said “What’s a matter with you?” Too much, too much Craziness Too much, too much Craziness Lame motherfuckers and crazy cocksuckers They were beating down the door Bleeding hearts and boring old farts They were sleeping on the floor “Who do we see?” say the negative three who were Beating up on a whore God looked down and spit on the ground and said “I can’t take it no more!” God’s assassin said in passing A prayer for the dead Neon lights and telescopic sights Made a halo for my head The singer sings and screams some things that are Better off left unsaid God looked down and spit on the ground and said “What the fuck is going on?” Too much rock ‘n’ roll Too much fuckin’ and a-pushin’ and a-shovin’ Too much mind control Too much of that psycho bullshit
13.	When Pigs Fly 05:42	lyrics	buy track
Piggy wants to learn to fly Piggy wants to fly away Far above the butcher’s sty Piggy lives another day Piggy wants a pair of wings Piggy wants to be a bird Sanctify the needful things Piggy stumbles on the word Oh, uh-uh-uh oh When Pigs Fly Oh, uh-uh-uh oh When Pigs Fly Piggy takes a flying leap Piggy falling from the sky Piggy crumples in a heap Piggy didn’t have to die Oh, uh-uh-uh oh When Pigs Fly Oh, uh-uh-uh oh When Pigs Fly Pigs die Pigs die
14.	Ambien Nation 03:40	lyrics	buy track
I don't wanna go and I don't wanna stay, I don't want it cheap and I don't wanna pay, I don't wanna car and I don't wanna bike, Dunno what I want and I dunno what I like. Alienation Ambien Nation I don't wanna speak and I don't wanna sing, I don't wanna want and I don't need a thing, I don't wanna feel and I don't wanna think, I don't wanna smoke and I don't need a drink. Alienation Ambien Nation I don't wanna house and I don't wanna wife, I don't wanna job and I don't need a life, I don't wanna hit and I don't wanna miss, I don't wanna hug and I don't need a kiss. I don't wanna gun and I don't wanna bomb, I don't wanna dad and I don't need a mom, I don't wanna laugh and I don't wanna cry, I don't wanna live and I don't wanna die. Alienation Ambien Nation Incarceration Defenestration I don't wanna Jack and I don't wanna Jill, I don't wanna shot and I don't need a pill, I don't wanna laugh and I don't wanna cry, I don't wanna live and I don't wanna die.
15.	Etude 43C (Snow Falling on Razor Wire) 03:07		buy track

credits

released December 10, 2015

Karlo Takki: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, tambourine, etc., because no one else can stand working with him anymore, except for Siri™, who played drums and answered questions.

Recorded and produced by Karlo Takki in a windowless room at the Sound Museum, Brighton, MA

Mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East, Cambridge, MA

All songs © 2015 K. Takki/Takkimedia (BMI)

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Karlo Takki Boston, Massachusetts

Karlo Takki has been part of the Boston music scene since the early '80s, playing guitar, bass, keyboards, trumpet, and singing in the Dark, Red, Skin, Spellbound, Hunger Moon, Bonesaw, dish, and Serum. After a long hiatus from music spent creating animations and graphics in the nascent field of new media and the web, and a sabbatical in Federal prison, Karlo Takki is back in the studio. ... more

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