Songs by Chris and Jake.
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The links below are to mp3 recordings of songs by Chris Sullivan and
Jake FussellJakes 20 Dollar GuitarA Man in LoveThere’s no more glow in the moon above
to shine down on the man in love
Charlie Feathers 1958Maple SayingsTHE LOWER YOU TAP THE MORE THE SAP
THE HIGHER YOU TAP THE SWEETER THE SAP
THE OLDER THE TREE THE SWEETER THE SAP
SAP IS SWEETER FROM TREE'S THAT
HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY TAPPED
SAP EARLY IN THE SEASON AND LATE
IN THE SEASON IS THE SWEETEST
TREES DIFFER AS MUCH FOR SUGAR
AS COWS DIFFER FOR BUTTER.
SHALLOW BORING YIELDS BETTER
QUALITY LESS QUANTITY
DEEPER BORING YIELDS DARKER SUGER
BUT GREATER QUANTITY
A TREE WILL RUN THE MOST SAP IF TAPPED
ON THE SIDE WHERE IT HAS THE COARSEST
BARK
A TREE THAT LEANS WILL RUN THE MOST SAP
IF TAPPED ON THE LOWER SIDE
TREES BY A BROOK OR A STREAM WILL RUN MUCH SAP
ISOLATED TREES YEILD NOT ONLY THE EARLIEST AND MOST SAP
BUT ALSO THE SWEETEST
ONE POUND OF THE FIRST RUN
IS OFTEN WORTH TWO OF THE LAST
from the Maple Sugar Book
by: Helen and Scott Nearing
Jake Fussell Lyric arrangement
Old NissyOld Nissy never been washed once
all I ever did was change the oil
that and all 5 brakes myself
every 100,000 they need it or not
and you know what they don’t
Much above 80 she’s a Runaway Buckboard
Passenger seat you never sat
springs like new they break my heart
windshields cracked I’m a fixit ticket scofflaw
radio’s stole I got to sing my own song
Much above 80 She’s a Runaway Buckboard
Quealy Dome Road Truckers Lounge
Crossroads are going down
you know how you can drive all night
and never wanna see dawns early light
Interstate 80 Wendover Jackpot
Camper-Shell addition now I got a girlfriend
minimart decal gas nozzle hotdog
buy one get one free
Zig Jackson’s Rising Buffalo Pure Mandan
know what he says I drive an Indian Truck
and I take that as a compliment
but you know what
it ain’t
Citibank Sayings BluesIf if if If if if If if if
no no no no no no no no no
ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha
People earn money not other method around
If's don't grow on billboards
every word made in poison
you have no choice wolves metaphor clothing
Goodwill Sulawasi Cupertino
People Earn Money Not Other Method Around
Stop and Buy the Roses
Cake of Rake Pays Attention
Hologram Thingie human waste sexual
intercourse your material of comfort
Spread yourself a little thicker
Holiday Juan official anger
Glory su lep elder brother
Minutes - knife - said
Minutes of mine are on the line
Minutes of mine are on the line
Pine opening burns your pocket
you will buy the new couple which sews
of drawers slaved sweatshop within
Goodwill Sulawasi Cupertino
People Earn Momey Not Other Method Around
Maybe the Buffet is Good This Time
Nobody Likes Raking
Don't even know how
Chris Sullivan, Citibank & Translation Machine 2004CityLimitsFound that rock must be a million years old
walking down to the swimming hole
my front door never fit a key
drink my water from a well you can see
City Limits a fella like me
come on down to Seale, I'll show you how to be
Deep in the creekbed, thick in the vines
you feel like you're back in prehistoric times
Duckbill foots a Cretaceous era find
Frisco meter sells three minutes for a dime
need a permit just to climb a tree
City Limits a fella like me
Lost in the store with millions of things
White Spot Grocery’s one can of beans
Drive through window box of mcnuggets
fancy cars driving right past the homeless
Didn't see the sign no parkin three to six
City Limits a fella like me, Come on
down to Seale I'll show you somethings
Moustache Jesus John Henry Toney
plowed up a turnip in 1995, it had a face
and showed him a sign he paints on cardboard
or anything he can find
big bosomy women 28 years of age, says
lightning and thunder has all our address
City Limits a fella like me
Chris Sullivan and Butch Anthony 2005Fat Old GatorPoor dumb hound chased that coonlittle closer to the swamp than it oughtamight as well rung that gators dinner bellflick of the tail and it was overbeep beep beepFat old gator shoulda knowed betterthan to eat the dog entiremighta worked good in the 1970'snow they got electronic collarsbeep beep beepNow that training kennel out past the meadowlost nine dog over the yearsopened that gator, found nine collarsonly one of which you could hearbeep beep beep Chris Sullivan 1988444I was just a youngen that day in 63
It had been raining all morning
Pa tried to cover me
But when the tall man was done having finished his speech
Daddy was a crying and he leaped to his feet
Said give me More More More
of that 4 score action
Would Anything be different
If Tom had dipped his quill and written
We Hold Certain of these Truths
To Be Self Evident
Front DoormanPeck me on the cheek, give me a little peek
I’m your Front-Door-Man
Overdraft Protection, honey I understand
I know how absence leaves you so famished
Fixed the refrigerator I'll see you later
Take a walk around the park I'll be home after dark
Hope you like the flowers I'll be back in three hours
Saturdays the company scavenger hunt
The HVAC man is comin at 10
Sweetie me and Jakey's takin the boat on the Lake
The HVAC man is coming again
Car-full of Sisters by the side of the road
Hitched em to a chain and give em a tow
Its no trouble stoppin I can do the shoppin
The cable guys window is early pm
Tree trimmer says it won't take too long
Comin home early, thought you'd like to know
I'm your Front-Door-Man
25 years after the fact
When all the cicada sounds are gone
Fussell/Sullivan 2003Highway Crews Side of the JobThe Highway Miantenance Job I say it sure is a Bummer...
Richard Russell, Boonevulle New York 1958
LuckyHe was raised in a tube, from experimental seed
partly made of silicone, partly made of pup
partly made of the kinds of things that that A-Bombs offer up
Thats Right Baby &Jamie Lee Curtis Lasagna Drug Lyrics by Jordan Davis:
Oh my God I quit My Day JobPropane Truck Vagabond
First they put Cyanide in the Tylenol then
there’s that guy at MacDonalds who shot em all.
Only thing the government thinks to do is have
a space shuttle satellite rescue, kill a baboon
take its heart away give it a girl name of Baby Fae.
UFO keep coming everynight taking people away
ruining lives anymore man it ain’t the same
whole worlds insane thats why I’m
the Propane Truck Vagabond
It was the gas wars back in 78 spent the whole day
in line just having to wait next day I took all my
money from the bank and put it to a 1500 gallon propane tank
mount it to my flatbed clean as you ever seen
still had room in the back for the ac/dc lincoln welding machine
to hell with the world of the 9 to 5
I got a truck that can keep a man alive
- yes Ma’am I’d be much obliged
to exchange you a little spot welding
for a burger, coffee and a piece of that rhubarb pie
I’m the Propane Truck Vagabond Sullivan 1983RedRed's got Permits for all this
Red says what is this Martinlutherkingday bs.
Red says we've got enough laws.
Red says we got a new law. Red's grandfathered in.
Red says it wasn't so bad as all that. Red says
you are here aren't you? Red says get in line.
Red says the job goes to the lowest bidder.
Red's paying under the table. Red'll make you a deal.
Red knows a lot of people. Red said he was just kidding.
Red said he was just kidding. Red would like to know
If you want blood. Red says that's his.
Red says look it up. Red's uncle published the
encyclopedia. Red's brother got the contract.
Why shouldn’t Red’s brother get the contract?
SugarbuddyNever been much good at makin money
keepin half a job or a woman happy
just my luck I’d be out on the street
my truck wouldn’t start
I’d have to beg to eat
no way to say it without coming out funny
I just thank the lord I got a SugarBuddy
Gets me up when I’m feeling down
buys me a sizzler steak out on the town
he can tell just by the look in my eyes
I need a 20 dollar bill to get me by
He owns Jerrys HonknHollar
lets me fill my tank half on the dollar
spend the weekend at the huntin lodge
coupon for a free massage
We can shoot baskets till we’re blue in the face
or talk all night about our lizard brains
he knows when I’m down about women
takes me out for some party barge swimmin
they say there’s no such thing as a free plate
lunch, SugarBuddy don’t cost too much
Chris Sullivan 2004 1990
Spacewoman Zenon E-149SPACE WOMAN ZENON e-149
Drivin a Redball rig north on 99
seen a bright light flashing from behind
how could I ever know what I’d find
would be the Space Woman Zenon e-149
Felt real weird so I pulled to the side
saw a saucer land and something
come from inside
I wanted to run and I wanted to hide
when the Space Woman said
- Hey human wanna go for a ride?
Seven feet tall her skin was blue
she was wearing something tight
you could sorta see through
wasn’t too hard to figure what she had in mind
she winked at me with all three of her eyes
She was the Space Woman Zenon e-149
We got in her rig and we started to rise
about e squared half the speed of light
seen the Rings of Saturn was how I could tell
the Space Gal was taking me to a space motel
Then I come to at Zingo’s Cafe
Mae’s bringing me a plate of biscuits and gravy
fella’s say Jake you look like hell warmed over
What’re you doing here when your trucks
stuck in Sanger?
Fella’s call me mentally insane
but its the truth last night
my carnal soul was consumed
in a celestial fire of musical spheres
and suction cup choirs
she was the Space Woman Zenon e-149
Don Curran Chris Sullivan 1983Texas SucksI was slidin into Odessa
on something less than my bottom dollar
I was just looking for a day job man
I'd even skindive for Rotorooter
walkin down the Main street, to the Pig Stand 33
two cops in the blue and white squad car
stopped to take a good look at me
they was wearing the kind of sunglasses
you don't look into, especially when all you can say is Occifer I'm just passin thru
no ID no money no address so the fat one said Lonnie cuff him and put him in the back
I was remembering Larry Lazano 16 years old
he got took to their station, put in a padded cell
but for three bars on a window six feet up
he jumped at 57 times
liked to bashed his head to bits
they said
we're going for a little country ride boy
I kept quiet trying to telekinetically cause
two sudden unstoppable nosebleeds
till they pulled over just that side of the county line
and freed my hands cause Lonnie said
you is going to need your thumb
and you can tell all your friends
we don't need no lower scum
passin through Odessa Texas
they left me some dust to eat
on a road where the horizon was 13 miles on
how much easier it would have been if only
I had known a song to get me down the road
like you can always tell a Texan
but you sure can't tell him much
and the wind only blows in Oklahoma
that's cause Texas Sucks
Chris Sullivan 1979When The Twomp Run OutKatie said no 8ths left
all she got is a little bit of Twomp
said Twomp me Katie, Twomp me all night long
and when the Twomp runs out
we’ll lift the cushions of the couch
remember last year I lost a half ounce there
if that don't fly we'll try an herbal high
drink kava kava till we forget why
the Twomp run out buy raw peanuts by the sack
collect the skins and fuckin make hash
I'll go shine some shoes it don't pay much
you get paid in fumes
off to walgreens for the robitussen trouble
is which letters are best so buy all three
and sample individually cause
the Twomp run out
Fussell-Sullivan 2004Yin Yang ThingI go to dial the phone but it just rings
me and you, we got a yin yang thing
like flowers in a bowl, or hair through a comb
sometimes the shudder that follows a moan
and the days I just brood all you do is sing
yeah what we got, is a yin yang thing
there was a hole in my pocket dropped
a rock in your shoe the first step of our journey
multiplied by a million or two
for all the days weeks and years and entire lives spent alone
like that hound down by the river gnawing eons off the bone
there would come the day you'd come swimming home
like a ship needs an ocean there’s got to be some sand
I was the sweat in the palm of your hand
rubbed dry now theres no need to wonder
what the future will bring cause you and me
we got a yin yang thing
people see us and say
what are they doing together
they don't understand
I'm your soulmate not your fella
I may look like a storm
but you got a real nice umbrella
what is it about us,
how'd we know it was meant to be?
you go on all night about lives in past centuries
how the wolfchild met the maiden
and they somehow eternally braided
honey all you got to say is
its a yin yang thing
Chris Sullivan 1986
PeaceKittens
Verse by Kasey MohammadIts alright if you prime it
its all right if you don't
you might think 2nd coat
I get the feeling you won't
Breakthrough
revolutionary paint technology
dries as hard as baked enamel
in one hour
its alright
there is no need for sanding
don't give your labor away
something inside needs to be painted
I think its battleship grey
Breakthrough Revolutionary Paint TechnologySadieSadie
was the kind of dog that any family could ever hope to find
her love for the children was gentle sweet and kind
People always said she made a special sort of breed
Loyalty and devotion was her canine creed
Now Sadie spent her days under the warm Florida skies
Playing with the children yeah but she kept a watchful eye
in them tall grasses there just could lurk a snake
and she never let the children go near that little lake
Sadie save the children you gator chasin hound
Sadie save the children
cause there's no one else around
Sadie was lying in the Backyard basking in the sun
kids was in the swimming pool splashing and having fun
when she heard the children scream
she knew something was wrong
this is when she seen that Gator
come crawling across the lawn
Sadie seen that Gator and she knew it meant no good
and at that very moment she knew right where she stood
in Florida
swamplands
sinkholes
walking catfish
manatees
ponce de leon
mistook for mermaids
skeeters
three variety of poisonous snake
copperhead water moccasin and rattler
well now Sadie saved the Children
she chased that Gator down
Yeah Sadie saved the Children
Her tail was all they found
Don Curran & Chris Sullivan, 1983
Based on an article in the Bakersfield Californian -
DOG GIVES LIFE SAVING CHILDRENWorks in Progress
Go Tyrannosaurus Go
50,000 years a-go she went away
now they got recombined DNA
I said go Tyrannosaurus go
go Tyrannosaurus go
She got 6 inch teeth like razorblades
might be livin in the Everglades
all the scientists don't know what to do
this ain't no animal you keep in a zoo
I said go Tyrannosaurus go
Now they can lead her to the quicksand
but she won't sink
she's not stupid she just can't think
If we had her in the valley of the Bamiyan
those tall Buddha's would still stand
I said go Tyrannosaurus go
Old Fort Knox Kentucky
never seemed quite right to me
Send her on down to the Amazon
to keep those loggers from makin logs
Maybe its time us citizens
sent her to the House of Representatives
I said go Tyrannosaurus go
go Tyrannosaurus go
She's the lawyer I'll appoint
to argue my case before the state
have a few Supreme Court Robes
go Tyrannosaurus go
Don Curran Chris Sullivan 1984They said he was just a clown on his way down
in a midget suit with a bloody nose and he was crying Roz
I want to show you
my New Fedora
Is that 10,000 songs in your pocketor are you just glad to seize me
when the Terror goes orange
I start fucking like a bunny
Apple computer you boned me
Goodwill Sulawasi Cupertino
Think that's a coincidence
But there's a fine Indian Buffet Restaurant
On Stevens Creek Boulevard
Sorry I can't help but stare
Is that 1500 songs in your pocket?
Maybe I could play on your big 12 gig mp3
of the Blues
Suck on your big 12 gig WAV format
of the Blues
Big 12 gig sony minidisc 8-track
of the Blues
Write a little code for
Sulawesi sweater shopping Silhoutte
Groovin like crystal meth I got mine
Jack Big 40 gig mp3 FM Transmitter
of the blues
oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
It Loves you yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
With a big 12 gig mp3 compression format like that
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