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To the Moon and Back

by Here Lies Laika

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Cut Coupons 03:29
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i got a couple of dudes coming to take a look at the house if you could do me a favor and pretend that you are my spouse these guys i think they're gay but if they are they're good at hiding it and if you say one word about the cut of their shirts i'm gonna give you so much shit we got a cashflow problem, we oughtta start buying in bulk you know i know that sucks but if you really want to sulk take a look at our checking account and see how much you bought all your credit cards maxed and our subpoena's been faxed it's a lot harder than you thought and you know, if you saved the paper we could cut coupons and until our job pays us better we could cut coupons and when the day comes when we're making six figures we'll look back at this and say, "go figure" and you know, if you saved the paper we could cut coupons chorus inst when they arrive i want you to let me do all the talking you say you're eloquent but i think you're better at gawking shake hands and smile and don't give the impression we're broke and when we show them around keep your eyes on the ground and don't treat this like a joke chorus
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Lady's Lace 03:12
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you're not the center of attention your faults are far too much to mention you're going up, down, inside out you're not as good as those who sent you and in a moment, in a tiny space you caught a glimmer of the lady's lace you were in, love, no, doubt about it i could see it on your face and if she means that much to you you gotta get her. now. she was bubble effervescent and you were all caught up in her scent and it was, peach, no, was it vanilla? something ever present and when she kissed the corner of your lips and when your thumbs were pressed against her hips an inter, lock, ing, dilemma the passing of a thousand ships and if she means that much to you you gotta get her. now. she's got a mystical aura you have opened the box of pandora and when she's close to you you can feel her breath on your neck but there's no mystery about these hands, these ever-present ever-roaming hands she wants you and you want her too you gotta get her now!
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The Laundry Blues 03:38
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a pair of old dungarees in the bottom of the hamper they are talking to me talking to me, talking to me they say "please please please won't you do a little laundry?" so i can get back in the game back in the game back in the game this is the laundry blues ten thousand dirty tube socks strewn across the bedroom they are planning attacks planning attacks, planning attacks they're filling up with rocks are about to punish you for not cleaning 'em up, cleaning 'em up, cleaning 'em up and what can you do but run away come back to fight some other day you gotta sleep in a hotel room but that's okay all these clothes are singing the laundry blues and some are missing your skin and some are missing your shoes and all they want is a tumble in the washer and maybe fabric softener and maybe fabric softener an army of elastic bellbottoms and buttons they're all coming for you coming for you, coming for you look out for levi's classic the assortment of your dress shirts with ketchup stains ketchup stains, ketchup stains
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A Million Things 04:31
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i got a pocket pen it's got a million colors and you will need it when you are drawing other people walking down the street people shuffling their feet i got a great disease it baffles scientists it only makes you sneeze when you are really pissed i got a million things i got a million things in commonalities i am the first to deviate i climb among the trees i'm never ever moderate i got a million things i'd like to place right in your pocket, next to all your chewing gum i got a cathode ray it's got a billion channels it keeps me entertained it keeps me in a kennel barking with the other dogs laying out like lincoln logs i got a magistrate who does all of my shopping he never shows up late but i know i can't stop him if he wants to turn away do another job someday prechorus but oh, my god, why don't i have you? but oh, my god, why don't i have you? i've got everything that you're into but oh, my god, why don't i have you i got a million things strewn all around the room they make me happy but none of them are you they're cheap facsimiles and i am never pleased
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Ellie Mae 02:02
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ellie mae, ellie mae we are looking at your resume can't find a single thing wrong but you've been away from work for too long ellie mae, ellie mae what do you do with yourself all day? are you taking care of kids or are you doing strange things on videotape ellie mae, ellie mae what are you doing in my state baby? we told you once, we told you twice there's no home for you in paradise ellie mae, ellie mae your eyes are cold, your hair's gone gray if you wait just another year no one will remember you were ever here you think we were wrong you think we were miseducated you think we were wrong we wish you were long, long gone
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Dance, Hipsters, Dance! 06:14
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take off your shoes and your jewelry get on the floor and dance with me you gotta dance hipsters dance! close your eyes and feel the beat soon you'll be dancing out in the street you gotta dance hipsters dance! just imagine you're back at home like you're dancing alone like you're dancing alone take off your shoes and your jewelry get on the floor and dance with me you gotta dance hipsters dance! inst grab a lady or a fella now it don't matter if you don't know how you gotta dance hipsters dance! take 'em out to the middle of the dance floor have 'em screaming out for more more more you gotta dance hipsters dance bridge grab a lady or a fella now it don't matter if you don't know how you gotta dance hipsters dance! stick out your left foot now stick out your right and then you swivel those hips like they are ready to fight and now you get on down x2 now you grab your lady by the bones on her waist and you shimmy and shake and add some sugar for taste and now you get on down x2
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Something 05:16
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everyone keeps saying it's that time again but i'd rather go back to where we begin taste the drops of honey on your skin revel in the state that we were in something in the way you smile completes me something in the atmosphere depletes me i need your breath to bring me back to life i need you in my arms, i need your eyes i am running i am running to your home maybe i'll be walking back alone i am turning ever turning to your side won't you let me inside? something in your eyes that keeps me alive doo doo everyone is listening to what we say and i'm trying hard to make them go away all i need from you is just one kiss help me spiral out of this abyss prechorus chorus inst everyone keeps saying it's that time again but i'd rather go back to where we begin prechorus chorus
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Chicken Bone! 03:21
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i met a man with greasy fingers he was sad and alone and in his hand like a little weapon he had a chicken bone he looked me square in the eye and i thought i was dead cocked his arm back, like a quarterback and chucked that bone right at my head and i said i gotta chicken bone took you out to the midnight showing so i could cop a feel but you were faster, skin like alabaster and soon your clothes were peeling (off, that is) you reached down and grabbed my thigh and i took off my hat found my pocket, suddenly you stopped and said, "what the hell is that?" and i said i gotta chicken bone inst the show was over and we went walking i saw that guy again he came up still lookin' greasy on his face was a big old grin he took out an entire chicken from inside his coat tried to hand it off to me but i said no no no no no cause
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Black Socks & Birkenstocks 02:34
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you're 44 years old you run a law firm but on casual fridays you take a different turn hawaiian shirt cutoff jeans poker visor it's all obscene black socks & birkenstocks x6 you're sitting at home with your terrific wife twenty-five years now without an ounce of strife but you got no pants on in your chair like a glove strapped to your ankles are things unheard of! black socks & birkenstocks walking to the grocer in your cutoffs and shirt buying a sandwich and a bottle of squirt you look like an idiot! won't you listen to me? you should be imprisoned where no one can see black socks & birkenstocks
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Diana 05:13
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diana had a heavy hand when it came to dealing with her children she drank the fishes out of house and home and made them do her bidding you understand, you understand she was never meant to be a mother she wasn't happy until one beer followed with another but she was my girl summer moonlight and a bed of grass soaking starlight into our skin one date became a thousand and soon we began to sin a gentle touch was enough to send shivers down your spine who would've thought ten years from now you'd leave it all behind but you were my girl city lines won't keep me from you cause you are my girl in the car all across the world i search for a sign of your presence old phone numbers and credit cards are nothing more than torments you understand, you understand there is no one else i love as much i wanna be your closest friend i wanna be your crutch diana took a heavy sigh when i stood in the frame of her doorway she slapped me once and kissed me twice and cried the rest of the day you understand, you understand i would travel to the moon and back oh diana just say the word and i'll start to unpack

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Here Lies Laika (HLL) was originally conceived as a pseudo concept band/album by Josh Belville, consisting of a 3-piece (guitar, bass, drums). But really it was just a place for him to experiment with a more rock/indie pop rock sound.

"To the Moon and Back" specifically established that the drummer only had a bass drum, snare, and hi hat, and that the guitarist only had an acoustic that he laid distortion over. That eventually changed but the core is that it's three members of a pop rock band that write silly songs about life and stuff.

Here Lies Laika albums are ONLY available on Bandcamp! You won't find them on Spotify, et al, because it's expensive. So if you like them, buy them!

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released November 3, 2008

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