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Die If You Must

by Jared Morris and the Nice Price

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Rock N Roll Pension 02:41
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I'm calling from the next dimension can you tell, can you feel the tension? I haven't learned a thing you should hear me sing by myself in my bedroom you can watch the dead loom over my head you can sense we're doomed i can't even get bad review no matter what I do I put off having kids cause I watched you raise his. I'm paying for the pleasure never being a contender One thing I forgot to mention Rock n' Roll owes me a pension music pays no divedends, low balances, withdrawal slips you say youth culture is bankrupt, well so what toss my song book in the fire on the lawn warm your hands on it now every one is gone, I only wrote them out for you to sing along I use cheap speakers and much cheaper guitars for a crowd of cheating widows grieving as for who is left I can hear them screamin' think of me / when you take a piss / picture this genie, keep your last wish i'll die in a ditch One thing I forgot to mention Rock n' Roll owes me a pension music pays no divedends, low balances, withdrawal slips you say youth culture is currupt, so am I, gatekeeping the unwed who don't know their limits with them and the undead. I last only minutes I'm glad to hear you're happy I don't want to admit it but when I see your face I just want to forget it. Hey hey Mrs lucky I wrote u a song I keep my phone by my head in case andown ything goes wrong if rock n roll is dead it can lie in my bed we can talk about what next. while we investigate its death. Oh. One thing I forgot to mention Rock n' Roll owes me a pension music pays no divedends, low balances, withdrawal slips you said youth culture is bankrupt, so am I, so am i, so am i
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Weapon Of Self Destruction 03:39
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wake up #37 I died and went to kevin. I want to impress you I want to undress you I never wanted to stress you I want to caress you study and dissect you I want to suggest you and I get wrecked I want dance on your chest I can already tell this whole deal is a mess we can cut and draw straws the smaller the best you can handle logistics and I can handle the rest i am a weapon of self destruction a volcanic interuption get ready for a suprise i am a weapon of mass instruction a spontaneous eruption i'll eat you alive 2nd verse you said we're moving way too fast I got style & class in the morning after mass you said stop being an ass there's violence in city do I still look young and pretty? you still look pretty young you said isn't it a pity ? that you run without a gun can't say that I like being stunned you can't say I that necer warned you but its gonna be fun i want to get so fucked up I want to get stuck in it I don't want to be away from you for even a minute i am a weapon of mass curruption of mass media consumption a manhunt for this boy at large i am a weapon of mass copulation of self congratulation you're the one in charge Last Verse Im a sucker for a man buried in uniform I only write when I'm high cause it makes me feel warm if you're not going to try kneel down in front and pray They're hanging me at dawn what a way to start the day You are a weapon of self destruction mass layoffs and reductions stop now before you choke I am a vessel of self adulation mutilation, flagellation irritation, sedation, salvation, vacation. temptation, on radiation
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Settle Down 03:30
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youre an anvil waiting to get dropped an animal dropped instead she's in over her head you're a petal waiting to get plucked then you're stuck with me like you were meant to be I'm dedicating destroying my life to you I'm dedicating destroying my life to you youre life is meaningless unless you meant what you said when you said you meant what you said your life is meaningless, you're always in my head but never in my bed I'm dedicating the last year of my life to you I'm dedicating the last year of my life to you Settle down Settle down there weren't many options less we, you settled down settle down We'll always have chemistry. solo your outfit doesn't cover half of it. your life, ends right here oh it has to I never have a choice, let me make this clear I had to, I had to I'm dedicated to wasting the last years of my life with you I'm dedicated to wasting the last years of my life with you Settle down Settle down there weren't many options less we, you settled down settle down We'll always have chemistry. outside the prison walls you think you have it all You think you're safe and sound you think you're safe from me? No, you're not safe from me so Settle down im always around you'll see you settled down settled down We'll always have chemistry.
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This Song Is An Atom Bomb 02:17
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The devil doesn't want me, I'm just in the way doesn't matter to me I don't want his money a hollow trivial pursuit of fame.. It feels just like the old days William said that he knows what it takes Did he mean Patty Cakes or did mean obssession? External forces are easy to blame for lack of success and consession. I'd give Rick Allens left arm just to see some growth They got the bride's name wrong but she looked nice in her gown They mess with you until you are dead broke or both were just children at play in doom towns. This song is an errant atom bomb bomb bomb I set the timer to detonate right now This song is an errant atom bomb bomb bomb why's a nice kid like you wanna fight now? Right now. Right now.
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Black Arts 04:06
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I heard she's a healer but You know I'm a dealer in the black arts I tried to seal her in a charm - I never tried to steal her heart I have 10 rules I said I wont break and I just broke every one except #8. and I am just getting started and I'll sit here and let all of that sink in. this isn't gonna end well at all but I can't help myself this isn't gonna end well at all a censer sits on my shelf this isn't gonna end well at all I just can't help myself they say the bride comes before the fall but I never saw the groom at all you know she's still a doll to me, though i make time with Santa Muerte (santa - muwerta), and Ma-rie Laveau i am a poor masseur with hansen's disease but you couldnt kepp hands off of me. on the ground a circle in salt all around my bed but id still let you get in a rhyme to bind these lines, and it would be fine if that were all it did. this isn't gonna end well at all but I can't help myself this isn't gonna end well at all a censer sits on my shelf this isn't gonna end well at all I just can't help myself they say the bribe comes before the thrall but I never saw them bear the pall at night i sit amongst the trees and I hear an animal rustle the weeds, i fear here's where the story get weird Id swear the animal was me. you learned a crucial lesson today. stay, if there's still money to be made. the police don't help you enough we better scram before more of them show up that's the way it always is a sacrifice for the common din somebodys always having kids I didn't get invited in oh oh oh oh to the wedding of the century i probably would have made a scene. unlucky in love unluky in dance unlucky at losing my pants unlucky in love unluky in dance unlucky at losing my pants unlucky in love unluky in dance
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Elevators And Sex 02:45
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Beyonce is a witch Lana Del Rey's hit and miss SO. keep up with this fix i'm cross stiching a list as Noah said to Hamm just Leave me where I am then he said “Daughter, not water just Pina Colida” i'm strong enough for a man but made for something more like Elevators and sex Life's Just Ups and Downs I guess we'll go to Tabor on a boat rapheal sees if he floats they're knocking on my door saying bring out the whores I never wanted your heart That was only the start I just want your ear in rapt attention all year i'm strong enough for a man but made for something more like Elevators and sex Life's Just Ups and Downs I guess These men look like rocks knock offs knocking off your socks. These rocks look men. Hypergamy again. Like the men of some renown Heaven's vault came crashing down It changed the atmosphere Drunk in a cave and chill i'm strong enough for a man but made for something more like Elevators and sex Barely missing the door These men look like rocks knock offs knocking off your socks. These rocks look men. Hyperbole again.
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Final Arrangements 03:15
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The bells ring for your wedding day across the street, from where I lay i'll catch garter, forget the bouquet a last resort, from my retort our lives here on earth are short. sound the mort, dipose my remains making final arrangements arranging payments for FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS making final arrangements a breach in the containment here lies our engagement the best man is making a toast the guests clap, I give up the ghost the dj is harrassing the bridesmaids your father got drunk on champagne exsangunate, my heart is drained the groom and the deceased both share a grave making final arrangements at my arraignment watch it for the plot making final arrangements monument or pavement tell me Why are you so cross? we gather here today to grieve and cheer the start of a new life and muffle the requeim I could hear the death knell close and clear but its wedding bells you hear the first time that you met him here I propose we make a pact, he_proposed to you get on your back til death do ye part, Oh I object. You're exposed and I'm reposed You are loved and I am loathed You're getting laid, I'm getting laid to rest making final arrangements for youre entertainment the author dies on each page making final arrangements explaining estrangements we'll finally say goodbye to the stage her vitrue is borrowed, and my face blue I'm old and he is new speak up before she says I do too he stuck in his thumb and pulled out aplomb jack horners dead and gone he's buried in the sinner's lawn.
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I Am Not God 06:32
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if you want we can go and see a movie you said id probably would pick something stupid one where you don't get the jokes til after and you can't name any of the actors loving you is like living without water you don't miss it until you have to take a shower the pump doesn't work - when you don't have any power it feels like it's been out for several hours but you know now what you knew then I'm not now and never was a good man I'm not even almost decent which ever you get depends on which one is most recent you said you'd put a quarter in the jukebox and play a song for me but we're here now and not in 1970 secretly you know that it's not meant to be but let's enjoy the time you have left with me i didn't care that you were married then and sure as hell i don't care you're married now. there was always time I could never kill But Ill die trying and now this'll be is my living will but you know now what you knew then I'm not now and never was a good man I'm not even almost decent which ever you get depends on which one feels mosy cheated I want to live and breathe and run errands together I'll break so much - they can't put it together. if you want we get coffee, a pot full and talk about how the people here are awful although you may have taken other names you've gotten saved more times than youve gotten laid at least i remember it that way but i've been known to exxagerate. You want to know if you are coming off too sassy ask me again next time you slap me you were never quick to show emotion but mine are a nuclear explosion ask me how instead the dead are risen casting a circle, chant in rhythm To bind the spell well every time, let the words always be said in rhyme. but you know now what you knew then I never was and Im not a good man I'm not even almost decent which ever one you get depends on which one is most seasond if you painted your face blue, you'd look ike a movie star at least when you were younger, she said I wouldn't go that far I still have faith in the human race but not much, you said. this is gonna be great. so will you help to get me down im too high while you make your rounds, watching the sunrise and i'll say I never did intend this see how hard it is to come to my senses but you know now what you knew then I never was and Im not a good man I'm not even almost decent which ever one you get depends on which one you're not leaving Do you know how it feels to be with me? Drunk as hell and always grifting Is there a place that always gets me? Owned by junkies, poets and gypsies Don't forget to start your getaway car My mother punched your mother hard right in the nose. what color was the blood? Always Red. Always Red. Think of me when you look at the stars I'm the one that doesn't look that far What color is your library card? Always Red, Always Red.
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Homewrecker 02:57
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theyre calling me a home wrecker and i have a couple wrecking balls your little wife has all the answers every time she hears me call That's right im a lock picker and i'm gonna lock it in by november the fifth im gonna get what I wish i'm gonna be your broomstick and you can be my witch i'm a hurricane gonna storm your house just like a hurricane i'm a dog with the head of god i'm a god with the head of dog. I'm a natural i'm a homewrecker sgt rock not sgt pepper ill watch your sex-tape in reverse to see you finishing first i'll read to you in french the only language that i know best if don't know it all follow the bounding ball I'll see you undressed and tapdance on your chest. i'm a hurricane i'm gonna storm your house just like a hurricane i'm a dog with the head of god i'm a god with the head of dog. I'm all natural I'm a homewrecker They'll gonna bring her out on a stretcher. lean in, i'll tell you how if you leave right now- I'm a full shadow on the sun oh wow I'm a con artist I'm a natural disaster I'm the sexfinger if you want it you have to ask her. Let's Talk.
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I Can't Pretend I'm Not Being Murdered 03:57
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You're not supposed to want what someone else has Says who? Says who? what if what I want belongs to another man I'll take what I can Like I always do why has Rock 'N roll given up on me it retreats it retreats you looked so happy, with your happy family but you cheat yes you cheat yes, I'm here on my knees Waiting for you to get in front of me. i cant pretend I"m not being murdered i can't pretend i'm not getting killed I made a promise never to hurt her I also made a pact to see her on her back, oh i cant pretend I"m not being murdered i can't pretend i'm not getting killed I can't say that Id never deserve her oh I never did. and I never will. The difference between us is I can take a hint Can you? Can you? I believe, this is bigger than I am. I never get what I want Just A punch to the gut both you and he are cold motherfuckers I can't breath but I can't leave. Let the little devils out and good luck, sir. it's mischief night I can do what I like yes im here on my knees praying you put me out of my misery i cant pretend I"m not being murdered i can't pretend i'm not getting killed I made a promise never to dessert her I made a pact to see her on her back, oh Youre crushed under the weight of my affection time stopped when you rode in on the pendulum i cant pretend you dont feel this connection yes, I've come to the conclusion The best medication is self delusion Oh OH, Oh i cant pretend I"m not being murdered i can't pretend i'm not getting killed i cant pretend I"m not being murdered i can't pretend? oh I can and I will I'm crushed under the weight of your affection but time stopped when you rode in on the pendulem could you ever be in love with another? or is he your one and only lover?
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Funerals Are For The Living 04:00
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Funerals are for the living alms taking and never thanks giving oh, Death is so forgiving nothing here is worth reliving but you count on me on top of the world-we're higher than empire state building, you know I'm ready if you are willing but don't ever let go. don't ever let go of my hand Ill be awake, when you throw my wake before the roast, eating a rum cake openly the chief mourner's on the take the band of the damned is playing clambake the joke's not lost on me On top of the world I'm higher than the tallest skyscraper I cling The view from up here is dizzying but i can't make out a thing except the wires and the strings The dead walk among the living a pauper's grave, his death was fitting it's appealing, my blood's congealing queens and kings having flings on old box springs oh how low we go On top of the world I'm higher than the I've ever been, oh it isn't great the widows's garter is a garder snake see she stuffs her face, oh my god at the roof of the world I'm spinning I can't catch my breath, the silence chills no rescue, the air is thinning my last thoughts are of you and what you put me through believe it or not you have to reach the bottom line if you wanna make a dime. the waters fine if you don't believe me you will.
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Villain In A Million 03:11
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it's thrilling to wreck a building you got me decked from floor to ceiling I have a chilling feeling that you saw me outside leering, a short lived family reunion the bride and the best-man were caught screwing a honey-trap on her honey moon in her childhood bedroom, uh huh But I'm a villain in a million join me while I make a killing you won't hear me approaching. But I'm a villain in a million I'm ready if you're willing i act purely on emotion Id rather be walking than talking you would rather subtely mock me while you are in Milwaukee communicating by walkie talkie I asked do you read me? over. I mean do you need a full disclosure. i still felt the same as I did when we met, before you had kids, yeah But I'm a villain in a million join me while I make a killing i'm a knave and a homewrecker But I'm a villain in a million I spiked the punch at the cotillion but I saved all of your letters if life is a simulation then here's the situation nothing ventured, nothing feigned you read my book. you said its lame. My friends are all forgotten because Id treat them johnny rotten i'm a menace, i'm verboten my deceit could fill the ocean I like my drinks and my women russian cold as ice and good for nothing. breaking records and spinning platters because there's nothing here that matters a token for my lover and another, for the others i'm here to dig...... myself deeper (beat) i'm the corpse and the gravekeeper now But I'm a villain in a million I'm need a keg of penicllian whoa there tiger you look worried But I'm a villain in a million I'm horizontal drilling we have to go now. we better hurry Blessed be. blessed be.
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I Am Shogun 07:19
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X Cause I am the Shogun The actual shogun I live my rank, life, but you have yourself to thank X Oh I am a rodent I'll be gone in a moment to scrounge for scraps of food From your various mood swings music break Pull joan of arcs cord she was on fire for the lord she died at nineteen without making a scene */ My standards have lapsed bystanders collapsed come and sit on my lap we have time for a nap x We divided our focus x confused love for Hocus Pocus x I wrote you by mistake x I am a faker, fuck her or hate her. music break You wrote a new book to teach me how to cook I didn't take a second look I ate as much as it took we're going to hell strapped to the liberty bell in a gravity well weve cracked, why can you tell? X Some will be in marriage birth pains, without the carraige There's two in one bed. One's gone the mother is left. music break I sit here and wait and you break the date Just Like I would. honey, are you happy? In the garden of eden alone and bleeding No need to cover up In here it's just us x A sleek presentation x designed to fool a nation x the salesmen were so dull x They made no cents at all long music break we're driving on fumes To the waiting rooms doctor and patient both are mutations. I'm a canon ball with no balls at all I'm an auto-cannibal do you take me for a fool? Don't. music break x I am an agent x A chemical agent x you are so flagrant x you dress like a vagrant So what's your excuse?? boy, for singing the blues Oh can you excuse me for being so choosey What's your excuse? Honey, what's your excuse? master and servant overlap at this circus 0music break x OH I am a shogun x An actual shoman x But I'd rather hear from you x just once x just once x just once
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You're Gonna Be The Death Of Me 03:36
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you taught me every thing you know about being as low as he can go I can't feel my face, we got so high i want to try it all before I die you're the only one hip to my jive tell me how the dead feel to be alive but youre a surgeon and scalpel the virgin skipped her raffle at the chapel 2 get laid You're gonna be the death of me.. oh oh oh, oh oh. Then desecrate what's left of me... you'll show me where the water is I don't like diving but you insist i like the girl, shes dearly missed check your notes, it fits I'll tell you why - I made a list of pros and cons and cons and cons and they go on and on and on but you're the one I cant resist I'd tell you more, but she'd be pissed i've taken drugs, i've taken fists in fact ive acted with stray activists--and called it quits You're gonna be the death of me.. oh oh oh, oh oh. Then you'll suffocate what's left of me... You're gonna be the death of me.. oh oh oh, oh oh. call the soldier, call the guard tell him my life is hard. there's no denying it. * I'm won't say this doesnt hurt save the waterworks for court. whos buying it now you know that I'm just poor white trash watch the birdie, watch her flash it won't be long she'll realize it life will be completely void of big cash prizes where my bones are resting plant a seed you can take the kids to visit me take turns reading my obit its the last time that you'll see my name in print, you little shit You're gonna be the death of me.. oh oh oh, oh oh. then youll piss on whats left of me You're gonna be the death of me.. oh oh oh, oh oh. You only ever saw the best of me. call the graveyard, buy a plot though I love you not my heart is broken prank call russia, start a war tell them you're worth dying for the trash heap has spoken

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Releases just 6 months after their debut album "Dead Men Don't Bite Back"—"Die If You Must" is 14 brand new songs by Jared Morris (Year of the Comet/My Version of It) and his band The Nice Price. Recorded and mixed during the world-wide coronavirus pandemic, the album is unabashedly about death, acceptance, and moving on. They pool from their various influences (XTC, My Version of It, REM, Morrissey, Misfits, Zevon, Bob Dylan, Guns N Roses, etc) to create a cohesive collection of songs.

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released May 29, 2020

Written and recorded by Jared Morris and the Nice Price
Mixed and Produced by Sexfinger for 10x Records
Sequencing by Dave Grind and Brian Clymer (Year of the Comet)
Lyrical Consultant: Ash

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My Version of It (rock/punk)

Jared Morris and the Nice Price (alt/rock)

Year of the Comet (space rock)

Dollar Movies (post-punk)

Vinelanders (folk rock)

New Castles (post hardcore)

Doctor Goose (metal)

Shit Kittens (punk)

WMC Fishclub (Avant Garde) ... more

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