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If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.

Tom Waits

I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. ‘occasionally’ , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.
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Application Fill Myself Sex Start Writing
I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Inspirational Myself Poor Reach Start
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Freedom Myself Science
We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Monkey Reality Weapon
Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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Born Myself Night Search Sleep Sweet
I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet. So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue.
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Adventure Call Improvisation Myself Poet
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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Advice Deep Food Freedom Trap
I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Food High Myself Table Trade
I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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Money Myself
There’s no prayer like desire.
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Desire One Liner Prayer
The Universe is making music all the time.
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Music Time Universe
I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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Live Myself
But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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Cold Dance Hard Music Way
Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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Brain Built Drive Himself Road Specialist Vision Willing

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