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Airstream

by FAT OPIE

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Intro 00:30
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Airstream 03:26
Airstream Written by: Scott Mickelson I bought a 30 foot Airstream with silver and blue streaks bordered by two fences It's got a customized kitchen and plenty of room out back. If I had a dog it would run for miles I built a satellite dish behind the front gate I get all 60 stations now They keep me company when I come home too tired from guarding supermarket parking lots You could say it's all that I want all that need living in the Airstream My whole word is right at my fingertips all within reach and it's aerodynamic 'Cause I ain't doing god's work So I go out dancing to country and western you don't need a partner And I'm a first name basis some call him god or Jesus I call him Hank I've been thinkin' about moving to Alaska I hear that its cleaner I've seen lots of pictures. I'll just take this home off the blocks go where I want all at my leisure Cause I ain't doing God's work I'd like to take things simple Once I woke up hiding in the bathtub sleeping in the bathtub angels in my head. I knew then I was too complicated and this when I said
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Cowboy Tune 03:53
Cowboy Tune Written by: Scott Mickelson Time to put away the toys don't you want to play with the big boys Got whiff of what's on your mind got a good whiff of what's on your mind. Well I ain't too well mannered but I wield a mighty hammer. I mean that in the best of ways I'm always trying to keep it in the lane I know I'm simple it runs in the family So don't ask why I ain't burning up the sky with my natural ability. Your so sharp tongued as cold as a gun but you're young and lovely I hope you'll find I'm more refined That the cowboys around me Down at the meat packing factory we talk a lot about you We wonder if you're able It takes a lot to bring that burger to the table So join us for a drink enough to thin the blood I swear you'll never find me on the wrong end of a barstool I'll stay wide eyed So don't ask why I ain't burning up the sky with my natural ability I ain't blind I know I'm simple it runs in the family You're so sharp tongued as cold as a gun but you're young and lovely I hope you'll find I'm more refined Than the cowboys around me I grew up with your dad we both played on the same teams That was thirty years ago He's no longer around anyhow He was friend of mine
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Bullets In My Briefcase Written by: Scott Mickelson As blue as acetylene as pink as Jane Mansfield's house I'm still breathing it in while you're letting it out I won't call you and it hurts like hell I won't follow you and it hurts like hell I won't take the time to look you up and it hurts like hell You are a sense of great wonder and I am evil and untrue Besieged by armies I was fingered for murder and it's all because of you But I won't wake you and it hurts like hell I won't shake you and it hurts like hell I won't take the time to take you there and it hurts like hell I watch lie in wait I'm on the prowl Does it make me insane that I want to be near you I'm just trying to rid my brain I better settle down There's bullets in my briefcase my hand is on the handle I'm shaking in my shoes And if you turn your pretty little back to me There's no telling what I might do But I wouldn't harm you and it hurts like hell I won't alarm you and it hurts like hell I might take the time to negotiate and it hurts like hell
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Piñata 05:22
Piñata Written by: Scott Mickelson I owe my life to medical miracles I was born handmade and sloppy A smile like a mouthful of coffee grinds So I rode the little bus to school It was the sad truth on those dying afternoons I slapped myself to keep awake Sometimes when I speak I mumble It's alright I'm like a house that's haunted I'm getting blessed all the time Got arrested for stealing cigarettes I don't know why I don't even smoke Things sure came to screaming halt There were bloodhounds in the woods helicopters overhead I looked up and then somebody said "boy, it's people like you who muck up the water" Sometimes when I speak I mumble It's alright I'm like a house that's haunted I'm getting blessed all the time Sometimes when I speak I mumble It's alright I'm like a human piñata Just hit me and see what comes out I was only trying to stir the stew is there nothing I can do to get to you Life ain't no research outing
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Trash Like You Written by: Scott Mickelson Yes I'm calling you from jail Mom, she thinks I'm in Mexico Sorry I had to call collect Yours was the only number I know I talk like you I trust like you I trash like you It was five days or five bills Then I'm off to New Orleans It's all part of my big plans I might head North before I head East I drive like you I dive like you I drown like you I'm damaged like you I got a job working offshore So you won't see me much anymore This landlubber shit just gets me busted I'll prove to you that I can be trusted I work like you I want like you I wear like you I've been waiting like you And I'm counting on my fingers All your best wishes To carry me through Thanks for the words of inspiration It's not like the roof is caving in My sister's worried I'll wind up dead Please tell her it's not nearly so grim I live like you I lose like you I'm lost like you I can love like you And I'm counting on my fingers All your best wishes To carry me through
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Pocket Knife 01:23
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Carmelita 03:52
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Porcelain 03:55
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Mumbleepeg 04:04

about

AIRSTREAM was the most successful release by FAT OPIE. The song “Bullets In My Briefcase” won a national band search sponsored by MTV/7-Up. Also the track “Mouth Like A Trucker” was featured in the motion picture ALONG THE WAY.

This attention landed the band an audition in the Columbia Records offices.

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released January 1, 1999

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FAT OPIE San Francisco, California

Lead by singer Scott Mickelson, FAT OPIE continues to paint both musical and lyrical portraits of contemporary life as an American. Their critically acclaimed new CD “Victoryville” is their best work yet.

“It's American folk-Rock with a post punk edge, rustic but scarred.”- Alternative Press Magazine

“Thom Yorke and Jeff Tweedy had a baby and named it Mumford.”- New Times (San Luis Obispo)
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