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It takes a great promise To live without reward It takes a greater one To eat through this from “It Takes a Great Promise” by Teenage Guitar, Force Fields at Home (2013)

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got a lil tattoo at a brewery party last night. i am quail and quasar i picked you up on radar i do my job each day, empties crushed and fired away

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A cow could fly if it had wings We use the bones and everything And what’s that you’re wearing? It smells so good You don’t wanna know from “Ambergris” by Guided By Voices, Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990)

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Big hit back in our town The kids like it when we get around Took the lead we could follow Offer it up, they can swallow Acted all new but we borrowed from “Crucified by the British Press” by Circus Devils, Laughs Last (2017)

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You as a person have got to think fast ‘Cause this is a party that's not gonna last And this is the same place the fly got smashed

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It’s just a runaway world.

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I want to be wide awake You take me everywhere I want to be like a priest With all the cool things they wear from “Awake Man” by Guided By Voices, Welshpool Frillies (2023)

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Well, I can give you credit Suitable and custom tailored And if you have any luck You’ll get ahead Before you’re dead from “An Unmarketed Product” by Guided By Voices, Do the Collapse (1999)

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In the gloomy palace Sad baby eyes Sad baby eyes Enough horror, only eyes Doom and gloom on a second hand piano Oh oh oh “Sad Baby Eyes” by Guided By Voices, Please Be Honest (2016)

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There’s a limousine outside for Miss Lily And her package has since been delivered But I think you should not let her know Right away from “Tattered Lily” by Robert Pollard, Elephant Jokes (2009)

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And the lack of momentum Butt to the ground And I can’t keep dancing They’re pinning me down from “My Wrestling Days Are Over” by Guided By Voices, Sweating the Plague (2019) 🤼

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The sudden pain of birth and greed And what's expected of this super breed For those who dream to touch the sun For those who run, who always run from “Striped White Jets” by Guided By Voices, Alien Lanes (1995)

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Do you recall the look on the faces Of all the exhibitors from fifty or more places? It was that look That has driven me From the parade Left me alone Stinking and unafraid from “Alone, Stinking & Unafraid” by Lexo and the Leapers, Ask Them (1999)

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Mr. Child knows his role To roll with the punches and remain as a child from “Mr. Child” by Guided By Voices, Styles We Paid For (2020)

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Good friend of mine What did you find? The fog of a nightmare dissipating A rolling sign Better than mine The ghosts of a different dream are waiting from “Ghosts of a Different Dream” by Guided By Voices, Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996)

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But the creep stares on Puts on his glasses and he smokes it down And that don’t matter for much now He says, “I’m gonna put your head on And don’t you screw it up” from “A Visit to the Creep Doctor” by Guided By Voices, Sandbox (1987)

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You make things alright With simple honest words Burning through my nightmares But you can’t stop the rain from “Subatomic Rain” by Airport 5, Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001)

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Yes it always does I'd be shocked and removed if it didn't Buzzards and dreadful crows A necessary evil, I suppose There's something in this deal for everyone Did you really think that you were the only one? #gbv #guidedbyvoices #lyrics So fucking good

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So watch out for Joker Bob I wish he were just a distant relative But he’s razor close like Brylcreem gelatin Icy cold acid in his heart from “Local Mix-Up/Murder Charge” by Guided By Voices, Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990)

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Tied my dick in a knot I tied my dick in a knot last night from “Dick in a Knot” by Cash Rivers and the Sinners, Loose Shoes (2019)

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Pick up For God’s sake When we call you back to the lake from “Back to the Lake” by Guided By Voices, Universal Truths and Cycles (2002)

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Voices are taped Bodies for observation No uncertain terms for germs Snipers in diapers Not to vaccinate But to baptize a new creation The next mutation of you from “Wild Kingdom” by Guided By Voices, La La Land (2023)

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Love is stronger than witchcraft from “Love is Stronger Than Witchcraft” by Robert Pollard, From a Compound Eye (2006)

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Pretty not bad Pretty not bad I’ve got a girl and I like her ‘Cause she’s pretty not bad from “Pretty Not Bad” by the Takeovers, Bad Football (2007)

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I guess you should be leaving now And get some fresh air in your lungs And you meet the dragons with quick tongues Kiss only the important ones from “Kiss Only the Important Ones” by Guided By Voices, Tigerbomb (1995)

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Since temptation I’ve known you That’s amazing what you do I’ve taken to your art This condition told, I knew If I finally want to do The puzzle of your heart from “Heavy Like the World” by Guided By Voices, Sweating the Plague (2019)

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Dare touch the flesh and neon For there are those who pee on An average post An excellent cake So happily done And quick to bake from “Tea People” by Robert Pollard, Blazing Gentlemen (2013)

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Hello friends. Are any of you fans of Guided By Voices? #GVB #UncleBob #RobertPollard.

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You can count on me I can’t go wrong I’m the one you should turn to And you might even book it to a Zoom room from “Test Pilot” by Guided By Voices, Earth Man Blues (2021)

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Everything she said twisting around and moving inside my head More confused than yesterday And when I go to bed the trucks on the freeway sing me a song This rock just ain’t a safe place to hide under anymore from “Sometimes I Cry” by Guided By Voices, Forever Since Breakfast (1986)

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Entangles him in our memory We chose this man to fight Peer into his handsome corpse And see into his eyes Ride into the night from “Bull Spears” by Circus Devils, The Harold Pig Memorial (2002)

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Recognize a sweet deal Listen to the paint peel But I know it’s good to go When I get out around town People in surround sound On the street scenes Wave at me from “Serene King” by Guided By Voices, Strut of Kings (2024)

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"White crushed Americans, Need weird energy" Robert Pollard-Airport 5-Yellow Wife No. 5

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In your strangled discontinuation On the surface of the wall You are standing small You are standing small from “Cool Planet” by Guided By Voices, Cool Planet (2014)

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Hard hats high up High hats hard up Hard hats high up High hats hard up The thing to do is love them For nothing is above them To fall on their heads from “How Did He Get Up There?” by Guided By Voices, Nowhere to Go But Up (2023)

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Too much on the doctor’s watch Restless drillers, vagabonds For sorrow’s greatest need And her dog has fleas from “Return to Your Ship” by Boston Spaceships, Zero to 99 (2009)

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they should have guided by voices play the superbowl. like not the half time show, the entire thing. they’re america’s band & if you disagree go to hell

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This song is giving me a bad taste Like licking stamps and drinking shitty coffee It’s what happens when witnessing bad football from “Little Green Onion Men” by the Takeovers, Bad Football (2007)

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Go on, be a spectator See my field I discovered lightning in a jar Go long, receive me It’s my field Be uncovered when you run so far from “See My Field” by Guided By Voices, Space Gun (2018) 🏈

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Someone tell me why I do the things That I don't wanna do #nowplaying #guidedbyvoices open.spotify.com/track/5TyMv9...

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There's another page here purporting to be mine, and messaging folks - something I wouldn't do. Please report it so i can get this info outta my bio. thanks, DG v v v this one v v v bsky.app/profile/doug... ^^^ fake^^^

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Make it rain wine and whiskey On this ritual and ceremony Take away our pain from “Cousin Jackie” by Guided By Voices, La La Land (2023)

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He killed himself before The bank could take his land Now you’ve got it Humorless glands from “Pictures of the Man” by Guided By Voices, Down by the Racetrack (2013)

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It’s on you You have the rare hair and the golden feathers Of the haircut Sphinx Your stare is the strangeness And the threat of the Blue Nile everywhere You blow the winds of change from “Haircut Sphinx” by Guided By Voices, Mirrored Aztec (2020)

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He’s a great man He defends his rights Considering every side And he’s persuasive Like a great man And he doesn’t get distressed Even when he’s depressed He’s very active and appointed And he lies from “The Great Man” by Guided By Voices, Universe Room (2025)

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A child did rumble When kicking loud trash A ghost girl and a bulldog Are whittling my flash And in the kitchen of birds Sits a wicked child’s cat But the unbaited vicar of scorched earth knows that from “Unbaited Vicar of Scorched Earth” by Guided By Voices, Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)

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