What is this?

An experiment?

An exercise?

An excuse for me to get all this weird shit outta my head?

Or better yet... maybe this is your NEW FAVORITE SHOW?!!

We shall see.

OK. This episode of OUT OF NOWHERE features a new song “THE INSTANT FORGETTER” (wait for it) a little No Small Talk™, a little dance party, and a lotta crickets.

This first episode is FREE for everyone!!!

BUT (there’s always a but) going forward... future episodes will be available to PAID SUBSCRIBERS only.

It’s cheap!!! ... but not free.

$5bux to join this strange little club we got cookin’ here.

OK. now give yourself 10 minutes of going nowhere-doing nothing.

Put on yer headphones. close yer eyes. listen.

OUT OF NOWHERE episode 1

ps. lemme know whatcha think. thx! ae

Wanted to share a demo of a new song called A MILLION MILES AWAY Not sure where it’s headed. Maybe somewhere? Maybe nowhere? Either is fine.

Also thought it’d be cool to share the “story” of where the “song” kinda sorta came from.

It’s a story about a man named Jolly... and there’s a lot to figure out just right there. A true story of a man and a plan. no canal.

I hope u enjoy one of the manY mANY MANY Jerry “Jolly” Rogers adventures that i’ve been so lucky to hear over the years...

And even luckier to get to know the man himself!

sheeeesh! ae

a Jolly Rogers story (A Million Miles Away)

upcoming EARLIMART shows:

8.6 Portland OR
8.7 Seattle WA 
8.8 Oak Harbor WA
8.9 Vashon Island WA

all shows are at small non-traditional venues. 
Please get tickets ASAP as capacity is very limited.

Tickets available HERE

and for the PAID SUBSCRIBERS (only $5 bux!!!)

A MILLION MILES AWAY (new song/demo)

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well i’m home sweet home from this little run of BAY AREA shows.

DAMN. DAMN. it was SO damn good.

U people are just...incredible.

i am the luckiest guy in town. i mean...i never know what’s gonna happen, right? i hop in the rental car. drive for 6 hours. listen to an audio book about surrendering fully to the universe. find a cheap motel. take a nap. drive to a strangers house. set up my stuff. hope people show up. play an hours worth of earlimart songs. hang out. meet all these cool people that showed up. share stories. relate experiences. make friends. go back to the motel. fall asleep. do it all again. i tell u... it’s the good life!

so...really. truly. thank u. i love u!

here’s a video that my dear friend CHARLIE RAMIREZ shot at the famed SANTA CRUZ show just last week! (you probably know Charlie from the SWEET ADELINE elliott smith site...Charlie is the best!)

an unreleased new song LAST CALL and an oldie DREAMING OF

enjoy! ae

UPCOMING SHOWS:

8.6 Portland OR

8.7 Seattle WA ***low ticket warning***

8.8 Oak Harbor WA

8.9 Vashon Island WA

TICKETS HERE

Well...both The Captain and Mr. Wolf are LONGTIME Earlimart collaborators, co-conspirators, contributors (musically, artistically, physically, mentally, cosmically).

These 2 just show up... regardless if they’ve been asked to or not.

Captain John Schlue - A man of many trades and many trade secrets. A retired Sky Writing pilot from Iowa... (forced into early retirement due to a spelling debacle) The Captain now spends most of his time tending to his 12 chickens and mixing chemicals of great persuasion inside his Oregon based laboratory. He drinks only the finest coffee. Hunts for and makes documentary films about mushrooms. Schlue is also a painter of fine paintings. Paints over paint...using more and more paint. For leisure you will find The Captain riding his “Monster Truck” style riding lawn mower, over his neighbors field and down to the kombucha tasting room, where he has been 86’d more times than not.

Mr. Wolf - A fascinating fellow. As a child he skateboarded professionally, he was dubbed WOLF due to his unusual appetite and sense of smell. He added the “Mr.” after marrying a California woman who can see directly into the future, during a full moon. After exiting skateboarding and entering adulthood, Mr. Wolf attended Devry, then on to the prestigious University of Modesto. WOLF later became Chief Electrical Engineer at the famed Belle + Strauss plant in Texas U.S.A. While heading up the B+S electronics division he invented the “Optical Polar Induction Utility Modulator” or OPIUM... an attractive device to say the least. Mr. Wolf immediately quit B+S and has since been the exclusive dealer of OPIUM worldwide. He also enjoys holding over 3 thousand patents. For leisure Mr. Wolf finds great joy in “Slow Cinema”, muted piano, cinnamon rolls and prefers to do all his welding in the nude. Mrs. Wolf patiently encourages Mr. Wolf to search for a higher state of consciousness, the fifth dimension, which he now acknowledges, might be a thing.

Aaron Espinoza - or ae or aaronESP as his Philosophical Research friends like to call him. Espinoza grew up in the Central Valley of California, he now spends his time writing songs about being somewhere else.

WOW.

some WORDS of WISDOM

if you’re unsure, sit on one hand while the other touches the wire. saves a fuck ton of time in the emergency room.

— Mr. WOLF

the less i know. the more i understand.

— aaronESP

20g coffee. 50g hot water from kettle. bloom 30 sec. 100g water. 20 sec. 150g water. cool 2min. drink. continue. drink. finish. poop. pee. go outside and look for mushrooms.

— Captain JOHN SCHLUE

On this day in EARLIMART

May 31st, 1998 - Aaron Espinoza meets Scott McPherson while both earning $100 for work on an Isuzu car commercial. (is Isuzu still a thing?) They smoked cigarettes and tried to look busy. Aaron shared a demo of a new song. Scott later went on to drum in Earlimart AND then on to play with ELLIOTT SMITH. a much better gig!

I don’t like to spend too much time “selling” stuff on here...i try to keep it to a minimum. BUT. i’m playing shows...starting this week. Hope u can make it out! ae

EARLIMART Summer Tour 2026

JUNE 4 BERKELEY, CA
JUNE 5 SACRAMENTO, CA
JUNE 6 PETALUMA, CA
JUNE 7 SANTA CRUZ, CA
AUG 6 PORTLAND, OR
AUG 7 SEATTLE, WA
AUG 8 OAK HARBOR, WA
AUG 9 VASHON ISLAND, WA

Tickets available HERE

Happy Friday! Good News!

2003’s Everyone Down Here is finally available to stream and purchase...

There’s way too much to say about this album. Simply put...i think it’s my favorite of em all. It’s far from perfect... but in some ways it’s absolutely perfect. It’s what was happening at the time, and it’s true.

Some major life “uh oh, time to grow up” shit came my way (and my friends & family’s way) in the early 2000’s. Ariana and I had split up. The band was supposedly broken up? We lost our dear friend Doug Kratz. Left us...way too fucking soon. And 911 happened! That was a lot to handle in my early-mid 20’s. Lots of uncertainty and fear. i had absolutely ZERO tools to help me navigate and cope with shit back then...other than alcohol and music. They both came in very handy. Used liberally.

It was a pretty dark period for me to say the least... and the songs that came out of that, naturally reflected those emotions. i started to write songs on the piano for the first time...and that really accelerated the shift from those early-EARLIMART days... weirdo punk shit tryin to do my best FRANK BLACK.

The piano just made things sound...sad.

And i was sad.

I had no idea that these sad songs would make up the record that would eventually get us a record deal... and the chance to travel, perform and write/record for a living! To really just be thrown into the deep-end of life... and to start swimming. Insane!

Out of all that sorrow...something beautiful and hopeful emerged. Life is crazy that way.

So yes... i owe a lot to this record, and everyone who helped make it. This album catapulted me into having a very full life of music...from which i continue to receive ALL the promises to this very day! joy. love. work. magic.

EVERYONE DOWN HERE is out there streaming now... but if yer a real badass you’ll go purchase + download the album + B sides HERE

Have a wonderFULL Memorial Day weekend! ae

upcoming shows:

JUNE 4 BERKELEY, CA
JUNE 5 SACRAMENTO, CA
JUNE 6 PETALUMA, CA
JUNE 7 SANTA CRUZ, CA
AUGUST 6 PORTLAND, OR
AUGUST 7 SEATTLE, WA
AUGUST 8 OAK HARBOR, WA
AUGUST 9 VASHON ISLAND, WA

TICKETS - EARLIMART SUMMER 2026

Ok for those PAID SUBSCRIBERS (5bux!!!) u are just the best...i am forever grateful! Here’s a song from the EVERYONE era that NEVER saw the light of day. i think it’s cool. it’s kinda weird... it’s another song about change.

Come A Few Months (b side)

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GET EARLIMART TICKETS HERE

teaming up again with the superheroes over at UNDERTOW for these special little concerts.

i just really love these small non-traditional venue shows. there’s so much connection and that element of the unknown...is very very intriguing to me. though i have to say (and have said)... that i can’t lose with these things.

i mean the hosts...next level generosity!!! opening their homes and/or spaces to strangers?! all in the name of music + art. incredible! i automatically know that this person is f*&#ing coooool as shit... as i’m pulling up to some strange address around 5pm, in a town that i dont live in. there’s no need to worry. i dont worry. i cant lose.

AND THEN there’s u. the 25 to 50 people that purchase a ticket to see me play songs... at some strange address that you were only given...once u paid the $ !!!

i mean...there’s a lot of trust going on here. so i KNOW u are cooooool as f*#*ing shit. again... no need to worry. i dont worry. i cant lose.

i guess this is all really just a long strange way to say

THANK YOU

i love writing songs. i love recording songs. i love performing these songs. AND it’s cuz of you...that i get to do all the things i love. amazing. thank you for this gift.

i love u. ALWAYS. ae

hi. hello. hi.

home 
    safe 
         and 
             sound 

from a round of southern-ish California shows...
 
absolutely blown away by these "small + special" shows put together by UNDERTOW !!!
i hope it's as enjoyable for everyone else?!!
i just love the connection. ya know
i love nightclubs too...but there's just something about these "living room" style shows.... 

i think bazan said it best 

"it's a nice way to travel around and play songs"

simple. 

SO a friend asked me to play the song Hymn and Her on this last tour... i never really got around to it... SORRY 
HAAAAAAA

BUT

i did play it in a hotel room. 
then again in my garage. 
and then i found myself:
-programming a drum machine
-setting up a mic 
-tuning some guitars
-even putting a roll of tape on my 1/2" 8 trk

SO behind ye olde paywall 
(5 bux !!!) is a NEW version of 
HYMN & HER
20 years later
must've been listening to the pixies/breeders AGAIN. 

ok. love u guys. ae

PS. more shows coming yer way !!!

JUNE 4-7 - NORTHERN CA. 
AUG 6-9  - PACIFIC NORTHWEST

DATES + LOCATIONS + TICKETS 
ALL AVAILABLE VERY VERY SOON...
stay tuned

pic - ron pippin

HYMN and HER (2026)

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somebody came up to me on the street today and asked:

“Is there a way out of here?”

i said:

“I haven’t found one yet”

First, i’d like to share a little demo i made for a new song called FAKE ID (behind the paywall for the paid subscribers...ONLY 5bux!)

i went to great lengths to make it sound like warbled tape. i recorded it on tape. then i sent it to the computer and added “tape” fx. then mixed it back to real tape. and then gained the level up with a “tape” machine in the computer. why u ask? a good question. i like to do things the hard way...i guess.

this song essentially is about trying different ways, to be someone else... escaping your TRUE self, and how that just ain’t gonna work. and in fact...it’s the wrong way entirely.

ok. hope ya like it...i do! luv u always. ae

(listen/download FAKE ID below)

Southern + Central CALIFORNIA shows!!!

BUY TICKETS HERE

only a couple weeks away..these shows are all very small capacity, only a handful of tickets left in LA + FRESNO, so go get yer tickets NOW! please and thank u!

4.16 - Anaheim

4.17 - LA (Pasadena)

4.18 - San Luis Obispo (Atascadero)

4.19 - Fresno (Clovis)

AND... we’re looking for folks to host shows this summer in NORTHERN CA. + the PACIFIC NORTHWEST, sooooo... if ya have a cool little space (living room, art gallery, studio, bookstore, wine shop etc.) and would like to host an EARLIMART performance, please fill out this little submission form...and we’ll see if we can make it work!

HOST AN EARLIMART SHOW

nice hair. and i no longer live at this address, so no singing telegrams please.

FAKE ID (new song demo)

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TICKETS HERE

usually when I’m traveling… kim is in the car. her solo work, breeders, pixies etc. I’m really fond of THE AMPS. i love the rawness of it…feels a bit un-hinged and beautiful at the same time. and with all her stuff (I find) there’s this broken/sadness buried in there… underneath those catchy as hell melodies… AND just behind that goddamn beautiful smile! there’s some real depth.

Anywhoo. Here’s my RED LION HOTEL (quiet version) of PACER by THE AMPS:

luv. ae

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a short round of touring is about to commence. visiting some places i rarely get to (or have NEVER even been) and that’s damn exciting! Also kinda scary...as i have no idea if anyone will show...HAAAAA we shall see?!!!...i’ll be there, doing my job regardless.

Sooooooo if yer in southern UTAH, ARIZONA, central or southern CALIFORNIA...then drop everything, and lets go...

EARLIMART in small spaces - SPRING 2026

GET TICKETS HERE

The good folks at UNDERTOW are masters at putting together really special-intimate performances...in cool and unique spaces. They’ve been doin’ it for a couple decades now...and im so psyched to work with em again!

BTW hoping to make these “short” runs of touring...a consistent thing. the idea is to be playin a bit...and then go home and record a bit...so i can go out and play a bit. rinse/repeat.

SO that means we’re CURRENTLY looking for hosting opportunities in JUNE + AUG 2026.

If you got a cool little space (living room, art gallery, wine bar, recording studio etc) that can host between 25-50 people...then please visit this guy: HOST AN EARLIMART SHOW

ok. that’s it for now.

see u guys OUT THERE. ae

No Small Talk™

partial transcript

Hi, hello.

So I was thinking about weird jobs.

I’ve had some weird jobs ... I know we’ve all had em ... I was just thinking about how they can kind of sort of... shape you in one way or another,

for better or for worse.

One of these weird jobs I had growing up in the Central Valley... under the sun. I got a job working in a junkyard. A junkyard out on the outskirts of Downtown Fresno.

You know, it’s a junkyard, a designated, agreed upon place where people bring... their junk. And some people consider that junk to be treasure, and treasures have value. and some people make a living finding or procuring said treasures, selling these quote-unquote “found” items back to the junkyard.

and as you can imagine, there’s a whole slew of characters hanging around, especially the ones working at the junkyard, just characters.

When I worked there, I was a 20-year-old kid,

knew it all,

I’d done it all,

I’d seen it all, which was nothing at all.

I really liked these characters at the junkyard. I tried to fit in with them, you know. I loved them...these salty, crusty creatures telling wild tales...

Here’s a live recording FOR THE PAID SUBS ($5 gets ya pretty far around here... )

Captain John Schlue, Mr. Wolf and I performing WE DRINK ON THE JOB at the famous Recchiuti Chocolate Factory in SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 2025. it was one hell of a nite...

enjoy! ae

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made a little song for ya’ll, It’s called... (drum roll please) NEW YEAR NEW YEAR !!! i know... amazing!!! HAAAAAAA

while it’s definitely about the “New Year” AND was written on the eve of New Year’s Eve... i think it’s really about fear, and letting go of that shit.

it’s hard tho, im trying...every day, moment to moment, thought to thought. im workin on it. i hope you are too.

i know we can do it!!! CMON...JUST LET GO. there’s nothing to be afraid of. just some bullshit stories we keep telling ourselves...stuff that’s not even happening. ok. phew. i feel better already...

hope this song helps ya.

the recording is a bit rainy/noisy/likki likki ...but what are ya gonna do? it was recorded in LA... where the rain don’t stop.

love u. ae

NEW YEAR NEW YEAR demo

and this was my NEW YEAR’S EVE

JAN 22 - DANIEL JOHNSTON TRIBUTE at SID THE CAT AUDITORIUM (LA)

BUY TICKETS HERE - gonna play a few songs w/ strings!!!

anywhoo..it’s been fun making these little video’s in here. i’ve got a half-broken projector, and some weird RCA TV scrambler..it fucks yer videos up good. fun stuff. hope u like it.

btw “True Love Will Find You In The End” a tune by Daniel Johnston. I was asked to participate in a tribute show for Daniel in LA next month (JAN 22) you can get tix right HERE Lots of great artists performing as well...Tenlon’s Fort!!! Rain Phoenix, Petra Haden, Nate Cole and many more. The show is at the new SID THE CAT AUDITORIUM...I’ll be playing a few songs that nite... a good time is guaranteed.

ok. will be in touch soon. ae

And for the paid subs (5 bux?!!!) gets ya front row seats to:

Live from THE AUTOZONE episode 2

(announcer voice)

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performed and recorded live in THE AUTOZONE (aka my garage) on Halloween... spoiler alert. dodgers WIN !!!

so here’s a new song we’ve been working on, I DONT WANNA DIE it’s actually more of a love song... than it is a song about dying (or all the weird ways to die) i think i posted an early demo of it here some time ago. hope u like.

AND for the sweetest of all the sweeties. the PAID SUBSCRIBERS !!! here’s the full episode 1 with another tune... an oldie but a goodie.

btw YOU can be a paid subscriber too... right here

get new songs, demos, old songs, stories, rants, and of course top notch professional advice...on any matter!

ok...enjoy! love. ae

“Live from THE AUTOZONE” ep 1 (FULL VID)

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...again

i’m sorry i’ve been so distant. nothing to worry about. nothing personal... Been busy working on the NEW RECORD!!! plus some other things... here and there...this and that.

(side note) i decided to postpone the NOV/DEC touring...think it’s best to just hunker down and put this damn record IN THE CAN (as they say)...THEN i can focus on playin shows. one thing at a time.

it rained here in LA today. put me in a Harry Nilsson kinda mood...so i spent the day finishing off this cover of EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’

ALSO. i’m considering posting some live-ish-video-performance-y stuff here. is that of ANY interest???? could be fun weird ? we shall see.

OK. use headphones. enjoy. ae

EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ (Harry Nilsson cover)

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no small talk™ - LISTEN NOW

• Wanna host an EARLIMART show!? click HERE

• OG earlimart “oh yeah nevermind” T’s and other things of interest...click HERE

• AND... working on a new record!!!

dearest paid subscriber...

NEVERMIND THE PHONECALLS (redux)

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Hello there. Hi.

SO...

we (EARLIMART) are looking to get the show on the road...AGAIN!

This time in the MIDWEST, EAST COAST and some ARIZONA/Southern CALIFORNIA. These shows that UNDERTOW put together (WITH your help) are just the best! Unique, intimate...damn cool!

SO lets keep this train rollin...choo choo

We need you...you’re the most important part. These shows don’t happen without your help. So if ya got a large living room, art/performance space, bookstore, wine shop, chocolate factory?!!! we need u !

ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS HERE

Here’s the rough timelines and regions we’re looking at...if you don’t see yer town, don’t hesitate to fill out a submission form...perhaps we can add it into the routing?!!!

Nov 5 : Minneapolis MN
Nov 6 : Eau Claire WI
Nov 7 : Madison / Milwaukee WI
Nov 8 : Chicago IL

Dec 10 : Washington DC
Dec 11 : Richmond VA
Dec 12 : Raleigh / Durham NC
Dec 13 : Asheville NC
Dec 14 : Charlotte NC

Jan 13 : San Diego CA
Jan 15 : Tucson AZ
Jan 16 : Phoenix AZ
Jan 17 : Joshua Tree CA
Jan 18 : Los Angeles CA

ok. looking forward to seeing ya! ae

ALSO here’s a live recording of “ALL THEY EVER DO IS TALK” from the last west coast tour...our buddy Brandon Cooke and his magical studio SOUNDWELL in Sebastapol CA. made it happen...enjoy!

EARLIMART - ALL THEY EVER DO IS TALK (live)

Captain John Schlue + Mr. Wolf + Aaron Espinoza

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transcript of “no small talk” ©

Hi.

I was thinking about this song, Broke The Furniture.

Kind of a twisted, dysfunctional love song.

It reminded me of an incident

We had taken a, let's say a friend of mine.

We'll call her a friend.

We took a trip to Tucson.

And we found her favorite bar.

And her music was on the jukebox.

Mine wasn't even written yet.

And we went to visit a friend of hers.

A famous friend.

A writer who just talks.

Only talks.

Just nonstop talking.

About nothing.

Well, I did my best.

I knew it wasn't for me.

I knew this wasn't love.

So I stood up and I said, I said goodbye.

And I walked out that front door right into the desert.

And I prayed for UFOs and alien abduction.

It could happen, who knows?

And then a beam of light, and I was gone.

I got the hell out of Dodge.

Or actually, it was Tucson.

BROKE THE FURNITURE (woozy version)

been playin’ this one on keys lately (recorded to cassette...nice and woozy) thought i’d share. luv. u. ae

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“no small talk” transcript

Hi.

We were playing a show up in Northern California in Chico.

This was years ago.

And after the show we were driving out.

On the outskirts of town I saw this, the weirdest little... store

It was called Susan's Husband's Gun Shop.

And I just thought, that's pretty fucking heavy.

I don't really know the story behind it, but I kind of made one up myself.

I used it a few years after that.

This was about 2001

And there was a monumental shift going on in my life and the people around me.

Lost friend and relationships and the world was going through all kinds of crazy shit

So I thought that song was kind of fitting Susan's husband's gun shop.

And then the last lyric, everyone down here, it became the name of the album.

I don't really know what it all means other than

Beware of darkness.

But don't worry.

It doesn't last.

It's not real.

Just watch your thoughts.

ok. enjoy...talk soon.

luv. ae

SUSAN’S HUSBAND’S GUNSHOP (slow and low)

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Hi everybody!

Here’s the first draft of a funny little song called WEIRDO.MYSTIC.HIPPIE.SHIT

WARNING...this could be a bit divisive!!! HAAAAAA

I dont wanna ruffle anyone’s feathers SO...i’d like to declare that i do not necessarily have anything against:

The Pacific Northwest (in fact i feel a TON OF LOVE from that region of the world)

hippies (ok with me)

mysticism (in to getting out there)

weirdos (same)

The Grateful Dead (no one’s gonna confuse me for a DEAD HEAD...BUT i have a ton of respect for the band, the culture, and their ABSOLUTELY BANANAS fan base! in fact...i’ve actually been to a Dead show...in 93? i think? at the SHORELINE AMPHITHEATER, in the Bay Area. And yes i the took drugs)

ANywhoo...it’s just a silly little tune.

(a wise old man once said...a song may be fiction, but it’s the truth!)

Ok...here’s the first draft of WEIRDO.MYSTIC.HIPPIE.SHIT

(audio below for the paid subs...thx 2 u!)

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WEIRDO.MYSTIC.HIPPIE.SHIT

(in F)

F Bb
Dm C

Am D
Dm C

F Bb
F Bb Bbm
F

You know I tried to do my best
stay the fuck out the Northwest 
weirdo mystic hippie shit 
brainwashed a little bit 

they took me in and sold free love 
they took me in and sold me drugs 
weirdo mystic hippie shit 
And I don’t even like the Dead
am I alive? Is this a dream? slow down? I'm trying to think 
weirdo mystic hippie shit. 
what the hell was in that drink?

god damn god damn when is this gonna end 
god damn god damn when is this gonna and 

weirdo mystic hippie shit. permanently on this trip

Dropped me off on the side of the road 
with one shoe and one sandal 
weirdo mystic hippie shit 
paranoia setting in 
I'm hearing voices in my head 
I am God is what they said
weirdo mystic hippie shit and I don't even like the dead

god damn god damn when is this gonna end 
and I don't even like the dead
god damn god damn when is this gonna end 
And I don't even like the dead
god damn god damn when is this gonna end
And I don't even like the dead 
god damn god damn when is this gonna

No I don’t like the grateful dead.

enjoy! ae

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