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E Pluribus Unum

by The Holy Alimonies

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1.
When life is insane Ja will pravide When life throws ya lemons make liminade wit Jee-zis For, at the end of the day we all gotta die best keep Buddha on your side and the Dahli lama The boss-man’s got ya down Mo-hah-med’s got ya back so git that voodoo in your boots meet the Crisco-Ka-ball-ah But it’s heads or tales for the polar bears May Lady Luck grace your kind wid a cold Coca-Karma Holly-lou-yuh el presidente divine Holly-lou-yuh el presidente divine Holly-lou-yuh el presidente divine Holly-lou-yuh el presidente divine
2.
Lil Ol Me 02:43
Well, I digress confessin sin of what I done now I’m done in Yeah, my compass heads west always towards you I’m lookin’ forward to makin’ it through And I suppose I’ll compose myself be everything to everybody else My compass heads heads west always towards you I’m lookin’ forward to makin’ it through Now I insist it’s coincidence this black and blue in my defense But my compass heads west always towards you I’m lookin’ forward to makin’ it through
3.
Redneck french kiss, porta-john handjob bless your grandma and your sister, too Do-si-do six toe, slide-step sideshow petrol fumes, cartoons and racoons The time is right I wanna make e pluribus unum with you Drunk drive, black eye 7-elev pit-stop Feel her up and your pickup, too Round n’ round hog tie, hardup barn crowd Motor-stalls, cat calls and blue balls The time is right I wanna make e pluribus unum with you Drunk drive, black eye 7-elev pit-stop Feel her up and your pickup, too Round n’ round hog tie, hardup barn crowd Motor-stalls, cat calls and blue balls The time is right I wanna make e pluribus unum with you
4.
Last night I dreamed, I dreamed of you and in my dreams my dreams came true You rip off your blouse, rip off your boots I ripped off this song and I sing it for you What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with you? Needle in my eye and a lame excuse What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with you? It’s no use, it’s no use Oh, oh, oh, oh And this time I planned, I planned for you but in my plans, my plans fell through You put up with me, put up a fight I put up my guard and smile in spite What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with you? I’m too drunk to fuck, a sloppy excuse What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with you? It’s no use, it’s no use Oh, oh, oh, oh What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with you? Hungover in love, a sorry excuse What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with you? It’s no use, it’s no use Oh, oh, oh, oh
5.
It’s the damndest thing you ever seen talk it up like a lie It all started with an autopsy and so the brain you conspire She cut him off in that quantum leap when the best was behind And cut him up on the countertop before you wake and so the brain you conspire And my friend, my friend it’s not what you think don’t git a-head of yourself And God damn, God damn you awful things that makes a brain to conspire I’m a man of science, you knew from the start I’ve Einstein’s brains and you have (you’ve) my heart
6.
The inside joke’s inside my pants You can be with me but it won’t last Now of you girl I just have to ask don’t keep this joke in my pants The inside joke’s at full staff I hear you moan and then you laugh Now of me girl you just have to grasp this small joke in my pants Hey, hey, hey, hey Measure up come in last The inside joke’s inside you now We can be like chic, tell me who’s endowed and of this joke the size don’t count truth be told, baby, plain out loud Hey, hey, hey, hey Measure up come in last
7.
One day up on the avenue there was a funeral, but no-one was crying And the next day they came and took you away, said your heart just stopped lovin' and started me to cryin The cold of your lips, the nape of your last breath we was outta control, who could say no? To a limousine filled with gasoline hear them weddin' bells at the Blue Collar County Jail. My eyes don’t sleep and my brain don’t dream if you leave me... Someday down on the boulevard you’ll keep a quaint courtyard and I’ll just feel sorry And the very next day they’re gonna take me away for this heart just don’t stop lovin, now you’re gonna be sorry And in your blind spot who was an afterthought? we was meant to be, but you won’t forgive me. Gonna give it one last go for my sweet Jane Doe ‘til death do us free - a bouquet of tumbleweed. My eyes don’t sleep and my brain don’t dream if you leave me… My heart don’t bleed and my soul don’t keep if you leave me before I leave you Yeah, my eyes still sleep and my brain still dreams if you need me… And my heart keeps beat and my soul still pleads if you need me as much as I need you.
8.
Quit School 03:30
The writing’s on the wall The stereo is coming through in tongues What is said here can never be undone we break down the walls but there’s nobody home There’s only one way to git down from there with all these people who now stand before you There’s only one way to git down from there With all these people who now stand before you When life’s too much - give up, give up ya not havin’ no fun - git drunk, git drunk lookin’ for cash - quit school, quit school needa find a job - git bent, git bent The writing’s on the wall The stereo is coming through in tongues what’s said here can never be unsung Break down the walls but there’s nobody home There’s only one way to git down from there with all these people who now stand before you There’s only one way to git down from here With all these people who now stand before you When life’s too much - give up, give up ya not havin’ no fun - git drunk, git drunk lookin’ for cash - quit school, quit school needa find a job - git bent, git bent
9.
Take one good last look at it with all of your pain the stars keep me up at night, wormholes in my brains It’s shrouded in mystery with all that you fear no need to buckle up we ain’t goin’ nowhere This is hell on earth this is what it’s about ain’t no gittin’ out from this state of mind John Doe Jehovah Jesus, Mary Magdalene Satan rich as lunatics, your prayers in syndication Your cancer has gone to heaven and it’s paintin’ the future so much for the afterlife and whatever comes after To have one wish to see it through, by my troth live by the sword and die by the nuke Have one good last look at it with all of your pain the stars keep me up at night, wormholes in my brains It’s shrouded in mystery with all that you fear no need to buckle up we ain’t goin’ nowhere Knuckles to the grind, the reason for the rhyme as luck would have it your well went dry Patriotic syphilis of the of the brain, intravenous lechery poisoning the poor and stitchin’ societies seams Allegiance is charity, a prescription for ignorance the pleasure’s all mine, what a waste of time It’s inevitable, your vegetables won’t cure you... Mary, live by the sword and die by the flu Take one good last look at it with all of your pain the stars keep me up at night, wormholes in my brains It’s shrouded in mystery with all that you fear no need to buckle up we ain’t goin’ nowhere Have one good last look at it with all of your pain the stars keep me up at night, wormholes in my brains It’s shrouded in mystery with all that you fear no need to buckle up we ain’t goin’ nowhere
10.
44 02:46
and it’s forty as in forty pour (four) more for the shorties Your parents took a snooze and we found their booze now gimme your keys and leave the drivin’ to me for the circus comes to town hey I’ll find a new job there’s only one way out and baby I’m a figurin’ it out and if it’s not legit we’ll ditch the shit blitz the pulpit and split the profit oh, oh and it’s forty as in forty pour (four) more for the shorties Work the nine to five for the rest of your life come git real flirty with a dirty thirty and chase last year’s man in that big black hearse still the best of plans don’t include no plans lucky thirteen be the death of me screamin’, oli-oli-oxyn-free oh, oh
11.
Irrelevant 01:58
I am irrelevant, The cats got my tongue but I tell you what I never thought to ask for help I'd stick to my guns but I'd shoot myself Chip off the old block Suicide watch I am indifferent That's my story and I'm sticking to it The hardest thing is to go find help I'd shoot for the stars But I'd kill myself Chip off the old block Suicide watch
12.
There’s so much more to life There’s so much more to life Never left the countryside, Never seen them city lights Nuclear family … all bunked up in the desert Nuclear family Nuclear family Nuclear family …. all fucked up in the desert
13.
Ya can’t decide the meaning of life look at what ya done now learn to survive in a double wide ascend from where ya are Am I gittin’ to heaven? Am I gittin’ you down? We sailed the seas with our filthy disease look at what we done On bended knees, the soul must be cleaned... (make) them swear-words into prayers Am I gittin’ to heaven? Am I gittin’ you down? Nothin’ more inside than what meets the eye I think therefore I am won’t ever believe no truth unseen look at what I done

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E Pluribus Unum is the first full-length release by The Holy Alimonies, available as a digital download or a limited pressing LP.

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released January 29, 2016

All chords and words written by W.B. Simons. All songs arranged and performed by The Holy Alimonies, Copyright 2016. Produced by The Holy Alimonies and Dave Vettraino. Recorded by Dave Vettraino at Public House Sound Recordings Chicago IL, summer 2014. Mixed by Dave Vettraino at Public House Sound Recordings and Mastered by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording. Artwork by Kevin Hyde. Back Photo by Ryan "Onion" Cybul.

The Holy Alimonies are:
Kevin Hyde: bass, backing vocals
Scott Lee: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Luke "WC Mallard" DeArmey: guitar, backing vocals
W.B. Simons: lead vocals, guitar and lapsteel

Organ and piano on track 7 played by Sam Crossland.

Special thanks to: Kate Zagorski, Amanda Bowers, Mary DeArmey and "Double", Mary Jane, Bacchus, David "Nails" Torre, and Josh Lemli.

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