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I know, I know, to think that this song had potential to be a hit is absolutely insane. Of COURSE I thought it would be a hit. It's catchy as fuck with a big sing along chorus. It's got everybody favorite things: Drugs and oral sex. how could it have missed?

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there was nothing happening, i went down to Nicks. His girl was there, I said, "How's tricks?", she picked up her guitar and played one of her licks, it went like this.... she said, "Nick went to the store." gripping the guitar she played a little more. She opened up her pocketbook, medicine galore, I reached in.

Well, hey, look at all the red ones, look at all the green ones, look at all the pink ones, look at all the mean ones, look at all the yellow ones look at all the white ones too.

I could three, I could five, i could take twenty and I'd barely be alive, my daddy had a hankering for the little one that's blue.

I asked her her name, she said it was Mandy, she asked if I liked head, I told her it was dandy, when I ate her pussy it tasted like candy, it tasted good. I lost track of time, longer than an hour, she was cool and beautiful, kind of like a flower, she said i had to leave, she had to take a shower, i stole her purse.

Hey, hey, look at all the red ones, look at all the green ones, look at all the pink ones, look at all the mean ones, look at all the yellow ones, look at all the white ones too.

Some of them are black, some of them are brown, some of them are ups, some of them are downs, i put them in a blender 'cause I like to fuck around, it's true.

Nodding leaving Nicks, I guess I went too far, i was way too high, then I stole a car, just like Jerusalem following a star, I felt good. I mashed that car 'cause the radio sucked, I tried every station and they all were fucked. The car's in the river and it's shit out of luck, i stuck out my thumb. i got picked up, I could tell she was rich, 20 years younger in a Lexus, life's a bitch, she asked me for a fuck, i asked her, "What's the hitch?", she just laughed.

She said her man was selfish and cruel, cheating on her she went out to get some fuel, gonna screw somebody ugly as a mule, I'd do the trick.

When the sun comes up it's time to hit the sack, I used to have a job but I'm never going back, those corporate fucks they don't know jack, watch 'em die.

Look at all the red ones, look at all the green ones, look at all the pink ones, look at all the mean ones, look at all the yellow ones, look at all the white ones too.

Take them in 4's, take them in 3's, take them by the dozen it don't mean shit to me, take them when you ain't got nothing better to do.
Pretty colors.
Pretty colors.
Pretty colors.
Hey, hey hey.

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from SONGS FOR PARENTS WHO ENJOY DRUGS, released October 7, 2013
Hamell: guitar, vocals; Andrew Case: drums; Ani: sound effects; Jeff 'Grover' Howard: background vocals

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HAMELL ON TRIAL Austin, Texas

Hamell on Trial is loud, fast music informed by politics, intelligence and a wicked sense of humor.
1995-Mercury Records-Big as Life, The Chord is Mightier Than the Sword.
1997- Choochtown
2003-Righteous Babe Records-Tough Love
2005, Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs.
2007-“The Terrorism Of Everyday Life,” (Edinburgh Fringe Herald Award)
2012-New West Records -The Happiest Man Alive. ... more

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