Viva La Persistence

[ti:Viva La Persistence] [ar:Kimya Dawson] [al:Juno (Music From The Motion Picture) (Deluxe)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.29]Viva La Persistence - Kimya Dawson [00:01.71] [00:06.63]I dreamed I thanked scott ian for [00:08.50]Persistence of time [00:09.58] [00:10.08]Back when Steve and Eva died that [00:11.97]Album changed my life [00:13.17]It was a package of pure darkness tied up [00:15.28]With a silver string [00:16.71]Delivered by a fast train rearranging [00:19.04]How I think [00:20.00]He said I can't believe you even know [00:22.36]That I exist [00:23.35]I've got all of your albums and I think [00:25.57]You are the best [00:26.81]He started to cry and I started to laugh [00:29.69] [00:30.30]I gave him a hug and he gave me his autograph [00:33.68]Reeling in my disbelief I know that it was [00:38.74]Just a dream [00:40.33]All the covers that I see are different [00:44.75]From the books I read [00:47.27]Everything is crumbling around me [00:49.58] [00:50.68]Why does everything cost so much money [00:52.94] [00:54.12]Could somebody please help out my family [00:56.23] [00:57.22]My mom needs hearing aids new shoulders [00:59.48]And new legs [01:00.49]My dad needs a break he works all day [01:02.95]Every day [01:03.72]My brother needs a place and a job [01:06.07]Where he can make [01:07.31]Enough money to take care of his baby [01:09.57] [01:11.16]Here's a simple dissertation on a [01:15.16]Complex situation [01:17.72]Money and intimidation and mass graves [01:22.52]Make strong foundations [01:24.47]For the giant corporations that own all [01:29.06]The TV stations [01:31.08]Telling us to take vacations to their [01:35.35]Big theme park plantations [01:37.83]Rather than to hearts of nations [01:41.22]Where we might meet people on the street who say [01:44.69]I don't want my MTV 'cause it brought [01:48.74]Viva to it's knees [01:51.01]And mom and pop are begging please [01:54.29]Globalization's killing me [01:57.65]While we think that they think they need [02:01.13]All of the things we think we need [02:04.45]Like Martha Stewart Shams and Sheets and [02:08.12]Sugar free powdered iced tea [02:11.16]Vanilla coke lemon pepsi friends episodes on DVD [02:17.41] [02:31.80]I went to see the doctor of psychiatry [02:34.27] [02:35.20]Weapons of mass instruction finally broke me [02:37.64] [02:38.49]He said act your age don't be afraid [02:40.34]Take two of these now [02:41.42]Listen real hard put down that guitar [02:43.95] [02:44.50]Don't be a retard be all that you can be [02:47.27] [02:48.75]The things he said I could be were laid [02:52.35]Out right in front of me [02:54.86]Would I choose deep fried apathy [02:58.25]Mcnuggets where my balls should be [03:01.77]Or super sized conformity I walked away and [03:07.14]I'm still me [03:08.25] [03:09.00]Free to go f**king crazy free to know why [03:14.03]I'm angry [03:15.03] [03:15.61]One and one and one is three and you and me [03:20.55]Is all I need [03:22.15] [03:22.79]Singing songs [03:23.89] [03:26.38]Drawing cocks [03:27.39] [03:29.79]Picking locks [03:30.80]To locked doors [03:32.33]Find deflated hearts [03:34.05] [03:36.59]And pump them up