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Letting the Animals Out

by Aaron Kelly Band

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1.
Pandemic Song For Jimmy 03:01
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Sitting at my kitchen table With coffee and a garlic bagel Waiting on the task force morning briefing to begin The voice of god says "two minute warning" I hope they talk about the TP hoarding And let me know when I can go outside again Football players are still being signed By rich white men in thick red ties Not dying for a chance to help me out Oh, mirror, mirror, on the wall Tell me how many sick must fall Before we get our hearts and heads out of the clouds I’m not patient, but I can wait To see my friends and family again Standing at my bedroom window Switched from coffee to a glass of vino Listening to the man in charge say everything is fine Shut up, punk, you’re just making it worse I love everybody so much it hurts To stock up shop, come home and wonder why The working poor, we still gotta eat Does the Wall matter more than the Main Street When will we bail out common folks who need it so bad Oh say can you see how greedy you’ve grown Our ignorance built disease a home And here we sit, feels like I’ve been had I’m not patient, but I can wait To see my friends and family again But I am not complacent, I won’t wait To take my share of what I make
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It's Not an Issue 02:50
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Happy in the moment Sad when I get home Living like a snowflake Falling all alone Laughing at the sunshine Hiding in the pain Tried to paint a picture But it didn’t feel the same As finding the words And feeling the reason Which of the verbs Describe how the season Is making me miss you But it’s not an issue I’ll see you when the stars align again Driving to the airport Where your plane’s touching down It’s our second time eye-to-eye The first since we figured out When apprehension flew the coop We got our only wish I bought you something thoughtful But it didn’t do the trick Not like finding the words And feeling the reason Which of the adjectives Capture how the season Is making me miss you But it’s not an issue I’ll see you when the stars align again Now I’m no academic I’m no Jerry Jones I don’t know my credit score I don’t own a home But somehow you’re still standing Wanting at my door You’ve come a thousand miles And ya ain't going back no more And I’ll be finding the words Feeling the reason Singing a melody That sounds how the season Is making me want you And oh, how I want to Love you 'til the Milky Way Explodes into Andromeda someday (BOOM)
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Alien Love Song (How Do You Do It?) 03:37
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You seem like an alien, invading Earth to save it from Foaming men intent on owning every cent there is And they’ve got kids with hundred dollar bills Thrills that don’t come cheap and they don’t sleep And we’re just standing here, waiting for the end You swear that you’re a human, tho, I believe it, you would know But something shines so bright in your light Something shines so bright in your light Or we could be two aliens, who fall in love as sapiens On accident, on top of coming down here and saving ‘em No big fuss, but look at us We hit it off and did not bust Now I’m on a veranda making old fashions and salmon for us You don’t like humans, tho, I understand, they’re sick and slow But something shines so bright in your light Something shines so bright in your light And you say how do you communicate with human beings How do you do it? How do you communicate with human beings How do you do it? Do it Living as an alien, sure feels unamerican Maybe we should move somewhere like Tokyo or Switzerland Our earthly mission far from done, in fact, we’ve not saved anyone Got caught up in the pomp and circumstance of all the keeping up With other humans, tho, I don’t mind the feeling low, When something shines so bright in your light Something shines so bright in your light Now it's time to go again, best of luck our earthly friends Me and this new love are gonna blast into oblivion Back out in the outer air, far, far away from here All apologies for giving up, but you’re beyond repair Don’t take it too bad, tho, this planet has a pretty glow When something shines so bright in your light Something shines so bright in your light How do you communicate with human beings How do you do it? Do it How do you communicate with human beings How do you do it? Do it
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Crossdress & Crochet 04:19
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I seen a lean old man at the butcher’s block, buying skirt steak by the pound Who asked me if I had ever worn a handmade wedding gown I just laughed and shook my head, no sir, I have not He looked around, put his dinner down, and began to shout: Crossdress and crochet Stitch a strange design Keep all of your tools clean And yourself in line If you're stuck in the mud Get out Say love out loud It’s a pretty sound I found an empty aisle to compose myself and think about what he said Maybe I’ve been wrong all along and should make me a pretty dress It'd have a sweetheart cut, with a modest hem, polka dots, no doubt I put my eggs and inhibitions down, and echoed the wisdom I’d found: Crossdress and crochet Stitch a strange design Keep all of your tools clean And yourself in line If you're stuck in the mud Get out Say love out loud It’s a pretty sound There's no better time than the present line to present myself a gift Like a yard of turquoise velvet, yarn, some bourbon and a sewing kit I get my kicks on register six, if the neighbors only knew The checkout boy looked down real coy and said “hey, I do that too” Crossdress and crochet Stitch a strange design Try to keep your nose clean If your fun don’t mind If you’re stuck in a rut So what Say love out loud It’s a pretty sound It's a pretty sound It's such a pretty sound
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Talking USPS Blues 02:53
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Remember Benjamin Franklin or John Prine Abraham Lincoln or this cousin of mine They all made an honest living Working for the U.S. Mail For Pony Express preschool me My first recollection of the post office be The mailman bringing Them Christmas catalogs And up through the years they were always on time A model of consistency and national pride Authorized by the U.S. Constitution Might I add Columbia House meant endless CDs Publisher's Clearing lottery dreams And what's that magazine for dad wrapped-up in plastic Postcards, report cards, birthday cards from grandma Oh yeah, get it done If you wanna send something to someone you love Way over yonder just to stay in touch You can do it thru the U.S. Mail Then you graduate to professional stress And get your very own address Mailbox, envelopes Packing tape and stamps It starts to feel a little more like home When you see that familiar uniform Walking up the drive With all your stuff Thru rain, snow, cold, and heat The gloom of night and tired feet Always with a smile They deliver More than sentimental it's a functional necessity Bedrock for a country that’s claiming such legitimacy Messenger of sympathy Promoter of peace and goodwill among men and nations так точно, oui oui If you wanna send something overseas A pen pal letter or a wheel of cheese You can do it thru the U.S. Mail Then in 2006, what the president did Is sign into law an act that exists Solely for the deliberate sabotage Of a perfectly good public institution It’s called The Post Office Accountability Act An arbitrary mandate revenue tax That forces them to pay, way in-advance Fifty years worth of health and benefit plans Now their P&L’s red and they can’t invest And they’re way in debt And to the public eye, it’s a pretty good mess Ripe for the picking of private sector scavengers Then 2020 came and tried to break it’s back But the postal workers said, you can forget all that We’ve got a job to do, so get out of the way And we'll show you what makes America great We say good try, no no When you gotta stay home, but still want to vote Maybe even save the world as we know it You can do it thru the U.S. Mail We did it thru the U.S. Mail Long live the U.S. Mail And all the postal workers
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Raid on the Compound 04:39
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Off in the distance Appears there a witness Declaring war on the innocent Crossing the line Coming into focus This is the year of the locust Was it the truth that broke us Or was it the lies Mhmm, mhmm Raid on the compound Everybody get down A little birdie snuck out Ahead of the Feds Ran away with the evidence Bulletproof and obvious Indisputably in self-defense The sheriff said Mhmm, mhmm They put the witness on a wanted board For filing a false report Said it’s happened once before Twisted sick That’s the story that I’m sticking to This is the end of the interview Time will have it’s way with you But I gotta split Mhmm, mhmm

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released January 3, 2024

Aaron Kelly
Andy Greiner
Brandon Reisdorf
Matthew Pittman

Recorded at The Tractor Shed in Goodlettsville, TN
Engineered by Sean Sullivan
Mastered by Parachute Mastering

All song written by AKB

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