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1.
still like you 02:08
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la la la la i still like you
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little town flirt 01:43
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you have got a zero on your forehead you got a cadillac in the brain your foots in your mouth and a fork in the same you got a mean mean gleam in your eye you got chicken on your shirt your hair's on fire little town flirt you got a flag out the window you got a finger in your drink your face is all wet and an arm is down the sink you got a mean mean gleam in your eye you got chicken on your shirt your hair's on fire gosh does that hurt I'll do some of those scenes with john candy but when i'm finished get the hell off me 'til I have a dispose-all i will not be happy oh you have got a zero on your forehead you got a cadillac in the brain your foots in your mouth and a fork in the same (chorus)
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baby come on now 03:24
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show me someone completely normal and i'll show you a freak and like the fastest automobile in the west encountered difficulty but be my guest gather up some lost time baby come on now outside take a ride step on it man 'til your terrified now there's a minor time warp baby come on now one two see the view get your glasses on now watch what you been through you had stuff go bad but leave it behind just don't be sad cuz one two it's all for you but everything's gone everything is brand new without shame and there's no blame cuz everyone is all the same and no one can go back in time never mind all the fast news breaking many a moon 'til the end of the world then it's probably on pay per view anyway and the speediest satellite in the west would still have problems baby come on now outside take a ride... baby come on now baby come on now
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balloon in the sky 03:02
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an interstate relocator an inter-gender heart breaker how many best friends surviving left to mend a hyper social club hopping hippy shaking show stopping maker of nice thoughts taking what life brought beyond the norm calm in the storm balloon in the sky waving goodbye a pioneering wall breaking other world best making seen but not heard man shaken not stirred man a carnival ride risk taking activating non faking secret advisor younger but wiser beyond the norm calm in the storm balloon in the sky waving goodbye your best audience for one night anyway beyond the norm calm in the storm balloon in the sky waving goodbye
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kids from a cartoon 03:01
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under deep blue skies black water yellow windows shine just kids from a cartoon flying around chilly stars above sparkle down as i keep up with kids from a cartoon flying around halfway up to the moon then falling to the ground it's a good thing that we're so animated or else we'd probably be in trouble in trouble without benefit of no net rapid little arms keep kids from a cartoon flying around just kids from a cartoon flying around halfway up to the moon then falling to the ground
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bullet head 02:06
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fail to slow down at the intersection hit a '59 purple galaxy slide through someone's backyard spin around hit something hard wake up in a shady old treehouse a little too quiet something's scaring me leave without telling them find a new circle of friends boasting ironic conversations one of them has a head full of something and lies around while his ears get hairier one has opposing views and a third doesn't wear shoes one of them is a girl with a problem but anyway anyone could marry her under the big oak tree on the year 2003 when the laws become advantageous give it to me straight i gotta hear it from you doc i can take it truly am i genetically predisposed the original bullethead under the big oak tree in the year 2003 i'll have a phd from jupiter university that's where i'll be that's where i'll be waiting for you that's where i'll be waiting for you until the end
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green eyes 04:02
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it's like you see through your two green eyes at once everything you've laid 'em upon since 1989 and what could be the effect of trying to describe everything you're thinking about at any given time and while i'm in such a hurry you seem to always have eternity to eat your lunch even though it doesn't look good i just wish it could come to this in what could be the second most effortless display of confusion seen around here since the atomic age they lined the streets ever since the world had seen everything they hold so dear having been rearranged and while i'm in such a hurry they seem to always have eternity to eat their lunch even though it doesn't look good i just wish it could come to this
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face up 02:51
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we gotta face up to reality who can say what we was thinking of we gotta wear that shoe now cuz it fits like a glove and it's a fine feathered friend who said all you need is love we gotta wake up and drink the coffee cuz what goes down must come up can't we hold out for a one millionth opinion or the best offer at least we gotta face up to reality and quit wishing to the stars above waiting for that other shoe to like fall from above and it's a fine feathered friend who said all you need is love we gotta wake up and drink the coffee in case he ever shows up hey there's one of those water cooler spies buddy what you looking at i'm kinda shy hit him right between his beady little wandering eyes can't we hold out for a one millionth opinion or the best offer at least we gotta face up to reality...
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but you never told me 02:38
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head in the sand had my fingers crossed bridges burning brain counting on what you oughta be and for a brief period really had me there had me going promised me mountains promised the sea but you never told me about the guy in the dinosaur helmet but you never said anything about a nuclear freeze and never assume it just makes you make a jerk of me waiting on mountains hold on the sea but you never told me about the guy in the dinosaur helmet but you never said anything about a nuclear freeze but you never told me about your time in the minimum security but you never said anything about a mental disease say some guy called said it's time to go home sounds you're in some kind of trouble you in some kind of jam? hey you should have said something however you must be some kind of psycho but you never told me...
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you're no fun at all 02:53
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thinking up threats to you fights to fight thinking up names to call you're no fun at all caged like an animal lashing out trapped inside these four walls you're no fun at all now it's a sunny day in your world so cold in your world so small come out and play or are you no fun at all how can people live up to your specifications now you're no fun at all there's a world outside double parked waiting out in the hall but you're no fun at all now it's a sunny day in your world so cold in your world so small come out and play or are you no fun at all no fun at all you're no fun at all in your world so small you're no fun at all no fun at all you're no fun at all
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automaton 03:55
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there's been some reservations about the dirt you're hanging with and we know about your family and there's some suspicion about that penny-ante job in a restaurant up on newbury a lot is being said about that funny-color hair and your clothes have come under attack a lot is being said about your driving all around in a subaru like a maniac we've had our eye upon you for quite a while now and you've been on file since early on it goes against our policy your walking all around everywhere like an automaton everywhere like an automaton an automaton everywhere like an automaton
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instead of you 04:11
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i don't know what to say to you don't know what to say but i know it's true i know it's true i don't know what to do with you don't know what to do but it'll probably do it'll probably do the days are getting cold the story's getting old but i can't stay away from you i can't stay away and you know it's true you know it's true the days are getting cold the story's getting old and i don't have much to think about much to think about instead of you instead of you
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you're no fun at all (early demo version) 02:58
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imagining threats to you fights to fight thinking up names to call you're no fun at all caged like an animal lashing out trapped inside these four walls you're no fun at all now it's a sunny day in your world so cold in your world so small come out and play or are you no fun at all how can people live up to your specifications now you're no fun at all there's a world outside double parked waiting out in the hall but you're no fun at all now it's a sunny day in your world so cold in your world so small come out and play or are you no fun at all no fun at all you're no fun at all in your world so small you're no fun at all no fun at all you're no fun at all

about

Hi, Cliff here. Paul's taking a nap right now. He stayed up all night remastering this thing. He said he did "extensive" remastering. Well I think it was worth the effort. Now the album sounds more like it was supposed to in the first place.

I don't think Paul ever liked 'Pabz'. At first he didn't want to re-release it. Come on, I told him, there's some really good stuff on here. 'Green Eyes'? 'Automaton'? 'You're No Fun At All'? 'Balloon in the sky', about that friend who died? Those are good songs.

But Paul didn't like the sounds. Plus he thought some of the songs were too silly. He wanted to take out the tracks he didn't like. You can't do that, we told him! You can't change an album after it's been released into the world.

"But only like 10 people have ever heard it, nobody will even know the difference!" he said.

But the band held firm.

"It is what it is," I told him.

"Oh that's really deep," Paul said.

"Very philosophical," he said.

"You're a regular Socrates, you know that? A Zen Buddhist."

Paul can be kind of a jerk when he hasn't had his nap.

Anyway, oh yeah, when we were digging through the vaults to find the master tracks we also came across a cool early demo of 'You're No Fun At All". We're including it here as a bonus track.

We hope you enjoy!

- Cliff Notes
February 2015

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released August 1, 1995

Pseudonym is:

Paul Desjarlais - vocals
Dr. Rhythm - drums
Cliff Notes - bass
Waylan Solo - guitar
Gil Gullible - keyboard

(c) 1995 Trivial Pop Songs
All words and music by Paul Desjarlais except "Little Town Flirt", words by John Gage. All songs performed by Pseudonym. Remastered February 2015.

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pseudonym San Francisco, California

Pseudonym is a band consisting of me, Paul Desjarlais, and other real or imaginary people. Back in Boston a long time ago I used to play bass for The Uncalled Four, and then for Haberland. After that I released a cassette album called Pabz, and later a CD called Pig Tail World. Now I live in San Francisco and I record songs when I get a chance and sometimes post albums online. ... more

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