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Ben Gibbard and Mark Kozelek E-mail Correspondence

By The Threads

The Threads

…is still one of the funniest things I've ever heard.) And yet it seems there are times that people think you're being serious on

…for it! When I saw you at the Greek, you had a great bit on the hot dog smell that had me laughing, because that smell was getting to me too…

…ever said anything on stage that's blown up the Internet or anything. I did learn the hard way that people in Boston have literally no sense of

Old Days

By John Hiatt (2008)

On album Same Old Man (2008)

Same Old Man

…nothin' to live up to Everywhere to be Old days are comin' back to me On some dates with Mose Allison somewhere out in the midwest Said…

…some of my lyrics reminded him of the poet kenneth patchen I took it as a compliment He was referring to the line about wearin…

…at a packed joint up in washington He came in with a gorgeous woman on each arm as I was singing my song Walked 'em right up and sat ‘em on the edge of the

F'N Right

By Jon Connor Freddie Gibbs (2013)

On album Unconscious State (2013), Bandana (2019)

Bandana

…to my socks She want a ménage and you thinking I'm not Won't give me head while the other one watch Take her to the crib, it's just one of

…them nights Ain't loving your bitch but I'm loving my life You ain't gotta worry who the illest on the mic Million dollar flow, I…

…to push me to the edge but I never fell off Had to get it with my niggas, now we living in a loft Niggas wanted me to fail, I don't know…

F'N Right

By Jon Connor (2013)

On album Unconscious State (2013)

Unconscious State

…crib, it's just one of them nights Ain't loving your bitch but I'm loving my life You ain't gotta worry who the illest on the

…a million dollar wife Try to push me to the edge but I never fell off Had to get it with my niggas, now we living in a loft Niggas wanted…

…me to fail, I don't know what to tell y'all Haters on my paper, when they get the hell off? Came back, I had to get it any time I…

Great Mid-West

By John Mellencamp (1979)

On album John Cougar (1979)

John Cougar

…cook out in the backyard And they call this the Great Midwest Where the cornfields row and flow They're all 5 years ahead of

Midwest Sure make a hell of a car And the old hearts, they race their way through the night The upheaval of

…and runnin' Away from yourself, hell I talk to you all night And they call this the Great Midwest Where livin' is just gettin…

The Great Midwest

By John Cougar Mellencamp (1990)

On album John Cougar (1979)

John Cougar

…drunk, party it up, start a fight Chorus II: And they call this the Great Midwest Sure make a hell of a car And the old hearts…

…and radio That's just about all of this whole world That any of us get to see, get to know Chorus III: And they call this the Great Midwest

IV: And they call this the Great Midwest Where livin' is just gettin' by And people trade in their happiness For a smokestack, a big money deal in the sky…

Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone

By John Prine (1978)

On album Bruised Orange (1978)

Bruised Orange

The movie wasn't really doing so hot said the new producer to the old big shot its dying on the edge of the great Midwest Sabu…

Illinois from the jungles of East St. Paul. His manager sat in the office alone staring at the numbers on the telephone wondering how…

…a man could send a child actor to visit in the land of the wind chill factor. Sabu was sad the whole tour stunk the airlines lost the

Cig

By Baby FuzZ (2017)

On album Plastic Paradise (2019), Cig (2017)

Cig

…[Verse 1] She got on a plane Took off bound for Santa Fe Touched down on the edge of another world Made a few mistakes…

And it's kind of hard to fuck the pain away Hooked on amphetamine and pearls [Chorus 1] Hey she drove off into the sunset Drinkin' pinot…

…' 'Livin' on a Prayer' Hey when all of our childhood dreams get put to rest Maybe in another life we'll get somewhere But in the

Days Work

By Patrick Antonian (2016)

On album DJ Drez & Zaire Black Are - Panoramic Utopia (2007), Mytosis (🙊🙉🙈) (2016)

DJ Drez & Zaire Black Are - Panoramic Utopia

…in what you believe in, there's a road for reason. Act accordingly and make it even. Thru the madness of the traffic stuck…

…feel me get filthy, no matter what the cost to pay. Hustling, disgusted, Constantly puffin on something. Drunk with a hunger of

…and ready for beef we critical and got them on the edge of the seat identify your maximum worth, hunger and thirst ALL INA DAYS WORK!!!…

Growth

By Culture Power 45

On album Culture Power45 Mixtape

Culture Power 45

…no pain No pressure, no reason to go reach up in the dresser Demons on the break today, and no trace of the Skeleton. Shit, I'm feeling elegant. Ladies…

…—Falkor on the track This Story Never Ends, Atreyu on my back Got the gift of gab, probably slay you on a track. A Street Fighter, want…

living never suitable Don't dumb it down. Baby, you should know you're the one You can grow [Race Bannon (AKA Racetacula)] Great

Stay Happy There

By La Dispute (2014)

On album Rooms of the House (2015)

Rooms of the House

…sink If I could hit the instant replay On only every good day Would any of it catch you by surprise? When you say, something…

…coffee on the stove Then scour every counter for the knife Don't be shy Don't be kind Somewhere snow collects And bends the boughs of

…and confines? Isn't it wasteful? And I Am terrified that it doesn't feel painful to me yet Somewhere on top of the high rise There's a woman on the edge of a building at the

Are You A Rider?

By Sandman

On album No Secrets No Lies

Sandman

…insane, so blame Sandman for the pain Of cockin your nuts back We makin them rough tracks Stay in contact with my niggas…

…little loc, my lifestyle is that of mental folk From the West to the Midwest we stress until we never broke Inhale the smoke cuz…

…move for me and go flip a new Navi Livin life on the edge beware of the jackyll it's savvy Don't interrupt my frequency or sleep will be your new habit…

Are You A Rider?

By Sundman

Sundman

…insane, so blame Sandman for the pain of cockin your nuts back We makin them rough tracks Stay in contact with my niggas…

…little loc, my lifestyle is that of mental folk From the West to the Midwest we stress until we never broke Inhale the smoke cuz…

…move for me and go flip a new Navi Livin life on the edge beware of the jackyll it's savvy Don't interrupt my frequency or sleep will be your new habit…

Goodbye Mexico

By Alejandro Yanez

On album Humble Beginnings

Alejandro Yanez

…most dangerous city known to man, here's the plan We're gonna dip right out of here y'all understand? Ready fam? I'm not gonna have…

…ready for our lives to go from eh to great I want to see my children succeed and graduate And make the career decisions…

…knowing nothing And living like that til death, fearing the future that is coming And we did it with no help, built ourselves up…

Diamonds & Furs

By P. Blackk (2013)

On album Contemporary Nostalgia (2013)

Contemporary Nostalgia

…?] drinking Arizonas I'm on now, [Come on now?] Not really, but I'm making hella noise And it's louder than the speaker phones now So…

…answers bring questions with it Homie just do you don't stress the image Midwest get the money, we the

…to hit a lick when I'm backstage Word and the flow is water, son I'm in front of his daughter Live shows I kill it thought, 187 on the

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