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1 Cartesians
03:52
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Mr. Descartes, they're pulling your chart
Your name's inflamed as the volcanoes fart
At the intersection, the devil of reason
Clings to his scripture: 1 Cartesians
I got a line on some
Waterfront real estate, once the basin fills
Sign the paper now and get ahead on your bills
'Cause it's gonna mature, we'll be rich as pigs
Just a bathtub now, but it's gonna be big
Let me speculate, I got it handled
Pen on the paperwork, eyes on the Weather Channel
You'll wanna borrow this book before the rainy season
In the original tongue: FIrst Cartesians
It would take a real rube not to invest
A tide of money floats in with the pineapple express
Out on the deck, gnawing marbled steak
Back to the Sierras, gazing out at Central lake
Printing off permits, kicking down doorjambs
Got a foreman working off floorplans
Fireplaces, lakeside ports
And your family's safe with a place to store cans
See the structure, all in place
Plus I got an escape hatch just in case
If you bring your case then you're doing your share
Meet me at Larkspur, I'll take it from there
We were shucking some oysters round nine o'clock
Slurping Txakolina at the pick-up dock
Our skipper curled around that Rusty Gate
We fled from the Bay through Cartesian Strait
Said I'm Master Marl with a story to tell
About the waterfall and the sea bank swell
It started in pre-history
Now I'm floating through the valley of cash money
Step on a crack, mother nature's back
Sick of how you did her, she gonna lay the smack down
Landlubbers, you're gonna get a fleecing
Shoulda done your homework, read First Cartesians
It was like the Coast of Atlantis rose up again
Nothing to do but slink and swim
And the whole population swelled
Til that scorching summer when heaven met hell
The wildfire came marching down the foothills
Throw em up if you know how hot soot feels
Knock knock, no time to joke
These toothpick stilt homes are heading up in smoke
I think I once read something sort of like that
It's why I rented, never owned, this sordid sand trap
This is gonna be Lake Elysian
Here swam the First Cartesians
It's a real pretty place that I hate to abort
But my opportunities out west are being sold short
Slip your Sperrys on, carry on
I hear the tide's receded out west past the Farallons
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Square Peg Steady
03:31
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We know what you want
We know what you need
If you're coming to us
Then you're fixing for seed
We're Square Peg-Ready
Gonna bring you up to speed
Our threads are going hard
Wherever they're sewn
We'll take you yard by yard
And sue you out of your home
Cause it says "Square Peg-Ready"
On the field you owned
Jump down, turn around
Square Peg Steady Going
Jump down, turn around
Pick yourself a bail of hay
Jump down, turn around
Square Peg Steady Going
Jump down, turn around
Pick yourself a bail today
You can never get out
The death spiral you're in
The horizon is parched
As the famine sets in
We're Square Peg-Ready
You're bones and skin
With our wares multiplying
The tragedy is staged
You'll make the maces and their potatoes
Look like King Henry the 8th
We're Square Peg-Ready
And you're digging your grave
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