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what it's like to be sad

from throwing mud at your streetlight by rushmore beekeepers

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she left me for the farmland of nebraska, said she needed a different pace
the boys there are sad and drunk and arty
and somehow much more fun than me and the smile on my face
so i sadly helped her bags and paid her bus ticket and she rode away, her hair all black and shiny
and i set out to frown and pout and i learned how to be smart and whiny
i wanted to show her i really did know her better than some farmboy listening to the smiths
so i bought my bus ticket, brought a guitar and a song
and a pie from mrs. griffith’s

the first day was really fun, i didn’t get a whole lot done
because i’d taken the wrong bus and ended up on the set of land of the dead
so i ran out and killed a zombie, signed a release and george thanked me
and i found a hotel to rest my weary head
got up the next morning to find the bus depot, but without any warning the president had declared martial law
the living dead really weren’t dead and gun-hating americans couldn’t aim for the head
so things had gotten out of control
and i thought of my darling kimberly, even though she hated me, i knew she wasn’t safe with a bunch of emos in nebraska
so i got some coffee, stole a car, then a gun and a crowbar and started off on a very long drive

i had boxes of food and ammunition and by ohio i really was wishing i’d brought something besides kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
by decatur, illinois i really liked being a single boy, ‘cause i smelled real bad and yelled along to the radio
but then i started thinking of things and looked at my picture of kimberly and barreled on down the road
by the time i got to omaha all that was left was bones to gnaw, so it’s a good thing she had moved to lincoln
knocked on her door at half past four, got no anwer so i knocked twice more, and finally i just walked in
she tried to kiss me with her teeth, so i smashed her in the cheek and shot her in the head
now i know what it’s like to be sad

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from throwing mud at your streetlight, released October 30, 2009

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rushmore beekeepers Tulsa, Oklahoma

Indie folk/electro folk duo RBK (Zach Fountain and Amanda Hawkins) layer folk instruments with keyboards and electro beats while singing about purpose, uncertainty, love, and hope with a backdrop that's sometimes everyday, sometimes surreal or apocalyptic.

The solo/duo/trio is based in OK and AZ. ... more

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