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Harvest
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A Formal Occasion
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Killing Machine
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Stella, Dear
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Temporary Secretary
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Best Man
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Secret Identity
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Action Lady
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Atlas
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Blood Will Tell
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Tomorrow's Date
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Fancy Meeting You Here
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Mothership
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Ladykiller
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Gay Guy
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Salvage Mission
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released 06 August 2009
Sounds by How I Became the Bomb
Produced by John Baldwin
Recorded at Lake Fever Productions by John Baldwin and Jason Bullock
"Temporary Secretary" written by Paul McCartney
"Stella, Dear," "Best Man", "Action Lady", "Blood Will Tell", "Tomorrow's Date", "Fancy Meeting You Here", "Mothership" and "Salvage Mission" mixed by F. Reid Shippen
"Harvest", "Killing Machine", "Temporary Secretary", "Secret Identity", "Atlas", "Ladykiller", and "Gay Guy" mixed by Buckley Miller
"A Formal Occasion" mixed by Craig Alvin
Mastered by John Baldwin - license
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- Track Name: Harvest
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Hey kid I hate to break your heart
but it's a deadly art
and someone has to die
I've found that we cannot work it out
there's just no end to this bout
but I'm not gonna cry
You'd make a most excellent corpse
donate your organs, of course
your heart's not worth a dime
I'd take far too long to carve
harvest's no good when you've starved
and it's been quite some time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
Too bad it has to end like this
but I knew from the first kiss
we'd never make it out alive
So sad that it has to be you
there's just no sense in two
I'm not the type to take a dive
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
I know that you thought you had won
but I am not undone
and I'm not gonna cry
Hey kid it's time to end this torch song
with what I've known all along
that someone has to die
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time
There isn't time - Track Name: A Formal Occasion
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'Twas a black tie affair
showed up in my underwear
you pretended not to care
though I'm sure I drew your stare
Oh, I'm so bored with this
would it be all that remiss
everyone's so moribund
I don't even own a cumberbund
Perchance that's a lie
I would never dry your eye
after all you've done to me
all I need is a girl to call me
Call me
Paging Captain Midnite
paging Captain Midnite
he's gonna be here all nite
if you don't do exactly as I say
Oh, I'm so bored with this
Would it be all that remiss
if I were to steal a kiss
but he'll settle for a call me
Call me
No I don't have a stitch to wear
nor do I have a single care
I love you more the lion's share
I love you so please call me
I'm begging you please
Call me
Oh I'm so bored with this
would it be all that remiss
if I were to steal a kiss
all I need is a lil' kiss
Oh you're there next to me
somehow equals sex to me
that Imperius Rex is me
but he'll settle for a call me
Call me
No I don't have a stitch to wear
nor do I have a single care
I love you more the lion's share
I love you so please call me
I'm begging you please
Call me
Why won't you call me
No I don't have a stitch to wear
nor do I have a single care
I love you more the lion's share
I love you
So please call me
I'm begging you please
Call me
My darling, call me
No I don't have a stitch to wear
Nor do I have a single care
I love you more than words can share
I love you
So please call me - Track Name: Killing Machine
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The army
has taught me
a lot about life
I know now
that everything
won't always be rife
With everybody's notions
of what I am
'cause they don't know
and they don't see
That I am
a man
yes, I am
I'm a one man
killing machine
My right hand
it contains
an M-16
The other hand
it contains
a fresh canteen
I could go out there
and do what I please
if they would let me
then they would see
That I am
a man
yes, I am
I'm a one man
killing machine
Don't believe a word I've said
It's all lies what I've said
Don't believe a word I've said
It's all lies what I've said
The army
has taught me
a lot about life - Track Name: Stella, Dear
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When Stella came back from the city
it was clear that something had gone wrong
whatever it was, wasn't pretty
whatever it was, it wouldn't be long
'Fore Stella turned her back on her mother
and Stella turned her back on her dad
and we all became such a bother
and that's the bit that really drove us mad
So we turned our backs and rolled our eyes
we heaved our stones and heaved our sighs
Then Stella turned her back on her sister
and Stella turned her back on her friends
we'd like to claim that we never missed her
but that's a lie that we can't defend
We know that tomorrow
there'll be know tomorrow
we'd like to be with her
but time you can't borrow
we know that she doesn't
want us 'round forever
we know that tomorrow
with her just means never
we know that she left us
we know that she's left us
But we didn't cry
no, we didn't cry
no, we didn't shed a tear
We didn't cry
no, we didn't cry
no, not for a steady year
We just turned our backs and rolled our eyes
we heaved our stones and heaved our sighs
but, we just wanted of her
to say
that she would have preferred
to stay
we'd rather watch her fall apart than
dare admit she broke our hearts
Yea, Stella turned her back on her sister
and Stella turned her back on her friends
we'd like to claim that we rarely missed her
but that's a lie I can't recommend
For Stella turned her back on her old man
and Stella turned her back on her mom
we'd like to say that we weren't yeomen
that we handled it with such great aplomb
We knew that to follow
would only smack of theft
we knew that to follow
would mean that we, too, left
but who knew tomorrow
would leave us so bereft
we knew that tomorrow
there'd be no tomorrow
we'd like to be with her
but time you can't borrow
we know that she doesn't
want us 'round forever
we know that tomorrow
with her just means never
we know that she left us
we know that she's left us
We didn't cry
no, we didn't cry
no, we didn't shed a tear
We didn't cry
no, we didn't cry
no, not for a steady year
We didn't cry
no, we didn't cry
no, we didn't shed a tear
We didn't cry
no, we didn't cry
no, not for Stella, dear - Track Name: Temporary Secretary
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Mister Marks
Can you find for me
Someone strong and sweet
Fitting on my knee?
She can keep her job
If she gets it wrong
Ah, but Mister Marks
I won't need her long
All I need is help
For a little while
We can take dictation
And learn to smile
And a Temporary Secretary
Is what I need
For to do the job
I need a...
Temporary Secretary
Temporary Secretaire
Mister Marks
Can you send her quick?
'Cause my regular
Has been getting sick
I need a...
Temporary Secretary.
Temporary Secretaire.
Mister Marks,
I can pay her well
If she comes along
And can stay a spell
I will promise now
That I'll treat her right
And will rarely keep her
'Til late at night
I need a
She can be a belly dancer.
I don't need a true romancer
She can be a diplomat
But I don't need a girl like that
She can be a neurosurgeon
If she's doin' nothin' urgent
What I need's a temporary
Temporary Secretary
Temporary Secretary
Temporary Secretaire
Now, Mister Marks
When I send her back
Will you please make sure
She stays on the right track?
(Now I know how hard it is
For young girls these days
In the face of everything
To stay on the right track)
She can be a belly dancer
I don't need a true romancer
She can be a diplomat
But I don't need a girl like that
She can be a neurosurgeon
If she's doin' nothin' urgent
What I need's a temporary
Temporary Secretary
Temporary Secretary
Temporary Secretaire - Track Name: Best Man
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I know it's your wedding day
but I wanna take you to dinner
I know it's your special day
and you think you've found a winner
Don't go on listenin' to me
just take my hand and we
will do whatever we want
and no one else can stop us
And if they even try
I'll pull out my big gun
and they
they will die
they will die
I know it's your wedding day
He'll get over it soon enough
or maybe I'll just kill him
and if he is too tough
then we'll just run away
And no one else can catch us
'cause cars are way too fast
no one will ever match us
we'll live beyond our caste
we'll hit back roads together
our gunhands intertwined
if we're happy together
would it be a crime
I know it's your wedding day
You know I
wouldn't think it all that bold
to steal away from him at the threshold
You know I'd
make them all forget about you
if we could just find a car fit for two
You know I
would have never dreamt of this
had we never shared that first first kiss
You know I
would have left when white winds changed
if I had ever thought we'd feel this way
You know I've
often felt in someone's way
I never wanted someone else to say
We'll hit backroads together
our gunhands intertwined
if we're happy together
would it be a crime
I know it's your wedding
I know it's your wedding
I know it's your wedding day - Track Name: Secret Identity
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Girl, I know that what you need from me
is love
but I'm afraid that it's the one thing I can't
give up
'cause my enemies
will find you
and kill you
to get to me
Girl, you know that I hate to lie
to you
but I'm afraid that it's the one thing that I
must do
'cause secret identities
are for the safety
of you
not me
This secret identity
it's killin' me
it's killin' me
This secret identity
it's killin' me
it's killin' me
This secret identity
it's killin' me
it's killin' me
This secret identity
it's killin' me
it's killin' me - Track Name: Action Lady
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I was sitting at this real big party
lookin' for some fun
I guess I was really kinda
lookin' for some one
I was lookin' for somethin' to do
maybe that
somethin' is you
I was lookin' for somethin' to do
maybe that
somethin' is you
I'm lookin' for an action lady
and I think I see her now
that eyepatch really drives me crazy
and I won't even ask how
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for an action lady
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for an action lady
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
lookin' for a
lookin' for a
How
How long
am I supposed to wait
before an action girl won't hesitate
How long
am I supposed to wait
before an action girl won't hesitate
I'm lookin' for an action lady
and I think I see her now
that eyepatch really drives me crazy
and I won't even ask how
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for an action lady
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for an action lady
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
lookin' for a
lookin' for a
How
How long
am I supposed to wait
before an action girl won't hesitate
How long
am I supposed to wait
before an action girl won't hesitate
on me
How long
am I supposed to wait
for an action girl
yea, an action girl
I'm lookin' for an action lady
and I think I see her now
that eyepatch really drives me crazy
and I wanna ask her out
I'm lookin' for somethin' to do
hopin' that
somethin' is you
I'm lookin' for somethin' to do
hopin' that
somethin' is you
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
I'm lookin' for a
lookin' for a
lookin' for a now - Track Name: Atlas
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I'm so accustomed to the weight
but I haven't learned to accept my fate
I'd really like to walk you home
but it's not because don't wanna be alone
I really like to be alone
but you know I'd always walk you home
Is it my name or pedigree
Atlas shrugged so I guess it's me
I need someone to carry me
shall I tell 'em to go on go on go on
I need someone to carry me
I need someone
I need someone to carry me
I need someone
Never need an excuse to walk you home
Never need an excuse to walk you home
I need someone to carry me
I need someone
I need someone to carry me
I need someone
I need someone to carry me
I need someone
I need someone to carry me
Never need an excuse to walk you home - Track Name: Blood Will Tell
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I did my best to carry on
I did my best to do my best
I did what any living son
would have done at your behest
We wear our veils fairly well
at least the ones I recognize
the others, I can barely tell
not much light behind those eyes
And I can't go on
singing the same song
and I won't go on
playing the same song
I was among the shouldering
the ones who watched the clock unwind
was I among the smouldering
or have I been unkind
And I can't go on
singing the same song
and I won't go on
hearing the same song
And if you were to cry
cry tonite
and if you were to cry
cry tonite
and if you were to cry
cry tonite
and if you were to cry
cry tonite
And I won't go on
Singing the same song - Track Name: Tomorrow's Date
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Waste my life
trying to do what's right
though I've never done right
come the end of the nite
Why's my life
so filled with strife
is it my own fault
that I'm under assault
I'll get yours
when you're ready for mine
but don't fret, girls
mine can come anytime
I've got time
tell me is that a crime
but I wouldn't be lying
if I claimed to be dying
Give to me
another look in the glass
let's hope that this one serves
as a kick in the ass
if I live fast
I can forget the past
so I couldn't be asked
no, I shouldn't be asked
I don't know tomorrow's date, but I
I will save it anyway
I don't have a thing to say, but I
I will say it anyway
Alter your state
when you're seeking a mate
it'll make things great
when you're out on a date
I've no shame
when it comes to this game
the stakes could be raised
and I wouldn't be fazed
Give to me
another look in the glass
I tell you, I can't see
a single line from the past
I'm not sane
but I'll sing the refrain
'cause I wanna be sane
yea, I wanna be sane
I don't know tomorrow's date, but I
I will save it anyway
I don't have a thing to say, but I
I will say it anyway
I don't know tomorrow's date, but I
I will save it anyway
I don't have a thing to say, but I
I will say it anyway
I don't have a thing to say, but I
don't have a thing to say, but I
don't have a thing to say, but I
don't have a thing to say, but I
Waste my life
trying to do right
but I've never done right
come the end of the nite
Life's too hard
so I'm breaking the glass
maybe with these shards
I can carve a new past
Give to me
the latest terminal disease
so you can all just grieve
or, at least, cry to deceive
Then you'll see
what it's like to be me
what I've always seen
what I've always believed
There's no time
I'll salute and smile
while the rest of you
count your days in denial
I've no time
and it must be a sign
that I'm not even crying
even as I lay dying
I don't know tomorrow's date, but I
I will save it anyway
I don't have a thing to say, but I
I will say it anyway
I don't know tomorrow's date, but I
I will save it anyway
I don't have a thing to say, but I
I will say it anyway - Track Name: Fancy Meeting You Here
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I never thought that I
would find you here
in my little place
that serves me beer
imagine my disdain
when your refrain
it hasn't changed a bit
it's still the same so
Hello again
we can try
we'll make it
we're gonna make it
Hello again
we'll just lie
we'll fake it
we're gonna fake it
So go on
and leave me
But please don't
deceive me
Why here now with your new look
have you a notion what it took
to finally bid your face adieu
you really haven't got a clue
What makes you think
that you'd be wanted here
in my little place
that serves me beer
why can't you stay away
for one more day
I guess there's only
one thing left to say
and that's
Hello again
please don't cry
can't take it
I can't take it
Hello again
let's just lie
let's fake it
let us fake it
So go on
and leave me
But please don't
deceive me
Why here now with your new look
have you a notion what it took
to finally bid your face adieu
you really haven't got a clue
Hello again
we can try
we'll make it
we're gonna make it
Hello again
sobs and sighs
I'll take it
I can take it
Hello again
don't you lie
don't fake it
don't you fake it
Hello again
I won't cry
I'll take it
I'll just take it
Hello again
please don't cry
can't take it
I can't take it
Hello again
we can try
we'll make it
we're gonna make it
Why here now with your new look
have you a notion what it took
to finally bid your face adieu
you really haven't got a clue
so
Hello again
Hello again
Hello again - Track Name: Mothership
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Let me down
off the mothership
I must join
the new membership
no
they won't know
Pawns galore
can't you hear it
they're ripe for
can't you see it
any war
can't you feel it
come now let me
detail you
with my latest bid
it's my best
since the pyramids
so
let me go
Born again
we're all blessed
well, as long
as the deficit
keeps the throng
under a lid
can't go wrong
won't you let me go
Oh oh no
let me go
Oh oh no
Lead them right
towards the obelisk
what's that
adage about bliss
they won't know
something's amiss
they won't know
won't you let me go
Go
Go
Go
Pawns galore
can't you hear it
they're ripe for
can't you hear it
any war
can't you hear it
wait there's more
come now let me go
Let me go
they won't know
let me go
Feed them right
to the edifice
what's that
adage about bliss
they won't know
something's amiss
they're too slow
won't you let me go
Let me go
they won't know
so let me go
Come now sir
can't you hear it
please, monsieur
can't you hear it
must concur
can't you feel it
come now, sir
come now and let me go - Track Name: Ladykiller
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Everywhere I go
When I go
I am going for you
Tell me what to say
Tell me when to say
I'll say it for you
I know who to be
I know where to be
Be there for you
I know what to do
I know what to do
Do it for you
Oh, I wanna be there with you
Tell me where to turn
Tell me who to turn
Turn 'em for you
Tell me who to burn
I know who to burn
Burn 'em for you
I know what to do
I know what to do
Do it to you
I know what I must do
Know what I must do
Must do for you
Oh, I wanna be there with you
Everything is changed
Yes, it's changed
And it's changed by you
My life's rearranged
Rearranged
Rearranged by you
I know what to do
I know what to do
Do it to you
I know what I must do
Know what I must do
Must kill you
Oh, I wanna be there with you - Track Name: Gay Guy
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I'm goin' downtown tonite
I've been thinkin' 'bout startin' a fight
prob'ly with a gay guy
think I could take a gay guy
Been havin' it kinda rough lately
wonderin' if my sorrows came innately
maybe I'm a gay guy
what if I am a gay guy
Oh, no
I close my eyes when I go to bed
I'd like to say I see the girl I wed
but that would be a lie
I'm probably a gay guy
Oh, I'm lookin' at dudes' butts
He sees himself in a different light
Every night
He doesn't know if he's wrong or right
Every night
Another urge that he has to fight
Every night
It's out of mind and he's outta sight
Every night
He sees himself in a different light
Every night
He doesn't know if he's wrong or right
Every night
Another urge that he has to fight
Every night
It's out of mind and he's outta sight
Every night
He sees himself in a different light
Every night
He doesn't know if he's wrong or right
Every night
Another urge that he has to fight
Every night
It's out of mind and he's outta sight
Every night
Yea, I'm gay
I'm gay
Yea, I'm gay
I'm gay
Yea, I'm a gay guy
and I'm lookin' at dudes' butts - Track Name: Salvage Mission
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Floating in space
I never thought I'd see you again
I was braced
for impact, captain
But there you were
I thought you were dead
I knew you weren't
Your ship was wrecked
somewhere off-world
pirates had hit
but left the girl
Thank the stars
I knew I'd find you again
I knew I would
Now I've found you
I won't let you
now I've found you
I won't let you go
Soaring through space
while estranged
you should know
I have changed
Thank the stars
I knew I'd find you again
I knew I would
Light years apart
we remain
stars have been crossed
we are the same
I have returned
I've traveled so far
{ TRANSMISSION GARBLE }
Now I've found you
I won't let you
now I've found you
I won't let you go