Jesse, Sophia, and the Broken Bottle
Music
Release Date: 08/21/2009
JJAHBG's raucous, rambunctious 2009 album Jesse, Sophia, and the Broken Bottle is garage punk at it's finest. Coming one year after their sprawling sophomore masterpiece We are Legend elevated them to cult stardom, JJAHBG's third album switches gears, opting for a focused, primal attack. Powered by Jesse’s ferocious blues slide guitar work, Jesse, Sophia, and the Broken Bottle's thirteen tracks assault the eardrums with pure rock fury. The music is punk at it's core, yet shaped by the album's namesake broken bottle slide, crafting a truly one of a kind sound.
Tracklist
The Badger
Say Hello to the Bad Guy
The Woods
Shane’s Birthday Blues
Gangsta Wolf
I’d Rather Be…
Just Say No
The Duck
Gone Whalin’
Revolt on the Mind
Rockstar Jesus
Roar with Me
Splash!
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Lyrics
the badger
Well, I heard that you stopped by my apartment late last night
You were really ticked off and steaming for a fight
But I wasn't home and my sister was and my sister beat you up
Well, I heard that you and sis exchanged some heated words
You called her some nasty things and shooted her the bird
But you shouldn't swear to my sis my dear cause she will beat you up
Well, I heard that it really was not much of a fight
My sister really cleaned your clock and knocked out all the lights
First she hit your jaw, then you hit the floor
Well she really beat you up
Well, all the neighbors thought a war was going on
They called the ambulance to scrape you off the lawn
And you were revived and whisked away in time before she could beat you more
Well, you made up some story about some stairs
To explain all the blood on your face and hair
Didn't want to tell, ass beat by a gal, that my sister beat you up
Well, my sister was very quick to brag
Not to mention calling you a little wussy
Now they all know, what you didn't show, that my sister beat you up
Well, I heard that you stopped by my apartment late last night
You were really ticked off and steaming for a fight
I heard that you stopped by my apartment late last night
You were really ticked off and steaming for a fight
I heard that you stopped by my apartment late last night
You were really ticked off and steaming for a fight
I heard that you stopped by my apartment late last night
You were really ticked off and steaming for a fight
But I wasn't home and my sister was and my sister beat you up
And my sister beat you up
say hello to the bad guy
I'm sitting on the puter just staring at the screen
I'm hopping on that Craigslist
I think I'll buy something
And what do I see?
A solid pound of crack
And I said to myself, "Son, thats a lot of smack"
I saw it in a want ad, and I said, "I want that"
Nobody didn't tell me that it was a felony
I emailed the seller
We had a pleasant talk
And in 6-8 weeks they mailed me my rock
Oh, I was such a pimp, a little gangster too
I be dealing my crack on the mean streets of school
Just want to be like Scarface
Kicking it like always
Nobody didn't tell me that it was a felony
Well, I saw it in a want ad, and I said, "I want that"
Nobody didn't tell me that it was a felony
Oh, I be stacking paper, making hand over fist
Some teachers start to wonder and some are getting pissed
They organize a sting and somebody gets caught
And it wasn't even me, just some dope who bought
Call it a happy ending that I'm not suspending
A boy not quite 8 kicking it like Scarface
Well, I saw it in a want ad, and I said, "I want that"
Nobody didn't tell me that it was a felony
the woods
Little boy lost his way out playing in the woods all day
Dark has come to fading light
Ain't gonna make it home tonight
Little boy is me in an unknown territory
Sitting in the dark alone he cries and wishes he were home
Well, I've been told all my life
I'm being watched by a seeing eye
Bow my knees, clasp my hands, I tilt my head, and shut my eyes and
I turn to the sky and I ask why, oh why
But you can't get nothing from nothing, yeah
No one hears his cries
No one seems to care
His audience consists of cicadas and an owl's stare
Oh, you can only live in fear for so long, then you're through
That little boy, he realized that he'd been played for a fool because
I turn to the sky and I ask why, oh why
But you can't get nothing from nothing, yeah
No you can’t get nothing
It’s true, no
You can’t get nothing from nothing, yeah
Oh little boy
Little boy, little boy
Why don't you realize the potential in yourself?
Oh little boy, no need to cry
Because you can reach down to a god deep inside
You've had it all along
Been dormant so long
A gift these automatons can't touch
You belong
Now that you know that the night is not so long
Now that you know that your tears are dried and gone
Now that you know that you love that rustling song
Now that you know that the woods are now your home
I turn to the sky and I laugh, not cry
But you can't get nothing from nothing, yeah
No you can’t get nothing
It’s true, no
You can’t get nothing from nothing, yeah
Shane’s birthday blues
You leave me alone
You drive me out of my mind
Your intentions are good
You only mean to be kind
You bring me a cake
And toys for me to play
But the joke is on you
Because I weren’t born today
I was never born
I merely am
I get everywhere like strawberry jam
You bring me a cake
And toys for me to play
But the joke is on you
Because I weren’t born today
So you take those gifts and back away
Oh, hell with it
I’ll take em anyway
Oh, is that it?
Now I want more because I’m just like you
A consumer whore
You bring me a cake
And toys for me to play
But the joke is on you
Because I weren’t born today
Gangsta Wolf
Well I was born here out on these streets
No one to love me, no one rubbing my feets
Have a little success moving that rock
And all these posers start riding my jock
All these posers start riding my jock
Well I'm just trying to make that bread
But now these fools, they’re all wanting me dead
Almost got shanked three times yesterday
Word on the streets there’s a hit out for me
Well I'm just shining
People gotta be hating
I ain’t trying to hear that situation
Well even straight G's like me need a hero
Only, hes gotta be a thug too
Someone who’s bold, someone who’s daring
And ain't afraid to stand up for you
Yeah, ain’t afraid to stand up for you
Well I know someone, mild mannered by day
Until the break of full moon's light
There’s a boom, a flash, and a puff of smoke
And Gangsta Wolf walks the night
And Gangsta Wolf walks the night
He can sniff out the G's from the haters
With his discerning wolf's nose
And if you're trying to steal someones shine
Well, his teeth are in terrible rows
He’s out of the bush and into your mind
He ain’t psychological too
With teeth on your head, a claw in your eye
Well, it’s brain he loves to chew
Well, it’s brain he loves to chew
The kids these days, they're all hipping and hopping
They don’t know what the jazz is about
And they ain’t got no respect for the game
They be stealing your shine and they stealing your clout
Stealing your shine and they stealing your clout
Maybe I should retire to Argentina
With them fine hoes and fine wine
But I know, for someone like myself
Them thoughts are way out of line
Because a G's got no better help than I got
With Gangsta Wolf guarding my back
So I keeps it real, and if you try to be hating
He'll have you for a snack
He’s out of the bush and into your mind
He ain’t psychological too
With teeth on your head, a claw in your eye
Well, it’s brain he loves to chew
Well, it’s brain he loves to chew
Well, it’s brain he loves to chew
Well, it’s brain he loves to chew
i'd rather be...
Chilling in my crib, up to no good
Phone blowing up, maybe I should pick it up
It’s you on the line
Want me to go out and have a good time
You say you have a friend who’s throwing a party
Where everybody's drunk and getting sexy
"Hey man, you want to have some fun?"
"I think I'm just going to sit out this one"
You sound quite shocked, don't know what to say
Did i already have plans today?
"Well no..."
"What would you rather do?"
Well to be honest, I'd rather be...
Sitting in my car with the top down
Holding my whole block on the lock down
My Kalashnikov is out there spitting dogs
Even the tamale van takes a couple slugs
And no, I ain't crazy
I just got the gangster mentality
Trodding down the streets with my iron-shod feet
Don't give me your days
Give me your weeks, your weeks
Your weeks
Don’t give me your days
Give me your weeks
What did I say? Well uh
I’d rather be sitting in my car with the top down
Holding my whole block on the lock down
My Kalashnikov is out there spitting dogs
Even the tamale van takes a couple slugs
And no, I ain't crazy
I just got the gangster mentality
Trodding down the streets with my iron-shod feet
Don't give me your days
Give me your weeks, your weeks
What did I say?
Give me your weeks
I said what did I just say?
Give me your weeks
"Yeah, you know, that’s cool
I think I'll just head down there without you"
"Yeah man, you know, do what you gotta do
Because I think I just found something better to do"
"Yeah, sure. I'll think about you when I take that fly honey home tonight"
"Aww, you know I appreciate it, but you know where I'll be"
I’ll be sitting in my car with the top down
Holding my whole block on the lock down
My Kalashnikov is out there spitting dogs
Even the tamale van takes a couple slugs
And no, I ain't crazy
I just got the gangster mentality
Trodding down the streets with my iron-shod feet
Don't give me your days
Give me your weeks
Give me your weeks
Just say no
I smell a man
Smells like the can
Turn on the fan
Sitting there in a kiddie pool filled with drool
Some kind of tool
Well one morning it dawned on me
Men don't walk the streets to fetch me some of that cash
They’re like a rash, raiding my stash
I ain’t trying to hate
But you got to admit that men are pretty lame
All I gotta say is fuck men
I'm over men, so over men
So you all can go to hell
I'm over men, so over men
So you all can go to hell
They like to build
They like to fight
They’re like termites
I feel like squashing some bugs
They're hairy lugs with ugly mugs and big fat guts from drinking beers
They’re scared of queers
Hygiene gives them absolute fits
Covered in zits
They got no tits
I ain’t trying to hate
But you got to admit that men are pretty lame
All I gotta say is fuck men
I'm over men, so over men
So you all can go to hell
I'm over men, so over men
So you all can go to hell
I ain’t trying to hate
But you got to admit that men are pretty lame
All I gotta say is fuck men
I'm over men, so over men
So you all can go to hell
I'm over men, so over men
So you all can go to hell
the duck
Little duckling entered our wide world by breaking out her shell
Little did she realize, shes breaking into hell
Born to live all her life as a number in a line
Limited by the threat of snake and fox and swine
Little duckling follows her mama to the water now
Can't explain just how she swims, she just knows how
She gets them to the water so now mama's done
Sorry little duckling
From now on you're on your own
Upthrust from the quiet life of complacency
Now its up to little duckling to think on her feet
Hadn't even grown her feathers yet when mama flew away
Going to have to find a way to live if she wants to stay
If she wants to stay
If she wants to stay
Unsuspectingly she wandered up to a hunter with a gun
And just like that, old life ends
A new one has just begun
The hunter takes her home and fills her little head with some brand new dreams
He takes a little duckling and transforms her into a killing machine
No more fish and no more crumbs
Now she thirsts for blood
Seasons come, seasons go, and she wanders back into her hood
Little duckling paddles about the pond saying hi to her old friends
Says shes been out soaring the sky tasting all of the cool winds
Accordingly, they take off in their old Flying V
Awaiting down below is the hunter though, and hes got company
With a boom boom boom and a pow pow pow
Ducks fall from the sky
The baying of the hounds fills the evening now and i think you know why
Down below little duckling sits enjoying all of this
The killing, the slaughter, and all the carnage transports her to bliss
When what does she see
A familiar form on the ground
That’s her mama there
All shot in half and drowned
The memories flood to her head and tears flood from her eyes
The mama who abandoned her still holds a place deep inside
Oh what has she done?
Throwing her kind to these cruel men
She knows what to them is fun is to her a grievous sin
Slowly she spreads her wings and takes to the sky
Our poor hero knows that this will be her last flight
With a boom boom boom and a pow pow pow
Ducks fall from the sky
The baying of the hounds fills the evening now and I think you know why
Down below our duckling lies all shot full of holes
And what happened to his favorite pet?
Well, the hunter will never know
And what happened to his favorite pet?
Well, the hunter will never know
The hunter will never know
The hunter will never know
gone whalin’
I'm in my car
I'm off to sea
And if they ask I've gone whaling
So bring them big
Don't show me small
Take my harpoon and spear them all
I cruise the land looking for fish with big blowholes
I get my wish
I like them large
Don't fit my boat
Tow them behind with a bit of rope
So bring them big
Don't show me small
Take my harpoon and spear them all
I prefer to whale at night
They're in the mood
The time is right
I catch the fish
I take her home
Tell my roommate leave us alone
So bring them big
Don't show me small
Take my harpoon and spear them all
So bring them big
Don't show me small
Take my harpoon and spear them all
You and the Captain can make it happen
revolt on the mind
Oh, its Friday night, uh huh
The streets alive, uh huh
Got Jesse on the airwaves and revolt on the mind
We going to start a fight
We going to start a riot and we ain't going to quit until he’s dictator for life
We ain't going to stop
We ain't going to stop
Small minds make things happening
Yeah, we ain't going to stop
We ain't going to, we ain't going to stop at all
We live with a knife poised next to a rope
Tied onto an anvil that perched above the knife
We ain't going to, we ain't going to stop at all
We can't stop, we can't stop, or fall, yeah
Well, its Friday night, uh huh
The streets alive, uh huh
Got Jesse on the airwaves and revolt on the mind
We going to start a fight
We going to start a riot and we ain't going to quit until he’s dictator for life
So it begins
Phone drops from hand to floor
Bottle of whiskey by the door
El Presidente is now deceased
No implicating old Jesse
Well guess who's there to take the reins while all the people shout his name
Palace guard don't stand a chance while all the generals do the whiskey dance
Balcony there, they shout his name
He stands above and is acclaimed
“Yes,” he says, “I'll rule this land
And crush it in my iron hand
Now listen all you puny slaves
Do as I say, and I'll take you far
Now give me a beer, give me a woman
But most of all give me a guitar
Why?
Why?
Because its Friday night, uh huh
The streets alive, uh huh
Got Jesse on the airwaves and revolt on the mind
We going to start a fight
We going to start a riot and we ain't going to quit until he’s dictator for life
Its Friday night, uh huh
The streets alive, uh huh
Got Jesse on the airwaves and revolt on the mind
We going to start a fight
We going to start a riot and we ain't going to quit until he’s dictator for life
rockstar jesus
Here in the park under the shadow of a lark
The air feels cool on my skin as I prepare to sing again
A single lock of hair falls below my eyes
I fancy myself quite the prophet in disguise
“Who is this man?” they say, “With the bags under his eyes?”
“Who is this man?” they say, “With the empty hat by his side?”
“Who is that man who sings us uplifting songs?”
“Who is that man who urges us to sing along?”
Well I am not a man, but the instrument of your salvation
Flock to me my little sheep
Let my shine bring you
Bring you peace
My epic career path has already been mapped out
All my label is waiting for is enough hype to bring it about
Sell a million records, download a million songs
Then martyr my earthly body to drugs and alcohol
Who was that man who sang us uplifting songs?
Who was that man who urged us all to sing along?
How I wish he could still be here with us today
Guess I'll just go on his website and pay to see him play
Well I am not a man, but the instrument of your salvation
Flock to me my little sheep
Let my shine bring you
Bring you peace
Well I am not a man, but the instrument of your salvation
Flock to me my little sheep
Let my shine bring you
Bring you peace
I am not a man, but the instrument of your salvation
Flock to me my little sheep
Let my shine bring you
Bring you peace
roar with me
Roar like a tiger chilling in a lair
Roar like a lion dominate the prairie
Roar like a bear who's roaring on a dare
I roar in their face get out of my hair
All these motherfuckers try and invade my island
Poking their nose in the space where I sit
I’ve had quite enough of them nosing about
So, gather your breath and give a big shout
And roar with me
Yes roar with me
Show these rookies who they’re dealing with
Spittle on their face and make their ears bleed
They pay no heed
They still bother me
Time for more desperate measures before I go crazy
I build a fire straight on the lake
Watch that water bubble and bake
Can't get through
Well, what's it gonna take?
We got national security at stake
Celebratory toast and butter
When what do I see but a coast guard cutter
Dousing them flames before I can utter
Oh you silly buggers
The smoke and steam mix
Draping my island with a gray veil
Completely obscuring the outside world
And for just a moment, I can dream that I am alone
And I am happy
Alas, ‘tis just a dream...
My next scheme is a plague of aphids
Making them scratch in different places
But those tourists bring their pesticides
Ruin my game which I thought so wise
Next I attack with a storm of monkeys
Throwing their feces smelling so funky
They halt the attack just so they can have sex
Stupid ass monkeys
I tell them they next
Now these tools go and file a complaint
Protesting all my schemes to date
They lock me up in an iron cage and watch me pace and rumble and rage
Oh you bloody cake eating fools
You've pissed me off some more
I'll have all your gizzards in a sling
Just wait, you'll see what wrath I can bring
Roar like a tiger chilling in a lair
Roar like a lion dominate the prairie
Roar like a bear who's roaring on a dare
I roar in their face get out of my hair
All these motherfuckers try and invade my island
Poking their nose in the space where I sit
I’ve had quite enough of them nosing about
So, gather your breath and give a big shout
And roar with me
Yes roar with me
Show these rookies who they’re dealing with
Spittle on their face and make their ears bleed
Roar with me
Roar with me
Roar with me
Roar with me
Oh you bloody cake eating fools
You've pissed me off some more
I'll have all your gizzards in a sling
Just wait, you'll see what wrath I can bring
So roar with me
Yes roar with me
Show these rookies who they dealing with
Spittle on their face and make their ears bleed
splash!
The school is quiet
Class is out
The halls, the halls are empty
The dorms are too
Got time to kill before heading out
So you tell me whats a young man to do?
Come on
Stairwell
Garbage bag
Let it go
Watch it splash
Well I think that this is boring
Cooped up inside, out its pouring
Why don't we get extra high and find some way to pass the time
Well, we got weapons of mass destruction
Let the dorm witness eruption of some good old fashioned mischief
Enough to make that old dean throw some fits
Well lets get this starting small filling bottles in the hall
Armed and ready, relocate
Flip the switch and detonate
Can we go bigger?
Yes we can
From cardboard box to garbage can
Make our own Niagara Falls in our own lowly Ruef Hall
What’s a young man to do?
Come on
Stairwell
Garbage bag
Let it go
Watch it splash
Public safety, paid by the hour to contest our air power
When they come to investigate
Just simply pretend to masturbate
I didn't see and I didn't hear
Yeah, well I certainly don't have no beer
Well, I if i see them, I'll make a fuss
Because they should know that its dangerous
It’s dangerous?
Oh, actually they don’t
But what’s a young man to do?
Come on
Stairwell
Garbage bag
Let it go
And watch it splash
Stairwell
Garbage bag
Let it go
And watch it splash
Splash