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I CAN’T STOP (the “Mike can’t remember the words” version)

Crazy men do crazy things.
“gimme all you got tonight” the radio sings…(click)
I would drive a million miles today,
still get rejected, but I wanna play —
I see the world where people do what they meant to (HA)
Look at that, over there,
(mumble mumble) got a care,
can’t help thinking that it isn’t fair – ah,
Hope to God I don’t become like him,
Will I remember how I felt when I wrote this,
Or am I singing this with my brain off?

(Answer to question just posed: Yes, you are, dipshit)

Call a cop. I can’t stop.
I might drop drop drop. I can’t stop.

I’m the pawn. I’m the toy.
In this world o’men I’m the little boy
Sooner or later there will come a time
Ehhll I can raise my head above the slime
I’ll take a deep long breath and NIN like a moron, wah
Look at that, over there,
He hasn’t got a care,
Can’t help thinking that it isn’t fair.
Hope to God I don’t become like him,
Will I remember how I felt when I wrote this,
Or am I singing this with my brain off?

(Answer: still yes.)

Call a cop. I can’t stop.
I might drop drop drop. I can’t stop.

(A lengthy solo ensues.)

Call a cop. I can’t stop.
I might drop drop drop. I can’t stop.

(A nice little improv section here. I like the way it resolves just before
the vocal comes back in.)

Faces lie, handshakes hurt.
Telephone just makes you feel like dirt.
Thing they great you think you got the knack
Oo in a conference can we call you back
FROM NOW ON I RESOLVE TO AVOID HUMILIATION (right)
Look at that, over there,
He hasn’t got a care,
I can’t help thinking that it isn’t fair.
(Sung with genuine anguish at my own inability to remember the words):
I CLIMB ABOARD A BIG JET PLANE
TAKE A TRIP RIGHT TO HIS HOME AND WHILE HE’S SLEEPING PAINT THIS ON HIS BEDROOM WALL IN PIG BLOOD

Call a cop. I can’t stop.
I might drop drop drop. I can’t stop.

Call a cop. I can’t stop.
I might drop. I can’t stop.

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from Half Alive in Hollywood, released August 27, 1996

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Mike Keneally San Diego, California

Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.

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