The Hard Taco Project
is a Simple Concept

I will write and record one song a month,
every month, until I am dead



I have been doing this since
1993 and so far my health is good.

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#1 Stepdad

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From "Tender is the Heart"


He drinks his rum and cola
Then he hops in his Corolla
He says he's off to bowl a perfect game
But he never breaks 230
'Cause the lanes, he says, are dirty
And he isn't my real father
But he loves me just the same

My real dad wasn't openly racist
My real dad never used naughty words
But Stepdad,
I think you're the greatest
Here's a big hug
And a Father's Day mug that says
#1 Stepdad
#1 Stepdad

He drinks his rum and cola
Then he hops in his Corolla
He says he's off to bowl a perfect game
His name is Glenn and he's my friend
He's got his own kids but I don't like them
And he isn't my real father but he
Loves me just the
Let's make it work for Mom's sake

(Thellea Leveque - additional vocals
Lauren London - additional vocals)

Copyright 2002 Zach London

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From "Black Bean"

Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!
Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!

Does anyone know Dime, Dime, Nickel
It goes, uh, Dime, Dime, Nickel

Dime! Dime! Nickel! Oy! Oy! Oy!
Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!

Can we do
No!
But I wanted to do
Hold on love, shut your gap!
We're doing Dime, Dime, Penny, Penny, Penny Penny

Dime! Dime! Penny! Penny! Penny! Penny! Penny!
Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!

Allright you lot!
I bet you've never heard this one.
This one has no dimes!
Four nickels, and then straight on into the pennies with you.

Nickel! Nickel! Nickel! Nickel!
Penny! Penny! Penny! Penny! Penny!
Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!
Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!


(Jeff Kleiner - reveler
Lauren London - reveler
Ty Morse - reveler)

Copyright 2001 Zach London

Durga McBroom (The Charleston Troll)

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Instrumental

(Tom Kirchoffer - drums)

Copyright 1995 Zach London

Dumb it Down

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From "Black Bean"

Freud said it but I said it too
So we've got to give the credit
Where the credit is due
Is it nature Nurture
It's all the same
Either way your parents
Are the ones to blame
We've got the school psychologist
On the phone,
Saying someone doesn't get enough
Attention at home
Is it nature Nurture
It's all the same
Either way your parents are the ones to blame

Now I'm lying in the mud
And the mud starts to boil
I sweat hot wax and I spit hot oil
I've got enough rage to melt the whole block
I'm the midnight train on the Doomsday Clock
And I'm
Pulling up to the station
A one-way ticket to alienation
Is it nature Nurture
It's all the same
Either way your parents are the ones to blame

Why do I try
You think the world is
So cut and dry
But I will not
I will not
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
Any further I won't
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
I can't scream without making a sound
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
Any further I won't
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
I can't scream without making a sound

T minus
What's the T minus
'Til I throw down with America's finest
Linus and Lucy, Mozart, Debussy
Give me something more juicy
I'm just another product of industrial shock
I keep my hands on the red telephone
And my fans in a headlock
It's a deadlock, a standard precaution
'Cause every dirty mind needs a good brainwashin'

Get me a bill for the bouncer
A tattoo gun and a vocational counselor
It's a round world
And I'm square like a Velamint
A breakdown of emotional development
I'll never be squat
And that's a good thing
So show the world what you've got
Between your index and ring
Is it nature Nurture
It's all the same
Either way your parents are the ones to blame

Why do I try
You think the world is
So cut and dry
But I will not
I will not
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
Any further I won't
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
I can't scream without making a sound
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
Any further I won't
Dumb it down
Dumb it down, down
I can't scream without making a sound.


Copyright 2002 Zach London

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