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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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Brahman and the Crawfish

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From "Ground Beef"

Brahman and the Crawfish
One is so standoffish
Enemies in the wild
But roommates here
How will they ever get along

Brahman and the Crawfish
One is so standoffish
Enemies in the wild
But roommates here
How will they ever get along


(Lauren London - additional vocals)

Copyright 1999 Zach London

Blankety Blank

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Holding on with cheeks puffed out and face turning blue,
Tried exfoliating, but I've got you sub q
We had a fall
We had a falling out party in the street
Your friends and loved ones beamed
The dance was shipwreck-themed
And the ghost of Gordon Lightfoot
Sang O Canada, Our Home
When I pretend I'm resigned
Not violence nor eyelash batting will change my mind

Wasting staples, staples curling up like dead bugs
Don't be such a blankety blank, the Oracle shrugs
I've got a monopoly on irons in the fire
But I can't screw up my nerve
So I get what I deserve
In the litmus paper shadow
Of the Palmer House Hotel
There I pretend I'm resigned
And not violence nor eyelash batting will change my mind

(Greg Kutcher - electric guitar
Lauren London - additional backup vocals
Russell Schwartz - additional backup vocals
Geoffroy Sisk - lead vocals)


Copyright 2009 Zach London

Black Eye

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From "Forced to Breed in Captivity"


I look good but I don't look that good
Somethings missing and I don't know what
I look good but I don't look that good
I want to shape up, want to shape up

Well you look good, but you don't look that good
Somethings missing and I'll tell you what
You look like you need a little tender lovin
And you look like you need to get whupped, whupped, whupped

Because a big black eye is the new little black dress
Everybody on the runways got one
Going to a party and you want to look your best
You 're going to have get smacked upside the head

Zach, can you come here and give me a shiner
Lauren, do you think that I'm a fashion designer
Good point, if a girl wants someone to damage her
She shouldn't go to an amateur

Because a big black eye is the new little black dress
Everybody on the runways got one
Going to a party and you want to look your best
You 're going to have get smacked upside the head

Well I don't think women should be beaten
Well it's a lot easier than not eatin
Why would you do this to your body
It makes me feel like a hottie

Because a big black (censored) is the new little black (censored)
Everybody on the runways got one
Going to a party and you want to look your best
You 're going to have get smacked upside the head

A big black eye is the new little black dress
Everybody on the runways got one
Going to a party and you want to look your best
You 're going to have get smacked upside the head


(Lauren London - additional vocals)

Copyright 2004 Zach London

Bite the Shank Baune

Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone, Baby.
Mmmm, mmmmmm.

Walkin' free in the streets of ancient Egypt
As I pass the doors I wonder - what smells so bad
I turn my head and sigh and say goodbye to plagues gone by
And I can feel the mounting tears of the years I've had.

I see the bloody entrails of a goat,
And I want to take all the Egyptians by the throat and say...

Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone, Baby.
Mmmm, mmmmmm.

All the Hebrew homes had stapled bones that shone security
And purity and were attached onto the door.
Nine plagues have gone so far and not a scar on Pharoah's heart
He treats them just as hard and they're as tired as before.

I see the spoiled sinews of a sheep.
And I want the Angel of Death to pass over me in my sleep...

Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone, Baby.
Mmmm, mmmmmm.

Mr. Death has done his rounds and all the goyish sons are found
A-bakin' in a big Egyptian barbeque.
Ee-lu hotzi, hotzi anu, hotzi anu mi mitzraim,
Hotzi anu mi mitzraim, dayenu.

I see the pascal lamb agleam, and know
It cost my father two zuzim, and so...

Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone, Baby.
Mmmm, mmmmmm.

And among the casualties was Pharoah's son.
The Angel of Death showed God's might
In one big celestial hit and run.
Pharoah bit the shank bone that night.

Pharoah's heart unhardened and the Hebrew slaves were pardoned
And the heavens said this leavened bread's ridiculous.
We started out our famous quest but if you want to find out
Just what happened next you'll have to read Leviticus.

I see the spike-ed giblets of a ram, and I realize
Pharoah could change his mind at any time, so let's scram

And we all say
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone.
Ooh... Bite the Shank Bone, Baby.
Mmmm, mmmmmm.


(Maury Loeb - co-author
Mitch Rotter - co-author)

No recording available
Copyright 1992 Zach London

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