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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Sticky Pickles

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Got an idea
Could be a hit
Sticky pickles
This'll be it
Sticky pickles
Nobody bit
I didn't sell a-one
 
Figured my friends
Would like em a lot
Sticky pickles
That's what I thought
Sticky pickles
Nobody bought them
Cause the sticky part
Would tend to flake off
 
Oh well!
Back to the lab
We 're gonna give this plan
A stab
We 're gonna find all the stickiest things
 
Industrial glue
Tape and shampoo
Caramel apples
And Charleston Chew
Because the stickier
That is the pickle
The sweeter the livin
 
Made a new batch
Set up a store
Sticky pickles
Profits galore
Sticky Pickles
People adore
The way the way they patch up holes
Delicilously!
 
Your tools will be replaced
Who needs a staple gun
Or paste
When youve got my secretest blend
Industrial glue
Tape and shampoo
Caramel apples
And Charleston Chew
Because the stickier
That is the pickle
The sweeter the livin
 
 
Copyright 2005 Zach London

Stella

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From "Jupiter the Balloon Horse"


She calls me
Her play is in Queens
Come by, we'll catch up after
She's Stella
I know what that means
A Streetcar Named Disaster

I'm standing
In your audience
Your monologue is clear as dirt
Abandon ship
No offense
Your accent makes my ears hurt

There is no button
For self-destruction
You think that sucks
I will show you suction
There is no button
For self-destruction
You think that sucks
I will show you
Will show you
Will show you

Got flowers
To hide my disgust
She'll want a talkback after
She must know I love her it's just
I hate those wanks who cast her

There is no button
For self-destruction
You think that sucks
I will show you suction
There is no button
For self-destruction
You think that sucks
I will show you suction


(Greg Kutcher - additional guitar, banjo, mandolin)

Copyright 2007 Zach London

Stegosaurus

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My name is Stegosaurus,
I'm a funny looking dinosaur
For on my back are many bony spikes
And on my tail are more.

My front legs are built very short
My back legs are built long.
I feel that this is very strange,
I'm put together wrong.


Author unknown.
Recording copyright 1998 Zach London

Steal a Man a Fish

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From "Forced to Breed in Captivity"

Ive got a red ribbon around my bronze bust
But these golden scissors are gathering dust
I'm asymptotically close to a breakthrough
Ive burned through pack after pack of double As
For my thinking cap, thank you
Thank you
When they hand me the award I'll say
Thank you
To the Academy and members of The Board
Thank you
But in case you haven't been tipped off
Everything I ever did was ripped off

Steal a man a fish
And he'll eat for a meal
But teach a
Teach a man
Teach a man to steal
Steal a man a fish
And he'll eat for a meal
But teach a
Teach a man
Teach a man how to steal

Weve all heard that song before
Weve all heard that song before
Bang your chest until you 're sore
But weve all heard that song before

Youve got a kitten asleep in your lap
Id like to take her place but Id probably get slapped
Ive been looking for ways to impress you
For days, but all I got
Is what's I read off some of the bumpers in my parking lot
The black Silverado
Says Jesus is Lord
The black Silverado
Says Baby on Board
The black Silverado
Says Jesus is Lord
The other stickers in the window
Calvin pissing on Ford so

Steal a man a fish
And he'll eat for a meal
But teach a
Teach a man
Teach a man to steal
Steal a man a fish
And he'll eat for a meal
But teach a
Teach a man
Teach a man how to steal

Weve all heard that song before
Weve all heard that song before
Bang your chest until you 're sore
But weve all heard that song before

Steal a man a fish
And he'll eat for a meal
But teach a
Teach a fish
And he'll steal for a lifetime
Steal a man a fish
And he'll eat for a meal
But teach a
Teach a man
Teach a man how to steal


(Lauren London - additional vocals)

Copyright 2004 Zach London

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