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Ratmen Are Sort of a Person Too

From "Vainglorious"

Ratmen have feelings
Feelings of gladness
Ratmen are sort of a person, too

Ratmen feel open
Open and tender
Ratmen are sort of a person, too

When I feel alone in the dark
I call upon my throng
Then I feel at home in the dark
And I'm one third a rat, baby
How 'bout that
And a couple thirds a man
And a couple thirds a man

Ratmen are people
People with rat heads
Ratmen are sort of a person, too

Ratmen ride bicycles
Bicycles with baskets
Ratmen are sort of a person, too

When I feel alone in the dark
I call upon my throng
Then I feel at home in the dark
And I'm one third a rat, baby
How 'bout that
And a couple thirds a man
And a couple thirds a man

Greg Kutcher - additional guitars
Lauren London - additional vocals

Copyright 2012 Zach London

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From "Vainglorious"

Hey hey DJJ play a song I know know

Not this monotone stuff I never heard before fore

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To get to a song that I know

Hey hey DJJ play a song I know know

Not this monotone stuff I never heard before fore

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To hear a song I know

Black tie reunion coming soon in the student union

I've shown up all grown up and of course, superhuman

Here we're all too glad to enumerate successes

Swapping email addresses and swapping guesses about

The whereabouts

Of friends we used to care about and swear about

Now we speculate about and share about

Who is famous, who was sworn in

In rehab or reborn, and who

Dropped out of school

Or who just dropped without warning

Who fell off a ski lift

And whose leg's full of pins

Who got a nose job as push gift

For pushing out twins

I ran into what's his name out by the punch

Did you hear that he came out

No, but I had a hunch

So let's take a little frolic through our mutual regression

You were stalking Mayim Bialik and had issues with aggression

Now a workaholic with a hairline in recession

Who has borderline systolic hypertension and depression

Running a boutique firm with a corporate gym

Hello Where's my idiot friend, 'cause you're not him

Everyone I know

Really let themselves go

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Everyone I know

Really let themselves go

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Hey hey DJJ play a song I know know

Not this monotone stuff I never heard before fore

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To get to a song that I know

Hey hey DJJ play a song I know know

Not this monotone stuff I never heard before fore

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To hear a song I know

Do you ever want to get

Unstuck in time like Vonnegut

All the

Time

Do you ever want to get

Unstuck in time like Vonnegut

All the

Time

So dial it back a bit

A bit more

Dial it back a lot

What did I say to stir up

Sir Sad-Sack-alot

Life derailed after your first failed maririage

And your second wife bailed after the first miscarriage and I'd

Really really like to help you grieve, K

But I gotta leave, K

So let go of my sleeve, K

Hey, how's maternity

God, it's been an eternity

Remember when we, um, at D Tau fraternity

Wait, that wasn't me, no that was my roommate

Pathetic

That even I get us confused

I guess we both look kind of Semitic

Those were the nerdy years

The gloriously dirty years

We used to make fun of 'em

Now that I'm one of 'em

Trust no one over thirty years

So raise a glass to what was

Raise a keg to what wasn't

Life goes on but our music taste doesn't

Hey hey DJJ play a song I know know

Not this monotone stuff I never heard before fore

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To get to a song that I know

Hey hey DJJ play a song I know know

Not this monotone stuff I never heard before fore

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To hear a song I know

Everyone I know

Really let themselves go

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Everyone I know

Really let themselves go

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I I was in junior high a long time ago oh

Ever since I can't stand what's on the radio oh

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To get to a song that I know

Hey hey DJJ play a song I know know

Not this monotone stuff I never heard before fore

This okay, this is so so

So what do I have to say

To hear a song I know

(Lauren London - additional vocals

Scarlett London - additional vocals)

The Ni'ihau Incident

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From "Vainglorious"

Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand
Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand
Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand
Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand

(Act One)

Nishikaichi crash lands
Slamming into his instruments
Kaleohano finds him
(End scene)
Seizes the pilot's sidearm
Struggles to find interpreters
Enter Harada and wife, Irene

Cross stage left
Cue the fog
Harada monologue
Steely stare
Pregnant pause
Exeunt,
Fade, applause

Ushers smile
House half full
50/50 raffle
Bamboo flutes
Start on cue
Clearing throats
Lights,
(Act Two)

Nishikaichi breaks out
Taking a gun and hostages
Partially viewed skirmish
Violent noise
Harada takes his own life
Black and white clips of Roosevelt,
Issei and Nisei in crowded convoys

Cross stage left
Cue the fog
Robinson monologue
Steely stare
Pregnant pause
Exeunt,
Fade, applause

Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand
Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand
Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand
Sons of Hawaii, sons of Japan
We are all waiting to see where your loyalties stand

(Matt Cameron, Kelly Clapp, Lauren London - additional vocals)

The Wind Cries Mead-Hall

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From "Beowulf: The Rock Opera"

Hrothgar:

Loyal comitatus, I have something to present.

I've made lots of money, now it's time that it was spent.

I have been destroying now it's time for me to build.

My cup is overflowing, now it's time that it was spilled!

And now, my royal counselor, Aeschere!

Aeschere:

Thank you, my liege!

My lord has taken notice of all the Frisians you slay.

You've overcome the Brondings,

Kept the Ostrogoths at bay.

So strong was your allegiance to the valiant king you serve.

That now he gives you Heorot, the prize that you deserve! Yeah!

Thanes: And the wind cries Mead Hall!

We'll call you "Hrothgar, the Really Brave."

You're such a just and honest king,

We'll fight for you about anything!

You're awful nice for a guy who doesn't shave.

Hrothgar:

I've spared you no expenses... I bet this costs more than you think!

'Cause one things Danes are known for is we all could use a drink.

It comes with sleeping quarters and an outhouse in the yard.

And I've already recruited several scops from Heathobard.

Oh, baby!

Thanes: And the wind cries Mead Hall

So tell us Hrothgar, our mouths are dry!

You're such a just and honest king,

We'll fight for you about EVERYTHING!

To Heorot we raise our tankards high.

Hrothgar:

To Heorot we'll raise our tankards high...

Narrator: The thanes swarmed into Heorot to celebrate, and after a long night of drinking and singing the festivities finally wore down, and the thanes climbed into Heorot's beds to sleep. Oh, sweet sleep.

(Jeff Bercovici - vocals

Tom Sebanc - drums

Jon Greenlee - lead guitar, bass)

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Ratmen Are Sort of a Person Too

Senior Party Central

The Ni'ihau Incident

The Wind Cries Mead-Hall

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