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.

Hard Taco Radio

What Has He Done, The Bear

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What do you think the bear has done
What has he done, the bear
What do you think the bear has done
Turned the waywards one by one.
He stands for all and bows for none.
What has he done, the bear
What has he done, the bear Hey!
What has he done, the bear

And what do you think the bear will do
What will he do, the bear
What do you think the bear will do
Turn the waywards two by two.
In each, a loyal friend and true
What will he do, the bear
What will he do, the bear Hey!
What will he do, the bear

And where do you think the bear has been
Where has he been, the bear
Where do you think the bear has been
Marching waywards ten by ten
With powder horn and firing pin
To break their brutal bonds again
And cast away the laws of men.
Where has he been, the bear
What did he do, the bear
Why does he run, the bear
What has he done, the bear


Malcolm London - additional vocals
Scarlett London - additional vocals

Copyright 2014 Zach London

Write His Name In Monster Trucks

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When a man's this fine
When a man's this fine you never know why
Such a warm embrace
But anyone could say it to
Say it to his face

I'm going to write his name in monster trucks
Or maybe mow it in the grass
I'm going to say "let's dance" with Hi-Life cans
Or maybe spell it out with large mouth bass
And I'll carve my love's initials
In the gullet of a bear
And I'll write his name in monster trucks
'Cause I care

When a man's this fine
And your heart's a giant bullet hole
When the world's gone blind
And they need to see it written down in Skoal

I'm going to write his name in monster trucks
Or maybe mow it in the grass
I'm going to say "let's dance" with Hi-Life cans
Or maybe spell it out with large mouth bass
And I'll carve my love's initials
In the gullet of a bear
And I'll write his name in monster trucks
'Cause I care

Baby, all I need's a Keno pick
Or a fake insurance claim
So I can afford enough John Deere's
To spell your middle name

I'm going to write his name in monster trucks
Or maybe mow it in the grass
Because he makes me melt
With his big-ass belt
So I'll write it out in tanks of propane gas
And I'll carve my baby's initials
In the gullet of a bear
And I'll write his name in monster trucks
'Cause I care
'Cause I care


Greg Kutcher - electric guitar
Lauren London - vocals
James Yorkshire - violin

Copyright 2014 Zach London

Sharkopotamus Rex

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I am a scientist of the mad persuasion
I've got mason jars of fluids,
Jacob's ladders,
Sutures and saws and I
I've sewn together species on a few occasions
Giving life to mongrels with no regard for nature's laws

I've made a mermaid once or twice
A cockatrice
Some centaurs and minotaurs
And jackalopes where you can barely see the scars

But there's one recipe
One unholy recipe The chemistry incessantly eludes and gets the best of me
Eludes and gets the best of me
Eludes and gets the best of me

Sharkopotamus Rex
Sharkopotamus Rex
I don't know the specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex
Sharkopotamus Rex
Sharkopotamus Rex
I don't have the specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex
I don't know the specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex
I don't know the specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex
I don't know the specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex
I don't know the specs
To build a sharkopotamus

I've made impalarangutans
And kangazelles with panda hands
The fearsome mermule and the human millipede

But there's one hybrid
That always comes out lopsided
I can see it in my giant head
But I just can't do the deed
Just can't do the deed

Sharkopotamus Rex
Sharkopotamus Rex
I don't have the specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex
Sharkopotamus Rex
Sharkopotamus Rex
Nothing's more complex
Than the sharkopotamus Rex
I am irked and vexed
Exasperated and perplexed
And I don't have the specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex
I am irked and vexed
Exasperated and perplexed
But I don't need no specs
To build a sharkopotamus Rex


Jon Greenlee - drums, bass, lead guitar
Copyright 2014 Zach London

Sugar Cookie

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I'm a buttworm, not just a medical condition
But the mack dad of fecal-oral transmission
You've got to see your physician
'Cause your itchin' and hurt
And she says bring a couple of fruits
And some dessert

I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby,
A sugar cookie yeah
I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby
Yeah

Now it's been a week, and I know how it feels
To get used to your caboose
And three square meals
An apple brought in with unnatural force
And for my second course
I'll take a natural source
Of vitamin C
Right up in thee
'Cause I'm the VIP of the B U double T

I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby,
A sugar cookie yeah
I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby
Yeah
I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby,
A sugar cookie yeah
I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby
Yeah

Uh
I'm waiting
Uh
I got a question
I don't want to be rude, cause I know I'm just guest in
Here, and by here I mean your lower intestine
But this ain't the Ritz
It ain't even the Westin
So I hope you got a box
'Cause I've got a suggestion
See, I cleared my plate, so I deserve dessert
Won't you serve dessert
'Cause those hors-doeuvres were dirt
And I need my sugar fix now
Or somebody's gonna get hurt
Just one cookie
A pink one, a blue one
Or I'll build myself a second home
When I'll tear you a new one
I'm a worm of rage
And I'm coming down, see
Where's my sugar cookie

I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby,
A sugar cookie yeah
I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby
Yeah
I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby,
A sugar cookie yeah
I want an apple, an orange, and a sugar cookie baby
A sugar cookie baby
Yeah


Copyright 2014 Zach London

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