looks like accounting's not accountable
for anything or anyone at all...
johnny took the fall
johnny took the fall
i know the horse was fast, ran the real big track
one by one without a heart attack oh no
a type line just went slack
a type line just went slack
he's got a race car grin all smiling chin
your words are no longer gonna bother him that much
he's got the midas touch
he's got the midas touch
hey now what's the scoop on what's his face
got a backwater nothing but he runs the place from halls
runs it from the halls


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Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark Lyrics as written by Isaac Brock

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    I'm almost positive that the line 'he's got a backwater nothing' is actually 'he's got a fat wad of nothing.' That would make more sense since the rest of the song seems to be about being down on your luck and losing money, and a fat wad of nothing means he doesn't have any money left.

    El Jefon November 04, 2008   Link
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    This is a good song, I love the drums near the end, don't really know the meaning though... ha.

    MoonAndAntarcticaon March 03, 2005   Link
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    yeah this ones a mystery to me but i dont think the lyrics are right.. oh well

    jeffmunchowon July 13, 2005   Link
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    I didn't think they were right when I found them either, but then I LISTENED to the song and, well, they were. That's why I posted them.

    SparklingLemonadeon July 15, 2005   Link
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    what drums? the version I have is only like a minute long and theres no drums

    mcscumbagon November 09, 2005   Link
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    Uh yeah...there are definitely no drums in this song.

    It's probably one of my favorite shorter songs from Modest Mouse though.

    This is a very complicated song however...very hard to decipher.

    The_Variableon December 30, 2005   Link
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    Pretty sure it's "A tight line just went slack"

    Relapseron December 31, 2005   Link
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    Thanks for the edit Relapser. I just kind of guessed on that part!!

    SparklingLemonadeon January 08, 2006   Link
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    yeah this is my favorite song on sad sappy sucker, I dont know why I just love it. all the short ones are really good.

    mcscumbagon March 08, 2006   Link
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    I'm guessing it's just a story about a man who lost all his money and has fallen on hard times(first four lines) and he wasted his last dollars on a desperate gamble at the track (next four lines). Now he's just gone insane, with a crazy smile, giving up and not caring about life.

    1q2w3e4ron October 05, 2008   Link

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