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Mid-level manager
Says he heard about
Some mulatto girl
Shot him in the mouth,

And left him a hotel Near the mid-south offices.
He worked in distribution,
Regional vice-president.

Collapse, unload it, pop! pop!
I must accumulate, unload it,
Pop! Pop! I must accumulate.

Well the soil is rich
Competition fat
Ripe and vulnerable
Oozing from the slats

And too cash-heavy, bloated
Sitting there all puckered up.
Index of numbers is,
Scrolling upscreen, scrolling up.

Smash it down to digits.
Gut it out and break it down.
Liquid assets are Seeping down, seeping down now.
Seeping down, seeping down now.
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Submitted by
neoness On May 28, 2002
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Cover art for Collapse lyrics by Soul Coughing

It is about a business-man killed by a prostitute.

It is also an attack of the rat-race mentality of greedy people. He devotes his life to the idea that he must get money at all costs. She devotes her life to she must get money at all cost. Pop Pop are gun shots. The thought, "I must accumulate," is the motive of both the killer and the victim.

In the end the stock prices of the company plummet, after it hits news that their executive was killed in an altercation a prostitute.

Another great story song by Doughty.

@parkerdanniel It seems like, on Ruby Vroom, Doughty was less concerned with writing about drugs and more concerned with skewering the corporate mentality. Nice synopsis.

Cover art for Collapse lyrics by Soul Coughing

Did you even read the words?

I think it is about a Business man who was shot by a hooker in a motel for his money.

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Cover art for Collapse lyrics by Soul Coughing

spittin' game to the mad fly hunnies, doughty knows where it's at. tryin' to pick up one of them advertising firm bitchez.. word up to Mikey!

Cover art for Collapse lyrics by Soul Coughing

Once, while on the toilet, new lyrics to this song came to my mind:

"Crap Unloaded it Plop plop I must defecate."

Cover art for Collapse lyrics by Soul Coughing

Oops, a typo. I meant to say "unload it".

 
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