The good times are killing me.
Here we go!

Got dirt, got air, got water and I know you can carry on.
Shrug off shortsighted false excitement and oh what can I say?
Have one, have twenty more "one mores" and oh it does not relent.

The good times are killing me.

Kick butt buzz-cut dickheads
Who didn't like what I said.
The good times are killing me.
Jaws clenched tight we talked all night,
Oh but what the hell did we say?
The good times are killing me.

The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.

Fed up with all that LSD.
Need more sleep than coke or methamphetamines.
Late nights with warm, warm whiskey.
I guess the good times they were all just killing me.

Got dirt, got air, got water and I know you can carry on.
The good times are killing me.
Enough hair of the dog to make myself an entire rug.
The good times are killing me.
Have one, have twenty more "one mores" and oh it does not relent.
The good times are killing me.
Shit-kicker city slickers who all wanted me dead.
The good times are killing me.

Get sucked in and stuck in late nights
With more folks that I don't know.
The good times are killing me.

The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.
The good times are killing me.


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    Although the fact that this comment is so far down in the list it will probably never actually read i just thought i would put it out there. The version of this song i have begins with someone (forgive me for not knowing who) asking if they can "smoke in here" Just a quick thought was the irony of this, with the song referencing drugs, and how they are "killing" him you could also if you wanted see this sort of thing as a comment. With Smoking often being a leisure activity (at least to begin with), and how such a large amount of people do it regardless of the endless anti smoking campaigns. its the same as drugs merely legal. (I myself am a smoker so this isnt an attack, and i understand that the singers do actually smoke as well as previous drug use and as far as i can tell heavy drinking.) whether its deliberate or not it does serve as a highly ironic statement to be in the begining of this song in particular.

    i love Modest Mouse, though their as old as me its a sound that's just timeless. I only wish i had looked up more of their songs previously instead of just being happy with dashboard and world at large. Cant wait for them to tour Australia again soon, i imagine it would be an amazing concert.

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