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Cables

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Well, I don't know why we come here
Guess I just needed the bang
We walk in the beef, and then we pull on the rope
And then the, then the hammer comes down

Cables

So I guess they know
I'm not no company man
But I can pull on a rope, I can kill a cow
Fast as any other fucker can

Cables

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shadowwiththeeyes On Feb 20, 2005

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2005-02-20 11:15:40

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by shadowwiththeeyes

21y ago

This is about some guys Albini knew in Montana who liked watching cows get slaughtered. (Vegans, stop reading now) They'd sneak into the abbotoir and watch the cows get cables drilled through their noses and then get dragged into the stall where the compression hammer would crush their skulls. These guys would watch it for hours on end like it was a movie. So another song about warped life in small towns.

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by devin10000 11y ago

@shadowwiththeeyes You mean screwed up life.

by infotainment_lad

20y ago

I really do not understand how Steve Albini has not been proclaimed as God yet. Surely if more people heard this song, he would be...

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by DrLorenzo

19y ago

Big man, kills a cow and feels good. What's wrong with that picture?

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