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Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark Lyrics
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 heart attack, oh no
A tight line just went slack
A tight line just went slack
He's got a race car grin, all smiling chin
Your words are no longer going to 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
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 heart attack, oh no
A tight line just went slack
A tight line just went slack
He's got a race car grin, all smiling chin
Your words are no longer going to 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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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.
This is a good song, I love the drums near the end, don't really know the meaning though... ha.
yeah this ones a mystery to me but i dont think the lyrics are right.. oh well
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.
what drums? the version I have is only like a minute long and theres no drums
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.
Pretty sure it's "A tight line just went slack"
Thanks for the edit Relapser. I just kind of guessed on that part!!
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.
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.