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1. Sometime Around Midnight (Airborne Toxic Event)
2. Beggar’s Song (Matt Maeson)
3. Pretty Pimpin’ (Kurt Vile)
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Middle Manchild: A podcast by Chris Arneson — 1.286🎵Cover Trio. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
0:00Yo, yo, what up, though? Let's go, buddy. Yeah, buddy. Welcome to all the new listeners. This podcast is popping right now. Yeah. A great day at work. Let's go. Let's go, babe. I love this song. Let's go, babe. Let's go. Mmm. Mmm. No. In starch. Sometime around midnight. Or at least that's when you lose yourself from minute or two. Yeah. As you stand. Under the bar lights.
1:01And the band plays some song about forgetting yourself for a while. And the pianos this melancholy sound check to hear her smile. White dress, she's wearing. Haven't seen her for a while. Mmm. But you know as she's watching. She's laughing, she's turning, she's holding her tonic like a crux. The room suddenly spinning, she walks up and asks how you are. Sometimes I forget I'm singing this. So you can smell her perfume. You can see her line naked in your arms. Oh no. This is good. I'm getting a little emotional over.
2:02Yours change. Speaking of emotion. In your emotions. And all of these memories come rushing like Pharaoh waves to your mind. Of the curl of your bodies like two perfect circles entwine. And you feel hopeless and homeless and lost in the haze of the whining. Mmm. Then she leaves. And someone you don't know. But she makes sure you saw her. She looks right at you in both. As she walks out the door. You're blood boiling. You're stomach and ropes. Oh and your friends say what is it you look like you've seen a ghost.
3:06I still can't believe the sea ox won the Super Bowl dude. Why are we all forgetting about that? Come on man. That's only three weeks ago. See how it's. Yeah. Mmm. Yeah baby. Yeah baby. Leasing a boom baby. Yeah. Then you walk. Under the street lights. And you're too drunk to notice that everyone is staring at you. You just don't care what you look like. The world is falling around you. You just have to see her. You just have to see her. You just have to see her. You just have to see her. You just have to see her. Yeah she'll break you into 2009.
4:10So I have fun memories of the song. Back in the day. Cool music video. It's pretty cool. Alright. Let's do this song now man. It's too early to go to bed. I'm pretty tired though. I don't work till noon o'clock tomorrow then. Yeah. Let's do this one though. Let's go. I can't believe it's March now. Happy March. March Madness. Let's see. This is taking me so long.
5:10Alright mate. Here we go mate. And I realized. Oh my god. It's that Liberty guy. Maybe we can skip and if we come back here. Yeah. Here we go. Alright. Matt Mason. Dagger's song. Dead. Here we go. Jesus come talk to me. I'm but a blind mess. I'm wild and free. I know that I need us. More than I need me. One more whiskey. I am wild and free. Oh but I'm a beat down washed up son of a bitch. I got one more cigarette on my money to spend.
6:11But I'm a beat down if I let it keep me down. One a beat down washed up son of a bitch. I got one more cigarette on my money to spend. But I'm a beat down if I let it keep me down. My airy come walk with me. I am on four drugs. I'm wild and free. I know that I failed less. The less I knew me. One third darkness. I come walk with me. Oh I'm a beat down washed up son of a bitch. I got one more cigarette on my money to spend. But I'm a beat down if I let it keep me down. What's in there drug? I'm beat down washed up son of a bitch.
7:14I got one more cigarette on my money to spend. But I'm a beat down if I let it keep me down. It's not over. It's okay to let yourself hurt. Swimming in the murky water won't you come on out? It's not over. It's okay to let yourself hurt. Swimming in the murky water won't you come on out? Beat down washed up beggar song. We sing it even louder when the money is down. Because we'll be damned if I let it keep us down. Oh yeah I'm a beat down washed up son of a bitch. I got one more cigarette on my money to spend. But I'm a beat down if I let it keep me down.
8:17It's not over. It's okay to let yourself hurt. Swimming in the murky water won't you come on out? You know that it's not over. It's okay to let yourself hurt. Swimming in the murky water won't you come on out? Yeah yeah we sing a beat down washed up beggar song. We sing it even louder when the money is down. Damn never let it keep us down. Yeah I'm a beat down washed up son of a bitch. I got one more cigarette on my money to spend. But I'm a beat down if I let it keep me down. Ooh baby baby. All right I thought of another song while I was singing.
9:18I thought I was sorry. All right so let's do this one. Let's go baby. Is this ASMR? Is this what ASMR is? Is this ASMR worse? Dude all right let's do this man. Let's do this let's do this. All right yeah yeah you know that it's not over. That's a good song. I just heard that song for the first time. Like this weekend I was like this song was like boss dude. I should have sammed it at the pizza place. All right let's do this one here. Kurt Vile. We don't tell those invocation rentals booking.com. Ah there we go.
10:23Here we go baby. I hope you're having a great day out there. The weather's been beautiful here early March. Here in the inland northwest. High fifties and sunny. The golf course was open on the south hill. And traffic's light. The ones and twos here. Be safe out there. I woke up this morning didn't recognize the man in the mirror. Then I laughed and I said oh silly me. That's just me. I proceeded to brush some stranger's teeth. They were my teeth. I was weightless. Quivering like some leaf coming. A wind, a wind and a hell. It was with me but it was a Monday. No Tuesday.
11:23No Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Came around and I said who's this stupid clown blocking the blimp sink. Cool music video. My slow-mo usage. Ever wanted was to be someone in life. That was just like I want to have for leave my life like a son of a gun. I could be 1000 miles away but still mean what I say. I woke up one morning didn't recognize the man in the mirror. Then I laughed and I said oh silly me. That's just me. Then I proceeded to not comb some stranger's hair.
12:23Never was my style. I couldn't tell what the hell it was supposed to mean because it was a Monday. No Tuesday. No Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, then Saturday. Came around and I said who's this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink. Sporting on my clothes and I'm pretty pimping. He said it. He said the title of the song. It's like his family guy. He said the title of the movie. Peter. Peter said that. Man, this song has a lot of words. Oh, it's a long song. I was gonna get into it there. Is this a bridge? It's like the golden gate.
13:23All you ever wanted was to be a man. He was always a little too cute to be admitted under model loss. He was always a thousand miles away while standing in front of your face. He woke up this morning didn't recognize the boy in the mirror. Then I laughed and said oh silly me. It's just me. Then I proceeded to brush some strangers teeth. But they were my teeth. I was weightless. Just quivering like some leaf coming in the window in the restroom. Tell what the hell it was supposed to mean because it was a Monday. Not Tuesday. No Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, then Saturday. Came around and I said who's this stupid clown blocking the bathroom sink. Sporting all my clothes, I say pre-pimpin.
14:29Pre-pimpin. I thought Pimp woke up this morning didn't recognize the man in the mirror. I woke up this morning didn't recognize the boy in the mirror. I woke up this morning didn't recognize the boy in the mirror. I woke up this morning didn't recognize the boy in the mirror. You're doing great out there. I woke up this morning didn't recognize the boy in the mirror. We got spring training, seeing up, going mariners.
15:31Things were listening. Nice little pod right there. Hope you're having a great day. You're having a great day! You're having a great day!
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