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diggity down to diggity clown

by Raccoon Venom

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1.
what do you call it when cell phones make you crazy? what do you do when cars drive you mad? how does it work when you don't wanna be employed? what's permanent culture if you gotta lease the land? i'll have a virgin rum and coke (i thought you said you hated coke) that's right tonight I'll stick with rum and I'll have your most bitter beer (should I just leave the pitcher here?) yes please I'm not waiting on anyone though I'm sure they're lots of fun I still do not own a gun though I hear that guns are all the rage these days did I just say that out loud? maybe it's the other way around i hear the rage is all the guns these days either way I do not mind it is your right to decide what will protect you in the night stop me if I get too deep maybe we'd get better sleep if everyone stopped shooting off their mouths who shall I cite to prove society is crazy? who would believe me if I swear to god madness ain't mad? surely I can find a way to shirk responsibilities maybe a half-life really ain't half that bad
2.
i don't masturbate 'cause i'm horny i masturbate 'cause i'm bored as fuck and i have tons of work to do but once again i'll just really on luck temporary relief is what i depend on to get me thru the nights to get me thru the days where nothing seems to go my way and this thing that you call pleasure is something I tend not to feel unless i'm with my family and best friends who keep me believing that it's real and i don't sleep because I'm tired I sleep because I'm bored as shit but that's a lie because i'm tired all the fucking time and i don't eat because i'm hungry i eat because I'm bored as hell and if you offer me a beer i'll say "sure, i might as well" and i don't drink because i need it i drink because it's fucking fun you say i'm fucking up well no one ever asked for your opinion
3.
the gears are broken fuck your revolutions i want resolve for the sake of evolution 'cause resolution means we’re finally done here but if you’re lacking motivation don’t give up on anarchy it’s liberation i find salvation doesn’t come from the sky but from your own mind and jesus christ ain’t an alibi i think he’d be surprised by the way the terrorize their neighbors and their family and their home no jesus christ ain’t an alibi i think he’d be surprised by the way the terrorize their neighbors and their families, and this one home but when i close my eyes I can understand why i see so many friends with a shovel in hand cigarette in their mouth and intention in their hearts 'cause resolution doesn’t come from blaming a fire never lights when you’re frozen and complaining about how the government is like a bad landlord well i’m skinny and cold and fucking hungry i might be broke as hell but it don’t cost me no money to go out and take back what belongs to no one so a pox on your groceries and hail to the shit let the beasts of the anthropocene inherit this planet we’re leaving broken and barren because soon it will be covered in food when the humans step off we can once again at our own food
4.
I wish that this world wasn’t so fucking loud Wish I could open my window and shout ‘turn it down!’ But yelling at nothing is just a contribution To the unnecessary noises in this town Cuz it’s ring ring ring in my ears in the morning A vroom and a boom in the afternoon Can’t hear my own thoughts just hear the neighbor’s dog Hyper and barking locked in the house alone There had been a time, I once was reminded, When silence was fine and no one seemed to mind But now it gets awkward when no one is talking Not that that seems to happen very often Sometimes I wear headphones, not because I hate silence It’s just the outside noises might make me violent So I’ll quit this shouting match, try and end this song fast Lock myself in my room and pray all I hear is the rain
5.
We shot the glitter in the sky We got the glitter on our clothes And now there’s glitter in our food Ever since those factories exploded And the world did sparkle And the crops did burn We thought it was no real concern And the oceans boiled And our eyes did burn We thought it was of no concern But now there’s glitter in the seas The glitter covers all the trees It’s in the soil, on the bugs Hell I’ve got glitter in my lungs And the world did sparkle And the forests burned We thought it was no real concern And the rivers boiled And our nostrils burned We thought it was of no concern The only creatures to survive Are the ones that don’t need their eyes We did it just for the fashion, the fashion Ever since glamour became passion And the world did sparkle And the cities burned We thought it was no real concern And the lakes did boil And our tongues did burn We thought it was of no concern There’s glitter in the atmosphere And will be for one hundred thousand fucking years The only lesson we did learn Things that are pretty, and pointless, and useless might be of grave concern And the world did sparkle And my brain did burn They said it was no real concern And my blood did boil And my heart did yearn For someone else who was concerned
6.
I know I outta say some day I’m gonna hitchhike across the USA, but I just don’t got that urge anymore And though I still feel like a kid, I spend significantly less time in the moshpit But at least I still remember what it’s for It may not be easy and it may not be smart But the only place I wanna call home is simply where you are It’s not a radical thought but it comes from the heart The only place I wanna call home is simply where you are We can get a great big dog and a great small house And maybe even a car of our own We’ll pack up the dog and some sleeping backs Whoever gets shotgun can stare out the window And as we drive we’ll decide where it is we wanna go Maybe Wyoming or maybe Vermont Find a cheap motel in new mexico It may not be easy and it may not be smart But the only place I wanna call home is simply where you are It’s not a radical thought but it comes from the heart The only place I wanna call home is simply where you are We can live simply just maybe not debt free But I suppose that’s fine with me Cuz everyday’s an adventure when you’re full of this much love I highly doubt you’d disagree It may not be easy and it may not be smart But the only place I wanna call home is simply where you are It’s not a radical thought but it comes from the heart The only place I wanna call home is simply where you are It may not be easy and it may not be smart But the only place I wanna call home is simply where you are It’s not a radical notion but it comes from the heart The only place I wanna call home is simply where you are
7.
We said nothing, but that said it all We stood silent it was all way to public, we made that mistake and started again And I hate those goddamn fucking lightbulbs in the airport They’re cold and they’re blue and they’re empty and harsh It’s cliché, like my heart when you’re gone Whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do, whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do It may not be simple, it may not be smart, but where I call home is simply where you are It may not be simple, it may not be smart, but where I call home is where you are Whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do, whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do I’ve started hoarding plants, my family they’ve noticed and they think it’s cute But those purple bougainvilleas, I know that you like them, But I just don’t have the space to keep them right now I promise one day in a house all our own, until then I’ll keep wearing purple And eat my greens. Ring a ding ding ding ding Whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do, whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do It may not be simple, it may not be smart, but where I call home is simply where you are It may not be simple, it may not be smart, but where I call home is where you are Whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do, whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda do, whoa Doo-wop adda do-wop adda do-wop adda doo-wop for a broken heart
8.
my good friend reid told me what anarchy should really be he's an anarcho capitalist and i'm still really not sure what that is but i'm sure i'll learn in time and till then i'll be just fine when he explained it to me it went a little something like this if someone asks you for a favor don't expect anything in return and if you ask someone for a favor just make them dinner and if you wanna be an alcoholic well then fuck it be an alcoholic and if you don't wanna drink well that's okay but I disagree
9.
Who the fuck would listen to Raccoon Venom anyway Who the fuck has time for this fucking bullshit anyway Who the fuck cares about this goddamn music anyfuckingway Still I’m gonna pick your brain about the kids these days Kids these days, more than just a bunch of fucking pricks in gangs Not just thinking about how their dicks will hang Some are even trying to fix old mistakes Kids these days, getting fucked because they can’t make change I’m an adult, don’t gotta show respect To some kid making minimum wage You wanna get a job right now, but you don’t really know how So you just bounce around until you find the one that sucks less You wanna get paid someday, should’ve robbed a fucking bank today If you wanna make bank you should’ve stole a tank And seen what those motherfuckers did next Cuz kids these days are smarter than you fucking think Not everyone wants to be a part of your fucking diabolic scheme Don’t always got talent or ambition but they always have dreams Gonna push you aside and live up to their fucking names You don’t have to listen to Raccoon Venom anyway Don’t have put up with this fucking bullshit anyway But I still got fucking faith in the kids these days I’ll shut the fuck up now cuz that’s all I gotta say
10.
People suck but I like you anyway You always seem to have something good to say And I believe you believe what you do could change the world And for all I know you’re right People suck but you suck less You give me hope, that much I’ll confess Maybe someday you’ll make something of yourself Or at least you’ll make something of me People suck but you kind of don’t Maybe people will notice but they probably won’t Even if the world crumbles around you You’ll probably see the good People suck so you must not be real But I’ve felt you before and again I will feel You know how to assure me that all will be fine And I won’t care if you’re wrong People suck but you’re a person too So maybe I really outta feel the fool For making such a rash generalization Maybe I’m the one that sucks Baby I’m the one that sucks
11.
crumble and fall harder than the future of the outlet mall with a broken belly in a bathroom stall vomit in his beard leaning up against the wall they give helmets to crash test dummies he needs a helmet just for drinking coiled in pain regrets nothing cause he does it just the same broken glass in my feet from a picture frame what a shame it’s the sanity that’s driving me insane who needs food when you’ve got cigarettes? who needs shoes when you’ve got calluses? crumble and fall smokin soaken spirits in a shower stall coiled in pain that’s the name of the game when you’re the one that’s called insane
12.
now i begin to see that i'm lacking creativity and i haven't lost interest i lost my ability to think and write critically what is originality? well i thought i was original but it's all been done before when i thought i wrote a masterpiece i just wrote another bore nothing i write is ever good enough for me it's always questioning my sanity where is my originality? some may say that it died long ago but i still haven't given up hope
13.
On the day he dies many will realize That was the demise of an inspiration Though we’ve never met, I’ll feel like I lost a friend On the day that Pat the Bunny dies And when he’s really gone I’m sure I’ll write another song It might be short, it might be long, just like his life I really hate to gloat, but I’m gonna wreck my throat Screaming every word he wrote as I sing along And I’ll go hide in bed, lift my covers over my head When I find out that Pat the Bunny’s dead

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*artwork by Kaiti Van Velkinburgh

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released January 1, 2015

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Raccoon Venom Oregon

Just two wholesome bros. Oh, and also a whole lot more.

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Reid: vocals, banjo, ukulele + more!

Mason: vocals, guitar + more!

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