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I Need A Vacation
Pigfarmer Jr

Eyes hurt from staring at the screen
Ears are tired from all the listening
Finger hurts from starting and stopping the stream

Trying hard but I don't know what to say
Muddling through, I guess I'll find a way
Tired of typing these reviews every single day

I need a vacation from this paperwork
Trying not to sound like a fucking jerk
Lord knows I need a break
One hundred songs are more than I can take
If I could I think I'd leave right now

All this work is taking up my time
I run the risk that I will lose my mind
I hope they don't feel the same when they get to mine

I'm afraid I'm running out of words
To describe all the things I've heard
I'm afraid they will all think I'm disturbed

I need a vacation from this paperwork
Trying not to sound like a fucking jerk
Lord knows I need a break
One hundred songs are more than I can take
If I could I think I'd leave right now

Truth be told there's a lot here to like
But I don't know if I can shine a light
On all the good I hear that is coming through
I can only do what I can do

I need a vacation from this paperwork
Trying not to sound like a fucking jerk
Lord knows I need a break
One hundred songs are more than I can take
If I could I think I'd leave right now
But I'll try to make it through somehow

Sockpuppet

Hello, and thank you for your email
I will be out of the office
For the next two weeks

I should return on the seventeenth.

If you have an urgent need,
Please contact Sondra in Accounts Receivable

I will be spending my time on the beach
And I hope to remain very far out of reach
I hope that you can understand
And I apologize for the delay

Everything seems so familiar
But it seems so out of place
It is strange to look in the mirror
And not recognize your own face

I feel the life being sucked from me
This job after twenty years
What good am I doing

What good am I doing

I just can’t keep this up

…

Anyway, yes, I will return
On the seventeenth
Or maybe the eighteenth
I hope to get back to you soon
And Sondra can help you in the meantime

Have a nice day
and thank you
for your email

Starfinger

you can hear it in my voice
if you listen close
like a little butter spread
over too much toast

i got a secret
corruption
i am a bad man

oh you can do what you want to
if you want to
if you want to
oh you can do what you want to
if you want to


but i i
i need a vacation
oh i need
oh aah

you can smell it on my breath
if you lean in close
recommend you not get it
on your clothes

i got a monster
hangover
i did a bad thing

oh you can do what you want to
if you want to
if you want to
oh ho you can do what you want to
if you want to


but i i
i need a vacation
oh i need
aah

<synthesizer meltdown>

got a runaway imagination
got a painful consternation
i pray to the constellations
get me out of here!

oh oh you can do what you want to
if you want to
if you want to

oh-woah you can do what you want to
if you want to

yo you can do what you want to
if you want to
if you want to
ohhhh you can do what you want to
if you want to

but i i
i need a vacation
i need a vacation
i need a vacation
ohhh! i need a
ha-ahaa

I Need a Vacation - Frankie Big Face

We’ve been around this country
A time or two
From Palisades Park to the San Diego Zoo
And I’d do it again it you asked me to
If you asked me to

Though Kansas was flat
And rather plain
I enjoyed it much more
Than that weekend in Maine
The road ahead is long
But what else can we do
What else can we do?

Now we’re back in our home
And you’re back in my head
And I’m finding I would rather be
Elsewhere instead
Oh baby, you’re the greatest, it’s true
But I need a vacation from you

Is it weird to say I love you?
Yeah, I thought so too
After all, its understood
That we are one if not two
Where words are too confusing
Simple actions will do
Our actions will do

Oh, and I would never leave you
The very thought is absurd
And I’ll always come running
If you just say the word
And even though I know this is true
I need a vacation from you

The solution finally hit me
Stared me right in the face
I could get the break I needed
Without leaving this place
I papered every mirror
Plastered the windows with glue
And hid beneath the covers
For a day or two
We’re still in this together, it’s true
But I need a vacation from you.
Don’t you?
I need a vacation from you.

by Ross Durand

Poured oranges juice in my Captain Crunch
Made a tuna sandwich, didn’t pack my lunch
I need a vacation
Set my alarm for PM, not AM
Missed my bus, now I’m late again
I need a vacation

Well I can’t seem to do a single thing right
Kept awake by the thoughts in my head at night
A little time off - would it set me straight?
Or would it just be too little too late?

Left my mic on complaining on a conference call
Wrote a little bitchy email, hit “reply all”
I need a vacation
They sent me home early, said to get some rest
I’m my own worst enemy, might be for the best
I need a vacation

Well people keep saying that I need a vacation
Cause I seem all outta wack
And I try to believe them, but I know
I just need you back

I brushed my teeth with medicated cream
‘Fraid to go to sleep for all the bad dreams
They say I need a vacation
I set my alarm, I hope it goes off right
And I settle in for another restless night
They say I need a vacation

Well people keep saying that I need a vacation
Cause I seem all outta wack
And I try to believe them, but I know
I just need you back
I just need you back

I Need a Vacation by Zorznijor
Music and lyrics by Johnny Unicorn

"Live from New York, it’s Saturday night"
But I feel dead come Sunday morning
And nobody here understands
Book me a trip on the very next flight
Cuz my body has sent me a warning
I’ve got to change my plans

There were legends in this place
I was young and funny and I thought I could keep their pace
But I fell flat on my face

I need a vacation
And if I ever come back, I promise this to you

There will be no more late night parties
No working through an illness
There will be no more drug-fueled orgies
That’s not why I’m in this
There will be no more overworking
Only to underdeliver
This is how it must be from now on
Or I’m never coming back from my vacation