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The Joke Isn't Funny But It Goes Like This

by Pierce Murphy

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1.
Born Again 03:55
I walk myself down the sand searching for a sign But lo and behold There on the beach did I see your footprints next to mine But you just gave me back my key And said, "I'll pray for you..." Goddamn it I don't want no cosmic solicitor I'm just tryna fall in love But some Blue Boy with the famous Dad already got to her Now you're telling me that JHC took my baby away Why you tryna be born again when you turned out so good the first time? Why you tryna be heavenly when all I got is sin on my mind? Yeah I'm tryna be good, saying my prayers I turn around and nobody there I'm tryna be saved, but you ain't saved for me If my character is so bankrupt that I can't even get my spirit up Then I better get myself in line I met a priest and a rabbi and a monk at a bar but we took A few too many shots of Cynar and I don't Recall a goddamn thing they said to me I got sage burning out on a quartz ashtray And the shaman gave me Covid blowing smoke in my face And if I could taste it, then the bitter irony Is that the only time I felt a kind of reprieve Is when I paid for a flight to that very same beach Where you told me, "Baby, you ain't afterlife material." Why you tryna be born again when you turned out so good the first time? Why you tryna be heavenly when all I got is sin on my mind? Yeah I'm tryna be good, saying my prayers I turn around and nobody there I'm tryna be saved, but you ain't saved for me You ain't saved for me God bless you
2.
Satellite 04:06
Put yourself––next to me I'm tryna feel you on my skin Just like a memory From a life I never lived Baby, you got me high Like a satellite Revolve around you in the nighttime And you drink me dry Like a Greek wine All night till the sunlight is in your eyes I forget to breathe Overwhelmed and unprepared Just like a waking dream I'm just happy that you're here Baby, you got me high Like a satellite Revolve around you in the nighttime And you drink me dry Like a Greek wine All night till the sunlight is in your eyes What would I do if you were gone? Oh don't talk like that, it feels so wrong I'd be a memory of myself Baby, you got me high Like a satellite Revolve around you in the nighttime And you drink me dry Like a Greek wine All night till the sunlight is in your eyes
3.
She slips in a new line It's Christmas for cross-talk The bar is a beehive My outline is all chalk "What's moving with you?" "No hustle, no play." We grind like a tooth A virtuous decay Big chick energy Small man malady She might as well sing We're slipping further away I got my own concoction to comfort me One part guilt trip, two parts anxiety Ain't no one look like their profile do We don't come for facts now, baby We come for truth and I say Don't slip through the cracked up Glass on your phone Who's kissing your ass Whenever you get home? We all need a pass Some slack in the rope Live young and die fast You never know What were you here for? Why do you want more? Like Daddy done said, You get what you get Ain't nothing about you So what are you gon' do? Like Mamma found out, You get what you get You got to not talk dirty, baby I hear the royalty got sensitive ears Some dissent ain't crazy, now But coordination: that's a sovereign fear, come on Don't tell anyone We are what we do This game isn't fun But that's the case of use We smoke it all up The bottle run through We're screwed, but so what? There's work to do... What were you here for? Why do you want more? Like Daddy done said, You get what you get Ain't nothing about you So what are you gon' do? Like Mamma found out, You get what you get Like Daddy done said You get what you get Like Mamma found out You get what you get
4.
Metaverse 02:42
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't see you there Caught me chillin in the Metaverse Where nobody mince no words, no We eat em whole and wash em down With something crisp and refreshing So clean when I post my post You like mine but I like yours most My heart emojis on overload Your kissy face–I already know We did what we came to do Make a paradise good and true Where no man gon' say shit to me Talking trash so we take it down Kissing ass so we keep em round Made an app that made us rich kid clowns Look like rich kid clowns So we buy that shit out I feel like God must have (Wetsuit on the back of a beautiful wave) Space-grade sunblock on my face Not even Mother Nature gon' touch me We did what we came to do Make a paradise shiny and new Where no man gon' say shit Not even the senators Or congressmen, or women, or they/them (We're inclusive) Cus y'all are our pride and joy Out blue-ribbon livestock Gon' get our asses off the farm Oh, baby, check it out You're hungry You're tired You're sexually frustrated (We got an app for that!) Come on it's a brave new world, baby girl In that little black box All because We did what we came to do Make a paradise just for you Where you don't have to take shit But you can give so much shit Now no one's gonna say shit To daddy Zuck
5.
From the moment you pass by me At the rooftop pool party Ooh girl, you drive me crazy I don't know what you do for work And I'm not tryna sound like a jerk, but You could do much better, baby Now I've seen me a pretty face Most of them don't go no place But that smile of yours got a set of legs (and you'll go far) Let's talk tickets to a private beach A lagoon that's just out of reach Some underbutt and my DSLR I, I'm just trying to be Your lover man between the– Between the screens And do you ever feel like you're still dreaming, baby? Well you should take your time, for all you know you may be Oh I think I'm in it now You got me under the influencer and I'm in it now Baby hold on to this Moet Oh you know it's what they came to see Label out, chest high, and they on their knees Gotta treat it like it's just a game A little fortune, a little fame But ain't no beach days with SPF on your skin Oh I, I'm just trying to be Your lover man between the– Between the screens And do you ever feel like you're still dreaming, baby? Well you should take your time, for all you know you may be Oh I think I'm in it now You got me under the influencer and I'm in it now You got me under the influencer and I'm in it now Ain't heard from her in a little bit She been shooting with that other kid Tattoos on his face and his skinny arms Yeah I heard she hit 100k But I don't follow no more anyway I got this new girl and we off to Playa del Carmen Oh I, I'm just trying to be Your lover man between the– Between the screens And do you ever feel like you're still dreaming, baby? Well you should take your time, for all you know you may be And do you ever feel like you're still dreaming, baby? Well you should take your time You got me under the influencer and I'm in it now You got me under the influencer and I'm in it now You got me under the influencer and I'm in it now You got me under the influencer and I'm in
6.
Wicked 04:28
(Check–check one two) Basking in the only sun Yeah, we won the war Got it all stretched over us But wish that there was more More to be done More to be used More to be won More to consume, come on baby Take it like it's all we got For all we know it is. Baking in the only sun You'd think that we would learn If Jericho was something won Hiroshima was earned Oh where could we stay That wouldn't collapse Under our weight Under our grasp, come on baby See them stars flow over us I wonder how they burn... Some say there's more to this than that We got to trust the higher plan Just put yourself in Papa's hands You know you're wicked We ran the superior race We get to salt the earth to taste Papa say Mamma got no shame You know you're wicked That's what you get now, Mamma That's what you get for being soft That's what you get now, Mamma That's what you get now We don't drink the water here That shit isn't safe But all the plastic's crystal clear To thrive is to waste Oh baby you know We made our mark Fire in the hole Flash in the dark And when we're gone Whoever comes next Will know we were strong Know we were best Wish there was more More to deplete Pulled from the core Dragged from the sea And when were gone Whatever remains Will know we were here Remember our name
7.
This Land 02:22
This land was made for you and me They told Elijah McClain As he lay in the street Fear in his veins Blood on his teeth Nowhere to go but down That's right, Elijah This land was made for you and me This land was made for you and me Said in a Texas drawl From a leather seat Protesters swarming outside in their funny pink hats Bawling their eyes out, yeah Don't worry ladies This land was made for you and me This land was made for you and me As a citadel A sanctuary From all the evils of the world And we could run it down just like that God's hand on our back And you tell me, baby Who this land was mad for
8.
I had a dream The sun was shining All on your face And on mine, too In our favorite place Something tall and frosty On a bistro table And our friends were all there Catching light through the leaves Being good to each other On a warm summer breeze It was beautiful, baby This dream I had You say, baby, Where we going? I say, baby, It ain't worth knowing When the sun turns his back on you When you're caught in the light of the moon It's still light, baby And it can be ours, too

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Half world-weary satire, half sober sincerity, The Joke Isn't Funny But It Goes Like This is a chance to poke holes in what we're all collectively going through and see what's on the other side. And hopefully have a little hard grooving fun during the process.

Inspired by the wit and humor of Amy Winehouse, Mose Allison, Bill Withers, Chance The Rapper, and many other icons, I decided to let slip the serious artist facade a little. Cus I like jokes. I like to laugh. I like to be happy and have fun, even when things are kinda shitty. I've been blessed to have some truly hysterical people in my life. I feel like that's a massive part of my experience and I've kept it separate from my music. Maybe you don't find these songs funny. That's cool, I hope you can at least vibe to them. That was sort of the mantra when composing this thing.

I'm finding more and more that we all need to loosen up. So I tried to make a soundtrack for it. Until the end when I get deathly serious again. See, that's some damn range right there.

We've all been through a lot lately. And it's been an infinitely diverse experience for all of us. I hope this music finds you well and helps you feel a little elevated.

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released March 4, 2022

All music and lyrics written by Pierce Murphy. All arranging, performing, recording, engineering, production, album art, and everything else by Pierce Murphy, too.

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I'm a guitarist/vocalist from Denver, CO. I like jazz and I like to groove and I like to stick it to the man.

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