Lyrics for Album of the Year as interpreted by rengalous

Album of the Year Lyrics
The first time that I met her
I was throwing up in the ladies room stall
She asked me if I needed anything
I said, “I think I spilled my drink”
And that’s how it started
(Or so I’d like to believe)

She took me to her mother’s house
Outside of town where the stars hang down
She said she’d never seen someone so lost
I said I’d never felt so found
And then I kissed her on the cheek
And so she kissed me on the mouth

The spring was popping daises up
Around rusted trucks and busted lawn chairs
We moved into a studio in Council Bluffs
To save a couple bucks
Where the mice came out at night
Neighbors were screaming all the time

We’d make love in the afternoons
To Chelsea Girls and Bachelor #2
I’d play for her some songs I wrote
She’d joke and say I’m shooting through the roof
I’d say, “They’re all for you, dear
I’ll write the album of the year”

And I know she loved me then
I swear to God she did
It was the way she’d bite my lower lip
And push her hips against my hips
And dig her nails so deep into my skin

The first time that I met her
I was convinced I had finally found the one
She was convinced I was under the influence
Of all those drunken romantics
I was reading Fante at the the time
I had Bukowski on my mind

She got a job at Jacob’s
Serving cocktails to the local drunks
Against her will, I fit the the bill
I perched down at the end of the bar
She said, “Space is not just a place for stars
I gave you an inch, you want a house with a yard”

And I know she loved me once
But those days are done
She used to call me every day
From a pay phone on her break for lunch
Just to say she can’t wait to come home

The last time that I saw her
She was picking through which records were hers
Her clothes were packed in boxes
With some pots and pans and books and a toaster
Just then a mouse scurried across the floor

We started laughing until it didn’t hurt
We started laughing until it didn’t hurt
We started laughing until it didn’t hurt
We started laughing until it didn’t hurt
We started laughing until it didn’t hurt

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special 3lend
10-09-2004

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"she said she’d never seen someone so lost
i said i’d never felt so found"

how i long for that feeling. kasher knows how to do it.

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tactforwit
10-17-2004

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"We just started laughing ‘til it didn’t hurt."

i hate it when that happens.

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cuddledumplin
11-18-2004

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I love almost every line in this song. It's so witty.

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Wezzul
12-24-2004

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Guitar solo at the end is fucking great!'

WEZ

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RomanCandle
12-27-2004

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this album is quite simply one of the best of 2004. This cd couldn't start off with a better song, probably one of my favorites from the cd. Its just brilliantly put together.

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float on OK?
01-24-2005

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"The first time that I met her I was throwing up in the ladies room stall"

That is the best opening to an album ever. this is one of the goodlifes most amazing songs in my opinion. its such a cute love song, and things stragley work out in the end its so cute i love it. expecially the part

"And I know she loved me once, but those days are done.
She used to call me everyday from a pay phone on her break for lunch
just to say she can’t wait to come home."

so cute

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promisexkept
01-31-2005

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this is such a great song-its really grown on me.
this cd makes me never want to get married

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insaint
02-03-2005

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great song, but doesn't he sing

"i think i spilled my dream(s)"?

i'm pretty sure.

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insaint
02-03-2005

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great song, but doesn't he sing

"i think i spilled my dream(s)"?

i'm pretty sure.

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promisexkept
02-23-2005

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if anyone knows how old tim is, IM me iheartpinkcons. thanks.

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ToTheEnd
03-06-2005

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no insaint its def drink

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dothefrug
04-16-2005

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I first heard The Good Life on the saddle-creek 50 and wasn't all that impressed, especially for Tim. Then I heard this song and It's been in my head all week. I love this song. Clever lyrics.

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JohnKo
05-03-2005

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"And dig her nails so deep into my skin," Wow. That part is amazing.

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sassafras
06-06-2005

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I'm confused. Is this song January, or is it April?

And if it's April, how are these songs labeled with months?

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akasarcastic
06-13-2005

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sassafras, this song is from the month of april. this album follows the steady decline of Kasher's marriage, which we assume essentially started in april. i think the songs are labeled with months to just show the listener what happened in the breakup - month by month.

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slinkstersars
07-08-2005

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Tim Kasher really knows how to lay it down.

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RockXWL
07-13-2005

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the song is incredibly clever and I enjoy it more every time I listen to it. It makes me sad though because the guy blew it with the girl because he got too needy and clingy. Just goes to show you have to have your own life outside of a relationship; let the person be a part of your life without actually BEING your life.

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intenseXauburn
07-20-2005

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My mom even likes this song, she says it's "cute and sweet" so that is an A+ in my book when 50 year old married ladies can appreciate it as well.

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edma0012
01-12-2006

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My new most favoritest song.

Its so good, yet so sad.

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radiowar
01-15-2006

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does anyone know who he was married to??

this song is very selfexplanatory. its so bittersweet, i love it. i think its my favorite from this album.

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hopeyouchokexoxo
01-21-2006

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the name of his wife is not to be mentioned, if you really want to know there is one interview that he says her name in

as for the drink/dream part, he definantly says drink, and to back it up seeing him life go "She asked me if I needed anything I said, I think I spilled my fuckin drink mother fucker"

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hopeyouchokexoxo
01-21-2006

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the name of his wife is not to be mentioned, if you really want to know there is one interview that he says her name in

as for the drink/dream part, he definantly says drink, and to back it up seeing him life go "She asked me if I needed anything I said, I think I spilled my fuckin drink mother fucker"

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hopeyouchokexoxo
01-21-2006

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the name of his wife is not to be mentioned, if you really want to know there is one interview that he says her name in

as for the drink/dream part, he definantly says drink, and to back it up seeing him life go "She asked me if I needed anything I said, I think I spilled my fuckin drink mother fucker"

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Inert
03-06-2006

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My girlfriend recently left me.... every time I hear this song I break down... it's so depressing.

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Mexicat
06-27-2006

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by the way, it's Fante, not Fonte.

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