Modest Mouse – Race Car Grin You Ain't No Landmark

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Looks like accounting's not accountable
For anything or anyone at all
Johnny took the fall
Johnny took the fall
I know the horse was fast, ran the real big track
One by one, without heart attack, oh no
A tight line just went slack
A tight line just went slack
He's got a race car grin, all smiling chin
Your words are no longer going to bother him that much
He's got the Midas touch
He's got the Midas touch
Hey now, what's the scoop on what's-his-face?
Got a backwater nothing but he runs the place from halls
Runs it from the halls

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Lyrics submitted by SparklingLemonade

Track duration: 01:14


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    General Comment:I can assure you it's "won by a landslide, had a heart attack, oh no"

    and not "one by one, without heart attack, oh no".

    just sayin'.


    Flag 2wenty6ixon February 04, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I'm almost positive that the line 'he's got a backwater nothing' is actually 'he's got a fat wad of nothing.' That would make more sense since the rest of the song seems to be about being down on your luck and losing money, and a fat wad of nothing means he doesn't have any money left.
    Flag El Jefon November 03, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I'm guessing it's just a story about a man who lost all his money and has fallen on hard times(first four lines) and he wasted his last dollars on a desperate gamble at the track (next four lines). Now he's just gone insane, with a crazy smile, giving up and not caring about life.
    Flag 1q2w3e4ron October 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:yeah this is my favorite song on sad sappy sucker, I dont know why I just love it. all the short ones are really good.
    Flag mcscumbagon March 08, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Thanks for the edit Relapser. I just kind of guessed on that part!!
    Flag SparklingLemonadeon January 08, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Pretty sure it's "A tight line just went slack"
    Flag Relapseron December 31, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Uh yeah...there are definitely no drums in this song.

    It's probably one of my favorite shorter songs from Modest Mouse though.

    This is a very complicated song however...very hard to decipher.
    Flag The_Variableon December 30, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:what drums? the version I have is only like a minute long and theres no drums
    Flag mcscumbagon November 09, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I didn't think they were right when I found them either, but then I LISTENED to the song and, well, they were. That's why I posted them.
    Flag SparklingLemonadeon July 14, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:yeah this ones a mystery to me but i dont think the lyrics are right.. oh well
    Flag jeffmunchowon July 13, 2005   Link

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