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Dumbluck Avenue

from Are You Committed by vonHummer

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Originally written in 1990 or so, this one was a kind of sour grapes lament on how some folks out there take foolish risks just to have fun and the expenses are born by the sensible folk, and yet the fools pay no price, nay, but they do prosper!
I dug it up out of the back yard in 2008 or so and discovered the meaning was completely different to me. Not sour grapes but: I want to join these extraordinary reapers of joy and live with them on Dumbluck Avenue.
It's an invitation: "Live it up. It's okay."
This song was also done by my side project, Thebrosmad, with a different tune and arrangement, but never released. I may someday. But for now, trust me, this arrangement is far superior in beat and execution.

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Dumbluck Avenue
(vonHummer)
Pull up a lawn chair and drop your worries/Nobody here has got to hurry/Clear out your Reptile House/And open your Emotional Zoo/We're gonna drink til we fall off our stars/And then we're gonna drive our cars/Back and forth all over virtue and Dumbluck Avenue...
Pick up a six pack and drop your morals/Nobody here has got to quarrel/Chill out your Greenhouse Effect/Let your ozone pop a hole or two/We're gonna drink outta buckets and jars/And then we'll play air guitars/As "Won't Get Fooled Again" rings true on Dumbluck Avenue...
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah/We just keep winning the lottery/Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah/We just keep testing negative/Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah/Juries keep voting to acquit/Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah/No, life's not fair, we must admit...
Put on a lobster and turn it over/Nobody here needs a four-leaf clover/Someone's in the bathroom with Dinah/Sad, but it's true/We're gonna drink til the neighbors get sick/And then we're gonna flick our Bics/Like Statues of Liberty do on Dumbluck Avenue...

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from Are You Committed, released August 27, 2010
vocals: vonHummer
bass: vonHummer
drums: vonHummer

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vonHummer Portland, Oregon

vonHummer is a Portland music/cable access legend whose career spanned from Fall of 2001 to Fall of 2011, during which he recorded a hundred or so songs for use in his absurdist show (and feature film) and played only a handful of concerts. Currently retired, his work shines on for the ages. Or will he someday return...? ... more

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