Smells Like Diesel

from Uncanny Eyes by The Peculiar Pretzelmen

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he's africanizing his colony of bees
cooking down chemicals in the deep deep freeze
don't go knocking on the garage door
he's reconnecting the parts of a salvaged boar
dead animal skin sewn to aluminum tin
its only a matter of time til she's running again
only a matter of time til she's running again

He's making improvements in life

He's making improvements in life
got an intelligent design for the perfect wife
just need a little more time some road kill and butcher's twine
a lawn mower motor she'll run just fine
she smells like diesel but she's patient and kind
smells like diesel but she's patient and kind

he walks with sort of a hobble
carries around a little unmarked bottle
the contents of which he's never disclosed
but just ask around everybody knows
its a horrible volatile combustible chemical
poisonous explosive above all dependable
top secret private recipe
fourth generation its the pride of the family
pride of the family
its the pride of the family

he's always down at the post talking to little stanley
he's got packages coming daily but he don't speak candidly
keep your voice down don't get him angry
keep your voice down don't get him angry
remember the last time consider the gravity
remember the last time consider the gravity

he'll come and he'll go without event
when the mail collects no one knows where he went
he's out of the country studying his craft
might strike you as strange but we'll see who laughs last
he might strike you as strange but we'll see who laughs last.

he's making improvements in life

he's making improvements in life
slowly constructing the perfect wife
sharp as a tack loyal as a hound
comprised of items from a local lost and found
don't look like much but she cooks real good
got six cylinders under the hood
polish that chrome see her smile and shine
she smells like diesel but she's patient and kind
smells like diesel but she's patient and kind
smells like diesel but she's patient and kind

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from Uncanny Eyes, released August 16, 2007
Incroyable, Deacon

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Voodoo blues death stomp

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Aberdeen, WA
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Yakima, WA
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Olympia, WA
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