Sun sun sun burn down on me
Atop this hill so I can see
My skin boils red and scabs and stings
But I must be witness to everything
Fan the fire or face the crowd
California’s burning down
Sitting in the middle of the sixth extinction
Silently suggesting the investment in a generator
I called you up because I thought you’d see it my way
I looked for freedom and I found it on the highway
No other option so I’m peeling out the driveway
Sing those brand new ABCs
ABC 123 LMNO
ABC 123 LMNO
ABC 123 LMNO
ABCDEFG
I want so badly to be liked
I ask myself, “Why was I nice?”
I ask myself, “What should I do?”
But all I know is white centrality
My country served me horror coke
My natural freedom up in smoke
My pre-polluted fetus lead us
Into the obscene, I mean
I’m on a desert island and I ate up all the coral
I was so hungry but I know that isn’t normal, oh no
But my behavior isn’t anything but moral
So unhappy, ABC!
I called you up because we had a great connection
You couldn’t hear me ‘cause of NSA protection
But we’ll unite before the very next election
No abstentions, vote the ABCs!
ABCDEFG
I called you up because I’d like to see it your way
The bridge between us is behind a different doorway
Thought I was looking but I don’t know what to see
Living in a new reality
A desert island and I ate up all the coral
(ABC!)
I was so hungry but I know that isn’t normal
(ABC!)
But my behavior isn’t anything but moral
(ABC!)
ABCDEFGH
ABC 123 LMNO
ABC 123 LMNO
ABC 123 LMNO
ABC 123 LMNO
ABC 123 was written by Merrill Garbus & Nate Brenner.
ABC 123 was produced by Nate Brenner & Merrill Garbus.
Tune-Yards released ABC 123 on Wed Dec 06 2017.
So many of these songs were confusing to create. They felt didactic. I knew there were all these annoying lyrics coming out of me, and was trying to figure out how to put it all together. We were working on the chorus with this quarter-note melody and I thought, well, f*** it. ABC, 123. And then fro...