Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age & Mark Lanegan
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
“The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died” was released as a promotional single off of Era Vulgaris. It was not included in the original version of the album, but made its way onto various regional/expanded editions of it. It was originally intended to be on the band’s fourth studio album, Lullabies T...
[Verse 1]
Got guns, do you wanna
Take aim at each other?
Scratch the itch? Give the finger?
'Cause we don't care
Anyway
Got knives, have you seen 'em?
In your back's where we keep 'em
And you're never gonna reach 'em
Now that sounds fair
[Chorus]
Oh, this is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that you could
[Verse 2]
Boy, little town
Little king, little crown
Hope you give, hope you give
Why don't you just give in?
Come on, take it with a smile
At the bottom of the pile
You can beg, you can plead
It won't take a thing
[Chorus]
Oh, this is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that you could
Oh, how could you win
Against yourself again?
[Middle 8: Radio Voice]
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[Bridge]
How you like your position?
You ain't Robert Mitchum
You're ten pounds of shit
In a five pound bag
[Chorus]
Oh, this is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that you could
Oh, how could you win
Against yourself again?
The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died was written by Josh Homme.
The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died was produced by Chris Goss & Josh Homme.
Queens of the Stone Age released The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died on Fri Jun 08 2007.
There exist three versions of it:
A 2005 vinyl version, which was handed out to fans who had tickets for the cancelled London shows.
A live version from their concert DVD Over the Years and Through the Woods.
The one found on Era Vulgaris. The lyrics to the left is from this version.