Soul Coughing
Soul Coughing
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Soul Coughing
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Mike Doughty says:
“Very old song, actually–something I played acoustically in my apartment for years, changing the lyrics from time to time to suit whatever shitty predicament I was in. Occasionally I’d try and interest my band in it, but it failed to capture their imagination. The initial title w...
[Chorus]
Everything is going up
Everything is going as planned, yeah
Everything moves along
Everything is fine, fine, fine
[Verse 1]
Oh, I could be condemned to Hell for every sin but littering
I could slip on the East River and crash into Queens all skittering
I've seen the cops and the robbers, and I know they dance the same
I've seen a half a zillion girls and haven't spoken to a single one of them
[Chorus 2]
Everything is going up
Everything is going as planned, yeah
Everything moves along
Everything is fine, fine, fine
[Post-Chorus]
Batting in the light
My reptile-lidded eyes
And all this strung end to end
Is wider than the mind
[Verse 2]
And this cool I've been playing
I have been playing too long
Now my capacities are dwindling 'til they're
Gone, gone, gone
[Chorus 3]
Everything is going up
Everything is going as planned, yeah
Everything moves along
Everything is fine, fine, fine
[Bridge]
Baby can I change my mind?
I just want to change my mind
Baby can I change my mind?
I just want to change my mind
[Coda]
Everything is going up
Everything is going as planned, yeah
Everything moves along
Everything is fine, fine, fine
Everything is fine, fine, fine
Everything is fine, fine, fine
Everything is fine, fine, fine
Everything is fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
The Idiot Kings was written by Mike Doughty.
The Idiot Kings was produced by David Kahne.
Soul Coughing released The Idiot Kings on Tue Jul 09 1996.