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The Complete Batshit City Tapes

by Harvey Garbage

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"love is whats important live in the now be with yr heart group hugs eyes contact feel the moment -- sir" i swear shes a ghostie she knows what she shouldn't i think in mostly the whatnots of wouldnts lets roam the woodlands get drunk with good friends make out at the bench with the bend at either end i swear shes a pixie she knows what shes after she likes to fix me up with good junk + laughter raise high the roofbeams look at the moongleam no need to spoonfeed the meaning of this to me i swear shes a martyr she knows what shell die for im trying harder to find what i drive for lets go to graveyards the dead don't break hearts lets go + praise stars that burn far from where we are does yr mother knw you choke girls for fun have you stretched out yr bones to make room for the sun worship the one you destroy oh boy that summer slasher was some sorta monsterpiece naked with me in a bed made of mysteries worship the one you destroy
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Trash Juice 03:57
I had a long night terror, shufflin thru the shadows I'm gettin handies by the ladies of a billion sorrows By morning, come tomorrow, beg or steal or borrow Buy myself some more trash juice, I'm feelin real loose Shiftin down among the dust, it's either drugs, the rush of lust, Or some unspeakable horrors. She's in the hands of some unspeakable horror It's kinda hard to settle down when yr the scavenger's daughter She comes by to wind the watches, blows out all the torches Drinks herself some more trash juice she's feelin real loose Then she looks at me all solemn, let's get down to the bottom Of some unspeakable horrors. It's not a many splendid thing to be among these heathens W/ dirty teeth & bloody knuckles, the mind has its reasons If these were the early ages, you think we'd be the sages Drinkin some of that trash juice, feelin real loose & recitin by the fire w/ golden voice & lyre Some unspeakable horrors. There's bats inside the Vatican, waitin in the rafters There's men of power that can blow up this world forever after They tell us take it day by day, the heard won't go astray Drink some more of that trash juice, feelin real loose There's no time outside the present fulla hate & guilt resentment & unspeakable horrors. I'm pissin in the moonlight, waitin for a sign Cause every god deserves a devil in the heavens so divine Truth it comes w/o a warnin, drinkin til the dawn I ran outta my trash juice, I'm feelin real loose I'll never grow up to be a man so long as I'm in the hands Of some unspeakable horrors.
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Cruisin' 02:15
tryna find a liquorstore just within reach my baby wants a brand new altima tryna brownbag it down on the beach cruising down the street shes screaming sucha lil freak shes screaming oh yea lil baby is all i got + no ones gonna take my girl she is an indigo child in the towering wild she wants a love that just fucking hurts shes a lil alcoholic in the works shes so strange while she switched lanes i think these are the good old days
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lose yr shit lifes a trip what i bought supports thought i do not know if she really loves me i only know that she feeds when hungry she went + told me im her one + only she fucks me up + then she leaves me lonely filthy aphrodite dirty tease im filthy dionysus on my knees
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In Particles 05:32
completely human sins included tired eyes entirely lucid gruesome high rambunctious punk ill bide my time I bet ill flunk right outta life self sacrifice I found myself + realized I don't like myself mental health personal wealth spent on the shelves at the bar right down the road with grumpy dudes that I dunno or ill go to local shows with grumpy dudes that I dunno + little girls little girls all I wants a little girl im super shy + probably drinking overworked + overthinking about the bomb on the tv the marching ants inside of me on Adderall im not sad at all captains too much get admiral be yr own god silly heathen go smoke up yr inner demons death will never do us part my soul has been here since the start in particles completely human fucking fuming fists of rage the world is doomed im young + dumb + fulla cum you bet I wish that you want some tho probably not keep on moving day to day I keep improving my broken heart how poetic blending into the aesthetics carry on my wayward dude sing in pleasure sing in lieu count yr prayers like pocketchange for one good girl whos plenty strange tho plenty sane plenty sane one good girl whos plenty sane soft at heart + fulla kisses cuddle up + be my missus all I want is boundless love I want sadness madness radness love ill roam around my dear rhode island shining like some crazy diamond do I dare disturb the mighty + ask it for an aphrodite dionysus is in me screaming til the day well both be leaving in particles completely human midst the ruin all in all in our own doing scuse me scuse me gotta go somebody said I told you so suck it up boy take the blame look at mommy how ashamed her boy just wont play the game get along + be the same somethings up son whats the deal none of this is even real outta orbit in outer space our lives have not left a trace aside from trash that's what we are one big nasty superstar guided by our guts + minds misguided + self idolized throw away our boring stories throw away our guts + glory throw away our measurements throw away establishments lets start again lets start again a whole new world a new girlfriend who understands our lives are useless knowing so is where the truth is
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21 years old + im lost in the rubble the cops + the crooks are out looking for trouble + we were drinking offa churchsteps drunk + insane theres a bomb on the corner of memory lane Horace slain set yet again yet again theres a stupid lil universe bigger than men + we can make believe theres a worthwhile dream while were parked in the ghetto waiting for weed get a lil older get a lil more pissed my hearts as sore as the back of my fists ive been beating on the culprit my enemy hes my phantom friend + hes living with me the bucket burns with insatiable force + im a vicious motherfucker without any remorse + theres a gypsy girl with her small hands curled by the warmth of the fire so i gave her the world im feeling sober my lifes already over + i feel like at any second i could die theres a goddess in the streets of flame shes shaking her hips + calling out my name she said u rat bastid!
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Batshit City 02:30
well im living with the fact that i may be white trash with a big heart of gold + a whole buncha cash drywall taping 40 hours a week the rest of my times spent living the dream + im drinking in the gayraj with a couple of fags i got a smoking lil cutie + the hometown drags i got shelves fulla books that i no longer read + a couple hundred records + a bong fulla weed i thought i was a poet i thought i was a saint i thought that everybody gave a fuck about their fates now im overthinking got no self control im never giving back all the knowledge i stole im in the batshit city with nothing to do i no longer do speed i no longer huff glue i no longer see the stars that rattle my brain i no longer see the beauty in any old name
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Spook Me Out 03:12
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Lil' Tooth 03:25
the war has come to town put yr feet down to the ground its going down the natives theyre so restless yes this countrys got a deathwish its going down in the city im just acreeping im wide awake i see the worlds asleeping the streets are thick with bloody water im dancing in the dark with satans daughters before the fire im sucha liar i have no soul to sell or take me higher then i told em both a secret + saw them to their deaths so they would keep it i saw a man + he was bleeding he tipped his hat + said hed best be leaving then the buzzards started forming perching on the streetlamps as the dawn caught on fire then the rumble got louder ill see myself to death + wont be prouder im not alone oh baby wont you come + take me home last night i woke up + i lost a lil tooth its not for you its not for me its not entirely the truth i took some time off went to hell was sorta strange but i fit in oh lord the war has come to town let the bodycount begin yea yea yea
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Wanderin' 02:38
"dying is fine but death? oh baby i wouldn't like death if death were good for when instead of stopping to think you begin to feel dying is miraculous why because dying is perfectly natural perfectly putting it mildly lively" ive been wandering thru the valley of yr mind i didn't know just what i would find ive been wandering thru the caverns of yr soul what did i find i didn't even know ive been wandering thru the swamplands of yr heart when will it end boy it idnt even start
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Pony Boy 00:37
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Chop You Up 01:50
fool me once ill chop you up you know ill never get fooled again ill roam thru yr girly graves my body will invite yr plagues they say jesus saves but have you seen this babe i love her so damn much shes driving me insane fool me twice ill fuck you up yknow time is never on my side here we have the broken man what can he do with broken hands he wants to get fucked up in the broken land its all broke you understand fool me thrice ill fuck me up im sucha goddam son of a bitch hallelujah holy oh you never know yknow oh no im lost inside the afterglow of neverending overload my mind cant grasp a timely fashion i live inside bursts of passion im a do or die kinda guy
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BAM like an arrow straight into the skull it comes acreeping + im outta the lull like a virus its built like a plague its a venom that's in love with my brain im the radical disaster kid I do the evil things you wish you did white noise in the pit of my thoughts its so fuzzy hey I like you a lot do you wanna go out with me we can party til a quarter to 3 do you wanna go to bed with me do you wanna lose yr sanctity I got the dandelion debris under my bones + the devil in me is just dying to roam
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one girls trash is another girls treasure bloodhound boys go out seeking for pleasure + its a terror as nighttime it shines in yr eyes do the stardust boogie baby think yr alive are you one of my kind are you part of the tribe aint life too unusual babe + spooky divine whatcha looking for in all of this looky there that human is luminous + time is one bad motherfucker i love her its kinda like a crush in the pit of my gut next to the beer junkfood + cigarette butts my belly is filled up with drunk butterflies anxiety is just a sign of the times im a happy lil human waste im a happy lil waste of space im so happy la dee dee look at me
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skip to the loo my darling ill keep you from the suffering they lied to us they said everything would be just fine but id probably get eaten by a lion if these were nomadic times or even worse by a horse cause horses aren't carnivorous but if they were napoleon + washington would look so fucking cool + id probably be the drummer on the battlefront playing just like a fool yr the medicine woman a stargazer from some lost tribe you don't have to hunt or gather nothing all is brought to you right at yr feet i hear yr voice escaping + i ask the sky to play it on repeat
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64 Teeth 01:41
64 teeth gnashing gainst 2 tongues aint it fun oh aint it fun oh wake up suzie quick its time to run daddys coming home its almost one seen it comin seen it comin didnt do a thing to stop it now i lost my mind oh mind oh mind
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shes out persuin her new moons a nocturne void destroys the room ive grown accustomed to this tune where the twistin vines + absent time seems to compliment the gloom i wanna batten down the hatches make a happy mindset last oh i remember just in patches its all a blur the dreams obscured like a soggy book of matches ive tried to publish empty pages find some joy in fits of rage im just a pesticide parade an abominable carnival burnin down the centerstage ima scatterbrained conductor without a single stroke of luck or peace of mind ive tried to fuck her where eons fly + feelins die + i left her there to suffer
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i used to be a cough medicine bandit i was stealing pharmaceuticals + spinning planets my belly was aching + my brain was soup im just a bored preteen so i went out + scooped some more CCC gimme 8 for me + im handing it out cuz its always free when yr a cough medicine bandit i aint advocating man but heres the location go to any cornerstore all across this nation get some syrup or pills but just take a bunch til you feel like the devil had yr brain for lunch
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Krokodil Rok 01:23
track marks can be hid but its hard to hide wounds ive been using in the Ukraine got a sickle + spoon ima cook that dope thatll eat me alive they said its the shit so i gave it a try shes a stone cold leper but that lady is mine + were cruising thru the snow for a score we can find makes us feel alright makes us nod + rest it helps to kill the pain of our living flesh now im falling apart dancing to the krokodil rok its just us alone with our exposed bones
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celluloid aint no match for matches burn tinseltown to smithereens i walk around with a chaplin sadness burn a hole in the silverscreen i wanna die of hollywood cancer doll me up + dance me to my grave theres a beauty here that can be saved some a-list stud better be my baby with the killer abs + a humble face only way were gonna make some money not a dry eye in the place i wanna be yr dead lil sweetheart spotlight on the pearly gates i wanna be an american sweetheart
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"go to adams buy a pepsi for breakfast come home drink it take a pill + im high" hello my dream a drink with ted berrigan were discussing the code of the meaning within when just at that moment the ceiling caved in + destroyed everything cept the drugs + the gin now teds talking backwards to underage cops the lights + the law + this feeling wont stop i look at my wristwatch it musta fell off decided a good enough time to get lost now me + the learned astronomer got high in some grecian alley as bombers flew by he looked at the stars + he started to cry i don't think theres room up there for you + i "fucked til 7 now shes late for work + im 18 so why are my hands shaking i should know better" now julians drowning in some deadbeat bar hes looking to fight flashing all his nice scars his girl miley virus is starting the car i think hell is nextdoor it shouldn't be far
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were livin paycheck to paycheck with nothin to pay for the worlds a crock of shit there aint nothin to save for this is the era of the end of the world buncha greedy motherfuckers were the 1st world problem no use in havin dreams the worlds gonna bomb em this is the era of the end of the world i was enraged at 17 & didnt believe in anything now my teenage soul is following me & its no more fun i was a sage at 17 what i thought meant everything
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life is a big dark dimlit hallway rottin with a lotta love a big distress i see another person in the dimlit hallway by the time i reach em its a big ol mess lotta times its troublesome lotta times theyre dead lotta times a mental bullet gets me in the head ima dumb hounddog with my balls cut off ima spastic lil acid tramp its a cold cold world that you gotta get used to my brain is all soggy and damp honey theres a morningstar at the door my head is a russian roulette of excuses bang whiteflag donzo if im goin with him im takin you with me fell to the floor my beer and tv dinner did my brain is a triple 6 gun solid split you better pull a budd dwyer there buddy best get behind my cold shoulder
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i found yr heart in disarray the vision so askew i told you come & walk with me i think im broken too lets go & break into a lake get lost along the trains be my girl for satans sake you got an ugly brain im born & raised yet to escape from you were at the falls & fuck you i wanted some epiphany to crawl inside yr head i wanted some eternity to save you from the dead
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would it shut you up if i let you in i got some roachweed baby + my love to give i started thinking when i was very young it just messed me up i could cut out my tongue ill let you sing yr favorite song while i blast this riff + rip that bong you couldn't care yr too self assured i tried to read yr palms + couldn't find a word if i let you in would you be the one to make my limbs grow tight + numb are you made of pain + full of tricks can you stay all night + suck my she calls herself a starving artist shes eating everything in sight if we find a couple roaches we can keep going all night
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30 lo-fi home demos written by cody james mcilmail
(track 12 co-writ by charles buckner, track 13 trad. folk)

performed, recorded, + mixed by cody james
in pawtucket rhode island oct 2015 - feb 2017
except track 24 recorded in providence 2019
'junk punk" tracks mastered by john garofalo ii

spooky uncle - john garofalo ii on drums
the heebies - amanda zalewski on drums

track 1 contains a sample from matt silver
track 11 contains a sample from e.e. cummings
track 24 contains a sample from ted berrigan

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released April 29, 2019

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