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You Make A Better Door Than A Girlfriend

by The Strait A's

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1.
We Are The Strait A's Whoa Oh
2.
Everything about you has got a tragic flaw But you know I've got a problem and I know that you're the cause You ain't ever given a second thought to that Now your pretty little porcelain exterior is cracked Oh when I first met you I thought you were beautiful But now the awful hiding there inside you's coming through Seeping from your pores onto the surface of your skin You used to be a painting now you're uglier than sin You're so much less than another pretty face I'm sick of waiting for you to come around I'm sick of crawling on my elbows through your shit I'm sick of living in your little power trip I'm gonna run right out and find another girl Who's only ugly on the inside
3.
Goin' Steady 02:27
Everybody knows that you're my little baby Cause you follow everywhere I go But it's all a joke 'cause you just said maybe When what you really meant was no Putting on a show isn't bad if you're buying into All the silly things you do But you're gonna choke if you don't stop swallowing All the shit I'm feeding you When you fuck it up, well you get to believing That you don't want another chance But you change your tune every time you start thinking Of that sweet, sarcastic smile she was wearing while she danced Everybody knows that you left for a reason But they don't quite know just what it is But they get the point when they see you without me And you say, "I was never really his." I gave it some thought and with careful consideration I decided it was true And it's pretty clear that you're just about the worst thing That ever happened to you Baby, since you left well you know I've been drinking And hanging out with all my friends But when I'm alone throwing darts at your picture I always get the urge to call you up and just start screaming Don't give it another thought you've done enough already Wish I could have told you that when we were going steady Don't give it another thought cause now we're off and running Wish I had the wherewithal to have seen you coming
4.
Frankenstein 01:51
Before we even met you'd gone and stolen my heart Made me feel like more than just the sum of my parts But lately you've been playing god with me, oh baby You've been messing with my heart and with my soul You made me a monster now I think you might be losing control Before we even met you'd gone and stolen my heart Not to mention everything else Made me feel like more than just the sum of my parts And then apart is just what everything fell But you say no and you tell me all the reasons Why you never could've acted such a fool You're killing me with kindness But your kindness really seems pretty cruel Don't you know that I'm not your little Frankenstein You put me together but I made up my own mind You pulled my strings for a while, it's true But now the strings you pulled are pullin' right back on you I'm not your little Frankenstein You put me together but I made up my own mind You made me question everything that we had And now I know your fire is bad
5.
Don't do that, don't put a duncecap on my heart Well, if you're trying to drive me nuts you're doing a pretty good job If you wanna take somebody home don't just pick any slob I'm not trying to sit here telling you something that you already know But you know I know something and it's looking pretty bad now I'm not really upset, it's just you know how we get When we're dealing with morons If you're after my heart, well you'd better get smart Or at least just play along It's a damn good thing you're so damn cute 'Cause nobody would tolerate you without a face And without a place to back it up How is it that you continue going on like this You know you've got a problem but don't know what it is You know you're barely above a mongoloid I'm not really upset, it's just you know how we get When we're dealing with morons If you're after my heart, well you'd better get smart Or at least just learn to play along Take a break and observe that I grade on a curve And you're below the bell, dear I just don't understand how you possibly can Keep on trying to stay with a man you know you're better than
6.
I've been trying so hard to show you what I can be But you're still steadfastly refusing to see I wanna change this course I'm running on But what can I do? When I'm just so retarded over you If you want someone who'll always love you truly You know who it's gonna be I ain't hiding anything 'cause I don't think it's a crime That I feel like calling you all the time I'm not referring to the telephone, I'm talking 'bout dibs 'Cause I don't want anyone else bogarting your lips If you wonder who'll be waiting when you're ready Well, it's gonna be me ..

about

We had a lot of fun making this. Sometimes we yelled stuff before and after we recorded stuff. Called those 'keepers'.

We Are The Strait A's: What more can you say? Whoa oh.

Pretty Face: Maybe the meanest song I will ever write. Who's it about? I'll never tell. But it's Dave Coulier. Cut it out, you fuck.

Goin' Steady: Even now I don't know what the fuck to make of this song. Is it mean? Is it nice? It certainly tells a story, but it's like the stories my great uncle used to tell after he drank his homemade spanish fly that was equal parts lighter fluid and anitfreeze.

Frankenstein: Only song in our catalog written by one and sang by the other. Why would that happen? Well, 'cause Kat sings it better. And I originally wrote it for her other band. Also, she sings it better.

Duncecap: HAAAAAHAHAHAHA.

Who's It Gonna Be: We called in 4 pubescent boys to get the voice cracks right. Shit was a CHORE. But, in the end, if you're not gonna do it right, don't do it at all. Also, probably the best song I've ever written.

-Chris

Originally released on the mighty Moonquake Records by our pal Sam North, who decided to put out our record after figuring out it would be funny to put out our record after we broke up.

True visionary, that one, and we sure do appreciate it.

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released May 1, 2010

Recorded by Chad Weis at Devil's Workshop sometime before May 2009.

Kat Naden: Bass/Vocals/Toy Piano/'Gimme An A's
Nate Collis: Drums/Vocals/Other Guitar
Chris Johnson: Guitar/Vocals
Eli: 'Gimme An A's
Jake: 'Gimme An A's

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