Petri-Dish

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Simon Joyner

Simon Joyner (born 1971) is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Considered by some[citation needed] to be the forefather of the burgeoning Omaha music scene[citation needed], he has profoundly influenced the music of Bright Eyes. Joyner also collaborated with John Darnielle, of The Mountain Goats, and Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone. He is also famous for the so called "Peel Incident," when famous British DJ John Peel played his album The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll from beginning to end on air. Joyner is named after Paul Simon. more »

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Petri Dish

Alex is in love with his Special K
and Chris is in love with philosophy
and Bill is in love with Woody Guthrie
and I’m in love with suffering

When I was young, I was delinquent
I was in love with vandalism
just like the kid in the sunshine state
who through a rock through a window
and got a bullet through his braces

The kids are alright with suffering, I guess

The billboard said that we need blood bad
because an act of God is a hard act to follow
The earth is a hostile Petri dish 
It makes that wafer so hard to swallow
Nobody cried on Calvary 
because Jesus died for our suffering

If you’re not part of the problem
you’re part of the solution
There’s a color-wheel lodged
in the throat of the nation
While the brothers blow their brothers away
the cops are getting it all down on video tape
because the public servants 
are in love with public suffering

Alex is in love with razor blades
Chris is in love with The Minutemen
so we all tip our waiters and our waitresses
even though we know they don’t stand a chance
We tip them anyway
because we are all in love with their suffering

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