The Truth Is, To Some Degree, We All Steal

Hellbound icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 07 from the Degradation Trip LP by Jerry Cantrell icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

Jerry Cantrell's "Degradation Trip" album art. [Formatted]

Going down: a last act scene
Curtain call, begin bowing
Self-appointed abuse king
We’re hellbound, that’s my belief

Black eat white
Catch that thrill
Whatever comes, eat your fill
Choke on the bones
It’s a flowing stream that has long stilled
The truth is, to some degree, we all steal

Hey now
Come round
We’re hellbound and going way down

Justified: a self-made man
All I do is do what I can
My edges were sharpened with blasted sand
I’m a bizarre and devoted fan

Black eat white
Catch that thrill
Whatever comes, eat your fill
Choke on the bones
The flowing theme is blown will
The truth is, to some degree, we all steal

Hey now
Come round
We’re hellbound and going to stay down

Washington: a fishbelly rust
A sad chapter, I read the last page first

Black eat white
Catch that thrill
Whatever comes, eat your fill
Choke on the bones
Our flowing dream now killed
The truth is, to some degree, we all steal

Hey now
Come round
We’re hellbound and going way down

Flash in the Pan

Gilbert Gottfried icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (from the Dirty Jokes DVD)

Gilbert Gottfried talking standing behind a podium and talking into a microphone. [Formatted]

A man goes to the bar after work and gets so drunk that he throws up on himself.

He says to the bartender, “When my wife finds out I’ve been at the bar all night, she’s gonna kill me!”

The bartender responds, “It’s no problem—here’s what you do: take a ten dollar bill and put it in your shirt pocket. When you get home, tell her that you were working late, and on the subway home somebody threw up on you and then gave you ten dollars to have your shirt cleaned.”

“That’s a great idea!” the man says.

Later that night, he finds his wife waiting for him in the doorway of their home. She exclaims, “Where the hell have you been?! Why is there vomit all over your shirt?! Have you been out drinking again??!”

The man slurs his response: “No honey! I swear I wasn’t drinking! Some sick man on the subway threw up on me and then gave me this ten dollar bill to have my shirt cleaned!”

The wife pulls the money out of his pocket and says, “But this is twenty dollars.”

“Oh yeah, he shit in my pants too.”

Supporting the Habit

Rodney Dangerfield icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson)

Rodney Dangerfield and Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. [Formatted]

“I tell ya, Johnny, quitting smoking is rough.

“My wife and I, we made a deal to only smoke cigarettes after sex. Problem is, I’ve been working on the same pack since 1975.”

[crowd laughs]

“What bothers me even more is that my wife… she’s up to three packs a day!”

And If the Wind is Just Right…

Spanish Castle Magic icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 03 from the Axis: Bold as Love LP by The Jimi Hendrix Experience icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

Jimi Hendrix's "Axis: Bold as Love" album cover. [Formatted]

It’s very far away
It takes about half a day to get there if we travel by my dragonfly

No it’s not in Spain
But all the same, you know, it’s a groovy name
And if the wind is just right…

Hang on my darling
Hang on if you want to go
It’s a really groovy place
And it’s got just a little bit of a Spanish Castle magic

The clouds are really low and they overflow with cotton candy
And battle grounds are red and brown

But it’s all in your mind
Don’t think your time on bad things
Just float your little mind around
Look out!

Hang on my darling
Hang on if you want to go
It’s just a little bit of Spanish Castle magic

It’s all in your mind
A little bit of daydream here and there