Austin Lounge Lizards

Bonfire Of The Inanities

Austin Lounge Lizards


We rented a convertible in San Bernadino 
We were driving for driving's sake 
Across the tortured waterless mountains 
Through the moonscape of Mono Lake 
The lights of earth had faded behind 
The stars were fat and sleek 
The universe seemed enormous 
So how could we be unique? 
We scanned the voids for humanoids 
And an answer to the question "Why?" 
¡Carramba! What were we thinking? 
Cause we were borning to die! 
To the aliens above we are just tiny anys 
They could crush with their giant feet 
They could smash our car and mash us into 
A little bit of hamburger meat 
So let the wind blow through your head 
Your thoughts don't matter anyway 
We're insignificant, baby 
And we're all gonna fade away 
We only stopped in Reno for a very short time 
But the lights were way too bright 
We got tired of spending our winnings 
And went spinning out into the night 
In the desert we saw this giant man 
Exploding like the Fourth of July 
Slowly we turned to say "hello" 
When he vaporized into the sky 
We're feeling like a bunch of hothouse tomatoes 
Riding in a bubble-pack box 
With nothing between us and a big hungry worm 
But this canvas roof and the push button locks 
To the aliens above we are just tiny anys 
They could crush with their giant feet 
They could smash our car and mash us into 
A little bit of hamburger meat 
And then someday the whole planet'll blow 
And we're all gonna suffocate 
We're insignificant, baby 
And we just think it's great 
Insignificant 
Get it over 
Cut our taxes 
Make it so 
Marfa Lights 
Can't get no 
Where's our luggage? 
Just say thanks 
That oughta do it