I thought I was gonna grow up to save the world, but I just landed the same sort of dead-end job as everybody else.

“Life’s a job you’re fired from, unless of course you quit” ~ Loudon Wainwright III - “The Shit Song” (So Damn Happy)

Side A
01. Bonzo Dog Band - “What Do You Do?” (Keynsham)
02. Tom Waits - “Yesterday is Here” (Franks Wild Years)
03. The Brogues - “I Ain’t No Mircale Worker” (Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, Vol. 2)
04. Tall Dwarfs - “I’ve Left Memories Behind” (Hello Cruel World)
05. Jonathan Coulton - “I Feel Fantastic” (JoCo Looks Back)
06. Ben Folds - “Fred Jones, Part 2” (Rockin’ the Suburbs)

Side B
07. Marvin the Paranoid Android - “Marvin, I Love You” (The Double ‘B’-Side)
08. Cat Stevens - “Matthew and Son” (Matthew & Son)
09. The Who - “Imagine a Man” (The Who By Numbers)
10. Nada Surf - “Stalemate” (High/Low)
11. Violent Femmes - “Used to Be” (Why Do Birds Sing?)
12. Nick Drake - “I Was Made to Love Magic” (Time of No Reply)

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