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The Alien Album

by Ham Sandwich Quantum Party

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1.
Not Aliens 03:12
see the flashing lights deep in the night sky another airplane goes by see the twinkling stars and the passing clouds what's the strange noise? -- I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien -- see the ruins of some ancient time another eon goes by see the artifacts and the wondrous stones what's the strange noise? -- I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien -- too much weird stuff time to wake up except I'm not asleep too much weird stuff it's time to wake up except I'm not asleep -- I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien I don't know exactly what that could have been but I don't think it was alien n o t aliens n o t aliens n o t aliens n o t aliens aliens
2.
noone flew a rocket quite the way you did you'd been a pilot since you were a scrappy little kid a framed shot of you on your daddy's knee that you gave to me I don't know how to give it back -- how many days have I let vanish in the haze of galactic rules about rocket fuel and stations far away how much loss for the place that I have won ship and crew and cargoes too beneath the saturn sun how many days have I let vanish in the haze of galactic rules about rocket fuel and stations far away how much loss for the place that I have won ship and crew and cargoes too beneath the saturn sun -- every once in a great while when I'm out ten or twelve miles I'll look and the plans for how to land handwritten! no hesitation, just the glow of concentration giving way to a sigh and a big smile now I don't socialize much at all the crew mutter darkly in the mess hall there's a universe out there and there's one inside I'd rather have the timeline where I've nothing left to hide -- how many days have I let vanish in the haze of galactic rules about rocket fuel and stations far away how much loss for the place that I have won ship and crew and cargoes too beneath the saturn sun I could trust you with my soul between us everything just flowed I've made it work but it's not bona fide without your thoughtful words to guide me home
3.
No space shuttle for me man cause I'm gonna get myself a rocketvan -- I'm gonna fly it at a reasonable pace Rock this rocketvan cause I'm in outer space, yeah I'll use it to drive my kids around Rockin' that four-nozzle tinny sound -- The other day I was looking to buy a ship so I went to my local space-port and there was a quadruped there, he said to me 'by the power vested in my by the Federation, we'll see what we gort' it was definitely used and asteroid-dented ten years old or more and previously rented it powered on a little rough with a - a warning on the screen but the reactor was good, and most systems were green -- I'm gonna fly it at a reasonable pace Rock this rocketvan cause I'm in outer space, yeah I'll use it to drive my kids around Rockin' that four-nozzle tinny sound spacey minivan rock hyperspeed the van rock don't open the airlock spacey minivan rock some of the landing gear just don't roll out but being super frugal makes me super proud -- the tariffs owed on this one they're pretty small I don't care if the retro rockets sometimes stall I got my credits right here, but maybe I can press 'em for a deal they said, 'you know I'm telepathic, right?' then they said 'are you sure you don't want something more, uh, mate-attracting?' I said 'who do you think I am, someone you can be easily distracting?' 'the teleport smells of rotten cheese and deodorizing spray' 'besides, mates don't want a magnet, they want diverse dna!' -- I'm gonna fly it at a reasonable pace Rock this rocketvan cause I'm in outer space, yeah I'll use it to drive my kids around Rockin' that four-nozzle tinny sound spacey minivan rock hyperspeed the van rock don't open the airlock spacey minivan rock some of the landing gear just don't roll out but being super frugal makes me super proud -- I left the lot with the ship in tow having just linked it to my genetic code, yeah somewhere out there's a being who'll think my rocketship is swell and maybe her species just won't be able to smell -- spacey minivan rock hyperspeed the van rock don't open the airlock spacey minivan rock some of the landing gear just don't roll out but being super frugal makes me super proud
4.
Fun Fun Fun 02:46
there's a reason why they're building a sphere around the sun it's to capture all the power when the work is done and that's to have a gigantic computer simulation run the program is designed for us to have fun the program is designed for us to have a lot of fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun but there's a plan for the things that we want to learn how societies form and sometimes, how they burn we are looking to put our efforts into something new tired of the tried and true, we want something more fun the program is designed for us to have a lot of fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun sign the waiver right here, jump into the chair I'll also need your initials right there and there soon you'll be subsisting or you could be a millionaire there's merit in both perspectives, we think that's fair the program is designed for us to have a lot of fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun oh we'll lock your memories for the duration of your stay we find that it's best if you don't know that you're there to play play play play but there's an exception if you're really afraid of life in this project noone will stab you with a knife you can be forever safe if you price so many footnotes, but we don't say any lies yes the program is designed for us to have some fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun and some Fridays when it gets a little loose around the office yes, we have an office, huh we'll take a little look inside your head when we hit the pause button that's a little creepy, but we went with it and the program is designed for us to have a lot of fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun
5.
what if we are what if we are born into eternity we stumble and fall humbled by circumstance in the midst of it all our place is mysterious we seem so apart but the manual was shredded and the way things are headed we might look to the sky, to find our hearts -- what if we are the aliens what if our home is in the stars why do we focus on nukes and mochas when we’ve traveled here from worlds afar what if we are the aliens what if ours is the only light why do we focus on nukes and mochas when we can’t win that fight -- whispering in the darkness a gentle tug on the ropes that bind and watching from above, the master beckons for this marionette to act in kind for I don’t have a saviour I haven’t yet found my creed all the same, cosmic forces are swirling around the well from which I feed -- what if we are the aliens what if our home is in the stars why do we focus on nukes and mochas when we’ve traveled here from worlds afar what if we are the aliens what if ours is the only light why do we focus on nukes and mochas when we can’t win that fight what if we are the aliens what if our home is in the stars why do we focus on nukes and mochas when we’ve traveled here from worlds afar what if we are the aliens what if ours is the only light why do we focus on nukes and mochas when we can’t win that fight what if we are
6.
zither here! I'm the historian of the group and when I'm not in a box I drive a burgundy coupe a long time ago when pluto was colonized there a being named Z and food science was his life so I was born inside a grinder they made me like a tube created to be carby what else would you have them do I'm organic and I'm durum but I'm not gluten-free so unhappy lots with unhappy guts won't like being close to me -- oh, we're the pluto pasta brothers the same sheet was our mother we will be eaten, and we won't be beaten and we'll talk back while we're able oh we're the pluto pasta brothers you can make us for your lover salt and oil and water to boil and we'll happily join your table now they say that when our time is near we'll be plucked from a flat shelf and we'll say farewell to our other selves and wish them all good health, and good eatin' -- zander here! I'm a great big flirt and when I'm not in a box I'm wearing really tight shirts so when you dump us in the water it's like a day at the beach for you it's hot, for us it's not it hits the places we can't reach and we love to see each other while we're sittin in your little pool hey zither, how's it going? at least it's not snowing, you know? and we'll sing our wheat-filled song for you all through the time we cook so get your thoughts on a pasta box and free recipes from the book -- oh, we're the pluto pasta brothers the same sheet was our mother we're gonna be eaten, and we won't be beaten and we'll talk back while we're able oh we're the pluto pasta brothers you can make us for your lover salt and oil and water to boil and we'll happily join your table I've had a lot of fun, I've met a lot of shapes and now it's time for me to settle down, and uh get a little serious about getting chewed and get shipped to the other side of town -- zeezix here! I'm the leader of this shipment and they've carried out the plan very well I'll gonna meet 'em in a better place because there is no pasta hell we were raised with just one mission to make your day a treat we're the pluto pasta brothers and you might eat us with meat we're sentient strains of cylindrical grain regular pasta's such a pain no squeal of delight when the water's right or when it's time about to pull us out when it's time for eating the thought fills us with glee we've been trained our whole lives just to survive the trip to your belly -- oh, we're the pluto pasta brothers the same sheet was our mother we're getting eaten, and we're not getting beatn and we talk back while we're able oh we're the pluto pasta brothers you can make us for your lover salt and oil and water to boil cause we're no longer on the table zither here, I'm going, dears! zander here, how grand it appears! zeezix's time, to suffix the line! whee! pasta heaven, here we come! forgot to take out my chewing gum hope they don't think my life was dumb PASTA HEAVEN
7.
Evil Forces 03:44
something different about this one perhaps he will lead us to greatness, or to madness something to get us out of this terrible terrible song momma said to always shoot for the head evil forces I gave up that life to bring home the bread but now evil forces are coming to town evil forces and not just in the clubs is it going down and the people on the streets know how this goes put on your swimsuits and suitable clothes we'll take the monsters out tonight reclaim the city from their fangs and bites and armed with super-soaker and a pack of chewing gum sneak up on and take out their leaders one by one it's a good thing that they don't like water cause when they squeal it makes me pump harder -- evil forces -- I collude with a priest down alleycat way evil forces he's a mild mannered guy by the light of day but at moonrise and with red skies evil forces we cross over to the other side for a watergun is not a toy for boys and girls to enjoy it's a tool of righteous vengeance that I mean to employ to cleanse this plane of demons and foes I'm packing holy water and I'm going toe to toe with interdimensional creatures politicians with no names veggie burgers at the golden arches the city is a swamp and we dredge the marshes -- evil forces -- vigilante with a water-gun shooting the bad guys has never been so much fun but now we're living on the run until our vicious mission is done yeah vigilante with a water-gun shooting the bad guys has never been so much fun but now we're living on the run until our vicious mission is done and the call went out from jericho and the call went out from jericho that the final battle should begin and the call went out from jericho that the final battle should begin
8.
--verse 1 on this moon we’re building a farm grow us some corn and do no harm sell it at the market down by the crater grow some food for all these haters there's very little oxygen in the air but these earth plants, they love it here soil’s got nitrogen in every form and there's no more insect swarms, which is nice and no tractor, no detassling ears. no-one driving, have no fear. they speak peer to peer! ---chorus--- the robots in the barn the robots in the barn servos whine at maintenance time for the robots in the barn the robots in the barn there are robots in the barn it pays to know binary codes for the robots in the barn --verse 2 this settlement is pretty barebones but we still think of it as our home and we got whiskey, from alien corn it only tastes good when you have some more long way to go on the terraform so for now we still live in domes and dorms and when it's clear, it’s a pretty view cause the sky is purple and the mountains are blue but, if you’re coming here, study your C - I know, I know, you learned quantum in college, but Unix still runs on --chorus the robots in the barn the robots in the barn no boopin or beepin, but they still reapin’ for the robots in the barn yes robots in the barn there are robots in the barn watch live from europa, from your sofa, they’re growing shrimp and sharks and stuff, it’s pretty unreal robots in the barn the robots in the barn just be a cheapskate and orchestrate for the robots in the barn yes robots in the barn there are robots in the barn computer reference, insert here for the robots in the barn this is like my 5th take of this outro and I'm getting really sick of it so thanks for listening! egh
9.
there's a place out there where there is no light where x-rays are what you see and they built a base out of the taxes we pay to hold the mission accessories now, mock me as you will but I'm gonna do it still --chorus-- I'm going through a black hole to see the other side might be another universe some say I'm gonna die but we all gotta go somewhere and we all gotta go sometime so I'm going through a black hole to see the other side -- I know it's not for everyone cause you might not understand why I do what I do see, the press call it a suicide plan mock me as you will but I'm gonna do it still --chorus-- I'm going through a black hole to see the other side might be another universe some say I'm gonna die but we all gotta go somewhere and we all gotta go sometime so I'm going through a black hole to see the other side -- mission control, I don't think there's any sense in me telling you what I'm seeing, because you already know, so I'm going to just enjoy the ride, if that's alright thank you everyo-

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Aliens. Not Aliens. Minivan ownership...in Space. You in?

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released March 1, 2018

music and lyrics on Not Aliens (c) Alex Klages 2018
guitars and banjo on Robots in the Barn by Allison Jones

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Ham Sandwich Quantum Party is one dude (and sometimes friends) and vintage-tinted synthpop.

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