20. Chips Ahoy – The Hold Steady

She put $900 on the fifth horse in the sixth race
i think its name is “chips ahoy!”
it came in six lengths ahead, we spent the whole next week getting high

19. Xmas Curtain – My Morning Jacket

you pay to get behind her Christmas curtain.
you’re the criminal that never breaks the law

18. December’s Child – Mark Olson

newspaper roses on the side of the road
born and so soon you leave home

17. 3rd Planet – Modest Mouse

When you get to the promise land your gonna shake that eye’s hand
Your heart felt good it was drippin’ pitch and made of wood
And your hands and knees felt cold and wet on the grass to me

16. Time(The Revelator) – Gillian Welch

Darling remember from when you come to me
that Im the pretender,
Im not what Im supposed to be
but who could know, lf Im a traitor?
times the revelator, revelator

15. Playground Love – Air

I’m a high school lover, and you’re my favorite flavor
Love is all, all my soul
You’re my playground love

14. Hercules – Mercury Rev

One becomes two then before you becomes three
Words climb your tongue like a ladder to speak
Drifting as you go but you row till it seems
All is one, All is mind, all is lost and you find, all is dream

13. Black History Month – Death From Above 1979

Do you remember a time when this pool was
A great place for waterwings and cannonballs
A nice place for astrologists and blow up dolls
And on, and on…

12. Frankie’s Gun – The Felice Brothers

Work zones double fines
Don’t pass the double lines
Trailer McDonald’s rest stop trailer double wide
I saw a man hit my mom one time, really
I hurt him so damn bad I had to hide in Jersey

11. Lost Cause – Beck

There’s a place where you are going
You ain’t never been before
No one laughing at your back now
No one’s standing at your door