This little guy took me by surprise. I had kind of hit a slump and Ian was having a terrible day. I had planned to do another song, but decided to take some lyrics Ian had jotted down and started playing with them. I ended up with some old school 80s sounds that I didn't even know Garageband was capable of. Had some degree of luck with a side chain filter on our voices, too.
-Kyle
lyrics
I:
Here's a fact that you may not understand
Things happen to me before you've even planned
to have the activity happen to you.
I have the proclivity to make the future true.
I can see things well before they occur
At least it seems that way, I'm totally sure
For example, when something comes on the TV
at 12 o'clock, you won't see it til three
I celebrate New Years well before you do
This isn't some kind of time travel voodoo
These mysteries aren't for the fainthearted
I finish a countdown before yours has started
How do I do it? Is it some magic spell?
How do I predict the future so well?
Am I told all these secrets by some precognitive beast?
No, you're on the West Coast, and I'm on the East
Chorus:
I:You're on the West Coast and I'm on the East
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
I: You're on the West Coast and I'm on the East
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
I:You're on the West Coast and I'm on the East
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
I: You're on the West Coast and I'm on the East
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
K:
So you mean to tell me I'm living in the past?
Wow, I should've paid more attention in class
Say, can you use your powers to bet on Lakers games?
Or would you be overcome with dirty, rotten, shame?
Is daylight savings now time travel?
Or is this a theory for Doc Brown to unravel?
I know it may seem cynical I know that I'm a skeptic
But it's gettin', it's gettin', it's gettin' kinda hectic.
Ian, I think you're trying to pull a fast one on me.
Your claims don't hold water as anyone can plainly see.
I can't help but wonder if this has to do
with the five dollars that I lent to you.
But if you're in the future, how 'bout a warning
before you call with this crap at six in the morning?
Ohh, that's right, it's nine to you.
Well whoop-dee-freakin-future-doo.
Chorus:
I:I live in the future from you!
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
I:I live in the future from you!
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
I:I live in the future from you!
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
I:I live in the future from you!
K: THE FUTURE?
I: THE FUTURE!
I: It's totally the future and in our time,
I don't owe you a single dime.
K: Whatever, dorkus. It's just five bucks.
I don't really care, so I guess you're in luck.
I:I used my Jedi mind trick to change your feelings.
Don't my future powers send you reeling?
K:Long long ago and far far away.
Just quit while you're ahead, ok?
the great Luke Ski, Scooter Picnic's #1 fan, who appears on "I'd Buy That For A Dollar", and who occasionally has Ian and Kyle appear on his songs. Scooter Picnic
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Kyle has a gift for creating earworms—catchy tunes that you just cannot get out of your head until they've achieved their purpose. (Which is? That would be telling...) At the moment I'm particularly fond of "I Don't Know Why There's a Bug in Here," which I predict within five years will dominate campfires and school buses. Brother Osric
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This album is pretty much "all good" as they say. I like all the tracks, but somehow, "The Games I Used To Play" was my life in the '80s. Ian, you've done it again! roboknight