Name: Because I'm Awesome by The Dollyrots in Stuff I like
Duration: 3 min 20 s
Description: Off our 2nd full length album. Released 2007 on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records.

Stuff I like

Off The Dollyrots fan-funded 4th album. Released in 2012 on Arrested Youth Records.

Hyperactive

The Devil You Know - I Fight Dragons

Mushroomhead - Sun Doesn't Rise (Live)

Bread

Mushroomhead - Among The Crows

We are two mariners
Our ship's sole survivors
In this belly of a whale
It's ribs are ceiling beams
It's guts are carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill

You may not remember me
I was a child of three
And you, a lad of eighteen
But, I remember you
And I will relate to you
How our histories interweave
At the time you were
A rake and a roustabout
Spending all your money
On the whores and hounds
(oh, oh)

You had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
My widowed mother found so sweet
And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
Now filled with filth and foul disease
As time wore on you proved
A debt-ridden drunken mess
Leaving my mother
A poor consumptive wretch
(oh, oh)

And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
The only thing you left behind
And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
And my poor mother lost her mind
Then, one day in spring
My dear sweet mother died
But, before she did
I took her hand as she, dying, cried:
(oh, oh)

"Find him, Bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave"

It took me fifteen years
To swallow all my tears
Among the urchins in the street
Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
To keep their vestry nice and neat
But, never once in the employ
Of these holy men
Did I ever, once turn my mind
From the thought of revenge
(oh, oh)

One night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
With a penitent whaler from the sea
The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
Was known for wanton cruelty
The following day
I shipped to sea
With a privateer
And in the whistle
Of the wind
I could almost hear
(oh, oh)

"Find him, Bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave

There is one thing I must say to you
As you sail across the sea
Always, your mother will watch over you
As you avenge this wicked deed"

And then, that fateful night
We had you in our sight
After twenty months at sea
Your starboard flank abeam
I was getting my muskets clean
When came this rumbling from beneath
The ocean shook
The sky went black
And the captain quailed
And before us grew
The angry jaws
Of a giant whale

(oh..)

Don't know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
I must have slipped between his teeth
But, oh, what providence
What divine intelligence
That you should survive
As well as me
It gives my heart great joy
To see your eyes fill with fear
So lean in close
And I will whisper
The last words you'll hear
(oh, oh)

The Decemberists - Mariner's Revenge Song

[Verse]
Your promises linger like fruit in the sun
You said you'd fix this but more damage is done
In whispers they shatter all trust that I had
The cracks in your stories are driving me mad

[Verse 2]
Shadows of kindness now fade into dark
Your words are like matches; they’re leaving their mark
I gave you my patience
My heart was sincere
But each broken vow only brought me to here

[Chorus]
In truth you're a liar for all the world to know
Promises crumbled like footprints in snow
You carry the weight of deceit in your glow
Nothing but a bully
Now it’s time to go

[Verse 3]
Your smile is a weapon you wield with finesse
A carnival mask hiding chaos and mess
The years they have taught me to read through your guise
Behind all the glitter are venomous lies

[Bridge]
You played the hero
A knight clad in light
But your silver tarnished
It’s lost to the fight
No flowers can bloom on a soil made of stone
The gardens have turned
And you’re left all alone

[Chorus]
In truth you're a liar for all the world to know
Promises crumbled like footprints in snow
A lesson I’ve gathered not quick but too slow
Nothing but a bully
Now it’s time to go

Time to Go

Off our 2nd full length album. Released 2007 on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records.

Because I'm Awesome

Track 1 from the "Mama's Gonna Knock You Out" EP

Save Me

Zach’s debut single, “War!,” is his first major solo music release and his debut EP “A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak” is due out this year.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/war/1335141116?i=1335141553

War!

Pelicans We

Tardigrade Song

This was the NPR Song of the Day on 5/23/12.

Pretty Little Head

Outside the Box

Looking Like This

The Dollyrots are a punk rock band but their CDs are very pop. Rah rah rah. Kelly is sugar sweet but mischievous and might sucker punch you if you're dumb enough to try her patience. Which she has a lot of, if she hasn't been visiting her friends Jack, Jim or Jameson. She likes to do girl things like grow plants and sew up her t-shirts and crochet and make strawberry cakes. But she also likes to play her basses til they are sprinkled with blood and drives soo fast she's not allowed behind the wheel. She likes to get carsick reading and writing postcards from the road. Her favorite guy is Quito, her dog, who you'll meet after the show if you come see the band on tour. She loves Irish punk rock, girl groups, and anything off the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack. And she smells great.

Then there is Luis... Luis is mysterious. And very smart. He is one of those guys who you meet and think maybe you'd join his cult. I hear he has his own religion, based on the Sun God so it's not really a stretch. Ask him about it sometime; he'll tell you about freaking that room full of people out while rambling about western religion while on some weird head trip. He is also known to get feisty when he's hungry or afraid he's getting sick. It's really easy to get Luis to flinch, he's not crazy about people touching him. Maybe it's because he was abducted by ETs when he lived in Ecuador as a child. He likes good Brit punk, music of the early 90's because it's honest and don't forget Chuck Berry and Patsy Cline. On the road he likes to read parts of books he never finishes and stare out the window. He's good to talk to.

The Dollyrots have released four full length albums and several singles and EPs through the Lookout, Blackheart, and Brando record labels. Their music has earned them song placements, commercials, and acting stints in film & TV including Disney/Pixar's Brave, Hewlett-Packard, Kohls, CSI:NY, among others. The band has logged hundreds of thousands of miles in the U.S. touring consistently since 2003, cultivating a rabidly loyal fan base while headlining and playing one-off shows in the US & UK alongside Bowling For Soup, Buzzcocks, and Joan Jett, Forever the Sickest Kids, Paramore, The Breeders, and The Go-Gos. The band is currently in studio recording their 5th LP, which is being put together with the direct support of their fans through PledgeMusic.

Because I'm Awesome

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