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New Milk
03:20
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Used to mess with coke a lot
And now my kids get all I got
Used to live in the city
And now the burbs are home to me
Used to have a big old head
And now my head is mostly dead
And I can’t recognize the punk
Who’s suffocating in my trunk
Cuz when the milk comes around
You gotta swallow it down
And my new milk came around
Climb the mountain’s what I do
I hope it’s good enough for you
And while you sit here judging me
You know I got a family
Cuz gangsters treat their ladies right
And pranksters curse their chickless plight
And my song may not be the best
But daddy’s gotta get some rest
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White Tonight
04:18
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My name well it means nothing
My age it means a hell of a lot
I used to be so much younger
And now it seems that I am not
Been in bands for twenty years now
Happy anniversary
I know I should have a party
But I don’t have the energy
The years pass, you milk your mojo
The pose becomes a slouch
This year I took all my money
And blew it on a big old couch
I went to bed early last Friday
And woke up in a nervous sweat
This was the life I had chosen
And I just hadn’t noticed yet
A quiet dream of happiness
Contentment, domestic bliss but
Nobody will know how deep we are
And nobody will see how chic we are
I need a little white tonight so I can drive this car
I got to be there when the band starts playin
I still could be your star
The night life well it was my life
And it could be mine again
All I need is some tight jeans
And a little stimulation
Me and the wife we go out dancing
I know the guy working the door
But he charges both of us full price
I guess I ain’t hot no more
I never used to wait in line
Now I’d rather stay home all the time
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Undefeated
04:31
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Bright lights in the kitchen
I’m putting all the dishes away
(How could you ever know)
My press clips yellow and grey
No gold records in the rec room
And no new song to play
(More than you’ll ever know)
Another perfect day
Remember how
You said we’re undefeated now
Cuz we only ever played one game
And we won it
I cracked the cup
But now you keep on cracking up
Cuz I never even knew the
Prize you wanted
I made you think you walked away with the trophy
The caviar of men
(How could you ever know)
The beginning of a rainbow’s end
Now I’m terrified of the real life
When I can’t play pretend
(More than you’ll ever know)
I wanna fake it again
I promised you
We’d break on through
Take over the biz
But now it’s just me and you
And life as it is
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Space
03:34
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Can’t get round how I get so down
It’s like my mind’s pre-owned
You see when it likes me then we both agree
And when it don’t like me we don’t
Bad design it won’t let me unwind
Can’t I even get a word
I’d like to leave this world behind
Is that so absurd
Space
Cuz it’s no good to be here
Cuz there’s no energy here
And I’m only free in
Space
Where I’ll have wings to guide me
And cold black sky to hide me
And just my soul inside me
Perfect could be enemy of the good
It took half my life
I made too much noise so they gave me toys
And took back my knife
What’s the good of getting here on time
Just to go down slow
I used to think I’d stay in line
Now I don’t know
I feel uptight
All hung up
While I wait for
The world to catch up
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Diamonds
03:23
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When diamonds are too rough
When diamonds ain’t enough
I hold my empty cup
Wait for you to fill it up
When diamonds reach a natural end
When diamonds are nobody’s friend
I sit by the phone
Wait for you to come home
There’s nothing in my hand
And I ain’t in a band
Sure as I can stand
You’re gonna leave me
Your teeth are much too white
You keep me up at night
Why put up a fight
You’re gonna leave me
And when you do
I’ll remember you
Best I ever knew
Do what you gotta do
And leave me
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Cocaine Again
04:04
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When I lose a couple accounts
And get home blue one night
I chop it up by the ounce
And hit the world of white
Only every now and again
Cuz I ain’t that young anymore
Tell me is it such a sin
What I’m burning for
Cuz I don’t ever wanna know when
I’d have to say that I would never do
Cocaine again
Sugar makes the world taste sweet
And fire sharpens the knife
Artificial energy
Well it changed my life
Taught me how to write a song
Taught me how to please a girl
I don’t need it to get along
Just need it in my world
Look at your baby now
Picture of a little man
Sweat dripping from his brow
He work as hard as he can
He don’t dream anymore
So many to impress
He could die slowly or
He could just say yes
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World Of Nothing
02:33
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Nothing in the world that I wanna do
No one in the world worth talking to
Nothing in the world
That I really wanna say
Guess I like you cuz you’re nothing too
Feel like nothing when I’m with you
Don’t give me none of nothing
Send me on my way
Nothing is worse than living a lie
Nothing scares me like a company guy
Nothing breaks a heart
When a heart is broken down
So give me nothing I’ll give it back
Give it back again and I’ll paint it black
Nothing out of nothing here in this
Nothing town
It’s a world of nothing, Anastasia
Nothing makes you feel like you belong
It’s a world of nothing, act your age
Nothing left to see here, move along
Anything I touched just left me cold
Now I’m still here but I’m growing old
Too scared to live
Too strong to die
Soon enough you know you gotta move
Gotta walk away when there’s nothing to prove
Nothing’s bad or good
Say goodbye
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Paul
05:40
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High heels and impossible clothes
Hair tied up with ribbons and bows
I’m so sick of being one of the girls
You can have your quarterback
Compensate for what you lack
I still believe it’s a beautiful world
The ruler of my heart
He never makes a sound
But he’s my work of art
When he comes around
Tonight we’re taking over the gym
It’s just me and him
And the PA system
We’ll do anything our bodies demand
Can’t you understand
How much I’ve missed him
Paul
Can I say your name and hope you’ll hear me
Paul
Oh how I long to have you near me
Always sits in the back of the class
Every weekend he takes a pass
On hanging out like the rest of us do
One day I’ll be his confidante
He’ll have anything he could want
Right now I wish he’d give me a clue
I pass by with my crew
He turns away his eyes
But I’m a misfit too
Does he realize
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Baby Teeth Chicago, Illinois
Purveyors of fine Chicago pop, on the bleeding edge of good taste since 2003. Raised by Todd Rundgren, ELO, Hall & Oates,
and Queen.
"Integration of FM-era pop, from glam to power pop, bandannaed cock-rock and New Romanticism, shouldn't come this easy, or sound this good." -- Pitchfork
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