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"Styrofoam Boots / It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright" is a track by Modest Mouse, from the album The Lonesome Crowded West, released 18th November 1997. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Modest Mouse.
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[Styrofoam Boots] [Verse 1] Well, all's not well but I'm told that it'll all be quite nice You'll be drowned in boots like mafia But your feet will still float like Christ's Well, I'll be damned They were right I'm drowning upside down My feet afloat like Christ's I'm in heaven trying to figure out which stack They're going to stuff us Atheists into And Peter and his monkey laugh and I'll laugh with them I'm not sure what at They point and say: "We'll keep you in the back," Polishing halos, baking manna and gas [Verse 2] Well, some guy comes in looking a bit like everyone I ever seen He moves just like Crisco disco Breathin' a hundred percent Listerine He says looking at something else but directing everything to me "Any time anyone gets on their knees to pray Well, it makes my telephone ring" and I'll be damned He said, "You were right, no one's running this whole thing" He had a theory, too [Chorus] He said that God takes care of himself, God takes care of himself And you of you He said that God takes care of himself, God takes care of himself And you of you He said that God takes care of himself, God takes care of himself And you of you [It's All Nice on Ice, Alright] It's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice (On ice) (On ice) It's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright I said it's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright I said it's not day and it ain't night It's all nice on ice, alright Alright, alright (Hahaha) It's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice It's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright Well, it's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright Now it's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice It's all nice on ice, alright [Outro] "One, two, three Four"
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