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The Flaming Lips – I'm Working at NASA on Acid (2012) | Track profile | Dork

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The Flaming Lips

I'm Working at NASA on Acid

Release date: 21st April 2012

From The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

Prog-Rock/Art Rock

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"I'm Working at NASA on Acid" is a track by The Flaming Lips, from the album The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, released 21st April 2012. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about The Flaming Lips.

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Lyrics

I'm Working at NASA on Acid

I'm working here and as I press the wrong button they'll disappear

I'm walking here and as I crush the ants below me I'm full of fear

Oh, can we ever find out? I'll ask the mountain, oh, can he tell me?

I'll ask the sky, does it know why? Why?

Why, why, why, why, why... Why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why... (One, two, three, four...)

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why...

Why, why, why, why, why, why... (One, two, three, four...)

I man the controls and I'm trying to control

Oh, something that can never be controlled, oh

Oh, why is anything here

I'll ask the insect how does he fly, I'll ask the insect again

Oh, does he feel pain when he dies, when he dies

When he dies, when he dies, when he dies, when he dies

When he dies, when he dies

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2012

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2012

12012 (You Must Be Upgraded) [feat. Ke$ha, Biz Markie & Hour Of The Time Majesty 12]
4:10
2Ashes In the Air (feat. Justin Vernon)
6:13
3Helping the Retarded To Know God (feat. Edward Sharpe)
7:03
4Supermoon Made Me Want To Pee (feat. Prefuse 73)
3:17
5Children of the Moon (feat. Kevin Parker)
5:32
6That Ain't My Trip (feat. Jim James)
3:47
7You, Man? Human??? (feat. Nick Cave)
3:34
8I'm Working At Nasa On Acid (feat. Lightning Bolt)
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9Do It! (feat. Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band)
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10Is David Bowie Dying? (feat. Neon Indian)
6:37
11The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (feat. Erykah Badu)
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12Girl, You're So Weird (feat. New Fumes)
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13Tasered and Maced (feat. Aaron Behrens)
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—Locked Groove 3
—Children of the Moon
—Do It!
—Helping the Retarded to Know God
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—Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee
—You, Man? Human???
—Ashes in the Air
—I'm Working at NASA on Acid
—Tasered and Maced
—2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)
—Locked Groove 4
—That Ain't My Trip
—I Don't Want You to Die
—The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
—Is David Bowie Dying?

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