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The Things You Hate Are Never Gonna Make You Great

by The Little Five Points Jug Band

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1.
You hate her More than you love me So you build a wall Designed to keep out all All the things you hate They’re never gonna make you great Whatcha gonna do with all that hate when I’m long gone? I’m gonna wait for another day and it’ll be allright To keep me in You gotta shut everything out Trying to avoid All the contempt you carry For all your hate It’s never gonna make you great Whatcha gonna do with all that hate when I’m long gone? If I gotta hate the things you hate just to be your friend When you ain’t feeling this way we’ll speak again I’m gonna wait for another day and it’ll be allright
2.
I Hate Birds 02:15
I hate birds Cuz they can sing whenever they want to Even if you really need to Catch up on your sleep I hate birds Cuz they can love whoever they want to And they can go wherever they want to Far away from here But I ain’t got no time to maintain such petty hate When I'm using my mind I guess birds are pretty great I sure can relate to the way they fly away From all their problems, it’s how they solve them I hate birds Cuz all their little bones are hollow So they can fly like they wanna swallow The whole entire sky I hate birds Cuz they ain't got any sphincters And their shit lands wherever the wind does Right up in your face But I ain’t got no time to maintain such petty hate When I'm using my mind I guess birds are pretty great I sure can relate to the way they fly away From all their problems, it’s how they solve them I hate birds I guess birds are pretty great
3.
I hate you You burned me alive And you were so irresponsible Just looking on while I died, you never even tried I’m feeling dizzy and you won’t even miss me Pizza crucifixion I ate you Now I’m a reminder We can’t live within a fire The living survivors Were often demisers You can’t cook me If you don’t know how to cook Gave not a single proper look While neglecting every nook Darker now than when you came Posted up when I should be okay Example made within each way Pizza crucifixion I ate you It was no one's fault but my own That I was made for someone, now I’m overdone You won’t be the only one Posted up when you could be okay Example made every day Pizza crucifixion I ate you
4.
I’m damaged goods I ain’t no good for anybody Cuz I ain’t got any feelings in my heart It’s understood That I can’t be with anybody Cuz I don’t love anyone Except for you When you went away I hated myself For wanting to follow suit Once I escaped I did not get a break All this time just thinking about you I’m damaged goods I ain’t no good for anybody Cuz I ain’t got any feelings in my heart It’s understood That I can’t be with anybody Cuz I don’t love anyone no more I have come to trust Only those I must Fearful eyes that stultify my mind When I see it from above I know that there is love Every day just looking up at you I’m damaged goods I ain’t no good Ain’t got no feelings in my heart I’m damaged goods I ain’t no good No I don’t got no feelings in my heart
5.
Love is the last thing I need Why do you wanna make me bleed? The way that some people operate Is like hate doing cosplay I don’t know what made me this way But I’m trying hard to say Not everything on our mind Feels the same way at the same time Lovin is just a disease Made up of different needs If we don’t maintain boundaries We’re just bound to become unbound I’m not willing to compromise All these feelings of self worth Just to be recognized as yours Love is the last thing I need Even as you plead I’ve tried to see it your way A world of sunshine and butterflies I guess my vision of gloom Has churned out a heart of doom Despite these experiences life tried to give me It was lost on me, cuz Lovin is just a disease Made up of different needs If we don’t maintain boundaries We’re just bound to become unbound I’m not willing to compromise All these feelings of self worth Just to be recognized as yours
6.
I’m not gonna hold your hand No one here seems to understand What it really means to me To be with someone that loves me I wish you were not in disguise Only pretending to be on my side When all you ever really want Is to take me away so you can play your games You don’t have that something That would ever make me feel okay About being with someone I had this thought the other day I don’t wanna hold your hand Simply watching as you go through life Cuz I had my own plan How it was all gonna just work out I had my doubts at first about you But now I can fully see Living life without you Don’t seem so bad to me Cuz you don’t have that something That would ever make me feel okay About being with someone I had this thought the other day You don’t have that something That would ever make me feel allright About being with someone Seems I’ll be alone tonight Oh, I’m not gonna hold your hand No one seems to understand Well, I’m not gonna hold your hand And I don’t think that makes me bad No, I’m not gonna hold your hand Always seems to make you glad Oh, I’m not gonna hold your hand And I don’t care if that makes you sad
7.
Swan Song 02:45
He knows when he gets home that she'll be gone Wonders if he should call it his home any longer Knows when he gets home that she'll be gone gone gone Hopes that he never awakens to the swan song Loves her bad and that should be enough It makes him sad it's really gonna suck Draw closer to the flame and immolate Burn burn She knows when she wakes up that he'll be gone Can't help but ask herself if he was the one Knows when she wakes up that he'll be gone gone gone All through her sleep she's singing the swan song Makes her madly and now she's had too much She loves him badly it's really gonna suck Draw closer to the flame and immolate Burn burn
8.
Lemme tell you about a useless motherfucker I know me one Yeah the version of me back when I was young Spending all this time losing his mind He thought everything would just turn out fine If he didn't give a shit about waiting in line Until his time arrived to carve out a life Why’d he have to be So cruel to me I coulda got to where I am And known all that I know So many years ago If he had stuck to the plan For how you're gonna live to twenty eight I know you hate life but it could be great Don't be a piece of shit, just try and enjoy it I know that you thought that you’d be a ghost Before anything happened that you loved the most Behind you in a stack, dead friends at your back Why’d you have to be So cruel to all of them All they tried to do was be your friend Whatever kind of help Could have come from me Didn’t get here soon enough for you Lost so many people all along the way So I’m thinking to myself almost every day What could I have done to keep you in my life? Burned so many bridges trying to get here Sank all of my boats simply out of fear I wouldn’t follow through, and it cost me all of you Lemme tell you about a useless motherfucker I know me one
9.
Sod Story 02:12
It's a sod story it's a story of dirt The only thing in the world That never meant to hurt anyone It was nothing but fun Never felt cleaner than way back when Rolling in the mud Like a pig in his stupid pen With my dirty friends When I look at the world from way down low I can finally see my place in this great plan Every shovel load I throw behind me Shows everyone that I’m indeed the man You can eat dirt it would not even hurt Roll it up in a ball And chuck it like a dirt bomb While you sing this song When I die throw me in the compost That simple fate Is the one that I want the most Cuz I would be a ghost When I look at the world from up above I see several flaws upon the land The one thing that has not come to offend me Is when I’ve got some dirt all on my hands It's a sod story it's a story of dirt The only thing in the world That never meant to hurt anyone It was nothing but fun With my dirty friends Will you sing this song When I am a ghost?
10.
Let’s talk trash I hate to have to ask If you’d clean up after yourself It would be such a great help To know you really seem to care And everyone will be there To see just how we’re living And I want them to be proud Of how clean our place is Taking out the trash Can never happen fast enough Enough for you to leave behind Whatever has been on your mind It really seems to bother you And I’d like you to see it through No matter what it takes we make mistakes Along the way How did we get here? Love your garbageman If you can Bearing the burden of our ways Even on our worst day He still comes through for us Almost never makes a fuss About the trust we keep It makes me weep to think they’re ever lonely Only love your garbageman
11.
Shovelin shovelin shovelin shit This is the little ditty for it Shovelin shovelin shovelin shit I don’t care what you say As long as this shit appears You’ve got nothin to fear Cuz this shovel here Was made just for this job Scoopin up scoopin up scoopin up poop Some of us bend and others will stoop Scoopin up scoopin up scoopin up poop Think you get the idea When each new poop appears You’ve got nothin to fear Cuz this scooper here Was made just for one job Manure, manure, manure, manure Of this thing you can be sure Manure, manure, manure, manure Gonna get it all over me Wherever manure appears You’ve got nothin to fear Cuz this super hero here Was made just for a job You were made just for one job You only had one job You were made for a job You only had one job
12.
Career Day 02:36
What do you wanna be when you grow up? Where are you gonna be where you can just show up? Comes a time we all decide how we’re living until we die It lands on a special day Wonder if I’ll be an engineer Or if I’ll even be here If I become a policeman Will I be the same man? Scratching at my brain when I’m alone Scraping through the classifieds and pick up the phone I don’t always know where these thought processes go We’re expected to comply I think of being an astronaut And if what it takes is what I have got If I was really a scientist Would I end up on someone’s list? Of people to look out for because they’re dangerous In the marketplace for running all of this Walking right down the hall, showing honestly My perfect choice for career day I wanna be a musician
13.
Gotta have a sense of humor to work in music You gotta be able to laugh if you wanna sing songs Cuz it can all go wrong Gotta have a sense of humor to be a musician You gotta be able to laugh if you’re gonna hold a tune You could be a buffoon At the moment everyone is counting on you Just about anything can happen then And when we test the mettle of our people Well, that’s one way to lose a lot of friends Gotta have a sense of humor to work in a kitchen You gotta be able to laugh if you wanna make food Cuz it can be so rude Gotta have a sense of humor to be a bartender You gotta be able to laugh if you’re gonna serve drinks Cuz it can make you think Seems like someone’s always there to try to tell you Nothing for them will ever be enough To them I've only found one simple answer Feed them in their face until they're stuffed Gotta have a sense of humor to work anywhere You gotta be able to laugh if you want to get a job Cuz it can make you sob I’m sobbing uncontrollably It can all go wrong
14.
Hurry up and wait First we're gonna hurry up and then we're gonna wait Everyone can tell that we are clearly here to stay Seems that we’ve all agreed you can't always leave when you want to Hurry up and wait Hustling to get us here and then you demonstrate Don’t really matter if we do the things we say Every time this happens I tell myself no more Making time for you every day Always finding a way to say Don’t matter when we get there What you don’t realize My time is important to me Hurry up and wait When do you need me to arrive at your place? What are we doing and what’s it gonna take? When did I agree to be treated in this way? Hurry up and wait When do we get out of here and then you’re gonna say I can think of something else and there it goes my day I can think along the lines “What did I get into?” You never share your plans Treated more like a dog than a man How can I obey your commands? If you don’t communicate How can I read your mind? Hurry up and wait First we're gonna hurry up and then we're gonna wait Everyone can tell that we are clearly here to stay Seems that we’ve all agreed you can't always leave when you want to
15.
Your sex makes me want fried chicken Oh it makes me wanna eat food Just telling y’all how I’m feeling I ain’t trying to be rude Whenever I eat fried chicken I’m just thinking about you I don’t know what I’m about to do If you can’t explain your heart Well that’s nowhere to start Get used to living lonesome all the time When you get to know me You know I’m here to please Trying to get you over to my side Too many cooks in the kitchen Too many cooks for sure Too many cooks in the kitchen Too many cooks to be pure Too many cooks in the kitchen Too many cooks for me I have had about enough of this If you’re so afraid of fire You live on a live wire Always looking down at all of us I know just what to say If we’re gonna save the day Why don’t you and I get out of here? Too many guests for dining Too many want a plate Too many names to call Don’t you dare be late Too many people here Too many people there I get the drift that don’t none of you care If you can’t stay away I’ll put you in your place Laying down right here next to me How this will turn out We have all got doubts I’m gonna be here for you just the same
16.
Jalapenis 03:15
Jalapenis, oh, jalapenis Wanting to go down but you know that it would ruin the scene, yes? Oh, jalapenis, oh, jalapenis You’re gonna be alone ‘til you put that spicy thing away How many peppers could a madman pick If every other pepper looked like it had a dick? Would you eat it raw or shove it in the fire? Do you even know what I’m singing about? It’s not nearly as dirty as you’re thinking about If anything, the thought will keep you clean Cuz that would be very mean To offer help of a personal dream come true If you’ve been eating spicy foods all day So why don’t you just stay away from me And I’ll just stay away from you Until such time as this has passed Jalapenis, oh, jalapenis Wanting to go down but you know that it would ruin the scene, yes? Oh, jalapenis, oh, jalapenis You’re gonna be alone ‘til you put that spicy thing away I don’t know about you but I could go For a penis shaped jalapeno If you can imagine what that would be like Roasted, fried and skinned alive Split it out and scrapin the sides Chop it all into a fine brunoise Candy, slaw and chimichurri This is what a jalapeno means to me There’s so many way to prepare yourself But if you wanna touch my yoo hoo hoo You better wash your hands and use gloves too Cuz I don’t want it to all turn out wrong Jalapenis, oh, jalapenis Wanting to go down but you know that it would ruin the scene, yes? Oh, jalapenis, oh, jalapenis You’re gonna be alone ‘til you put that spicy thing away
17.
Well, look at all the things we can't buy while we get high There’s no way to understand a faulty society But if we try we might recall that we need things And you can find just what you’re looking for On the home shopping network Go and take a look just what’s for sale today Anything and everything with a price to pay If you’re seeing anything that you would like Give us a call we will ride on our bikes I don’t really like this surprise that for me to survive I’ve got to indoctrinate myself Into a cult that prefers death expending life like it’s made of sand We’ll meet your demands On the home shopping network Go and take a look just what’s for sale today Anything and everything with a price to pay If you’re seeing anything that you would like Give us a call we will ride on our bikes Open every package by the time it arrives Tell us if it’s broken or if it’s not alive We’d like to hear from you every day Make sure you’re watching so you can save

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Greenia and friends are The Little Five Points Jug Band in
THE THINGS YOU HATE ARE NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU GREAT

This record is a throwback to my roots playing old time music with my family back in Michigan growing up

My family and friends have been involved with "The Don't Look Now Jug Band" since I was very young

As a result, I learned many public domain songs and standards

For this collection, I wanted to write new original music in that idiom

Inspiration struck and I wrote most of these songs over the last few months

On the title track, Shane Patrick played drums, Alex Teich was on keys and Bri Foxx sang her heart out

Alex also played on "Sod Story" and "Let's Talk Trash"

The rest of the songs were recorded entirely by me, including weird drum beats that were made with acoustic percussion without traditional trap kit techniques, as I do not play drums

The result is a strange record with some of my most enjoyable songs, coming from an authentic place, and done with limitations not found anywhere else in my catalog

Enjoy!

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released January 31, 2022

Matt Greenia - Drums, Percussion, Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Shane Patrick - Drums on "The Things You Hate"
Alex Teich - Piano on "Sod Story", "Let's Talk Trash" and "The Things You Hate"
Bri Foxx - Vox on "The Things You Hate"
Naomi Lavender - Rewrites on "Pizza Crucifixion"

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Greenia at Diamond Street Studios

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