| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 03/15/2006 : 06:29:47
The more I delve the more I realise the less I know. I’m trying to get this down and this is what I have so far. If anyone can in true song database style correct a lyric, suggest a reference or a definition, tell me whether or not you rate the song or even more fabulously provide a quote it would be amazing.
A huge pre-emptive THANK YOU
Bone Machine
This is a song for Carol
You're into Japanese fast food
And I drop off your Japanese lover
And you're going to the beach all day
You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me
You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me
You're looking like
You've got some sun
Your blistered lips
Have got a kiss
The taste of it like everyone
Uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh
Your bone's got a little machine
You're the bone machine
I was talking to preachy-preach about kissy-kiss
He bought me a soda
He bought me a soda
He bought me a soda and he tried to molest me in the parking lot
Yep yep yep yep
I make you pray
You make me hard
Your irish skin
Looks Mexican
Our love is rice and beans and horses lard
Your bone's got a little machine
You're the bone machine
Uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh
Uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh
Your bone's got a little machine
Am I right in thinking there is a relationship between this song and the Tom Waits album of the same name? I am certain I read a quote on this somewhere…
Just to show how hard it can be to figure out lyrics for years I thought it was And I chopped up your Japanese Lover… I am *special*
Break My Body
I'm the hardy loser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
I'm a belly dancer
I shake for arabs and I never care
I'm a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got hurt
Something Against You
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
Here we go
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
I've got something against you
Oh yeah
I am one happy prick
Broken Face
I got a broken face
I got a
I got a broken face
Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh oooh
I got a broken face
I got a broken face
I got a broken face
There was this boy who had two
Children with his sister
Who were his daughters
Who were his favourite lovers
I got no lips I got no tongue
Where there were eyes there's only space
I got no lips I got no tongue
I got a broken face
Uh-huh uh-huh
I got a broken face
There was this man who snapped his poke
In little pieces
And then they drilled holes
And then they put 'em back in there
I got no lips I got no tongue
Where there were eyes there's only space
I got no lips I got no tongue
I got a broken face
Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh oooh
I got a broken face
The little thing who does my laundry
Speaks no English
But if you saw her
You'd say isn't she lovely
I got no lips I got no tongue
Where there were eyes there's only space
I got no lips I got no tongue
Gigantic
And this I know
His teeth as white as snow
What a gas it was to see him
Walk her every day
Into a shady place
With her lips she said
She said
Hey Paul hey Paul hey Paul
Let's have a ball
Hey Paul hey Paul hey Paul
Let's have a ball
Hey Paul hey Paul hey Paul
Let's have a ball
Gigantic gigantic gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic gigantic gigantic
A big big love
Lovely legs they are
What a big black mask
What a hunk of love
He'd walk her every day into a shady place
He's like the dark, but I’d want him
Hey Paul hey Paul hey Paul
Let's have a ball
Hey Paul hey Paul hey Paul
Let's have a ball
Hey Paul hey Paul hey Paul
Let's have a ball
Gigantic gigantic gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic gigantic gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic gigantic gigantic
A big big love
Gigantic gigantic gigantic
A big big love
Is this really as my ex housemate so nicely put it “It’s about big cock isn’t it?”
He was classy
No, really...
River Euphrates
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Stuck here out of gas
Out here on the Gaza Strip
From driving too fast
Two three hey
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride ride ride ride
Ride ride
Dead Sea make you float
One sip from the salty wine
Dead Sea make you choke
Two three hey
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre down
Ride the tyre down River Euphrates
Ride the tyre
Ride
The
Tyre
Where Is My Mind?
STOP
with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah
your head will collapse
but there's nothing in it
and you'll ask yourself
where is my mind
where is my mind
where is my mind
way out in the water
see it swimming'
I was swimming' in the Caribbean
animals were hiding behind the rock
except the little fish
but they told me, he swears
trying' to talk to me to me to me
where is my mind
where is my mind
where is my mind
way out in the water
see it swimming'
with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah
your head will collapse
if there's nothing in it
and you'll ask yourself
where is my mind
where is my mind
where is my mind
way out in the water
see it swimming'
with your feet in the air and your head on the ground
try this trick and spin it, yeah
I know this one is a long standing problem, so I’ll be happy with a “probably”
Cactus
sitting here wishing on a cement floor
just wishing that I had just something you wore
I put it on when I go lonely
will you take off your dress and send it to me?
I miss your kissing' and I miss your head
and a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead
run outside in the desert heat
make your dress all wet and send it to me
I miss your soup and I miss your bread
and a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead
so spill your breakfast and drip your wine
just wear that dress when you dine
sitting here wishing on a cement floor
just wishing that I had just something you wore
bloody your hands on a cactus tree
wipe it on your dress and send it to me
sitting here wishing on a cement floor
just wishing that I had just something you wore
Tony's Theme
this is a song about a superhero named Tony
it's called Tony's Theme
she put the oil in the chain for a ride today
make no baloney
ride around on my bicycle like a pony
I’m waving hi hi hi hi hi
g-g-g-gimme the speed
gimme gimme the beat
oh Tony
To-ny
To-ny
To-ny
To-ny
I can talk to my bicycle tire
I’m racing', speed by, turn and pop a wheelie and burn
people chasing'
I'm waving' bye bye bye bye bye
I got a card in my spokes
I’m practicing' my jokes
I’m learning'
To-ny
To-ny
To-ny
To-ny
this is a song about a superhero named Tony
it's called Tony's Theme
I can get by this sort
if you give me some pass
some glasses on the back of the road
he was even dressed like a toad
that's what class is
To-ny
To-ny
To-ny
To-ny
Oh My Golly!
dentro las pinones y las olas 'riquena.
oh my golly! oh my golly!
caminamos baja la luna caribe
oh my golly! oh my golly!
besando, chichando con Surfer Rosa
oh my golly! oh my golly!
entonces se fue en fus madera
oh my golly! oh my golly!
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa!
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa!
yo soy playero pero no hay playa
oh my golly! oh my golly!
bien perdida la Surfer Rosa
oh my golly! oh my golly!
la vida total es un porqueria
oh my golly! oh my golly!
me hecho menos m'as que vida
oh my golly! oh my golly!
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! huh huh
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! huh huh
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! huh huh
Rosa, oh oh ooh Rosa! huh huh
"You fucking die" I said, to her
I said "YOU FUCKING DIE", to her
Huh? What?
No, no! I was talking to Kim
I said "you fucking die"
No, I was just - we were just goofing around
No, no. It didn't have anything to do with anything
She said: "Don't tou - anybody touch this is my stuff"
And I said "You fucking die" like that
I was finishing her part for her
You know what I mean?
The translation we have (thanks to Owen)
I get into Piñones and the wave is small
Oh my golly
Let's go to the Caribbean moon
Oh my golly
Kissing and fucking with surfer rosa
Oh my golly
His wood is gone
Oh my golly
Rosa oh oh oh Rosa
I'm a beachgoer but there's no beach
Oh my golly
Good and lost the surfer rosa
Oh my golly
All of life is shitty shitty
Oh my golly
This is no more, what a life!
Oh my golly
Rosa oh oh oh Rosa
Vamos
Estaba pensando sobre viviendo con mi sister en New Jersey
Ella me dijo que es una vida buena alla
Bien rica bien chevere
We'll keep well bred
We'll stay well fed
We'll have our sons
They will be all well hung
They'll come and play
Their friends will say
Your daddy's rich
Your mamma's a pretty thing
That maid Maria she's really O.K.
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
I keep getting friends
Looking like lesbians
If we get bored
We'll move to California
They'll come and play
Their friends will say
Your daddy's rich
Your mamma's a pretty thing
That maid Maria she's really O.K.
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
Vamos a jugar por la playa
I'm Amazed
girls and fucked 'em at school
all I know is that
there were rumours he was into field hockey players
there were rumours
so I applied basically
he was gone the next day
I went off with the team
it's like
he was gone
they just like
it was like
so hush hush
they were so
quiet about it
and then the next thing you know
the day before
I was wed
she went upstairs
and she cut her hair away
I’m amazed
I’m amazed
I’m amazed
And when I was a little boy
A ball of string my favorite toy
I’m amazed
I’m amazed
I’m amazed
before I died
I took my honda
and cranked it up up up
too bad it don't have no brakes
I’m amazed
I’m amazed
I’m amazed
I am amazed
Brick is Red
a fish is fast
and Jimmy's cast
hang me
a white moon's hot
the other side's not
hang me
it's not time for me to go
it's not time for me to go
my eyes have turned
just the color of diamond
just the color
the frayed color of ice
my eyes have turned
just the color of diamond
just the color
the frayed color of ice
There you go...
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| 35 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| fbc |
Posted - 10/14/2007 : 02:57:26
On Surfer Rosa he's shaking his hiney for ARABS. This new tour he seems to have switched to hours. |
| darwin |
Posted - 10/14/2007 : 00:03:42
How is "Arab" offensive? It's an ethnic group that can be defined as having ancestors from the Arabian Peninsula or being one who primarily speaks Arabic.
"Mindlessly bunch them"? What? |
| mixedbizz |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 23:29:33
BTW are we sure he even says "Arabs"? |
| mixedbizz |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 23:28:26
Well said trobi. I misunderstood.
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| trobrianders |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 17:35:54
Frank is a good American as opposed to the type that gave the world the eloquent phrase 'towel-head'. Hardly controversial. You not making a meal of this?
Family members may squabble but stick together when someone comes-a-knockin. There's no need to circle the wagons when an American like Warren Zeavon sings Lawyers, Guns and Money. I thought I might be extended the same courtesy. Apparently not if I'm seen as an outsider. By the way, you turned my 'some Americans' into 'just Americans'. No one waves that flag at me. That flag belongs to me. Of course non-Americans do it but the world fears when Americans do it. That's what makes it noteworthy.
Not offensive, just clumsy. Correctness has no place in songwriting. "I shake for arabs" is just plain bad art! As crass as singing about waving onions at stripey-vested Frenchmen. Do you think it's good art? That's what's bugging me a little. I always thought he was saying arabs too. But then hearing it at the Oregon shows it seemed not. Maybe he switched. Oh man, is PixieSteve ever gonna lay into me this time! Set a lighter tone. It would help me out.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| mixedbizz |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 16:23:22
quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
Arabs? Which Arabs? I mean Frank isn't usually so tactless though it is typical of some Americans to mindlessly bunch them.
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Ed is the hoo hoo
You're surely kidding right? |
| floop |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 15:10:54
quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
Arabs? Which Arabs? I mean Frank isn't usually so tactless though it is typical of some Americans to mindlessly bunch them.
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Ed is the hoo hoo
do you ever find that non-Americans do that, or just Americans?
seriously though, just so i'm clear, are you arguing that using the word "arabs" in a lyric is offensive?
on topic though, i think it's "arabs" too. when you hear it in solo performances it's pretty clear |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 13:52:59
Arabs? Which Arabs? I mean Frank isn't usually so tactless though it is typical of some Americans to mindlessly bunch them.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| floop |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 12:17:57
quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Watched the Brixton '91 vid of Break My Body that benji uploaded, I'm certain he says 'I shake for arabs'.
 pas de dutchie!
Definitely I shake for hours. I shake for Arabs (just cos he sang I'm a belly dancer) would be a mindless line to sing.
since all Pixies lyrics follow logic and convention? |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 12:15:20
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Watched the Brixton '91 vid of Break My Body that benji uploaded, I'm certain he says 'I shake for arabs'.
pas de dutchie!
Definitely I shake for hours. I shake for Arabs (just cos he sang I'm a belly dancer) would be a mindless line to sing. He sang 'hours' at the recent Oregon shows.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Carl |
Posted - 12/22/2006 : 08:35:25
Blog entry about Surfer Rosa:
http://openyoureyestomusic.blogspot.com/2006/12/pixies-surfer-rosa.html
And another thing here:
http://southdakotadark.blogspot.com/2006/12/gone-and-forgotten-south-dakota-darks.html
 Merry Christmas! |
| fbc |
Posted - 09/30/2006 : 02:09:51
So there's no talking to his bicycle tire 
great lyrics, key. you made me wanna bust out the acoustic and sing along. but cup of tea comes first.
oh but my joy of today / is that we can all be proud to say / to be bald, gifted and black / is where it's at |
| MajorKey |
Posted - 09/29/2006 : 23:43:29
TONY'S THEME
This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called Tony's Theme
He's got the oil on his chain for a ride in the rain
No baloney
Ride around on my bicycle like a pony
I'm waving hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Gi-Gi-Gimme your scream
Gimme, gimme me the theme
Of Tony
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
I am Tone, super bicycle Tone, I'm racing
Spitfire turn and pop a wheelie, burn and evil chasing
I'm waving bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
I got a card in my spoke
I'm practicing my joke, I'm learning
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called Tony's Theme
I can look at the sun if you give me some bad sunglasses
I'm back on the road, hip-hop on grass like a toad
After classes!
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny, To-ny
To-ny
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| The Holiday Son |
Posted - 08/10/2006 : 05:49:14
quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
Bone Machine
You're into Japanese fast food
On the Newport show, I'm pretty sure he sings "You work in your japanese fast food"
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7rr6ye |
| Carl |
Posted - 04/04/2006 : 06:49:15
Yep, it's one of my very favorite Pixies song, and it's a pity it hasn't popped up on the reunion tours!
pas de dutchie! |
| Doog |
Posted - 04/04/2006 : 06:10:47
Going from the Break My Body live @ Brixon 91 vid someone posted recently, the first line is "I'm a horny loser", and listening back to Surfer Rosa, it sounds like that too!
Incidently, I f*cking LOVE this song.
www.myspace.com/doog = music
www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo |
| Doog |
Posted - 04/04/2006 : 02:15:53
Crap, that's what I meant to put in! Musta forgot to change it, it was pretty late..
www.myspace.com/doog = music
www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo |
| Levitated |
Posted - 04/03/2006 : 18:46:12
quote:
Originally posted by Doog
River Euphrates
Two three hey
Ride a tyre down River Euphrates...
I thought he said: two, three, let's! |
| Doog |
Posted - 04/03/2006 : 17:22:28
Sorry if I'm totally repeating, but I can't face trawling through pages just in case...
Alterations in bold. I'm pretty damn positive on these, I've got a load of versions I checked between when figuring out the proper lyrics to use in Nimrod's Son, makes life easier. Plus I get to listen to the Pixies, which is a boon. Kim's vocal is normally a good indicator because she pronounces stuff a bit better better than Chucky.
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Bone Machine
You're looking like
You've got some sun
Your blistered lips
Have got a kiss
That tastes a bit like everyone
I was talking to peachy-peach about kissy-kiss
I'm in your brains (seriously! listen to it on headphones!)
You make me hard
Your irish skin..
---
Break My Body
I'm a hard loser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor
Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got her
---
Broken Face
There was this man who snapped his brain
In little pieces
And then they drilled holes
And then they put it back in there
----
River Euphrates
Ri ri ri ri (doesn't sound like "ride")
Two three hey
Ride a tyre down River Euphrates...
Riiiiide!
A!
Tyyrrree!
---
Tony's Theme
she's got him oiling his chain for a ride today (definately not "today" but I can't figure it out!)
I am Tone, super bicycle Tone
I’m racing', speed by, turn and pop a wheelie burn
evil chasing'
I can look at the sun
if you give me some bad sunglasses
b-b-back on the road
he was even dressed like a toad < this sounds way off, but I can't do any better
after classes!
----
Vamos
I keep letter friends
Even the lesbian (definately this on a college radio set)
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I'm Amazed
the day before
I was wed
she went upstairs
and she shot her head, i'm amazed (college radio set again)
before I died
I took my honda
and packed it up up up
to Arizona, I'm amazed
---
Brick is Red[/b]
the pretty[/b] color of ice
Sorry if that was a total nightmare to read 
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www.myspace.com/doogdoogdoog = emo |
| fbc |
Posted - 04/03/2006 : 09:07:08
quote:
Originally posted by tobafett
Gigantic
What a big black mass
What a hunk of love
That's the one.
We also have Dave yelling "P/I/X/I/E/S" in Cactus. |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 05:17:04
Watched the Brixton '91 vid of Break My Body that benji uploaded, I'm certain he says 'I shake for arabs'.
pas de dutchie! |
| tobafett |
Posted - 03/21/2006 : 18:14:35
[quote]Originally posted by starmekitten
Bone Machine (typo only)
Your bone's got a little machine
Broken Face
I hear:
Who were his daughters
Who were his favourite lovers
and:
You'd say isn't she lovely
Gigantic
What a big black mass
What a hunk of love
[mass-big hunk???]
Vamos intro
She said: "Don't tou - anybody touches my stuff"
And I said "You fucking die" like that
I'm Amazed
I went off with the team [i went out for the team]
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| kathryn |
Posted - 03/21/2006 : 07:24:48
Tre, after much thought and reflection, I urge you to reconsider floop's "Harley loser."
It makes sense -- both how it sounds and how it goes with the next line ("crashing" through a door).
Thank you.
I got some heaven in my head
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/21/2006 : 07:19:28
That seems right to me.
"The arc of triumph" |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 03/21/2006 : 02:50:57
so we have:
I'm the hardy loser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
I'm a belly dancer
I shake for arabs and I never care
I'm a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got hurt
OK OK OK yes yes? |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/20/2006 : 15:34:05
I thought that too.
pas de dutchie! |
| fbc |
Posted - 03/20/2006 : 10:58:13
Well that makes 3, what with you, me and Jez. It has to be true. |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/20/2006 : 10:10:14
I thought the same, fbc. Could be either though.
"The arc of triumph" |
| fbc |
Posted - 03/20/2006 : 09:24:17
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got her
i always thought the last line was the same as the first, but...
i could be/am wrong
Yes or No? YES or NO! |
| floop |
Posted - 03/20/2006 : 06:44:31
i think it's
I'm the harley loser..
like, a biker (harley davidson)
and i think he's saying
I shake for Arabs and I never care
but i don't know why |
| Hailfargle |
Posted - 03/19/2006 : 19:31:12
I wondered what the chorus to Gigantic was...it'd always just sounded like gibberish.
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite"--William Blake |
| Carl |
Posted - 03/19/2006 : 18:39:41
One of my very favorite Pixies' songs.
pas de dutchie! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 03/19/2006 : 13:44:11
quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
break my body anyone?
http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7883&whichpage=2
for what it's worth, i hear:
I’m the hard loser
You'll find me crashing through my mother's door
I am the ugly lover
You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones
I’m a belly dancer
I'll shake forever and I'll never care
I'm a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones
Somebody got hurt
Somebody get hurt
Somebody got her
I got some heaven in my head
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 03/19/2006 : 12:44:05
she who is adding this to the database is not however....
break my body anyone? |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 03/19/2006 : 12:35:30
i hear ride a tyre ;)
but i suppose the pixies were american...
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