The Hard Taco Project
is a Simple Concept

I will write and record one song a month,
every month, until I am dead



I have been doing this since
1993 and so far my health is good.

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Spare Me

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From "Steak"

Spare me your emotional hemorrhage
Spare me your bleeding heart parade
Spare me your self-fueled catharsis
Spare me you butterball crusade

Now I could not be paid
To wear the melodrama mask the way you do
And I am not afraid
To talk about these things
I just don't want
To talk about them with you.

Spare me all your boundary breaking
That'd bring us closer if I cared
Spare me your psychological baggage
Some things are better left unshared

Now I'm fully prepared
To shut you up if it's the last thing that I do
No, I would not be scared
To talk about these things
I just don't want
To talk about them with you.

What made you think you're welcome
In my personal space
To spread that 7th grade poetry all over the place
I just want to slap you upside your sad clown face
And say get over yourself
Get over yourself
Get over yourself
Get over yourself now
Get over yourself now

Spare me your emotional hemorrhage
Spare me your bleeding heart parade
Spare me your self-fueled catharsis
Spare me you butterball crusade

Now I could not be paid
To wear the melodrama mask the way you do
And I am not afraid
To talk about these things
I just don't want
To talk about them with you.


Copyright 2002 Zach London

Spanish American War

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From "and then the training takes over..."

Spanish American War
What is it good for
Spanish American War
What is it good for
Absolutely everything, oh
Absolutely everything
Absolutely everything, oh
Absolutely everything
Everything


Copyright 2009 Zach London

Something More

Luke:
Sometimes I look into the sky and sigh 'cause
I know that there's something more.
I try my best to stay in line,
But find there's even less than long before.
And as the suns go down,
My frown illuminated by the moon,
I can't see what's coming over me
But I can see it's coming soon.

There must be something, something more.
Out there in the night.
So many places and so much to explore
But they keep me here, locked in tight.
All those stories 'bout my father and his glory
And they tell me they were all made up
And my Uncle Owen, well, he's been known
To yell at me just for bringing it up.

From my dome at home I see the stars
But know there's so much in between.
So far from the center of the galaxy, just me and Tatooine.
So I know to pilot ships,
What difference does it make I'll never go.
Somewhere out there is a world that I may never know.

There must be something, something more.
Up there in the sky.
Though I know they keep me locked behind this door
There's a power that I can't deny.
Get up each morning, do my chores every day
In the hopes that they'll one day see
It's hard to live when your past is tucked away
And I know there's something more there for me.

Obiwan:
I have a secret, as I said,
I know your father was a Jedi Knight.
Your aunt and uncle kept it hidden,
They thought if they didn't then you might
Follow me on some crusade,
They prayed that you would stay away from me.
Ever since your father died
They tried to keep you from your destiny.

But if you're sick of being a pawn
Being trapped in this desert void.
You must come with me to Alderon
With the plans inside of the droid
Now it's time to even the score
Let the force tell you what to do.
Yes there's something, something more
Out there waiting for you.

Luke:
Obiwan I want to, but with harvest coming
I can't do it now.
You say that I could help defeat the emperor
But I just don't see how.

Obiwan:
Luke, you've got to learn to let your feelings go
And let the force flow through,
Yeah, let the force flow through you.
You don't want the rebels to be crushed forever
All because of you
Oh, you don't want that do you

Luke:
I'm not sure what to do, so you go ahead,
I better stay and figure out what's what
Obiwan:
I thought you heard what the princess said...
We're the only hope they've got.
Now it's time to even the score
Let the force tell you what to do.
Yes there's something, something more
Out there waiting for you.


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Copyright 1991 Zach London

Something Else

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From "Steak"

Well, I've had me a few regrets
And you've been more than one
The day you walked into my life
I should have turned and run

You used to treat me just like dirt
But that's no longer true
'Cause when you're in the house
The dirt don't have to deal with you

You're like a hen that just lays rotten eggs
I bet my bottom dollar on a horse that's got no legs
I ought to split like firewood
But you say we've got something good
But Honey, we've got something else.

Something else, altogether
Something else, that's what you are
You're the worst I could imagine,
But the best I've had so far
If anybody needs me I'll be underneath the bar
'Cause Honey, you're something else

So if I made a top ten list
Of things I really hate
Weevils would be number one
And you'd be two through eight.
Your love is one of them giant checks
That never can be cashed
My heart's a baked potater
And you'd rather have it mashed

Well I'm a lot more driven then you think
I let you drive me wild
And then you drove me straight to drink
Well, I've been lonely plenty of times
But if loving you is a crime
They'll have to lock me up for something else

Something else, altogether
Something else, that's what you are
You've got all the taste my dear,
Of a twenty cent cigar
So I'll just keep pick-a-pick-a-pick-a- pick-a-pick-a-pickin' on the old guitar
And singing Honey, you're something else

My Mama, she still talks about you
Every time she calls
And last time she used words
I'd only seen on bathroom walls
She said I could get rid of you
But every time I fail
The only thing I know would work
Would buy me life in jail.

She says I should've never brought you home
That a woman needs a man
Just like a goldfish needs a comb
Well if that's true then I just wish
I wasn't such a hairy fish
She says she hates to watch me pish
My life away for such gibberish
She's right I ought to pish my life away
For something else

Something else, altogether
Something else, that's what you are
You've swung a lot of birdies boy,
If killing me is par
And hell at least is cleaner than the back seat of your car
'Cause Honey, you're something else

Something else, altogether
Something else, that's what you are
My diary's a horror flick, and baby you're the star
There's a word for living with you, it's spelled W-A-R
'Cause Honey, you're something else
Something else
Honey, you're something else


(Lauren London - vocals)

Copyright 2001 Zach London

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