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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A Sexy Chord Progression

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Mirror, Mirror
Who's the fairest?
Someone else, and I'm embarrassed
And there's nothing that can make that right
But I am under the impression
That a sexy chord progression might

When you find it's always raining
And your 9 to 5 is draining
Complaining won't do any good
But I am under the impression
That a sexy chord progression could
Oh, it could

Don't talk, Baby
Zip your gap, love
I can rationalize anything
One, Ive just got to swing
Two, I can't recall
Three, well I guess that's all

Hows the climate of our planet?
Is it fine?
It isn't?
Dammit.
The plan they gave will not save man
But I am under the impression
That a sexy chord progression can
It can

Don't talk, Baby
Zip your gap, love
I can rationalize anything
One, Ive just got to swing
Two, I can't recall
Three, well I guess that's all

Mirror, Mirror
Who's the fairest?
Someone else, and I'm embarrassed
Is there nothing that can make that right
Well, the answer to that question
Is a sexy chord progression might
It just might
It just might


Lauren London - vocals

Copyright 2016 Zach London

Worth the While

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Pixy Stix
Fire drills
Class in single file
I never popped a wheelie,
But I hear it's worth the while

Hamlet test
Drivers ed
Try to make him smile
I never kissed a teacher,
But I hear it's worth the while

Hostel cots
Coffee shops
Ladies Night in style
Ive never been to Vegas, Babe
But I hear it's worth the while

Gutter guards and
Spinning class and
Does not want a child
Parents act supportive
But they swear it's worth the while

Giving years
Pruning shears
Lily of the Nile
I never kept a journal
But I hear it's worth the while

Morning meds
Day room guests
Finger forgets how to dial
Ive never begged forgiveness
But I hear it's worth the while
Never begged forgiveness
But I hear it's worth the while

And it came on after, you know, it came on after my brother died, it's a likely thing. Maybe some of these traumas can cause some of that, too. We played cribbage even, not cribbage but Yahtzee. We were playing up until six months ago. I'd tell her what to do... "Well, pick up those couple dice and throw 'em." And she could do it, and mean she could... She'd be getting Yahtzees and everything else all the time, and I'd say, "Well, see you can... it's, it's possible... it can be done!"

"Yep."



Lauren London - lead vocals

Copyright 2015 Zach London

Surfing Instructor from the 1960s

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Ive got a name, and the name is Betty Lou
Ive got a friend and her name is Betty Lou, too
Both of us teach
Down at the beach
Come take a lesson from each
We 're hanging ten
Out on the foam
And we'll never go home home home home

I'm a surfing instructor
From the 1960s
A little surfing instructor
And Betty Lou, as you know,
Is short for Betty Louise
Feeling kind of brave
Come and catch a wave
Surfing is easy
Come and take a class
It's a total gas
Surfing is hard

Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard
Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard
Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard

I taught a girl and her name was Peggy Sue
(I taught a girl and her name was Peggy Sue)
She brought a friend and her name was Peggy Sue, too
Down in the sand
Learning to stand
Before they venture from land
They 're in the zone
I'm the band
And we 're, all of us, tanned tanned tanned tanned

I'm a surfing instructor
From the 1960s
A little surfing instructor
And Betty Lou, as you know,
Is short for Betty Louise
Feeling kind of brave
Come and catch a wave
Surfing is easy
Come and take a class
It's a total gas
Surfing is hard

Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard
Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard
Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard

We 're going c-c-c-cruisin
A little surfing instruction
For Peggy Sue, who you know
Is short for Peggy Susan, Susan
Feeling kind of brave
Come and catch a wave
Surfing is easy
Summers going fine
In the pipeline
Surfing is fab
So come and take a class
It's a total gas
Surfing is hard

Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard
Feeling kind of brave, catch a wave, surfing is
Come on catch a wave, surfing is easy
Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard
Feeling kind of brave, catch a wave, surfing is
Come on catch a wave, surfing is easy
Come on take a class, it's a gas, surfing is
Come on take a class, surfing is hard
Feeling kind of brave, catch a wave, surfing is
Come on catch a wave, surfing is easy

Thellea Leveque - additional vocals
Lauren London - lead vocals

Copyright 2015 Zach London

Ubble-a Dup Dup

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This is how we do it in the Middle West West

I want to dance with a girl who's twice my age
I want to learn a lot of jitters and jives
She assumes are still the rage
Leave your walker on the party bus
And we can wobble til the break of dusk
I love me a girl who can twirl a cane or crutch
I want to dance with a girl whos twice as much

Jump!

I want to dance with a girl whos twice my age
(Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup)
I'll get my name into her book of love
Maybe on the final page
I want a MILDEW and that's no myth
A Mama Id Like to Do Everything With
Shimmy and laugh and mimeograph and such
I want to dance with a girl whos twice as much

Jump! Jump!

Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup

This is how we do it on the moon
This is how we do it when we 're on the moon
This is how we do it on the moon

I want to dance with a girl whos twice my weight
I don't care for the lighter fare, I want a lot more on my plate
If you can bring about a solar eclipse
We can hustle but we won't do dips
I crave double dates, double chins, and double Dutch
I want to dance with a girl whos twice as much
Oh, yeah!

Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup
Double up, double ubble-a-dup-dup

Copyright 2014 Zach London

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