Bonfire Of The Inanities Lyrics - Singles - Austin Lounge Lizards

(Conrad Deisler/Hank Card) 

We rented a convertible in San Bernadino 

We were driving for driving's sake 

Across the tortured waterless mountains 

Through the moonscape of Mono Lake 

The lights of earth had faded behind 

The stars were fat and sleek 

The universe seemed enormous 

So how could we be unique? 

We scanned the voids for humanoids 

And an answer to the question "Why?" 

Carramba! What were we thinking? 

Cause we were borning to die! 

To the aliens above we are just tiny anys 

They could crush with their giant feet 

They could smash our car and mash us into 

A little bit of hamburger meat 

So let the wind blow through your head 

Your thoughts don't matter anyway 

We're insignificant, baby 

And we're all gonna fade away 

We only stopped in Reno for a very short time 

But the lights were way too bright 

We got tired of spending our winnings 

And went spinning out into the night 

In the desert we saw this giant man 

Exploding like the Fourth of July 

Slowly we turned to say "hello" 

When he vaporized into the sky 

We're feeling like a bunch of hothouse tomatoes 

Riding in a bubble-pack box 

With nothing between us and a big hungry worm 

But this canvas roof and the push button locks 

To the aliens above we are just tiny anys 

They could crush with their giant feet 

They could smash our car and mash us into 

A little bit of hamburger meat 

And then someday the whole planet'll blow 

And we're all gonna suffocate 

We're insignificant, baby 

And we just think it's great 

Insignificant 

Get it over 

Cut our taxes 

Make it so 

Marfa Lights 

Can't get no 

Where's our luggage? 

Just say thanks 

That oughta do it