Golden Rules for Golden People was released in 2013 by Pretty & Nice. It is their third & final full length album, released on Equal Vision Records. Often considered to be the defining album of P&N's style, I firmly believe it to be their best work. It is essentially P&N perfected.
At the time of this album, the members of Pretty & Nice were Holden Lewis, Jeremy Mendicino & Roger Feeley-Lussier.
All lyrics on this site are taken directly from the lyric booklet, with minor changes for accuracy. (Thank you to my friend Beth for supplying me with the booklet!)
Diamonds are for free, she said to me
and the locks on the doors weakened
Awaken and stare, 1 millionaire
'The answers are there
My questionaire beckons you...'
No time to spare
Green apple or pear?
Who dyed your hair, baby??
The Stallion
Charm of the army
Redden the moonbeams
Powdered mare
Loving upon me
Diggin' a moonbeam
Under the one tree
Under the sun...
Lay the cards and crystalline
Transcendental destiny !
They command you:
Call on the Stallion!
Charm of the army
Redden the moonbeams
Dappled mare!
Never alarming
Love in the moonbeams
Contrast, Compare
I am the boundary,
I !
I have no boundaries !
Stallion & Mare
Working upon me
Under the sun
Dreams they send you
... Not to offend you
It's time to
Raise the bar and lift the sail !
Diamonds are for free
No bribery
Yes, Diamonds are for free
For you
For me
Just look at you now
Another mausoleum in the sun ?
You're #1 on the charts in my heart
Do you remember incense ?
Milk in the dust ?
They canned up everything
Except for the heart
But Shame On You
I see what you do
Not like you see with the eyes
Monocle mystery zoo
See what the diamond say
Milk & Honey
Pour it on
Blame all your problems on the sun
Then hear yourself complain
Release the golden wave
Just take a dip in the pond, awww
Shake out the shake in your arm, awww
You get whatever you want, uh huhhh
You are the belle of the ball, awww
And yo' the prince of the prom, awww
There ain't no problem at all, awww
There ain't no problem at all, awwwwww
Locked in static
Automatic
You just have to turn it on
Stop, it's gratis !
Automatic
It was meant for everyone
Climb the mountain
Wave your hands !
Eyes up to the sun...
Get the feeling !
Everywhere !
Information comes
To reconnect your brain
Into the golden wave
So you can drape with the hots, awww
Beneath the shade of the palms, awww
Come take a dip in the pond, come onnn !
You get whatever you want, awww
Make up whatever you want,
Beneath the beautiful palms,
You are whatever you want!
Just a little pain, brush it off
You know, 'Shimmy Shimmy, Shake Shake'
That's the way
Lay in bed with these critters in my head
Tell me dirty lies that I can't deny
'Pain', what is that?
Just a nibble on my neck
Critter-Mind-Reset
Lets walk on from the forest to your home
Tell me dirty lies, what a nice surprise!
Makin' up new moves for you
Uh-on the washin' machine
Like all the lovers do
You're so cool, shallow, blue
But the birds won't stop singin' nothin'
So I'll tell you lies
... Only lies
Critters singing lullabies
La La La La La La !!
Tiny little red eyes see my skull
Blast it open, let them go
Kill the beating on the drum
Watch out, here they come !
Critters on the run
Setting out for some fun !
Fading out into the blood-blue night...
What a surprise, i don't hear any lies :)
Dollar signs in both her eyes
Blur the lenses, dull the senses
So you compromise
I'll be boys and you be girlies
Call her name,
'Hey Jennifer... Hi Ai Ai Ai !'
That's enough, wave bye to her
BBBBBBBBye
Money spins you, Golden Eye
Pyramids in sand and seaweed
Golden friends, swim out to me
Water history, water mystery
´Fishes swim in my city, baby
Poseidon bought me my condo, baby
We've got underwater electric...´
Baby, I knew that you would
´Under the anchors, my green acres´
Aqua soldiers, mobilize
´Your wigwams hang in my sea now, baby´
You are my Czar
She swim right over my street now, baby
Here comes my Czar
There's no more fire for firemen, baby
Here comes my Czar
Poseidon pleases me greatly, baby
You are my czar
Here comes my czar
Now everyone can't even remember
$ $ $ signs !
In both her eyes
Most pretty shells chime
like there's nothing inside
And your contrition is a bat of the eyes
You swing left, you punch right
But blow a kiss and it's alright
Don't need to worry 'bout the time
'cause i'll provide!
It's not mine unless you take it away
It's not right unless you take it away
It's just fine, I'll let you take it away
I'm just wasting my time
So won't you take it take it
Take take it away
All the time, don't you find,
Don't you find all the time
All the time, pour the wine
All the time, all the time
Trade it all for a bite,
For a peek in your mind
All the time i'm behind
All the time i'm beside
All the time that you're mine
You say i qualify
But i cannot decide
If you live or you die
You die ! You die ! You die !
Why always qualify?
Why never quantify?
We always qualify?
We never quantify?
Why always qualify-fy?
Never quantify-tify-tify
Tify-tify-it's fine, it's fine, it's fine
I cannot tell a lie
I like I like the way you roll your eyes
Most pretty shells chime
like theres nothing inside
Blow a kiss, wink your eye, i'll let it slide
Awwwww !
It's not mine
unless you take it away !
All the time, all the time,
all the time, all the time!
All the time... i don't mind
All the time! All the time!
All the time! All the time!
Quantify / Qualify
Qualify / Quantify / Qualify / Quantify
Do you live ? Do you die ?
Die Die Die Do Die !
Pieces of gold in the basement
Pictures of gold that you find
Pieces of things that i painted gold
last night
Pieces of fur from the party
Gold that you make in your mind
Golden pieces of fur
That you lay with every night
Welcome to your weekend in Malibu
Summer mother
Atomic bummer in the big black light
Tonight's the night
Plug in the
Romantic sugar-talk
To take your mind off
We turn your mind off
We give you pleasure
Begin the Winter of Lightning
Totally frightening
Terror in uniform
Solar decay
Winter in Yonkers
Totally bonkers
I build the totem pole
But what do we say ??
T-shirts and parking in Malibu
Sell the water
Everyone is nuts in Malibu !
Ride a wave down the avenue !
Open up your coffers ! Open !
We make you want to keep it open
Blue Umbrella
Hide me from the sun
Wind in the willow whipping wildly
Happy and underfed
Love is the word you spread
Call it sensational
Float in mid-air
Happy and underfed
Sad isn't truth, you said
Zombies of capital
Don't hear, they're asleep
Winter of lightning
Totally frightening
I ask the wiseman
Why you so brave ?
'I know the ostridge,
Excellent posturing,
I know the zebra,
Stripes never fade
Until the lightening...
Now let us pray !
Weekend enlightening....
Until the lightening
takes us away...'
Winter of lightening...
Lock it in, lock it in !
Got to, got to lock it in
Lock it in, lock it in !
Pay for my money music
Unlock it, unlock it
Got to, got to unlock it
Cross your legs & your chest
You got to lock it in !
Tall Paul & Short Suzette
Pay for my money music
That's not it, that's not it
Got to, got to unlock it
Unlock it, unlock it
You've got to unlock
Heyyy houssse! Ohhh !
You love your grocery list,
your laundry list
Cucumber green & glowing amethyst
Another credit card, no need for that
Tell Mr. Deacon to turn off the lights
Your Rockefeller eyes have made you
blind, but you're thinking...
You're thinking
Lock it in, lock it in !
Got to, got to lock it in
Lock it in, lock it in !
Pay for my money music
Unlock it, unlock it
Got to, got to unlock it
Unlock it, unlock it
You got to unlock it !
Cross your legs & your chest
You got to lock it in !
Put that gold on your skin
Keep it, keep it, lock it in !
Rebel yell, rebel yell !
Quit your money, leave your cell !
But keep buying all my fresh
M o n e y M u s i c
We are all instruments !
All ringing out to live !
Now listen to this:
We are the positivist !
We are the positivist !
We are all a part of this !
This is no apocalypse !
We can be impervious !
We Are impervious !
We are all instruments !
Have no fear
The beast is dead now
I chopped off his dreaded head now
And all the world is laughing !
All the girls are laughing !
Even the boys are laughing now !
I'm the clown
I'm the king of the clowns
I'm the President of the World now !
Because the beast is dead now
I chopped his head into a million pieces
And all the universe is happy !
Every particle,
Each beam of light is happy !
And though the joy we feel is fleeting,
Eating in the oceans above
the traitors of love
I know where gold is found
Medicine men smiling frown
From the ships that will not drown
(Build a ship that will not drown)
Sun laughs, though we crawl
Everyone wants no needs at all
But the clock tick brings you down
Try to build a ship that will not drown !
The paralyzing need
to say the words aloud !
The golden rules as beats
that hide inside the sound !
(What do you hear?)
The golden notes decode,
The golden need resounds !
To lay down in the fields that you know
To lay down in the fields that you know
Sing now, laugh & shout
Listening eyes to lightning sound
We the ocean & the ground
Time to build a ship that will not drown
Take me down to the fields that you know
Take me down to the fields that you know
What resounds are the sounds that you know
Take me down to the fields you know
The frog who knew its name
Started to complain
A h h h h h
The frog who knew its name
Built a fire, a church, wrote a book in space
A h h h h h
Through a violet haze through the window
A song, to sing, to save !
The frog who knew it's name
Having everything explained in a dream in space
A h h h h h
Happy sitting in the golden mean called home
Always all in the right direction
As the sun is aligned to light, to prove, to write out
Vitamin D
Vitamin D
Making the change, effortlessly
Nothing to touch, nothing to see
Moving along, so elegant
Vitamin D
Vitamin D
All of the world, singing to me
Every wave
To make it free
Another victory !
The closer that we get
Another step that you let yourself step
Connect, connect
to the color where you let it in
Another victory, the moment that you see
The biggest victory to let yourself be
Connect, connect
to the color where you let it in
Connect, connect
to the sun through the space in your skin
That's it ! That's it !
And everything you need, you get !