Jun 18, 2026

Do What You Do (Don't What You Won't)

UP album cover

From the album UP
Words & music by Billy Dechand & Matthew Schickele
© 2021 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Don't got to be easy
Don't got to be hard
It might not be crazy
May not make sense

If ever a reason enters your head
Whatever you need, it's gotta be

So be what you see
See what to be
Do what you do
Don't what you won't
I don't know what people say
Save it for another day

Approach, destroy
Enhance, avoid
Whether 'tis nobler 
To sit or get out the way
Hikers follow the stars
Wherever you lead, you gotta be

Be what you see
You'll see what to be 
Do what you do
Don't what you won't

I don't care what people say
It's just a lot of nothing but a hey hey

Be what you see
See what to be
Do what you do
Don't what you won't

People go, people stay
What people do, I don't wanna see

So do what you want
Use what you got
Do what you got to do

I don't care what people say
It's just a lot of nothing but a hey hey

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Chihuahua

Innocent Sin
From the album Innocent Sin
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2015 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Chihuahua

Little doggy, little dog

Chihuahua...

Performers:
  1. Susan Kopp - voice
  2. Kate Lovelady - voice
  3. Jim Warchol - drums
  4. Billy Dechand - voice, guitar, bass, keyboards

Jun 16, 2026

Calling

Pop Another CorkFrom the album Pop Another Cork
Words by Kate Lovelady, music by Billy Dechand
© 1997 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

A lasting kiss, a longing fall, a rusting tree crumbles;
No yellowed charm, no naked scare, no golden
Light recalls a friend
And so we move along

A certain sound, regretful crunch, a frightened ground shifting;
It's just the wind, it fluffs the bed, tonight
We're glad at last to sleep
And then, and then the brighter days

We'll come calling
Calls fall clear through
Still we're always calling
Calls come clear through cold air

A flash of snow, the river breaks, engines worry homeward;
The earth stripped clean, the blankets fall, burrow
In your skin, your joy
Starry as it is

We'll come calling
Calls fall clear through
Still we're always calling
Calls come clear through cold air

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Jun 14, 2026

Buttered Up (lyrics)

From the album UP
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2021 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Buttered up, buttered up
I can never never never get enough
Buttered up, buttered up
I can never never never get enough

All it takes is a lie
She turned up the heat and I
Melted down to a mound
Then she spread a little salt all around

Tell me why, tell me how
I get flattered like a fattened up sow
Tell me why, tell me how
I get flattered like a fattened up sow

All it takes is a lie
She turned up the flame as I sat in the skillet
What a thrill, she called my name
Thought I was hip, but buttered up, slipped

CHORUS
Buttered up, Buttered up, Buttered up

What a trip, that’s a thick stick
A solid pound of butter what a kick
Thought that I was more hip
This whole butterbucket's whipped, what a jip
 
All it takes is a lie
She turned up the heat and I
Melted down to the ground
Tried to stand up, but dripped down

CHORUS
Buttered up, Buttered up, Buttered up...

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Jun 11, 2026

Brand New Piercing

POST album coverFrom the album Post
Words & music by Curt Collier & Billy Dechand
© 2010 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

VERSE 1
Baby’s got a brand new piercing
Every time she’s pricked my ears sting
I’m starting to think
Those nipples are tender and pink
Not because I make her heart sing
Just because baby, baby’s looking for a new ring

VERSE 2
Baby’s got a brand new piercing
Every time she’s pricked my ears sting
Collecting tattoos
Carousing with I don’t know who
Not because she feels she needs to
Just because baby’s looking for somebody new

BRIDGE
Is that blush on her lips
Where some other stud has kissed
Those sidewise winks
Baby never missed
Those hints of pins and needles hijinks

SOLO

VERSE 1

CODA
Baby’s looking for a new ring...

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Jun 9, 2026

Both Worlds

Pop Another CorkFrom the album Pop Another Cork
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 1997 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

It was the best of both worlds
It was the worst of both worlds
When we're where we walk
Take all the crap that goes with that

Belate the trade if it's all false gadgets
Talk with the drop kicked top hat
Then and there, by and by
They'll all know
And you can stand and watch

Inch to inch to inch to...
Slide to slide to slide...
Inch to inch to inch to...foot
Slide to slide to slide...

A quarter of a dollar
Twice a week
Half of a pint
The space of a month
One metrical mile

The core rhythm section is Billy on bass, with guitarist Matt Schickele and fellow Flying Saucer Surprisers Dan Sonenberg (playing drums) and Matt Kaden closing out "Both Worlds" with a minimalist organ solo.

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