← Jam Mechanics1 Dec 2025 · 37 min
S4E3: An Urban Bird
<p>In Episode 3, we continue on our quest to finish the internet, 2 clicks at a time. We'll be radically honest here: you're going to love both of these songs</p><p><br></p><p>Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. </p><p>If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, you can go to our <a href="https://jammechanics.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a> or <a href="https://jammechanics.com/">website</a> to pay-what-you-want to support us!</p><p>Our Music:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/39XOEoh22kWNy5vsEZbAuX?si=r5RwdkxDR_uaboLCkSwRnQ">The Narcissist Cookbook</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3icuKNh1iYRvYPiEkxiAfR?si=_LpDbhInTgi7C_KOexiHyQ"></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3icuKNh1iYRvYPiEkxiAfR?si=_LpDbhInTgi7C_KOexiHyQ">Bug Hunter</a></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/VSmYJwNbmt">and our brand-new discord is here</a></p><p>and follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jammechanics/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JamMechanics">YouTube</a>, etc!</p><p><br></p><p>-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --</p><p>----Bug's Song-----</p><p>Title: Bottle Rocket Astronaut</p><p>Prompt Page: 2 Fast, 2 Furious -> Nitrous oxide -> <strong>Whippits</strong></p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>I am Burt (the Urban Bird), I've got one wing that doesn't work</p><p>But I've built a bottle rocket that'll lift me off the earth</p><p>shoot for the stars? that ain't me. I would settle for that tree</p><p>be like everybody else who can get up there easily</p><p><br></p><p>If you try to pin me down I will get up off the ground</p><p><br></p><p>I am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thing</p><p>everybody's got already, make it look so easy</p><p>I've been gracious, I've been patient</p><p>natural selection never saw me comin', baby</p><p><br></p><p>I am Burt (the urban bird), I've got one wing that doesn't work</p><p>I've got whippets in my nest but if they ask, you never heard that</p><p>wanna raid me? they can try -- here's a slice of pumpkin pie</p><p>all the while I'm expanding to a full-fledged enterprise</p><p><br></p><p>See that goldfish in the birdbath? you get 3 hints to guess who did that</p><p>we put a turtle on a mailbox and hedgehog on a trashcan</p><p>and we've got funding coming through and big announcements coming soon</p><p>we pledge by 2026 we'll put a gopher on the roof</p><p><br></p><p>[Chorus]</p><p><br></p><p>I am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thing</p><p>everybody's got already, make it look so easy</p><p>I've been gracious, I've been patient</p><p>and we've got charlie darwin freakin rollin' in his grave, eeey!</p><p><br></p><p>(Little critters in the sky)</p><p>(Little critters where they don't belong)</p><p><br></p><p>I am Burt (the urban bird), keep me down? it doesn't work.</p><p><br></p><p>---- Matt's Song -----</p><p>Title: A Mile and Change</p><p>Prompt Page: Weather Pains -> NOAA -> <strong>Deep Sea Exploration </strong></p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>tie a cannonball to a fishing line </p><p>and toss it overboard </p><p>let it sink right to the bottom boys</p><p>and discover how deep it goes</p><p>and you can swear to the stars with a hand on your heart to</p><p>everybody when you get back home</p><p>that you touched the bottom of the ocean floor</p><p><br></p><p>I know you men, I know you well</p><p>When I look at you, I see myself</p><p>The coaxing waves, that beckon us in</p><p>We'd travel to the ends of the earth just to swing our feet over the edge</p><p><br></p
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