one can Stan

Too young to die, not too old to rock and roll ... from beautiful Des Moines, IA, one can Stan's mix is one part country to three parts rock and roll. Best served loud. Find us on iTunes or Spotify. CD's available on Amazon.

Our music covers a wide range of topics. We take a semi-deep dive into self-distain, the amazing abilities women have for changing colors, white trash, small town drunks, possessing a legendary ability for not being able to figure out women, driving buzzed, mental health issues, urban legends, slutty girls, women who get away with everything, almost getting beaten to death, raising daughters, and dumping chicks.

Looking forward to some shows in the (515). See 'ya out there.

one can Stan: live at xbk 08/23/24

This should be a good one for you kids to get out and see. What could be better than a Friday night at xBk in beautiful Des Moines, IA? Matt and Eric are both fantastic and your ticket to the show will include a CD copy of both one can Stan I & II. If you haven't seen a show yet at xBk, you will most definitely leave impressed with this top-of-the-line live music venue.

tickets: $12 advanced $15 day of show https://seetickets.us/onecanstan

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MEANSTREAK: I got a little meanstreak a couple miles wide. When you see it coming your way you better run away and hide. I had a little patience but you’ve been wearing it pretty thin. Not knowing what you’re doing who you’re seeing or where you’ve been. Out of your daze it’ll all come back at you. I got a little meanstreak and it’s not falling on your side. When you see me making my mark you better run away and hide. Well keep on with your talking and I’ll hand you right over the key. But turning the lock on that little box ain’t all its cracked up to be. Out of your daze it’ll all come back at you. You start giving me problems before both feet can hit the floor. I bet I gave ya a million chances couldn’t take another million more. I had a little patience but you’ve been wearing it pretty thin. Not knowing what you’re doing who you’re seeing or where you’ve been. Too many stupid people seem to find their way to get to me. They keep picking the lock on that little box ’til they chip away a piece of me. I’ve got a little meanstreak a couple miles wide. I’ve got a little meanstreak a couple miles wide.

LOWLIFE: Well I wrecked your car. Threw up at the bar. You took me home anyway. I guess you didn’t see this as a big thing. Won’t you come listen to this? I gotta be the world’s worst hypocrite. For drinking beer with my next-door neighbor’s daughter. I’m a lowlife piece of shit when you look at it like you do. I’m slipping through the cracks of life. I’ve been sleeping with my buddy’s wife again but you don’t see it as a big thing. So I play the clown in my own little town. I keep it here anyway. Cause left-turn lights and strip malls don’t amuse me. I messed around with all the girls in town for most of them its best that I ain’t around but this town’s only got one bar. Thats where to go if you’ll find me. If you think you’ll change me you’ve got a snowflakes chance in hell. When I need some green for my weed your mamma’s diamond ring’s going up for sale. And I laugh that you think it’s best to move myself out further west to be less like me and more like you is what you think that you're getting. Then I’m a lowlife piece of shit when you look at it like you do. I’m slipping through the cracks of life. I’ve been sleeping with my buddy’s wife again but you don’t see it as a big thing. I’m a lowlife piece of shit when you look at it like you do.

BLEACH BLONDE: Bleach blonde a Walmart mom flicking your butts right onto my front lawn. Why don’t you grab that stroller and push yourselves right away? Bleach blonde a Walmart mom smacking your kids for things that you do wrong and you’re the reigning queen of the trailer park society. Bleach blond a Walmart mom your cut-off jeans show just a little thong and that shirt that you’re wearing ain’t getting the whole job done. Bleach blonde a Walmart mom shouting your kids down they done you wrong and you’re the reigning queen of the trailer park society. Spray tan you got those orange hands. I hope it don’t wipe off onto my churchin’ pants. It looks likes its helping to cover up a bruise or two. Spray tan I hear ya lost your man. He got himself drunk and found a better chance with the reigning queen of the trailer park society. Jet black like a heart attack. If I got you for free you know I’d take you back. So dark and cold like that big black hole in your heart. Jet black beat up Cadillac. Hitting that heater with your kid in the back. Well you’re no reigning queen of the trailer park society. It’s the bleach blonde Walmart mom flicking your butts right onto my front lawn. Why don’t you grab that stroller and push yourselves right away? Bleach blonde Walmart mom smacking your kids for things that you do wrong and you’re the reigning queen of the traitor park society.

A LITTLE PINCH OF SUGAR: A little pinch of sugar. A couple cups of spice. That’s what the girls are made of if you want some advice. You ain’t winning for losing. You’re gonna to lose if you win. And if you’re getting one over you’re gonna find out again. You know you’re gonna find out again. You know they keep that honey shaking in those hips. A little bit of mascara. Fingernails. Shiny lips. If she don’t want your money well that ain’t coming for free. And when she breaks your heart boy don’t come crying to me. Don’t come crying to me. A little pinch of sugar. A couple cups of spice. That’s what the girls are made of if you want some advice. You ain’t winning for losing. You’re gonna lose if you win. And if you’re getting one over you’re gonna find out again. You know you’re gonna find out again. A little pinch of sugar. A couple cups of spice. That’s what the girls are made of. I ain’t got no advice.

IF THE PD DON’T MESS WITH ME: I got the B-U-double-Z driving down the highway again with me. I’m wondering if I’m gonna sleep at home tonight. And if the PD don’t mess with me I might make it home and get a chance to see the sun coming up on a Sunday afternoon. Three rocks and four fingers high helps the morning go away for awhile. The second and third get me ready for the afternoon. And there’s the W-double-E-D settled deep in my anatomy. Sometimes I think that you might be my only friend. I got the B-U-double-Z driving down the highway again with me. Wondering if I’m gonna sleep at home tonight. And if the PD don’t mess with me I might make it home to get a chance to see the sun coming up on a Sunday afternoon. The sun coming up on a Sunday afternoon.

IS TODAY GONNA BE THE DAY?: So is today gonna be the day? When a brick through the glass is gonna take you away. Leaving me with nothing to say. They had a price that you just couldn’t pay. You gotta ride in the back when they take you away. Sitting there with nothing to say. But since you, you can’t see the light of day before your face. You move from room to room just feel out of place. A pill a day keeps the crazies away? I don’t know. I sure don’t know. But since you, you can’t see the light of day before your face. You move from room to room just feel out of place. A pill a day keeps the crazies away? I don’t know. I sure don’t know. So is today gonna be the day? Is today gonna be the day? Is today gonna be the day?

BORN FAT AND STUPID: Born fat and stupid. It wasn’t really his fault. When he was just a bun his oven was mostly crocked. Growing up was hard. Gettin his ass kicked out on the school yard. And when they called him a retard it didn’t help his self-esteem. But he still liked girls. Knew what to do with the hole. But the bitches that he wanted wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole. He couldn’t get a blow off a $20 ho down in KC, MO. He tried to get a jerk off the slutty looking clerk at the Citgo. He said there’s more way than one for me to find my fun so he went down to Ed’s Pawn and bought him a gun, but when he got his saw is when they really went to pieces. He couldn’t get a blow off a $20 ho down in KC, MO. He tried to get a jerk off the slutty looking clerk at the Citgo. He said there’s more way than one for me to find my fun so he went down to Ed’s Pawn and bought him a gun, but when he got his saw is when they really went to pieces.

AILEEN: Aileen. You followed me home that day. You walked home a different way. I thought you had something to say. Aileen you walked into my front door and straight to my bedroom floor. You know it should have happened before. But since you can’t make the time for leaving me behind. Aileen. You’re making a left turn today. I knew that you’d find your way. I guess you got something to say. Aileen. You walked into my front door and straight to my bedroom floor. You know it should have happened before. But since you can’t make the time for leaving me behind. Aileen.

WEASEL: Sara Jane was anything but plain. Those sky blue eyes they could drive me

to the point of doing something wrong I thought was right. Helping you stand up on Saturday night. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. General Grant with with his baseball bat

made plans to meet me at the Strawberry Patch. I guess he couldn’t wait another minute or more or I would’ve bled out in Debbie’s daddy’s store. I took a call I wouldn’t normally take got picked up early just in time to be late. That little weasel tried to set me up. Took a fool for a ride but I’m still alive. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. Sara Jane was anything but plain. Those sky blue eyes they could drive me to the point of doing something wrong I thought was right when you showed up wasted on Saturday night. General Grant with with his baseball bat made plans to meet me at the Strawberry Patch. I guess he couldn’t wait another minute or more or I would have bled out in Debbie’s daddy’s store. That little weasel tried to set me up. That little weasel tried to set me up. That fucking little weasel tried to set me up. Took a fool for a ride but I’m still alive. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. Sara Jane. Sara Jane.

FIREFLY: She keeps getting away with it. I’m starting to get pretty sick of this shit. She keeps getting away with it again. You know she’ll stay for a couple more. Knock back six then its four on the floor. She keeps getting away with it again. She keeps getting away with it. Striking the match the fuse is already lit. She keeps getting away with it again. She used to be my little firefly. The flame burned out but she hung on for a while. She keeps getting away with it again. She keeps getting away with it. Popping those pills instead of taking her hit. She keeps getting away with it again. You're gonna fool me once. Lie to me twice. You can’t even listen to your own advice. She keeps getting away with it again.

RIGHT IN TWO: I got a week’s worth of sin come on and let me in. I’ve got a couple stories for you. They start with some drinking and end up with me thinkin’ my place in your heart’s gonna break right in two. Right in two. I got my south side bitches on the telephone. I got up and left you sitting all alone. I got back to gettin’ back to drop some clues its all just a game you’re getting ready to lose. Cause I’ve been thinkin’ about the breakin’ I’m gonna do to your heart. Well all this Waiting. Anticipating. When’s the end gonna fire its gun to start? Don’t want to give it back and turn it to something new. Something bigger than me something better than you. You can lie to yourself if you think its true but my place in your hearts gonna break right in two. Right in two. Let’s go. I had a week’s worth of sin I knew you’d let me in. I had a couple stories for you. They start with some drinking and end up with me thinkin’ my place in your heart’s gonna break right in two. Cause I’ve been thinkin’ about the breakin’ I’m gonna do to your heart. For Something bigger than me something better than you. My place in your heart’s gonna break right in two. Right in two.

ADELINE: You won’t let it go. Just moving too slow and tripping on your own little lies. All the time. All the time. Adeline you’re spending your life just looking for some peace of mind that you can’t find. Adeline. Now don’t take this wrong but I don’t have long for standing in your own little lines. All the time. All the time. You took a chance or two. Trying to do too much with your wasted time it was yours and mine. Adeleine. You try to take and leave me. You try to take and leave me but you don’t go. Why not believe me? Why not believe me if you don’t? There’s just something about this. There’s just something about this you gotta know. Adeline. You’re spending your life just looking for some peace of mind that you can’t find. Adeline

one can Stan

rock and roll for the drunk, drinking and recovered

one can Stan: live at xbk 08/23/24

one can Stan: two

one can stan self-titled debut AVAILABLE on itunes & spotify

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