Marketland

Marketland
Song
Artist	Lemon Demon
Released	2006
Written by	Neil Cicierega
Appears on	View-Monster
Sung by	Neil Cicierega
Duration	04:34
Tempo	105
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	Bandcamp Needlejuice Remaster YouTube Spotify Early Mix Lemonic Demonade 2007 Backing

Marketland is the 7th track and 4th non-transition track on View-Monster.

Its lyrics detail the protagonist's experiences at, and hatred towards, an outdoor flea market.

Lyrics

Market Town.
What a doozy walking ‘round
With all these putrid people everywhere.
“You’ve gotta buy this!”
Screams a whiskey stinking vermin vendor
Holding up a rotten pear.

But I hold on to my dollar,
Looking all around me.
In this place, I hide my face,
But dirty people hound me.

Market Street.
I could use a bite to eat,
But I don’t want to buy a whole raw fish, no.
No, not a blanket!
Yes, it’s lovely but I’m hungry,
And that’s really not my favorite dish.

So I hold on to my moolah,
My mazuma, money.
There’s no trash that’s worth my cash,
It all just smells too funny.

In Marketland,
You can buy what’s in demand.
Fifteen years ago, wow.
In Marketland,
All the world is in your hand.
I’d go wash it off now.

Market Lane.
Either I’m going insane
Or there’s an urchin hawking book reports.
Oh, that’s a new one:
Some old guy with just one eye’s
Selling his obviously soiled shorts.

But I hold on to my dollar,
Looking all around me.
In this place, I hide my face,
But dirty people hound me.

Market Hell.
There’s no food too old to sell.
There is no merchandise too urine-stained.
“You’ve gotta buy this!”
Scream the whiskey stinking vermin vendors.
Well, at least I’m entertained.

Still I hold on to my moolah,
My mazuma, money.
There’s no trash that’s worth my cash,
It all just smells too funny.

In Marketland,
You can buy what’s in demand.
Fifteen years ago, wow.
In Marketland,
All the world is in your hand.
I’d go wash it off now.

In Marketland,
You can buy what’s in demand.
Fifteen years ago, wow.
In Marketland,
All the world is in your hand.
I’d go wash it off now.

Trivia

• Marketland is one of four songs on View-Monster to receive a corresponding zoetrope animation on the Between The Frames picture disc vinyl variant of the album first released by Needlejuice Records in 2020. This song's animation was done by Aimkid and can be found on Side A.
• Marketland has an earlier mix of this song released in 2006, released to Neil's old record label before Needlejuice. The drums are louder in this version.