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SONIC YOUTH LYRICS
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A THOUSAND LEAVES
1. Contre Le Sexisme
Describe the touch, no it�s the thought
it�s warm and yellow and has a ruffle
it�s warm and yellow and...
he�s so quiet I forgot he�s there
and I think here I am.
�oh alice, come back he�s just a kitten...
he�s just a kitten�
a thousand leaves for your disguise
fall on the sky
and looking up from down
is a sea to
realize the leaves are falling
up and down
up and round.
and this is from my heart to you
a crazy wind will stir me too and contre de la
sexisme
i am with you.
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2. Sunday
sunday comes alone again
a perfect day for a quiet friend
and you - you will set it free
i see new morning yound yr face
everybody sez its another phase
and now - now its come to me
see the magic in yr eyes
i see it come as no surprise
and you - you turn yr eyes away
yeah you - you turn it all away
i guess its true its never too late
still i don�t know what to do today
oh why - can�t i set you free
will you - do the same for me
sunday comes and sunday goes
sunday always seems to move so slow
to me - here she comes again
a perfect ending to a perfect day
a perfect ending what can i say
to you - lonely sunday friend
with you - sunday never ends
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3. Female Mechanic Now On Duty
i wanna shut you down
love yr. sight and sound
i wanna spin you round, till yr. underground
i wanna strip you down
till you feel the round
i wanna feel your shine
i wanna waste some time
i wanna paint my face
like a model out of place
cause im supposed to dare
the machine will tear
i�ll throw up sometime
and then you�ll be mine
i wanna serve you down
while my mind is on the ground
i wanna move your switch
make you go quish
my desiring machine
yeah it�s made pretty clean
now i�ll turn the dial
and i�ll put you ina pile
modern women cry
modern women don�t cry
cry don�t cry
you hut me with your lie
touch the fire in the rain and
see the children
stop their play and
look for shelter
in the garden of their
make believe and i
i believe
perfection is a
i can see what you�re going thru but
i can�t melt my head to what you�re
whisked away to light the bomb a
thousand leaves are left to stay and...
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4. Wildflower Soul
sing yr children
yr children song
sing yr love child
love is on
see thru child eyes
eyes are old
and old is magic growing
see the child lights
spinning gold
everyday girl
they blow away
leaves falling to the water
wildflowers
for you today
sing yr birthday
yr birthday blues
sing yr wild light
wildflowers bloom
they will not forget you
and down/they go
to sleep/so slow
away/they grow
they go
i wait/i wait all day
sing yr love child
love is on
sing yr child lights
sing yr child lights
lights are gold
sing yr child life
wildflower soul
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5. Hoarfrost
I put my feet deep in the tracks that you made
walked behind you off into the wood
�We�ll know where when we get there� you said
And we both knew we would
high above like a spider
the colors turning brown
freeways passing by us
I took yr hand and we knelt down
wheels paddle wheels paddle movement as we go
trees passing trees passing signs along the road
a view thru the trees to a couple in the snow
a view thru the trees to a couple standing in
the snow
Suddenly the trees were flashing by us
Clouds reflecting fast across your eyes
We turned into a frozen medow
The wind the only sound
�We�ll know where when we get there� you said
�We�ll know where when we get there� you said
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6. French Tickler
free time, free time
I have got it gonna get me some
free time, free time
I would spend it forever captivated
free time, free time
would you tell me the secret of yr arm
free time, free time
forever fabulastic, blowup, pleasuristic
I feel combustible
that�s my will say it all
mille feuille
mille feuille
mille feuille
now you better take a deep breath
the smell is just the best
i�ll transform even yr breast
you are my new weekend guest
I can�t believe this could happen to me
caught inside someone�s knee
free time, free time
uncovered forever barest endeavor
free time, free time
if you want me splash me forever
free time, free time
let it happen the leisure, enchanting
free time, free time
yr neck is my favorite pleeze don�t spare it
I feel combustible that�s my will, say it all
now you better cough up the dough
if you want to join the show
exotique is not for free
spend wisely eternity
engine of desire is on the road
don�t get stuck without a job
free time, free time
you have got it gonna get me some
free time, free time
wandering, fantastic, sparkling demanded
free time, free time
did I mention that you control me
free time, free time
the merest endeavor slightly forever
mille feuille
mille feuille
mille feuille
mille feuille
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7. Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg)
today i
said goodbye
to my conflicted goddess
her lush eyes
show surprise
at how we could gather knowledge
the painting has a dream
where shadow breaks the scene
and the colors run off
blue is bashful
green is my goal
yellow girls are running backwards
until the nextime
with six hits of sunshine
the lights will blind up with blues in haiku
the shadow has a dream
where painters look to sea
the colors burn out
now i know where
i once saw you
stepping into muddy water
john�s reflection
decried perfection
now you walk him through the gardren
waiting in the wings
painters shade their dreams
with falling colors
see me wave good
bye forever
happiness the goddess lover
hurry back re
member last time
the hits of sunshine
the hits of goldmine
i�ll see you back tonite
where painters love the light
and yellow shadow girls
today i
say goodbye
to my complicious goddess
her hushed eyes
show surprise
and how we captured knowledge
i�ll see you back tonite
where shadows dream of light
let�s slip on outside
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8. Karen Koltrane
Karen�s moving out
out into the sky
Karen trips on a cloud
Sets down w stars in her eyes
She�s alone in a room
She�s deep inside of her mind
Karen�s leaving for the snow
Somewhere to somewhere... blind
She cut the silver lining in my soul
I was tethered to her for a time
are we still together?
will she stay forever?
(will she stay?... beside...
flashlight... Karen stay... etc.)
A LOVE SUPREME
Karen, yr hanging on the line
wraps yr coat tight around
Karen, yr eyes are on the prize
i�ll catch you on my way down
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9. The Ineffable Me
cant catch me
i�m syntax free
i�m preconceived
preternaturally
i don�t invest
in what is best
your once and for all
means shit to me
hate translator
hate translator
hate translator
you can�t catch me
don�t mistake her
don�t misshape her
you don�t mutate her
you can�t get me
the radical beacon
the preverbal season
the abstract poetics
immediate treason
do you remember
reductionist lie
fundamentalist
alibi
hate castrater
hate castrater
hate castrater
don�t fuck with me
don�t you break her
and don�t deflate her
don�t outdate her
or you�ll fuck with me
its a cushy job
a pussy�s job
a cum junkie�s job
makes my dick throb
feel...ineffable
cant catch me
i�m syntax free
i�m preconceived
prehistoricly
don�t be alarmed
don�t be alarmed
don�t be alarmed
its only me
come back in my arms
back in my arms
back in my arms
the ineffable me
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10. Snare, Girl
im here for you
cant you see what im doin
i bring you news from the kingdom
of disciples in ruin
behold a child
has just been born
into a life
of secrets sworn
hold out yr hands
and take these palms ive been given
they are wild with beauty faded
and they can guide this child to heaven
so rest assured
and understand
how harvest eyes
renew your land
im here looking for you dear
if i could see clear
thry all the sun stained stations
its all up in the air girl
its like a snare girl
in all its manifestations
im here for you
cant you see what im saying
i have palms from the ruins
where disciples are straying
im coming after you
with mercy given
and your secrets out
now youre forgiven
im here looking for you dear
cant you see clear
all these sun stained stations
its you under the stairs girl
with a snare girl
sounding salutations
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11. Heather Angel
never gonna ya do it
a world below
heather angel you are somewhere
on the show
don�t you think you would find
where to go
I want to go dancing on the other side
I want to buy a phonograph
but the money�s gone
he bought books and records
I don�t care about that
I just want to be alive
and go to the other...
I don�t want money or books
have to decide
passive
and you were shot in the name of it
and then you�d see yeh, yeh
then you�d see
the relationship
and walking I see you in the clouds
and I fall for
I would fall for you
I would...
forever
goodbye, bye
goodbye
and that is all
STOP STOP
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BAD MOON RISING
1. Intro
(instrumental)
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2. Brave Men Run (In My Family)
[Kim]
Seven days and seven nights
i dreamt a sailor's dream at sea
seven days and seven nights
i dreamt a sailor's dream of me
seven days and siven nights
the world was made and lost again
seven days and seven nights
brave men run
in my family
brave men run
into the setting sun
brave men run
into captivity
brave men run
in my family
brave men run
away from me
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3. Society Is A Hole
[Thurston]
Society is a hole
it makes me lie to my friends
it's running down my street with white power sneakers
on the beautiful beat of black feet
society is a hole
it beats my friends big heads
my friends have big heads
i can understand it but i don't recommend it
you got big big hair and everybody's scared
society is a hole
it makes me lie to my friends
the assault of holy noise there's a slap in my face
my friends are girls wrapped in boys
we are living in pieces i want to live in peace
society is a hole
[talking]
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4. I Love Her All The Time
[Thurston]
She comes into my mind
twisting through my nerves
i don't understand
a word she says
she's on my side
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
she comes into my mind
twisting through my nerves
i don't understand
a word she says
she's on my side
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
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5. Ghost Bitch
[Kim]
Slowly pour the liquid down
for miles and miles it flows along
rose-colored
neonlight
swirl around
turn around
feel the touch
of my hand
swirl around
swirl around
fellow shadows
black and blue
all around
all around
locking arms
side by side
crouch down
before the fire's light
you're the first day of my life
i had no belief before
'till i had this dream last night
i still remember their savage cries
so serious in their right
faces painted in joyous fright
in the dawn's early light
oh say did you see
the colour of my eternity
and the sweat on my skin
our founding fathers laid right down
indian ghosts from long ago
they gave birth to my bastard kin
America it is called
sensation of eternity
locking arms side by side
crouch down before the fire's light
you're the first day of my life
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6. I'm Insane
[Thurston]
Love starved backwood teaser farm girl hot eyed bride
stone cold blonde a quivering menace atomic wallop wholesale murder
we want out
we fish at night
sex in heaven
tough town
a cruel touch
sailors leave
sirens screaming
lap of luxury
a show of violence
take off your mask
lay off my brother
kiss my fist
stop at nothing
a steaming swamp
and a troubled heart
the sky is red
and i can't stop running
her baby stares
the secret's there
so help us god
i'll swing at your funeral
the stubborn air
the killer mob
a red bone woman
a double cross
big fake bitter love underbelly freezing jungle
one step more he'll stir your senses scratch your surface and nail your head
murded angels
bodies in bedlam
a women scorned
you can't hang me
tied to my job a blast scene alibi tied to a tree in a blind alley
nothing before
a big fear
don't get caught
by her father's friends
swamp girl faded
the tiger's wife
a frenzied love
hot climate
twisted passions
flesh parade
dead ahead
a world so wide
big river love camp
the house boy and hill girl
the agony column
don't crowd me
it's time for crime
strange breed river girl's misery index
inside my head my dog's a bear
she was significant
i'm insane
inside my head my dog's a bear
she was significant
i'm insane
inside my head my dog's a bear
she was significant
i'm insane
inside my head my dog's a bear
she was significant
i'm insane
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7. Justice Is Might
[Thurston]
This song this song this song is called
this song okay
this song is called justice is justice is might
okay it's about it's about it's about sonic life
it's about it's about sonic life
it's about sonic life that's right
you have a genius you have a genius and a sex maniac
living together taking lots of drugs and and
fucking all day and as it's just it's just it's just like
it's like it's like staying at home and risking your life
this song okay this song this song is called justice
this song is called ju
this song is called justice is might
I know it's wrong
but that is allright
as long as it's strong
it's just that it might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
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8. Death Valley '69
[Thurston & Lydia Lunch]
Groooooahhh!
Coming down
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley '69
you're right
you're right
you're right
you're right
you're right you were right
i was on the wrong track
we're deep in the valley
how deep in the gulley
and now in the canyon
and now in the canyon
out in the yonder way out in the yonder
she started to holler
she started to holler
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
but she started to holler
so i had to hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
deep in the valley
in the trunk of an old car
in the back of a chevvy
i got sand in my mouth you got sand in your mouth
and you got sun in your eyes i got sun in your eyes
blind blinded
and you wanted to get there
but i couldn't go faster i wanted to get there
but you couldn't go faster
so i started to hit it you couldn't go faster
so i started to hit it
i started to hit it hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
coming down
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley '69
death valley '69
death valley '69
death valley '69
ieieieioooooaoaoaieeih!
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9. Satan Is Boring
What are you waiting for?
satan flirts
i'm prepared
it's nothing to conquer
the fight is good
your flesh has a limit
of too many years
it's a shock absorber of your stinging tears
the satisfaction
and power
and control
and piss
is ruled by the laws of deception
lost in laws of deception
we shake our heads
as your tables turn
they'll always turn
and you'll never burn
that's the real promise
you'll never burn
you get the lies
we get the fire
you get the lies
we get the fire
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10. Flower
[Kim]
Support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is
love
there's a new girl in your life
long red wavy hair
green green lips and purple eyes
skinny hips and big red breasts
hanging on your wall
one is slit/slipped the other's wrists/ripped
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love
support the power of women
use the flower of man
use the power of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love
use the word
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love
use the word
fuck
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11. Halloween
[Kim]
There's something shifting in the distance
don't know what it is
days days and night [???]
except for the feeling that's
growing up inside of me as you
sing your song as you
swing along and you're
it's your, your song
it's the devil in me
makes me stare at you as you
twist up along you
sing your song and you
slipping up to me and you're
so close i just a
wanna touch you and i
sing your song and you
dont know what's going on but you
wanna me to come along as you
sing your song and you're
fucking with me as you
slither up to me
your lips there
slipping twisting at my
insides and singing on
you're just a
swinging man, it's not your
swinging song and now i
don't know what you want but
you're looking at me and you're
falling to the ground and you're
twisting around fucking with my
my mind and i don't know what
's going on
swinging in your song
twisting me on as you
slither up to me and it's gotta be
and i don't know what you wanna do
and you're looking at me with your big dark eyes
and you're revving/rubbing your body
twisting
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12. Echo Canyon
(instrumental)
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CONFUSION IS SEX
1. (She's In A) Bad Mood
She's in a bad mood
But I won't fall for it
I believe all her lies
But I can't fall for it
She's in a bad mood
But i won't fall for it
I believe all her lies
But i can't fall for it
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2. Protect Me You
Protect me from ravagement
I am ten years old
I don't know what I do
Protect me myself
I am fourteen
There's nothing to do
Protect me yourself
I am sixteen
Protect me from starving
I am eighteen
Protect me you
I don't know what you do
Protect me demons
That come at night
I don't know what they say
Their whispering
Sends the night air away
And makes me forget
I hope they come
Again and again
Here they come
Again and again
I hope they come again
Again
Again
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3. Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog
(?)
(?) I'm coming down
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
I wanna be your dog
Come on
(?)
Now I wanna be your dog
I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna
Be your dog
Come on
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4. Shaking Hell
She's finally discovered she's a...
He told her so
She's finally discovered she's a...
He told her so
She's finally discovered she's a...
He told her so
Come closer and I'll tell you
Come closer and I'll tell you
Come closer and I'll take off your dress
I'll take off your dress
I'll shake off your flesh
I'll shake off your flesh
I'll shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
[repeat two times]
Turn around
Turn around
Turn around
Shake
[repeat nine times]
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake shake
[repeat eighteen times]
Shake
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5. Inhuman
Oi
Aha [repeat ten times]
My body is a pasttime
My mind is a simple joy
I learned my lesson
The hardest way
But you don't know me
But you don't know me
A complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
My body is a past time
My mind is a simplejoy
I learned my lesson
The hardest way
But you don't know me
But you don't know me
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Inhu-inhuman
Inhu-inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
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6. The World Looks Red
Push it away
The world looks red
People with fisheyes
The ground sucks
Walk on my fingertips
Displacing the fog
The weight of my body
Is too much to bear
The memory drained
The life from the doll
An ocean of insects
Moved like a sheet
The immovable fact
Buried my mind
In a horsehair coat
In a pile
On the floor
Push it away
The world looks red
People with fish eyes
The ground sucks
Walk on my fingertips
Displacing the fog
The weight of my body
Is too much to bear
The memory drained
The life from the doll
The ocean of insects
Moved like a sheet
The immovable fact
Buried my mind
In a horsehair coat
In a pile
On the floor
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7. Confusion Is Next
I maintain that
Chaos is the future
And beyond it is freedom
Confusion is next and next after that is the truth
You gotta cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Stick your fingers
In your mouth
Squeeze your tongue
And wrench it out
From its ugly fucking cancer
Its ugly fucking cancer
Root
You gotta cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Chaos is the future
And beyond it is freedom
Confusion is next and next after that is the truth
You gotta cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Stick your fingers
In your mouth
Squeeze your tongue
And wrench it out
From its ugly fucking cancer
Its ugly fucking cancer
Root
You gotta cultivate what you need to need
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Sonic tooth
Tell nothing but the truth
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8. Making The Nature Scene
Going back to these origins
The city is a natural scape
Order in details
Confusion uproar in the whole
In nature reality is selection
The tool of critical intervention
Fragmentation is the rule
Unity is not taught in school
You are in unnatural growth
On a funny sunny street
The city has forgotten you
Symbols of its past
The meaning of its state
Its order of decay
Stand now in a column
And make the nature scene
Standing all in columns
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Waiting to make them pay
There is no resistance to
The signs along the way
Standing all in columns
Waiting to make them pay
Making the nature scene
Waiting for the day
There is no resistance to
There is no resistance to
Salvation means
To count on you
It just means
To count on you
Make that nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
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9. Lee Is Free
(instrumental)
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DAYDREAM NATION
1. Teen Age Riot
[Kim]
You're it
No, you're it
Hey, you're really it
You're it
No I mean it, you're it
Say it
Don't spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (don't displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall
Miss me
Don't dismiss me
Spirit desire
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
[Thurston]
Everybody's talking 'bout the stormy weather
And what's a man do to but work out whether it's true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two
Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you
Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through
Everybody's coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know it's someone I knew
Teenage riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you
Now I see it
I think I'll leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
And it's not clear why you fade away
Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer that's rockin'
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, that'll do me for now
It better work out
I hope it works out my way
'Cause it's getting kind of quiet in my city's head
Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now
You better look it
We're gonna shake it
Up to him
He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand
We know it's down
We know it's bound too loose
Everybody's sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to choose
So who's to take the blame for the stormy weather
You're never gonna stop all the teenage leather and booze
It's time to go round
A one man showdown
Teach us how to fail
We're off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail
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2. Silver Rocket
[Thurston]
Snake in it
Jack into the wall
TV amp on fire
Blowin' in the hall
Gun your sled
Close your peeping toms
Turbo organizer
Crankin' on the knob
You got it
Yeah, ride the silver rocket
Can't stop it
Burnin' a hole in your pocket
Hit the power
Psycho helmets on
You got to splice your halo
Take it to a moon
Nymphoid clamor
Fuelling up the hammer
You got to fake out the robot
And pulse up the zoom
You got it
Yeah, ride the silver rocket
Can't stop it
Burnin' a hole in your pocket
Can't forget the flashing
Can't forget the smashing
The sending and the bending
The atmosphere re-entry
You gotta have the time
Got a letter in your mind
Gotta heart injection
That you got yourself a line
You got it
Yeah, ride the silver rocket
Can't stop it
Burnin' a hole in your pocket
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3. The Sprawl
[Kim]
To the extent that I wear skirts and cheap nylon slips
I've gone native
I wanted to know the exact dimensions of hell
Does this sound simple?
Fuck you! Are you for sale?
Does "fuck you" sound simple enough?
This was the only part that turned me on
But he was candy all over
Come on down to the store
You can buy some more, and more, and more, and more
You can buy some more, and more, and more, and more
You can buy some more, and more, and more, and more
You can buy some more, and more, and more, and more
I grew up in a shotgun row
Sliding down the hill
Out front were the big machines
Steel and rusty now, I guess
Out back was the river
And that big sign down the road
That's where it all started
Come on down to the store
You can buy some more, and more, and more, and more
Come on down to the store
You can buy some more, and more, and more, and more
Come on down to the store
You can buy some more, and more, and more, and more
You can buy some more, more, more, more
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4. 'Cross The Breeze
[Kim]
Let's go walking on the water
[Come a harder way please?]
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
No need to be scared
Let's jump into the day
I wanna know
I think I oughta go
Close your eyes and make believe
You can do whatever you please
I wanna know
I think I better go
Let's go walkin on water
Now you think I'm Satan's daughter
I wanna know
Please let me go!
Cut me to the quick
Now I think I'm gonna be sick
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
I'm [trying?] for the future
It's funny that way
I wanna know
I wanna know!
I took a look into the hate
It made me feel very up to date
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Hold me tight, down on my knees
So I don't go burning 'cross the breeze
I wanna know
I wanna know!
I wanna know
Should I stay or go?
Burning 'cross the breeze
Burning 'cross the breeze
Blowing 'cross the breze
---
5. Eric's Trip
[Lee]
{Whispered: Achooooo Braaaaancafest}
I can't see anything at all
All I see is me
That's clear enough, that's what's important
To see me
My eyes can focus, my brain is talking
It looks pretty good to me
My head's on straight, my girlfriend's beautiful
It looks pretty good to me
Sometimes I speak
Tonight there's nothing to say
Sometimes we freak
And laugh all day
Hold these pages up to the light
See the jackknife inside of the dream
A railroad runs through the record stores at night
Coming in for the deep freeze
Mary: a simple word, are you there in the cold country?
Your eyes so full, your head so tight
Can't you hear me?
Remember our talk
That day on the phone
I said I was the door, and you were the station
With shattered glass, and miles between us
We still flew away in the conversation
My cup is full, and I feel okay
The world is dull, but not today
She thinks she's a goddess
She says she talks to the spirits
I wonder if she can talk to herself?
If she can bear to hear it?
This is Eric's trip
We've all come to watch him slip
He's slipping all the way to Texas
Can you dig it?
(Eric says "The sky is blue...")
I see with a glass eye
The pavement view
A shadow forming, across fields rushing
Through me to you
We tear down our the world, and put up four walls
I breathe in the myth
I'm over the city, fucking the future
I'm high and inside your kiss
We can't see clear
But what we see is alright
We make up what we can't hear
Then we sing all night
Shattered pages and shattered lights
See the jackknife; see the dream
There's something moving over there, to the right
Like nothing I've ever seen
---
5. Hey Joni
[Lee]
Hey Joni, put it all behind you
Hey Joni, now I've put it all behind me, too
These times can't add up, your life's such a mess
Forget the past, and just say yes
Tell me Joni, am I the one
To see you through?
In this broken town, can you still jack in
And know what to do?
I remember our youth, our high ideals
I remember you were so uptight
The time in the trees, we broke that vice
We took some steps and now we can't think twice
Tell me Joni, am I right by you?
Tell me how you're gonna lose this hard luck?
Hey Joni, when will all these dreams come true?
You better find a way to climb down off that truck
Shots ring out, from the center of an empty field
Joni's in the tall grass
She's a beautiful metal jukebox
A sailboat explosion
A snap of electric whipcrack
She's not thinking about the future
She's not spinning her wheels
She doesn't think at all about the past
She thinking long and hard
About that high wild sound
And wondering will it last?
Kick it
Hey Joni, put it all behind you
There's something turning, turning right to you
My head burns, but I know you'll speak the truth, hey!
Hey Joni, put it all behind you
Hey Joni, now I've put it all behind me, too
Forget the future, these times are such a mess
Tune out the past, and just say yes
It's 1963
It's 1964
It's 1957
It's 1962
Put it all behind you
Now it's all behind you
---
6. Total Trash
[Thurston]
It start at the top
Now it's spiralling down
Works best when it's lost
Diggin' under the ground
Never mind it now
We can bring it back
It's total trash
And it's a natural fact
That I'm not no cow
It's never the same
It's more than a game
Can't take it away
Can't kill all the shame
It's a guilty man
That increased the crack [that can grease the crack?]
It's total trash
Sack 'em on the back
With a heavy rock
There he goes again
Magic monkey friend
Can I love the time
That he seems to spend
With all the kids in town
It start at the top
Now it's spiralling down
Works best when it's lost
Diggin' under the ground
Never mind it now
We can bring it back
It's total trash
And it's a natural fact
That I'm not no cow
---
8. Providence
[???]
"Claudius! I'm downstairs in your nearest window... if you're up...
pub 'phone booth... if you're up...(I get tense) [Beep]"
[Mike Watt]
"Thurston! Watt! Thurston! I think it's ten thirty, we're calling
from Providence, Rhode Island. Did you find your shit? You gotta
watch the motin' Thurston, your fuckin' memory just goes out tha window.
We couldn't find it in the van at all, we wonderin' if you looked in
that trash can. When we threw out that trash, man, was the bag in
your hand, did you dump it? Call later. Bye."
---
9. Candle
[Thurston]
I see a dark star drivin' at his magic, snatch it
kiss me up a way go crystal cracking
I can't wait
I can't stay, uh candle
Gotta change my mind before it burns out
I'm the cocker on the rock
Wind is whipping through my stupid mop
I see a falling snowgirl walking Broadway
Turns the corner at 14th and I know there's no way
It's alright
It's a lighted candle
And I know that she'll be okay by sunday
I'm the cocker on the rock
Coming back start shining
In your electric clock
It's safe to say, candle
Tonight's the day, candle
It's alright now, candle
The wind's away, candle
Never thought I'd see a dark star falling
I'm the cocker on the rock
Wind is whipping through my stupid mop
---
10. Rain King
[Lee]
Rain King ensures there's nowhere to go
It's jet stream, daydream, cocksure hard luck show
His lips a fountain
His daylight sparks
He's a shotgun, schoolyard, street-wise, white-hot kid
Little whipcream, phone call, breakdown, Rain King fist
His mind a countdown
His daydream sparks
I need three years to clear these thoughts, hey
I like to say I knew one true thing
It feels like years and all I've done is fought
And not turned up, anything
Little black, take roll and roll, over my bed
I'm waiting here for, some reality crease
There's one big deadend, in my head
And not a moment of peace
Crossfire, Rain King, with his cadillac, kid
Marries every dictionary from his chain-yard bliss
His lips a fountain
His daylight sparks
He's got a shot in his kick forging the real, when
He's a steel drum, wedding ring, Pontiac door knob ten
His mind a countdown
His daylight sparks
Hung up on a speed king nation, caught up on a nail
Hanging tight with time, at least, a little while
Your sister is a beauty when she's naked, like my kid
I hear this world, cool world, dreaming of a peaceful kiss
---
11. Kissability
[Kim]
Look into my eyes, don't you trust me
You're so good, you could go far
I'll put you in a movie, don't you wanna
You could be a star, you could go far
You've got twistability
You've fly hard, don't you wanna
You've got kissability
You could be a star, it ain't hard
You're driving me crazy
I smell so sick
You're driving me crazy
Give us a kiss
Look into my eyes, don't you trust me
You're so soft, you make me hard
I'll put you in a movie, don't you wanna
You could be a star, you could go far
You've got kissability
You sigh hard, don't you wanna
You've got twistability
You could be a star, it ain't hard
You drive me crazy, you smell so sick
I feel so tired, you made me sick
You're driving me crazy, if I feel so sick
You're driving me crazy, if I feel so sick
Look into my eyes, don't you dis' me
You're so good, you could go far
I'll put you in a movie, don't you wanna
You could be a star, you could go far
You've got twistability
You fly hard, don't you wanna
You've got kissability
You could be a star, it ain't hard
You're driving me crazy, I feel so sick
You're driving me crazy, give us a kiss
---
12. Trilogy
a) The Wonder
[Thurston]
See flashing eyes
They're flashing 'cross to me
Burnin' up the sky
Sunshining into me
Your locus crown
Cop-killin' heartbeat
Head's lookin' down
Bowin' out, to the street
I'm just walkin' around
Your city is a wonder town
Lips red to white
Lips green in black night
Your spirit flares
Flarin' up leonine
I'm just walkin' around
Your city is a wonder town
Transmitter rhyme
Transmitter, all the time
Lookin' up to the sky
I'm seein' ghosts flyin'
I'm just walkin' around
Your city is a wonder town
I think I've been there, once before
Something tells me, there's so much more
She's back in town, to even the score
It's time to go
See flashing eyes
They're flashing 'cross to me
Burnin' up the sky
Sunshining into me
Your locus crown
Cop-killin' heartbeat
Head's lookin' down
Bowin' out, to the street
I'm just walkin' around
Your city is a wonder town
b) Hyperstation
Falling out of sleep, I hit the floor
Put on some rock tee and I'm out with the door
From Bowery to Broome to Greene, I'm a walking lizard
Last night's dream was a talking baby lizard
All comin' from hu-man imagination
Day dreaming days in a daydream nation
Smashed-up against a car at three A.M.
Kids just up for basketball, beat me in my head
There's bum trash in my hall and my place is ripped
I've totaled another amp, I'm calling in sick
It's an anthem in a vacuum on a hyperstation
Day dreaming days in a daydream nation
c) Eliminator Jr.
Kids cruise away, pack of chickenshits
This guy is ours, dark stains on his pants
Enough to make a butcher out of the bone
Take a walk in the park? Shit, yeah!
A poor boy, a rich boy
A poor rich boy coming right through me
Rich boy, poor boy
Poor rich boy coming right through me
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DIRTY
1. 100%
[Thurston]
I can never forget you
the way you rock the girls
they move a world and love you
you're blasting the underworld
i stick a knife in my head
a-thinking 'bout your eyes
but now that you been shot dead
i got a new surprise
but i been waitin' for you just to say
he's off to check his mind
but all i know is you got no money
but that's got nothing to do with a good time
can you forgive the boy who
shot you in the head
or should you get a gun and
go and get revenge?
a 100% of my love
up to you true star
it's hard to believe you took off
i always thought you'd go far
but i been around the world a million times
and all you men are slime
it gone to my head
goodbye i am dead
wastewood rockers is time for crap
hey
---
2. Swimsuit Issue
[Kim]
I'm just here for dictation
i don't wanna be a sensation
bein' on Sixty Minutes
wasn't worth your fifteen minutes
don't touch my breast
i'm just working at my desk
don't put me to the test
i'm just doing my best
shopping at Max Fields
power for you to wield
dreamed of going to the Grammies
till you poked me with your whammy
he's been dissed
now you're moving your wrist
I'm just from Encino
why are you so mean oh
i'm just here for dictation
and not your summer vacation
you really like to shmooz
but now you're on the moves
I'm from Sherman Oaks
just a wheel with spokes
but i ain't giving you head
in a Sunset bungalow
Roshanda
Judith
Paulina
Cathy
Vendella
Naomi
Ashley
Angie
Stacey
Gail
ice women
ice women
ice women
---
3. Theresa's Sound-world
[Thurston]
Light girl come walkin thru the corn, free
light blue vibration thru the sea
i know i'd love her to breathe, again
light cubes are talkin her down
i've been a wasted day
light spinning round a saint
light colored wild sign
theresa talkin the rain
light girl be glowin thru town
windows are thoughts in disdain
i know i'd love her to stay
whispering signs are agreeing
light talking gold in the rain
lights vibing dark in the saint
a cat in gold goes alone
theresa's sound for the king
---
4. Drunken Butterfly
[Kim]
Smile like a sun
back over time
crazy on you
pleasure is mine
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
here come through it
giving it up
going too far
try understand
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
whisper kiss me here
i'll tell you what i fear
whisper kisses up here
i'll tell you what i fear
come on home
just ain't fair
name of rock'n'roll
where love dies
couldn't find a soul
tell it like it is
deep down inside
drunken butterfly
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
i love you i love you i love you
what's your name?
---
5. Shoot
[Kim]
Can i have some money?
i'm gonna go to the store
can i have some money?
i can't tell you what it's for
can i have some money?
you know it's you that i adore
can i have some money?
don't ask me what it's for
since we've been together you've been good to me
you only hit me when you wanna be pleased
can i have the car keys?
i'm gonna go for a ride
can i have the car please?
i'm going out for a while
can i have the car now?
i wanna drive all around
can i have the car dear?
i'm going to leave this town
i won't be asking your permission to leave
i won't be asking not to have this baby please
and i won't be asking don't point some bust??? at me
and i won't be asking i had to see you bleed
ssssssh
visualize
that's right
forever we
one two three
shoot
shoot
shoot
shoot
can i have my lipstick?
that was such a surprise
can i have my lipstick?
i'm going out for a ride
i'm not a little girl
and you sure are not my dad
you don't even know what you almost had
---
6. Wish Fulfillment
[Lee]
I see your wishes on the wall
and that's all right with me
i see you run to make a call
putting up to someone free
your life and my life they don't touch at all
and that's no way to be
we've never seemed so far
what's real? what is true?
i ain't turning my back on you
where're you goin'? where've you been?
making wishes, watching dreams
it might be simple it might be true
i might be overwhelmed by you
you might be empty
the way your eyes just look right through
its such a mess now anyway
wish fulfillment every day
i don't believe you
now i can't hear a word you say
i see you shaking in the light
reading the headline news
the others they're not quite so right
we want them to choose you
i could almost see your face tonight
singing simple rhythm'n'blues
you'll always be a star
shake it baby
come on scream
just seen your face in a magazine
don't doubt it
leave's 'em sore
i can't stand it anymore
it's my favorite shot of you
you look so pretty your eyes were true
i'm still on your side
in spite of everything you do
we're only blood on blood on life
you paint me pictures every night
come wish beside me
don't you know you know what's right
---
7. Sugar Kane
[Thurston]
You're perfect in the way
a perfect end today
you're burning out their lies
and burning in their eyes
i love you Sugar Kane
a-come in from the rain
oh kiss me like a frog
and turn me into flame
i love you all the time
i need you here tonight
and i can stay all night
with daddy shining
and i know
there's something down there sugar soul
back to the cross a twisted lane
there something down there Sugar Kane
i'm back again in love
i'm back again a dove
where'd you get your lie
this mind is sugar life
another lovers day
another crack of night
every night i say
light is coming
and i know
there's something down there sugar cone
back to the cross a twisted lane
there's something down there Sugar Kane
angel come and play
you fly me away
a stroll along the beach
until you're out of time
i love you Sugar Kane
a crack into the dream
i love you Sugar Kane
i love you Sugar Kane
i love you Sugar Kane
i love you Sugar Kane
i love you Sugar Kane
i love you Sugar
---
8. Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit
[Kim]
she got you, got you good
didn't have a chance
pretty lady put you in
where had messed again [?]
oh baby don't you know
you're livin' on the death
you better stay away
if you wanna live
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
every time you turn around she is making up with you and down below
oooh sugar pie
mmm come on
chocolate spot
she gotta gotta go
don't you even know
she looks into your eyes
angels wanna go [?]
she takes the long stride
leave your mind again
don't worry you are fine
living with a mess
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
every time you turn around she is looking up at you and down below
sugar crick
candy tic
orange rolls
angel's spit
what you got has got you good
don't you even try
come on if you could
you would surely die
you don't don't you know
you don't even know
come on sugar tic
you all got to go
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
every time you turn around she is looking up at you and down below
come and die
chocolate spot
sugar
don't you know
deep in my heart
saying g'bye
---
9. Youth Against Fascism (Hate Song)
[Thurston]
Another can of worms
another stomach turns
yeah your ghetto burns
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
you got a stupid man
you got a ku klux klan
your funky battleplan
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
a sieg heil-in' squirt
you're an impotent jerk
yeah a fascist twerp
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
black robe and swill
i believe Anita Hill
judge will rot in hell
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
yeah a cross on fire
by a christian liar
a black attack at fire
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
yeah the president sucks
he's a war pig fuck
his shit is out of luck
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
another nazi attack
skinhead is cracked
my blood is black
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
we're banging pots and pans
to make you understand
we gotta bury you man
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
i'm a human wreck
redneck in check
i killed the teacher's pet
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
it's the song i hate
---
10. Nic Fit
Turn it up
turn it in
sonic youth
sonic truth
nic fit
nic fit
nic fit
nic fit
sonic youth
sonic smoke
sonic truth
sonic smoke
nic fit
nic fit
nic fit
nic
nic fit
nic fit
nic fit
nic fit
sonic youth
sonic death
sonic smoke
sonic youth
nic fit
nic fit
nic fit
nic
---
11. On The Strip
[Kim]
Every time you look my way
shine a light in what you say
every time you look my way
you talk around going purple haze
close your eyes and pretend
you're not at all a black friend
smile this girl on the strip
you really learn just how to be hip
tell your stories 'bout your crazy trip
messing with stars and doing tricks
close your eyes and pretend
it started all back then
big glass house on the hill
doing dope but did you swear
yesterday was buried last year
well i don't care i thought was clear
close your eyes and pretend
this is how it should end
cinderella of the mind
doesn't know her left from right
she so hungry for a bite
forget your friends for midnight
don't you know who's keeping score
who's that barking at your door
hold tight with fear living
hold tight with fear living
hold tight with fear living
hold tight with fear
that was then
this is now
hold tight with fear living
hold tight with fear living
hold tight with fear living
hold tight with fear
that was then
this is now
every time you look my way
remember a girl who used to say
hold me tight every way
it's okay it's only play
i will learn you in my dawn
where i came from for i run
---
12. Chapel Hill
[Thurston]
A-back in the days when the battles raged
and we thought it was nothing
the bookstore man is the CIA
and we know
throw me a cord and plug it in
to get the Cradle rocking
and out with the redneck [?] men [?] [red that get open???]
and let's go
a hair in the hole in my head
too bad the scene is dead
memories in the shadow
back in time again
but i can't forget your terrorized face
when you cried for the shameless
wasted life Ameri-K-K-Kan
and you smiled
so why should we run when we cannot hide
and my flag it's burning
we could be wrong but that's allright
we'll rise again
a hair in the hole in my head
too bad the scene is dead
our memories in the shadow
it's back in town again
look in a way it's another day
and of course we love you
radical man is the CIA
and we say no
we'll round up the Durham H.C. kids
and the Char Grill Killers
Jesse H. come into our pit
all ages show
a hair in the hole in my head
too bad the scene is dead
our memories in the shadow
it's back in time again
---
13. JC
[Kim]
Always cast a pair of hose
spaces pressed together rose
arms around each others back
you know that i liked you Jack
and all the other boys who pose
a silent dance in the woods
in this love of bite that's shown
another can of coca cola
don't you ever call me Mom
freckled dancing in the plant
and air so thin I wanted time
as far as you can see it's fun
you're nothing but a history
a second here and then you're gone
quicksand quicksand all around
turn the corner just beyond
the shadows move and change the groove
and something tells me not to brood
turning round and that's a show
you're walking through my heart once more
don't forget to close the door
i'm not certain what you found
all the men want a charming word/whore
like a crown full of jewels
sunny skies and angels please
falling down upon my knees
that wasn't how its supposed to be
clear blue eyes, just as tries
the wind is busy blowing dizzy
you're dreams were shot like a star
exploding in a mind somewhere
doing something on a dare
pulling a trigger like breathing air
a sunkissed boy that gave no thought
to what he'd made while others saved
ocean spreads a candle said/candle's head
it's dripping in my hand, you're dead
little brother reminding me
moments take forever tree
you can see as far as sin
don't you know the shape i'm in
you're walking through my heart once more
don't forget to close the door
---
14. Purr
[Thurston]
Whoahooh!
i love you baby 'cause you're back in time
i love you today
your eyes are flashing back a magic sign
the sun comes out to play
i learned it all from you girl
i got it all from you
how to howl the moon yeah
how to scratch your door
i do it every day
come back again tomorrow
you chase it all away
a dreaming beauty sleeping day and night
the sun around you
i love you baby yeah you're superfine
call me down too
a purring whirring fuzzy likes of day
the switching sunlight
i chase you kitten get you every time
funny how it flies
i learned it all from you girl
i got it all from you
how to howl the moon yeah
how to scratch your door
i do it every day
come back again tomorrow
you chase my life away
i hear you purring down a supersoul
i pop in to look
a personal letter yeah a [???] roll [gold?]
let her tear away
i learned it all from you girl
i got it all from you
how to howl the moon yeah
how to scratch your door
i do it every day
come back again tomorrow
you chase the life away
---
15. Creme Brulee
[Kim]
Aaoooow!
whoo!
hah
huh
riding down the road it nearly struck me blind
you and me are burning in the summertime
let's go find some shady ground
gotta get rid of that king hell frown
you and me are burning in the summertime
you and me are burning in the summertime
scrape-scrape-scrapin' melted cheese
say 'i love you', later please
you and me are burning in the summertime
you and me are burning in the summertime
dark spots floating in front of my eyes
mum said she turned it on the squattin' flies
you and me are burning in the summertime
you and me are burning in the summertime
last night i dreamed i kissed Neil Young
if i was a boy i guess it would be fun
you and me are burning in the summertime
you and me are burning in the summertime
don't you know the city where the horses grow
green malts hanging children crows
you and me are burning in the summertime
you and me are burning in the summertime
i said it before
and i'll say it again
i'm so happy
we're just friends
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EVOL
1. Tom Violence
[Thurston]
My violence is a dream
a real dream
a skinny arm
a crush on living skin
my violence is a sleeping head
nodding out to rising bliss
i left home for experience
carved 'Suk For Honesty' on my chest
my violence is the number
coming out of prayer
find it in the father
find it in a girl
there's a thing in my memory
holding on for dear life
with a feeling of secrets
beating up under my flesh
my tongue is tied
i'm sleeping nights awake
Tom Violence is a dream
coming out of a girl
---
2. Shadow Of A Doubt
[Kim]
Met a stranger on a train
he bumped right into me
swear i didn't mean it
swear it wasn't meant to be
must have been a dream
from a thousand years ago
swear i didn't mean it
swear it wasn't meant to be
from the bottom of my heart
he was looking all over me
you take me and i'll take you
you kill him and i'll kill her
swear it wasn't meant to be
swear i didn't mean it
kiss me
kiss me in the shadow of
kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
kiss me
kiss me in the shadow
kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
it's just a dream
it's just a dream i had
nononoooooh
swear it's just a dream
just a dream
dream i've had
no
no
no
no
take me to it
take me to her
maybe
maybe it's just a dream
it's a dream
it's just a
just a
no
met a stranger on a train
bumped right into me
swear i didn't mean it
swear it wasn't meant to be
must've been a dream
from a thousand years ago
kiss me
kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
kiss me
---
3. Star Power
[Kim]
Spinning dreams with angel wings
torn blue jeans a foolish grin
burning down in the night
so cool so right
star power star power star power over me
she knows how to make love to me
she knows how to make love
close my eyes and think of you
everything turns black to blue
star power star power star power over me
burning down in the night
supercool it's alright
she knows how to make love to me
she knows how to make love
close my mind when i think of you
everything turns black to blue
star power star power star power over me
---
4. In The Kingdom #19
[Lee]
They were
aaaah
he did what he had to do
he asked no questions
he had few conversations
the tar glistens in the noon heat
he tread across the grass, up onto, and down off of, the concrete abutments
mirage on the highway
ghosts in the tunnel
the dark cave
out into the blinding light of day at breakneck speed
every bolt rumbling
glistening highway mirage groans
the slick surface
careening into first the small mammal, and then screeching along the guard
rail, scraping paint and throwing sparks like sheets of pure terror for
400 yards
over and over
with one final back and forth rocking motion coming to rest
wheeehah
the beautiful paintjob hopelessly marred
smoke and flames
allright
so nice
he moved to the small creature
screeching whistles of steam blowing off
on it's back, wheels spinning like a cinema classic
the door sags open and a man covered in blood drops the three feet or so to
the pavement
the car still rattling and shaking as if with a mind of it's own, unwilling
to die
the man, 40ish, also after a time, an agonisingly painful period of time
is also unwilling to die
suddenly all is quite quiet there in the sunlight on the highway
but what? what can i do?
i cannot move, everything is about broken
blood everywhere, mixing with oil and gas
what's moving, must turn my head
pain, white light, blinded
some guy there kneeling in the blinded mirage of white light
all my strength to 'heeeeeelp'
screaming now help me please
he tried to tamp out the bit of burning ember which had lept from the wreck
onto his grimy coatsleeve
coughing blood
what's happen?
he's he's inching towards truth
he strode of into the woods with the animal
it still lived
he didn't glance back at all
still out ghosting the road
death on the highway
words crumble around me and fall with the weight of heaven
i cannot move
i'm beneath the great weight
i cannot see
my eyes are blinded
i am in the darkness
that's it
{very low in the mix}
in panic i forget it
in despair i need it
in my mind i save it
in death i have it
{then a bit louder}
in panic i forget it
in despair i need it
i shouldn't laugh
hah hah hah
yeah really
oh
in panic i forget it
in despair i need it
in my mind i save it
in death i have it
[Thurston?]
never gave a damn about the meterman
i was the man who had to read the meters, man
---
5. Green Light
[Thurston]
I kneel before the green light of her singing crayon eyes
and then i kiss her stomach and it's then i realize
her light
is the night
i'm not blind
i believe in you
i see a green light
i see a green light
i see a green light
---
6. Death To Our Friends
(instrumental)
---
7. Secret Girls
[Kim]
My mother used to say
'you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility'
i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility
close your eyes make a wish
cross yourself
see yourself
feel yourself
scream once more
move yourself
across the floor
burn inside
between two walls
the advertisements say
the pleasure's ever lasting
come an' touch me
the advertisements say
the pleasure's ever lasting
must be dead and gone to heaven
come and touch me here
so i know
that i'm
not there
---
8. Marilyn Moore
[Thurston]
Sound asleep 'til night until day
frustrated desire turns you away
and turns you insane
over and over
you get to a point
to make it disappear
and you're always believing and believing in fear
over and over and over and over
and over and over
over again
Marilyn Moore
it's always a headache the size of a tow truck
she's full of disorders, depends what you're used to
she's talking of trances of truncheons in battle
of bruises from bottles that never get better
bad baby bitching she screams at the door
hammer in hand and her head to the floor
Marilyn Moore
---
9. Expressway To Yr Skull / Madonna, Sean And Me / The Crucifixion of Sean Penn
[Thurston]
We're gonna kill
the California girls
we're gonna fire the exploding load in the milkmaid maiden head
we're gonna find the meaning
of feeling good
and we're gonna stay there as long as we think we should
mystery train
three way plane
expressway
to your skull
mystery train
three way plane
expressway
to your skull
mystery train
three way plane
expressway
to your skull
---
10. Bubblegum
Here comes baby, are you ready for her?
my name is Bubblegum
live for moon and sun
your in so much fun
life's just be- life has just begun
her name is Bubblegum
live for moon and sun
your in so much fun
life's just be- life has just begun
hit it girls
aaaaaaaaaaaaaah
here i started
here it comes
her name is Bubblegum
live for moon and sun
you're bein' so much fun
life's just be- life has just begun
bubblegum yeah
o yeah
wroof wroof wroof wroof
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EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR
1. Winner's Blues
[Thurston]
...for by the away, go out not today (?)
move back along and wait a long long time
nothing running free, you gotta time it all
run out the door come back when you score
new times will come and you will see a door
into the lion eye and now i'm gone
and it's out
and it's not what you thought it was about
but a life, that you know
will keep you bound in...
sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
sometimes you got still the blues for me
I could run away, a long time to stay
burn out your eyes, burn out surprise
look out today you know it's not the same
it's all the rage, it's every day
and it's out
and it's not what you thought it was about
but a life, that you know
will keep you round in love
---
2. Bull In the Heather
[Kim]
10, 20, 30, 40
tell me that you wanna hold me
tell me that you wanna bore me
tell me that you gotta show me
tell me that you need to slowly
tell me that yr burning for me
tell me that you can't afford me
time to tell yr dirty story
time f'r turning over and over
time f'r turning four leaf clover
betting on the bull in the heather
10, 20, 30, 40
tell me that you wanna scold me
tell me that you a-dore me
tell me that you're famous for me
tell me that yr gonna score me
tell me that you gotta show me
tell me that you need to sorely
time to tell yr love story
time f'r turning over and over
time f'r turning four leaf clover
betting on the bull in the heather
---
3. Starfield Road
[Thurston]
the turbo goes to rocket put yr kiss in my hand
sensate yr belly down
bend down round this garbage can
pow pound down dirty starfield road
a hot ham slap it muscle skin jam load
blam bam adds explosion to the lamb
Jesus is screaming yr name
violent loving yeah
kissing golden, we're going insane
but where is the shame?
when the star pet is to blame
aah you butt cheeks can't stay
as I spleen my name in flame
---
4. Skink
[Kim]
here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and round on the bottom we go
here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and oh what a bottom it is
you had soul
uh-oh
let it go
here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and round on the bottom we go
here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and oh what a bottom it is
uh-oh
you got a soul?
let me go
kiss beyond, kiss beyond the lips
kiss beyond, kiss beyond my lips
ooh I love - you!
ooh baby baby
kinda crazy, kinda hazy, kinda messy too
here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and oh what a bottom it is
here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and round on the bottom we go
yeah baby
uh-oh
you know
I love you so
---
5. Screaming Skull
[Thurston]
wraaaaaaoooghhaaaaa
SST, superstore
society, Screaming Skull
Lemonheads, superstore
society, SST
I'd go there, I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
let's go there, it's just it's fair
I'll go there, Pat Smear
Superchunk, Society
Sunset Strip, Screaming Skull
society, Husker Du
Lemonheads, SST
I'd go there, but I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
Let's go there, Sister's there
I'll go there, Pat Fear
society, superstore
SST, Lemonheads
Sunset strip, society
Screaming skull, Husker Du
I'd go there, but I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
let's go there, it's just it's fair
I'll go there, Pat Smear
---
6. Self Obsessed and Sexxee
[Thurston]
I remember when you first arrived
magic marker on yr belly button alright, alright
I read what you said you said drop dead oh no, oh no
I need you now cuz I know you got nowhere to go
schizo-action baby create a scene
I'm the type-a-guy to boost yr self-esteem
we party all night cuz it's you, you, you everyday
self-obsessed and sexxee all the way
I remember yr bloody trail to the top, the top
took it all too far now you just can't stop, don't stop
I'll help collect yr soul from the lost and found, it's around
and I will build you up while they put you down
schizo-action baby create a scene
I'm the type-a-guy to boost yr self-esteem
we party all night cuz it's you, you, you everyday
self-obsessed and sexxee all the way, all the way
party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time
---
7. Bone
[Kim]
dry as a bone, take it to heart
don't look back, you're the one
that's alright, straight from the bone
walk on by, look to the left
touched by none, that's alright
that's alright, dark as ink
you are the one, Lord just thirteen
no matter fun, truth never seen
dry as a bone, dry as a bone
hands in yr pants, tied to the tree
rocked back and forth, hips in the leaves
thighs in the bark, make me free
that's alright
you are the one, don't look back
strength from the heart, walk on by
that's alright, that's alright
white boy say, yr just fine
first to the last, take it okay
momma don't know, walk straight by
look to the left, you are the one
poor little bone, shiver inside
fast talking walk, bone girl go inside
that's alright, that's alright
don't look back, push yr hips up
yr gonna be free, just for a while
---
8. Androgynous Mind
[Thurston]
hey sad angel walks, and he talks like a girl
out trying to think why it stinks, he's not a girl
now he's kicked in the gut, they fucked him up, just enough
they got me down on my knees, I kiss his ring, God is love
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
hey hey are you gay? are you God?
my brain's a bomb, to turn you on
everything is all right
god is gay, and you were right
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
hey hey it's okay, hey hey it's okay (x4)
hey hey it's okay, hey it's okay (x5)
hey hey it's okay, hey hey it's okay (x6)
aaaaaaaawwwooooooowwwaaaaaaaooo
god said it's all right, for you to fight
to free yr mind
whose side are you on?
like a bomb, yr free tonite
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
hey hey it's okay, hey hey it's okay (x4)
hey hey it's okay, hey it's okay (x5)
hey hey
---
9. Quest for the Cup
[Kim]
yr the thrill of a million
walking down the sidewalk
feel like an alarm clock
woke up and dressed up
don't look like a t-shirt
I feel just like a donut
come and take the trash out
what's the use of crying
don't look like a bummer
feel just like a burger
can I make him like me
do you feel like I do
don't look like a slip skirt
I feel just like a poser
I don't look like an angel
I GUESS I'll put some jeans on
make my lips look redder
true you still look better
this is for Lisa
ran away to the west
faxed my mom for the test
couldn't stay for the rest
then I met him Jess
he is just the best
we kissed right under a tree
I felt so salty free
I felt so salty free
I felt nothing like me
I felt so s-a-lty free
[Tape]
all your dreams will come true, all my dreams came true
but now, I have a bunch of other dreams, ta-dum-dum
it's gotta be hot hot (?)
[Kim]
I felt so s-a-lty free
---
10. Waist
[Thurston]
guess who came round today
X-Girl and the girl snoo-pee
twinkle toes and sparkle eyes
everything is a new surprise
they're gonna spend some super-cash
spend it all on the boy-smash
and all the glamour is all the time
silver jacket and a twist of lime
well hope you don't waste away
yeah hope you don't waste away
you better not waste away
ooh yeah don't waste away
I've seen it happen before
girl slipping out the door
sneaking into Agnes B.
throw away everything
you've been a waste away
you've been a waste away
you've been a waste away, now
walk up to her and say
I'd love you anyway
sweet subtle super style
wonder how to make an angel smile
don't let me waste away
don't let me waste away
don't let me waste away
don't let me waste away, wow!
---
11. Doctor's Orders
[Kim]
take one, to come
doctor's orders, no more borders
take one, make some
feeling bolder, no more disorder
mother's not to blame
she's feeling no pain
doesn't feel the drain
she says it's not her brain
all right, no wrong
she used to be cleanin', now she's just dreamin'
she's right, you're wrong
she thinks it's the weather, feels light as a feather
mother's such a mess
she forgets how to dress
she thinks she's lookin' her best
she's no longer depressed
take one, bake one
used to be tragic, now it's like magic
just one, for fun
mother's new pet, it's not hard to get
mother came home today
wearing a big bouquet
she threw her self away
she's taking up spanish ole
---
12. Tokyo Eye
[Thurston]
Tokyo eye, Tokyo crying somewhere
seeking inside, supermen sighing nowhere
seven to nine, luck is around this sun bear
fur in the night, Kansai woman goes out
soak in the eye, Osaka crying for you
ship in the light, sing in the water sun dew
ticket to die, ticket to ride the junk star
shielded in white, Kansai girl in black dew
Tokyo eye, Tokyo crying somewhere
seeking inside, supermen sighing nowhere
soaking in my eye, soaking in my eye grey leaf
she dig to cry, she dig to cry love funny
fur in the eye, Kansai girl is kiss teen
fun in the light, crying away to sun bear
---
13. In The Mind Of The Borgeious Reader
[Thurston]
seaside rever gonna rock the boat
gonna roll it up fat superdope
yeah pass it around or stick it on a pin
boyie lover with the bunny skin (?)
my plastic lady here's a glitter roll
straight from my heart thu thy soul
yeah I don't care about dirty hair
all praise due queen and yogi bear
so get back in the boat yeah
vicarious pleasure in my brain
fantastic life never the same
identity come set it free
come set me out to mystery
mistert mind yah
silly rabbit kicks are for kids
yr carrot souffle's got me on the skids
don't care about dirty hair
got a fuzzy finger miss bunny tail
hip hop till you drop yeah
hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop
---
14. Sweet Shine
[Kim]
I hear my angel mounted baby
pretend to everlast a lady
Marlboro belt unbuckled baby
they told me you were just crazy
I feel that I could burst
gimme a little drink of yr sweet time
is it the way you think?
or just a pattern of yr glory
is it just some story?
you wrote all for me
do you think yr my home?
down deep yr just a little whorey
I know you, I'm from you
I know you, I'm from you
whoooooow
I'm coming home to Swall Drive
cowboys are languishin'
little girl's are bees
is it really a green stage coach
crawling up to me
I dreamt that you were my vacation
woke to find desire and dislocation
yr always heavy in rotation
coming on, flirting with the nation
I feel that I could burst
gimme a little drink of yr sweet shine
why is the way you grew (?)
still in the soul wanting you (?)
smelling the nite jasmine
hypnotises me
the flower tells me stories
that make me sick and free
I know you, I'm from you
I know you, I'm from you
whoooooow
I'm coming home momma, to Swall Drive
Alice is a chain store
down past 1st and Vine
you can shop there anytime
it's all very fine
look his hair is colored, do you think he grows
look it's changing colors, it's bigger than a hose (?)
look it's changing colors, it's bigger than a rose (?)
look it's changing colors, it's bigger than a pose (?)
look it's changing colors, it's bigger than a hose (?)
look it's changing...
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GOO
1. Dirty Boots
[Thurston]
Here we go to another candle i know
all the girls there playing on a jelly roll
time to take a ride
time to take it in a midnight eye
and if you wanna go
get on below
pinking out the day
dreaming out the crazy way
finger on the love
it's all above
everywhere it's six-sex-six by luck
a satellite wish will make it just enough
you be making out with a witch in a coffee truck
time to rock the road
and tell the story of the jelly rollin
dirty boots are on
hi de ho
pinking out the black
dreamin' in a crack
satan got her tongue
now it's undone
i got some dirty boots
yeah dirty boots
i got some dirty boots
baby
dirty boots
hey!
---
2. Tunic (Song For Karen)
[Kim]
Dreaming
dreaming of a girl like me
hey what are you waiting for?
feeding
feeding me?
i feel like i'm disappearing
getting smaller every day
but i look in the mirror
and i'm bigger in every way
she said
you aren't never going anywhere
you aren't never going anywhere
i ain't never goin' anywhere
i ain't never goin' anywhere
i'm in heaven now
i can see you Richard
goodbye Hollywood, goodbye Danny
hello Janis, hello Dennis, Elvis
and all my brand new friends
i'm so glad you're all here with me
until the very end
dreaming
dreaming of how it's supposed to be
but now this tunic's spinning
around my arms and knees
i feel like i'm disappearing
getting smaller every day
but when i open my mouth to sing
i'm bigger in every way
she said
you are never going anywhere
you are never going anywhere
i aint' never goin' anywhere
i aint' never goin' anywhere
hey mum look
i'm up here
i finally made it
i play in a drumsband too
don't be sad
the band doesn't sound half bad
and i remember mum
what you said
you said honey
you look so underfed
[lots of background talking (incomprehensible)]
another green salad
another ice tea
there's a tunic in the closet
waiting just for me
i feel like i'm disappearing
getting smaller every day
but i look in your eyes
and i'm bigger in every way
she said
you aren't never going anywhere
you aren't never going anywhere
i ain't never going anywhere
i ain't never going anywhere
goodbye Richard
got to go now
i'm finally on my own
but then i start again
keep your lovelights glowing
little girl's got the blues
i can still hear mama say
honey don't let it go to your head
---
3. Mary-Christ
[Thurston]
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout being a tree
[this is a free land???]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[hey mary-christo ]
you gotta go
you got a date now
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[i found it out now]
wraps my head in skin says now i'm in to the candy sin
[yeah spit it out now]
everytime
she sing that lovesong
everytime
i guess she's right/wrong
angels in a devil skirt buys me a shirt says i hope you like
[i hope you]
hope i hope you like like like you hope that i explode
[i say hello now]
here we go
we've waited so long
yeah i go
Mary too come along
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout bein' a tree
[this is a free land]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[another christal]
gotta go
we got a date know
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[burn it out now]
angel in a devil skirt buy me a shirt says i hope you lie
[yeah spit it now]
here we go
i've waited so long
yeah i know
but Mary too come along
---
4. Kool Thing
[Kim]
kool thing you're sitting with a kitty
now you know you sure look pretty
like a lover not a dancer
super boy take a little chance here
i don't wanna
i don't think so
i don't wanna
i don't think so
kool thing let me play with your radio
move me turn me on baby oh
i'll be your slave
give you a shave
i don't wanna
i don't think so
i don't wanna
i don't think so
(yeah)
(tell'em 'bout)
(hear the way we hear this)
hey kool thing
come here
sit down beside me
there's something i gotta ask you
i just wanna know
what're you gonna do for me
i mean
are you gonna liberate us girls from male white corporate oppression?
(tell it like it is)
huh?
(yeah)
don't be shy
(word up)
fear of a female planet
(fear of a female planet)
(fear baby)
i just want you to know
that we can still be friends
(let everybody know)
((koolkoolkoolkoolkool))
kool (kool)
thing
kool (kool)
thing
when you're a star
i know that you'll fix everything (everything (everything))
kool thing sitting with a kitty
now you know you sure look pretty
rock me just a little faster
now i know you are the master
i don't wanna
i don't think so
i don't wanna
i don't think so
kool thing walking like a panther
come on and give me an answer
kool thing walking like a panther
what'd he say?
i don't wanna
i don't think so
i don't wanna
i don't think so
---
5. Mote
[Lee]
and you feel the spiral turning for you alone
and you feel so heavy that you just can't stop it
when you see your madness turns you into stone
a picture of your life she's like a rocket
all the time
could be if you're crazy it's alright
i see you moving in and out of sight
my friends tell you it'll all come through yes
from nowhere
to nowhere
come together
come through
have i lived now with a mote inside my eye
and i can't see you breathing as before
i am airless, a vacuum child
and i can't stand to reason at your door
in this time
could be if you're crazy it's alright
i've seen you moving in and out of sight
my friends tell me it'll all come through yes
from nowhere
to nowhere
come together
i'm down in the daytime out of sight
coming in from dreamland i'm on fire
i can see it's all been here before
dream a dream that lies right at your door
when the seasons circle sideway without a turn
and words don't speak just fall across the carpet
you're just in time to watch the fire burn
it seems a crime that you face it like you love it
all the time
---
6. My Friend Goo
[Kim]
my friend Goo has a real tattoo
she always knows just what to do
she looks through her hair like she doesn't care
what she does best is stand and stare
she can play the drums in two
and the boys say :'Hey Goo what's new?'
[Hey Goo what's new?]
my friend Goo just says :'Hey you'
my friend Goo just says :'Hey you'
i know a secret or two about Goo
she won't mind if i tell you
she likes to wear green underwear
and they stand almost anywhere
she doesn't have nothing to do
and the boys say :'hey Goo what's new?'
[Hey Goo what's new?]
my friend Goo goes :'Hey you'
my friend Goo goes :'Hey you'
i know a secret or two about Goo
she won't mind if i tell you
i know a secret or two about Goo
i know a secret about Goo and you
and she sticks just like glue
and the boys go :
[Hey Goo what's new?]
my friend Goo just goes :'Hey you'
my friend Goo just goes :'Hey you'
Goo Goo Goo
Goo Goo Goo
Goo Goo Goo
my friend Goo
Goo Goo Goo
talkin' 'bout Goo
Goo Goo Goo
my friend Goo
Goo Goo Goo
you would too
Goo
---
7. Disappearer
[Thurston]
here it comes again
out of the rain
seems to have a new
kind of same
been playing on a
simple rhyme
the sign comes alive and
speaks the mind
it turns to me and
turns to gold [go???]
it turns to see
the fast lane slow
it's been away too long
it's been the way i'm goin'
it needs custard[?] on
to the west star
looking out i thought i
saw it blink
coming on to me
like a silver eye
pick it up and
turn it on and
head on out to
western starland
it's been a man and gone
now it's a singing song
like a western star
it's going my way
looking out i'm back in
time to stay
into the eastern
silent way
come to life
through the clearer
ghost arise
into the mirror
you've been away too long
it's been way too long
an eastern star is on
a disappearer
---
8. Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
MILDRED!!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!?!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
---
9. Cinderella's Big Score
[Kim]
if i could give you anything
i would give you a kick
you'd rather have a dollar
than a hug from your sis
you really fucked up this time
your lady's really pissed
she's not just laughing
she's polishing her fist
but you could give me anything
but you couldn't stand a fist
don't give me your soul
your heart is an abyss
here's a pack of ciggies
fresh from the wonderlist
a dream to wish your heartdesires
cinderella is pissed
a cold is gonna take you
freeze away your tears
come a little closer honey
we could be so near
mind to your crossfire
that you got no sense of time
mind to your heartdesire [lights are out inside you???]
that i'm scared of your crime
if i could give you anything
i would give you a kick
you'd rather have a dollar
than a hug from your sis
a cold is gonna take you
and freeze away your tears
come a little closer honey
we can be so near
---
10. Scooter + Jinx
(instrumental)
---
11. Titanium Expose
[Thurston]
Waking up i see you dreaming of a drivin'
open your eyes to see tv set in blue
i've been waiting for you to smile, i'm pretty freezin'
wintertime come summer, you are why it's happenin'
[Kim]
sugar babe sugar babe do it to me
do me babe do me babe can't you see me?
i'm sugar now sugar now do it to me
do me babe do me babe can't you see me?
[Thurston]
i feel the morning slip it sights into your mirror
now i see why you might see it's pretty clear
i been looking just to feel that funny feeling
i don't know but it's a mystery to reckon
right!
[Kim]
sugar babe sugar babe do it to me
do me babe do me babe can't you see me?
i'm sugar now sugar now do it to me
do me babe do me babe can't you see me?
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MURRAY STREET
1. The Empty Page
[Thurston]
these are the words
but not the truth
god bless them all
when they speak to you
but thats all right
on an empty stage
sing out when
theres no other way
come drift the town
where secrets lie
where friends & neighbors
keep drifting by
but thats all right
you�re here to stay
sing out tonight
the empty page
i always thought i�d see
your name in flashing light
you did it all for free girl
& freely ripped the night
(yr free to fight)
these are the words
but not the truth
god bless them all
when they speak to you
but thats all right
you�re here to stay
sing out tonight
the empty page
do you remember the time
when you were new in town
you smashed yr head in the mirror baby
and kissed the frozen ground
(yr ripped up sound)
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2. Disconnection Notice
[Thurston]
did you get yr disconnection notice
mine came in the mail today
they seem to think im disconnected
don�t think i know what to read or write or say
glossaries injected daily
words + numbers spell out the price to pay
it simply states, "yr disconnected baby"
see how easily it all slips away
this is noh direction
prepare for the city
angels turn on heavens light
hurry up the stage awaits you
don�t forget memorize yr lines
missed yr mark now we medicate you
out of step just cant find the time
will we pass thru undetected
everything right here inside our file
not so free to be unprotected
a secret mona lisa hides behind her smile
---
3. Rain On Tin
[Thurston]
we all hope
to signal kin
days of gold
now rain on tin
gather round
gather friends
never fear
never again
---
4. Karen Revisited
[Lee]
heard yr name the other day
it�s been a long long time
ancient history some would say
another state of mind
you smell of memory
felt tip�d electric childe
she takes a plastic pill/she plays the weatherman
she screams �religion kills more than it save ya, man�
she painted filigrees/she was the acid queen
she claims society is just a fever dream
now you live in the trees and salty seas
tripping out in the blue skies
you shut the door on everything
too busy getting high
and me, just another dream theory
lost inside yr eyes
she�s not in yr history books/lost her mind, kept her looks
down beneath the radar screen/ she�s lit up like gasoline
been thru a million kix/looking for the one that sticks
never would�ve known it then/i might not see her again
top hat and tails for thrills
red lips and famous hands
sidelong and glancing still
in tiny dancer land
we kissed/time slipped
hard edged/tight lipped
come home/sometime
ask me/if i care
for karen
miss communication
karen
stuck in isolation
karen
karen
---
5. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
[Thurston]
send the moon thru the skylight
bells together outrageously
noiseball, flirtatious example
bless her soul to further degree
theatre goddess, film destroyer
new york girls are sure to enjoy her
fuzzy peach, teenage computer
a shocking figure in the eye of the universe
i am dead by the beauty of strangers
in horror my eye-head transforms them
into smiling, beatific room mates
from dust to dust they create rock n roll
here comes something: you are lou reed
transformer cracked by the backyard stream
killer tunes, bubblegum disaster
radical adults lick godhead style
---
6. Plastic Sun
[Kim]
plastic girl with plastic gun
plastic smile under plastic sun
you burn my heart w/yr frigid stare
rip me off w/yr greasey hair
i hate you and yr fishy friends
i hate you and it never ends
tired of the times i wound up dead
tired of thedogs inside yr head
tired of the needles beside yr bed
tired of the crap you keep me fed
tired of the people you keep misled
yr blood is turning my blue eyes red
get yr hands off my tomato
cherry juice on a rotten potato
subway slasher is on my ass
steals my money and smokes my grass
watch yr back or yr dead meat baby
throw the dog a bone + you still get rabies.
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7. Sympathy For The Strawberry
[Kim]
let me introduce you
since you saw my shadow self
living underneath you
she can't resist a tickle out
i'm a girl scout
searching for the new stuff
did i mention that it melts away(allgone)
she puts a sign out
out of order (a want a building that says)
makes you strongly disobey
guiding you away
chiding you away
so quick to hide when i turn around
she will rise just to embarrass me
she likes to dance when it's dark inside
just a flashlight there
for a guide
try and catch me if you can
free and wild
watch where you stand
below the net
desire it grows and grows
like a strawberry not a rose
prickly patch don't you stand on me
squishing down
in the mud ahh!
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NYC GHOSTS AND FLOWERS
1. Free City Rhymes
[Thurston]
in a free lane
ghosts passing time
heat rises
lights thru the town
blown soundscapes
blue city eyes
black lightning
new angel flies
make a free line
to the northern sky
holy rain falls
ghosts burn to shine
elevator
reach for the lights
intuition
free city rhymes
---
2. Renegade Princess
[Thurston]
jet black hair
tangled stare
blood inside
silent stare
naked heart
red light night
tangled heart
midnight hair
poor mans bride
moonlight fight
renegade
crystal heart
(Thurston+Kim) make way for the midnight princess
midnight princess fight tonight
renegades fight for life
naked stairs in the midnight rain
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
crystal hearts gonna break you down
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
renegade princess fight
fight
---
3. Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)
[Kim]
best + sexy what was it anyway
jean-michel what was it anyway
saw you there what was it anyway
kneel right down what was it anyway
guitar on the ground what was it anyway
lost yr hand what was it anyway
hipsters stand what was it anyway
glitter tongue what was it anyway
gave you a flower what was it anyway
gave you the power what was it anyway
saintly ghosts what was it anyway
tingling down what was it anyway
nevermind what was it anyway
soot me over / feel me naked
soot me over / feel me escape
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars
come on down down to the river
come on down and jump right in
come on down i dare you to win now
come on down and down my friend
come on down and jump in the river
come on down and jump right in
---
4. Small Flowers Crack Concrete
[Thurston]
small flowers crack concrete
narcotic squads sweep thru poet dens
spilling coffe grabbing 15 yr old runaway girls
by frazzled ponytailed hair + tossing them
into backseats of cop cars
the narcs beat the bearded oracles
replacing tantric love with
complete violence
lights + mirrors dot the city
inkstained hippies w/ boxed lunch + marijuana
mystery plays of shit and nothingness
blessed by colors from a black hat
blue lights search thru weeds
searching for the heart of d.a.levy
and the mind he left behind
what didjoo expect? another mystic wreck?
thats whatchoo got crawling in yr panic net
whatdidjoo bring me? not a goddamn thing yet
+ whatdidjoo leave me? another tombstone dream yeh
o salacious mansion, the boys held for ransom
didja see where he's gone? the blasted summers dawn
fucked up in cleveland fucked up in cleveland
short flight to nothing heavens up to something heavens up to something
levys up to something levys up to something
death poems for the living gods of america
plastic saxophones bleat, bleed for nothing, nada
cops crashing thru doors infuriated by silver charms
of suburban smoke
at war with patches of red dirt glitter
and bluejean fucking
+ protest
---
5. Side2side
[Kim]
meet me on the corner
thursday
wear your
special
underwear
sway side 2 side
automatic
special
underwear
---
6. StreamXsonik Subway
[Thurston]
flipped on my perceptive cogs
checked in with the future gods
for melodies of bees and hogs
start my day the perfect way
burned a batch of mazzy funk
poor girl noise and choke style punk
clapped it on and off i slunk
to the streamXsonik subway
first i need my iris scanned
as i smell the breeze of electric tin
w/ purple lights i'm motioned in
wink the gain to minus 10
fell asleep and missed my stop
got rousted by a low-beam cop
got a ticket-patch for ilicit flop
then froze me with his jesus gun
that don't mean i'm shot down yet
the glow below of the whisper jet
it all means so much to us
we dream below the rainbows rust
clippen on my streetmatik clogs
pushed thru the hyped-out fervent fogs
found my way with sensoid jogs
new radio structure
state my name and locus frame
paid the price for crashing fame
the apprentice sparks his initial flame
the printout says "further"
antique minds with rivered hair
streamXsonik subway fare
stay in touch with electric dear
our lightmap eyes together
---
7. NYC Ghosts & Flowers
[Lee]
when the phone rang, 3 in the morn, dead middle of night
there was nuthin on the line
i set back the silent receiver / tiny flames lit in my head
hey did any of you freaks here ever remember lenny?
i can't remember his last name
he's turned to dust now, one of the chosen few
left out in the rain, out of town again
left out in the rain, ocean bound i guess
between the matress and a column of hazy faces
i remember every word you said
quite a clear picture ev'ry word you said
the door was open but the way was not lit
and there was no way out of my head
on a crimson hiway by a chrome bumper i last saw you:
alive / inclined to thrive / evening fireflies lit sparks around yr head
but wait a minute let's back up a bit:
some famous stars were busted by the thought police down on fashion avenue
impersonating real men / not knowing who they really were
now here at dark corners all is calm and quiet and good
the kids are up late dreaming quiet questions in a graceful mood:
can you please pass me a jug of winter light?
fold me in an ocean's whim?
in sweet corrosive fire light?
in the city made of tin?
are you famous under the skin?
familiar with the things you wanted?
able now to take it all in?
making peace w/ every hole in the story?
did lightning keep you up all night?
illuminate the soot and grit?
can you tell how high the sky tonight?
dig out from under in spite of it?
can you cover up the one that floats?
can you push back the hours?
i hear yr voice, i speak yr name
among nyc ghosts and flowers
will we meet? to run again?
thru nyc ghosts and flowers
---
8. Lightnin'
(instrumental)
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SISTER
1. Schizophrenia
[Thurston]
I went away to see an old friend of mine
his sister came over she was out of her mind
she said Jesus had a twin who knew nothing about sin
she was laughing like crazy at the trouble i'm in
her light eyes were dancing she is insane
her brother says she's just a bitch with a golden chain
she keeps coming closer saying 'i can feel it in my bones
schizophrenia is taking me home'
my future is static
it's already had it
i could tuck you in
and we can talk about it
i had a dream
and it split the scene
but i got a hunch
it's coming back to me
---
2. (I Got A) Catholic Block
[Thurston]
I got a catholic block
inside my head
i let it go to work
bring it all back home
it serves you right
and i can motor down
you got to earn your freedom
get it on my own
i just live forever
there just is no end
i just trust the oppression
like i trust your friends
i got a catholic block
inside my head
i let it play around
iron to gold
come back to me awhile
i got a catholic block it's around my head
i got a catholic block it's blood orange red
i got a catholic block do you like to fuck?
i got a catholic block i guess i'm out of luck
---
3. Beauty Lies In The Eye
[Kim]
There's something in the air there
makes you go insane
brings you back to me
it's been so long
all that i have to do
is live along
it's coming coming down
over me
do you want to see
the explosions in my eye
do you want to see
the reflection of
how we used to be
beauty lies
in the eyes of anothers dreams
beauty lies
lost in anothers dream
it's coming coming down
over me
do you want to see
the explosions in my eye
do you want to see
the reflection of
how it used to be
hey baby
hey sweetheart
hey fox come here
hey beautiful
come here sugar
---
4. Stereo Sanctity
[Thurston]
Seven
seven
I'm keeping my commision to faith's transmission
two speakers dream the same and skies turn red
satellite flashing down orchard and delancey
i can't get laid cause everyone is dead
hey! gold connections
analog soul waving in your hair
hey! hylozoic directions
she's talking blue streaks everywhere
your spirit is time-reversed to your body
stereographic mix-up field on field
it started growing up the day your body dies
only apparently, real to irreal
hey! stereo stations
perfect image, kneel down
hey! hypostatic information
come on let's hear you turn it around
---
5. Pipeline / Kill Time
[Lee]
Stretch me to the point where i stop
run ten thousand miles and then think of me
i think you know the place we should meet
don't worry if it's dark and i'm late
run me out a thin wire
help me to kill this love
i'll join you tonight at the bottom of the well
feel around in the dark until you get the idea
i'm not moving doesn't mean i can't
flame on in my head
my best friend sucked his wife's blood and shriveled up
he was mistaken for sane
we move and groove and cut loose from fear
we should kill time, we'll shut it down
i've got a pipeline straight to the heart of you
opening in my head
bright glass on a chain being wound around us
the twiddling of idle hands
dripping with guilt
a secret form of punishment
axes through skulls
shadow of futility
endless revolt
the shifting of light and shadows
no-one is right
nothing is solid
nothing can be hold in my hand for long
we
should
kill
time
---
6. Tuff Gnarl
[Thurston]
He's running on a tuff gnarl in his head
he's got a fatal erection home in bed
he's really smart and he's really fast
he's got a hard tit killer fuck in his past
saints preserve us in hot young stuff
the saving grace is a sonic pig pile
amazing grazing strange and raging
flies are flaring through your brains
spastic flailing literally raising my roof
an adrenal mental man-tool box explodes in music creates utopia
you gnarl out on my nerves you weird and crush the cranking raunch
flesh dirt forcefield lost and found let's burn your broken heart
set our sight on sights not yet set let's scorch your wavo wig
let's poke your eyes out
---
7. Pacific Coast Highway
[Kim]
Come on get in the car
let's go for a ride somewhere
i won't hurt you
as much as you've hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
come on baby all you have
i wanna take your breath away
come on baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
come on get in the car
let's go for a drive somewhere
i won't hurt you
you make me feel so crazy
come on get in the car
let's go for a ride somewhere
i won't hurt you
as much as you've hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
come on baby all you have
i wanna take your breath away
come on baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
come on get in the car
let's go for a drive somewhere
you make me feel so good
you make me feel so crazy
---
8. Hot Wire My Heart
[Thurston]
insulation
in my circulation
i'm a mating rhythm
sick with electricion
nazi operation
devestation
wire up a radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up the radio
turn the terror and find my limit
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
[i feel now?]
they're movin' in
pull the zipper
it's sliding up
i don't have a reason
honey for your best man
wire up a radio
and i am a beating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the terror an'
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
a kicking in the nightshifts
greasing up/a teasing of my fingertips
i think you'll find us
anybody's title???
got my eyes on the controls
turned on let's go
wire up the radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the treble and fight my limit
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
---
9. Cotton Crown
Love has come to stay in all the way
it's gonna stay forever and every day
it feels like a wish coming true
it feels like an angel dreaming of you
feels like heaven forgiving and getting
feeks like we're fading and celebrating
your carnal spirit spraying i'm gonna laugh it up
you got a cotton crown gonna keep it underground
you're gonna take control of the chemistry
and you're gonna manifest the mistery
you got a magic wheel in your memory
i'm wasted in time and i'm looking everywhere
i don't care where
i don't care where
angels are dreaming of you
angels are dreaming of you
angels are dreaming of you
angels are dreaming of you
New York City is forever kitty
i'm wasted in time and you're never ready
fading fading celebrating
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got it
---
10. White Cross
[Thurston]
Burning inside
i cross myself it doesn't help me
cause i'm not smart enough
i'm digging into hot white
learning not to lie
we cross it out and stay away
burning inside
we cross it out and stay away
---
11. Master-Dik
[Thurston]
One two, one two, one two titty
i know every nook and cranny in New York City
we're ciccone and thats enough
i'm the royal tuff titty and you gotta taste my love
taste my love
yeah
meeeh
come on everybody and rock with me
i am the one on the christmas tree
now working at the [worse?] like a moving storm
now i'm walking up the stairs and [cutting?] up the [board?]
[trippin'?] anywhere i don't fucking care
[?] and dogeyes and waving goodbye
yooo
ya
oooh
cicc
ciccone
ci ci ciciccone
ci ci ci ciccone
ci ci ci ci ci
[?] down
(cough cough cough cough)
yeah
i know
i know
gene simmons is another mother[?]
i know
i know
ci ciccone
ci cicone
we're ciccone
we're ciccone
we're ciccone
we're ciccone
i know
oaaoaw
[i'm talking about?]
oh
gotta balance that's jealous that summer on crack made me ...
like a house of the ghetto...
saying all is one and one is two to many
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
ssssssss
London fuck you're pissing me of
hollywood amerika-ka-ka
why don't you please let me rock you
i'm just a boy with not much to do
everybody says that i come from above
you gotta scream, taste my love
taste my love
ci ci ci cici ci ci ci ciconne
ci ci ci ci ci ciccone
ci ci ci ci ciccone
yeah we're ciccone
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
we're ciccone
ciccone
ci ciccone
ciccone
ci ciccone
ciccone
ci ciccone
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SONIC NURSE
1. Pattern Recognition
I'm a cool hunter making you my way
Like a brand name you'll replay
I will know you I won't show you
You're the one (X4)
Heat seeking missile freak
Black magic scared to speak
I will know you I will show you
Will you buy me a shaky heart
Lust brigade has torn me apart
I will know you I will show you
You're the one (X4)
Can you send me yesterdays girl
Cuz everyday I feel more like her
Hey baby baby please don't go
Pattern recognition is coming down slow
Like a cool hunter watch the disarray
Keep yr secret footage heart away
I will know you I won't show you
Close yr eyes and feel the fun
Pattern recognition is on the run
I will know you I won't show you
You're the one (X4)
---
2. Unmade Bed
Look who's come back home again
Loser looking for his lucky break
This time he says he just needs a friend
Ain't on the run he ain't on the take
Can you take this door babe
Will you just undo the chain
Will you take yr time before you
Mix up love, his love and pain
Loneliness lays down his head
Wants to get you high, better take it now
A man like that's like an unmade bed
Stained eyes searching for another way out
Does it matter if you even want this
Maybe you just don't care
All I know it takes just one kiss, babe
For you - he's never there
Hey I know it's kinda hard
And maybe this time it will never end
Hit and run lover back in yr heart
Answered prayers you should never have sent
Cuz now that yr in his arms babe
You know yr just in his way
Suckered by his fatal charm, oh girl
It's time we get away
---
3. Dripping Dream
Single fold sick insert design in junk
Grocery bag sleeve all the colours drunk
Texts of confusion and joy
Pink plastic pressing for bratfink
That's right
he's gone
wrapped up
chiffon
Sealed tight
hung up
street mouth
sad pup
Shards of sweetshine of voice and flute
Street mouth decodes the bluesking dude
Girlfriends will love the way we clip
Our split release on the thrashman
On top
a drop
fake blood
fresh mud
They're gone
for good
except
this one
Howling scriptures to the mother earth
O mother Africa awake yr son
To all the mommas with the money eyes
This kind of love comes as no surprise
Caught shadow
in sex meadow
Little darlings describe the scene
Purring notions of the dripping dream
We've been searching for the cream dream wax
Lathe killers make the meters crack
Caught shadow
in sex meadow
Purring notions of the dripping dream
The kinda girls with the money eyes
Howling scriptures to the mother earth
O mother Africa awake yr sun
Caught shadow
in sex meadow
Little darlings describe the scene
To all the mommas with the money eyes
Purring notions of the dripping dream
This kinda love comes in any size
Sensation shaking us from sleep
Hey Ethiopia were free
The dripping dream in cream-o-wax
Disk drops from yr hand and it cracks
---
4. Kim Gordon And The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
Your bounce to the ounce makes us want to pounce
You're just being totally perfect
On larry king you said you weren't tired
Time to put to bed the competitive edge
They say you can't say no to drama
Now you don't have to try so hard
The label says: 'don't have to wear less clothes'
Next time you take a bubble bath
Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
You say you need privacy
Broken glass everywhere
Maybe you need an emo boy
No underwear on the director's chair
You are seemingly unconscious
Of what yr body's doing
Like miss Monroe yr head don't know
Exactly what yr body's doing
Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
On TV yr soft and whispery
Delicate like angel food cake
They say if you press too hard on it
It'll squish into a dense ball
It will lose its fluffiness
That's what you get when you use a boxed mix
Can you get some satisfaction
How much are you willing to pay for
Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
What's your gut feelin' about the new deal
How's the label gonna remake you
How was your date with eminem
Did he bake you and then forsake you
Is innocence gonna still overtake you
Like arthur doyle they can't fake you
Ah mariah yr endless
Like the wind, your feelin' defenseless
Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
---
5. Stones
Lights on the stones on backed up drain
Warped lovers loosed on languid stain
We've come together to gather stars
Shooting up stones our powdered hearts
Dead or alive
There's danger
The dead are all right, with me
We're not gonna run away,
We're not gonna leave you stranger
Turn the light on, yr lonely love
Camera on the haunted stones
Bloodshed a gentle painted score
Notes dance in ink across yr skin
Heiroglyphic lover, nature friend
Dead or alive
There's danger
The dead are all right, with me
We're not gonna run away,
We're not gonna leave you stranger
Turn the light on, yr lonely love
---
6. Dude Ranch Nurse
Keep on running in the dark
Dude ranch dream has fallen apart
Stolen kisses let's pretend my friend
You play sick and I will mend
Let the action begin again
You be patient and I'll attend
Let's rehearse let's do it again
Dude ranch nurse yr brand new friend
Let nurse give you a shot
It's something to do
Took my pulse
Let nurse give you a shot
It's something to do
I could love you
I could have you
Deep sleep coming along
Like a newborn colt you found
I'll wrap it around with gauze
Dizzy reminder
Ouch, you found
Let nurse give you a shot
Don't sleep too long
You be cowboy and I'll allow
Let me ride you till you fall
Let's pretend there's nothing at all
Nobody knows the shape I'm in
Kiss me now it's just a sin
Nobody knows the shape I'm in
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7. New Hampshire
Trace paper fly onward
Trace paper fly onward
Wake, city's too high
City's too high-up
Kill us your scumbag youths
Kill us your scumbag youths
Youths
Johnny winter
Johnny winter no-show
B.B. King just turns on
The New Hampshire boys
Steve and Joe
They're gonna lead on
They're doin' it for life
On my body got who has
Decimitated gone with that ?
With one hypertonic
We'll lead on
Lead on
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8. Paper Cup Exit
Skimmin' the tops of tall trees
Through the clear light of free speech
A sudden memory disease
Claims the air all around me
I'm gettin' lost in the slipstream
Maybe relive the same dream
Of comin' in from the cold
And losin' half of my soul
Memory disease
Across United States
That I had told the truth
Feel so high
Architectural
I look to the skies
To see our bodies
They were rising up
Out of the paper cup
A sea change is due
I don't seem to (?) you
Touchdown on the new mason-dixon
Line-up map was ripped and torn
Jilted frame with all hope gone
And I don't mind if you sing a different song
Sing a different song
Just as long as you sing
Sing along
It's later than it seems [x3]
Time everyone came down(?)
It's what you didn't say it's what you didn't say
Don't wanna be a slave
It's what you didn't
Skimmin' the tops of tall trees
Through the clear light of free speech
I'm comin' in for a landing
I've got a solid standing
It all comes down to a word
It's just like nothin' I heard
Over the rainbow in time
Will be one hell of a climb
Eye lights bright
The lights sweep high clear sky
Sky
Reminiscent
Of money in your eye
Unwind
I don't mind if you sing a different song
Sing a different song
Just as long as you sing
Sing along
It's later than it seems
It's later than it seems
It's later than it seems
New ears are listening
It's what you didn't say
It's what you didn't say
Don't wanna be a slave
It's what you didn't say
Nothing to give away
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9. I Love You Golden Blue
Dead boy stares
Strange to meet you
Dead boy cares
So great to see you
Is it time to go
It's a place I know
I can't read your mind
I can't find the time
I can't feel the thrill
I don't have the will
Dead boy dares
Believe in you
Dead boy stares
Afraid that you will see him
Is it time to go
Is it a place I know
I can't read your mind
I can't find the time
I can't feel the thrill
I don't have the will
I love you
A metallic blue
I love you
Golden blue
I miss you
Shine all alone
I miss you
Don't know what to do
I don't glitter like the stars above
I don't glow like neon alone
Don't blush it's just the wind outside
Don't rush to be by my side
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10. Peace Attack
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistling
Whistling earth
Whistling earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winking
Reminder
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistling
Whistling earth
Whistling earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winking
Reminder
Of the great
Of the great anti-hate
Springtime is wartime
All eyes to the crimeboss
Electric guitar string
Belly flowers
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistling
Whistling earth
Whistling earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winking
Reminder
Of the great
Of the great anti-hate
Springtime is wartime
All eyes to the crimeboss
Electric guitar string
Belly flowers
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistling
Whistling earth
Whistling earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winking
Reminder
Of the great
Of the great anti-hate
Springtime is wartime
All eyes to the crimeboss
Electric guitar string
Belly flowers
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SONIC YOUTH EP
1. The Burning Spear
I'm not afraid to say I'm scared
In my bed I'm deep in prayer
I trust the speed I love the fear
The music comes
The burning spear
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2. I Dreamed I Dream
[Kim] [Lee]
Look before you leap, okay? You slept
Do you read me? Did I drift?
May all your dreams come true Do I dream?
He's standing by the door Do you read me?
He's got something in his hands I'm not speaking
All the money's gone Do you read me?
All the money's gone I dream
The days we spend, go on and on
Shift
Fucking youth I dream
Working youth
May all your dreams come true Sound today are you sound today are
you sound today?
A lot of people suffer Sound today are you sound today are
From impotence You sound today?
All the money's gone Today
The days we spend go on and on These things don't happen
automatically
Fucking youth I dream
Working youth Edith moves each step
Fucking youth The days we spent go on and on
Working youth I dream
Fucking youth Do you read me?
Fucking youth
Working youth
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3. She Is Not Alone
She is not alone
She is not alone today
She is not alone
She is not alone today
She is not alone
She is not alone today
She is not alone
To... day
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4. I Don't Want To Push It
You gave your line
You fell in love
You feel the shadow
There's no more to borrow
There's no more to steal
And no more to feel
I know I know I know
I know I know I know
I know I know I know
You fell in line
You fell in jail
You feel in the shadow
To live in the light
To die in the night
I don't want to push it
I know I know I know
I know I know I know
I know I know I know
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5. The Good And The Bad
(instrumental)
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WASHING MACHINE
1. Becuz
[Kim]
Wish I could change the way that you feel
standing with him you feel more real
looking so sweet with all your might
trusted in him to put it right
Holding his hand like a brand new kite
blue eyes sparkle, open, alright
wish I could see, the girl who'd fight
playing and laughing and trying to show it
Running and falling and dying to know it
staring you down with her gaze hold it
wish I could free you but I can't don't blow it
Angel, gonna show it
lord
the devil, go on hold it
angel, gonna show it
lord
blow it
Becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
Wish I could free you, but I can't, don't blow it
wish I could free you, but I can't, don't know it
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2. Junkie's Promise
[Thurston]
A hundred dollars used to be more than enough
and now a hundred times a day and still it's not enough
people always tell me you get what you deserve
all I know is all and all is all I've heard
I heard you say: "you know I hate myself but I love everybody else"
and did you say: "I can't escape myself"
and then you did and now there's no one else
To blame you know that I know yeah that times are rough
I'd like to help you out but things are rather tough
people always tell me that you've got to lend a helping hand
nothing in return is all I expect from you my friend
I heard you say: "you know I hate myself
but I love everybody else"
and did you say: "I can't escape myself"
and then you did and now there's no one else
I heard you say: "you know I hate myself
but I love everybody else"
and did you say: "I can't escape myself"
and then you do and now there's no one else
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3. Saucer-Like
[Lee]
Swirling whirling through the city of ages
you sink a bit whenever angels fly
do you have a feeling for their fuzzy faces?
are you close enough to see into their eyes?
You're magic fit and free
taxi holds on the breeze
a dream's a dream of feelings
that never fall at all
holds his thoughts in chains
and tries to bust up the walls
Every day it's just another breath
every night another little death
do you scratch and itch when your head feels tight
or wave it away and just stay out all night?
Got your head in the trees
if that's the way you're feeling
it's not good or bad
channels of thought revealing now
some things we all had
I'm having a wonderful vision of the city today
buildings all lined up neat on straight sun lit blocks
avenue canyons stretch forever
handcut panes grooved like a record
flat bridge
peer, boat, docks
I'm slipping round the bottom edge
Do you trip and breeze
down city streets
just a little free
with your head in the trees
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4. Washing Machine
[Kim]
Yeah, I take my baby down to the street and I buy him a soda-pop
he's so sweet
Alright now, alright now, alright now
you said that
If you want I'll be the one
take you out and have some fun
I never never ever ever tell no one
till the end, till the morning comes
Yeah, I take my baby down to the corner and I buy him a soda-pop
hmm hmm
Alright now, alright now, alright now
If you want I'll be the one
take you out and have some fun
flip a quarter for the toss
I'd like mine with apple-sauce
Yeah, I take my baby down to the corner and I buy him a soda-pop
`cause he's so neat, sweet
Alright now, alright now, alright now
okay now
If you want I'll be the one
shake my legs and have some fun
my hearts spinnin' round like a washing machine
never saw the devil look so damn clean
Yeah, I take my baby down to the corner and I buy him a soda-pop
and he said: "honey, you look so fine"
and I said: okay, alright, okay, alright
I was walking up Lafayette street
it's real empty
and I looked out and it turned into a big field
and I looked up in the sky
and I looked up in the clouds
and I saw this face looking down at me
and it's a women's face
and she threw a quarter down at me and she said:
"honey, here's a quarter go put it in the washing machine"
and then I looked up at her, I looked up
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5. Unwind
[Thurston]
Lay down your lucky hand, upon her heart
morning becomes a kite, tangled up in stars
laugh in the midday light, and leave - it behind
move out into his sundry eyes, and sing, unwind
Hang down your lucky head, a sign to time
morning becomes the sun, for the dandy line
sooner than the midday light, we leave behind
love is out into the sundry light, you sing, unwind
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6. Little Trouble Girl
[Thurston]
Ready? Go, 1,2,3,4
[Kim Deal] [Kim Gordon]
If you want me to
I will be the one
that is always good
and you'll love me too
but you'll never know
what I feel inside
that I'm really bad
little trouble girl
remember mother?
we were close
very, very close
sha la la you taught me how to fit it good
sha la la flow down life you understood
sha la la curl my hair and eye lash
sha la la hitch my cheeks and do my lips
sha la la swing my hips just like you
sha la la smile and behave
sha la la a circle of perfection, it's what you gave
sha la la then one day I met a guy
he stole my heart, no alibi
sha la la he said: "Romance is a ticket to paradise"
sha la la momma, I'm not too young to try
sha la la we kissed, we hugged, we were close
very, very close
sha la la we danced in the sand
and the water rose - higher and higher
sha la la until I found myself floating - in the sky
I'm sorry mother, I'd rather fight
than have to lie
if you want me to
I will be the one
that is always good
and you'll love me too
but you'll never know
what I feel inside
that I'm really bad
little trouble girl
little trouble girl (what you doin'?)
little trouble girl cross my heart and hope to die,
little trouble girl I can not tell a lie
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
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7. No Queen Blues
[Thurston]
Hey hey where you're goin' in such a hurry?
take it easy girl and tell me a story
move on over here, slow it down
tell me why you've been, run out of town
I don't give a fuck, why everybody thinks you should shut up
everybody's feat, cause everybody knows that you're the queen of
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Hey hey where you're goin' in such a rush
hey girl I think they think you know too much
they can't catch you with me cause I move too slow
slow enough to know that you gonna have to go
I don't really care why the bullshit artists sit and snap
they can never find about me and the queen of
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
I don't really care why the bullshit artists sit and snap
they can never find about me and the queen of
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
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8. Panty Lies
[Kim]
Don't just stare, `cause she's not wearing underwear
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
oh how rude, at least she's got you're attention square
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
don't you realize, It's just her disguise
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
hey! mum look, no more panty line
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa
i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i
peek-a-boo look into the mirror
now you see her, now you'll be her
hover your lips, twirl your hair
pretend you're there, pretend it ain't there
little girl playing in the closet
first comes walking, then comes talking
peek-a-boo look into the mirror
she says: "who am I?"
inside! outside!
inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside,
inside, outside, inside, outside
shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa
hm-a-hm-a-hm-a-hm-a
da-da-da-da-da
Don't just stare, `cause she's not wearing underwear
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
oh how rude, at least she's got you're attention square
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
don't you realize, it's just her disguise
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
hey! mum look, no more panty line
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
i-a-o-a-i-a-a-o-a-i-a-u-a-i-a-i-i-u-a
---
9. (Untitled)
(instrumental)
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10. Skip Tracer
[Lee]
This she did in public for us to see
she came in here too drunk to do the show
between the trains and cars
broken glass and lost hub-caps, images of a gun
row house row house pass through
let the city rise up to fill the screen
clothes flung out of closets, doorknobs falling off
the guitar guy played real good feedback, and super sounding riffs
with his mild mannered look on, yeah he was truly hip
the girl started out in red patent leather
very I'm in a band with knee pads
we watch her fall over and lay down,
shouting the poetic truths of high school journal keepers
row house row house pass through, let the city rise up
twister, dust buster, hospital bed, I'll see you, see you
see you on the highway
now we're told so merge ideas, of song forms and freedom
miss seafood, miss cheesecake, a couple of miss donuts
the edge of a blade pressed to the throat of your reflected image
poised, yet totally screwed up
yes sir, yes sir, step right up
None of us know, where we're trying to get to
what sort of live where we trying to build
now we're told so merge ideas, of song forms and freedom
seasons out of life, nothing is out of reach
L.A. is more confusing now, than anywhere I've ever been to
I'm from New York City, breath it out and let it in
Where are you now?
when your broken eyes are closed
head in a cloudy dream, green and sailboats
borrowed and never returned
emotions, books, outlooks on life
Hello 20 15!
Hello, 20, 15!
---
11. The Diamond Sea
[Thurston]
Time takes its crazy toll
and how does your mirror grow
you better watch yourself when you jump into it
'cause the mirror's gonna steal your soul
I wonder how it came to be my friend
that someone just like you has come again
you'll never, never know how close you came
until you fall in love with the diamond rain
Throw all his trash away
look out he's here to stay
your mirror's gonna crack when he breaks into it
and you'll never never be the same
Look into his eyes and you can see
why all the little kids are dressed in dreams
I wonder how he's gonna make it back
when he sees that you just know it's make-belief
Blood crystalized as sand
and now I hope you'll understand
you reflected into his looking glass soul
and now the mirror is your only friend
Look into his eyes and you will see
that men are not alone on the diamond sea
sail into the heart of the lonely storm
and tell her that you'll love her eternally
Time takes its crazy toll
mirror fallin' off the wall
you better look out for the looking glass girl
'cause she's gonna take you for a fall
Look into his eyes and you shall see
why everything is quiet and nothing's free
I wonder how he's gonna make her smile
when love is running wild on the diamond sea
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WHITEY ALBUM
1. Needle-Gun
N/A
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2. (Silence)
N/A
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3. G-Force
[Kim]
Shit
don't be a fool girl
he's takin' me all the way
we're going to burn you up
you're all going to burn me up
got to ... real life
you make me feel stupid
wish it was five minutes before yesterday
do you remember the time we were gonna do that
sweetheart, c'm'ere
bring me all your food honey
dying dying
do you wanna fuck me
no, bring me all your food
don't be a fool girl
[?] all american dream come true
don't go in the water
dying dying
got to, it's real life
c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
i don't remember what it was like yesterday
was there a yesterday
g force eight ninety-nine, seventy-nine ninety-five
the ice ballet
sleeping beauty
she's a real jogger
what becomes a mirrorshade most? huh
c'mon girl
we're gonna burn you
you're contaminated
something's out there, look
don't you see
something used to be out there
i have it all in this book
do you wanna fuck me
we used to go to the place
tell you what i'm gonna do
i'll make you an offer
don't do that
what's it gonna be pal
don't be a bully
just coz i'm a girl
do i make you feel silly
do you see the tall one
i'm sorry, i didn't mean to just sound like that
honey you can pick up that phone, call packer? and all your troubles will be over
i just hope it was worth it
as soon as the sun goes down
he's going into town
and he's gonna play pool
got to, it's real life
she always told me he would
somehow i didn't believe her
i'll tell you one thing though
i think it's going to rain tomorrow
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4. Platoon II
N/A
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5. Macbeth
N/A
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6. Me & Jill/Hendrix Cosby
[Lee]
We had just left shore when everything began to happen at once
the water came in and we started to go down
i looked at jill and she looked back, thinking it would be alright to go down
then the railings broke and the motors gave out
the hall emptied out and no-one was left for the band
the amps all wet, speakers burst, soaked
we, up three flight now, tried to meet up with the galley crew
but it seemed everyone had gone
we had a smoke to pass some time
jill said ``I'd love to, right now"
what could i say, we did while the waters rose, licking our feet
it was fun and funny so we laughed
I loved the way she could laugh, so full bodied
when we hit the sky we were high over the rooves
a field of gnarled antennas coiling upwards
waves and waveforms joining in a nice hot blast
so different from the boat
the cold silver sky opened for us and we passed through
last i saw of jill she was heading into the coils of the antennae
laughing, so beautiful
saying she hadn't yet had her fill of the boys there and the electricity
saying she wanted to plug in again and fry a bit
i said ``watch the water love"
she kept laughing and shook her hair
she said ``I'd love to, right now, you know"
so we did, and had a smoke too, and her lips parted
there in amongst the coiling snakes of an antenna she looked right at home
the waves came up and a blinding flash caught me dreaming of her
as she looked all crossed with wires and sparks watching the blast
everything went orange and all my thoughts dissolved inwards in the cloud
i thought one last: how different from the sea is the boat
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7. Burnin' Up (Mike Watt Orig. Demo)
N/A
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8. Hi! Everybody
[Steve]
Good evening and hi everybody
welcome to ciccone youth, the whitey album
we put together some neat mixes [?]
we hope you like it as much as we do
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9. Children Of Satan/Third Fig
N/A
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10. Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To Neu
Susanne: That's what you should do, you should be dinosaur's manager
Kim: y'know dinosaur has like ten managers
Susanne: they don't have any other managers
Kim: they have like...are you kidding? they have a manager in every city
Susanne: it'd be such an easy job though to just tell them what to do, i think
Kim: ahhh, yeah but, it's like, they want you to do everything else like they're
that kind of band like they don't wanna do anything
Susanne: yeah but that's easier, to do everything than to just do some of it,
it's easier y'know
Kim: that's true, and have somebody else...
Susanne: and then have somebody else fuck up what you've done by doing part of
your job it's like easier just to do the whole thing
Susanne: in some ways i think like somebody like redd kross would be easy to
manage cos they'd just be so like ``well, whatta we do now?" and you
just tell them and that would be it
Kim: they just wanna rock
Susanne: yeah right they don't wanna do anything
Kim: they just wanna be rock gods, y'know
Susanne: [?] snare
Susanne: so let's call j
Kim: ok
Kim: hello, is j there? oh um can you just tell him kim and susanne called, ok,
thank you, bye
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11. Addicted To Love
N/A
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12. Moby-Dik
N/A
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13. March Of The Ciccone Robots
N/A
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14. Making The Nature Scene
N/A
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15. Tuff Titty Rap
[Thurston]
Produce
we've been asked to participate
in a Mad-donna rocker that can reactivate
we're ciccone youth from new york city
[got the pizza?] connection cos it's a tuff titty
now i know my rhyme ain't bustin' no time
cos my rap [?] like a homeboys [?}
his name's mike watt, he's gonna get caught
[some knuckle ?] defiance to the group on new alliance
fuck yeah, fuck yeah
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16. Into The Groove(y)
Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight
Get into the groove boy
You got to prove your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat, boy what will it be
Get to know you in a special way
To me everyday
I see the fire burning in your eyes
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
[Madonna: "No one else can see me by myself"]
I wanna dance with someone else
Get into the groove boy
You've got to prove your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat, boy what will it be, yeah
Live out your fantasies here with me
Just let the music set you free
[Madonna: "Now I know you're mine" x 2]
Get into the groove boy
You got to prove your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat, boy what will it be
You got to get into the groove
Boy you got to prove your love to me
Get up on your feet
Yeah, step to the beat, boy what will it be
You've got to... get...
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NON-ALBUM SONGS
Brother James
[Kim]
Take my hand he said to me
follow now or you'll be damned
let's go to the other side
let's go to the other side
(Henceforth ?)
(?)
Brother James you (?)
Brother James your (?)
I don't need it anymore
comin' knockin' at my door
I don't need it anymore
comin' knockin' at my door
take my hand you might as well
we're going straight to hell
i don't wanna hang around
(?)
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Cherry's Blues (from Thurston's solo album Psychic Hearts)
at night i rock awake
and i look bad awake
at light a rocket lake
alive for cherry's sake
oh burn into your heart
oh burnin' patty smart
another look at you
factory girl is blue
without a purple life
without a purple lid
with all the see some crime [???]
with all those candles lit
oh burn into your heart
oh burnin' patty smart
another look at you
factory girl is blue
at night i rock awake
and i look bad awake
at light a rocket lake
alive for cherry's sake
oh burn into your heart
oh burnin' patty smart
another look at you
factory girl is blue
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Early American
[Kim]
Nothing but a savage bird
in your face
in your land
the weight of you is greater than
forgot my pride
forgot my side (sight/size?)
don't bother to leave
there's no room outside
your sense of pride
nothing here but a savage bird
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Genetic
[Lee]
let me tell you every thought that i've come to
when i think of all the things that you do
i can't see if you're the only one, it's hard to say
and i think it's all the same to me today
i can see you too
if i could just see you this one time
i sit alone, everyone's at home
i see it, i believe
somehow i know it's true
the genetic [kiss] is to me
i live inside of you
i have heard it said before, it'll never happen
had it drilled in since a kid makes my head spin
i'm still looking for these things that i can't find
thoughts just come and go swirling through my mind
i see me and you
then it's him i'm thinking of
we sit alone, no-one else at home
i taste it, i feel [it]
and now i know it's true
your genetic kiss reveals
i'll always be with you
hey baby it's you i'm thinking of
hey baby who do you love?
don't worry baby i'm watching as you sleep
let me whisper some things for you to keep
there's no perfect idea
there's no perfect [fate/faith]
just little stabs of happiness
sometimes a little too late
so keep your eyes wide open
and noone ???? [know what you're made of?]
remember first thought, best thought
try to stay in love
---
Hendrix Necro
[Kim]
you think cos i'm a girl
you think you can ignore
you think i'm just a girl (a girl)
(a girl) who knows the score?
i want to be free
i want to be free
i want to be free
even [it ain't] on my tv
i go walking down on fifth
black boys call me ? [pounding purse?]
i go walking down the strip [street?]
white boys call me sugar treat
i want to be free
i want to be free
i want to be free
even on mtv
you know what's best for me
it's called astrology
you know what's bad for me
you [bought you're buying me?]
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
shake don't shake
you know what's best for me
it's called astrology
you [thought?] what's bad for me
i want to be free
i want to be free
i want to be free
even on my tveeeeeaeaeaeaeaaaaah
huh
huh
ssssssssucks
---
Is It My Body
[Kim]
What have i got
that makes you want to love me?
well is it my body?
or someone i might be?
or something inside me?
tell me tell me
it's really up to you
have you got the time to find out who i really am?
what does it take you
to [gain/give/find?] what's on your mind
give me [a ring?]
and take your chance with my first child [time]
tell me tell me
it's really up to you
have you got the time to find out who i really am?
what have i got
that makes you want to love me?
is it my body?
or someone i might be?
or something inside me?
tell me tell me
it's really up to you
have you got the time to find out who i really am?
aow
oah
aow
oah
aoh
oh
aoh
uuuuh
aouh
euh
hhhu
come baby
come come come come baby
come come
---
Kill Yr. Idols
[Thurston]
I don't know why
you wann' impress Christgau
ahh let that shit die
and find out the new goal
kill yr. idols
sonic death
it's the end of the world
and confusion is sex
kill yr. idols
sonic death
it's the end of the world
and confusion is sex
---
Psychic Hearts (from Thurston's solo album Psychic Hearts)
I know you've had a fucked up life
growing up in a stupid town
your mother was a mixed-up chirp and your father he just fucked around
a little too much for his own good
i'd kill the bastard if i could
i'd kill all the boys w/ their fucked up noise
and all the bullshit they seem to enjoy
the kids at school call you a slut
nothing but a what the fuck are they into, those stupid fools
loser, asshole, suck all the luck
out of the world and you
if i can give it back to you i will
i'll kick their asses all over town, all over town, i'd turn it over
and i don't even know you that well
but what the hell, summer spell(?)
what's it like going out,when no one knows what you're about
abused and used and cut into,by hollow men with nothing to do
you laugh all the time and try to get high, and try to hide behind no lies
they fucked your head up ,that's for sure
your heart is ripped and wrapped in fur
but you know that sex is pity and insane
and magic seems to kill the pain
and the things that go on inside your brain ,make you seem to thinkthat
you're to blame
don't think about it, throw it out, love 'em all a nd say it loud
fight the scum bags that slap you around
scream,be crazy,lost and found
we don't have to tell you what is right
we have all the faith in what's not right
psychic hearts go out to you
a psychic heart arrives to you
and my prayer to you is that you do all the things you set out to do
live your life the way you want
but will you remember one thing for me, i will always love you
i will always love you
---
Queen Bee And Her Pals (from Thurston's solo album Psychic Hearts)
*hi thurston moore, this is Miranda from the Midget
Stooges. We've just recorded a new song and I was
wondering if you'd like to hear them. They might be good
on single. Could you come to the school please.*
Sister madness, happy, sadkiss,
came today.
holding court on a fuzzy matress,(?)
wails away.
Mr. muscle, man you've got to stop and think,
that there was a time when God was dressed in pink
sister, chaos, porno, hate,boss
magic cries
power freak afraid to speak if God...decides
so long live Tyler and yeah, Jay Jagger, I know they can.
marital trauma, poor Madonna, I'm the man
hello fucker, meet yr. maker,sick and stained
queen bee and her pals are not the ones to blame.
Will you kill yr. boyfriend for mr, sister dear?
I implore thee, I outscore thee, free and clear
queen bee, queen bee, can't you see me
in yr. mirror.
---
Stalker
[Thurston]
Got me prowling like a police car
i'm stalkin' and walkin' you're my movie star
i know your trailer it glows in the dark
you got that certain something that special spark
i wanna know
what you think of this idea
you and me and no-one else
your friends at work will disappear
and that guy you're with he was never there
every night rewind the dream
tv static sex in flame
you know it's harder all the time
its comin' down real fast in my mind
i will not live without you you you
i gotta give my whole life
i'm comin' knockin' at your door
hear you walkin' cross the floor
now i know where my ambition lies
my love it's right between your eyes
i love you
i gotta love you
i'll get you
i gotta get you
yeh i got you
---
That's All I Know (Right Now)
My nerves all buzzing and my heart is gone
i think it once was different but i might be wrong
there's ghosts in the alttic there's [pus/flys/buzz?] on the wall
but it's alright i don't care at all
cause i'm yours, and you're mine and that's, that's all i know right now
that's all, that's all i know right now
it's dark outside except for pinpoint light
my little all [twos?] got lost in a fight
i [duck/stalk?] outside picking up on the street
i stomp on it once and lay it at your feet
cause i'm yours, and you're mine and that's all i know right now
that's all, that's all i know
oh baby it's dark out there
well oh baby it's dark in here
oh darling i don't care no no
oow
the tv's up against the wall like a painting
but everybody here in the museum's fainting
but i myself have got time for my lips
it's delicious lady, won't you have a sip?
cause i'm yours, and you're mine and that's all i know right now
that's all, that's all i know right now
well i'm yours, and you're mine and that's all i know right now
that's all, that's all i know right now
---
The Destroyed Room
[Kim]
you're not telling what you feel
you just say you can't deal
you're just lying in an ?
you're just saying it ain't real
mom told you
and i'll tell you
you better pick it up
clean up your room
i'm not telling you what to feel
i'm just saying i can't deal
you're just lying like a peel
i'm just saying you ain't real
your mom told you
and i'll tell you
you better straighten up
besides you messed your [s?]
you're so hot
you bet
entangled
tunafish cans, chocolate wrapper,
jello [blobs]?, stuffed gorilla, phone bill,
fax paper, cranberry juice, dirty socks,
cd's, tapes, guitar pick, new snare,
high school year book
come.....in [comb.....and]
all those letters
your mom told you
and i'll tell you
if you make me cry
i'll poke your eye
i'll tell you ['re in for ???]
you're lying in your room
if what you say is true
then i say we're through
---
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