[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
[Thurston]
Society is a hole
it makes me lie to my friends
it's running down my street
with white powers 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 is scared
society is a hole
it makes me lie to my friends
the assault of holy music
there's a slap in my face
my friends are girls wrapped in boys
we're living in pieces
I want to live in peace
Society is a hole[talking]
[Thurston]
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
[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
[Thurston]
I ripped your heart out from your chest
Replaced it with a grenade blast
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
The firefighters hose me down
I don't care, I'll burn out anyhow
It's four-alarm girl, nothing to see
Hear the sirens come for me
You doused my soul with gasoline
You flicked a match into my brain
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
The firefighters are so nice
I remember you so cold as ice
The flames are licking at your feet
The sirens come to put me me out of misery
You wave your torch into my eyes
Flamethrower lover burning mind
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
[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
[Thurston]
...ifor 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
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
[Kim]
Hey, give me hollow stimulation
It's so sleazy to be free
Let's invest in dull creation
Thrill city, cheap legacy
What a waste
You're so chaste
I can't wait,
to taste your face
Private signals lead me to you
A sublime, spectacular dud
Safe and sound from childhood confusion
Get the picture? Yes, it's clear as mud
What a waste
You're so chaste
I can't wait,
to taste your face
Hey, give me hollow stimulation
It's so sleazy to be free
Let's invest in dull creation
Thrill city, cheap legacy
What a waste
You're so chaste
I can't wait,
to taste your face
I wouldn't lead you on
Ever since you saw me
You could of had it all,
but you didn't call me
"Ha-ha...okay, dog..."
[Kim]
Turquoise boy, I must confess to you,
sweet liberation has come
You are a legend in a lovely game,
but now I feel I must run
Turquoise boy, the sky is calling me
Sweet isolation in the sun
You are a soldier in a sad charade
How do you lose what's never found?
Turquoise boy, I must confess to you,
sweet liberation has come
You are a legend in a lovely game,
but now I feel I must run
[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
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!
[Kim]
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
[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
It's total trash
Sack 'em on the back
With a heavy rockThere 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
[Thurston]
My violence is a dream
a 'real dream'
a skinny arm
a crush on living sin
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 girlthere's a thing in my memory
hoilding 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
[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
[Thurston]
waking up I see you dreaming of a drive in
open yr eyes to see TV-set on blue
I've been waiting for you to smile, I'm the great head freezin' (?)
wintertime comes summer, you are why it's happenin', to me
[Kim]
sugar babe, sugar babe do it to me
do me babe, do me babe can't you see me?
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 in sights into your mirror
now I see what might see it's pretty clear
I been looking just to feel that funny feelin'
I don't know but it's a mystery to reckon, right you
[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
take me babe, take me babe can't you see me?
[Thurston]
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 mush to bear
The memory drained
the life from the dull
An ocean of insects
worked like a sheet
the immovable fact
Buried my mind
in a horse-hair coat
in a pile
on the floorPush 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
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
Lights on the stones on backed up drain
What lovers list 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 your lonely love
Camera on the haunted stones
Bloodshed a gentle painted score
Notes dance in ink across your skin
Hieroglyphic 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
[Thurston]
seven
sevenI'm keeping my commission to faith's transmission
Two speakers dream the same and skies turn red
Satellites flashing down orchard and delancey
I can't get laid cuz everyone is dead
Hey - gold connections
Analog soul waving in yr 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
[Thurston]
Sleepin around, sleepin around
What will the neighbors say?
Sleepin around, all over town
What will the neighbors say?
What you did was wrong
What you did good is gone
Nothing you do is right
Always ends up in a fight
Sleepin around, sleepin around
What will the neighbors do?
Sleepin around, all over town
What will the neighbors do?
What you did was wrong
What you did good is gone
Nothing you do is right
Always ends up in a fight
Sleepin around, sleepin around
What will the neighbors think?
Sleepin around, all over town
What will the neighbors think?
What you did was wrong
What you did good is gone
Nothing you do is right
Always ends up in a fight
[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 gokiss 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
[Thurston]
Snake in it
jack into the wall
TV amp on fire
blowin' in the hall
gun yr. sled
close yr. peeping toms
turbo organizer
crankin' on the knob
You got it
yeh ride the silver rocket
can't stop it
burnin hole in yr pocket
hit the power
psycho helmets on
you got to splice yr. halo
take it to a moon
nymphoid clamor
fuelling up the hammer
you got to fake out the robot
and pulse up the zoomYou got it
yeh ride the silver rocket
can't stop it
burnin hole in yr pocket
can't forget the flashing
can't forget the smashing
the sending and the bending
the ampisphere 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
yeh ride the silver rocket
can't stop it
burnin hole in yr pocket
(Kim)
meet me on the corner
thursday
wear your
special
underwear
sway side 2 side
automatic
special
underwear
[Kim]
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
Shake off your flesh
Turn around
Turn around
Turn aroundShake
[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
[Kim]
my mother used to say
you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
I am a 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 advertisement's saying, that pleasure's ever lasting
come touch me
the advertisement's saying, that pleasure's ever lasting
must be dead and gone to heaven
come and touch me here
so I know, that I'm, not there
[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 SmearSuperchunk, 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
[Instrumental]
[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
You keep me coming home again
You keep me coming home again
When you were gone, I met a friend
She taught me how to live in the end
You keep me coming home again
You keep me coming home again
Are her eyes brown or blue?
How does she keep her steady cool
My heart and soul are wrapped up in her eyes
A little blink, yeah, I recognize
A little blink, yeah, that's my prize
A wild horse sitting right there by your side
Hard to ignore, hard to disguise
Will she ever realize?
You keep me coming home again
You keep me coming home again
When you were gone I was out of my mind
I had a friend who laughed all the time
I had a friend who cried all the time
I had a friend who screamed all the time
I had a friend who lied all the time
[Lee]
When the rats run riot,
and the screen door slams
When the trees grow quiet,
nothing but cats and cans
When the breeze says "try it",
but you can hardly see
When your love has died,
and you rat on me
I see your eyes in the half-light,
I see the number on your wall
Endless strange things I see at night,
you don't see anything at all
Shine a light into your soul
City streets so freezing cold
City shadows mark the route,
when they let the rats out
Rats, you call it love alright
That was the catch, a cold suicide
Let me place you in my past,
with other precious toys
But if you're ever feeling low, down,
in the fractured sunshine,
I'll help you feel the noise
Shine down,
You can go on home
Shine down
Go, go
Rats, you're working overtime
You are the moon beyond your mind
When the rats run riot,
and the screen door slams
When the world goes quiet,
you'll all know where I am
You could be my open road,
you could be the reason why
You could ease my heavy load
I'm gonna freeze you up now
You can let it shine,
keep that in mind
When they let 'em out next time
You can move a little closer,
until you're moving all up around my shoulder
City shadows mark the route
when they let the rats out
WE ALL HOPE
TO SIGNAL KIN
DAYS OF GOLD
NOW RAIN ON TIN
GATHER ROUND
GATHER FRIENDS
NEVER FEAR
NEVER AGAIN
[Kim]
Protect me from ravagement
I'm ten years old
I don't know what to do
Protect me myself
I'm fourteen
There's nothing to do
Protect me yourself
I'm sixteen
Protect me from starving
I'm eighteen
Protect me you
I don't know what to 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 againHere they come
Again and again
I hope they come again
Again
Again
[Thurston]
I just come by to run you over
I just come by to see you quiver
You can come, you can slip inside, babe
Killer eyes and a burning heart, babe
Don't you know you need no other
I'm the man who loves your mother
Open up your arms to me, girl
Let me feel your wild heart beat, girl
Sweet lips, flowers and cream
Deep in love, surrender pink steam
Deep in love, you need no other
Deep in love, your lonely lover
I feel your wild heart beat
Lonely lover
Open up to me
Lonely mother
Your sweet lips are mine
like flowers and cream
Killer, killer eyes
surrender pink steam
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
Yeah, yeah
You're the one
You're the one
You're the one
You're the one
Heat seeking missile freak
Black magic scared to speak
I will know you, I won't show you
Yeah, yeah
Will you buy me a shaky heart?
Lust brigade has torn me apart
I will know you, I won't show you
Yeah, yeah
You're the one
You're the one
You're the one
You're the one
Can you sell me yesterday's girl?
'Cuz everyday I feel more like her
Oh baby, baby, please don't go
Pattern recognition is coming down slow
Like a cool hunter watch the disarray
Keep your secret footage head away
I will know you, I won't show you
Yeah, yeah
Close your eyes and feel the fun
Pattern recognition's on the run
I will know you, I won't show you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You're the one
You're the one
You're the one
[Kim]
Come on get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
as much as you hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
comon baby all you have
I wanna take your breathe away
comon baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
comon get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
you make me feel so crazyCome on get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
I won't hurt you
as much as you hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
comon baby all you have
I wanna take your breathe away
comon baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
comon get in the car
lets go for a ride somewhere
you make me feel so good
you make me feel so crazy
[Kim]
she got you, got you good - didn't have a chance
pretty lady put you in - wear hat master ends (?)
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 lookin' up at you and down below
oooh - sugar pie
mmm - come on
chocolate spot
she gotta gun and all - don't you even know
she looks into your eyes - angels wanna go (?)
she takes it on the stride - leap through mind again (?)
don't worry you are fine - living with the mess
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
every time you turn around she is lookin' up at you and down below
ooh - sugar pudding
candy tic
orange rolls - angel's spit
boy she's got you got you good - don't you even try?
come on if you could - you would surely die
you take it towards your mouth - you don't even know
come on sugar tic - you are gonna go
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
every time you turn around she is lookin' up at you and down below
cool dye - chocolate spot
check her out - don't you know
deep in my heart - saying g'bye (?)
[Thurston]
In your mouth, a wad of cash
Moist roll of hundreds
Fingers through your hair
Silver quarters drop to your pleaded skirt
Canisters of whipped cream
in your sweater pockets
A look of space and total life
Ready or not?
The plan is to go to D.C. and hang out
Go see girls rock
How long is the tour?
What time you guys playing?
Where you going next?
What comes first,
the music or the words?
[Nic Fit]
get it up, get it in
sonic tooth, sonic truth
nic fit, nic fit, nic fit, nic fit
sign'em up, gotta smoke (?)
Arafat, get a smoke (?)
nic fit, nic fit, nic fit, nic
nic fit, nic fit, nic fit, nic fit
sonic truth, sonic death
sonic smoke, sonic youth
nic fit, nic fit, nic fit, nic
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
he's not a dreamer or a schemer
running away from me
he's not a singer an entertainer
with no follow thru
he's not a poet or a mystic
with his cigarette unglued
he's just neutral and he's weary
not even brand new
it's a perfect sin
close yr eyes and loose the rest
it's a perfect sin
close yr mind and feel the best
everyone has a headache
imprecise hard to cure
gotta shake it what ails you
the lines are a blur
is it pain in her heart
dark and gray from the start
you won't seduce me or attract me
just cause yr a stray
it's a perfect sin
close yr eyes and loose the rest
it's a perfect sin
close yr mind and feel the best
why won't you tell me what's inside yr head
why won't you show me yr secret bed
he's not a dreamer or a schemer
running away from you
he's not a singer an entertainer
with no follow thru
he's not a poet or a mystic
with his cigarette unglued
he's not a cowboy or a loner with nothing to do
he's neutral yeah he's weary
not even brand new
he's neutral yeah he's weary
and he's so in love with you
lyrics by kim
[Thurston]
Mildred Pierce
MILDRED!!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!?!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
[Thurston]
Sound asleep till right 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
Marilyn Mooreit's always a headache the size of a tour truck
she's full of disorders, depends what you're used to
she's talking of tranches of truncheons in battle
of bruises from bottles that never get better
bad baby bitching she screams at the door
hammer in hand & her head to the floor
Marilyn Moore
[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
[Thurston]
She scans the room,
for a star to consume
When eye contact is made,
I suggest, son, you fix your grave
'Cause it's lights out for you
Lights out for you
There's not a hell of a lot you can do
It's lights out for you
He rolls his eyes
at the thought of paradise
But when he makes that insect sound,
then it's time, girl, for you to leave town
'Cause it's lights out for you
Lights out for you
There's not a hell of a lot you can do
It's lights out for you
She scans the room,
for a star to consume
When eye contact is made,
I suggest, son, you fix your grave
'Cause it's lights out for you
Lights out for you
Lights out for you
Lights out for you
Lights out for you
Lights out for you
There's not a hell of a lot you can do
It's lights out for you
(Kim)
lightnin'
lightnin' strike
lightnin' strikes me
lightnin' strikes me
lightnin' strikes me down
lightnin' strikes me down
lightnin' strikes me down
[Instrumental]
love has come to stay in all the way
it's gonna stay forever and everyday
it feels like a wish coming true
it feels like an angel dreaming of you
it feels like heaven forgiving and getting
it feels like a fading celebrating
gonna call them spirits grey
I'm gonna laugh it up
you gotta cotton crown
I'm gonna keep it underground.
your gonna take control of the chemistry
your gonna manifest the mystery
you've got a magic wheel in your memory
I'm wasted in time
and I'm looking everywhere
I don't care where
angels are dreaming of you
NYC is forever king
I'm wasted in time
and your never ready
fading fading celebrating
I've got your Kotton Krown.
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
[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
[Kim]
Blasted earth
All immersed
Golden cave
The blondes come first
I love the way you move
I hope it's not too late for me
It's too good on the sea
where the light is green,
where the light is green
Jagged brain
Slow refrain
We love the jams,
and jams run free
I love the way you move
I hope it's not too late for me
It's too good on the sea
where the light is green,
where the light is green
Jagged brain
Slow refrain
[Instrumental]
[Thurston]
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 inhumanMy 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
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
[Thurston]
She comes into my mind
twisting thru 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 timeShe comes into my mind
twisting thru 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
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
[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
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
[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
[Kim]
Slowly pour the liquid down
for miles and miles it flows along
rose coloured neon lighted
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 lifeI had no belief before
until I had this dream last night
I still remember their savage cries
so serious in their rite
faces painted in joyous fright
in the dawns early light
oh say did you see the colour of my eternity
and the sweat on my skin
our founding fathers laid right down
and indian ghost from long ago
they gave birth to my bastard kin
America it is called
a sensation of eternity
locking arms side by side
crouch down before fire's light
you're the first day of my life
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
(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 light
intuition
free city rhymes
[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 brown breasts
hanging on your wall
one end slit the other's ripped
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is lovesupport 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
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
[Kim]
Nothing but a savage bird
in your face
in your land
the weight of you is greater than
forgot my pride
forgot my sign
don't bother to leave
there's no room outside
your sense of pride
nothing here but a savage bird
[Kim]
smile like a sun, back over time
crazy fr 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?
you're coming thru, even 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 yr ear, I'll tell you what I fear
whisper the kisses in yr ear, 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?
[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 feathermother'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
[Thurston]
here it comes again - out of the rain
seems to have a new - kind of same
been it playing on a - simple rhyme
the site comes alive and - speaks the mind
it turns to me and - it turns to gold
it turns to see a - the fast lane slow
it's been a way too long
it's been the way I gone
it's a-coasting 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 a - western starlandit'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 (?)
comes alive through - through and clearer (?)
ghost arise to - dirty mirror (?)
you've been away too long
it's been way too long
an eastern star is on
a disappearer
[Instrumental]
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.
[Thurston]
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 toothStick 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
[Thurston]
a-back in the days when the battles raged,
and we thought it was nothing
a bookstore man meets the CIA,
and we know
throw me a cord and plug it in,
get the cradle rocking
ah, out with the redneck pig old men,
and it's go
the hair in the hole in my head
too bad the scene is dead
memories in the shadow
back in time again
ah, I can't forget your terrorized face,
when you cried for the shameless
wasted life Ameri-K-K-Kan,
and you smile
so why should we run when we cannot hide,
and my flag is burning?
we could be wrong but that's allright,
we'll rise againthe hair in the hole in my head
too bad the scene is dead
memories in the shadow
it's back in town again
lookin' away 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
the hair in the hole in my head
too bad the scene is dead
memories in the shadow
it's back in time again
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 yr freedom
Get it on my own
I just live 4ever
There just is no end
I just trust the oppression
Like I trust yr 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 and it's blood orange red
I got a catholic block do you like to fuck?
I got a catholic block guess I'm out of luck
[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 night (?)
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 itangel, 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
[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 behey baby
hey sweetheart
hey fox come here
hey beautiful
come here sugar
Your lights are on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another kiss is what it takes
You can't sleep, you can't eat
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your throat is tight, you can't breathe
Another kiss is all you need
Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh
yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough, you
know you're
Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love
You see the signs, but you can't read
You're runnin' at a different speed
You heart beats in double time
Another kiss and you'll be mine, a one track mind
You can't be saved
Oblivion is all you crave
If there's some left for you
You don't mind if you do
Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh
yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough, you
know you're
Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Your lights are on, but you're not home
Your will is not your own
You're heart sweats and teeth grind
Another kiss and you'll be mine
Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh
yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough, you
know you're
Gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
[Thurston]
I can never forget you - the way you rock the girls
they move a world and love you - a blast in the underworld
I stick a knife in my head - thinking 'bout your eyes
but now that you been shot dead - I've got a new surprise
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've been around the world a million times
and all you men are slime
it's the gun to my head, goodbye I am dead
wastewood rockers is time for cryin', hey!
[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 heather10, 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
We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall
Of illusion
Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late
When they pass away
We were talking about the love we all could share
When we find it
To try our best to hold it there
With our love
With our love, we could save the world
If they only knew
Try to realize it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life goes on within you and without you
We were talking about the love that's gone so cold
And the people who gain the world and lose their soul
They don't know - they can't see
Are you one of them?
When you've seen beyond yourself
Then you may find peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one
Long ago life was clean
Sex was bad and obscene
And the rich were so mean
Stately homes for the Lords
Croquet lawns, village greens
Victoria was my queen
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria.
I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I am poor, I am free
When I grow I shall fight
For this land I shall die
Let her sun never set
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria.
Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria
Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria.
Victoria, 'toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria.
Canada to India
Australia to Cornwall
Singapore to Hong Kong
From the West to the East
From to the rich to the poor
Victoria loved them all.
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria.
SU NIOJ!
1 2 3 4!
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor, yes I am
And I'm a Nazi schatze
Ya know I fight for fatherland
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor, yes I am
And I'm a Nazi schatze
Ya know I fight for fatherland
Little German boy being pushed around
Little German boy in a German town
Well I'm a shock trooper in a stupor, yes I am
And I'm a Nazi schatze
Ya know I fight for fatherland
I'm a shock trooper in a stupor, yes I am
And I'm a Nazi schatze
Ya know I fight for fatherland
Little German boy being pushed around
Little German boy in a German
Today yr love, tomorrow the world
Today yr love, tomorrow the world
Today yr love, tomorrow the world
Today yr love, tomorrow the world
Today yr love, tomorrow the world
These are the words
But not the truth
God bless them all
When they speak to you
But that's alright
On an empty stage
Sing out when
There's no other way
Come drift the town
Where secrets lie
Where friends and neighbors
Keep driftin' by
But that's alright
You're here to stay
Sing out tonight
The empty page
I always thought I'd see
Your name in flashin' light
You did it all for free girl
And freely ripped the night
You are free to fight
These are the words
But not the truth
God bless them all
When they speak to you
But that's alright
You're here to stay
Sing out tonight
The empty page
Do you remember the time
When you were new in town
You smashed your head in the mirror baby
And kissed the frozen ground?
You ripped up sound
The empty page has wasted down
The empty page is ripped
The empty page will waste this town
00:00 - 00:40
The first 40 seconds are dedicated to some vehicle chatter.
Here's a rough transcription:
Woman: On the right!
Kim: Go get hamburgers.
Thurston: Right?
Man: Yeah, let's go.
Man 2: Did I hear Kim say hamburgers?
Lee: Put the defrost on...
Thurston 2: Cruisin' for some McReagan burgers...
Man 2: Forget it man, I'm not going to McDonald's, that stuff's
fucking gross!
Lee: It is.
Lee: Bob, you got fog, you got heavy fog..
on the outside, you want me to brush it off here?
Bob?: Left? Ronald Reagan fries...
?: Hey Jon, I'll give you all the lira in my pocket if
you eat a hamburger.
00:41 - 01:15
Aimless noise panned from speaker to speaker
01:16 - 01:32
A very brief excerpt from what appears to be Shaking Hell.
01:33 - 01:51
An equally brief excerpt from Brother James.
01:52 - 09:00
Early American/Scream Tape
Nothing but a savage blur
In your face, in your land
The weight of you is greater than
Forgot my pride
Forgot my side
Don't bother to leave
There's no room outside
Your sense of pride
Nothing here but a savage blur
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
09:01 - 10:12
Burning Spear
10:13 - 13:04
Kill Yr Idols
I don't know why
You wanna impress Christgau
Ah let that shit die
And find out the new goal
Kill yr idols
Sonic death
It's the end of the world
Your confusion is sex
Kill yr idols
Sonic death
It's the end of the world
Your confusion is sex
13:05 - 14:34
Tacked on afterwards is the similar sounding section from
Confusion is Next, slightly spliced up.The song ends,
the crowd cheers, and Lee begins retuning his guitar
while Kim drones her low E.
14:35 - 15:12
This is somebody repetitiously pounding a single chord,
after which Thurston announces We want electricity!,
a statement which later became the title of a July '93
Sonic Exhibit in Europe. Total length: 0:37
15:13 - 17:24
This is another unknown song segment.
It almost sounds like one gtr is going thru a wah or filter effect,
but it's hard to say.
This song has not yet appeared on any surfaced SY concert
recording, and likely dates back to 1981 (typically SY kept
everything they wrote in '82 and '83, but I could see something
like this skronky number not making it past the embryonic
stage).
17:25 - 17:46
This sounds like a traditional walkman blare,
chime loops or the like.
17:47 - 18:32
Another version of Kill Yr Idols, beginning from the song's breakdown.
18:33 - 20:13
Here we hear Thurston banging out his opening chord to
The World Looks Red, while Lee gets his screwdriver in place.
Thurston says We're Sonic Youth, this song is called The World
Looks Red.
This is almost certainly taken from the beginning of a 1983
show. The track fades just as the bassline begins.
A minute and forty seconds of pre-song preparation,
and then we only get half a second of music.
20:14 - 21:49
Apparently they agreed -- the exact thing happens with
Shaking Hell next. It's not as dramatically long,
and you get to hear more of the song,
plus the commentary is hilarious, so it's a little more tolerable.
Lee introduces the song: This next song's called Shaking Hell.
Someone does something to provoke the remark
Suck my dick, asshole from Thurston,
and as the band starts the song,
Lee explains: That's an American expression, 'Suck my dick'.
Sadly the song is cut off pretty quickly.
21:50 - 22:28
However, it borders on offensive when next we're treated to
Thurston's repeated open bass notes, flavored with audience
participation, catcall style.
As soon as the opening riff to Making the Nature Scene starts,
we're once again cut off...
22:29 - 23:25
...and it's more chimey noise,
either the zither or a screwdriver guitar.
23:26 - 24:14
Hear we get the intro harmonics of I Don't Want to Push It,
one of the rarer moments on this album.
They're quickly cut out to the song's droning outro.
Unfortunately not much of this rarely performed track appears.
Actually, the song appeared from some of the band's first shows
up until the last Eurotour in '83,
so it wasn't all that obscure at the time.
24:15 - 25:09
This is the coda to She's in a Bad Mood.
Such an excellent song, it's too bad they didn't elect to include
the whole thing on here.
The live performances are particularly enhanced by the sounds
at the end, the aforementioned flute style hums.
I don't know if they're courtesy of a tape or some guitar
handlings, but I dig them.
25:10 - 25:58
More subtly mixed/panned ambient noise.
25:59 - 27:37
This is the final unknown song on this release.
This song is also a contender for being the mysterious
Destroyer. It plods along with atonal chord thrash and a
steady, commanding drumbeat.
27:38 - 28:18
More solid white noise echovox amp drone.
28:19 - 29:31
The end of this side, and the album, features an excerpt of
Thurston talking to the crowd after the November 15th, 1982
Raleigh, NC show on the Savage Blunder tour with Swans.
I Wanna Be Yr Dog on Confusion is Sex was taken from this
show as well.
"Buy records by Sonic Youth or Swans, um, they're at the door.
They're really cheap, they're like $3.50, $5 [mumbles]"
Thurston mutters.
Someone in the crowd suggests
"Let's hear another one by Sonic Youth,"
a notion that is met with agreement by the seemingly few
people in attendance,
but Thurston insists:
"No, everything's fucked up. "
The crowd boos and persists, and Thurston applauds them and
comments on the crowd in Chapel Hill the night before:
"This is actually the best crowd we've had since...uh... we
played at Cat's Cradle last night and there were uh, I think.. 3 people there...
it was good! "
"We're appreciative, play some more!" somebody shouts.
More whistling and applause follows,
and Thurston announces:
"We could have a Sonic Youth and Swans jamfest,"
which the crowd finds very appealing. And the album ends.
COMPLETE SONG ALERT!
The following songs appear in full on this side of Sonic Death:
Early American -- 01:52 - 09:00
00:00 - 05:05
Side one fades in with an extended version of the section in
The Good and the Bad that sounds
reminiscent of I Dreamed I Dream.
Interesting to note that Lee does some type of spoken
word overtop which is absent on EP version
"shadows...
morning sun...
blades of grass...
dark night...
sunlight...
twilight... "
05:05 - 07:16
This is a completely unfamiliar piece,
vaguely reminiscent of their cover of
DNA's Blonde Redhead in rhythm,
but otherwise unknown.
Thurston curiously sings She Is Not Alone once at the end.
07:16 - 10:33
"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
10:33 - 12:25
[Unknown instrumental]
12:25 - 17:02
The Good And The Bad
[Instrumental]
17:02 - 19:15
The World Looks Read
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 mush to bear
The memory drained
the life from the dull
An ocean of insects
worked like a sheet
the immovable fact
Buried my mind
in a horse-hair 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
19:16 - 20:25
[instrumental]
20:26 - 23:46
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
23:47 - 25:16
Portion of Inhuman with
Thurston screaming his lungs out demonically.
25:16 - 26:16
Next is a short one minute sample of what
is probably Thurston slowly playing the riff to
I Wanna Be Your Dog while Lee tunes in the background. Somebody shouts
We're coming!
Towards the end a European
presenter begins speaking
(it's hard to say exactly what this is
-- the band a spent a fair amount of time in Europe in 1983)
26:17 - 27:35
[sound instrumental]
27:36 - 29:28
This sounds to me like the end of
(She's In A) Bad Mood,
really extrapolated, with odd chime noises
and really eerie flute style hums.
You can hear Thurston (?)
say something to someone around 28:52
(all you have to do is turn up our amp ??).
29:29 - 30:20
[Shaking Hell like instrumental]
30:21 - 33:39
The next part begins with a foreign introduction of the band
(w/ Bob Bert, definitely from one of the 1983 European tours),
followed by an energetic and -- better yet -- full version of
Burning Spear. The breakdown features extra vocals by
Thurston, some of which can be discerned as: I feel your soul
... and I can't wait to meet my fate with the burning spear
the baby's breath becuz the cross on my back is sonic death
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
33:40 - 38:31
[instrumental based around I Wanna Be Your Dog]
[crowd cheers]
The following songs appear in full on this side of Sonic Death:
The World Looks Red -- 17:02 - 19:15 (sped up)
Confusion is Next -- 20:26 - 23:46
Mess my hair, take me down
Yeah you know, yeah you know
Mess my hair, take me down
Yeah you know, yeah you know
Play that song, round and round
Play that song, all the time
Mess my hair, take me down
Yeah you know, yeah you know, yeah you know
Razor blade, razor blade
Razor blade, razor blade
Paintings they fall
off the walls
when you come Traipsing in with your horse
Your six string guitar is a mess
silver bullets Hanging off your dress
Now I remember that I meant to be
to replace Your history
Who let that girl into this room
so innocent yet Doomed
Chorus:
Who shot the Poison Arrow
Here she comes,
yeh shes playing hard to get
There she goes
a promise you can never forget
Mirrors, they black out and freeze
when you pull Me in too too deep
Everytime I handcuff you
I know I come closer to The truth
Now I remember what I meant to say
to count All my blessings today
Who let that girl into this room
so innocent Yet doomed
Chorus:
Who shot the Poison Arrow
Here she comes,
yeh shes playing hard to get
There she goes
[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 meet you tonite at the bottom of the well
Just 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 an 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 chair being wound around us
The toiling of idle hands
Dripping,
With guilt
A secret form of punishment
Axes thru skulls
Shadow of futility
Endless / revolt
The shining of light and shadows
Dividing each existance
No-one is right
Nothing is solid
Nothing can be held in my hands for long
Discontinuity
Sandy beaches
Bridges sinking into the sea
Beautiful confusion
You're a fading memory
She has a moist vagina
I particularly enjoy the circumference
And the circular walls of her anus
I prefer her to any other
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
She had a moist vagina
I prefered her to any other
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
She had a moist vagina
I prefer her to any other
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
Marijuana
[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
Leaky lifeboat slips the shore
They were sailing backwards to the freakin' north
My brother the wind he's got to know
Heard your 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 tipped electric child
She takes the plastic pill, she plays "The Weatherman"
She screams "Religion kills more than it saves a 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
Trippin' out in the blue skies
You shut the door on everythin'
Too busy gettin' high
And me, just another dream theory
Lost inside your eyes
She's not in your history books, lost her mind and kept her looks
Down beneath the radar screen, she's lit up like gasoline
Been through a million kicks, lookin' 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 glancin' still
In tiny dancer land
We kissed, time slipped
Hard edged tight lipped
See you sometime
Ask me if I care
For Karen
Miss Communication
Karen
Thurston: Is that you?
Is that you Susanne?
Flash once if it's you.
Lee: Give us a sign.
Thurston: Is that you?
Start blinkin'.
Is this the real light person?
I'd like to introduce Vic Bondi ladies & gentlemen... alright, quiet!
Dude: Okay, no one is more surprised to be here than me.
Uh.. direct from New York City.. Richard Kern and the Black
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
I don't know why
You wanna impress Christgau
Ah let that shit die
And find out the new goal
Kill yr idols
Sonic death
It's the end of the world
Your confusion is sex
Kill yr idols
Sonic death
It's the end of the world
Your confusion is sex
Keep on runnin' in the dark
Dude ranch dream is fallin' apart
Stolen kisses, let's pretend my friend
You play sick and I will mend
Let the action begin again my friend
You be patient and I'll attend
Let's rehearse, let's do it again
Dude ranch nurse, your brand new friend
Let nurse give you a shot, it's something to do
Turn my pulse
Let nurse give you a shot, it's something to do
I could love you, I could love you
Deep sleep coming along
Like a newborn colt you found
You're wrapping around the gauze
Dizzy reminder, ouch she found
Let nurse give you a shot, don't slip too far
I could love you, I could have you
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
Kool thing, you're sittin' with a kitty
Now you know you sure lookin' pretty
Like a lover, not a dancer
Superboy, give a good glance here
I don't wanna, I don't think so
I don't wanna, I don't think so
Kool thing you sure are faster
Show me how you [???????]
Come give me an answer
What's in suffice anyway (????)
Kool thing sittin' with a kitty
Now you know you're sure lookin' pretty
Like a lover, not a dancer
Superboy come give me an answer
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
Let's go walkin' with a panther
Come on and take a little chance here
Let's go walkin' with a panther
What'd he say?
I don't think so, I don't think so
I don't think so, I don't think so
Lee: ...god, that really sounds incredible. well actually, the
reason I'm calling you has to do w/ wharton-tronix
Wharton: chuckles
L: I'm wondering if you're still interested in recording Sonic
Youth, or like doing some work with us there.
W: Uh-huh
L: At your place, what..um.. basically whats going on right now
is, um.. we're sort of biding our time waiting for Neutral to get
together to uh, you know, do our album and all this stuff..
W: Right
L: And we decided we would like to try and release a quickie
single, like as quick as possible, just like 2 or 3 songs.. and um,
just do it as inexpensively as possible, and we were thinking
about doing it in four-track or something like that.
W: Right
L: And you know I talked to you about these incredible
four-track recordings that you were making and so, um, I was
wondering if you were actually still interested in working with us
on it and doing it at your place.. and you know, if the whole
thing goes well, we could probably give you some cash and stuff
if it comes out..
W: Right
L: I mean, I'm not really sure what.. what the deal's gonna be,
we're probably gonna be trying to do it as..
W: Right, inexpensive..
L: ..you know, completely cheap, yeah, like I think you can get
a thousand singles for like around $400 or something like that..
W: Right
L: and uh, so we're figuring out if we can afford to pay for a
sleeve or just have 'em white or what...
W: Fold em yourself (chuckles)
L: What? Yeah, well that's.. don't laugh! That's exactly what..
W: Well i did it!
L: You did? The Glorious Strangers one?
W: Right, the cover cost me $28..
L: For how many?
W: (chuckles) I still have boxes of them..
L: No, but I mean how many did $28 buy, a thousand?
W: Yeah
L: It did!?
W: At least..
L: Incredible!
W: But I had to fold it all myself
L: Yeah but thats okay! Because the place where they sell you
the singles wants $200 for like a black and white photo sleeve..
and that's a lot of money!
W: Yeah (chuckles)
L: You know, I mean if we're trying to do it inexpensively..
W: Right, this is the great inexpensive way.
L: Yeah
W: And you know, you can off-set.. you could put..do anything
on the cover you want, basically
L: Right, right
W: I just got it..
L: Did you cut them to that proper shape and everything, with
the little flaps and all that?
W: Well I had it figured out..
L: Uh-huh
W: You know when I centered the thing, that there would be
flaps on each side and I just figured out how to do it.. and I had
it down to like a four-thing procedure...
L: Uh-huh
W: ...and I got these gluesticks...
L: Yeah, they're great! They're really great..
W: And you just go [makes gluestick noise], you know, and
now, admittedly, you know, if they don't get sold, they fall apart
in the store (chuckles)
L: Oh god.. well we're gonna put them inside little plastic bags
also I think.. so they don't fall apart..
W: Well you'll find that the plastic bags are expensive.
L: Well Thurston said, like $25.. no wait, 25 for a dollar... so that
would be like $40 for a thousand, that's not too expensive..
W: That's not too bad..
L: No I thought it was gonna be even more than that.. maybe
you could even get them cheaper if you tried to buy a thousand,
maybe you could get em for $30 or something like that... but I
this one's for kato
for his compilation
it's very rare
i'm a mosquito
this one's for kato
for his compilation
it's very rare
and i'm a mosquito
I see a dog star divin' at his magic, snatchin'
Keeps me up awake, go crystal cracking
I can't wait, I can't stay, a 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 alight candle
And I know she'll be okay by Sunday
I'm the cocker on the rock
Humming bash starts 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 dog star falling
I'm the cocker on the rock
Burning farm, burning farm
Burning farm, burning farm...
[etc etc etc... w/ buried vocal chants]
Okay... look out girls.
He's here. Have a nice day.
I'm gonna ride my pony anyway.
La la la... la la la la la la....
Burning farm, burning farm...
Mark Arm.... Mark Arm...
Burning farm, burning farm....... etc
I can see
My body move
It goes without me
What I used to be
Prove it
A breath for you
No kiss
My tears they fly
In the wind
I blink you die
Cuz you believe
In what I can see
My body moves
It goes without me
It used to dance one two one two
It used to prance one two one two
Now I follow you
Forever
You compell me to
Fly.... flew..
I blink and see
Nothing
Forever
One two one two
I ache for you
My soul has got a hole
[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
[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 meI 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
[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 yahsilly 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
You're perfect in the way, a perfect end today
You're burning out their lights, and burning in their eyes
I love you Sugar Kane, a-comin' from the rain
Oh kiss me like a frog, and turn me into flame
I love you all the time, I need you 8 to 9
And I can stay all night, your body 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 light, your smilin' sugar life
Another lovers day, another cracked up night
Every night I say, the 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
Hey angel come and play, and 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
And...
This one...
And...
This one...
And...
And...
This one...
This one...
The queen approaches her throne
Wind over water
Hell's Angels in a pink van
Escape
Our thoughts
Our time
Time...
Being...
Being...
Escape from concentration
The king comes to have a hope
One sound fills the sky
One sound...
One sound...
One sound...
This one...
And...
This one...
And...
This one...
And...
This one...
And...
This one...
Good fortune...
No time...
Time...
Being...
Good fortune...
No time...
Time...
Met a stranger on a train
He bumped right into me
I swear I didn't mean it
I swear it wasn't meant to be
Must have been a dream
From a thousand years ago
I swear I didn't mean it
I swear it wasn't meant to be
From the bottom of my heart
He was lookin' all over me
"You take me and I'll be you"
"You kill him and I'll kill her"
I swear it wasn't meant to be
I 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
(No no no)
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
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 meet you tonite at the bottom of the well
Just 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 an 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 chair being wound around us
The toiling of idle hands
Dripping,
with guilt
A secret form of punishment
Axes thru skulls
Shadow of futility
Endless / revolt
The shining of light and shadows
Dividing each existance
No-one is right
Nothing is solid
Nothing can be held in my hands for long
Discontinuity
Sandy beaches
Bridges sinking into the sea
Beautiful confusion
You're a fading memory
Did you get your disconnection notice?
Mine came in the mail today
They seem to think I'm disconnected
Don't think I know what to read or write or say
Glossaries injected daily
Words and numbers spell out the price to pay
Its simply states that, "You're disconnected, baby"
See how easily it all slips away
Hey, this is no direction
Prepared for the city
Angles turn on Heavens light
Hurry up the stage awaits you
Don't forget to memorize your lines
Can you hear them congratulate you?
Out of step, just can't find the time
Will we pass through undetected?
Everything's right here inside your file
You not so free to be so unprotected
A secret Mona Lisa hides behind her smile
Hey, this is no direction
Prepared for the city
Angles turn on Heavens light
Did you get your disconnection notice?
Mine came in the mail today
They seem to think I'm disconnected
Don't think I know what to read or write or say
Glossaries injected daily
Words and numbers spell out the price to pay
Its simply states that "You're disconnected, baby"
Here we go to another candle I know
All the girls there playin' 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'll 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 di ho
Pinking out the black, dreaming 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
[Lydia's lines in brackets when they differ]
Coming down
Sadie I love it [Coming down]
Now now now
Death Valley '69
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
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 Chevy [I got sand in my mouth]
I got sand in my mouth
You got sun in yr eyes
Blind [Blinded]
And you wanted to get there
But I couldn't go faster
And it couldn't go faster
So I started to hit it
So I started to hit it
And I started to hit it
Hit it (x 7)
Coming down
Sadie I love it
Now now now
Death Valley '69
Death Valley '69
Death Valley '69
Death Valley '69
Kim: "Hi death, it's been a long time"
Thurston: "Nothing to lose"
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've really fucked up this time
The old lady's really pissed
She's not just laughing
She's polishing her fist
If you could give me anything
Would you consider a fist
Don't give me your soul
It's caught in the abyss
Here's a pack of ciggies
Fresh from the wonderless
A dream is a wish your heart desires
Cinderella is a kiss
The cold is gonna take you
Freeze away your tears
Come a little closer honey
We can be so near
I'd like to crawl inside you
But you got no sense of time
I'd like to crawl inside you
But I'm scared that I'm gonna cry
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've really fucked up this time
The old lady's really pissed
She's not just laughing
She's fixing your favorite dish
Here's a pack of ciggies
Fresh from the wonderless
A dream is a wish your heart desires
Cinderella is a kiss
The open end is here
The key is on the carpet
You come down like a burning house
The keying slice of a knife
Dark liquid night is descending
You turn on like a T.V. set
Afterwards I don't remember
How it felt, how I felt
How we felt to breathe
alright wanna record it?
Now you have fallen from my pocket
And you can't see the ground
Close to your own face
Sucking itself in
[Thurston]
another can of worms
another stomach turns
yeh yr 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
yr fuckin' battle plan
it's the song I hate, it's the song I hate
a sieg heil-in' squirt
you're an impotent jerk
yeh 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 on fire
it's the song I hate, it's the song I hateyeah 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
a 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 gonna bury you man
it's the song I hate, it's the song I hate
I'm a human wreck
a 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
[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
[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 - 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
I'm in heaven now - I can see you Richard
goodbye Hollywood, goodbye downey - 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 aren't never going anywhere
you aren't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
I ain't never going anywhere
hey mom! look I'm up here - I finally made it
I'm playing the drums again too
don't be sad - the band doesn't sound half bad
and I remember mom, what you said
you said honey - you look so under-fed
[background voices singing various covers]
[Kim]
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 - gotta go now
I'm finally on my own - but Dan's got a gig
keep the love lights glowing - little girl's got the blues
I can still hear momma say: ";honey don't let it go to your head";
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
Spirit desire
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire
Spirit desire
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
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 hyper nation 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 make the away
Looking for a ride to a 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 for now
It better work out, I hope it works out my way
'Cause it's getting kind of quiet in my city ahead
It 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 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
[Kim]
I'm just here for dictation - I don't wanna be a sensation
bein' on Sixty Minutes - was it 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 MaxFields - power for you to wield
dreams of going to the Grammies - `till you poked me with your whammy
you spined the disc - now you're moving your wrist
I'm just from Encino - why are you so meano
I'm just here for dictation - and not your summer vacation
you really like to shmooze - well now you're on the news
I'm from Sherman Oaks - just a wheel with spokes
but I ain't giving you headace - in a Sunset bungalow
Roshumba, Judith, Paulina, Cathy, Vendella, Naomi,
Ashley, Angie, Stacey, Gail
ice women
ice women
ice women
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
[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 gonna to leave this townI 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 a devil for a bus fare please
and i won't be asking I had to see you bleed
ssssssh
visualize
that's right
pray baby
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
(Thurston/Kim)
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 make way for the midnight princess
make way for the midnight princess
make way for the midnight princess
make way for the midnight princess
midnight princess fight tonight
midnight princess fight tonight
midnight princess fight tonight
midnight princess fight tonight
renegades fight for light
renegades fight for light
renegades fight for light
renegades fight for light
naked stares in the midnight rain
naked stares in the midnight rain
naked stares in the midnight rain
naked stares in the midnight rain
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
crystal hearts gonna break you down
crystal hearts gonna break you down
crystal hearts gonna break you down
crystal hearts gonna break you down
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
renegade princess fight
renegade princess fight
renegade princess fight
renegade princess fight
fight
fight
fight
fight
[Thurston]
Whoahooh!
I love you baby 'cause you're back in time - I love you today
yr eyes are flashing like 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 - and how to scratch yr dog
I do it every day - come back again tomorrow
you chased it all away
a dreaming beauty sleeping day and night - the sun around you
I love you baby yeah you're superfine - a-comin' down too
a purring whirring fuzzy lights of day - a-switching sunlight
I chase you kitten catch 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 - and how to scratch yr dog
I do it every day - come back again tomorrow
you chase the life away
I hear you purring through a supersoul - a-puff in to it
a puss in leather yeah a prince in gold - a leather tale away
I learned it all from you girl - I got it all from you
how to howl the moon yeah - and how to scratch yr dog
I do it every day - come back again tomorrow
you chase the life away
[Kim]
every time you look my way
you shine a light in what you say
every time you look my way
you talk a rhyme called purple haze
close your eyes and pretend
you're not at all a black friend
a smileless girl on the strip
you really learn just how to be hip
tell yr 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
while I don't care I thought was clear
close your eyes and pretend
this is how it should endcinderella of the night
doesn't know her left from right
she so hungry for a bite
forget your friends for a big night
don't you know who's keeping score
who's that barking at your door
hold tight with fear, a little bit
hold tight with fear, a little bit
hold tight with fear, a little bit
hold tight with fear
that was then, this is now
hold tight with fear, a little bit
hold tight with fear, a little bit
hold tight with fear, a little bit
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 any way
it's okay it's only play
I will remember in my dawn
what I came for, for a lark
(Lee)
when the phone rang, 3 in the morning, 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 mattress 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 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?
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
[Kim] [Thurston. Lee, Steve]
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 set too
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 lays down 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 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
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 say: ";hey Goo what's new?";' 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
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
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
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lyrics: Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth - MURRAY STREET (2002)
[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
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
[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
yr life is 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
that 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 yr gonna lose this hard luck?
Hey Joni, when will all these dreams come true?
You'd 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 mental 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, Joni, 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
[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 alrightyou 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
[Kim]
Let's go walking on the water
Come all the 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!
Just too 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 breeze
[Thurston]
1,2,3,4
beat on the brat
beat on the brat
beat on the brat with a baseball bat
oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh
beat on the brat
beat on the brat
beat on the brat with a baseball bat
oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh
oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh
what can you do?
what can you do?
with a brat like that always on your back
what can you lose?
what can you do?
what can you do?
with a brat like that always on your back
what can you lose?
losebeat on the brat
beat on the brat
beat on the brat with a baseball bat
oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh
beat on the brat
beat on the brat
beat on the brat with a baseball bat
oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh
oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh
what can you do?
what can you do?
with a brat like that always on your back
what can you lose?
what can you do?
what can you do?
with a brat like that always on your back
what can you lose?
lose
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
[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
[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
[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-beliefblood 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
[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!
[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 [line echoes]
do you trip and breeze
down city streets
just a little free
with your head in the trees
[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
[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!
[Kim]
Look into my eyes, don't you trust me
yr so good you could go far
I'll put you in a movie, don't you want to
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
yr driving me crazy, I feel so sick
yr driving me crazy, give us a kiss
look into my eyes, don't you trust me
yr so soft, you make me hard
I'll put you on 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 hardyr driving me crazy, you smell so sick
I feel so tired, you made me sick
yr driving me crazy, if I feel so sick
yr 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
[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
[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
[Thurston]
See flashing eyes
they're flashing cross to me
burnin up the sky
sunshinin to me
yr locus crown
copkillin heartbeat
head's lookin down
bowin out to the street
I'm just walking around
yr city is a wonder town
lips red to white
lips green in blacked night
yr spirit flares
flarin up leonine
I'm just walking around
yr city is a wonder town
transmitter rhyme
transmitter all the time
lookin up to the sky
I'm seeing ghosts flyinI'm just walkin around
yr city is a wonder town
I think I been there once before
something tells me there's so much more
she's back in town to even the score
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
[Thurston]
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
[Kim]
To the extent that I wear skirts
and cheap nylon slips
I've gone native
I wanted to know the exact dimension 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 moreI grew up in a shotgun row
sliding down the hill
out front were the big machines
steel and rusty now I guess
outback 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
[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
[Mike Watt]
";Watt Here! I'm downstairs from your 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.";
[Thurston]
Burning inside
(I cross myself
it doesn't help)
because 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
[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 yr freedom
Get it on my own
I just live 4ever
There just is no end
I just trust the oppression
Like I trust yr friendsI 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 and it's blood orange red
I got a catholic block do you like to fuck?
I got a catholic block guess I'm out of luck
[Kim]
Spinning dreams with angel wings
torn blue jeans + a foolish grin
burning down in the night
so cool + so right
starpower starpower starpower
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
starpower starpower starpower
over meburning 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
starpower starpower starpower
over me
[Kim]
Look before you leap, okay?
Do you read me?
May all your dreams come true
He's standing by the door
He's got something in his hands
All the money's gone
All the money's gone
The days we spend, go on and on
Shift
Fucking youth
Working youth
May all your dreams come true
A lot of people suffer
From impotence
All the money's gone
The days we spend go on and on
Fucking youth
Working youth
Fucking youth
Working youth
Fucking youth
Fucking youth
Working youth
[Lee]
You slept
Did I drift?
Do I dream?
Do you read me?
I'm not speaking
Do you read me?
I dream I dream
Sound today are you sound today
are you sound today?
Sound today are you sound today
are you sound today?
Today
These things don't happen
automatically
I dream
Edith moves each step
Fucking youth
The days we spent go on and on
I dream
Do you read me?
[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
(Thurston)
flipped on my perceptik 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 illicit flop
then froze me with his jesus gun that don1t 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
clipped 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 signs says ";further";
antique minds with rivered hair
streamXsonik subway fare
stay in touch electric dear
our lightmap eyes together
(Thurston/Kim)
small flowers crack concrete
narcotic squads sweep thru poet dens
spilling coffee 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 inside yr panic net
whatdidjoo bring me? not a goddam thing yeh
+ whatdidjoo leave me? another tombstone dream yeh
o salacious mansion, the boys held for ransom
didja see where he1s 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
(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 ghost 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
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars
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 yeh
[Lee]
when you see the spiral turning through alone
and you feel so heavy that you just can't stop it
when this sea of madness turns you into stone
picture of your life shoots like a rocket
all the time
put 'me' in the equation it's alright
I've seen you moving in and out of sight
my friends tell me it's all cut through you (?)
from nowhere - to nowhere
cut together - cutting through
I'm island-bound, a mote inside my eye
I can't see you breathing as before
I am airless - a vacuum child
I can't stand to reason at your door
in this timeput 'me' in the equation it's alright
I've seen you moving in and out of sight
my friends tell me it's all cut through you (?)
from nowhere - to nowhere
come together
I'm down in the daytime out of sight
comin' 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 sideways out of turn
and words don't speak just fall across the carpet
you're just in time to watch the fires burn
it seems a crime but yr. face is bright you love it
all the time...
[Thurston] [Kim]
talking to a punker priest
just dogging the breeze
about beein in a tree / he says it's free now!
along comes Mary Christ
skating light on ice
and says, 'let's go on high' / later, priestoid!
you gotta go - God I got a date now
yeh I know - shall not be late now
possessed by x-ray eyes
her spirit spy's
into my lies / let's burn 'em out now!
wraps my head in skin
says now I'm in
dig the candy skin / yeh spit it out now!
everytime - she sings that low song
everytime - I know I'm right, wrongangel in a devil skirt
buys me a shirt
says I hope you like / uh, like what now!?
hope I hope you like
like you like yr hope
with the tightest rope / I see, I know now!
here we go - I've been waitin so long
yeh I know - for Mary to come along
aaaooooiii
[Kim]
Kool Thing sittin' with a kiddie
now you know you're sure lookin' pretty
like a lover not a dancer
superboy take a 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 it with your radio
move me, turn me on, baby-o
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
[Chuck D]
yeah, tell'em about it,
hit'em where it hurts
hey, Kool Thing, come here, sit down
there's something I go to ask you.
I just wanna know, what are 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 to know that we can still be friends
come on, come on, come on, come on let everybody know
kool thing, kool thingwhen you're a star, I know you'll fix everything
now you know you're sure lookin' pretty
rock the beat 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 walkin' like a panther
come on and give me an answer
kool thing walkin' 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
[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 old lady's really pissed
she's not just laughing
she's polishing her fist
if you could give me anything
would you consider a fist?
don't give me yr soul
it's caught is an abyss
here's a pack of ciggies
fresh from the wonder lips
a dream, a wish, a heart's desires
cinderella is a kissa cold is gonna take you
and freeze away your tears
ome a little closer honey
you can be so near
mind your heart aside you (?)
really got no sense of time (?)
ninety-nine inside you (?)
that I'm scared if you were cryin'
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
[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, nowwalk 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
[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 meI 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...
[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
[Lee]
I see your wishes on the wall, and that's all right with me
I see you run to make a call, hoping that there's 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
it's 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 bright, 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 see your face in a magazine
don't doubt it! leaves Chris 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
[Kim]
aaaaaaaaaaoooow
whoooow
ha
ha
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 throng
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 summertimedark spots floating in front of my eyes
mum said she turned it and 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 a city where the horses grow?
green malls hanging chillin' 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";
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
[Kim]
Going back to these origins
The city is a natural scape
order in the 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 an unnatural growth
On a funny sunny street
The city has forgotten you
It's symbols of the past
The meaning of its state
Its order of decay
Stand now in a column
And make the nature scene
Standing now in columns
making the nature scene
making the nature scene
waiting to make their pay
There is no resistance to
the signs along the way
standing all in columns
waiting to make their 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 the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature sceneGoing back to these origins
The city is a natural scape
order in the 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 an unnatural growth
On a funny sunny street
The city has forgotten you
It's symbols of the past
The meaning of its state
Its order of decay
Stand now in a column
And make the nature scene
Standing now in columns
making the nature scene
making the nature scene
waiting to make their pay
There is no resistance to
the signs along the way
standing all in columns
waiting to make their 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 the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
[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
Great Father, give me the keys
Great Father, give me the keys
Brother James gave them to me
Brother James gave them to meI don't need 'em anymore
someone knockin' at my door
I don't need 'em anymore
someone knockin' at my door
take my hand you might as well
we're going straight to hell
I don't wanna hang around
watch'em stick your head in the ground
[Thurston]
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
[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
[Kim]
There's something shifting in the distance
don't know what it is
day's as dead as nights [?]
except for the feeling that's
crawling 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 onswinging 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 rubbing your body
twisting
Thurston both 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!
Another can of worms
Another stomach turns
And 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 fucking battle plan
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
A sieg heiling squirt
You're an impotent jerk
And yeah, a fascist twerp
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
A black robe and swill
I believe Anita Hill
That judge will rot in Hell
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
And yeah, a cross on fire
By a Christian liar
A black attack and fire
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
And yeah, the President sucks
But 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
A 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
But I'm a human wreck
A 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
[Kim]
So messed up, I want you here
In my room, I want you here
Now we're gonna be face-to-face
And we lay right down in my favorite place
Now I wanna be yr dog
Now I wanna be yr dog
Now I wanna be yr dog
Well, Come on
Now I'm ready to close my eyes
But now I'm ready to close my mind
And now I'm ready to feel your hand
And lose my heart on the burning sand
Now I wanna be yr dog
Now I wanna be yr dog
Now I wanna be yr dog
Sunday comes alone again
A perfect day for a quiet friend
And you, you will set it free
I see new morning around your face
Everybody says its another phase
And now, now its come to me
See the magic in your eyes
I see it come as no surprise
And you, you turn your 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 and here she comes again
A perfect ending to a perfect day
A perfect ending what can I say?
To you lonely Sunday friend
Long ago
And oh so far away
I fell in love with you
Before the second show
Your guitar
It sounds so sweet and clear
But you're not really there
It's just the radio
Don't you remember you told me you love me baby?
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby baby baby baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do
Loneliness
Is such a sad affair
And I can hardly wait
To be with you again
What to say
To make you come again
Come back to me again
And play your sad guitar
Don't you remember you told me you love me baby?
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby baby baby baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do
Don't you remember you told me you love me baby?
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby baby baby baby, oh baby
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 unlock this door, babe?
Will you just undo the chain?
Will you take your 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
Maybe, even wonders
Maybe you just don't care
All I know, it takes just one kiss, babe
And 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 your heart
Other's answered prayers you should never have sent
'Cuz now that you're in his arms babe
Know that you're just in his way
Suckered by his fatal charm, oh girl
--------
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
Source: _Sonic Life_ biography and the original recordings.
Transcribed: Rob Vaughn.
Corrections: Rob Vaughn.
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
Source: interpreted from original recordings.
Transcribed: Jason S. White
Corrections: Rob Vaughn
z) 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
We did not fade from the noise meditation
We stopped abruptly while spinning down
This is not to depict hesitation
A silent gesture-for princess pleasure
Oh see what heaven sent -oh stright from
Heavens gate
Oh see what heaven meant-when it embraces
Hate
Elastic dreemz of vicious aktions
Plastik stomachs wrapped in steel
Hair falls in a dead breeze curtain
Trash can canterbury-hollywood boulevard
O u can count on it-richard hell tacked to the
Wall
Remember the plunger pit-in love with nothing
At all
Our beards are circuits to amplifier
All our bells have an elite ring
Rapacious gardens of female distinktion
Can you smell trouble-libraries of rubble
I don't wanna know-who gets the highest score
Thats when my poodle pukes-on the gallery
Floor
We did not fade from the noise meditation
We stopped abruptly while spinning down
Hair falls in a dead breeze curtain
A silent gesture-for princess pleasure
Here comes mary rat-trudi tacked to the wall
Take me back to disgraceland-in love with
[Thurston]
Like girl come walkin' thru the cornfield
Like blue vibration thru the sea
I know I'd love her to breathe, again
Like cubes are talkin' her down
I've been a wasted day
Like spinning round a saint
Like colored wild sign
There'sa talkin' in the rain
Like girl be growin' thru town
Windows are thoughts in the stain
I know I'd love her to stay
Whispering signs are agreeing
Like talkin' golden terrain
Like thrivin' dark in the saint
A cat in gold goes along
I've seen the votes against her design and junk
The grocery bags leave all the colors drunk?
The tax of/taxed-out confusion and joy
A pink plastic press ends the brat thing
That's right
He's gone
Wrapped-up
Chiffon
Slipped-tight
Hung-up
Street map
Send-up
The shards of sweet shine the voice & foods
The street map decodes the blues came due
The girlfriends will love the way you cook
I split release on the thrash-pan
On top
I drop
Fake-blood
Fresh blood
They're gone
For good
Except
This one
Howl inscriptions to the mother earth
O mother africa awake your son
To all the mommas with the money eyes
This kinda love comes as no surprise
The caught shadow
In sex meadow
The little darlings
Describe the scene
Appearing motions of the dripping dream
We've been searchin' for the cream-dream wax
The lady killers make the meters crack
The caught shadow
In sex meadow
Appearing motions of the dripping dream
The kinda girls who the money eyes
Howl inscriptions to the mother earth
Will mother africa awake your son
Caught shadow
In sex meadow
And little darlings describe the scene
To all the mommas with the money eyes
The perfect motions of the dripping dream
This kinda love comes in any size
The sensation shaking us from sleep
Hey the opia will freak
The dripping dream and cream of wax
Disc drops in your hand
Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
It's valium
Valium
Valium
Rowche Rumble
That's rumble
Hey!
There's thousands of wives around the world
Are given out by doctors, to feed their little girls
I got us a prescription, why you got pills
So Rowche Rumble
A Rowche Rumble
A menopause wife is hard to handle
That's what guys love, told to gamble
The dope addicts especially smashed
On Rowche Rumble
Oh Rowche Rumble
Alone hey sister getcha little sister
Our government's built on expense account
Once in, never out
A step too close, force feeding
What are the people around you taking?
Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
Hey! Know I've tried crazy things
Abusing my body to a great end
But I'll never never never do it again
I said I'll never never never do it again
Rowche Rumble
Oh Rowche Rumble
Hey sister let's pray
Hey sister what do you say?
Hey sister what is hell?
The kids know where they're from
Yeah... hey now sister
A lot of people across the land
Do as he scribes catch again hey!
Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
And I can't get it, he's doing best
He's got an addiction like a hole in the ass
So Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble
It's valium
Valium
Valium
Rowche Rumble
That's rumble
[epic: steve!]
Send the moon thru the skylight
And bells together outrageously
Noiseball, flirtatious example
An' bless her soul to further degree
Theatre goddess, film destroyer
New York girls are sure to enjoy her
A fuzzy peach, teenage computer
A shockin' 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
A killer tunes, bubblegum disaster
Plastic girl with plastic gun
Plastic smile under plastic sun
You burn my heart with your frigid stare
Rip me off with your greasy hair
I hate you and your fishy friends
I hate you and it never ends
Plastic girl with plastic gun
Plastic smile under plastic sun
You burn my heart with your frigid stare
Rip me off with your greasy hair
I hate you and your fishy friends
I hate you and it never ends
(Tired)
Tired of the times I wound up dead
Tired of the dogs inside your head
Tired of the needles beside your bed
Tired of the crap you keep me fed
Tired of the people you keep misled
Your blood is turning my blue eyes red
Get your hands off my tomato
Cherry juice on a rotten potato
Subway slasher is on my ass
Steals my money and smokes my grass
Watch your back or your dead meat baby
Throw the dog a bone and you still get rabies
Plastic girl with plastic gun
Plastic smile under plastic sun
You burn my heart with your frigid stare
Rip me off with your greasy hair
I hate you and your fishy friends
Wa wa wa wa wa wa wa
No no no no no no no no no
Na na na
Well we can't take her this week
And her friends all want another speech
Hoping for a better day
To hear what she's gotta say
All about the personality crisis
You got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache
Is what you've got
Talking talking talking talking
Personality personality
Now you're trying to be something
Now you've got to do something
Wanna be someone how wow wow wow
You must be thinking about the times you did
It took every ounce
Well it sure got to be a shame
When you start to scream and shout
You gotta contradict all those times
You better flyin' about it's a butterfly
You got a personality crisis
You got it while it was hot
Was hot enough frustration and heartache
Is what you've got
'Coz when I'm talking talking
Personality personality, yeah yeah yeah yeah
And you're a prima ballerina
On a spring afternoon
Change on into the wolf man
Howling at the moon
Got a personality crisis
You got it while it was hot
So hot you know frustration and heartache
Is what you've got
Talking 'bout personality
Talking personality, yeah yeah yeah
Now with all for some fragrant mother nature's sends
Your mirror's jammed up for all your friends
Personality everything is starting to blend all back to one
Personality when your mind starts to bend
Personality fashion of a friend
Of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend
Personality wondering
How celebrities ever met?
If you had to tell us about personality crisis
You got it while it was hot
He's always had frustration and heartache
Is what you got
Don't worry
Personality crisis
Please don't cry
Personality crisis
Please don't stop?
Because you walk with personality
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistlin'
Whistlin' earth
Whistlin' earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winkin'
Reminder
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistlin'
Whistlin' earth
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistlin'
Whistlin' earth
Whistlin' earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winkin'
Reminder
Of the great
Of the great anti-hate
Springtime is wartime
All eyes to the crime boss
Electric guitar string
Belly flowers
Whistlin' earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winkin'
Reminder
Of the great
Of the great anti-hate
Springtime is wartime
All eyes to the crime boss
Electric guitar string
Belly flowers
3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book whistlin'
Whistlin' earth
Whistlin' earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex yawn winkin'
Reminder
Of the great
Of the great anti-hate
Springtime is wartime
All eyes to the crime boss
Electric guitar string
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 your body's doing
Like Miss Monroe your head don't know
Exactly what your 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 you're 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 your 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
Hey, hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey, hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
Hey, hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey, hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
Hey, hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey, hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
Hey, hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey, hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone
Hey, hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
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
Make me 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 face you
Touchdown on the new Mason-Dixon
Line the map is ripped and torn
Jilted frame with all hope gone
I don't mind if you sing a different song
Sing a different song
Just as long as we sing, as we sing
Sing along
It's later than it seems
It's later than it seems
It's later than it seems
Time everyone came clean
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 sole understanding
It all comes down to a word
It's just like nothin' I'd heard
Over the rainbow in time
Will be one hell of a climb
Highlights bright
The lights sweep high clear sky
Sky reminiscent
Of money in your eye
Unwind
Something else here
I don't mind if you sing a different song
Just as long as we sing
As we 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
Here it comes again out of the rain
Seems to have a new kind of same
Been playin' on a simple ride
Sign comes alive and speaks the mind
It turns to me and it turns to gold
It turns to see a fast lane slow
It's been away too long
It's been away I'm gone
East coast and on
To the west star
Lookin' out I thought I saw it blink
Coming on to me like a silver eye
Pick it up and tune it on in
Head on out to a western starland
It's been a man and gone
Now it's singing a song
Like a western star
It's going my way
Looking out I'm back in time to stay
Into the eastern sign away
It comes alive thru, through and clearer
A ghost arrives to, to your mirror
You've been away too long
It's been way too long
Eastern star is on
A disappearer
[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
[thurston]
One two, one two, one two titty
I know every nook and cranny in new york city
We're ciccone and that's 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 word like a moving storm
Now walking up the stairs and cookin' up the [board? ]
Trippin' everywhere I don't fucking care
Put on some dark eyes and waving goodbye
Yooo
Oooh
Cicc
Ciccone
Ci ci ciciccone
Ci ci ci ciccone
Ci ci ci ci ci
Oh I'm just so down [? ]
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...
I don't know
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
Won't you please let me rock you
I'm just a boy with not much to do
Everybody says there's a cup 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
Thurston: 'this song is called
"We're Sonic Youth and you're Steve Albini"
... 1 2 3 4!'
You're a loudmouth baby
You better shut it up
I'm gonna beat you up
Cuz you're a loudmouth babe
You're a loudmouth baby
You better shut it up
I'm gonna beat you up
Cuz you're a loudmouth babe
You're a loudmouth baby
You better shut it up
I'm gonna beat you up
Cuz you're a loudmouth babe
Loudmouth baby
Loudmouth baby
You're a loudmouth baby
Loudmouth baby
Stop!
[thurston & kim]
Love has come to stay in all the way
Its 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
Feels like we're fading and celebrating
You got a carnal spirit spraying
I'm gonna laugh it up
You got a cotton crown I'm gonna keep it underground
You're gonna take control of the chemistry
And you're gonna manifest the mystery
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
[Kim]
Always cost 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 the suburb light is shown - another can of Coca Cola
Don't you ever call me Mom - freckled dancing in the plan
And air so thin it weighs a ton - you can see as far as 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 room and that's a show - you're walking through my heart once more
Don't forget to close the door - I'm not certain of what you found
All the men want a charming whore - like a crown fortunes
Sunny skies and angels bleed - falling down upon my knees
That wasn't how it's supposed to be - clear blue eyes, justice 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 sake
Ocean spreads a candle sand - it's dripping in my hand, you're dead
Little brother reminding me - the moments tick forever true
You can see as far as him - don't you know the shape I'm in
music can be such a revelation
pass around and do the sweet sensation
we might be lover if we tried
I hope this feeling doesn't end tonight
get into the groove
boy you've got to prove your love to me, yah
get up on your feet and step to beat, boy what will it be
gotta know you in a special way
do it every day
I see the fire burning in your eyes
only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
(by myself)
wanna dance with some else
get into the groove, boy you've gotta prove your love to me
get up on your feet, yeh, step to the beat, boy what will it be, yeh
live out your fantasies here with me
just let the music set you free
touch my body
(now I know you're mine) (x2)
get into the groove, boy you've gotta prove your love to me
get up on your feet, yeh, step to the beat, boy what will it be, yeh
you've got to..
get into the groove, boy you've gotta prove your love to me
get up on your feet, yeh, step to the beat, boy what will it be
I know so many people who think they can do it alone
They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zone
Now what can you tell them and what can you say
That won't make them defensive
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself
They come on like they're peaceful
But inside they're so uptight
They trip through the day
And waste all their thoughts at night
Now how can I tell them
And tell them the way that they live could be better
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself
Now how can I tell them
And tell them the way that they live could be better
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself
1 2 3 4!
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
So why you wanna walk around with me?
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
So why you wanna walk around with me?
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
So why you wanna walk around with me?
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you alright!
I don't wanna go out with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
I don't wanna walk around with you
So why you wanna walk around with me?
I don't wanna walk around with you
You were always cunning like the game you played
Cuz yr mind is kind as yr friends would say
You got what you wanted but not what you needed
No matter how hard you pleaded
You're eighteen and you know it all
So how in the hell could you ever fall
You're such a thoughtless gutless fool
Who taught you 'bout drugs
And kept you outta school
Right!
I am right
I am right!
I am right
No one, no one is gonna tell me otherwise
No one, no one is gonna fill this boy with lies
Yr trashcan jazzman really was a has-been
Though you laid him down like he was the last man
Though your family never took a calling
When they built the covers you were injected
With yr back in a brace, yr arms in a sling
You got to 2nd Avenue and had yr fling
You were body time to the protest line
But what did you get from screaming screaming
Screaming:
I am right!
I am right
I am right!
I am right
No one, no one is gonna tell me otherwise
No one, no one is gonna fill this boy with lies
So forth and so forth, you really had a cold heart
Once on yr knees, you weren't such a bad sport
You started cryin' when they caught you lyin'
No one ever said you weren't tryin'
Yr mind on the freeway, yr mouth on a cliche
You walk thru the party, talking like a DJ
You like the rations, and little glass fashions
Your painted slogans really say:
I am right!
I am right
I am right!
I am right
No one, no one is gonna tell me otherwise
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, come here, 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
The lotto made our 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 mirror shade 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
The reception was at Italia Conti
Academy of Theater Arts
Played host to a constellation of stars
Photos of Patsy Kensit, Tracy Ullman
Bonnie Langford, Leslie Ash
There are numerous east-enders
Countless pop stars
Then Louise Nerding
And most of the other Eternal girls
Many of the younger stars' glossy pics
Bear sugar felt tip testimonials
A kindly yet exacting woman
She's given thirty years service
Resulting in the eventual success
Of probably thousands of young performers
She's neat, blonde, welcoming
And very much in control
Her office on the top of a seemingly
Crumbling 50s building
Executive haven, executive haven
Executive haven, executive haven
Executive haven, executive haven
With tea served in floral cups
The coziness inside enhanced by the
Pressing view of a council estate
Groups of students drape themselves
Over reception sautees
Remembering their posture only when her
Eyes catch theirs
They're not allowed to go up to the office
In the building's rickety lift
Some of the students must climb
To the top using stair plates
Which lead to the studio
Crash or common area very symbolic
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton, Hayley Newton
Hayley Newton is fifteen
Cute, outgoing, and poised
She's been preparing for a career on the stage
Since starting ballet at two years old
By day, she's a stage school student
Commuting from her home in Guildford
While her nights are filled with
Television appearances
And roles in west end musicals
Today, she's having her portrait taken
And like all the activities that take place
In the Italia Conti rehearsal rooms
It's practice for successful future
"Hope you like the pictures"
Offers the photographer, waving in his next subject
"I'd better" she twinkles, then runs off
To join her classmates
Like other exclusive London stage schools
Such as Sylvia Young's and Stella Adler's
Conti's takes talented potential-soaked tweens
As early as eleven
Grounding them in enough singing, dancing
And acting lessons to create future generations
Of light entertainers
These days it's always possible
To rise from the Conti ilk
Into the world of tele-presenting and pop
"I can imagine being big, I can see it
And I want to be as big as Celine Dion"
Mmmmmmmhmmmm......
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 all 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 dreams
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 a 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 slippin'
All the way to Texas
Can you dig it?
I see you with a glass eye
The pavement view
A shadow forming
Across fields rushing
Through me to you
We tore down the world
And put up four walls
I breathe in the myth
I'm over the city
Fucking the future
I'm high inside your kiss
We can't see clear
But what we see is alright
We make up what we can't hear
And then we sing all night
Scattered pages
And shattered lights
See the jackknife
See the dreams
There's something moving
Over there to the right
Me to you to me
Thunderbolts caught easily
Shouting truth peacefully
Electricity
High voltage, man
Kids his night to bring the light
To those who need to hide their shadow deep
Though it's too bright, find the light
And know that friends don't mind
Just how you glow
Midnight cowboys steers in black
Hit dark roads without a map
To free, seek electricity, seek electricity
Midnight cowboys steers in black
Hit dark roads without a map
To free, seek electricity, seek electricity
Lighthouse beacon straight ahead
Straight ahead, across black seas
To bring, seeking electricity
High voltage, man
Kids his night to bring the light
To those who need to hide their shadow deep
You are a shallow deed
High voltage, man
Kids his night to bring the light
To those who need to hide their sanity
You are insanity
Seek electricity, seek electricity
Seek electricity, seek electricity
Seek electricity, seek electricity
Seek electricity, seek electricity
You go to my head.......
Mention of you.......
The very mention of you........
You go to my head........
Yeah, that's right now...
Right...
Okay, okay, I'm sorry...
I did go in there
And I did eat their porridge
And I sat in the chairs
The three chairs
And um, I did break a chair
And um, then I...
I went upstairs, I was feeling really tired
And there are these three beds there
And I laid down on one bed and it was too high
It was just too high...
So then, I um, you know, this ain't a big deal
I went and I laid in the middle-sized bed
And it was too soft
And I was so tired
And I got up and I went to the little bed
And I laid down
And you know it was just right...
And you know, I just fell asleep
And uh...
I'm sleeping
And then, like, suddenly
Somebody wakes me up
And they say "what are you doing in my bed?"
And I just got up and... I...
I just bolted
You know...
It just wasn't cool to say that
And I went to the forest so fast
[Thurston]
Stand behind his drunken imp
Stand behind his light of love
Hear him yell his bloody tongue
Hear him yell of blood and war
Do you believe in his sweet sensation?
Do you believe in second chance?
Do you believe in rapture, babe?
A terrible hit strikes today
A terrible hit for the parade
Burning eyes see Jesus coming
Jesus comes to pave the way
Do you believe in his sweet sensation?
Do you believe in second chance?
Do you believe in rapture, babe?
Can you tell me what to feel?
Open up your tender soul
Can I drink your drunken mercy?
Wine burns the devil's home
Do you believe in his sweet sensation?
Do you believe in second chance?
Claude Bessy: I'm the emcee,
um... so I'm supposed to be saying let's hear it for Sonic Youth,
all the way from the states.
Except uh... actually I'd like about two minutes
of your attention.
Shut your fucking face, I want just two minutes of your attention,
I have a very interesting little story to tell you.
Two minutes, not very long, right?
And it's a...
it's a very instructive little story.
Um... Sonic Youth, um, are a band.. shh shh shh...
Uh, they're about to put out a record in this country except their
record company has decided to put a no-no on the record.
Because of, uh... the cover which is offending some people at
Rough Trade. And now, it's not.. I mean it's not very offensive
cover, it's uh, it's got a naked lady, a naked Puerto Rican lady, it's
not very obscene, she's not doing anything weird.
Uh... it has nothing to do with.. you know, in this day of AIDS, an
uh.. and [?] and all that shit, uh, you would think the major
alternative record company would have better things to do than
worry about the shape of our bodies. So, I thought I'd let you
know, uh, so... um... next time you go and buy a record, and you
think you're really alternative and groovy, and uh, everybody is
in... is into the alternative charts, remember it's just like the other
side except it's a bit, a bit stranger, you know... but just remember,
it's not uh... there's no fucking culture there, you know.
There's just as much censorship among people our age, or you
know.. than anyone else.
Thurston: We'd like to thank Claude for that delightful speech.
Here comes baby, are you ready for her?
My name is Bubblegum
Live for moon and sun
You're in so much fun
Life's just be- life has just begun
Her name is Bubblegum
Live for moon and sun
You're in so much fun
Life's just be- life has just begun
Hit it girls
Aaaaaah
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
Oh yeah
I'm down in the daytime out of sight
Comin' on in the evening there's nothing but night
I'm [???????????????] time
Comin' in the evening alright
All the time
Comin' on now, we're really gonna do ya right
Comin' on now, we're really gonna lose that night
[???????????] gonna tell ya
From nowhere
To nowhere
Located thru ya
I'm down in religion and I'll take it to a dream
Call that bookstore [????????????]
I'm downtown and I'm down round town
In the room and out the window sound
I make it all the time
You're a dream and I can't see at night
Comin' on in a ???????????
My friends tell me that it's all going thru ya
Going nowhere
To nowhere
Cutting thru ya
I'm down in the dreamland right on time
I'm down in the daytime over night
I'm down in the [???????????]
From nowhere
To nowhere
Gonna meet ya
I'm down in the daytime outta light
Come on in the dreamland of night
Pull you down and see you really fight
Into yr religion in our time
All the time
Mission control to brain police
Free lucky energy
Penetration - destroys the body
Violation - on a cosmic party
Do you under - stand the problem
Anti-war - is anti-orgasm
Smash the moral hypocrisy
Mission control keep anarchy
Liberation - not your sex life
Domination - will you behave
See how we be - lieve in nothing
my darling cruises the streets for pleasure
skyscrapers in the dead love dawn
throbbing blood mind selfless creature
forever yours and then she's gone
radios play nothing when she's far away
tv antenna nothing gone to waste
radio transmitting nowhere it falls away,
she's far away
every corner creeping panic
freak lighting in her abstract mind
rubber stamps and dreams of cashflow
wild blood ecstatic crime
radios play nothing when she's far away
TV antenna rusting gone to waste
radio transmitting nowhere it falls away,
she's far away
every day I feel more like her
street magic in the burning dawn
out for blood my selfless lover
forever yours and then she's gone
radios play nothing when she's far away
tv antenna nothing gone to waste
radio transmitting nowhere it falls away,
Talkin' to a punker priest
Just doggin' the breeze
Bout bein' in a tree
(he says it's free now)
Along comes Mary Christ
Skatin' light on ice
Says let's go on high
(later, priestoid)
Gotta go, I got a date now
Yeah I know, shall not be late now
Possessed by X-ray eyes
Her spirits flies
Into my lies
(let's burn em out now) ??
Wraps my head in skin
Says now I'm in
Dig the candy sin
(yeh spit it out now)
Every time she sings that low song
Every time I know I'm right/wrong
Angel in a devil skirt
Buys me a shirt
Says I hope you like
(like what now)
Hope, I hope you like
Like you like yr hope
With the tightest rope
(i see, i know)
Here we go, I been waiting so long
Yeah I know, for Mary to come along
Talkin' to a punker priest
Just doggin' the breeze
Bout bein' in a tree
(he says it's free now)
Along comes Mary Christ
Skatin' light on ice
Says "let's go on high"
(later, priestoid!)
Gotta go, I got a date now
Yeah I know, shall not be late now
Possessed by X-ray eyes
Her spirits flies
Into my lies
(let's burn em out now)
Angel in a devil skirt
Buys me a shirt
Says I hope you like
(spit it out now)
Here we go, been waitin' so long
Yeah I know, for Mary to come along
[animal sounds..]
[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)
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