[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 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
[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
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
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
[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]
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]
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
[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 girl
there'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
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
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
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
(Kim)
meet me on the corner
thursday
wear your
special
underwear
sway side 2 side
automatic
special
underwear
[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]
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
[Instrumental]
[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
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 zoom
You 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
[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
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
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]
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?
She got you, got you good
Didn't have a chance
Pretty lady put you in
Wearing master's pants
Oh, baby, don't you know
You're living on the death?
You better stay away
If you want to live
Lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
Lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
Every time you turn around
She is looking up at you
Down below
Ooo, sugar pie
Mmm, c'mon
Chocolate spot
She got a gun and all
Don't you even know?
She looks into your eyes
Angels all aglow
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 looking up at you
Down below
Ooo, sugar pudding
Candy dick
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 dick
You are gonna go
Lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
Lalalalalalalalalaaaaaah
Every time you turn around
She is looking up at you
Down below
Cool dye
Chocolate spot
Check her out
Don't you know?
Deep in my heart
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]
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)
lightnin'
lightnin' strike
lightnin' strikes me
lightnin' strikes me
lightnin' strikes me down
lightnin' strikes me down
lightnin' strikes me down
[Instrumental]
[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
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.
[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
[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
[Instrumental]
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
[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
[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
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
[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
[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
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
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
[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
[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
[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
[Instrumental]
[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
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.
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?
[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
[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!
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
[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 - 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
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
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
[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
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
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
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...
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
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"
[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