Sonic Youth EP (1982)
1. The Burning Spear
[Thurston]
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

2. I Dreamed I Dream
[Kim] [Lee]
Look before you leap, okay? You slept
Do you read me? Did I drift?
May all your dreams come true Do I dream?
He’s standing by the door Do you read me?
He’s got something in his hands I’m not speaking
All the money’s gone Do you read me?
All the money’s gone I dream
The days we spend, go on and on
Shift
Fucking youth I dream
Working youth
May all your dreams come true Sound today are you sound today are
you sound today?
A lot of people suffer Sound today are you sound today are
From impotence You sound today?
All the money’s gone Today
The days we spend go on and on These things don’t happen
automatically
Fucking youth I dream
Working youth Edith moves each step
Fucking youth The days we spent go on and on
Working youth I dream
Fucking youth Do you read me?
Fucking youth
Working youth

3. She Is Not Alone
[Thurston]
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

4. I Don’t Want To Push It
[Thurston]
You gave your line
You fell in love
You feel the shadow
There’s no more to borrow
There’s no more to steal
And no more to feel
I know I know I know
I know I know I know
I know I know I know
You fell in line
You fell in jail
You feel in the shadow
To live in the light
To die in the night
I don’t want to push it
I know I know I know
I know I know I know
I know I know I know

5. The Good And The Bad
(instrumental)

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Confusion is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols; 1983)
1. (She’s In A) Bad Mood
[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

2. Protect Me You
[Kim]
Protect me from ravagement
I am ten years old
I don’t know what I do
Protect me myself
I am fourteen
There’s nothing to do
Protect me yourself
I am sixteen
Protect me from starving
I am eighteen
Protect me you
I don’t know what you do
Protect me demons
That come at night
I don’t know what they say
Their whispering
Sends the night air away
And makes me forget
I hope they come
Again and again

Here they come
Again and again
I hope they come again
Again
Again

3. Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog
[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

Well, Come on

4. Shaking Hell
[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
[repeat two times]

Turn around
Turn around
Turn around

Shake
[repeat nine times]

Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh

Shake shake
[repeat eighteen times]

Shake

5. Inhuman
[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 inhuman

My body is a past time
My mind is a simplejoy
I learned my lesson
The hardest way
But you don’t know me
But you don’t know me

Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Inhu-inhuman
Inhu-inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman

6. The World Looks Red
[Thurston]
Push it away
The world looks red
People with fisheyes
The ground sucks
Walk on my fingertips
Displacing the fog
The weight of my body
Is too much to bear
The memory drained
The life from the doll
An ocean of insects
Moved like a sheet
The immovable fact
Buried my mind
In a horsehair coat
In a pile
On the floor

Push it away
The world looks red
People with fish eyes
The ground sucks
Walk on my fingertips
Displacing the fog
The weight of my body
Is too much to bear
The memory drained
The life from the doll
The ocean of insects
Moved like a sheet
The immovable fact
Buried my mind
In a horsehair coat
In a pile
On the floor

7. Confusion Is Next
[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 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

8. Making The Nature Scene
[Kim]
Going back to these origins
The city is a natural scape
Order in details
Confusion uproar in the whole
In nature reality is selection
The tool of critical intervention
Fragmentation is the rule
Unity is not taught in school
You are in unnatural growth
On a funny sunny street
The city has forgotten you
Symbols of its past
The meaning of its state
Its order of decay
Stand now in a column
And make the nature scene

Standing all in columns
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Waiting to make them pay
There is no resistance to
The signs along the way
Standing all in columns
Waiting to make them pay
Making the nature scene
Waiting for the day
There is no resistance to
There is no resistance to
Salvation means
To count on you
It just means
To count on you
Make that nature scene

Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene

9. Lee Is Free
(instrumental)

10. Kill Yr. Idols
[Thurston]
I don’t know why
you wann’ impress Christgau
ahh let that shit die
and find out the new goal

kill yr. idols
sonic death
it’s the end of the world
and confusion is sex

kill yr. idols
sonic death
it’s the end of the world
and confusion is sex

11. Brother James
[Kim]
Take my hand he said to me
follow now or you’ll be damned
let’s go to the other side
let’s go to the other side

Great Father, give me the keys
Great Father, give me the keys

Brother James gave them to me
Brother James gave them to me

I 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

12. Early American
[Kim]
Nothing but a savage bird
in your face
in your land
the weight of you is greater than
forgot my pride
forgot my sign
don’t bother to leave
there’s no room outside
your sense of pride
nothing here but a savage bird

13. Shaking Hell (Live)
[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 around

Shake
[repeat nine times]

Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh

Shake shake
[repeat eighteen times]

Shake

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Bad Moon Rising (1985)
1. Intro
(instrumental)

2. Brave Men Run (In My Family)
[Kim]
Seven days and seven nights
i dreamt a sailor’s dream at sea
seven days and seven nights
i dreamt a sailor’s dream of me
seven days and siven nights
the world was made and lost again
seven days and seven nights
brave men run
in my family
brave men run
into the setting sun
brave men run
into captivity
brave men run
in my family

brave men run
away from me

3. Society Is A Hole
[Thurston]
Society is a hole
it makes me lie to my friends
it’s running down my street with white power sneakers
on the beautiful beat of black feet
society is a hole

it beats my friends big heads
my friends have big heads
i can understand it but i don’t recommend it
you got big big hair and everybody’s scared

society is a hole
it makes me lie to my friends
the assault of holy noise there’s a slap in my face
my friends are girls wrapped in boys
we are living in pieces i want to live in peace
society is a hole

[talking]

4. I Love Her All The Time
[Thurston]
She comes into my mind
twisting through my nerves
i don’t understand
a word she says
she’s on my side
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time

she comes into my mind
twisting through my nerves
i don’t understand
a word she says
she’s on my side
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time
i love her all the time

5. Ghost Bitch
[Kim]
Slowly pour the liquid down
for miles and miles it flows along
rose-colored
neonlight
swirl around
turn around
feel the touch
of my hand
swirl around
swirl around
fellow shadows
black and blue
all around
all around
locking arms
side by side
crouch down
before the fire’s light
you’re the first day of my life

i had no belief before
’till i had this dream last night
i still remember their savage cries
so serious in their right
faces painted in joyous fright
in the dawn’s early light
oh say did you see
the colour of my eternity
and the sweat on my skin
our founding fathers laid right down
indian ghosts from long ago
they gave birth to my bastard kin
America it is called
sensation of eternity
locking arms side by side
crouch down before the fire’s light
you’re the first day of my life

6. I’m Insane
[Thurston]
Love starved backwood teaser farm girl hot eyed bride
stone cold blonde a quivering menace atomic wallop wholesale murder
we want out
we fish at night
sex in heaven
tough town
a cruel touch
sailors leave
sirens screaming
lap of luxury
a show of violence
take off your mask
lay off my brother
kiss my fist
stop at nothing
a steaming swamp
and a troubled heart
the sky is red
and i can’t stop running
her baby stares
the secret’s there
so help us god
i’ll swing at your funeral
the stubborn air
the killer mob
a red bone woman
a double cross
big fake bitter love underbelly freezing jungle
one step more he’ll stir your senses scratch your surface and nail your head
murded angels
bodies in bedlam
a women scorned
you can’t hang me
tied to my job a blast scene alibi tied to a tree in a blind alley
nothing before
a big fear
don’t get caught
by her father’s friends
swamp girl faded
the tiger’s wife
a frenzied love
hot climate
twisted passions
flesh parade
dead ahead
a world so wide
big river love camp
the house boy and hill girl
the agony column
don’t crowd me
it’s time for crime
strange breed river girl’s misery index
inside my head my dog’s a bear
she was significant
i’m insane

inside my head my dog’s a bear
she was significant
i’m insane

inside my head my dog’s a bear
she was significant
i’m insane

inside my head my dog’s a bear
she was significant

i’m insane

7. Justice Is Might
[Thurston]
This song this song this song is called
this song okay
this song is called justice is justice is might
okay it’s about it’s about it’s about sonic life
it’s about it’s about sonic life
it’s about sonic life that’s right
you have a genius you have a genius and a sex maniac
living together taking lots of drugs and and
fucking all day and as it’s just it’s just it’s just like
it’s like it’s like staying at home and risking your life
this song okay this song this song is called justice
this song is called ju
this song is called justice is might

I know it’s wrong
but that is allright
as long as it’s strong
it’s just that it might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might

justice is might
justice is might
justice is might
justice is might

8. Death Valley ‘69
[Thurston & Lydia Lunch]
Groooooahhh!

Coming down
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley ‘69

you’re right
you’re right
you’re right
you’re right
you’re right you were right
i was on the wrong track
we’re deep in the valley
how deep in the gulley
and now in the canyon
and now in the canyon
out in the yonder way out in the yonder
she started to holler
she started to holler
i didn’t wanna
i didn’t wanna
i didn’t wanna
i didn’t wanna
but she started to holler
so i had to hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
deep in the valley
in the trunk of an old car
in the back of a chevvy
i got sand in my mouth you got sand in your mouth
and you got sun in your eyes i got sun in your eyes
blind blinded
and you wanted to get there
but i couldn’t go faster i wanted to get there
but you couldn’t go faster
so i started to hit it you couldn’t go faster
so i started to hit it
i started to hit it hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it

coming down
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley ‘69
death valley ‘69
death valley ‘69
death valley ‘69
ieieieioooooaoaoaieeih!

9. Satan Is Boring
[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

10. Flower
[Kim]
Support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love

support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is
love

there’s a new girl in your life
long red wavy hair
green green lips and purple eyes
skinny hips and big red breasts
hanging on your wall
one is slit/slipped the other’s wrists/ripped

support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love

support the power of women
use the flower of man

use the power of women
use the word
fuck
the word is love
use the word
support the power of women
use the power of man
support the flower of women
use the word
fuck

the word is love

use the word
fuck

11. Halloween
[Kim]
There’s something shifting in the distance
don’t know what it is
days days and night [???]
except for the feeling that’s
growing up inside of me as you
sing your song as you
swing along and you’re
it’s your, your song

it’s the devil in me
makes me stare at you as you
twist up along you
sing your song and you
slipping up to me and you’re
so close i just a
wanna touch you and i
sing your song and you
dont know what’s going on but you
wanna me to come along as you
sing your song and you’re
fucking with me as you
slither up to me
your lips there
slipping twisting at my
insides and singing on
you’re just a
swinging man, it’s not your
swinging song and now i
don’t know what you want but
you’re looking at me and you’re
falling to the ground and you’re
twisting around fucking with my
my mind and i don’t know what
’s going on

swinging in your song
twisting me on as you
slither up to me and it’s gotta be
and i don’t know what you wanna do
and you’re looking at me with your big dark eyes
and you’re revving/rubbing your body

twisting

12. Echo Canyon
(instrumental)

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Evol (1986)
1. Tom Violence
[Thurston]
My violence is a dream
a real dream
a skinny arm
a crush on living skin
my violence is a sleeping head
nodding out to rising bliss
i left home for experience
carved ‘Suk For Honesty’ on my chest
my violence is the number
coming out of prayer
find it in the father
find it in a girl

there’s a thing in my memory
holding on for dear life
with a feeling of secrets
beating up under my flesh
my tongue is tied
i’m sleeping nights awake
Tom Violence is a dream
coming out of a girl

2. Shadow Of A Doubt
[Kim]
Met a stranger on a train
he bumped right into me
swear i didn’t mean it
swear it wasn’t meant to be
must have been a dream
from a thousand years ago
swear i didn’t mean it
swear it wasn’t meant to be
from the bottom of my heart
he was looking all over me
you take me and i’ll take you
you kill him and i’ll kill her
swear it wasn’t meant to be
swear i didn’t mean it
kiss me
kiss me in the shadow of
kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
kiss me
kiss me in the shadow
kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
it’s just a dream
it’s just a dream i had
nononoooooh
swear it’s just a dream
just a dream
dream i’ve had
no
no
no
no
take me to it
take me to her
maybe
maybe it’s just a dream
it’s a dream
it’s just a
just a
no

met a stranger on a train
bumped right into me
swear i didn’t mean it
swear it wasn’t meant to be
must’ve been a dream
from a thousand years ago
kiss me
kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
kiss me

3. Star Power
[Kim]
Spinning dreams with angel wings
torn blue jeans a foolish grin
burning down in the night
so cool so right
star power star power star power over me
she knows how to make love to me
she knows how to make love
close my eyes and think of you
everything turns black to blue
star power star power star power over me

burning down in the night
supercool it’s alright
she knows how to make love to me
she knows how to make love
close my mind when i think of you
everything turns black to blue
star power star power star power over me

4. In The Kingdom #19
[Lee]
They were

aaaah
he did what he had to do
he asked no questions
he had few conversations
the tar glistens in the noon heat
he tread across the grass, up onto, and down off of, the concrete abutments

mirage on the highway
ghosts in the tunnel
the dark cave

out into the blinding light of day at breakneck speed
every bolt rumbling

glistening highway mirage groans
the slick surface
careening into first the small mammal, and then screeching along the guard
rail, scraping paint and throwing sparks like sheets of pure terror for
400 yards
over and over

with one final back and forth rocking motion coming to rest
wheeehah

the beautiful paintjob hopelessly marred

smoke and flames

allright
so nice
he moved to the small creature
screeching whistles of steam blowing off
on it’s back, wheels spinning like a cinema classic
the door sags open and a man covered in blood drops the three feet or so to
the pavement
the car still rattling and shaking as if with a mind of it’s own, unwilling
to die
the man, 40ish, also after a time, an agonisingly painful period of time

is also unwilling to die

suddenly all is quite quiet there in the sunlight on the highway
but what? what can i do?
i cannot move, everything is about broken
blood everywhere, mixing with oil and gas
what’s moving, must turn my head
pain, white light, blinded
some guy there kneeling in the blinded mirage of white light
all my strength to ‘heeeeeelp’
screaming now help me please
he tried to tamp out the bit of burning ember which had lept from the wreck
onto his grimy coatsleeve
coughing blood
what’s happen?
he’s he’s inching towards truth
he strode of into the woods with the animal
it still lived
he didn’t glance back at all

still out ghosting the road
death on the highway
words crumble around me and fall with the weight of heaven
i cannot move
i’m beneath the great weight
i cannot see
my eyes are blinded
i am in the darkness

that’s it

{very low in the mix}
in panic i forget it
in despair i need it
in my mind i save it
in death i have it
{then a bit louder}
in panic i forget it
in despair i need it

i shouldn’t laugh
hah hah hah
yeah really
oh

in panic i forget it
in despair i need it
in my mind i save it
in death i have it
[Thurston?]
never gave a damn about the meterman
i was the man who had to read the meters, man

5. Green Light
[Thurston]
I kneel before the green light of her singing crayon eyes
and then i kiss her stomach and it’s then i realize
her light
is the night
i’m not blind
i believe in you
i see a green light
i see a green light
i see a green light

6. Death To Our Friends
(instrumental)

7. Secret Girls
[Kim]
My mother used to say
‘you’re the boy that can enjoy invisibility’
i’m the boy that can enjoy invisibility
close your eyes make a wish
cross yourself
see yourself
feel yourself
scream once more
move yourself
across the floor
burn inside
between two walls
the advertisements say
the pleasure’s ever lasting
come an’ touch me
the advertisements say
the pleasure’s ever lasting
must be dead and gone to heaven
come and touch me here
so i know
that i’m
not there

8. Marilyn Moore
[Thurston]
Sound asleep ’til night until day
frustrated desire turns you away
and turns you insane
over and over

you get to a point
to make it disappear
and you’re always believing and believing in fear
over and over and over and over
and over and over
over again

Marilyn Moore

it’s always a headache the size of a tow truck
she’s full of disorders, depends what you’re used to
she’s talking of trances of truncheons in battle

of bruises from bottles that never get better
bad baby bitching she screams at the door
hammer in hand and her head to the floor
Marilyn Moore

9. Expressway To Yr Skull / Madonna, Sean And Me / The Crucifixion of Sean Penn
[Thurston]
We’re gonna kill
the California girls
we’re gonna fire the exploding load in the milkmaid maiden head
we’re gonna find the meaning
of feeling good
and we’re gonna stay there as long as we think we should

mystery train
three way plane
expressway
to your skull

mystery train
three way plane
expressway
to your skull

mystery train
three way plane
expressway

to your skull

10. Bubblegum
[Kim]
Here comes baby, are you ready for her?

my name is Bubblegum
live for moon and sun
your in so much fun
life’s just be- life has just begun

her name is Bubblegum
live for moon and sun
your in so much fun
life’s just be- life has just begun

hit it girls

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah
here i started
here it comes
her name is Bubblegum
live for moon and sun
you’re bein’ so much fun
life’s just be- life has just begun
bubblegum yeah
o yeah
wroof wroof wroof wroof

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Sister (1986)
1. Schizophrenia
[Thurston]
I went away to see an old friend of mine
his sister came over she was out of her mind
she said Jesus had a twin who knew nothing about sin
she was laughing like crazy at the trouble i’m in
her light eyes were dancing she is insane
her brother says she’s just a bitch with a golden chain
she keeps coming closer saying ‘i can feel it in my bones
schizophrenia is taking me home’

my future is static
it’s already had it
i could tuck you in
and we can talk about it
i had a dream
and it split the scene
but i got a hunch
it’s coming back to me

2. (I Got A) Catholic Block
[Thurston]
I got a catholic block
inside my head
i let it go to work
bring it all back home

it serves you right
and i can motor down
you got to earn your freedom
get it on my own

i just live forever
there just is no end
i just trust the oppression
like i trust your friends

i got a catholic block
inside my head
i let it play around
iron to gold

come back to me awhile

i got a catholic block it’s around my head
i got a catholic block it’s blood orange red
i got a catholic block do you like to fuck?
i got a catholic block i guess i’m out of luck

3. Beauty Lies In The Eye
[Kim]
There’s something in the air there
makes you go insane
brings you back to me
it’s been so long
all that i have to do
is live along
it’s coming coming down
over me
do you want to see
the explosions in my eye
do you want to see
the reflection of
how we used to be
beauty lies
in the eyes of anothers dreams
beauty lies
lost in anothers dream
it’s coming coming down
over me
do you want to see
the explosions in my eye
do you want to see
the reflection of
how it used to be

hey baby
hey sweetheart
hey fox come here
hey beautiful
come here sugar

4. Stereo Sanctity
[Thurston]
Seven
seven

I’m keeping my commision to faith’s transmission
two speakers dream the same and skies turn red
satellite flashing down orchard and delancey
i can’t get laid cause everyone is dead
hey! gold connections
analog soul waving in your hair
hey! hylozoic directions
she’s talking blue streaks everywhere
your spirit is time-reversed to your body
stereographic mix-up field on field
it started growing up the day your body dies
only apparently, real to irreal
hey! stereo stations
perfect image, kneel down
hey! hypostatic information
come on let’s hear you turn it around

5. Pipeline / Kill Time
[Lee]
Stretch me to the point where i stop
run ten thousand miles and then think of me
i think you know the place we should meet
don’t worry if it’s dark and i’m late

run me out a thin wire
help me to kill this love
i’ll join you tonight at the bottom of the well
feel around in the dark until you get the idea

i’m not moving doesn’t mean i can’t
flame on in my head
my best friend sucked his wife’s blood and shriveled up
he was mistaken for sane

we move and groove and cut loose from fear
we should kill time, we’ll shut it down
i’ve got a pipeline straight to the heart of you
opening in my head

bright glass on a chain being wound around us
the twiddling of idle hands
dripping with guilt
a secret form of punishment
axes through skulls
shadow of futility
endless revolt
the shifting of light and shadows

no-one is right
nothing is solid
nothing can be hold in my hand for long

we
should
kill
time

6. Tuff Gnarl
[Thurston]
He’s running on a tuff gnarl in his head
he’s got a fatal erection home in bed
he’s really smart and he’s really fast
he’s got a hard tit killer fuck in his past
saints preserve us in hot young stuff
the saving grace is a sonic pig pile
amazing grazing strange and raging
flies are flaring through your brains
spastic flailing literally raising my roof
an adrenal mental man-tool box explodes in music creates utopia
you gnarl out on my nerves you weird and crush the cranking raunch
flesh dirt forcefield lost and found let’s burn your broken heart
set our sight on sights not yet set let’s scorch your wavo wig
let’s poke your eyes out

7. Pacific Coast Highway
[Kim]
Come on get in the car
let’s go for a ride somewhere
i won’t hurt you
as much as you’ve hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
come on baby all you have
i wanna take your breath away
come on baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
come on get in the car
let’s go for a drive somewhere
i won’t hurt you
you make me feel so crazy

come on get in the car
let’s go for a ride somewhere
i won’t hurt you
as much as you’ve hurt me
let me take you there
before the sun goes down
come on give me your love
come on baby all you have
i wanna take your breath away
come on baby
just like that, you say
you make me feel so crazy
come on get in the car
let’s go for a drive somewhere
you make me feel so good
you make me feel so crazy

8. Hot Wire My Heart
[Thurston]
insulation
in my circulation
i’m a mating rhythm
sick with electricion
nazi operation
devestation

wire up a radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up the radio
turn the terror and find my limit

hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart

like this

[i feel now?]
they’re movin’ in
pull the zipper
it’s sliding up
i don’t have a reason
honey for your best man

wire up a radio
and i am a beating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the terror an’

hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart

like this

a kicking in the nightshifts
greasing up/a teasing of my fingertips
i think you’ll find us
anybody’s title???
got my eyes on the controls
turned on let’s go

wire up the radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the treble and fight my limit

hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart

like this

9. Cotton Crown
Love has come to stay in all the way
it’s gonna stay forever and every day
it feels like a wish coming true
it feels like an angel dreaming of you
feels like heaven forgiving and getting
feeks like we’re fading and celebrating
your carnal spirit spraying i’m gonna laugh it up
you got a cotton crown gonna keep it underground
you’re gonna take control of the chemistry
and you’re gonna manifest the mistery
you got a magic wheel in your memory
i’m wasted in time and i’m looking everywhere
i don’t care where
i don’t care where
angels are dreaming of you
angels are dreaming of you
angels are dreaming of you
angels are dreaming of you

New York City is forever kitty
i’m wasted in time and you’re never ready
fading fading celebrating
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got your cotton crown
i got it

10. White Cross
[Thurston]
Burning inside
i cross myself it doesn’t help me
cause i’m not smart enough
i’m digging into hot white
learning not to lie
we cross it out and stay away

burning inside
we cross it out and stay away

11. Master-Dik
[Thurston]
One two, one two, one two titty
i know every nook and cranny in New York City
we’re ciccone and thats enough
i’m the royal tuff titty and you gotta taste my love
taste my love
yeah
meeeh
come on everybody and rock with me
i am the one on the christmas tree
now working at the [worse?] like a moving storm
now i’m walking up the stairs and [cutting?] up the [board?]
[trippin’?] anywhere i don’t fucking care
[?] and dogeyes and waving goodbye
yooo

ya
oooh

cicc
ciccone
ci ci ciciccone
ci ci ci ciccone
ci ci ci ci ci

[?] down
(cough cough cough cough)

yeah
i know
i know
gene simmons is another mother[?]

i know
i know
ci ciccone
ci cicone
we’re ciccone
we’re ciccone
we’re ciccone
we’re ciccone

i know

oaaoaw

[i’m talking about?]

oh

gotta balance that’s jealous that summer on crack made me …
like a house of the ghetto…
saying all is one and one is two to many
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
ssssssss

London fuck you’re pissing me of
hollywood amerika-ka-ka
why don’t you please let me rock you
i’m just a boy with not much to do
everybody says that i come from above
you gotta scream, taste my love
taste my love

ci ci ci cici ci ci ci ciconne
ci ci ci ci ci ciccone
ci ci ci ci ciccone
yeah we’re ciccone

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

we’re ciccone
ciccone
ci ciccone
ciccone
ci ciccone
ciccone
ci ciccone

***************

Master=Dik (1987)
1. Master-Dik
[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

ya
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

oh

gotta balance that’s jealous that summer on crack made me … [?]
like a house of the ghetto… [?]
saying all is one and one is two to many
[?]
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
ssssssss

London fuck you’re pissing me of
hollywood amerika-ka-ka
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
ci ciccone

2. Beat on the Brat
[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?
lose

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?
lose

3. Under the Influence of the Jesus and Mary Chain
[Interview some conducted in French]
[Interviewer:] do you think that many groups plays like the jesus and mary
chain? or do you think they are the own. Sorry? Do you think you are
playing on the same style?
[Thurston:] Uhm
[Lee:] No, not at all

[Thurston:] Erm, we really… we really suck tonight ladies and gentlemen.
infact we’re going to call this song: Bury our Heads in the Sand. and…
and eh. No, this is actually called Dick Weed - eh - Part II.

[Lee:] Part Eight!

[Thurston:] Ah yeah, this’s… this song is called… Dick Weed Part Eight

ahu hu hu
okay can we all sing a solo song for ya
well I got a ticket to ride
yeah come’on let’s do it
yeah whoo, yeah whoo
da-da-da-da-ta-ta-ta-ta
wha-wha-wha-wha-wouw
da-da-da-da-ta-ta-ta-ta
I gotta ticket to ride yaa
I gotta ticket to ride
yeah, play those funky drums
play those funky drums, yeah
whaaaaaaaoooooooooooowowowowowo
yeah
hohahooga gaboga baboogaa
ya yea ya yeah
I said I’m just a little boy from Texas
and I’m gonna shake your head
one two one two one two titty
I know every nook and cranny in New York City
London fuck you’re pissing me off
Hollywood weirdo cough cough cough
won’t you please let me rock you
I’m just a boy with not much to do
everybody says that you come from above
you’re gonna scream when you taste my love
taste my love love love love love love love love love love love love
whaa I gotta to ride yeah
I got a ticket to ride
I got a ticket to ride
and I don’t fucking care
no I don’t fucking care
I don’t fucking care
I don’t fucking care
looking everywhere I don’t fucking care
put on some dark eyes and waving goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye
Do you want to do pipeline?

Yo Sun Ra let’s do pipeline!
We got Sun Ra in the studio today ladies and gentlemen. He’s gonna play
guitar, he’s gonna sing a song, it’s called pipeline/killtime, and if
you can deal with that. Okay hee Max Roach is here, alright. Man we got
an all star jam. Get down. Okay. This is great
[Lee:] Holy shit it’s Sunny Sheron
[Thurston:] Alright
[Lee:] He Sunny! George Benson Ladies and Gentlemen! George Benson!
[Thurston:] Yeah hello, Hello.
down Broadway
I’m going down Broadway

[Lee:] Let’s not do it too fast Stevo

4. Ringo
[Tape recording]
Ringo
Ringo

Ringo could I have a couple of words with you?

5. He’s on Fire
[Thurston]
Let’s go
Whaaaaaaaaaa [etc.]
…….drummer
he’s on fire
aaaaaaaaah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
play some funky beats
whoo whoo whoo whoo
yeah yeah yeah yeah whaa

6. Florida Oil Drums
[Instumental]

7. Westminster Chimes
[Instrumental]

8. Chinese Jam
[Instrumental]

9. Vibrato
[Instrumental]

10. Guitar Lick
[Instrumental]

11. Funky Fresh
[Thurston]
shit is funky fresh, you know
it’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

it’s funky fresh, you know
shit’s funky fresh

12. Our Backyard
[instrumental]

13. Traffick
[instrumental]

***************

Daydream Nation (1988)
1. Teenage Riot
[Kim]
You’re it
No, you’re it
Hey, you’re really it
You’re it
No I mean it, you’re it

Say it
Don’t spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (don’t displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall

Miss me
Don’t dismiss me

Spirit desire

Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall

[Thurston]
Everybody’s talking ’bout the stormy weather
And what’s a man do to but work out whether it’s true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two

Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you

Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through

Everybody’s coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know it’s someone I knew

Teenage riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you

Now I see it
I think I’ll leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
And it’s not clear why you fade away

Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer that’s rockin’
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, that’ll do me for now

It better work out
I hope it works out my way
‘Cause it’s getting kind of quiet in my city’s head
Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now

You better look it
We’re gonna shake it
Up to him

He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand

We know it’s down
We know it’s bound too loose
Everybody’s sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to choose
So who’s to take the blame for the stormy weather
You’re never gonna stop all the teenage leather and booze

It’s time to go round
A one man showdown
Teach us how to fail

We’re off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail

2. Silver Rocket
[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 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
burnin hole in yr pocket

3. The Sprawl
[Kim]
To the extent that I wear skirts
and cheap nylon slips
I’ve gone native
I wanted to know the exact 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 more

I 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

4 ‘Cross The Breeze
[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

5. Eric’s Trip
[Lee]
hatred
I hate the past

I can’t see anything at all, all I see is me
that’s clear enough
and that’s whats important, to see me

my eyes can focus
my brain is talking
looks pretty good to me
my head’s on straight, my girlfriend’s beautiful
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 jacknife inside of the dream
a railroad runs through the record stores at night
coming in for the deep freeze

Mary: a simple word, are you there in the country?
Yr eyes so full, yr head so tight
can’t you hear me?
Remember our talk
that day on the phone?
I was the door, and you were the station
with shattered glass and miles between us
we still flew away in the conversation

my cup is full, and I feel okay
the world is dull, but not today

she think’s she’s a goddess
she says she talks to the spirits
I wonder if she can talk to herself?
If she can bear to hear it?

this is Eric’s trip
we’ve all come to watch him slip
he’s slipping all the way to Texas
can you dig it?

(Eric says “The sky is blue…”)
I see with a glass eye
the pavement view
a shadow forming, across the fields rushing
thru 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 and inside yr kiss

we can’t see clear
but what we see is a alright
we make up what we can’t hear
and then we sing all night

scattered pages and shattered lights
a jacknife and a dream
there’s something moving over there on the right
like nothing I’ve never seen

6. Total Trash
[Thurston]
It start at the top
Now it’s spiralling down
Works best when it’s lost
Diggin’ under the ground

Never mind it now
We can bring it back
It’s total trash
And it’s a natural fact
That I’m not no cow

It’s never the same
It’s more than a game
Can’t take it away
Can’t kill all the shame

It’s a guilty man
That increased the crack
It’s total trash
Sack ‘em on the back
With a heavy rock

There he goes again
Magic monkey friend
Can I love the time
That he seems to spend
With all the kids in town

It start at the top
Now it’s spiralling down
Works best when it’s lost
Diggin’ under the ground

Never mind it now
We can bring it back
It’s total trash
And it’s a natural fact
That I’m not no cow

7. Hey Joni
[Lee]
Hey Joni put it all behind you
hey Joni now I’ve put it all behind me too
these times can’t add up
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

8. Providence
[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.”

9. Candle
[Thurston]
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
Wind is whipping through my stupid mop

10. Rain King
[Lee]
Rain King ensures there’s nowhere to go
It’s jet stream, daydream, cocksure hard luck show
His lips a fountain
His daylight sparks
He’s a shotgun, schoolyard, street-wise, white-hot kid
Little whipcream, phone call, breakdown, Rain King fist
His mind a countdown
His daydream sparks

I need three years to clear these thoughts, hey
I like to say I knew one true thing
It feels like years and all I’ve done is fought
And not turned up, anything

Little black, take roll and roll, over my bed
I’m waiting here for, some reality crease
There’s one big deadend, in my head
And not a moment of peace

Crossfire, Rain King, with his cadillac, kid
Marries every dictionary from his chain-yard bliss
His lips a fountain
His daylight sparks
He’s got a shot in his kick forging the real, when
He’s a steel drum, wedding ring, Pontiac door knob ten
His mind a countdown
His daylight sparks

Hung up on a speed king nation, caught up on a nail
Hanging tight with time, at least, a little while
Your sister is a beauty when she’s naked, like my kid
I hear this world, cool world, dreaming of a peaceful kiss

11. Kissability
[Kim]
Look into my eyes, don’t you trust me
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 hard

yr 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

12. Trilogy: The Wonder
[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 flyin

I’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

12. Trilogy: Hyperstation
[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

12. Trilogy: Eliminator JR
[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

***************

Ciccone Youth: The Whitey Album (1988)
1. Needle-Gun
[Instrumental]

2. [silence]

3. G-Force
[Kim]
(shit)
don’t be a fool girl
he’s taking me all the way
we’ve come to burn you up
you’ve come going to burn me up
got to, it’s real alive
you make me feel stupid
(sugar come here, hey sugar)
wish it was five minutes before yesterday
do you remember the time when we were gonna, do that
(sweetheart, come here)
bring me all your food that I don’t care to eat
darling, darling
do you wanna fuck me?
no, bring me all your food
don’t be a fool girl
(shit)
you ought to have made our american dream come true
don’t go in the water
darling, darling
got to, it’s real life
come on, come on, c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon
I don’t remember what it was like yesterday
was there a yesterday
g force, eight ninety-nine, seventy-nine ninety-five
the ice ballet
sleeping beauty
she’s a real jogger
what becomes a mirrorshade most?
huh
c’mon girl
we’re gonna burn you
you’re contaminated
something’s out there, look
don’t you see
something used to be out there
I have it all in this book
do you wanna fuck me?
(shit)
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
(shit)
don’t be a bully just becuz I’m a girl
do I make you feel silly
is he the tall one?
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to just sound like that
honey you can pick up that phone,
call parker, and all your troubles will be over
I just hope it was worth it
as soon as the sun goes down
he’s going into town
and he’s gonna play pool
got to, it’s real life
she always told me he would
somehow I didn’t believe her
I’ll tell you one thing though
I think it’s gonna rain tomorrow

4. Platoon II
[Instrumental]

5. MacBeth
[Instrumental]

6. Me & Jill
[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
but 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 across with wires and spikes watching the blast
everything went orange and all my thoughts dissolved into the cloud
I thought one last: how different from the sea is the boat

Hendrix Cosby
[Instrumental]

7. Burning up
[Mike Watt]
go burn me up, cause I’m on fire
and I can’t reach my desire
do you know that I’m burning up for your lovin’
you ain’t convinced that that is nothing

with my soul in this position
and I presume the imposition
you know I’m alive
and there’s so mean in my heart, it won’t die
I’m burning up

I’m burning up (3x)

you’re always closing the door
I think that that only makes me want you more
damned I, too hard for you lovin’
you aren’t conviced that that is nothing
justify my wanting you
tell me what you want me to do
I’m not blind, and I know
that you’re going to want me, but you can’t let go

I’m burning up (3x)

do you want to sit down with me
[mumbling…]
.. would you please
I ain’t the same see I got no shame
I’m on fire
fire

come on let go

do you want to sit down with me
[mumbling…]
.. would you please
I ain’t the same see I got no shame
I’m on fire
fire

I’m burning up (repeated)
you got me burning up baby
I’m burning up (repeated)

8. Hi! Everybody!
[Steve]
good evening and hi everybody
welcome to ciccone youth, the whitey album
we put together some neat mixes […]
we hope you like it as much as we do

9. Children of Satan/Third FIG
[Instrumental]

10. Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To Neu
(S=Susanne) (K=Kim)
S: That’s what you should do, you should be dinosaur’s manager
K: yeah well dinosaur has like ten managers
S: they don’t have any other managers
K: they have like…are you kidding? they have a manager in every city
S: it’d be such an easy job though to just tell them what to do, I think
K: erm, yeah but, it’s like, they want you to do everything, you know,
they’re that kind of band, like, they want to do everything
S: yeah but that’s easier to do everything than to just do some of it,
it’s easier you know
K: that’s true, and have somebody else…
S: 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

S: in some ways I think like someone 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
K: they just wanna rock
S: yeah right they don’t wanna do anything
K: they just wanna be rock gods, you know
S: seems somebody hit a snare in here

S: so let’s call Jay
K: okay
K: hello, is Jay there?
oh ah can you just tell him Kim and Susanne called,
okay, thank you, bye

11. Addicted to Love
[Instrumental]
the 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 breath
another kiss, is all you need
you’d like to think that you’re immune
to stare, oh yeah
it’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get it
you’re gonna have to face it you’re addicted to love

you’re throath is tight, you can’t breath
running at, a different speed
you’re heart beats, double time
another kiss, and you’ll be mine
a one track mind, you can’t be saved
oblivion, is all you crave
is there a song, for you
you don’t mind, if you do
you got to think that you’re immune
to stuff, oh yeah
it’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get it, noooo
you’re gonna have to face it you’re addicted to love

might as well face it, you’re addicted to love (6x)

the lights are on, but you’re not home
your will, is not your own
your heart sweats, your teeth grind
another kiss and you’ll be mine
you got to think that you’re immune
to stuff, oh yeah
it’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get it, noooo
face it you’re addicted to love

might as well face it, you’re addicted to love (8x)

12. Moby-Dik
[Instrumental]

13. March of the Ciccone Robots
[Instrumental]

14. Making The Nature Scene
[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
It’s 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

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 scene

15. Tuff Titty Rap
[Thurston]
Produce
we’ve been asked to participate
in a Ma-donna rocker that can reactivate
we’re ciccone youth from new york city
get the pizza connection cos it’s a tuff titty

now I know my rhyme ain’t bustin’ no time
cos my rap be crying like a homeboy sigh
his name’s mike watt, he’s gonna get cut
some knuckle head defines to the group on new alliance

fuck yeah, fuck yeah

16. Into the Groove(y)
[Thurston]
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
you’ve got to… get…

17. Macbeth
[Instrumental]

***************

Goo (1990)
1. Dirty Boots
[Thurston]
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 midnite 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
dirty boots

hey!

2. Tunic (Song for Karen)
[Kim]
dreaming, dreaming of a girl like me
hey what are you waiting for - feeding, feeding me
I feel like I’m disappearing - getting smaller every day
but I look in the mirror - 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”

3. Mary Christ
[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, wrong

angel 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

4. Kool Thing
[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 thing

when 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

5. Mote
[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 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
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…

6. My Friend Goo
[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

7. Disappearer
[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 starland

it’s been a man and gone (?)
now it’s a singing song
like a western star
it’s going my way

looking out I’m back in - time to stay
into the eastern - silent way (?)
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

8. Mildred Pierce
[Thurston]
Mildred Pierce
MILDRED!!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!?!!!!
MILDRED PIERCE!!!!!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

9. Cinderella’s Big Score
[Kim]
if I could give you anything
I would give you a kick
you’d rather have a dollar
than a hug from your sis

you really fucked up this time
your 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 kiss

a 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

10. Scooter And Jinx
[instrumental]

11. Titanium Expose
[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?

***************

Dirty (1992)
1. 100%
[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 goin’ to my head, goodbye I am dead
wastewood rockers is time for cryin’, hey!

2. Swimsuit Issue
[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

3. Theresa’s Sound-world
[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
Theresa 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
Theresa’s sound for the king

4. Drunken Butterfly
[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?

5. Shoot
[Kim]
can I have some money? I’m gonna go to the store
can I have some money? I can’t tell you what it’s for
can I have some money? you know it’s you that i adore
can I have some money? don’t ask me what it’s for

since we’ve been together you’ve been good to me
you only hit me when you wanna be pleased

can I have the car keys? I’m gonna go for a ride
can I have the car please? I’m going out for a while
can I have the car now? I wanna drive all around
can I have the car dear? I’m gonna to leave this town

I won’t be asking your permission to leave
I won’t be asking not to have this baby please
and I won’t be asking 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

6. Wish Fulfillment
[Lee]
I see your wishes on the wall, and that’s all right with me
I see you run to make a call, 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

7. Sugar Kane
[Thurston]
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, yr 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
I love you sugar kane, I love you sugar

8. Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit
[Kim]
she got you, got you good - didn’t have a chance
pretty lady put you in - 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 (?)

9. Youth Against Fascism (Hate Song)
[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 hate

yeah the president sucks
he’s a war pig fuck
his shit is out of luck
it’s the song I hate, it’s the song I hate

another nazi attack
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

10. Nic Fit
[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

11. On The Strip
[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 end

cinderella 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

12. Chapel Hill
[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 again

the 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

13. JC
[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
you’re walking through my heart once more - don’t forget to close the door

14. Stalker
[Drunken Butterfly CD5]
[Thurston]
Got me prowling like a police car
i’m stalkin’ and walkin’ you’re my movie star
i know your trailer it glows in the dark
you got that certain something that special spark

i wanna know
what you think of this idea
you and me and no-one else
your friends at work will disappear
and that guy you’re with he was never there
every night rewind the dream
tv static sex in flame
you know it’s harder all the time
its comin’ down real fast in my mind
i will not live without you you you

i gotta give my whole life
i’m comin’ knockin’ at your door
hear you walkin’ cross the floor
now i know where my ambition lies
my love it’s right between your eyes
i love you
i gotta love you
i’ll get you
i gotta get you
yeh i got you

15. Purr
[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

16. Creme Brulee
[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 summertime

dark 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”

***************

Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (1994)
1. Winner’s Blues
[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

2. Bull In the Heather
[Kim]
10, 20, 30, 40
tell me that you wanna hold me
tell me that you wanna bore me
tell me that you gotta show me
tell me that you need to slowly
tell me that yr burning for me
tell me that you can’t afford me
time to tell yr dirty story
time f’r turning over and over
time f’r turning four leaf clover

betting on the bull in the heather

10, 20, 30, 40
tell me that you wanna scold me
tell me that you a-dore me
tell me that you’re famous for me
tell me that yr gonna score me
tell me that you gotta show me
tell me that you need to sorely
time to tell yr love story
time f’r turning over and over
time f’r turning four leaf clover
betting on the bull in the heather

3. Starfield Road
[Thurston]
the turbo goes to rocket put yr kiss in my hand
sensate yr belly down
bend down round this garbage can
pow pound down dirty starfield road
a hot ham slap it muscle skin jam load
blam bam adds explosion to the lamb
Jesus is screaming yr name
violent loving yeah
kissing golden, we’re going insane
but where is the shame?
when the star pet is to blame
aah you butt cheeks can’t stay
as I spleen my name in flame

4. Skink
[Kim]
here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and round on the bottom we go

here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and oh what a bottom it is

you had soul
uh-oh
let it go

here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and round on the bottom we go

here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and oh what a bottom it is

uh-oh
you got a soul?
let me go

kiss beyond, kiss beyond the lips
kiss beyond, kiss beyond my lips

ooh I love - you!

ooh baby baby
kinda crazy, kinda hazy, kinda messy too

here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and oh what a bottom it is

here, there
here, there
down to the bottom and round on the bottom we go

yeah baby
uh-oh
you know
I love you so

5. Screaming Skull
[Thurston]
wraaaaaaoooghhaaaaa

SST, superstore
society, Screaming Skull
Lemonheads, superstore
society, SST
I’d go there, I don’t care
I’ll go there, it’s just to stare
let’s go there, it’s just it’s fair
I’ll go there, Pat Smear

Superchunk, Society
Sunset Strip, Screaming Skull
society, Husker Du
Lemonheads, SST
I’d go there, but I don’t care
I’ll go there, it’s just to stare
Let’s go there, Sister’s there
I’ll go there, Pat Fear

society, superstore
SST, Lemonheads
Sunset strip, society
Screaming skull, Husker Du
I’d go there, but I don’t care
I’ll go there, it’s just to stare
let’s go there, it’s just it’s fair
I’ll go there, Pat Smear

6. Self Obsessed and Sexxee
[Thurston]
I remember when you first arrived
magic marker on yr belly button alright, alright
I read what you said you said drop dead oh no, oh no
I need you now cuz I know you got nowhere to go

schizo-action baby create a scene
I’m the type-a-guy to boost yr self-esteem
we party all night cuz it’s you, you, you everyday
self-obsessed and sexxee all the way

I remember yr bloody trail to the top, the top
took it all too far now you just can’t stop, don’t stop
I’ll help collect yr soul from the lost and found, it’s around
and I will build you up while they put you down

schizo-action baby create a scene
I’m the type-a-guy to boost yr self-esteem
we party all night cuz it’s you, you, you everyday
self-obsessed and sexxee all the way, all the way

party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time

7. Bone
[Kim]
dry as a bone, take it to heart
don’t look back, you’re the one
that’s alright, straight from the bone
walk on by, look to the left
touched by none, that’s alright
that’s alright, dark as ink
you are the one, Lord just thirteen
no matter fun, truth never seen
dry as a bone, dry as a bone
hands in yr pants, tied to the tree
rocked back and forth, hips in the leaves
thighs in the bark, make me free
that’s alright

you are the one, don’t look back
strength from the heart, walk on by
that’s alright, that’s alright
white boy say, yr just fine
first to the last, take it okay
momma don’t know, walk straight by
look to the left, you are the one
poor little bone, shiver inside
fast talking walk, bone girl go inside
that’s alright, that’s alright
don’t look back, push yr hips up
yr gonna be free, just for a while

8. Androgynous Mind
[Thurston]
hey sad angel walks, and he talks like a girl
out trying to think why it stinks, he’s not a girl
now he’s kicked in the gut, they fucked him up, just enough
they got me down on my knees, I kiss his ring, God is love

androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind

hey hey are you gay? are you God?
my brain’s a bomb, to turn you on
everything is all right
god is gay, and you were right

androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind

hey hey it’s okay, hey hey it’s okay (x4)
hey hey it’s okay, hey it’s okay (x5)
hey hey it’s okay, hey hey it’s okay (x6)
aaaaaaaawwwooooooowwwaaaaaaaooo

god said it’s all right, for you to fight
to free yr mind
whose side are you on?
like a bomb, yr free tonite

androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind

hey hey it’s okay, hey hey it’s okay (x4)
hey hey it’s okay, hey it’s okay (x5)
hey hey

9. Quest for the Cup
[Kim]
yr the thrill of a million
walking down the sidewalk
feel like an alarm clock
woke up and dressed up
don’t look like a t-shirt
I feel just like a donut
come and take the trash out
what’s the use of crying
don’t look like a bummer
feel just like a burger
can I make him like me
do you feel like I do
don’t look like a slip skirt
I feel just like a poser
I don’t look like an angel
I GUESS I’ll put some jeans on
make my lips look redder
true you still look better

this is for Lisa

ran away to the west
faxed my mom for the test
couldn’t stay for the rest
then I met him Jess
he is just the best
we kissed right under a tree
I felt so salty free
I felt so salty free
I felt nothing like me

I felt so s-a-lty free

[Tape]
all your dreams will come true, all my dreams came true
but now, I have a bunch of other dreams, ta-dum-dum
it’s gotta be hot hot (?)

[Kim]
I felt so s-a-lty free

10. Waist
[Thurston]
guess who came round today
X-Girl and the girl snoo-pee
twinkle toes and sparkle eyes
everything is a new surprise
they’re gonna spend some super-cash
spend it all on the boy-smash
and all the glamour is all the time
silver jacket and a twist of lime
well hope you don’t waste away
yeah hope you don’t waste away
you better not waste away
ooh yeah don’t waste away
I’ve seen it happen before
girl slipping out the door
sneaking into Agnes B.
throw away everything
you’ve been a waste away
you’ve been a waste away
you’ve been a waste away, now

walk up to her and say
I’d love you anyway
sweet subtle super style
wonder how to make an angel smile
don’t let me waste away
don’t let me waste away
don’t let me waste away
don’t let me waste away, wow!

11. Doctor’s Orders
[Kim]
take one, to come
doctor’s orders, no more borders
take one, make some
feeling bolder, no more disorder

mother’s not to blame
she’s feeling no pain
doesn’t feel the drain
she says it’s not her brain

all right, no wrong
she used to be cleanin’, now she’s just dreamin’
she’s right, you’re wrong
she thinks it’s the weather, feels light as a feather

mother’s such a mess
she forgets how to dress
she thinks she’s lookin’ her best
she’s no longer depressed

take one, bake one
used to be tragic, now it’s like magic
just one, for fun
mother’s new pet, it’s not hard to get

mother came home today
wearing a big bouquet
she threw her self away
she’s taking up spanish ole

12. Tokyo Eye
[Thurston]
Tokyo eye, Tokyo crying somewhere
seeking inside, supermen sighing nowhere
seven to nine, luck is around this sun bear
fur in the night, Kansai woman goes out
soak in the eye, Osaka crying for you
ship in the light, sing in the water sun dew
ticket to die, ticket to ride the junk star
shielded in white, Kansai girl in black dew

Tokyo eye, Tokyo crying somewhere
seeking inside, supermen sighing nowhere
soaking in my eye, soaking in my eye grey leaf
she dig to cry, she dig to cry love funny
fur in the eye, Kansai girl is kiss teen
fun in the light, crying away to sun bear

13. In the mind of the Borgeious Reader
[Thurston]
seaside rever gonna rock the boat
gonna roll it up fat superdope
yeah pass it around or stick it on a pin
boyie lover with the bunny skin (?)
my plastic lady here’s a glitter roll
straight from my heart thu thy soul
yeah I don’t care about dirty hair
all praise due queen and yogi bear
so get back in the boat yeah

vicarious pleasure in my brain
fantastic life never the same
identity come set it free
come set me out to mystery
mistert mind yah

silly rabbit kicks are for kids
yr carrot souffle’s got me on the skids
don’t care about dirty hair
got a fuzzy finger miss bunny tail
hip hop till you drop yeah
hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop

14. Sweet Shine
[Kim]
I hear my angel mounted baby
pretend to everlast a lady
Marlboro belt unbuckled baby
they told me you were just crazy
I feel that I could burst
gimme a little drink of yr sweet time
is it the way you think?
or just a pattern of yr glory
is it just some story?
you wrote all for me
do you think yr my home?
down deep yr just a little whorey
I know you, I’m from you
I know you, I’m from you

whoooooow
I’m coming home to Swall Drive

cowboys are languishin’
little girl’s are bees
is it really a green stage coach
crawling up to me

I dreamt that you were my vacation
woke to find desire and dislocation
yr always heavy in rotation
coming on, flirting with the nation
I feel that I could burst
gimme a little drink of yr sweet shine
why is the way you grew (?)
still in the soul wanting you (?)
smelling the nite jasmine
hypnotises me
the flower tells me stories
that make me sick and free
I know you, I’m from you
I know you, I’m from you

whoooooow
I’m coming home momma, to Swall Drive

Alice is a chain store
down past 1st and Vine
you can shop there anytime
it’s all