Created by Ger Potze, January 31, 1999.
last modified: July 13, 2003 - offline: July 15, 2004 email Steven Wolfe 4 mei 2004
Unless otherwise noted below, all songs written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce
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The picture on top of this page of the young Jeffrey Lee Pierce was scanned by
Andrea Valentini from a Germs live 10",
and shot at a gig in L.A.
Most lyrics below also appear in the book "Go Tell The Mountain : The Stories And Lyrics Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce", issued by 2.13.61 Publications in 1998 (ISBN: 1-880985-60-8), including some unreleased lyrics, so ... BUY IT NOW!!
Typed in and contributed by various members (as indicated) of
"Wildweed", the Gun Club mailing list.
Transferred to HTML by myself for your on-line reading pleasure!
Any additions, or missing lyrics will be received gratefully!.
Any help on finding/transcribing the following lyrics is highly appreciated!Long Long Gone (written by Frankie Lee Sims), Bad Luck & Trouble (written by O. Hicks/J. West),
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Sex Beat
(typed in by Andy Sztehlo, and
taken from Hellione lyrics page;
corrections received from Patrick Dollard)
Johnny's got a light in his eyes and Shirley's got a light on her lips Jakes got a monkeyshine on his head and Debra Ann's got a tiger in her hips they can twist and turn they can move and burn they can throw themselves against the wall but they creep for what they need and they explode to the call and then they move move Sex beat, go They're stupid like I told ya, very stupid like ya saw very stupid as the simple thought of ever thinking at all and all their mind, all their souls all their bodies all we know all we know all the things that should a made us whole all the colourless security was all that someone could go and move, move Sex beat, drop and yes you do look cool and by the floodlights so blue you make my tropical apartment bed, your sacrificial pool my body in the water and my heart is in your hand so this is the way you choose to send me to the judgement land so you can't move, move oohh..sex beat, go and every day I agree you throw me down by the christmas tree I watched your lights blink on and off while you start your fun with me I, I know your reasons and I, I know your goals we can fuck forever but you will never get my soul just so you can move so you can move so you can move so you can move so you can oohh... Sex beatPreaching The Blues
I was up this morning, blues walking like a man I was up this morning, blues walking like a man worried blues, give me your right hand And the blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down travel on ol' Jeffrey Lee, ya know, can't seem to turn him around So, Preach the Blues Preach the Blues now Blues, is low down shaking chill Blues, is low down shaking chill you ain't never had them, I don't believe you will Blues is an achin' old heart disease Blues is an achin' old heart disease it's like consumption, baby, killing me by degrees So, Preach the Blues Preach the Blues now I had religion, Lord on this very day I had religion, Lord on this very day but, the womens and the whiskey, they would not let me pray Gonna get me religion, gonna join the Baptist church Gonna get me religion, gonna join the Baptist church Gonna be a Baptist preacher, so I don't have to workPromise Me
Promise me, outside in the trees, they're waiting tonight Promise me, while the searching light moon has found me you know it feels like the very last time again Promise me, someone who will promise me, stand in the dark and fight like me through eyes like fireflies, turn around and tell me, it'll be alright is it alright? Promise me, don't cheat my soul when it returns to me Promise me, give me the vision I was born to see, you know it feels like years since they burned me away you know it feels like years since they burned my heart away you know it feels like years, feels like years you know it feels like years since they took my eyes awayShe's Like Heroin To Me
I cannot get a look at it so, I'm burning them on the deal anyway I see her come down from the top of the stairs I guess that I'd be cool, but there's a tickle in my veins I've been a real good tombstone, but now I'm blowing away She is like an eye-blue swimming pool but, she will never know that she is there we sit together drunk like our fathers used to be I'm looking up and God is saying, "What are you gonna do?" I'm looking up and I'm crying, "I thought it was up to you!" but now, She's like Heroin to me she's like Heroin to me she's like Heroin to me she cannot miss a vein don't let her take her love to town they will never fill her heart she needs a passion like her father's used to be I know, because I'm like the train shooting down the mainline I know, because I'm like the Indian wind along the telegraph lines and she's like Heroin to me she's like Heroin to me she's like Heroin to me she cannot miss a vein So mainline it! I cannot get a look at it so, I'm blowing back my trouble to the east while we sit together sad like our fathers used to be I know a perfect run by the sleep it puits in my heart I know my special rider, I can feel her in the dark she feels like Heroin to me she feels like Heroin to me she's like Heroin to me she cannot miss a vein ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additional information, thanks to Steven Schayer doesn't he say "she is like an I.V. swimming pool". that's what i always thought. it makes more sense at any rate than "she is like an eye blue swimming pool. Reply from Steven Wolfe On your lyric page, you have the line in "She's Like Heroin to Me" as "...like an eye-blue swimming pool..." and someone below questions it. In fact you have it right. It's a pool the color of blue eyes. All the pools in LA are deep blue. I saw his original handwritten lyrics so I know this for certain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------For The Love Of Ivy
You look just like an Elvis from HELL My heart is broken, so I'm gong to HELL bury me way down deep in HELL I'm a steel drivin' man, I want to go to HELL! then go tell Ivy oh-oh! for the love of Ivy yeah-yeah! I did it for Ivy oh-oh! you're the one Gonna buy me a graveyard of my own kill everyone who ever done me wrong gonna buy me a gun just as long as my arm kill everyone who ever done me harm then go tell Ivy oh-oh! for the love of Ivy yeah-heah! I did it for Ivy oh-oh! you're the one Well, jawbone eat and jawbone talk jawbone eat you with a knife and fork I was hunting for niggers down in the dark when suddenly I got a better thought let's go hunt Ivy, oh-oh! let's go get Ivy, Yeah-yeah! for the love of Ivy, oh-oh! you're the one. I did it for Ivy I did it for Ivy HA HA HA! Ivy! I was all dressed up like Elvis from HELL! HELL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Addition posted on the Gun Club mailing list: Subject: Jawbone talk From: David Bremer "Jawbone eat and jawbone talk Jawbone eat you with a knife and fork" - The above lines, included in "For the Love of Ivy", Jeffrey actually nicked from a Leadbelly song called "Cornbread Rough", which is a jumpy little piece played on accordion. In case you felt like a little enlightening. :-] David ------------------------------------------------------------------------Fire Spirit
I can see clearly from my diamond eyes, I'm going to the mountain with the Fire Spirit no-one will accept all of me so the Fire...will stop Up through the streets the gunfire of cars, going to the mountain with the Fire Spirit no-one will take all of me so the Fire...will stop I will be cheating the whole ritual, I'm going to the mountain with the Fire Spirit no-one will expect all of me so the Fire..will stop Someone will break out of the circle, someone will turn and burn a world someone knows a better cell where the old north wind blows through southeast hell, yeah.... Invention was betrayed by the machine, promised like it was promised to me I'm going up to the mountain to see how the last thing, will set me free, yeah... I had to do something, I was wearing down, I was going down.... Why can no one ever touch a Fire Spirit? Why can no one ever hold a Fire Spirit? Why can no one ever feel a Fire Spirit? I am going to the mountain, I am going to the mountain, I am going to the montain.... I can see clearly from my diamond eyes, I'm going to the mountain with the Fire Spirit, no one will accept all of me... and the fire...will stop... With too much patience and too much pain, going to the mountain with the Fire Spirit to make amends for all of me... and the Fire...will stop.Ghost On The Highway
It's cloudy in the west, it looks like rain my eyes are black holes and i'm burning away you slaughtered your loving man killed him in his sleep the blood and crying of your murder simply stains your sheets Now, you're a ghost on the highway your gesture is meaningless you're lost to the living men trailing souls to the end You thought winning as a woman, meant failing as a friend it is nor an art statement, to drown a few passionate men, you made yourself a diamond to blind young men's eyes you claim because they want your shine they deserve to walk the line, You're a ghost on the highway your gesture is meaningless you're lost forever to the living men trailing souls to the end (noise) Yes, I would give you my love so my soul would not starve but, it could never move the honest rock of what you really are, You're a ghost on the highway you're like straw and meaningless I hate you, but I love you I'll carry that to the end If I ever lie with you again, I pray I do not sleep If I ever closed my eyes again, I'd realize what you are to me. you are simply a liar an animal who bluffs and steals until you become a bigger creature's meal, You're a ghost on the highway your trash and meaningless I hate you, but I love you I'll carry that to the end You lost on the highwayJack On Fire
I am like Jack, I am from southern land I'm holding your happiness in my hand the sun behind me is a sexual red and all your bounty-hunting ghosts are dead I am like Jack and I tell you this I will be your lover and exorcist In the stillness of the mosquito sunset you will make love to me to your very best Hey, hey, I'm a Jack On Fire hey, hey, your lips kiss Jack on Fire Way back in the Indian days nothing could drive the heat away drive the search and murder of lost enemies drive deep into what is never seen And like Jack, there is a heat to the fight like a moth detects a heat to the light and like Jack, I will covet everything that is you because, the heat in you will temporarily do Hey, hey, I'm a Jack On Fire hey, hey, your lips kiss Jack on Fire (noise) When you fall in love with me we can dig a hole by the willow tree then, I will fuck you until you die bury you and kiss this town goodbye, it will be unhappy, it will be sad but, it will be understood that I am BAD! so don't you go and lie to me 'cause everyday is judgement day with me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additions (a.o. posted on the Gun Club mailing list): From: Ian Rosen I noticed that Go Tell the Mountain doesn't have the complete lyrics to Jack On Fire. There is a section about "Creole boys lying dead, I used his blood to paint the costume red." But it's not in the lyric in the book. Just thought I'd mention that. From: Chris "XT235" Hoffman In New Orleans at the Mardi Gras I was dancin' in a costume made of straw Some creole boy was a lying dead, I used his blood to paint my costume red a-black and white, I will abandon(?) brain (something something) with a ball and chain The marshes are sinking in a bright red sky and I will make love to you tonight just off the top o' my head - is that all you needed? From: Michael "...Black or white, I will gladly bring. Nerves-in-hand and a ball of string. The marshes are sinkin' in a bright..."? michael. From: Georges Kaplan "...just something for the lyrics of jack on fire: the adverts for miami wrote: "a costume made of stars" so..." From: Will "hmm..i think that the mystery verse says In New Orleans at the Mardi Gras I was dancing in a costume, then I saw, Some creole boy was lying dead, I used his blood to paint the costume red, (unsure) (unsure) The martians are singing in the bright red sky and you will make love to me tonight," ------------------------------------------------------------------------Black Train
I'm moving on the black train The night it beats me down I'm moving on the Black Train I breath a soundles sound, Riding on the Black Train Every drop in my body moves with the train And some of it's on the floor I'm slippin' out to anyplace Although I know I've been there before Riding on the Black Train Torn up on the Black Train Torn from my southern home Left a nigger lying dead by the river Left the Will-O-the-Wisp to roam Riding on the Black Train I'm heat on the Black Train A torch lighting up the night With everything I've had and everything I've done I still can't be satisfied, Riding on the Black TrainCool Drink Of Water
I ask for water, and she gave me gasoline I ask for water, give me gasoline I ask for water and she gave me gasoline Lord, Lordy Lord. Cryin', Lord, I wonder, will I ever get back home? Cryin', Lord, I wonder, I ever get back home? Lord, Lordy Lord. I went to the depot, looked up on the board I asked the conductor how long has this Eastbound train been gone? I asked the conductor could I ride the blinds? Son, buy your ticket, for that train ain't none of mine Son, buy your ticket, train ain't none of mine Lord, Lordy Lord.Goodbye Johnny
Look what's been done, John It's coming out of the east like rain, Johnny Look, what's been done, John It's coming like a God with no name, Johnny I'm out near Santa Fe Hitching out for the warmer days I'm all broke up, Johnny It all just beat me down Look, down the line, Johnny There's flashlights on the backroads, Johnny Look, down the line, Johnny Of the American unknown, Johnny I'm out there in the desert All your dreams lie dead in the desert I'm all torn up, Johnny It all just beat me down Look at the girl, Johnny Yellow hair a shine, indian eyes to see, Johnny Look at her, Johnny Her love is like anything to me, Johnny What slipped so deep into me I can never get it out of me I'm all broke up, Johnny It all just beat me down
Carry Home
(typed in by Ger Potze, taken from "Go Tell The Mountain")
Come down to the willow garden with me come go with me come go and see Although I've howled across fields and my eyes turned grey are yours still the same? are you still the same? Carry Home I have returned through so many highways and so many tears Your letter never survived the heat of my hand my burning hand my sweating hand Your love never survived the heat of my heart my violent heart in the dark Carry Home I have returned through so many highways and so many tears Carry Home to where I am from carry to the place that I have come carry to the dust and flies behind me carry to the cracks and caves on the face of me Oh, but I didn't change, I just had to work Yeah, but I didn't change, I just had to work and now I'm home, and now I'm home do you still want me? Now, that I'm home Come down to the willow garden with me come go with me come go and seeLike Calling Up Thunder
You sent a Jack O'Lantern over to my house to charm me from my kill I've crosses far too much to bear but, you said you will now, you look away, look away look away, and leave me alone I'm calling up thunder hands to the open sky calling up thunder to the wind and open sky to help myself to help myself I'm calling up thunder I'm calling up thunder With the tears warm against your red dress embedded in my brain I see that we were alike but, we were not the same now, you look away, look away and leave me all alone I'm calling up thunder hands to the open sky I'm calling up thunder to the wind and the open sky to help myself to help myself I'm calling up thunder I'm calling up thunder The ghosts, they crawl on the floor wondering at it all I promised I would join them but, the gesture was too small now, I look away, look away look away back to myself I'm calling up thunder hands to the open sky I'm calling up thunder to the wind and the open sky to save myself to save myself I'm calling up thunder I'm calling up thunderBrother And Sister
Why do you keep me way underground? My sight is dying as was the sound. Why do you paint me and cover me with jewels? Where are we going? What are we going to do? you used to say, you'd take me home but, I keep falling to the sister brother falls unto the sister keep getting pushed further and further away The sins of me they buzz and hiss in the trees their little skeletons will harm no one Why do you always bring them back to me they're kingdom come and earth will be done on heaven and earth and me you used to say, you'd take me home but, I keep falling to the sister brother falls unto the sister keep getting pushed further and further away And who is that there always beside you when I count us together together we are only two I had a dream and there was foxfire in your hair I am your brother, your lover I give you my blood I will follow you anywhere you used to say, but, you never know but, I keep falling to the sister brother falls unto the sister keep getting pushed further and further awayRun Through The Jungle
Whoa, thought it was a nightmare, Lo, it's all so true, They told me, "Don't go walkin' slow 'Cause Devil's on the loose." Better run through the jungle, Better run through the jungle, Better run through the jungle, Woa, Don't look back to see. Thought I heard a rumblin' Callin' to my name, Two hundred million guns are loaded Satan cries, "Take aim!" Better run through the jungle, Better run through the jungle, Better run through the jungle, Woa, Don't look back to see. Over on the mountain Thunder magic spoke, "Let the people know my wisdom, Fill the land with smoke." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additions posted on the Gun Club mailing list: Subject: [Wildweed] Lyrics to Run Through the Jungle From: Ian Rosen Doesn't JLP add some of his own lyrics to his cover of that song? There's some stuff about "she lay across the bed" "she is so ambitious" and other imagery that I don't think was in the original John Fogerty version. Subject: Re: [Wildweed] Lyrics to Run Through the Jungle From: xt235 "I ain't never been no Christian, I don't wanna be baptised" is one of the lines I've never heard on the CCR version. The other is, from memory, "(something, blah, across the bed). . . She looks so ambitious, took back everything I said" CHRISxt235 Other additions: Subject: GUN CLUB LYRICS From: Horseluvthin heres my take on some lyrics run through the jungle i dont think he sings any of the original lyrics AND GET ME OUT OF THIS WATER BEFORE WE START TO RISE IVE NEVER BEEN NO CHRISTIAN I DONT WANT TO BE BAPTISED I (STARTED TO?) KILL MY WOMAN AS SHE LAY ACROSS THE BED SHE LOOKS SO AMBITIOUS TOOK BACK EVERYTHING I SAID Subject: extra lyrics to Run Thru the Jungle From: Ian Rosen I was listening to that song again, and some of the extra lyrics sounded like: I's gonna kill my woman she lay across the bed she looks so ambitious took back every thing I said ------------------------------------------------------------------------A Devil In The Woods
I may be just like Bill I'm up on the hill and I can't get down I cry because you don't know I cry because you will never know just how dark can an animal be? how dark can an animal be? Dark like darkness dark like a devil out in the woods now I saw the light that just buzzed I saw the light but, my brain just buzzed I cry because you never know I cry because you will never know just how black can an animal be? how black can an animal be? Dark like darkness dark like a devil out in the woods now Train Train I ride train I ride ride on me ride on meTexas Serenade
He's dead on the lawn of the house that he owned what will they say about him? He had medals he was in the war what will they say about him? He had folks in Houston but, he moved out west what will they say about him? the Mexican neighbors all the women stand crying what will they say about him? about him? always ask me, but I don't know anymore always ask me, but I don't care anymore He was the violent kind he saved me once or twice what should I say about it? I tried so hard but, I just said "Fuck it!" and what should I say about him? always ask me, but I don't know anymore always ask me, but I don't care anymore That he's dead on the lawn that he's dead on the lawn what will they say about him? what will they say about him? what will they say about him? Please don't ask me please don't ask meWatermelon Man
See the Watermelon Man ah' come see the Watermelon Man ah' come see the Watermelon Man ah' come see the Watermelon Man ah' come Haiyo! Haiyo yah! See the man put on a smiley face See the man put on a smiley face See the man put on a smiley face See the man put on a smiley face Haiyo! Haiyo yah! He no dead, he no dead he dea' yah! See the Watermelon Man ah' come See the Watermelon Man ah' come See the Watermelon Man ah' come See the Watermelon Man ah' come See the man put on a smiley face See the man put on a smiley face See the man put on a smiley face See the man put on a smiley face Haiyo! Haiyo yah! He no dead, he no dead he dea' yah! Haiyo! Haiyo yah!Bad Indian
You blew me out of the south and Texas too I made love to California to get away from you New York has made you, a hungry girl now, you catch up with me at the end of the world I don't believe you What are you doing down here? You need something in a shoe? or are you just a Bad Indian? Bad Indians they love the land they hate eat your flesh and then forget the taste Someone describe, that primal drive to consume what's theirs and seek what's mine I don't believe them and I don't believe you I suspect everything you do 'cause you are like a Bad Indian Bad Indian Do your war dance!! Now you're stripped by the things you do your ass is glass and I can see through you Go find somebody who ain't been so hard give me an overdose of the drug that you are You are like a ghost with crazy hands and mouth a necklace made of eyeballs you are like a Bad IndianJohn Hardy (trad. arr. by Jeffrey Lee Pierce)
John Hardy was a vicious little man he carried two guns every day He shot down a man on the West Virginia line I see John Hardy gettin' away, poor boy see John Hardy gettin' away John Hardy went up to that free stone bridge where there, he thought he was free a death to men, called nobody his own siad, "Johnny come and go with me" poor boy "Johnny come and go with me." John Hardy had a pretty little wife back home the dress that she wore was blue she come to the jailhouse with a loud shout said, "Johnny, I've been true to you", poor boy "Johnny, I've been true to you." she said, John Hardy sent out to the East Coast sent for his folks to come and go his bail but, there was no bail allowed for the murderin' man they sent John Hardy back to jail sent John Hardy back to jail Who's going to shoe your pretty little feet who's gonna glove your hand who's gonna kiss your rosy red cheek it's gonna be that steel drivin' man be that steel drivin' man she said, Now he's sittin' alone there in his cell tears rolling down his eyes he's been the death of many, a poor man now, he is ready to die, poor boy, now he is ready to die Sigin' "I've been to the east, I've been to the west" "I've seen this whole wide world around" "I've been to the river and I've been baptized" "Take me to my hanging in the ground" "Take me to my hanging in the ground" she said ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Addition posted on the Gun Club mailing list: Subject: John Hardy was a desparate little man From: Jennifer West I found this some years ago: "John Hardy is an American 'bad-man' ballad about the crime and death of John Hardy, a West Virginia Negro employee of the Shawnee Coal Company who murdered a man in a gambling quarrel, was pursued by the law, and was caught and hanged at Welch, MacDowell County, West Virginia, on January 19, 1894." The song lyrics seem fairly truthful to the above story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------The Fire Of Love
The fire of love is burning deep The fire of love won't let me sleep Oh my love, hear this my plea Because of you, it's burning me The sun beats down with its fiery glow Knows I won't see my love no more I'm sorry for the things I've done Forgive me dear, my only one My baby's back, once more she's mine To have and hold till end of time The moon shines down from up above Its light to cool the fire of love The fire of love The fire of love (fade)Sleeping In Blood City
I'll take you sleeping up the street I'll take you very softly I'll take under the parking light I'll hold you very softly Just like a soul, your face will shine even though your mind's been blown was the type of love, a much better kind when you were on your own? You are taken, going down, way down to Blood City you are taken, going down, through the bloody red eyes of Blood City Look above you for the sky is black and the asphalt is blue throw yourself right down on your back and look at me for what to do I don't take what is given to me I just take it from the land was the type of love a much better kind when you were with another man? You are taken, going down right down to Blood City you are taken, going down, through the bloody red eyes of Blood City I'll take you sleeping up the street I'll take you very softly I'll take you under the parking lights and hold you so softly just like a soul, your face will shine even though your mind's been blown was the type of love, a much better kind WHEN YOU WERE ON YOUR OWN??!!! You are taken, going down right down to Blood City you are taken, going down through the bloody red eyes of BLOOD CITY!Mother Of Earth
I've gone down the river of sadness I've gone down the river of pain in the dark, under the wires. I hear them call my name I gave you the key to the highway and the key to my motel door and I'm tired of leaving and leaving so, I won't come back no more Oh, my dark-eyed friend I'm recalling you again soft voices that speak nothing speak nothing to the end Oh, Mother of Earth the blind they call but, yet stay behind the wall their sadness grows like weeds upon my thighs and knees Oh, Mother of Earth the wind is hot I tried my best, but I could not and my eyes fade from me in this open country
The Las Vegas Story (instrumental)
Walkin' With The Beast
(typed in by Ian Rosen, and
posted on the Gun Club mailing list)
In the still of the night, I walk with the Beast in the heat of the night, I sleep with the Beast who slipped so deep inside me and rots the love right out of me I prayed to Elvis on my knees to take this thing from around me or snap it with a thundercrack and change my blues to black but, how did my love surround me with such a dead thing around me, I'm just walkin' I'm just walkin' I'm just walkin' Walkin' with the Beast... I'm not alone, there's trucks outside My body hurts, there's trucks outside you get lucky in the bar you're down and lucky in the dark indian winds across the skies black against the Nevada skies there's nothing you say that does not squeal there's nothing you want you do not steal well, how my love surrounds me with such a dead thing around me I'm just walkin' I'm just walkin' I'm just walkin' Walkin' with the Beast The Beast will be with me tonight wild across the western sky someday, I'll go to the mountain and take my stand and my spirit will rain all over this land Sick across the highway bar sick and going way too far it's the new world, see if you like it it's the new world, you cannot fight it Well, how my love done blessed me with such a dead thing around me, I'm just walkin' with the beast...Eternally Is Here
Well, this is what I’ve never told you yes, we are animals too and it’ll be a life of "getting back" for a night of "getting off" but, I couldn’t wait now, eternally is here… "I never promised you anything for promising me everything," she said. "I stood silent and true while you fell to pieces." but, I couldn’t wait and, eternally is here… and it’s a long way down… without a sound… You’ve known I’ve always wanted you and since today is the end of the world you’re heart and no more art (your?) will hold me tonight! but, I couldn't wait now, eternally is here... and it's a long way down... without a sound... (solo: Jeffreylee) This is what she always said: "I will give to you of love and blood for all the forever and never and yet, still again and again..." but, I couldn't wait now, eternally is here... and it's a long way down... without a sound in this world... (closing solo: Mustang Dave) J.L. Pierce New York City, 1983The Stranger In Our Town
There's a stranger in our town he's got a burning eye he wants to get off on you... The last time that he was here he had a roving eye he smiled as he got off on you... Don't face me with that sad face because, you lost that glorious grace you will always be coming back to this place, There's a stranger, in our town There's a stranger, pullin' you around There's a stranger, in our town There's a stranger, and he's gonna break your heart and then get off on you... There's a stranger in our town pulls out a punk's spinal cord piss and blood on the sidewalk of hearts... This stranger in our town lives in tunnels beneath hell lives in tunnels way down below your heart... push it in and push it out you already know what it's all about and you'll be begging as usual without any doubt, There's a stranger, in our town There's a stranger, followin' you around There's a stranger whose in our town (who's) There's a stranger, and he's gonna break your heart and then get off on you... (solos: 1st - Kid Congo, 2nd - Mustang Dave) So, I walk smile like he smiles I walk just like he walks my right hand to my face like this... This stranger in our town he once was in another town with insects on his face like this... with names that are just like names and pictures from the rear of trains what you want will always be the same, There's a stranger, in our town There's a stranger, pullin' you around There's a stranger, in our town There's a stranger, and he's gonna break your heart and then get off on you... Stranger in our town stranger he got a burning eye he got insects on his face like this but, he is such a strange strange stranger he is such a strange strange stranger... (closing solo: Kid Congo) J.L. Pierce Los Angeles, 1983My Dreams
What I say you cannot hear it so, you intrude upon my dreams and hate my appearance, Who gave you the right to give out the rights? and to intrude upon My Dreams and sell out my eyes, You can't take My Dreams You can't take My Dreams You can't take and steal from this body... I never get a chance in the airport sick in bathroom with Your Dreams and a flight to nowhere, In Victoria, Gare du' Nord (du) and Tompkin's Square You're standing on My Dreams and you don't care, You can't take My Dreams You can't take My Dreams You can't take and steal from this body... A heartbeat tears my insides apart and tears apart My Dreams in the whirling dark, I never got to go I cannot make it I never get to have Dreams and I will not take it, You can't take My Dreams You can't take My Dreams You can't take and steal from this body... They were supposed to be MY DREAMS... J.L. Pierce Over the South Pacific, 1983 (Thanx to D. Harry on this one.)The Creator Was A Master Plan (instrumental)
My Man's Gone Now
(written by George & Ira Gershwin/Du Bose Heyward, unavailable in "Go Tell The Mountain")
(typed in and provided by Sergio Rotman)
My man's gone now Ain't no use a listenin' For his tired footsteps Climbin' up the stairs Old man sorrow's Come to keep me company Whisperin' beside me When I say my prayers When I say my prayers He come around He come up, he come around Ain't that I mind workin' Workin' means travellers Journeyin' together To the promised land But old man sorrow Mountin' all the way with me Tell' me that I'm old now Since I lose my man Since I lose my man Since I lose my manBad America
I thought I heard you in my room last night lonely lemur calls in my walls last night, when I was all alone, in the palm drunken night when I was all alone, bejeweled in the night pulsing we are hearts, but bleeding unlike diamonds tying up ourselves, but bleeding unlike diamonds, and it's bad, but, it is Bad America under the western sky... I looked up another thousand times you colored my world violence you made me warm when you hit me with a nail in my arm, I was all alone, I could have die there I was all alone, and I did not care, but, for a burning second, of red love in the dark but, for my burning hands, grasping in the dark and it's bad, but, it is Bad America under the western sky... And there's girl breath up and down my spine but, that was a river ago I knew you'd come in time, I was all alone, though it was a sea ago I was all alone, and where did you go, and there's vein-like children, on the waterfront smack-rotting faces, on the waterfront, and it's bad, but, it is Bad America under the western sky... it is Bad America well, alright... (all solos: Jeffreylee) J.L. Pierce San Francisco, 1983Moonlight Motel
I'm a thousand miles below I'm in a hole waiting for you, with filthy streets and trucks, outside I dress, then I undress, and look, outside I'm in a hole and waiting, here for you... Between the lights downtown In the back of a cab, you are looking for kicks, to make your kicks and just like the trick, that goes like this and just like the prick, that you are... I'm a thousand miles below pulling ribbons from my hair, low rates and color T.V. money on the bed, left there for me and one of these days I'll kill you, while you sleep... (solo: Kid Congo) Between the lights downtown in the back of a taxi, you are getting misty-eyed, beneath the adult world sign just like little children, in one screaming line I'm in a hole and waiting, here for you... I'm a thousand miles below why do you leave me here? I was strong enough to admit that I was weak you take and give alot, but you don't give to me one of these days I'll kill you, while you sleep... J.L. Pierce Los Angeles, 1983Give Up The Sun
My hotel is blue beautiful ocean blue, paint melting off the walls and I can hardly breathe young men nod against the palms turn blue and fail to breathe, but, I came here to see, So, Give up the Sun, Give up the Sun One hundred thousand times I live just to hear you say (I live just for once to? I live just to want to?) give up the sun, give up the sun... Down along the beachline gulls pick at bones and glass, Old Jew remembers Broadway among the tires and glass I try to remember Broadway I had a friend up there at last, and she can't help me now, So, Give up the Sun, Give up the Sun One hundred thousand times I just want to hear you say give up the sun, give up the sun... (solo: Jeffreylee) Out there, the sea makes love waves pinwheel to the bay, Oh, don't you leave me here there's ghosts and rooms of pain there's a storm out on the sea tonight and bodies filled with pain palm wind across the sea tonight black with whirling pain alone against the docks tonight nobody knows my name, and I can't go back again, So, Give up the Sun, Give up the Sun... J.L. Pierce Miami Beach, 1983
Love & Desperation
(typed in by Ger Potze, taken from "Go Tell The Mountain"
- follow the link to see the lyrics as they appear
on the sleeve of the 12" release for this song)
(The Mexican hustler: "Hey Meester!...Hey Blondie Boy!") The night has windows that cannot sleep I don't like the monsters that you keep Don't play "Baby Mary" 'cause I am not a kid Don't you go and push me like your hammer did, for you, Love and Desperation I am blue as you pull off your skin I can read in flesh everywhere you've been That's why we bother to know eacht other so well That's why I bother to live in hell with you Love and Desperation This is love, it's dangerous there's whole lots of things in my head this love, that's filling me when you are there Love and Desperation Somebody hurts you, so you hurt me so I hurt somebody else, who I have never seen who hurts somebody else, why on down the road who hurts somebody else who goes on home with you, Love and Desperation This is love and dangerous there's whole lots of things in my head this is love, it's spilling me, when you are here Love and Desperation You're poking knowingly, slipping numbers on the wall about the price of diamonds that sparkle when you call about the price of breathing that can not hurt you at all about the fools in schools, who could slip to fall for you, It's Love and Desperation This is love and dangerous there's whole lots of things in my head this is love that's filling me when you aren't here It's Love and Desperation can't sleep your midnight children do the midnight creep with Love and Desperation (Japanese hustler: Oi! Kochini koi!)Sex Killer
King Solomon sittin' still he sits on his grave the tourists are singing home on the range he wigs out in the Frolic Room and breaks all the mirrors and someone starts yelling "Man, he is weird!" Sex Killer Sex Killer Sex Killer man, he is bound to get you I used to hate Solo he hated me the same I used to hate Solo had to see him everyday he turned my wife to the mud his mass abused my son he put me on his alter for kicks then, he said "You are sick." Sex Killer Sex Killer Sex Killer man, he is bound to gte you Now, Solo sits naked he watches the clock he's waiting for God to come out of the box but, the feminists move in and break down the doors he jumpps up with a rubber nose and says, "You're a bore." Sex Killer Sex Killer Sex Killer man, he is bound to get youCleopatra Dreams On
Your window sweats your man he is a sleep the tower clock moans the appointments that you keep enter the bar and Cleopatra Dreams On Now, your lover is drunk and he's asleep on the lawn your boy is in the desert and he fondles a fawn go to the bar! Cleopatra Dreams On Now, the agents of grace have been stealing your lace they cheat in the race, then claim your face this is no place for Cleopatra Dreaming On So, you don't have to put me on I know you're alone in the dawn I'll wait outside while Cleopatra Dreams On Now, there you go exploding your mind again and yes I understand all the trouble you've been in but hey man! I'm your friend So, you don't have to put me on I know you're there in the dawn I wait outside and Cleopatra Dreams On The disciples of soul and the husbands of woo they don't know exactly what to do with you they tax your broken heart and they commision your blues And I'm trying to understand what you need while you stand on the bar and wave flags at me step out in the rain Cleopatra Dreams On So, you don't have to put me on I know you're out there in the dawn I'll wait outside and Cleopatra Dreams On Cleopatra Dreams On Cleopatra Dreams On Cleopatra Dreams On I heard her dreaming Cleopatra Dreams On I heard her dreamFrom Temptation To You
Oh, what blue daughter there in the sun always claiming to be the one who would drop that name on you, Temptation has passed you You know what it takes to make the wind blow what it takes to make the minds grow who could say go away to you, Temptation has passed you With your mind on fire and raving the end you open the gates and welcome the men saying I was never a friend of you Temptation don't want you And the nights are hot beneath your feet they cancel your eyes and your dreams but, that don't seem to bother you Temptation has passed you And don't you get sleepy in my bed you're always painting my sheets red don't play dead, because I know you Temptation has passed you and it's cold and sick in the wind the Indians come and speak of sins it's going crazy again for you Temptation don't want you ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Addition posted on the Gun Club mailing list: From: David Bremer Apparently there's a verse missing in 'From Temptation To You' (one of the most beautiful songs ever written, IMHO). It goes something like (very approximately, from memory): "You're always drunk When you are at my door The Indians come and give you more Who would (...can't remember)" From: Horseluvthin To: gerpotze (WHEN YOUR COWBOYS DRUNK YOU ARE AT MY DOOR?) YOU NEED SOME AND I GIVE YOU MORE WHO WOULD PULL THAT (WAY OR WIEGHT) ON YOU From: David Bremer To: gerpotze I think the last line in the missing verse is "Who would call that name on you" (???) And PERHAPS the first line is "The cowboys are drunk" but it might just as well be "You're always drunk" Furthermore, maybe the Indians "_summon_ and give you more". I'm not sure about all this. From: David Bremer To: gerpotze Your cowboy's drunk And you are at my door The indians summon and give you more Who would call that name on you - (Not Sure) - David ------------------------------------------------------------------------Sensitivity
I don't know you you seem nice but, I don't know, you may have what all the animals need but, Sensitivity is not in you and not in me Under the wires that just buzzed and my brain well, it just buzzed you don't have anything I feel but, Sensitivity is not in you and not in me you may have what all the animals need but, Sensitivity is not in me and not in you Sensitivity is not in me Sensitivity is not in you but, seriously not in time with youHey Juana
Tell Baby Romi Call Murray the Man we gonna grab that can and bring it on home Call Queen Lucy and Rollobone Joe we gonna toss that hoe and bring it on home Oh, Hey Juana what are you gonna do today? Tell Osaka Jim tell Kid the Squid we gonna wig and bring it on home... Hey Juana, girl! what are you gonna do today? oh, buzz awhile oh, Que Dice? Now, Nick the Cave he spent all his pay on a bottle of gin and a shark without a fin Now, grass that man, suck that can box that frog, ride that dog gas that bird, dig the word Konnichiwa Juana? Let's go home! Ah, Hey Juana baby? what are you gonna do today Ah, Juana, mi nov Que pasa esta noche?Love Circus
Now, is it uptown or downtown why did you come down here? we haven't seen the likes of your blonde hair since we got the fear Now, you don't need to be so violent you don't need to be silent you don't need to be so private since you took the loss It's a Love Circus Now everyone's so sad in town and it's a long way downtown Now, is it yellow, black or brown, or white why did you come down here we haven't seen anyone dead like you since a war was near Now, you don't need that chipped shoulder you don't need that business folder you don't need to get any bolder if it's business time, Cause it's a Love Circus Now, is it uptown or downtown is it Chinatown or Funkytown you got a price that is not so nice you got demise written on your mind and the heat they all know you and the heat would like to catch you and the heat always knew the crew was due on you, And it's a Love Circus Now, everyone's so sad in town and it's a long way downtownWildweed
Oh Wildweed Oh Wildweed There is a great red house you are ready to burn tonight your Chinese wife and children standing stupid there, you can no longer hurt them again and again Oh Wildweed Oh Wildweed Your mind is hot on your wires and grey against your cheek and at midnight, you turned against your children there, I don't want to see you living again Oh Wildweed Oh Wildweed There is a great red house fire licks the kiss inside your head runs and Mexico is so far away, you had never let no one see you living againThe Midnight Promise
He weaves out words over 7th & A he speaks Egyptian and calls your name His blue face is always the same he reached behind you and tickles the game anyway, there's no one left to blame And when he hits you and you are down on the walk you have your promise, your Midnight Promise And when you scream it comes out a squawk you have your promise, your Midnight Promise Oh, whisper you love me slips out of the dawn and into an alley where the curtains are drawn into a room where somebody gets on you The moaning through garages and loading docks the walls of Soul City and the aging clock the camera eye is fixed and it locks on you He closes your eyes and he hands you a dream you have your promise, your Midnight Promise you got the works but, you can't afford the treat you have your promise, your Midnight Promise and if you make 20 dollars you really have a time you have your promise, your Midnight Promise and all your cabs and diamonds stand in line you have your promise, your Midnight Promise Your breathe on the window rings the note you're always coughing from the smoke and hatching children in your throat Ghost hands slip underneath the sheets seems your rhythm has gone to sea don't push that Red Hot, it just might scream You got a 127 ways to die you have your promise, your Midnight Promise it's such a deal so go for the ride and get your promise, your Midnight Promise
Bill Bailey
(typed in by Ger Potze, taken from "Go Tell The Mountain")
Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight I'm driving across the wind just to spy you I never did like that before my eyes follow you like the tail can wind they never followed you before Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight Underneath the water and so far along below my eyes will always be there so deep, deep inside the Marianas Trench my life will always find you there Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight Well, I can answer when you crawl on your belly in the deep black sand real life swung and hurt, pale and useless you're my kind of man Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight You always say that you're crushed by it all and everybody blames you you always say that you are losing your dreams and yes, I do belive you Bill Bailey won't you come on home, tonight Bill Bailey shut up and come back home, tonight And get out of the sea, out of the sea, out of the sea get up and come back home, tonight and get out of the sea, out of the sea, out of the sea crawl up and go back home, tonightThunderhead
Well, she was wild she would do anything crawl over her head backwards like it was 1963 She sleeps in garbage Oh Shit! Should I be alone She's got a simple case of what they call some kinda mental health she went wild over across the sea What everybody's dreaming of is thuderhead falling in love She was wild she would go anywhere I took her to Egypt and India Man I took her everywhere But now she sleeps in garbage But Shit! I be alone She's got a simple case of what they call some strange kinda mental health she went wild over 'cross the sea What everybody's dreaming of Is Thunderhead falling in love? She was wild she would go anywhere she dived down over backwards like I never knew that was there but, now, it was garbage should I be alone? she's got a simple case of what they call some kinda mental illness she went wild over 'cross the seas What everybody's dreaming of Is Thunderhead falling in love? She was wild she's do anything kisses fruit so nicely like I never ever seen but now, she sleeps in garbage should I be alone she's got a simple case of what they call some kind of mental hell she went wild over 'cross the seas What everybody's dreamin of is Thunderhead falling in love?Lupita Screams
Now, I see you looking lost and he sits on his seat but, don’t you walk on my street baby you can hear Lupita scream The river’s got your forehead darling it spies your city scene that city shines when you’re away it can’t hear Lupita scream Yeah, but would be such a fool to rely on his dreams while New York houses pain and boredom in between the seas Their taxis, man, have been following you they chase you down the street your cross builds a cross in the center of town it looks like a Christmas Tree Well, the docks they went on strike again it’s you, they don’t want to see they said they’d rather get high then hear Lupita Scream [than] You need some warmth and relaxation with the salesman of your dreams but, don’t you walk on my street baby you can hear Lupita ScreamYellow Eyes
Eyes are gone you're complaining and then, screaming at the ceiling say you saw spiders up there well, I must admit I put them there Oh, Yellow eyes, it's all O.K. Yellow eyes, it's all O.K. Oh, Yellow eyes, don't be afraid Oh, Yellow eyes, Don't you! The problem is you're bad taste runs to dirty old low-class films Films like "Sheila Goes To High School" films like "Funny Face Goes To Heaven" Oh, Yellow eyes, it's all O.K. Yellow eyes, it's all O.K. Oh, Yellow eyes, don't be afraid Oh, Yellow eyes, don't you! Stranger came back from Woodlawn seems your daddy-boy, he's gone under water now he works in Phoenix High School seems his other side just took over Oh, Yellow eyes, he's not the same Oh, Yellow eyes, who you gonna blame? Oh, Yellow eyes, don't be afraid Oh, Yellow eyes, don't you be afraidThe Breaking Hands
The sun and sea are smiling while you're going to bed wish Allah would will me a piece of iron in my head on my knees and wishing on my knees and breaking hands The fish are jumping in Tunis they change colours in my hands you don't watch the movies, like the clouds on a plane to Japan on my knees and wishing on my knees and breaking hands They bring the fish in at Tunis they're changing blue, green and red while Allah has willed me and he's got it to my head on my knees and wishing on my knees and breaking hands on my knees and wishing on my knees and breaking handsAraby
I can feel the filth is coming I can see it moving in from a window with dirty hands and coming back again, yes, the waitress wants to kill me but, I'd rather kill her all the same she better not look at me or I'll do it again, but, it's me someone was there, it was me someone named Araby Now, the bassist hates the drummer and the drummer hates his wife see her again? Run away, it will always be alright, Shall we go back to the motel? no wait! Let's run away. spend all night in Paradise Bar until it goes away, but, it's me someone was there, it was me someone named Araby but, it's me someone else is me somebody named Araby Rain just slaps our faces colors me to here where do we go? Where's the train? with eyes still shaking with fear, I can see the lights are coming but, I'm sure they're not for me it's written on the roadmap that I can never see, but, it's me someone was there, it was me someone named Araby but, it's me somebody else is me someone named ArabyHearts
If you din't look you won't know that outside it's not 4 AM those trucks won't be there around, around again but, it is alright it was just a night and another way to turn your back your back on me, Hearts, with love like water Hearts, with love that goes if you're gonna turn turn back on me Eyes that sigh in my sleep naked and black on the floor you should cooperate when I need love some more, but, it is alright ever since the night and another way to turn your back your back on me, Hearts, with lonely sounds like Hearts, with love that beats me so if you're gonna go don't look at me Hearts, like lovely burning Fields, love that goes if you're gonna go don't look at me Hearts, with love like burning Hearts, with love that goes if you're gonna go don't look at me Hearts, like lovely burning Hearts, with love that beats me so if you're gonna go go back! back! back! back! on me Hearts, like lovely burning Hearts, with love that goes if you're gonna turn turn back! back! back! back! on me HeartsMy Cousin Kim
Kim was in the air force he dropped fire from the air, He grabbed that heater that was sitting in his hand he gave it to them and put 'em in the foreign sand he was one hell of a man Kim dropped fire on the people fire on their face and hands. He had their families their mothers and their kids he said he'd "Head 'em!" and that's just what he did, Everybody loved My Cousin Kim Everybody loved My Cousin Kim Everybody loved My Cousin Kim they say Kim was in St. Louis at Missouri Inn Hotel He gave it to them with that heater in his hand he put it to them in the Texas sand, he was one hell of a man, Everybody loved My Cousin Kim Everybody loved My Cousin Kim Everybody loved My Cousin Kim they say Kim was at the airport and the faces stared at him. He grabbed that heater which was burning in his hand he gave it to them buried in concrete! Everybody loved My Cousin Kim Everybody loved My Cousin Kim Everybody loved My Cousin Kim they sayPort Of Souls
Run Molly Run your hills are on fire why don't you go downtown and get it on the wire Now, easy street can sure get you laid doesn't matter what you've done and get you paid In the Port of Souls In the Port of Souls too much ocean, too much sea it is no wonder that you buried me but, its alright Rose Connally doesn't go in the field you might find something underneath underneath what is real, Now stop pulling an eyelash only you that I have and it makes me so tired and this could be the end In the Port of Souls In the Port of Souls too much ocean, too much sea it is no wonder that you buried me but, its alright Now don't call John Henry just kiss him goodbye it don't matter anyway so simply goodbye, In the Port of Souls In the Port of Souls too much ocean, too much sea it is no wonder that you buried me but, its alright I didn't get lonely dear I din't have a chance to see but, it's alright You don't have to say goodbye No! no but, its alright
Humanesque
(typed in and provided by David Bremer)
Winter on the Americas catch you in the snow winter's day who would think fires burning out would ever go to the same place, but, the sadness slightly of your face I didn't mean it that way A Humanesque is playing on tonight Do you ever talk revolution? [You used to talk...] Who would ever know, you'd have to see Way down. Down the Tingo Marie caught you all alone in their angry streets, but, the sadness who did you meet? did they treat you that way A Humanesque is playing on tonight Your eyes are liars they paint the secrets you betray Your Spanish men say that you cheat them everyday they want to go and let you have your way seems your rebels given up the cause and even Oklahoma calls your name, but, the magic with which you held sway has fallen decayed A Humanesque is playing on tonight the magic has since burned away did they want it that way, A Humanesque is playing on tonightThe Straits Of Love & Hate
He took a Smith & Wesson down to the corner and then he took a ride he got out somewhere in Los Feliz in the evening time he rang her bell and pushed her through the door and onto the bed he took time to talk to her copulating, a gun to her head and it was hot, Oh, he rides, he rides between the Straits of Love and Hate the Straits of Love and Love the Straits of Love abused tonight Come around midnight they are laughing and playing games one bullet in the chamber and spinning 'round in circles to its aim but, nothing ever happens so, they get drunk all the weekend one hungover dirty Sunday morning they fight and then it starts again and he's gone, Oh, he rides, he rides between the Straits of Love and Hate the Straits of Love and Love the Straits of Love abused tonight He was working at the docks, when he found out she took another man he left his job and caught a ride and decided to take a stand he put his iron between her legs and told her to love him again she threw her arms around him and then it started all over again and it was fine. Oh, he rides, he rides between the Straits of Love and Hate the Straits of Love and Love the Straits of Love abused tonight (repeat chorus)Emily's Changed
Your bus just broke down must have been 12th and A you ran in a bar this must be Emily's place One foot in the light the other foot in the dark the eyes of a bat and the mouth of a shark but, Emily's changing her part Emily's changing her role again She's just a stranger but, she feels about the same again Emily's changed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additional lyrics, thanks to Coojee Timms howdy...these are of course as best as I can hear them and of course I won't be swearin' by them... I think some of the missing bits in Emilys Changed may be... Emily's changing her part Emily's changing her roles again now she walks downtown again when I was young I stayed in my tree no-one could bother me 'cept the birds and Emily some other girl the one who chose to believe she don't care 'bout bein' called Emily ------------------------------------------------------------------------I Hear Your Heart Singing
A truck flashed at me alone one eye and still I've mountains of pain to bear up upon that hill, so, I put them down in the shadows of the leaves I Hear Your Heart Singing I Hear Your Heart Sing The streets I prowl so secretly I see sirens and trains at night they don't frighten me, so, I dismiss the sound to the end of the night I Hear Your Heart Singing I Hear Your Heart Sing The note you found, that you blew across town over my face and into this place Oh, soul of so and so, come and go with me I'll take you in the waterpools I'll take you through the reeds, beyond the shore with an ear to the stream I Hear Your Heart Singing I Hear Your Heart Sing Taboos you choose, they leave me amused leaves not a trace of your burning face As the truck flashes me I know the sins you reap Moonfish cast an eye on you while you oversleep, across the sea to a distant shore I Hear Your Heart Singing I Hear Your Heart SingSt. John's Divine
Rain Rain rain the walls face and hands blues are a shower rain, brother's in the hallway fighting against the world I'm practicing voodoo in the bedroom on you girl, Oh my, you're mine, I'm King St. John Divine unhealthy queen who's the queen of town? Rain rain rain the walls Joan Miro's way rain all this rain away, I heard you're giving up your dexadrine and pearls so I slipped some love dust in your Martini girl, Oh my, you're mine, I'm King St. John Divine unhealthy queen and king of town Brother's in the hallway Oh, insults that he hurls I'm standing candles trying to visualize you girl, Oh my, you're mine, I'm King St. John Divine unhealthy queen who's the king of town? Rain Rain streets and towns bands are playin' oh, Sir Douglas rain, I'm setting up an alter [sic] and yes, I snipped your curls I'm practicing voodoo in the bedroom on you girl, Oh my, you're mine, I'm King St. John Divine unhealthy queen and king of townThe Great Divide
I saw you talking 'bout plagues and peoples you're on override you are lost on the Great Divide You see that you're preaching old ideas that when worlds collide you are lost in the Great Divide now and homeless in the street make you feel the freak and your future looks so bleak your ideal world becomes antique Now, you're lost and you say standing, say we're equal but, the valley's wide and you are lost on the Great Divide On the Great Divide on the Great Divide on the Great Divide on the Great Divide nowAnother Country's Young
It's on their TV's weeping someone's babies sweet on U.S.A. street ancient soldiers sleep tonight It's on their airwaves their burning flag waves ten thousand miles away matchstick people burning, Ever far away, some brown people mother turns our light in the darkness, Another Country's Young beyond here, Another Country's Young pardon our charity, we want to kick our ideas to your head, and Another Country's Young is crying and Another Country's Young is sleeping again It's in their daydreams walking and sleeping no more silent safety no more disassociating themselves no losing or winning hearts and minds are sleeping no chance on USA street never get an inch to crawl, Ever far away, flickering brown people mother turns our light into their darkness Another Country's Young beyond here, Another Country's Young pardon our charity, we want to kick our ideas to your head, and Another Country's Young is crying and Another Country's Young is weeping again No chance on USA street Easter Parade families at the Airport waiting America's green junkies return, It's on their TV's the mud people died today but, we forgot them anyway on someone else's time, Ever far away the distance tears apart illumination and screams out into darkness, Another Country's Young Another Country's Young is bleeding againFlowing
Underneath where finds me all the brothers are gone I can see the passing refugees Flowing They are flowing Nobody saw it get to my head no, they can't find me calling loud in the dark ravine Flowing Oh, I am flowing Flowing back the village river bed as the water flows underneath my head All the brothers have gone back overseas girlies pass me by I had the meanest heart you've ever seen Flowing Oh I'm flowing If I could crawl out of this yawning earth go find Suzy-Boo we'd smoke gold in the dreamland too Flowing We are flowing Flowing by my river to the sea by my mean old spirit in the trees I turned my face to the sound above no, they can't see me old bones, just food for the trees Flowing Oh, I'm flowing There was lies and fires in the hills down the living streets their smoke blows back my memories Flowing Oh, I'm flowing Flowing down river to the sea flowing mean old bones in the stream If these bones could ever sail a while for an extra mile they'd flow just like the river Nile Flowing They are flowingTemptation & I
Temptation & I Temptation & I money lost in back of the car memory brings light temptation & I so, hold on, hold on, hold on, open the sky Temptation & I empty bedroom at night alone as the dawn's iron gates in the workhouse light eyes in the firelight so, hold on, hold on, hold on, open the sky When dawn comes the morning bleeds they drink to sleep so are the shouts that call you that want you to play again Temptation & I Temptation & I comes the morning whistles the sign that brings on the light memory brings light so, hold on, hold on, hold on, open the skyEskimo Blue Day
Snow cuts loose from the frozen Until it joins with the African sea In moving it changes its cold and its name The reason I come and go is the same Animal game for me You call it rain But the human name Doesn't mean shit to a tree If you don't mind heat in your river and Fork tongue talking from me Swim like an eel fantastic snake Take my love when it's free Electric feel with me You call it loud But the human crowd Doesn't mean shit to a tree Change the strings and notes slide Change the bridge and string shift down Shift the notes and bride sings Fire eating people Rising toys of the sun Energy dies without body warm Icicles ruin your gun Water my roots the natural thing Natural spring to the sea Sulphur springs make my body float Like a ship made of logs from a tree Redwoods talk to me Say it plainly The human name Doesn't mean shit to a tree Snow called water going violent Damn the end of the stream Too much cold in one place breaks That's why you might know what I mean Consider how small you are Compared to your scream The human dream Doesn't mean shit to a tree
Sorrow Knows
(written by Romi Mori/Jeffrey Lee Pierce)
(scanned and provided by David Bremer)
I cast shadows where when you talk to me the cost of time it still tells on me the harbor watch the harbor moan the tide unfolds to find you alone It had to be that way, Sorrow in the darkest night in the darkest day against the sun I detected you by the ringing bell and run to the safety of your wishing well your blue memories of 1965 clouds your dreams and they crush your mind It had to be that way, Sorrow in the darkest night in the darkest day against the sun Shadows fall where you fell time flashes on and it's time that tells clouded less than sweet against your dreams violence always sits just underneath It had to be that way, Sorrow in the darkest night in the darkest day against the sunRichard Speck
In my sleep, in my sleep last night In my dream, in my dream last night In the dark, in the dark last night In the hall, walked Richard Speck last night [Going back. Going way back. Rewind. Chichichichichichi. Going way back to 1966. My mother was talking with her sister about some nurses who were murdered up in Seattle late in the night. Her description of these murders was vivid, and she accurately identified with the fear that the surviving must have felt, all curled up underneath that bed listening to her friends get killed one at a time. Waiting for the moment she too would be discovered and disposed of. Hence, in my overcrowded childhood mind, these murders played out time and time again like a sickly off-Broadway production that keeps getting revived. And so, sometimes in my dreams, Richard Speck walks the hall at night.]Keys To The Kingdom
When Pilate was after Jesus they could not get to him they made a pact with Judas so that they could turn him in, I got the keys to the kingdom and the world can't do me no harm Oh yeah I got the keys to the church house and the world can't do me no wrong Oh yeah. They took him to that hill they brought his sister in they conspired against him to make original sin I got the keys to the kingdom and the world can't do me no wrong Oh yeah I got the keys to the church house and the world can't do me no harm Oh yeah I was on his left Devil on his right he passed those keys to Pharisees way out of sight I got the keys to the kingdom and the world can't do me no harm Oh yeah I got the keys to the church house and the world can't do me no wrong Oh yeah and with those keys I can open lots of doors devil on my left hand side he ain't there no more I got the keys to the kingdom and the world can't do me no wrong Oh yeah I got the keys to the church house and the world can't do me no harm Oh yeahBlack Hole
Three feet of gravity - pulling lengthwise, rip me up Stars dissolve above down to black below Black hole I've seen this all before Black hole Fingers clutch my head Gouge my eyes, you want me (blind/dead) Inside you no hope for me In a void of complacency ------------------------------------------------------------------------ i think Ahmed's version goes like this: Three feet of gravity - tearing lengthwise, rip me up Stars are up above me down to black below Black hole I've seen this all before Black hole Fingers clutch my head Gouge my eyes, you want me dead Inside you no hope for me In a void of ? complacency Black hole I've seen this all before Black hole
Goin' Down
(written by Don Nix, unavailable in "Go Tell The Mountain")
(typed in and provided by David Bremer)
I'm goin' down Down, down, down, down, down I'm goin' down Down, down, down, down, down I've got my head out the window And my bare feet on the ground She's gone Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone She's gone Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone I've got my head out the window And my bare feet on the ground I'm goin' down Down, down, down, down, down I'm goin' down I've got my head out the window And my bare feet on the groundPony Blues
As sung by Charlie Patton Hey hitch up my pony, saddle up my black mare Hitch up my pony, saddle up my black mare I'm gonna find a rider, baby in the world somewhere. "Hello central, the matter with your line?" "Hello central, matter lord with your line?" Come a storm last night an' tore the wire down. Got a brand new shetland, man already trained A brand new shetland, baby already trained Better get in the saddle, tighten up your rein. An' a brownskin woman like, somethin' fit to eat Brownskin woman like, somethin' fit to eat But a jet black woman, don't put your hands on me. Took my baby, to meet the mornin' train Took my baby, meet that mornin' train An' the blues come down, baby like showers of rain. I've got somethin' to tell you when I gets the chance Somethin' to tell you, when I get a chance I don't wanna marry, just wanna be your man.Future Blues
Can't tell my future, I can't tell my past. Lord it seems every minute, sure gonna be my last. The minutes seem like hours and hours seem like days, The minutes seem like hours, hours seem like days, And it seems like my woman oughta stop her lowdown ways. The woman I love now she's five foot from the ground, I said, the woman I love now, Lawdy, five feet from the ground, And she's tailor made and ain't no hand me down. Lord and I got a woman now Lord and she's like lightning, when she, lightning, when she, lightning smile. I says I got a woman Lord and she's lightning when she smiles. Five feet and four inches and she's damn good liking size. Well I know you see that picture now Lordy, up on your mother's, up on your mother's, mother's shelf. I know you see that picture now, up on your mother's shelf. Well you know by that I'm gettin' tired of living by myself. And it's T for Texas, now T for Tennessee. And it's T for Texas, now it's T for Tennessee. Lord, left that woman, that put that thing on me.Long Long Gone - not available yet
Bad Luck & Trouble - not available yet
(written by O. Hicks/J. West, unavailable in "Go Tell The Mountain")
Alabama Blues
(written by Robert Wilkins, unavailable in "Go Tell The Mountain")
(typed in and provided by David Bremer)
I'll tell you, girl, I'm gonna tell you now If you don't want me, please don't dog me around If you don't want me, don't dog me around My home ain't here, it's in most any old town My home ain't here, it's in most any old town My home ain't here, it's most any old town I'm goin' up on a mountain and look down on the sea Saw a bullyin' alligator, she was doin' that shivaree Saw a bullyin' alligator doin' the shivaree Tell me, friend, ever since that bullyin' Stack been made Kansas City, Missouri, has been her regular trade Kansas City, Missouri, been her regular trade The Kate's in the bend, the Stack is turnin' around and 'round The stern wheel knockin', friend, I'm Alabama bound The stern wheel knockin', I'm Alabama bound My mama told me, an' old papa told me, too Said, "Brownskin women, son, gonna be the death of you" Said, "Brownskin women, gonna be the death of you" I told mama last night, friends, and papa the night before "If brownskin women kill me, mama, let me go" "If brownskin women kill me, mama, let me go"Good Times
Y'know it's good times you're havin' but it's better down the roads Y'know it's good times you're havin' better down woh long woh long Well, did you long as i could see oh, lordy it was long did you long as i could Oh, lord it was long did you long as i could see that little girl she's walking walking away from me Good times, yeah but it's better down the road Y'know, good times you're havin' but it's better down If i ever live to see tomorrow down the road I go Pack my suitcase and down the road i go I'm gonna pack my suitcase down the road i go oh lord, oh lord, oh lordy lord down the road I'm goin' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lyrics transcribed from "Blues Legends" 3CD-sampler, there may be some mistakes. miss a JLP version so I don't know how he handled the lyrics. Townes van Zandt quoting mr.Lightnin' Hopkins: 'To sing the blues, you shouldn't even be able to stand up...' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stranger In My Heart
Oh, you're not the same gone home back to your land now, you hear me cry Oh, who's that walkin' along by your side I see him near your side Why did you change? is there a Stranger in my Heart Oh, I was brother to your everyday life now you hear me cry Oh, baby sister why did you show that face that tears me up inside Why did you change? was there a stranger in my heart Oh, And now I'm leaving I'll go to that mountainside Lord, you'll hear me cry Oh, the night is black with rain I must leave, leave your town Oh God, you'll hear me cry Why did you change? is there a stranger in my heartGo Tell The Mountain
I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate to see that evening sun go down in the freezing rain I move out of the town Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain Fear walkin' here fear walkin' by my side fear walkin' here fear walkin' by my side jinx follow me, way up the mountainside Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain I might never see the sun rise east again I might never see the sun rise east again in your turning sleep, don't forget I was your friend Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the Mountain Go Tell the MountainMoanin' In The Moonlight
Well, somebody knocking on my door Well, somebody knocking on my door Well, I'm so worried, don't know where to go Well, somebody calling me, calling on my telephone Well, somebody calling me, over my telephone Well, keep on calling, tell them I'm not at home Well, do not worry, daddy is gone to bed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additional information, thanks to David Bremer This song is actually called "Moaning At Midnight", and was mistitled by JLP as "Moanin' In The Moonlight", which is really the name of the album where the song first was included on. This was later reissued on Chess as "Evil", with a different cover. On another Howlin' Wolf record the same song is (again!) mistitled as "MORNING at Midnight". There you go, that's the story! ------------------------------------------------------------------------Hardtime Killin' Floor Blues
Hard time here and everywhere you go Times is harder than ever been before And the people are driftin' from door to door Can't find no heaven, I don't care where they go Hear me tell you people, just before I go These hard times will kill you just dry long so Well, you hear me singin' my lonesome song These hard times can last us so very long If I ever get off this killin' floor I'll never get down this low no more No-no, no-no, I'll never get down this low no more And you say you had money, you better be sure 'Cause these hard times will drive you from door to door Sing this song and I ain't gonna sing no more Sing this song and I ain't gonna sing no more These hard times will drive you from door to door
Lucky Jim
(typed in by Andrea Valentini
from the booklet with the CD, and posted on the Gun Club mailing list)
the rain has arrived at last for which we had waited the hawkers have packed up their stands nothing to be traded the soviets beside the quay run back to the freighter the terrace of the Rex Hotel is closed by the waiters we need you, oh Lucky Jim where have you gone, oh Lucky Jim your mistress has left her home gone back to the dances the smoking dens are starting up for life's own enhancing nobody goes to the war since there's none to go to we just sit around the cafè bars we sit waiting for you we need you, oh Lucky Jim where have you gone, oh Lucky Jim why did you ever go up north it is not for you they'll strip your little weak heart clean then what will you do the Australians in the Bunny Bar are waiting your return everyone wants a piece of you a piece of you to burn we need you, oh Lucky Jim where have you gone, oh Lucky Jim we miss you here, oh Lucky JimA House Is Not A Home
We used to be forever partners we swore we'd never separate oh, I didn't see it changing Now, a house is not a home I'm out in the street tonight a house is not a home I'm without a dream tonight We used to be sister and brother then came lovers and then came pain oh, I tried to change it Now, a house is not a home I'm out in the street tonight a house is not a home I'm without a dream tonight Love and tears bound us together I fought the men to protect her oh, I couldn't understand it Now, a house is not a home I'm out in the street tonight a house is not a home I'm without her heat tonight Now, I unravel onto the floor Hearts are spilled onto the floor oh I, I couldn't change it Now, a house is not a home I'm the one degraded a house is not a home all of life has fadedCry To Me - not available yet
Kamata Hollywood City
(typed in and provided by David Bremer)
Kamata City shining smokestack city lightning you're frightened now, we must embrace like I kissed your beating heart and kiss beneath your hat and take you, on your mat oh, silver night Kamata Hollywood City shining my wife's best friend, you changed your mind it's just like Disneyland in the night, you shook me, our lives will never be the same Didn't do well with mother after seven whiskeys got frisky tried to get her to dance Almost missed my mark the dogs began to bark so, I dragged you in the park once again Kamata Hollywood City shining my wife's best friend, you changed your mind it's just like Disneyland after Dark you shook me, our lives will never be the same Happy shoppers stare at me drunk along the street boots upon my feet "Oh, where's he from?" Now, I'm lost in the city this could be the end better phone up my wife's best friend and here you come, Kamata Hollywood City shining my wife's best friend, you changed your mind it's just like Disneyland every night, you shook me, our lives will never be the sameRide
I can see you outside the Cafe Blue I've been sneaking, crawling, trying to get to you It gets so hot, when you go walking past strip you down, you must do something fast I'm going to Ride her again I'm going to Ride her again I'm going to Ride down, down, down, again Don't try to hide behind that dress tonight don't try to run, I've got you in my sight Blew your mind, you knew not what to do get on that floor, I'll take a slice of you I'm going to Ride her again I'm going to Ride her again I'm going to Ride down, down, down, again Go wipe the sweat from the last half an hour put your glasses on, we know just who you are Flesh so hot, she made the leather melt "No" she said, but that's not how she felt I'm going to Ride her again I'm going to Ride her again I'm going to Ride down, down, down, againIdiot Waltz
That line don't make it here no more nothing reanimates the old times black clouds to the west darkness coming from the East Side Get your friends out of the car! we got a date in the trees tonight take off your clothes, you ain't going far you're going to give me fun tonight Turn on the headlights for the Idiot Waltz turn on the lights watch us fall Your body don't get me off no more it takes a lot of smack to do that we never made love in the trees or took you down on your mat Now, winds of change are blowing out the fire I feel your breath on my neck I hear the darkness and wires Turn on the headlights for the Idiot Waltz turn on the lights watch us fall It was foolish to be alive It was foolish in a foolish time Turn on the headlights for the Idiot Waltz turn on the lights watch us fallUp Above The World
I'm here up above the world looking down on the river black ready to take a great swan dive 'cause you're never coming back I'm here up above the world I always have to start all over when I decide I should live I won't be cheated anymore 'cause there's nothing left to give I'm here up above the world We almost started something that you saw fit to take away something so close to my heart something near me every day I'm hear up above the world I'm here Forever you were my sister but you took my heart in chains the worst was when you broke them I cannot live with the pain I'm here up above the world I'm here It's lonely here in the freezing dawn the ships come in through the London fog the builders there are tearing up my street the ambulance roars it makes the sound I weep I'm here up above the world looking down at the river red trying to bet my prayer at the foot of my lonely bed I'm here up above the world Since I'll no longer be living you'll have to answer my mail explain it all to the papers that I bought my ticket for hell There down below the worldDay Turn To Night
I take you I rape you get in the car you're going with me I'm gonna leave on the radio loud so everyone can hear we're having fun why did you do that get in the back I'll even the stakes The day turns to light in an instant the night turns to day in an instant of changelocked in it's cage and it dies he's driving the lights switch they become flames life just flickers out like matchsticks in the rain that's just how easy I will change your name I was for you I wanted you for me now, I'm gonna get that dream The day turns to light in an instant the night turns to day in an instant of change out in the rain and it dies We're soldiers of emotion we're running back to the ocean the rescue ship has not arrived The Americans are coming and we will surely die and I must take you or you will kill me that's the way it must be The day turns to light in an instant the night turns to day in a flash in the sky way on up high and finalBlue Monsoons - not available yet
Desire
(scanned and provided by David Bremer)
She was frozen her light would not see the day I walked away you wanted it that way now, I watch the cars pass by at night things had to be that way sirens rage through the silent night things had to be that way Oh I, who am I to seek who am I to seek Desire Cold London morn' we fit tight in the storm You seized the day it had to be that way never mind what's only a piece of my heart nothing could change that way you should have nailed me up to the sky there was a better way Oh I, who was I to seek who was I to seek Desire Now, heaven's gone or heaven at least to me my time is up it has to be that way these nights I walk the streets alone it has to be that way now I watch the windows at night there is no other way, Oh I, who am I to seek who am I to seek Desire Oh I, Oh I, who was I to seek who was I to seek DesireAnger Blues - not available yet
Railroad Bill
(traditional, incorrectly credited to J.L. Pierce on "The Birth The Death
The Ghost",
unavailable in "Go Tell The Mountain", posted on
"Wildweed", the Gun Club mailing list
by Chris "XT235" Hoffman)
Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill Live way up on Railroad Bill Ride, ride, ride Well, Railroad Bill, Oh, Railroad Bill He never worked and he never will Ride, ride, ride Well, Railroad Bill, he was a mighty mean man He shot the midnight lantern out of the brakeman's hand Ride, ride, ride Well, I'm going up on a mountain, I'm going out West A thirty eight Special sticken' out of my vest Ride, ride, ride I'll buy me a pistol just as long as my arm Kill everybody ever done me harm Ride, ride, ride Well, Railroad Bill, oh, Railroad Bill He never worked, Load, he never will Ride, ride, ride I got a thirty eight Special on a forty five frame How in the world can I miss him when I got dead aim Ride, ride, ride Well, Railroad Bill, will, he took my wife He said if I didn't like it he would take my life Ride, ride, ride Well, honey, honey, do you think I'm a fool I wouldn't quit you when the weather is cool Ride, ride, rideRiding On The Black Train (alternate)
I'm cryin' on the Black Train The night, it beats me down I'm cryin' on the Black Train but, it's a soundless sound Riding on the Black Train I'm cut up on the Black Train the sky screams down at me my American luck is up again Riding on the Black Train I'm tore up on the Black Train Got caves and caves and caves had a girl back in L.A. but, my heart could not be saved Riding on the Black Train I'm lost on the Black Train no end from here to there I'm gone on the Black Train if only I had cared Riding on the Black TrainWalking With The Beast (early)
In the still of the night, I walk with the Beast In the heat of the night, I sleep with the Beast who slipped so deep inside me I prayed to Elvis on my knees to take this thing from around me or snap it with a thundercrack and change my blues to black Look how my love had blessed me with such a dead thing around me, I'm walking with the Beast I got next to somebody long ago but, I was too young to be controlled then, she got lucky after me I didn't get so lucky It covered me when I was alone a special darkness of my own that followed me up to Memphis and on my left side ever since Lord, how my love has blessed me with such a dead thing around me I'm walking with the Beast (noise) It will be with me tonight in the dying vision that is my sight I have to look into it's eyes in the horror of the southern summer night In the bus station when I leave In the path through the willow trees someday I'll go to the mountain and take my stand the passion will rain all over the landThe House On Highland Ave.
Were you ever thinking When you met that girl uptown And were you ever thinking When you pulled her underground There is no fire in your glass eye There is no feeling when you're done And one day you will find out What kind of monster you've become Were you ever thinking When you pulled her off the bus And dragged her down in the basement And left her soul to rust (chorus) And were you really thinking When you got wired up in L.A. Like death she sat and waited And came to us to stay (chorus) And were you ever thinking When she came home from work at night And you kicked her into a coma While she was still alive (chorus)The Lie
The lie Now I know the lie now I know the lie now I know the lie You keep me on the highway I never get to come down You really don't want me to make it you really don't want me around The lie, Now I know the lie now I know the lie now I know the lie Things just fall to pieces While I sit and watch the door I can never give to you anymore and more and more The lie, How I know the lie how I know the lie how I know the lie It's Christmas in the city I have to go again and score I will never want you anymore and more and more The lie, That's how I know the lie now I know the lie now I know the lieThe Light Of The World
"I don't really wanna go through this, tell him to come in here, cos he..he..he.." -or?- "I don't even wanna go through this, tell him to come in here, cos he..he..he.." I thought I heard you saying Thought you said you missed me But you were only history -or?- But you only hissed me When I was gone I thought I heard you say They've done you in good And yes, I believe they would May I console you But I did you no wrong That's not like me, I did you no wrong So don't put it all on me And you are not the light of the world But you shine on me No you're not the light of the world But you shine on me No you're not the light of the world now No you're not the light of the world now I heard you walk Under the black skittle hall dad -or?- blacks got all dad -or?- blacks ghetto, dad -or?- I heard her blast it all bad To hurt me, and yes it's sad Have this settle the score -or?- Has it settled the score? I thought I heard you walk Up the fire-escape last night And yes, in the deep of the night I wished you were back But I did you no wrong That's not like me, I did you no wrong So don't put it all on me And you are not the light of the world But you shine on me No you're not the light of the world But you shine on me No you're not the light of the world now No you're not the light of the world now But I did you no wrong That's not like me, I did you no wrong So don't blame it all on me And you are not the light of the world But you shine on me No you're not the light of the world But you shine on me No you're not the light of the world now No you're not the light of the world now No you're not the light of the world now No you're not the light of the worldDeath Party - not available yet (unavailable in "Go Tell The Mountain")
Come Back Jim - not available yet (unavailable in "Go Tell The Mountain")
Secret Fires
(typed in by Ger Potze, taken from "Go Tell The Mountain")
Touch me through your screen door I want to remember you They that seek me are behind me against the moon Recall how we used to ride juiced underneath the power lines in the inferno valley when your daddy was still alive I worked with dirt in my eyes old blood upon my wound dreaming aloud of seeing you soon I came home from day at the mill I came home and cared for you the year that we lived in secret fire I took my razor blade I layed old Rubeun in the shade and I heard the radio moan I took my place in the hills jagged with secret fires I called you through the valley down along the wires with dust upon the sands came the first day of the year I saw a house where no one lived, on the black land and under the red sky you washed my hair and skin against the firelight so, touch me through your screen door I want to remember you we struggled the year we lived in secret fireA Tribute To Miles Davis
You know what? you left your fucking saxoshit over here and I'm going to pawn its brass ass if you don't come home!Crabdance
Everybody always liked Johnny's mother Everybody always thought that she was so cool Everybody went over to her friend's one day she had no choice, but to eat it, and wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance Well, she really thought that she was going to make it so, she moved out to HOLLYWOOD she went out to become an actress she got down to take it, and wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance and wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance Well, she really thought that she was going to make it she sped straight down to the bottom writhing in circles down there making a film about HOLLYWOOD! and wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance and wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance But, she really thought that she was gonna make it but, bright are the lights of HOLLYWOOD! loud are the shouts of HOLLYWOOD! and all the choices are taken, (3-dimensional guitar solo by Kid Congo Powers) Everybody always like Johnny's mother Everybody watches her show everyday from somewhere near Champaign, Illinois we all got down to take it! and wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance wow! What a time we had! she had to do the Crab Dance she really had to do it she didn't have a choice to do the Crab Dance to do the Crab Dance Well, you torn your dress, your face is a mess you can get enough a you got a transmission and a live wire to do the Crab Dance to do the Crab Dance Well, Crab Dancing! Crab Dancing!Pastoral Hide And Seek (The Lost Song)
Johnny, come and get me I'm in a bar again Johnny, come and get me I'm a 1,000 miles away from home again all my friends are soldiers and they are getting drunk oh, Johnny come and get me I believe my luck has sunk You must be playin' some hide and seek well, don't seek me you must have understood my favorite dream well, don't get me Oh, Johnny come and get me I'm in a fight again Oh, Johnny come and get me I've missed the plane again couldn't find you in Hong Kong you just missed me in Quezon City yes! Oh, Johnny come and get me I'm in trouble everywhere You must be playin' some hide and seek well, don't seek me You must have understood my wanderer's dream so, don't get me and the blues are like a shower rain understand that change, Oh, you must be playin' some hide and seek well, don't seek me You must have understood my wanderin' dreams well, don't get me ever againUnder The Gun [For Jeffrey Lee Pierce] performed by Blondie
I still can picture him: his hands in his back pockets. He wasn't much for words, but when the wise kids made a racket he'd just have to go downtown, throw his weight around before starting over. "Say did you hear I've got a band? Some guys I know from L.A. We'll own the Rio Grande. I'll pay you back next Friday. You know it sure ain't big, just some cats I dig. They said they'd do the gig." Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado? Oh Restless Shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow. Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California? I should have warned ya. No place to go now but falling over. Some hands can't make it on the run, under the gun. Not for the younger. Oh Jack Daniels, I feel your hunger. I know you did your best, but you thought that you did not. I wish that I had known before I heard the last shot. You know, it's not a sin, that little badge of tin. Just a momento. So sad you loved in vain. My comrades lost in battle. The music wars are done from London to Seattle. We all pay to play and all our yesterdays are starting over. Oh Desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado? Oh Restless Shadow, out on the blue hills you're feeling hollow. Oh El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California? I should have warned ya. No place to go now but falling over. JLP (sampled from "John Hardy"): Ready to die. Now he's ready to die.
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Created: January 31, 1999
Last updated: July 13, 2003 by Ger Potze.