-- ARIZONA --
HARD MOTHER - [hymn tune]
21 October 2005 - Vermillion Cliffs NatMon
She constructed golems
Marvelous and shiny
Eyes like rubies, teeth like diamonds
Morals rather tiny
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She had just finished one
Welded its head on tight
Programmed it with subtle senses
To appreciate night
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She sent it out the door
And started another
Another face to face the world
And to call her 'mother'
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Golems make hard lovers
Mothers make hard teachers
Ev'ry golem has its own fate
Resistant to preachers
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A golem may kill you
A golem may love you
Never try to hang a golem
A golem may thank you
SANTA KATARINA AND SAN NESTORIO
[hammered dulcimer & panpipes, Greek rhythm]
21 October 2005 - Vermillion Cliffs NatMon
Santa Katarina and San Nestorio
Dancing naked under the Alexandrian moon
The palm trees dancing in the desert breeze
The dolphins laughing and spinning in the sea
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[chorus:]
Just look in the sands
Just look in the skies
Just look in my mouth
Just look in my eyes
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Santa Katarina fell exhausted to her knees
San Nestorio stood and felt her breathe
Just two kids under the heavens above
Just two kids, and so much in love [chorus]
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Santa Katarina smiled and spun her wheel
San Nestorio shuffled and started to deal
Fortunes rose and fell and time stood still
Nobody escapes from Santa Katarina's wheel
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[instrumental]
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Santa Katarina and San Nestorio
Dancing naked beside the wine-dark sea
Asking the questions and writing the answers
Working pretty well for holy dancers [chorus]
ORIGAMI HOUSE - [koto and shakuhachi]
21 October 2005 - Vermillion Cliffs NatMon
Outside my window is a tree of rare delight
And a world of pain full of signs and flashing lights
And dragonflies and angels flying by every night
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[chorus:]
Fold a piece of paper into an origami house
Fold the origami house into a tree, into peace, into me
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Outside my back door is a hand-made time machine
That takes me back to ages that I've never seen
Before the world smelled of meth and gasoline [chorus]
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Outside my front door is a highway to tomorrow's dreams
Speeding smoking trucks and insulated long limosines
And a bus stop where nursing women wait patiently [chorus]
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Down in my basement is my own private museum
Filled with many things the world should never see
And I can never tell you what they mean to me [chorus]
SHE GAVE ME HER DISEASE - [hymn tune, organ]
23 October 2005 - Wupatki NatMon AZ
She gave me her disease
It was hot, it wasn't pretty
But it was the best she could do
On very short notice
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It started at the top
Turned my eyeballs copper and red
Turned my brain hared and silvery
Turned my ears to crystal
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Further down it spread out
Turned my lungs to glowing planets
Turned my muscles into granite
Turned my feet to water
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She gave me her disease
Like a special gift of hours
Like a memory of tomorrow
Like one more miracle
I CAN'T STAND THE EARWIGS - [calliope]
23 October 2005 - Wupatki NatMon AZ
Roaches don't bother me anymore
I can stand their scuttling about
On my feet and up my snout
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[chorus:]
But I can't stand the earwigs
No, I can't stand the earwigs
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Silverfish don't bother me now
Slithering in hidden spaces
Eating all my books and pages [chorus]
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I don't mind the spiders now
Wrapping me in silver webs
Running by on their spider legs [chorus]
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[bridge:]
Ladybugs are so obnoxious
So damn cute and colorful
A praying mantis is so regal
Waiting for another mouthful
Pillbugs are kinda creepy tho
Like little lightweight bowling balls
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Killer bees don't bother me
Wasps and hornets let me be
Mosquito kisses set me free [chorus]
DON'T COME BACK - [salty-dog flatpicking]
24 October 2005 - Happy Jack AZ
You've gone on vacation but you don't feel too well
Body parts are falling off and you're starting to smell bad
You're so far from home, so what are you gonna do?
Maybe a nice funeral is just the thing for you
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[chorus: Don't come back, don't come back
No don't come back, no don't come back
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You have so many choices, so many ways to go
Be buried at sea or be buried in an ice pack
Be eaten by animals or be eaten by friends
Such a fun game — does it matter in the end?
[chorus]
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You can be cremated and your ashes scattered 'round
You can be tossed into some deep hole in the ground
You can be hung up somewhwere and left to rot
Now just look at all the nice choices you've got
[chorus]
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You can be sent off by some wizzard or preacher
You can be a specimen for an anatomy teacher
You can make your exit in laughter or in sorrow
Just don't come home dead, and don't come back tomorrow
[chorus]
GREY EYES - [pulsing]
25 October 2005 - Happy Jack AZ
Grey are the skies that look down
Scattered with dim stars and grey clouds
Grey are the heavens that look down
On the grey world below
On the grey world below
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The landscape wanders a distance
Dotted with dark trees and grey shrubs and grasses
The landscape stretches to grey mountains
Fading into a grey mist
Fading into a grey mist
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Grey are the buildings of the grey town
The walls and fences of greying woods
Grey are the buildings and grey windows
With grey eyes looking out
With grey eyes looking out
NO SAINTS IN NEVADA - [moderate blues]
25 October 2005 - Happy Jack AZ
All over the old Southwest
There's places named after saints
San Antone to St George to St Helens
There's places named after saints
But there ain't no saints in Nevada
That's gotta make you stop and think
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In California, Arizona, New Mexico
And a whole bunch down Texas Way
Even Oregon, Colorado and Utah
Even Mormons need some to pray
But there ain't no saints in Nevada
Better ask yourself WHY? today
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[bridge:]
Now Las Vegas means the fields,
And Caliente, that means hot
And Mesquite is that thorny shrub
But that's 'bout all the Spanish they got
[instrumental]
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There's nothing holy in Nevada,
It's the land of gamblers and whores
You'd think they'd need all the saints they could get
All them Nevada gamblers and whores
But there ain't no saints in Nevada
And Heaven won't ever open its doors
BURGERS IN HELL - [fast organ hymn]
26 October 2005 - Dripping Springs AZ
He woke up feeling very strange
Didn't know where he was
Didn't recognize the scene'ry
Knew it wasn't his place
Everything was hot and blurry
Everything was smokey
And he couldn't tell how he felt
Except he was hungry
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Found that he was dressed and walking
Through some sort of townscape
Somehow he had a bad feeling
There would be no escape
But up ahead, a glowing sign
HOT BURGERS FRIES AND SHAKES
He went in, ordered, looked around
Then he saw his mistake
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[chorus:]
BURGERS IN HELL! BURGERS IN HELL!
He was dead and damned (damned)
BURGERS IN HELL! BURGERS IN HELL!
Hellburgers were his fate
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Little devils ground up something
Probably his fam'ly
Slapped those patties on the hot grill
Roasted them till they screamed
Served them wi9th fried couch potatoes
And cold malted soul shakes
He forced it down but still hungered
How much more could he take? [chorus]
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He's stuffed but can't get stuffed enough
Can't never get enough
He's fat but can get fatter still
You're never fat enough
He's just like you and just like me
He twitches at the smell
One more burger, damned anyway
Just a burger in Hell! [chorus]
ST ELVIS RIDES AGAIN (II) - [Gilligan]
26 October 2005 - Gila River AZ
St Elvis pushed his hair straight back
And looked me in the eye
Said, "You don't have to live like this
And you don't have to die"
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[chorus:]
Go Saint Elvis, go go go
Go Saint Elvis, mo mo mo
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St Elvis picked up his guitar
And walked across the street
He had that Elvis charisma
He had that Elvis beat [chorus]
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St Elvis smiled down from the wall
From that velvet painting
St Elvis keeps my hopes alive
No matter what I drink [chorus]
(I Love My) ROBOT GIRL - [fast tekno]
31 October 2005 - Bisbee AZ
She's so kinetic
It's like she could dance forever
And she's so magnetic
Everybody's drawn to her
And she's not diabetic
In her urine, there's no sugar
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[chorus:]
Oh, I love my Robot Girl
How I love my Robot Girl
Yes I love my Robot Girl
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Her eyes are glowing
They flash on and off all night
Her hands are moving
And she never loses a fight
Her voice is deceiving
But whatever she says is right [chorus]
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She moves silently
Her joints are so well-oiled
She's so valuable
Her skin's plated with gold
She's so immortal
And she never will grow old [chorus]
HALLOWE'EN IN BISBEE - [roots rhythmic]
31 October 2005 - Bisbee AZ
It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
The ghosts are coming outa Tombstone
They're floating over the desert
They're climbing over the pass
They're gonna get yer ass
It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
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It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
The locals are all dressed up
The tourists are buying costumes
The midnight lights are on
The party's just begun
It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
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It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
Werewolves howl in the distance
The border guards are uneasy
Illegals are crossing the line
They've left their saints behind
It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
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It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
And somewhere in Brewery Gulch
The tourists and the locals
The illegals and the undead
Transvesites and Tombstone ghosts
They're all mixing together
They're all dancing together
They're all dying together
It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
It's Hallowe'en in Bisbee
SANTA CLARA ON CHANNEL 28 - [slow blues]
31 October 2005 - Bisbee AZ
Santa Clara is singing for me tonight
Santa Clara is entertaining me tonight
Santa Clara, the patron saint of television
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Santa Clara has all-night movies tonight
Santa Clara runs special infomercials tonight
Santa Clara, please bless my television
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Santa Clara brooks no interference tonight
Santa Clara offers free HBO tonight
Santa Clara, I burnt candles on my television
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[bridge:]
Santa Clara's always wired
Santa Clara's never tired
Santa Clara's nuclear-fired
Santa Clara, SAVE ME!!
[instrumental]
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Santa Clara's on Penthouse Channel tonight
Santa Clara's skin glows with lava-lamp light
Santa Clara, protect me and my television
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Santa Clara stays with me all night long
Santa Clara's in the test pattern at daylight
Santa Clara, the patron saint of television
THE POLITICIAN - [hymn tune]
2 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
The politician stopped to smile
Beside his limousine
He waddled like a ruptured duck
And tried to look serene
But deep inside his stony heart
A fear darkened the day
He knew that when he got home, he'd
Go on his knees to pray
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[chorus:]
O please o God, o please o God
O please o God, o please o God
O please o God, o please o God
O please o God, o please o God
Don't let anybody find out about the sheep
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Politicians make decisions
Of life and death and cash
They sometimes work delib'rately
And sometimes act quite rash
The words they used are mixed between
The truth and utter lies
But each one carries hidden fears
They're written in their eyes [chorus]
FOUR IN THE MORNING - [slow bass]
3 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
It's four in the morning
The lights are all quiet
The music is all dark
You throw another dart
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It's four in the morning
You've eaten all the dogs
Your clones have all gone home
You're left there all alone
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It's four in the morning
The northern lights are hot
Your body temp is cool
You feel like such a fool
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It's four in the morning
The eclipse is over
You blow the candles out
Tears pour from your mouth
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It's four in the morning
Nothing much will change now
There won't be a warning
It's four in the morning
JASMINE'S ESCAPE - [fast C/W]
5 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
He honked his pickup's horn
As he rolled up to the window of
The all-night drive-thru
Liqor-firearms-Cuban cigar store
Peeled off a few greenbacks and
Peeled out with a glow in his eyes
Ya never know when Lady Luck's
Gonna stagger through your door
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She ducked in the mesquite shadows
As the chopper flew overhead
Searchlights reaching down
Like glowing fingernails on the ground
But it passed her and she reached the road,
Flagged down that flame-red pickup
Ya never know what kinda luck
Will save ya from the hounds
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She knew him right away
From the way he smiled and lied
He knew her right away,
But he's too drunk to really care
There's no excuses, no secrets,
Just blood and bone and skin
Sometimes you're the coyote and
Sometimes you're the bear
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[instrumental]
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She honked the pickup's horn as
She laughed in the wind
Waved her new jewelry,
Rubbed the tattoos on her thighs
Another forgotten friend
Lost somewhere far behind
Another fresh tomorrow
Dangling in front of her eyes
THE PEOPLE OF COCA-COLA - [bright pop]
[chorus w/strings - CORPORATE ANTHEM]
6 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
Oh we're the people of Coca-Cola
We want you to feel alright
We want you to take Coke all day
And take more Coke at night
We want you to forget your fears
Forget your hurts and pains
So take more Coke and listen to
The secret sound of rain
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Oh we're the people of Coca-Cola
We emphasize with you
We feel your joys and heartaches -
Take Coke with everything you do
The more Coke you take, the more money we make
It's a never-ending spiral
We know you'll want to take more Coke
'Cause our marketing is viral
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Oh we're the people of Coca-Cola
Our work is never done
Like you, we take Coke all day long
From rising sun to setting sun
We bring you all this Coke because
We know Coke's good for you
So fill yourself with Coke because
We've got big plans for you
So fill your world with Coke until
You're happy through and through
TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES - [fast rock]
8 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
You're feeling lonely and leftover too
Your mind's a muddle, don't know what to do
Well baby, I've got some advice for you
Well baby, I've got some advice for you
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[chorus:]
Just take your clothes off and run down the street
And wave goodbye to everyone you meet
Just take your clothes off and jump into space
You'll find yourself in some other place
You'll find yourself in some other place
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You're lost in St Louis or maybe Spokane
You don't know if you need a woman or a man
Can anybody help you? Well maybe I can
Can anybody help you? Well maybe I can [chorus]
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[bridge:]
Your clothes entangle you and strangle you
Your clothes define you and confine you
Your clothes embrace you and disgrace you
[instrumental]
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You need some freedom and a righteous kiss
You need some freedom and a righteous piss
You need some freedom; baby, here it is
You need some freedom; baby, here it is [chorus]
LINDA TAKES A WALK - [moderate rock]
8 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
Linda blew out the last three candles
Walked outside in her open-toe sandals
The moon was low, the stars were bright - she thought,
"I really wanna shoot someone tonight, yeah,
I really wanna shoot someone tonight"
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Linda sniffed at the razor-sharp air
The wind blew lightning in her hair
Shapes drifted past the fading moon - she thought,
"I wanna shoot someone really soon, yeah,
I wanna shoot someone really soon"
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Linda made it there under her own steam
To the dark carnival on the bridge of dreams
Saw a stream of ghosts, like a wet dream - she screamed,
"I really wanna shoot you all right now, you fuckers!
I really wanna shoot you all right now!"
DON'T TELL ME - [slow bluesy]
8 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
Don't tell me that you love me
Don't tell me that you hate me
Don't tell me that you measured me
Don't tell me that you weighed me
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[chorus:]
Don't tell me anything at all
Don't tell me anything at all
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Don't show me to your window
Don't show me to your door
Don't show me all your money
Don't show me your old whore [chorus]
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Don't tell me 'bout your happiness
Don't tell me 'bout your pain
Don't tell me 'bout the sun
Don't tell me 'bout the rain [chorus]
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Don't give me any mercy
Don't give me any fear
Don't give me any money
Don't give me any beer [chorus]
THESE CHANGES - [dulcimer Celtic]
9 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
Oh I'm going thru these changes for you
I'm changing everything you want me to
Changed my eyes from green to red to blue
Changed my nose, put my lips on backwards too
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[chorus:]
Oh babe, I'm going thru these changes
Oh babe, I'm going thru these changes
My life, my body, my mind, rearranges
Oh babe, I'm going thru these changes
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Yeah, I've changed the shape of my ears
And the colors of my nipples and my tears
But nobody ever stops and stares
I guess nobody else even cares [chorus]
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I've changed my body fat index like you said
And the shapes of my feet and my head
Do you love me, or just the transition?
Do you love me in any position? [chorus]
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Oh I've changed almost everything I can
But I can change it all 'round again
Change my sex and shape and species
Change the chemicals in my feces [chorus]
CLOSE ENCOUNTER - [turbulent tekno]
9 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
He said, "You know how much I emphasize with you
Stick the probe in some more, turn the voltage up too"
His head was smoking but he had a big smile
He nodded back and forth a while
He nodded back and forth a while
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He said, "We're not as different as you fear
We're all different sexes but just two kinds of gear"
The big eyes looked him over curiously
He tried not to take it too seriously
He tried not to take it too seriously
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He said, "I always wanted to be the first in the worst way
Now I don't know if I'm blessed or cursed"
The lights flashed on various sides of his face
His burning eyeballs registered just a trace
His burning eyeballs registered just a trace
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He cried, "I love you so much! Just let me touch
Your arms, your faces, your feet, your hands!"
But we don't live in our grandparents' world
And we don't have our grandparents' friends
And we won't meet our grandparents' ends
And we won't meet our grandparents' ends
DANCING DOUBLE - [folky rocky]
14 November 2005 - Bisbee AZ
On a stripped-down boulevard a week after Lent
Where the mortuaries offer low-rent services
The junkyard angels and the thriftshop saints
Whirl silently like deadly dancing dervishes
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It's almost too hot for a real argument
They're sweating like iced drinks, like honey ants
Lights flicker off their metalflake eyelids
Just as the thunderstorm breaks overhead
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Somewhere beyond, buildings rattle and shake
Somewhere nearby, skulls and bottles break
It's almost as much fun as sex with a snake
The dance will go on for as long as it takes
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