HOMECOMING (country gospel) Sweetwater Springs, CA 3 Aug 2000 *
I WENT home to BAY-bee, she PUSHED me outside
Said, "DUST off your scooter, let's GO for a ride;
Get GREASED up and ready, let's see WHAT you can do!"
I went back to BAY-bee, why don't you-ou?
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I WENT home to DAD-dee, my HAT in my hand
He said, "GET back to WORK, boy, and take CARE of the land!
Watch OUT what you're doin', watch OUT who you screw!"
I went back to DAD-dee, why don't you-ou?
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[break] But is HOME just a hook, where YOU toss your hat?
Not too FANCY or clean, do you LIKE it like that?
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I WENT home to Mama, she TOOK me right in
Blew some SMOKE in my face, said, "KID, where you been?
You look WORN out and wasted, from the THINGS that you do!"
I WENT home to Mama, why don't you-ou?
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(instrumental verse, then chorus [repeat break])
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I WENT home to SCIENCE, it ALTERED my genes
Filleted me and SPRAYED me, made me FEEL so serene
I'm SUCH a good Cyborg, I'm HAVING a ball
I went home to SCIENCE, won't we all-ll-ll?
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You WENT back in BIZ-ness, sold some REAL estate, told me,
"INVEST in biotech, BEFORE it's too late!"
You DROVE your Ferrari to your HOME in the sky
You went back in BIZ-ness, shouldn't I?
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(instrumental verse, then chorus [repeat break])
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I WENT home to JEE-zus, He GAVE a big laugh
Said, "You're JUST what I need, ya wanna JOB on My staff?
Con the WEAK and the wasted, the WHOLE human zoo!"
I went back to JEE-zus, why don't you-ou?
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I WENT home to CHINO, oh MY how it's grown
I BARELY remember that DIRTY old town
The SMOG is a wonder, the dairy-air too
I went back to Chino, why don't you, why don't you?
It's prob'ly the best you could do-oo-oo...
CHARLESTOWN BAY (old guitar rag) Hilton, CA 1995 - 4 Aug 2000 *
I drove all night and day
I drove to Charlestown Bay
With the tide
I treated you real nice
I filled you up with rice
After you died
I put you in the boat
I had to watch you float
Away, away, away, away...
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Charlestown Bay, the end-of the line
Charlestown Bay, I'm cryin'n'cryin'
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The ocean's deep and grey
The ocean's dark and cold
O so cold
The night fades to day
The stars sink in the Bay
Blue and gold
The sun burns my face
We all lose the race
With time, with time, with time, with time...
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No eternity, no reward
Just the sand on the ocean shore
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(instrumental lines)
I drove all day and night
I drove 'cause you might
Come back, come back, come back, come back...
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Charlestown Bay, the end-of the line
Charlestown Bay, I'm cryin'n'cryin'
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(final verse, just instrumental)
THIS SONG (generic) Monte Rio, CA 8 Aug 2000
This song mighta been about someone like you and someone like me;
But that's not how I wrote it.
This song mighta been about happiness and pain, joy and loss;
But it didn't happen like that
This song coulda had some catchy hooks, loud guitars, tricky rhythms;
but it doesn't.
This song coulda been on constant heavy rotation on MTV, MTV, MTV;
but it isn't.
This song coulda been filled with sly sexual innuendo, nothing blatant,
so it could be sold at WalMart.
(How the fock could I have missed out on THAT one?)
This song coulda been timed at 140 beats per minute, a prime techno hit;
but it ain't.
Naw, this song just sorta sits here, kinda like you and kinda like me.
We'd sing another chorus, if we could remember the chorus, la la la la la.
SILICON LIFE (folky) Forestville CA 9 Aug 2000 *
(Chords: F, E, A, F# in the E position; chorus: E, C, B7)
The forest is glassy, so crystal and gossamer
The leaves are so brittle, their veins are quite quicksilver
Each edge is a knife-edge, so sharp and so hungry
The leaf-litter's sandy and ragged and crunchy
--
[chorus] The world of silicon life, silicon life, and silicon life
--
Light's so prismatic, I'm blinded by rainbows
No human eyes can survive the brilliance
No human touch can survive the sharpness
No human breath can survive the dust [chorus]
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It's all so electric, communicating, self-powered
And calm, like a memory, like a chandalier
It's all so deadly, it's all so evolved
It's all the next phase, it's all so clear [chorus]
IS IT? WAS IT? WILL IT? Forestville CA 9 Aug 2000
(assymetrical overlaid rhythms/harmonies)
[chorus:] Touching you, touching me, touching them, touching us
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Was it me? Was it grown? Is it both? Is it known? [chorus]
Is it you? Is it true? Was I blew? Is it new? [chorus]
Is it old? Is it young? Does it hold? Is it hung? [chorus]
Does it shine? Is it mine? Does it die? Does it try? [chorus]
JUST me - JUST you - JUST us - JUST them - JUST us [chorus]
INTELLIGENT QUARTZ (rock chant) Forestville CA 9 Aug 2000 *
We all live with intelligent quartz
We depend on intelligent quartz
Rock'n'roll with intelligent quartz
Save my soul with intelligent quartz
3-way sex with intelligent quartz
Score my neck with intelligent quartz
DAH da DAH da da Dah DAH
--
Raise the dead with intelligent quartz
Feed my head with intelligent quartz
Daze my girl with intelligent quartz
Save the world with intelligent quartz
Intelligent quartz, Intelligent quartz
Intelligent quartz, Intelligent quartz
DAH da da DAH da da Da Da Da DAH...
--
Burn the past with intelligent quartz
Burn the trees with intelligent quartz
Burn the skies with intelligent quartz
Burn my eyes with intelligent quartz
Intelligent quartz, Intelligent quartz
Intelligent quartz, Intelligent quartz
Da da da
THE PAIN Forestville CA 11 Aug 2000
The sun crashes down on the shore
The heat rolls on breakers and combers
The fire washes over the sand
The light eddies and rolls back
The pain, the pain, the pain
--
The pain burns its way thru my eyes
The pain drips in my blood
The pain washes around me
The pain fills all the hollows
The pain, the pain, the pain
--
The night laughs like a moron
The night drools and masturbates
The night drinks way too much
The night staggers into stupor
The pain, the pain, the pain
YOUR PLASMA DREAM (7/8 blues) Trenton, CA 11 Aug 2000
From out of the flash cube, right into the trash box
From out of the funeral, right into the fun
From out of the furnace, right into the funeral
So much to for-get, so much to learn
From powerlessness, to powerlessness
So much that's germaine, so many germs
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Some messages frenzied, some wood-chuck in heat
Some rotten decisions, some rotten old meat
Some sharks in the river, some swimmers in need
Some guy who's so swollen, he's way beyond greed
A sheep in estrus, satisfy yourself
A basic solution, right off-the-shelf
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Your plasma dream, Your plasma dream
Your plasma dream, Your plasma dream
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A turd in the fire, a cool bitch in heat
Some marketing savvy knocks you off your feet
A dream that you're hungry, a dream that you're dead
A dream of the weevils chewing thru your head
A dream that's magic, a dream that's tragic
You'll buy it all, go buy it all
(On one channel emphasize every 3rd beat, on the other channel
emphasize every 4th beat, with the duration of the emphasis
being one beat shorter than the interval between emphasis notes --
during the break in the middle, add some more emphasis every 5th
beat, in the center channel.)
WELCOME, SUCKER (whisper over bass) Fulton, CA 11 Aug 2000
The landscape's fractured - that's just California,
It's better than hurricanes, better than floods,
But stuck in the traffic, uh...
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She's stuck in the traffic, she could be anywhere
The traffic's the same, wherever you go
Welcome to America, uh...
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Her minidisc's pumping-out phat MP3's
She downloaded last night, it passes the time
It passes the time, uh...
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It's not earthquake weather, no tornadoes on the freeway,
The smog's usual, the ozone's decreasing
The ozone's increasing, uh...
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She flips back her strawberry hair, thinks of you
Wonders what to do, wonders if she'll be late
Doesn't triangulate, uh...
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Welcome to California, now go home! Just a joke
There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to go
There's nowhere to go, uh...
SOME HOLY ANIMAL (weird waltz) Fulton, CA 11 Aug 2000
[DAH da DAH da DAH da da,] He's like a feral animal,
He rolls thru Santa Rosa with his music turned up loud
A wary smile, no body hair, no evidence of who he is
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Like some nocturnal animal, alerted by a movement
He slides thru Santa Rosa with his windows darkened
They don't know who he is, they don't know who he is
-
An existential animal, but aren't we all? Aren't we all?
He looks away, looks back again, back again, back again
He slides thru Santa Rosa with a shotgun in his lap
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The camouflage is perfect, he's just another migrant,
Just another tourist, just another mark,mark
He prowls thru Santa Rosa like a tiger in the dark
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Like some sedated animal, his mouth twitches, twitches
He rolls thru Santa Rosa with his glass-packs humming low
A few more miles to go, a few more miles to go
HEY TRICKY MAN (reggae) Windsor, CA 11 Aug 2000
Hey tricky man, take a taste of life
Try a taste of death, try an instant freeze
Hey tricky man, where's your tattoo now?
What's it worth to you? What's it really say?
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Hey tricky man, try a taste of blood
Try the instant blood, try the monthly blood
Try the black bruise blood, try the holy blood
(uh) Try the hot blood, (uh) try the cold blood
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Hey tricky man, where's your holy cow?
Did she run away from you again, again?
Hey tricky man, tricka flicka wicka
Tricka flicka wicka, tricka flicka wicka wicka
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Hey tricky man, is your heart broken?
Is your spirit broken? Is your arm broken?
Hey tricky man, did you break away?
What did you break away from, from, from, from?
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Hey tricky man, is your day over?
Is your dream over? Is your life over?
Hey tricky man, what's that ahead?
When does your story end, end, end, end?
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Hey tricky man, where's your holy sheep?
Did she run away from you again, again?
Hey tricky man, tricka flicka wicka
Tricka flicka wicka, tricka flicka wicka wicka
DEMON DANCE GODZ Windsor, CA 11 Aug 2000
What's your favorite demon? Are all your demons noisy?
Do all your demons make you drink? Do any demons make you think?
What's your favorite demon?
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Who's that painful demon? Are all your demons memories?
Do you remember everything? Do all your demons laugh and sing?
Do they make you scream?
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Are your demons smelly? Can you name them, one by one?
Do they crawl around your skin? Do they ever leave again?
Are your demons gone?
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Do demons feed on love? Do demons feed on hate?
A daughter who won't talk to you, a love you can't escape?
Do demons come too late?
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Are you your favorite demon? Are demons so persistant?
Who's your favorite demon? Who's your favorite saint?
Can you tell the difference?
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We breed so many demons - the universe is full of'em
It's so hard to keep track; It's so hard to keep track
It's so hard to keep track
SMOKEY THE STIFF (torch/lounge song) Fulton, CA 11 Aug 2000
Give me another cigarette, I'm ready to die
Light me up, it's such a lovely day to die
Light me up, my tombstone's engraved and waiting
No more filters, no more hesitating
Give me a Camel, I wanna go, I wanna die die die die...
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I'll finish the drink and have another cigarette
Then try a nice round of Russian Roulette
It's so damn glamorous and I'm feeling so damn amorous
Drunk down, focked, up, smoked out, toked out
Take my last breath, kiss me to death death death death...
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[break] Heroin's much too weak, cocaine's much too weak
Nicotine's my favorite treat, my favorite treat
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Curtain's coming down now, on with the show
Switch the spotlight off, and clear the floor
Count the total take, enough for a fancy wake
No tears, no fears, no beers, no queers
I'm leaving with the most toys, so I won, so I won
I'm leaving with the most toys, so I won...
CERTAINLY (What's For Certain?) Westport, CA 15 Aug 2000
A certain light, a certain chaos in the waves
A certain pattern in the nights, a certain day
Uncertain thoughts, they roll and rock and ricochet
Like shattered marbles scattered underfoot
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A certain sunburnt texture, a certain skin
Uncertain noisy seagulls, flattened in the wind
A certain flattered opulence, a certain sin
Accidentally splattered like wine, like blood
-
I'm uncertain, you're uncertain, what's for certain?
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A certain rhythm, a certain song from the west
A certain fluttering, a certain shift in your breast
A certain complex complicity, a certain test
Like everything you thought you understood
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A certain song, a certain saint, uncertainty
A certain heaven, a certain hell, immediacy
A certain you, a certain me, certain ennui
Like snickerdoodles dusted with salt
(What Happens) NEXT? Westport, CA 15 Aug 2000
After you've burnt some villages
What else can you do? (you do)
Move along and burn some more:
Rebellious villages so fair
Evacuated towns with fear
Abandoned cities in history
Deserted cities of the heart
--
After you've burnt somebody's dreams
Have you any dreams yourself?
Apocalyptic dreams, what else?
Faded dreams you flushed in anger
Just your dreams left on the shelf
Forgotten dreams that eat your flesh
Deserted dreams of vacant hearts
--
These are all our hearts
These are all our homes
--
Would you rather spill oil?
Find some beauty to despoil?
Do your job extremely well?
Electric dreams, elected dreamers
Heading for a maze of futures
Sacrificed dreams, targeted
Deserted nations of the heart
--
These were all our hearts
These were all our homes
LOOK AROUND (syncopated) Windsor, CA 18 Aug 2000 *
[chorus] Look a-round / look a-round / look a-round
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I usta live in the land of the free
I drank Dr. Pepper, and too much coffee, coffee
I usta think it was just you and me
We usta Hully-Gully, We usta Hully-Gully
We usta, We usta, We usta...
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There's pocket change, and there's change in the air
There's something strange, and it's sittin' right there
We usta change right in front of the wind
We usta show it all, We usta show it all
We usta, We usta, We usta... [chorus]
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The stars are bright, and the Northern lights too
We're dancing 'cross the skies, just me and you
We usta try everything that was new
We usta Wa-Watusi We usta Wa-Watusi
We usta, We usta, We usta...
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I usta think I could improve the world
I usta think I could improve my girl
We usta feed on each other all night
We usta Loco-Motion, We usta Loco-Motion
We usta, We usta, We usta... [chorus]
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