Iota Phase: 2001(7)


TIME CONSIDERED AS A HELIX OF SIMULTANEOUS ORGASMS [gospel] Santa Rosa, CA 29 June 2001

(saxes & brass, choral voices, big beat etc) We're tryin' for, we're dyin' for -- [chorus:] Simultaneous (simultaneous) Orgasm (orgasm, orgasm) -- We're synchronized, we're energized [chorus] -- We're movin' fast, we're movin' slow [chorus] -- Now you're on top, now I'm on top [chorus] -- [bridge:] It helps to be empathic It helps to be real graphic It helps to be telepathic Yes yes yes yes yes [instrumental] -- We're livin' for, we're givin' for [chorus] -- We're gettin' oiled, we're nearly boiled [chorus] -- [bridge:] Having faith in bipedalism Using whatever new mechanisms Reaching for multiple orgasms Yes yes yes yes yes [instrumental] -- We're breakin' in, we're rakin' in [chorus] -- The sky above, the sea of love [chorus] -- [instrumental and fade...]

NEW TATTOO [boogie blues] Forestville - Santa Rosa, CA 21 July 2001

She drove slow down the avenue She drove slow down the avenue Checkin' out my new tattoo (my new tattoo) -- She saw it said, MY LOVE IS TRUE She saw it said, MY LOVE IS TRUE In red and green and blue (my new tattoo) -- She licked her lips and smiled a bit She licked her lips and smiled a bit Her little tongue wiped away the spit (my new tattoo) -- [bridge:] My new tattoo, my new tattoo I knew it was just the thing to do I had an extra buck or two So I got me a new tattoo -- She sweated just a little more She sweated just a little more Rolled down the window, opened the door (my new tattoo) -- We messed around like lovers do We messed around like lovers do Workin' on my new tattoo (my new tattoo) [The following verses are only to be sung when the DARK SIDE is especially intrusive, eh?] Then something crawled into my head Then something crawled into my head My new tattoo has killed us dead (my new tattoo) -- She drove slow down the road to Hell She drove slow down the road to Hell Something has a fleshy smell (my new tattoo) -- My new tattoo will take us far My new tattoo will take us far From paradise to Harry's Bar (my new tattoo)

USING THE BOMB [folk-rock] [pre-WTC] Forestville, CA July 2001

[tune: FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER, by Gene Clark / the Byrds] The generals say / I ought to blow you away Drop a nuke on your head / And right away After what you done / This can't go on And I'll probably feel a whole lot better / Using the Bomb -- Well we did some detente / And some proxy wars But I'm not gonna play / Your games anymore How was I to know / That you were putting us on? And I'll probably feel a whole lot better / Using the Bomb -- Comerade, for a long time / You had me believe That a balance of power / Was good policy Now in just a half-hour / You're gonna be cone And I'll probably feel a whole lot better / Using the Bomb

THORAZINE (All 'Round My Brain) [quick, assymetrical] Napa, CA 11 Aug 2001

Ev'ry time you'n'me go into town Shrinkos jump out and knock us down -- [chorus] Thorazine all 'round my brain Thorazine all 'round my brain Thorazine all 'round my brain -- Looking thru ev'vy magazine Looking for a gal who's on thorazine [chorus] -- [break:] Squeeze it out and watch it thicken Pump it in, keep my brain from tickin' [chorus] -- Thorazine's good for my distress Stomps out my unhappiness [chorus] -- You take purple, I'll take blue Ain't no difference 'tween the two [chorus] -- [instrumental] -- Never have a sleepless night When my thoughts are over-ripe [chorus] -- Thorazine for my inner chimp Thorazine keeps me loose and limp [chorus] -- [break:] Squeeze it out and watch it thicken Pump it in, keep my brain from tickin' [chorus] -- Worried about Global Warming? Take two Throrzine, wait 'til morning [chorus] -- If my habit's out of date Dose me up with Prozac, mate! -- [chorus] Prozac all 'round my brain Prozac all 'round my brain Prozac all 'round my brain -- [break:] Squirt it in until it's gone Take another trip to town [chorus] -- [instrumental] [and fade...]

I SAT NEXT TO ELVIS (In The Flying Saucer) Jackson, CA 12 Aug 2001

I sat next to Elvis In the flying saucer The king was looking kinda grim "This ain't no VIVA LAS VEGAS", he growled An alien touched his implant He rolled on the floor and howled -- I picked up poor Elvis In the flying saucer Wiped the snot off his face Checked his batteries (batteries) Propped him up against a pylon Popped him some antifreeze -- I sat next to Michael Jackson In the flying saucer His eyes glowed, his hair did too As he telepathed with the crew He gave Elvis such a big kiss And they dissolved in a mist -- [instrumental] -- I sat next to Elvis I sat next to Elvis I sat next to Elvis...

THE CIA LOVES YOU (rocker) Davis-Dixon, CA 12 Aug 2001

The CIA loves (loves) you, and so do I The CIA watches you, and so do I -- The CIA tests (tests) you, and so do I The CIA implants you, and so do I -- The CIA drugs (drugs) you, and so do I The CIA distrusts you, and so do I -- The CIA scans (scans) you, and so do I The CIA de-mags you, and so do I -- The CIA stalks (stalks) you, and so do I The CIA decrypts you, and so do I -- [break] Sometimes in the hands of the intelligence servcice The interrogations always made me feel nervous And experimental drugs that left me delerious... [instrumental] -- The CIA haunts (haunts) you, and so do I The CIA flaunts (flaunts) you, and so do I -- The CIA protects you, and so do I The CIA rejects you, and so do I -- The CIA dissects you, and so do I The CIA regrets you, and so do I -- God bless the CIA, God bless the CIA, God bless the CIA...

SYNTHESIA (doo-wop) Vacaville, CA 12 Aug 2001

Hearing you with my tongue (synthesia) Tasting you with my ears (synthesia) -- Touching you with my my eyes (synthesia) Seeing you with my toes (synthesia) -- Screwing you with my nose (synthesia) Smelling you with my cock (synthesia) -- Feeling the way you talk (synthesia) Hearing the way you walk (synthesia) -- Feeling you with my teeth (synthesia) Biting you with my skin (synthesia) -- Watching you hunker in (synthesia) Watching you puddle out (synthesia)

KAMERA-WERK (techno) Sonoma, CA 12 Aug 2001

She sketched his form with her camera Drawing lines with lights and shadows and colors Shaded his outlines with hazy perspectives Focussed his heart in her lens Focussed his heart in her lens Focussed his heart in her lens -- She changed his fate with her strobe-lights Filling-in dark spots, sculpting the edges Filtered his future with polarized care Flattened his eyes in her lens Flattened his eyes in her lens Flattened his eyes in her lens -- She sucked-up his soul with her camera Imprisoned his spirit 'tween mega-pixel grids After separating ego, superego and id Flash-fried his brain in her lens Flash-fried his brain in her lens Flash-fried his brain in her lens

BREAKING-UP And BREAKING-DOWN (rocker) Forestville, CA 13 Aug 2001

You pulled out your heart and threw it at me I pulled off your hand and threw it right back The geometry of the trajectories Traced contrails thru the night sky Traced contrails thru the night sky -- You switched-off your anger and switched-on your id I powered-up my psyche, thinking, "Oh, you kid!" The ether pulsed with a vibe overload As we beamed into each others' eyes As we beamed into each others' eyes -- [bridge:] Don't try to sacrifice me And I won't try to sacrifice you We're breaking, breaking, breaking -- Why do we have to fight like this? Why can't we just float in gravity beds? Why do we have to get so dismembered? We're breaking up, we're breaking down too We're breaking up, we're breaking down too We're breaking up, we're breaking down too...

THINK I'LL HAVE ANOTHER (bluez) Forestville, CA 13 Aug 2001

It's so noisy, I can't think It's so noisy, I can't think Think I'll have another drink -- I'm adrift, I can't reach port I'm adrift, I can't reach port Think I'll have another snort -- [break:] Don't ya try to dope me out Don't ya try to float me out Don't ya try to hope me out Watch what I stick up my snout -- It's so burned-off, it's so hot It's so burned-off, it's so hot Think I'll have another shot Think I'll have another shot Think I'll have another shot

A GOOD CIGAR (rocker) Forestville, CA 14 Aug 2001

A good cigar, a jug of rum, some Mountain Dew, and you Is all I need, all I have, all I expect in the morning Every morning, lazy morning, in the shadows of the oaks Some crazy jokes, some lazy pokes, and then it's noon A good cigar -- A good cigar, a sturdy stick, a lively kick to the head Some telepathic conversations with the keepers of the dead Every evening as the burning night comes rolling down the hill And sweeps away the shadows of my dreams, every dream A good cigar -- A good cigar, a sturdy whip, some faded flesh beneath my fingertips Moving this way, moving that way, moving all around Around the oaks thd dogs are howling, howing effortlessly Recalling memories of landing on the moon, the moon, the moon A good cigar -- [bridge:] Older but not wiser, thicker but not deeper Just as foolish now as when I skateboarded thru traffic [instrumental] -- A good cigar, fluorescent lights, the night emerging into day The mountains rise above the playa as sandstorms dance my way The dunes are drinking up my blood like a mellow cabernet Some Mountain Dew, a prayer to you, and then I'm gone... A good cigar

ARROW OF TIME (bluesy) Forestville, CA 23 Aug 2001

It was them, flying overhead on pterodactyl wings Singing like the angels of the dead, it was them I watched them every moment as they came -- It was her, walking down the avenue, a leather nun Having so much fun, so purple and blue, it was her I watched her every moment as she came -- Can't reverse the arrow of time Can't reverse the arrow of love Can't reverse the arrow of fate -- It was you, working on inedible abstractions Love and life and death in fractions, it was you I watched you every moment as you came

TEN LITTLE ALIENS (bouncy) Volcano, CA 26 Aug 2001

Ten little aliens, dropping down from heaven Three were hit by interceptors, now there's only seven -- Seven little aliens, standing at my door Three went off with Men In Black, now there's only four -- Four little aliens, probing in my mind Three of'em fissioned, two fissioned again, now they're up to nine -- Nine little aliens blast off into the sky Leaving me alone here, to drink and wonder why

UNNATURAL (jivey) Forestville, CA 27 Aug 2001

We accept our natural gifts We accept unnatural gifts Which do we love more? -- We read natural history And unnatural history Where do we learn more? -- We do good old natural sex We enjoy unnatural sex With an alien whore -- Living an unnatural life Taking an unnatural life First one out the door

FAT TIME (gospel) Forestville, CA 29 Aug 2001

I was just sixteen and madly in love She was just fourteen and black as a dove We wrapped our tongues in a 'rithmetic riddle Waiting for time to grow fat Waiting for time to grow fat -- We were all hands and pimples, wading thru summer Sweating like pitiful puppies in the heat Round-topped and ragged and heavy with hormones Waiting for time to grow lean Waiting for time to grow lean -- I was just twentyone and raging with lust She was just nineteen and had a good bust We wrapped our bodies in romantic riddles Waiting for time to grow bold Waiting for time to grow bold -- We were all glands and glamour, wading thru winter Freezing like actuaries' hearts in the cold I felt her tattoos every time I rolled over Waiting for time to grow old Waiting for time to grow old -- [instrumental] -- We were just homo sapiens, dancing with flesh Feeling our lives shooting by in a flash We wrapped our tongues in a 'rithmetic riddle Waiting for time to grow fresh Waiting for time to grow fresh Waiting for time to grow fresh



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