Iota: 2001(9) - Kappa: 2002(1)


I'LL BE YOURS [slow] Forestville, CA 11 Oct 2001

I'll be yours, I'll be yours No reaction is appropriate No reaction stands the winds of time We're all just focking idiots I'll be yours if you'll be mine I'll be yours, I'll be yours No winds of time blow fear away No leaves fall without effect No reaction goes unseen I'll be your favorite large insect I'll be yours, I'll be yours No traitors swim in the desert No storm clouds eat the lonely winds We're the players and the played I'll be yours if we'll get laid

(On The) BIG ISLAND [Hawaiian Slack-Key] Forestville, CA 29 Oct 2001

On the Big Island, Where everyone's smilin' Gator'n'crocodilin', We're falling in love - Under the palm trees, With sand crabs and sand fleas We're drinkin' martinis, And falling in love - [bridge:] The parrots cry, the fruit bats fly, the tourists die The lava flows, and everybody (everybody) knows - On the Big Island, We're suckin' on sugar cane We're hidin' from hurricanes, And falling in love - [instrumental] [bridge:] The dolphins laugh, the breakers crash, we're out of cash The tide comes in, we're soaking (soaking) again - On the Big Island, Where life is beguilin' We're just reconcilin', To falling in love To falling in love, We're falling in Love hula

CALLS OUT TO ME [disco beat] Forestville, CA 30 Oct 2001

Ev'ry day is something new The winds of time call out to me The dogs of war call out to me My vampire soul calls out to me Ev'rything is something new - Ev'ry day is something old The winds of time blow hot and cold The burnt-off mountains call to me The bruised pretenders call to me Ev'rything is something old - [break - triplets:] Just a fantasy / One more exctasy / No more poverty [instrumental] - Ev'ry year is something queer All the winds call out to me All the Earths call out to me All the fires call out to me Ev'ry seer is something queer

SHE'S SO ANALOG [slow jazz] Forestville, CA 5 Nov 2001

She ran down behind the winery And stripped off all her finery She's so analog, not binary, not binary, not binary - They took her down to hospital Her cognition went orbital She's so analog, not digital, not digital, not digital -- [break:] She's such a natural girl In an unnatural world In a precedural whirl She's got many natural charms And so many natural arms Like Shiva in the swarms [instrumental] -- She's looking through her very own eyes She's breathing out her very own sighs She's so natural, not synthesized, not synthesized, not synthesized, not synthesized, not synthesized...

CRYING [mandolin] Forestville, CA 10 Nov 2001

I walk into the bathroom, and I cry I walk back to the bedroom, and I cry I walk into the kitchen, and I cry I listen to the radio, and I cry Then something comes up, and I laugh Then something comes up, and I cry Again, again, again...

RAZOR BLADE OF LIFE [noise rock] Forestville, CA 10 Nov 2001

The razor blade of life Slices thru my memories Throwing my laugh to the ground Cuts away the foundations of peace The world descends into anarchy Terrorism tears my eyes Tourism sweeps the world Interference breaks the mold -- The razor blade of life Slices at my tenderness I can't sing my song like this I can't talk 'bout Hiroshima The lies are singing from the future The lies are sacrificing themselves Nothing slides as cleanly by As the razor blade of life -- [instrumental] Another razor blade swings by Another electron beam lights up Another bicycle tour rides by Another anarchist vision explodes

ODE TO SNOT [punk bluez] Forestville, CA 15 Nov 2001

Snot is not a lot / I have got a 'bot Bots don't dribble snot / Snot is wot I got Thanx a lot, thanx a lot -- Snot is not so hot / Snot will never rot Snot is sold and bought / By the snotty lot Thanx a lot, thanx a lot -- Birthdays ain't so hot / When you're drowned in snot Doing what I ought / Wiping up my snot Thanx a lot, thanx a lot -- [break] The nose it flows, the puddle grows, the snot it flows The bitter rose, torments my nose / again, again, again -- Snot will never end / Snot is in the wind Snot is not my friend / Snot gives me the bends Thanx again, thanx again, thanx again

WANTED SEX [slow metal bluzoid] Forestville, CA 15 Nov 2001

S/he wanted sex, s/he wanted death S/he wanted fame, s/he wanted meth S/he wanted fumes, s/he wanted breath -- S/he watched the sun, s/he watched the moon S/he spent a lifetime / in one small room S/he started late, s/he's starting soon -- [instrumental] -- S/he wanted joy, s/he wanted juice S/he exercised / to stay real loose S/he crashed and burnt, and that's the news -- [repeat #1]

KILL'EM ALL [sweet country waltz w/piano] Forestville, CA 21 Nov 2001

We're fighting the terrorists, kill'em all, kill'em all Maybe you're another terrorist, kill'em all, kill'em all Fight terror with terror, and fock all the lawyers Nobody has rights in this terrorist war Whatever you don't say is evidence, kill'em all, kill'em all -- We're at war with the Taleban, kill'em all, kill'em all They ain't vegetarians, kill'em all, kill'em all We're taking no prisoners, don't worry 'bout war crimes Just send their bodies to a cold frozen hell Just slice off their miserable raghead balls, kill'em all -- [break:] The Supreme Court says that it's OK The Supreme Court says that it's OK The Supreme Court says that it's OK The Supreme Court says that it's OK -- We're gonna bomb Iraq some more, kill'em all, kill'em all Be sure to roll up Saddam this time, kill'em all, kill'em all Maybe we'll go after Sudan next, Qadaffi's still a slimey pest Palestinians are just bugs to the West, kill'em all, kill'em all

LIFE & DEATH & XMAS [fast bump] Volcano, CA 25 Dec 2001

What kinda terror did ya get for Xmas? What kinda bombs did ol' Santy Claus bring? How many bodies were under the Xmas tree? What's the best way to celebrate life and death and life and death? -- How much repression did ya get for Xmas? How many troops were patrolling the malls? Is Santa tapping your phones and email? What's the best way to terminate life and death and life and death? -- What kinda future do ya have after Xmas? Is it a gift-wrapped police state, police state? Did you take your shoes off for inspection? What's the best way to insulate life and death and life and death?

Kappa Phase: 2002(1)

TEXAS / LEXUS [fast jazz] Santa Rosa, CA 8 Jan 2002

I hunkered in my Lexus, and scooted back to Texas Past sparky stars and smoky bars and battered cars (with too much paint) in Texas -- I gassed and lubed the Lexus, deep in the heart of Texas The smell of sage from another age, I turned the page (tarantulas running loose) in Texas -- I crashed and burned the Lexus, out on the coast of Texas The Gulf washed in and out again and again and again and again (better go to Mexico) from Texas

WHO ARE YOU? [blues rock] Santa Rosa, CA 9 Jan 2002

Last night, you came inside Your brain was totally fried You'd just gone out for a ride And I cried, and I cried, and I cried Who are you? -- You told me that you would stay And never more run away That was 'bout all you could say And I prayed, and I prayed, and I prayed Who are you? -- [break] You were someone else You were somewhere else You were something else [frantic sax/guitar instr] -- Last night, I couldn't tell what you mean Last night, you came out of a dream Last night, all your edges gleamed And I screamed, and I screamed, and I screamed Who are you?

JUST BECAUSE [boogie] Santa Rosa, CA 15 Jan 2002

Just because we're human, just because we're human Just because we're human Don't mean we ain't immortal, don't mean we ain't immortal -- Just because we're slippery, just because we're slippery Just because we're slippery Don't mean that we're unstable, don't mean that we're unstable -- Just because we're doomed, just because we're doomed Just because we're doomed Don't mean we can't enjoy life, don't mean we can't enjoy life -- [break] Just because reality ain't always what it seems Just because the universe don't live up to our dreams Just because the aliens don't come out in the light It's all right, it's all right, it's all right -- Just because we're doomed, just because we're doomed Just because we're doomed Don't mean that we ain't cool, don't mean that we ain't cool -- Just because we're doomed, just because we're doomed Just because we're doomed Don't mean we can't enjoy life, don't mean we can't enjoy life Don't mean we can't enjoy life, don't mean we can't enjoy life

I KNOW WHAT YOU [raggy] Santa Rosa, CA 15 Jan 2002

[phase-shift loop-under, louder between verses] I know what you want, I know what you are I know what you need, I know what you do Ya think yer in love, yer feeling so strange Yer car it won't start, yer voice it won't change Yer lunch won't digest, yer ID won't pass Ya think yer in love, but maybe it's gas -- Ya think yer in love, ya feel pretty odd Ya got a cool eyeball, ya got a hot bod Ya got a cold conscience, ya got a warm beer Ya think yer in love, but maybe it's fear -- [break:] If it wasn't really love, how would it feel? If it wasn't sexual, which card would you deal? If it wasn't passion, how much would ya steal? [instrumental] -- Ya think yer in love, yer voices say so They tell ya to come, they tell ya to go They tell ya to suck, they tell ya to poke Ya think yer in love, or is it a stroke?

FLATLAND [fast] Santa Rosa, CA 26 Jan 2002

I live my life in 2 dimensions / Everything is flat and square I live my life in 2 dimensions / Maybe you've been there -- [chorus:] Flatland, Flatland, Flatland, Flatland, Flatland... -- I spend my time in 2 dimensions / Bustling about, about I spend my time in 2 dimensions / How do I get out? [chorus] -- [break:] Can I take a quantum shift? Can I take a gestalt lift? Do I really need gravity's gift? Is there any hope (hope) (hope)? -- I waste away in 4 dimensions / Surfing waves of time I waste away in 4 dimensions / Is it such a crime? [chorus] sliding

LOVE SONG FOR DEMONS GODZ [slow] Santa Rosa, CA 26 Jan 2002

Where do you hang out? How loud do you shout? Are you just a demon? Am I just a demon? Are you so devout? Is this just a love song? -- Where do beacons flame? Do you have a name? Are you just a demon? Am I just a demon? Should I feel the shame? Is this just a love song? -- Do you stink of sin? So you stink of gin? Are you just a demon? Am I just a demon? Will you let me in? Is this just a love song? -- Is your heart on fire? Do you feel desire? Are you just a demon? Am I just a demon? Are you any higher? Is this just a love song?

I THOUGHT I THOUGHT OF YOU [medium boogie] Santa Rosa, CA 26 Jan 2002

I thought I thought of you, I thought you were hot I thought I thought of you, but maybe not I thought I thought of you, but have you been bought? Been hot, been bought, been hot, been bought... -- I thought I thought of you, I thought you were green I thought I thought of you, or maybe obscene I thought I thought of you, or are you just mean? Just green, just mean, just green, just mean... -- I thought I thought of you [repeat 20 times] -- I thought I thought of you, I thought you were old I thought I thought of you, or are you just cold? I thought I thought of you, is your ass pure gold? Pure gold, pure gold, pure gold, pure gold...



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