ν   Nu Phase: 2005


Alamagoogol [bouncy pop] Volcano CA 20 July 2005

The sun beats down on this dirty spaceport town Everyone's inside but the friends of the bride The pretty things laugh at my little red antenna Maybe I'm a Martian or maybe I'm just scared Maybe I'm a Martian or maybe I'm just scared - The wedding party's getting noisier and noisier The ambassador from Altair is happier and happier How much is that angel? That's my name too The bridesmaid's dressed up as a kangaroo The bridesmaid's dressed up as a kangaroo - Somebody's sweating, somebody's bleeding Hello fellow anthropoids and dragonflies and morons Somebody's grunting, consummating in the shade I'm not a drug salesman, I just smell like one I'm not a drug salesman, I just smell like one - I'm not a drug salesman, I'm a singer, take a pill Listen! The sound of the Big Bang is F Major She's not smiling, just holding a clarinet Like a ray-gun pointed at her mouth Like a ray-gun pointed at her mouth Like a ray-gun pointed at her mouth

(The Art Of) CONTRARY THINKING [medium rock] Volcano CA 20 July 2005

You say up is up but I think just the opposite You say might is right but I am not convinced LOOK AROUND you cry, you cry Waving your arms - [chorus:] The art of contrary thinking is so easy The art of contrary thinking is so natural Everything is just a bright mirror Everything you know is wrong, wrong - You blather about your faith but I have none at all You sure like to get drunk but Why stop at alcohol? You think you're not short but I think you're not tall [chorus] - Thinking is an art but Thinkers fuck it up Living is an art but Not when it's on TV Death is an art but Bureaucrats fuck it up [chorus] - [bridge:] Whatever you say, I know is wrong Whatever you do, I don't Whatever you sing, I know ain't a song Whatever you will, I won't - Only warriors are prepared but Should we all go to war? I won't taste your Mayan architecture And mayonnaise Just shut up A kiss is worth a thousand comments [chorus]

Eat Another Cabbage [cool jazz] Volcano CA 28 July 2005

Eat another cabbage / Cabbages are good for you Eat another cabbage / Cool and fresh and green Eat another cabbage / Cabbage keeps you regular Eat another cabbage / Eat another cabbage - Eat another chicken / Fried chicken is good for you Eat another chicken / Chicken are our friends Eat another chicken / Beak and feathers, everything Eat another chicken / Eat another chicken - Drink another rootbeer / Rootbeer is the juice of life Drink another rootbeer / Rootbeer makes you belch Drink another rootbeer / If you don't piss, you'll explode Drink another rootbeer / Drink another rootbeer - Eat another cabbage / Cabbages are aliens Eat another cabbage / Before a cabbage eats you Eat another cabbage / Eat it fast in self-defence Eat another cabbage / Eat another cabbage Eat another cabbage / Eat another cabbage

For the World to End [arti-tekno] Sutter Creek CA 28 July 2005

I'm waiting for the world to end Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow Anticipation is making me crazy - I'm praying for the world to end Deliver me from my enemies Negativity is pulling me thru - I'm hoping for the world to end Everybody needs a dream, or How you gonna make a dream come true? - I'm expecting the world to end Everything goes according to plan Just push the big red button - I really need for the world to end Don't ask me about my hemorrhoids And I won't mention your teeth - When the fock will the world end? When the fock will the world end?

Nature Is Organic [light folky] Volcano CA 29 July 2005

[Part 1] A hurricane came and blew down my town Stomped that sucker right into the ground Weren't hardly nobody left around, but [chorus1:] I love nature / nature is organic Nature is mystical / nature is real - A tornado came and blew down my town Stomped that sucker right into the ground Weren't hardly nobody left around, but [chorus1] - An earthquake came and shook down my town Stomped that sucker right into the ground Weren't hardly nobody left around, but [chorus1] - A flash-flood came and washed out my town Flushed that sucker right into the sea Weren't hardly nobody left but me, but [chorus1] [Part 2] A flock of angels zapped thru my town Conked that sucker right into the ground Flashed everybody that was running around, but [chorus2:] I love angels / angels are so cosmic Angels are so mystical / angels are so real - A flock of demons roared thru my town Torched that sucker right off the ground Damned everybody that was running around, but [chorus3:] I love demons / demons are so cosmic Demons are so mystical / demons are so real - A flock of aliens hovered over my town Toked that sucker right into the ground Ate everybody that was running around, but [chorus4:] I love aliens / aliens are so cosmic Aliens are so mystical / aliens are our friends - A flock of robots came thru my town Crushed that sucker right into the ground Zapped everybody that was running around, but [chorus4:] I love robots / robots are so cosmic Robots are so mystical / robots are our friends

Don't Look Too [raspy rock] Volcano CA 29 July 2005

Don't look too close at heaven The sky fell yesterday Everything is meaningless Especially you, especially me Don't look too clse at hell Ya don't know when yer going Everything's exactly Where we want it to be - [chorus:] Don't look too long at short Don't look too short at long Don't look too hard at life Don't look too soft at love - Don't look too close at futures Futures always changing Butterflies may fly away Or land on your eyeballs There must be sheep in heaven Or else or else or else The angels would just bugger Each other, each other [chorus] - Don't look too close at me I'm lost in the glare She might just as well Have kicked me in the groin Don't look too close at you I'll be your mirror Someone's laughing all the way Laughing all the way down [chorus] - Don't look too close at causes Results are what you've got Everything that happens is supposed to Whether you want it or not Don't look, don't look too close At national security Don't smile, there's nothing funny About national security [chorus]

Don't Call It Genocide [nursery rhyme] Volcano CA 30 July 2005

I hate you, you fear me I hate you and your family I'll kill you and all your kin Don't call it Genocide, call it Original Sin - It's fun smashing babies' heads against rocks It's in the Psalms, so it's OK, it's OK It's fun cutting throats, shoving suckers off cliffs Don't call it Genocide, call it Mischief - We'll burn down your temples & homes & fields We'll round y'all up and drive y'all away Rape all the women and kill all the rest Don't call it Genocide, call it Foreplay

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The Rain Pours Down [arhythmic] Volcano CA 1 December 2005

The rain pours down like a cold monsoon Washing down the mountainsides The hail flies in like vampire bats In the peaks above Veracruz The storm blows over the ridges here And doesn't care what I say - The rain pours down like civilian blood A dream anatomy in the sky Scattered body parts like clouds Blowing to a far horizon The storm blows down our eyes and throats An erotic serenade - The rain pours down and up and round The rain runs down my sore throat The rain runs out my swollen eyes The rain pours out my ears The rain hides our sins away The rain tells no secrets

You Never Call [disco] Volcano CA 1 December 2005

My Mom complains, "You never call, You never write, you never visit" And that's true, I never write Or anything, or anything 'Cause nothing ever happens Or everything ever happens There's nothing else to say, to say There's nothing else to say, to say So I didn't call today - That's life, away from home Every night we're far away Every night and every day And all the time, and all the time The mandala spins around again And stops at the same damn time And no time there at all, at all And no time there at all, at all So I didn't call at all

The Coup [bright pop] Volcano CA 5 December 2005

It's a beautiful day, the birds are singing It's a beautiful day, the bells are ringing The sky is clear, not a cloud to be seen We're sipping our beers, y'know what I mean And then comes the coup And then comes the coup - The sun shines down from up above The sun shines down like God's sweet love We call out to friends, we say hello We call out to God, to give our thanks Then here come the tanks Then here come the tanks - The excitement's over pretty soon Order's restored by late afternoon Some are taken away to be jailed Some are taken away to be shot Now think of all the security we've got Now think of all the safety we've got Say, long live the coup! Say, long live the coup!

Cleo's Song [guitar rock] Volcano CA 13 December 2005

Here comes Cleo, she's killed someone again Sometimes it's for money, sometimes it's for love Sometimes it's for fun, the kind you prob'ly heard of It doesn't really matter why They had to die, they had to die Here comes Cleo, here comes Cleo, here comes Cleo - [bridge:] Picture yourself in a boat on a river With chains on your feet and your hands tightly tied Somebody lifts you and tosses you over You don't float away with the tide - There goes Cleo, she's on TV again Talking about life, talking about fate Talking of her innocence, the kind you never tasted It doesn't really matter now She'll work it out, she'll work it out There goes Cleo, there goes Cleo, there goes Cleo - [coda:] She isn't bipolar, she isn't psychopathic She isn't bad magic or anything like tragic She's just so natural, like hemlock or a cobra There go your eyes, here comes Cleo There go your eyes, here comes Cleo There go your eyes, here comes Cleo There go your eyes, here comes Cleo

A Surfin' Sleighride [fast surf] Volcano CA 14 December 2005

[twangy guitar, heavy drums, choral refrain] Dig old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Here comes Santa on a surfin' sleighride He's waxed up his sleigh and he's shooting the curl He's walking the rails with a sexy surfer girl He's doing the Quasimodo, it's enough to make you hurl - [refrain:] Dig old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Here comes Santa on a surfin' sleighride [guitar break] - Dig old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Here comes Santa on a surfin' sleighride He's got all the reindeer on a tubular run They're hangin' 32 and they're bustin' their buns They're like some miracle out under the sun - [refrain:] Dig old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Here comes Santa on a surfin' sleighride - [bridge:] The surfer's gather 'round just to watch the old tranny They're skinnin' their teeth and they're dustin' their fannies And after this set, there's a surfin' hootenanny [extended guitar/organ break] - Dig old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Here comes Santa on a surfin' sleighride He's tossing out presents, they sparkle in the foam But he's got enough left to drop into every home And surfin's lots more fun than hangin' out in Nome - [refrain:] Dig old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Here comes Santa on a surfin' sleighride [drum break] - Dig old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Here comes Santa on a surfin' sleighride Groove on old Santa on a surfin' sleighride Hang ten with Santa on a surfin' sleighride Wig out with Santa on a surfin' sleighride [guitar break & fade]

A Ninja Christmas [carole] Volcano CA 15 December 2005

Here's Santa Claus, all dressed in back A thin sheathed sword slung over his back He swings his line and someone's neck goes CRACK He's gonna wish you a Ninja Christmas He's gonna wish you a Ninja Christmas From the bottom of his ninja heart - [chorus:] Ninja Christmas, Ninja Christmas Ninja Christmas, Ninja Christmas From the bottom of my ninja heart - Here's three wise men, in hoods and masks So still and quiet, moving to their tasks Just deadly shadows, you never get to ask They're gonna wish you a Ninja Christmas They're gonna wish you a Ninja Christmas From the bottom of their ninja hearts [chorus] - Santa's ninja elves, hidden in the pavement Those damn turtles, hung up like ornaments One team gets sanctioned, one team makes the rent They're gonna wish you a Ninja Christmas They're gonna wish you a Ninja Christmas From the bottom of their ninja hearts [chorus]

It's A Bloody Christmas [reggae] Volcano CA 16 December 2005

You're looking across the snowy rooftops And there's the vampire Santa Claus He and Saint Dracula got blood on their paws But everything's gonna be alright (alright) It's a bloody Christmas tonight (tonight) It's a bloody Christmas tonight - The full moon's glistening off their eyes Getting ready to slide down the chimneys Gonna suck all them little kids dry But nobody's gonna report a crime (a crime) It's a bloody Christmas this time (this time) It's a bloody Christmas this time - [bridge:] You can tell wherever they go (go) Look for drops of blood in the snow It gushes above and it dribbles below [instrumental] - Saint Nick and Saint Drac, they fly by night Whenever the stars shine cold and bright Way beyond sex and wrong and right And nobody's gonna feel any pain (pain) It's a bloody Christmas again (again) It's a bloody Christmas again

The Werewolf Snowmen [medium blues] Volcano CA 18 December 2005

Well Merry Christmas baby, I ain't seen you since I don't know when Yeah Merry Christmas baby, I ain't seen you since I don't know when But be careful when you go outside, Watch out for them werewolf snowmen - You know I can't wait to see you, Gonna help you cook that Christmas goose You know I can't wait to see you, Gotta help you cook that Christmas goose But be careful where you're stepping, Those werewolf snowmen are running loose - They change in the moonlight, they change in the snow They change into something you don't even want to know [instrumental break] - So Merry Christmas baby, And a very Happy New Year Ya Merry Christmas baby, And a very Happy New Year Let's make it through the winter Those werewolf snowmen are gettin' near

Santa and the Robots [async techno polka] Volcano CA 18 December 2005

Santa and the robots, groovy little go-bots Santa loves the robots, groovy groovy groovy Santa loves the robots, groovy groovy groovy - Santa and the aliens, cool little aliens Tasty little aliens, tasty tasty tasty Tasty little aliens, tasty tasty tasty - Santa and the telepaths, nasty little telepaths Reading all your nasty thoughts, nasty nasty nasty Sucking all your nasty thoughts, nasty nasty nasty - Santa and the queer elves, pretty little queer elves Santa digs the queer elves, pretty pretty pretty Santa digs the queer elves, pretty pretty pretty - Santa and the reindeer, little cyborg reindeer Santa loves the reindeer, faster faster faster Santa moves the reindeer, faster faster faster - Santa and the robots, groovy little go-bots Santa loves the robots, groovy groovy groovy Santa loves the robots, groovy groovy groovy

Holidays in Hell [sparkly music-box] Buckhorn CA 22 December 2005

The hillside's burnt and smoky, it's Worse than September in Muskogee The highway is molten slag, it's Wintertime in Hell, wintertime in Hell - [chorus:] Holidays in Hell, holidays in Hell Slightly more noticable, holidays in Hell - There's burning Christmas trees The temperature's a hundred fortythree Gonna have a reindeer fricassee Merry Xmas in Hell, Merry Xmas in Hell [chorus] - The ashes, falling like gray snow The souls, roasting long and slow The resolutions, come and go Happy New Year in Hell, in Hell [chorus]

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