WARE AM I?  Graton, CA  1 Sept 2000


 Hardware, software, wetware, dryware, hotware, coldware
 Mildware, wildware, somewhere, nowhere, thiswhere, thatwhere
 Rainwear, snowwear, innerwear, outerwear, overwear, underwear
 Tongueware, eyeware, fingerware, footware, noseware, earware
 Thoughtware, careware, feelingware, ignoringware, yourwear, mywear
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 Greenware, brownware, blueware, redware, orangeware, puceware
 Tightware, looseware, thinware, thickware, healthware, sickware
 Roughware, smoothware, longware, shortware, evenware, oddingware
 Loveware, hateware, heatware, weightware, earlyware, lateware
 Nullware, infinityware, ware ware, ware ware, ware ware, ware ware


 THE GENE-SPLICERS  Forestville CA  1 Sept 2000


      (Arab melody on 'ud, with tabla frenzy)

 One gene-splicer at the door (ba-ba-ba)
 Two gene-splicers at the door (ba-ba-ba)
 Three gene-splicers at the door (ba-ba-ba)
 Four gene-splicers at the door (ba-ba-ba)
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 I don't know what it means when they spli-i-ice my genes
 Manipulate my plasm without having an orgasm
 They're making me much better, at least I-I hope it's better
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
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 Im-proo-oo-oove the species with a little speck of feces
 Infect me with a virus what will reinforce my iris
 Twiddle my insides so I resist insecticides
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
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 O I sus-pe-ect that you'll in-fe-ect me
  With your too-oo-ools to let you co-on-trol my so-o-ul...
 O I'm a-fra-ai-aid your plans are lai-ai-aid,
  I'm ready-ma-aa-ade, [I'm so a-fra-ai-aid (2x)]...
 A super-ma-a-an, be what I a-a-am (3x)
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
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 Bless the cyborg cops and the human flops,
  Those who're we-ee-eeded out don't ne-ee-eed to pout
 We are a-a-all raw materi-a-a-al
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
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 We pro-o-gram the first, we pro-o-gram the last
  We pro-o-gram the slow, we pro-o-gram the fast
 Redesign and recast, recast, recast...
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
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 Rebui-ui-uild the future, rebui-ui-uild the past
  Rebui-ui-uild the genome, redigest the repast
 Redesign and recast, recast, recast...
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)
 (um bum-bum ba bum-bum ba ba-ba-ba)


 O BABY BABY  Volcano CA  3 Sept 2000


 O baby baby (uh uh) You drive me crazy (uh uh)
 I like your labia (uh) You are my saviour (uh)
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[chorus] O Baby (uh) O Baby (uh) O Baby (uh) O Baby (uh)
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 O honey bunny (uh uh) You taste so funny (uh uh)
 I sniff your cunny (uh uh) You taste like clover honey
[chorus]
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 O mama mama (uh) Peel off your pink pyjama (uh)
 This ain't no game play (uh uh) This ain't no melodrama
 O sugar sugar (uh uh) This life is sure a booger
 No heavy cross to bear (uh) No multicolored hair (uh)
[chorus]



  EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER
 TASTE IT NOW  Volcano CA  3 Sept 2000

 Dance in the fire, dance with desire, call me a liar
 Burn all your fantasies, rurn your ideals, burn with desire
 Glow like an ember, slash and remember, taste it now
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 Walk in the flames, dance softly in the flames, roll in the flames
 Ignite the flames, heal the lame, remember my names
 Play the game, inhale the flames, taste it now
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 Eagles overhead, memories of the dead, the burning bed
 Fire in your heart, fire in your liver, flame in your head
 The sky's on fire, your soul's on fire, taste it now


  EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER
 SHE'S EVERYWHERE  Volcano CA  3 Sept 2000

 The Earth, she swallows me, she swallows you, she sits and laughs
 The Earth, she's just a speck, but what the heck, she's not enough
  Not enough land to plough, not enough room to grow
  Not enough time for now, not enough seeds to sow
 The Earth, She's everywhere
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 The Earth, she shakes for me, she shakes for you, she shakes us out
 The Earth, she's generous, here have a kiss, here have the boot
  Not enough thoughts to think, not enough wine to drink
  Not enough songs to sing, not enough gifts to bring
 The Earth, She's everywhere
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(Bridge:) Flowing like a groundwave / Snapping like a landmine
  Crapping like a coal mine / Laughing like a landslide
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 The Earth, her hot-metal heart, her silicon skinflakes, her icy ends
 The Earth, her magnetic fields, fer volcanic shields, her bony bends
  Not enough magic days, not enough purple haze
  Too many molten flows, too many twinkle-toes  [bridge]
 The Earth, She's everywhere
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 The Earth, she listen to me, she listen to you,
   she pays us no mind
 The Earth, she charts her own course, she's chasing the stars,
   galactic wind
  Not enough time for me, not enough time for you
  All the time in the world, all the time in the world
 The Earth, She's everywhere


  EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER
 NOT ENEMY, NOT FRIEND  Volcano CA  3 Sept 2000

 I was flying in my air machine / I soared over your yard
 You were just lying there naked / I stared and stared
 The wind blew over you / The wind blew me away
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[chorus] The wind is not our enemy / The air is not our friend
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 I was flying in my air machine / I soared over the border
 The air defences quickened / The missile thicket thickened
 The wind has no passport / It issued me no visas  [chorus]
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 The wind blew in your orifices / The air moved in my ears
 We were just gulping wind, passing wind, obstructing wind
 We slowly evaporated / The wind blew us away, away  [chorus]


  EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER
 THE RAIN MAKER  (blues)  Volcano CA  3 Sept 2000

 I was drowning, I was drowning, I was washing out to sea
 I was drowning, I was drowning, I was washing out to sea
 You were laughing, You were laughing, It was all a joke on me
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 It was raining, It was raining, Thunderstorms were swamping me
 It was raining, It was raining, Thunderstorms were swamping me
 You were crying, you were crying, But it wasn't real sympathy
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 There were whirlpools, There were whirlpools,
  I was spinning like a top
 There were whirlpools, There were whirlpools,
  I was spinning like a top
 You were dancing, You were dancing,
  And you couldn't seem to stop
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 I was leaking, You were leaking, We were leaking everywhere
 I was leaking, You were leaking, We were leaking everywhere
 Water flowed all around us, Everybody turned to stare



  SCISSORS, ROCK, PAPER
 SCISSORS SALLY  (calypso / steel drums)  Volcano CA  3 Sept 2000


 She stuck the scissors into my heart
  I barely felt an itching there
 She twisted and laughed
  I twisted and itched
 It got pretty messy on the floor
  It was pretty messy on the floor
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 She used scissors on my ears, my tongue
  I noticed all the tastes were wrong
 The songs sounded wrong
  Her laugh sounded wrong
 I felt so alone and apart
  I felt so apart and alone
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 We were just trying to be entertaining
  We were just trying to be entertaining
  We were just trying to be entertaining
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 She slithered the scissors across my thigh
  I felt a quick erotic high
 She twisted and groaned
  I twisted and groaned
 It got pretty busy on the floor
  It was pretty busy on the floor
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 We were just being silly, reactive
  We were just being silly, attractive
  We were just being silly, distractive
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 She stuck the scissors into my foot
  Ruining a brand-new hiking boot
 I kicked and stumbled
  She laughed and mumbled
 A new kind of love taking root
  A new sort of love taking root


  SCISSORS, ROCK, PAPER
 STONES FOR BUDDHA  (Java gamelan style)  Volcano CA  3 Sept 2000


 The rocks that slide and fall (rock rock rock)
  They fall from gravity (nik nik nik)
 The gravity that pulls us down
  The love that threads its way thru us
 The love that pulls us down, down
  The rocks that bury us, us
 Like motorcycles off the cliff
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 The songs that slide and swoop (sing sang sung)
  They sweep with melody (doo wop wop)
 Harmonies that smother us
  Counterpoint that bites our brains
 Drums that raise the dust
  Hoboes singing sad refrains
 Like trains lost in the night, night, night...
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(break) Climbing rocks, we rise, we fall, we slide
 3-point climbing free, 3-part resisonance inside
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 The rocks that carry us up (rock rock)
  The summits that we miss (kiss kiss kiss)
 The granite that defeats us
  The cloudy skies that mask us
 The sunlight that reheats us
  The questions that the smokes ask us
 Like judges on the stony bench


  SCISSORS, ROCK, PAPER
 PAPER TRAIL  (doo-wop)  Volcano & Davis CA  4 Sept 2000


 My baby brought me a piece of paper
  (doo-wop, doo-wop, doo-wop)
 She brought that paper to me
  (oom-bah, oom-bah, oom-bah, oom-bah)
 With chains of words, links of ink, locks of logic
 We're bound for all eternity
  (wup wup wup wup wup)
 Til the end of time, it's just her and me
  (wa-wah, wa-wah, wa-wah)
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 My life is all wrapped up in paper
  (doo-wop, doo-wop, doo-wop)
 There's miles of paper, as far as I can see
  (um-ba, um-ba, um-ba, um-ba)
 With layers of mazes, layers of laws, layers of logic
 We're stung to death by paper wasps
  (wup wup wup wup wup)
 Sliced to pieces by paper cuts
  (wa-wah, wa-wah, wa-wah)
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 I tried to burn the paper palace
  (doo-wop, doo-wop, doo-wop)
 A castle built of papier-mache
  (oom-bah, oom-bah, oom-bah, oom-bah)
 With punctuation, spell-correction, reams of logic
 But the paper edifice is immortal
  (wup wup wup wup wup)
 The line of logic is invulnerable
  (wa-wah, wa-wah, wa-wah)
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 Tracking my paper trail, tracking me thru death and life
  Following my logic trail, sniffing every damn loose byte
  Snipping my thread of life, papered-over on the outside


 ORIENTEERING EXERCISE  Forestville CA  6 Sept 2000


 He seeks comfort wherever he can find it
  He crawls into her pouch at night
 He takes nourishment from her sweet flesh
  They're symbiotic on many levels
 There's give and take and take and give
 -
 She pumps survival wherever she can push it
  She takes him in, she forms his fate
 Initiates him in the old mysteries
  Reworks his biochemical programming
 And does some incredible engineering
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 Maybe she gangs up with a sister or two
 Probably he's not as safe as he thinks
 Likely someone's devouring someone
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 There're drained husks walking the rain-slicked streets
  Some cry for love, some cry for meat
 We lose our reflections in clouds of ash
  He finds her pouch with a map and compass
 She finds him with computationals


 THE GODDESS AND YOU  GODZ  Forestville CA  6 Sept 2000


 Hang up and drive / Shut up and listen
 The Goddess will be calling you (don't put Her on hold)
 Up your through-put / Clear your channels
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
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 You're always so brave / Alwayts so defiant
 You've faced the Goddess, face to face (you spit in Her eye)
 That wasn't really the smartest thing to do, eh?
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
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 You Rolfed your boss / Rolfed your Rottweillor
 You Rolfed the Goddess for an hour or 2 (She turned red and blue)
 Flex your chakras / Cleanse your Feng Shui
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
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 Now there you sit / All broken-hearted
 You paid to shit but you've barely started (so try try again)
 The Goddess really cleared your bowels, cleared up your mind
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
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 Re-group and re-balance / Re-structure yourself
 The Goddess expects you to put out the effort (don't disappoint Her)
 The Goddess is smiling / The Goddess is laughing
 The Goddess is wrestling / The Goddess is stretching
 The Goddess is smoking / The Goddess is inhaling
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you
 Reality's gonna reach out and touch you