IT'S A HOT DAY New Washoe City, NV 12 May 2001
It's a hot day, I'm feeling revelations
I'm burning like a bush, I'm feeling amazing
You're really amazing, the way you use your mouth
I'm dazed and confused and overflowing
A goddam hot day
--
It's a hot day, they're frying eggs on the sidewalk
The lizards are all doing calisthentics
The thermometer makes it into world statistics
Any hallucinations aren't so strange, so strange
A goddam hot day
--
It's a hot day, you're a hot girl, I'm so hot
We're drowning in sweat but who gives a shit
The heat clouds are flying in from Nevada
I hope they're not radioactive too much
A goddam hot day
THE DAILY MIRACLE New Washoe City, NV 13 May 2001
From San Josie to Sacra-Tomato
The traffic's backed up like ass-biting dogs
The daily miracle is that no one flips
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I'm feeling rational, I'm feeling quite fine
This sometimes happens with an excess of wine
The daily miracle is a matter of time
--
[break:] Watch this miracle, I'll turn the wine to water
Watch this miracle, I'll turn the slime to slaughter
Watch this miracle, I'll take your older daughter
--
From Santa Fe to Nueva Santa Pretensia
The saints are jammed into cars and bars and doors
The daily miracle is that they're smiling, smiling
GREAT WHITE LIGHT Forestville, CA 15 May 2001
I woke up groggy with some loud sounds outside
Voices raised and swirls of color and smoke
Movements like a thousand carousel rides
And killer clowns with candy shotguns that spoke
--
[chorus]
And all washed over by the great white light, the great white light
And when I see the light I think of you, think of you, think of you
--
I looked out groggy at the great white light
It seeme to come from the sky, from the sea
God in three persons, me myself and I
A burning bush, a burning man, a burning tree [chorus]
--
I woke up groggy with my bed on fire
Musta been some kind of cosmic overload
I woke up fast with my head all wrapped in wire
Just another dance on the radio road [chorus]
--
[break:]
Mix all the colors together, you end up with white
Take all the colors away, you still get white
The great white light is everything and nothing
Everything and nothing, everything and nothing...
--
I woke up groggy with my clown mask on
A bloody knife held in every hand
I'd turned into one of those damn killer clowns
Playing standup with the red angel band [chorus]
--
[instrumental]
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[break:]
Take all the blood away, you end up with white
Mix the blood together, you're still wrapped in white
The whole human blood is everything and nothing
Everything and nothing, everything and nothing...
--
[instrumental] [repeat first verse]
I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY Forestville, CA 16-17 May 2001
I was in a bad mood, so I treated you rude
I should have known that you weren't out with the guys
I was feeling morose, so I cut off your toes
Then I sent you a rose to apologize
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[chorus] I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
--
We were in the garden, swapping body fluids
Feeling pretty real good, making like the druids
You danced on my foot then you danced on my head
Then you danced on my kidneys and left me for dead [chorus]
--
There's cities, farms, factories, churches, and schools
Homes, railroads, luggage, roller coasters, and trees
Saxophones, libraries, people and animals
They rise up and wear down and fall over dead [chorus]
THE TOFU TERRORISTS has moved here
SACRIFICES GODZ Sebastopol, CA 22 May 2001
I was having a sexual crisis, so I sacrificed to Isis
She cleared up my skin and made me look thin
And got me off of dialysis
--
I was troubled by a Somali, so I sacrificed to Kali
She tore out his gizzard and let the poor lizard
Compute the cost of his folly
--
I was kicked out of the party, so I sacrificed to Astarte
She turned those bleepses into goatses and sheepses
With a flourish both sexy and arty
--
I had an uncurable virus, so I sacrificed to Osiris
He cleared up my bugs without any drugs
Just a few scribbles on a papyrus
--
I was chased by an Illinois smoky, so I sacrificed to Loki
He turned that cop into polarbear plop
With a smell that was awfully choky
EGGPLANT OF DOOM has moved here
MY VOICES GODZ Volcano, CA 27 May 2001
I was living like a slug, I was living in the past
I felt like my life was going nowhere fast
I felt like my life didn't have no hope; then
The voices in my head taught me how to cope
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[chorus:] I always listen to my voices
I always listen to my voices (ya ya)
I always listen to my voices
So should you
--
The voices in my head taught me how to live
The voices in my head taught me how to save
The voices in my head taught me who to heal
The voices in my head taught me how to kill [chorus]
--
My invisible friends give me the strength to fight
They give me the strength to make it through the night
My invisible friends teach me right from wrong
My invisible friends teach me short from long [chorus]
--
[break:] Well my faith keeps my head held high
And my faith keeps me down to Earth
My voices tell me how to die (die die)
My voices tell me what you are worth
--
My invisible friends give me inner peace
My invisible friends give me sweet release
The voices in my head say, "Don't be afraid"
The voices in my head tell me how to escape [chorus]
--
O my voices, my sweet voices channeled voices, holy voices
[repeat and fade...]
LAST NIGHT (rocker) Forestville, CA 5 June 2001
I was feeling kinda lonely last night
I was feeling kinda monstrous last night
I just wanted you to be my lover
I didn't need you to be my victim
I didn't need you to give me blood
I didn't need you to give me blood
Last night, last night, last night
--
I was feeling kinda desperate last night
I was feeling like I was being chased
I didn't want you to forget my name
I didn't want you to forget my taste
I only needed some refuge
I only needed some refuge
Last night, last night, last night
--
[bridge:] There's never enough night
There's never enough cover
You're almost in sight
You're almost my lover
--
I was feeling kinda dead last night
I was feeling kinda stuck last night
I just needed some head last night
I just needed a good fock last night
I just wanted to taste you forever
I just wanted to taste you forever
Last night, last night, last night
EASY ALIENS, HARD HUMANS Forestville, CA 5 June 2001
It's hard to love aliens, it's hard to love aliens
It's easier than loving humans, it's easier than loving humans
Easy aliens, hard humans
--
It's hard to know aliens, it's hard to know aliens
It's easier than talking to you, it's easier than talking to you
Easy aliens, hard humans
--
It's hard to hate aliens, it's hard to hate aliens
It's harder than hating you, it's harder than hating you
Easy aliens, hard humans
--
It's hard to work with aliens, it's hard to work with aliens
It's easier than working with you, it's easier than working with you
Easy aliens, hard humans
--
I'll share my spiders with you, I'll share my spiders with you
Just share yer crustaceans with me, ya share yer crustaceans with me
Easy aliens, hard humans
--
It's hard to love aliens, it's hard to love aliens
It's easier than loving you, it's easier than loving you
It's easier than loving you, it's easier than loving you
ALL I NEED IS YOU (doo-wop) Forestville, CA 5 June 2001
I don't need protection
Don't need astral projection
I don't need rejection
All I need is you (you you)
All I need is you
--
I don't need your secrets
Don't want your hot time or cheap tricks
Just want to slurp your cervix
All I need is you (you you)
All I need is you
--
[break:] I reach in and there you are
We're in a train or a car
We're in a plane, the door's ajar
We're sucked out by the wind
--
I don't need a parachute
I don't need new combat boots
I don't need someone to shoot
All I need is you (you you)
All I need is you
All I need is you (you you)
All I need is you
SIMPLICITY (folky) Forestville, CA 12 June 2001
I'm looking for a simple life
A simple man, a simple wife
A simple gun and a simple knife
Some simple wars and simple strife
Simplicity, simplicity
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I'm looking for a simple call
A simple licking of my balls
A simple hour at the mall
A simple season in the fall
Simplicity, simplicity
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I'm looking for a simple bed
With simple slurps and simple head
With simple bloodstains on the bedspread
Simple lives and simple dead
Simplicity, simplicity
--
I'm looking for a simple dog
A simple cat, a simple frog
A simple sheep, a simple hog
A very simple travelogue
Simplicity, simplicity
--
I'm looking for a simple wine
A simple death, a simple time
A simple christ, a simple crime
A simpleton to be all mine
Simplicity, simplicity
FALLING FOR YOU (ska) Forestville, CA 13 June 2001
I was bounding around inside my head
From mirror to mirror, ashtray to ashtray
Something chased me over the edge
And I was falling, falling, falling...
--
I was crawling around behind my eyes
When something with sharp teeth and bad, bad breath
Started to gnaw on my consciousness
And I was falling, falling, falling...
--
[break:] It didn't look like me
It didn't smell like you
It didn't feel like them [instrumental]
--
I was dragging myself from ear to ear
Crying and bleeding and laughing and dying
I looked back and saw that you were so near
And I was falling, falling, falling...
Yes I was falling, falling, falling...
Woh I was falling, falling, falling... for you
SHE DIED ON THE 5th OF JULY (rocker) Forestville, CA 13 June 2001
She died on the 5th of July
It mighta been a car crash, or maybe an overdose
She didn't pay attention to sordid little details
Just looked on the brighter side
--
She died on the 5th of July
It probably was sudden, like smashing a fluorescent light
One minute she was there, the next she was gone
Like emptying a mailbox
--
She died on the 5th of July
There wasn't a bright tunnel, just never-ending escalators
Past empty floors in a big vacant building
That smelled like dust and piss
--
She died on the 5th of July
Grotty little creatures started nibbling on her soul
And she screamed and she screamed and she screamed and she screamed
And she screamed and she screamed and she screamed and she screamed
And she screamed and she screamed and she screamed and she screamed
--
She died on the 5th of July...
THEN THEY DANCED (folk-rock) Forestville, CA 13 June 2001
They crawled into bed and read geological maps
Drank wine and pondered gravity anomalies
Then they smoked some hash and screwed like weasels
Then they danced, then they danced, then they danced
--
They built their computers with chips and solder
With cats sleepin on their bags of capacitors
The flashed red LEDs and didn't smoke too much
Then they danced, then they danced, then they danced
--
[break:]
There were hot days, camping out in the desert
And snowy days climbing cold volcanoes
And wet nights in the middle of rain forests
And some starry nights and days
--
They watched the comets fall at Cape Mendocino
Almost slid off the top at Yosemite
Listened to ambulances come and go
Then they danced, then they danced, then they danced
Then they danced, then they danced, then they danced
WE TURNED THE WORLD Volcano-Forestville, CA 16-18 June 2001
So we stormed the battlements
With our cellphones and red sneakers
Shouting, "Up with freedom! And Napster! And surfin!
Shouting, "Down with greed and subscriptions and transnationals!"
--
[chorus:] And we turned the world in another direction
Another direction
--
So we saved the environment
With our cellphones and red sneakers
Shouting, "Save the whales, save the redwoods, save the snails!"
Shouting, "More diversity, more transsexuals, more harp seals!"
[chorus]
--
[bridge:] We transform with action, elections, electrons
We mutate with hardware and software and wetware
We build new architecture, nomenclature, cyberculture
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So we fried the establishment
With our cellphones and red sneakers
Shouting, "Where's beauty, and freedom, and miso?"
Shouting, "Down with money, poverty, unfairness!"
[chorus]
--
[bridge:] We transform with spirit, with psyche, with focus
We mutate with frenzy, with fury, with purpose
We build new relations, dimensions, contradictions
--
[instrumental]
[repeat first verse]
[and fade...]
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