THE FOOL  [buzzy 5/4 time]  Chena Hot Springs, AK  7 Oct 1999 *


 See a fool / know the fool
  Once a fool / grow a fool
 Suffer a fool / buffer a fool
  Grin a foolish smirk
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 Only a fool / a holy fool
  The holy barbarians drool
 See the fool / be the fool
  Walk the foolish walk
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[bridge:]
 I think we're all bozos on this bus
  I think we're all racing for the edge
 I think we're all laughing with the loons
  I think we're all fuel for the fire
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 Grab a rose / strike a pose
  Feel the flows / break your nose
 Catch a dose / don't suppose
  Live the foolish way
 Live the foolish way
  Live the foolish way


 THE JOKER  [techno]  Forestville CA  26 Oct 1999


 She's nameless, she's a joker
  She breathes so easily
 A material girl in a material whirl
  Just like me, like me
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 Give a joke, take a joke / Give a toke, take a toke
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 She's ageless, she's a joker
  She stumbles through the hills
 She's headed for a nasty fall
  Aren't we all, we all?
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 Give a damn, take a damn / Give a man, take a man
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 She's careless, she's a joker
  Her panties are red and white
 She slips them off and on again
  Ev'ry night, 'most ev'ry night
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 Give a bite, take a bite / Give a light, take a light
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 She's tricky, she's a joker
  She runs so happily
 Passion, action, desire
  To be free, be free
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 Give a leap, take a leap / Give a beep, take a heap
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 She's serious, she's a joker
  Do you joke too?
 Is the joke on me?
  Is it on you?
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 Give a push, take a push / Save a rush, have a rush


 THE MAGICIAN  Forestville CA  11 Oct 1999


 Sometimes he does math, sometimes he does magic
  All magic is geometric, all algebra is magical
 The nature is around, roundness is so natural
  The tragedy is real, reality is so tragic...
 -
 The rose senses infinity, the rose is crossed
  The ONE is lived, the ONE is loved, the ONE is lost
 Everyday waking consciousness goes mad
  Even careful thaumaturgy goes bad
 -
[bridge:]
 The magic of light, the magic of dark
  The magic of town, the magic of park
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 He bends the forces in, mysteries abound
  Entities move in, take seed, take ground
 Your tools won't work - try mind, try will
  Sublimate those drives, take another pill
 -
 [bridge]
 He thinks of the magic in her eyes
  He dreams of the magic in her thighs
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 Sometimes he does magic, sometimes it's just math
  Sometimes he works miracles, sometimes just craft


 MISTER MISTER MAGUS  (funk)  Forestville, CA  23 October 1999


 Mister Mister Magus, you're focusing the power
  Mister Mister Magus, you're juggling with my mind
  Mister Mister Magus, you're starting to annoy me
  Mister Mister Magus, Mister Magus...
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 Mister Mister Magus, you're staring in the fire
  Mister Mister Magus, you're scaring all my friends
  Mister Mister Magus, you concentrate desire
  Mister Mister Magus, Mister Magus...
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[bridge]
 Everything is possible, infinity, ya know
  Everything above is as that which is below
 Everything is breakable - where do ya wanna go?
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 Mister Mister Magus, you sacrificed my dogs
  Cut their hearts right out, gave their life-force to the gods
  Mister Mister Magus, you've gone a bit too far
  Mister Mister Magus, Mister Magus...
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 Mister Mister Magus, your amulets are green
  Sympathetic magic is turning you obscene
  Mister Mister Magus, such phallic energy
  Mister Mister Magus, Mister Magus, Mister Magus


 THE GODDESS  (trance chorus)  Anchorage, AK  10 October 1999 *


[chorus, repeated throughout:]
 Look to the Goddess, look past the Goddess
 Think of the Goddess, wink at the Goddess
 -
 The Goddess has covered the land
  The Goddess has covered the sky
 The Goddess has opened your hands
  The Goddess has opened your eyes
[chorus]
 -
 The Goddess has brightened the banned
  The Goddess has lightened your lies
 The Goddess has strengthened her hand
  The Goddess has opened her thighs
[chorus]
 -
[bridge:]
 Turn to the Goddess, burn for the Goddess
  Shriek with the Goddess, freak with the Goddess
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 The Goddess has sifted the sands
  The Goddess has shifted her feet
 The Goddess ignores your demands
  The Goddess is always discreet
[chorus]
 -
[bridge:]
 Pray for the Goddess, stay for the Goddess
  Tarnish the Goddess, varnish the Goddess
 -
[chorus - repeat & fade...]


 HOCUS POPESS  (Celtic rap)  Seattle, WA  10 October 1999


 Hocus Popess, stay in focus
  Who would quite expect a Popess?
  Are you Papist? Just a rapist?
  Were you first or just the latest?
 -
 Hocus Popess, where's the focus?
  Who's the vice lord? Where's the Popess?
  Do you listen? Does she glisten?
  Does she have authority? Or me?
 -
 Hocus Popess, lost the focus
  Fields of dreams are swept by locusts
  Fields of fire are swept by dreams
  Is the Popess who she seems?
 -
 Hocus Popess, critical focus
  Beyond the lines, beyond the focus
  Is the Popess infallible?
 Is the Popess a steady gal?
  Is she Earthly? Did she birth me?
  Is the Popess where we can see?
 --
 Hocus Popess, stay in focus
  Hocus Popess, stay in focus
  Hocus Popess, stay in focus...


 THE EMPRESS  [11/12 time]  Forestville CA  11 October 1999


 O Empress, lead me in, lead me out
  Take me through hot water, burning bright
  Your naked power is love, your naked love is power
  I can't decide - will you, can you, must you?
 -
 O Empress, take me dancing to the harvest
  Take me to your door of life, your gate
  Not defense, protection, safety, none of that
  Just in and out, out and in, again
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 Your softness is nomadic, lead me in
  Your firmness is domestic, take me home
  What castles would you you rather see?
  What wilderness would you rather be?
  Is your empire known to death alone?
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 Tear it all to shreds - realm, home, love
  Worship disorder, tell me what you crave
  Are eternal mysteries so hidden after all?
  Are there other paths beyond the wall?


 UNVEILING ISIS  Healdsburg, CA  30 Apr. 1999


 Out of the Pyramids, into the Nile
  Out of the Sphinx and into the smile
  Out of the 'whether' and into the 'while'
  She keeps on spinning, unveiling
 -
 Out of the vision, halfway up the Mark
  Out of the dizzy and into the dark
  Out of the jungle and into the park
  She keeps rejuvenating, unveiling
 -
 Out of the bullet and into the bed
  Out of the living and into the dead
  Out of the dream-life and into her head
  She almost lives forever, unveiling
 -
 Out of the river and through the wood
  Out of the evil and into the good
  Out of the mystery, into the mood
  She stays ever-mindful, unveiling


 THE EMPEROR OF THE AIR  [jig]  Anchorage, AK  10 Oct. 1999


 You're the Emperor of the Air, you rule the intangible
 Your sulferous breath is fair, your grasp in unimaginable
 Millennia fall and whimper, simpletons sing and simper
 The secular centuries flair, you're the Emperor of the Air
 -
 You sculpt the skies and yawn, blow words back and forth
 Restructure the Golden Dawn, give time arbitrary worth
 Build cloudscapes into dreams, beam photons at the sun
 Your mind's exquisitely clear, you're the Emperor of the Air
 -
 Give some commands, make some demands
  Roast some gourmands, have a good laugh
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 You're the Emperor of the Air, only slightly human now
 A legend in your own nightmare, as cheezy as the Laughing Cow
 Your mindcontrol works well, alien implants relay the news
 Everything is fine, you're the Emperor of the Air


 THE SOVEREIGN  Forestville CA  24-25 Oct. 1999


 Upon a sovereign day / the Sovereign makes his way
  Through rationales and bagatelles / and frightful company
 He decides the fate / of his sov-ereign state
  What's laid upon his plate / is corporate destiny
 -
[chorus:]
 The Sovereign makes decisions; can you?
 The Sovereign is rational; are you?
 The Sovereign has insight; is it true?
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 Upon a frightful day / the Sovereign holds sway
  The chief among the mighty gazes / out across the sky
 He makes his fateful choice / raises his hateful voice
  Commands deployment of the forces / that no hand can stay
[chorus]
 -
 Upon a cold Thursday / the Sovereign has his say
  His will, his wit, his chosen power / his ascent of the tower
 This son of the morning / feeds regrets to the flowers
  Throws misgivings to the storm / and faces the day
[chorus]


 THE HIEROPHANT  [calypso/bluegrass]  Anchorage, AK  10 Oct. 1999


 A most imposing figure is the Hierophant
 As ponderous and massive as an elephant
 With dictums and with dogmas, with dogmas and with dictums
 He'll flail yez and he'll flog yez - you'll join his many victims
 -
 The Hierophant will exercise prerogeratives
 Maneuver and manipulate his operatives
 With grandeur and grace, with grace and grandeur
 You'll fall upon your face, before his bureaucratic splendor
 -
 The Hierophant's discretionary powers
 Are tempered by the exigencies of the hours
 With wit and with wisdom, with wisdom and with wit
 You'll aggrandize his fiefdom until you disappear in shit


 POPE ON A ROPE  [bouncy/brassy]  Sebastopol, CA  11 Oct. 1999 *


 O I'm the Pope (da dum da dum)
  The smiling Pope (da dum da dum da dum)
 The very Pope that dances on a tight-rope (da dum da dum da dum)
 I cut the air (da dum da dum)
  I rarely swear (da dum da dum da dum)
 Dispensing happiness on the masses below (da dum da da)
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 Yes I'm the Pope (da dum da dum)
  The singing Pope (da dum da dum da dum)
 The very Pope that high-walks on a tight-rope (da dum da dum da dum)
 I sing and swing (da daum da dum)
  I lovingly fling (da dum da dum da dum)
 Divine intelligence into and out of the ring (da dum da da)
 -
[brass band instrumental]
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 So look to me (da dum da dum)
  And you will see (da dum da dum da dum)
 Infallibility to the highest degree (da dum da dum da dum)
 Do as I tell (da dum da dum)
  Or go the Hell (da dum da dum da dum)
 You haven't a hope without the Pope on the Rope (da dum da DAA!)


 THE LOVERS  [Celt.fiddle]  Chena Hot Springs, AK  8 Oct 1999 *


 The lovers lay enmeshed / all in the meadow green
(The sweet grass in their hair) (The sweet grass in their hair)
 The lovers lay enmeshed / beside the winding path
 And laughed in each others' breath
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 The lovers kissed and cooed / all in the meadow green
(The sweet love in their flesh) (The sweet love in their flesh)
 The lovers kissed and cooed / beside the winding path
 Without a thought of death
 -
(I'm the lovers) (You're the lovers) (We're the lovers) (They're the lovers)
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 The lovers turned and twined / all in the meadow green
(The sweet heat in their meat) (The sweet heat in their meat)
 The lovers turned and twined / beside the winding path
 And called somebody's name
 -
(Who're the lovers?)(Where're the lovers?)(How're the lovers?)(Why're the lovers?)
 --
 The lovers drew apart / all in the meadow green
(The sweet death in their breath) (The sweet death in their breath)
 The lovers drew apart / and drew together again
 And the path wound on and on


 TWO PATHS  (fast 3/4 round)  Guerneville, CA  12 Oct. 1999 *


      [always repeat 'a'-parts under 'b'-descants]

[a1] One path or two paths? It's all up to you, paths
  One path or two paths or maybe some more
  Three paths or four paths or maybe some more paths
  Three paths or four paths, just break down the door!
 -
[b1] You've got choices... we've got voices...
  You've got choices... and maybe more!
  Thoughts are fragments... paths are tangents...
  Goals are magnets... so break down the door!
 -
[repeat a1, play instrumental chorus]
 -
[a2] One dream or two dreams? They're all up to you dreams
  One dream or two dreams or maybe some more
  Three dreams or four dreams or maybe some more dreams
  Three dreams or four dreams - break down the door!
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[b2] You've got visions... we've gone fission...
  You've got visions... and maybe more!
  You're seen hours... in the towers...
  You've got powers... so break down the door!
 -
[repeat a2, play instrumental chorus]
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[a3] One word or two words, they're always your own words
  One word or two words or maybe some more
  Three words or four words or maybe some more words
  Three words or four words - break down the door!
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[b3] We've got language... it's got baggage...
  We've got language... and maybe more!
  We've got symbols... mixing signals...
  Don't be simple... break down the door!
 -
[repeat a2, play instrumental chorus & fade...]


 CHARIOTS OF FIRE  [Zeppish rock]  Forestville CA  19 Oct 1999 *


[a] Chariots of smoke, patriots of steam, conquest of illusion
  Chariots of fear, carriors of dreams, child of delusion
  We've joined our sexes, we're at the nexus, sink in solution
 -
[a] Know thyself, see thyself, be thyself
  Kill the dwarf, change and morph, crack the safe
  No self, know self, all self
 -
[b] You rode to vict'ry, now fly, fly, fly
  You're just an asshole, well my, my, my
  You call this living? so die, die, die
 -
[a] Seven planets, seven virtues, seven vices
  Seven seals, seven dreams, seven spices
  Three and four, four and three, you and me
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[a] Chariots of wealth, patriots of stealth, express to oblivion
  Carriers of health, buriers of health, direct to peredition
  We're fully armored, we've got a barmaid, a good position
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[b] We're on the fast-track, well wow, wow, wow
  You fixed it all, tell me how, how, how
  There is no future, just now, now, now
 -
[c: instrumental]
 -
[a] Chariots of fire, chains of desire, the strength of submission
  Love of fire, fever of desire, disease transmission
  Flowers in the park, fucking/lovers in the dark, complete remission
 -
[b] You've got the serum, so give, give, give
  There's no more dying, so live, live, live
  There's no depletion, so have, have, have...


 VICTORY  Forestville, CA  4 November 1999


 'VICTORY,' he buzzed, that little praying mantis
 'VICTORY,' he cried, swooping down from above
 'VICTORY,' he sighed, as she nibbled off his head
  Ah, the power of love...
 -
[chorus:]
 Invertebrate sex, victory, victory, victory
  Immortal sex, victory, the power of love
 -
 'VICTORY,' he sang, that mighty giant squid
  He shot off a load and rolled it in a wad
  He passed it to his mate, she stuffed it where she needed
  Ah, the power of love...  [chorus]
 -
 'VICTORY,' he clicked, that shiny scarab beetle
  She'd selected HIM from all the other toffs
  He'd rolled the best shitball - they snuggled in together
  Ah, the sweet smell of love...  [chorus]
 -
 'VICTORY,' he wrote, the evolutionary biologist
 "Sex is a disease, or a blueprint, or a game
  Another strategy I can get a grant researching"
  Ah, the power of Science  [chorus]
 -
 'VICTORY,' he roared, crushing the unvanquished
 'VICTORY,' he keened, immortality assured
  Victory indeed, as he's drained and replaced
  Ah, the power of love...  [chorus]