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11
Way Down
17 In the Springtime of His Voodoo
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She's a beauty Queen
my sweet bean bag in the street
take it
down out to the laundry scene
don't know why she's in my hand
can't figure what it is
but I lie again
I got me some Horses to ride on to ride on. They say that your demons can't go there so I got me some Horses to ride on to ride on as longs as your army keeps perfectly still.
And maybe I'll find me a sailor a tailor
and maybe together we'll make mother well.
Chorus: So I got me some Horses to ride on to ride on. As long as your army keeps
perfectly still.
You showed me the meadow, and Milkwood, and Silkwood. And you would if I would.
Bbut you never would. So I chased down your posies, your pansies in my hosies.
Then opened my hands and they were empty then.
Off with Superfly sniffing a Sharpie pen, honey it's Bill and Ben. Off with Superfly counting your bees, oh me honey like one, two, three. The camera is rolling it's easy like one, two, three.
And if there is a way to find you I will find you. But will you find me if Neil makes
me a tree an afro a pharaoh I can't go you said so and threads that are golden
don't break easily.
<Chorus>
Blood roses blood roses back
on the streets now. Can't forget the things you never said. On days like these
starts me thinking.
When chickens get a taste of your meat girl
When chickens get a taste of your meat yes. You gave him your blood and your
warm little diamond.
He likes killing you after you've died. You think I'm a queer, I think you're a
queer. Said I think you're a queer. I think you're a queer.
I shaved every place where you've been boy. I said I shaved every place where
you've been, yes.
God, knows I know I've thrown away those graces. God knows I know I've thrown
away those graces.
The Belle of New Orleans tried to show me once how to tango. Wrapped around your
feet. Wrapped around like good little roses.
Blood roses blood roses back on the streets now. Blood roses blood roses back on
the streets, now, now, now, now. You've cut out the flute from the throat of the
loon. At least when you cry now he can't even hear you.
When chickens get a taste of your meat. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come
on, come on, come on come on. Come on, when he sucks you deep yes, sometimes
you're nothing but meat.
Father Lucifer, you never looked so sane. You always did prefer the drizzle to the rain. Tell me that you're still in love with that milk maid. How's the lizzies, how's you're Jesus Christ been hanging.
Nothing's gonna stop me from floating, nothing's gonna stop me from floating.
He says he reckons I'm a watercolor stain. He says I run and then I run from him and I run. He didn't see me watching from the Aeroplane. He wiped a tear and then he threw away our apple seed.
Nothing's gonna stop me from floating, nothing's gonna stop me from floating.
Everyday is my wedding day. Though baby's still in his comatose state. I'll dye my own Easter eggs just don't go yet, just don't go. Beenie list the sunset but that's okay. Does Joe still bring flowers to Marilyn's grave? And girls that eat pizza and never gain weight, never gain weight, never gain.
Father Lucifer, you never looked so sane. You always did prefer the drizzle to the rain. Tell me that you're still in love with that milk maid. How's the lizzies, how's you're Jesus Christ been hanging.
Slag
pit, stag shit, honey bring it close to my lips, yes. Don't blow those brains
yet, we gotta be big boy. We gotta be big. Starfucker just like my Daddy. Just
like my Daddy, selling his baby. Just like my Daddy. Gonna strike a deal make
him feel like a Congressman. It runs in the family.
Rest your shoulders Peaches and Cream. Eeverywhere a Judas as far as you can
see. Beautiful angel calling "we got every re-run of Muhammad Ali".
Picture perfect, honey bring it close to your lips, yes. What is termed a
landslide of principle proportion boy, it better be big boy. Starfucker just
like my Daddy. Just like my Daddy selling his baby. Just like my Daddy. Gonna
strike a deal make him feel like a Congressman. It runs in the family.
Mother Mary, china white. Brown may be sweeter. She will supply. Mother Mary,
china white. Brown may be sweeter, she will supply, she will supply, she will
supply, she will supply.
Hello,
Mr. Zebra. Can I have your sweater cause it's cold cold cold in my hole hole
hole. Ratatouille Strychnine, sometimes she's a friend of mine with a gigantic
whirlpool that will blow your mind.
Hello Mr. Zebra, ran into some confusion with a Mrs. Crocodile. Furry mussels
marching on she thinks she's Kaiser Wilhelm, or a civilized syllabub to blow
your mind.
Figure it out, she's a goodtime fella. She got a little fund to fight for
Moneypenny's rights.
Figure it out, she's a goodtime fella. Too bad the burial was premature she said
and smiled.
Tuna,
rubber, a little blubber in my igloo. And I knew you pigtails and all. Girls
when they fall. And they said Marianne killed herself, and I said not a chance.
Don't you love the girls, ladies, babes, old bags who say she was so pretty.
Why, why, why, why did she crawl down in the old deep ravine?
C'mon pigtails girl and all those sailors get your bags and hold down won't you
just hold down cause Ed is watching my every sound I said they're watching my
every sound.
The weasel squeaks faster than a seven day week. I said Timmy and that purple
Monkey are all down at Bobby's house making themselves pesters and lesters and
jesters and my traitors of kind.
And I'm just having thoughts of Marianne. She could outrun the fastest slug,
she could. Marianne, quickest girl in the frying pan.
Caught
a lite sneeze, caught a lite breeze, caught a lightweight lightningseed.
Boys on my left side, boys on my right side, boys in the middle and you're not
here. I need a big loan from the girl zone.
Chorus: Building tumbling down. Didn't know our love was so small couldn't stand
at all
Mr. St. John just bring your son.
The spire is hot and my cells can't feed and you still got that Belle dragging
your foots. I'm hiding it well Sister Ernestine but I still got that Belle
dragging my foots.
<Chorus>
Right on time
you get closer and closer, called my name but there's no way in.
Use that fame. Rent your wife and kids today, and maybe she will, maybe she will.
Caught a lite sneeze, dreamed a little dream. Made my own pretty hate machine. Boys on my left side, boys on my right side, boys in the middle and you're not here. Boys in their dresses and you're not here. I need a big loan from the girl zone
<Chorus>
Muhammad
my friend, it's time to tell the world. We both know it was a girl back in
Bethlehem. And on that fateful day when she was crucified she wore Shiseido Red
and we drank tea by her side.
Sweet, sweet, used to be so sweet to me.
Muhammad my friend I'm getting very scared teach me how to live my brothers who
don't know the law. And what about the deal on the flying trapeze. Got a peanut
butter hand but honey do drop in at the Dew Drop Inn.
Sweet, sweet, between the boys and the bees.
And Moses I know, I know you've seen fire. But you've never seen fire until
you've seen Pele blow and I've never seen light but I sure have seen gold. And
Gladys save a place for me on your grapevine till I get my own TV show.
Ashre, Ashre, Ashre, Ashre. And if I lose my Cracker Jacks at the tidal wave I
got a place in the Pope's rubber robe.
Muhammad
my friend, it's time to tell the world. We both know it was a girl
back in Bethlehem
No
one's picking up the phone, guess it's me and me. And this little masochist
she's ready to confess. All the things that I never thought that she could feel.
Hey, Jupiter, nothings been the same, so are you gay, are you blue, thought we
both could use a friend to run to. And I thought I wouldn't have to be you
something new.
Sometimes I breathe you in, and I know you know. And sometimes I take a swim.
Found your writing on my wall, and if my hearts soaking wet, boy your boots can
leave a mess.
Hey, Jupiter, nothings been the same, so are you gay, are you blue,
thought we both could use a friend to run to. And I thought you wouldn't have to
keep
with me hiding.
Thought I knew myself so well, all the dolls I had. Took my leather off the
shelf. Your apocalypse was fab for a girl who couldn't choose between the shower
or the bath.
Hey, Jupiter, nothings been the same, so are you gay, are you blue, thought we
both could use a friend to run to. And I thought I wouldn't have to be with you
a magazine.
No one's picking up the phone. Guess it's clear he's gone, and this little
masochist is lifting up her dress. Guess I thought that I could never feel the
things I'm feeling now.
Hey, Jupiter, nothings been the same, so are you gay, are you blue, thought we
both could use a friend to run to. Hey, Jupiter, nothings been the same, so are
you saying now we're through, thought we both could use a friend to run to. Hey,
Jupiter.
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I go from day to day, I know where the cupboards are, I know where the car is
parked. I know he isn't you - (added lyrics in the "Dakota" mix).
Maybe
I'm the afterglow 'cause I'm with a band you know. Don't you hear the laughter
on the way down.
Yes I am the anchorman dining here with Son of Sam. A hair too much to
chat of on the way down
Gonna meet a great, big star gonna drive his great, big car. Gonna have it all
here on the way down
Way down, way down, way down, she knows. Way down, way down, way down, she
knows.
Back
to the top
Little
Amsterdam
Little
Amsterdam in a southern town. Hominy get it on the plate girl. Momma, keep your
head down. Momma it wasn't my bullet.
Chorus: Don't take me back to the Range. I'm just comin out of the cell in my
brain. Don't take me back to the range, back to the range, cause Girl you got to
know these days which side your on.
Momma got shit she loved a brown man. Then she built a bridge in the Sherriff's
bed. She'd do anything to save her man. You see her olives are cold pressed. And
her best friend is a sun dress. But, Momma, it wasn't my bullet.
<Chorus>
Round and a round and a round I go, round and a round this time for keeps.
Father only you can save my soul and playing that organ must count for something.
Girl you got to know these days.
Little
Amsterdam shut down today. They buried her with a butter bean bouquet. And the
Sherriff now can't ride away. Like he said into the sunset
and I won't say he shouldn't a paid. But Momma, it wasn't my bullet.
Congratulate
you. Said you had a double tongue. Balancing cake and bread,
say goodbye to a glitter girl.
Talula, Talula. You don't want to lose her, she must be worth losing if it is
worth something. Talula, Talula. She's brand new now to you, wrapped in your
papoose your little Fig Newton.
Say goodbye, you know my baby, I gotta go. Say goodbye, you know my baby
to the old world.
Ran into the Henchman who severed Anne Boleyn. He did it right quickly a
merciful man. She 1 + 1 is 2 but Henry said it was 3. So it was, here I am.
(Counterpoint vocals behind it: Maybe I'm a happy girl, maybe I'm a honey
dew. Maybe it's a bad job, maybe it's what you are.)
Talula, Talula. You don't want to lose it, it must be worth losing if it is
worth something. Talula, Talula. She's brand new now to you, wrapped in your
papoose your little Fig Newton.
And Jamaica, do you know what I have done? Mary M weaving on said
what you want is in the blood Senators. I got Big bird on the fishing line
with a bit of a shout, a bit of shout, a bit of an angry snout. He's my favorite
hooker of the whole bunch and I know about his only Bride and how the Russians
die on the ice I got my rape hat on honey but I always could accessorize, and I
never cared too much for the money, but I know right now
that it's in God's hands. But I don't know who the Father is.
Talula, Talula. You don't want to lose him, he must be worth losing if it is
worth something. Talula, Talula. He's brand new now to you. Wrapped in your
papoose, your little Fig Newton.
(He's chasing Tornadoes, he's chasing tornadoes, and I'm just patiently waiting.)-from the Twister soundtrack version
Not
the Red Baron, Not Charlie Brown. Think I got the message figured, another pilot
down. And are their devils with halos in beautiful capes. Taking them into the
flames, taking them into the flames.
Not Judy G. Not Jean, Jean, Jean with a hallowed heart. I see that screen go
down in the flames with every step with every beautiful heel pointed.
Not the Red Baron I'm sure. Not Charlie's wonderful dog. Not anyone I really
know, just another pilot down. Maybe I'll just sing him a last little sound. Many
there know some girls with red ribbons, the prettiest red ribbons.
Gotta tell you what I heard from Agent Orange. Mister suntan, mister happy man. Mister I know the girls on all the world tours. Mister agent, yeah he's my favorite. And they don't understand he's got palm oil fans. Yes, he's down and there and everywhere. He's got an A to Z an underwater city where he swims and swims.
Had
me a trick and a knack for your message. Well you'll never gain weight from a
doughnut hole. Then thought that I could decipher your message, there's no one
here dear, no one at all.
And if I'm wasting all your time, this time. Maybe you never learned to take.
And if I'm hanging on to your shade I guess I'm way beyond the pale.
And southern men can grow gold. can grow pertty. Blood can be pertty
like a delicate man. Copper to steel to a hinge that is faltered that let's you
in, let's you in, let's you in.
And if I'm wasting all your time, this time, I guess you never learned to take. And if I'm hanging on to your shade, I guess I'm way beyond the pale.
Something's
just keeping you numb
You told me last night, you were a sun now with your very own devoted satellite.
Happy for you, and I am sure that I hate you. Two sons too many. Too many able
fires.
And if I'm wasting all your time, this time. I think you never learned to take
and if I'm hanging on to your shade I guess I'm way beyond the pale.
Had me a trick and a knack for your message, you'll never gain weight from a doughnut hole.
In
the Springtime of His Voodoo
Standin
on a corner in Winslow Arizona, and I'm quite sure I'm in the wrong song. Two
girls 65 got a piece tied up in the back seat "honey we're Recovering
Christians".
In the Springtime of his voodoo. He was going to show me spring.
And right there for a minute I knew you so well.
Got an angry snatch, girl you know what I mean. When swivelin that hip doesn't
do the trick me pureed sanitarily Mr. Sulu, warp speed, warp speed, warp speed.
In the Springtime of his voodoo.
Every road leads back to my door, every road I will follow. Every road leads
back to my door, got all your crosses loaded.
And I know she's not that foxy, boys. I said I know she's not that foxy, but
you gotta owe something sometimes you gotta owe, boys, when you're your momma's
sunshine you've got to give something sometimes when you're the sweetest cherry
in an apple pie I need some voodoo on these prunes.
In the Springtime of his voodoo. He was going to show me spring.
Glue stuck to my shoe. Does anyone know why you play with an orange rind. You say you packed my things and divided what was mine. You're off to the mountain top. I say her skinny legs could use sun, but now I'm wishing. For my best impression of my best Angie Dickinson. But now I've to worry cause, boy you still look pretty.
When you're putting the damage on, yes. When you're putting the damage on. Take it high, high, high.
Don't make me scratch on your door, I never left you for a banjo. I only jsut turned around fora a poddle and a corvette and my best impression, of my best Angie Dickinson. But now I've got to worry cause, boy you still look pretty.
When you're putting the damage on, yes. When you're putting the damage on. Take it high, high, high. High, high, high.
I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through. I said, I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through, It's just your ghost passing through and now I'm quite sure there's a light in your platoon. I've never seen a light move like yours can do to me. So, now I'm wishing for my best impression of my best Angie Dickinson. But now I've got to worry cause, boy you still look pretty to me, but I've got a place to go. I've got a ticket to your late show. But now I've got to worry cause, boy you still look pretty.
When you're putting the damage on, yes. When you're putting the damage on, you're just so pretty. When you're putting the damage on.
Sure, that star can twinkle. And you're watching it, too. Boy so hard. Boy so hard. But I know a girl twice as hard. And I'm sure, said I'm sure, that she's watching it, too. Said, no matter what tie she's got in the right dresser tied, I know she's watching that star.
Gonna twinkle, gonna twinkle.
And last I time I knew she worked at an Abbey in lona. She said "I killed a man T. I've got to stay hidden in this Abbey. But I can see that star when it twinkles."
And she twinkles, and she twinkles, and I, I sure can that means I sure can, that means I sure can. So hard, so hard.
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