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Where's Wanda?
04:30
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Wanda likes to play the game
and torture me
with her magic potion
and when she walks in the rain
I’m on my knees
then I get run over
could it be the voice of the great redeemer
coming through louder than the rest
of the reunion
oh, what a solution
she was always a head case!
oh, baby why’d ya have to fade away
you only had to make the grade
Stuck between the ways and means
your poker face
and a fist of money
off with your designer jeans
but it was late
and it came to nothing
could it be the voice of the great redeemer
coming through louder than the rest
of the reunion
oh, what a solution
she was always a head case!
oh, baby why’d ya have to fade away
you only had to make the grade
oh, baby why’d ya have to fade away
you only had to make the grade
just once….just once…
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2. |
Softly you diva
05:32
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Put me down softly you diva
put me down softly
cut through me just like a fever
so put me down softly
The bright lights are all you live for
embrace the game like an old whore
you owe it all to your public
well, here’s mud in your eye
I’m ugly and you’re resentful
which one is the bigger evil?
You’re pitching to non-believers
so, put me down softly
the license you have taken
you’re so right, but you’re mistaken
strip away the many layers
well, do away with the high life, the high life…
You feel alone and so alien
like a golden calf of the absurd
but you’re a fifty-foot girl
with your head in the clouds
and you’re literally one with the birds
put me down softly you diva
put me down softly
cut through me just like a fever
so put me down softly
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3. |
Trans-Human
04:52
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Switching circuits hold the aces
we’ve crossed the line I fear
artificial generation
is evidently real
no place for thinkers
in the new world
you are trans-human
and there’s no return
All your rights have been forsaken
but you still see the rainbow
yesterday has been negated
but you still feel the sorrow
Don’t think too much now
it’s a slow-burn
you are trans-human and there’s no return
I am a lie
somewhat resigned
woebegone automaton
mutation takes humanity
hold me, want me
love me, reach me
teach me, save me…
Meet the bloodline of tomorrow
lead the way trans-human
meet the masters of tomorrow
light the way trans-human
trans-human…
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4. |
Paddy wagon party
03:23
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Well, another house party at the end of the week
it’s a happening do where worlds collide
there were cocktails and long tales
and how-do-you-do’s
with some diddley-bowing on the side
then the po-lice in blue with their paddy-wagon too
turned up like it’s the scene of a crime
and we all piled in, we took it on the chin
it was a high time
It was a short while later on a super-moon
and another party down the road
a rockin’ band played and took the bull by the horns
then things shot into overload
then the lights came flashing as we made for the door
but they ordered us to stand in line
and we all piled in, we took it on the chin
it was a high time
Yea, it’s a rave-up
ooh yea, paddy wagon party
well it’s a rave-up
ooh yea, paddy wagon party
and it’s a high time
Well, Droopy Lou
he’s got his didgeridoo
and a knowing smile across his face
gets his thrill from a little blue pill
and he swings that thing all over the place
then the paddy wagon came
and he felt no shame
as he shows it off in all its prime
so they piled him in
and with a shit-eating grin
he had a hard time
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5. |
Jan the universe
04:17
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Jan, the universe
Jan, the universe is yours
don’t you let it slip
right through your hands
well it’s hard to make demands
try to understand it’s real
and don’t you let it slip
don’t let it slip, let it slip
you complications
are our fascination
leave those old roller skates and dolls behind
your funny faces
freckles and braces
a true legend inside of your own mind
Jan, the universe
Jan, the universe is yours
don’t you let it slip
right through your hands
give it time, don’t talk to him
you’re not so dim
stay true
and don’t you let it slip
don’t let it slip, let it slip
at show & tell
you stand and hold your own so well
but they laugh at the way you walk on by
they tease and taunt you
like Peter and Greg do
and the rumours get worse the more you try
Jan, the universe
Jan, the universe is yours
don’t you let it slip
right through your hands
make them see your other side
don’t run and hide from view
and don’t you let it slip
don’t let it slip, let it slip
oh no.
Don’t cry
Leave it all behind
It’s all over now
And no one needs to know
Save it for the show
No need to lie
Why don’t we get high?
Leave it all behind
And you don’t have to go
Save it for the show
now take a bow, and who’s laughing now?
Oh don’t you go
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6. |
Kleptomania
04:10
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Here comes the nightfall
I’m making my way
to the weary bone yard
where the dead folks lay
now, I like to be respectful
there’s something I must confess
the deceased I rob and plunder
though it doesn’t get easier
I struggle but fail to kick my
kleptomania
I’ve been stealing their dentures
and their gold teeth too
I’ve been swiping some flowers
they said shame on you
Lord knows, I despise myself
but stiffs are easy game for me
there must be a word for this
it’s not necrophilia
won’t you exorcise me of this
kleptomania
But in my nightmares they come calling
to the rhythm of a tolling bell
come and show me what a monster I’ve been
I still could see them at the first rays of the dawn
Oh, the dawn
You’re the one that we have come for
you’re the tempest of our woes
how could you be so deceitful
how can someone stoop so low
now we’re here to take you with us
down into the catacombs
and the retribution will be
more than you will ever know
Oh, won’t you believe
I had the best of intentions
but now I’m slipping away
into another dimension…
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7. |
Black light
03:00
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Do we need the black light
to highlight and show
every little shit stain
and set the world aglow
every blur and stigma
and dirty laundry pile
light up like a rainbow
yea, we’ll be here a while
Black light they’re gonna trace your name
smack dab into the hall of shame
It attracts the wrigglies
and the common moth
it could zap the cooties
to a pin-point spot
they can see your dead cells
and they can see your toss
and a trail of hair balls
and every strain of pot
Black light they’re gonna trace your name
smack dab into the hall of shame
well let me tell ya that it never crossed my mind
the strange men in lab coats
have got to be the first upon the scene
of the crime
with a black light
Well, you can clean forever
you can scrub some more
all your dirty knick-knacks
and long-suffering floors
much as you deny it
the truth is there to see
don’t you run away now
somebody has the keys
Black light they’re gonna trace your name
smack dab into the hall of shame
well let me tell ya that it never crossed my mind
the strange men in lab coats
have got to be the first upon the scene
of the crime
with a black light
well let me tell ya that it never crossed my mind
everything I ever did is right there
for all the world to see
down the line
with a black light
black light, they’re gonna know your stain
black light, they’re gonna trace your name
black light, they’re gonna know your stain!
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8. |
Bloodlust blues
04:40
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sink your teeth in slow and taste my brand
tonight
we could make some history and be kind
whereby
everyone is willing to be had
like deer
in a field of hunters
every moment’s a call to arms
and you aspire to fall apart
but there’s nothing in this wicked world
that could ease your blood lust blues
take my hand let’s run
headlong
into our animated thirst for fun
because
nothing here is real but that’s ok
we live
in this rescued rapture
every moment’s a call to arms
and you aspire to fall apart
but there’s nothing in this wicked world
that could ease/fill your blood lust blues
solo
how I wish I could be the same
but you show me that it’s too late
and there’s nothing in this wicked world
that could ease your blood lust blues
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Velvet Moth Adelaide, Australia
A rock 'n’ roll tour de force featuring tough wacky twin guitars, with the added edge of tongue-in-cheek lyrics & crazy improvisational psychedelic outbursts. WARNING : Live shows have smoke machine, strobe lights and live chickens hazard
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