L.S. Underground
Bring it Down Now
Red Swine
The Bomb/Not a Cussword (live)
The Grape Prophet Speaks
Funky Space Cat
House of Love
Radio Satan
Ellis in the Orchard
Plague of Flies
Baby Flies a Comet
Die Baby Die (Live)
Double Sister
This Is the Healing
Travels instrumental
English Interpreter of English
Tether to Tassel (Live)
It Fits Inside
Rocket and a Bomb/Kitty (live)
Industry, Inc.
"The Bomb"
The judgement and the jury
Are waiting for the bomb to fall
The preacher and the teacher
Have all felt the call
The Bomb
It will hit you high
It will hit you low
From your body to your head
You'll want to stand and scream
It's a wonderful thing
But you'll be on your face instead
The Bomb
Oh, here comes the bomb
Pythagoras and the Mathmatist
Have got a theorem for a serum
But the baby that flies
In the Aegean sky
Has got nobody to steer him
"Not a Cussword"
Born of a virgin
Baptized in the Jordan
Tempted in the desert
Healer of the leper
My name is Jesus Christ
Turned over the tables
In the house of My Father
Got crucified, died, and rose again
To save you from the scoffer
My name is Jesus Christ
I'm not your cuss word am I?
I forgive, I love you, give it to Me
Whatever it is
"The Grape Prophet Speaks"
The Grape Prophet:
All the blues and lavender blossoms
will be suckled unto their heirs
and find lifted shelter
and no abominations
within the filtered soil
of the trodden grove
Interpreter:
What he's saying is that we here in this body
will be lifted up and be set apart
from all other bodies of followers.
The Crowd:
He's a sensation
The Grape Prophet:
I was there and he was here
we sat together and we supped
one with another
breaking bread as he opened gold tablets
and he told me secrets that I can't tell.
Interpreter:
Basically what he's saying
is he had an encounter
he had lunch with... Jesus
The Crowd:
He's a sensation
"House of Love"
(Story Outline)
1. I'm not in the House of Love
A. I don't like the house I'm in
B. I need a new house
2. I find the house of love
A. I'm really excited
B. Never do I want to leave
3. Love surrounds me
A. Nothin' but love
B. Everybody loves everybody
(Love Utopia)
"Radio Satan"
radio satan
radio live
you're wearing you halos way up high
you're praying to jesus to save my life
radio satan
radio lies
and it's the kiss that leads to murder
and it's the kiss that makes the martyr
radio satan
lend me some wool
spun by your hand from your spinning spool
cover my transgressions cover tonight
radio satan
radio lies
"Ellis in the Orchard"
Ellis in the orchard, pickin' baskets of oranges
Where are all the hired hands?
They've gone to follow some prophet man
As far as I can understand
they left to follow some prophet man
Peckesen, poor Colonel Peckesen
Ellis up a ladder, lookin' down at a letter
Says, "we are the pickers,
we've gone to work in the vineyards.
The Grape Prophet called, and we heard our names,
tell Colonel Peckesen that he's not to blame."
Peckesen, poor Colonel Peckesen
Ellis in the orchard, pickin' baskets of oranges
Where are all the basket lines?
They've gone to work in the grapevine
The Colonel falls down on his face
All his orange juice is gonna waste
Peckesen, poor Colonel Peckesen
"Plague of Flies"
There's a plague of flies outside my window
they hold me like they want me tonight
there's a plague of flies outside my window
they hold me like they want me tonight
"Baby Flies a Comet"
Baby flies a comet
When you think you're safe, you run it
Off the handle when she's on it
Baby flies a comet
Super babe, super speed, super comet, souped machine
Flashes like a Sputnik rocket, flashing can't put nothin' on it
Quicker than she's ever been
Places where I can't get in
Racing racing, chick we're chasing
Comet burns a blazing haze
Baby flies a comet
Baby flies a comet
Eating sugar, drinking cream
She seems just like a human being
As if the holes she's jumping through
Became the places that you knew
Time forgot her only love
That kick-starts a super buzz
Just like a Model-T
Hot and free and chained to me
My life's a comet
Baby flies a comet
When you think you're safe you run it
Off the handle when she's on it
Baby flies a comet
She shot up Batman, Robin too
Dressed up Superman in blue
And then she opened Kryptonite and Superman just couldn't fight
The fire lit the galaxy Made me wish that he was me
I looked around for my Super-8
The film exposed,
She wouldn't wait
Baby flies a comet
Baby flies a comet
when you think you're safe you run it
off the handle when she's on it
Baby flies a comet
Off the handle when she's comin'
When you think you're safe you're runnin
Off the handle when she's comin'
Off the handle when she's on it
Baby flies a comet
"Die Baby Die"
You have been forgiven all your tyrant ways
Now you must be living for the price has been paid
Die Baby Die
In the morning when I call you to greet the sunny rain I
Can't give all to you, I can't change my way
Dream without passion
Cuz you can't afford to pave the way
Christ be your salvation Turn your heart and say
Die baby die
"This Is the Healing"
You've been seen with a stiff lip
It's happening to the best when the pain grips
You've been beaten by the bell
In all that you do
You thought Hell was a place one goes to
But your Hell on Earth is true
This is the healing
Give me tears from all your bitter years
This is the healing
Salt the wounds, the healing will come soon
You've tried to philosophize your pain
But the hurts in your heart
And not in your brain
You could be hit by the Spirit
And be made new
You thought Heaven was a place one goes to
But this Heaven on Earth is true
Chorus
Open your heart
"English Interpreter of English"
I am the English Interpreter of English
When the Grape Prophet speaks
I tell you what he says
He speaks in riddles
so it's hard to understand him
He speaks in poetry that only I can bend
He speaks in parables
'cause Christ is so much like him
And when the Grape Prophet speaks
I tell you what he says
"Tether to Tassel"
So long to the good times that I had with you
You pulled a sword from your purse to run me through
Now my heart is bleeding like rain
You hit the bucket of blood that fills my veins
Hello Sorrow, I've known you before
I'm the hurting soul from a forsaken shore
The spine of the sting ray has hit my behind
And ever since I can remember life's been a hinder
Tether to the tassel
Prison to the Bastille
Faint to Fainted
These are related to me
I cling to the faith It's the faith I keep
Though the waves you've made have gotten so steep
To weep right now would be a crying shame
But for that day I pray to keep me sane
Give me no dagger, Hand me no blade
I'll endure the day so my life will be saved
Ahab's beckon will bring me a coffin
I'll reach the sand as fast as I can
"It Fits Inside"
I give broken gaurantees
and she's got eyes on other sides
I've got simple minded needs
and she's got stomach parasites
and i
don't know why
it fits
inside
i've heard times were better when
it wasn't such a lonely night
she's heard that it's all right now
with careless words
from her guttermouth
and i
don't know why
it fits
inside
she's got dreams of many things
and i've got a whole world to hide
and she needs complex reasoning
and i need another sip to get by
and i
don't know why
it fits
inside
"Rocket and a Bomb"
Mr. In and Mrs. In
Can you please tell me what's in
And what is wrong with me
I'm never in your company
Mr. Out and Mrs. Out
What is this all about
Before you know it you've come in
And all I ever wanted
Was a good job and some bus fare
And a rocket and a bomb
A rocket and a bomb
Mr. Bill is there a Mrs. Bill
Does she tell you how you should feel
Does she let you get away
Will Sluggo come and make me pay
Mr. Bank is there a Mrs. Banks
Is she the one that turns the crank
Is there a Mary Poppins still
And all I ever wanted
Was a good job and some bus fare
And a rocket and a bomb
A rocket and a bomb
Mr. Life and Mrs. Life
Are you really in for life
Are you planning to make a break
Could it be a big mistake
Mr. God is there a Mrs. God
Could she help me find a job
One that pays enough to take
A rocket and a bomb
"Kitty"
Kitty, Kitty Courtesy
Won't you please show me
What's in the pot
Kitty, Kitty Courtesy
Smells kind of human
Tell me that it's not
She never lets me in whenever she's cookin'
Don't you find that kind of queer?
That woman's so old and scary
You know, once she was married
But her husband disappeared
I'm getting dry heaves
It's comin' down the hall
It's seepin' through my wall
Stop that cookin' please
What's cookin', Kitty
Smells kind'a human
I'm about to vomit
Please tell me that it's not
She never lets me in whenever she's cookin'
Don't you find that kind of queer?
That woman's so old and scary
You know, once she was married
But her husband disappeared
I'm getting dry heaves
It's comin' down the hall
It's seepin' through my wall
Stop that cookin' please
What's cookin', Kitty
Kitty Courtesy
Won't you please show me
What's in the pot
What's in the pot
What's in the pot
All lyrics (P) and (C) 1995 Ttonk Publishing. Reprinted without permission.
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