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1. _ O.k.?
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2. _ Overlords
Well, i been breakin' rocks
Up on coolie number three
I know it's been forever
Thought you'd never hear from me
The weather here is rotten
Rainin' granite all the time
And both moons are glowin' purple
And there is no sun to shine
I keep diggin' deep down in a tunnel that goes
Twenty miles down
And i know my life is cheap
When i hear that rumblin' sound
Oh, the overlords
Got me workin' overtime
Oh, the overlords
No, they never make it rhyme
And there is somethin' in the air
That is burnin' in my throat
A big black cloud is passin'
Droppin' acid on my coat
Oh, the overlords
Got me workin' overtime
It's been ten years and a day
After world war nine
They pushed us to make meaning
And from the meaning was our crime
Last night i had a dream |
3. _ Jack Talked
Chorus:
Repeat these three lines three times
Jack talked
Jack talked like
Jack talked like a man on fire
(man on fire!)
Jack talked like a man on fire and his eyes moved like two shiny steel ball bearings
And when they moved the ground beneath him shook and split open
No one got too close to jack but jack never got too close anyway
And when he dreamed, his ears drooled thirty-weight engine oil
He took personality tests
And stapled them to his lower lip
No one ever came out on a visit with jack
But jack never visited anybody anyway
Chorus repeat
Jack made false contributions to charity telethons
Jack made crank phone calls to elected officials
His arms shook and his legs twitched and his tongue darted out of his mouth every few seconds
And when it did it touched the tip of his nose
And when it touched the tip of his nose
He yelled out as loud as he could
"i have artistic sensibility,
I am a damn good risk,
I am the messenger and here is the message"
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4. _ The Gumbo Man
Water is crashin'
On the rocks down below
A side window rolls down
On an el dorado
Hear the hush of the voices
There's a flash from inside
And nobody bothers to conceal
What they cannot hide
Chorus:
So if you see the gumbo man
Tell him now he's gotta change his plan
Stir it left and stir it right
Eat it up until it's gone from sight
From the top of a lighthouse
A beacon shone out
I draw a map to remember
What nobody found out
I woke up in the morning
Stared in the glass
I took a walk down the street
And saw you comin' past
Chorus repeat x2
There's a worry on the burner
A cold wind rushin' in
And nobody did get out
But somebody did get in
I hear a creak on the stairway
Outside the door
Blue metal voices
Are beggin' for more
Chorus repeat x2
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5. _ Watch Your Step
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6. _ The Roadblock
News travels fast in a small desert town
So it wasn't long at all before the word got around
That a killin' mad car was headed their way
So the sheriff and the boys were gonna stop 'im out on the highway
Right where it intersected big black rock
So it wasn't long at all
Before the whole town was standin' round
Hammerin' a nail and buildin' up a pride in a roadblock
Just hangin' round a roadblock
The mayor's wife sat in the shade
And talked her way through a few good lies
While her husband practiced his acceptance speech
For a medal from the f.b.i.
And granny rocked back in her chair and said
"just what did this man do?"
While some idiot kids ate dirty
Sno-cones colored red white and blue
At the roadblock
Just hangin' round a roadblock (x3)
Then the local paper jumped the gun
And printed the big headline
Town is saved from killer car
With roadblock at stateline
Three miles down the highway in a chevy '69
Were a pair of crazy eyeballs jumpin' left and right in time
To an eight-track tape playin' foghat and jethro tull
And a gasoline-soaked hand shiftin' a little plastic skull
And on the arm, a blue tattoo that read "i'm a son of a bitch!"
A map open on the front seat |
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7. _ Mouthful Of Sand
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8. _ Beyond Tomorrow
Chorus:
Beyond tomorrow
Beyond tomorrow
Beyond tomorrow
Beyond tomorrow
We will be driving in
Little time bombs everywhere
On a street in a skyscraper
With aluminum hair
There'll be someone downstairs
Collecting all our names
Numbers all in a file somewhere
Everyone will be saved
Chorus repeat
Someone will be in the air
In a plane by the sea
I could be anywhere at all
If i could just be
I'll eat candied policemen
You'll eat farmers from hell
Everyone will be very modern
Can't you tell?
Chorus repeat
There could be another one
Come from the east
With a mark on his head
The sign of the beast
Then we will all extinguish
From this thing we call yeast
Did we come from yeast?
Chorus repeat
Way back when |
9. _ Right Through You
Look them in the eye
To show them you're brave
But no one but me
Knows you're just a slave
To this part in the play
You never mean what you say
You come on so strong
You run with the hunt
Don't know what's behind you
Don't show what's in front2
Sometimes you do it to show
To someone you don't know
Like a bird on a limb
Starin' down at its toes
No song he could sing
No his voice |
10. _ Snaketrain
Comin' into southbend, headed towards the graveyard shift
Blockin' off the fallen fences there with my hardware grip
Watchin' out and waitin' for a signal seen
That could level out the quiet side
And if you say you're lonely
I'm the one you'll find there on the side
Your one and only
And you will know when this deed has died
I was chasin' a ghost |
11. _ Harry Truman
John wayne was always bald
And he had a woman's name
Valentino was a momma's boy
He cried in his tent all night long
And harry truman finally dropped the bomb
So they could go to sleep at night
So they could go to sleep at night
I got a plaque up on the wall
And an office in the sky
I give birth to major deals
Lookin' down on the passersby
I pass the torch, i follow the code
I'm steerin' straight ahead, i don't stray from the road
To be a warrior with a king
To put your hand in the flame without burning
And go to sleep at night
And go to sleep at night
And go to sleep at night
John wayne was always bald
And he had a woman's name
Valentino was a momma's boy
I cried in my tent all night long
And harry truman finally dropped the bomb3
So i could go to sleep at night
So i could go to sleep at night
Now, go to sleep...
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12. _ I Wanna Be A Boss
Well, i've been doodling on this notepad
And i been taking telephone calls
I can tell this job's at the end of the line
And i'm ready for the fall
But i been watchin' the boss carefully
And he always seems to be havin' a ball
And then i scratch my head and wonder
Why i'm down here and he's up the hall
Now, all of my paychecks aren't worth
The paper they're printed on
I get 'em friday
But monday they're all gone
There must be some way to change my situation
It's time that i took up a brand new vocation
I wanna take a two-week vacation
Twenty-six times a year, add 'em up
When i fly to exotic places
My jet will be a lear
I'll need several secretaries
Just to jot down notes
I'll wear gucci loafers
And expensive shirts
And blue, executive, exotic coats
Chorus:
'cause i, i said i wanna be a boss
(i wanna be, i wanna be)
I, i said i wanna be a boss
And i'll have people workin' under me
And this lousy job i'll toss
I, i said i wanna be a boss
Well, i'll drive in fancy cars
Well, no, maybe i'll just cruise
With a limo |
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13. _ Venus Is Hell
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14. _ Bad News At The Dynamite Ranch
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15. _ Uba's House Of Fashions
The door swung wide, i walked right in
I was a long way off from where i'd been
From behind a desk, inside a cool green cloud
A strange low voice told me then to join the crowd
Chorus:
At uba's
Uba's
Uba's
Fashions
Fashions
Uba said to jumbo "won't you take my child |
Gaeilge 
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