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1. Teen Age Riot	10. Starpower
2. Eric's Trip	11. Death Valley '69
3. Candle	12. Halloween
4. Into The Groove(y)	13. Flower
5. G-Force	14. Inhuman
6. Beauty Lies In The Eye	15. Making The Nature Scene
7. Kotton Krown	16. Brother James
8. Shadow Of A Doubt	17. I Dreamed I Dream
9. Expressway To Yr Skull

Teen Age Riot
(Thurston & Kim)

You’re it
No, you’re it
Hey, you’re really it
You’re it
No, I mean it, you’re it

Say it
Don’t spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (don’t displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall

Miss me
Don’t dismiss me

Spirit desire

Spirit desire
Spirit desire
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire
Spirit desire
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall

Everybody’s talking ‘bout the stormy weather
And what’s a man to do, but work out whether it’s true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two

Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you

Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through

Everybody’s coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us aclue
Ah, here it comes
I know it’s someone I knew

Teen age riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you

Now I see it
I think I’ll leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
But it’s not clear why you make away

Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer that’s rockin’
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, that’ll do me for now

It better work out
I hope it works out my way
Cuz it’s getting kind of quiet in my city head
It takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now

You better look it
We’re gonnashake it
Up to him

He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand

We know it’s down
We know it’sbound too loose
Everybody’s sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to chose
So who’s to take the blame for the stormy weather
You’re never gonna stop all the teen age leather and booze

It’s time to go round
A one-man showdown
Teach us how to fail
We’re off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail

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Eric's Trip
(Lee)

(Achoooo Braaaaaaaancafest)
I can’t see anything at all, all I see is me
That’s clear enough, that’s what’s important, to see me
My eyes can focus, my brain is talking, it looks pretty good to me
My head’s on straight, my girlfriend’s beautiful, it looks pretty good to me

Sometimes I speak
Tonight there’s nothing to say
Sometimes we freak
And laugh all day

Hold these pages up to the light
See the jackknife inside of the dream
A railroad runs through the record stores at night
Coming in for the deep freeze

Mary: a simple word, are you there in the cold country?
Your eyes so full, your head so tight, can’t you hear me?
Remember our talk, that day on the phone?
I said I was the door, and you were the station
With shattered glass, and miles between us
We still flew away in the conversation

My cup is full, and I feel okay
The world is dull, but not today

She thinks she’s a goddess
She says she talks to the spirits
I wonder if she can talk to herself?
If she can bear to hear it?

This is Eric’s trip
We’ve all come to watch him slip
He’s slipping all the way to Texas
Can you dig it?

I see with a glass eye
The pavement view
A shadow forming, across fields rushing
Through me to you

We tear down all the world, and put up four walls
I breathe in the myth
I’m over the city, fucking the future
I’m high and inside your kiss

We can’t see clear
But what we see is alright
We make up what we can’t hear
Then we sing all night

Shattered pages and shattered lights
See the jackknife, see the dream
There’s something moving over there, to the right
Like nothing I’ve ever seen

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Candle
(Thurston)

I see a dark star drivin’ at his magic, snatching
Kiss me up a way go crystal cracking

I can’t wait
I can’t stay a candle
Gotta change my mind before it burns out

I’m the cocker on the rock
Wind is whipping through my stupid mop

I see a falling snow girl walking Broadway
Turns the corner at 14 and I know there’s no way

It’s alright
It’s a lighted candle
And I know she’ll be okay by someday

I’m the cocker on the rock
I'm in bed, start shining in your electric clock

It’s safe tosay,candle
Tonight’s the day, candle
It’s alright now, candle
The wind’s away, candle
Never thought I’d see a dark star falling

I’m the cocker on the rock
Wind is whipping through my stupid mop

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Into The Groove(y)
(Thurston)

Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm’s right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight

Get into the groove
Boy you got to prove
yr love to me, yeh
Get up on yr feet
Yeh, step to the beat
Boy what will it be
Gonna get to know you in a special way
...to me everyday

I see the fire burning in yr eyes
Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free
(...no one else can see)
(...by myself)
...wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove
Boy you got to prove
yr love to me, yeah
Get up on yr feet
Yeh, step to the beat
Boy what will it be, yeh
Live out yr fantasies here with me
Just let the music set you free
touch...

(Now I know you’re mine)
(Now I know you’re mine)

...groove
Boy you got to prove
yr love to me, yeah
Get up on yr feet
Yeh, step to the beat
Boy what will it be
You got to get into the groove
Boy you got to prove
yr love to me
Get up on yr feet
Yeh, step to the beat
Boy what will it be
You got to forget whew

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G-Force
(Kim)

(Shit)
Don’t be a fool girl
He’s takin’ me all the way
We have gone to burn you up
You’ve all gone to burn me up
Got to...real life
You make me feel stupid
(Sugar come here, hey Sugar)
Wish it was five minutes before yesterday
Do you remember the time we were gonna do that?
(Sweetheart, come here)
Bring me all yr food and I won’t care to eat
Darling, darling
Do you wanna fuck me?
No, bring me all yr food
Don’t be a fool girl
(Shit)
You ought to have made our american dream come true
Don’t go in the water
Darling, darling
Got to, it’s real life
(Hey Sugar)
C’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon
I don’t remember what it was like yesterday
Was there a yesterday?
(C'mon, c'mon, c'mon)
G-force eight ninety-nine, seventy-nine ninety-five
The ice ballet
Sleeping beauty
She’s a real jogger
What becomes a mirrorshade most? Huh?
C’mon girl
(What’s that?)
We’re gonna burn you
You’re contaminated
Something’s out there, look
Don't you see?
Something used to be out there
(I swear)
I have it all in this book
Do you wanna fuck me?
(Shit)
We used to go to the place
Tell you what I’m gonna do
I’ll make you an offer
(Move over, come on)
Don’t do that
What’s it gonna be pal?
(Huh)
(Shit)
Don’t be a bully
Just cuz I’m a girl
Do I make you feel silly?
Is he the tall one?
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it to sound like that
Honey you can pick up that phone, call Proper and all yr troubles will be over
I just hope it was worth it
(Oh shit)
As soon as the sun goes down
He’s going into town
And he’s gonna play pool
Got to, it’s real life
(Yeah)
She always told me he would (c'mon)
Somehow I didn’t believe her (c'mon)
I’ll tell you one thing though
I think it’s going to rain tomorrow

Huh
Huh

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Beauty Lies In The Eye
(Kim)

There’s something in the air here
makes you go insane
brings you back to me
It’s been so long
alls I have to do
is live along
It’s coming, coming down
over me
Do you want to see
the explosions in my eye
Do you want to see
the reflection of
how it used to be
Beauty lies in the eyes of anothers dream
Beauty lies and lost in anothers dream
It’s coming, coming down
over me
Do you want to see
the explosions in my eye
Do you want to see
the reflection of
how it used to be
Hey baby
Hey sweetheart
Hey fox, come here
Hey beautiful
Come here sugar

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Kotton Krown
(Thurston & Kim)

Love has come to stay in all the way
It’s gonna stay forever and every day
It feels like a wish coming true
It feels like an angel dreaming of you
Feels like heaven forgiving and getting
Feels like we’re fading and celebrating
You got a carnal spirit spraying I’m gonna laugh it up
You got a kotton krown I’m gonna keep it underground
You’re gonna take control of the chemistry
And you’re gonna manifest the mystery
You got a magic wheel in your memory
I’m wasted in time and I’m looking everywhere
I don’t care where
I don’t care where
Angels are dreaming of you
Angels are dreaming of you
Angels are dreaming of you
Angels are dreaming of you

New York City is forever kitty
I’m wasted in time and you’re never ready
Fading fading celebrating
I got your kotton krown
I got your kotton krown
I got your kotton krown
I got your kotton krown
I got your kotton krown
I got your

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Shadow Of A Doubt
(Kim)

Met a stranger on a train
He bumped right into me
I swear I didn’t mean it
Swear it wasn’t meant to be
Must of been a dream
From a thousand years ago
I swear I didn’t mean it
Swear it wasn’t meant to be
From the bottom of my heart
He was looking all over me
You take me and I’ll take you
You kill him and I’ll kill her
I swear it wasn’t meant to be
Swear I didn’t mean it
Kiss me
Kiss me in the shadow of
Kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
Kiss me
Kiss me in the shadow of
Kiss me in the shadow of a doubt

It’s my dream
It’s just a dream I had
(No, no, no)
I swear
It’s just a dream
Just a dream
(Give it to me)
Dream I had
No (run)
No (no, no, no, no, no)
No
No
Didn’t do it
Didn’t do it
Maybe
Maybe (no)
It’s just a dream
It’s a dream
It’s just a
It’s just a
No
Met a stranger on a train
He bumped right into me
I swear I didn’t mean it
Swear it wasn’t meant to be
Must of been a dream
From a thousand years ago
Kiss me
Kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
Kiss me

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Expressway To Yr Skull
(Thurston)

We’re gonna kill the California girls
We’re gonna fire the exploding load in the milkmaid Maidenhead
We’re gonna find the meaning of feeling good
And we’re gonna stay there as long as we think we should
Mystery train
Three way plane
Expressway to yr skull
Mystery train
Three way plane
Expressway to yr skull
Mystery train
Three way plane
Expressway to yr skull

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Star Power
(Kim)

Spinning dreams with angel wings
Torn blue jeans, a foolish grin
Burning down in the night
So cool, so right
Star Power, Star Power, Star Power, Over Me
She knows how to make love to me
She knows how to make love
Close my eyes and think of you
Everything turns black to blue
Star Power, Star Power, Star Power, Over Me

Burning down in the night
Super cool it’s all right
She knows how to make love to me
She knows how to make love
Close my mind when I think of you
Everything turns black to blue
Star Power, Star Power, Star Power, Over Me

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Death Valley '69
(Thurston Moore & Lydia Lunch)

Thurston	Both	Lydia
aaaa	aaaa	aaaa
Groooooahhhh!
	Coming down Sadie, I love it Now now now Death Valley ‘69
You’re right
	You’re right You’re right You’re right
You’re right		You were right
	I was on the wrong track We’re deep in the valley How deep in the gulley
And now in the canyon
		And now in the canyon
Out in the yonder		Way out in the yonder
She started to holler
	She started to holler I didn’t wanna I didn’t wanna I didn’t wanna I didn’t wanna But she started to holler
So I had to hit it
	Hit it Hit it Hit it Deep in the valley In the trunk of an old car In the back of a chevy
I got sand in my mouth And you got sun in your eyes..... Blind And you wanted to get there But I couldn't go faster		You got sand in your mouth I got sun in your eyes Blinded I wanted to get there
	But you couldn't go faster.....
So I started to hit it So I started to hit it And I started to hit it		You couldn’t go faster Hit it
	Hit it Hit it Hit it Hit it Hit it Hit it Hit it Hit it Coming down Sadie, I love it Now now now Death Valley ‘69 Death Valley ‘69 Death Valley ‘69 Death Valley ‘69
aaaaa
	ieieieioooooaoaoaieeih!

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Halloween
(Kim)

There’s something shifting in the distance
Don’t know what it is
Days is days and night
Except for the feeling that’s
Growing up inside of me as you
Sing your song as you
Swing along and you’re
It's your, your song

It’s the devil in me
Makes me stare at you as you
Twist up along you
Sing your song and you
Slitherin' up to me and you’re
So close I just a
Wanna touch you and, uh
Sing your song and you
Don’t know what’s going on but you
Wanna me to come along as you
Sing your song and you’re
Fucking with me as you
Slither up to me
You’re lips they’re
Slipping twisting at my
Insides and singing on
You’re just a
Swinging man, It’s not your
Swinging song and now I
Don’t know what you want but
You’re looking at me and you’re
Falling to the ground and you’re
Twisting around fucking with my
My mind and I don’t know what’s going on

Swinging in your song
Twisting me on as you
Slither up to me and it’s gotta be
And I don’t know what you wanna do
And you’re looking at me with your big dark eyes
And you’re rubbing your body
Twisting

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Flower
(Kim)

Support the power of women
Use the power of man
Support the flower of women
Use the word:
Fuck
The word is love

Support the power of women
Use the power of man
Support the flower of women
Use the word:
Fuck
The word is love

There’s a new girl in your life
Long red wavy hair
Green green lips and purple eyes
Skinny hips and big brown breasts
Hanging on your wall
One edge slipped, the other’s ripped

Support the power of women
Use the power of man
Support the flower of women
Use the word:
Fuck
The word is love

Support the power of women
Use the flower of man

Use the power of women
Use the word:
Fuck
The word is love
Use the word
Support the power of women
Use the power of man
Support the flower of women
Use the word:
Fuck

The word is love

Use the word:
Fuck

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Inhuman
(Thurston)

Oi
Aha, Aha
Aha, Aha
Aha, Aha

My body is a pastime
My mind is a simple joy
I learned my lesson
The hardest way
But you don’t know me
But you don’t know me
A complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman

My body is a pastime
My mind is a simple joy
I learned my lesson
The hardest way
But you don’t know me
But you don’t know me

Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Complete inhuman
Inhuman, inhuman
Inhuman, inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman
Inhuman

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Making The Nature Scene
(Kim)

Going back to these origins
The city is a natural scape
Order in details
Confusion uproar in the whole
In nature reality is selection
The tool of critical intervention
Fragmentation is the rule
Unity is not taught in school
You are in unnatural growth
On a funny sunny street
The city has forgotten you
Its symbols of the past
The meaning of its state
It’s order of decay
Stand now in a column
And make the nature scene

Standing all in columns
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Waiting to make their pay
There is no resistance to
The signs along the way
Standing all in columns
Waiting to make their pay
Making the nature scene
Waiting for the day
There is no resistance to
There is no resistance to
Salvation means to count on you
It just means to count on you
Make that nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene
Making the nature scene

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Brother James
(Kim)

Take my hand he said to me
Follow now or you’ll be damned
Let’s go to the other side
Let’s go to the other side

Straight forth or I’ll kick in your teeth
Straight forth or I’ll kick in your teeth

Brother James give it to me
Brother James give it to me

I don’t need it anymore
Comin’ knockin’ at my door
I don’t need it anymore
Comin’ knockin’ at my door

Take my hand you might as well
We’re going straight to hell
I don’t wanna hang around
Do I have to kick your ass around

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I Dreamed I Dream
(Kim & Lee)

Kim	Lee
aaaa	aaaa
Look before you leap, okay?	You slept
Do you read me?	Did I drift?
May all your dreams come true	Do I dream?
He's standing by the door	Do you read me?
He's got something in his hands	I'm not speaking
All the money's gone	Do you read me?
All the money's gone	I dream
The days we spend go on and on
Shift
Fucking youth	I dream
Working youth
aaaa	aaaa
May all your dreams come true	Sound today are you sound today are you sound today
A lot of people suffer from impotence.....	Sound today are you sound today are you sound today
All the money's gone	Today
aaaa	aaaa
	These things don't happen automatically
The days we spend go on and on	I dream
Fucking youth
Working youth
Fucking youth	Edith moves each step
Working youth	The days we spend go on and on
Fucking youth	I dream
Working youth	Do you read me?

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