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Tightrope [Live at CBGB]
05:25
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Tightrope [Live at CBGB]
Dancin’ down the tightrope, you discover that it’s been greased
With the blood of the kid and the fat of the whale whose cries never cease
It’s a shame when things don’t work out, you were more than halfway there
But you can’t give no interviews when you’re fallin’ through the air
Down, down, down, down
Don’t, don’t look down
Sorry says the mechanic there’s not much that I can do
There’s a dead beast in your driver’s seat and he just refuses to move
No, no, no that’s just my relative you shout back above the din
But the moment you touch the crowbar, nausea closes in
Now these party people have their problems, but they don’t mean to be unkind
I know that they have their problems yeah well certainly I have mine
But they talk about their cocktails and they chat about the bomb
They discuss the kind of chemicals that they spray upon their lawn
Well it seems they’re a little uncertain tonight, who must they impress
They ain’t sure who the owner is, “Is now the time to undress?”
Their cheap thrills make me shudder, the kitchen is full of blades
There’s a river out that window
Hey whaddya say you and me we go find some shade, let’s go find some shade
See I keep having this recurring nightmare [repeat] that I keep having this recurring nightmare [repeat]
that I keep having this recurring nightmare
that I’m standin’ up on this balcony and I’m lookin’ over,
and I’m trying not to fall, I don’t wanna fall down there
and then David Rockefeller comes up behind me and he gives me a push
and I afll down hundreds of feet and I’m lyin’ there
all these bankers start comin’ up to me and they start handin’ me these bills
these 5 dollar bills 10 dollar bills 25 dollar bills 80 dollar bills
I know they’re counterfeit
I said get that money
get that money away, get that money away from me, get that money away!
So then I take all these bills and I throw them as far as I can
and where they land a tree grows up, a giant tree
standing over me….ugh ugh ugh TIMBER!
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2. |
Devil Dog [Live at CBGB]
06:52
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Devil Dog [Live at CBGB]
I want a woman who’s a Devil Dog
She gonna scratch me like a mountain cat
She gonna eat up all my desert rats
She gonna kiss me like a coastal fog
Like a Devil Dog!
She’s a Devil Dog!
I need a lady like a Devil Dog
She gonna scratch me like a mountain cat
She gonna scarf down all my desert rats
She gonna hug me like a coastal fog
Like a Devil Dog!
She’s a Devil Dog!
Devil Dog, mountain cat, crawdaddy, coastal fog
Mother of pearl mother of pearl
Mother of swine mother of swine
Mother of God mother of God
Mother of pearl mother of pearl
Bring it down
We’re bringin’ it down
Down on our heads
Bring it down low
Gotta crouch down low
Outside in the… grrr
KALI!
I got this lady who’s a Devil Dog
She gonna rip me like a mountain cat
She gonna eat up all my desert rats
She gonna kiss me like a coastal fog
She’s my Devil Dog!
And I can’t wait.
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3. |
New Super [Live at CBGB]
03:15
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New Super [Live at CBGB]
Hi there, I’m your new super!
Hi there, I’m your new man!
Hi there, I’m your new super!
I’ll do everything, everything I can!
Hi!
Hi!
Hi!
Oh I’m really high!
Hi there, I’m your new super!
Hi there, I’m your new man!
Hi there, I’m your new super!
I’ll do everything, anythiingI can!
Like this!
I’ll do anythiing! I do it all! I do it all!
I do it!
Oh!
Hi there.
Problem with your ceiling?
Problem with your drain?
Well I know just how you’re feelin’
I got a problem with my brain!
You got a leak? You got a leak? You got a leak?
Well everybody’s gotta leak!
Your name’s Marie right? No, no, that’s your roommate!
Your name’s Joan right?
I’ll do it! I’ll do it! I’ll do it!
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4. |
Stay Calm [Live at CBGB]
04:19
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Stay Calm [Live at CBGB]
Be! Be!
Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm.
Just be. Just be. Stay calm. Stay calm.
Why don’t you just stay calm?
Stay calm!
Don’t wanna panic now!
Stay stay stay stay stay!
Watch me now! Watch me
just be!
Stay calm.
Don’t move.
Don’t get carried away.
Relax!
Be. Be.
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5. |
Oh, I See [Live at CBGB]
04:15
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Oh, I See [Live at CBGB]
Oh I see, oh, oh, oh I see, you want me to go down that hill, right? You look like a nurse but I know you’re a soldier! American soldier! “Hey, American soldier!” Whaddya got, a war wound? A direct result of nothing as far as I’m concerned. I’m standin’ out on this porch. You know he’s down there. He’s got a gun. Nothin’ to worry about I guess, but I’m not goin’ down there. Not me. Other guys go down but you know my head is a radio. I hear these kinds of things. I don’t hear ‘em, other people hear ‘em, I guess.
Walker’s down there. He’s… uh… sittin’ in that chair. I didn’t do nothin’ with his wife. She looked kiinda funny in those stockings though — must admit, must admit! Saw it in a headline or something. Well, Chase Manhattan Bank, you know, you go everywhere with these people, they don’t know what to tell ya. They say, “It’s not me, it’s them!” I say, it’s kind of a result of… nothing, or something like that.
Oh oh oh, no, no! Not going down there! Nah, nah! Wait, wait! Wait, something hurts! Oh, oh! Oh I see, oh I see! You want me to go down the hill, oh I see! You buggin’ out? You buggin’ out? You buggin’ out? You buggin’ out?
Oh I see you want me to, nah, not like that, it’s somethin’ I read in the papers. I saw it in a cinema, backing out, he’s got a gun! I’m not goin’ down there, I got this thing, you don’t wanna see it! Hey, hey you look like a, like some kind of bicycle messenger…
I I I oh oh I see you want me to go down the hill huh? I see! You want me — forget it! I ain’t goin’ down there, oh I see. Get in there. Walker’s wife, black stockings. I’m not Rockefeller, you know. Andrew Carnegie, what’s that, withdrawal, 500 miles. Oh I see, dispose of it huh? Bughead! BUGHEAD! My hands are kind of stumps. Ha! Blood type zero! Hit the road Jack! Hit the road Jack. Come on, get a move on! Ah come on. I been to the bank.
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6. |
The Grind [Live at CBGB]
06:05
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The Grind [Live at CBGB]
I went down to this meat packing plant [repeat]
I went down to this slaughterhouse
And I saw this guy
Swinging on a hook
So I said hey Joe Jerk
Hey Joe Jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk
Hey Joe Jerk
How does it feel [repeat]
To be you
How does it feel [repeat]
To be like you
I went up to Paradise Lost [repeat]
I went up to Paradise Lost Retirement Village
And I saw this lovely old girl
She was clawing down the curtains
And she was screaming
Fire, fire, fire
So I said hey Gladys Night
Hey Gladys Night night night night night night night night
Hey Gladys Night, tell me something
How does it feel [repeat]
To be you
I’m just another Joe
I’m just another Joe
I’m just another Moe
Hey I’m just your average Moe
It’s just this daily grind [repeat]
I knocked and knocked on my apartment door [repeat]
But the door’s open, so I walk in
And I find myself sound asleep in an armchair
Bandages around my head
So I said hey now man
Hey now man man man man man
You gotta tell me
How does it feel [repeat]
To be you (me!)
I went down to my honey’s house [repeat]
And I sat down on her steps
And I walked up the steps into her kitchen
And she was there, and she was there
And she was bouncing off the walls
Wait wait wait wait
Hey now honey
Hey now hon hon hon hon hon hon hon hon
Hey now honey
You gotta tell me
How does it feel [repeat]
To be you
I’m just another Joe
I’m just another Moe
I’m just your average Joe
I really don’t know
It’s just this daily grind [repeat]
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Hire a Thug [Live at CBGB]
Well I guess, yes I guess, every dog has his day, every man gets his flash in the pan.
Isn’t that right Mister? One hour of power.
You get one hour of power. And it feels so good.
Tell you what you do:
Hire a thug, hire a menace,
Cut the heat, terrorize your tenants.
Murder is your favorite cadence.
Sipping cognac, pondering penance.
Pondering your penance, sit in your armchair and ruminate on the daily take.
Think about all the rubes who would gladly bend over backwards for you, or forward for that matter.
Hey reap what you sow, they say, but your lawyer will be sure to find a loophole in that one.
Meanwhile you’re making it hand over fist, hand over fist, hand over fist.
But personally, however:
I wanna go to Tahiti, live on a little ship.
I’m gonna go to Madagascar, gonna live on a little beach!
I’m gonna go down to Bali, gonna live on a little boat.
The life I once lived, completely remote.
You know what? Guys like you get only one hour.
You get one hour of power.
Power power power power DIE DIE!
So one day some little rat’s gonna come along and find your shallow grave
And he’s gonna piss on it, and it’s gonna sound like this:
ssssssssssssssssssssssssss
missssssssster
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The Wrong Tack [Live at CBGB]
Disconnected, not given enough slack
Blinking lights, how many, you’ve lost track
Cable, cable, cable, cable snapped
Emergency, you don’t know how to react
Groggy, exhausted, you don’t move very fast
But you can’t turn the clock, the clock, the clock, the clock back
Can you?
Staggered, stinking, smoke turns your face black
Information, you couldn’t leave it intact
Faced with your own, your own, your own, your own lack
Commitments, take them back
Arguments, no command of the facts
You took the wrong, the wrong, the wrong, the wrong tack
You took the wrong, the wrong, the wrong, the wrong tack
All personnel all personnel
Report directly to stations
This is not a drill
Repeat
This is not a drill
Repeat
This is not a drill
This is not a drill
This is not a drill!
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Ritual Tension New York, New York
Ritual Tension began in 1983 in NY as part of the downtown scene. After a long hiatus the band reappeared in 2018 and
released a new album in 2020.
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