Gee Whiz But This Is A Lonesome Town

*** Thanx a lot to Moriarty for these lyrics ***

Jimmy

(Gillette-Roberts/Moriarty)

Jimmy won't you please come home
Where the grass is green and the buffaloes roam
Come see Jimmy your uncle Jim
And your auntie Jimmie and your cousin Jim
Come home Jimmy 'cause you need a bath
And your grandpa Jimmy is still gone daft

Now there's buffalo Jim and buffalo Jim
And Jim buffalo now didn't you know
Jim Jim Jimmy it's your last cigarette
But there's buffalo piss and it's all kind of wet
Jambo Jimmy you'd better hold your nose
All roads lead to roam with the buffaloes

And the buffaloes used to say be proud of your name
The buffaloes used to say be what you are
The buffaloes used to say roam where you roam
Buffaloes used to say do what you do

Hey you've gotta have a wash but you can't clean your name
You're now called Jimmy, you'll be Jimmy just the same
The keys are in a bag in a chest by the door
One of Jimmy's friends has taken the floor

Jimmy won't you please come home
Where the grass is green and the buffaloes roam
Dear old Jimmy you've forgotten you're young
But you can't ignore the buffalo song

And the buffaloes used to say be proud of your name
The buffaloes used to say be what you are
The buffaloes used to say roam where you roam
Buffaloes used to say do what you do
If you remember you're unknown
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're a gnome
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're a Noam
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're unknown
Buffaloland will be your home

Lovelinesse

(Gillette-Roberts/Moriarty)

Running naked through poppy fields
With my anchovy flapping freely in the wind
Then I see Father O’Reilly
And I confess, yes I have sinned

And Father O’Reilly, he spoke to me slighly
And winked at the nun sitting bare on his knee
A church it imploded, a herd of green puppets
Demanded a pizza with chocolate and cheese

The nun in a frenzy she swatted the puppets
And prayed to the God of my proud anchovies
The taste of a Pizza, it seemed to increase her
But father O’Reilly broke up from the Wait

The taste of a Pizza, it seemed to increase her
But father O’Reilly broke up from the Wait
The taste of a Pizza, it seemed to increase her
But father O’Reilly broke up from the Wait

He fell in the field, but the nun didn't yield
The poppies they burst exploding his fate
The oxygen missing, my anchovie hissing
I ran through the fields calling for help
Help, help, help, help...
One, two, three

I tripped on a poppy and felt kinda dopey
Dropped on the earth with an opium yelp
Lying naked in poppy fields
With my anchovie flappin’ freely in the wind
Then I dream of Father O’Reilly
And I truly know, yes I have sinned
I'm sorry

Private Lily

(Gillette-Standley/Moriarty)

My name is Lilly
I'm nineteen years old
No money to study
No boyfriend
I'm kind of bored
I went to the trade fairTto find a job
There I found a few guys from the army
They told me that I was smart and pretty

I'm going to war, I'm going to war
I'm going to war, I'm going to war
I'm going to war

She's going to war, she's going to war
She's going to war, she's going to war
She's going to war

My name is Lily
They told me that I could make it
They'll pay for my studies
So I will graduate
I went to the parking lot
To meet with my recruiters
I'll leave next week
I signed up for four years

Six more months and I'll be ready
To drive machines and tote M-16s
My name is Lily
I'm nineteen years old
On my way to the black zones
Going to do what I'm told

I'm going to war, I'm going to war
I'm going to war, I'm going to war
I'm going to war

She's going to war, she's going to war
She's going to war, she's going to war
She's going to war...

Motel

(Carmignac/Moriarty)

Long distance call with the lying man
He said twenty miles from the airport is the promised land
A night in Detroit he perfumed my ear
Come into my spot no reason to fear
I'm inside the postcard and soon I can smell
The spell of the Motel

Oh the lying man was standing deep in the shade
Singing a sweet serenade
He's back in the sixties
Hell's angels parade
We were surrounded by graveyards and american flags
It was the end of the day
we walked to the room and started to pray

So hungry I went out to find a sushi
The avenue was vast, a desert
Nothing but a pale girl staring at me
I'd rather meet a pervert or a human sushi
She asked me for a nickel
I ask her for a piece
Misunderstanding
No reason for a battle

I went back to the motel
The only light I could see
I needed a bath and bubbles around me
I vanished into the water and gently smiled
I sniffed my baby's pants and lied on her sidewalk’s
Tomorrow we'll be in Mexico

Animals can’t laugh

(Zimmerli/Moriarty)

Try to understand this chalk rubs off easily
A person, a smart cookie like you
I wish your good luck would rub off on me

Try to remember this Connective tissues
Leakproof thinking whatever it is be sure
The one-eyed are kings

Immunosuppression or immaculate conception
A doggy bag is all you need and also a dominatrix
Is that car your baby, is that car your baby
Well animals can't laugh and you're an animal too
I'm sorry for you
Animals can't laugh and you're an animal too
Animals can't laugh and you're an animal too

I will now bumlash you
My dear ape, my dear appetite
I will now bumlash you
My dear ape, my dear appetite

Sometimes offensive
If you were immortal
You wouldn't know it
Hauling into town
After a long long drive

I will now bumlash you
My dear ape, my dear appetite
I will now bumlash you
My dear ape, my dear appetite

Cottonflower

(Gillette-Standley-Zimmerli/Moriarty)

You are my cottonflower
You are the one for ever
Your smile is like a little wrinkle
Don't suffer babe, just let it trickle

This is my lucky hour
Let us spend it together
You keep me warm each time I travel
You give me shelter from the drizzle
Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone
I'm bleeding bleeding hard

You are my cottonflower
I ain't nothing but a lonely rider
I do not know who is right who is wrong
Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone

I am your purple spider
My holes are getting wider
Even though I hear the robins crying
I don't worry 'cause I'm only dying

Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone
It don't hurt no more Ma

You've seen a thousand like me
I'm not the first one
I'm not the only one
The best one
The worst one
And last one
You've seen a thousand like me
Won't you turn off your T.V.

I ain't nothing but a lonely soldier
I don't know who is right who is wrong
Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone
I'm gone, now I'm gone
I'm gone

You are my cottonflower
You are my cottonflower
Farewell cottonflower
Ants are riding on my chest
Soon I'll return to dust and rest

Whiteman’s Ballad

(Gillette-Standley/Moriarty)

I saw the whiteman coming
He's getting off his plane
He gets in his big land-rover
And heads from the mines
Go, Rosemary

I saw the whiteman coming
He's coming to steal
And he's coming to rape
And he calls it business

I saw the black man waiting
He's ready to rob his brothers
And to give away his sisters
For a couple of US dollars

I saw the black nurses wondering
Yeah wondering why, why, why
They keep sending all these white nurses
To take away their jobs

Then I saw Art and Tom coming
They get off the train
They're all geared up to record
And they're totally insane

I saw the white girls coming
Yeah coming to get
Oh what they can't get at home
It's cheap it's fun
And it don't last too long

I saw the businessmen coming
And cheating on their wives
With underage girls
Buzzing around their hives

And I saw you coming back a year ago
Oh won't you please, please tell me more
All about your voyage
All the things that you did
And all the people you met

Now I wanna know
All the cars that you drove
And all the girls you've been fooling around with

And I saw you
I saw you coming back
A year ago

Tagono-Ura

(Eigner-Standley/Gillette-Standley)

From Tagono-ura
Going out there see
So pure so white all
On topmost Fuji

Traveling air's so cold
The shore birds are crying
Traveling there's so cold
The shore birds they are snowing

Snow reared falling is
Oh love how
When I go hunting for her
In the winter nights

Traveling air's so cold
the shore birds they are shivering
Traveling air's so cold
the shore birds they are burning

Traveling there's so cold
The shore birds they are drowning
Traveling there's so cold
the shore birds they are snowing

Snow flakes falling on my forehead
Soon I'll be covered by a white blanket

Fire day

(Gillette-Standley/Carmignac-Gillette-Standley-Zimmerli)

She got up tears tired on a clear crystal day
It was may day, worker’s day, fighter’s day
Fire day, red day, mayday, in the hey day
Back in days, the soviet parades

Standing side by side in the shade
Kissing and cussing and striving and trying
Fussing and bumping and sticking
Hey Girl stop sleeping

Standing side by side in the shade
Kissing and cussing and striving and trying
Fussing and bumping and sticking
Hey Girl quit crying

She has to swerve the system
Search the engine
Pull out the screw
The true screw, the real screw
The one that’ll make it all come down

Standing side by side in the shade
Kissing and cussing and striving and trying
Fussing and bumping and sticking
Hey Girl, Stop shaking

Standing side by side in the shade
Kissing and cussing and striving and trying
Fussing and bumping and sticking
Hey Girl, start something

Oshkosh Bend

(Gillette/Moriarty)

It was cold when it came
I laid my cards plain to see
They told me I had nothing to blame
They told me I had nothing to blame

My backbone’s broken and the river’s swollen
The cars are purring and the leaves are pouring
The sidewalk’s empty and the street is slippery
The lights are dim just like the people at the party I was at
The people at the party I was at

Oh I gotta move, I wanna split
I’m pulling on a string that’s coming to an end
The last one broke on a bend
I lost a hat and sat with a duck
The last one broke on a bend
I ain’t got nothing to pluck
I ain’t got nothing to fuck
I ain’t got nothing at all

It was cold when it came
I had to duck to see the bus
Raging down on the cusp of my clustered lens
They told me I had nothing to blame
They told me I had nothing to blame

Oh the seats were warm and the birds they swarmed
The place was bright and it felt just right
My backbone’s swollen and the river’s broken
The cars are purring and the leaves are pouring
The sidewalk’s empty and the street is slippery
The lights are dim just like the people at the party I was at
The people at the party I was at

I gotta move I wanna split
I’m pulling on a string that’s coming to an end
The last one broke on a bend
I lost a hat and sat with a duck
The last one broke on a bend
I ain’t got nothing to fuck

Jaywalker (Song for Beryl)

(Gillette-Puéchavy-Zimmerli-Standley/Moriarty)

Back from where the crowd rains cold
She's letting down the burden
Never doing what she's told
Living another Walden

Back to where the cats are kings
She knows it by the letter
All those nights and all those mornings
Running it down and under

There she goes, polkadot dress
Barefoot on the cobblestones
Where is she at, let's take a guess
Jaywalking in the streets of Rome

She's like a hotline
You can call whether rain or shine
When it looks like nothing is bright
A few words with her and you'll be allright

She is your chatter box
Writes you real letters
Oh roman goldilocks
She's some upsetter

There she goes, tropical cyclone
Barefoot on the cobblestones
Looking for Saint Jerome
Jaywalking in the streets of Rome

Picking up white owl feathers
She buries to keep safe
Drinking oil and loving cats
Gives her their pur rand their scratch

Trees leaves and seashells will make her day
Words never come out in miscellaneous ways

Roaming along the gaps in the city
Greek goddess on the Campo dei fiori
Scarlet Doe in the middle of the Prairie
The feline can hear and feel and see

The Missing Room

I Will Do

It all started like a joke
Like a needle like a sting
Like a hand around my throat
Boys and girls were dancing in the rain

Woman came from nowhere like a sudden gush of wind
Nobody seen her, nobody knew her
She stepped in the line between the girls holding hands
If that is the game why don't you let me understand

I will do what ever you will do
I will go wherever you will go
I will follow you into the fall
And I will answer to your call

If we had only looked we could have seen
But the woman chose her man for one night only
And whoever she chose was a helpless soul
Like a needle, like a sting couldn't go to any other one

Well in the morning, the boy lay naked in the day
Light there, we knew what we knew we sat down
We danced again, she was back she danced around alone
Like a needle, like a sting, her eyes held me tight

Oh now you know my curse
Darling you're my prey
If you think that you are safe
Then won't you let me say

You will do whatever I will do
You will go wherever I will go
You will follow me into the fall
And you will answer to my call

Isabella

When we wake up we forget the words
But the music goes on and on
On and on

When we wake up we forget the picture
But the colour hangs on and on
On and on

Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
La la la la la la
When we grow old we forget the names
But yours hanged on and on
For so long

And you forgot all that you left behind
And I was behind
I was behind
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
La la la la la la
La la la la la la...
When we grow old we forget the names
But the world keeps turning on
On and on
On and on, on and on
When we broke up I forgot all the words
You left the music on
And for good you were gone

And you forgot all that you left behind
And I was left behind
I was behind
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella

Clementine

What's the fuss, puss
Lust dust on the cusp of the crust
I must, I must, I must not
Fluxus

Shyness, penniless, mindless, coward
You ain’t, you ain’t nothing good
You ain’t, you ain’t, no you ain’t

Clementine
Won’t you give me a sign
Made of twine
It’s the end of the line
Well I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m lying
I’m falling, I’m drowning, drowning
Well I should, I should
I should plot against you
You blissful, kissful, pitiful, coward

You ain’t, you ain’t nothing good
You ain’t, you ain’t, no you ain’t
No you ain’t

Well I should, I should
I should plot against you
You blissful, kissful, pitiful, coward

You ain’t, you ain’t nothing good
You ain’t, you ain’t, no you ain’t

Oh won't you let me be
Won't you let me be

Let me, let me be
Let me be what I want to be
Move away, become clay
And let me say
Don't you play with me
With me, now don't you play with me
I warn you

Where Is The Light

The world turns around when I fall asleep
I dig in the ground and I fall very deep

Where is the light
Where is the light
Where is the light
Won't you turn on the light

My bed is a bath
And my bath is a boat
My mother is a cat
And my father is a goat

Don't be afraid
We'll hide in the shade
Don't be afraid, there's still room in the bed cage

Help me to find what I am looking for
What I am looking for I am not yet sure

Where is the light
Oh where is the light
Where is the light
Won't you turn on the light
Please the lights

Beasty Jane

You most tiger eyes
Later on another land
You choose the lush sea
To see what might overcome
What might overcome

I walk slowly towards the water
Maybe you skid endlessly down
I walk slowly towards the water
Maybe you skid endlessly down the summer

Bound for the warm currents
I wish to find some relief
Darkness has skipped in chasing this day away
We walk away
We hush, blush, hush
Tiger and mermaid

Serial Fields

Put another nickel in
In the nickelodeon
All I want to hear
Is music, music, music, music
...

How Many Tides

In the dark, I've learned to meet myself
I've learned to be friends with myself
Day after day
My whole like in one day
See what's beyond

How many times must a man hope 'til he dies
How many tides must a man weigh 'til it's over

Why should I be out of mind
Because I'm out of sight
Now my voice is in yours my dear
No more darkness, ???

Soon I'll be going, I'm going
I'm going not too far

Yes I'm going, I'm going
I'm going not so far

Oh I'm going, I'm going
I'm going, I'm going
I'm going

I'm going, I'm going

Decaf'

It was the first he had a decaf'
It was the first he had a decaf'
And she had seen it with her own eyes you know

The road was still long, long with no ending
It was the last time she heard him laugh
And she would only believe what she saw

She heard voices pounding in her head
She heard voices pounding in her head
She heard voices in her head and all around

When they arrived they crossed the cemetery
The snow was deep, it made them shiver
Like the trees over the Neckar river

An epitaph was written on a grave
Right above the initials of his name
And she was dead before the age of forty

Soft moss and leaves felt like an unmade bed
Soft moss and leaves felt like an unmade bed
He could not remember when and why he was dead
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Centuries of green towered above their heads
Centuries of green towered above their heads
My father lay somewhere below this earth

She heard voices pounding in her head
She heard voices pounding in her head
Hear the voices, I hear the voices

Hear the voices pounding in her head
Hear the voices pounding in her head
Hear the voices pounding in her head
Hear the voices pounding in her head

Hear the voices, I hear the voices
Hear the voices

Julie Gold's Candy Cane Tale

Julie Gold came out from South Virginia
She sang in her band and was broke with her gun
Until she found a fine fine man
He bought her a drink, they drove far from the sun

Well he made her open a candy store in town
He made her swear she would never sing a sound
He made her promise she would never leave this town
"Sell your candy or I'll blow you down"

But Charlie Silver lived right around the corner
The first time he saw Julie
He wanted to D.I.E
'Cause he couldn't pay for no sugar

Well men in the city they like their candy
Business is good, twenty four/seven
Man after man, the next after the last
Gold is tired, she's starting to rust

I want to sing in my band again
But I'm too busy selling candy cane
I want to sing in my band again
But I'm too busy selling candy cane

So silver meets gold
And they sort of knew they had it coming
And pretty soon they starts loving and crying
The whole day long

Now they're singing the whole day long
And they don't know what's right from wrong
Now they're singing the whole day long
And they don't know what's right from wrong

Well men in the city they like their candy
But Julie is gone and the turkey is cold
The world gets round that the fine fine man
Can't control his gold
So they hung him up and high
Sing "we want another candy cane kisser"
Is their rally cry

I want to sing in my band again
I won't be selling candies for my man
I'm gonna sing in my band again
I won't be selling candies for my man
I'm gonna sing in my band again
I won't be selling candies for my man, no more

Mah-Jong

How much time did I take
How much time did I wait
Why did you have to come so late

The spot was empty
It hurt beyond reason
A board was loose
And screeched like a bird

The air was heavy
And reeked of treason
Of things left hanging
There without a word

Six after six
Seven after seven
Speak no more
You will be forgiven
A tumbleweed of odours
Caught in a limbo
The man at the door
His arms akimbo
And all the others
With tiny little eyes
Swift like tads
Nervous like flies
Six after six
Seven after seven
Speak no more
You will be forgiven

Taiwanese rain slid along the walls
A warm shower to keep me cold
Drenched in sweat and holy water
I waited for you and your heart of gold

But my own heart
Ticked along with my clock
And the pit-pat
Of rain on my skin
I could hear his shoes
They were soaking wet
And he sported a dimple on his chin
I know that you never believed in fate
But he was on time and you were always late

The Dark Line In The Middle Of Hope

When the morning comes
There'll be no right from wrong
When it's getting dark out there
You better pack your things and go
Oh I know, I know, I know I've got to go
Slow down my mind you're going too fast
Slow down my mind you're going too far

I'm locked in stone and I shiver to the bone
I'm hot when it's cold and cold when it's warm
I feel like melting in the snow
I feel like melting in the snow
I long for the sun and it's white killing glows

Well my shirt it makes me sick
The ?? makes me sick
The walls they make me sick
And I wonder what the others do while I dig

When the morning comes
There'll be no right from wrong
When it's getting dark out there
You better pack your things and go
Well I know, I know, I know I've got to go
Slow down my mind you're going too fast
Slow down my mind you're going too far
Slow down, slow down, slow down
You're gonna crash

Roboto Hoshii

When I see you in the hall
You turn your head around
Do I have to ask for you
At the lost and found

On the pictures you never seem to look happy
Sad taste of mango and strawberry
I want my robot, I want my robot

You'll never be eight years old anymore
I know a wrinkle will make you jump out the window
If they were like clothes
I would wear other parents to replace yours

I want my robot, I want my robot
I want my robot, I want my robot

You used to follow me you fool
Every where I would blow
To take you to places I never go like
I don't know
But one day you got tired of me
In the cupboard, you locked yourself up
I miss your running around me
Searching for your robot

Non Albums Tracks

Bacon

( Live )

A streetcar with beads
Leads to my comfortable roach
Moon stuck I’m out of luck
Underneath my roasted couch
Oh won't you come and see me
I’m not too far
Oh won't you come and see me
I’m not too far

All the time I was desire in the name
All the time I was on the wire in between the towers
All the time I was desire in your name
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
A line of cabbies
Bees fast asleep
Looking for smalls
Hoping not to miss your call

I want you come and see me
I’m not too far
I want you come and see me
I’m not too far

All the time I was desire in the name
All the time I was on the wire in between the towers
All the time I was desire in your name

Rest I was assured in my pouch
Rest I was assured underneath my roasted couch
I want you come and see me

All the time I was desire in the name
All the time I was on the wire in between the towers
All the time I was desire in your name

Chocolate Jesus

( Tom Waits Cover / Live )

Don't go to church on Sunday
Don't get on my knees and pray
Don't readthe books of the Bible
I got my own special way

I know Jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more
And I get on my knees on Sunday
At Zerelda Lee's candy store

Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Makes me feel so good inside
Got to be the chocolate Jesus
To keep me satisfied

I don't want no Abba Zabba
I don't want no Almond Joy
There ain't nothing better
Suitable for this guy

Oh I know Jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more
And I know the chocolate Jesus
Would satisfy my soul

Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Makes me feel so good inside
Got to be the chocolate Jesus
To keep me satisfied

When the weather gets rough
And there's whiskey in the shade
It's best to wrap your savior
Up in cellophane
He flows like the big muddy
But that's ok
So pour him over ice cream
For a nice parfait

Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Makes me feel so good inside
Got to be the chocolate Jesus
To keep me satisfied

Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Makes me feel so good inside
Got to be the chocolate Jesus
To keep me satisfied

Corpus Christi Carol

( Benjamin Britten / Live Basilique St Joseph, Paris )

He bear him off, he bear him down
He bear him into an orchard ground

Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay
The falcon hath bourne my mate away

On this bed there lyeth a knight
His wound is bleeding day and night
And beneath that bed kneeleth a maid
And she weepeth both night and day

Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay
The falcon hath bourne my mate away

Beneath that bed kneeleth a stone
Corpus christi written thereon

Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay
The falcon hath bourne my mate away

Crimson Singer

( Live & Gee Whiz... LP Hidden Track )

I am a Crimson Singer
And I sing till the sun goes down
I ride on the same old train
And I sing, and I sing
Can't stand your blinding silence

I'm no hopeless looser
I just beg for a bit of your time
I don't need your monkey money
Not even a dime
Oh won't you call me "honey"

I am the unknown senior
The one who knows the end of the story
Until the ride is over
I shall call your glory
Love you more than ever

Enjoy The Silence

( Depeche Mode cover / Live )

Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can’t you understand
Oh my little girl

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Hanoï Blue

( Live )

The first time we met in a poolroom bar
We were dressed both the same
We looked like twins
You knelt down and invited me to dance

We started to walk in the dark
And we danced in the night
We danced on the beach
We danced on the sand
We danced in the moonlight

Up to the North I was walking in the street
When a queer feeling started grabbing me
When I saw you coming up to me
Like a serendipity

And we danced on the street
We danced by the river
We danced on the bridge
We danced on the harbour

The last time I saw you
You were sitting on your suitcase
Waiting for the train
I was about to take

When we realized
We had the closest seats
We decided to dance on the train

Wayfaring Stranger

( Live )

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
A-traveling through this land of woe
And there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go

I'm going home to meet my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home

I know dark clouds will gather around me
I know my way is rough and steep
But beauteous fields lie just beyond me
Where souls redeemed their vigil keep
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
I'm going home to meet my father
I'm going home no more to roam
I'm just a-going over Jordan
I'm just a-going over home