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1. |
Procession
07:12
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Procession
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Picture this
A savage crowd
Bodies consumed
With sight and sound
Alone I stand
With cynical expression
As I watch
The animals
In procession
Watch them as they move around
I try to understand
Just what I've found
You come to me with your talk
But I
I just walk
I can see right through you
I don't believe the words I hear
The only reason you say those words
Is they're the words to say this year
Night goes on
The crowd divides
Animals pairing
Side by side
Procession stops
For the mating game
Standard procedures
They're all the same
I can see right through you
Don't give me your two faced smiles
Don't you know there's more to life
Than your weekly change of style
Picture this
The lonely drunk
Staggering home
To an empty bunk
Alone I lie
with glazed expression
Sliding into
Deep depression
Can you see right through me
Did you know right from the start
The only reason I went along
Was cos I wanted to be a part
Of the procession
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2. |
Bony Bubbles
03:57
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= Bony Bubbles =
Boarded a train
To don't know where
Anywhere...away from there
It was the work
The eternal struggle
Turning my head into a bony bubble!
Spend your time chasing money
In decline and in a hurry
Lines are drawn across your face
Another mug just staying in the race
I can see you now
See you sinking now
Just living in hope
Sucked you in
You believe anything
Ups and downs (var. upside down :) amount to nothing
Do you need a crutch?
A cross or a crotch?
Me I like smokin' and drinking scotch!
[Duncan MacKenzie]
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3. |
General Exhibition
02:12
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= GENERAL EXHIBITION =
Cats out!
Blast off!
Cats out!
Blast off.
It's six o'clock...turn on TV!
To watch while you eating your marvellous tea
But it's the news hundreds killed in a train
The mangled bodies bring your food up again
Show me some blood
That's what I want!
Don't forget any violent death
That's what I want!
The bloated bodies are great but you need more gore
Don't forget the replays and ads you'll never be bored
But if your loved ones are gunned down
The cameras will appear
In the hope of your reaction at the funeral for your tears
Show me some blood
That's what I want!
Don't forget any violent death
That's what I want!
So you think that I like it?
To be a voyeur?
So you think that I like it?
To be a voyeur?
Show me some blood
That's what I want!
Don't forget any violent death
That's what I want!
2-7-9-10 (x3)
General exhibition (x3)
Show me some blood!
[Duncan MacKenzie]
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Note: 2-7-9-10 were the TV channels in Au at the time.
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4. |
Reunion
04:36
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REUNION
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I look at you and you look at me
And I ask you what do you see
Time rang the changes for you and me
I'm no longer the same can't you see?
You chose your path and and I chose mine
Tell me tell me what did you find
Have you an answer now you're a man?
I've found only what's in my hands
You chose your path and and I chose mine
Tell me tell me what did you find
Have you an answer now you're a man?
I found only what's in my hands
So don't criticise me
You make me feel uneasy
You chose your path and and I chose mine
Tell me tell me what did you find
Have you an answer now you're a man?
I found only what's in my hands
So don't criticise me
You make me feel uneasy
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5. |
Transplant
04:24
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TRANSPLANT
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Rip out your heart
Rip out your lungs
Rip out your spleen
Rip out your liver
Doctor said 'Rupert, you ain't got much time
Your liver's green and it's covered in slime'
Rupert said 'Doc, I think you oughta know
I want new one and I want it now!'
'Oh come on Rupert you must understand
There ain't that many livers in this land
But if you've got the money I'm sure we could find
Some poor bastard who would kindly oblige'
Transplant for Rupert
Transplant for Rupert
Monday morning with four work effort cards
Need the interview just to please the bastards
See the ad and don't care what it means
Phone this number extension 643
Transplant for Rupert
Transplant for Rupert
Into the room for the medical examination
Doctor's waiting for your extermination
There he stands with bloody great big truncheon
Wants to turn your head into luncheon meat
So I'll hang to my liver while I can
I ain't gonna be donor for no rich man
Abuse my body til it's no bloody good
And my liver stays where it should
NO!
Transplants for Rupert
NO!
Transplants for Rupert
NO!
Transplants for Rupert
Transplant
Transplant
Transplant for Rupert
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[Note For Info: A work effort card was an administrative tool
devised by the government to get unemployment benefit
recipients to prove that they had been 'actively seeking
work' instead of: sitting at home taking drugs and
playing music.(Please insert your own sterotype of welfare
recipient here to suit your own world view)
Four cards had to be signed by a business every fortnight.]
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6. |
Quarantine
03:07
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QUARANTINE
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She blew in from the over the sea
Slipped her way through quarantine
We met in a bar and she needed a car
Together I thought we would go far away
Together I thought we would go far away
Tell me why were you going my way?
Tell me why did I have so much to say?
Tell me why don't I keep my mouth shut?
Time to button my lip
Yeah that's when I knew I had foot in the mouth
I was saying the wrong things and the wrong time you know?
It also afflict animals with cloven feet
Which figures cos she called me pig
I think she's a cow
We kept on moving south
And the problems, well they started to mount
She bit hard and she bit deep
Cos I decided to be indiscreet
Getting drunk a lot
My nerves were shot
It was all unravelling
While we were travelling
Tell me why did you bite me?
Tell me why tell why did you want to bite someone like me?
Tell me why don't you leave me alone?
Go chew on someone else's bone
That's when I knew I had rabies
I was getting so mad I was starting to froth at the mouth
All because of that mad bitch who wanted a ride south
You know she's making me mad
That mad bitch!
She should be quarantined
You know what I mean?
She should quarantined
Mad bitch!
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7. |
Void
03:45
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VOID
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Void!
Feverish sketches carved in my mind
Leave subtle clues how could I be so blind?
The truth is veiled by the dark
Remove this dagger from my blackened heart
It's got colder since these last goodbyes
Leaves me shrouded in powdered ice
Stare from a window in an upstairs room
I see a flash of light pierce the gloom
Swallowed up
Hope's soon destroyed
I fall back into the corner of my void
I cannot explain
These feelings die within
Twice removed from sanity
A filthy grimy sin
Vacant eyes stare at the animation
Brain's a useless cliche
Blame is condemnation
Swallowed up
Hope's soon destroyed
This is my void
This is my void
Void!
Swallowed up
Hope's soon destroyed
I fall back into the corner of my void
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8. |
Always
03:37
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ALWAYS
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So this is a morning
The start again
Outside becomes brighter
But it's dark in my brain.
It's always the same
I've reached the point
Where decisions are made
I've got to be right
Can't afford a mistake
It's always the same
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9. |
Drinking
03:15
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DRINKING
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Drink, drink, drink
Drinking down ale
Drank too much ale!
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10. |
Chainsaw
02:10
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= CHAINSAW =
A six year old girl, a dirty ol' man
Corruption and the greed a one night stand
Bombs and disco songs a false TV land
I've seen too much and things are out of hand
Think I've had of enough of all you people out there
Reach for my chainsaw I really don't care
Think I've had of enough of all you people out there
Reach for my chainsaw I really don't care
Coz' I cut off your arms and I cut off your legs
and I cut off your head and there ain't much left
And I cut off your arms and I cut off your legs
and I cut off your head...the best bit's left...oh no!
No hope
They can put you in jail and save another whale
Tell you what to do be a part of the zoo
Engaged in sleazy bars drive home in your fast cars
Crash into a stobie* look up at the stars
Think I've had of enough of all you people out there
Reach for my chainsaw I really don't care
Think I've had of enough of all you people out there
Reach for my chainsaw I really don't care
Coz' I cut off your arms and I cut off your legs
and I cut off your head and the best bit's left
And I cut off your arms and I cut off your legs
and I cut off your head...there ain't much left...oh no!
No hope.
Chainsaw is more fun but it's taking too long
Wish I had a bomb this is the end of the song
Here she comes!
This is the end...
Now!
[JR]
* 'Stobie' = common vernacular for a light/power pole in S.A.
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11. |
The Park
04:36
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THE PARK
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This is a tale of ugliness
Of horror and of sin
You may not want to hear it
But I can't wait to begin
You see I feel this love
It burns inside of me
A love for everyone
I just want to see you live
I wouldn't be surprised
If I met you in the dark
And I hit you with a shovel
And I dragged you to the park
And I would dig a hole
And I would push you in
And I would cover you over
And I'd watch the cycle begin
You see I'm interested in nature
And the cycles of life
You seemed so dead out there
That I thought I'd give you life
And now the park has never looked greener
It's never looked greener
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12. |
Dance Away
05:51
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= Dance Away =
Take the shadows away from night
Take away the cold from the glass in sight
Examine the thought we're not alone
Turn in fear into stone
Dance away the night at home
That's the way I'm on my own
People wear down from year to year
Look in the mirror...disappear?
Out through doors myriad change
Ancient dreams tired remains
Dance away the night at home
That's the way I'm on my own
Silent collapse back to mother earth
Body goes...final search
The illusion of me set myself free
Feel the force this is not me
Dance away the night at home
That's the way I'm on my own
[JR]
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13. |
Pointed Sticks
04:22
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= POINTED STICKS =
I scratched for the truth
On this sunburnt ground
But now I wonder
Just what I found
I scratched so long
I dug a hole
And behind me...I buried my soul
What did I want to find? (x3)
Look around you
What do you see?
Is this really where you wanna be?
Clutching at straws
In search of your place
Counting opportunities
That have slipped from your grasp
What do you want to find? (x3)
Lost all direction
On my way out
There has to be a way
There can be no doubt
Planning an exit
Or wait for the end
No one gives a damn
And that's how it began
What do I have in mind?
Are we really just filling in time?
What do I have in mind?
Are we really just filling in time?
[Duncan MacKenzie]
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14. |
Cat Walk Away
03:43
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CAT WALK AWAY
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Don't hang your head
I've hung mine far too long
To dwell on my errors
Was the only thing I did wrong
Do I have any answers?
Does anyone?
These moods so high punctuate the bad
It makes me sad they're so short lived
Gotta start feeling better
Get out and away
So why don't you get out of the way?
Do I have any answers?
Does anyone?
These moods so high punctuate the bad
It makes me sad they're so short lived
I've taken your bike and I've gone for a ride
As the sun hits my eyes I realise...I realise
That there is nothing but time to fill with my noise and my words
To follow my heart however absurd
[Duncan MacKenzie]
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15. |
Can Opener
03:30
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= CAN OPENER =
Taking a can opener to the top of my head
Opened it up to see what I'd learned
Rubbish and scraps a jumble of facts
And lies...the most horrible lies
Pushing around they made a mound
Out of the mound I made a mountain
It's a bit like that
Climb it
I had to climb it
The urge was there
The footholds were sparse
Rummaging over the parts of my past
Climbed to the peak
And what did I see?
Whole new horizons waiting for me
But the mountain is fragile
And I'm starting to sink
I wish I could remember just how to think!
Taking a can opener to the top of my head
Opened it up to see what I'd learned
Lyrics by
Duncan MacKenzie
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16. |
Daisy 13 [END CD]
01:03
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17. |
Bony Bubs - JR (Hidden)
04:12
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= Bony Bubbles =
Boarded a train
To don't know where
Anywhere...away from there
It was the work
The eternal struggle
Turning my head into a bony bubble!
Spend your time chasing money
In decline and in a hurry
Lines are drawn across your face
Another mug just staying in the race
I can see you now
See you sinking now
Just living in hope
Sucked you in
You believe anything
Ups and downs (Upside down :) amount to nothing
Do you need a crutch?
A cross or a crotch?
Me I like smokin' and drinking scotch!
[Duncan MacKenzie - Sung poorly here by JR]
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18. |
Carnival - JR (Hidden)
03:24
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19. |
Can Opener (JR Overlays)
03:41
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= CAN OPENER =
Taking a can opener to the top of my head
Opened it up to see what I'd learned
Rubbish and scraps a jumble of facts
And lies...the most horrible lies
Pushing around they made a mound
Out of the mound I made a mountain
It's a bit like that
Climb it
I had to climb it
The urge was there
The footholds were sparse
Rummaging over the parts of my past
Climbed to the peak
And what did I see?
Whole new horizons waiting for me
But the mountain is fragile
And I'm starting to sink
I wish I could remember just how to think!
Taking a can opener to the top of my head
Opened it up to see what I'd learned
[Duncan MacKenzie]
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RUN415 Mount Gambier, Australia
Jamie W. Ryan
Mt Gambier S.A.
Music + Artwork
Solo composer since 1996.
Adelaide bands I played guitar in: Dandelion Wine, Spine, Grog
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