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LYRIC SHEET

"CIGARETTE"

ADDICT

Gotta stop my heart now, baby / gotta stop my heart / gotta stop my heart now, baby / from wandering to where you are / gotta stop my mind now, baby / gotta stop my mind / gotta stop my mind now, baby / from forgetting to leave you behind / I’ve become an addict to making your coffee in the morning / I’ve become an addict to waking you up / I’ve become an addict to lighting those cigarettes for you / there’s nothing left to give you, baby / but to give you up / but to give you up / gotta stop my heart now, baby / gotta stop my heart / gotta stop my heart now, baby / from wandering to where you are / did I give you the money, baby / and did you buy with it cocaine / did I give you the money, baby / and did you buy with it cocaine / gotta stop my mind now, baby /gotta stop my mind / gotta stop my mind now, baby / from forgetting to leave you behind / the humility could kill me, baby / the humility could kill / the humility could kill me, baby / gotta swallow that pill / I’ve become an addict to making your coffee in the morning / I’ve become an addict to waking you up / I’ve become an addict to lighting those cigarettes for you / there’s nothing left to give you, baby / but to give you up / but to give you up / gotta stop my mind / from forgetting to leave you behind.

NICOTEEN ASHTRAY

Your ash buds have arrived today / from which grow your smoke flowers / your parted lips puff puff each day / you blow them, really for hours / you take the name of nicoteen ashtray / to brag away about how many you’ve discarded / you take the name of nicoteen ashtray / some say its cuz you’re so black-hearted / so many you’ve discarded / you puff and blow down the shaft / so long, quite stiff and so solid / the spark ignites for as long as it lasts / pure joy, whatever you call it / you take the name of nicoteen ashtray / to brag the day ‘bout how many you’ve discarded / you take the name of nicoteen ashtray / some say its cuz you’re so black-hearted / you’re so black-hearted.

HEROINE

Jean Paul / I heard your call / I can be your heroine / jean paul / your troubles with the law / always drag you down / but I will let you in / I’ll help you win / you can disappear / and begin again / I can be your heroine / jean paul / sure we had our kicks / nights went on and on / ripe with cannabis / clouds trailing up / off the docks of spliffs / two burning sticks / your dirty tricks / it’s nothing I can’t fix / right til the end / I’ll be your friend / I’ll be your fix / your heroine.

SMOKING OF SUES AND CHARLIES <spoken>

space log entry 1-4-the-ages:

We began the day by hovered our craft over that wheat field for a good long break after a month of constant space travel, looking for no more than the entertaining seeds of a little rebellion; where men take up arms in the mind and fight the fates for a nugget of freedom.

Our sensor-staff was at attention. And later, all the townspeople would be heard telling the authorities, ‘Did you see that big cigar hovering in the sky?’ – ‘Did you get a picture?’ …No, my friends, everything was not well and good down on the surface of Planet DunDeed. In just 15 minutes of monitoring, the amount of information gathered filled three memory banks of storage, and yet they asked again, why we hadn’t made contact.

It’s no wonder, in that vast toilet that is the human mind, that it would produce such an ashtray of culture. But after thousands of years of opportunity for better choices, one still marvels at how the social unit smokes up every last one of its Sue’s and Charlie’s til their usefulness is done – stamped down til the last lights of embers have given their last sparkle.

While on the attack --were intellectuals-- against smokes, butts, stokes, tabs, bogeys, jacks, fags, and rollies …while meanwhile the only freedom that day labourer has in the course of his employ, when his moments are not prescribed to activities in service of another, is the break he takes, for that drag…To borrow a phrase from an under-utilized filmmaker, “Revolutions are about little things…” but before we could infiltrate any deeper into the trials of the DunDeedlings, there was a pressing matter elsewhere in the galaxy…

KING CORIA (RISE MAGO RISE) (for Guillermo Coria)

champion (cham-peen) coria / rascal coria / lion-heart coria / tricky finger coria / guille...king coria.../ speedy-wheel coria / butterfly coria / rattle dragon coria / bee linger coria / guille...king coria.../ jack be nimble, jack be quick / lion-hearted magic stick / alice was in wonderland / swinging motion of the hand / lion-heart coria / champion (cham-peen) coria / tricky finger coria / now here, now there coria / guille...king coria.../ firecracker coria / speedy-wheel coria / battle station coria / rascal coria / jack be nimble..../ butterfly coria / battle station coria / bee linger coria / champion (cham-peen) coria / guille...king coria...

LET ME PASS THROUGH

Lover your true colors are only known by me / I’m the only one who can ride the wild of your intensity / and that’s all right / I take a long and fearless flight into your shadows / and your night-time horizons / let me pass through your faith / let me pass through your faith / and all through the night / lover your desires will be what they will be / nothing you can do or say will change your poetry / and that’s all right / I take a long and fearless flight into your shadows / and your night-time horizons / let me pass through your faith / let me pass through your faith / all through the night / and some live their lives waiting for heaven / like it’s a kingdom of shelter from their slavery / and so go the faithless / cuz baby I feel free / to ride with your forces / have them rush at my command / and hold the treasure of your sandy grit / within my aching hands / and your soothing spirit / and your soothing spirit / make everything all right / lover your true colors are only known by me / I’m the only one who can ride the wild of your intensity / and that’s all right / I take a long and fearless flight into your shadows / and your night-time horizons / let me pass through your faith / let me pass through your faith / and all through the night.

PLANET SMOKEY <spoken>

space log entry 1-4-the-ages continued:

We had to take a quick detour to Planet Smokey… as monitors registered a smoldering, and we smelled something burning. Planet Smokey had caught the attention of our sensors quite literally from the burning ashes that produced an intense phenomenon of cloud rings all about the planet’s surface.

Known for hot activity and a hip party scene, Planet Smokey had come under fire in the galaxy for losing its edge as a cultural hub – one cause being the clamping down of civil liberties otherwise known as the exercising of freedom. Granted, a constant building of fires might raise concern for safety but nothing could be more dangerous to a planet that relies on the intensity of its inhabitant’s awakened states to keep the planet’s core well heated; and few things kill spirit like too much safety.

One must remember that every star blinking throughout the galaxy takes a risk in its illumination, and a star that plays it safe is before long a star no more. The universe is itself an electric maelstrom and has no patience for turned down stereos. If you don’t want to serve as a conductor of energy, there are plenty of trains in waiting who are only too glad for the opportunity to hit the track.

In the case of Planet Smokey, we were especially alerted as rings of smoke unaccompanied by fire meant there were in a sense more love songs in the atmosphere than actual love; representing a growing satisfaction with the making of mirrors rather than the substantiating of its content. This slow detachment from core experience -like any bad sensor- needs looking into, and so we’re opening an official ticket on Planet Smokey.

Another reason Planet Smokey gets a ticket is that the population itself was in part to blame for a willful abrogation of its personal liberties – from stimulants to seat belts – handed over to state control, when one knows instinctually the role of outside authority quickly moves from a role of protection to flat out screwing you. Furthermore, the growing focus on maintaining a placid status quo ignored the central fact of universal creation: a reliance on magic…even for such a basic thing as breathing.

The science of the stars after all works in ways not so far removed from those who study it. As a scientist questions and explores, he enacts the formula that gives birth to new worlds.

BONJOUR …ALORS (HELLO…AND THEN)

Oh jeune homme / dis bonjour / et maintenant / l’amour / hey young man / I said hello / it is love / then I go / you have all I want right now / that’s all / bonjour alors / I give you all you want / then I go / bonjour alors / je te veux alors je te dis au revoir / say ‘au revoir’ c’est au revoir / say ‘au revoir’ / a la figure / que'st que tu vois / ce soir j’adore / j’aime toute en toi / delicate swan / strong and elegant / I say so long / you’re all I want / you have all I want right now / that’s all / bonjour alors / I give you all you want / then I go / bonjour alors / je te veux alors je te dis au revoir / say ‘au revoir’/ c’est au revoir / say ‘au revoir’ / so let’s start / oh and by the way / you have my heart / but not today / fleur serpent / tu as beaucoup / et c'est très bon / je cherche pour plus / you have all I want right now / that’s all / bonjour alors / I give you all you want / then I go / bonjour alors / je te veux alors je te dis au revoir / say ‘au revoir’ c’est au revoir / say au revoir!

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (for Heath Ledger)

In a circle of days / the moon had passed through slow horizons / you say you’d traveled far... / Fireflies flew so fleeting / shaking in waves against a backdrop of stars / the kind of shining not unlike the bright lights / that were so blinding you / crashing down, even through those wuthering heights... / and you’re taken away / and it feels like you’re flying in circles / around you / and you’re taken away / and it feels like you’re flying in circles / all around you / from wuthering heights to those wuthering heights / you came to me last night / in a dream of last December / before time passed / You said, now you’re feeling good / the skies had finally fallen away at last / it was 6 am and my eyes were open / one more year gone / just another heart here broken / in a song for you... / and you’re taken away / and it feels like you’re flying in circles / around you / and you’re taken away / and it feels like you’re flying in circles / all around you / from wuthering heights to those wuthering heights / and he said not so long ago, i was holding so fast / then time rolled down to zero / and i am not here so / won't you tell her please.../ tell her that i love her / he says tell her that i love her / he said tell her i love her, please / from these wuthering heights.

SITCOM

SIT CALM as you watch the Sitcom / MY KNEE: you believe in ‘money’ / APE LAWS: you believe in ‘applause’ / VALID AS SHOWN: you believe in ‘validation’ / A CHOIR: you believe in ‘acquire’ / SIT CALM as you watch the Sitcom / OFFICE SHELL: you believe in ‘official’ / POSE IS SHOWN: you believe in ‘position’ / PRESS TEACH: you believe in ‘prestige’ / SIT CALM as you watch the Sitcom / POW HER: you believe in ‘power’ / ACT LAME: you believe in ‘acclaim’ / SIT CALM as you watch the Sitcom / CON FOR ANTS: you believe in ‘conference’ / START DUMB: you believe in ‘stardom’ / STATE US: you believe in ‘status’ / SIT CALM as you watch the sitcom / SIT CALM as you watch the sitcom.

NEW MUSIC

I’m always finding new music to buy / and don’t ask why / cuz I don’t even really miss her anymore / still I’m finding new music to buy / I think its time that I got up and finally walked right through that door / I don’t need a credit card to leave her / but would you keep my card on file / keep my card on file for a while / I might be back by summer / to peek on her collections / I might be back this summer / to try her new confections / cuz I’ll be looking for new music to buy / this July, I’m finally gonna have my way with her this time.

BURN BURN BURN <spoken>

space log entry 1-4-the-ages continued:

Do not be lulled by the television sitcom. And they don’t call a computer terminal for nothing… in the final analysis, you must go ahead and bring the fire because simply said, the universe needs you. So Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night– Even if your flare gun is no more lighting of the darkness than a single cigarette, let it burn let it burn let it burn.

BIG BIG WINGS

You like that grip / unfurl you with my fingers / press against your hip / your toes go tingle / roll you round and over / to get naughty / take a man-full load upon your body / oh you lift me up / you got my favorite things / what I like the most / are your big big wings / my little angel / my little angel got big big wings / my little angel got big big wings / my little angel / I like a lot / this shakin’ like an ocean / the turn and twist and twistin’ turnin’ motion / goin’ round and down on your bounty / yours will open up til it surround me / oh you lift me up / you got my favorite things / what I like the most / are your big big wings / my little angel / my little angel got big big wings / my little angel got big big wings / my little angel / I like a lot / you goin’ down / I like a lot / you going down.

SKY FULL OF BLUE

Lately I’ve sent my love for you into the stars / lately I’ve sent my love for you to wherever you are / and I’m not sorry that you have another love / I’m only glad I met you / and you filled my heart with love / like a sky full of blue / out of reach but not out of view / sky full of blue / lately I wonder if there were words wise-worth to say / lately I wonder what I was after anyway / are we never done searching for things we can never touch / it felt so rare / the doomed despair / how the walls of wanting brushed / against a sky full of blue / my heart reachin’ out to you / a sky full of blue / I loved you from the first moment that I saw you / I love you even more than I did yesterday / and even if you don’t believe its true / I know its true / I always wanted the world’s love to hold you / Lately I’ve sent my love for you into the stars / lately I’ve sent my love for you to wherever you are / in a sky full of blue / I’m still lookin’ up at you / a sky full of blue / out of reach but not out of view / sky full of blue.

POST OFFICE 24

I gave you a box / the kind that never locks / what I did not give / what I did not give / and the heart it was open / open enough to get broken / still I send to you, my dove / this 24-hour post office love / gave you all I had / put my heart on the line I’m glad / you were worth my time / you were worth my time / and I was in pain / since you’re gone, I’m not the same / still I send to you, my dove / this 24-hour post office love / and nothing was an object / you were my art project / yes I built you up / made you raise your lovin’ cup / then your heart it was open / open enough to get broken / but I learned to love you more / now from post office 24.