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Organ Harvest (from the album Chaos Rise Up) This is no ordinary mortician or mortuary In the graveyard late at night, digging ditches, do it right Pay off the undertaker, the Presbyterian and the Quaker To obtain the parts that we need to sell, for sure we’ll go to Hell Livers, kidneys, limbs, ...
Satyananda (from the album Catch the Squirrel) There’s a Fakir in the street, doing lots of tricks He’ll tell you your fortune for rupees sixty-six There’s a Fakir in the market, speaking to the gods He’ll heal you of your ailments using chants and a nod Satyananda… Satyananda There’s a Fakir in the ...
The Shadows On My Wall (from the album Mandala) The shadows on my wall, they remind me of you. The cracks in my wall, they are open, you can see right through. The shadows on my wall can’t be seen from outside. The cracks in my wall provide a space where the night ...
8-track Underground (From the CD, “Cadillacs & Tarantulas”) I’m gonna cry I’m gonna moan, I’m gonna find myself a home I’m gonna wind down to the sound, Of a renovated 8-track underground I’m gonna sing I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna reach up to the sky Got an angel runnin’ ’round, My renovated ...
Sister (Hell’s Back Door) (from the album and play Immaculate Misconceptions) Got half of what you wanted and all of what you need Be sure to look twice before you cross my street Say sister don’t you seem a touch uptight Why won’t your father let you out tonight? Not pulling no ...
Yesterday Is Here Written by: Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan (ASCAP) Published by Jalma Music. Arranged and performed by Jeremy dePrisco (ASCAP) on his CD Bloomsburg to Bangladesh. If you want money in your pocket, you want a top hat on your head a hot meal on your table and a blanket on ...
Put That Face On (from the album Cadillacs & Tarantulas) Work with me baby, you’ve got nothin’ to lose. Put on your best dress honey and your high heel shoes You’re not like the others, you’re the best I’ve seen yet. You’ll get the highest price in town, it will be no sweat ...
Creepy Girl (from the album Chaos Rise Up) Saw her at the movies last night, I thought that she was cute. Then they turned out the lights, and that point was moot. Just when I got comfortable, with my popcorn in my seat, What was there before my eyes, but a hellish demon ...
A Fairytale (from the album Catch the Squirrel) The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker, said the Devil dinned my wife. And the Three Bears gave me Goldilocks stares, as I walked her home tonight. And it seems like I’m living in a fairytale. It seems like I’m living in a dream. I’ve ...
Shadowbox (from the album and play Immaculate Misconceptions) The church is a shadowbox, who’s making the flame, makin’ the puppets. The trees fall but make no sound, the Earth’s flat, spins round and round. The priest is a psycho fox, who’s playing the game, cigarettes puffin’. The lord calls the lost and ...
Someone to Touch (From the album MANDALA) Who the hell wants to be smart when they’re happy being dumb? Who the hell wants to have none when everyone else has some? Who the hell wants to fly when they’ve got no wings? Who the hell wants to die when all they want to ...