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The Hopping Frog
02:41
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The Hopping Frog
(music: SAS - lyrics: David Soule - © 1984)
It is very late
A frog is hanging out, a frog is hanging out
He is considering Language
He has a bright idea
It makes him hop, hop hop --- hop
He likes nature
He wants to kill a fly, he wants to kill a fly
He hops all over the place
He is considering twilight
He needs to sing to it
He’s having a great day and he thinks he’s bad
Bridge
He likes nature
He wants to kill a fly, he wants to kill a fly
He hops all over the place
He is considering twilight
He needs to sing to it
He’s having a wild day and he thinks he’s bad
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2. |
Instant
03:59
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Instant
(Music: SAS - lyrics: Daniel Ramirez © 1984)
Won’t you tell me please, oh what’s your hurry?
We know you’re the life of the party
I like to put you on like I wear my clothes
Take a one-year pill with no weight to pull
I like your hair - I love the way that you dress
It’s money, muscle, booze and ah – tenderness.
So won’t you tell me please, oh what’s your hurry?
We know you’re the life of the party
Hey – what’s your hurry?
She won’t neglect you...
Got no time for truth, no patience for lies
Ain’t no time to doubts that lay deep inside
You won’t force your time, you even pretend
Not aware of pay for things that you said
You’re past your golden age, your time is so short
Minimum’s the wage, it’s all you can get
Rug from under goes and still you go on
Face in the mirror and it’s you all alone
Hey – what’s your hurry?
He won’t neglect you
You’re the life of the party
She won’t neglect you
Now you’re running on your own - UH HUH (x 4)
Just can’t take now I feel like crying
Rug from under goes to hell from trying
Gone and dashed your dreams the night just before
Cover up and say that you love him more
Go to work with bruises blue on your skin
Tell the story that’s so purposely thin
Family and friends give silent glances
Why won’t they just say it, you long to tell them?
Hey, what’s the hurry?
He won’t neglect you
You’re not happy though you breathe the same air
What is justice, now where is it fair?
Go to work with bruises blue on your skin
Tell the story that’s so purposely thin
Rug from under goes and still you go on
Face in the mirror and it’s you all alone
Go to work with bruises blue on your skin
Tell the story ‘cause the blame the victim.
You’re the life of the party
He won’t neglect you...
Now you’re running on your own - UH HUH (x 8)
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Rhetoric
03:53
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Rhetoric
Creation, Fashion, Lament – Communication
Sensation, Passion, Intent – Penetration
Liquidation, Expire, - Initiation
Indoctrination For Hire – Realization
Pulse of sound
Rhythmic Sound
A ha ha
E e owwww
Condition Chasm Forget – Retaliation
Rendition Forest In Debt – Population
Impression Instant Resent – Infestation
Oppression Constant Repent – Confiscation
Way to think
Eat and Drink
Child to Raise
Day to Daze
Copulation Content – Contamination <break>
Conscription Ornate Success – Infatuation
Conception Gyrate Contest - Information
Hibernation Result – Intimidation
Ovulation Occult – Vegetation
Changing Ways
Faster Pace
All Exhaust
Knowledge Lost
Suspicion Freedom Correct – Annihilation
Abortion Danger Collect – Falsification
Repetition Select – Complication
Reproduction Infect - Radiation
Rhythmic Sound
A ha ha
Pulse of Sound
E e owwww
Pollination Relate – Intonation <break>
Frustration Instinct Revive - Continuation
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4. |
Cramphead
04:16
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Cramphead
(Instrumental on album – was an early version)
Here we go
Summer of love long time ago
Let it go
Punk rock has its faults
Let it go
Cramphead from hairstyle show
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Talent show
Competition to get your music heard
Let it go
Fight to get above
Let it go
Cramphead from push and shove
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Talent show
Shock of crazy newsfeed leaves you low
Let it go
Start another war, no!
Let it go
Cramphead from the power show
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
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Products Throughout the Store
War going on in El Salvador
Where people work harder for us to have more
Puppet government of the USA
Human rights not important today - money
Salvadorans struggle to regain their lives
Fighting big bombs with guns and knives
Products throughout the store
Coca-Cola Maxwell House and Chiquita banana
Junior Mints and more
Buy these things to murder people in El Salvador
South Africa is a foreign land
Acting on this same corporate plan
Guns and judges keep black people chained
White folks rule this deadly game - Apartheid
Laws are stacked in this color-coded way
All backed up by the USA
Products throughout the store
Gold and diamonds
Luxuries from someone's blood
Krugeraands and more
Buy these things to torture people in South Africa
Nicaragua has escaped this plight
Many lives were lost and some still must fight
Planes from Honduras – now the Contras getting aid.
U.S. Government won't go away - murder
No world court to make the nations proud
Multinational corporation rule is still around
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Genesis Juice
02:39
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The Genesis Juice Song
Smoothie
Carrot Combo
Banana
Nut Nectar
(Unintelligible)
Spiced Cider
It’s not just a job, it’s a way of life.
Wheatgrass
Carrot-Beet
Alternative, it’s the way that you live X3
Apple Cranberry
Whatever happened to Grapefruit Juice?
Apple Ginger
Whatever happened to Apple Grapefruit?
It’s not just a job, it’s a way of life.
Alternative, it’s the way that you live X8
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Leonard
03:58
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Leonard (for Leonard Peltier)
Families and tribes and clans, they're living
In balance with our relations on the land.
Can we really understand?
Then some centuries ago, came the strangers,
Foreign invaders on their sacred land
Began taking all they can.
Do you know where is this land?
This is our homeland!
Native people killed to steal the land.
What do you think of that plan?
Soldiers told Crazy Horse to talk to soldier chief they said to fear no harm, but he saw prison bars then he knew of their plan.
So he took out his knife, started to fight.
He was stabbed from behind.
Crazy Horse only lived thirty years.
They killed him with their lies.
And then in 1975, government attack Pine Ridge.
Two FBI die, they blame Peltier.
Leonard Peltier is framed.
Told lies to send Leonard to jail.
They gagged him for defending life of Mother Earth.
Leonard Peltier is jailed.
Where is wrong in our love of the earth.
Harmony with all Our Relatives.
Teach respect to children for all life.
What they see destruction of our lives, religion.
What they see destruction of our land, way of life.
No respect. What to think.
Political prisoner on his own land.
Let's free him.
Free the native people from these chains.
Stop the war here going on.
We're not talking about South Africa We're talking about North Dakota.
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8. |
Something's Wrong
06:15
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SOMETHING'S WRONG
Everywhere, poison all around
In the air water and the ground
Poison food, sugar, color, BHA
Pay no mind, it'll go away
Too much stress, creative stress and strain
People starve, but we take no blame
Rape the land, we take what we need
Take want more, suffering and greed
Close blind eyes, TV, beer cocaine
Why pay more, so much stress and strain
Child at play, sparkle in the eyes
What's insane? Fill the child with lies
Happy times, all must wear the smile
Toxic waste, but we’re happy all the while
Weapons, war - here we make the bomb
Take a look. Stop if something's wrong
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9. |
The Day
08:31
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10. |
Who Are They?
04:46
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Who Are They?
It seems certain people, human beings,
Think they ought to take charge, rule the world.
Napoleon Bonaparte - KGB, and Mafia
Should I wonder about
What is inside their minds - Who Are They?
Exxon, Gulf, and OPEC - Bilderburg and FBI
If I knew why they must rule the world
We could talk it over. Who Are They?
The Illuminati - Alexander the Great
They play a very thrilling game.
Perhaps they feel it
Burning in their guts.
To learn the art of killing shame
The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts.
Is there danger to know
Who Are They?
Would I forgive their fate as human beings?
Can they crush what I say? Who Are They?
Their names and hearts secret, Who Are They?
Holy Roman Empire - Trilateral Commission
Jerry Falwell - the Visagoths and Vandals
Is there something that cries human beings
Behind the need to rule? Who Are They?
Ronald Reagan – Sauron the Dark Lord
My sympathy is hard to generate
For those who are so big and mean,
But that's the shadow of
My own fear and hate
Cast upon what should be clean.
It seems certain people, human beings,
Think they ought to take charge, rule the world.
The CIA - Adolph Hitler
Is there something that cries human beings
Behind the need to rule? Who Are They?
Cosa Nostra - - The Fortune 500
Is there something that cries human beings
Behind the need to rule - Who Are They?
Ahkenahten - Listen to me I am right
My sympathy is hard to generate
For those who are so big and mean,
But that's the shadow of
My own fear and hate
Cast upon what is clean.
They play a very thrilling game.
Perhaps they feel it
Burning in their guts.
To learn the art of killing shame
The soul must carve out deep, deep ruts.
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Cosmic Spy from Turkistan
There was a man a long time ago
He was a guide for all humanity
The Cosmic Spy from Turkistan The Cosmic Spy from Turkistan
He said I’ll learn all that I can
From Tibet to Africa
Sacred Dance Sacred Dance
There was a man a long time ago
Misunderstanding and repression made him low-key
The Cosmic Spy from Turkistan
The Cosmic Spy from Turkistan
He said “Life is Real only then When I Am”
From Russia to England
Stayed in France Stayed in France
He had a bunch of pals like Ouspensky and J. G.
He made the students for humanity
The Cosmic Spy from Turkistan
The Cosmic Spy from Turkistan
He said I’ll teach all that I can
Free yourself Free yourself
Work and Fast Kill Your Past
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Stick Against Stone Brooklyn, New York
Stick Against Stone is a post-punk/no wave band from Pittsburgh, PA that resided in Pittsburgh; Brooklyn, New York; Eugene, Oregon and San Francisco and remained active (in no less than six incarnations) between 1980 and 1990. The band incorporated elements of no wave, world music, free jazz, reggae, avant-funk, rap, spoken word, ska, dub, African, and art-rock into their music. ... more
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