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Jerry Joseph & Jackmormons
Conscious Contact - Terminus Records - 2002
Coliseum, Kind of Place, Ching-A-Ling, Conscious Contact, Pure Life, Fastest Horse, Ten Killer Fairies, Little Boos Fireworks, Muscle, Glass Eye, Easter |
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Coliseum
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
I think I'm gonna take my baby down to the coliseum
See all the lions crawl outta the ground
Yeah it'd be cool to see 'em
Maybe she'd be better off with a gladiator
'Cause glory's just another phase
I thought I'd save for later
Chorus:
And I'd like to be your
…your man of steel
I'd thrill to be your something real…something strong.
I think I'd gonna take my baby down to the Eiffel Tower
Sixty stories off the ground
Yeah she could feel the power
Maybe she'd be better off in the foreign legion
'Cause we're all dyin' to get off in the Age of Reason
Chorus:
You know the rules by now my friend
It makes no difference in the end
I think I'm gonna take my baby down to the institution
Hear the roaring of the crowds for the revolution
Maybe she'd be better off with a freedom fighter
'Cause I just haven't got the nerve
To stand and die beside her
Chorus:
Well I'd like to be your…your man of steel
And I'd thrill to be your something real
Yeah I'd kill to be your
Something strong, I'll never be strong enough
I think I'm gonna take my baby down
Kind of Place
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
Take a run round the cannery
Smells like death and fish today
What's left of humanity floats lifeless out here in the bay
Maybe I'll get a place round here
Two bedrooms and a sunset deck
Food is good, the ocean's near, enough to keep my soul in check
But I won't have a telephone
So no one can tell me how you are
Thousand miles from your home
Local bus won't go that far, that far
Chorus:
This could be the kind of place
Where I pretend that I fit in
No one asks me who I am
What I've done
Where I've been
Hang around for a couple of years
'Til the coast is clear, movin' 'long
You'll never find me here
We'll let the bygones be gone, be gone
Take a run to the Canyon Bridge
People living in a river bed
Dogs bark on the ridge
In a mockery of the things I said
Maybe I'll get a job 'round here
Run the lights in a discotech
Food is good and the girls are clear
Enough to keep my heart in check
But I won't have a stereo
So I can't play your favorite song
Burn the book where I keep my notes
About the way that I did you wrong, you wrong
(Chorus)
Head down to the local bar
Wish that I could drink that bottle there
Hang around with the movie stars
But the movie stars said I drank my share
Maybe I could find a girl who doesn't know what I put you through
Treat her like the queen of the world
Forget the way I treated you
Late at night when I call your name
She won't have to understand
About the ropes and all my hopes
Just how sorry that I am, that I am
(Chorus x2)
Ching-A-Ling
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
You're red pistol
Such a fine accessory
Chinese missiles
Rally the confederacy
Graveyard statues say the South will rise again
Right back at you
And your Italian tailored friends
And I've got sugar
I've got ice and Darjeeling
Tastes like murder
When the bells of freedom ring
Chorus:
Ching-a-Ling, Ching-a-Ling…I'm allright
Ching-a-Ling, Ching-a-Ling…I'm allright
Ching-a-Ling, Ching-a-Ling…I'm allright
Ching-a-Ling, Ching-a-Ling…I'm allright
You got stardust
You got piss and Gatorade
And you've got more trust in the enemies you made
I've got puzzles
We can solve between the sheets
Ain't no trouble to wash the blood off of my feet
Chorus:
Ching-a-Ling, Ching-a-Ling…I'm allright (8X)
I will take you
In the Shangri La Suite
I will melt you
Like ice sculpture in the heart
I'll forget you
But they'll still worship at your feet
Horns of light
Like a Moses by Chagall
You look just right
The way you're nailed up on my wall
Now I hear you ringing
Like a Summer ice cream truck
Gifts you're bringing
Leave me high and out of luck
Chorus:
Conscious Contact
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
In your eyes it's Halloween
Leaves me scared as hell
Of all the things I might have seen
I only saw myself
Voices stirring up emotions
That I thought I shot
Left for dead
Silence like an ocean
Like a pillow covering my head
Never stopped to see your grave
Aztec, New Mexico
We'll send your coffin south one day
We know you hate the cold
Walk like Superman
Across the planet
Then you go and spin your luck
One thing, don't understand
I never thought I'd miss you quite this much
Chorus:
And your conscious contact
We're kicking up some ghosts
Baby, conscious contact
Leave me conscious with you now
Never stop to shed a tear
And that's what I've been told
But you've been dead for 18 years
And left me to get old
I wake up in the morning
And find that everyone I love has turned to dust
I hate to break it to myself
I think I've got to learn to trust
Chorus:
My conscious contact
Yeah spittin' up some ghosts
Baby, conscious contact
Leave me conscious with you now
Leave me conscious with you now
I hear you're coming back again
Hell I say just give it up
Hand over the wheel
When I get finished throwing up
I'll tell how I feel
Voices stirring up emotions
That I thought I shot
Left for dead
Silence like an ocean
Like a pillow covering my head
Chorus:
With your conscious contact
We're kicking up some ghosts
Baby, conscious contact
With the ones I fear the most
Conscious Contact, Conscious Contact
Pure Life
Music by Jerry Joseph, Brad Rosen, JR Ruppel
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
Taste the whiskey on your breath
It's as much as I can drink these days
And I haven't finished yet
Just keep breathing in my face
Taste the poison on your tongue
It tastes like sacrament to me
Like a genuflecting reptile with St. Michael
I am starting to believe
Chorus:
Here I am now in your heaven right
It's everything you promised me
It's your paradise
It's your pure life
Come to me
Pour the tonic down my throat
Throw the water in my eyes
Like Romulus and Remus
Stick your fang into my thigh
Whisper softly now in Farsi
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Something about another glass of wine
A loaf of bread and thee.
Chorus:
Here I am now in your Heaven, right
It means everything to me
It's your paradise
It's your pure
It's your paradise
It's your world
It's your paradise
It's your pure life
Come to me
Hold very still now baby
There's something by the bed
A viper or a butterfly
An angel or the magic of the dead
Taste the poison on your tongue
Tastes like ecstasy to me
Baby we ain't making love
I think we're making history
Chorus:
Here I am now in your heaven
It's everything you promised me
It's your paradise
It's your pure
It's your paradise
A beautiful world
It's your paradise
It's your pure life.
Here I am now in your heaven
It's pretty good for me
It's your paradise
It's your pure
It's your paradise
A beautiful world
It's your paradise
It's your pure life.
Fastest Horse
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
Finally healing
So slow at learning
Should have expected
Some itching and burning baby
The look that you're wearing
Short of ecstatic
I guess I disappoint you
Seems there's no cure
Automatic
Chorus:
Got your wish
It got you down
Saddle up now baby
I'm on the fastest horse in town
How do you like me now
Naked & cold
How do you like me now
Washed up and old
Gonna run my course
I'm gonna run around
I've got the fastest horse
In this one horse town
Erotic and gentle
Still I'm not amused
The angels and devils
They come through
The wounds
Here I am
Scrubbed and clean
Hold my hand
And ride with me
How do you like me now
Naked & cold
How do you like me now
Washed up and old
How do you like me now
Scared and weak
How do you like me now
I can barely speak
No harmony
No peace of mind
Out of control
I'm out of time
Gonna run my course
Gonna run around
I've got the fastest horse
In this one horse town
How do you like it
How do you like me
How do you like me
How do you like me now?
Ten Killer Fairies
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
She took his hand
Said apologies aren't necessary
You've been a faithful man
Love and Honor are your legacy
Like to fix my hair
And put on my pretty Sunday dress
Cook you breakfast
It's a shame to leave the house a mess
And the baby's crying
And I push his face into my breast…and
Sing to him softly
This is for the best
But it's hard to face the older children
They know enough to understand
They soon will be delivered
Into Jesus' waiting hands
And the ten killer fairies
Won't pull us apart
And I will hold you here forever
Here in my sacred heart
And if the neighbors would just stop screaming
And accept this as their fate
The comforts in the dreaming
Of the paradise that waits
So let's gather up the family
And let's cover up their eyes
This is only temporary
And no need to say goodbye
And the ten killer fairies
Won't pull us apart
And I will hold you here forever baby
Here in my sacred heart
Well out here in the courtyard
The reflection of the sun
Off emotionless sunglasses
And the barrel of the gun
And I can hear the people laughing
Down at the carnival
And I wonder if they'll remember
How we lined against this wall
With dignity like soldiers
And forgiveness like the saints
Giving comfort to our children
With a silence like the martyrs and examples we've been made
And the ten killer fairies
Won't pull us apart
And I will hold you here
Here in my sacred heart
And our father who art in Heaven
Hallowed by thy name
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done
Today…today
Take my hand now baby
Let's look out to the sea
To the tuna boats and dolphins
Let's taste the ocean breeze
And I will not stop weeping
I promised I'd be strong
Just tell me that you love me
Hold me in your arms
And it's funny I remember
When I was a little girl
How easy came the laughter
At the wonders of the world
And how one day I would marry
With a family of my own
But the time has come now baby
To take my family home
And the ten killer fairies
Won't pull us apart
And I will hold you here forever darling
Here in my sacred heart
Little Boos Fireworks
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
Why should I get up?
There's a note here
A document, a statement for the time's pageantry
To the invisible
Irreversible - a hero redefined
Why should I put up with my reflection?
It never gives the justice I deserve
It's criminal, my failure
A time to throw the world a fucking curve
Got a vision
A lyrical calling
Gonna see the world through brighter eyes
Got a box of little boos fireworks
Gonna light up the sky
Why don't I shut up?
It doesn't matter
Your attention's clearly not for me
Patriarchal blessings calling
A time to burn my mark on history
Why don't I give up
And say I'm sorry?
Well then again apologies can wait
Need to live up
To anything, something
A glorious redemption for my fate
Got a mission
A spiritual calling
Gonna see the world through cleaner eyes
Got a box of little boos fireworks
Gonna light up the sky
Why don't you give up
And say you love me?
It's all I ever wanted in this life
If you can hear me
Know I miss you
Look out your window
Kiss the world goodbye
Got a vision
A lyrical calling
Gonna see the world through brighter eyes
Got a box of little boos fireworks
Gonna light up the sky
Got a mission
A spiritual calling
Gonna see the world through cleaner eyes
Got a box of little boos fireworks
Gonna light up the sky
Muscle
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
Matters of conscience
Matters of flesh
It's muscle
No one can deny you
You're doing your best
You got muscle
Once in a while
They give you a glimpse
Of the light
Glimpse of the light
Spread yourself out across my back
Feel your muscle
Promise me baby
You'll never pull back your muscle
Sing it again child
Gently in my ear
I feel the blood running under your skin
Like muscle
Yeah you've got muscle
It's everything to you
Sex and redemption
New school of thought
It's muscle
You say these moments bring you closer to God
You've got muscle
I see in your eyes
You're being born again
It's easy to see
When you're holding my heart
It's muscle
It's muscle
It's everything
A reading from the book of Marvin Gaye
Sexual Healing for the souls we have saved
We remain in light
Or remain in clay
I remain with you baby
Show me the way
Show a little muscle
You've got muscle
Muscle it's everything to me
Well early this morning I could feel you breathe
Muscle
And though you're miles from me
Brings the strength I need
Muscle
Once in a while they give you a glimpse of the light
Prince of Denmark
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
Disregard the architecture
Astrophysics leaves me cold
Science can be my protector
From the force that makes me old
Catalytic converters
Hatha Yoga silicon
The Siren calls I know I heard her
I wish she'd just leave me alone
I need something real to worship
To kneel before, to die to breathe
A battle cry of deep emotion
Leap of faith into the sea
You could be my Prince of Denmark
Overlook the occupation
Can't hold what they cannot see
We all could use a brief vacation
From the toll of history
I haven't got the nerve for conquest
Happy here right by your side
Table scraps are all I request
You pat my head I'm satisfied
I could be your Guinevere
You could be my cannonball
Toast the ones who brought us here
All for one and one for all
You could be my Prince of Denmark
I see you swing down from the rafters
I see the saber in your teeth
Still not sure just what you're after
I trust that it's good for me
And I will be your willing slave
And I will kneel before your throne
I will join you in your grave
You will never lie alone
I will bear you sons and daughters
And I will join your great crusade
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
I lie in the bed you made
You could be my Prince of Denmark
You could be my Prince of Denmark
You could be my Prince of Denmark
Glass Eye
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
From here on the breakwater
We stare at the seals stretched like Labradors out in the sand
And I talk about times here learning to swim
While the waves crash around these old bricks where we stand
We could talk about love but we're scared to get hurt
I could use your perspective from down in the dirt
Well it's been fifteen years since you went in the ground
And I can't imagine much of you left layin' around
Except that beautiful marble of crystal blue glass
That you'd pull out for substitute teachers in class
And on wet nights like these still feeling you near
And the one thing that's left is a vision that's clear
Out of your glass eye
Your glass eye
Watch over me now
You were my best friend, my idol and my blueprint for cool
Taught me how to be callous and how to be cruel
Now some say you're nothing but memories and bones
I think we both know that you're never alone
Because here I am asking for guidance and light
That can only be granted by your line of sight
Out of your glass eye
Your glass eye
Watch over me now
All I ever wanted
Was for you to love me like I loved you
And all I ever wanted
Was girls to love me like they loved you
All I ever wanted was people to love me like they loved you
Like I know you can get them to love me too
Now I'm getting old
Still a failure in love
Not looking for answers to fall from above
I'd rather lie down with my ear to the earth
With your voice is a yardstick for just what I'm worth
'Cause I'll never see all the things that you see
But I trust you're still willing
To see them for me
Out of your glass eye
Your glass eye
Over me now
Well here on the breakwater
I look in her eyes
And I'm scared of what they may reveal
We may only have one shot of love in this life
So I better just say what I feel
Or else after I die
For thousands of years
All that I'll leave behind is one dusty tear
Out of your glass eye
Your glass eye
Over me now
Easter
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
I've got coffee in
In my coffee cup
It's instant but still obliged to perk me up
And I've got plenty of American cigarettes
They kill me but I'm not afraid to die just yet
Look over in the corner
And Easter's looking back
The aluminum messiah or an angry big black cat
And dawn breaks on the city
No one out there that I know
Three million strangers here
It's good to be alone…to be alone
And all your letters
I said I'd respond
My intentions are sound
It just my timing is wrong
So I just push you back…maybe for a little while
Procrastination luckily remaining in style
I think I'll go and find a graveyard,
A palace or a church
I've got no obligations and the exercise can't hurt
And Miss Communication
She's easier on me
If we keep it out of focus we'll see what we want to see
What we want to see
What we want to see
What we want to see
What we want to see
I'll see anything baby
Yeah I'll see anything
I'll see blue skies…anything you tell me to
Look over in the corner
And Easter's looking back
The millennium messiah or an angry big black cat
And dawn breaks over Paris
No one out there that I know
Three million strangers here
It's good to be alone…to be alone
It's good to be alone
It's good to be alone
Why does it take so long till we get it
Caught the wrong track, stuck back in it
Why does it take so long till we get it
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