1. |
Smack Me Down
03:10
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Smack Me Down
Deep in my spleen I knew what they were sayin’
Didn’t trust their lyin’ eyes and and swayin’ hips
Fuck off… fuck off…
Fuck you and you and the best of you
Hear the howls of our screaming wives
Sharpening their fathers’ knives
Fly me away across midnight oceans
Then smack me down smack me down
Smack me far right, far right down
Through the icy rain I didn’t hear you say
I hope to see you again one day
Smack me down smack me down
Smack me far right far right down
The plane flies low into the mountain tall
Exploding in a mega fuckin’ shoppin’ mall
The screamin’ wives keep the home fires burnin’
What you hurlin’?
Don’t come back, you’re a dead-beat dad
Come back now and make us feel sad
And the kids drop their buckets and spade
And wade into the ocean
Gimmee some Bollinger and a dozen oysters
Drownin’ out the sound of the children’s voices
Cut the engine over the mid Atlantic ocean
Then smack me down smack me down smack me far right down
Smack me down smack me down smack me far right down
Smack me down far right, far right down
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2. |
The Devil In You
04:15
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The Devil In You
You crashed your car at midnight
Drove for hours lost in the dark
A hit and run but you didn’t wait for the cops to come
Oh-oh drivin’ down the backroads with your fender hangin’ low
Oh-oh choppin’ lines screaming with the demons on the radio
You got the devil in you babe, don’t you cry
Got the devil in you, I know why
You’re a firestarter and the flames will never die
4 a.m. You’re poppin’ pills in the shadows of your hotel room
Watchin’ all your memories turn their backs on you
Oh-oh you lie to yourself about all the things happened to you
Girl back when you were little
All the hell your family put you through
You got the devil in you babe, don’t you cry
Got the devil in you i know why
You’re a firestarter and the flames will never die
I’m your firestarter and this flame never dies
I remember a time when you were carefree
Innocent and 17, you meant the world to me
Catastrophe, catastrophe…
You’re crying again about how your friends stab you in the back
But you told the world their secrets told them everything
And now they’re mad
Ohh oh when you’re all alone, no one’s watchin’ you
When you’re feeling dead i’ll be right there next to you
You got the devil in you babe, don’t you cry
Got the devil in you I know why
You’re a firestarter and the flames will never die
I’m your firestarter and this flame never dies
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3. |
Stole It From Alpha Ray
04:29
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Stole it from Alpha Ray
You wonder where I got it
The music box you hold
The cross of solid gold
The altar where you pray
I braved a blizzard
I risked my life
His skin like a lizard
His broken twisted wife
His thin eyes all afire
Wrist bound with razor wire
I heard he shot JFK
I stole it all from alpha ray
And all of this is mine, none of it is yours
None of it is yours, all of it is mine
Until the end of time
His Cadillac junker was one hell of a ride
Drove 100 thousand lonely miles
Had god on his side
His gun and his pride
His map to where the treasures lay
Stole it from Alpha Ray
And all of this is mine, none of it is yours
None of it is yours, all of it is mine
Until the end of time
Invisible pariah
Tiger snake on his arm
He ain’t the new messiah
If he could he’d do me harm
His friends can’t be trusted
His motor homes insane
No honour among thieves
I stole it all from Alpha Ray
And all of this is mine, none of it is yours
None of it is yours, i’ll keep it all with mine
Until the end of time
Until the end of time
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4. |
Whistle Clean
03:17
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Whistle Clean
I gave it all away a long time ago
Delusions of grandeur all had to go
Down the tube with the hounds and the horse C
And gun coz all this shit is just illusion
There’s still some bodies in the house
But none of them are mine
I tried to help them all but they ran out of time
It wasn’t me counting the seconds down
I don’t have the power
I don’t wear the crown
But i’m clean as a whistle
I’m whistle clean
I’m green as a thistle
I’m thistle clean
Gone invisible, never been seen again
I left the city behind without a second glance
I aint no antique, I’m the latest advance
On the old model, the one the young despise
Raining down death into your TV eyes
But I’m clean as a whistle
I’m whistle clean
I’m green as a thistle
I’m thistle clean
Gone invisible, never been seen again
Gone invisible, never been seen again
I went off grid and I burnt my car
Drowned my phone back at the farm
In a place where nothing can be found
I buried the hatchet
I gave up the crown
Now I’m green as a thistle
I’m whistle clean
I’m clean as a whistle
I’m thistle clean
Gone invisible, never been seen again
Gone invisible, never been seen again
Never been seen again
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5. |
Get A Name
04:11
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Get A Name
Get a name, get a name
For god’s sake get a name
Take the lord in vain get a name
You’re driving me insane
Who did it, who ruptured our lives
Who did it, who ruptured our lives
Who destroyed my peace of mind
Was it a spirit, has it got a price
What was it made us cry?
Get a name, get a name
For god’s sake get a name
Take the lord in vain get a name
You’re driving me insane
The mothers suffer when their birds fly the nest
And they find the li’l black notebook under your bed
Callin’ out his name, dream of him asleep
The darker he gets the longer she weeps
Get a name, get a name
For god’s sake get a name
Take the lord in vain get a name
You’re driving me insane
Call up your chemical priests
Dial in your Vatican exorcists
Who kidnapped all our kids?
Who’s to blame for all of this?
There’s only one bed where you say your prayers
Holdin’ your breath, he’s comin’ up the stairs
Moon splits in two as you fall asleep
Curled up tight on your bed of weeds
You’re dreamin’… you’re dreamin….
Who stole my peace of mind
And sold it, can you tell me why
It has to be this way time after time
Am I deluded, am I blind
You’re always lyin’, defying me
We’re deluded, you and me
Its just a demon we can’t see
The darker he gets the longer she weeps
Get a name, get a name
For god’s sake get a name
Take the lord in vain get a name
You’re driving me insane
You’re driving me insane
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6. |
Evil Eye
03:56
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Evil Eye
Candy, your room is so dark
Can we talk about last night
Some things you should never do
They come back to haunt you
Walking home didn’t you feel it
Underneath star city sky
Imperceptible to all but the evil eye
We’ve got a radar, witch woman
Who was this man you wronged
We gotta get outta this place
Before Johnny Law comes along
His girl carries a blade for you
The killers gonna be a passer by
In covenant with the evil eye
All eyes are upon you
Drink of this purple river
Street slick and black with oily rain
And all the blood it can deliver
City lights our neon demons
Reflecting off our frames
Streets thick with oil and rain
Take to the skies, take to the tracks
Don’t bring anything, we’re not coming back
Make a deal with Kali
Make a deal with Shiva
Make it, don’t break it
Got to be a true believer
Your killer will just be a passer by
Who’s under covenant with the evil eye
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7. |
Garbage Juice
04:03
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Lemme outta here my hairs too long
I’m so bored everything’s so wrong
They say the future is here to stay
But we’ll all be gone soon anyway
Said i, said i
And i grew old watching all my friends die
Goodbye everybody i love goodbye
I split the seed and i chew the root
Then i spit it out like garbage juice
We are the fruits of corporate crime
Digging salt in the bitcoin mines
I bagged me another dead billionaire
Eaten alive by grizzly bears
I’d like to turn back time
I’d like to turn back time
And i grew old watching all my friends die
Goodbye everybody i love goodbye
& all the kids are off their heads
On chemicals & smiley meds
In pink ‘n blue ‘n acid wine
Soma drippin’ from the vine
They told me i was free to leave
I said no thanks throw away the keys
I don’t like the world i see out there
Gonna stay here and grow my hair
I grew old watching all my friends die
Goodbye everybody i love goodbye
Chew my beard n grow my nails
Til they’re sharp enough to cut the veils
I split the seed, I chew the root
Then I spit it out like garbage juice
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8. |
Dragonfly
05:08
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DRAGONFLY
What you hiding under them trees
With ya dirty hands
Down on your knees
Leaves will fall onto leaves
No-one sees
Where is one you used hold
Seemed so young
Seen no more
Forever yours
Never free
Voices call
Voices cease
No one believes
Burn yourself alive
Burn yourself
Dragonfly…
Now I fly
Now you grieve
Lunatic guilty pleas
But summer heat
Winter freeze
Seasons keep secrets
Deep under the trees
Burn yourself alive
Burn yourself
Burn yourself alive
Burn yourself
Dragonfly…
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9. |
Young People
07:09
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Young People
Here you come now so young so beautiful
Thick hair flowin’, nose full of white snowin’
Pretty young face think you’re the brand-new star
Where’s my limousine where’s my credit card
You walk atomic, your drinks are all free
You don’t care for nothing & its all because of me
You betta watch out you betta watch your step
Drop your head in acid
I’m old and close to death
Nobody’s coming you’re on your own
You just don’t know it yet
Young people can go to hell
With ya phony life prancing straight ahead
How you ever gonna find your soul again
Feeding off your parents stealin’ everything they’ve got
You think you’re so damn special
Till you find out that you’re not
Nobody’s coming, you’re on your own
You just don’t know it
Young people can go to hell
Someone’s gotta say it, kids are too dumb
And the younger ones learn from the older ones
Off they run like beautiful gazelles
pumpin’ out bad reproductions of themselves
Nobody’s coming, you’re on your own
You just don’t know it yet
Young people can go to hell
There you go now, all rotten teeth and one black eye
Misunderstanding this train wreck called life
Young ‘n beautiful, all you want is a cheque
You betta watch out, you betta watch your step
I’m giddy jealous, old and close to death
Out of time out of luck out of hope and out of step
Nobody’s coming, you’re on your own
Y’ just don’t know it yet
Young people can go to hell
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The Wreckery Melbourne, Australia
At the crest of the Australian post punk era, The Wreckery played atmospheric rock with film-noir swagger & renegade attitude, carving a loyal following. Critics quickly positioned them as successors to a darkly exciting avant-garde Melbourne tradition previously marked out by The Birthday Party but creative tensions saw the band implode as they reached their peak with the Laying Down Law album. ... more
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