PARADISE
Laughing gold carried on silver / Open robe waving by the trailer / This is paradise / Ivory whales high on corn bread / Wind-filled sails fly to the door step / Hey little girl, hey young lady / I’m not wrong, don’t say maybe / Out at night gazing at the heavens / Hold on tight, hold on eleven

LOOK AT THE RAIN
Been down to the corner / About once or twice / I dont know but its been nice / I aint got no money / I cant buy a damn thing / That I might like / Lets go down to the dimestore / On some moonless night / And look at the rain / I got a shirt that cost a dollar twenty-five / I know I’m the best dressed man alive / I put it on and head down to the local dive / To put the icing on extraordinary rides / When I am done I leave em happy but insane / For to look at the rain / I’m a messed up torn down / worthless bag of trouble / I take way too much / And I get right in your hair / I got a real sharp pin / With which to burst your bubble / This is trouble distribution / And I’m giving you your share / Won’t tell you nothing cause that’s my aim / But I love the rain

BAD LOVE
I see a robbery / That’s nothing new / I see a robber / Broken right in two
Took a little something / From the wonderland / Took a little lovin’ / Love that burned his hand /Now here’s the problem: / There’s nothing wrong / Compared to no love / Bad love cant be wrong

SEXY MUSIC
Let me see everything / Let me live forever / Give me wings and show me how / To control the weather / Give me the mountains / Give me the sea / And build a mighty tower / Especially for me / Fill the tower up with food / The kind I love to eat / Send a couple maidens / With soft hands to rub my feet / Give me superhuman strength / To wipe out what is wrong / Give me all of everything / I’ve wanted for so long / Unearthly visions filled my head / As I lay there / And sexy music / Tumbled all around / And then the music turned to / Emerald feathered goblins / That cast their burning pearls / To the ground / Hot as the sun / The red rubber fountain of ecstacy / Flows from the palms of my hands / Like the wind / Hot as the sun

CRAZY
Whoa, crazy, got myself a job / Oh, crazy, one more bank to rob / I was lazy, had no fun in a while / Now, crazy, I got a reason to smile / When icy rain is falling / Then I can hear you call / Oh, this popstand, got no ocean view / Still I ‘m happy, something feels so new / Drop the problem, unless its something you need / Oh, crazy, plant a different seed / I love the clothes you’re wearing / But wont you let them fall / Take a minute, take an hour or two / Oh, crazy, I got nothing to do / Crazy moonbeams cover up the sky / Oh, crazy, you’re the light in my eye
And after one has fallen / I got to have it all

FRUIT
It’s a swamp / Just a jungle / Tigers slipping through all the time / Snakes and alligators / Want to have a piece of what is mine / I don’t pay / No attention / To the nastiness going down / Just above me / Within my reach / There’s plenty of good things hanging ’round / Fruit on the vine / Ice water fountains / fruit on the vine / Fruit on the vine / I reach up for an apple / I grab an orange by mistake / It don’t mind, it’s alright / In the jungle I get what I can take / Got a taste for / Watermelon / A taste for pomegranate too / Nevermind, I’ll take a cherry / Any ripe and juicy one will do / My mouth is full / My face is messy / I’m feeling better with each bite / I take a break / For just a minute / But nothing satisfies / My appetite

AUTOMATIC MOJO
Its righteousness is shining / It walks in ruby shoes / There’s not too much of nothing / You cannot make it do / I cross the muddy river / To dig a diamond mine / I got a good thing working / On diamond mining time / I got some cotton candy / I got a spool of thread / I’m gonna weave a basket / And put it on my head / Inside the mighty basket / I carry rattlesnakes / You got to be a monkey / To see the sense it makes

DRY RAIN
You said you’d make it grow / You said you’d make it green / But I see dusty fields / Broken rock is all I see / And all around me / I see your storm clouds / Another lies about to fall / It seemed like it was real / Felt like water to my skin / But I stepped through the rainbow / And saw the desert deep within / And all around me / Are roaring waters / But I wont let me / Be swept away / And all around me / I see the Pharohs / I see collections / Of hats and guns

I CANT BE COUNTED ON
Give me lots of money / A house upon a hill / Send me pretty women / Or threaten me and still / I’ll come out to your house / And attempt to fix your sink / Do a mediocre job / As I’m leaving you will think / If you’re needing something / You know that I’ll be gone / I will not answer when you call / If you’re waiting for me / Then you’ll be waiting long / I cant be counted on at all /My eye is on the pork / The pork is in the pan / If something needs a’doing / Well you know I’m not your man / If you’re counting on me / You know I’ll let you down / You cant be counting on me / Cause you know I’m just a clown

All lyrics by Curt Kirkwood

Lyrics reprinted with permission
All songs ©1987 Meat Puppets Music (BMI)
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Posted by Derrick Bostrom on Thursday, December 29th, 2005 at 7:27 am.