1. After Strange Gods  Windows Media sample | RealAudio sample | words
  2. Poison I.V. League  Windows Media sample | RealAudio sample | words
  3. Jericho  Windows Media sample | RealAudio sample | words
  4. Children's March - Over the Hills and Far Away (Percy Grainger)  Windows Media sample | RealAudio sample
  5. Exit, Pursued by a Bear  Windows Media sample | RealAudio sample | words
  6. I Want to Play Your Guitar  Windows Media sample | words
  7. They Can't Believe He's Risen Again  Windows Media sample | RealAudio sample | words
  8. Out From Under  Windows Media sample | words
  9. Let's Go Swimming (Arthur Russell with add'l music by GL)  Windows Media sample
  10. The Nightmare of History  Windows Media sample | RealAudio sample
  11. Vampire Circus  Windows Media sample | words
  12. Cantina  Windows Media sample
All songs written by Gary Lucas except where noted.

Produced and arranged by Gary Lucas.
 
AFTER STRANGE GODS

Around the world
Around the horn
The cup is filled
The lamb is born
Into a flock
A herd a show
Of hands now please
Mind how you go...

After the climb
Before the fall
You feel a chill
The hounds all call
You yesterday
They daily plod
And hurry now
After Strange Gods

After Strange Gods

Outside the pearl
Inside the song
Remains the same
Until it's gone
So take up fast
Thy staff and rod
And hurry now
After Strange Gods

After Strange Gods


© 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas
as sung by Dina Emerson,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
top of page POISON I.V. LEAGUE Poison I.V. League (4X) In the room the elite banding Shoot 'em up till none's left standing Ride 'em cowboys in the saddle Mend deeenses herd the cattle Poison I.V. League (4X) Spike the punch now let's get stinking Life looks great when you stop blinking Cook the books and just keep winking Rule the planet without thinking See, I ate what you've been handing Poppycock, now brake for happy landings Plundered ground, the velvet glove that children love Spurt of passion poison pusher comes to shove Poison I.V. League (4X) Fort lauderdale nation wotta sensation Here we lie in our degradation Running' my mouth while alluding' and hintin' I got the hots for hillary clinton And if you think that's disrespectful Open your cupboard and grab a capful Empty your wallet and count your blessings You gotta one way ticket to Heaven Poison I.V. League (4X) We the people you elected Spoonfed bread and nearly all infected Here in clubland all is top drawer Pulling strings and setting up some new scores Children please now heed this clearcut warning Nirvana's white but all those black in mourning Curse their plight the ivy creeps a borning In the light That league you must keep scorning Poison I.V. League (4X) © 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas as sung by Kenny and Larry,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
top of page JERICHO I hear the sound of a thousand fingers Snap in the void where the air is cold I hear the throb of a thousand singers Rise in the gloom down in Jericho Once there was life now there's silence spoken Haunting the plains and the boneyard low Dance past the walls all sweetly broken Kingdom has come down in Jericho You keep saying that's the way to go Caught in the middle down in Jericho Just when you're thinking that it's safe to blow Blind dumb and deaf down in Jericho Where there's a will there's a way to travel Take what you need with the urge to go Visit the site where the world unraveled Hung in the dust down in Jericho You keep saying that's the way to show Lost in the fog down in Jericho Just when you're feeling that there's more to know Caught in the past down in Jericho Singers and players now approach the altar Listen and learn what the history shows Keep playing hard don't ever falter Make the walls fall down in Jericho © 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas as sung by Sonya Cohen,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
top of page EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR Shook, shaken and stirred By the Holy Word Where's the fire next time There'll be a bed of quick lime (repeat) So Exit, Pursued by a Bear The wind and the wellies The stars in your hair No Exit, Pursued by a Bear A pink hostess twinkie So that they know that you care That craven jackanapes The foul fiend doth come around Bringing off the youngest ones While bringing everybody else down At tendaroni junction You can hear him make that sound A low slung greasy whistle Wrestles you right to the ground (repeat chorus) "Where's my drink?" Shouts Plutarch Retiring for the night "I can't think straight no more There's too much for my sight The lives of saints and sinners The poisoned dagger serpent's bite The plucking touching hand Of man and woman born of light" (repeat first verse and chorus) © 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas as sung by Dina Emerson,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
top of page I WANT TO PLAY YOUR GUITAR Feelings unfurled and my fingers are itching To get back to some of the love we've been missing But you've got something you wear like a star I want to play your guitar I can't remember who started this feeling It's growing and showing a new world revealing 'Cause you've got something that carries me far I want to play your guitar Please stay I want to play Now that I've shown you a reason for living Sharing the warmth that you're constantly giving And rocking the cradle upside down and ajar I want to play your guitar © 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas as sung by Sonya Cohen,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
top of page THEY CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S RISEN AGAIN On Easter morning rose just for me a wine dark sea the sun burning in eternity The radical risible visible man he rises when ready and rages at them He sticks his neck out to be cut down and then They can't believe he's risen again He's risen again He's risen again He rises again and again and again Try as they might they can't shut him out From the depths of the shadows he keeps stepping out He rises to shake and to take on command For they can't believe he's risen again He's risen again He's coming again He rises again and again and again Iron nails ran in The last time the messiah checked in Just when they think that he's down for the count A rush and a thrush and he's back on his mount Full forces the full stop their murderous plan For they can't believe he's risen again They can't believe he's risen again The hounds of heaven are closing in The sepulchre rings with the triumphant din For they can't believe he's risen again He's risen again He's risen again He rises again and again and again So you can rise up to be! © 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas as sung by Gary Lucas,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
top of page OUT FROM UNDER Look over yonder Out from under Don't you wonder Never fear Holy thunder Out from under Out from under And up from here When I was just a kid you know my daddy said to me Music's just the thing my girl and singing's just the key I heard a voice inside my head Singing till my face turned red And now i've got the power Here to set you free Ripped asunder Out from under Don't you wonder What's to fear Lift me yonder Out from under Out from under And up from here When I got out from under I was hanging by my thumbs The schoolyard torn and plundered waiting for what ever comes The writing on the wall spoke tall And so I had to chuck it all I'm sailing down the seaway now Just listen to me hum Set me to ponder Out from under Set me to wander Far from here Rise over yonder Out from under And up from here (repeat first verse) © 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas as sung by Sonya Cohen,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
top of page VAMPIRE CIRCUS Come on down to the killing ground Selling your birthright by the pound Selling your searchlight for a mess of pottage Give up the ghost and turn up the wattage Come on down! come on down! Caught in the sway and the push and pull Every day turning animal Hiding your face in the cotton wool You feel a void 'cause you're never full Come on down...come on down...come on down... To vampire circus Come on down...come on down...come on down... Where you know where the work is It's dog eat dog eat god on the half shell Not be moved by the cry of a rebel yell Tale of a whale of a tail of a tub Hatchin' and scratchin' a vision of beelzebub Come on down...come on down...come on down... To vampire circus Come on down...come on down...come on down... Where satan's fiery smirk is One night of fright, eternity of bliss So turn your head for the vampire's kiss Now suck on this Allemande high and allemande low Genuflect circumspect hit the deck slow Mating dance for an old kind of purpose Yr now a donor in the vampire circus Come on down! come on down! Heart made of beef and a heart getting harder Bought and sold get it cold straight from the larder Come on down...come on down...come on down... To vampire circus Come on down...come on down...come on down... Where you know how they jerk us Steal from the african take from the redman Deal with the hooligan and keep out the jews Trade 'em for wampum melt 'em down to saddle soap Just so you know what the good people do Come on down...come on down...come on down... To vampire circus Come on down...come on down...come on down... Where they'll be sure to jerk us Dracula's guest, daughter of horror Like a thief in the night the rich become poorer I speak the truth and I don't speak in jest It's such a drag to end up dracula's guest Morgan...come out...come out... © 1994 words and music by Gary Lucas as sung by Gary Lucas,
from the Gary Lucas album Bad Boys Of The Arctic
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