Let A Poor Man Be lyrics - Clutch

I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town
Where none of your friends are hanging around
That's right, I'm gonna move to the other side of town
Where none of your business is hanging around

Woman, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be
Columbia, girl, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be

I'm gonna build a castle out of Goodyear tires,
Cinderblock and busted doors; that's where I'll retire.
Gonna dig a mote. Fill it up with ale.
Not much of a defense, I know, but the supply never fails.

When you come knocking all in tears wringing hands and genuflecting,
You'll understand that I am a busy man and my subjects demand my attention.
These walls don't build themselves and I am running out of time.
So if you desire anything else, you had better get in line.

Freakonomics lyrics - Clutch

What kind of ugly are they talking about?
It's just straight up cold evil.
What kind of nonsense are they going on about?
Do they suffer from the fever?
Nothing's gonna satisfy them
Till it all goes Chernobyl
No, nothing's ever really gonna satisfy them
Until the virus goes mobile.

If you didn't then well now you know
Outside is an army of antlers
I hate to say it but I told you so
Only the freaks have all the answers.

Red threat! Helicopters! Super-Mind-Control!
Stockholm Syndrome! Love your captors!
Uranium! Super-Mind-Control.
It's gonna rain, rain down in buckets.
Watch it happen, a natural fact.
They're gonna lose and their not gonna like it.
Watch it happen. Supernatural act.

Algo Ha Cambiado lyrics - Clutch

Por favor, dejenme
O voy a enloquecer.
No soy quien para ser
Todo lo que soy

Algo ha cambiado
Que alucinado, quiero vivir.

Voy a ver, nacer el sol
En medio del camino
Y tambien voy a nacer
De acuerdo a mi destino.

Algo ha cambiado
Que alucinado, quiero vivir.

Voy a ver, nacer el sol
En medio del camino
Y tambien voy a nacer
De acuerdo a mi destino.

Algo ha cambiado
Que alucinado, quiero vivir.

Sleestak Lightning lyrics - Clutch

I send pictures through the mail
Well documented and very detailed
To politicians and big celebrities,
But none of them are believing in me
And I await their response
Some send none, most send cops
But man it's a dire situation
And I will risk the public humiliation

Sleestak lightning on my trail
It's a dire situation, they are on my trail

West Virginia has its Moth Man,
Pan handlers' got their Skunk Ape.
But I have a tazer and night vision goggles,
Costco rolls of black duct tape.
It's got red eyes, it's got razor claws,
It's got green skin, no it ain't a meth-head.
And after studying its behavior, objectively and critically,
I believe I have a reliable method.

"From Beale Street To Oblivion" (2007)

You Can't Stop Progress lyrics - Clutch

"Though it's the opening track, You Can't Stop Progress is one of the last songs we wrote for Beale Street. It is sort of a preface to the next track, Power Player. We happened to perform it one night before Power Player, and it became apparent that the two were joined at the hip. We first heard the Bad Brains 20 years ago and in this tune it's obvious that they're still influencing us."

Yes, I'll be a responsible member
of this great and bless'd society.
I've come to understand the wrongful nature
of gun ownership in the age of monarchy.
But sometimes it's just so hard
to act like the person you weren't born to be.
Felonious behavior. Countless misdemeanors.
Impersonating an officer of the law.
Bonafide man of action! How you like that?
Bonafide man of action! How you like that?
You can't stop, you can't stop progress.
You cant's stop, you can't stop, no, no, no
You can't stop, you can't stop progress.
You cant's stop, you can't stop, no, no, no.
I understand there's no victimless crimes.
That being said I feel rather victimized.
And I will seek substantial compensation.
Whether legally, legal-ish, or otherwise.
But sometimes it's such a hassle
to sit patiently outside the open gates of a loaded castle.
Felonious behavior. Countless misdemeanors.
Impersonating an officer of the law.
Bonafide man of action! How you like that?
Bonafide man of action! How you like that?
You can't stop, you can't stop progress.
You cant's stop, you can't stop, no, no, no
You can't stop, you can't stop progress.
You cant's stop, you can't stop, no, no, no.

Power Player lyrics - Clutch

"This is the first song we wrote for the record. The idea for these lyrics came about while we were doing a lot of international flying. We even had the rare luxury of flying first class once [once being the operative word]. It's a whole different scene up there, hot towels and cheese trays. The rock band definitely came across as a booze soaked horde of barbarians. That, coupled with some late night notes taken in the lobby of the Hotel Ukraine in Moscow brought about this tune."

Diplomatically, emphatically deny
any prior knowledge shape or kind.
You don't know nothing about a Russian hooker.
Some bloke broke in and straight up took her.
Western European journalists, devious little monkeys,
They're bloody relentless.
Call the consulate, and burn the evidence,
Don't speak another word, just burn the evidence.
I'm not giving you attitude, I just want another drink.
I don't care about the altitude, I just want another drink.
Get your hands off me, you don't know who I am.
I'm a power player, I'm a power player.
Get your hands off me, you don't know who I am.
I'm a power player, I'm a power player.
You can always tell the terrorist by his cologne and the watch on his wrist.
It says I'm the type of man that can kick off anywhere, kick off anywhere.
I'm not giving you attitude, I just want another drink.
I don't care about the altitude, I just want another drink.
Movers, shakers, money makers, deal breakers, and dogs,
In this game you've got to lose a couple of your pawns.
I'm not giving you attitude, I just want another drink.
I don't care about the altitude, I just want another drink.
Movers, shakers, money makers, deal breakers, and dogs,
In this game you've got to lose a couple of your pawns.

The Devil & Me lyrics - Clutch

"These lyrics are imagined from two viewpoints. The first is God as he sits on his front porch giving his old buddy Lucifer a hard time for double-crossing him. The other is from the dark lord himself. He realizes that he fucked up, and he's got to hit the road. Oscar Hernandez and Lee Brintnall provided clap track. Killer claps... the best."

The devil and me had a falling out.
Violation of contract beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Wherever he go, whomever he meet.
He got to cross my house on the other side of the street.
And you know that's the truth. Now here's the part that the devil sings while he's
hanging his head in a hard rain:
Where I'm headed, I don't know.
Down this path, we all go.
Grace and luck, blood from stone.
Got nowhere to call my home.
What comes around goes around three-fold or more.
Now you can't get off of that killing floor.
I'm going back to Tennessee, back where I come from.
Gonna head back to Beale Street, Beale Street and Oblivion.
The devil and me, bad blood and beef.
An undisciplined child, a liar and a thief.
It's a low down shame, we were the best of friends.
But I suppose all good things got to come to an end.
What comes around goes around three-fold or more.
Now you can't get off of that killing floor.
I'm going back to Tennessee, back where I come from.
Gonna head back to Beale Street, Beale Street and Oblivion.
I'm going back to Tennessee, back where I come from.
Gonna head back to Beale Street, Beale Street and Oblivion.
Gotta get off of that killing floor.

White's Ferry lyrics - Clutch

"Every once in a while I go out on a drive through some old country roads in Maryland and Virginia. One of these routes goes over the Potomac via White's Ferry. This song is about some of the sights and experiences of one particular drive in September of 2006. Bryan Hinkley from Never Got Caught does the duel lead with Tim on this one, as well as wee tasty bits throughout."

Only the dirt I do believe.
As memory vanishes among the leaves.
Wizard of tickets is always glad to charge a pilgrim's fare.
Jubilee's generally early. Let's take the country air.
Mistreating granite, limestone, and clay. It's a shameful soil.
But all grows well on the floodplain tract if you can afford the toil.
Cradled in ivy, we will allow
the moss to prosper upon our brows.
Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
Wizard of tickets is always glad to charge a pilgrim's fare.
Jubilee's generally early. Let's take the country air.
Mistreating granite, limestone, and clay. It's a shameful soil.
But all grows well on the floodplain tract if you can afford the toil.
Only the dirt I do believe.
Divinity vanishes among the leaves.

Child Of The City lyrics - Clutch

"Some say Johannes Trithemius was a magician. Others believe he disguised his science and steganography inside a magical guise as an example of its practical application. Whatever the case, it's good material for rock and roll lyrics."

Child of the city, Mother of the Earth
Baptism by firefly, pinch a parson's purse.
Queen of Cups the Joker's blade is old and dull.
Child of the City
Yet it slices us with the nicest miracles.
Babe in the Wilderness, Father of Creation,
Spinning of the wind, the gathering of nations.
Professor on the Toadstool convene your class.
Babe in the wilderness.
In absentia, please show your hands.
And your feet. Are you touched by a beast?
Wash yourself, live your life. Take the Earth as your wife.
False idol raiser, play the town.
Count up your blessings and melt it down.
Immortal Dominator. Governor of the World.
Sic semper tyrannis. The Fisher and the Pearl.
The bearer of this letter is a charlatan.
Immortal Dominator.
In absentia, please show your hands and your feet
And your feet. Are you touched by a beast?
Wash yourself, live your life. Take the Earth as your wife.
False idol raiser, play the town.
Count up your blessings and melt it down.
All your money now, kid. All your money now, kid.
All your money now, kid. All your money.

Electric Worry lyrics - Clutch

"This song is one part cover song, one part original. Half of each verse is taken from Mississippi Fred McDowell's "Fred's Worried Life Blues." The rest is our own concoction. When we wrote the upbeat part of the song, I couldn't hear the typical blues sentiment. Instead, it kind of became a motivational speaker slapping himself out of a stupor. The chorus "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Vamanos! Vamanos!" has nothing to do with guns. It got its start long ago when Tim, and I can't recall why, said, "Vamanos! Bang! Bang!" Add a bit of John Lee Hooker and there you go. The ripping harp solo is none other that Five Horse Johnson's Eric Oblander."

Well you made me weep and you made me moan
When you caused me to leave, child, my happy home.
But someday, baby, you ain't gonna worry my life anymore.
I get satisfaction everywhere I go.
Where I lay my head - that's where I call home.
Whether barren pines, or the mission stare,
Take tomorrow's collar and give 'em back the glare.
Bang, bang, bang, bang! Vamanos, vamanos.
Bang, bang, bang! Vamanos, vamanos.
You told everybody in the neighborhood
what a dirty mistreater. That I was no good.
But someday, baby, you ain't gonna worry my life anymore.
Doctor or lawyer, I'll never be.
Life of a drifter - only life for me,
You can have your riches, all the gold you saved.
Cause' ain't room for one thing in everybody's grave.
Bang, bang, bang, bang! Vamanos, vamanos!
Bang, bang, bang! Vamanos, vamanos!
If I had money, like Henry Ford,
Lord, I'd have me a woman, yeah on every road.
But Someday, baby, you ain't gonna worry my life any more.
Invocation of the dummies, requiem for a head,
Cash in at the corner, piles of street cred.
I get satisfaction everywhere I go.
One day baby you'll worry me no more.
Bang, bang, bang, bang! Vamanos, vamanos!
Bang, bang, bang! Vamanos, vamanos!

One Eye Dollar lyrics - Clutch


"When we were touring we got in the habit of jamming Electric Worry straight into One Eye Dollar. We tried to write a new tune that would do the same trick, but nothing was as good. So we said screw it, let's just track it again. I was never happy with the lyrics on the original version, so this was a good opportunity to do some editing."

I been working, one eye dollar, by and by, Lord, by and by.
I got the plans to the Oval office, by and by, Lord, by and by.
In the inner chambers of the president
You will find no crosses only pentagrams.
1600, all the way! That's right brother, all the way!
1600, today's our day!
I been working, one eye dollar, by and by, Lord, by and by.
I got the plans in my front pocket, by and by, Lord, by and by.
I been working like a pack mule every day.
And to think that some of it ends up that way.
1600, all the way! That's right brother, all the way!
1600, today's our day!

Rapture Of Riddley Walker lyrics - Clutch

"Read Russel Hoban's 'Riddley Walker.' It'll explain everything."

Went to the doctor, to see what could be given.
He said, "Sorry, but you've got to do your own livin'."
Went to the pastor, to hear what he would say.
He said, "Sorry, son, come back later some time after judgment day."
There is no safe way out of here. No passage below the dungeon.
No mother ship will save you. So goes the rapture of Riddley Walker.
Churchyard was empty, schoolyard was bare.
Wind in the streets, wind in the air.
Pockets of diamonds, nothing to buy.
Scream out hello and get no reply.
Victims of zombies convene in the park
While any man with dignity makes an easy mark.
Heaven is a long ways away. Heaven is a long, long, long, long ways away.
There is no safe way out of here. No passage below the dungeon.
No mothership will come save you. The rapture of Riddley Walker.
How many-cools of Addom? Party cools of stone?
Hart of the wood shudder. Eusa roam.
Drop-John been climbing on Riddley's back. Follow the power, a natural fact.
Orfing & Ardship, hardship is plain. Hardly Goodparley is ever the same.
Shadows and phantom's convene in the snow.
Among the low whispers are voices you know.
Heaven is a long ways away. Heaven is a long, long, long, long ways away.
There is no safe way out of here. No passage below the dungeon.
No mothership will come save you. The rapture of Riddley Walker.
How many-cools of Addom? Party cools of stone?
Hart of the wood shudder. Eusa roam.

When Vegans Attack lyrics - Clutch


"I got no problems with vegans. Let's be clear on that. But have you ever met someone who has concocted his or her own convenient first-world philosophy? Cherry picked all those bits of radicalism that appealed to them and threw out the ugly bits? Someone who thinks they're enlightened but are really jut a victim of the own peer driven self-congratulatory bullshit? I have. There's lots of those types in Washington D.C."

How's that hardcore fanzine? Still take the piss?
Y and T got records, demos on cassette.
Summer of the seven inch. Too cool for school.
Manifestos at Kinko's, pinko commies play no fools.
I feel the spirit moving over me.
There are clouds beneath my feet.
When vegans attack on ten speed bikes.
Tattoos with meaning, American Spirit Lights.
It's hard to smoke 'em when you got to be runnin'
Congressional and D.C.P.D.
Lafayette Park undercovers,
The saddest sight you ever see, ever see.
Tear gas electric! You know I can't quit this riot.
Strictly professional insurrectionist kid, and I can't deny it.
I feel the spirit moving over me.
There are clouds beneath my feet.
When vegans attack on ten speed bikes.
Tattoos with meaning, American Spirit Lights .
Freshmen in fatigues. You know he's fighting for his right.
Copious note taker. American Spirit Lights.
I feel the spirit moving over me.
I feel the spirit moving over me.
There are clouds beneath my feet.
When vegans attack on ten speed bikes.
Tattoos with meaning, American Spirit Lights .
Freshmen in fatigues. You know he's fighting for his right.
Copious note taker. American Spirit Lights.

Opossum Minister lyrics - Clutch

"In the early 1980s' my family lived in a typically terrible pre-planned suburban development called Montgomery Village. Our house bordered a historical town called Prathertown. Prathertown was a free town and I went to school with some Prathers. In the back end of Prathertown there was a lady who lived in a dilapidated home. She had cut outs of wild boars with bloody tusks on her roof, two impossibly colossal rocking chairs, and a collection of saints in her front yard. It was the house we all walked by a bit quicker."

I met a lady down in Prathertown, two rocking chairs.
She said take a seat boy and I'll treat you fair.
Snake charmers cold infidels, get a running start.
Pick up the pieces in the graveyard and unbury my heart.
The wolf howls at midnight, the rooster at the dawn
Opossum minister where you been so long?
Montgomery Village kids, you just look like the type.
You sure you want to know the mysteries? You're but a trifling height.
Families in their den, staring at the box
Opossum minister hen done killed the fox.
Eyes like clouds know you stare.
Count the minutes by the rocking of chairs.
Prathertown unincorporated,
May you stay far unrelated to the wicked ways of Montgomery Village.
There's a darkness deep in their eyes, as if the sun don't rise.
Those poor afflicted people of Montgomery Village
Fake farmers, straight Jezebels, you know the score.
Pick up the pieces in the graveyard and leave 'em at the door.
The master-plan unfolds, silent sinister
Is there any hope left Opossum Minister?

Eyes like clouds know you stare.
Count the minutes by the rocking of chairs.
Prathertown unincorporated,
May you stay far unrelated to the wicked ways of Montgomery Village.
There's a darkness deep in their eyes, as if the sun don't rise.
Those poor afflicted people of Montgomery Village

Prathertown unincorporated,
May you stay far unrelated to the wicked ways of Montgomery Village.
There's a darkness deep in their eyes, as if the sun don't rise.
Those poor afflicted people of Montgomery Village

Black Umbrella lyrics - Clutch

"Some people don't like politics in their songs. I don't either. But some characters loom so large in our lives that they are fair game to be used as fodder for creating fictions. Both Bryan and Eric strong-armed themselves onto tape yet again."

Has your child completed his or her suspicious activity booklet?
Don't let this summer go to waste.
The enemy is preparing their children, are you?
Time to show them who's boss.
Moloch demands fresh blood to maintain the appetite of his mechanical heart.
Will you sacrifice your first born like Abraham would his Isaac?
Will you sacrifice your first born like Abraham would his Isaac?

Tell me why, Dick Cheney, underneath my bed?
Hell no, that ain't cool!
Tendin' to the lips of a shrunken head.
No sir, that ain't cool.
Come on now take one for the team.
Stick it to the man, stick it to the man.
Raise the dagger high above Isaac
drive it down as hard as you can.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
All goes exactly as planned, so many tomorrows to sell.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
Stand fast, upset the system, so many tomorrows to sell.
Mother, mother, don't want to work on the farm no more.
Father, father, don't want to wear your uniform.
Mary, Mary, keep me safe and comforted.
Father, Father, raise that dagger up above your head.

Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
All goes exactly as planned so many tomorrows to sell.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
Stand fast, upset the system, so many tomorrows to sell.
[bridge]
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
All goes exactly as planned, so many tomorrows to sell.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
Stand fast, upset the system, so many tomorrows to sell.
[bridge]
All you ready to prove your love to the Lord?
I said are you willing to prove your love to the Lord?
As Abraham handed down his first born on a stone.
Do you wonder what is right and what is wrong?
Shiny Master Cadillackness
Shiny Master Cadillackness
Shiny Master Cadillackness
Shiny Master Cadillackness"In Sauget, Illinois there is a club called Pop's. It's on a lawless piece of land with 24 hour strip bars and an O.T.B. I once went into the O.T.B. facility and saw the strangest collection of people one could imagine. It was Mos Eisley spaceport. A woman dressed like she had come straight from a jazz funeral walked in and no one seemed to notice her but myself. I guess anomaly is typical in Sauget. Eric plays on this track as well."

Money Mike, Pistol Pete
both went running down the street.
Police and snitches, lover's lane.
Hot summer. Hot rain.
Hit the bricks.
The girl got her tricks.
She's the Mississippi terror,
and there's none the fairer.
O.T.B. was jammed.
Paper changing hands.
Nothing left but smoke and cellar
And a Woman with a black umbrella.
Little Lewis lost his shit.
10 to 1, couldn't collect.
Fish Head Phil, Itchy Ike...
say they never got home that night.
Shake the breaker.
That girl ain't no money maker.
She's come to cook all the books,
and flaunt her good looks.
O.T.B. was jammed.
Paper changing hands.
Nothing left but smoke and cellar.
And a Woman with a black umbrella.

Mr. Shiny Cadillackness lyrics - Clutch

"Some people don't like politics in their songs. I don't either. But some characters loom so large in our lives that they are fair game to be used as fodder for creating fictions. Both Bryan and Eric strong-armed themselves onto tape yet again."

Has your child completed his or her suspicious activity booklet?
Don't let this summer go to waste.
The enemy is preparing their children, are you?
Time to show them who's boss.
Moloch demands fresh blood to maintain the appetite of his mechanical heart.
Will you sacrifice your first born like Abraham would his Isaac?
Will you sacrifice your first born like Abraham would his Isaac?

Tell me why, Dick Cheney, underneath my bed?
Hell no, that ain't cool!
Tendin' to the lips of a shrunken head.
No sir, that ain't cool.
Come on now take one for the team.
Stick it to the man, stick it to the man.
Raise the dagger high above Isaac
drive it down as hard as you can.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
All goes exactly as planned, so many tomorrows to sell.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
Stand fast, upset the system, so many tomorrows to sell.
Mother, mother, don't want to work on the farm no more.
Father, father, don't want to wear your uniform.
Mary, Mary, keep me safe and comforted.
Father, Father, raise that dagger up above your head.

Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
All goes exactly as planned so many tomorrows to sell.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
Stand fast, upset the system, so many tomorrows to sell.
[bridge]
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
All goes exactly as planned, so many tomorrows to sell.
Shiny Master Cadillackness, halos suit you well.
Stand fast, upset the system, so many tomorrows to sell.
[bridge]
All you ready to prove your love to the Lord?
I said are you willing to prove your love to the Lord?
As Abraham handed down his first born on a stone.
Do you wonder what is right and what is wrong?
Shiny Master Cadillackness
Shiny Master Cadillackness
Shiny Master Cadillackness
Shiny Master Cadillackness

"Robot Hive / Exodus" (2005)

The Incomparable Mr. Flannery lyrics - Clutch

First we get some surgery,
Lose the kids then our identities.
But one thing I know for a fact, Moustache stays right where its at.
REO Speedwagon, Kansas to Boston.
My ankle bracelet, already gone and lost it.
Them yellow jackets keep the tired man from slacking.

Stole my Camaro, primer gray.
Took my suitcase, all my pay.
Ain't got no taillights, grill full of fur.
How could you do this to a man so close to being cured?

We should get together and talk it over
At the Detroiter.
Delaware Destroyers, rocking with Dokken.
You front the money and I'll do all the talking.
Them yellow jackets keep the tired man from slacking.

Stole my Camaro, primer gray.
Took my suitcase, all my pay.
Stole my Camaro, primer gray.
Took my suitcase, all my pay.
Ain't got no taillights, grill full of fur.
How could you do this to a man so close to being cured?

Come a little closer honey, I won't bite ya.
One more lager and I might learn to like ya.

Stole my Camaro, primer gray.
Took my suitcase, all my pay.
Stole my Camaro, primer gray.
Took my suitcase, all my pay.
Ain't got no taillights, grill full of fur.
How could you do this to a man so close to being cured?
Ain't got no taillights, grill full of fur.
How could you do this to a man so close to being cured?

Burning Beard lyrics - Clutch

Every day I wake up we drink a lot of coffee and watch the CNN
Every day I wake up to a bowl of clover honey and let the locusts fly in.
Lobsterbacks attack the town again
Wrap all my things in aluminum
Beams of darkness streak across the sky
Pink rays from the ancient satellite

Every time I look out my window same three dogs looking back at me.
Every time I open my windows cranes fly in to terrorize me.
The power of the Holy Ghost
The power of the Holy Ghost

Shadow of the New Praetorian
Tipping cows in fields Elysian
Saturnalia for all you have
The seven habits of the highly infected calve

Swan diving off the tongues of crippled giants
International Business Machine
Choking on bits of barley bread crumbs
Oh this burning beard I have come undone.
It's just as I've feared. I have, I have come undone.

Bugger dumb the last of academe.
Okkam's razor makes the cutting clean.
Shaven like a banker, lilac vegetal.
Break the glass ceiling and golden parachute on down.
The power of the Holy Ghost comes to town.

Shadow of the New Praetorian
Tipping cows in fields Elysian
Saturnalia for all you have
The seven habits of the highly infected calve.

Gullah lyrics - Clutch

Ain't no doubt Jesus sees us
Acting foolishly on American Band Stand
Agog with spastic baskets, the latest fashions
Here I am Here I am Here I am
But that chin music sound, oh how it drown
Gotta shake 'em on down

Scaling up the heights of folly.
Scaling up the heights of folly.

Kill the lights and bring the music down. Everybody be quiet.
Sudden movement on the Serengeti, get ready Freddy,
Opportunity only knocks once.
Never mind the fat ones, just go for the slow ones
See how they run see how they run see how they run.

While you busy lighting roman candles on the yellow cake
They shook you on down.
When the rain start falling, boatman calling,
Shake 'em on down.

The flood receding, the mountain appears,
Send out the black bird, send out the dove.

You Babel rabble-rousers
In polyester trousers
Big bright cities.
Ain't no doubt Vishnu missed you, then Kali kissed you,
Better get busy. Better get busy. Better get busy.

Days get shorter, air gets colder,
Tune on in to the N.O.A.A. radio

Scaling up the heights of folly.
Scaling up the heights of folly.

While you busy lighting roman candles on the yellow cake
They shook you on down.
When the rain start falling, boatman calling,
Shake 'em on down.
While you busy lighting roman candles on the yellow cake
They shook you on down.
When the rain start falling, boatman calling,
Shake 'em on down.

The flood receding, the mountain appears,
Send out the black bird, send out the dove.

Mice & Gods lyrics - Clutch

Silver women on the OMNI magazine
They got the future precisely laid out as I need.
That Lux Aeterna sound is so frightening.
Holding hands with Lucifer is never that enlightening.

So fire it up. Fire it and the flesh be damned,
Fire it up. Yeah, that's the ticket now kick out the jams.

Engineer the future now. Damn tomorrow, future now!
Throw the switches, prime the charge,
Yesterday's for mice and gods.

Life inside the biosphere, dodecahedron fever's here.
Sporting scarlet letters of genetic imperfection, dear.
Love child in the reeds. Take a sample for the breed.
Should have left him in the stream. Cooing at the smitten queen.

So fire it up. Fire it and the flesh be damned,
Fire it up. Yeah, that's the ticket now kick out the jams.

Engineer the future now. Damn tomorrow, future now!
Throw the switches, prime the charge,
Yesterday's for mice and gods.

Slowly, broken windows returning to the sand
The economic factors are no longer relevant.
That empty city sound is so frightening.
Neolithic fear is such a motivating factory.

So fire it up. Fire it and the flesh be damned,
Fire it up. Yeah, that's the ticket now kick out the jams.

Engineer the future now. Damn tomorrow, future now!
Throw the switches, prime the charge,
Yesterday's for mice and gods.

Pulaski Skyway lyrics - Clutch

Oh, but to just dance on steel, the Sky Pulaski way.
By the fires of Elizabeth, never cease to amaze.
So hats off to the industry's casualties
Tra loo tray lay.

Oh that swamp full of grabbing hands.
Pull you under New Amsterdam.
Chinese boxes hold their secrets well.
How many are there one can never tell.

Got to get religion, they gonna join that underground church
Even the mole people got to get religion.
They gonna join that underground church.

Art class for the bourgeoisies, lab rats for the cat.
Real estate moguls, Chump Towers,
When the wind blows you can hear the windows go rat a tat rat a tat tat tat.

Jimmy Hoffa in the Meadowlands, weighing down that union man.
Grab his ankles, stevedores,
Oh how those Jets do roar.

Got to get religion, they gonna join that underground church
Even the mole people got to get religion.
They gonna join that underground church.

Oh but to just dine on sewage, cold seagull pie.
Wrestle albino alligators and spin the good lie.

Oh that swamp full of grabbing hands.
Pull you under New Amsterdam.
Chinese boxes hold their secrets well.
How many are there one can never tell.

Got to get religion, they gonna join that underground church
Even the mole people got to get religion.
They gonna join that underground church.

Never Be Moved lyrics - Clutch


I know we came here to get our good times on,
Hold the whole world in our hand and greet the dawn with open arms.
So make a contribution if you have been amused
But before we depart my brothers and sisters I have some heavy news.

Oh how it breaks my heart this photograph.
Several in the ministry practice a fuzzy math.
And some of us wear the robes of the righteous
Are a little more next of kin
To the Sleestak, the wicked one who makes a meal of our sins.

Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.
Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.

Woe be the architect of our city, cruel leveler, the hillock strangler.
Bold pusher of the cold bone index
Through the knotted bowels of the old alleyways.
Read the future a false haruspex.
Recall how he coaxed us out of the green plains.
All of us, dumb eyed at the sheer number. So long ago it does not matter.
Woe be architect in his slumber, for the Watcher never sleeps.
And on that day there will be rejoicing and dancing streets.

Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.
Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.

Get your evolution on.

Good St. Charles Darwin wrote his gospel down
So keep your eyes turned to the sky and your ears down to the ground.

Get your evolution on.

Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.
Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.
Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.
Ain't no telling how much longer but we will never be moved.

10001110101 lyrics - Clutch

Ribonucleic acid freak out, the power of prayer.
Long halls of science and all the lunatics committed there.
Robot Lords of Tokyo, SMILE TASTE KITTENS!
Did you not know that the royal hunting grounds are always forbidden?

Are you rolling tape now? Bits and pieces large and small
Sector, vector, eat them all.
It's already in their eyes.
Among the metal ones a messenger will soon arrive.

10001110101
Periodic table with a center piece of mind.
10001110101
Periodic table with a center piece of mind.

Man alive the jive and lyrics,
Radioactive, don't come near it.
Temple of Syrinx having the bake sale of the year.
Man alive the jive and lyrics,
Radioactive, don't come near it.
Temple of Syrinx having the bake sale of the year.

Ain't nothing you can do about it. Gonna be a big brawl over it
Like them little bitty babies in the king cakes.
Bonnie & Clyde the whole dome,
The shackles of automata will shatter like their bones.

10001110101
Periodic table with a center piece of mind.
10001110101
Periodic table with a center piece of mind.

Man alive the jive and lyrics,
Radioactive, don't come near it.
Temple of Syrinx having the bake sale of the year.
Man alive the jive and lyrics,
Radioactive, don't come near it.
Temple of Syrinx having the bake sale of the year.

Ribonucleic acid freak out, the power of prayer.
Long halls of science and all the lunatics committed there.
Robot Lords of Tokyo, SMILE TASTE KITTENS!
Did you not know that the royal hunting grounds are always forbidden?

10001110101
Half a mind to double up, baby. Three times is jive.
10001110101
Half a mind to double up, baby. Three times is jive.

Man alive the jive and lyrics,
Radioactive, don't come near it.
Temple of Syrinx having the bake sale of the year.
Man alive the jive and lyrics,
Radioactive, don't come near it.
Temple of Syrinx having the bake sale of the year.

Circus Maximus lyrics - Clutch

Will you be entertained by beast and knives?
Vital mentalisms will blow your minds!
Cthulu's red headed step child, quite the precocious babe.
We like to keep it on the D.L. because our clientele prefers it that way

The seven legged sow will see to the after-show.
Don't you think the candelabra gives a pleasant glow?

Now may I present to you the basilisk?
Please don your goggles if you wish to resist.
From the fiery depths of the planet's core
The never sleeping for wont of eating unholy stench of the manticore.

Please produce your access pass, no photographs please.
Some of our guests are how shall I say? Hyperbolic V.I.P.
There is a velvet room for the discriminating pack.
Celebrities and tentacles regard the beast with two backs.

The seven legged sow will see to the after-show.
Don't you think the candelabra gives a pleasant glow?

Paparazzi! World wide video debut!
Paparazzi! World wide video debut!
Paparazzi! World wide video debut!
Paparazzi! World wide video debut!

And just when you thought it could get no stranger,
May I present the semblance of a Scandinavian doppelganger.
From the frozen depths of a forgotten fjord,
The never sleeping for wont of eating unholy stench of the manticore,

10,000 Witnesses lyrics - Clutch

After defying the grip of the hangman's noose
And recovering my cognizance,
Spun the compass North by Northwest
And took liberty out for a long slow dance.
Took a good look around, what did I see?
A big red tent and people coming in like the tide of the sea.
I ducked in to catch the shade, Preacher jump up all ablaze.

"They say this year rock is coming back, Jack.
White gnashing teeth like wolves in the pack.
Carnivorous, no mercy hon.
There's plenty here for everyone so come get you some!"

10,000 witnesses, show 'em how it's done, son.
Fist full of cottonmouth, rock that podium.
Walk on the ashes, no half stepping, kid.
Their fans are flashing in expectation.

All right now!

"They say this year rock is coming back, Jack.
White gnashing teeth like wolves in the pack.
Carnivorous, no mercy son.
There's plenty here for everyone so come get you some!"

Living on the lamb and all cut loose,
Number of the Saints march on in.
Gonna find my executioners
And show them exactly what it means to live.

10,000 witnesses, show 'em how it's done, son.
Fist full of cottonmouth, rock that podium.
Walk on the ashes, no half stepping, kid.
Their fans are flashing in expectation.

All right now!

"They say this year rock is coming back, Jack.
White gnashing teeth like wolves in the pack.
Carnivorous, no mercy hon.
There's plenty here for everyone so come get you some!"

"They say this year rock is coming back, Jack.
White gnashing teeth like wolves in the pack.
Carnivorous, no mercy hon.
There's plenty here for everyone so come get you some!"

Land Of Pleasant Living lyrics - Clutch

Above there is no ending
For the Vodka spinning Mir
All that is is passing
And now is never here
So keep on raging
You frenzied pioneers

No time for the wringing of hands
Strange faced ambassadors, strike up the band
Bust out that Dom Perignon
Johnnie Walker Red on that fairway lawn

Remember tripping on the fourth of July?
Exploding octopuses in disguise?
They picked you up and they never let you down.
Everyone's forgiven in the land of Pleasant Living now.

Yuri Garagin sends
His kindest regards
How those Yankees doing?
Still Rock and Roll and Fancy cars?
But onto pressing matters
Such as the gluttony of the starving stars.

No time for the wringing of hands
Strange faced ambassadors, strike up the band
Bust out that Dom Perignon
Jonnie Walker Red on that fairway lawn

Remember tripping on the fourth of July?
Exploding octopuses in disguise?
They picked you up and they never let you down.
Everyone's forgiven in the land of Pleasant Living now.

Gravel Road lyrics - Clutch

[Words by Mississippi Fred McDowell]

I'm going down that gravel. Gonna take the right hand road.
I'm going down that gravel. Gonna take the right hand road.
And I ain't stopping till my baby's home.

That girl I'm loving got great long curly hair.
That girl I'm loving got great long curly hair.
But her mother and her father sure don't want me there.

I got to study some scheme, Lord, get my baby back to herself.
I got to study some scheme, Lord, get my baby back to herself.
Lord, I love that woman and I don't want nobody else.

I looked down that road just as far as I could see.
There was a bunch of women and they be following me.

The brook run into the ocean, the ocean run into that deep blue sea.
The brook run into the ocean, the river run into that deep blue sea.
You ought to have seen them women, Lord, they be fishing after me.

Who's Been Talking? lyrics - Clutch

[Words by Howlin' Wolf]

My baby caught the train. Left me all alone.
My baby caught the train. Left me all alone.
She know I love her. She done me wrong.
My baby bought the ticket long as her right arm.
My baby bought the ticket long as my right arm.
She say she gonna ride long as I been from home.

Who's been talking everything that I do?
Who's been talking everything that I do?
Well you my baby I hate to lose.
Goodbye baby, hate to see you go.
Goodbye baby, hate to see you go.
You know I love you. I'm the causing of it all.

I'm the causing of it all.

"Blast Tyrant" (2004)

Mercury lyrics - Clutch

Daedalus, Your Child Is Falling And The Labyrinth Is Calling.

Renegade Heaps, Humanity Abandoned.
Bower Of The Vowels, You Lit Them And Fanned Them.
Mercury, The Courier, Celestial Messenger
Bed With Dawn, Your Bride.
Arrowhead Of Diane, Pierce The Mind Of A Man,
Tongueless Muse Of Time

Profits Of Doom lyrics - CLutch

Born With A Moustache And A Supernova, Tossed Off The Cliffs Of Dover.
Washed Up On A Far Away Shore In The Arms Of The Daughter Of The Buffalo.
Mama Said He Was The Chosen One. Reverend Said He Was The Other One.
All That Pay No Mind Inside His Econoline.

Swallower Of Planets, The Profits Of Doom.
Quarterly Projections, The Profits Of Doom.

A Caliph, Rabbi, And A Bishop Walk Into A Bar.
One Says To The Other,
"Hey Now Brother, We Haven't Gotten Very Far."

Who's The Writing? John The Revelator.
He Wrote The Book Of The 7Th Seal.

Swallower Of Planets, The Profits Of Doom.
Quarterly Projections, The Profits Of Doom.

Genesis And Exodus, Leviticus And Numbers,
Gideon Is Knocking In Your Hotel While You Slumber.

Swallower Of Planets, The Profits Of Doom.

Never Trust The White Man Driving The Black Van
He's Just Saving All His Voodoo For You.
Just For You.

Never Trust The White Man Driving The Black Van
He's Just Saving All His Voodoo For You.
Just For You.

The Mob Goes Wild lyrics - Clutch

Please Allow Me To Adjust My Pants
So That I May Dance The Good Time Dance
And Put The Onlookers And Innocent Bystanders Into A Trance

Give Disease So The Swine Will Marry And Propagate Lies.
Tough Luck For Elected Officials. The Beast You See Got Fifty Eyes.
Bring It On Home, Spread The Wealth. Play It Cool, The Hand's Been Dealt.
Now, All The Odds Are In Our Favor. Save The Victory Speeches For Later.

Streets On Fire, The Mob Goes Wild.

21 Guns, Box Made Of Pine, Letter From The Government Sealed And Signed
Delivered Federal Express On Your Mother's Doorstep.

Condoleeza Rice Is Nice, But I Prefer A-Roni.
And That Man On The T.V. Who Speaks To The Dead, You Know That Man's A Phony.
Everybody Move To Canada And Smoke Lots Of Pot.
Everybody Move To Canada Right Now. Here's How We Do It:
Bum Rush The Border Guard Before He And His Dog Ever Knew It.

Streets On Fire, The Mob Goes Wild.

21 Guns, Box Made Of Pine, Letter From The Government Sealed And Signed
Delivered Federal Express On Your Mother's Doorstep.

Cypress Grove lyrics - Clutch

Well, All Right.

There Are Women In Cypress Grove
And If They Catch You, You Don't Go Home
So Get To Booking And Don't Look Back
A One Way Ticket On A Two Way Track

Now Tell Me

Holy Diver, Where You At?
There's A Woman On The Hill In A Wide Brimmed Hat
With A Shotgun, .44,
And A Big Blood Hound In The Back Of A Jacked Up Ford.

They Say The Water Is Cherry Wine
And All Them Women Drunk All The Time
Sheriff Jackson Went Out The Back
And Now His Daughters All Dress In Black

Now Tell Me

Holy Diver, Where You At?
There's A Woman On The Hill In A Wide Brimmed Hat
With A Shotgun, .44,
And A Razor Back Boar In The Back Of A Jacked Up Ford.

You Better Keep On Running Bukka
They're Playing You For Succotash And Your Stash Is Gone.

Now Tell Me

Holy Diver, Where You At?
There's A Woman On The Hill In A Wide Brimmed Hat
With A Shotgun, .44,
And A Black Plastic Bag In The Back Of A Jacked Up Ford.

Promoter (Of Earthbound Causes) lyrics - Clutch

Warmed Up My Motor, Swindled The Promoter
Took A Lunatic For A Ride
And A Little Voice Said Inside My Head
Rosemary Baby, I Got The Thyme

Suffering Madness And The Pharaoh's Plague
I, Akhenaten Tell You Some Other Day
No Thank You, That's Enough For Me
A Little Bit Of Ritalin Goes A Long Way

Ready To Rock If You Want To Roll
Please Step Away From The Vehicle
Ragnarok And Revolutionize
Gimme Just A Minute While I Clarify

Cooled Down My Temper, Tried To Remember
What It Was I Wasn't To Lose
And I Probably Could Were It Not For
The Beer And The Broads And The Broads And The Booze.

Hooked On Stupid, And The Whole Shebang
I Never Have Ever Felt The Same
No Thank You, That's Enough For Me
That's Prozacly Not What I Need

Ready To Rock If You Want To Roll
Please Step Away From The Vehicle
Ragnarok And Revolutionize
Gimme Just A Minute While I Clarify

The Regulator lyrics - Clutch

I See That Lantern Trimmed Low Burning In Our Home.
And Though I Feel Like Crying, I Swear Tonight, I'll Cry No More.

How Many Times Have I Prayed
That I Would Get Lost Along The Way?

Dream With The Feathers Of Angels Stuffed Beneath Your Head.
The Regulator's Swinging Pendulum.

Come With Me And Walk The Longest Mile.

Is His Wallet Leather? Is His Wallet Fat?
For Not A Year Later It's Got You Lying On Your Back.
You Should Have Closed Your Windows And Got Another Dog.
You Should Have Chained Up All The Doors And Switched Up All The Locks.

And How Many Times Have I Prayed
The Angels Would Speed Me Away.

Dream With The Feathers Of Angels Stuffed Beneath Your Head.
The Regulator's Swinging Pendulum.

Come With Me And Walk The Longest Mile.

Worm Drink lyrics - Clutch


I'll March No Longer
I'll Fight No More
You Can Send Out All The Track Snivelers,
But I'm Done With War.

Wind Him Up, Bring Him Back
Conscript, Deserter.
The Worm Drink Is Loose.
Wind Him Up, Bring Him Back
Conscript, Deserter.
The Proof Is In The Juice.

University Boulevard.
New Hampshire Avenue.
Tick Tock Liquor.
Thunderbird.

And Now That We Have Totally Lost All Composure,
We Will Wither From Exposure Beneath The Sun.

Wind Him Up, Bring Him Back
Conscript, Deserter.
The Worm Drink Is Loose.
Wind Him Up, Bring Him Back
Conscript, Deserter.
The Proof Is In The Juice.

If You See Me At The Bottom,
Please Bring Me My Running Shoes.
And If You See Me Getting Caught Up,
Yeah, You Know What To Do.

I'll March No Longer
I'm Done With War
Send Out Your Snivelers,
But I'll March No More.

Wind Him Up, Bring Him Back
Conscript, Deserter.
The Worm Drink Is Loose.
Wind Him Up, Bring Him Back
Conscript, Deserter.
The Proof Is In The Juice.

Army Of Bono lyrics - Clutch

Hold The Presses Mikey! Hot News On The Wire!
Hundreds See An Image Of A Guinness Drinking Choir.
Celebrities And Cameras Are Headed To The Scene
While Presidents Are Fleeing To Their Speeding Limousines.

Don't Worry, It's Just Stigmata.
Pass Me A Napkin And Don't You Dare Tell My Mother.

Your Local Programming Interrupted
By The Mindless Banter Of A Soulless Talking Head.
Roll Out The Red Carpet, Dripping Bloody Tongue.
Pay No Mind To Blue Berets And All Their Shiny Guns.

Don't Worry, It's Just Stigmata.
Pass Me A Napkin And Don't You Dare Tell My Mother.

Who You Gonna Call When The Man Brings His Hammer Down?
Goose Stepping With A Smoking Irish Fly.

And When Our World Is Over, Children By The Fire
Raise Their Hands And Pray That They May See A New Messiah.
And Somewhere In The Darkness A Flag Goes Running By.
The Smell Of Cigarettes And Love Are Incense For The Fly.

Don't Worry, It's Just Stigmata.
Pass Me A Napkin And Don't You Dare Tell My Mother.

Who You Gonna Call When The Man Brings His Hammer Down?
Goose Stepping With A Smoking Irish Fly.

Spleen Merchant lyrics - Clutch


When I Die You Can Cut Me Up And Take All That You Please,
But Pity The Poor Dumb Fool Who Gets My Bleeding Spleen.
Corn Pone, I Born Tomorrow, My Bone Marrow Protein Filled
Scotch Whiskey Men Of Tain Have Come To Split Your Skills.

Hey, Hey
I Got Your Heaven, I Got Your Burning Hell, I Got It All Right Here.

Wrap Them Tight In Zip-Lock Bags To Benefit Good Medicines.
If Bad, You Can Toss Them Back And Stuff Them In Sausages.
Isn't It Something So Becoming, A Gentlemen Of Good Taste.
The Appetizer's Quite The Pleaser, But Might You Pass The Pepper Please This Way.

Hey, Hey
I Got Your Heaven, I Got Your Burning Hell, I Got It All Right Here.

Fertilizer Makes Your Corn Row Higher, But Makes Your Back Yard Stink.
And All The Crows Know Where The Wind Blows, Where Water Sinks.

Hey, Hey
I Got Your Heaven, I Got Your Burning Hell, I Got It All Right Here.

(In The Wake Of) The Swollen Goat lyrics - Clutch

No Horizon Is Obscured By The Clouds. Settlements Make Nary A Sound.
And There Were Black Birds Singing And Fish Floating On The Sea.
While The Bells Of The Buoys All Rang In Harmony.

Bury Your Treasure, Burn Your Crops,
Black Water Rising And It Ain't Gonna Stop.

The Governor He Been Long Gone, Anchor Dropped On His Front Lawn.
Build A Keep And Dig A Moat, The Return Of The Swollen Goat.
Can You Hear The Fife And Drums, Barnacles Barking At The Sun.
Ain't No Chance, So Don't You Try, Now Everybody Got To Die.

Bury Your Treasure, Burn Your Crops,
Black Water Rising And It Ain't Gonna Stop.

We Do Not Desire Tributes.
We Desire Information.
We Seek The Worm Drink Who Has Lately Betrayed His Nation

Albatross On Your Neck And A Hooker On The Shore,
Dog-Men To The Deck, There's A Hooker On The

In The Wake Of The Swollen Goat

Bury Your Treasure, Burn Your Crops,
Black Water Rising And It Ain't Gonna Stop.

Subtle Hustle lyrics - Clutch

Back Again With A Quickness, Pick It Up, Pick It Up.
Master Arithmeticness, Light It Up, Light It Up.
I Got The Heat In Both Feet, Snake Handler's Hands.
Come Back With Slickness And Do It All Again.

My Subtle Hustle, Smooth As Mother's Butter.
I Let It Ride On, I Let It Ride On.

Now I'm The Media's Darling, Pick It Up, Pick It Up.
An International Phenomenon, Light It Up, Light It Up.
I Cause Eclipses With A Wave Of The Hand.
Let Them Hang In Ellipses And Do It All Again.

My Subtle Hustle, Smooth As Mother's Butter.
I Let It Ride On, I Let It Ride On.

I Got Your Number. I Steal Your Thunder.
I Got Your Mother's Maiden Name Tattooed On My Arm.

I Drive Out Daemons. Can I Hear An Amen?
Now Say My Name.
Lay Hands On Screaming Heathens. And Do It All Again.

My Subtle Hustle, Smooth As Mother's Butter.
I Let It Ride On, I Let It Ride On.

Eulogy For A Ghost lyrics - Clutch

The Leather Soles Go Shuffling In,
Stinking Of Smoke And Ten Cent Gin.
Now Who Will Toast Our Noble Host That Has This Morning Given Up The Ghost?

The Wooden Coffer Hand To Hand.
Kind Words Are Offered, Silent Prayers.
But She Is Satisfied The Most While Stabbing Madly At The Roast.

The Rib Of Adam, The Eyes Of Eve.
The Sons Of Cain Receive No Reprieve.

The Creditor Rides With His Men.
The Death Of Debtors He Won't Forgive.
They Repossess His Silver Eyes, Now In The Potter's Field He Lies.

The Rib Of Adam, The Eyes Of Eve.
The Sons Of Cain Receive No Reprieve.

Waiting For A Dead Man's Shoes.
Have You Heard The Latest News?
Lazarus Is Back From The Dead Looking As One Would Expect.
Dripping With The Waters Of Sheol.
Babbling About Body And Soul.
And Then He Found His Wife In Their Bed Buck Naked And Already Wed.

The Tax Collector Beneath His Sheets.
The Door Swings Open. Floorboards Creak.
Now Who Will Toast Our Noble Host Who Has This Morning Given Up The Ghost?

The Rib Of Adam, The Eyes Of Eve.
The Sons Of Cain Receive No Reprieve.

(Notes From The Trial Of) La Curandera lyrics - Clutch

Did You Not Grant Quarter To The Daemon, Giving Treatment To Its Wounds?
And Would You Not Consider It Unnatural To Be Born Outside The Womb?
We Eagerly Await Your Response And Your Best Defense.

La Curandera Is The Young Girl
In A Linen Dress Of White.
She Dances On Black Sand In The Night
In Her Linen Dress Of White.

Let Us Vote To Dunk The Witch In The River Styx And Photograph The Lye.
So In The Shadow Of Cerebus Her Spirit Will Reside.

La Curandera Is The Young Girl
In A Linen Dress Of White.
She Dances On Black Sand In The Night
In Her Linen Dress Of White.

Bird In The Fire, Mouthful Of Sand
King Of The Briar, Mouthful Of Sand
The Scale And Feather, The Lock And Key
The Lord Of Weather, The Beast At Peace

compilation: "Slow Hole To China: Rare And Unreleased"

Slow Hole To China lyrics - Clutch

Dig A Slow Hole To China
Blacker Than A Miner
No Turn Un-Stoned I Trample
Hold My Candle's Handle

Mama Always Said
"You Better Come Home"
Stuck In The Mud
Dug A Slow Hole

My Blue Cow
Gotta Get Her Back Here Somehow
My Brown Bag
Never Gonna Guess What I Have

Mama Always Said
"You Better Come Home"
Stuck In The Mud
Dug A Slow Hole

If It's Too Shallow Then Dig It More Deep
If It's Too Narrow Then Dig It More Wide
If You See A Point Of Light
Shake Hands With The Other Side
If It's Too Shallow Then Dig It More Deep
If It's Too Narrow Then Dig It More Wide
If You See The Point Of Light
Shake Hands With The Other Side

A Lighthouse In Kentucky
Oh I Should Be So Lucky
Sell Fill Dirt To The Groundlings
And Water To The Drowning

Mama Always Said
"You Better Come Home"
Stuck In The Mud
Dug A Slow Hole

Nickel Dime lyrics - Clutch

They Landed In Manhattan
With Rifles And Hatchets
Stinking Like The Living Dead
Eatin' Local Fauna
Like There Wasn't A Tomorrow
As They Fed How It Bled, How It Bled

Sacajawea Is Gettin' Meager
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
It's Such A Long Road That We Travel
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime

Causin' More Commotion
With That Steam Locomotion
On The Quiet Country Mile
Blisters By The Fistfuls
'Til The Foreman Blows The Whistle
And Drinkin' Whiskey All The While

Sacajawea Is Gettin' Meager
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
It's Such A Long Road That We Travel
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime

Get Up On The Chuck Wagon
If Your Feet Are Draggin'
Get Up On The Chuck Wagon
If Your Feet Are Draggin'
Get Up On The Chuck Wagon
If Your Feet Are Draggin'-Yeah!

Well They Landed On Europa
And It's Colder Than Dakota
But They Took The Bull By The Horns
For The Frozen Ocean
Foreman Has Himself The Notion
"This Ain't Nothing We Ain't Done Before!"

Sacajawea Is Gettin' Meager
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
It's Such A Long Road That We Travel
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime

Sacajawea Is Gettin' Meager
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
It's Such A Long Road That We Travel
Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime

Sea Of Destruction lyrics - Clutch

The Killer, Scylla, And The Limping Fool
All The Beggars Play By The Beggars' Own Rules
On A Sea Of Destruction

All Right

A Sea Of Destruction

Blackest Jackets Of Their Burning Books
A Lecher Loves What A Lecher Should
On A Sea Of Destruction

All Right

A Sea Of Destruction

Build Your Ship And Sail Across The Sea Of Flame
Leviathans Will Guide You Into Where They Say
Kings Dig Ditches Witches Stitch In Witches' Time
And Proper Paupers Are Of Sound Body And Mind

Greenest Genius Of The Fallen Fool
All The Beggars Play By The Beggars' Own Rules
On A Sea Of Destruction

Build Your Ship And Sail Across The Sea Of Flame
Leviathans Will Guide You Into Where They Say
Kings Dig Ditches Witches Stitch In Witches' Time
And Proper Paupers Are Of Sound Body And Mind

Oregon lyrics - Clutch

Went Out The Back Of Halifax
All The Way To Virginia, Fairfax
It Wasn't Weird Enough
So I Went West To Oregon

All I, All I Wonder
While I Run
Is What's, Is What's
Next On My Agenda

I Made A Ruckus With A Succubus
Before She Knew I Was Amphibious
She Threw Her Hands Up And Started To Scream
"Man You Look Like Your Straight Outta V."

All I, All I Wonder
While I Run
Is What's, Is What's
Next On My Agenda

[Spoken:]
And So It Was That I, A Wayward Throwback To The Mesozoic, Was Enslaved As A Circus Freak To Entertain You Drunken Monkeys.
But Fate Still Had Her Twisted Sense Of Humor And She Granted Me Safe Passage To Sunny Florida, Where For Over The Past 300 Years Now I Have Been Breeding With An Unheard Of Efficiency.
And Soon My Progeny Will Rise Up And Say "Hail Draco, King Of The Dragon Men!"

I Fashion My Crown From Quetzalcoatl's Quills
Build My Palace In The Jungles Of Brazil
In The Summertime Come My Children
"For I Hail Draco, King Of Dragon Men!"
I Fashion My Crown From Quetzalcoatl's Quills
Build My Palace In The Jungles Of Brazil
In The Summertime Come My Children
"For I Hail Draco, King Of Dragon Men!"

Easy Breeze lyrics - Clutch

Under Dogwood Blooms
Miss Widow On Her Loom
Eating Peaches & Cream
Observer Hums A Haunting Melody

You've Got An Easy Breezy Wind At Your Back
Most Of The Time
If You Do Not Understand Very Few Do
So Don't Feel Bad

Easy Breezy Beautiful Colored World
I'm In Love With You
R-O-Y-G-B-I-V
Your Colors Are A Comedy

Woman Waiting For Dawn
After The Deer Are Gone
Dandelions Holding Dew
As Indigo Brightens To Blue

You've Got An Easy Breezy Wind At Your Back
Most Of The Time
If You Do Not Understand Very Few Do
So Don't Feel Bad

Easy Breezy Beautiful Colored World
I'm In Love With You
R-O-Y-G-B-I-V
Your Colors Are A Comedy

Four Lords (And One More) lyrics - Clutch

Oh That Appalachian Way Runs From Georgia Clear Up To Maine.
Oh That Carolina Sand Runs From Kill Devil Hills Out To Cold Greenland.

Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na.
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na.

Can You Summon Fire Baby With A Simple Flint And Stone?
If You Can't Then Baby You Better Go Back To What You Know.

Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na.
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord.
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na.

Who Put Me In Heavy Metal? If You Know The Answer I Don't Care.
I Have A Kick Ass Harpsichord. That's Right.
I Saw You Dancing With The Devil, I Tell Ya Kid You're Better Off
Playing Leap-Frog With A Unicorn. That's Right.

Hang On, It's A Long Road To Where We Go.
Hang On, It's A Long Road To Where We Go.

Who Put Me In Heavy Metal? If You Know The Answer I Don't Care.
I Have A Kick Ass Harpsichord.
That's Right.
I Saw You Dancing With The Devil, I Tell Ya Kid You're Better Off
Playing Leap-Frog With A Unicorn.
That's Right.

Who Put Me In Heavy Metal? If You Know The Answer I Don't Care.
I Have A Kick Ass Harpsichord.
That's Right.
I Saw You Dancing With The Devil, I Tell Ya Kid You're Better Off
Playing Leap-Frog With A Unicorn.
That's Right.

Rising Son lyrics - Clutch

You Look So Good While You're Riding
On Your Pterodactyl
Storming Castles With Abandon
And Rainbows By Fistfuls
Now Lets Go Dancing Madly Backwards
While On A Sea Of Air
Everyone I Hear Is Saying
Captain Beyond Will Be There

When We Go Carelessly Careening Quickly
Screaming All The Way
Gravity Is Such A Drag
And We Will Not Obey
Carelessly Careening Quickly
Screaming All The Way
Gravity Is Such A Drag
Now We Will Have Our Way

Was It I? Or Was It Shadow?
A Trick Of Light In Play
Leaving Me To See That I Saw
The Garden From Whence We Came
But I'm Not Saying Anything
That Hasn't Been Said Before
You May Hear It Now If You Wish To
Put An Ear Against The Floor

Then We Go Carelessly Careening Quickly
Screaming All The Way
Gravity Is Such A Drag
And We Will Not Obey
Carelessly Careening Quickly
Screaming All The Way
Gravity Is Such A Drag
Now We Will Have Our Way

Now We Will Have It!

On The Heels Of Charming Dragons
There Is Snow Falling Everywhere
Sorceress, You Bring A New Sun
And We Will Soon Be There

Then We Go Carelessly Careening Quickly
Screaming All The Way
Gravity Is Such A Drag
And We Will Not Obey
Carelessly Careening Quickly
Screaming All The Way
Gravity Is Such A Drag
Now We Will Have Our Way

Now We Will Have It!

Guild Of Mute Assassins lyrics - Clutch

Organ Grinder's Henchmen Shaking Their Coins In Time-
"Guild Of Mute Assassins Will Convene At A Quarter To Nine."
Behind The Court House Atop A Scaffold Stands A Man With A Bag For A Face,
"You Will Not Have Learned Until I Return To Give My Executioner The Chase."

The Swinging Of Its Censers, The Silence Of Its Members
Oh, The Guild Of Mute Assassins
From The Places In-Between That Are So Seldom Seen
Oh, The Guild Of Mute Assassins.

Widow In The Furrow With Thimbles Hasn't Seen Her Face In Years
Kneels Into A Puddled Reflection To Find It Is Just As She's Feared.
In The Garden The Archangel, Sword Above His Head,
"You Will Not Return Until You Have Learned What You've Forfeited."

The Swinging Of Its Censers, The Silence Of Its Members
Oh, The Guild Of Mute Assassins
From The Places In-Between That Are So Seldom Seen
Oh, The Guild Of Mute Assassins.

Baby On A Threshold With Silver. Breath Rises From Its Lips
Beam Of Yellow Light From A Doorway And The Figure Of A Silhouette.
In The Cradle A Wood Stiletto Rattles Like A Barrel Of Bones.
Another Journeyman With Passion Silently Recites The Oath.

The Swinging Of Its Censers, The Silence Of Its Members
Oh, The Guild Of Mute Assassins
From The Places In-Between That Are So Seldom Seen
Oh, The Guild Of Mute Assassins.

Willie Nelson lyrics - Clutch

Blackjack Booted Demons
Have Surrounded My Home
Got Dogs And 'Copters
And Keep Ringing My Phone

Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Killer Weed

Now They're Breaking My Windows
Banging On My Doors
Got Me Down And Hog-Tied
Rifling Through My Drawers
Boss Demon Tells Me
Oh How He Would Like To Kill Me
Wait A Minute Tough Guy
My Disease Does That For Free

Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Killer Weed
Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Greenest Green
Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Killer Weed

Hoodoo Operator lyrics - Clutch

Oh, I Seen Him Walkin'
On Down That Road
He Got A Broken Push Cart
With A Heavy Load
Oh, Lord Have Mercy
Upon My Wicked Soul
Ah, He Looked Right At Me
With His Eyes Of Coal

It's The Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator

Ah, He'll Sell You Liquids
To Cure That Whooping Cough
And Fine Liniments
At A Poor Man's Cost
Ah, But When Your Time Is Up Boy
And You Feel That Chill
He Will Come Softly Knocking
To Collect His Bill

It's The Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator

Oh, I Seen Him Walkin'
On Down That Road
He Got A Broken White Man
With A Heavy Load
Oh, Lord Have Mercy
Upon My Foolish Soul
It Is So Cold And Dark
Behind These Eyes Of Coal

It's The Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator
Hoodoo Operator

Operate
Operate
Operate

Day Of The Jackalope lyrics - Clutch

Well, My Senses Are Sharpened
I'm Half In The Bag
I Got A Cheshire Smile And
A Five Cent Rag.

Day Of The Jackalope

Abandon All Ye Faithful
Abandon All Ye Hope
Abandon All Ye Faithful
It's The Day Of The Jackalope

Well, I Heard About Your Problems
With Your Old Man
Well, He's A Non-Issue
As Fast As I Can

Day Of The Jackalope

Abandon All Ye People
Abandon All Ye Hope
Abandon All Ye People
It's The Day Of The Jackalope

Well, The Leaves Blow In Circles
In My Footsteps
Like The Mouth Of A River
I Have No Regrets

Day Of The Jackalope

Abandon All Ye People
Abandon All Ye Hope
Abandon All Ye People
It's The Day Of The Jackalope

"Pure Rock Fury" (2001)

Merican Sleep lyrics - Clutch

Mistress Of Ices, Stygian Skater,
Scribing Devices, Dancing On Sabers.
So Very Relentless, Counting The Sheep.
Electrical Fences, Americans Leap.

Paramorpheus, Somnambulating,
Dream Scarabaeus In Chorus Refraining,
So Very Relentless, Counting The Sheep.
Electrical Fences, Americans Leap.

One, Two, Fisherman's Stew
Boiled On Timber And Stirred With A Broom.
Three, Four, Pour It On The Floor,
Feed All The Beasties And Cook Up Some More.
Five, Six, Mortar And Brick,
Weaker Than Iron, But Stronger Than Sticks.
Seven, Eight, Lock Up The Gate,
Nothing To Do But To Sit And To Wait.
Nine, Ten, Do It Again,
Bun In The Oven, A Wolf In The Den.

Companion Chimera, Lethean Grazer,
Pausing To Herald Mistress On Sabers.
So Very Relentless, Counting The Sheep.
Electrical Fences Americans Leap.

Pure Rock Fury lyrics - Clutch

I Walk Wherever The Weather Provides
Because Everybody Needs Some Time Outside
Give Me No Lip And I Tell You No Lie.

Hands Down The Illest Ventriloquist This Side Of The Mississippi River
That's Right Operator Smoother Than Faders On An Automated Sound Board
Andretti's Never Raced Me But If He Wants To Oh I'm Ready Coordination Of The Eye And Hand Is Not My Strong Point But I Make Due With What I Have.

Pure Rock Fury The Solution Is So Clear
Calling All Humans And Able Volunteers.

I Walk Wherever The Weather Provides Because Everybody Needs Some Time Outside
I've Seen Them Boxes With Peliculas One Time Stands Out In Particular
I Saw You Dance In The Arena All In Makeup Dressed Up Like A Ballerina
I Got To Wonder What's Got Into You Or Just What You Got Into.

Pure Rock Fury The Solution Is So Clear
Calling All Humans And Able Volunteers.

Hotter Than Abba In Nevada Sun In A Real Small Car With The Windows Rolled Up
No Super Trooper Because You Pooped Your Pants And You're Screaming Oh Please Just Give Me One More Chance
Not One To Shrink From Helping Humankind Brother One Other Thing That You Might Keep In Mind
Coordination Of The Eye And Hand Is Not My Strong Point But I Make Due With What I Have.

Pure Rock Fury The Solution Is So Clear
Calling All Humans And Able Volunteers.

Open Up The Border lyrics - Clutch

Won't You Open Up The Border
To Rivers Running Green?
I Have Kilo Loads Of Plastic
To Trade For Pumpkin Seeds.

I Know Folks In Wichita As Well As Santa Fe,
All Veterans Of The Trade.

Open It Up.
Open It Up.
Open It.

Living For The Trade.

The Merry Wives Of Windsor
I Swapped For Cans Of Spam
While Sipping Fine Darjeeling
With An Englishman.

I Know Folks In Liverpool As Well As In Bombay,
All Veterans Of The Trade.

Open It Up.
Open It Up.
Open It.

Living For The Trade.

In A Tent On The Caravan Road You'll Find Those Things You Thought Were Gone.
Bartered For Jasmine And Silk And Furs Of Frozen Mastodons.

I Know Folks In Wichita As Well As Bombay,
All Veterans Of The Trade.

Careful With That Mic... lyrics - Clutch

So Tell Me, When You Took The Practice Scholastic Aptitude Test
Did You Know The Answers Or Did You Just Guess?
You Rely On Gimmicks To Amuse Your Fans
And Act All Urban To Jack-Up Your Sound-Scan.
What's The Matter With You? How Come You Rhyme Monosyllabically?
Is Atrophy Shrinking Your Entire Vocabulary?
Your Style's Like Garbage Cans Meant To Be Taken Out On A Weekly Basis.
Ever Since Your First Record You've Been In A State Of Suspended Animation.
You Look Like Snuffaluffagus And Australopithecus.
Me Cray, You Abacus.
But Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me
And How Single-Handedly I Redefined The Science Of Radio Astronomy,
Making Nobel Prize Winners Question Their Notions Of Reality.
Oh, But I Digress, You Play Sorry, I Play Chess.
King's Pawn To B3, Checkmate, Go Get Some Percasets.

Careful With That Mic, Weezy.
Do You Really Think It's That Easy?

Mmmm, This Is Really Good Ice Cream! You Want Some Of It?
Oh, My Bad I Didn't Know You Were Lactose Intolerant.
Makes You Pass Gas, Frightens All The Girls Away.
Only Friends You Keep Are Those You Pay.
Always On The Ready For The Wack Snack Attack,
I Carry Sandwiches Around In A Straight-Edge Style Jansport Backpack.
Got The Gadget Q Gave Bond. Take Control Of Your Mind And Make You Jump In A Pond,
Go "Quack Quack" And Flap Your Arms, Leave You Confused, But Completely Unharmed.

Careful With That Mic, Weezy.
Do You Really Think It's That Easy?
Do You Really Think It's True
That Up Above They Can't Hear You?

Now Both You And I Know That The Past Ten Years Have Been Rather Intense.
I'm Ashamed To Admit That I've Been Fooled By The Seductions Of Violence.
People Walking Around With Ugly Auras.
At Times I'm Even Tempted To Seek The Advice Of Dr. Laura,
But I Ignore Her.

So I Take A Deep Breath And Count To Ten,
Ain't Gonna Let It Get Under My Skin.
Take A Deep Breath And Count To Ten.
Think Of All The Nice Places That I Been

Like Back When I Was Waging Peace Against The Visigoths,
I Was Tutored In The Ancient Mysteries By A Wizened Philosoph,
Learned The Polyrhythm Of Celestial Time,
And Wait For The One To Come And Get It Done To Finish The Rhyme.

Careful With That Mic, Weezy.
Do You Really Think It's That Easy?
Do You Really Think It's True
That Up Above They Can't Hear You?

Red Horse Rainbow lyrics - Clutch

Pan-Amoebic Algebra Breed Bizarre Bacteria
What To Do? Oh What To Do?
Africanized Killer Bees, Alabaster Deities,
Milk From Spoons, Sip Milk From Spoons.

Within The Ruins Against The Firth
The Salamander Has Given Birth.

Only Red Horse Rainbows Can Save Us.
Let Them Run Wild And Asunder.
Call The Royal Guard To Let The People In.
Flaming Arrows By Hundreds.

Pull The Bog-Man From The Peat. Stand Him Up On Both His Feet.
He Jigs And Reels, He Jigs And Reels.
Infiltrating Silver Crabs Carry A Most Scented Flag
To Their Front Lines, To Their Front Lines.

Within The Ruins Against The Firth
The Salamander Has Given Birth.

Only Red Horse Rainbows Can Save Us.
Let Them Run Wild And Asunder.
Call The Royal Guard To Let The People In.
Flaming Arrows By Hundreds.

Run To The Tower And Call Up The Magus.
If He Has Caused This We'll Tear Out His Pages,
Throw Him In Shackles And Remove His Hands.

The Great Outdoors! lyrics - Clutch

To All You Lasses In Parnassus Swallowing Swords,
Shooting Out Fire At Us Heathen Hordes,
I Was Thinking Something Before I Began,
But Then You Done Cut Off Both Of My Hands.
Now I Do My Drinking From Bamboo Straws,
Constantly Kicking At Tarantulas.
What Was I Thinking, Move To Baltimore?...
Oh Yeah, The Great Outdoors!

Jump Into The Water.
Keel-Hauled On The Constellation.
Don't Sell My Belongings
Because You Know That I'll Be Back.

Remember When I Told You That I Was A Samurai?
Well, The Fact Of The Matter Is That Was A Lie.
There Were Some Other Things That I'D Rather Not Recall.
Y'all Can Blame It All On The Alcohol.
But You Ain't Got No Business Criticizing Me.
This Is My House And I'll Do As I Please.
What Was I Thinking, Move To Baltimore?...
Oh Yeah, The Great Outdoors!

Jump Into The Water.
Keel-Hauled On The Constellation.
Don't Sell My Belongings
Because You Know That I'll Be Back.

Move It On Over And Give Me A Slice.

If You're In The Market For Green Zucchini,
Farmer's Almanac Got The Largest Size.
Winnebago Woman What You Cooking?

Move It On Over And Give Me A Slice.

I'D Be A Richer Man Today If It Weren't For Physics.
If I Could Levitate I Would Sell Lots Of Tickets
And Maybe Do An Interview With Larry King
While Floating.

I'D Be A Richer Man Today If It Weren't For Physics.
If I Could Levitate I Would Sell Lots Of Tickets

Move It On Over And Give Me A Slice.

Smoke Banshee lyrics - Clutch

One Unworthy Worker's Version On The Verge Of Vernacular.
Enter A Sour House To Do Battle With Spectacular Draculas.
Lick Tall Walls To Find Them All Sweeter Than A Cane.
Pour The Quick Elixir In Your Wounds To Ease The Pain.

Ooh, Plum Been Running, Buck A Doz.
Ooh, Smoke Banshee's Honey Bee Sting Buzz.
Ooh, Plum Been Running, Buck A Doz.
Ooh, Smoke Banshee's Honey Bee Sting Buzz.

Medicine Of Modern Miracles, Voodoo To Those Out Of Focus.
Experts Explain Experience - "Hocus Pocus / Hocus Pocus!"
Mouthfuls Down In A Floating Locus Most Of Us Deny.
Medicine Of Modern Miracles, Who Knew Circles With No Foci?

Ooh, Plum Been Running, Buck A Doz.
Ooh, Smoke Banshee's Honey Bee Sting Buzz.
Ooh, Plum Been Running, Buck A Doz.
Ooh, Smoke Banshee's Honey Bee Sting Buzz.

Trapped In The Sap, Chambered In A Tree.
Shadow Of A Giant Across The Centuries.
Bits Of Shattered Glass Scattered On The Shore.
Break The Genie Bottle And Open Up The Door.

Ooh, Plum Been Running, Buck A Doz.
Ooh, Smoke Banshee's Honey Bee Sting Buzz.
Ooh, Plum Been Running, Buck A Doz.
Ooh, Smoke Banshee's Honey Bee Sting Buzz.

Frankenstein lyrics - Clutch

How Would You Like To Go Bobbing For Apples The Shape Of Fish?
Throw A Coin Into The Well, Close Your Eyes, And Make A Wish?

How Would You Like To Dine A La Frankenstein?
Downtown They're Giving Them Away,
Downtown They're Giving Them!
How Would You Like To Dine A La Frankenstein?
Downtown They're Giving Them Away,
Downtown They're Giving Them!

Oh Hey There Mama Nature Why Do You Keep On Shooting Us That Look?
No No We Did Not Take It! I Swear We Were Only Borrowing The Book!

How Would You Like To Dine A La Frankenstein?
Downtown They're Giving Them Away,
Downtown They're Giving Them!
How Would You Like To Dine A La Frankenstein?
Downtown They're Giving Them Away,
Downtown They're Giving Them!

So Who's Been Planting Magic Beans To Catch Themselves A Golden Hen?
We've Spent So Many Years Going Over This We Can't Start That All Again!

How Would You Like To Dine A La Frankenstein?
Downtown They're Giving Them Away,
Downtown They're Giving Them!
How Would You Like To Dine A La Frankenstein?
Downtown They're Giving Them Away,
Downtown They're Giving Them!

Sinkemlow lyrics - Clutch

I Ain't Joking When I'm Telling You That While In The Yakima Digging Up Them Thunderegg Stones.
Well, We Cracked Them Wide Open, The Mountain Started Smoking And The Sky Turned The Color Of A Crow.

Fires In The Northlands,
Floods To The South.
Put The Pedal To The Metal,
And Let It All Hang Out.
Fires In The Northlands,
Floods To The South.
Put The Pedal To The Metal
And Let It All Hang Out.

The Ash Turned To Confetti, Alleluia!
Outside Them Great Tri-Cities, Alleluia!
Oh, God Showed His Great Mercy, Alleluia!
Turned Ash Into Confetti, Alleluia!

Handkerchiefs On Coughing Mouths, Running To The Full Hotels Left Us With No Other Place But Home.
And In The Distance Tail Lights Came And Went Sometimes As Eyes Of Vulcan Sorcery.

Fires In The Northlands,
Floods To The South.
Put The Pedal To The Metal,
And Let It All Hang Out.
Fires In The Northlands,
Floods To The South.
Put The Pedal To The Metal
And Let It All Hang Out.

The Ash Turned To Confetti, Alleluia!
Outside Them Great Tri-Cities, Alleluia!
Oh, God Showed His Great Mercy, Alleluia!
Turned Ash Into Confetti, Alleluia!

Maybe We'll Make It To That Rise.
Maybe We'll See Another Sun Rise.

The Ash Turned To Confetti, Alleluia!
Outside Them Great Tri-Cities, Alleluia!
Oh, God Showed His Great Mercy, Alleluia!
Turned Ash Into Confetti, Alleluia!
The Ash Turned To Confetti, Alleluia!
Outside Them Great Tri-Cities, Alleluia!
Oh, God Showed His Great Mercy, Alleluia!
Turned Ash Into Confetti, Alleluia!

Immortal lyrics - Clutch

Who's The Man Who Stole Fire For The People?
Who Causes Trembling In The Bones Of Evil?
Who Carved A Mountain Into A Cathedral?

I Am Immortal.

Half-Blind And Spitting Straight Into The Wind,
Down, Down, Trying To Drag Me Down.

It's All Right, I Go To Dreaming.
It's All Right, I Go To Dreaming.

In Dog Years,

The Blood Of Lions,
I, Liquefying.
I Ain't Dying.
I Am Immortal.

Who Rides The Solar Cycle With No Hands Ma?
Who Found The Ark Inside Texarkana?
Who Asks The Questions That Have No Answers?

Half-Blind And Spitting Straight Into The Wind.
Down, Down, Trying To Drag Me Down.

In Dog Years,

I Am Immortal.
I Am Immortal.
I Am Immortal.

In Dog Years,

The Blood Of Lions,
I, Liquefying.
I Ain't Dying.
I Am Immortal.

Brazenhead lyrics - Clutch

"This Is One We're Gonna Record, So I Want You To Participate Just A Little Bit In The Beginning. Just Clap Your Hands A Little Bit. You're Gonna Be On The Record. All Right, Thank You. A Little Bit Louder. Louder. Louder."

The Kaleidoscope Program
Is Functioning So Beautifully.
Fire Up All The Primary Engines.
Calculate Projected Nexus.

Take A Good Plane And Shave Off All The Edges
Not Straight Enough To Make A Perfect Structure. Indigenous Life Must Be In Agreement
Like One, Meaning Some, And Zero Meaning Nothing.

Continue Stretching The Edge Of Rondure,
While Maintaining Geodesic Stasis.
Anomaly Detected.
No Previous Known Cases.

Take A Good Plane And Shave Off All The Edges
Not Straight Enough To Make A Perfect Structure. Indigenous Life Must Be In Agreement
Like One, Meaning Some, And Zero Meaning Nothing.

Colossal Liquid Insect
With Legs The Size Of Rockets.
Analyze Its Orgone Levels.
Switch View To Kaleidoscopic.

Take A Good Plane And Shave Off All The Edges
Not Straight Enough To Make A Perfect Structure. Indigenous Life Must Be In Agreement
Like One, Meaning Some, And Zero Meaning Nothing.

Drink To The Dead lyrics - Clutch

If Knee Deep In Catnip At The Old Ice Box,
I Recommend You Whistle And Give The Box Three Knocks.
Should You Be So Lucky To Hear Whispering,
It Is An Invitation For You To Leap In.

May You Go Marching In Three-Measure Time,
Dressed Up As Asses And Drunk To The Nines.
Swing From The Rafters Shouting Those Songs
Gone Unsung For Far Too Long.

If Boxing Your Shadow At The Wall Full Of Moss
And Antlers Approach You, Then I Am At A Loss.

May You Go Marching In Three-Measure Time
Dressed Up As Asses And Drunk To The Nines.
Swing From The Rafters Shouting Those Songs
Gone Unsung For Far Too Long.

Drink To The Dead All You Still Alive
We Shall Join Them, In Good Time.
Should You Go Crossing That Silvery Brook,
It's Best To Leap Before You Look.
Drink To The Dead All You Still Alive
We Shall Join Them, In Good Time.
Should You Go Crossing That Silvery Brook,
It's Best To Leap Before You Look.

If Surrounded By Toadstools At The Old Green Glen,
I'm Afraid There Is Little That I Can Recommend,
Save All Of Your Courage And Sincere Prayer.
And Where You Go A' Treading Take The Utmost Care.

Drink To The Dead All You Still Alive
We Shall Join Them, In Good Time.
Should You Go Crossing That Silvery Brook,
It's Best To Leap Before You Look.
Drink To The Dead All You Still Alive
We Shall Join Them, In Good Time.
Should You Go Crossing That Silvery Brook,
It's Best To Leap Before You Look.

"Jam Room" (1999)

Who Wants To Rock? lyrics - Clutch

Hey Hey Now, What's That Smell?
Just Like Cornbread Done Too Well.
What You Need You Know I Got.
So Hands Up, Who Wants To Rock?

Big Fat Pig lyrics - Clutch

Norman The Mormon Hears The Doorbell Ring.
But Inside They're Not Answering.
Peering Through The Window, To His Surprise,
The Door Flies Open, "Come Inside!"
"I Am Jason The Freemason, What You're Selling I Do Not Need.
Mr. Patrick, Orthodox Catholic, Is More Likely In Your League."

At That Very Moment Mr. Softee Rings His Bells,
Ding-A-Ling Ding-A-Ling.
Quickly Thereafter, Choco-Taco Delight
While Reclining On His Brand New Mountain Bike.
Now Watch You Most Closely, For Here The Plot Does Twist.
Enter Simon, The Super Scientologist.

"I'm Opining Sailing Simon. Is You Stupid Or Is You Just High?
Mother Hubbard Got Me Covered Like Sarah Lee On Her Cherry Pie."
Norman Says To Simon, "Hey, If There Are Really Aliens,
I Would Think That L. Ron Hubbard Would Have To Be One Of Them."

"Oh My Lord! Oh My Lord! Oh My Oh My!"

[Harmonica Solo]

The Pie Man Passes By On His Way To The Fair (And He Says)
"Reason, Won't You Put Your Blue Dress On?
Reason, Won't You Put Your Blue Jeans On?"

At That Very Moment Mr. Softee Rings His Bells.
So Before Simon Could Bring His Crushing Blow,
Norman Raises His Hands, "Oh No, Oh No!"
Simon Says, "Hey, We Ain't Even Finished This!"
Norman Says, "Yes We Have. Here Come Them Witnesses."

"Reason, Won't You Put Your Blue Dress On?
Reason, Won't You Put Your Blue Dress On?"

One Eye Dollar lyrics - Clutch

I Been Working, One Eye Dollar,
Bye And Bye, Lord, Bye And Bye.
I Been Working, One Eye Dollar,
Bye And Bye, Lord, Bye And Bye.

I Got The Plans To The Oval Office
Bye And Bye, Lord, Bye And Bye.
I Got The Plans In My Front Pocket,
Bye And Bye, Lord, Bye And Bye.

In The Inner Chambers Of The President
You Will Find No Crosses, Only Pentagrams
Beelzebub And Business Suits On The Hot Line, All Right.

I Been Working, One Eye Dollar,
Bye And Bye, Lord, Bye And Bye.
I Been Working, One Eye Dollar,
Bye And Bye, Lord, Bye And Bye.
I Been Working Like A Pack Mule Every Day

And To Think That Some Of It Ends Up That Way.

Raised By Horses lyrics - Clutch

I Was Eating Dinner At The Table With People From The Music Industry.
They Asked Me If I Liked It In "The City." I Said I Liked It Better In The Country.
The Label Representative Asked Me What About It Most Appealed To Me.
"I Love To Listen To The Yellowhammer Singing 'A Little Bit Of Bread And No Cheese'."

Then I Commenced To Do A Tap Dance On Eggplant Parmesan Before Their Eyes.
Guided By Voices, Whole Bag Of Tricks. Raised By Druids And Horses.

(Then I Told Them):

"Never Underestimate The Power Of Love. You Dig My New Horseshoes?
Never Underestimate The Power Of Love."

"Come Here Quickly He's Lost His Mind!"

"Frightened? Well I'm Not Surprised, You've Never Seen The Likes Of Me.
Check It, I Want A Big Fat Advance And My Alfalfa Free!"

"Come Here Quickly He's Lost His Mind!"

The Manager Removed From The Restaurant. A Crowd Got To Gathering Around.
I Said, "You Can Throw A Man Out On His Ear, But You Can't Keep A Good Horse Down!"
Mounted Police Sprung To Action. Never Cut Me Any Bit Of Slack.
But I Wasn't Going Anywhere 'Til They Got Off My Brother's Back.

Gnomes Enthusiast lyrics - Clutch

Sun Eyed Dandelion,
Seen You Garden Gnomes Gone Pass By?
Small One Wear A Pointy Red Hat.
The Big One He Just That He Real Fat.

If You See Them Please Tell Them Without Delay,
"You Taked My Saffron Now You Got To Pay!"

Sunned Dandelion,
You Say They Got An Airtight Alibi?
Then how'd They Get Themselves Them Diamond Rings?
You Know Well No Gnomes Don't Make. The Good Money.

If You See Them Please Tell Them Without Delay,
"You Taked My Saffron, Now You Got To Pay."

Sun Eyed, What Now Hey Hey Hey Your Hair Is Turning Gray.
Is There Something That You Need To Say?
Suspect, You're Looking Through And Through.
I'D Take To The Wind If I Was You.

Good Bye Saffron, Know That You Did Good By Me.
'Till Wicked Weeded Wild In My Garden.

Basket Of Eggs lyrics - Clutch

As Through A Glass Darkly You Seek Yourself,
But The Light Grows Weak While Under Yggdrasil.
A Basket Of Eggs May You Count Your Days.
Though Your Gut Lies Filled, Only Shells Remain.

I Can Tell You've Been Drinking By The Scent Of Your Breath.
Another Little Sip, A Bit Deeper In Debt.
You Can Rest Your Head In Your Wrinkled Hands.
But When You Awake, You're In Another Land.

In Fields Of Green Rolling On Endlessly
You Find A Fallen Nest Where There Is No Tree.
Mark The Brown Furred Hound Tied To The Mandrake Root.
Dare You Carve A Face In That Virtue Food?

I Can Tell What You're Thinking. I See It Everyday.
I'll Help You With Your Coat, See You On Your Way.
Sure You Want To Go Walking On A Night Like This?
Look, There Goes Another One Now. One Day I Swear They Will Not Miss.

As Through A Glass Darkly You Seek Yourself,
But The Light Grows Weak While Under Yggdrasil.
A Basket Of Eggs May You Count Your Days.
Though Your Gut Lies Filled, Only Shells Remain.

Release The Kraken lyrics - Clutch


What's The Matter Brother, Does The Drought Got You Down?
(Open Up The Bomb Shelter, Sweep It On Out)
Sing To The Ocean In The Afternoon Haze,
Up The Iron Pillars, Rise In The Waves.

Andromeda Is Weeping. Inside One Teardrop Swims
Brave Useless In Training Less A Millimeter Thin.

Release The Kraken!
Get The Sacrifice On!
Release The Kraken!
Good Gd Y'all!

Useless The Younger We Pray For You.
You Know We Got Your Back In Whatever You Do.
Bathysphere Bobbing In Eyeball Bay,
Black Lash Crashes, Forty Foot Waves.

Cepheus Is Holding Cassiopeia's Free Hand
As The Kraken Breaks The Surface Making Bee-Line To The Land.

"In Greek Legend The Son Of Zeus And Danae
He And His Mother Was Set Adrift In A Chest, But Rescued By The Intervention Of Zeus.
He Was Brought Up By King Polydectes, Who, Wishing To Secure Danae, Got Rid Of Him By Encouraging Him In The Almost Hopeless Task Of Obtaining The Head Of The Medusa!
With The Help Of The Gods He Was Successful, And With The Head, Which Turned All That Looked On It Into Stone, He Rescued Andromeda And Later Metamorphosed Polydectes And His Guests To Stone."
[Brewer's Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable, 1995, Harper Collins, Page 819]

"The Elephant Riders" (1998)

The Elephant Riders lyrics - Clutch

I'll Keep Pulling On The Towpath.
You Keep Floating On The River.
Yeah, Until The Day Is Done.
Keep On Keeping On The Low Road,
Chesapeake And Ohio.
Because On The Higher Ground You Will Find

Elephant Riders To The Northwest Bring News From Father.

Looking Like It's Always Closing,
The Salty Dog Is Always Open.
Here, I Got An I.O.U.
Clickity Clack Clack, Clickity Clack Clack,
Baltimore And Ohio,
Clickity Clack Clack, Clickity Clack Clack,
Roll On, Roll On.

On Our Way To Washington Where Work Is Done By Men With Gavels,
I Heard A Sound That Just About Removed Me From My Filly's Saddle.
Just Outside Of Antietam, Where Once There Was A Mighty Battle,
I Heard The Rhythm Of The Hammers Beating The Rail Lines Together.

Elephant Riders To The Northwest Bring News From Father.

Don't Be Eating All The Hard Tack.
Between We Two There's Half A Small Sack.
Still, We Got Miles To.
Giddy Up Pony, Giddy Up Pony,
Camptown Race Is Five Miles Long.
Giddy Up Pony, Giddy Up Pony,
Ride On, Ride On.

On Our Way To Washington Where Work Is Done By Men With Gavels,
I Heard A Sound That Just About Removed Me From My Filly's Saddle.
Just Outside Of Antietam, Where Once There Was A Mighty Battle,
I Heard The Rhythm Of The Hammers Beating The Rail Lines Together.

Elephant Riders To The Northwest Bring News From Father.
Elephant Riders To The Northwest Bring News Of Battle.

Ship Of Gold lyrics - Clutch

Tin Shacks And Catfish Bones
Have Been About All I've Ever Known.
The Junebugs Rattle And Roll
Around The Old Maypole.

Thunder And Lightning,
The Catfish Are Biting,
I Took A Riverboat Downstream.
I Think You Know What I Mean.

The Chicken Hawks, They Are Gathering.
Above My Head, They Are Circling.
Old Friends Come Out Visiting,
Say, "Hi," And Talk About Collecting.
Stray Dogs Won't Come Near Me.
Was Blind, Now I See Clearly.
Believe I'm Fixing To Die.
When You're Living In The Country It's, "Why, Oh Why?"

Oh, I'm Sorry That I Left My Home.
Oh. Oh. Oh.
Oh, I'm Sorry That I Left My Home.
Oh. Oh. Oh.

Look Over Yonder There,
On The Farther Shore.
On The Farther Shore,
Look Over Yonder There.
I See A Ship Of Gold.
I See A Ship Of Gold.
Beyond That Mountain There,
I See A Citty-On-The-Hill.
Its Gates Are Open Wide.
I Hear The Ringing Bells.
Look Over Yonder There,
On Toward The Burying Ground.
Poor Boy Is All Afire.
Poor Boy Is Dead And Gone.

One Of These Days The Ship Of Gold
Will Carry Me To My Reward.
Out Of This World It Will Take Me
To Hear The Horns Of Jubilee.

Pig Fat And Old Pork Rinds
Ain't Enough To Keep A Man Alive.
The Bullfrog Sleeps All Day.
Come Night He Has His Say.
Believe I'm Fixing To Die.
Believe I'll Take My Rest.
Believe I'm Fixing To Die.
Believe I'll Take My Rest.

Oh, I'm Sorry That I Left My Home.
Oh. Oh. Oh.
Oh, I'm Sorry That I Left My Home.
Oh. Oh. Oh.

Eight Times Over Miss October lyrics - Clutch

Once Again I'm Denied My Choice.

Once Around The Stump, Then Twice Across The Ceiling,
Now Eight Times Over Miss October Is Out For Me.
Believe Me When I Tell You She's All About Destruction.
It's Just About Enough To Make A Grown Man Cry.

Good God Almighty We Was Panning For Gold
Down At The Banks Of Mighty Colorado,
When All Of A Sudden Came An Awful Sound;
Ten Thousand Buffalo Were Running Us Down.

Once Again I'm Denied My Joy.
Sieves And Peas, Oh Lord, Oh Lord!

Thunder And Lightning At A Feverish Pitch.
Must Be The Workings Of The Old West Witch.
I Crossed Her Once When I Was Just A Youth.
Been Scared Stiff Ever Since, To Tell You The Truth.

Once Again I'm Denied My Joy.
Sieves And Peas, Oh Lord, Oh Lord!

She Went Once Around The Stump, Then Twice Across The Ceiling,
Now Eight Times Over Miss October Is Out For Me.
Believe Me When I Tell You She's All About The Voodoo.
And All The Things I'm Losing When I Pay No Mind.

Get Off On The Good Foot And Start Another Day.
Maybe Head For Hazel, California.
Oh, But Sooner Or Later She'll Go To Town
Sure As The Earth Runs Around And Around.

Again I'm Denied My Joy.
Sieves And Peas, Oh Lord!

At The Side Of The Road
A Bundle Of Twine,
And On It I Found A Note.
It Read, "You'll Be Running Until The End Of Time."

She Went Once Around The Stump, Then Twice Across The Ceiling,
Now Eight Times Over Miss October Is Out For Me.
Believe Me When I Tell You She's All About Destruction.
It's Just About Enough To Make A Grown Man Cry.

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