VII

IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
A STATE OF MIND WHEN YOU DON'T WANT ANY MORE
"NOTHING TO DO"
WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO DO NOTHING
EVEN WHEN I CAN DO - I JUST CAN'T
IT CAN'T BE SINCERE

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OSH SAYS: USE WHAT YOU HAVE
YOU CAN BE AN IDIOT
YOU CAN PLAY  YOU CAN JOKE
CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
JUST HAVE TO PLAY  SPIEL!

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ONE OF THE SLAVE SONGS - THAT WAS THE SEVEN SYSTEM BASED UPON
THIS JEWISH METHOD OF ONE RELAXING DAY
SIX HEAVY AND ONE - THE SIX AND ONE
ALL FUCKING CIVILIZATION
ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CHRISTIAN CONSCIOUSNESS
HAS BEEN FUCKED UP BY THE SEVEN
THE ENTIRE EVOLUTION WAS EATEN UP BY THE SEVEN

WE KNOW THAT
THAT'S WHY WE CHANGED THE CALENDAR TO TEN EQUAL DAYS
THE UNIT THAT HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR THE SEVEN
IS TAKEN OVER BY THE TEN

A VERY EASY SOFT AND INVISIBLE TAKEOVER
SLOWLY THE ELEMENTS OF  LIKE KEEPING SHOPS OPEN ON SUNDAYS
A LITTLE BIT - STILL SYMBOLICALLY A COUPLE OF HOURS LESS
THAT DRIVES THE WORKING MAN INSANE

YOU WORK TEN DAYS - YOU DON'T WORK TEN DAYS
JUST THAT IT'S TEN DAYS
NOT ONE OF THE TEN IS MORE STRESSED THAN THE OTHER
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT CAUSES THE DISHARMONY
IN THE BIO SY-SYS-SYSTEM

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"KANSAS CITY HERE I COME
THEY GOT A CRAZY WAY OF LOVING THERE
AND I'M GONNA GET ME ONE"

CHARLOTTE  CHARLOTTE COME BACK
PLEASE CHARLOTTE!

YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE IDENTITY
YOU CANNOT CALL IN CHARLOTTE
WITHOUT ACQUIRING HER IDENTITY
CHARLOTTE IS NOT COMING IN - IT COMING OUT

CHARLOTTE IS IN
YOU HAVE TO LET HER OUT
AND YOU CANNOT LET HER OUT
AS LONG AS YOU ARE ASHAMED OF HER
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ASHAMED OF HER
OOO  HE'S A NICE GAL
CHARLOTTE IS VERY NICE

NO SHE IS NOT UGLY
I'M NOT UGLY - AM I UGLY

"COME ON BABY LET THE GOOD TIME ROLL
ROLL ALL NIGHT LONG"

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THAT I DON'T WANNA GET RID OF IT - COME ON
THAT I WANNA LIVE WHERE THE SUFFERING IS
WHAT YOU MEAN I WANNA LIVE  ANYWHERE
CERTAINLY NOT WHERE THE SUFFERING IS
WHAT  I'M NOT INSANE
YOU MADE ME INSANE  UU-AAM
I'M SORRY TO SAY

NOTHING  NOTHING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS MY FAULT
ANYTHING I DO  IT'S NOT MY FAULT
NOTHING IS MY FAULT - I REFUSE THE RESPONSIBILITY

I'VE REFUSED THE RESPONSIBILITY  OO-AAM
LIVE  LIVE  LIVE  LIVE
TODAY I RENOUNCED  I RENOUNCED NOW

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HOW MANY THINGS I HAVE TO RENOUNCE
THE USUAL TEN  OR SEVEN
TWELVE?  UU-HUU-HU

I AM LIVING ON THE MOST SUPERFICIAL SURFACE
MY EYES ARE FOCUSED ON THE SURFACE
THE SURFACE  THE HORIZON OF THE SURFACE
THE HORIZON OF THE SURFACE I AM FOCUSING ON

I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE SOMEONE KNOWLEDGEABLE
I MAY NOT BE  AND TOO I AM NOT
IT'S VERY TRANSMISSIVE

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AT LEAST THE RESPONSIBILITY IS YOURS FROM NOW ON
I'M NOT STANDING IN  ANY MORE
MAKE ME AND THEN I DO

WHAT  WHAT  THAT IF I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO
WHAT I DO - I DO WHAT YOU TELL ME TO
I SHOULD KNOW WHAT - COME ON
THAT WASN'T IN THE DEAL
THE DEAL WAS YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO
AND THEN I TRY TO DO IT
DESPITE THAT YOU DIDN'T MAKE ME DO IT
SO WHAT ABOUT MAKING IT  MAKER

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SPIONS ERA THE IDEA WAS TO COLLECT ALL THESE PARTY SONGS
WITH THE OTHER MEANING OF THE PARTY
THAT IT HAS THIS FANTASTIC DOUBLE MEANING
IT COMES VERY HANDY FOR A POP POLITICIAN YOU KNOW

PUT TOGETHER ALL THESE PARTYING SONGS
AND PLAY THEM BEFORE THE CONCERT
TO SEE THE AMBIGUITY 
NOT THE AMBIGUITY BUT THE UNIFORMITY OF THE INVITATION
"IT'S MY PARTY AND I CRY IF I WANT TO"
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARTY

IT'S STILL THE PLAN
IF THE PARTY EVER GOES ON THE CAMPAIGN
THESE ARE THE OPENING SONGS
STILL  THIS IDEA IS STILL ON

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT I EXACTLY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
IF I SHOULD TALK ABOUT CHUCK BERRY
OR ABOUT MY OWN PROBLEMS
OR THE DAILY NEWS  SOCIAL ISSUES
"PEANUT PEANUT BUTTER"
LET'S TALK ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER
IT COMES UP SO OFTEN ON THIS STATION  ALL THESE -

YOU SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING
YOU SEE  I'LL SHOW YOU
I'M STANDING HERE DOING NOTHING
AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO PUSH ME
LIKE I WOULDN'T BE STANDING ON THE FLOOR
THE FLOOR WAS AIR - THAT'S WHAT THEY DO
THEY TRANSFORM THE EARTH INTO AIR AND CALL IT ETHER

WHAT IS IT: FIRE  THE FIRE   
JUST NO FIRE, RIGHT  NO FIRE
ANYTHING BUT FIRE
I'M FRIGID LIKE A ROCK

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"EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD
THEY'LL BE DANCING
THEY'RE DANCING IN THE STREET
IT'S AN INVITATION ACROSS THE NATION
A CHANCE FOR FOLKS TO MEET"

SECOND THING I REFUSE IS REGRET
OF COURSE IT HAS BEEN ALWAYS AROUND
COMES WITH CONSCIENCE
CONSCIENCE I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE
FROM CONSCIENCE I COULD GET RID OF
BUT FROM REGRET FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T

REGRET- SORRY
I JUST CAN'T GET RID OF IT
AA-UU-A

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I RENOUNCE RESPONSIBILITY AND I RENOUNCE REGRET

"…ONE FOR THE MONEY
TWO FOR THE SHOW
THREE TO GET READY
NOW GO, CAT, GO

BUT DON'T YOU
STEP ON MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
BUT STAY OFF MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES"

THIS IS THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORM OF THE SALUTE
USUALLY IT GOES IN AN ANGLE
BUT THIS IS THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL VERSION OF IT
AS YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SHADOW
IN THIS VERY LOW RESOLUTION I CAN OFFER
THIS IS THE STRAIGHT VERSION

"STILL I LOVE YOU  BABY
BABY BABY BABY"

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PLEASE CALL BACK YOUR DEMONS
CALL BACK - I'M NO LONGER DANGEROUS  NO NO NO
I'M NOT DANGEROUS FOR YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND
IT'S A PACT

OOH OF COURSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PACT
AND I'VE BEEN ALWAYS READY
SHOULD I DRAW DIFFERENT STARS ON THE FLOOR
OR STEP INTO THEM  AND SAY SOMETHING
I SAY OSSHH
IT'S ABSOLUTELY ENOUGH, ISN'T IT

DON'T MAKE A BIG FUZZ ABOUT IT
I'M NOT DANGEROUS ANY MORE
NEVER HAVE BEEN AND YOU KNOW 

YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT YOU COULD TRUST ME
YOU DIDN'T TRUST ME
EVEN NOW YOU DON'T TRUST ME I KNOW
I DON'T SERVE ANY EVIDENCE
I'M UNTRUSTABLE, I KNOW

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JUST GIVE ME THE FIRE AND I'LL BE TRUSTABLE
GIVE ME BACK THE FIRE
I NEED MY ELEMENT - YOU DEPRIVED ME FROM MY ELEMENT
I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE REASON - THE FIRST THING YOU DON'T HAVE
THE FIRST THING YOU ARE SUPERIOR IN

I'M APPEALING TO YOUR TASTE
I JUST WANT THE PERMISSION
I WANT THE PERMISSION TO LIVE
I NEED A PERMISSION TO LIVE
I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR IT SO LONG
I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR IT ALL MY LIFE

IS THAT SWEET?

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"SUGARPIE HONEYBUNCH
YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU"

MOTOWN WAS ABSOLUTELY MAGIC
MORE THAN OTHER OF THOSE HUGE LABELS
AND THEN THE BLUES LABELS
MOTOWN HAD A SOUND THAT PRACTICALLY HYPNOTIZED
IT'S A TRANQUILIZING SOUND
IT PROLONGED THE FINAL DESTRUCTION 
AT LEAST WITH A DECADE OR TWO

THINGS ARE CRYSTALCLEAR  MOST OF THE TIME
IT'S LIKE A CRYSTAL SKULL
REFLECTS THE BLIND

MOTOWN SOUND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT  MOTOWN
BECAUSE ANYTHING GOES