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Song Lyrics
“A Mustache (Upside Down)” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Saw a thousand muppets, weeping on the side of the road Saw the gracious infant light, tumbling over a gold commode Saw a poet offer love, but love can’t buy her a Snickers bar Heavy hands on Dharma Beach, how the blotter stretches out the sun… This eternity is turning me turning me, This eternity …
“Destination” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Whiskey in the faucet A book of lousy poems Breaking bottles at the railroad tracks till dawn A syncopated phone call A limestone shaded sun A two-tone benediction clinic (grave)… Hey, Grain of earth my shuttered eye Hey, Thousand stories all the same Hey, We can hurt me if we try Hey, Hollow haloes calling …
“Dose Ode” by Eric Kiefer – spoken word
Dose. The serotonin elixir, the instant spiritual gratification. I put my hands on the prize wheel of your universal dialectic and give a spin. Renouncing the dread machinery of modern existence, melodies blossom through the soles of my feet. I enter streaming liquid time, world melts inside itself, absinthe spiders clutch at invisible strings, whippit …
“Evil Eye” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
They notice when you’re preaching, on a soapbox in the park They notice when you’re surfing, on your computer in the dark I never thought I’d live to see, the Evil Eye a-grow so strong They’re with you when you’re hungry, and steal a melon from a stand They’re with you when you’re writing, to …
“Groin Ship” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Come and take a trip, come and take a trip on the Groin Ship The passenger’s equipped, the passenger’s equipped it’s the Groin Ship There’s something on your lip, there’s something on your lip it’s the Groin Ship It’s dangling from my hip, it’s dangling from my hip it’s the Groin Ship Come along down …
“Haiku Suburbia” by Eric Kiefer – spoken word
Dog bark rhapsody and lawn maintenance gear ring in the suburb morn Amid Shangri-La, the gross neglect of sparrows dooms the morning air Eyes never meeting, neighbors murmur good morning then move along mute Housewives jog to Starbucks flaunting pink spandex leggings and designer sneakers Baby on Board sticker like a magic talisman wards off …
“Lone Wolf” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
‘Neath the Southern Cross the truth is evident The Lone Wolf prowls the wooden mount He knows a full moon’s much more radiant Than any stranger’s smile that he can count And all the glory – is in the prowl And lying single under starry skies A classic story of the here and now He …
“Manifesto Destiny” by Eric Kiefer – spoken word
To arms, to arms! The time has come for Manifesto Destiny, “The Uprising”, evolution, or acceptance of slavery. This is where the Big Crunch begins. We stroll into the new age, shorn by the cold scissors of industry, phlegmatic and nude, no names left in our phone books, soap boxes converted to gallows, in perpetual …
“More Pork Sausages” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Well he came one day, morning rush had died away and the clock was ticking just past noon Had the devil in his eye and his blood was made of rye and he jangled out of focus into view Well he sat down at the table and he gave a look to Mable and a …
“The Retail Warrior (Checkout Cashier Blues)” by Eric Kiefer – spoken word
Alarm clock rings and induces twitching. The devil sentences me to eight hours of life. Another day in Purgatory, earning nada on the nada and praying for eventual escape from the dungeon. Ten years of corporate propaganda training films have quashed the golden childhood assumption that I’m a unique soul destined for something… anything… grand. …
“This is for the Bugs” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
This is for the bugs, This is for the creatures on the road This is for the roach in my abode This is for the bugs This is for the worms, This is for the flies and the gnats All the creatures god has begat This is for the bugs I’m sorry ‘bout my hand, …
“Treason” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
With your cold cold summer, yellow ribbons in your hair You’re gonna break me down to just a terror in an easy chair Set to leave the country now you’re tearing down the line A severed invitation for a carpal-tunnel spine Dread of the window looking out across the road Watch the people gather as …
“Wonder Wander” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
They say that true believers can walk right through a fiery ring A reprobate has blundered through the garden of the constipated king A platypus has chewed upon the frankincense I knew that you would bring A sojourn to the city is the impetus that makes me want to sing I watch you wonder wander, …
“Zuger Mongolia” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Margaash Tenger, Yaamar Baekh Vay? (Mongolian: What weather will tomorrow bring?) La da da dah, La da da dah… If it’s shuurgatay (Mongolian: stormy), will the wind sweep me away? La da da dah, La da da dah… Chi oray? Irek uu, Irek uu? (Mongolian: Will you come tonight?) La da da dah, La da …
“Destroy the Brain” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
The day has come when the dead have risen, apocalypse is sharpening its scythe No longer living and past forgiving you can see it in the black of their eyes The rotting flesh of their former faces, resemblance lacking little to none And the awful moan as they shamble home is the first of all …
“Evil Eye” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
They notice when you’re preaching, on a soapbox in the park They notice when you’re surfing, on your computer in the dark I never thought I’d live to see, the Evil Eye a-grow so strong They’re with you when you’re hungry, and steal a melon from a stand They’re with you when you’re writing, to …
“Funktion” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
What’s the function of a bar without the booze? What’s the function of a childless papoose? What’s the function of a song without a muse? What’s the funktion? What’s the function of a phone without a dial? What’s the function of a fuck without a smile? What’s the function of a Spartan self-denial? What’s the …
“In the Little Days” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Reruns at five, Super Bowl live, oh to survive in the Little Days Waiting on line, loans to co-sign, while giving your time to the Little Days Steaks and lo-mein, video games, hard to complain ‘bout the Little Days Cellular phones, permanent homes, and yet all alone in the Little Days You never learned to …
“Into The… Facing The End” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Your mother your father your sister your brother your family your neighbors your lord and savior are dead Your city your nation your multiplication your summer vacation your carbonation is dead Dead dead dead dead dead… Your leaders your teachers your cheering cheerleaders your butter and bread your inspiration is dead Your girlfriend your whore …
“Lone Wolf” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
‘Neath the Southern Cross the truth is evident The Lone Wolf prowls the wooden mount He knows a full moon’s much more radiant Then any stranger’s smile that he can count And all the glory – is in the prowl And lying single under starry skies A classic story of the here and now He …
“No Holy Ground” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Just let me drown, just let me mediate on nothing Let’s go downtown, and maybe cook us up a little something brown They say that Jesus had a lovely voice – well they were wrong They say that Jesus had a lovely voice – well they were wrong Hope I’ll be found, soul-naked sprawled out …
“Rachel Corrie” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
This is the story of brave Rachel Corrie Run over by dreams of expansionist glory The battlefield boundary is all statutory Tiananmen Square with a bulldozer plow Brought up in a state where decisions are made Her parents were planning the victory parade She quickly condemned that she wasn’t afraid Oh – but the Fear …
“Socialist Revolution” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
The Third World is singing the corporate blues My faith in the state would evaporate upon the news The poets are wandering wild-eyed and vain The people are struggling with urges they can’t explain Come spend your vacation the pleasures you’ll find Where little poor children are blown up by mines The mafia state is …
“The Ballad of Gasoline Row” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
There’s a song about a block the city tried to hide It’s where you’d go if you became a victim of the corporate fratricide The block was lit up by the oil drum fire-fireside Their children fed upon the crumbs the people walking by supplied One night a swarm of eyes, lit up like fires …
“Wonder Wander” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
They say that true believers can walk right through a fiery ring A reprobate has blundered through the garden of the constipated king A platypus has chewed upon the frankincense I knew that you would bring A sojourn to the city is the impetus that makes me want to sing I watch you wonder wander, …
“Cold Country” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Counting country from a railway car Aint a wrong around for miles Still I can’t outrun the abbatoir That tries to win me back with smiles… Where the baron’s pipeline Where the media bovine roams At the 43 shrine In a cold country… Corporations killed our representive minds The songs they sing they aint for …
“Groin Ship” by Eric Kiefer – song lyrics
Come and take a trip, come and take a trip on the Groin Ship The passenger’s equipped, the passenger’s equipped it’s the Groin Ship There’s something on your lip, there’s something on your lip it’s the Groin Ship It’s dangling from my hip, it’s dangling from my hip it’s the Groin Ship Come along down …