Clutch - Earth Rocker lyrics
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Tracks 01. Earth Rocker
02. Crucial Velocity 03. Mr. Freedom 04. D.C. Sound Attack! 05. Unto The Breach 06. Gone Cold 07. The Face 08. Book, Saddle, And Go 09. Cyborg Bette 10. Oh, Isabella 11. The Wolf Man Kindly Requests... 01. Earth Rocker
What's this about limits?
Sorry, I don't know none. What's this about some DB limit? Sorry, I can't hear none. You can take a little cruise down the river of booze, Act all poor and defeated. Shout to the mountain some boo-hoo blues, But I'll stand here and repeat it: I'm an earth rocker! Everybody hear me now. I'm an earth rocker! Everybody get the message? If you're gonna do it, Do it live on stage, or don't do it at all. If you're gonna do it, You better take it to the stage, or don't do it at all. I will suffer no evil. My guitar will guide me through. I will suffer no evil, And this time, I want to hear it from you. I'm an earth rocker! Everybody hear me now. I'm an earth rocker! Everybody get the message? Break it down To brass tacks Break it down To just the facts I don't need your sticky laminate I don't need your VIP I don't need your validation 'Cause I wear mine on my sleeve So don't look to me for answers 'Cause I don't got-a-one I just came to have a good time And I'm gonna have one Yes, I've lost many battles And even more days But if I had to do it over I'd do it just the same 'Cause I'm an earth rocker! Everybody hear me now I'm an earth rocker! Everybody get the message? I'm an earth rocker! Understand? I'm an earth rocker! Everybody get the message? 02. Crucial Velocity
Peace keeping agents from several futures
they got a warrant out, some judge's letter What it is I'm going to do, I haven't done They got their probabilities, but I got somethin' much better My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity People keep sayin' you got to quit all your lyin' but cheatin' and lyin' people is all I've ever known People keep tellin' me this and that and this and that 'cause this and thattin' people is all they've ever known Does it really matter how it all started does it really matter how it's gonna end? Reality is gettin' too damn unpredictable unpredictable times call for the reliable friend My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity Everybody, everybody keeps tellin' me "Neil, you got to quit your low down ways" So I ask them if they have the solution and they just shake their heads and slowly walk away My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity My Rocket 88, fastest in the land Crucial, crucial, velocity 03. Mr. Freedom
Phantoms of the second civil war
You gather them around And every time you open up your mouth, A loud of horseshit comes flying right back out Flying right back out Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much but no Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much but no Serious business on your lapel Let the people, know how you feel And every bumper sticker on the back of your car Makes you feel a little more real, A little more real Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much but no Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you BUT NO! I bet you would like nothing better Than for the shit to hit the fan And from the safety of your arm chair, Probably there just glad that no one else but you can possibly understand Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much but no Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much but no Thanks for thinking of you Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much but no Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much but no That's mighty kind of you Mr. Freedom big time talker, oh but thank you very much?but no 04. D.C. Sound Attack!
The optics of it are not important
The public don't give a damn I see you're in need of consultation now Everybody needs a sinister hand Naturally no sympathizer I'm a war monger, baby Gonna industrialize ya Trouble I love Peace I do despise I'm a war monger, baby I got blood in my eyes and I'm looking at you! No, no, no, I've never worn no uniform Except for the ballroom blitz There's no need for conversation here I prefer the dimmest intelligence Naturally no sympathizer I'm a war monger, baby Gonna industrialize ya Trouble I love Peace I do despise You're a war monger, baby And you know you can't deny Hell hounds on your trail What a pity But that's the price you pay Shaking hands in Necro-city Hell hounds on your trail What a pity But that's the price you pay Shaking hands in Necro-city D.C. Sound Attack! Let the rhythm hit 'em! D.C. Sound Attack! Drop the bomb! Look out! I'm not one for sporting laurels I find honor rather trite Never let a sense of morals Prevent me from doing what is right Naturally no sympathizer I'm a war monger, baby Gonna industrialize ya Trouble I love Peace I do despise You're a war monger, baby And you know you can't deny Hell hounds on your trail What a pity But that's the price you pay Shaking hands in Necro-city Hell hounds on your trail What a pity But that's the price you pay Shaking hands in Necro-city Hell hounds on your trail What a pity But that's the price you pay Shaking hands in Necro-city 05. Unto The Breach
The burden of a time lord is there's never any time
Too much of eternity and nowhere to unwind Hobgoblins and morrismen fighting in the streets Hot continuum breakdown give them lightning! Waiting on the corner for the Swiss guard to arrive...to arrive And when they do we'll battle them and rattle them Halberd versus mind versus mind Once more unto the breach! Like the Gutenberg Bible, we're the moveable type Very transient, very influential Like the large hadron collider, the more you see the less you understand The atmosphere's getting volatile Waiting on the corner for the Swiss guard to arrive...to arrive And when they do we'll battle them and rattle them Halberd versus mind versus mind Once more unto the breach! Dalek goon squad. Black shirt master Hit 'em where it hurts Full on psychic blaster. Plague doctors and subhumans Can you feel the heat? The atmosphere's getting hectic The atmosphere's getting volatile Waiting on the corner for the Swiss guard to arrive...to arrive And when they do we'll battle them and rattle them Halberd versus mind versus mind Once more unto the breach! Once more unto the breach! Once more unto the breach! 06. Gone Cold
Swan boats in daisy chains
Can't seem to recall My true given name I see my footprints How they come, how they go Was that yesterday? Or only a moment ago? My heart has gone I've gone cold My heart has gone I've gone cold The past gives way To a cold winter field With ground below Hard as steel Beyond the hill A distant song But that hill Keeps going on and on My heart has gone I've gone cold My heart has gone I've gone cold Swan boats in daisy chains Can't seem to recall Any given name I see the footprints How they come, how they go Was that only a moment? Or many years ago? My heart has gone I've gone cold My heart has gone I've gone cold 07. The Face
They arrive on a sunny day
Offering the residents a better way Before you know it you're in line And chanting refrain They reel you in and then they drown you out First they tell ya You're gonna lose your soul And then they tell ya Find another home And then you take a good look around And they stole your rock and roll And once it's gone you'll never get it back One thousand Les Pauls Burning in a field What rabid religion Poisons their minds? One thousand Jazzmasters Thrown into the sea What measure of madness Governs their time? Alright In the beginning There was void The hand woke up Then there was noise Fire and water Heaven and stone Radio kings Hammer and throne One thousand Les Pauls Smoulder in a field What measure of madness Fastens their hearts? One thousand Jazzmasters Sunk down to the bottom of the sea What rabid religion Drives them apart? In the beginning There was void The face woke up Then there was noise Fire and water Heaven and stone Radio kings Hammer and throne Uncounted Les Pauls Are sainted to the sky Where there was darkness Now only light Uncounted Jazzmasters Rising up from the bottom of the sea The wicked are nought The righteous are free Uncounted Les Pauls Explode and take flight Where there was darkness Now only light Uncounted Jazzmasters Are rocking from the bottom of the sea The wicked are nought The righteous are free 08. Book, Saddle, And Go
I may not got a lot of money
But I got self-esteem And in the golden age of travel That's really all you need I know I'm ugly, honey But look where I'm coming from I got a pony down state And that pony born to run Book, saddle and go, Hey, that's the name of the game Book, saddle and go Canned heat, that's the name of the game They call me the robber, Highwayman Don't wanna hurt nobody Just doing what I can The galley after hours Man the captain just won't listen "If you don't turn this boat around, I'm gonna kick the damn doors in" Book, saddle and go, Hey, that's the name of the game Book, saddle and go Canned heat, that's the name of the game Pinkerton man, murdering bastard I'm gonna get even, get even with you Get even with you Pinkerton man, murdering bastard I'm gonna get even, get even with you Get even with you You can take that my violin And play it all you please For at this time tomorrow Well it'll be of no use to me I know they're gonna hang me Tomorrow I'll be dead Though I never even harmed a hair On anybody's head. Book, saddle and go, Hey, that's the name of the game Book, saddle and go Canned heat, that's the name of the game Pinkerton man, murdering bastard I'm gonna get even, get even with you Get even with you Pinkerton man, you murdering bastard I'm gonna get even, get even with you Get even with you Pinkerton man, murdering bastard I'm gonna get even, get even with you Get even with you 09. Cyborg Bette
Cyborg Bette
You're as cold You're as cold as ice Cyborg Bette You never treat me You never treat me right Superior programming Superior hardware Superior firepower Superior hardware I remember When you told me That you were built for me And I remember When you told me You would never leave Superior programming Superior hardware Superior firepower Superior hardware Why you gotta run so hot? Why you gotta run so hot? Why you got to run so hot? You come home Speaking Speaking mean and rude You come home Reeking Reeking mean of crude And I know that Things ain't What they used to be When I ask you For water You give me gasoline Why you gotta run so hot? Why you gotta run so hot? Why you got to run so hot? The very rarest Of our enemies Style and grace Style and grace Altogether Our vesuvian Style and grace Style and grace Cyborg Bette You done me Wrong for the last time I got a new girl The latest model And she's mine oh mine Superior programming Superior hardware Superior firepower Superior hardware Why you gotta run so hot? Why you gotta run so hot? Why you got to run so hot? Style and grace Style and grace 10. Oh, Isabella
Ratted out in hades
Forced to return To rockville With nothing but a rucksack Hard lesson learned Foul council of leeches Want silence and bet 'em Take rebute And a dagger to the bite Then suck out the venom Oh Isabella Your ship's run aground Kneel at the sword Scream at the clouds Oh Isabella There's smoke on the wind Jaguar in fever Have taken your men Running on the tightrobe Woven by spider While the canyon Teeming with shoppers Grows wider and wider What demon's possessing The clock and the compass Surrender Run headlong to the void The reptile's among us Oh Isabella Your ship's run aground Kneel at the sword Scream at the clouds Oh Isabella There's smoke on the wind Jaguar in fever Have taken your men Chained to the ox cart With a chest full of arrows The villages Are burning with cedar By bag and by barrow Scrub brush from the wasteland Snake in a tree Remember When they throw the torches in Breathe, breathe, breathe Oh Isabella Your ship's run aground Kneel at the sword Scream at the clouds Oh Isabella There's smoke on the wind Jaguar in fever Have taken your men 11. The Wolf Man Kindly Requests...
All right!
You wanna know my political persuasion? Well, sugar, I howl at the moon At the moon - can you dig it? Would you like some more information? There´s a buzzkiller in the room In the room - can you dig it? Party´s over you all gotta go The wolfman is coming out Party´s over you all gotta go The sooner the better The wolfman is coming out Let me tell you about my strategy I sense my fire? Drop me again, drop me again - I think you know what I´m talking about! Yeah! Your ma told you not to come but you´re here to find out Girl you shoud´ve listened Your pa bid you not to come but you´re here to find out Well, now you know! Well, now you know! I swear it´s not you - I promise it´s me When the sun goes down - I tend to lunacy? I swear it´s not you - I promise it´s me When the sun goes down - I tend to lunacy? Yeah! So many people tell me my mind is a ghetto Obviously they´ve been gentrified Gentrified - and I got no time for that! |