J Church Lyric Book: E

Earthquake Song / Empty Soda Can / Enemy Of Satan / Eric Dolphy / Everybody Laughs / Ex Lion Tamer

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Earthquake Song

Available on Asshole 7", Meaty, Beaty, Shitty Sounding singles collection CD

An all-too sunny day,
Fuckin' dogs gone crazy,
I'll drown them out with my shitty walkman

In the park I thought I had it made,
Break my bones in the aftershock,
Stand in line for bad handouts,
Watch it from a big screen TV back at home

Empty Soda Can

Available on Empty Soda Can 7" by Cilantro

OK, you've said enough,
You know I got the message,
Now you're just trying to make me feel like shit,
"You motherfucker",
"You can't leave now",
She was slurring vodka and tonics

This is very serious,
And I can't concentrate,
I get distracted by commercials on the TV,
I'm sorry but I have to,
Nothing you can say can make a difference any more

And I've got not [...?] planned,
Just an empty soda can,
Nothing to chase this down with,
And I've got no place to be,
Got no love for you and me,
You don't have to plead, that breaks my heart

But I don't care,
Is there life out there?

I've got a feeling, almost déjà vu,
Such a fear throughout this conversation,
We have more to drink,
We finish off the bottle,
The sun is just about to set

It's just a routine we do unconsciously,
You want to cry but you shout it out instead,
The phone is ringing,
No-one makes a move,
We just wait for a feeling we can recognise

And I've got not [...?] planned,
Just an empty soda can,
Nothing to chase this down with,
And I've got no place to be,
Got no love for you and me,
You don't have to plead, that breaks my heart

But I don't care,
Is there life out there?

OK, you've said enough,
You know I got the message,
Now you're just trying to make me feel like shit,
"You motherfucker",
"You can't leave now",
She was slurring vodka and tonics

This is very serious,
And I can't concentrate,
I get distracted by commercials on the TV,
I'm sorry but I have to,
Nothing you can say can make a difference any more

Enemy Of Satan

Available on Seishun Zankoku Monogatari CD. Lyrics not yet available.

Eric Dolphy

Available on The Horror Of Life LP/CD.

So many questions, so little response,
Who carved swastikas on Mingus's door?
It wasn't the Nazis,
It sure wasn't Hitler,
It wasn't a ghost from two decades before,
A smart suit and tie,
Is it enough?
Is it enough for Bavarian minds?
Small in your country, small in your thinking,
Small in your willing to let a man die

Something sweet,
Something tender,
Something sweet,
Something tender

So many questions, let's make up a survey,
How many black men have you ever known?
Is he a black man?
Or is he a musician?
Can you assume that he's on heroin?
Thinking back to better times means thinking back to yours and not mine,
So many questions, so little response,
[Cry since you] know that in time they'll be lost

Something sweet,
Something tender,
Something sweet,
Something tender

Somebody murdered Eric Dolphy,
All you bastards just stand and stare,
Somebody murdered Eric Dolphy,
Death is a dream in the subjective air,
Walking down these ancient streets,
It all seems strangely beautiful,
Maybe the problem is equally me,
Trying to get a grip on it all

Everybody Laughs

Available on Empty Soda Can 7" by Cilantro

Every face was different,
It was the same blood still on every page,
In the caption was written:
"The bank after a visit from the R.Z."

Three dead in a cell,
Stammheim in his lonely cell,
Walls never fell,
Stammheim and his lonely hell

Everybody laughs,
Stupid words for stupid ears,
Useless songs and useless rhymes take your time

Why behave? There's plenty more where you came from anyway,
Plastic devices for all,
You and I can make this city fall

Everybody laughs,
Stupid words for stupid ears,
Useless songs and useless rhymes take your time

Ex Lion Tamer

Available on Split 7" with Minority Blues Band #2, Seishun Zankoku Monogatari CD. Lyrics not yet available. Original version by Wire.