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J Church Lyric Book: I
I Can't Be Nice To You / If I Have To Dance Then I Don't Want Your Revolution
/ If I'm Lonely / If We Wait... / I Have To Admit / Imaginary Friends
/ Indignation / In Vain / I Reach For Her Hand / I've Got A Crazy Feeling
/ Ivy League College / I Will Savor This / I Would For You
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X Y Z 0-9
I Can’t
Be Nice To You
Available on Prophylaxis LP/CD,
Prophylaxis CD (alternate version)
I won't write you a letter,
I won't call you on the phone,
I won't fax you at your office,
Still you won't leave me alone
I can't be nice to you,
I can't be nice to you,
I can't be nice to you,
Be nice to you, be nice to you, be nice to you
I have to laugh when you ask me,
With all seriousness about the 'scene',
And I don't care what you write,
And I don't care what you say,
In your useless magazine
I can't be nice to you,
I can't be nice to you,
I can't be nice to you,
Be nice to you, be nice to you, be nice to you
If
I Have to Dance Then I Don't Want Your Revolution
Available on The Horror Of
Life LP/CD.
She's not a friend of mine,
I thought that for the last time,
What I thought was sad confusion was counter-revolution,
Buy the shirt, buy the fad,
Buy the full-page glossy ad,
Selling out, buying in,
Dance, you fool, that stupid grin
The revolutionary ideals,
They're happy to steal,
And turn into gimmicks for the post-modern cynics
Buy the shirt, buy the fad,
Buy the full-page glossy ad,
Selling out, buying in,
Dance, you fool, that stupid grin
Another year goes by,
I'm not that same young angry guy,
But I cannot deny the values worth more than my life,
If I'm willing to die,
I'm not ashamed to tell you why,
Like I told you the last time after time after time after time
My revolutionary ideals were so easy to steal,
And turn into gimmicks for post-modern cynics
He's dead,
All out of thread,
One to the heart and one to the back of the head,
Let's not pretend we think he's anyone
So sad, in love with a fad,
In love with a man,
Who was the worst one you ever had?
He's still someone's daughter's son
Fuck your stupid fucking band,
You think I don't understand?
Are you going for the gold?
Are you doing what you're told?
Cut your bangs, cut your hair,
Learn that stupid vacant stare,
Do you think what you say?
Will you say them anyway?
Fuck your stupid fucking songs,
You think I have got it wrong?
From the view underground you are looking like a clown,
We don't need you,
We don't need you,
We don't need you,
We don't need you
If I'm Lonely
Available on Alone At Night
7", Nostalgic For Nothing
singles collection LP/CD, Soul
Patch And Cho Chos CD, Split
7" with Nails Of Hawaiian, Split
7" with Wat Tyler #1
I'm sick of the television,
Nothing is on,
It doesn't mean indecision,
I'm sick of my stereo,
I'm sick of my CDs,
I wish someone would throw them all away
If I see you then I would know it's true,
If I'm lonely then it's only because I've got nothing better to do
So I finally found a radio station,
Playing the songs I would have played,
It didn't last long until I realized it was nothing new,
Nothing new
If I see you then I would know it's true,
If I'm lonely then it's only because I've got nothing better to do,
If I see you then I would know it's true,
If I'm lonely then it's only because I've got nothing better to do
If We Wait...
Available on Altamont 99 singles
collection CD, Slanted CD, Split
7" with Fluf. Original version by Guided By Voices on the Sunfish
Holy Breakfast EP (Matador, 1996)
There's some food upon the table, boys,
And if you should ever see me crying,
Then you'd know that I am weak,
And you are free to take me downstairs,
Away from cares
I'll be with you in the morning, boys,
'Cause you know that if we wait for our time,
We'll all be dead
So now I've bored you, crying my life away,
Don't I know it, always the things I say,
Always the things,
If you could be anything that you wanna be,
Do you think you would be who you see in the mirror?
If I look long enough my face will start to change,
If I look close enough I'll take away the pain,
Oh I don't care any more,
Any more, any more, any more
I'll be with you in the morning, boys,
'Cause you know that if we wait for our time,
We'll all be dead
I Have To Admit
Available on Altamont 99 singles
collection CD, Ox-zine #25 compilation,
Undisputed King Of Nothing
7"
I have to admit it is going to be hard,
It's already harder than I expected,
I woke up this morning next to nothing,
Arms holding nothing
I won't try to stop you,
I won't try to stop you,
And because I still want you,
I can't be friends with you
I won't show you all the times I've sat at home and cried,
I walked in the fog last night,
For the first time it didn't make me feel alright,
I won't try to stop you,
I won't try to stop you,
And because I still want you,
I can't be friends with you
I may keep the torch inside and try to be your friend,
I walked by your house hoping for an exorcism,
But I was proven wrong again and again
I won't try to stop you,
I won't try to stop you,
And because I still need you,
You are my best friend,
It's already harder than I had expected,
It's already harder than I had expected,
It's already harder than I had expected,
It's already harder than I had expected
Imaginary Friends
Available on One Mississippi
LP/CD
She can talk in codes I only partly understand,
She learned them trying to communicate with imaginary friends,
She used to call them angels but now they're not anything,
Now she feels alone and wishes that they were here again
She writes a letter and one week later she puts it in the mail,
She says that California Dreaming is a cautionary tale,
She says I shouldn't treat it like an empty pop song,
She says interpretations make the premises all wrong,
She has two older sisters who send care packages in the mail,
She collects all of their letters in a yellow plastic pail,
She can make it to the store as it's part of her routine,
She watches videos until they mix in with her dreams,
Until they mix in with her dreams,
Until they mix in with her dreams,
Until they mix in with her dreams
Indignation
Available on Meaty, Beaty,
Shitty Sounding singles collection CD, Turn
To Stone CDS. The chorus uses the same melody and almost the same
lyrics as Sound Guy Smiley.
She's not a bitch, she's not a slut,
But she says she is both,
That was a statement but it's just her indignation,
She wants a band to be the antithesis of everything,
Secretly revealing what's appealing to me
She can play drums which was once good enough for me,
Now her picture's in the paper and everything,
And I missed the wedding, I don't think she expected me,
But I saw the picture with the family
Don't spend the night,
Don't start a fight,
Nothing's gonna be all right,
Don't spend the night,
Don't start a fight,
Nothing's gonna be all right
She sends me a postcard I'll stare at for a week,
Maybe lacking content but the gesture is sweet,
I don't like the record though I'll never tell her lies,
[Blue?] amongst the truth when I write a letter
She said she loved the sea and I'm not surprised,
Our old apartment looked like something out of the decline,
She's getting on with life,
I know she'll be all right,
Just one of many stars in the night
Don't spend the night,
Don't start a fight,
Nothing's gonna be all right,
Don't spend the night,
Don't start a fight,
Nothing's gonna be all right
Nothing's gonna be all right,
Nothing's gonna be all right
In Vain
Available on Quetzalcoatl
LP/CD, Yellow, Blue And Green
CDEP (live version)
Carolina and Nicole are two of the best of friends,
Walking home at 7:30 past five drunk Hispanic men,
No sense even in listening when you've heard it all before,
There's no sense in convincing when to them you’re always the white
whore
She said, "It wasn't all in vain",
She said "It helped me get in touch with my pain",
She doesn't mean the things she says,
She once told me she wished that she was dead
Talking about old Motown records,
Walking home at night,
Carolina and Nicole are not about to give up without a fight,
Not about to admit feeling so alone,
"Have you ever had a real man baby?
Can I walk you home?"
She said, "It wasn't all in vain",
She said "It helped me get in touch with my pain",
She doesn’t mean the things she says,
She once told me she wished that she was dead
And you think that I’m bad because I don’t finish all that
I started,
But for you the last Hüsker Dü must have seemed something cathartic,
I don't feel that I can know you any more,
Crazy Jane changed her name,
Crazy Jane changed her name
I Reach For Her
Hand
Available on One Mississippi
LP/CD
Saturday night, and it starts with a fight,
A fifth of gin and a bag of ice,
I know she is angry; she has every right,
"You fucking motherfucker" a thousand times,
"Did you fuck her in this room?"
But I'm out of words; I am empty,
I reach for her hand but it's no good,
This is awful. It's sickening
I lie on the mattress staring at the ceiling,
I can't stand to think that this is our last feeling
So hopeless, so hopeless,
So hopeless, so hopeless
We raged a drunk all last night,
We slept away all the daylight,
I have no use for the sun anymore,
It only reminds me that I'm still alive,
Do you know about loss?
A loss gone deep inside,
Oh God how I have lost the love for my life
I lie on the mattress staring at the ceiling,
I can't stand to think that this is our last feeling
So hopeless, so hopeless,
So hopeless, so hopeless
I've Got
A Crazy Feeling
Available on Travels
In Hyper-reality 10"/CDEP
I've got, I've got, I've got, I've got a crazy feeling,
I need more time in Auckland, New Zealand,
Does he know he's just Eno?
Every wall has paint that's peeling,
It's so late to be getting rain,
My mind was already on the plane,
Everyone at Flying Nun helped me keep it a little more sane,
I love, I love, I love, I love my red jacket,
It's usefulness is one of many facets,
Driving around in a woman's car,
She must work in A & R,
I've got a crazy feeling,
I need more time in Auckland, New Zealand,
My mind is rockin' and a-reelin',
I need more time in Auckland, New Zealand
Ivy League College
Available on Hello: A Wyndel Records
Compilation CD, Ivy League
College 7", Nostalgic
For Nothing singles collection LP/CD, The
Big Giveaway compilation, The
Ecstasy Of Communication CD, You
Think You're Cool CD
You should have known when you met him at the party,
He was the kind of guy that would have an extra copy,
Of 'The Hundredth Monkey' sitting so prominently,
On his bookshelf made of milkcrates,
Made of milkcrates, made of milkcrates
You should have known,
You should have known,
You tell yourself you should have known,
He'd be burning incense, talking all his nonsense,
You should have known that a sensitive guy,
Lives a lie, you can't look him in the eye
You should have known,
You should have known, known, known, known, known,
You should have known
You should have known when you met her at the rally,
She would be the first one to mention,
The ivy league college she's attending this Fall,
She don't need you at all,
Just Daddy's money, that is all, that's all
You should have known,
You tell yourself that despite what she seems,
She sure has middle class dreams,
You should have known that a sensitive guy,
Lives a lie, you can't look him in the eyeYou should have known,
You should have known, known, known, known, known,
You should have known
He's got a t-shirt and it says 'lick bush',
She's got a haircut like Sinead O'Connor and Manson,
He's got a t-shirt and it says 'lick bush',
She's got a haircut like Sinead O'Connor and Charles Manson
You should have known,
You should have known, known, known, known, known,
You should have known
Na na na na na,
It says 'lick bush',
Na na na na na,
Just like Sinead and Manson had,
Na na na na na,
It says 'lick bush',
Na na na na na,
Like Sinead O'Connor and Charles Manson
I Will Savor This
Available on Travels
In Hyper-reality 10"/CDEP
I feel dirty with the clothes I have on,
I feel dirty on the Reeperbahn,
I'm walking through,
I walk away,
Time to lose on the motorway (motorway)
An affection that I don't understand,
You're looking like a lost gringo, man (understand),
The board is burning hot tonight,
And I walk straight into the light
The meaning's melded in a blur of speed,
I forget to take the time to breathe,
If this connection never happens again,
I will savor this until the end (until the end)
The new is nothing, the new is shitty,
Architects vomit on this city,
The Haffenstraß is a world away,
A step ahead of the sex decay
I Would For You
Available on Altamont 99 singles
collection CD, Ear Of The Dragon
compilation, Your Shirt 7"
If I die, I don’t care about heaven,
I just wanna know, would you visit my tombstone?
I would for you,
I would for you,
I would for you,
I would for you
If I die would you even notice?
Would you bring a date to the funeral service?
I would for you,
I would for you,
I would for you,
I would for you
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