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J Church Lyric Book: L
L.A. / Lama Temple / Last Of The Famous International Playboys / Lemon
Zinger / Leni Riefenstahl's Tinder Box / Limp / Lines / Living With The
Dreaming Body / Lost In A Silent Stare / Lucidity
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L.A.
Available on Cat Food LP/CD, Slanted
CD, Travels In Hyper-Reality
10"/CDEP
When the sun burns it's not out of revenge,
Merely an assertion of dominance,
Or maybe definition through omnipresence,
This city has its own life in a literal sense,
The Industry, the Industry,
Talk to me please,
You've surely seen the movies of the people on their knees,
The imitation of life exacted on a screen,
It's no surprise as Hollywood controls all of the means
Cruising in the afternoon in your rented car,
We're taking it past Western on the Boulevard,
We're gonna sip our sodas with the posers on Vermont,
But I don't give a shit,
It's on another plane I'm on,
I don't give a shit,
It answers why I'm here,
Nothing as contrived as culture or career,
We're living in the limbo that's become the DMZ,
Where voices of the future call the voice of history
Cruising in the afternoon, indulging in the signs,
I'm burning every strip mall in places in my mind,
The crippling visions,
So easy comes the hate,
Rice and beans and sour cream are blurring on my plate,
Stagger down Pico,
Step on every crack,
Sweat and smog concoction glues my shirt to my back,
7-11s help to keep my mind clear,
I have to admit I don't really hate it here
Lama Temple
Available on Lama Temple 7"
EP, Soul Patch And Cho Chos
CD, The Ecstasy Of
Communication CD, The
Precession Of Simulacra 10"/CDEP, V.M.
Live Presents J Church 7" (live version), V.M.
Live Presents ... Vol. 4 compilation (live version), You
Think You're Cool CD
I'm looking at the broken pieces on the floor,
There goes my magic key to success,
I've got to win back all of my alleged luck,
I'm going to Lama Temple, Chicago, Illinois
On the floor - I've got to...,
Out the door - I need to...,
On the floor - don't ask me why,
Out the door - don't ask me why
It's not so smart to burn your candles all day long,
It's not so smart risking bodily harm,
It's not so smart to burn your torch you whole life long,
It's sweet but I don't understand its charm
On the floor - I've got to...,
Out the door - I need to...,
On the floor - don't ask me why,
Out the door - don't ask me why
I'm looking at the broken pieces on the floor,
I can't tell if I'm just depressed or if I'm bored,
It takes a 9v just to start me up again,
I don't have the time to pretend
On the floor - I've got to...,
Out the door - I need to...,
On the floor - don't ask me why,
Out the door - don't ask me why
On the floor - I've got to...,
Out the door - I need to...,
On the floor - don't ask me why,
Out the door - don't ask me why
Last Of The
Famous International Playboys
Available on Nostalgic
For Nothing singles collection LP/CD. Not available on Split
7" with Garden Variety. Original version by Morrissey.
Dear hero imprisoned,
With all the new crimes that you are perfecting,
Well I can't help quoting you,
Because everything that you said rings true
And now in my cell,
(Well, I followed you),
And here's a list of who I slew,
Reggie Kray - do you know my name?
Well, say you don't,
Please say you do, whoa-oh
I am the last of the famous international playboys,
The last of the famous international playboys
And now in my cell,
(Well, I loved you),
Every man with a job to do,
Ronnie Kray - do you know my face?
Oh, don't say you don't,
Please say you do, whoa-oh
I am the last of the famous international playboys,
The last of the famous international playboys
In our lifetime those who kill,
The newsworld hands them stardom,
And these are the ways on which I was raised,
These are the ways on which I was raised,
But I never wanted to kill,
I'm not naturally evil,
Such things I do,
Just to make myself more attractive to you,
Have I failed?
No, no, yeah, no, yeah,
No, no, yeah, no, yeah
I am the last of the famous international playboys,
The last of the famous international playboys
Lemon Zinger
Available on Marc's A Dick And
Gar's A Drunk: The Johann's Face Story compilation, Meaty,
Beaty, Shitty Sounding singles collection CD, Turn
To Stone 7" #2
I've had a hunch, I've had a hunch for a month,
And I've tried to let my logic transcend,
Maybe just a hunch and alone it's not enough,
But I doubt you'll ever kiss me back again
You can drink your Women's LiberTea,
I'm not here nor there obviously,
My lemon zinger goes cold in front of me,
Lie to me if you need
We've waited too long, even the cats know it's wrong,
And they're working hard to calm down our nerves,
And I'm sleeping with the lie, wishing I could die,
I'm a fool and I get what I deserve
You can drink your Women's LiberTea,
I'm not here nor there obviously,
My lemon zinger goes cold in front of me,
Lie to me if you need
My stupid scary dreams I've denied since my teens,
Laugh at me, laugh at me, laugh at me,
That's OK, we can't all win anyway,
And I don't mind if you look right through me
You can drink your Women's LiberTea,
I'm not here nor there obviously,
My lemon zinger goes cold in front of me,
Lie to me if you need
Leni
Riefenstahl's Tinder Box
Available on Leni Riefenstahl's
Tinder Box 7", One Mississippi
LP/CD
There is no time to sympathize,
With Leni Riefenstahl,
Art is not created in a void,
Any act of outrage,
Cannot see through the tears,
Wept for the fallen Führer
Take to the green hills of Africa,
We all know how photos lie,
Sink to the bottom of the ocean,
You will never see Olympia
He was the tinderbox,
Lit Leni Riefenstahl,
Art for art's sake is a lie,
Talent's lonely virtue,
Both profane and divine,
Projecting noxious visions
Take to the green hills of Africa,
We all know how photos lie,
Sink to the bottom of the ocean,
You will never see Olympia
There is no time to redefine,
Leni Riefenstahl,
Ignorance may be her only crime,
Forget the Führer,
Forget the images,
Art for art's sake is a lie
Take to the green hills of Africa,
We all know how photos lie,
Sink to the bottom of the ocean,
You will never see Olympia,
You will never see Olympia,
You will never see Olympia,
See Olympia
Limp
Available on Quetzalcoatl
LP/CD
Everything gives me cancer,
Every day the process is getting faster,
And when I stop to wonder why,
I think about Altadena skies,
Altadena skies
While I don't feel that I’m to blame,
I don't feel that I want the world to stay the same,
And if you think your life is grand,
I've got news for you my friend,
There’s more to life than staying content
Everything gives me an ulcer,
One says ghetto,
One says culture,
Everything has its place,
They saved me a spot right here in the waist,
Right here in the waist
While I don’t feel that I'm to blame,
I don't feel that I want the world to stay the same,
And if you think your life is grand,
I've got news for you my friend,
There’s more to life than staying content
My lungs are daily filled with Mission Street,
The smell of exhaust and visions of defeat,
I took three showers today,
But the smell wouldn't go away,
So I turned on the radio and drifted away,
I drifted away to a better place,
Drifted away to a better place
While I don't feel that I’m to blame,
I don't feel that I want the world to stay the same,
And if you think your life is grand,
I've got news for you my friend,
There's more to life than staying content, content, content
Lines
Available on Altamont 99 singles
collection CD, Kittums In A Coma
7"
You told me that you hated lines,
Hate being told what to do,
You can bitch and you can whine,
But whose idea was the cue?
And I know it's just my opinion,
The lines are in my mind,
They lead me to my indecision,
So what are you gonna do,
When the same applies to you?
She told me that she doesn't care,
Doesn't matter if he dies,
She told me that I'm unaware,
Words are just a waste of time?
And I know it's just my opinion,
The lines are in my mind,
They lead me to my indecision,
So what are you gonna do,
When the same applies to you?
You told me that you hated lines,
Hate being told what to do,
You can bitch and you can whine,
But whose idea was the cue?
And I know it's just my opinion,
The lines are in my mind,
They lead me to my indecision,
So what are you gonna do,
When the same goes for you?
Living
With The Dreaming Body
Available on Lama Temple 7"/CDEP,
Nostalgic For Nothing
singles collection LP/CD. Originally by Poi Dog Pondering on their 1989
self-titled album.
Robin's in the metaphysical section,
She's got "Living With The Dreaming Body.",
Robin's in the metaphysical section,
She's sprawled out along the carpet floor
She says my work is like eating cold oatmeal,
Yesterday's oatmeal, day after day,
She says my work is like eating cold oatmeal,
Day after day, and she's right
Drunk on margaritas and full of food,
She says "It's hard to be with one when you're in love with another",
Drunk on margaritas and full of food,
She says "It's hard to be with one when you're in love with another,
when you're in love with another."
Robin's in the metaphysical section,
She's all drunk on the carpet floor
Lost In A
Silent Stare
Available on Travels
In Hyper-Reality 10"/CDEP
I feel like a pogue or just a step below,
No alcohol in this examination,
Am I eating or just repeating?
The essence lost in a bad translation
I'm not here,
I'm not there,
I won't say a word about your history,
These classifications are just fascinations,
Your choices are just further luxuries
Tokyo don't pretend to know,
Don't pretend to be lost in a silent stare,
Tokyo is it all for show?
Show me now that you really care,
Tokyo!
I have no right, no right at all,
To hide behind any confrontation,
Superfluous criticism,
Lightly veiled racism,
Are outsiders acts of desperation
Now dig your heels and capture the feel
Of on riding that rush hour train,
Dead on your feet, it's still a treat,
I'll suck it dry again and again
Tokyo don't pretend to know,
Don't pretend to be lost in a silent stare,
Tokyo is it all for show?
Show me now that you really care,
Tokyo!
I feel like a pogue or just a step below,
No alcohol in this examination,
Am I eating or just repeating?
The essence lost in a bad translation
Tokyo don't pretend to know,
Don't pretend to be lost in a silent stare,
Tokyo is it all for show?
Show me now that you really care,
Tokyo!
Lucidity
Available on Prophylaxis LP/CD
Ask me please,
Your love spreads like a new disease,
Your love breeds into authority,
Your love is nothing but vanity
You remind me of a movie that was more than kind,
Took all my feelings, put them straight in line,
A rainstorm lost into the bottomless brine,
[Of this town,?]
[Of this town,?]
[Of this town,?]
[Of this town?]
Policy,
Your politics are your stability,
Your words are polemic smoke screen,
I'll cut you down right at the knees
Lucidity is only part of the artillery,
Four billion people don’t know how to be free,
They’re reading books about their property
[Of this town,?]
[Of this town,?]
[Of this town,?]
[Of this town?]
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