all lyrics transcribed from a live recording at Aldo’s in San Francisco 1981
released as Life Sentense by Subterranean 1986 re-released as an uns momento by CIP 1999
MECHANICAL SKIN
I have hands when I talk yea yea yea – I got hands when I talk – When I talk someone –
Someone’s looking at my face right now – Right – I have your face –
It’s all over there – It’s everybody’s face – It’s all over there – It’s like –
It’s like I – I’m speaking at your face – You know my eyes ain’t looking at it –
I’m speaking at your face – I’m looking at your face – I have hands when I talk –
– When I talk someone – Someone’s looking at my face right now – Right yea –
And I have your face though it’s everybody’s face – I’m speaking at your face – Yea –
Yea you know my eyes ain’t looking at it – I’m speaking at your face –
I’m looking at your face – When I talk – I talk when I talk – When I talk to your skin –
I can’t talk then – I I can’t talk then – You know I ah I have hands to do that –
Yea – Mechanical skin – Yea – I’m looking at your face – When I talk –
There there – There are so few to connect with – There there are few to forgive –
– I’m speaking at your face – I’m looking at your face – When I talk – I can’t –
I can’t talk then – I have hands to do that – There are so few to connect with –
Mechanical skin – So few – When I talk – I do yea yea – And and and what else about your face –
Yea there are few – There are few – So few to connect with
SLOW MUSIC
I don’t know but I think they’re doin’ it now – I think they’re doin’ it now man –
– They they’re playing slow music and – and you with your eyes closed – you you –
you with your eyes closed – Rocking back rocking back and forth back and forth –
On the back of your hand – You’re a morbid morbid person – Are you a morbid person?
– I mean out there on the streets you know twenty dollar makes – and can can and –
and you with your eyes closed – You you you with your eyes closed –
You know rocking back rocking back and forth and back and forth and back and forth on the ba’
on the back of your hand – You you you – Are you a morbid person –
You know I mean out there on the streets you know twenty dollars makes them believe –
You know that’s what they think – They think twenty dollars is going to make them believe –
you know – And unless you know what she looks like man – Are you – Playing slow music –
You know that’s what – They say – You know like – The like – The blood on their pants –
Like like like the back of your hand – Like turn on the lights – Are you feeling that crazy tonight?
You know that’s what they say – They go help me feel better tonight like the blond do –
You know you’re hot like tonight – You you’re you’re a morbid morbid person – Are you a morbid person?
You know – I mean out – That’s what they think you know –
And unless you know what she looks like man – Are you feeling that crazy tonight? –
You know that’s what they say
WRAPT IN A BLANKET
You know she was missing for nine days – I heard about it – All about it man –
She was missing – She took huge risks for that cause – Boy, boy, she –
She was wrapt in a blanket and it was found by her body and and there were no signs of violence –
But she took huge risks for the cause – There were no signs of violence – She accepted unexpected, shit –
She died – She was missing for nine days – I heard about it, all about it man – She was missing –
She took huge risks for that cause boy –
Boy, she was wrapt in a blanket and it was found by her body and there were no signs of violence –
But she took huge risks for the cause – There were no signs of violence – She accept, accepted unexpected –
Shit – She died – She was dead for several days – She was dead for several days man –
She took huge risks for that cause – She took huge risks for that cause man –
Huge risks for that cause in a blanket – And it was found by her body and there were no signs of violence –
But she took huge risks for that cause – There were no signs of violence and she accept – Shit –
She accepted unexpected – Shit – She died – She was dead for several days – She was dead for several days man –
She took huge risks for that cause man – Huge risks for that cause – She was – She was missing for nine days –
She was wrapt in a blanket – Man – She – It was found by her body and there were no signs of violence –
There were no signs of violence – She accepted unexpected – And she accepted unexpected – Shit she died
– She was dead for several days – She was dead for several days man – She took huge risks for that cause man –
She took huge risks for that cause man – She was missing for nine days – She was wrapt in a blanket – And she was – It was found by her body – There were no signs of violence – There were no signs of violence – No signs of violence – She accept – She accepted unexpected – Shit she died – She was dead for several days –
She was dead for several days man