Subject: Clem Snide - The Ghost of Fashion Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:11:50 +0200 From: "Gunnar Hedlund" To: "Hans Settler" @ARTIST: Clem Snide @ALBUM: The Ghost of Fashion 01. Let's Explode 02. Long Lost Twin 03. Ice Cube 04. Chinese Baby 05. Don't Be Afriad of Your Anger 06. Evil Vs. Good 07. Moment in the Sun 08. The Curse of Great Beauty 09. Joan Jett of Arc 10. The Junky Jews 11. Ancient Chinese Secret Blues 12. The Ballad of Unzer Charlie 13. No One's More Happy Than You @SONG: Let's Explode love is only for the lovely and such a glamorous thing to waste wait, I have to fix my makeup, wait 'cause no one likes to see a pretty face, all sad and twisted up 'cause the beautiful were never meant to suffer and I'm so beautiful a peacock died to color my lips so I died my hair in all their sweat but now I'm haunted by these visions of me I don't wanna live forever when the sky is full of little holes exploding as they take my picture let's explode and I don't wanna know me better ... @SONG: Long Lost Twin the dark red shadows deep beneath your skin tonight I feel like Elvis longing for his long lost twin like a pigeon choking on a diamond ring tonight I feel like Elvis longing for his long lost twin the highway is a ribbon it makes a gift of everything tonight I feel like Elvis longing for his long lost twin the sea of taillights that we all must swim tonight I feel like Elvis longing for his long lost twin clean up the mess that Eve and Adam got us in 'cause tonight I feel like Elvis longing for his long lost twin open the gates of heaven and let me in tonight I feel like Elvis longing for his long lost twin ... sometimes I wish I was never born sometimes I wish I was never born @SONG: Ice Cube I'm feeling like the ice cube in your glass melting away I could close my eyes and go to sleep right here in the ashtray does anybody ever got what they want what do you mean when you talk about love, love I could make the bed when we awake with a hammer and a nail or make a sandwish of us both but the bread is too stale does anybody ever got what they want what do you mean when you talk about love, love, love I'm feeling like the ice cube in your mouth melting away I don't want to leave, unless of course, you ask me to stay does anybody ever got what they want what do you mean when you talk about what do you mean when you talk about what do you mean when you talk about love I'm feeling like the ice cube in your glass melting away I could close my eyes and go to sleep right here in the ashtray does anybody ever got what they want what do you mean when you talk about love, love I could make the bed when we awake with a hammer and a nail or make a sandwish of us both but the bread is too stale does anybody ever got what they want what do you mean when you talk about love, love, love I'm feeling like the ice cube in your mouth melting away I don't want to leave, unless of course, you ask me to stay does anybody ever got what they want what do you mean when you talk about what do you mean when you talk about what do you mean when you talk about love @SONG: Chinese Baby from the corner of my eye the chinese baby cries for you it sounds like boo-hoo so rub my stomach for good luck to pass that driving test it's hard I know that green means go your boyfriends calling you to tell you that your through with love and all the stars above your head well it seems to weigh you down and it's decorated with a frown from the corner of my eye the chinese baby cries for you it sound like boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo @SONG: Don't Be Afraid of Your Anger don't be afraid of your anger I'll eat it with mustard and wine and the crumbs in your hair you should shampoo with care if it's tearless I'm sure it would say and don't be afraid of the language I know you don't mean what you said well, your tongue can get sharp but it's soft in my mouth and there's towels and ice we could use don't roll your eyes at me slowly I know I was acting the slut when I loosened my belt and said, I know how you felt from a book that explained it away from a book that explained it away so don't be afraid of your anger I'll eat it with mustard and wine and lick the blood off your lip and the bruise on your hip when this pillow fight gets out of hand when this pillow fight gets out of hand @SONG: Evil vs. Good 'cause you're so evil and I'm so good I'll make it up to you some day @SONG: Moment in the Sun when it's my moment in the sun oh, how beautiful I'll be but in a normal sort of way like I am you and you are me 'cause I have a lot of things to say and you'd be wise to listen good I think that hunger, war and death are bringin' everybody down when it's my moment in the sun I'll share my problems with the world and psychosomatically I'll sing to God and all his pretty girls when it's my moment in the sun I won't torget that I am blessed but every hero walks alone thinking of more things to confess @SONG: The Curse of Great Beauty your tooth ache, an ivory tower so let down your long perfect legs I'll untie the knots with my lips and my tongue and rub Ambisol into your hair 'cause those paper cuts kept you from writing a poem so epic and true about how you are cursed with a beauty so great I'm sure that it's hard being you so put down that book it's too serious I'll undress you as I make a joke but please try not to laugh as I swim in your flesh just hold your breath 'til I finish so explain it again to me slowly about the physical world that you transcend I'll just watch your lips and your perfect white teeth and the cigarette that doesn't belong there and the cigarette that doesn't belong there @SONG: Joan Jett of Arc she'd fix me a dinner of sunflower seeds and ready-whipped topping inhalers and take me down South with Hall and Oats in her mouth my first love my Joan Jett of Arc my black heart was heavy but her mom's Cougar was fast as little pink houses were whistled and it was all you can eat at the Sizzler that night my steak burnin' Joan Jett of Arc my steak burnin' Joan Jett of Arc and the shopping malls and roller rinks all dimmed their lights cicadas and crickets were silent and the train tracks like stitches skidding bicycle tires as I slipped in my Joan Jett of Arc ... and the birds that were crushed once had air in their bones as oil was refined in her honor @SONG: The Junky Jews it was so very long ago in California desert snow on film was caught a burning bush up many hills a stone was pushed the junky jews, so much to lose the junky jews sing the blues Corey Feldman took the stand a sequel to the ten commands Red Sea parted in his veins beholding he who has no name the junky jews, so much to lose the junky jews sing the blues the junky jews, so much to lose the junky jews sing the blues and the world was shining like a jewel but on the surface very cruel so Jesus picked up his guitar and sang about a shooting star sang about a shooting star @SONG: Ancient Chinese Secret Blues why did you say that why'd you open your mouth this isn't the time or the place for my love's disgrace how could you say that you just opened your mouth now I haven't the courage to stay calgon take me away ... @SONG: The Ballad of Unzer Charlie @SONG: No One's More Happy Than You no ones more happy than you even the sky's feeling blue and you don't believe, but it's true no one's more happy than you a beautiful Hackensack night two teenagers kiss and hold tight the satellite swimming above is sending a message of love no one's more happier than you even the sky's feeling blue you don't believe, but it's true no one's more happy than you the Stop N Shop is open all night with a mothering florescent light the milk carton pictures a dove as the intercom crackles with love no one's more happy than you the foot's on the other shoe nobody knows what to do 'cause no one's more happy than you