The Residents
The Residents are an experimental music and visual arts group from Louisian… Read Full Bio ↴The Residents are an experimental music and visual arts group from Louisiana, United States, largely shrouded in mystery and myth. The Residents began recording in 1967, although many of these recordings from their early years have still gone unreleased to this day. The earliest material from the group, traded among bootlegs, was recorded around 1969. In 1972, the group adopted the name The Residents and issued their first official release, Santa Dog.
Allmusic had this to say about the Residents: "Over the course of a recording career spanning several decades, the Residents remained a riddle of Sphinx-like proportions; cloaking their lives and music in a haze of willful obscurity, the band's members never identified themselves by name, always appearing in public in disguise -- usually tuxedos, top hats and giant eyeball masks -- and refusing to grant media interviews. Drawing inspiration from the likes of fellow innovators including Harry Partch, Sun Ra, and Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, the Residents channelled the breadth of American music into their idiosyncratic, satiric vision, their mercurial blend of electronics, distortion, avant-jazz, classical symphonies and gratingly nasal vocals reinterpreting everyone from John Philip Sousa to James Brown while simultaneously expanding the boundaries of theatrical performance and multimedia interaction.
It was commonly accepted that the four-member group emigrated to San Francisco, California from Shreveport, Louisiana at some point in the early '70s. According to longtime group spokesman Jay Clem -- one member of the so-called Cryptic Corporation, the band's representative body -- they received their name when Warner Bros. mailed back their anonymous demo tape, addressed simply "for the attention of residents". Finding no takers for their oddball sounds, the Residents founded their own label, Ralph Records, for the purposes of issuing their 1972 debut "Santa Dog", released in a pressing of 300 copies which were mailed out to luminaries from Frank Zappa to President Richard Nixon. Their debut full-length, 1974's "Meet the Residents", reportedly sold fewer than 50 copies before the group was threatened with a lawsuit from Capitol Records over its cover, a twisted, dada-esque parody of the art to "Meet the Beatles".
The follow-up, 1974's neoclassical excursion "Not Available", was recorded with the intention of its music remaining unissued; locked in cold storage upon its completion, only a 1978 contractual obligation resulted in its eventual release. 1976's "The Third Reich 'N Roll" was the next official offering, a collection of pop oldies covers presented in a controversial jacket portraying Adolf Hitler clutching an enormous carrot. After a 1976 concert in Berkeley, California which cloaked the Residents behind an opaque screen, wrapped up like mummies -- the most famous of only three live performances mounted during their first decade of existence -- they issued an abrasive 1977 cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction", which became an underground hit on both sides of the Atlantic at the peak of the punk movement. As the decade drew to a close, the group released a flurry of recordings, further building upon their growing cult following; among them were 1978's "Duck Stab", 1979's "Eskimo" (purportedly a collection of native Arctic chants) and 1980's "Commercial Album", a compilation of 40 one-minute "pop songs" that aired on San Francisco radio only because the Residents played them during the advertising time they bought.
In 1981 the Residents embarked upon their "Mole Trilogy", a prog rock collection of albums -- 1981's "Mark of the Mole", 1982's "The Tunes of Two Cities" and 1985's "The Big Bubble" -- recounting an epic battle between a pair of tribes named the Moles and the Chubs; a lavish, multimedia tour, "The Mole Show", followed. In the interim, the group also mounted another ambitious project, the "American Composer" series, although only two of the projected titles -- 1984's "George & James" (a reinterpretation of songs by George Gershwin and James Brown) and 1986's "Stars & Hank Forever" (celebrating John Philip Sousa and Hank Williams) -- ever appeared. Instead, in the wake of financial and corporate difficulties which resulted in the creation of a New Ralph label, the Residents issued the one-off "God in Three Persons" (a talking blues outing), and 1989's "The King and Eye" (a reinterpretation of Elvis Presley standards).
After losing control of the Ralph label as well as their back catalog, the Residents regained the rights to their music in 1990 and began reissuing long-out-of-print material as well as the new "Freak Show", a meditation on circus sideshows and carnival dementia. Four years later, Freak Show was reissued as a CD-ROM, marking the group's first leap into the new digital interactive technology; "Have a Bad Day" followed in 1996, and included the soundtrack to the CD-ROM game "Bad Day on the Midway." In 1997, the band celebrated their silver anniversary with the release of the career-spanning overview "Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses". "Wormwood: Curious Stories From the Bible" followed the next year, with "Roadworms" (songs from Wormwood as performed in the stage show) being issued in mid-2000. They followed that up with the awesome "Icky Flix" DVD, an incredibly detailed collection of their videos that featured both old and new soundtracks, 5.1 Digital Stereo Surround sound, countless hidden videos and in-depth histories of each individual track. That was followed by another one of their rare tours, which saw them incorporate the DVD into their live act and bring out guest singer Molly Harvey for some truly creative duets. The "Petting Zoo" retrospective followed in the spring of 2002, acting as a budget sampler for new fans and giving old fans something to tide them over while several high concept projects neared completion. The first was "Demons Dance Alone", a complicated pop album that hearkened back to the catchier material from "Duck Stab" and the "Commercial Album". That was followed in 2002 by a live retrospective called "Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town" that contained 3 cd's and a DVD, and a further look at their past via remasters and remixes put out by EuroRalph (including a remix of their previously unreleased and notorious "Warner Brothers Demo"). A DVD of the Demons Dance Alone tour came out in 2004 and another new project, "Animal Lover" was released in 2005."
Summer of 2006 brought the internet download project, The River of Crime: Episodes 1-5. River of Crime was their first project with Warner Music Group's Cordless label. Following the success of "River of Crime", The Residents launched their weekly Timmy video project on YouTube. In 2007 they did the music for the documentary "Strange Culture" and also released a double instrumental album, "Night of the Hunters". On the Fourth of July, 2007, the planned October release of their latest project with Mute Records, The Voice of Midnight (a music theater adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story Der Sandmann), was announced on their website.
On the 21st of May 2008 they announced on their website that their first North America tour since "Demons Dance Alone" for a project entitled "The Bunny Boy" is set to begin on October 9th in New York — later an earlier date was added for Santa Cruz. Soon, it was announced that the tour will also include Europe, starting November 13th. On June 3rd, the Residents.com website boasted the planned release of "The Bunny Boy" which was released on September 1st. The website had posted information in which Foxboro claimed this would be a Farewell Tour; it was later revealed that this was nothing more than a mistake by Foxboro.
In October 2017, Hardy Fox identified himself as both the anonymous primary composer and producer for The Residents as well as the pseudonymous Charles Bobuck.
Hardy Fox died on October 30, 2018.
Allmusic had this to say about the Residents: "Over the course of a recording career spanning several decades, the Residents remained a riddle of Sphinx-like proportions; cloaking their lives and music in a haze of willful obscurity, the band's members never identified themselves by name, always appearing in public in disguise -- usually tuxedos, top hats and giant eyeball masks -- and refusing to grant media interviews. Drawing inspiration from the likes of fellow innovators including Harry Partch, Sun Ra, and Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, the Residents channelled the breadth of American music into their idiosyncratic, satiric vision, their mercurial blend of electronics, distortion, avant-jazz, classical symphonies and gratingly nasal vocals reinterpreting everyone from John Philip Sousa to James Brown while simultaneously expanding the boundaries of theatrical performance and multimedia interaction.
It was commonly accepted that the four-member group emigrated to San Francisco, California from Shreveport, Louisiana at some point in the early '70s. According to longtime group spokesman Jay Clem -- one member of the so-called Cryptic Corporation, the band's representative body -- they received their name when Warner Bros. mailed back their anonymous demo tape, addressed simply "for the attention of residents". Finding no takers for their oddball sounds, the Residents founded their own label, Ralph Records, for the purposes of issuing their 1972 debut "Santa Dog", released in a pressing of 300 copies which were mailed out to luminaries from Frank Zappa to President Richard Nixon. Their debut full-length, 1974's "Meet the Residents", reportedly sold fewer than 50 copies before the group was threatened with a lawsuit from Capitol Records over its cover, a twisted, dada-esque parody of the art to "Meet the Beatles".
The follow-up, 1974's neoclassical excursion "Not Available", was recorded with the intention of its music remaining unissued; locked in cold storage upon its completion, only a 1978 contractual obligation resulted in its eventual release. 1976's "The Third Reich 'N Roll" was the next official offering, a collection of pop oldies covers presented in a controversial jacket portraying Adolf Hitler clutching an enormous carrot. After a 1976 concert in Berkeley, California which cloaked the Residents behind an opaque screen, wrapped up like mummies -- the most famous of only three live performances mounted during their first decade of existence -- they issued an abrasive 1977 cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction", which became an underground hit on both sides of the Atlantic at the peak of the punk movement. As the decade drew to a close, the group released a flurry of recordings, further building upon their growing cult following; among them were 1978's "Duck Stab", 1979's "Eskimo" (purportedly a collection of native Arctic chants) and 1980's "Commercial Album", a compilation of 40 one-minute "pop songs" that aired on San Francisco radio only because the Residents played them during the advertising time they bought.
In 1981 the Residents embarked upon their "Mole Trilogy", a prog rock collection of albums -- 1981's "Mark of the Mole", 1982's "The Tunes of Two Cities" and 1985's "The Big Bubble" -- recounting an epic battle between a pair of tribes named the Moles and the Chubs; a lavish, multimedia tour, "The Mole Show", followed. In the interim, the group also mounted another ambitious project, the "American Composer" series, although only two of the projected titles -- 1984's "George & James" (a reinterpretation of songs by George Gershwin and James Brown) and 1986's "Stars & Hank Forever" (celebrating John Philip Sousa and Hank Williams) -- ever appeared. Instead, in the wake of financial and corporate difficulties which resulted in the creation of a New Ralph label, the Residents issued the one-off "God in Three Persons" (a talking blues outing), and 1989's "The King and Eye" (a reinterpretation of Elvis Presley standards).
After losing control of the Ralph label as well as their back catalog, the Residents regained the rights to their music in 1990 and began reissuing long-out-of-print material as well as the new "Freak Show", a meditation on circus sideshows and carnival dementia. Four years later, Freak Show was reissued as a CD-ROM, marking the group's first leap into the new digital interactive technology; "Have a Bad Day" followed in 1996, and included the soundtrack to the CD-ROM game "Bad Day on the Midway." In 1997, the band celebrated their silver anniversary with the release of the career-spanning overview "Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses". "Wormwood: Curious Stories From the Bible" followed the next year, with "Roadworms" (songs from Wormwood as performed in the stage show) being issued in mid-2000. They followed that up with the awesome "Icky Flix" DVD, an incredibly detailed collection of their videos that featured both old and new soundtracks, 5.1 Digital Stereo Surround sound, countless hidden videos and in-depth histories of each individual track. That was followed by another one of their rare tours, which saw them incorporate the DVD into their live act and bring out guest singer Molly Harvey for some truly creative duets. The "Petting Zoo" retrospective followed in the spring of 2002, acting as a budget sampler for new fans and giving old fans something to tide them over while several high concept projects neared completion. The first was "Demons Dance Alone", a complicated pop album that hearkened back to the catchier material from "Duck Stab" and the "Commercial Album". That was followed in 2002 by a live retrospective called "Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town" that contained 3 cd's and a DVD, and a further look at their past via remasters and remixes put out by EuroRalph (including a remix of their previously unreleased and notorious "Warner Brothers Demo"). A DVD of the Demons Dance Alone tour came out in 2004 and another new project, "Animal Lover" was released in 2005."
Summer of 2006 brought the internet download project, The River of Crime: Episodes 1-5. River of Crime was their first project with Warner Music Group's Cordless label. Following the success of "River of Crime", The Residents launched their weekly Timmy video project on YouTube. In 2007 they did the music for the documentary "Strange Culture" and also released a double instrumental album, "Night of the Hunters". On the Fourth of July, 2007, the planned October release of their latest project with Mute Records, The Voice of Midnight (a music theater adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story Der Sandmann), was announced on their website.
On the 21st of May 2008 they announced on their website that their first North America tour since "Demons Dance Alone" for a project entitled "The Bunny Boy" is set to begin on October 9th in New York — later an earlier date was added for Santa Cruz. Soon, it was announced that the tour will also include Europe, starting November 13th. On June 3rd, the Residents.com website boasted the planned release of "The Bunny Boy" which was released on September 1st. The website had posted information in which Foxboro claimed this would be a Farewell Tour; it was later revealed that this was nothing more than a mistake by Foxboro.
In October 2017, Hardy Fox identified himself as both the anonymous primary composer and producer for The Residents as well as the pseudonymous Charles Bobuck.
Hardy Fox died on October 30, 2018.
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02-Perfect Love Do you need someone? Are you like me? Do you fall apart? You…
A Fool such as I Pardon me if I'm sentimental When you say goodbye Don't be…
A Spirit Steals A Child One of the many strange Eskimo phenomena is the disappearanc…
Act of Being Polite I found her crying in the morning Sitting in a chair She…
Aircraft Damage Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa …
All Shook Up Well, bless my soul, what's wrong with me? I'm itching like…
Amber Life is just a situation Life is just a game Life is…
Angakok Angakoks, the Eskimo men of magic. are widely held as…
Another Land I heard a rumor from the east That Pit Moles′ battles…
Anything Try, go anything but this I've got to anything but this…
Arctic Hysteria Arctic hysteria is a phenomenon that occurs in the dead…
Bach Is Dead Bach is dead Bach is dead Bach is dead Bach is dead Walk…
Back to Normality The Ultimate Disaster: Won't You Keep Us Working?/First Warn…
Bathsheba Bathes Out in the openness of night She bathes before my sucking…
Benny The Bouncing Bump Seeing that his eyes were empty under half closed lids, Mad…
Betty's Body Anybody but Betty Anybody but Betty Anybody but Betty Anybod…
Big Hunk O' Love Hey baby, I ain't askin' much of you No, no, no,…
Birds in the Trees Birds in the trees Shook dust from their wings I thought of…
Birth Since the most important person in the Eskimo community is…
Birthday Boy Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthd…
Blue Rosebuds I love you and 'cause I do My sky has changed >From…
Blue Tongues I love you and 'cause I do My skies have changed From…
Boo Who Now there just is a cow Where once was a calf Now…
Boots Boots were meant for walkin' That's just what they'll do. On…
Bossy Sat upon an empty box of Cheerios and settled Through the…
Boxes of Armageddon Boxes full of Armageddon, boxes full of death Boxes sitting…
Boy in Love Sun in my eyes, navy blue skies You are the reason…
Breath and Length Breath and Length .......And Breadth and Width .......And Wi…
Bridegroom of Blood I'm t-tired and d-dirty and old L-like m-mildew covered wit…
Bridge Sometimes you just have to say so Doesn't mean you're a…
Brown Cow When you've had as many lovers as I have a…
Buckaroo Blues: The Stampede When the hot sun sets and the evenin' gets Calm and…
Burn Baby Burn I'm gonna die with a with no tears in my…
Burn My Bones Sleeping deeply in the blood It turns my memories to…
Burning Love Lord Almighty, I feel my temperature rising, Higher higher B…
Bury Me Not "Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie" These words came…
Butcher Shop When I was a little boy, I didn't have a…
Cain and Abel Blood drowns the ground Blood drowns the ground Yes, blood…
Caring Once there were brothers who said that they loved her Once…
Confused I was standing at the fireplace thinking of my own…
Confused (by What I Felt Inside) I was tanding at the fireplace thinking of my own…
Confused By What I Felt Inside I was standing at the fireplace thinking of my own…
Constantinople Here I come Constantinople [Repeat: x1] I am coming Constant…
Construction The New Machine: Idea/Construction/Ugly Rumours/Failure - Re…
Daydream Believer Oh I could hide 'neath the wings Of the blue bird…
Dead Men Dead men are staring up at angels Dead men are…
Dead Wood I wish I was big I wish I was tall I wish…
Death In Barstow Once I went to Barstow Then I went to bed First my…
Demons Dance Alone You can know a needle's eye Or a hungry baby's cry But…
Devotion Shortly after I first met them, something that I said…
Die in Terror She said she wished to die in terror Screaming in the…
Dimples And Toes She is unhappy and even unkind She would not listen but…
Dinah and the Unclean Skin He murdered me He murdered me He took his tongue and touch…
Disaster The Ultimate Disaster: Won't You Keep Us Working?/First Warn…
Don't Final Confrontation: Driving The Moles Away/Don't Tread On M…
Don't be Cruel You know I can be found Sitting home all alone If you…
Don't Tread on Me Final Confrontation: Driving The Moles Away/Don't Tread On M…
Dreams Conceived in hope and what could be Dreams are delicate and…
Driving The Moles Away Final Confrontation: Driving The Moles Away/Don't Tread On M…
Easter Woman Down, down down, down down, down down... Easter woman came …
Easter Women Down, deep down, I'm down, down down, Down, deep down, …
Edweena Chorus: Coming into column nation is a gracious thing A st…
Elmer's Song Leave your burdens behind Leave your burdens behind Let yo…
Eloise Foul flavor of vermin Coated my nostrils like a seething hat…
Elvis And His Boss Oh, I'm gonna be my baby, baby Baby, but you see My…
End Of Home Darkness fell upon the garden As I sadly sat alone Dreaming …
Epilogue All the stories on this recording are expressed in the…
Everyone Comes to the Freak Show Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Step right up and you will see…
Failure/Reconstruction The New Machine: Idea/Construction/Ugly Rumours/Failure - Re…
Festival of Death Perhaps no holiday is more important to the Eskimo than…
Fever Dreams Ever had a fever dream? I had a fever dream. A real…
Final Confrontation Driving the Moles Away We don't want your arm, we don't…
Fine Fat Flies Soon I woke when I was sleeping with a restless…
Fingertips Something faintly emanating Perfume and decay Whispered li…
Fire Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa …
Fire Fall I'm just an old man How could I understand I'm just an…
First Warning The Ultimate Disaster: Won't You Keep Us Working?/First Warn…
Flight of the Bumble Roach She's a coon-ass cutie With a brown-stained sole From stompi…
Floyd Instrumental…
Forty-four No More Once I lived on a dead end street With a little…
From the Plains to Mexico We were lyin' on the prairie, on slaughter's ranch one…
Ghost Child We're comin', help me We're comin', I'm alone We're comin'…
Ginger There once was a woman who once was a man Who…
Ginger's Lament There once was a woman who once was a man Who…
Give It to Someone Else I wanted to give it to someone else And hear what…
God Song God never really did like man anyway At least not after…
God's Magic Finger It was a finger instead of a singer It was a…
Godsong God never really did like man anyway At least not after…
Golden Guy There was a Golden Guy, there was a Golden Guy I…
Gone Again Amusement parks are caked with sounds A solid hunk of meat A…
Guylum Bardot The love that we've been through Was splintered and sent to…
Handful Of Desire Sinews crackled in the heat Of noonday raptured thrill A m…
Hanging by his Hair Helpless and hanging around Inches away from the ground Wher…
Hard & Tenderly They called me "Mr. X, Indeed", the special ones that…
Harry the Head The Head was hardly human The head is finally dead "I can…
He Also Serves Come and see the holy twosome They can heal and they…
Heartbreak Hotel Well, since my baby left me Well, I found a new…
Hello Skinny Skinny was born in a bathtub And he grew so incredibly…
Herman The Human Mole Herman Herman Herman isn't happy Herman isn't well H…
Hey Good Lookin' Said, hey good lookin', whatcha got cookin'? How's about co…
His Latest Flame Some kind old friend came by today And he'd been telling…
Hitler was a Vegetarian Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin' Too many…
Home Age Conversation Walking where the windy stops The tops of trees are bare Whe…
Honey Bear Tell me Why I Am so Scared Tell me, tell me,…
How To Get A Head There were guys watching my body There were guys watching m…
Hunters It's buried deep within the past I hope it doesn't last It's…
I Song of Solomon I hate heaven! I hate it! I hate…
I Hate Heaven Song of Solomon I hate heaven! I hate it! I hate…
I Left My Heart in San Francisco I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill…
I'm Dreaming of a White Sailor Sometimes I feel his feet When I'm fast asleep I know that…
I'm Not Crazy He was the one who came undone and had to…
Idea The New Machine: Idea/Construction/Ugly Rumours/Failure - Re…
Infant Tango Watch That Infant Tango See That Infant Tango All That …
Inner Space When I think about my father I see a silver…
Insincere Sometimes, when I'm quiet and by myself I do remember…
Jambalaya by Hank Williams Good-bye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my…
Jelly Jack the Boneless Boy Jello Jello Jello Jello Jello Jello... Ho ho ho I'm Jello…
Judas Saves I hear a voice I hear a voice Calling, calling Calling me…
Jungle Bunny Once there was a little man And they called him Shoe…
Kaw-Liga Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian, standin' by the door He fell…
Kick a Picnic Afterwards, it's like a dream You can't remember but it seem…
KILL HIM! First he told me get a goat and cut in down…
Kiss of Flesh I returned while they were eating supper at the table…
Krafty Cheese You care for plants and we care for you; You care…
La La La, la-la La, la-la La, la, la La, la-la La, la-la La, la, l…
Laughing Song An oily ole egg with a red peg leg Thought a…
Less Not More The railings of the bridge Were moving by the glass The oppo…
Life Everything is hungry Everything wants more Everything will…
Life Would Be Wonderful Life would be wonderful Life would be wonderful If I was…
Lillie I saw a woman chewing with nothing in her mouth; Her…
Lizard Lady What's a woman going to do but throw away her…
Loneliness I came upon it in the night And left it in…
Loss of a Loved One I told them how my wife had fallen into sickness…
Loss of Innocence Amusement parks are caked with sounds A solid hunk of meat A…
Love Is Love is only loneliness Divided by another Love is only li…
Love Leaks Out Hour by hour Day by day Love leaks out And goes away…
Mahogany Wood I wish I was bigger I wish I was tall I wish…
Main Titles The Cryptic Corporation presents "God In Three Persons" Comp…
Main Titles (God in Three Persons) The Cryptic Corporation presents "God in Three Persons" Writ…
Make Me Moo Their eyes are big and sweet When they eat, I don't…
Margaret Freeman Margaret Freeman had a body Unlike any I'd seen It seemed …
Melancholy Clumps Like a message from the dead The raven circles overhead It…
Melon Collie Lassie Boys from home forget to phone And love is like a…
Mickey Macaroni Mickey Macaroni hardly ever eats meat Mickey Macaroni doesn…
Mickey The Mumbling Midget Mickey the mumbling midget Was ten years old today Mickey …
Migration We're rising as the sun retreats into the trees Thinking of…
Moisture Someone saw a strange amount Of moisture on her lips And i…
Mother No More I will never hear you in the morning, no I will…
Mr. Misery They call me Mister Misery They laugh and dump decay on…
Mr. Wonderful Life would be wonderful Life would be wonderful If I was…
My Brother Paul I still remember that day in December When you pretended to…
My Second Wife Yesterday my second wife fell in the afternoon Slipped into…
My Window Steven said little Ted was dead I read in a…
My Work Is So Behind Smoke was feeling up the house A burning yearning heat The…
Neediness Please, please, oh please Won't you help me? Please help m…
New Machine The New Machine: Idea/Construction/Ugly Rumours/Failure - Re…
Nice Old Man Something smiling sweetly Something tall and thin Somethin…
Nobody is Listening Soy el cuento que de pronto se acabó soy el juego…
Nobody Laughs When They Leave Everyone comes to the Freak Show To laugh at the Freaks…
Olive and Gray He wasn't dreaming, When he started screaming "He touched …
On The Way On the way to Oklahoma, I turned into a cat My…
Part Two: The Making of a Soul Edweena went to calumet and left from there to college; She…
Perfect Goat I've seen the golden goat He would like to lick my…
Perfect Love There's something I must tell you There's something I must s…
Picnic Boy She called my friend a picnic boy I never could stand…
Picnic in the Jungle Afterwards, it's like a dream You can't remember but it see…
Pictures from a Little Girl Fear, terror, panic and doom Fear, terror, panic and doom Sh…
Plague I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here…
Popcorn I Need Some Silence Up In The House! Were Gonna Lay…
Possessions Some are into silver Some are into gold Some are into havi…
Rabbit Habit If I see a rabbit, I grab it affectionately I've got…
Red Rider Cellar doors were open For the storms were out that night Th…
Resolution? Final Confrontation: Driving The Moles Away/Don't Tread On M…
Return to Sender I gave a letter to the mailman He put it in…
Santa Dog Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa Dog's a Jesus Fetus Santa …
Seasoned Greetings Merry Christmas, Mom Merry Christmas, Dad Merry Christmas,…
Secret Room He has got a secret room that protects him like…
Secrets Something's going on between them Something I can see Nobo…
Semolina Semolina Semolina Semolina Loves the seashells At the …
Ship of Fools Hatred has purity, hatred has size Hatred has purpose and h…
Shorty's Lament Once, there was a Willie and he could see That there…
Sinister Exaggerator Your life is leaning downhill Sloping off the outer edge You…
Six Amber Things Life is just a situation Life is just a game Life is…
Six Things To A Cycle Chew chew GUM chew GUM GUM chew chew Chew chew GUM…
Six Things to a Sickle Life is just a situation Life is just a game Life is…
Skratz The bedposts are cool to the touch The sheets are crumpled…
Smelly Tongues Smelly tongues Look just as they smell.…
Sorry I fell in love again It's my fault I'm sorry i tried I…
Spilling the Seed She smiles at me And I see Milk in her breasts She smiles…
Spotted Pinto Bean Spotted Pinto Bean is leaving Leaving on a midnight streami…
Stop Signs Somehow I always see the stop sign first. Why is it,…
Suburban Bathers Suburban bathers own the sea But just between you and me T…
Success The New Machine: Idea/Construction/Ugly Rumours/Failure - Re…
Summertime In the summertime In the, in the summertime School's out, an…
Swastikas On Parade Na nananana, nananana Nanana nanana Nananana Got to kno…
Tent Peg in the Temple He's dead and naked I'm naked too He's dead and naked At lea…
The Act Of Being Polite They found her in the morning sitting in a chair,…
The Aging Musician Run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run Run, run, fast as…
The Angry Angakok Angakoks, the Eskimo men of magic. are widely held as…
The Ascetic Every day I go up on the mountain Climb to the…
The Baby King Part 5 The baby became a king, and for one real shining moment…
The Black Behind Black I never look behind me, I feel it in the…
The Bunny Boy Because they were without joy, happy homes or funny toys Th…
The Butcher Run, run, fast as you can you can You can't catch…
The Car Thief I once, I once, I once Was part of you You hoped…
The Confused Transsexual Some say the song of a crow is a cry Some…
The Dark Man There were pictures of my own family In the shadows was…
The Dying Oilman I couldn't be good Maybe I'm crazy I couldn't be good Maybe …
The Electrocutioner I wouldn't mind if I could find A little electrocution. So…
The Festival Of Death Perhaps no holiday is more important to the Eskimo than…
The Lizard lady What's a woman going to do but throw away her…
The Making of a Soul Chorus: Edweena went to calumet and left from there to coll…
The Monkey Man I see him when I'm dreaming His teeth are white…
The Nameless Souls She was just uncaring She was just untrue She was just indif…
The New Machine Idea Today I have declared myself to be a subject of…
The Old Soldier She used to call me Daddy But she was so glad…
The Old Woman Angel, answer my prayer Answer my prayer tonight Tell me i…
The Perfect Lover I guess the coldness implied by my calculated position in…
The Replacement: In San Francisco I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill…
The Service So I pushed and pushed and pushed them, through the…
The Seven Ugly Cows He sees branches Bearing blossoms He sees baskets Birds a…
The Simple Song We are simple You are simple Life is simple, too…
The Sky Falls! The Ultimate Disaster: Won't You Keep Us Working?/First Warn…
The Sold-Out Artist Out in the street and under the sun I kissed his…
The Spot A pox upon a chicken or a fight about a…
The Talk of Creatures Mumbling weighs upon my mind The talk of creatures in my…
The Thing About Them Now there ws this thing about them that caused me…
The Touch As they told me other childhood stories, they knew that…
The Ultimate Disaster The Ultimate Disaster: Won't You Keep Us Working?/First Warn…
The Walrus Hunt Walrus hunting in kayaks among the floating ice must sometim…
The Weatherman I was watching Ivanhoe When they said the tornado Blew you…
The Weaver Run, run, as fast as you can You can't catch me,…
The Whispering Boys The Whispering boys will not go away The Whispering boys…
Their Early Years Once when we were on a bus between some cities…
They are the Meat I was lifted up high To a hole in the sky Where…
This is a Man's Man's Man's World This is a man′s world This, this is a man's world But…
Time Please calm down Don't rip my heart and throw it out I…
Tongue Everybody just called him tongue. Everybody just called him…
Tourniquet Of Roses The onion's in the fat And the bacon's bought the bat And…
Tragic Bells Tragic bells are ringing for me Tragic bells are ringing in…
Troubled Man His wife had left him long ago For someone without skin,…
Troubled Old Man His wife had left him long ago For someone without skin, And…
Two Lips Oh, we have to buy a tulip Yes, we have…
Ugly The New Machine: Idea/Construction/Ugly Rumours/Failure - Re…
Untitled And so my story winds on down toward an ending…
Ups and Downs She was opening up an elevator On a rainy day Sitting on…
Viva Las Vegas Bright light city gonna set my soul Gonna set my soul…
Voices of the Air People should be left alone Unless they have a happy home. .…
Walter Westinghouse Walter Westinghouse went to town He found a friend today His…
Wanda Sneering at a leering lady as she stares and squirms At Wand…
Wanda The Worm Woman Sneering at a leering lady as she stares and squirms At Wa…
We Stole This Riff we stole this riff from tim buckley we'll steal from you.…
Weight Lifting Lulu Sweet scented woman, your strange sounding name Was Weight …
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What Have My Chickens Done Now? Old Woman: What have my chickens done now Young Girl: …
What If It's True? What if the world was ending, and the only one…
Wolverines I didn't do it So you'll let me leave, won't you? Out…
Won't You Keep Us Working? The Ultimate Disaster: Won't You Keep Us Working?/First Warn…
Would We Be Alive If we could see clearly What we were beside If there was…
Would we be Alive? If we could see clearly What we were beside If there was…
You Yesyesyes Yoooooooou yes yes yes yesyesyes yoooooooou Yoooooooou yes y…
Jimbo
on BUCKAROO BLUES: The Stampede
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