THIS IS BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE The Lyrics
MEDICINE SHOW (Jones/Letts)
Covered wagon medicine show
Take you to the place where the healing flows
Weak in spirit we got the juice
Wont save your soul it`ll shine your shoes
Treated king to kangaroo
Santa Fe to Timbuktu
Don`t be fooled by imitation
This is the stuff that cured a nation
We took the tube and the high plains too
Never stopped long just passing through
A drop of the laughter of the maids of France
Makes a hopeless cripple dance
It was really vile weather
When we got to tarred and feathered
You could hear the six guns sound
As they chased us out of town
In India we`re all the rave
Discovered that its great as aftershave
Dropped in the sea just off Japan
Swapped 20 bottles for an aqua-walkman
Immunity from ridicule
Improves your brains if you`re a fool
And I read in the Middle East
They traded some for a hostage release
Now if you`re bald it`ll give you hair
If you got straight trousers it`ll give you flares
Feeling up you`ll get depressed
Out of style here`s a brand new dress
It was really vile weather
When we got to tarred and feathered
You could hear the six guns sound
As they chased us out of town
The stuff we sell is just the best
Passing all consumer test
Days of heaven nights of sin
Voodoo stick and sharks fin
When all around you seems like hell
Just one sip will make you well
Multipurpose in a jar
If you ain`t ill it`ll fix your car
In days of yore for all bad feelings
Washing socks and stripping ceilings
Nowadays its used medicinally
For all known human malady
It was really vile weather
When we got to tarred and feathered
You could hear the six guns sound
As they chased us out of town
Guaranteed don`t you know
Money back?
You`ll get a no!
It`s the one and only medicine show
SONY (Jones/Letts)
On the Ginza strip the 100th building
On the 100th floor
Dream team life enhancing
Behind the 100th door
Sukiyaki carried me to this place
have to hari kari if ever i lose face
Western girls at Lexington Queen
Are the prettiest girls I ever seen
I`d gladly part with hard earned Yen
Just so I could be with them
Chainsmoking at the Singalong Bar
Werged into the Subway Car
Heat up some more rice wine
Somebody just jumped on the line
Robots have run amok on the factory floor
`Bin 20 years at Sony and I can see 20 more
Hi-tech sex, wireless sets, samurai
Western ways, baseball games, apple pie
Though some will say we imitate
Produce the goods at a cheaper rate
Faster too reduced in size
Our ingenuitys` realised
I had to grab a massage cab
I left my briefcase at the lab
Godzilla ate the bullet train
Wont see Kyoto ever again
Now Papa jumped the gun back in `41
Following the flag of the rising sun
When Tojo did the Mojo
he was downed in flames
U.S. Destroyer - Kamikaze planes
The West don`t learn from history
Doomed to repeat it endlessly
We put the past on to Fuji
Then we erase it totally - Yeah!
Soon we`ll be known as Great Japan
Just like they do in Great Britain
Spelt microchip and solid state
The things that made this country great
Sony
E=MC2 (Jones/Letts)
Somebody I never met
But in a way I know
Didn`t think that you could get
So much from a picture show
Man dies first reel
People ask what`s the deal?
This ain`t how it`s supposed to be
Don`t like no aborigine
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Took a trip in Powis Square
Pop star dyed his hair
No fans to scream and shout
When mobsters came to flush him out
Gangland slaying underground
New identity must be found
On the left bank for a while
Insanity Bohemian style
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Met a dwarf that was no good
Dressed like little Red Riding Hood
Bad habit taking life
Calling card a six inch knife
Ran off really fast
Mumbled something `bout the past
Best sex I`ve ever seen
As if each moment was the last
Drops of blood colour slide
Funeral for his bride
But it`s him who`s really dead
Gets to take the funeral ride
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Space guy fell from the sky
Scratched my head and wondered why
Time slide into time
Across international dateline
Scientist eats bubblegum
Hall of fame baseball
Senators a Hoodlum
Big chiefs in the hall
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Stray thoughts fear to tread
Placed upon the screen instead
Shes my flame too hot to hold
Had to settle for her cold
Bloodlust - Greek God - Gold discovery
Gone bust - Tight wad - Slow recovery
Axe job - Flame thrower - Ironbar and gun
Betting shop - New owner - A walk in the sun
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Spread the news the Maestros back
With a beat - box soundtrack
The King of brains - Queen of the sack`
Executives have heart attack
It`s assault course celluloid
The money makers would avoid
Sometimes notions get reversed
Centre of the universe
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
Ritual ideas relativety
Only buildings no people prophecy
Timeslide place to hide nudge reality
Foresight minds wide magic imagery
THE BOTTOM LINE (Jones)
The horses are on the track
Theres a new dance thats going around
When the hits start flying you gotta get down
All the young people dance round the square
That old time groove is really nowhere
When you reach the bottom line
The only thing to do is climb
Pick yourself up of the floor
Don`t know what you`re waiting for
A dance to the tune of economic decline
Is when you do the bottom line
Nagging questions always remain
Why did it happen and who was to blame?
When you reach the bottom line
The only thing to do is climb
Pick yourself up of the floor
Don`t know what you`re waiting for
They`ve been doing it down at the zoo
And I can show ya heres what to do
All of the States and over UK
Even the Soviets are swinging away
When you reach the bottom line
The only thing to do is climb
Pick yourself up of the floor
Don`t know what you`re waiting for
The road aheads` clear as a motorway
Give us this day our daily bread and send us on our way
Perchance to dream or take a holiday
Romeo oh Romeo
You gotta have your say
So when you reach the bottom line
The only thing to do is climb
Pick yourself up off the floor
Anything you want is yours
When you reach the bottom line
The only thing to do is climb
Pick yourself up of the floor
Don`t know what you`re waiting for
So when you reach the bottom line
The only thing to do is climb
Pick yourself up off the floor
Anything you want is yours
Part two - Part two
I`m gonna take you to part two part two
A PARTY (Jones/Letts)
Li - li - lion - Lions in a jungle
Jungles in a cage
Tra - tra - trouble - trouble in the homelands
Trouble in the homelands
Makes front page
Zu - zu - lu - come out to play
Bongo drums said today
Front page caption read like this
Natives dress as terrorist
Tribal war a perfect plan
For the one that damned the land
Since that ain`t you or me
Tribal war continually
Mountain milk for mount nutrition
Send us some more ammunition
Never buy me ivy trade
Let`s go plug a hand granade
Thank you boss - for Red Cross
Apreciate goodwill
No - no - no - stomach for our loss
Yeah - yeah - yeh - I fell quite ill
I -I - I`d - really round the flag
But we got so many
I guess thats why why you act
Like we ain`t got any
Tarzan has come home again
Heard the news diamond vein
Had to split no room to siwing
Sun City wanted him to sing!
Easy to see no unity
Masses ruled by minority
When these guys come on the scene
Ruined a good blues party
I know I`ve hear the tune before
I thought as I was kicked through the door
Something `bout admission fee
But I was sure house belong to me
They told us to go in stereo
Machine guns `gainst spear and bow
Egged on by TV cameraman
Someone called the teargas van
White knight write our wrongs
Lyrics for the protest song
Number one top of the charts
Rock and roll bleeding hearts
They offer us a special patch
Knew there had to be a catch
Family tree pulled at the root
They still bear that old strange fruit
Plenty reason plenty reason to be gum
Living by the gun down in a slum
Stake your claim blow by blow
Saw my pals go flying through the window
Li - li - lion - Lions in a jungle
Jungles in a cage
Tra - tra - trouble - trouble in the homelands
Boss in a rage
I know mister if it was you
It would be cut down like a flower
Some things never change
Corporate crime gets free range
Only out for personal gain
Grab the land and sieze the power!
Whats all this about big game?
Don`t you know the lions tame
SUDDEN IMPACT! (Jones/Letts)
Listening to a metal music prank
That leads straight to the bank
Each grunt and groan took literally
Some tired old rock stars fantasy
Suburbia is such a drag
Bargain nightmares in a bag
Newspapers sell disaster and sin
And when the dustorm comes
They say the Devil rides in
Party down eat your friend
B movie stories never end
Rock the house shoot your mum
Cheap thrills wrapped up in bubblegum
Get down burn the cat
The hardcore life is where its at
Loveboat sub attack
Beware of Sudden impact
Burnt out case from the neighborhood
Converge one night deep in the wood
The bat from hell arrived that night
To make that picnic outtasite!
Satanic rights to a tune they knew well
To make the party rock like hell
Hold tight the ride begins
Macho men with pimply skin
Come fly with me
Talk to the trees
The duststorm dosen`t always please
Thats the gamble inside your head
Lets play something else instead
Hide and seek for a shock
I can see right through that rock
Bang your dead the shit is real
Someones scored a bum deal
Teenage shrinks are all confused
At the spread of drug abuse
Meanwhile down at the games arcade
The latest candies are displayed
Guess what our kids got really cheap
The stuff that puts the elephants to sleep
Not paradise but blown to hell
They took their sabbath tapes as well
STONE THAMES (Jones/Letts)
Heard the news about the scare
In the underwear
Populations getting thin
Forget the bomb its carnal sin yeh!
Marriage up divorce is down
No one wants to fuck around
Save the rose reject romance
Micky Mouse don`t drop his pants
Now to sexual relations
Better take a wife
Now that sex is death
Better lead a boring life
No time for social kissing
You`ll hardly raise a smile
When you think what you`ll be missing
Iron undies back in style
Now where did it start?
And where will it end?
Be nice to the wife
Can`t trust your friends
Masculine natural nowadays can offend
Never gonna fall in love again
Seems like only yesterday
Cocaine and extasy
Run around and jump on anything ya see
A marriage of convenience
Saw a doctor went abroad
Saved up a few pennies
Ran the weelchair down to Lourdes
Now handsome is as handsome does
And I did it everywhere
Before the currant era
I didn`t have a care
Bloodstream destination
Megavitamin therapy
Artificial insemination
D.I.Y. vasectomy
Oh spaceman junkfood Dallas
The 20th century
Two World Wars a Great Depression
This must be Germ War III
Now where did it start?
And where will it end?
Be nice to the wife
Can`t trust your friends
Masculine natural nowadays can offend
Never gonna fall in love again
No need for alimony
`Cos no one wants to split
Liesure times a gamble
But jogging keeps you fit
Packed my bags for China
Join the yellow race
Nostradamus had a theory
They`re inheriting the place
Blamed it on the Haliens
C.I.A and KGB
A.R.C. light a shining
Down on monogamy
New date really hard
Promiscure? Change your views
Unless you got a health card
Take a tip from Howard Hughes
Oh Trocadero transfer
I-Beam closet scene
Cat and mouse with the press
Exposé celebrity
Now where did it start?
And where will it end?
Be nice to the wife
Can`t trust your friends
Masculine natural nowadays can offend
Never gonna fall in love again
No no no
The tramp of time continues
En masse to wedding bells
But they haven`t made no breakthrough
To helper T. white cells
Wholesale Hyper wipe out
Technology against the pest
Put away those etchings
Sorry baby no contest
Notches and phone members
Collection flesh as pelts
Stealing cancers thunder
Blows below the belt
Oh don`t it make you wonder
`Bout how the cards are dealt
Hoyl cow
Now where did it start?
And where will it end?
Be nice to the wife
Can`t trust your friends
Masculine natural nowadays can offend
Never gonna fall in love again
BAD (Jones/Letts)
Bad life bad language bad blood
When I`m at home my woman wont leave me alone
So I walked out the door and thats bad
It seemed worse than before thats bad
And the thought occured to me
How come that everything ya see is bad
But before I realised
Hit by a trcuk and paralized
Thats bad
A golden opportunity claim my insurance policy hmmm!
These are the things that drive me crazy
These are the things that make me bad
Watch TV go goggled eye
See a horror movie get petrified
Go dye your hair use peroxide
Smoke a spliff and get red eyed
Hitler wanted to commit genocide
To the allied powers he notified
Went into Poland the place he occupied
They all had a war and millions died
Jerry Lee Lewis had a child bride
Only thirteen but he said it`s justified
Clint Eastwood starred on Rawhide
Now he lives in California up a mountainside
When your making love gotta be satisfied
Make a mistake must be rectified
Jesus Christ got crucified
So the Empire of Rome could be gratified
These are the things that drive me crazy
These are the things that make me bad
From the dancefloor I can see decadent society
As diverse as it could be its still cold and empty
Theres the floor thats the score
You don`t like it theres the door
Attitudes of some would say I got money I`m ok
And that`s bad
These are the things that drive me crazy
These are the things that make me bad
Modify your wheels if you wanna lowride
On the windscreen says tax applied
Play music loud well amplified
Each selection Bonafide
Hawaii 5-0 deal with homocide
On the slab the victims get mortified
Some people like to eat Kentucky Fried
Others like a Bic Mac and French Fries
Nations` economys` on a downward slide
On the best course of action no one can decide
Company checks gotta be verified
Poor people got no money but they got their pride
Cop on wheels is ironside
Eat sleep work cheap 9 to 5
Reagan won in landslide
Which brings us back to Rawhide!
These are the things that drive me crazy
These are the things that make me bad