Some b-sides and rarieties from That Petrol Emotion The Lyrics

KEEN (S. O'Néill)


You're not alone girl if you think that bridges can't be burned 
But why should you care when you faked all you ever learned 

And I never thought that you could be so mean 
It's sure a funny way to show me you're still keen 

Hung up on heartaches you've grown tired of feeding me kicks 
The pleasures of a lifestyle run on sex 

And its a shame the way you're seldom ever seen 
Well it's the kind of ploy thats made to keep me keen

There must be some way to bring you back from the dead 
With subterfuge i'm buried up to my head 

Well I never thought that you could be so mean 
It's sure a funny way to show me you're still keen


A GREAT DEPRESSION ON A SLUM NIGHT (S. O'Néill)



ZIG ZAG WANDERER (Van Vliet)


Zig zag
Zig zag wanderer
Zig zag wanderer
Zig zag wanderer
Zig zag wanderer

You can huff
You can puff
Never know
What I have found
You can zig
You can zag
Whoa I'm gonna stay
Gonna stay around
Gonna stay around

You can jump
You can holler
Never know
What I have found
Heaven's free
'Cept for a dollar
You can zig
You can zag
Whoa I'm gonna stay
Gonna stay around 
Gonna stay around 

Zig zag wanderer had a zigzag child
Zig zag traveller's gonna stay real wild
Found his Queen in a nature scene 
Twist his face where he's never been 
Zig zag wanderer
Zig zag wanderer

You can dance
You can prance 
Gotta freeze those timbers
Looking for romance
Hide my shield
Throw away my lance
Zig zag child
Mercy mile
Zig zag dreams
Zig zag dreams


V2 (S. O`Néill)


I`ve got a june-bug crawlin`
It dears to come
It really dears to come
She could say no
No
No

Really tryin` tryin` to say no
Yes some easy trouble
It is a one way dream
Maybe I
Said no
No
No

And I`ve need
Plague for a partial
Called Captain Fear to come
As a rag-doll changed yours
It doesn`t know
Know
Know


THE GONEST THING (S. O'Néill)



HAPPINESS DRIVES ME ROUND THE BEND (S. O'Néill)



THE DEADBEAT (R. O`Gormain / C. McLaughlin)


All this bump and grind can really rot your mind
Temptation desire on a taut livewire
Artificial stimuli
And all the tricks on which you so rely
Will tear you up
All the tricks that you learned so well
Will tear you up
All the tricks that you love so well
Will tear you up
 
You think it's quite alright to use your force and might
Ridiculous and vain on a strung out plain
Obviously such a tiny brain
Your thoughts and actions leave a
Nasty stain
It'll burn you up
All the tricks that you learned so well
Will burn you up
All the tricks that you know so well
Will burn you up
 
All this guilt and shame won't leave you quite the same
Obnoxious so bold I watch this scene unfold
Though arrogance is your calling card
Forever after you'll be on your guard 
It'll use you up
All the tricks that you learned so well
Will use you up
All the tricks that you learned so well
Will tear you up
Will use you up
Will tear you up
Will eat you up


MINE (S. Mack / C. McLaughlin)


How does it fell when you pass me by
Come it moves you hurry up to try
It said a milk drop can`t you wait to wind
Swing all you lovers get mine to mine

Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine

Eve tell me that you love me blind
I think the radiators sure gone by
You can tell me then say the problem is mine
Now stop then to look behind

Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine

How does it fell when you sleep at night
All in all it`s quite alright
What on earth to do with your time
It don`t bother me `cause now I`ve got mine

Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine

Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye goodbye to mine

Aaaah
Aaaah
Aah


JESUS SAYS (D. O'Néill)


Oh Jesus says I should`ve known
He`s come to ease my death
When he says I`ve gotta go
I draw another breath
Strong strong strong strong
Getting closer
And it`s gone gone gone gone
Any longer
And it`s so ooh
Oooh
Aaah
Oooh

Oh oh Jesus says I should`ve know
He`s come to read your mind
Took me to your paradise
He`s come to read your mind
Blah blah blah blah
It`s getting closer
It`s down down down down
Any longer
And it`s so ooh
Oooh
Aaah
Oooh

Oh oh Jesus says I should`ve know
And save me I don`t wanna go
Blah blah blah blah
Getting closer
It`s down down down down
And it`s so ooh
Oooh
Aaah
Oooh



NON-ALIGNMENT PACT (Herman / Krauss / Maimone / Ravenstine / Thomas)


I wanna make a deal with you girl
And get it signed by the heads of state
I wanna make a deal with you girl
Be recognized round the world
It's my non-alignment pact
Non-alignment pact
Sign it
Non-alignment pact

At night I can see the stars on fire
I can see the world in flames
And it's all because of you
Or your thousand other names
Peggy
Carrie Ann
And Betty Jean
Jill
Jan
Joan
And Sue
Alice
Cindy
Barbara Ann
It's all because of you
It's all because of you girl
It's all because of you
It's all because of you girl
Sign my nonalignment pact
Non-alignment pact
It's my
Non-alignment pact


SOUL DEEP (S. O'Néill)



DANCE YOUR ASS OFF (H. Bohannon)


Aooh
Making lotta noise
Make a whole lotta noise
Aooh
Making lotta noise
Make a whole lotta noise

You can dance
You can dance
You can dance all night
You can dance
You can dance
You can dance all night
And dance
And dance
And dance all night
And dance
And dance
And dance all night
Aooh

Making lotta noise
Make a whole lotta noise
Aooh
Making lotta noise
Make a whole lotta noise

You can dance
You can dance
You can dance all night
You can dance
You can dance
You can dance all night
Aooh

Hey hey hey hey...

Alright alright alright
Gonna party all night
Alright alright alright
We're gonna party all night
Let's dance
And dance
And party all night
Let's dance
And dance
And party all night
Aooh
We're gonna party all night
Let's party all night
So let's party all night

Hey hey hey hey...


CHEMICRAZY (S. Mack / J. Marchini/ C. McLaughlin / R. O`Gormain / D.O'Neill)



PARTY GAMES (S. O'Néill)



GENIUS MOVE (C. McLaughlin)


Slaughterhouse number 5
Don't look at me with those empty eyes
Anyway I don't care
A shattered smile and a foolish stare

Lovers can and lovers will
Change a heart, take away the chill
And even if I have regrets
I know that I won't be upset
Cos I've finally made my genius move

It's kinda funny
It's kinda the way she looks at me
It's kinda funny
It's kinda the way she looks at me

Slaughterhouse number 5
Don't look at me with those empty eyes
Anyway I don't care
A shattered smile and a foolish stare

It's kinda funny
It's kinda the way she looks at me
It's kinda funny
It's kinda the way she looks at me


THINK OF A WOMAN (D. O'Néill)



HOT HEAD (Van Vliet)


She can burn you up in bed just like she said 
Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head 

She can boil a pot a' joe, she can start a pile a' dough
She's a hot head, hot head, hot head 

She puts your head into the fire, makes your red-hot perspire
She's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She was burned before she was born, burnin up a storm 
She's a hot head, hot head, hot head

Lick out like a flame, and burn you to a shame bite a burnin flame 
Switch that burning wig she's a red hot head

She's a hobo wire-toaster 
She's a circle on a spit
She's a hot head, a hot head

She can stick you to a wheel 
Baste you to a fire 
And spin you round and round 
Boil she takes you down 
(Fire, fire, fire, fire!) 

She's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She can burn you up in bed, just like she said,
She's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She puts your head into the fire, makes your red-hot perspire
She's a hot head, hot head, hot head

Hot hot Hot head



FAT MOUTH CREED (R. O`Gormain)


I wasn't hoping for a guide
Or your sycophantic point of view
I thought i'd lost you on the slide
Your malice sticking like a pot of glue

How will you pay for all the times you said
Eat your heart out
Here's a plastic tray

Fire and brimstone all hell's ablaze
Take your trip now it's all the rage
Join the fat mouth creed
Clap your hands stamp your feet
Curse the poor and the weak
Celebrate your sick greed

How will you pay for all the times you said
Eat your heart out
Here's a plastic tray

Fire and brimstone all hell's ablaze
Take your trip now it's all the rage
Join the fat mouth creed
Clap your hands stamp your feet
Curse the poor and the weak
Celebrate your sick greed



JEWEL (R. O'Gormann / D. O'Neill / C. McLaughlin)


Beyond the debris of life's futile complications
You'll find a jewel and your feet won't touch the ground you'll feel aglow
Each waking hour though your thoughts may seem so sour
Keep chasing rainbows make no plans except for living you'll feel aglow

Anytime's the right time to follow ideals with conviction
Just heed your instincts beware of stupid contradictions you'll feel aglow

Mad prophet screams beneath the tang and chill
Jewel touchstone jewel
Just take your hopes and keep some dreams intact
There's always sometimes when it's hard to cope but 
Down's not a place I wanna go

I've fooled around and felt the apathy surround
So I took my place and tried to turn this thing around
Crass manipulators falling by the wayside
One thing's for certain they won't ever realise when they're aglow

Jewel....touchstone Jewel
Jewel....touchstone Jewel



LIGHT AND SHADE (R. O`Gormain)



HEY BULLDOG (J. Lennon / P. McCartney)


Sheepdog
Standing in the rain
Bullfrog
Doing it again
Some think that happinness is measured out in years
You don't know what it's like to listen to your fears

Child-like
No one understands
Jack knife
In your sweaty hands
Some think that happiness is measured out in miles
What makes you think you're something special when you smile

You can talk to me
If you're lonely you can talk to me

Big man
Walking in the park
Whigwam
Frightened of the dark
Some think that happiness is measured out in you
You think you know me but you haven't got a clue

You can talk to me if you're lonely you can talk to me


BIG HUMAN THING (R. O`Gormain)



LITTLE BIG MAN (C. McLaughlin)



FUNTIME (J. N. Osterberg)


Fun
Hey baby we like your lips
Fun
Hey baby we like your pants
All aboard for funtime
Fun
Hey I feel lucky tonight
Fun
I'm gonna get stoned and run around
All aboard for funtime
Fun
Last night I was down in the lab
Fun
Talkin' to Dracula and his crew
All aboard for funtime
Fun
I don't need no heavy trips
Fun
I just do what I want to do
All aboard for funtime
Fun
Baby baby we like your lips
Fun
Baby baby we like your pants
All aboard for funtime
Fun
Everybody we want in
Fun
We want some we want some
All aboard for funtime
Fun
Baby baby we like your lips
Fun
Baby baby we like your pants
All aboard for funtime


STORIES OF THE STREET (L. Cohen)


The stories of the street are mine
The Spanish voices laugh
The Cadillacs go creeping down
Through the night and the
Poison gas
I lean from my window sill
In this old hotel I chose
One hand one my suicide
One hand
On the rose

I know you`ve heard it`s over now
And war must surely come
The cities they are broke in half
And the middle men are gone
Let me ask you one more time
O children of the dust
All these hunters who are shrieking now
Do they
Speak for us

And where do all these highways go
Now that
We are free
Why are the armies marching still
That were coming home to me
O lady with your legs so fine
O stranger at your wheel
You are locked into your suffering
And your pleasures
Are the seal

Oh come with me
My little one
We will find that farm
Grow us grass and apples there
And keep all the animals warm
And if by chance I wake at night
And I ask you who I am
Oh take me
To the slaughter house
I will wait there
With the lamb

With one hand on a hexogram
One hand on a girl
I balance on a wishing well
That all men call the world
We are so small
Between the stars
So large against the sky
And lost among the subway crowds
I tried to
Catch your eye