Words in papers, words in books
Words on TV, words for crooks
Words of comfort, words of peace
Words to make the fighting cease
Words to tell you what to do
Words are working hard for you
Eat your words but don’t go hungry
Words have always nearly hung me

There’s a hole in the sky
Where the sun don’t shine
And a clock on the wall
And it counts my time

I’m sure you’ve got some
Information
But it looks as if I
Have to prompt you
I hope I don’t have to
Twist your arm off!

You get nothing back for all you’ve saved
Just eternity and a spacious grave

In searching for
a meaningful embrace,
sometimes my self-respect
took second place

From the south on a wind in walked a cowboy
The saloon was dry but his guns were well oiled
Somehow he remembered when he kissed his wife
And when he said goodbye
But that was before the circus with the bear arrived

Kiss me … deadly … tonight.

Hiding from your questions,
Questions you won’t ask.
“Why am I up the tree?” you say,
“Why are you down there?” I’m saying.

Here I am baby, come and take me.

The setlist for this show follows these great photos from local K-W 1980s concerts, retrieved from the University of Waterloo Library, Special Collections & Archives. From the K-W Record Photographic Negative Collection.

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Teenage Head at Bingeman Park roller rink 23 May 1980

Gang of Four at Super Skate Seven 5 March 1983

UB40 at Super Skate Seven  on 9 March 1984

How could she fall for a boy like that?

Is your finger aching? I can feel you hesitating …
Is your finger aching!?!

One day we will be free, we will be free one day
One day we will be free, we will be free one day

Here’s a Canadian music rabbit hole you might enjoy: citizenfreak.com

Making musical stops in Canada, the US, the UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Nigeria. Have a nice trip!

Sometimes I wonder why do I worry about those things that you do
And then I see you late on a Saturday and I know that you’re right
If I had a job you could come and live with me and I would see you every night
If I was working you might come and live with me and I would see you every night

“What’s it all about?” they scream and then they shout
Don’t ask me, ’cause I don’t know
“What’s it all about?” they scream and then they shout
Don’t blame me, I told you so

I’m gonna kiss your PINEAPPLE!!!

All-women post-punk Toronto-based bands from the early 80’s? There weren’t a lot of them, but we’ve got two for you this week.

Wanna be the empress of fashion?
Wanna be the president of Moscow?
Let’s meet and have a baby now!

It used to be no words could come between us
Any time was right for secret meetings
It’s different now and when you speak
Every word means no

Gang of Four’s opening song at the Granada Theater in Dallas Texas on March 16, 2022:

Johnny’s got a light in his eyes
And Shirley’s got a light on her lips
Jakes got a monkeyshine on his head
And Debra Ann’s got a tiger in her hips

Destroy the heart, she said.
It’ll make you want to smash your head.
Destroy the heart she said.
But I need her more than I need air.

If it’s not Scottish, it’s CRAP!

You can play this week’s show here.

Here’s the SNL skit.

Also here’s the cover art from the Rahsaan Roland Kirk album mentioned in this show.

And here’s this episode’s setlist:

And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad – the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.

Don’t let the birds sing, don’t let the phone ring, don’t let this mood swing, don’t say anything.