Shovelheads - Shriekback

Draining off the charge-grid

Dresssing up the cats

Leaning on the Mercy Weights

The days go by like that

Hosing down the Love Bus

That’s how I got my start

To seal the deal — now I reveal

The secrets of the art…

So I say: ‘Hey Mr Cronenburg

Show me inside

Hey Mr Cronenburg

What you got to hide?'

I’m out with the new crew

I’m down with the Shovelheads —

Solving mysteries at night

Down on the riverbed —

I’m out with the Shovelheads — the oxen have been bled —

And I feel fine.

Live at the Boiling Statue

My new friends entertain

Their furious intensity

I cannot quite explain

Winding up the rheostat:

Hear that sucker whine

Do not crank the handle

If you cannot do the time

I said: ‘Hey Mr Carradine you’re a friend of mine

Spare me all that violence that you peacefully decline

I’m lost to a new groove

I’m down with the Shovelheads

(being constantly dismayed by what is done and said)

I’m out with the ShovelHeads

The mall rats have been fed

— not before time

Fondling the spectre

Strapping on the cape

Feeling extra special

As I’m peeling off the tape

All this new oblivion

Really hits the mark

I fall asleep and feel the deep

Enchantment of the dark

And I said ‘Hey Liebermann

Show me your disguise

Hey Mr Liebermann

Don’t try to be that guy'

You’re in with with a cool scene

You’re rocking the Shovelheads

You’re one of the angels levitating on the needle’s head

You’re with the Shovelheads

Give them their daily bread

(cos I got mine)

I’m out with the Wild Bunch

I’m in with the Shovelheads

I got a panoramic view from on my waterbed

I’m down with the Shovelheads

And I’m a Shovelhead

And i feel fine…