Posted: 09 Oct 2003, 10:30
Bit of a long shot here, but Dreamweapon, seeing that you might be a Hunter S. Thompson fan, do you have the song that HST wrote the lyrics for and that is sung by Ralph Steadman - "These Long and Twisted Nights"? Been looking for it for some time.[/quote]mugabe wrote:[quote="Dreamweapon]These are soon to be classic lyrics, also on the album (hiding in shame ) there are some very heavy lyrics about washing your hair in the shower, and how you'll braid them in a zillion braids..... respect where respect is due.
Other than that, I have been listening to a lot of Nick Cave recently, and he has to be up there with the best of them.
These are the lyrics for "Those weird and twisted nights"
Drive your stake through a
darkened heart
In a red Mercedes Benz
The blackness hides a speeding trap
The savage beast pretends
Ooooooo-ooo-oh yessssssss!
Ooooooo-ooo-oh yessssssss!
These long strange nights
These long strange nights
These long strange nights
Ooooooo-ooo-oh go-oo-o-od!
Ooooooo-ooo-oh go-oo-o-od!
These warped and twisted nights
These weird and tortured nights
If you write words shocked through with truth
Hunger dirt and gutter sharp
Eat the words and spurn the gutter
Climb the rise and surf
Ooooooo-ooo-oh yessssssss!
Ooooooo-ooo-oh yessssssss!
These long strange nights
These warped and civil rights
Ooooooo-ooo-oh go-oo-o-od!
Ooooooo-ooo-oh go-oo-o-od!
These warped and twisted nights
These warped and twisted rights
Ah, but never mind your rights, my love
Because . . .
They never really happened anyway
They never really happened . . . anyway
But day goes by
And love goes by
And sooner or later
We both must lie
And sooner or later
We all must die
And sooner or later
We all live a lie.
Apparently you can get it by two ways, on the HST tape "Songs of the Doomed", or on a Ralph Steadman Cd "I like it"
Hope this helps.