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Lizard Skin
03:12
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Take off that disguise
See your condition
In your Lizard Skin you can’t feel the cold
Button down those snake’s eyes
Cause they suit you so well
When you slither my way I can feel the cold
Closing in… Snake’s eyes… Lizard skin
Take that halo off now
It don’t suit you so well
In your Lizard Skin you can’t feel the cold
Take off those pretty lips
They don't suit you so well
Behind that razor smile I can feel the cold
Snake’s eyes
Jackknife
Razorfinger
Lizard skin
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2. |
Count Me In
03:22
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Well you can count me in
But if I blow my insight out
Do I have to start again
When the point of no return
Is the only point I’ve made
And I know without a doubt
This is beautiful to me
It’s beautiful to learn
That I have lost my calling
Well you can count me in
But if things don’t go my way
You’re gonna have to make new plans
And the pleasure’s mine to say
I am tickled, whipped and flayed
By every word you say
Tongue-tied, wrapped and sent
Put a price upon my head
Now I’ve lost my calling
Desdemona’s following is only jerks and thieves
I like to walk her home each day
Along the crooked paths she’s laid
I have not lost my way again
Well not from my own point of view
But I have lost my calling
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3. |
Travels Far On Paper
03:15
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Looks at Ancient Wonders
Can I go there... can I go?
Well he opens his eyes and it’s gone
Stares into the sun till it burns... until it burns
Well he opens his eyes and he’s gone
Hello Chameleon
Hey can I lend your skin?
Once he was a pauper now he is a king
Travels far on paper
Takes his time between the lines
Well he opens his books and he’s gone
Looks into the pages till the pictures come alive
When he opens his eyes... yeah he’s gone
Hello Chameleon
Hey can I lend your skin?
Once he was a king now he is a thief
Hello Chameleon
Hey can I lend your skin?
He said he was a king
It never meant a thing
Travels far on paper when he can
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4. |
Koolray
02:35
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Bombs away…
The sudden flash as we all fade away
A shame you had to go with so much left to say
Send down your Koolray
Midas touch…
A golden crutch to help you on your way
We wait naked under heaven for the rain
Fed on flies rats and mice
Glad I found you
Gilded cage kept you tame
Glad I found you
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Dubious Metaphor
02:02
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Keep your head down
Time to fly out to a warm land
Cross the ocean
Got taken unawares
Winter came and held me here
Slept through a glacial age
When I woke nothing had changed
Laid our eggs there on the high cliffs
Watch them waking...
Cell is broken
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6. |
Big Cave
03:40
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I’m not easy prey
Throw your knives away
It’s not OK... don’t be greedy
Hunted again
Hot on my trail
That’s when you can sink your teeth in
Night follows day
Tied to a cruel stake
Here in your Big Cave I feed on your leavings
I’m not sad... I’m just unglued
What am I supposed to do?
Take a piece... that piece will do
What am I supposed to do
Here in your Big Cave?
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7. |
Seersucker
02:54
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Dark matter collides
Strange forces are closing in
Fate offered a ride
He couldn’t say “No” to it
Does he break under it?
Does he break when he bends?
New seersucker suit
Cashmere... one cool wondercat
True son of Ed Wood
He knew where his heart was at
Yeah yeah… the rollercoaster
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8. |
Airspeed
03:49
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He woke up in a haywagon
Must have had too much again
His voice is raw from peacemaking
Wants to have it back again
There he goes again…
Looking like he knows he can
Looking like a Cabin Boy
Who’ll never see the shore again
Feels the weight of gravity
Looking out for Novocaine...
Anything to kill the pain
Airspeed’s got him hooked again
He woke up in a police car
Must have gone a bit too far
His eyes are red... he never sleeps
Doesn’t want to be that weak
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Then he says “I must be the loneliest kid
Rocks in my sorry head… Can’t we just split?”
She fell in love with a bitter circus clown
He fell in love with a clumsy acrobat
And she’s found she won’t look down
Puts on a huge wig... paints on his face
Knows that the excuse is lame
Too happy to fake it
Way up on the high trapeze
Appointment with Fate
Hopes her new philosophy won’t make her late
And on the high trapeze
Appointment with Fate
A new philosophy to put me in my place
Not even if it’s meant to be
Not even if it’s meant for me
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10. |
Kandy Kane Part 1
03:19
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Kandy Kane
Kandy comes in and says
“All of this has come undone”
And what’s a boy to do but just act dumb?
As if all of this can be remade
With sticks and nails and finger-paint
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11. |
Space Oddity
04:09
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12. |
Stickybeak
02:29
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She is such a stickybeak... has to know it
A hundred messages received... channels open
Antenna raid… tender probe
My secret motive has been exposed
Have you always been this way
Or were you broken?
Was it something that I said
Or left unspoken?
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13. |
Best Friend of Satan
03:56
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No doubt I am the best friend of Satan
Rise up... join in
Don’t hesitate
“I can... I will” he said
“By right I’ll watch the Wolfstar rising”
Tried to enjoy it
There’s too many Pointyheads
Looks like Hell’s just a new trap for tourists
Rising higher… One day...
“I can... I will” he said
“OK... let’s watch the Wolfstar rise”
In the sky tonight I’m looking for a satellite…
Dreaming it
There’s no atmosphere... nothing I can breathe
I don’t believe in it
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14. |
Submerge
02:32
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Up through the sky to the whirlwind’s face
When we both emerge we can meet our fate
Get it... forget it…
Ways and means
Why don’t you write a letter?
Send it in
Why don’t you light a candle so you don’t forget it?
Light a candle…
So you don’t forget why you came
Down through the waves… through the fish and weed
When we both submerge we can be at peace
Crown (King Of My Shame)
In the dark till you come again
Here to crown me and make me king
You’ve come to hound me and make me pay
For the pleasure of being
With the fever comes the medicine to make me see
There’s a dark stack of crooked dreams
In the palace of memory
Crown me with spikes of deeds
Crown me and set me free
Long live the king of my shame
Can I wash in your metal stream
Until I glow like a good son?
It’s stripping me so clean
To the base of my chemistry
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15. |
Crown (King of My Shame)
03:26
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In the dark till you come again
Here to crown me and make me king
You’ve come to hound me and make me pay
For the pleasure of being
With the fever comes the medicine to make me see
There’s a dark stack of crooked dreams
In the palace of memory
Crown me with spikes of deeds
Crown me and set me free
Long live the king of my shame
Can I wash in your metal stream
Until I glow like a good son?
It’s stripping me so clean
To the base of my chemistry
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16. |
Pincushion
02:54
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He was a pincushion... thought he’d make it through
Didn’t mean nothing… didn’t hurt
But it left a mark or two
He was a pincushion... it just seemed to stick
Didn’t mean nothing… didn’t hurt
But he made a mess of it
It’s not overrated
Has it come to this?
Had to draw a line from bliss to emptiness
Joined the League of Needles
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17. |
Dragonfly
05:45
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Look out on the soft terrain… far below us open wide
Don’t you want to ride on my Dragonfly?
On my Dragonfly... come with me for a while
And open up your eyes to everything we find
Proud white witch went out West…
Has not been seen since
We try to catch it all as we fly by
Out here somewhere past the world we know
Deep down where the feeling goes
I see it clearly… dress it down
Wrap it up again… share it ‘round
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Purple Avengers Brisbane, Australia
Formed in Brisbane, Australia 1987 & influenced by psych, heavy rock & improvisation. Lineup: vocals, guitar, organ, bass &
drums.
They played & toured extensively. Phantom Records reissued their album Starlight’s Journey Home, then EPs Emma Peel Sessions & Dragonfly. SJH was remastered & released on vinyl in 2023.
3 further albums include Let The Compass Sink (Clostridium Records, Germany).
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