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27 Questions (Recorded At Electrical Audio with Steve Albini)
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black midi
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[Verse 1] When lost in the wild rain there is nothing you can do When lost in city rain there is something you can do Take a refuge wherever’s marked "Admission Free" As we did one night in late ‘63 I'd never seen the man on the poster before But my friend said he was a big star before the war [Verse 2] The boy by the door, louder than a bomb All the way down the street, you heard his song "Roll up, roll up, tonight is the night Freddy Fürst's gives his last will live on stage Roll up, roll up, for the show of a lifetime Doors open at quarter to 8" [Verse 3] Satin upholstery that was once brilliant We picked it's loose stuffing and looked around There were duchesses and dukes, and beggars and pimps All sat side-by-side to watch his last grasp at life The grand centrepiece was a gold-green sarcophagus Flanked either side by oil paint pictures of the man First of all, a film tried to explain his lifelong dream Afterward, music started and a young girl ran on with operatic screams [Verse 4] Two hours went by and his sixty-five daughters Who told, through opera, of his life's importance They sang of his exploits all over the earth His likes and his dislikes, his undoubtable worth And after a last crescendo where they all cried as one They harkened quickly off, but the music played on From within the sarcophagus rose a spot-lit withered hand Mister Fürst emerged, and to the racing beat he danced [Verse 5] With the vital energy of a newborn chimp He spun and he spun and he spun and he spun Hopelessly wrinkled and by no means thin He soon became dizzy, and regained his composure And opened his mouth to sing: [Verse 6] "Thank you for listening, I won’t be too long Just twenty-seven questions to finish this song Does there exist a marriage that can survive castration? A future where a man can go a year without hydration? Is grass ever greener? Is the will really free? Is it only black you see when you join the deceased? Will I forever be a mediocrity A hideous glut with trembling knees? In death will I see the girls of daydreams Intangibly dressed, invisibly seamed? Will the sun burn out? Will my corpse grow a beard? Will my house be kept and my sperm be reared? Will I shatter the big time, posthumous pace? Will I find a home, or go to waste? In Heaven, do the morals of the Earth still stand? Or can I bridge the gaps betwixt beast and man? Is there such a thing as a universal truth? And a lost secret to eternal youth? Do nuns fornicate and do the scientists pray? Is a sin committed every moment of every day? That’s not quite 27 but my chest feels awful tight So thank you for listening Good night, good night, good night" [Verse 7] Freddy Fürst blew up to the size of a hot air balloon Red as all hellfire and loud a satan’s siren And he wheezed and moaned in pain as he rose But we all just laughed at the sad, old oaf And laughed all the way home
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