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Strangest Bedfellows
03:55
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We gotta burn down all those bridges
Untie all your stitches, honey
It just ain’t funny
We gotta make some
Neon plastic love right
Pornographic love sight
Drowning in the moonlight
Bistromatic Bunny
I’ll be your honey
Don’t need your money
I got some more twangs
Underneath these soul pangs
Ringing till our hearts bang
Gun in hand, your tongue slangs
Bistromatic Honey
I’ll be your bunny
Don’t need your money
Just call me “Honey”
Hello?
Are you there?
Can you hear me?
(I’ve got the gun)
Hush little baby, don’t say a word
Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird
And when that bird breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby
Cradle and— bang!
We’re gonna burn down with those bitches
Tongue-tied from their stitches, honey
Don’t think it’s funny
So let’s go make some
Neophiliac love sight
Cinematic love tight
Naked in the moonlight
Bistromatic Bunny
I’ll be your honey
Don’t need your money
I’ve got my own wings
Bending to my heart’s strings
Beating till your guns sing
Trigger-high, we’re firing
Bistromatic Honey
I am your bunny
Don’t need no money
Just give me honey
Hello?
Can you taste me?
Am I sweet?
(I’ve got your gun)
Hush little baby, don’t say a word
Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird
And when that bird breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby
Cradle and all
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X-Y-Sex
04:04
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Why in the world
In the World of Why
Should we wine and dine
With the rhapsodies of sex
The Almighty Sex
Man and woman
Or man and man
Or woman and woman
If you may
Then you might
Why not write the story
Of a boy and a girl
Or a boy and a boy
Or a girl and a girl
Holding hands forever
Holding hands forever
Holding hands forever
If you won’t
Then I will
But why should we cry
Over histories of sex
X-Y-Sex
X-Y-Sex
X-Y-SEX
When the woes of the real
Are writing out our whens
While the whys
Oh the whys
Wretchedly unwind
All the virtues of our sins
Just like bleeding violins
So what comes next?
After sex?
What comes next?
After “(wh)y”?
What comes next?
z-z-z
z-z-Z
z-Z-Z
Z-Z-Z
So why in the world
In the World of Why
Do we wine and dine
For the rhapsodies of sex
X-Y-Sex
X-Y-Sex
X-Y-Sex
If you may
Then you might
Why not write the story
Of a boy and a girl
Or a boy and a boy
Or a girl and a girl
Madly in love forever
Madly in love forever
Madly in love forever
If you won’t then I will
But why should we try
To make sense of a lie
When the woes of the real
Are riddled by its widows
Weaving pillows
with their woes
Reading pillows
as their prose
While the whys
Oh the whys
Wickedly unwind
All the virtues of our sins
Amidst reeking violins
So what comes next?
After sex?
What comes next?
After “(wh)y”?
z-z-Z
z-Z-Z
Z-Z-Z
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Dear Georges,
I’m writing this letter to tell you that it’s over.
I found it. Finally.
It wasn’t where you said it would be.
It wasn’t under the bed (where you said it had fallen).
It wasn’t in the cupboard, either (where you said it would be safe).
You little tease. I asked you with a pretty pretty please.
: Aidez-moi s'il vous plaît?
: ( )
: Aidez-moi s'il vous plaît?
: Non.
: Aidez-moi s'il vous plaît?
: Non.
: Aidez-moi s'il vous plaît?
: Non.
: Aidez-moi s'il vous plaît?
: ( )
Give it back. Give it back.
Give it back, you monster.
Squeaky clean, all pristine,
I want it back, you thief!
Where’d it go? Where’d it go?
Give it back to me.
Squeaky clean, all pristine,
I want it back, you thief!
Vous petit monstre!
Vous petit monstre!
Vous petit monstre!
Vous petit monstre!
But please don’t worry, Georges
My Dear Sweet Georges
I won’t tell a soul (I promise)
About the way it’s somewhat misshapen now.
The way the scent of flowers makes it rot.
The way it aches and bleeds more often than not.
The way it’s managed to grow horns.
Oh, please don’t worry, Georges.
I’m keeping it locked away
in a box of thorns.
: Répondez s'il vous plaît?
: ( )
: Répondez s'il vous plaît?
: Non.
: Répondez s'il vous plaît?
: Non.
: Répondez s'il vous plaît?
: Non.
: Répondez s'il vous plaît?
: ( )
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Voices
Another strange town
Looking for a needy victim
To pin down
Dim lights, salted street
I walk into the bar, our eyes meet
Smoke
There’s a red house over yonder
I know I don’t know you
But if the sky is crying
Do you know what I wanna do?
Do you know what I want you to do?
Come closer
(Let me tell you)
Kiss me here and kiss me there
Kiss me everywhere
Kiss me here and kiss me there
Kiss me everywhere
Lay your head and lay it bare
I’ll take you everywhere
Kiss me here and kiss me there
Kiss me everywhere
Close your eyes if you dare
I’ll skin you everywhere
I’ll skin your lips
And skin you bare
You won’t go anywhere
Noises
Another strange clown
Need a new victim
To pin down
So dim the lights, salt the street
I’ll walk into a bar, our eyes meet
Smoke
There’s a red house burning yonder
Didn’t you hear?
They don’t call me “Little Wing” for nothing
And do you know what I wanna do?
Do you know what I want you to do?
Come closer
(Here I go again)
Kiss me here and kiss me there
Kiss me everywhere
Kiss me here and kiss me there
Kiss me everywhere
I’ll skin your lips and skin you bare
I’ll skin you everywhere
I’ll skin your lips and skin you bare
I’ll skin you everywhere
(I’ll skin your lips and skin you bare)
(I’ll skin your lips and skin you bare)
(I’ll skin your lips and skin you bare)
(I’ll skin your lips and skin you bare)
(I’ll skin your lips and skin you bare)
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Jack of None Chicago, Illinois
JACK OF NONE is an experimental rock band comprised of siblings A.G. Syjuco (composer on guitar, bass, synthesizers and
programming), Maxine Syjuco (poet-songwriter and vocalist), and Julian Syjuco (guitar).
The band has received critical acclaim for their forward-thinking approach to fusing electronically-charged experimental music with spoken word poetry.
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