Shriekback: Lyrics to "Go Bang!"

Go Bang!:
Intoxication / Shark Walk / Over The Wire / Nighttown / Go Bang! / Big Fun / Get Down Tonight / Dust And A Shadow.

All songs published by Point Music Ltd., except 'Get Down Tonight' published by Southern Music Publishing Co. Ltd.

All songs written by Shriekback (Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker, Mike Cozzi, Wendy and Sarah Partridge), except 'Get Down Tonight' written by Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch.

Lyrics reproduced with permission from members of Shriekback.
Transcribed by Phil Hetherington, with thanks to Barry Andrews for answering queries along the way.

• Intoxication
  
  The capacity for innocent enjoyment
  Isn't the kind of thing you learn out of your books,
  There's a river of sensation running deep and wet and wide
  And you swim it when you see it and you see it when you do not need to look.
  
  INTOXICATION - God in the wine
  INTOXICATION - everything all of the time
  INTOXICATION - in every cell,
  Want to feel you do that jelly-magic like you always do so well...
  
  Now we spin around in ecstasy for hours
  Feeling the current start to suck us from below
  We are off to see the Wizard then we go to work again
  Now the pure imagination shows us everything we ever need to know
  
  (I'll say it again)
  INTOXICATION - God in the wine
  INTOXICATION - everything all of the time
  INTOXICATION - in every cell,
  Want to feel you do that jelly-magic...
  
  (Oh...)
  INTOXICATION - God in the wine
  INTOXICATION - everything all of the time
  INTOXICATION - in every cell,
  Want to feel you do that jelly-magic like you always do so well...
  
  Wine and silence hits you like a bullet in the brain
  No way of knowing when intoxication takes you out and then don't bring you back again...
  
  INTOXICATION... INTOXICATION... INTOXICATION... INTOXICATION...
  
  INTOXICATION - Holy words and holes and music
  Slip it out and bite it off
  INTOXICATION - Only he who feels it knows it
  Only one heart beats up love
  INTOXICATION - All we're hearing is firework music
  Coming out the other side
  INTOXICATION - No knowing no knowing no knowing
  No knowing no knowing no...
  
  INTOXICATION... INTOXICATION...
  
  
• Shark Walk
  
  Here comes your man now everybody hide - he do the SHARK-WALK
  He says he's not guilty, well you decide - he do the SHARK-WALK
  The butcher and the baker and the fireman say - he do the SHARK-WALK
  And he wants everybody everywhere to walk this way - and do the SHARK-WALK
  He gonna walk forever with those wicked strides
  And he knows if you ever ever stop you die
  
  He do the SHARK-WALK. He do the SHARK-WALK.
  
  She's hungry all the time - she do the SHARK-WALK.
  She like the Hokey-Pokey and the Southern skies - she do the SHARK-WALK
  She got the body of a baby and she got not hair - she do the SHARK-WALK (Yeah Yeah)
  She got a German Shepherd and a Frigidaire - and does the SHARK-WALK
  She gonna keep moving like a desert tribe
  And she knows how she does it and she don't care why
  
  She do the SHARK-WALK. She do the SHARK-WALK.
  
  WALK... WALK...
  
  I got the bone-structure and the beady eyes - I do the SHARK-WALK
  I'm coming up the ladder coming down the other side - I do the SHARK-WALK (Baby)
  I got that predatory wriggle and a friendly grin - I do the SHARK-WALK
  I've got a special dispensation from original sin - doing the SHARK-WALK
  I'm gonna jump gonna tremble gonna hit the sand
  I got the whole wide world turning in my hand
  
  I do the SHARK-WALK. I do the SHARK-WALK.
  
  Do the SHARK-WALK
  Do the SHARK-WALK
  Do the SHARK-WALK
  Do the SHARK-WALK
  Do the SHARK-WALK
  Do the SHARK-WALK
  Do the SHARK-WALK
  
  
• Over The Wire
  
  From where we're standing we can feel the heat
  What I'm saying to you now you don't never repeat
  Everybody on the rocks tonight
  They do a thing without a name you know it just ain't right.
  
  (I say)
  The lights are going out now ten at a time
  See you floating like a fish washed away in the tide
  Gonna sizzle like fat burning up in the fire
  You know the Devil Himself getting over the wire.
  
  Well all God's children got their dubious side
  And it's deep and dirty and it's real real wide
  Well the Alligator Woman and her sister made three
  I tell you Johnny Weissmuller is the man for me
  
  (I say)
  The lights are going out now ten at a time
  See you floating like a fish washed away in the tide
  Gonna sizzle like fat burning up in the fire
  You know the Devil Himself getting over the wire.
  
  Well all of them bitching as the coffin goes down
  "He didn't do nothin' special did He, this time around?"
  Then John Paul Getty in the form of a dove
  Says you only ever answer to the Butcher of Love
  
  (I say)
  The lights are going out now ten at a time
  See you floating like a fish washed away in the tide
  Gonna sizzle like fat burning up in the fire
  You know the Devil Himself getting over the wire.
  
  
• New Man
  
  (Introducing... a special creature)
  
  This is a song of greed and vision
  He is a man of wealth and pride
  He rocks back and forward
  Moves from side to side
  Polishing little wheels of commerce
  He keeps his flag unfurled
  He is a master of disguise
  A citizen of the world
  
  His unease is getting special
  His time is coming now
  Here's our New Man
  Well his unease is getting special
  And his time is coming now
  Here's our New Man
  
  Holding a mirror up to nature
  Nature doesn't seem to care
  Holding it underwater
  Waving it in the air
  His experiments are famous
  And fit loosely round the facts
  They're held together with glue and pins
  And tape and wax
  
  Hammering out a new aesthetic
  With his fur and wire and fire
  Here's our New Man
  Hammering out a new aesthetic
  With his fur and wire and fire
  Here's our New Man
  
  And you can't hide, you can't hide
  It's got no ceilings it's got glass sides
  Devil's work is what he do
  Here's our New Man
  
  He is called the human nest-egg
  Is known as Prince of Leaves
  He is hidden now but you can see
  The bubbles where he breathes
  He has mastered all the hard things
  And is difficult to shock
  Has a muscle on the bottom
  Which attaches him to the rocks
  
  It was the Devil made him do it
  With his little shining eyes
  Here's our New Man
  It was the Devil made him do it
  With his little shining eyes
  Here's our New Man
  It was the Devil made him do it
  With his little shining eyes
  Here's our New Man
  It was the Devil
  Gonna make him do it
  Here's our New Man
  
  Here's our New Man...
  Here's our New Man...
  Here's our New Man...
  Here's our New Man...
  
  
• Nighttown
  
  Take a look at this - drink it in - it is such a wicked sight
  By the river; in the city; in the country of the night.
  So exotic; so mysterious. Look out where you go.
  Stand under the yellow moon, stand under the yellow moon
  Of NIGHTTOWN... NIGHTTOWN
  
  Someone said to me that all of history is just a cry in the street
  All the apparitions up at the window, well - who can sleep in this heat?
  This is the crucible and everything is burning - turning golden brown.
  All framed in the nightmare light, all framed in the nightmare light
  Of NIGHTTOWN... NIGHTTOWN
  
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  The air is full of cries:
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  The night is bright with eyes
  in NIGHTTOWN... NIGHTTOWN
  
  Meet the military making merry where the magic people go.
  They are looking at us looking at them and we know they know we know.
  It's a nuclear sort of feeling and it's close to melting down.
  All washed in the blood and rain. All washed in the blood and rain.
  Of NIGHTTOWN... NIGHTTOWN
  
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  The air is full of cries:
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  The night is bright with eyes
  In NIGHTTOWN
  
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  The air is full of cries:
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  Our own and Golden City.
  The night is bright with eyes
  In NIGHTTOWN
  
  NIGHTTOWN...
  NIGHTTOWN...
  NIGHTTOWN...
  NIGHTTOWN...
  NIGHTTOWN...
  
  
• Go Bang!
  
  (Go bang... go bang)
  
  Everybody sick of ordering pizza, everybody tired of holding hands
  Everybody had their share of small-talk, everybody bored of making plans
  Everybody had their feet inspected, everybody had to get a grip
  Everybody got their plastic bullets, everybody shooting from the hip
  Everybody bites the hand that feeds them, everybody had their one-night stands.
  EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG. EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG.
  
  Everybody had their blood-transfusion, everybody got their ironing done
  Everybody had their cash invested, everybody called it good clean Fun
  Everybody here been disinfected, everybody waiting for the off
  Everybody gets the silent treatment, everybody is afraid to cough
  Everybody ate a hearty breakfast, everybody loves that kind of thang.
  EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG. EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG.
  
  Everybody here Everybody here Everybody here GO BANG. (Go bang)
  Everybody here Everybody here Everybody here GO BANG. (Go bang)
  Everybody here Everybody there Everybody here and everywhere (I say)
  Everybody here GO BANG. Everybody here GO - BANG
  
  Everybody here is making whoopee, everybody here got purple hair
  Everybody got their Black&Decker - blood and fettucine everywhere
  Everybody do their Zulu wardance, doing something with a piece of wood
  Everybody here can't get arrested, everybody wishes someone would
  Everybody getting paranormal, everybody here in Wonderland.
  EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG. EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG.
  
  Everybody want their milk and biscuits, everybody wants their bed of nails
  Everybody wants to feel romantic, everybody knows what this entails
  Everybody needs their feeding-frenzy, everybody needs to justify
  Everyone inclines to reproduction, everybody has an alibi
  Everybody wants a private income, everybody plays the Steinway grand
  EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG. EVERYBODY HERE GO BANG.
  
  Everybody here Everybody here Everybody here GO BANG. (Go bang)
  Everybody here Everybody here Everybody here GO BANG. (Go bang)
  Everybody here Everybody there Everybody here and everywhere (I say)
  Everybody here GO BANG. Everybody here GO - BANG
  Everybody here GO BANG. Everybody here GO - BANG
  
  
• Big Fun
  
  Got the Mojo ticking over, I feel good tonight
  Looking at the city such a beautiful sight.
  Hey! pretty baby - I feel like a priest
  We have such a good time in the belly of the beast.
  We sing
  
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh here we go.
  We got a bite like a pit-bull yeah we don't let go.
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh under the sun. Everybody looking for...
  BIG FUN.
  
  Gonna shave my head, I'm gonna clean my mind
  I'm feeling light and clever, feeling good and kind
  Now we're going out through the Magic Door
  I think you know already what we're looking for
  We sing
  
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh here we go.
  We got a bite like a pit-bull yeah we don't let go.
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh under the sun. Everybody looking for...
  BIG FUN.
  
  (Yeah this is big fun ok - bigger than I ever thought possible)
  
  I been shaking like a jelly, sweating like a mule
  Crying like a baby, grinning like a fool
  California Dreamin' inna Kentish Town
  I gotta make it to the roof
  Before the stairs burn down
  
  Oh I love to be among the girls and boys
  I am just a holy instrument of joy
  Can I remember my own name?
  They're giving ten to one
  No doubt about it, this is
  BIG FUN
  We sing
  
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh here we go.
  We got a bite like a pit-bull yeah we don't let go.
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh under the sun. Everybody looking...
  We sing
  
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh here we go.
  We got a bite like a pit-bull yeah we don't let go.
  Welly-Oh Welly-Oh under the sun. Everybody looking for...
  BIG FUN.
  BIG FUN.
  BIG FUN.
  BIG FUN.
  BIG FUN.
  
  
• Get Down Tonight
  
  Written by Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch.
  Additional lyrics by Shriekback.
  
  Baby baby - lets get together
  Party high - me and you
  Do the things - yeah do the things
  That we like to do
  
  Do a little dance
  Make a little love
  Get down tonight
  Get down tonight
  
  Do a little dance
  Make a little love
  Get down tonight
  Get down tonight
  
  Baby baby - I'll meet you
  Same place - same time
  When we can - get together
  And ease up our minds
  
  Do a little dance
  Make a little love
  Get down tonight
  Get down tonight
  
  Do a little dance
  Make a little love
  Get down tonight
  Get down tonight
  
  Do a little dance
  Make a little love
  Get down tonight
  Get down tonight
  
  Do a little dance
  Make a little love
  Get down tonight
  Get down tonight
  
  Well everyone can see that you can't go wrong
  Shriekback crashlanding on a KC song
  People might say that we don't play straight
  But you know sometimes we've gotta deviate
  Science is powerless to explain
  This amount of stimulation to the body and brain
  But you know you look good and you feel real fine
  Now everybody's spine is the bassline
  Take me to the bridge, throw me in the river
  Well the Shriek don't shake and the Shriek don't shiver
  Glowing in the dark, blinking in the light
  All you groovers get down tonight
  Humanly impossible to disapprove
  Cos the Shriek keeps shrieking and the groove don't move
  You've gotta put on the pressure, put out the lights
  Oh... get down tonight
  
  Get down, get down, get down, get down, get down tonight
  (Lets get together)
  Get down, get down, get down, get down, get down tonight
  (Do a little dance)
  Get down, get down, get down, get down, get down tonight
  (Lets get together)
  Get down, get down, get down, get down, get down tonight
  
  
• Dust And A Shadow
  
  Like the falling leaves and the shifting past
  Sometimes the treasured things are not the things that last.
  And we know where we stand - between fear and desire:
  With one fist raised in anger with one foot in the fire.
  
  We are dust and a shadow under the naked light
  We are dust and a shadow - wishing that everything stood still tonight.
  We are dust and a shadow - the dream of history.
  We are the hungry ghosts crying "Remember me, Remember me".
  
  All the Pride and Shame. All the bone and glass.
  These kind of fragile things were never gonna last.
  Oh pretty little Boy, and you my millionaire -
  When the time comes you go alone. Leave the light on at the top of the stairs...
  
  We are dust and a shadow under the naked light
  We are dust and a shadow - wishing that everything stood still tonight.
  We are dust and a shadow - the dream of history.
  We are the hungry ghosts crying "Remember me, Remember me".
  

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  Phil Hetherington
  Last Modified: 28.04.05

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