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From: pl2023@mail.bris.ac.uk ()

There was a request in this group for the lyrics to Angel Dust.  So here
they are.
          Simon.


Produced By Matt Wallace And Faith No More * Engineered And Mixed
By Matt Wallace * Co-Mixed By David Bryson * Mastered At K-Disc
By John Golden * Assistant Engineers: Adam Munoz, Lindsay
Valentine, Gibbs Chapman, Craig Doubet, Nikki Tafrallin *
Recorded At Coast Recorders, San Francisco And Brilliant Studios,
San Francisco * Mixed At Scream Studios, Studio City, Ca * All
Songs Written By Faith No More Except "Midnight Cowboy" Written
By John Barry * All Songs Published By Big Thrilling Music/vomit
God Music Ascap Except "Midnight Cowboy" Published By Emi U
Catalogue Inc./barwin Music Co. Inc Ascap * Bird Photo And Red
Square Photo Adaption By Werner Krutein/photo Vault * Meat Photo
By Mark Burstein/photo Vault * Band Photo Ross Halfin * Art
Direction By Kim Champagne * Mike Bordin: Drums * Roddy Buttom:
Keyboards * Billy Gould: Bass Guitar * Jim Martin: Guitar * Mike
Patton: Vocals * Career Direction: Warren Entner And John
Vassiliou For W.E.M.  

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Land Of Sunshine -- * you have a winning way, so keep it * your
future * you are an angel heading for a land of sunshine * and
fortune us smiling upon you * prepare for a series of comfortable
miracles * from fasting to feasting * and life to you is a
dashing, bold adventure * so sing and rejoice * and look for the
dream that keeps coming back * your future * pat yourself on the
back and give yourself a handshake * cuz everything is not yet
lost...  (does life seem worthwhile to you?) * here's how to
order! * does life seem worthwhile to you?  do others push you
around?  is age against you?  sing and rejoice!  does life seem
worthwhile to you?  does emotional music * have quite an effect
on you?  i-i can help - i can help you - i can help you help
yourself!  here's how to order!  


Caffeine -- * varicose * comatose * senile * caffeine * pour
shame all over us * harden into a crust * - - - cement - - - *
forget the glamour and * mumble a jackhammer * - - - under your
breath - - - * hide your face in the curtains * better unsaid,
so close * and it rolls off the tongue * almost * the world
expects the pose * perfectly natural * - - - loosen up - - - *
smearing wet concrete * and swearing you'll never be * - - -
caught - - - * at your weakest, etched in stone * and we're
frozen here, peeking * almost, sweet talk, caffeine * make
contact * up to my neck * i confess in quicksand * "but it's so
easy for you" * "there's always one thing" * "do you have
something to tell me?" * "say something" * "anything" * i'm
warning you * i'm warning you * i'm fucking you * i'm warning you
* "relax" * "it's just a phase" * "you'll grow out of it" *
believe anything anyone ever tells you * it's not funny anymore
* it's thing you hate the most * the thing you hate the most *
the thing you hate almost * 


Midlife Crisis -- * go on and wring my neck * like when a rag
gets wet * a little discipline * for my pet genius * my head is
like a lettuce * go on and dig your thumbs in * i cannot stop
giving * i'm thirty-something * sense of security * like pockets
jingling * midlife crisis * suck ingenuity * down through the
family tree * you're perfect, yes, it's true * but without me
you're only you * your menstruating heart * it ain't bleeding
enough for two * it's a midlife crisis... * what an inheritance
* the salt and the kleenex * morbid self attention * bending my
pinky back * a little discipline * a donor by habit * a little
discipline * rent an opinion * sense of security * holding blunt
instrument * i'm a perfectionist * and perfect is a skinned knee
* you're perfect, yes, it's true * but without me you're only you
* your menstruating heart * it ain't bleeding enough for two *
it's a midlife crisis............... * 


Rv -- * backside melts into the sofa * my world, my tv, and my
food * besides listening to my belly gurgle * ain't much else to
do * yeah, i sweat a lot * pants fall down every time i bend over
* and my feet itch * yeah - i married a scarecrow * i hate you
* talkin' to myself * everybody's starin' at me * i'm only
bleedin' * someone taps me on the shoulder every 5 minutes *
nobody speaks english anymore * would anyone tell me if i was
gettin' stupider? * i hate you * talkin' to myself * you don't
feel it after awhile * you take the beating * i'm a swingin' guy
* throw a belt over the shower curtain rod * and swing - - - *
toss me inside a hefty * and put me in the ground * a drink needs
me * i don't * i ain't about to guzzle no tears * so kiss my ass
* newscasters, cockroaches, and desserts * i hate you * talkin'
to myself * everybody's starin' at me * i'm only bleedin' * where
are the kids? *
maybepregnantorondrugsoronwelfareontopoftheworlddontthehonorroll
onparoleonthedodgersonthebackofmilkcartonsonstakesinthemiddleof
cornfieldsoncoversoffuturehistorybooksonoldlady'smantleswalkin'
onwaternailedoncrosses * i think it's time i had a talk with
my kids * i'll just tell 'em what my daddy told me * you ain't
never gonna amount to nothin' * 


Smaller And Smaller -- * drought makes the workers dream *
muscles and fields of green * shovel the last few crumbs * of
generosity * open hearts, open mind, open mouth, open vein *
drain * someday the rains will come * my blistered hands tell me
* tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow * bite * bite * bite * cry * i'll
keep coming back * smaller and smaller and smaller * squash me
* smaller and smaller and smaller * under the charity * smaller
and smaller and smaller * under the topsoil * smaller and smaller
and smaller * under the fingernail * smaller and smaller and
smaller * then small becomes all becomes all.......... * bite *
bite * bite * cry * it's not a mirage * it's not a mirage *
trickling downward, trickling downward * it's not a mirage *
drain * drain * bite * bite * bite * cry * smaller and smaller
and smaller and smaller and smaller.......... * 


Everything's Ruined -- * things worked out better than we had
planned * capital from boy, woman and man * we were like ink and
paper * numbers on a calculator * knew arithmetic so well *
working overtime * completed what was assigned * we had to
multiply ourselves * a bouncing little baby * a shiny copper
penny * and he spent himself * would not listen to us * but when
he lost his appetite * he lost his weight in friends * baby
became a fat nickel so fast * then came puberty * exponentially
* soon our boy became a million * people loved him so * and
helped him to grow * everyone knew the thing that was best * of
course, he must invest * a penny won't do * but he made us proud
* he made us rich * but how were we to know * he's counterfeit
* now everything's ruined * 


Malpractice -- * the crowd roars * it's deep and so unhealthy *
the rest you know * i'll feel the hands that felt me * cold hands
* your hands * cover my mouth * while i'm staring into bright
lights * applause * the crowd roars * the rest you know * ten
lovers violating * cured * discharged * reach back inside *
knuckle white * ruffle white * the crowd roars * they ruined and
repaired me * the rest you know * the hands removed the bad thing
* miracle * 


Kindergarten -- * return to my own vomit like a dog * rhymes and
giggles muffle the dialogue * carve my initials in a tree, i will
never leave * maybe one day i'll be royalty * kingdom *
kindergarten * born late * will i graduate? * drinking fountains
are shorter than they used to * the swings on the playground
don't even fit me anymore * folklore: nobody's supposed to
believe in the next grade * write it a hundred times * kingdom
* kindergarten * waiting * bell's not ringing * held back again
* everything got quiet suddenly; no dolby * and the theatre is
empty * film is flapping on the side of the projector * the reel
is over * banished with my sticky shoes and stinging eyes * i'm
walking outside * kingdom * kindergarten * born late * will i
graduate? * held back again * 


Be Aggressive -- * i started this * it's all for me * what's
yours is mine and mine is mine * that's plain to see * so give
it up * i've got to have * i swallow, i swallow, i swallow, i
swallow * be aggressive * b-e aggressive * b-e-a-g-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-
e- * what someone else * would leave behind * and spit it out,
let go to waste * i claim as mine * you're my flavour of the week
* i swallow, i swallow, i swallow, i swallow * tall and reckless
* ugly seed * reach down my throat * you filthy bird * that's all
i need * the empty pit * i've got to feed * to prove i'm fit *
a healthy man * i've got to be * malnutrition, my submission *
you're the master * and i take it on my knees * ejaculation *
tribulation * i swallow, i swallow, i swallow, i swallow * be
aggressive * b-e aggressive * b-e-a-g-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-e- * go,
fight, go, fight, go, fight, go, fight, win * 


A Small Victory -- * a hierarchy * spread out on the nightstand
* the spirit of team * salvation is another chance * a sore loser
* yelling with my mouth shut * a cracking portrait * the fondling
of trophies * the null of losing * can you afford that luxury?
* a sore winner * but i'll just keep my mouth shut * it shouldn't
bother me * but it does * the small victories * the cankers and
medallions * they keep me thinking that someday * i might beat
you * but i'll just keep my mouth shut * the little nothings *
it shouldn't bother me * but it does * if i speak at one constant
volume at one constant pitch at one consonant rhythm right into
your ear, you still won't hear * you still won't hear * you still
won't hear * you still won't hear * you still won't hear * you
still won't hear * you still won't hear * 


Crack Hitler -- * sink the eight ball * buy the lady a drink *
and nobody knows my name * bodies float up * from the bottom of
the river * like bubbles in fine champagne * he's the one, no
doubt * walkin' on a tightrope * he's the one, no doubt * got a
gash on my head * and a grin on my face * and a shadow called
danger * hidin' in the sheets * and on the streets * in the heart
of every stranger * here he comes, look out * teach the world a
lesson * here he comes, look out * sweat on the brow * and a tap
on the phone * and lives are on the line * pick up the briefcase
* on a high speed chase * breathin' by the roll * of the dice *
reachin' up to the top * we're dependin' on you * reachin' up to
the top * "in regards to * my usage of the drug... * it modified
my personality * to the extent that i was * highly irritable."
* "i was like a crack hitler" * keep up the fight * and in the
wink of an eye * never give up * ooh..ahh.. * look out * 


Jizzlobber -- * smiles * bruises * smiles * bruises * bars in the
womb * i hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they
are making me itch * my time * is spilt milk * my skin is a layer
of soot * i'm spending my days scrubbing * i'm trying so hard to
act like nothing happened (no one left to blame) * i'm trying so
hard to find that fresh, clean smell (no one left to blame) *
smiles * bruises * smiles * bruises * bars in the womb * i hide
the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me
itch * my time * is spilt milk * cruel world sleeps above me *
mounting and teasing * i am what i've done * i am what i've done


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