Below we have the lyrics featured in a fascinating short that recently popped up on EC’s channel:
There's so many people to see
So many people you can check up on
And add to your collection
But they keep you hanging on
Until you're well hung
Your mouth is made up but your mind is undone
Accidents will happen
You used to be a victim but you’re not the only one
Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
I don’t want to hear it
Because I know what I’ve done
I know
I know
I know what I’ve done
(Chorus)I know, I know... (repeat)
Could this have something to do with the obvious assassination confession/exposure themes that keep coming up? Similar allusions are in EC’s memoirs. It’s difficult to miss what’s going on here.
Church Underground lyrics
She stood spotlit in a plain print dress
Came howling out of the wilderness
There beat a cunning and murderous heart
Beneath that calm exterior
"You know my name
You don't know my mind
Don't doubt my eyes
They betray the past
And I've already forgotten
Much more than you will ever know"
And every word that I have spoken is true
Except for those that were broken in two
I'm trying to make peace after a long night of pretend
I need a pawnbroker or moneylender
Why do you do me down, Mister?
Sing "Hallelujah," Sister
Turn up the volume, just to turn it down
The trivial secrets buried with profound
It's enough to put a Church Underground
Deflowered young and then ever since
She's tried to wash off his fingerprints
So every charlatan and prince
Was made to feel inferior
She worked for tips in a 10-cent dance
Said moving pictures might pay perchance
10,000 one-way tickets to the sparkling coast
From the blank interior
Everybody's either talking in code
Or getting ready to explode
Then she was singing with five-piece band
But seems that no-one wants this sound
Why do you do me down, Mister?
Sing "Hallelujah," Sister
Turn up the volume, just to turn it down
The trivial secrets buried with profound
It's enough to put a Church Underground
The shaft of fanlight streaked with rain
Poured through the glass, punched through the pain
A holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch
Her lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches
Must have been dreaming this all along
Could she be redeeming herself in song?
“I'm no-one's martyred, plaster saint
Below the grease, beneath the paint”
I'm rolling like barrel
Swinging like a gallows
I'm rising up fast like all hell and all hallows
Why do you do me down, Mister?
Sing "Hallelujah," Sister
I'll be damned or purgatory bound
Before those jokers ever understand
It's enough to put a Church Underground
Utopia, KS, 1915 To The Garden of Allah,
Hollywood, California, 1947
No Hiding Place lyrics
In the not very distant future
When everything will be free
There won't be any cute secrets
Let alone any novelty
You can say anything you want to
In your fetching cloak of anonymity
Are you feeling out of breath now?
In your desperate pursuit of infamy
Two lovers rocking up and down
In an elevator
15 minutes later
They'll make a killing in the market
They know how to work it
On that close circuit
My, my, it's a terrible disgrace
You'll find these days that there's
No Hiding Place
How proud you are
You got the knack
Of howling in a vacuum
Whatever I said about you
I didn't say it behind your back
I paid for my immortal sins
I know the enemy within you
As it seems these days
There is no hiding place
Next time someone wants to hurt you
Or set alight your effigy
Don't call on me to help you out
Don't come crying to me for sympathy
You stay there with your daubs and scratches
While I summon up the red machine
I'll be handing somebody matches
And carrying a can of kerosene
Walk up to me
And say what you said
Let's see how brave you are
When I'm about this far
You sit in judgment and bitch
Well, baby that's rich
You're nothing but a snitch
My, my, it's a terrible disgrace
My, my, it's a terrible disgrace
My, my, it's a terrible disgrace
You'll find these days that there's
No Hiding Place
Point Of No Return Lyrics
Baby, if the cake ain't missing
How did icing get all over you you you (you you you-ou)
You're the biggest chocolate-covered lie I've ever seen
Oh was it good good good (oh was it goo-ood)
Why did you do it, babe
Lie through your sweet-tooth honey
Now how long did you think this love could last
If you keep kickin' it around this way (oo-ooo)
You may think I'm jokin'
But I'm turning blue from chocking on your lie-lie-lies
I'm at my point of no return
Tell me what does it take for you to learn
Every man's got his point
And I got my point
And my point of no return
Oh baby baby baby
I can't look back
(oh baby)
Now you always know just what to feed me
Just enough to keep me wanting more more more (you you you-ou)
I spend all my time a-plantin'
Seeds of love for you walk on, that's why they won't grow (oh was it good)
Why do you do it, babe
Lie through your sweet-tooth
Longer than my mind says leave
And my heart says stay
And my pride is always standing in my way-hey-hey
Pride, I hope you're ready
Just in case she doesn't change
We'll need you right away
I'm at my point of no return
Tell me what does it take for you to learn
Every man's got his point
And I'm at my point
At my point of no return
(Oh baby)
I can't look back now
(Oh baby)
Oh no
