Negativland – 'a Big 10-8 Place' Part One lyrics

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Huuh! Huuh! Huuh!
.... Now go to sleep Tommy.
.. The end of the line, (we're in Concord) all passengers please disembark.
Tommy?
The first thing that happens is that the bone splinters.
Tommy?
We're moving to Concord.
Yes? Yes? Yes?
Press the button. The door opens to let you in.
... At the end of the line,(we're in Concord) all passengers please disembark.
Over here now.
Then the door closes behind you in safe and secure comfort.
Tommy? (Tommy?)
Noises heard. Resident believes possibly mmas(?) are in the area.
Okay, kids, the car's packed. Now go and get your father and we'll look at
Some more new houses.
Tom! Tom! (Tom! Tom! Tom! Tom!)
I see a new house (knock knock knock postman!).... I smell gasoline
(groceries!) ....
Mm hmm hmm....
Clowns and
We'd have a swimming pool and a dishwasher and clothes washers and dryers
And air-conditioning....
S**!
Yes?
You can assure your family's safe, secure comfort... But hurry! But hurry!
But hurry! But hurry!
(oooohhh... Stop it, stop it stop it!)
Tommy?
The second thing that happens is that the butcher loses control.
Hahahahahah! We didn't mean any harm.... We just want to go home!
We'd have a swimming pool and a dishwasher and clothes washers and dryers
And air-conditioning....
... Ho ha ha, you don't know shit do ya, ya piece of shit.
Don't use your washer or dryer, your electric range, dishwasher, or pool
Filter pump.
Oh fuck you too, ya son of a bitch.
Hahahahahaah! We didn't mean any harm.... We just want to go
Hahahaha
You lying piece of shit!
Piece of shit.
You mother-fucking son of a sack of.. Piece of shit!
.. How can you people treat jjx like that... It's easy how they could treat
Jjx like that....
Look how they treated Jesus Christ....
(Tom! Tom! Tom! Tom!)
Clowns and ballerinas here and there, clowns and ballerinas ervywhere....
(hahahah.... We jus)
Okay kids, the car's packed. Now go and get your father and we'll look at
Some more new houses.
Hm. Funny light tonight. Look at my shadow.
Hmmmmm hmmmm....
Hm. Still my shadow, but no people here that I know....
(sporadic... Very sporadic)
Yes?
Yes?
>cough<
Oh fuck you too, ya son of a bitch....
Okay kids, looks like whe're going to be here for a while.
Tom! Tommy?
Clowns and ballerinas, here and there, clowns and ballerinas ervywhere....
Tommy? (Hmmmmmm hmmmmm.....) Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Tommy? Tommy?
Tommy?
Everybody welcome. How do they know we're here?
Oh, so uh, you know about all the jamming techiniques too.
That proves you're a jammer. Only a jammer would know all those rare
Jamming techniques.
That's interesting. Nobody else would have thought of that but you. That
Proves that you jam, jam, jam...
We'd.. We'd have a dish.. Swimming pool...
Tom! Tommy?
Tom! Tom-m-m-m-m-y?
Clouwns and balleri-i-i-i-i-inas here and there....
... Ho ho ho, you don't know shit, do ya, ya piece of shit....
Now go to sleep Tommy go to sleep Tommy go to sleep Tommy Nownownow go
To sleep Tommy go to sleep Tommy go to sleep Tommy....