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Anthology I (1988 - 1992)

by Mutiny in Jonestown

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1.
Bag Lady 02:48
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When I was 3 I sat on Santa’s knee He said, “When you grow up, what would you like to be?” I said, “Let me see...a bag lady a boxcar queen hag lady a gutter thing” When I was 10 I was the teacher’s friend He sold, “You’ll grow up to be like other men” I said, “Let me see...I know what I want to be, a bag lady a boxcar queen hag lady a gutter thing” The high school kids - they voted me The one most likely to succeed I said, “Let me see...a bag lady a boxcar queen hag lady a gutter thing” The unemployment clerk, he said to me, “The only job left is to join the Navy” I said, “Let me see... I know I want to be : bag lady
2.
I Do, I Do, I Do 03:12
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Bogart wanted it all (so he took Bacall) That’s the way it goes at the picture show Three men took a wife (in real life) Triotic sets of vows recited now Let’s swap rings Let’s swap things Four live cheap as one One quarter Rent for boarders Four times much as fun Threw a ton of rice to start their new life Twenty-Four limousines to clear the scene Took their honeymoon the fifth of June Bought a suite instead (two double beds) Time to head for home (Let’s move to Rome) We won’t get no peace from the United States police We’ll sneak through Customs (will you guys hide in my bag?) Have no doubt We’ll let you out when we get a cab
3.
The Mermaid's Crimson Bough 06:13
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1 2 3 4 5 are gone - all you children come along As I tell a story now - of the Mermaid’s Crimson Bough Two days out hit stormy seas — sailing on to Martinique Icy windstorm howling loud - like a waiting funeral shroud Superstitious sailor cried, “Taste the wind - tonight we die” Ocean daemons haunting us - take us under dust to dust Shredded sails, broken mast — end was near I prayed it fast Ship was sinking, crew was dead - underwater, kept my head No more air, can’t hold my breath - proudly set to swallow death Whirlpool from below - rising towards me spinning so Gasp for death (I was prepared) - expecting sea yet tasting air! Where and How and What and Why - something came to save my life When I woke I found myself - perched on underwater shelf in a cave of riches vast - sunken treasures from the past “Take these gifts we’ve brought for you” - the mermaid said “Your heart is true” To the surface we’ll go now - you may ride our Crimson Bough
4.
Providence 03:00
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Green yellow orange blue red pick Technicolor my head forever dizzy skyline can’t wait to greet the sunshine Contemporary wonder pop music from down—under I hear them hardly trying I hear the muses crying Timings’ everything in Providence (You’ll see what I mean) When pushed into a brick wall we’ll see who’s best of all dragged screaming from my shell pennies fall in the wishing well I’ve seen the worst of goodness happily sanctioned madness I’ve run from loneliness into the arms of cowardice
5.
Half of Me 02:59
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Half of me wants you gone Half of me says not too long Runaway... from the lonely pain Runaway... will I feel the same? Half of me can’t say goodbye Half of me don’t want to try Half of me wants you here Half of me must volunteer Runaway... from the lonely pain Runaway... will I be the same? Half of me is all alone Half of me is still at home Half of me is bearing fruit Half of me wants a substitute for you Runaway...
6.
Queen of Hearts 03:38
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Have you seen the Queen of Hearts? Have you been taken apart? Have you been lost in her lovely eyes? Kissed by her final goodbye? Simply to catch her smile? Dying inside all the while for what will never come your way Longing to just hear her say magical phrases and promises vows and enchantments People I trusted would laugh and turn away wondering how I became so lost, Queen of Hearts, Queen of Hearts Have you loved a Queen of Hearts? Dedicated love and art? Just for the chance dreams may find you Fantasy visions come true Yet for the hours spent wondering Reflecting what life will bring be Will I be lonely my final days? Longing for yesterday? Trading my memories for cold reality? Not True! Not True! Her memory lives on inside of me Love for myself keeps alive - I smile, Queen of Hearts
7.
Let Me Sleep 08:53
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I watched my life become the dream where every image comes to be Witness the good and bad accrue then wake to find they’ve all come true I dreamt a dark catastrophe Which then became reality Dreamt hundreds gasped for breath then watched them saved from certain death... Leave the dream ill-advised Time runs counter clockwise Spiritually disguised yet I’m still canonized I walk the rain soaked garden alone in search of magical stones instead I find I am losing my mind... I wander brick lined streets late at night in search of pale moonlight I live with doubt yet I live without... Let me sleep alone again tell me what you super-intend As the leading edge patrol gives away their last hell-hole Let Me Sleep Let Me Sleep Let Me Sleep!
8.
Plotting Curves on Paradox Machines 04:46
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Head down turn ‘round face the music face the faceless crowd Stand straight too late run the rat—maze, blindly concentrate I’ve been this dream Plotting curves on paradox machines My time my line sharpened to a quick cut pointed rhyme Direct Infect Leave the world in a disconnect But you it’s true Won’t do what I say you ought to do And me I’ll be Plotting curves on paradox machines It’s done someone turned the light around to face the sun And now this town paints graffiti on the sacred ground We give they live collecting squalor through a selfish sieve But see, still me Plotting curves on paradox machines
9.
Gone to Seed 03:58
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I’m gonna dig up the King - make him sing Tell Priscilla everything’s OK! And on a sunny day wont’cha be my teddy bear and say Heartbreak Hotel for me Elvis has gone to seed So lonely I could cry Oh Elvis, tell me why I’m gonna call Dr Tom on the phone today in a fit of rage I’ll make him pay! And could he please prescribe for me one last note from Elvis P? Heartbreak Hotel for me Elvis has gone to seed So lonely I could cry Oh Elvis, tell me why I’m gonna vote for Elvis president if actors win, why not experiment? I’m gonna tell the Colonel what I think “you’re a low-down Memphis money-grubbing fink!” to take the King’s homeland and turn it to a shameless disgraceland. Heartbreak Hotel for me Elvis has gone to seed So lonely I could cry Oh Elvis, tell me why
10.
The Gardeners Song 04:33
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He thought he saw an Elephant, That practised on a fife: He looked again, and found it was A letter from his wife. "At length I realise," he said, "The bitterness of Life!" He thought he saw a Rattlesnake That questioned him in Greek: He looked again, and found it was The Middle of Next Week. "The one thing I regret," he said, "Is that it cannot speak!" He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending from the bus: He looked again, and found it was A Hippopotamus "If this should stay to dine," he said, "There won't be much for us!" He thought he saw a Coach-and-Four That stood beside his bed: He looked again, and found it was A Bear without a Head. "Poor thing," he said, "poor silly thing! It's waiting to be fed!" He thought he saw an Albatross That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was A Penny-Postage-Stamp. "You'd best be getting home," he said: "The nights are very damp!" He thought he saw a Garden-Door That opened with a key: He looked again, and found it was A double Rule of Three: "And all its mystery," he said, "Is clear as day to me!" Words: Lewis Carroll - 1889 excerpts from "Sylvie and Bruno"
11.
Rabbit Sings the... 03:05
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Early bird — I came for your word thought the rabbit instantly Lost in line — I’ll never make it in time Best to run in place at least I’ll face to face the faceless fox that chases after me Pass the song — I’ll help it along Sang the rabbit carefully Skip the verse I’ve heard this chorus is worse!
12.
Sand and Fire 02:32
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Ride the earthly form inside Stay amidst your ever glowing patricide Run the rabbit course alone Winner of the race inscribes the resting stone Sand and Fire Test the wire Rest the choir Stake your last vampyre Seen as if a childhood dream Symbols reaching out resemble Halloween Cast the stone into the pond Break your fast impersonating Kubla Khan “We’ve seen the last of this race I bet” “I’ll not make my final wager yet” “The sun has crashed into the sky” “and sends its’ acid rays to purify”
13.
Please Come Back 03:42
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And as the lights spin round the table I can see it sinking fast Just one more artificial fable in a world of broken glass (I wander through your mirrored past) and say, “Hey, have you seen an empty dream and laughed?” The hot and swinging fought the stable But I knew it wouldn’t last The truce uneasy as the hate forever drained the simulcast (I watched you slowly walking past as if to say, “Hey, I will fight until the last” I took a break to lick my wounds and plan my method of attack How could I blame the loyal confidant Who snuck out through the back (I could not face the maniac) And say, “Hey, madness feels so empty, please come back”
14.
Starve for Me 05:26
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The misty moon comes down and swirls with the surface of the underground I have been there And watching as the strings entangle with the living things I follow down as if I care About the dim uncertain shroud that seems to smile as it hangs around just over there…and everywhere A fence surrounds a place of lost and lonely dreamers and unfortunates with no escape No matter how they wish upon a star or bargain with the silhouettes they cannot stay So neither here nor there while arguing the merits of this solitaire They kneel and pray iust like yesterday A thinning patch of light is breaking through the cloudburst Sunday shining bright if I can see A way around the current nightmare of a strangers stare a random fight will not find me Within the haze a sunshine ray can make you sad but inadvertently you starve at sea... you starve for me!
15.
To the Moon 06:18
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As you walk into the mist blinded by the life you missed hate destroys the choice you made As you mourn for yesterday Floating on a spiral sea Takes you far away from me Unseen currents ebb and flow Captured by the undertow I can’t tell just where I’ll be Mansion hail or misplaced refugee Sliding down the mountainside slips me up & takes me for a ride I have walked 2 miles thru the daylight and the night for you Late arriving can you feel me crying through the rendezvous Time is shifting sand is sifting through my open hand it’s true Leave the bloodshot eyes your counterplot is plotting lies for you I can feel you near me soon Have you sent my letter to the moon? Midnight on the 1st of May We could be together anyway I’d accept an IOU If you’d grant me one last interview Sitting by your fireside leaves me lost and ever mystified I have walked into your dream converting themes to light for you Thankless effort spent but what I meant to say and meant to do missed the mark misplaced the bookmark miscellaneous I knew how to say goodbye to Monday stake my claim on Waterloo I can feel you near me soon Have you sent my letter to the moon? Midnight on the 1st of May We could be together anyway I’d accept an IOU If you’d grant me one last interview Sitting by your fireside leaves me lost and ever mystified
16.
Mount Olympus 04:19
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If I count the days that have slipped by Since you left your training for nearby Barcelona booked on the red eye I fly out to you in the night sky Sometimes I’m convinced she’s an android rather than a destitute negroid Photographs of us in the tabloids Show the world she takin’ the steroid Sport from $29 and 95 a day Cable TV mount Olympus you shall pay Dressed in colors red white & blue she Runs the fastest prison escapee Training on the streets of the city stealing cash she’d get away scot—free Now she’s mine including gold medal We’ll spend our lives together in the ghetto If I leave our place without my stiletto I’ll spend my life singing falsetto Life on $29 and 95 a day Famous for a moment only yesterday...
17.
G.O.P. 04:16
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Trains & busses & jets & limos Pictures painted upon the wall If I haven’t been round much lately Leave a message — I will not call Ask the mailman for my letter (postage due won’t stop the flood) Hurricanes & earthquake weather Shape the party and stir the blood I’d tell you if you were innocent I’d tell you everything I’d smile at your ignorance I’d climb the G.O.P. If our party line seems too drastic Tough times call for leadership We are all a wee bit fascist Smiling from our gods pulpit Armageddon comes tomorrow televangelistic threat Send your money — If you must borrow we’ll add it to the national debt I’d tell you if you were innocent I’d tell you everything I’d smile at your ignorance I’d climb the G.O.P. We refuse to take the blame for car—jack plane crash politics Unemployment fans the flame ”Our countries burning” read my lips A thousand points of light could someone tell me what the hell that means Billionaires and right wing fascists crowning George our idiot king!

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Anthology Volume I is a chronological journey through the best of Mutiny in Jonestown from 1988 to 1992.

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released March 19, 2016

Dennis Montgomery - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, Drums

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Influenced by classic 70's progressive rock bands like King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator & Genesis - along with late 60's psychedelia from The Beatles, Procol Harum & Pink Floyd (with a little 70's Black Sabbath thrown in for good measure), Mutiny in Jonestown has always sought to take these influences and synthesize them into something new.

The band has released 42 albums since 1987. ... more

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