Heaven&Hell

Joe Jackson Heaven&Hell Lyrics
1.Prelude

Instrumental


2.Fugue 1 / More Is More

Let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it pour
We'll have one for the road, put the bolt on the door
Let it rain cats and dogs
Let it rain rats and snakes
But just bring us more grog
And another red steak

Let it rain, let it hail
Let it rain frogs and toads
Butt just bring us some ale, we'll have ten for the road
Let it blow, let it roar
Let it rain bats from hell
Wipe their arses and pluck 'em, we'll eat them as well

(did you hear about clyde who are ribs 'til he died
At a sign that said 'all you can eat for ten bob'
When the doctors were done pumping out his insides
He went back the next morning to finish the job)

Let the skies turn to black
Let it rain kangaroos
But just give us tobacco and tucker and booze
So who cares about heaven
Or burning beneath
When we're all busy digging our graves with our teeth

(did you hear about matt who fell into a vat
Well they say that he drowned but it took him a week
And they say that it wasn't as strange as all that
When you think that he kept getting out for a leak)

Let it rain, let it flood
Let 'em load up the ark
Bring us buckets of blood while they sink in the dark
Give 'em two vegetarians
And two of the poor
And two of the tossers who say less is more


3.Angel

Here's a young one
Hey, rufus
How's the rain on the rhubarb?
You wanna go out with me?
(yeah, i know we're out
It's, like, a figure of speech)
All you need is a real girl guide
Give it up and come inside
Slip the leash
Shake it loose
Bit the peach
Suck the juice
. . . what did you call me?
(angel . . . )
What was that again?
(angel . . . )

Ave gloriosa virginum regina
Vitis generosa, vite medicina
Clemencie resina
Ave copiosa gracie piscina
Carnis maculosa mund' illum sentina
Mundicie cortina

(hail, glorious queen of virgins, noble vine,
Elixir of life, resin of mercy.
Hail, abundant pool of grace, cleanse him
Of the filthy dregs of the flesh in
The basin of putrification)

Hey chicken
Is that your girl?
Bet she lays like a lump
What's your poison - lemonade?
Velveteen or a razor blade?
You wanna walk in the dark with me
To a place where no-one sees?
Kiss the glove
Pretty please
You wanna pray?
On your knees . . .
. . . what did you call me?
(angel . . . )
Say it again
(angel . . . )

Claritate radiosa, stella matutina,
Brevitate legis glossa, perte lex divina
Irradiat doctrina
Venustate vernans rosa, sine culpe spina
Caritate viscerosa aurem buc inclina,
Serves ill'a a ruina

(morning star, radiant in brigtness, yourself
A gloss on the bervity of the law, through you
The divine law illuminates with its teaching,
O rose blooming with lovliness, having no
Thorn of sin, with inward love incline your ear
Hither and save him from destruction)

Hey sailor
How's the steam in the stovepipe?


4.Tuzla

Of all the treasure in our chest
We love the golden god of war the best

Look, look at that little clown
Here, look through the binoculars
Someone burned his schoolhouse down
And he's blinking in the sun
He's drying something in the sun
Ha! it's an old tea bag!
Now he rolls it up
Look! he made a cigarette
But he's not gonna smoke it yet
Maybe he's gonna sell it
How much d'you think he'll get?

A slice of ham = a long goodbye = 3 days of peace
A bar of soap = a can of oil = 10 years of debt
A pinch of salt = a week of news = 4 double-a's
A plastic bag = a place to hide = one sucker bet

I got what you want
You got what i need

Of all the sterling men of steel
We crave the one who'll teach us not to feel

Look at the guy selling beer
Where the hell did he get it from?
He's the king of the hill
He's the bug that survives the bomb
See the smirk on his greasy face
Handing a bottle to the mortal foe
It's not the time to kill
Not that he forgets . . .
As he takes a crumpled bill
And thinks this is better yet

A pot for the rain = a pair of shoes = 2 hand grenades
A spade for the grave = four lovely eggs = 3 cigarettes
A stick of gum = some wood for a fire = 2 table legs
A cup of rice = a pint of blood = 1 pound of flesh

Line up to buy here
Line up to die there

Look, look through that window
Looks like your sister there
In a chetnik's bed
Look, there on the table
Looks like she did it for a loaf of bread
Shit! she's got a knife!
And he's snoring like a pig
Is he worth more alive or dead?
How much for his boots?
How much for his head?

Though all the days and all the times
We count the coin and stash away the crimes


5.Passacaglia / A Bud And A Slice

Give me a bud and a slice
And leave me alone
If i want your advice, i'll ask ya
They tell me that caviar's nice, but i wouldn't know
So what's it to you
Who needs your airs
And your microbrew

Look at the sun
See how it hangs
So still in the sky

Give me the new tv guide
And get off the phone
Go on and take sides, it's not my problem
Waiting for worlds to collide in the comfort of home
They say lucifer's free
What shall we do
Don't ask me

But it's not like i never go beyond these walls
I've got culture!
I go to the movies
Last week saw the new tarantino
Starring shit what's that guy's name again
You know the scene where they put the blowtorch to his balls
Bloody brilliant
My daughter threw up, she didn't understand
I told her it's just like the beano
It's not real
And if it was . . . well, so what?!
Let's all lighten up!

Give me a bud and a slice
And leave out the book
I've got one of those, thank you
As for the guru you prize, he might be a crook
And la's so hot
Still, i might go
Or
Might
Not

Look at the sun
See how it hangs
So still in the sky


6.Right

Fuck this bull shit spit flat beer back
Rock star dumb luck sick joke clap trap
Damn thin shoe lace yank spit jerk snap
Bomb kike scam bank tear down dead flag

I got a right to bite the hand
That feeds the greed that pays the band
I got a right to fight the man
That takes the cake that feeds the clan

(i don't like the way you look at me
You don't like what i do in bed
Maybe i should get some deputies
And come and break your fucking head
Oh no no that won't do at all)

Ignorance is a kind of bliss
A smack in the mouth is a kind of kiss

(methinks i doth protest too much
And no matter what the people say
I'm gonna have to get in touch
With my inner adult someday
La la la la la la di dah)

Suck this dick head fuck that lite crap
Kiss kiss puke hate rack suit riff raff
Bash slut mash butt beat that spic brat
Stab dyke snap neck kill punk scum bags

I got a right to light the flame
That fries the guys that take the blame
I got a right to bite the hand
That feeds the greed that pays the band


7.The Bridge

Down there in the ashes
There's gold and silver too
Dear sister, i try to share with you

Smug, you said
Take your spoils away

And you broke the bridge on your side

You wither my trouble
And all i dream to do
With half-smiles
Until i scream at you

Mad, you said
That's how you repay

But you broke the bridge on your side

And where am i
As i swallow your tears
And the prince with the slipper appears
Do you hack at your heel
Do i try not to feel

I fail with my anger
And with my sympathy
I tremble - so little left for me

Harsh, you said
Now you walk away

But i left the gold for you to find

When you broke the bridge on your side


8.Fugue 2 / Song Of Daedalus

Call me cool as january
I walk like the breeze
And wear the world like filigree

Call me too large for life
That's only sticks and stones
I'm standing so tall
It seems that i've grown

Call me irresponsible
Your rules of the game
Are only clouds to float above

Call me, let's do lunch
When i get time for girls
I'm working on things
To astonish the world

Call me weird and laugh at me
I tell you it's true
I've found a cure for gravity

Call me mad as march
High as in hogmanay
Just watch me and weep
I'm out of this maze

See the wings made of feathers, of wax and of thread
See me soar high above all the quick and the dead

Call me now
Call me stars and moon and plough
Call me lord, call me sire
Call me earth and wind and fire
Call me judge, call me shah
Call me king, call me tsar
Call me god