Bad News

bad news, that's all I bring to you
bad news, that's all I bring to you
shining down, shining on down

something in the stars
says that we are through

liste to me children
time for you to pray
pray until there's nothing left to spew
I have seen the trouble
it's coming any day
shining on down, shining on down
something in the stars
says that we are through

I've seen is shine in Nikolsburg
seen it shine in Worms
seen it shine in Posen, too
seems that it is shining no matter
where I roam
shining on down, shining on down

bad news, that's all I bring to you
bad news, that's all I bring to you
bad news, that's all I bring to you
bad news, that's all I bring to you

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Astaroth

why'd ya have to call?
how did you get so screwed?
wanted to walk the dog
now we'll have a ball

What am I to do?
you caught me in the nude
What am I to do?
I'm just an evil dude

I'm giving you my word
I'll sick my snake on 'em all
don't say I cannot fall
'cause that's a dirty word

he's just having a bark
it isn't no big thing
he'll rip your head right off
while I flap my wings

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The Maharal

your mother is dead and gone
but i can see the lovely ghost
that's you
and I can hear her walk
behind you she walks

you take just what you want
and I agree with you, darling
but I want you to know
it's an ugly rock
You're in for a shock

my coat is long and black
like dreams collapsed with
things I want but can't get back
I ain't got jack

and all of this for nothing
after all my huffing and puffing
I'm back and forth
and back and forth,
to prove I'm not bluffing

I am the Maharal
I'm deep into the sod
world of emanations
world of creation
world of formation
world of action
and the sephirot
I am the Maharal

and the road is chocked with dust
the blood libels they go on and on
progroms on my heels
more of these black eels

my throat choked up with lust
she's a memory fading on and on
my wand can't wield
her from death's field

another knock on my door
I see the inbred yawn
but I don't fear the fool
I fear his drool

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Miriam and Florian

Miriam and Florian
when no one's around
long black curls
and small white pearls
together found
lovers drowned

Miriam loved Florian
and his whie horse
she thinks of them
especially when the line of force
takes it's course

Florian loved Miriam
her reddish brown
he thinks of her smelling myrrh
and her reddish brown
when he went down

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Stars

outside the havoc wreaks
I think we're finally gone
it's time for me to speak
to the man from Babylon

well, we almost got the Etham
but it was too far down the line
now i'm stepping into darkness
on the other side of time

I smelled the wild broom
it filled me up with joy
'till I saw my star of doom
now I got no choice

well, we almost got the Rithma
but it was too far down the line
so i'm stepping into darkness
on the other side of time

it's no good stuck in the ghetto
laying around in bed
lest I forget about those twinkles
twinkling above my head

well, we almost got to Nebo
but it was too far down the line
now i'm slipping into darkness
on the other side of time

well, we almost got to Nebo
but I seen me a real bad sign
and I can see you in the brightness
on the other side of time

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The Conjuring

where would I be now
without my little star?
without the knowledge how
to come down from my hill
to face an evil eye
an emperor with a quill
oh where would I be now
without my old grimoire?

hiding in the dark
sniffing in the trees
a beast doomed with a mark
waiting for the point
step into the circle Astaroth anoint
give us the power
to slay our ennemies

give the dreadful word
give the dreadful word
give to me the word
give to me the word
give it up to me
give it to me now

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The Word

if you want a chance
at necromance
if you need spirits stirred
you must have a spark
you must know the dark
you must know the word
the word the word the word...

if you want to play
at God with clay
like back in the day
then you must say
you just have to say
so let us say
the word the word the word ...
today
the word the word the word ...

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The Obedient Servant

you be my master
I'll be your servant
live in my shadow
I'll be observant
hurt he who hurts you
I will be fervent
don't cry
it's they who die

asleep in the ice
when I felt your warm hands
your words awakened my heart
pay heed the price
return me to these lands
finishing all that you start

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Makanujo

Makanujo better get your
Makanujo gonna get your

drink your wine
it'll make you choke
food will turn inside your belly

Makanujo better get your
Makanujo gonna get your

enki enki in your drinky
alu alu when you're sleeping

drink your wine
it'll make you choke
food will turn inside your belly

Makanujo better get your
Makanujo gonna get your

rabisu soon in the bright moon
jump in your mouth
eat your tongue out

drink your wine
it'll make you choke
food will turn inside your belly

Makanujo better get your
Makanujo better get your

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Meet me at the Ghetto Gates

meet me at the ghetto gates
and I will wait for you
meet me at the ghetto gates
but not too late
I'll be waiting there for you
best put on your travelling shoes

meet me at the ghetto gates
love or death could be our fates
but I will wait for you
I'll be whistling my little song
but not too long
don't make me wait too long
'cause then I'll be a moving on

meet me at the ghetto gates
and I will wait for you
meet me at the ghetto gates
but not too late
I'll be waiting there for you
best put on your travelling shoes

meet me at the ghetto gates
love or death could be our fates
but I will wait for you
I'll be whistling my little song
but not too long
don't make me wait too long
'cause then I'll be a moving on

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Custom all the Way

blow on the shofar tell everyone
God He has saved us tell everyone
God He has saved so celebrate
go to the temple
and give Him thanks

in a room within a room
underneath the floor
it's like custom all the way
inside a hidden drawer
in the dark old days of doom
it's like custom all the way
there ain't nothing wrong with that
it's like custom all the way

I worked my shaking hands
and I molded you from clay
it's like custom all the way
your expression planned
so earnest on that day
it's like custom all the way
there ain't nothing wrong with that
it's like custom all the way

and I conjured in the dark
and I spoke with evil's son
it's like custom all the way
but I'll mash your perfect parts
when your task is done
it's like custom all the way

we frightened all the people
and we freaked'em all at court
it's like custom all the way
but your master is so evil
so we gotta cut this short
it's like custom all the way
there ain't nothing wrong with that
it's like custom all the way

blow on the shofar tell everyone
God He has saved us tell everyone
God He has saved so celebrate
go to the temple
and give Him thanks

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You're Gonna Pay

you're my honey lover
you're my eager beaver bee
you're my bunny hovering insect
pretty pleaser sweet
nose stuck deep in flowers
'cause you can't keep away
you'll pay you're gonna pay
you're gonna pay

I can feel the antlers ripping
through my skull
was my switchblade new romantic
cutting you a little dull?
for this floral patterned
push-up push pushing you all day
you'll pay you're gonna pay
you're gonna pay

you're daddy's rich and you're
mother must have been
an electric little city
witty setting hen
and now her jenny wren
who tried to fly way will pay
you'll pay you're gonna pay
you'll pay you're gonna pay
you're gonna pay
you're gonna pay

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(Oh how I wish I could) Stay

there is no tomorrow
not much left today
every breath is borrowed
oh, how I wish I could stay
stay stay

she filled me up with fire
but my love made me grow still
now slowly I retire
but in my heart I will
stay stay stay

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The Flower Song

every shower
will bring a flower
it's true, yeah, it's true

every night
will bring the light
it's true, yeah, it's true

every morn
ain't never been born
ain't it so? ain't it so?

just one touch
is oh so much
don't I know, don't I know

any song
you can sing along
in your youth, in your youth
ain't no sky
ca tell a lie
truth is truth, truth is truth