Lyrics for My Big Day (Three Versions) by Guided By Voices:
I stole the fleece from the grasp of the beastNow I will rest in peace, yeah I will rest in peace
And it’s my big day
It’s my big day
I peeled the skin from the fruit of good men
Waging war over sin, yeah I’d do it all again
On my big day
On my big day
*Written in Blood passed down through ages
*A song for any fool to play
*On his big day
*Boys will be boys making all kinds of noise
*With the dangerous toys
*I keep my poise
*’Cuz it’s my big day
*Oh it’s my big day
*Kings versus kings but it don’t mean a thing
*It’s a serious thing(?)
*When a straight pack ???
*On my big day
* Oh it’s my big day
It’s my day
It’s my day
It’s my day
It’s my day
Don’t you try to spoil it
I’m a firebreathing dragon
Don’t you try to stop me
I’m a hi-tech paddy wagon
(*watch me off the ground with nothing draggin’)
And here I go
Smooth sailing
From here on out
(*lyrics for version three)
Lyrics for Scissors And The Clay Ox by Guided By Voices:
All the time I think I’ve fallen for youYou got me thinking about what I should do
To tell the truth I really haven’t a clue
You get your scissors out
You get your clay ox in
I think I’ve fallen in love with you
I think I’ve fallen in love times two
You’ve got a sister up in Kalamazoo
She said I could really get in trouble with you
But she’s really all the things that you do
You get your scissors out
You get your clay ox in
I think I’ve fallen in love with you
I think I’ve fallen in love times two
In love with you …
Lyrics for My Son, My Secretary, My Country by Guided By Voices:
With your mission wiltingAnd your kids sulking
Happy birthday Mr. Sink
Throw your flowers in the river and drink
We’ve got cowbells and clay
Make us all obey
And work will be of worth
For the sketch of explorers
And the hot air annoyers
Good men destoyers
Future employers
Cowboys and lawyers
And we all will be warriors
Rahhhhhhhhh!
Lyrics for Radical Girl by Guided By Voices:
Love girls / Hate boysFlash passion, plastic fashion
She hurts me bad, now
She always…
She’s such a radical girl
A vision at six
The real world spins
Kid shoots in
With motorcycle skin
She’s such a radical girl
She’s so…
Uniquely human
Look at her spotlights beeping
Lyrics for Not Good For The Mechanism by Guided By Voices:
It’s not goodIt seems bad
Just say no no never again
Stop lying, mind your manners
Out ???
Not good for the mechanism
When you ???
Please be careful
It’s too hard on my heart
Just get completely out of my sight
Stop taking bad advice
It turns ???
Not good for the mechanism
Not good for the mechanism
When you ???
Follow the truck
When you ???
Follow the truck
Please be careful
Please be careful
