
Lyrics
I wake up, don't know where I am,
The clock says `San Francisco', I say "Hell"!
We're getting up, we're holding up,
We're selling out, they say we're doing well.
We slept right though an earthquake -
Guess the distances are addling my brain.
And all that anyone wants to know
Is when we'll be through here again.It's almost like dreaming..
It's all right for awhile...We're rolling through prairies,
So useless and thin.
Can I get my lunch here?
What state are we in?
Hysteria.
Let's just call it Hysteria.It's living in a funfair
and it's handsome, but it wouldn't do for me.
The food is wrong, the language twisted,
Green's the only colour that you see.
We drove the bus through Heaven,
There were people in their best suits in the bar.
We're far from home, we're far from well,
I wish I could have joined them for an hour.But anyway...
This country's been dreaming...
It's all right for awhile...But look at it's children,
Too human and sad.
Their questions all stupid,
And the answers all mad
In Hysteria.So what for did we come here?
I guess we came here to learn,
'Coz somebody told us
You've got books here to burn.
And we came for the buildings.
And we came for the mountains.
And we came for the restaurants.
And we came for your women.
And we came for the pacific ocean.
And we came for the drugs.
And we came for your souls.
Sounds stupid, but we came for your souls.Oh Hysteria, God save us from Hysteria.
Just get my ticket home from Hysteria.
Found On
Expansive book-styled package of the first four albums from The Jazz Butcher’s early Creation Records’ years – 1988-1991.
Featuring the much praised ‘Fishcotheque’, ‘Big Planet, Scarey Planet’, ‘Cult Of The Basement’ and ‘Condition Blue”.
Live Stats
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Media
1989-11-28 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, Canada West Coast '89 Cassette
1989-11-17 Lounge Ax - Chicago, USA
Credit: David Whittemore
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Beautiful and tragic
cliftonr[at]-remove-iandicomputing.com - Clifton in Honolulu
27May2009 12:57 AM (14 years 16 days ago)Twenty years on, the lyrics seem truer than ever.
The questions all stupid, the answers all mad.