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I aint a politician, I’m just a bad musician
Whatcha gonna do for me?
Do you have the taste for sex and blood and hate
or really good LSD?
I’d like to start a band with you
I’ll sing and you can learn to play the tambourine
Here’s an invitation, no time for hesitation
Come and join my family
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
What’s my recipe?
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
I’ll give you the heads up
Come on and get your legs up
This is called 'the family jam'
Together we'll stay hidden away for Armageddon
And stick it to the man
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
What’s my recipe?
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
Charlie: [laughs] "watch this shit, woman! gonna learn somethin' right now."
Open up the curtains, then we'll start a hurtin'
Come on let's do the creepy-crawl
The show's about to go down,
Come on, I got the low-down
Together we'll make Hollywood fall
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
What’s my recipe?
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
You look at me and what do you see?
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
Whatcha gonna do for me?
Do you have the taste for sex and blood and hate
or really good LSD?
I’d like to start a band with you
I’ll sing and you can learn to play the tambourine
Here’s an invitation, no time for hesitation
Come and join my family
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
What’s my recipe?
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
I’ll give you the heads up
Come on and get your legs up
This is called 'the family jam'
Together we'll stay hidden away for Armageddon
And stick it to the man
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
What’s my recipe?
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
Charlie: [laughs] "watch this shit, woman! gonna learn somethin' right now."
Open up the curtains, then we'll start a hurtin'
Come on let's do the creepy-crawl
The show's about to go down,
Come on, I got the low-down
Together we'll make Hollywood fall
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
What’s my recipe?
I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
You look at me and what do you see?
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
A half a cup satanical, a teaspoon puritanical,
Stirred with a bloody hand
A quarter cup messiahcal, a sprinkle of maniacal
And now I’m a mechanical man
Lyrics submitted by bestthingintown
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BUT, it's really good. Clever, witty, sinister, and quite amusing.
"Do you have the taste for sex and blood and hate
or really good LSD?"
Favorite part no doubt. How the hell could anyone hate this song?
Yeah, this was a Billie Joe solo song too
Plus, the reason for the title 'mechanical man' is actually a song by manson on the album Lie:The Love and Terror cult, released to fund his trial...
Overall this is actually a really good song, although I am a bit biased cos I'm a green day fan!
In responce...
**THE UNDERGROUND CITY WAS UNDERNEATH DEATH VALLEY** ''ravager9400''
Yeah he had his family on LSD. San Francisco was the height of the acid culture, and Manson manipulated th kids while they were high...
Hope this was.. um enlightening for you!
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CHORUS
"I live inside of you
But you don't belong to me
I’m a reflection of you
What’s my recipe?" I'm gonna loosely hope is about how the Manson Family was a cult, and people believed in him.
The rest of the chorus talks about how insane he was, etc.
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SONG
"I aint a politician, I’m just a bad musician" refers to the album he recorded while on trial to help fund his defense.
"Do you have the taste for sex and blood and hate
or really good LSD?" Blood and hate for the murders, not sure 'bout LSD, don't know he did drugs.
"I’d like to start a band with you
I’ll sing and you can learn to play the tambourine" I'm gonna assume this refers to the music again.
"Here’s an invitation, no time for hesitation
Come and join my family" Obviously mentioning recruiting for the Manson Family.
"I’ll give you the heads up
Come on and get your legs up
This is called 'the family jam'" Not sure. 'family jam' might be Manson Family murders?
"Together we'll stay hidden away for Armageddon
And stick it to the man" Their plan was to start an interracial war between blacks and white, with the whites being eradicated by feuding within themselves (racist and non-racist). Then the Manson Family would come out of hiding from an underground city (dubbed "The Bottomless Pit" and rule the blacks.
"Open up the curtains, then we'll start a hurtin'
Come on let's do the creepy-crawl
The show's about to go down,
Come on, I got the low-down
Together we'll make Hollywood fall" About the general murdering, evilness and Armageddon associated with them.
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At least, that's how I take it. Seems logical to me. If I'm right, SheNagiganz, you're an idiot lol, not a happy song =D