Hoodoo Gurus

CRANK

The Right Time

Dave Faulkner

Baby, here we come!
We're gonna step on you
Just stay out of our way, now.
Listen, we don't care
Keep your business to yourself
You've got too much to say, now.

You are mine anytime,
There's no time like the right time.

Baby, we ain't sure
That we like your attitude.
Don't you act like a child, now.
We ain't here for long,
(there's) no excuse your being rude,
Service me with a smile now.

You are mine.
Anytime,
There's no time like the right time.
Make a sign,
Cross that line,
There's no time like the right time.

Baby, watch your step,
We might have to mess you up!
Just get out of our way, now.
You might live longer that way, now.

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Crossed Wires

Dave Faulkner

Spread out your wings, let's see you fly.
What does it take to get you high?
Not something money ever buys...
Damage control is bought to bear
With cracks appearing everywhere.
You're too far gone to even care.

You're in a mind set,
You've got your wires crossed.
Are even these words lost on you?(oh, yeah)

One of these days I hope you learn
how candles are supposed to burn.
You act as if that's no concern (of yours).

You've taken a wrong turn,
You're stuck in a tailspin.
What good has your life been to you? (oh, yeah).

How can you shake your head (oh, yeah)
But when you wake up dead
Will that do you?
Could that cure you? (oh yeah)
And all your friends say, (oh, yeah)
"It had to end this way."
You couldn't face it,
Was all wasted on you.
Nothing they could do.

There has to be a better way
to make believe that you're o.k.
You're not the first to be afraid
there is no shame, (aren't you afraid?)

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Quo Vadis

Dave Faulkner

Where did everybody go?
Quo vadis, daddy-o?
I can't dig this scene,
Don't throw sand in my vaseline.

Where has everybody gone?
Can't be me they're running from!
I thought I was hip-
Man don't flip me this bum trip.
Where did everybody go?

They went that-a-way!

Why did everybody leave?
Maybe I'm a bit naive
First we're having fun-
I turn around and see no-one
Where did everybody go?

They went that-a-way!

I won't breathe a word,
Come clean, baby, now have you heard
Where did everybody go?

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Nobody

Dave Faulkner

I wish tonight could last forever,
It's like I've never seen the stars before.
We sit in silence by a river,
Aware that this can't happen anymore.

And you catch the moonlight in your hair
and a whisper from nowhere softly tells me that
I don't want nobody
I don't want nobody
I don't want no-one if I don't have you.

I guess you've always shared my feelings
But until now they've only held us back.
A wilderness of fear and darkness
That now reveals itself as innocence.

And you are so perfect in my sight.
We fall silent like the night that protects us.
And I don't want nobody
I don't want nobody
I don't want no-one if don't have you.

We must return to home and shelter
and, like before, we'll go our separate ways.
What we have shared can't make any difference now,
Your lover calls, your lover calls
And you go back there
While I only wonder what I'll do
All tomorrow without you-
All I know is now
I don't want nobody
I don't want no-one if I don't have you.

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Form A Circle

Brad Shepherd

I could really go for you
'cause you're kinda way out too
Freaks me out this scene is mine
I ain't walking no straight line
Don't be late- Don't hesitate
Form a circle!

I feel like a wayward son
You make me get my buzz on
Havin' you all is my goal
Reach right in and fuck my soul
Fornicate - appropriate
Form a circle!

If its good you gotta do it
Form a circle, get into it
Go ahead, you can't hide it
Form a circle, don't you try to fight it

I can feel just where you are
You can never go too far
Same place, same time every week
Won't you turn the other cheek
Lookin' good - it's understood - I wish you would!

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Fading Slow

Brad Shepherd

Ah, I was ready to meet this journey's end
Until I met you, my dear friend.
My will was broken, my hand had been dealt
Until you changed it - how I felt.
So as a stream leads to the sea, I will flow
What once was now leaves me be, fading slow.

Ah, you have given me life back again,
I feel immortal, king of men.
Give me immersion, love wash over me,
There ain't no better place to be.

No use to try, stop wondering why
cause just like the mighty river I will flow.

I found renewal, I have found someone
Now we're together, as if one.

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Gospel Train

Dave Faulkner

Hey pilgrim, climb aboard the gospel train-
free trip to heaven - no time to explain
All aboard the gospel train!
All non-believers can go straight to hell.
Rival religions I condemn as well.
Non- believers go to hell,
They can take the rest as well.

I was a rock 'n' roller long ago.
The hours were too long and the pay was low.
Rock 'n' roller long ago.
I sinned in every way that's known to man,
I sure raised hell, but it was in God's plan.
Every sin that's known to man.
Must have been in God's plan.

(All aboard the gospel train, its leaving soon)

Now I'm a christian with a tale to tell,
I'd give it freely but I'm forced to sell.
Yes, I have a tale to tell.
I am a businessman in Jesus' name-
"Give unto Caesar", and give me the same!
Businessman in Jesus' name,
All aboard the gospel train!

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Less Than A Feeling

Dave Faulkner

Don't look to the future - you don't want to know
What's wrong with this picture: "The future is in radio"?

A.M., F.M., what's in a name?
To me, they're one and the same
(it drives me insane).

I need a sound that ain't found six feet underground,
it's driving me to despair.
I search your dial for a smile like it's going out of style.
Is there anyone there?

Don't tell me the weather is gonna be cold.
You know you should never commit yourself
to statements so bold.
Golden oldies, tired and true,
In ten years what will you do?
(I'm talking to you!)

What about superstars
surrounded by bodyguards,
champagne and caviar?
You're gonna need some Anusol,
When Hollywood meets Rock'n' Roll.

Also released as a single, with
'End Of The Line' (Dave Faulkner)
and 'Deform A Circle' (Brad Shepherd).

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You Open My Eyes

Brad Shepherd

Seagulls fly an opal sky
Likewise, fish are swimming in the ocean
Sunlight streaming thru the clouds
Not a care in this world, not a notion
I don't know if I should laugh or cry
You make me feel like I will never die
You can open my eyes with your sweet loving.

Flowers! gently open wide
Swallow me up whole inside a daydream
Everything is nothing here
And nothing really ever is as it seems
I appreciate the majesty
Colliding in this lovely catastrophe
You can open my eyes with your sweet loning.

...And it's a long, long way
It's a sunshine day
It's a long, long way from where I began...

The moon, he's smiling down on us
Stars, they dance across the heavens above
I feel like a child again
My arms wrapped around the girl that I love
Ooh, angel, you blow my soul
All the wonders of this world now unfold...
You can open my eyes with your sweet loving.

Also released as a single, with
'Something I Forgot To Say' (Dave Faulkner)
and 'Television Addict' (D. Faulkner/J. Baker).

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Hypocrite Blues

Dave Faulkner

GURU: "Don't do what I do, do what I say.
If that sounds like voodoo, well, what the hey!
I know what I mean
And my hands are clean".

"Don't do what your parents say you should
That don,t wash in this here neighbourhood
Go out, raise some hell-
Maybe cash as well.
Who cares if we wake up in a cell?"

DISCIPLE:
"I don't want you to get left behind
(but) I just can't make up my mind.
I won't follow anybody blind,
I'll take one step at a time
Oh, I've got no answer now
Oh, I've got no answer now".

GURU:
"You begin to bore What're you waiting for?
There are no exceptions to my law
('cept maybe me...)".

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I See You

Brad Shepherd

You've been sending me a message
that I cannot ignore,
'cause your mouth done shot you thru'
the stratosphere of folklore.
Don't you get it? Let me lend you a clue.
I see you, I see right through you.

You're a sad malignant loser,
why do you continue?
I'm you mirror so wherever you go,
man - I see you.
I can't tolerate your self-righteous views.
I see you, I see right through you.
I see you.

Monumental load of shit
It's beaming in loud and clear.
C'mon give my ears a break,
hell, I've had you up to here!
I know who you are, I know what you do.
I see you, I see right through you.
I see you.

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Judgement Day

Brad Shepherd/Dave Faulkner

Sinners are you ready?
For the judgement day is nigh.
Lift your eyes to heaven
As the storm clouds fill the sky.
It will all be over in the batting of an eye,
Better kiss the sweet life goodbye.

You can't draw fresh water
from a well that's almost dry.
Hope may spring eternal
But there's none for you and I.
There will be no sorrow,
There'll be no reason to cry
As we kiss this sweet life goodbye,
and we remember how it feels to die.

Everybody hopes you're feeling happy,
Everybody hopes you're feeling good,
So good.
And you should.
Yes you should.

Sinners are you ready?
for the judgement day is nigh.

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The Mountain

Dave Faulkner

Love it or leave it,
The choices are few.
Where is the magic?
(wave your wand 'til your dreams come true)
I'm high on illusion
Like a fool who is truly in love
Whose act of suspension
Only proves there are wires above.

Now you can see the ways things are
You can't pretend you're blind.
Without a change of mind.
You can't have a change of heart

Give me a reason
Or give me a rhyme,
One man's high treason
Is another's victimless crime.
We say we want justice
To blind and binding on all
But nobody wants it (to be)
On their heads where the sword must fall.

Why is everybody laughing at me?
Why is everybody happy but me?

I wait for a mountain
That won't ever come,
I feel just like Mohammed
(and perhaps a little bit dumb).
Others go climb it-
Ask them why, they reply "'cause it's there!"
But me and my mountain
We're not getting, getting nowhere.

Why is everybody laughing at me?
Why is everybody happy but me?
While I was standing here
I got this wild idea.
I thought everyone was laughing at me.

Now you see the way things are
You can't pretend you're blind
You can't have a change of heart
Without a change of mind.
Now you see the way things are
You can't pretend,
Pretend that you're blind.

Stop talking, start walking!
Do something more than moving your mouth.

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Album Credits

Crank - Released 1994

Dave Faulkner - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Brad Shepherd - Vocals, Guitar
Rick Grossman - Bass
Mark Kingsmill - Rataplan

Vicki Peterson performed backing vocals on 'You Open My Eyes' and Hypocrite Blues' as did Wendy Wild on 'The Mountain'. Stephen MacDonald performed in the role of Disciple in 'Hypocrite Blues'.

Produced by Ed Stasium for Back To Mono Productions. Engineered by Paul Hamingson. Recorded at American Studios, Calabasas, CA. Assisted by Matt Westfield. Mixed at A&M Studio L.A. Assisted by John Aguto. Digital editing by Dave Collins at A&M. Assisted by Pat Sullivan. Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound N.Y.

All compositions published by EMI Music Publishing.