Lady Godiva’s Operation - Come Back My Children

(lyrics / music–lou reed) published by mgm music ([???]) ("get your fingers in.") Lady godiva, dressed so demurely Pats the head of another curly-haired boy A spurting pink toy Sick with silence, she weeps sincerely Saying words that have all so clearly been said ("you will do–") So long ago ("–what i tell you.") […] […]

Stigmata - Come Back My Children

(lyrics/music–ministry) published by spurburn music Stronger than reason Stronger than lies The only truth i know is the look in your eyes Just like a car crash Just like a knife My favourite weapon is the look in your eyes It’s mine! get off mine! get off mine! Chewing on glass And eating my fingers […]

The Holy Mugger - Come Back My Children

Here he comes, in the dead of the month His hair falling out, his shoulders hunched Secure with his third world expectation […] open sewers of degredation I hate his guts though we we have not spoken […] feeling? you must be joking! The lambourghini cleaner scowls Everybody hates the holy mugger Yeah, the holy […]

Hive - Come Back My Children

Do you think they could see us in this base circumstance You with blood on your knees and me with my hand down your pants? If a lad wears a dress then won’t george want his sex? [as his explorers buy butt] sex operation, decision time’s come At the end of our useful lives We’re […]

On Suicide Bridge - Come Back My Children

On suicide bridge, i found myself one spring morning in the frigid sunshine, weary of the humiliations of the crouch end. there i was. an old lady passed me. she smiled and said, "good morn Young man." i looked at her and i said, "i’m going to kill myself." she smiled again and said, "yes, […]

Blues For Ceaucescu - Come Back My Children

Well, hello. You can no longer depend on the land in which you were born. You can no longer depend on any land in which you choose to place yourself. You can no longer depend on the bed in which you lie by night, Or the room in which you sit by day. You can […]

What? - Come Back My Children

Let’s go round again Let loose again Off the wall again Across the floor again And come on in his chair We can make believe he’s there Make our bodies answer our unspoken dread If he walked in the room I would slap him with his slipper Would we laugh? would we scream? What? what? […]

Big Madness - Come Back My Children

In the winter in a seaside boarding house The killer swigs and reels ’round his room Telling how he made that weeping spinster kneel Yellow light seeps through a fly-blown lampshade Fading with the dawn He yells and laughs, "they all wanted it. It was easy, so how could it be wrong?" Chorus: 5 am […]

Valley Of The Dead Cars - Come Back My Children

A box full of groceries Rotten clothes, she’s torn her knees In the main street chill She sleeps at night in broke-down cars Squirts the dreams into her arms She says, "junkie-man, have your fill." Well, she had friends that went abroad and do not write She says the hardest ones are those who stay […]

Bishop Of Babel - Come Back My Children

No one comes from here and so i’m not afraid Everyone’s the same as me We don’t talk the same so we don’t talk at all And our hosts just look on with glee I’m the bishop of babel now So it’s low, yes it’s low you must bow Though my flock may sneer and […]