Reptile Jesus crawled down from the cross
He picked up his handguns and said I’m the boss
He turned to his people, said cling to this earth
Gather your treasures here by right of your birth

Then all the reptiles tore out their scales
Rose to their feet and pulled off their tails
Then all the reptiles put on their clothes
Reached out their claws and grabbed the controls

Reptile Jesus said wash your own damn feet
He raised up the prideful and trod on the meek
Said hate those who wrong you and live by the sword
Go check out Ann Coulter if you ever get bored

Meanwhile the reptiles tore out their scales
Rose to their feet and pulled off their tails
Meanwhile the reptiles put on their clothes
Reached out their claws and grabbed the controls

You brood of vipers. Such a cold-blooded Christ
You’ve fashioned in your image
Eager to strike, with a venomous bite
Defender of the privileged

Reptile Jesus baptized in blood
Envied his neighbors, but chilled with his buds
Bowed down to idols moved to the ‘burbs
Wrote the constitution and gave us The Word

Reptile Jesus (Scratch)

Galaxy (Valentine Michael Smiths - Demo Rehearsal)

Don't Be A Fool

Eurydice (Valentine Michael Smiths - Demo Rehearsal)

Fugitive Pigments

Push the Wheel

Come On, Kamakshi!

High on Pacheco Pass
Summit attained at last
But daylight fading fast

Some godforsaken space
The final resting place
Of all who've seen his face

Surrender your silver or surrender your life!
Think of your children, consider your wife
Fly away while you still can!
Lest you're bound to test the mettle of The Highwayman

Quit playin' with that gun
Ain't gonna need it son
Leave all your things and run!

Surrender your silver or surrender your life!
Think of your children, consider your wife
Fly away while you still can!
Lest you're bound to test the mettle of The Highwayman

Dead cowboys who dreamt of renown
Gleaming bones litter the ground
Pale riders in his train
Discarded hopes, forgotten names

Surrender your silver or surrender your life!
Think of your children, consider your wife
Fly away while you still can!
Lest you're bound to test the mettle of The Highwayman

Are you bound to test the mettle of The Highwayman?
Have you got a score to settle with The Highwayman?

The Highwayman

Iphigenia's thinking she's gonna marry a hero
Oh yeah!
She believes you're looking out for her, trying to make her dreams come true

So she's traveling with her mama to a village of stone
Oh yeah!
You're a hard man in a hard place of your own

Now you're standing on the bridge
It's such a long way down
But the dogs are hungry and they're looking at you
Now you're standing on the bridge
You could still turn around
Could anything be worth what you're gonna do?

Iphigenia's headed to the altar tomorrow
Oh no!
Man you're gonna carry that pain 'til you're very last day

All of your betrayals carve a chasm of sorrow
When they come to bury you in it what the hell are you gonna say? 

Now you're standing on the bridge
It's such a long way down
But the dogs are hungry and they're looking at you
Now you're standing on the bridge
You could still turn around
Could anything be worth what you're gonna do?

You trade the treasure that you love the best
For the very thing you most detest
You choose destruction of your family
For the glory of your legacy

Iphigenia's thinking she's gonna marry a hero
Iphigenia's thinking she's gonna marry a hero
Iphigenia's thinking

Iphigenia

When he was a boy his daddy said "Son,"
"To them that work hard the good things come"
An Ironhorse with Hesiod's heart
The man could put the world together if he had the parts
So they sang the song of the working man
As he wrestled with the serpent in the far high land
He bled and burned in the noonday sun
And he pushed until he got it done

All this time
He's been pushing that wheel
All this time
He's been striking the deal
But he ain't gonna push that wheel no more

When he was a child his mama said "Boy,"
"One day you're gonna put away them toys"
"You'll be a man and you'll work all day"
"To earn the money that they're gonna pay"
The only way to raise a family
Was to jack into an information economy
Chained to a desk with a screen in his eye
He pushed the earth up against the sky

All this time
He's been pushing that wheel
All this time
He's been striking the deal
But he ain't gonna cut that deal no more

A fool who thought he was a superman
Fought the battles in the boardroom over grains of sand
See him kill his dream and bury it
To join the overflowing ranks of the precariat
For every dollar that he made for the man 
He watched the Grey City rise and caught a dime in his hand
We sell tomorrow for our spending spree
We're the pushers of society

All this time
We've been pushing that wheel
All this time
We've been striking the deal
But I ain't gonna push that wheel no more

Push the Wheel (Demo Single)

Dancing here as you walk through the room
With all your friends, and I'm here with my friends too
Trying to dance the night away, everyone's looking at you
They're all looking at you

So you flicker on and you bend and you sway
And you look like nothing I've seen in all my days
And I want you by my side, yes I want you next to me girl
Do you want to dance with me girl?

I always try to say just what I feel
Not into playing games I'd so much rather just be real
So shake for me girl
Oh won't you please shake for me girl?

For the moment I'm not interested in love
But I am a forthright man I'll tell you what I'm thinking of
So shake for me girl
Oh won't you please shake for me girl?

I would love to get you alone tonight
Verify that you're flesh and bone tonight

It's lovely when the lights go down
It's lovely when I'm spinning round
Inside a glimmering cascade of sound
Then the world's a lovely place
Not half as lovely as your face

And I don't care if you give a damn
About what I think or who I am
Or anything that I care about at all
Just that you want to dance with me girl
Would you dance with me girl?

We exist on many levels all at once
And it doesn't make us shallow if we want to have some fun
So shake for me girl
Oh won't you please shake for me girl?

And women are God's gift unto the Earth
And I'd love to get to know you but I'd like to touch you first
So shake for me girl
And I will shake for you girl

I would love to get you alone tonight
Verify that you're flesh and bone tonight

I behold your elegant design and feel your body next to mine
I can feel the electricity when your hands are touching me

I would love to get you alone tonight
Verify that you're flesh and bone tonight
Do you want to get me alone tonight?
Verify that I'm flesh and bone tonight?

Shake For Me Girl (Demo Single)

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