This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Body of a monkey and the feet of the cock
Dragged from her home on the killing rock
The lacked all died on the weather vane
The devil's in a cat in the babies brain
The end
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Witch
Yeah
Alone on the hill and ready to die
The kids of the darkness so black and high
Mark of the wolf and the sun and the cat
The Angels beat down above the rack
We all pray for
20 innocents
We all bow down
20 innocents
We all hang high
20 innocents
We all accuse
20 innocents
The end
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Witch
Do you want to know where the genes come from
Some showed faith and some showed none
Some showed faith and some showed none
We all pray for
20 innocents
We all bow down
20 innocents
We all hang high
20 innocents
We all accuse
20 innocents
The end
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Do you want to know where the genes come from
Some showed their faith and some showed none
Do you want to know where the genes come from
The end
Of the american
Witch
Dragged from her home on the killing rock
The lacked all died on the weather vane
The devil's in a cat in the babies brain
The end
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Witch
Yeah
Alone on the hill and ready to die
The kids of the darkness so black and high
Mark of the wolf and the sun and the cat
The Angels beat down above the rack
We all pray for
20 innocents
We all bow down
20 innocents
We all hang high
20 innocents
We all accuse
20 innocents
The end
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Witch
Do you want to know where the genes come from
Some showed faith and some showed none
Some showed faith and some showed none
We all pray for
20 innocents
We all bow down
20 innocents
We all hang high
20 innocents
We all accuse
20 innocents
The end
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Of the American
Do you want to know where the genes come from
Some showed their faith and some showed none
Do you want to know where the genes come from
The end
Of the american
Witch
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Rob zombie is awesome.. This song seems to have a couple themes to it, but I really like the part about the 20 innocents. Its so true, we pray for innocent people in wars.. And we accuse innocent people of crimes ect. Cool song.
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