Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
I wish you happy Christmas, I do dear, I do
I wish for you the stars baby and I wish for you the moon-you can sit and you can drink your champagne
with your gibbering goon.
I hope he's being good to you-I do dear, I do
May no ill wind blow you way-whispered you will keep sake up there in there litter babe, with your
ivory and ape(?)
things down here are fragmented, frankly they've(?)
exploded all over the room. I think everything's a little off center babe, I do dear, I do
You said that to love me you must set me free, ah,
That may all be very well. Still I miss you baby more than words can really tell. Sometimes I cannot sleep, the greatness of my hate for you. Sometimes I cannot sleep- for I miss you. May your day be as bright as the Ivories(?). The girl that I once knew. May your sun be a happy yellow and your sky be baby blue. I miss your manic streches and your howling at the moon, ten steps behind me, with your dust pan and broom.
I hope you wish for me all the things I wish for you. Health hope and happiness, the sun and the moon.
Say hello to the one who really don't have a clue.
I'll be calling you soon, I think I love you, I do dear, I do
I wish for you the stars baby and I wish for you the moon-you can sit and you can drink your champagne
with your gibbering goon.
I hope he's being good to you-I do dear, I do
May no ill wind blow you way-whispered you will keep sake up there in there litter babe, with your
ivory and ape(?)
things down here are fragmented, frankly they've(?)
exploded all over the room. I think everything's a little off center babe, I do dear, I do
You said that to love me you must set me free, ah,
That may all be very well. Still I miss you baby more than words can really tell. Sometimes I cannot sleep, the greatness of my hate for you. Sometimes I cannot sleep- for I miss you. May your day be as bright as the Ivories(?). The girl that I once knew. May your sun be a happy yellow and your sky be baby blue. I miss your manic streches and your howling at the moon, ten steps behind me, with your dust pan and broom.
I hope you wish for me all the things I wish for you. Health hope and happiness, the sun and the moon.
Say hello to the one who really don't have a clue.
I'll be calling you soon, I think I love you, I do dear, I do
Lyrics submitted by Guarimn
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Goood effort at getting the lyrics right - every other site I've come across has got them all wrong.
Here are some corrections:
"I wish for you the stars baby" is "I wish for you the stars, babe." (I think ...)
"May no ill wind blow you way-whispered you will keep sake up there" is:
"May no ill wind blow your way whispered you will keep safe up there in your leather babe with your ivory and apes"
(As a side note, Nick re-used the "ivory and apes" line in another song/Boatman's Call Outtake titled Still Your Face Comes Shining Through.)
I think your "things down here are fragmented, frankly they've exploded all over the rooom" lyric is spot on, which is wonderful, because I couldn't really understand the slurred "franlly they've" line until I read this while listening to the song. So, thanks.
"May your day be as bright as the Ivories(?). The girl that I once knew." is:
"May your day be as bright as the eyes of the girl that I once knew"
I miss your manic scratches/scratchings?
Everything else is correct, from what I can tell. It's a pity that the song cuts off after about 5 minutes. I've heard that the original is about 7 minutes long, but have not been able to find it anywhere (or the rest of the lyrics) ...
Anyway, here's the whole song with corrections:
I wish you happy Christmas, I do dear, I do I wish for you the stars, babe and I wish for you the moon
You can sit and you can drink your champagne with your gibbering goon I hope he's being good to you I do ,dear, I do
May no ill wind blow your way whispered you will keep safe up there in your leather, babe with your ivory and apes
Things down here are fragmented, frankly, they've exploded all over the room. I think everything's a little off-centre, babe, I do, dear, I do.
You said that to love me you must set me free, ah, That may all be very well Still I miss you, baby more than words can really tell.
Sometimes I cannot sleep the greatness of my hate for you Sometimes I cannot sleep for I miss you
May your day be as bright as the eyes of the girl that I once knew. May your sun be happy yellow, and your sky be baby blue.
I miss your manic scratches/scratchings(?) and your howling at the moon. Ten steps behind me, with your dust pan and your broom.
I hope you wish for me all the things I wish for you - health, hope and happiness, the sun and the moon. Say hello to the one who really don't have a clue. I'll be calling you soon, I think I love you, I do, dear, I do.