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Big-Jesus-Trash-Can

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Big Jesus soulmates Trash Can
fucking rotton business this
bot feet in the bad-boot
siff in the crypt, babay, like a rock
rock-rock-rock
Big-Jesus soul-mates Trash-Can
pumped me fulla Trash at least it smelt like Trash
wears a suit of Gold (got greasy hair)
but God gave me sex appeal
well-well-well-rock
he drives a trash can
he's comin to my town rock rock rock
ro-o-o-o-o-ck!
Big Jesus Oil King down in Texas
drives great holy tanks of gold
screams from heaven's graveyard
American heads will roll in Texas (roll like Daddies meat)
roll under those singing stars of Texas
well-well-well
he drives a trash can
he's coming to my town

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girgo On May 11, 2004

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by Spiffany

20y ago

This song is like a complete mental breakdown set to music...

AWESOME.

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by doylekm

17y ago

I always thought he was saying 'where we will rot' in stead of 'we will rock' which makes more sense to me with the whole idea maybe about people rotting and the idea of 'jesus' or whoever being this trash collector at the time of death, and all this stuff about exploiting people through their sex appeal or just their decomposed bodies into oil etc. Love love open ended minimal lyric songs that really have no meaning other than just going nuts!

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by pierocampa

9y ago

I read in the Bad Seed biography book (by Ian Johnston) this song is about Elvis Presley, like a delirious warped vision of a drunk Elvis ... "Wears a suit of Gold (got greasy hair), but God gave me sex appeal".

As far as I remember, Nick was heavily interested in the figure of Elvis.

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