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I Saw An X-Ray Of A Girl Passing Gas Lyrics
Ten foot tall and the nurse stuck a needle in my arm
Well Uncle Doc's nurse use a needle with ungodly charm
Walkin' down the hall the dentist LOOMED through the door
I Saw an X-Ray of a girl passing gas
The one shot theory got a query things got rolling at last
Hey, HEY hey daddy, why die in the war
Jesus Hitler Buddha Santa Mary Klaus Barbie (Rice Bore?)
Well Ben got arrested and the sky was the ocean that day
Words got twisted and history didn't know what to say
God dog sex death life and now I'm feeling old
These images were conjured up by talking on the telephone
I Saw an X-Ray of a girl passing gas
Oh my God it seems like just the other day
But it might have been one hundred years before
And I know there is no other way
We only have to wonder what it's for
Well Uncle Doc's nurse use a needle with ungodly charm
Walkin' down the hall the dentist LOOMED through the door
I Saw an X-Ray of a girl passing gas
The one shot theory got a query things got rolling at last
Hey, HEY hey daddy, why die in the war
Jesus Hitler Buddha Santa Mary Klaus Barbie (Rice Bore?)
Well Ben got arrested and the sky was the ocean that day
Words got twisted and history didn't know what to say
God dog sex death life and now I'm feeling old
These images were conjured up by talking on the telephone
I Saw an X-Ray of a girl passing gas
Oh my God it seems like just the other day
But it might have been one hundred years before
And I know there is no other way
We only have to wonder what it's for
Song Info
Submitted by
dutchoven On Feb 09, 2005
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Saw Katie Couric get a colonoscopy on the news. Maybe this is where she got the idea. As usual Gibby is way ahead of the curve.
@Imsoglad Yes! I think Gibby became prescient from imbibing all that spice from planet Arrakis, and foresaw Katie Couric's colonoscopy. Hopefully the war be sings about is from the past and not the Future.
@Imsoglad Yes! I think Gibby became prescient from imbibing all that spice from planet Arrakis, and foresaw Katie Couric's colonoscopy. Hopefully the war be sings about is from the past and not the Future.
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@Imsoglad If only it was Gibby who performed the colonoscopy, while singing this song, that I would pay to see! 😝
@Imsoglad If only it was Gibby who performed the colonoscopy, while singing this song, that I would pay to see! 😝
This song is AMAZING! I truly believe that its one of their best songs, musically. The words are again, Psychedelically oriented. “These images were conjured up while talking on the telephone” is the answer to the question. Their just images while talking on the phone and written down later, probably while tripping out. Everyone reading lyrics by the Surfers who have written poems or thoughts themselves (while tripping on psychedelic drugs) should understand that a lot of times the meaning is only behind the mind of the writer. The music is where it’s at and this song is GENIUS!
I think this is kind of a 1/2 literal song. Gibby went to the dentist and was given laughing gas (Man, that term seems outdated). At the same appointment they took his dental x-rays.
In the way that surreal art does, Gibby meshed a bunch of elements from reality together to create the surreal. Once the "Character" is under the influence of the gas the thoughts of the narrator can meander to anything the songwriter wants. It's just whatever the person in the dentist chair thinks after being under the influence.
This person careens in a dream state among philosophical questions, never really addressing anything, nor answering anything.
In the end, no one will ever have any answers. We don't even know the questions. Hence, nothing is really formulated.
Like the person on laughing gas in the dentist chair, humanity just careens through time, never fully formulating proper questions, never getting answers. We can't really do anything except wonder what it's all for, if anything.
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Great song, one of the first BS songs that's actually friendly to the ear.
A meaning? Lol, try some psychedelic drugs maybe?
i have no clue but at the end, its so epic you can really feel it
Are YOU latrophobic? Just think of this song; laugh and scream like Gibby during your tests, procedures, and surgeries; and soon enough, they'll be afraid of YOU! }:) The questionable "Rice Bore" lyrics above are either "Christ Moore" (not sure who "Moore" could be, but it reminds me of "Marilyn Moore," by Sonic Youth), or, "Christ, more" (sounds kinky).