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.
Anything can happen as we make our way
Home from the club
We could both be flattened
By a double-decker city bus
Otherwise a perfect night
If we're not dead before it ends
We could live forever
But we'll never be this young again
Don't you worry,
Don't think about
Tomorrow morning,
What's your hurry?
Just focus on tonight
We could fall in love
And trade this city
For a change of pace,
Find our slice of paradise
And give our babies hippie names
Maybe we'll both hate each other
Shitty sex 'n separate beds
We could get restraining orders
Vow to never speak again...
On second thought, let's not say names,
I'll just be me and you be you,
Two perfect strangers being sneaky
With a flask of booze,
No need to think of any clever
Pickup lines to use
I've got a stack of records
You just bring your dancing shoes
'Cause tonight I'll drop the needle,
Pop a bottle, sit back and just watch you dance
Tonight I'll drop the needle,
Pop a bottle, sit back and just watch you
Home from the club
We could both be flattened
By a double-decker city bus
Otherwise a perfect night
If we're not dead before it ends
We could live forever
But we'll never be this young again
Don't you worry,
Don't think about
Tomorrow morning,
What's your hurry?
Just focus on tonight
We could fall in love
And trade this city
For a change of pace,
Find our slice of paradise
And give our babies hippie names
Maybe we'll both hate each other
Shitty sex 'n separate beds
We could get restraining orders
Vow to never speak again...
On second thought, let's not say names,
I'll just be me and you be you,
Two perfect strangers being sneaky
With a flask of booze,
No need to think of any clever
Pickup lines to use
I've got a stack of records
You just bring your dancing shoes
'Cause tonight I'll drop the needle,
Pop a bottle, sit back and just watch you dance
Tonight I'll drop the needle,
Pop a bottle, sit back and just watch you
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Flaskaboozendancingshoes Lyrics as written by Eric James Victorino
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Ah, so it is on the album version. Will fix. When I was submitting this, only the demo was out, so I was using that, and the lyrics are slightly different. Demo is available here if you're interested: fileden.com/files/2007/11/24/1604892/The%20Limousines%20-%20DEMO%20flaskaboozendancinshoes%20DEMO.mp3
And I agree, that's pretty much what I got from the song, too.