Frank Black and the Catholics

All My Ghosts

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If I could live to be several hundred
I could take a walk and really wander
Really wonder
All my ghosts on every sea in every land
Who needs that now? (3x)

Have you heard about the heavenly angels
How they came to earth and met some ladies
With whom they mated?
And their young became giants every one
Who needs that now? (3x)

I was driving across the valley floor
Going past a scene of gore
Something that had ended here
Then I stopped in at a porno store
And I found among the pictures there
A vision that was very fair
Just a moment from yesteryear
All I could do was stare
I had a date for the eleventh hour
And we took a tour of The Seven Horrors
Plus just one more
Hank the Eighth was a duplicated man
Who needs that now? (3x)

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dragonflower44 On Dec 20, 2001

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2001-12-20 17:47:19

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by Ggooch1

7y ago

This is a very simple song about the dangers of repeating mistakes, be that from a God whose angels you trust, from sex, from death, from the song itself. Craziness is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. He criticizes the ideas of living forever, having better children, dying, or lasting romance, and so is trying to detach and extract himself perhaps from mistakes that will befall him anyway. He criticizes God, man, and his self in song, before finally becoming comfortable with it. A similar song would be found in Pink Floyd's "Animals"..."every dog needs a home".

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