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Death Valley '69 Lyrics
[Thurston & Lydia Lunch]
Groooooahhh!
Coming down
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley '69
you're right
you're right
you're right
you're right
you're right you were right
i was on the wrong track
we're deep in the valley
how deep in the gulley
and now in the canyon
and now in the canyon
out in the yonder way out in the yonder
she started to holler
she started to holler
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
but she started to holler
so i had to hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
deep in the valley
in the trunk of an old car
in the back of a chevvy
i got sand in my mouth you got sand in your mouth
and you got sun in your eyes i got sun in your eyes
blind blinded
and you wanted to get there
but i couldn't go faster i wanted to get there
but you couldn't go faster
so i started to hit it you couldn't go faster
so i started to hit it
i started to hit it hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
coming down
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley '69
death valley '69
death valley '69
death valley '69
ieieieioooooaoaoaieeih!
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley '69
you're right
you're right
you're right
you're right you were right
i was on the wrong track
we're deep in the valley
how deep in the gulley
and now in the canyon
and now in the canyon
out in the yonder way out in the yonder
she started to holler
she started to holler
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
i didn't wanna
but she started to holler
so i had to hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
deep in the valley
in the trunk of an old car
in the back of a chevvy
i got sand in my mouth you got sand in your mouth
and you got sun in your eyes i got sun in your eyes
blind blinded
and you wanted to get there
but i couldn't go faster i wanted to get there
but you couldn't go faster
so i started to hit it you couldn't go faster
so i started to hit it
i started to hit it hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
hit it
Sadie, i love it
now now now
death valley '69
death valley '69
death valley '69
death valley '69
ieieieioooooaoaoaieeih!
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shut On Dec 23, 2001
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a real cool song,lydia lunch's voice too cool.(i thought it was gordon's?) ever see the video of it?uhh... real and horrible,illusionated and beautiful,that's the song.
This song is an ode to Charles Manson?That's what i've heard.Honestly i don't understand this song,i'm am just a new fan of the band.Can anybody explain it to me?
NO THERE WAS A NEW TIMETABLE. the index complete andalusia i am un chein
NO THERE WAS A NEW TIMETABLE. the index complete andalusia i am un chein
I can't say for sure what it's about specifically. But I can tell you that there is a major reference to Charles Manson. The manson family resided in the desert of Death Valley in 1969, and of the the girls used the alias Sadie Mae Gultz. Sadie was involved in the tate/la bianca murders and at one point confessed. She was in love with Charles.
Also, this may be streaching it, but Manson was into Dune buggies. this could acount for all of the references to cars, and going fast.
Manson? Sex? Drugs? Death Valley? '69? Yes, folks, that's what it's about.
BTW, Lydia Lunch is one of the most important women in underground rock, art, and all around social deviance from the early 80's.
AMEN!
AMEN!
lydia lunch is not that great, but this song is fantastic.
@Ryan W=BarkleyXCore bullshit. w/o LL's input this song would be shit
@Ryan W=BarkleyXCore bullshit. w/o LL's input this song would be shit
The Flaming Lips do a great cover of this song, find it if you can!
NO THEY DON'T
NO THEY DON'T
Personally, lydia spoils this song. I think its an ode to the dryest place in the world.
@ZEROpumpkins bullshit. w/o LL's input this song would be shit
@ZEROpumpkins bullshit. w/o LL's input this song would be shit
This song's really great, really menacing. I think Thurston may be singing from the point of view of Charles Manson and Lydia maybe one of his victims?
who's lydia lunch?
i just got Bad Moon Rising, it's a great album, and i love this song.
i dont think Lydia's taking the point of view of the victims, cus she says the same sort of things as Thurston, but i do think that Thurstons from the point of view of Manson, cus he says that when, 'she started to holler', he had to hit it.... i don't know...im confused.
Well, that song isnt exactly on "ode" to Charles Manson, its rather an ironic point of view on the whole thing. I dunno who that Lydia Lunch is, but she sounds like a 10 year old trying to scream. But thats what gives the song a lot of its creepy atmosphere.