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{\title Liedtexte im Cassetten - Cover Format}{\subject Crash Test Dummies - God
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\par }\pard \s252\qc\sb120\keep\keepn {\fs20 God Shuffled His Feet
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\par \pard \qc {\fs16
\par }{\fs16 1 God Shuffled His Feet
\par }{\fs16 2 Afternoons & Coffeespoons
\par }{\fs16 3 Mmm Mmm Mmm M}{\fs16 mm
\par }{\fs16 4 In The Days Of The Caveman
\par }{\fs16 5 Swimming in Your Ocean
\par }{\fs16 6 Here I Stand Before Me
\par }{\fs16 7 I Think I'll Disappear Now
\par }{\fs16 8 How Does A Duck Know?
\par }{\fs16 9 When I Go Out With Artists
\par }{\fs16 10 The Psychic
\par }{\fs16 11 Two Knights And Maidens
\par }{\fs16 12 Untitled
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\par \pard \qc {\fs16 Produced in 1993,
\par }{\fs16 Recorded in January 1994
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d Shuffled His Feet
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 After seven days
\par He was quite tired, so God said:
\par "Let there be a day
\par Just for picnics, with wine and bread"
\par He gathered up some people he had made
\par Created blankets and laid back in the shade
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 The people sipped their wine
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 And what with God there, they asked him qu
estions
\par Like: do you have to eat
\par Or get your hair cut in heaven?
\par And if your eye got poked out in this life
\par Would it be waiting up in heaven with your wife?
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 God shuffled his feet and glance
d around at them;
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 The people cleared their throats and stare
d right back at him
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 So he said: "Once there was a bo
y
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Who woke up with blue hair
\par To him it was a joy
\par Until he ran out into the warm air -
\par He thought of how his friends would come to see;
\par And would they laugh, or had he got some strange disease?
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 God shuffled his feet and glance
d around at them;
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 The people cleared their throats and stare
d right back at him
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 The people sat waiting
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Out on their blankets in the garden
\par But God said nothing
\par So someone asked him, "I beg your pardon;
\par I'm not clear about what you just spoke -
\par Was that a parable, or a very subtle joke?"
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 God shuffled his feet and glance
d around at them;
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 The people cleared their throats and stare
d right back at him
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 Afternoons And Co
ffespoons
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 What is it that makes me just a little bit
queasy?
\par There's a breeze that makes my breathing not so easy
\par I've had my lungs checked out with X rays
\par I've smelled the hospital hallways
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Someday I'll have a disappearing
hairline
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Someday I'll wear pyjamas in the daytime
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Times when the day is like a pla
y by Sartre
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 When it seems a bookburning's in perfect o
rder -
\par I gave the doctor my description
\par I've tried to stick to my prescriptions
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Someday I'll have a disappearing
hairline
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Someday I'll wear pyjamas in the daytime
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Afternoons will be measured out,

\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Measured out, measured with
\par Coffeespoons and T. S. Eliot
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Maybe if I could do a play-by-pl
ayback
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 I could change the test results that I wil
l get back
\par I've watched the summer evenings pass by
\par I've heard the rattle in my bronchi ...
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Once there was this kid who
\par Got into an accident and couldn't come to school
\par But when he finally came back
\par His hair had turned from black into bright white
\par He said that it was from when
\par The cars had smashed so hard
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Once there was this girl who
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Wouldn't go and change with the other girl
s in the change room
\par But when they finally made her
\par They saw birthmarks all over her body
\par She couldn't quite explain it
\par They'd always just been there
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 But both girl and boy were glad
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 'Cause one kid had it worse than that
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 'Cause then there was this boy w
hose
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Parents made him come directly home right
after school
\par And when they went to their church
\par They shook and lurched all over the church floor
\par He couldn't quite explain it
\par They'd always just gone there
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 In The Days Of Th
e Caveman
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 When you go on camping trips you're stuck
right out in nature
\par Foraging the forests like a primate
\par Using sharpened tools instead of hotplates
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Your thumb and forefinger suppos
ed to show you're not a wild beast
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 You can hear their noises at night time
\par You don't have to keep a certain bedtime
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 See in the shapes of my body
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Leftover parts from the apes and the monke
ys
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Sometimes when I lie awake I hea
r the rainfall on my tent fly
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 I think of all the insects that are sleepi
ng
\par And wonder if the animals are dreaming
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 In the days of the caveman and m
ammoths and glaciers
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Bugs and trees were food then; no pyjamas
or doctors
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 And when I finally get to sleep,
I dream in technicolor
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 I see creatures come back from the Ice Age

\par Alive and being fed into a zoo cage
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 Swimming In Your
Ocean
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 When I'm sampling from your bosom
\par Sometimes I suffer from distractions like
\par Why does God cause things like tornadoes and train wrecks?
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 When I'm swimming in
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 When I'm swimming in your ocean
\par Floating aloft on creams
\par And scented lotions
\par I can get pretty side-tracked
\par I hope you'll understand
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 When I kneel before your bounty
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Sometimes I wonder if there could be reall
y
\par UFO's that come from other planets
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 And when you let me taste your f
ingers
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 I take them like fruit and as I linger I
\par Wonder if my seed will find purchase in your soil ...
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 Here I Stand Befo
re Me
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 My doctor told me that it was time for me
to have my X ray
\par Of course, I had many nightmares about that fatal day
\par My voice trembles down inside me
\par I'm trapped way down in my body
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 I, I, I, oh here I stand before
me
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 But something's out of place here
\par My mind's eye is missing from my body
\par Well I know it's there but I can't see where
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Well take my fingers, what do fi
ngers really mean to me?
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 You can easily look them up in the diction
ary:
\par They call them digits, or technically they're known as the "philanges"
\par My joints connected up inside me
\par Way down deep inside my body
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 My bones shine brightly, a map o
f my whole body
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 My vital organs just churn away inside me
\par Some day they're going to stop this motion
\par And I'll be left with ...
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 My my, the future lay before me
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Hey hey, deep inside my body
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 I Think I'll Disa
ppear Now
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Running into you like this without warning

\par Is like catching a sniff of tequila in the morning
\par But I'll try, I'll try to keep my food down
\par That's quite an after-taste that you've left now that you're not around
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 You can just pretend we're not i
n the same room
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Well, alright, I'll just mosey to the bath
room
\par You flew by like a summer vacation
\par And you left me with TV-movies and a messy kitchen
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 I think I'll disappear now, slip
out sideways
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Just for a while - but until then I'll sta
y in and sleep late, excuse me
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 I'll buy a fast car, I'll drive
fast from here
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 There's a beach I haven't seen since last
year -
\par It's far, but I like night drives;
\par It just makes it nicer when I do arrive
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Aren't you going to miss me?
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Aren't you going to even say one thing to
me anymore?
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Well, you can bet that I'll forg
et how it was then:
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 All the drives to your farm for the weeken
d ...
\par But I've seen the swimsuit magazines
\par And I've smelled tequila first thing in the morning
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 How Does A Duck K
now?
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 How does a duck know what direction south
is?
\par And how to tell his wife from all the other ducks?
\par You can cut a chicken's head off
\par But it will keep running and twitching
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 When everything seems planned ou
t
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 When everything seems nicely planned out
\par Well the human race will come and smack your face
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 How come all my body parts so ni
cely fit together?
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 \sect \sectd \binfsxn4\binsxn4\sbknone\lin
ex0\headery709\footery709\cols5\colsx113\linebetcol\endnhere \pard\plain \qj \f4\
fs10\lang1033 All my organs doing their jobs, no help from me!
\par A person pulls a spider's leg out
\par To watch it keep on moving and twitching
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Satan lives here: on grain and e
arth, rain and air
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033
\par How come I just smoke and smoke and smoke and curse every butt I spit out?
\par All night long I grind my teeth and wake up when I cough
\par You can put me in an iron lung
\par And I will keep on breathing and twitching
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 When I Go Out Wit
h Artists
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 When I go out with artists
\par They talk about language and the cubists and the dadaists
\par And I try to catch their meanings
\par And keep up with all of the martinis
\par I don't know which should be my favorite paintings
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 If I could see, if I could see,
if I could
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 See all the symbols, unlock what they mean

\par Maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I
\par Could meet the artists, and get to know them personally
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 If I were David Burn
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 I'd go to galleries and not be too concern
ed
\par Well I would have a cup of coffee
\par And I'd find my surroundings quite amusing and
\par people would ask me which were my favorite paintings
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 What if the artists ran the TV?
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 All the ads would be for fine scotch whisk
ey:
\par Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, the whole single malt family
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 The artists of the future
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Will make up new things and different nome
nclatures
\par And they'll stand amongst their pictures
\par And they'll sing and laugh and quote from scriptures and
\par when they go home they'll dream of brilliant paintings
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 The Psychic
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 She knows the future like the palm of your
hand
\par She knows your past like the lay of the land
\par The first time she met me she saw right through me
\par Some cards and a cane in her hand - and she said:
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 All the years that have come to
pass
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 And all the years that shall be
\par I see here right before me
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 She said her visions were a bane
in her life
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 She could not control them, they kept her
up nights
\par I know what you're thinking, I haven't been drinking
\par She knew things that cut like a knife - and she said:
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 All the years that have come to
pass
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 And all the years that shall be
\par I see here right before me
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Will there be earthquakes and gr
eat tidal waves?
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Can she see back to the dinosaur days?
\par How can she foresee just by squinting at me and
\par Can she see me naked in her mind's eye?
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 What does she think when she for
etells a disease?
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Would she keep it a secret if death stood
before me?
\par What could some cards hold, where is her foothold
\par Can I escape what she sees? And she said:
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 All the years that have come to
pass
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 And all the years that shall be
\par I see here right before me
\par
\par \pard\plain \s251\sa120\keep\keepn \scaps\f4\fs14\lang1033 Two Knights And M
aidens
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Once there were two knights and maidens
\par They'd walk together
\par Out in the gardens
\par In all kinds of weather
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 The knights always pestered the
maidens
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 to love them together
\par Out in the gardens
\par And they could watch each other
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 The maidens had other plans for
the two knights
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 They'd give them potions
\par and make them see dreams and lights
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 The knights only laughed at the
tigers
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 They thought they were visions
\par Out in the garden;
\par The maidens watched them together ...
\par \pard\plain \s255\qj\sb24 \f4\fs10\lang1033 Ah but for the knights
\par \pard\plain \qj \f4\fs10\lang1033 Ah but for the maidens
\par Who gave to them dreams and lights
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