Tunesday: Wall Of Voodoo – Far Side Of Crazy
Election Day
A sample of some obscure – and maybe not obscure – tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today’s selection: Wall Of Voodoo – “Far Side Of Crazy” 1985
From the Wall Of Voodoo album “Seven Days in Sammystown“.
The single failed to chart everywhere except Australia.
Wall Of Voodoo was a band out of LA and is best known for their song “Mexican Radio” (1982)
Not bad. I’d like to hear it with modern engineering. Has sort of a late 60’s sound combined with an Indian Tom-Tom effect.
I’m Pilate and Jesus and I wept when Lennon died
Yet I envied his assailant when I visited the shrine
I cried for all those Beatle fans
So old, so quick they grow
I follow the example to destroy what I love most
And I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can’t stay a boy in no man’s land
I once hid my lust for stardom like a filthy magazine
I stroked the shaft of my guitar and watched you on the screen
I’ve become now what I wanted
To be all along
A psychopathic poet, the devil’s bastard son
And I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can’t stay a boy in no man’s land
I shot an actor for an actress but he lived to make up jokes
Shot two other men who could have been the bodies of my folks
I stagger toward the future
I stagger day to day
I plot revenge inside of darkness
I am withering in pain
And I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can’t stay a boy in no man’s-
I remain on the far side of crazy
I remain the mortal enemy of man
No hundred dollar cure will save me
Can’t stay a boy in no man’s land