KICK OUT THE JAMS

Words & music by MC5

Kick out the jams motherfuckers !
Yeah! I, I, I, I, I'm gonna
I'm gonna kick 'em out ! Yeah !

Well i feel pretty good
And i guess that i could get crazy now baby
Cause we all got in tune
And when the dressing room got hazy now baby

I know how you want it child
Hot, quick and tight
The girls can't stand it
When you're doin'it right
Let me up on the stand
And let me kick out the jam
Yes, kick out the jams
I want to kick'em out !

Yes i'm starting to sweat
You know my shirt's all wet
What a feeling
In the sound that abounds
And resounds and rebounds off the ceiling

You gotta have it baby
You can't do without
When you get that feeling
You gotta sock'em out
Put that mike in my hand
And let me kick out the jam
Yes ! Kick out the jams
I want to kick'em out

( guitar )

So you got to give it up
You know you can't get enough Miss Mackenzie
Cause it gets in your brain
It drives you insane
With the frenzy

The wailin' guitars girl
The crash of the drums
Make you wanna keep-a-rockin'
Till the morning comes

Let me be who i am
And let me kick out the jam
Yes, kick out the jams
I done kicked em out !!!

RAMBLIN' ROSE

  
Love is like a Ramblin´ Rose
The more you feed it
The more it grows,
Ramblin´Rose, Ramblin´Rose,
Come on home

Ramblin´ Rose,
Is such a ball
Diamond rings
And a Cadillac car,
Ramblin´ Rose, Ramblin´ Rose
Come on home

Ramblin´ Rose
Ramblin´ around,
Ramblin´ Rose
I´m gonna put you down
Ramblin´ Rose, Ramblin´ Rose
Come on home

Love is like a Ramblin´ Rose
The more you feed it,
The more it grows
Ramblin´ Rose, Ramblin´ Rose
Come on home

I need a Ramblin´ Rose
Ramblin´ Rose
(repeat ´til end)

(As sung by Wayne Kramer on 'Kick Out The Jams')

ROCKET REDUCER NO.62

RAMA LAMA FA FA FA

Words & music by MC5

After some good tokes and a six pack
We can sock 'em out for you
Till you're flat on your back
You know i got to keep it up
Cause i'm a natural man
I'm a born hell raiser
And i don't give a damn

I'm the man for you baby
I'm the man for you baby
I'm the man for you baby
I'm the man for you baby
I'm the man for you

Workin' here before your momma
soakin wet
You think you're satisfied
You ain't seen nothing yet
I said WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM

I'm a born ass pincher
And i don't give a damn

(chorus)
lead…
Rama lama fa fa fa…

You can lay it down on me, momma
Any old time
We can shimmy so good
We'll both be stoned O-Mind
I'm irresistably bad
The cooles' what am
Robin Tyner's the name
And i kick out the jams

(chorus)

BORDERLINE

MICHAEL DAVIS " The song BORDERLINE is one of my favorites, yet it is overlooked in favor of lots of others. I'll tell you why. Wayne and I used to live in the same roominghouse in 1966 before we all moved together, via Sinclair's TRANS LOVE ENERGIES/ MC5 merger. One day Wayne came up to my room to show me a new song he was working on. All he had was a rudimentary guitar rif that was; bang bang, bang bang, bang bang. I said; Wayne, that's great! It's so raw. So, we sat there, and I played my bass along with the simple little part. When the band came together for a practice, we showed the part to Fred, Rob, and Dennis. The sound was power of the most basic type. Fred invented the 3/4 time breaks in the middle, and Rob made up some generic lyrics, that, to this day, I still don't understand, and BORDERLINE became an MC5 song. Oh yeah, I made up the part at the end where the music stops and Wayne and I sing a falceto; ooooooooh ooooooooh. I wanted to play that song in London, but no one else would even consider it. I think it gets lost because no one can understand what the lyrics mean. In a weird way, I do. It's about being passionate and confused at the same time. Like "teenager" stupid, ie., being nervous. It would be better if it was about something more macho, but it is, like it is. If I ever have my way, I will play that song. Here are the lyrics:

I'm at my borderline
I'm at my borderline
Love you girl, but I just don't know why
I, have to love you so.

When I make love to you
when I make love to you
Love is true, but I just don't know why
I, have to love you so.

Need you girl, can't say why
come on over here, love me now
you know you know, you got to know,
you're movin around, pushin me past
my borderline, yeah yeah.

It's about time
it's about time
Love you girl, but I just don't know
why I have to love you so.

Need you girl, can't you feel
I just got to know, if it's real
Big and strong, hard and fine,
but you're movin around, pushin me past
my borderline, yeah yeah

ooooooooooh, ooooooooooh

I'm at my borderline
I'm at my borderline
I'm at my borderline

[Posted on May 2003] by MC5's MICHAEL DAVIS

SISTER ANNE
( Fred Smith )

Sister Anne don't give a damn about evolution
She's a liberated woman, she's got her solution
Like a dinosaur, she's going off the wall
She's gonna make it her own crusade
She's got a heart of gold, gonna save a bitch's soul
From goin' down Satan's highway
She can I know she can
I know she can
She's my Sister Anne

Such truth, such beauty, such purity
She wears a halo around her head
She's got the Ten Commandments tattooed on her arm
If she died she'd rise up from the dead
She's every man saviour and Mama too
If you do it she said she'll save hell from you
She can I know she can
I know she can
She's my Sister Anne

(Refrain)
Sister won't you tell me where I went so wrong
I used to say my prayers baby all night long
I'd listen to the Gospel ringing in my ears
Come on Sister Anne save me from my fears if you can
I know you can
I know you can
You're my Sister Anne

After Sunday school Mass she goes to see her man
She always does the best that she can
She never tries to tease, she always aims to please
She's gonna squeeze you tight and make you feel alright
Cause she can
I know she can
I know she can
She's my Sister Anne

She's my Sister Anne
She's my Sister Anne . . .

'STARSHIP'

(Music and Words by MC-5 / Sun Ra)

STARSHIP…… STARSHIP TAKE ME…… TAKE ME WHERE I WANT TO GO
OUT THERE…… AMONG THE PLANETS…… LET A BILLION SUNS CAST MY SHADOW
STARSHIP…… STARSHIP TAKE ME…… STRETCH OUR LEGS IN TIME AND SPACE
TAKE A PASSAGE…… THROUGH THE VACUUM…… LET ME FEEL THE STARS BURNIN' ON MY FACE

THE COUNTDOWN

TEN FOR THE GRAVITY - CHECKPOINT!
NINE FOR POLARITY - CHECKPOINT!
EIGHT FOR THE GYRO GEAR CRANK
SEVEN FOR THE PRISMATIC TIME WARP
SIX FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN
FIVE FOR THE POWER OF THE NUCLEUS NEBULA
FOUR FOR THE EYES, EARS, NOSE, THINK, FEEL, SPEAK
THREE FOR THE MANY LEVELS
TWO FOR THE CHROMOSOME
ONE FOR THE ENERGY
ONE FOR THE ENERGY
ONE-CHECK!
ONE-CHECK!
ONE-CHECK! ONE-CHECK! ONE FOR THE ENER-CHECK!

BLAST OFF

LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM…… LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM…… LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM…… LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM…… LEAVING… LEAVING… LEAVING… LEAVING… Ahhhh, Ahh, Ahh……………

NOW IN OUTER SPACE

ROB SPEAKING IN A ALIEN LANGUAGE
IT'S COLD IN SUNFIRE GLORY
FROM THIS POINT I RISE TO INFINITY...
(MANY INHUMAN SOUNDS)
(I AM STILL ATTEMPTING TO TRANSLATE CORRECTLY)

THE MESSAGE REVEALED FROM OUTER SPACE

THERE IS A LAND WHOSE BEAUTY IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE TO THE HUMAN MIND
[IN A DAZE?] WE STAND THERE AND LOOK FURTHER THAN THE ORDINARY EYE CAN SEE
CHILDREN, FAR ABOVE THE ROOF OF THIS WORLD
WE CAN ENCOMPASS VISTAS OF THE WORLDS
THERE IS A LAND WHERE THE SUN SHINES ETERNALLY
ETERNALLY, ETERNALLY
OUT THERE IN OUTER SPACE IS A LIVING, BLAZING FIRE SO VITAL AND ALIVE
THAT IT THERE IS NO NEED TO DESCRIBE ITS SPENDOR

LOOKING AT YOU

WORDS AND MUSIC BY MC5

When it happened
something snapped inside
made me want to hide
all alone on my own
all alone on my own
I stood up on the stand
with my eyes shut tight
didn´t want to see anbody
feeling happy
having a good time, now hey
doing alright doing alright,
doing alright doing alright

Looked hard into the dancing crowd
felt like screaming out loud
I saw you standing in there
I saw your long
saw your long hair
opened up my eyes, baby
you made me
realize all I want to do
all I want to do now, girl
is look at you looking at you baby,
look at you, looking at you baby
yeah, yeah, hey

Looked hard into the dancing crowd
I felt like screaming out loud
all I wanna do all I wanna do
all I want to do
is look at you looking at you, baby
look at you, looking at you baby
looking at you looking
at you looking at you, baby
you baby you baby you baby, yeah

POISON

Words & music by MC5

The partisans not the artisans
Are doing their dirty show
But i ripped my pants
Doing some dance
That i learned in France
And they think there ain't
nothin' to know

Used, abused
Locked up, beaten and fined
But i got free
Copped a plea
And i can see
That there ain't no freedom
bell gonna chime
This time

Truth and love
are my law and worship
Form and conscience

my manifestation and guide
Nature and peace are
my shelter and companion
Order is my attitude
Beauty and perfection
Are my attack

False faces
Fast company
A night of thrills
With no jealousy, no poison

Nobody's tool
Will be a public fool
To manipulate the masses
Who lie and cheat
And eat their meat
And think it's sweet
While the rest all clean their glasses
In status classes

Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)
by Fred Smith

I punched and hit it , trying to get it / To do what I wanted to do / I cried and scream when I saw my dream / It was dancing all around the room / Oh baby , I sing my song / I just couldn't wait for you / Energy, energy, played its trick / And I knew what I had to do / Baby baby that's no lie / Baby baby don't ask me wh

y
Take it, bake it, break it up / Build it back together again / I'm trying to drive you / Tying it off, then take where it's never been/ Sing it lewd, Try it in the nude, Try it standing on your head / Shake it, Fake it, crash it off / Now bring it on home to bed / Baby baby that's no lie / You sure find friends when your friends find time /
Flying, soaring, topping it off / Riding on the crest of a wave / Power abounding as the music surrounds you / Sonically lighting your way / Oh baby, off we go / Heading for a brand new place / The song's been sung, the deed's been done / Staring you right in the face / Baby, baby watch your step / You know you really ain't seen nothing yet

ONE OF THE GUYS

Words & music by MC5

I-- DON'T SEE HOW YOU SURVIVE, YEAH,
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS

YOU TELL ME 'BOUT YOUR GOOD TIMES
FISTFIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT
SCREAMIN' TIRES, THROWIN' BEER CANS
YOU TELL ME THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT
YOU GOIN' DOWN TO THE DRIVE-IN BOY
JUST TO START TROUBLE THERE
YOUR DIGGIN' STONES AND THE BEATLES TOO
BUT YOU PUT DOWN LONG HAIR

I-- DON'T SEE HOW YOU SURVIVE, YEAH
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS
HEY, GET IT, GET IT, HEY, HEY…

HEY, WHEN YOU COME UP FACE TO FACE
WITH SOMETHIN' YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND
YOU GO ON AHEAD WITH YOUR OSTRICH BIT
STICKIN' YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HANDLE BABY
MY BRAND OF REALITY
DON'T TRY TO ERASE OUR DIFFERENCES
BY USIN' YOUR FISTS ON ME…

I-DON'T SEE HOW YOU SURVIVE, YEAH
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS
BEIN' ONE OF THE GUYS, YEAH ONE OF THE GUYS, YEAH
ONE OF THE GUYS
ONE OF THE GUYS
HEY

FUTURE / NOW
(Rob Tyner)

Screeching useless martyrs hanging naked upon the cross They would have you believe the lies they shriek that all is lost Forget their logical desperation, utilize your imagination The future's here right now if you're willing to pay the cost The power crazy leaders who control your very fate They steal your will, twist your life and sell your soul away If you're drifting or wandering lost, you're the perfect target for the double cross Freedom's yours right now, if you rule your own destiny Here they come, cosmopolitan auto man Here they plunder, interstellar diplomats Some say the truth is meant to be hidden Others maintain nothing is forbidden The key to the mystery And our _ mind explodes in a post atomic dawn The future breaks like a tidal wave, engulfing everyone Confusion and chaos, trauma of birth A strange new day for the people of the Earth Traditions, burned away by the rising sun

(Photo by Stephen Fairchild)