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ROKY HORROR

by The Genre Mirrors

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1.
Two headed dog Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Two headed dog Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Peace brought back Bought back Relaxed be nyet Brought back Did you dry her out Wind her out like jerky? To me she's healed, don't attack Two headed dog Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Two headed dog Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Children nailed to the cross Pain does not look our hell Certainly is not a spell Sweet waste from a well Two headed dog Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Two headed dog Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Alright Winds quiet in the night Her body just blows messiah Sickening sweet sight Left and right Is all right? Does not please my appetite Two headed dog Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Two headed Two headed Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Two headed Two headed Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Two headed Two headed Two headed dog I've been working in the Kremlin With a two-headed dog Two headed Two headed Two headed dog Two headed Two headed Two headed dog
2.
Demon is up in the attic to the left My eye turns to the left to say no You said first I am a special one I never hammered my mind out I never have the bloody hammer I never have the bloody hammer I never have the bloody hammer I never have the bloody I never have the bloody I never have the bloody hammer I am the doctor I am the psychiatrist To make sure they don't think That they'd hammer their minds out Or that they'd have a Or that they'd have a bloody hammer Or that they'd have a bloody hammer Or that they'd have a bloody hammer Or that they'd have a bloody Or that they'd have a bloody Or that they'd have a bloody hammer Second, I am the special one My eyes, green and blue And safely unbegotten To the left to say no While the others with their hair turned white They just roll their eyes back to the top of their head And hammer the attic floor with a bloody hammer I never have the bloody hammer I never have the bloody I never have the bloody I never have the bloody hammer It's not a sledgehammer It's not a chisel It's not a train But a thought of unlimited Horror for Dr. O'Chane Dr. O'Chane Baby ghost says Beat it with your chain Baby ghost says Don't drag your chain away Dr. O'Chane One bat enlighten me One bat in rain One bat likes wolfbane for Dr. O'Chane Dr. O'Chane The ghost says Beat it with your chain The ghost says Don't drag your chain away Dr. O'Chane All bats are as Dracula vampires Vampires in the rain Vampires in the lightning for Dr. O'Chane Dr. O'Chane The baby ghost in the 1900s says beat it with your chain The baby ghost says don't drag your spoon, don't drag your chain away Dr. O'Chane Demon is up in the attic to the left My eye turns to the left to say no You said first I am a special one I never hammer my mind out I never have the bloody hammer I never have the bloody hammer I never have the bloody hammer I never have the bloody I never have the bloody I never have the bloody hammer
3.
Don't slander me, don't slander me, mama Never say don't I don't know why Don't slander me just, just for you, me, and I, I Don't slander me, don't slander me, mama False Gods will bring the devil the blues And the blues would not themselves excuse Don't come from the blues if the blues are empty Hell is filled Don't slander me, my my my don't slander me nil Don't slander me, don't slander me, mama Never say don't I don't know why Don't slander me just, just for you, me, and I, I Don't slander me, don't slander me mama Earth is filled only for you Earth is a toy, here's a toy for you Perfection for a perfect Jew Don't slander me, my my my don't slander you Don't slander me, don't slander me, my my Never say don't I don't know why Don't slander me just, just for me, you, and I, I Don't slander me, don't slander me my my Let the red lights riot, let the red lights riot The Martians won't put you in a bad zoo A bad form of the blues are nothing is not too hot for you Not too hot, not too hot, not too hot for you Don't slander me, don't slander me, my my Never say don't I don't know why Don't slander me just, just for you, me and I, I Don't slander me, don't slander me my my Don't slander me, don't slander me, my my Never say don't I don't know why Don't slander me just, just for you, me and I, I Don't slander me, don't slander me my my Don't slander me, don't slander me my my Don't slander me, don't slander me my my Don't slander me, don't slander me my my Don't slander me, don't slander me my my
4.
Tonight Is the night of the vampire Tonight Is the night of the vampire If its raining and your running Don't slip in mud Because if you do You'll slip in blood Tonight Its the night of the vampire Tonight Is the night of the vampire The moon may be full The moon may be white All I know is you'll feel his bite Tonight Its the night of the vampire In Casle Bran, Transylvania On Saint Swithens day He was born Eyes stare through the darkness with no form Necks his bite horns Tonight Its the night of the vampire Tonight Is the night of the vampire He never sleeps in the night Close the windows The moon is bright Tonight Its the night of the vampire
5.
I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie last night I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie last night I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie last night I walked with a zombie (he walked with a zombie) I walked with a zombie (he walked with a zombie) I walked with a zombie last night I walked with a zombie (he walked with a zombie) I walked with a zombie (he walked with a zombie) I walked with a zombie last night I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie last night I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie last night
6.
It's a cold night for alligators It's a cold night for dogs The dogs choke on their barking When they see alligator persons in the bog and fog It's a cold night for alligators When men turn into them in the night It's a cold night for alligators It's a cold night for their might It's a cold night for alligators Hiding behind the trees with moss Forever hear the swamp birds screaming Forever in loss It's a cold night for alligators In the blend It's a cold night for alligators A perfect monster has no end
7.
Stand for the fire demon Rising into and with the clouds Stand for the fire demon Satan's ears is crowned Stand for the fire demon Stand and feel it loud Stand for the fire demon Passed well, 'tis one and one Stand for the fire demon Passed well, 'tis not one Stand for the fire demon Burning fiery bright Stand for the fire demon Stand for the demon of fire Stand for the fire demon Satan's of we, Satan's of my Stand for the fire demon Spirits say boo and the paper bursts into fire Stand for the fire demon Wilder, wilder, wilder, wilder Stand for the fire demon Stand for the demon of fire Stand for the demon of fire Stand for the fire demon Stand for the demon of fire
8.
The creature with the atom brain The creature with the atom brain why is he acting so strange do you think he's one of them he threw the doll right down ripped its guts off and threw it on the ground The creature with the atom brain the creature with the atom brain I told you I'd come back. Remember Buchanan? But you're not Buchanan! I don't look like him but I am him. Don't you recognize my voice, Jim? I promised to see you die and I will Hey boss. let us in! Hey boss, let us through the door! Hey boss, let us in on it! Hey boss man, what is it? No one stitches like that no one stitches like that the creature with the atom brain the creature with the atom brain Today's big story centers around the killing of District Attorney McGraw, whose body was found in his garage, murdered. Doctor Steiger is under the impression that these crimes are being perpetrated by dead men charges with atom brains, which gives them super-human strength and makes them impervious to bullets. Well, if you want to believe that story you can The creature with the atom brain the creature with the atom brain why is he acting so strange do you think he's one of them the creature with the atom brain
9.
Here I sit A vampire at my piano The flames burn glaringly higher And the eyes that stare through the darkness Though they have no form There's no need for alarm So burn, so burn Burn the flames higher and higher So burn, burn the flames Never to expire Here I sit A skeleton at my organ The candles in my candelabra burning hellishly, hellish hell And the laughter unending echoes through the haunted house A little Christmas spirit Ghostly haunting deadly spirit Every creature is stirring Even the mouse So burn, so burn Burn the flames higher, higher, higher, and higher So burn, burn the flames Never to expire So burn Burn the flames higher, higher, higher, and higher So burn, burn the flames Never to expire Here I sit myself at my instruments Here they sit at their instruments And the music fills and fills Terrifies, horrifies, forever scares The children of the night What music we make So burn, so burn Burn the flames higher and higher So burn, burn the flames Never to expire
10.
Oh yeah Ah You're gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawn You're gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawn You're gonna look around in your mind, girl, you're gonna find that I'm gone You didn't realize You didn't realize You didn't realize You didn't realize You didn't realize Oh, you're gonna miss me, baby Oh, you're gonna miss me, baby Oh, you're gonna miss me, child, yeah, yeah I gave you the warning But you never heeded it How can you say you miss my lovin' When you never needed it? Yeah, yeah, ow You're gonna wake up wonderin' Find yourself all alone But what's gonna stop me, baby? I'm not comin' home I'm not comin' home I'm not comin' home Oh, oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, oh, yeah

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This is my own personal tribute to Roky Erickson, the King of Horror Rock and Halloween, in gratitude for his songs and his existence. Thanks, Roky. Enjoy.

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released October 17, 2021

All Vocals, Voices, and spoken word byJohn Ramirez
All Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, and Drums/Programming by John Ramirez

All songs written by Roky Erickson

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The Genre Mirrors Los Angeles, California

THE GENRE MIRRORS is a passion project by venerable Los Angeles musician John Ramirez. Best known as former bassist with respected international punk n roll stalwarts the STREETWALKIN' CHEETAHS, and as axe-wielding frontman for the legendary NUDIST PRIEST, Ramirez has always proven himself to be a dynamic musician. THE GENRE MIRRORS shows that he's a dynamic songwriter as well. Enjoy ... more

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