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Bloody Hammer

from ROKY HORROR by The Genre Mirrors

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Roky Erickson, on what inspired him to write this song:
"It's a story I read in school, a true story about these college kids. On their initiation into the college they had them go into this house where this man had cut his wife up and they had to stay in there for an hour at night. The first person went in, he didn't come out. The second one went in and he didn't come out and the third person came in and he didn't come out. Finally the other fraternity members went in and went to look for them they couldn't find them. And they heard this tapping in the attic. When they went in the attic there was one of the pledges there and his hair had turned stark white and his eyes had rolled up in his head and he was hammering the attic floor with a bloody hammer."

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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

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from ROKY HORROR, released October 17, 2021
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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