Agony Column - 1991
"Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles"
Track List:
 1. Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 
 2. Angel Of Def
 3. Lord Almighty
 4. Ultraviolent Rays
 5. Bayou Road
 6. No Time To Kill
 7. Crime & Punishment 
 8. Big Two Hearted Sammy
 9. Hellbilly Blues
10. Rain Comes Down
11. Suppertime
12. Hole To Hell
13. Mississippi Queen

1. Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ready To Shred
They Heard What You Said 
Now Motherfucker You Die
Grabbed Stabbed And Kicked In The Head
Then They'll Gouge Out Both Of Your Eyes
Start This Fight
You'll Lose Tonight
Cause You Got More Mouth Than Muscle
You Cry Death Before Dishonor
But First It's Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles
Brave Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles
Dueling With Guns 
Under The Sun
Or A Gang War Raged In The Night
Hand To Hand Or A Hundred To One
Screaming Put Up Your Dukes And Fight
Start This Fight
You'll Lose Tonight
Cause You Got More Mouth Than Muscle
You Cry Death Before Dishonor
But First It's Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles
Brave Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles
Fuck With The Best
You'll Lay With The Rest
So Get Out Of My Fuckin' Way
I Can See You're A Punk
Who Could Use A Good Beating
So Come On And Make My Day
Start This Fight
You'll Lose Tonight
Cause You Got More Mouth Than Muscle
You Cry Death Before Dishonor
But First It's Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles
Brave Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles
 
 
2. Angel Of Def
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Angel
Come To Me
Take Me To Your Soul Train
Set My Body Free

Angel
Take Me Higher
Slippin' Into The Darkness
Fight The Power
Now Light My Fire

Angel... Of Def
Angel... Of Def

Angel
Take My Hand
Rock Me Through The Valley Of The Shadow
You're A Soul Man

Angel
Make Them See
My Creator Who Is The Master Mc

Look Into The Sky
What Do I See
It's The Eye Of God
Staring Down Upon Me

Angel... Of Def
Angel... Of Def
 
 
3. Lord Almighty
++++++++++++++++
In The Deep Dark South
I Had A Fried Southern Dream
I Was A Freebird Flyin'
With My Mississippi Queen
I Had Guns And Bullets And A Rebel Flag
And The Needle And The Spoon In My Mojo Bag

There Was Big Bad Bubba
Screamin Hey Get Drunk And Fight Me
An' I Woke Up In New York In A Cold Cold Sweat
Screamin Jesus Lord Almighty

Born On A Mountain
Raised In A Cave
Got The Pedal To The Metal
One Foot In The Grave
Struck By Lightnin' In The Hot Summer Night
And My Soul Was Branded By The Holy Light

There Was Big Beelzebubba
Screamin Hey Get Drunk And Fight Me
An' I Woke Up In New York In A Cold Cold Sweat
Screamin Jesus Lord Almighty

The Devil Was A Dope Man
From Outerspace
Bustin' Caps On My Posse
All Over The Place
I Screamed And I Hollered
Then I Tried To Run
Shot My Skinny White Ass
With His Boogie Gun
A Bright White Light
Blinded All Our Eyes
As The Angel Of Def
Exploded From The Sky
He Was A Bad Mutha Fucka
You Could Hear The Sound
Of The Judgement Hammer
As He Swung It Down
You Could Smell The Devil Burnin'
Like A Piece Of Toast
In The Righteous Red Rays
Of The Holy Ghost

 
4. Ultraviolent Rays
++++++++++++++++++++
Dark Forces Of Evil
Descend On Us Now
We Are Fighting
Only To Surrender
Don't Disregard This Word For You

Now It's Time To Turn Or Burn
It's Cutting Through The Haze
The Holy Ghost
And The Ultraviolent Rays

Dark Forces Of Evil
Are Massing From Within
Will You Recognize
Our Love's The Only Weapon
Or Will You Die A Fighting Fool
Consumed By Your Last Mortal Sin

Now It's Time To Turn Or Burn
It's Cutting Through The Haze
The Holy Ghost
And The Ultraviolent Rays

Dark Forces Of Evil
Descend On Us Now
We Are Fighting
Only To Surrender
Don't Disregard This Word For You

Now It's Time To Turn Or Burn
It's Cutting Through The Haze
The Holy Ghost
And The Ultraviolent Rays
 
 
5. Bayou Road
+++++++++++++
Jump In My Car
We're Gonna Take A Ride
Down The Bayou Road Tonight
I'm Gonna Take You To An Evil Place
And I'll Show You All The Sights

It's Dark And Wet
And Trees And Moss
They Hang Like The Fingers Of Fate
Take A Right Just Past The Graveyard
It Marks The Gate

To The Bayou Road
Cruizing The Bayou Road
Cruizin' The Road

Did I Tell Ya The Story Of Ole Black Jim
Who Was Scared Until He Turned Half White
By The Howlin' Wolves
And The Bloody Screams
And Some Indians That Glowed In The Night
There Were Devil Bats Crocodiles
And Snakes By The Motherload
And A Wicked Witch
That Ate The Men
And Turned Their Bones Into Hoppin Toads

Down The Bayou Road
Cruizing The Bayou Road
Cruizin' The Road

Take My Advice
Lock Your Doors
And Roll Your Windows Up Tight
Cause If You Look Straight Ahead
Down The Highway
You'll See The Graveyard Just To The Right
We're Gonna Take It Down The Bayou Road
We're Gonna Cruise The Road Tonight
So Move A Little Closer Darlin'
And I Promise I'll Hold You Tight

Down The Bayou Road
 
 
6. No Time To Kill
++++++++++++++++++
Momma Died
I Was Denied
Of The Love That A Child Needs
An' I Was Born
In The Town By The City
Where The Pain And The Hate Breeds

But I Learned To Love Myself
And Now I Will
Cause There's No Time
No Time To Kill
Now Love Does My Will

Like A Black Man
Trapped Like A Slave
King Cotton Grows As High As The Sky
An' The Master Says
Fill My Bag
And It Must Be A Mile Wide

But I Learned To Love You Good
And Now I Will
Cause There's No Time
No Time To Kill
Now Love Does My Will

Later Days I Changed My Ways
And In The End I Won
A Victory Unto Myself
Where Before Well I Had None

And I Learned To Love You Good
And Now I Will
Cause There's No Time
No Time To Kill
Now Love Does My Will
 
 
7. Crime And Punishment
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Night After Night
Deal After Deal
Dirty Double Crosser
Playing Your Hand
Take A Spin At The Wheel
With A Coin Lady Luck Had Lost

Time After Time You Got Away
To The Shadows Of The Night
But Soon My Friend You'll Have To Pay
Cause What You've Done's Not Right

Crime And Punishment
These Are The Laws
Crime Gets Punishment
For The Criminal You Are
You're Public Enemy
Number One
Pushers Gangsters Leather Hoodlums
Knuckles Knives And Guns

Close The Dragnet Sirens Scream
There's A Killer At Large
Capital Murder Triple Life
He's Guilty As Charged
Terroristic Threatening Got Witnessed Protection
The Penalty Prescribed Is Death
By Lethal Injection

Crime And Punishment
These Are The Laws
Crime Gets Punishment
For The Criminal You Are
You're Public Enemy
Number One
Pushers Gangsters Leather Hoodlums
Knuckles Knives And Guns
 
 
8. Big Two Hearted Sammy
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Big Two Hearted Sammy
Was A Book And My Girlfriend
I Only Hope The Doctor
Writes Us In A Happy Ending
He Pours Another Drink
We'll Fix Another Shot
We All Wanted What We Got

She Had One Heart
To Love The World
And One Just To Tear Apart
We're Gonna Lose Our Minds
But I'll Get In There This Time
Whether They Like It Or Not

Big Two Hearted Sammy
He's Clawin' In The Dirt
Big Two Hearted Sammy
When Both Our Hearts Hurt

What Took Sammy Down
Brought Us All Back Around
And Gave Us One Hell Of A Fight
I Gotta Find A Reason
Just Like Sammy Found Yvonne
Get In My Car And Drive Off Into The Night

Big Two Hearted Sammy
He's Clawin' In The Dirt
Big Two Hearted Sammy
When Both His Hearts Hurt
 

9. Hellbilly Blues
++++++++++++++++++
I Just Can't Seem To Shake Off
These Hellbilly Blues
They Follow Me Around All Day
No Matter What I Do

The Crows All Ate The Cornseed
There's Death At The Fishin' Hole
I Found My Brother Drown And Strangeld
By His Own Line And Pole

They're With Me Through The Night And Day
No Matter What I Do
I Just Can't Seem To Shake Off
These Hellbilly Blues

Satan In The Wood Pile
There's A Devil In The Barn
There's Demons In The Tractor
Raisin' Hell On The Farm
Kids Have All Got Fever
And The Horse Had A Broken Leg
I Get Down On One Knee And Beg

They're With Me Through The Night And Day
No Matter What I Do
I Just Can't Seem To Shake Off
Those Hellbilly Blues

Wine And Whiskey Never Did Us Any Harm
But When The White Lighting Strikes
You Better Sound That Fire Alarm

Well I Went Down To The Great Revival
Just So's I Could Pray
An' I Saw This Crazy Preacher Man
Walkin My Way
His Arms Were Filled With Poison Snakes
And He Passed 'Em All Around
There Were People Talkin Backwards
And Fallin' On The Ground
He Said Son Just Grab A Serpent
It's The Only Thing To Do
To Get You Done And Over
With Them Hellblly Blues

 
10. When The Rain Comes Down
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You And Me
We're Gonna Run
To The Law's Line
They Stopped Us Once
But They Won't Stop Us This Time
When We Hit The Border
And The Giant Totem Screams
We're Gonna Smash The Credo
And Walk On Down The Pines

When The Rain Comes Down
When The Rain Comes Down
It's Gonna Wash Our
Wash Our Sins Away
And When The Rain Comes Down
It's Gonna Wash Our
Gonna Wash Our Tears Away

I Had This Dream
And It's Burning In My Mind
We Could Run To A Place
That They Would Never Find
And When We Get To The Other Side
Say Goodbye To The Slashing Wind
And The Icy Fingers
Hail The Sun That Burns Within
 
 
11. Suppertime
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The Alligator's Got Me By The Leg
He Bites Down Tighter
I Start To Beg
Missionary Cookin' In The Big Black Pot
Corn Meal's Dryin' On The Pounding Rock
I Said Oh Mister Alligator
Let Me Go
Cause My Momma's Callin' And My Supper's Cold

All Day Long I Just Sit And Stare
Until It Got That Time
I Didn't Go Nowhere
I Can't Wait
It Tastes Great
I Gotta Go It's Suppertime

Shortcut Home Through The Alley Out Back
Leather Gang Switchblade Attack
They Hit Me Hard And I Take The Fall
With Tearin' Eyes I Start To Bawl
I Said Oh Mister Gang Leader Let Me Go
Cause My Momma's Callin And My Supper's Cold

All Day Long I Just Sit And Stare
Until It Got That Time
I Didn't Go Nowhere
I Can't Wait
It Tastes Great
I Gotta Go It's Suppertime

Chicken Fried Rattlesnake
Possum Pie
Goat's Head Soup
And Them Ole Black Eyes
Get Outta My Way
Unless You Want To Die
Cause My Momma's Callin' And It's Suppertime
 

12. Snakebite
+++++++++++++
Ten Thousand Days In The Saddle
The Wicked Sun Beats Down On Our Heads
I Can Hear The Poison Snakes Begin To Rattle
One False Move, They Strike
And Then You're Dead

I Can Hear Your Death Rattle
Snakebite

Rattle, Rattle, Rattle, Strike

Oh There Are Vipers Down In The Pit
You Better Watch Out
We'll Throw You Into It

Oh The Devil Don't Ever Lie
Look Into The Viper
See The Poison In His Eyes

Fearless And Crawling In The Night
Looking For A Bear Leg Or Some Flesh To Bite
You Won't See, But Hear The Sound
And In The Daytime They Crawl Out Of The Ground

Oh... I Can Hear Your Death Rattle
Snakebite, Lord Snakebite, Wow Snakebite
You Die Of Snakebite

Rattle, Rattle, Rattle, Strike
Snakebite