Track: 9
Title: SCIONS OF TOADIES [live]
Authorship: Medford
Publishing: BrowBeat Music, BMI
Recording date: 29 March 1986
Recording place: Berkeley Square, 1333 University Ave., Berkeley, CA
The bill was: Ten Tall Men / The Ophelias / Snakefinger
A cassette recording made with the Berkeley Square’s sound board.
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Running Time: 04:03
First appeared on: Green Girl
First released 23 April 2017
[via multiple streaming services]
Leslie Medford : vocals, acoustic guitar
Sam Babbitt : electric guitar
Terry von Blankers : bass guitar
Geoffrey Armour : drums
Particulars:
This recording is from The Ophelias fourth live performance.
lyrics
SCIONS OF TOADIES
As we walked along beside our beckons us on
I'd run a dog an' wonder while
The sea was shining like my other sister.
Up the while we walk towards a deafening crowd
And on the street it was below
I wandered for my life to see his facia
We painted faster away…
You were smart.
As I tripped upon my life conjectures abound
Lights shining green and blue…
We often wondered why it weren't so viral.
To you my tide and time I offered up what is mine
We came a distance between us all
Then shadow for my life until a moon space sheds,
You stole my lighter again...
You are smart.
All my friends would ask it came no longer so strange
And hip between the palliative time there was a light
More on my eyes we lost so vague poor lighting.
Yes I’d say to you we are together again
And passing all the war away
I beg you for my time to say one question:
Oh please, oh please
Please take my life on the lie!
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