Laughing Matter​/​Wet Bell Bottoms

from Hardships on the Loose Coast by James Goode

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lyrics

Laughing Matter
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Redacted pages
Patents pending
Reveal the trafficked organs
We’ve been sending
Taken from dying soldiers
On the battlefield
Rich, illicit harvest
Under covert shield
Once the higher functions
Are terminated
Our work is done
The rest is gathered and cremated
No metal coffins
No letters to next of kin
There’s no accounting for our sins

Laughing matter
No laughing matter
Laughing matter
When no one’s around
Laughing matter
It must be contagious
An earthquake of laughter
Erupts from the ground

These hot, behemoth, swollen limbs
They flop like grunions at high tide
On pins and needles rolls my carcass
Integument crawls into focus
And magnifies

As we flush all our fears away
Exoskeletons forming
What was dead, now grows, day by day
Glaciers melt, waters warming
Fully stock the aquarium
With extravagant species
Nervous systems and nourishment
From what used to be feces

Laughing matter
No laughing matter
Laughing matter
When no one’s around
Laughing matter
It must be contagious
An earthquake of laughter
Erupts from the ground

These hot, behemoth, swollen limbs
They flop like grunions at high tide
On pins and needles rolls my carcass
Integument crawls into focus
And sees
The curvature
Of the Earth
And of our spines
For what it’s worth
Ankylosing
Spondylitis
Molten core
Deep down inside us
Malaria
Bubonic plague
The cause is obvious
Its outcome, vague
Multiple colons punctuate
Mist-shrouded jungles of apprehension

Laughing matter
No laughing matter
Laughing matter
When no one’s around
Laughing matter
It must be contagious
An earthquake of laughter
Erupts from the ground

credits

from Hardships on the Loose Coast, released March 4, 2021
James Goode: vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar, tapes, drum machine, percussion, electronics, slide whistle
Miles Stegall: drums (Laughing Matter / Wet Bell Bottoms)

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James Goode Berkeley, California

James Goode has performed and/or recorded with John Dieterich, Shelley Hirsch, Bill Horist, Bär McKinnon, Roger Powell, Greg Saunier, Ches Smith, Trey Spruance, Gregg Turkington, William Winant, and many others. Since 1992, he’s worked with Coalinga group Faxed Head (as "Fifth Head"), adding extreme tape manipulations and electronics to their already over-the-top sound. ... more

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