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Songs: Shark Sandwich



Recording Info

Shark Sandwich is a number of demo song segments that have been smashed together into one track. It was prepared for the box set Now The Truth Can Be Told. It has appeared on the following albums:


Lyrics

Shark Sandwich

all component songs written by Steve Taylor
I Want To Be A Clone, Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Number's Up? & Whatever Happened To Sin Copyright © 1982 Birdwing Music; Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co.; C.A. Music (ASCAP)
Guilty By Association Copyright © 1984 Birdwing Music/Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., Inc./C.A. Music (ASCAP)
Good Girl Copyright © 1984 C.A. Music

Instrumental Introduction to I Want To Be A Clone

Cough signifying a change to another song segment. This time from Guilty By Association

Turn the radio on to a southern drawl
Hear the Prophet Jimmy with a message for y'all
"I have found a new utensil in the devil's toolbox
And the heads are gonna roll if Jesus rocks
It's a worldly design! God's music should be divine!
Try buying records like mine--avoid temptation"

Guilty by association

Cough signifying a change to another song segment. This time from Good Girl.

She's got her ear to the phone
And her toe in a "Seventeen" mag
She's got her nails on hold
And her nylons in a cellophane Gladbag
her parents look the other way
She doesn't hear a word they say
she's stepping out she's almost there
I think she's running out of air

Be a good girl (why be a good girl)
be a good girl (why be a good girl)
she is a see-saw seeing if it matters
she is a game of Chutes and Ladders
be a good girl (why be a good girl)
be a good girl (why be a good girl)
she's on the outside begging for admission
she needs a love without condition

Cough signifying a change to another song segment. This time from Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Number's Up?. This is only for a sax instrumental section of the song. There are no sung lyrics in the segment.

Cough signifying a change to another song segment. This time from Whatever Happened To Sin.

A politician next door
Swore he'd set the Washington Arena on fire
Thinks he'll gladiate them
But they're gonna make him a liar
Well he's a good ole boy
Who was born and raised
In the buckle o' the Bible Belt
But remember when you step
Into your voting booth
He'll never lie
He'll just embellish the truth

Promises were made to be broken, right?
You've gotta play the game to win
When you need supporting
Tell 'em that you're born again
Whatever happened to sin?


Notes and Interpretations

To come. (In particular, pointing out the lyrical differences between these demos and the originally released versions.)


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