Violent Femmes Lyrics

Violent Femmes Lyrics

"Jesus Of Rio Lyrics"

Breathe Lyrics
[Angie Martinez] Yo, yo, yo, uhh, yo, yo, whoo whoo whoo whoo, yo, uhh, hey! Sometimes you gotta catch yo' breath and
Christ the Redeemer towering high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Rio
Where they held a summit to save the world
And to mark the time when development
As traditionally understood-had failed
And the affluent North raping the South
Investment
Daylight Obsession Lyrics
I watched into the burning sun. My eyes filles with obsession. An eternal walk towards nothing. An empty road, as l
from the North means
Economic bondage for the South
Under the burden of debt payments
I was with a whore in Copenhagan
Drinking eight hundred dollars worth of
Champagne in kroner
She came from Rio
We were trying to save the world
W
Act Naturally Lyrics
They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and
e did not get what we wanted
She wanted money--
She did not get what she wanted
I missed my wife--
I did not get what I wanted
Death sat on my lap
Death sits on all our laps
While Christ the Redeemer
Towers high over Rio
Rio de
Potnas Lyrics
This here is a record I wrote About friendship The kind that X and Jaleel were talking about When they wrote Fr
Janeiro. Rio

Gordon Gano: vocal, organo
Brian Ritchie: upright bass
Guy Hoffman: drums, Pu-ili

Recorded and Mixed by David Vartanian at DV's Perversion Room, Milwuakee, WI

??? Gorno Music reprinted with permission