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Live At Lounge Ax Chicago 10​-​31​-​97

by Purple Ivy Shadows

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1.
"SUSTANCE" SUSTANCE IS A WHOLE NEW BIG KIND OF WORLD YOU WORRY THAT NOTHIN'S GROWIN' YOU CAN BE A GOOD ATHLETE AND HURT YOURSELF YOU CAN COME TO KNOW THE WORDS OF THE TRAVELLIN' YOU CAN BE A GOOD ATHLETE AND HURT YOURSELF ANY SLATER HE SHIFTS TO THE WHEEL YOU CAN DRAW YOUR ADDRESS TO THE ONE LEFT IN DIRT YOU CAN BE A GOOD ATHLETE AND HURT YOURSELF YOU CAN COME TO KNOW THE WORDS OF THE TRAVELLIN' YOU CAN BE A GOOD SOLDIER AND SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT YOU CAN BE A GOOD SOLDIER AND SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT SUSTANCE IS A WHOLE NEW BIG KIND OF WORLD YOU CAN DRAW YOUR ADDRESS TO THE ONE LEFT IN DIRT YOU CAN BE A GOOD ATHLETE AND HURT YOURSELF YOU CAN COME TO KNOW THE WORDS OF THE TRAVELLIN' YOU CAN BE A GOOD SOLDIER AND SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT
2.
"UNTIL I SAW THE FISH" COME AROUND, HERE'S A COUPLE, COME ON IN COME ON, COME ON, COME ON KEEP IT TO A FEW COS I CAN'T SEEM TOO I GET BLUE / IN THE FACE I GET BLUE / IN THE FACE COME AROUND, HERE'S A COUPLE, COME ON IN COME ON, COME ON, COME ON SECOND'S A GUESS / 20 MINUTE'S A MILES AWAY COME AROUND, HERE'S A COUPLE, COME ON IN COME ON, COME ON, COME ON SECOND'S A GUESS / 20 MINUTE'S A MILES AWAY START TO BEGIN / TO THINK I'VE LOST START TO BEGIN / TO THINK I'VE LOST . . . TO THINK I'VE LOST SECOND STREET SEEMS TO HAVE NO PROBLEM SENDING AND I SEEM TO HAVE ME A BIG ONE GOING UNTIL I SAW THE FISH, AND THE RAILS CUT LEFT AND ALL THE WINDOWS ARE PAINTED SHUT SHOULDN'T YOU SAY SHOULDN'T YOU TELL ME SHOULDN'T YOU SAY UNTIL I SAW THE FISH UNTIL I SAW THE FISH TIL I, THE FISH . . . COME AROUND, HERE'S A COUPLE, COME ON IN COME ON, COME ON, COME ON SECOND'S A GUESS, TWENTY MINUTE'S A MILES AWAY COME AROUND, HERE'S A COUPLE, COME ON IN COME ON, COME ON, COME ON KEEP IT TO A FEW COS I CAN'T SEEM TOO
3.
"REBUILDING THE ANCESTRAL STATUE" PLANS ARE NOT POLITICS THEY'RE THE RATIONAL AND POETIC MOVEMENTS SET UP IN THE MIDST OF A CONTINGENCY OF A THING CALLED MAN IT'S UNIVERSAL POLITIC'S A PLAN FURTHERMORE THE RESOURCE IT'S UNIVERSAL . . . POLITIC'S A PLAN FOR AN INCREDIBLE TURN IT INTO ONE TURN IT INTO ONE LIKE YOU ARE INCREDIBLE YOU TURN IT INTO ONE TO AN INCREDIBLE POLITIC'S A PLAN IT'S UNIVERSAL IT'S UNIVERSAL AND IN CONNECTION WITH US IT'S UNIVERSAL
4.
"DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY" BECAUSE YOU DANCE A CROOKED FOOT DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY COS YOU DANCE A CROOKED FOOT DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY COS YOU DANCE A CROOKED FOOT DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY BECAUSE YOU DANCE A CROOKED FOOT DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY COS YOU DANCE A CROOKED FOOT DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY COS YOU DANCE A CROOKED FOOT DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY IT'S A HYMN FOR HYMN ALL YOUR HYMNS ARE FOR HIM HE'S SO STRUNG OUT IN HIM HE'S CROOKED AS A FOOT / HE'S CROOKED AS A FOOT CROOKED AS A FOOT / CROOKED AS A FOOT CROOKED AS A FOOT / CROOKED AS A FOOT CROOKED AS A FOOT DANCEFLOOR / SHINY / UNDER / JUNKY DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY DANCEFLOOR'S SHINY UNDER JUNKY HE'S CROOKED AS A FOOT CROOKED AS A FOOT DANCEFLOOR . . .
5.
"FAVORITE" TO WIN A FAVORITE IF YOU SAY IT COMES HONESTLY I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY I WOUDLN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY IF YOU SPLIT THE STREET WOULD SPLIT YOU'LL FIND ANOTHER FACE BORN IN ALCHEMY IF YOU SPLIT TO WIN A FAVORITE SAVIN' A FAVORITE IF YOU SAY IT COMES HONEST IF YOU HAD A WAY YOUR BODY CAN DO MORE THANK YOU CAN IMAGINE PLEASE . . . A FAVORITE IF YOU SAY IT COMES HONESTLY I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY IF YOU SPLIT TO WIN A FAVORITE SAVIN' A FAVORITE A FAVE SAVIN' A FAVORITE A FAVORITE . . . IT COMES HONEST IF YOU HAD A WAY YOUR BODY COULD DO MORE T HAN YOU COULD IMAGINE YOU DO ONE GREAT THING BEFORE YOU GO DO ONE GREAT THING BEFORE YOU GO GO . . . GO . . . YOU DO ONE GREAT THING BEFORE YOU GO DO ONE GREAT THING BEFORE YOU GO
6.
"PAWTUCKET" TRY AND GET BACK BEFORE THIS STUFF TURNS TOO BAD WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOIN' WITH THE SUN? TO EMPTY A SHELF, HOW DID IT FEEL? ADVANTAGES ARE OFTEN SNUFFED AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOIN' WITH THE SUN? WHAT ARE WE DOIN' WITH THE SUN? TO HER, WHO I'VE NOT MET, I GET THE PICTURE TO HER IT'S JUST "WHAT'S A PIECE OF STRING?" TO EMPTY A SHELF, HOW DID IT FEEL? TO HER IT'S JUST WHAT'S A PIECE OF STRING AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOIN' WITH THE SUN? WHAT ARE WE DOIN' WITH THE SUN? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOIN' WITH THE SUN? WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' WITH THE SUN? WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' WITH THE SUN? WHILE WE'RE AWAY YOU LIGHT'S ALWAYS ON FOR ME AND I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD TODAY IS A HOLIDAY IT WAS DRY WHEN I FOUND IT WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' WITH THE SUN? WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' WITH THE SUN? WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' WITH THE SUN? IT WAS DRY WHEN I FOUND IT WHERE'S THE TRUCK? PAWTUCKET
7.
"SECRETS" SOMEONE SAID YOU'RE SPREADIN' YOURSELF THIN I'D JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT MAYBE YOU ARE IT'S TOO MUCH, BACK HURTS YOU KNOW SECRETS IT'S TOO MUCH, BACK HURTS YOU KNOW SECRETS SECRET'S OUT IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT BUT MARRIED OFF WHOLE LOT OF EVERYONE WHOLE WEDDING'S DONE, FORGET THE HEART OF AN IDEA IS A SCAR WHO STILL BELIEVES THINKS NOTHING OF IT WHO STILL BELIEVES THINKS NOTHING OF IT . . . IT'S TOO MUCH, BACK HURTS YOU KNOW SECRETS IT'S TOO MUCH, BACK HURTS YOU KNOW SECRETS SECRET'S OUT
8.
"DEEPSTEP IN A BAPTIST" IN A / DEEPSTEP / IN A BAPTIST AND YOU'RE HEARIN' / THE PIANO / TUNER QUIT YOU IT SOUNDS, FINE, FINE IN A / DEEPSTEP / IN A BAPTIST AND YOU'RE HEARIN' / THE PIANO / TUNER QUIT YOU IT SOUNDS ALL RIGHT, ALRIGHT FINE, FINE, FINE, ALRIGHT IF YOU PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT, ALRIGHT IT'S TO LIE, LIE, LIE IT SOUNDS ALL RIGHT, ALRIGHT FINE, FINE, FINE, ALRIGHT JUDAS AND JESUS CAN BOTH ABOUT BE RIGHT FINE, ALRIGHT FINE, ALRIGHT ALRIGHT RATTLIN' GASPS OF LOVE ROLLIN' BACK LIKE A / SLEEPWALKER'S EYES IN MIDSTEP IMITATION OF CHRIST JUDAS AND JESUS CAN BOTH ABOUT BE RIGHT IT SOUNDS ALL RIGHT, ALRIGHT FINE, FINE, FINE, ALRIGHT IT SOUNDS ALL RIGHT, ALRIGHT FINE, FINE, FINE, ALRIGHT IT SOUNDS ALL RIGHT, ALRIGHT FINE . . . FINE / ALRIGHT FINE / ALRIGHT ALRIGHT

about

Recorded Live at Lounge Ax in Chicago, Illinois on Halloween 1997 during the 'No Less The Trees Than The Stars' tour of the USA.

Syrup USA, Helium and Apples In Stereo also played this show.

Special thanks to Sue Miller for booking PIS at Lounge Ax and to Aadam Jacobs for bootlegging our set way back at this 1997 show.

This album is dedicated to to Bill McClintic . . .
May you rest in peace, you wild man you.

credits

released October 31, 2021

Erik Carlson - Guitar / Farfisa Organ / Backing Vocals
Chris Daltry - Vocals / Guitar / Trashy Drums / Alto Saxophone
Frank Mullin - Drums / Backing Vocals
Will Rice - Bass

Bill McClintic - Roadie / Travelling Companion

Josh Kessler - Cover Photograph
Swamp Yankee - Cover Design / Layout

Recorded by Aadam Jacobs

Transferred, Edited + Mastered by Chris Daltry at
At Home Recording Studio in North Providence, RI
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purpleivyshadows@gmail.com

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Purple Ivy Shadows formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in September 1991. The band briefly relocated to New York City the following year until making Providence, Rhode Island their permanent home in the Fall of 1993.

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