GHOST BITCH
   
Originally Released on:

BAD MOON RISING

also appears on:

  • The Walls Have Ears (live '85)
  • Live in Columbus video (live '85)
  • Live in Texas (live '86)
  • Candle 12" (live '85)
  • Smart Bar - Chicago 1985 (live 1985)
  • Rarities 2 (live '85)
  • 08/12/11 "LIVE IN BROOKLYN 2011"

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar
Kim - bass/vocals
Lee - acoustic guitar
Bob Bert - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Slowly pour the liquid down
For miles and miles it flows along
Rose colored, neon lighted
Swirl around, turn around
Feel the touch of my hand
Swirl around, swirl around
Fellow shadows black and blue
All around, all around
Locking arms, side by side
Crouch down before the fire's light
You're the first day of my life

I had no belief before
Till I had this dream last night
I still remember their savage cries
So serious in their right
Faces painted in joyous fright
In the dawn's early light
Oh say did you see
The color of my eternity
And the sweat on my skin
Our founding fathers laid right down
And indian ghosts from long ago
They gave birth to my bastard kin
America, it is called
Sensation of eternity
Locking arms side by side
Crouch down before the fire's light
You're the first day of my life

 Track length: 5:40 (4:25)

First Known Performance: 05/19/84
Last Known Performance:  08/12/11

NOTES:

  • First track length is original Blast First sequence, bracketed time is DGC reissue.
  • Lee had an acoustic guitar with a pick-up that provided him with the unique foghorn sound heard on the song (in a call-and-response session with Thurston's explosive drumstick noise).
  • This song is unfortunately cut off of the Gila Monster Jamboree video, but on a bootleg video from Bremen that I have, Lee bangs some type of large metal gong-like device during the outro.
  • Some live versions seem to have additional spoken vocals by Kim during the intro.
ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

  • On "Walls Have Ears" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 4/28/85 in London, England @ Hammersmith Palais.

  • On "Live in Columbus" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 8/1/85 in Columbus, Ohio @ Stache's. Steve on drums now.

  • On "Candle" 12" - LIVE - 7:05

    Recorded live on 12/21/85 in Los Angeles, California @ Solstice.

  • On "Live in Texas" - LIVE - 6:04

    Recorded live on 4/12/86 in Austin, Texas @ the Continental Club. The last known live performance of this song.

  • "Smart Bar - Chicago 1985" - LIVE - 5:55

    Recorded live 08/11/85 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar.