SISTER

also appears on:

• Sister Interview Disc
• Hold That Tiger (live '87)
• 1991: The Year Punk Broke (live '91)
• Screaming Fields of Sonic Love video (live '87)

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass/vocals
Lee - guitar
Steve - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

I went away to see an old friend of mine
His sister came over, she was out of her mind
She said Jesus had a twin
Who knew nothing about sin
And she was laughing like crazy
At the trouble I'm in
Her light eyes were dancing, she is insane
Her brother says she's just a bitch
With a golden chain
She keeps coming closer
Saying "I can feel it in my bones -
Schizophrenia is taking me home"

My future is static
It's already had it
I could tuck you in
And we could talk about it
I had a dream
And it split the scene
But I got a hunch
It's coming back to me

NOTES:

• Working title: "Sister"
• Perhaps "Sister" is more of an alternate title. It's used on the Town & Country broadcast featured on Screaming Fields, and Thurston often introduced the song as 'Sister'.
• A Thurston solo acoustic version of this song appears in a fragment on track 14 of Thurston's "ROOT" disc.
• Several lines from Kim's part of this song appear in an early set of lyrics titled "Come Around".
• Jim O'Rourke played guitar on this song while he was in the band.
• A staple of live sets since it was written.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• Screaming Fields VHS - LIVE - 4:04

  Recorded live on 6/4/87 at Town & Country in London, England. Titled "Sister" on broadcast. Also available on a bootleg 7".

• On "Hold That Tiger" - LIVE - 4:30

  Recorded live on 10/14/87 at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago, Illinois.

• On "The Year Punk Broke" - LIVE - 4:23

  Recorded live on 8/25/91 at the Pukkelpop Festival in Hasselt, Belgium.