Versions of Sonic Youth Songs

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1. Death Valley '69 from 7" 8. Purr (Mark Goodier Acoustic Version)
2. The Diamond Sea (LP Version - alt. end) 9. Rewolf (Special Natas Mix)
3. Doctor's Orders (T.-Vox Version) 10. Shaking Hell from Sonic Life
4. Flower (Anti-Fuckword Radio Edit) 11. Silver Rocket (Take 6)
5. Little Trouble Girl (Instrumental Version) 12. Teen Age Riot (Edit)
6. Providence (Stereo) 13. Youth Against Fascism (Clean-ex Mix)
7. Providence (Mono) 14.

Death Valley '69 from 7"
(Thurston & Lydia Lunch)

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The Diamond Sea (LP Version - alt. end)
(Thurston)

Time takes it’s crazy toll
And how does your mirror grow?
You better watch yourself when you jump into it
Cuz the mirror’s gonna steal your soul

I wonder how it came to be my friend?
That someone just like you has come again
You’ll never, never know how close you came
Until you fall in love with the diamond rain

Throw all his trash away
Look out he’s here to stay
Your mirror’s gonna crack when he breaks into it
And you’ll never, never be the same

Look into his eyes and you can see
Why all the little kids are dressed in dreams
I wonder how he’s gonna make it back
When he sees that you just know it’s make believe?

Blood crystallized to sand
And now I hope you understand
You reflect into his looking glass soul
And now the mirror is your only friend

Look into his eyes and you will see
That men are not alone on the diamond sea
Sail into the heart of the lonely storm
And tell her that you’ll love her eternally

Time takes it’s crazy toll
Mirror fallin’ off the wall
You better look out for the looking glass girl
Cuz she’s gonna take you for a fall

Look into his eyes and you shall see
Why everything is quiet and nothing’s free
I wonder how he’s gonna make her smile
When love is running wild on the diamond sea?




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Doctor's Orders (T.-Vox Version)
(Thurston)

Back door
I’ll come to meet you
First floor
I’ve come to collect you

It could be wrong
It could be out of my mind
The way you’re coming on
Said get out of my line

Top floor
It’s you I pursue
Shut the door
Not here to confuse you

I know what you want
Yeah, I heard what you said
Better watch your step
Almost fell on your head

Sideways
I’ll run beside you
Fire away
I come to like you

It’s alright
It’s a funny thing
If it’s a lucky night
It’s just a little flu




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Flower (Anti-Fuckword Radio Edit)
(Kim)

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Little Trouble Girl (Instrumental Version)
(Instrumental)



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Providence (Stereo)
(Mike Watt)

“Watt here. I’m downstairs in your nearest window...if you’re up... punk phone booth...if you’re up...I get tense.” BEEP.

“Thurston! Watt! Thurston! I think it’s ten thirty, we’re calling from Providence, Rhode Island. Did you find your shit? You gotta watch the motin Thurston. Your fuckin’ memory just goes out the window. We couldn’t find it in the van at all. We wonderin’ if you looked in that trash can. When we threw out that trash, man, was the bag in your hand? Did you dump it? Call later. Bye.”




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Providence (Mono)
(Mike Watt)

“Watt here. I’m downstairs in your nearest window...if you’re up... punk phone booth...if you’re up...I get tense.” BEEP.

“Thurston! Watt! Thurston! I think it’s ten thirty, we’re calling from Providence, Rhode Island. Did you find your shit? You gotta watch the motin Thurston. Your fuckin’ memory just goes out the window. We couldn’t find it in the van at all. We wonderin’ if you looked in that trash can. When we threw out that trash, man, was the bag in your hand? Did you dump it? Call later. Bye.”




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Purr (Mark Goodier Acoustic Version)
(Thurston)

Whoahooh!
I love you baby cuz your back in time
I love you today
You’re eyes are flashing back a magic sign
The sun comes out to play

I learned it all from you girl
I got it all from you
On how to howl the moon, yeh
And how to scratch your dog
I do it every day
Come back again tomorrow
You chase it all away

A dreaming beauty sleeping day and night
The sun around you
I love you baby, yeh, you’re super fine
Call me down to
A purring, whirring, fuzzy lights your day
The switching sunlight
I chase you kitten, get you everytime
Funny how it flies

I learned it all from you girl
I got it all from you
On how to howl the moon, yeh
And how to scratch your dog
I do it every day
Come back again tomorrow
You chase your life away

I hear you purring down a super soul
I pop in to look
A personal letter, yeh, a boot in gold
Let her tear it away

I learned it all from you girl
I got it all from you
On how to howl the moon, yeh
And how to scratch your dog
I do it every day
Come back again tomorrow
You chase your life away




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Rewolf (Special Natas Mix)
(Kim)

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Shaking Hell from Sonic Life
(Kim)

She’s finally discovered she’s a
He told her so
She’s finally discovered she’s a
He told her so
She’s finally discovered she’s a
He told her so

Come closer and I’ll tell you
Come closer and I’ll tell you
Come closer and I’ll take off your dress

I’ll take off your dress
I’ll shake off your flesh
I’ll shake off your flesh
I’ll shake off your flesh

Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh
Shake off your flesh

Turn around
Turn around
Turn around

Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake
Shake




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Silver Rocket (Take 6)
(Thurston)

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Teen Age Riot (Edit)
(Thurston)

Everybody’s talking ‘bout the stormy weather
And what’s a man to do, but work out whether it’s true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two

Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you

Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through

Everybody’s coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know it’s someone I knew

Teen age riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you

You better look it
We’re gonna shake it
Up to him

He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand

We know it’s down
We know it’s bound too loose
Everybody’s sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to chose
So who’s to take the blame for the stormy weather
You’re never gonna stop all the teen age leather and booze

It’s time to go round
A one-man showdown
Teach us how to fail

We’re off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail




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Youth Against Fascism (Clean-ex Mix)
(Thurston)

Another can of worms
Another stomach turns
Yeh, your ghetto burns
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

You got a stupid man
You got the Ku Klux Klan
A honky battleplan
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

A sieg heilin squirt
Yer an impotent jerk
Yeh, a fascist twerp
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

Black robe and swill
I believe Anita Hill
Judge will rot in hell
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

Yeh, a cross on fire
By a Christian liar
A black attack on fire
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

Yeh, the president sucks
He's a war pig skunk
I'm here to shoot him up
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

Another Nazi attack
Skinhead is cracked
But my blood is black
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

We’re banging pots and pans
To make you understand
We’re gonna bury you man
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate

I’m a human wreck
A redneck in check
I killed the teacher’s pet
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate
It’s the song I hate




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