EL&P: Brain Salad Surgery (1973)

1. Jerusalem
2. Toccata
3. Still... You Turn Me On
4. Benny The Bouncer
5. Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression - Part 1)
6. Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression - Part 2)
7. Karn Evil 9 (2nd Impression)
8. Karn Evil 9 (3rd Impression)

JERUSALEM
And did those feet in ancient time,

Walk upon England's mountains green?

And was the Holy Lamb of God

on England's pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine,

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here

Among these dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!

Bring me my arrows of desire!

Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!

Bring me my Chariot of Fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,

Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand

Till we have built Jerusalem

In England's green and pleasant land.

TOCCATA

(Instrumental)

STILL....YOU TURN ME ON
Do you wanna be an angel

Do you wanna be a star

Do you wanna play some magic on my guitar?

Do you wanna be a poet

Do you wanna be my string?

You could be anything
Do you wanna be the lover of another

Undercover? You could even be the man on the moon

Do you wanna be the player

Do you wanna be the string?

Let me tell you something

It just don't mean a thing
You see it really doesn't matter

When you're buried in disguise

By the dark glass on your eyes

Though your flesh has crystallized

Still...you turn me on

Do you wanna be the pillow where I lay my head

Do you wanna be the feathers lying on my bed?

Do you wanna be a colour cover magazine,

Create a scene
Every day a little sadder

A little madder

Someone get me a ladder

Do you wanna be the singer

Do you wanna be the song?

Let me tell you something

You just couldn't be more wrong

You see I really have to tell you

That it all gets so intense

From my experience

It just doesn't seem to make sense

Still...you turn me on

BENNY THE BOUNCER
Benny was the bouncer at the Palais de Dance
He's slash your granny's face up given half a chance.
He'd sell you back the pieces, all for less than half a quid

He thought he was the meanest-
Until he met with Savage Sid.

Now Sidney was a greaser with some nasty roots
He poured a pint of Guinness over Benny's boots

Benny looked at Sidney:
Sidney stared right back in his eye.
Sidney chose a switchblade
and Benny got a cold meat pie.

Oh! what a terrible sight,
Much to the people's delight.
One hell of a fight.

Sidney grabbed a hatchet, buried it .... in Benny's head.
The people gasped as he bled:
The end of a Ted?

Well, they dragged him from the wreckage of the Palais in bits.
They tried to stick together all the bits that would fit.
But some of him was missing
and "part of him" arrived too late,
So now he works for Jesus

As the bouncer at St. Peter's Gate.

KARN EVIL 9 (1ST IMPRESSION - PART 1)
Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air

About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare,

Where the seeds have withered, silent children shivered, in the cold

Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold.

I'll be there

I'll be there

I will be there.

Suffering in silence, they've all been betrayed.

They hurt them and they beat them, in a terrible way,

Praying for survival at the end of the day.

There is no compassion for those who stay.

I'll be there

I'll be there

I will be there.

There must be someone who can set them free:

To take their sorrow from this odyssey

To help the helpless and the refugee

To protect what's left of humanity.

Can't you see

Can't you see

Can't you see.

I'll be there

I'll be there

I will be there,

To heal their sorrow

To beg and borrow

Fight tomorrow.

Step inside! Hello! We've the most amazing show

You'll enjoy it all we know

Step inside! Step Inside!

We've got thrills and shocks, supersonic fighting cocks.

Leave your hammers at the box

Come Inside! Come Inside!

Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!

See the show!

Left behind the bars, rows of Bishops' heads in jars

and a bomb inside a car

Spectacular! Spectacular!

If you follow me there's a specialty

some tears for you to see

Misery, misery,

Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!

See the show!

Next upon the bill in our House of Vaudeville

We've a stripper in a till

What a thrill! What a thrill!

And not content with that, with our hands behind our backs,

We pull Jesus from a hat,

Get into that! Get into that!

Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!

See the show!

KARN EVIL 9 ( 1ST IMPRESSION - PART 2)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends

We're so glad you could attend

Come inside! Come inside!

There behind a glass is a real blade of grass

Be careful as you pass.

Move along! Move along!

Come inside, the show's about to start

Guaranteed to blow your head apart

Rest assured you'll get your money's worth

The greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth

You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo

You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll ....

Right before your eyes, we pull laughter from the skies

And he laughs until he cries

Then he dies! Then he dies!
Come inside! The show’s about to start

Guaranteed to blow your head apart

You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo

You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll ....

Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline

Will perform on guillotine

What a scene! What a scene!

Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand

To Alexander's Ragtime Band

Dixie Land! Dixie Land!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!

See the show!

Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool

Seven virgins and a mule

Keep it cool. Keep it cool.

We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown

Were exclusively our own,

All our own. All our own.

Come and see the show! Come and see the show!

Come and see the show!

See the show!

KARN EVIL 9 (2ND IMPRESSION)

(Instrumental)

KARN EVIL 9 (3RD IMPRESSION)
Man alone; born of stone;

Will stamp the dust of time

His hands strike the flame of his soul;

Ties a rope to a tree and hangs the Universe

Until the wind of laughter blows cold.

Fear that rattles in men's ears

And rears its hideous head

Dread .... Death .... in the wind ....

Man of steel pray and kneel

With fever's blazing torch

Thrust into the face of the night;

Draws a blade of compassion

Kissed by countless Kings

Whose jeweled trumpet words blind his sight.

Walls that no man thought would fall

The altars of the just

Crushed .... Dust .... in the wind ....
No man yields who flies in my ship

DANGER!

Let the bridge computer speak

STRANGER!

LOAD YOUR PROGRAM. I AM YOURSELF.

No computer stands in my way

Only blood can cancel my pain

Guardians of a new clear dawn

Let the maps of war be drawn.

Rejoice! Glory is ours!

Our young men have not died in vain,

Their graves need no flowers

The tapes have recorded their names.

I am all there is

NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE!

But I gave you life

WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?

To do what was right

I'M PERFECT! ARE YOU?