Ray Of Hope, Hoe Of Rape
Released in 1992 by Kitchenware Records.
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VERSE 1
Em
A glass ravine,
Gm
Abm
low clouds which reek
G7
Em
The boughs burnt diesel and burning
Gm
pig,
Abm
wide-rutted streets
G7
Em
“666 Park Avenue,”
Gm
Abm
yells a big red sign
G7
Em
Was it some Anglo-Saxon, in love with his
Gm
doom,
Abm
left such a cheeky shrine?
G7
Then
C
all at once the daylight came
The
G7sus4
river lay a
G
head
In it
Dm
stood a wooden horse so tall
The
Am
water reached but half its leg
A
C
sign nearby read “Damn your law
This
G7sus4
horse’s hollow
G
core
Contains the
Am
means for your destruction”
This all
Am
passersby
ignored
F/D
Save us! (x16)
VERSE 2
When the
Em
great explorers, fortune
Gm
hunters,
Abm
slave men, conmen set their sails
G7
They
Em
dreamed of monsters without brains,
Gm
great
Abm
hulks to block their treasure trail
G7
Well,
Em
they got by with homicide
Gm
but
Abm
here’s the end to the magic spell
G7
Now the
Em
monsters lie in mouths, in
Gm
veins, in
Abm
genitals, in empty
G7
bellies
INTERLUDE
B
Baby, baby, won’t you treat me kind?
I’m
B
only a white man who longs to die
To
B
end I need the power that you must give me
B
Send the children outside! Don’t resist! Don’t cry!
VERSE 3
Em
The ray of hope
Gm
Abm
as hoe of rape
G7
Re
Em
flecting light from tractor
Gm
headlamps into the
Abm
victim’s face
G7
We
C
bleat about our pain and how we
G7sus4
Lost and feel
G
defiled
And we
Dm
cry all night for Santa Claus
To
Am
make our blizzard mild
The
C
poor kind European white man
G7sus4
Never hurt a
G
fly
You were
Am
friends to all the races
Every
Am
woman, every child
F/D
Save us! (x16)
VERSE 4
So
Em
back in the dirty hotel I lay in my
Gm
clothes and I
Abm
slept
I dreamed that I was
G7
face-to-face with an
Em
amorous dragon who wanted to kill me and
Gm
beckoned
I ap
Abm
proached, unsheathed, and said:
G5
F#5
Let’s
E5
go! Come on!
G5
F#5
Let’s
E5
go!
G5
F#5
Let’s
E5
go!
G5
F#5
Let’s
E5
go!
G5
F#5
Let
E5
me become with my de
G5
struct
F#5
ion
E5
G5
F#5
Won’t you
E5
please acquaint me with your beautiful
G5
lo
F#5
ss?
E5
FADE
G5
F#5
Let’s
E5
go!