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An Almost Complete Collection of Lyrics, 1972-1988

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The Residents: An Almost Complete Collection of Lyrics, 1972-1988 is a book of lyrics by The Residents, edited by Giampiero Bigazzi and Annette Jarvie. It was published by Stampa Alternativa in Italy in August 1989, in two cover art variants.

The book features a near-complete collection of the group's lyrics from the start of their career in 1972 to the date of the book's compilation in 1988, with Italian translations, and a four chapter historical essay on the group. The book also included a bonus single-sided 7" single featuring an exclusive studio recording of the song "From The Plains to Mexico".

tzoq, the webmaster of long-running fan website RZWeb, acknowledged using the book as a primary resource in compiling lyrics for his website; following RZWeb's closure in 2005, that site's lyrics were integrated into the "Historical" section of The Residents' official website.

Contents

  • 17th Anniversary Notes (pg 3-16)
    • I) Paradoxes of the Pale Pachyderm (pg 3-6)
    • II) The Mystery of the Loving Saliva and the Nazi Carrots: Six Things to a Cult (pg 6-12)
    • III) Rozztox Vs. Cutler: File Under Geniuses (This is Not Part Three...) (pg 12-15)
    • IV) A Too Rational Conclusion is Not Considered Cool (pg 15-16)
  • The Lyrics
    • Meet The Resident (pg 17-18)
      • "Spotted Pinto Bean"
      • "Skratz"
    • Mark of the Mole (pg 19-26)
      • "Voices of the Air"
      • "Won't You Keep Us Working?"
      • "Why Are We Crying?"
      • "It Never Stops"
      • "March to the Sea"
      • "The Observer"
      • "Hole Workers New Hymn"
      • "Rumors"
      • "Idea"
      • "Ugly Rumors"
      • "Failure / Reconstruction"
      • "Don't Tread on Me"
      • "Driving The Moles Away"
    • Fingerprince (pg 27-30
      • "Godsong"
      • Tourniquet of Roses"
    • Babyfingers (pg 31-34)
      • "Walter Westinghouse"
      • "Death in Barstow"
      • "Melon Collie Lassie"
    • Residue (pg 35-36)
      • "Kamakazi Lady"
      • "Saint Nix"
    • Title in Limbo (pg 37-42)
      • "The Shoe Salesman"
      • "Crashing"
      • "Monkey & Bunny"
      • "Mahogany Wood"
      • "The Sailor Song"
    • Not Available (pg 43-48)
      • "Act I"
      • "Act II"
      • "Act III"
      • "Epilogue"
    • God in Three Persons (pg 49-64)
      • "Hard and Tenderly"
      • "Devotion?"
      • "The Thing About Them"
      • "Their Early Years"
      • "Loss of a Loved One"
      • "The Service"
      • "The Touch"
      • "Confused (By What I Felt Inside)"
      • "Fine Fat Flies"
      • "Silver Sharp and Could Not Care"
      • "Kiss of Flesh"
      • "Pain and Pleasure"
    • Duck Stab (pg 65-72)
      • "Constantinople"
      • "Sinister Exaggerator"
      • "Blue Rosebuds"
      • "Laughing Song"
      • "Bach is Dead"
      • "Elvis and his Boss"
      • "Lizard Lady"
      • "Semolina"
      • "Birthday Boy"
      • "Weight Lifting Lulu"
      • "Krafty Cheese"
      • "Hello Skinny"
      • "The Electrocutioner"
    • Commercial Album (pg 73 -82)
      • "Easter Woman"
      • "Perfect Love"
      • "The Simple Song"
      • "My Second Wife"
      • "Secrets"
      • "Die In Terror"
      • "Red Rider"
      • "Picnic Boy"
      • "End of Home"
      • "Amber"
      • "Dimples and Toes"
      • "Love Leaks Out"
      • "The Act of Being Polite"
      • "Loss of Innocence"
      • "Ups and Downs"
      • "Give it To Someone Else"
      • "My Work is So Behind"
      • "Handful of Desire""
      • "Moisture"
      • "Nice Old Man"
      • "The Talk of Creatures"
    • Other Stuff (pg 83-90)
      • "The Spot"
      • "The Man in the Dark Sedan"
      • "The Golden Goat"
      • "Picnic in the Jungle"
      • "Here Come the Bums"
      • "The Vultures of Bombay"
  • Discography (pg 91-92)

See also

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