Selected Blue Oyster Cult Lyrics These are lyrics to most of the songs I wrote, or co-wrote, for Blue Oyster Cult. This lyric archive is for educational purposes only. Lord knows I need this since even I forget my own work from time to time. It's a good way for me to keep up with my history. Enjoy.
ASTRONOMY (Sandy Pearlman, Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard)
The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
Out at you from their hiding place
Like acid and oil on a madman's face
His reason tends to fly away
Like lesser birds on the four winds
Like silver scrapes in May
Now the sands become a crust
And most of you have gone away
Come Susy dear, let's take a walk
Just out there upon the beach
I know you'll soon be married
And you want to know where the winds come from
Well it's never said at all
On the map that Carrie reads
Behind the clock back there you know
At the four winds bar
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Four winds at the four winds bar
Two doors locked and windows barred
One door let to take you in
The other one just mirrors it
Hey, hey, hey, hey
In hellish glare and inference
The other one's a duplicate
The queenly flux, eternal light
Or the light that never warms [repeat twice]
The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
Out at you from their hiding place
Miss Carrie nurse and Suzy dear
Would find themselves at the four winds bar
It's the nexus of the crisis
The origin of storms
Just the place to hopelessly
Encounter time and then came me
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Call me Desdenova, eternal light
These gravely digs of mine
Will surely prove a sight
And don't forget my dog, fixed and consequent
Astronomy...a star
HOT RAILS TO HELL (Joe Bouchard)
Riding the underground, swimming in sweat
A rumble above and below, hey cop don't you know?
The heat's on alright
The hot summer day didn't quit for the night
1277 express to heaven, speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to heaven, rumbles the steel like a dogfight
You caught me in it's spell
Trying to leave but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn your eyes out
Blackened out eyes, scratched on a wall
Stoned out looks from the crowd, the king will not know
On the wall it was said
The flash of his cards was sprayed with red
1277 express to heaven, speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to heaven, rumbles the steel like a dogfight
You caught me in it's spell
Trying to leave but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn your eyes out
NOSFERATU (Helen Wheels, Joe Bouchard)
Deep in the heart of Germany
Lucy clutched her breast in fear
She heard the beat of her lover's heart
For weeks she raved in dreams he appeared
From far Transylvania
Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart who will offer herself
To Nosferatu
This ship pulled in without a sound
The faithful captain long since cold
He kept his log till the bloody end
Last entry read "Rats in the hold.
My crew is dead, I fear the plague"
Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart who will offer hefself
To Nosferatu
Mortal terror reigned
Sickness now then horrible death
Only Lucy knew the truth
And at her window
Nosferatu
So chaste so calm, she gave herself
To the pleasure of her dreaded master
He sucked the precious drops of life
Throughout the long and cold dark night
One last goodbye, he was blinded by love
One last goodbye, he was blinded by love
Blinded by love
He screamed with fear, he'd stayed too long in her room
The morning sun had come too soon
The spell was broken with a kiss of doom
He vanished into dust, left her all alone
Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart, who will offer herself
Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart, who will offer herself
To Nosferatu...
FALLEN ANGEL (Helen Wheels, Joe Bouchard)
From the dust arose on high
A thundercloud in a two-lane sky
From the world I did rebel
A Fallen Angel
Highway lust was in my blood
No girl could ever take my love?
Cold and crude but then I fell
A Fallen Angel
A girl so strange, I lost my head
Lost it all, got left for dead
I curse the day now I'm just a shell
A Fallen Angel
Gonna rise up from Hell
I'm the fallen angel.
When the brink of ruin lies
Upon the world angels shall rise
To lead the fallen now remember well
Gonna ride up from hell
Gonna rise up from hell
Gonna rise up from hell
Gonna rise up from hell
I'm the Fallen Angel
LIGHT YEARS OF LOVE (Helen Wheels, Joe Bouchard)
When we met it was a white hot star
The speed of light between two hearts
It felt like love, it sounds bizarre
But in your eyes I could see so far.
Baby baby shouldn't know no fear
Was it an angel who brought us here
Old old souls, but the love goes on
Changing life into a song
Into light years, light years of love
Light years, light years of love
Of love, of love.
Our love is like the shining sea
In salty foam, we can feel so free
Caress the night with our cool skin
In your arms I can be anything.
We got light years, light years of love
Light years, light years of love. SOLO
We've got light years, light years of love
Light years, light years of love
Light years, light years of love
Light years, light years of love
Of love, of love.
SCREAMS (Joe Bouchard)
Screams in the night, sirens delight
Heat, broken glass, Satan's bred trash
Big city madness, comfort my soul
Give me a home where I can grow
String of bright lights running up to the sky
Throughout the hot night, the cars racing by
You know they all see, but most of them pass
She drives by my wares, don't hide in your glass wheel
Screams in the night, sirens delight
Heat, broken glass, Satan's bred trash
Big city madness, comfort my soul
Give me a home where I can grow
Sounds of guitars fill up the night
Can't make me feel, I said its alright
In one hotel bed, you think you can grow
If you find a home, please let me know
WINGS WETTED DOWN (Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard)
Flights of black horseman soar over churches
Pursued by an army of birds in the rain
None of them can see the clouds, the polished wings don't care
Animal ways through the hazy dreams full of pain
Wings wetted down, stumbling on the ground
It all turns around, in the end
The voices sound deadly, sometimes I hear
Echoes of empires, spread throughout the sky
Wings wetted down, stumbling on the ground
It all turns around, in the end
Flights of black horseman soar over churches
Pursued by an army of birds in the rain
Wings wetted down, stumbling on the ground
It all turns around, in the end
SHADOW OF CALIFORNIA (Sandy Pearlman, Joe Bouchard, Neal Smith)
Beneath the freeway at the cloverleaf junction
The symbol of good luck eminates darkness
The shadow will grow to cover California
Somewhere on the road from San Bernadino
It's future is stirring the past will not pass
Speed is the game in the shadow of kings
Where the company of angels fly
Their fear at the crossroads of what's in their future
Down in the darkness on the highways of night
With no love from the past
[Chorus:]
Night makes right, the symbol remains
Into the darkness must must pour the pains
In the shadow of California
SOLO "Into the Darkness" (4x)
Revolution by night, Grant me this future
Kings of the shadow on the highway of night
From San Bernadino these angels are racing this night to your city
The host of angels, Los Angeles.
Night makes right, the symbol remains,
Into the darkness must must pour the pains
Night makes right, the symbol remains
Into the darkness must must pour the pains
In the shadow of California
Revolution by Night "Into the Darkness" (4x)
MORNING FINAL (Joe Bouchard)
He cast a grim shadow
Through the busy street
Said he was a junkie
And he punctuated his walk with a gun
Motiveless murder
The papers scream
The cops all said
The crowd was iced by the sight
Oh baby don't it make you feel so bad
Dark clouds hang over the street
After what I read, I can hardly feel my heart...
My heart beat
Down the subway stairs
After him they leapt
An echo snap and scream of fire
The hot pursuit was done
For the last time he felt the light
And gave up his last fight
Oh baby don't it make you feel so bad
Dark clouds are over the street
After what I read, I can hardly feel my heart...
My heart beat
7 SCREAMING DIZ-BUSTERS (Sandy Pearlman, Joe Bouchard, Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser)
They held their heads with laughs of pain
They learned from men who'd just refrain
From glancing at a mirror's face.
Seven screaming diz-busters who lurked by a rose
Had iron for a bloodstream and ice behind their eyes
On each and all those holy nights
Where dusters dust becomes the sale and lucifer, the light
They're long so long this time of year
When stars be crossed by twirling fear
You don't suppose I'd prove surprised
Seven screaming diz-busters should go the route and die
Without the warmth they learn to crave
With hardened smiles and evil signs (Oh, play on!) SOLO
Bury me near the secret cove so they'll not know the way
Bury me there, behind the rose so they'll not rile my grave
I'll not reveal whose name still lost.
Well their laugh of pain...(guitar)..And their harder smiles...(bass)
And their rigid arms...(drums)...And their evil signs...(organ)
Longer days and they're longer now
They're longer still
On each and all those holy nights
Where dusters dust becomes the sale and lucifer, the light.
lucifer, the light....lucifer, the light....lucifer, the light.....lucifer, the light....I can't stand the light.....1,2,3,4,5,6,......and 7.
VENGEANCE (THE PACT) (Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard)
See them standing in the foothills waiting for the kill
On wings of fear the terror sweeps into the city beat
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact [riff]
On wings of vengeance Tarna find them and left for the aliens
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact. [riff]
Flying over the oasis she is captured and that boy fell down
[SOLO]
Feeling thin
From the air
Close my eyes
And I am there
I feel I'm falling down in a deep dark pit [riff and accelerate]
Put him down, the soldiers said
I'll put an arrow in his head
But the bird flew off instead
To save his master on his back she fled
Her time has come
Riding the bird, high in the saddle
She gets a chance to fulfill the pact now
As the leader swoops from the clouds
She sticks him with the sword, then she throws him down
The enemy shriveled and died
The enemy shriveled and died
To defend, this is the pact
But when life's scorned and damage done
To avenge, this is the pact [riff]
I AM THE STORM (Ronald Binder, Joe Bouchard)
You scorned the love that I gave you
You lied now nothing can save you
Blue skies are turning to grey
I know the games that you play
Winds of rage they start to build
Too much madness will lay you under
The cards you draw don't help at all
Hear the sound of approaching thunder
When you see the clouds blacken
Remember you've been warned
No shelter from my fierce winds
Because, I am the storm
You'll hear my echoes of anger
You'll fear the roar of my thunder
Nightmares, confusion will come true
Aces and eights are the fate that you drew
Lightning bolts become my swords
When I pull them from the sky
Run my gauntlet of slashing rain
You won't survive to testify
When you see the clouds blacken
Remember you've been warned
No shelter from my fierce winds
Because, I am the storm
DR. MUSIC (R. Meltzer, Joe Bouchard, Donald Roeser)
Dance on fire with me babe
The flames ain't gonna stop
Come on and show me
That you're ready to trot
So if you really wanna do it
You better do it hot
Ah my babe
You tell me that you're scared
But your fear
Is just driving me mad
Well, you can call me Dr. Music
Music is my game
Well, you can call me Dr. Music
Music is my name
Girl don't stop that screamin'
You're sounding so sincere
So much beauty
In the tracks of your tears
So if you wanna face the music
Open up your ears
Meet my friend
Calamity Jane
Hear the rhythm
In the sound of her pain
Well, you can call me Dr. Music
Music is my game
Well, you can call me Dr. Music
Music is my name
CELESTIAL THE QUEEN (Helen Wheels, Joe Bouchard)
I'm out of my place I'm out of my mind
Totally bent in the day time
There's no place for one of my kind
Scorn behind shades I don't care anyway
Celestial the Queen
Celestial the Queen
Celestial the Queen
Her world turns around
In my ears the sound of laughter
Swift descent
Dark and mute dreams deceive
The world turns around me
Celestial the Queen
Celestial the Queen
SOLO
She came from the dark she came from a dream
All leather and chains the rising queen
Born into the night born into the spotlight
She spread her wings and then she was gone.
Celestial the Queen
Celestial the Queen
Celestial the Queen
The world turns around
In my head the fairy laughter
Swift ascent
And then forever it meant nothing.
The world turns around me
Celestial the Queen
Celestial the Queen.
MOON CRAZY (Joe Bouchard)
Did you catch the fever
Flying toward the moon?
Sailing in space to a distant shore
You kind of wondered
What they came here for
We lived days for lovin'
Falling for all we met
A world gone crazy from the lunacy
The tides kept rising and falling
Like you and me
Moon Crazy
Summer of changes
Let the night shine on (and on) and on
Shine on until the feeling is gone
Dreaming about, what could it be
Summer's embraces had a hold on me
On the hill they danced 'til dawn
While the video flickered along
But in your heart was an empty need
You just didn't know
Where the dream would lead
Moon Crazy
Summer of changes
Let the night shine on (and on) and on
Shine on, shine on
Moon crazy
Summer of changes
Let the night shine on (and on) and on
Shine on until the feeling is gone
Dreaming about, what could it be
Summer's embraces
Had a hold on me
SOLO
Moon crazy
Summer of madness
Let the night shine on (and on) and on
Shine on Shine on Shine on Shine on
SOLO
WHEN THE WAR COMES (Sandy Pearlman, Joe Bouchard)
"When the bones of our oppressors have turned to dust;
And the cause that we serve rules the world.
In a vision, visitation, all hail the revolution!"
A vision of evo-, revolution.
Armies of the past retreat in the wake of revolution.
A journey to the country of the fourth admission,
A spectacle of awakening light.
The soldiers are baffled but still they fight.
Creator; destroyer; victory; defeat;
I did not come to bring a sleep.
Black flag; red flag; space and time;
The future is my mind.
Judgement day descends upon us after the revolution.
The purge has come to set you free;
On the lips, the light called Truth.
A modest time for victory.
Energy imprisoned will make itself free.
[Instrumental]
Creator; destroyer; victory; defeat;
I did not come to bring a sleep.
Black flag; red flag; space and time;
The future is my mind.
When the war comes... When the war comes...
When the war comes... When the war comes...
War comes... When the war comes...
[Instrumental]