Released on June 4, 1996 as a split release between Candy Ass Records (Jody's label) and Chainsaw (Donna's label)
Recorded November 1995 at "John and Stu's place" in Seattle, WA
Produced by John Goodmanson
1. Uncle Phranc (3:23)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar // Jody Bleyle : vocals/bass
2. 107 (4:05)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : vocals/guitar // Jody Bleyle : bass
3. My Dirty Hands Are Mined (3:00)
Donna Dresch : bass // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar // Jody Bleyle : vocals/guitar
4. The Council (3:20)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar/vocals // Jody Bleyle : vocals/bass
5. Don't Try Suicide (3:11)
Donna Dresch : bass // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar // Jody Bleyle : vocals/guitar
6. To the Enemies of Political Rock (2:46)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar // Jody Bleyle : vocals/bass
7. Take on Me (1:59)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar/vocals // Jody Bleyle : bass
8. I'm Illegal (2:32)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar/vocals // Jody Bleyle : vocals/bass
9. Yes I Am Too, But Who Am I Really? (2:50)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar/vocals // Jody Bleyle : vocals/bass
10. Musical Fanzine (3:51)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar/vocals // Jody Bleyle : vocals/bass
11. Remember Who You Are (4:09)
Donna Dresch : guitar // Melissa York : drums // Kaia Wilson : guitar // Jody Bleyle : vocals/bass
Uncle Phranc
"Hey Phranc"
"Hey (???)"
"What's happening?"
"Not much, taking a bath"
"Well Phranc, remember what you told me the last time I called?"
"(???), what did I say?"
My mom says she loves me
But I know it's not yes, yes, yes she does
Cause she doesn't treat me
Like you treat someone you love
You love
But I can choose my own family
I'll take one Uncle Phranc
She's seen what it is to feel and be called crazy
I love my Uncle Phranc
She told me if I go in the ocean
I've got to know it's the shark's world
She told me not to fuck with straight girls
She told me not to take pills, not to take pills
(Take this one pill, put it in my mouth, I'll be free)
the things i do
Take one Uncle Phranc
Take one Uncle Phranc
My mom says she loves me
But I don't think it's love
Cause she only loves me
When I act just like she does
And that's emotional blackmail
107
You want it
It's coming
Only it's just time before we fall
Hand me your jacket now, I am yours
Missed the first step, fell - cut my lip
I've been eating too much sugar
There's no cover, there's a truth in it definitely
If only I'd known where I was
It was too dangerously balanced to try and walk the ledge
Take one step back (107, pick me up)
It's one step forward (Give me your word)
Give me your word (107, take me home)
I'll go steady with you, baby
Comfort bound, turn off the light
Won't go back to sleep until I read
5 more pages then I'm gonna set them on fire
Watch them leave, watch my words disappear
Watch me from inside my room
Crouched down on all fours
Take one step back (107, pick me up)
It's one step forward (Give me your word)
Give me your word (107, take me home)
I'll go steady with you, baby
Take one step back (Give me your word)
It's one step forward (Give me your word)
Give me your word (107, pick me up)
I'll go steady with you...
You watch it
It's coming
Only it's just time before we fall
Hand me your jacket now I am yours
She is - she is everything
She is - she is everything
She is - she is everything
She is - she is everything
I've... back (107, pick me up)
It's one step forward (Give me your word)
Give me your word (107, take me home)
I'll go steady with you, baby
Take one step back (107, take me up)
It's one step forward (Give me your word)
Give me your word (Give me your word)
I'll go steady with you
My Dirty Hands Are Mined
Tried to warn my neighbors
About my inner plot
The girl next door with no conscience
What a dreadful thought
Now I'm a politician
Not smart enough to lie
I'll cut the space program
And have your check by 5
Please don't forget me
Cuz I was bound to lose
She said my greatest strength
Is my greatest weakness
Some things are probably better kept to myself
But some scared part of me tells everything
As if that could help
There is no quiet
No quiet is rewarded
Inertia keeps you moving
Or standing still
Stay alive carpenter
You can laugh if you fail
Don't get behind the gun
Just to hope you get killed
A girl with no conscience
Fuck right, you should be scared
Don't be a whore
The Council
The council
Less rated
Clean intent
I'll trade you
The first one called
The last one picked
You'll suave fast
But you'll miss
Whose traction
Trains slipping
Your tractions
Aims slipping
The first one
Called the last one picked
A hunger for continuity
Am I next
Let's meet there
Between the core and the mantel
The last
Is it fine? It's OK
It's inaudible
It gets through sometimes
Is it fine? It's OK
Am I butch or femme?
Can I register?
I hear all the things they say about me
I hear all the things I wonder how they
Know all these things I don't know about me
If you know so much would you mind sharing it please?
Don't Try Suicide
I'm scared to leave the house
I'm scared to go to sleep
And when I do
I wake up feeling scared
My girlfriend cuddles me
And holds me when I cry
I tell her that I'm scared
Ask if she thinks I'll die
She tells me I'm okay
I don't believe her
But it makes me feel better anyway
Can't get myself to eat
Trick myself and watch TV
Even when it works
I end up puking scared
My girlfriend cuddles me
And holds me when I cry
I tell her that I'm scared
She say that I won't die
She tells me I'm okay
I don't believe her
But it makes me feel better anyway
To the Enemies of Political Rock
Look out, look out
It's all around
It seems like the only job in town
Here it is in 1996
You'd think everybody'd
Be sick of this bullshit
But we're not
We just want to smoke pot
You can kiss my ass
Just give me some grass
Do it yourself means do it for me
I don't give a shit
Just get my video on MTV
You know exactly what you want
So don't hide your greed behind me
Just own it you little slacker fuck
Didn't you hear, there's no free money
It's not magic, it's work
Yeah it's cool, and it's work
And it can feel like a choice between pleasure and existence
Take on Me
She said
I'd really like to but I got a lot to think and write about
Why don't you go back home and I'll stop by tomorrow
She said you know I'd really like to
But I've got so much to think and write about
Why don't you go back home and I'll stop by tomorrow
And we'll clean your room
Pretend you're here, pretend you're here
Take you to the corner
I'll take you out for drinks
I'll take you to my room
And you can take on me
I've got it figured out
Hold on one second
I've got it figured out
Wish I was riding bikes with you
I've sat down in the middle of this mess I've made
Of letters and clothes
Wish I was anywhere with you
I've sat down in the middle of this mess I've made of letters
And if you were here pretend you are not 2,000 miles away
I'm Illegal
I'm afraid walking down the street
Holding hands with my girlfriend
That some cop is gonna arrest me
(Uh, excuse me ladies)
Sometimes I think I've even done something wrong
Invite me in
Show me around
Make me feel safe
I'm illegal
I have this vivid memory
Of being in a boat with a friend
I was 11
I said girls can't get married to each other
I remember thinking how fucked up that was (That is so fucked up)
You say you have a ban on affection
Did I hear you right?
I'm illegal
Invite me in
Show me around
Make me feel safe
What do you think cuz I'm not sure
Whether I didn't get that job
(Uh, we hired someone else)
Because my hair's parted on the wrong side
Or because I'm a flaming S&M rubber dyke?
(Whack!)
Yes I Am Too But Who Am I Really?
Don't tell us we only care about the dykes and fags
Don't try and find fake reasons to hate us
Some people get it
Lots more people need it
Freedom is freedom
It's for all or it's all for
Nothing
It's been hours it's on strike
I'll turn it around
I'm a contradiction
I don't want to be a man
You can be what you want with me
What you want is what I want you to tell me
To boss you around
I want to watch you lose control
Sometimes I'm the Fonz
Mostly I'm a puppy
You're sexy
Boss me around
Please I want you to
You can be what you want with me
What you want is what I want you to tell me to boss you around
Sitting in the back of the not room enough for me to turn around
And get the fuck away
From their stupid interrogations
It's been hours or 5 years
No reunion that implies a thing that never existed
Something that never existed
Hey you're sexy
Come here and boss me around
Chain me to the bed
Now unchain me from the bed
It's what we choose to say
And how certain things are said
Musical Fanzine
She wants to embrace her
However the world will change
She wants to feel
But she can only describe it
Don't let the monster stay under the bed
Don't let the monster stay under the bed
Hey you, say what she needs to hear
It's just like Donna said
It depends where you're at in your head
You can find what you need
Maybe it's finding a very secret space
To hide your copy of Rubyfruit Jungle
Maybe you're writing your own
There's a wig wearing boy named Psychic Al
What's he's looking for, he won't find in school
He stays up late, flipping through tapes
Listening to songs he's heard a hundred times, but nothing's there
Hey you, say what he needs to hear
Queer sex is great, it's fun as shit
Don't worry, Jesus is dead and God don't exist
And swearing is fun, it's funner than piss
That's it's stupid is a cruel and classist myth
Queer sex is great, it's fun as shit
Don't kill yourself cause people can't deal with your brilliance
Sometimes I can't remember why I want to live
But I think of all the freaks and I don't want to miss this
It's just like Donna said
It depends where you're at in your head
Remember Who You Are
Take notes from a movie box
Make a list of what I need
Remember who you are
Remember who you are
But then I can't feel good about anything
And just when I get something started
I read or hear something that makes me forget my confidence and honesty
What are my motives
Are they selfless enough?
Are they righteous, righteous enough?
Then before get started
I get all fucked up
Can't get sick
Of thinking
About meaning
Or language
Or anything that gets me hot
Make up who you are
It makes up who you are
Then I found myself dancing
Alone in my room
I was writing in my journal
Playing records
When I felt my shoulders slide from side to side
I found the bass in my hips
Being alone brings courage and strength of mind
Take off your shirt and watch TV
Remember who you are
And make up who you are
Then I just want a public place
Where a girl can meet each other's stare
Sometimes that's what it takes
To know you're alive
To feel yourself burning just from some girl's stare
My, that's a strange costume
Slip your fingers under my belt
Put up signs
Make up who you are
Send out signals
About who you are
Transmit messages
Telling who you are
No matter who you are
