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| Written by | Joe Hawley |
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| Appears on | Good & Evil |
| Sung by | Joe Hawley |
| Genre | Rock |
| Language | English |
&, a song by Joe Hawley. The song is pronounced "And". It shares the same melody as a song (also by Hawley) called A Lady and is suspected to act as a reprise on the Good & Evil.
Trivia
Some believe A Lady and & will end up being a part of a multi-song medley in which the song titles can also be placed next to each other and will form their own statement (e.g. "A Lady & A ___").
Lyrics
(Please note the asterisk IS part of the official lyrics, left to be open for interpretation by the listener)
Love of the s*n Came back again to make it clear that He never said it would meet demand Shame on a martyr claiming friends from Either perspective of & Weak & Strong & Wet & Dry & Right & Wrong & Live & Die & Sane & Gone & Love & Not & All the &s that we forgot so Sing while you hear it Don't deny it Leave if you can't stand the thought of it Come back again to make things stand with No disrespect to the & High & Low & New & Old & Stop & Go & Hot & Cold & John & Yoko Dark & Light It's almost time to say good night to it They took a lesson from their fathers Told them that they were the same command Wait for the minds to make complete their Lives stuck beside every & Words & Numbers Sound & Silence Stop the peace & Keep the violence No & Yes & We digress It lives with Sad & Happiness Oh God Big Bad Betty of the 'pocalypse She opens her lips & it goes like this When The Golden Rule & the jungle meet There'll be nothing to love & There'll be no one to beat Oh the things we know The things we don't Oh the things we think we can will & won't We're loath to gather that nothing's left We're all together & we're all bereft Capitalists, Communists You did the hokey pokey & it went like this You hate each other & you love yourselves It might be Heaven & it might be Hell Oh the things we do The things we say Oh the things we wish we could wash away
Early Lyrics
On the May 2009 tour, Tally Hall performed a slightly earlier version of the song. The song is mostly the same, however it has some different harmonies and alternate lyrics.[1][2]
Love of the s*n Came back again to make it clear that He never said it would meet demand Shame on a martyr claiming friends from Either perspective of & Weak & Strong & Wet & Dry & Right & Wrong & Live & Die & Sane & Gone & Love & Not & All the &s that we forgot & Sing while you hear it Don't deny it Leave if you can't stand the thought of it Come back again to make things stand with No disrespect to the & High & Low & New & Old & Stop & Go & Hot & Cold & John & Yoko Dark & Light It's almost time to say good night to it They took a lesson from their mothers Told them that they were the same command Wait for the brain to make complete their Lives stuck beside every & Words & Numbers Sound & Silence Stop the peace & Keep the violence No & Yes & We digress It sings of sad and happiness Oh God Big Bad Betty of the Apocalypse She opens her lips & it goes like this When The Golden Rule & the stars align There'll be nothing to love & There'll be nowhere to hide Oh the things we know The things we don't Oh the things we think we can will & won't I loathe to tell you that nothing's left We're all together & we're all bereft Capitalists, Communists You did the hokey pokey & it went like this We hate each other & we love ourselves (sometimes sang as "You love each other or we hate ourselves") It might be Heaven & it might be Hell Oh the things we do The things we say Oh the things we wish we could wash away
Tabs/Chords/Whatever?
Starting chord (love of the sun): A
Verse part a: Bm E Bm E G F F#
Verse part b: Bm E Bm E G A B
Chorus: Em B Em B Em B Em F# G A
Solo chords are same as verse
Last chorus (words and numbers): B Em B Em B Em F#m G A Bbm
"Big bad Betty": Bbm F Bbm
"Capitalist, communist": Bm F# F#7 Bm
"All the things": Bm F#