Severe Tire Damage: Carcinoma

(Lyrics by: Bill Coates, Music by: Bill Coates and Dexter Kozen)

Originally just a play of words on the phrase, "I've got something on my mind," it's a bit more interesting as our bass player is getting cat scanned for that dizzy feeling...

Steve sez:
This song was originally written (music and lyrics) by Bill Coates. It was back when we were in that punk band "Snail Death". It seemed like a morbid-enough subject (the band later proved its sick bent when it changed it's name to "Shuttle Dust" after the Challenger disaster).

Years later, our sometimes-drop-in-when-he's-in-town member Dexter Kozen grabbed a whole pile of lyrics and wrote music for them. This song, as well as "Car On Fire" (another Bill Coates piece) got new music. We present them to you this way.

Listen:

Verse:    [A Bm G A] x4
Chorus 1: [C G A] x2
           B
Chorus 2: [C G A] x2
           C G D A
           C G A B
Chorus 3: [C G A] x2
          [C G D A] x3
           C G A B


I got a dizzy feeling
Kinda feel alright
I kinda feel like someone else
I wanna shoot on sight
I got a poison headache
Got it all the time
I went to see the doc
He said you're doing fine

  But you got something on your mind
  But you got something on your mind

Smoke a little garbage
Drink a little drink
Nuke a little dinner
Throw up in the sink
Watch a little TV
Catch a couple of rays
Something growing in my brain
It's bigger every day

  Well I got something on my mind
  Well I got something on my mind
  Carcinoma carcinoma carcinoma
  She's so fine

Guitar Solo

I can't take the pressure
I can't make it quit
I used to wear my hat
But now it just don't fit
I'm gonna do some damage
Then I'll do some more
Black & Decker surgery
You can clean up the floor

  Cause I got something in my brain
  Cause I got something in my brain
  Carcinoma carcinoma carcinoma carcinoma carcinoma carcinoma carcinoma
  That's her name