Strange Cousins From the West

Every last blind pulled when I walk down the street The only sound I hear is my tired heartbeat Well sometimes I feel just like a motherless child, yeah Motherless child, yeah This place once had a name. The people once had faces In every town I find it’s the same sad situation Sometimes I feel just like a countryless man, yeah Countryless man, yeah My father tried to break me, my mother she tried to raise The county correct me from my wild ways I once saw figures about a mile off So I waited in the woods until they were gone Sometimes I feel just like a wandering dog, yeah Wandering dog, yeah My father tried to break me, my mother she tried to raise The county correct me from my wild ways

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

Struck down by a vision of beauty Said I was struck down by a long-legged archer Oh, the city was hot, but my blood ran cold Oh, the city went dark, keep calm and carry on I was a young man, only 19 years old Said I was a young man so very far away from home Ah, she got me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down Ah, she shot me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down Keep calm and carry on Reefer madness quiets the falling bomb I want to be an old man, damn you, von Braun I want to be an old man, damn you, von Braun I've been laid low by a blinding light Oh, I've been torn asunder by the banshee's wail Ah, she got me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down Ah, she shot me, struck down, right through the heart, struck down Keep calm and carry on Reefer madness quiets the falling bomb I was a young man, only 19 years old I was a very young man so far away from home I was imprisoned by a vision of beauty I was struck down by the long-legged archer Keep calm and carry on Reefer madness quiets the falling bomb Keep calm and carry on Reefer madness quiets the falling bomb Keep calm and carry on Reefer madness quiets the falling bomb

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

Airstreams tethered together Like silver sleeping oxen All the best locations are located on the margins Suited for telescoping The interstellar scene It's a mean killer in the daylight, but that's life for you and me It's a reliable source of information Fifty-thousand unstoppable watts Anthrax, ham radio, and liquor Anthrax, ham radio, and liquor What if I told you they been lying About that double wide with water rights? And now the town cars are back again They sold you some old line About the greater good and sacrifice Your friends from Langley are back again It’s a reliable source of information Fifty-thousand unstoppable watts Anthrax, ham radio, and liquor Anthrax, ham radio, and liquor Coming at you live! Coming at you live! It's just some people can only see the stars In the reflection from big black cars It’s a reliable source of information Fifty-thousand unstoppable watts Anthrax, ham radio, and liquor Anthrax, ham radio, and liquor

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

Oh, Abraham Lincoln, carried across Ninth Street Oh, Abraham Lincoln, carried across Ninth Street The assassin, the coward, shot him in the head The assassin, the serpent, stuck him then he fled Oh, many, many, many, people gather to hear the word Oh, many, many, many, people tremble at what they’ve heard Snickering drunkards from cover of dark Treachery’s their master. Murder is their art From the temple, grips his chair Watch the people climb the stairs Watch the leaves grow then fall Blow across the empty mall Oh, Abraham Lincoln, buried and in his grave Oh, Abraham Lincoln, buried and in his grave The assassin, the coward, no grave for you The assassin, the actor, no applause for you From the temple, grips his chair Watch the people climb the stairs Watch the leaves grow then fall Blow across the empty mall

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

In a city of crooked alleys Crookeder women and wicked men Dim lamps in the rumor mill Suspicious kith and unkind kin Haruspectre General Sleeping soldiers in the field Below the elders conspire To turn the merciless and massive wheel Strange cousins from the west Overstay their welcome Locked in among skeletons Broken-hearted and damned Sorry to have to break it to you friend But life seldom goes exactly as we plan Strange cousins from the west Overstay their welcome Peculiar manner and strange dress Who will ever dare to tell them? The city’s always thriving Hungry bellows of the Minotaur Every day, more are arriving And every day, it requires more Unexpected circumstance We must not delay You have all been so very very kind to us And we will return the favor one day Fate is the idiot’s excuse! Freedom is the sucker’s dream! But we hope you find some measure of comfort In considering us to be your family Strange cousins from the west Overstay their welcome Peculiar manner and strange dress Who will ever dare to tell them? The city’s always thriving Hungry bellows of the Minotaur Every day, more are arriving And every day, it requires more The city’s always thriving Savage bellows of the Minotaur Every day, more are arriving And every day, it requires more

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

In the raining park, the chessmen play The faithful atheists refuse to pray The steamworks weep, the addicts do not care Crowd of cold people stand by and stare The garbage eaters, their many retainers Come to collect all the foul remainders The smoke hangs heavy, the wrecking ball swings In the clockwork of a collapsing thing Wasted plastic empire’s golden age Chemical wedding Citizens in their refineries Cheer the nuptial bedding The hourglass is Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning On a shore of iron, cutters and clippers Paper, rock; rock, paper and scissors On a road of skulls, their story moves on It’s a bumpy ride and very, very, very long Wasted plastic empire’s golden age Chemical wedding Citizens in their refineries Cheer the nuptial bedding The hourglass is Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning In the blue sky, the seagulls fly over garbage In the blue sky, the seagulls fly over garbage Are we the ocean? Are we the desert? Are we the garbage? Who’s to say? Are we the ocean? Are we the desert? Are we the garbage? Who’s to say? Wasted plastic empire’s golden age Chemical wedding Citizens in their refineries Cheer the nuptial bedding The hourglass is Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning The hourglass is Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

In the mailbox, what I find? PEPCO hello and no reply From Tecumseh, Michigan Urgent letter to a friend January 30th, at no cost Survive the fire with Mr. Frost The Mark, the Beast, Armageddon in the Middle East! But while we still have the time, please tell me Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! With Babylonian passion, they built a bridge to the sky Loaded it up with Mother Earth, never got to asking why In Babylonian fashion, the bridge fell down from the sky And they spent the next five thousand years scratching their heads and wondering why Abundance in the end times, song and praise! The dough and the dead will both be raised The Word, the Law, Armageddon in America But while we still have the time, please tell me Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor! Witchdoctor!

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

I’m gonna move to the outskirts of town Where none of your friends are hanging around That’s right, I'm gonna move to the other side of town Where none of your business is hanging around Woman, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be Columbia, girl, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be I’m gonna build a castle out of Goodyear tires Cinderblock and busted doors; that’s where I’ll retire Gonna dig a moat. Fill it up with ale Not much of a defense, I know, but the supply never fails Woman, please, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be Columbia, girl, please, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be When you come knocking all in tears wringing hands and genuflecting You'll understand that I am a busy man and my subjects demand my attention These walls don't build themselves and I am running out of time So if you desire anything else, you had better get in line Woman, please, please, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be Columbia, girl, please, please, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be Woman, please, please, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be Columbia, girl, please, please, please let a poor man be. Let a poor man be

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

What kind of ugly are they talking about? It’s just straight up cold evil What kind of nonsense are they going on about? Do they suffer from the fever? Nothing’s gonna satisfy them 'til it all goes Chernobyl No, nothing’s ever really gonna satisfy them 'til the virus goes mobile If you didn’t then, well, now you know Outside is an army of antlers I hate to say it, but I told you so Only the freaks have all the answers Red threat! Helicopters! Super-Mind-Control! Stockholm Syndrome! Love your captors! Uranium! Super-Mind-Control It's gonna rain, rain down in buckets Watch it happen, a natural fact They’re gonna lose and they're not gonna like it Watch it happen, supernatural act If you didn’t then, well, now you know Outside is an army of antlers I hate to say it, but I told you so Only the freaks have all the answers It's gonna rain, rain down in buckets Watch it happen, a natural fact They’re gonna lose and they're not gonna like it Watch it happen, supernatural act If you didn’t then, well, now you know Outside is an army of antlers I hate to say it, but I told you so Only the freaks have all the answers If you didn’t then, well, now you know Outside is an army of antlers I hate to say it, but I told you so Only the freaks have all the answers

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

Por favor, dejenme O voy a enloquecer No soy quien para ser Todo lo que soy Algo ha cambiado Dentro de mi Que alucinado Quiero vivir Voy a ver, nacer el sol En medio del camino Y tambien voy a nacer De acuerdo a mi destino Algo ha cambiado Dentro de mi Que alucinado Quiero vivir Voy a ver, nacer el sol En medio del camino Y tambien voy a nacer De acuerdo a mi destino, oh no Algo ha cambiado Dentro de mi Que alucinado Quiero vivir

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026

I send pictures through the mail Well-documented and very detailed To politicians and big celebrities But none of them are believing in me And I await their response Some send none, most send cops But man, it’s a dire situation And I will risk the public humiliation Sleestak lightning on my trail It’s a dire situation, they are on my trail West Virginia has its Mothman Panhandlers got their skunk ape But I have a taser and night vision goggles Costco rolls of black duct tape It's got red eyes, it's got razor claws It's got green skin, no, it ain't a methhead And after studying its behavior, objectively and critically I believe I have a reliable method Sleestak lightning on my trail It's a dire situation, they are on my trail Sleestak lightning on my trail There's no mistaking, they are on my trail I send pictures through the mail Well-documented and very detailed To politicians and big celebrities But none of them are believing in me Sleestak lightning on my trail It’s a dire situation, they are on my trail Sleestak lightning on my trail There's no mistaking, they are on my trail Chupacabras on my trail It's a dire situation, they're on my trail Sleestak lightning on my trail There's no mistaking, they are on my trail

Submitted by The Void — Feb 26, 2026