johnny panic
johnny panic and the bible of dreams

i get excited by the news of today
what seems unstable may be able to stay
johnny panic
johnny panic and the bible of dreams

my famous heart my baby do as she please
what good is living when you live in disease
johnny panic
johnny panic and the bible of dreams

i dream of heaven, it's a heavenly place
why fall in love when you can fall from grace
with johnny panic
johnny panic and the bible of dreams

high time we made a stand
and shook up the views of the common man
and the lovetrain rides from coast to coast
d.j.'s the man we love the most
could you be could you be squeaky clean
and smash any hope of democracy?
as the headline says you're free to choose
there's egg on your face and mud on your shoes
one of these days they're gonna call it the blues

i spy tears in their eyes
and look to the skies for some kind of divine intervention
food goes to waste!
so nice to eat, so nice to tase
politican grannie with your high ideals
have you no idea how the majority feels?
so without love and a promised land
we're fools to the rules of a government plan
kick out the style! bring back the jam!
bring back the jam!
Vocals:
Roland & an uncredited chorus of female voices

Rap: Biti Strauchn
Originally on:
Advice For The Young At Heart (Single)
Also found on:
Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams (Single)
Saturnine Martial & Lunatic (LP)
Flip (Japan CD)
The Seeds Of Love (Remastered CD)
Other Versions:
Instrumental (4:18)
Mix One (6:22)
Mix Two (5:55)
"The b-side for 'Advice For The Young At Heart' from the 'Seeds Of Love' album. The title was stolen from a book of the same name by Sylvia Plath. At the time, I was curious to hear the verse of 'Sowing The Seeds' sung as a rap and it was this combined with a Talking Heads style chorus sung over the chord structure of 'Shout' that gave rise to the track. Due largely to the use of a rather fashionable (at the time) drumloop, the track received a fair bit of play in dance clubs where it caught the attention of a young band called Fluke who consequently remixed it into a much higher state. The remix was then released anonymously as a single in its own right and got to number 1 in the British dance chart.

 -Roland