Mission: Impossible -- Cobra

[jrat]

ok, first off, i think EC must have the craziest ears of all time, or i simply had the wrong idea by making my neighbours enjoy it also, perhaps too loud. but i think she hit it right on the head with a few lines:

 "Too many courtiers, not enough needs" ......how you got that ill never know, but genius

 Lamp's the light's the kerosene .....i was close, but this makes complete sense

Sweatboard too, got some i couldnt
" I'm hooked on four like 123 " i like it, werks for me

theres more but im all cobrad out right now. going BOWLING!! cant wait to check this later. and thanks for starting this Boar, these have been eating at me for months

[wellfleet]

whoa... you guys have the patience of... OXEN!!!  :D

i tried to do this but then got into the song so much that my pen fell out of my hand and i just swooned to the muzeek... anyway, good job, folks.

[George_Savage]

Thanks for doing this, people!   I have long wondered about the lyrics to this 23+ minutes masterpiece.   I had some of them figured out, but not as many as y'all do.   If I can remember and if I can find it, I will forward my "review" of Cobra from two or three years back.   I have always called that very last part "the Tyson segment" because the way Jim's talking there always reminds me of how Mike Tyson talks.  

Low Dog

[ali]

i love that jim wrote a song with the lyric:

"Why do my toes always feel so cold?"

i have to go get the EP now & have a listen!

[ali]

i've been trying to track down a live version of cobra - i downloaded "end of cobra" from the 28/05/04 show at the opera house, which was great, but is really only the middle section of the song... have they ever played the whole thing live?

[EC]

ali, I believe the answer to that question is no.  I believe.  There's a lot of legend surrounding Cobra.   8)

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

ali, I believe the answer to that question is no.  I believe.  There's a lot of legend surrounding Cobra.   8)

lebowskifest 2004?  wasn't that the full version...or was I intoxicated? hahhahhahha of course I was....

yes, there's a legend for sure.  

[Angry Ewok]

I tried... The more disputable lines are in bold...

I

Cobra comes up next to me.
Any where he goes, he's silently.                    
How do you take speaking so much?
How do you live without a lover's touch?
Dale always says it's easy
]I'm hooked on funk like one, two, three
I got them moves, declared to me
You need to listen cuz I guarantee you're for sure

Now I know I've been movin' too much
I'm gonna live for my hotty's touch

How do you take (him/mmm) speaking so much?
How do you live without a lover's touch?

Covered in charcoal, head to toe
Sticky, sticky charcoal, I want you to know
How I long till I get these off?
They're so convenient but at such a cost

Can I go out to eat?
Sticky, sticky warmth, come and rush to me
I want to know, I want to see

There's life for me, Mmhmm.

Oh how I long till I get these off?
They're so convenient but at such a cost.


II   (New weird accent)

I know somebody, yes, I know someone
Who loves to wait, loves to wait for the policeman to come.
I know somebody, yes, I know them well
And I'm aware of the thought they call ringing the bell

Four on the floor and four in the air
I'm drinkin' cold, cold lightning with the bugs in my hair
I knew a partner, yes, I know his house

(There's a fragment of a word here at the end, I think - I wonder if its from the verse being cut just a fraction of a second too late before being looped?)

I know somebody, yes, I know someone
Who likes to wait, likes to wait for the policeman to come.

I know somebody, yes, I know them well
And I'm aware of the thought they call ringing the bell
Four on the floor and four in the air
I'm drinkin' cold, cold lightning with the bugs in my hair
I knew a partner, yes, I know his house

I know somebody, yes, I know someone,
Who loves to wait, loves to wait for those policeman to come.
I know somebody, yes I know them well
And I'm aware of the thought they call ringing the bell.
Out on the floor and four in the air
I'm drinkin' cold, cold lightning with the bugs in my hair
I knew a partner, yes, I know his house

III

Why do my toes always feel so cold?
How come? How come? How come?
Why's all the soap always burn like a roll/rope?
How come? How come? How come?
When I see your reflection, it always frightens me
So strong that I can hardly speak.
How come?

Mixed up potion in the summer's ocean
Feel I'm swimming in a tiny lil ocean
Too many car chairs, and not enough needs
How come? How come? How come?

Thank you for all the sleep
So I know the spark's outside
Stuff that keeps me clean
Stuff that helps me breathe
The lamps, the lights, the kerosene
Beautiful, two gardenias spring
How come?

Why does all the soap always burn like the roll/rope?
How come? How come? How come?
Why's all my toes always seem so cold?
How come? How come? How come?

IV (Thuggish)

Just wanna shout out to all y'all, all the fellas
I guess we were staying here (???)
I'd like to give a shout out to all the boys,
From the North Dallas, all the way down to San Anton,
It's a real good feelin', you know what I'm sayin?
All the ones who just .... (???)
They be gone, but I reckon I'm breakin out every day (???)
You know what I'm saying?
So I guess it's a fine way to end.
We out.

[ali]

ali, I believe the answer to that question is no.  I believe.  There's a lot of legend surrounding Cobra.  

i went out & bought choc/ice last night - NOW i understand why there may not be a full live version..... :) lord the song is like an album all by itself

i think it may be the hip-shakin'est mmj song i've heard so far - i was having a little groove listening to it last night  ;D