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HEINRICH! ain’t nothin’ to fück with X4
Moved to Philly, all the way from Berlin
Berlin, Pennsylvania where it’s boring as sin
Got tapped to open for Decontrol
That’s when this beautiful city took a piece of HEINRICH!’s soul
Now I can’t depart until I give you this gift
The knowledge that HEINRICH! ain’t nothin’ to fück with
HEINRICH! ain’t nothin’ to fück with X4
Buy my t-shirts at Crash Bang Boom
I played Yakfest and I rocked the fückin’ room
Living in South Philly where’s there’s lots of bars
And you can by a kidney out the trunk of someone’s car
Travel up the Schuylkill for a couple of bucks
Letting everybody know NEW YORK CITY SUCKS!
Walkin’ down Broad Street, hear all the children shout
“Got a problem with Philly? Fück around and find out!”
Hanging out with Gritty – punching Nazis everyday
Saying the things that make Hipsters run away
But now it’s time to hit Ctrl Alt Shift
And remind you that HEINRICH! ain’t nothin’ to fück with
HEINRICH! ain’t nothin’ to fück with X12
“The autopsy shows that all of his internal organs have been punctured. All of his bones have been broken and all of his skin has been removed. Some children found his head on a fußball field serval miles away. Judging from this evidence, I can make but one conclusion: the Cause of Death was ‘fücking mit HEINRICH!’”
HEINRICH! ain’t nothin’ to fück with X8
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She's So Retro
02:44
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She’s so retro with her dial-up internet
Her Dippity Do and cans of Aqua Net
She’s so retro with her dot matrix printer
That keeps her warm throughout the winter
She’s so retro with her cassette tapes
And VHS copy of “Planet of the Apes”
She’s so retro with her when she gets to heaven
St. Peter’s gonna be there with a DX7
She’s so retro with her rotary phone
And haircut that makes her look like Johnny Ramone
She’s so retro when she answers the door
She says “Are you here to fix my Amiga 64?”
She’s so retro that she joined the Catholic Church
And insists that the sun goes around the Earth
She’s so retro when she’s in a bad mood
She shouts at the children “It’s ‘Mowg’, not ‘Moog’!”
She drove a Plymouth Satellite
Across the Great Salt Flats
Into the hill of L.A.
To find a Fotomat
She sees the world through a GAF View-Master
She lives her life on floppy disc
She wears her grandmother’s Mood Ring
She’s so retro it makes me sick
She’s so retro (repeat)
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Blind Orphans On Fire
03:44
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“I am the God of blind orphans on fire and I command you to dance”
Behind the counter at the DMV - blind orphans on fire
Lost in the forest, adrift at sea - blind orphans on fire
Acting out scenes from “Madame Bovary” - blind orphans on fire
Erasing themselves from history - blind orphans on fire
Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Banging on the ground with a Pepsi can
Working on the docks as stevedores - blind orphans on fire
They arrived from distant shores - blind orphans on fire
Stocking the shelves in convenience stores - blind orphans on fire
Smoking cigarettes and drinking Coors - blind orphans on fire
Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Banging on the ground with a Pepsi can
“Suddenly, in a small apartment in Berlin, a child turns to his father and says ‘Knock. Knock.’ and his father says ‘Fückin’ Jehovah’s Witnesses! I told you to stay the Hell away from my goddamn front door!.’”
“Only a few days later, another child in a different part of Berlin turns to his father and says ‘Papa, what is the largest pencil in the world?’ and his father says ‘The pencil I used to stab those fückin’ Jehovah’s Witnesses to death. THEY WOULDN’T STAY AWAY FROM MY FRONT DOOR!’”
Loitering and white-collar crime - blind orphans on fire
They know when to run and where to hide - blind orphans on fire
Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Banging on the ground with a Pepsi can
Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Getting all their meals from a garbage can
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Guilt Und Revenge
03:20
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“Achtung, Frauleins! Do you believe in Guilt und Revenge? Because ol’ HEINRICH! has something to say about it. And it goes just a little bit like this:”
Guilt. Guilt. Guilt und revenge
Invite them over like a pair of old friends
Then carve your name upon Stonehenge
All you’ll know are guilt and revenge
Revenge. Revenge. Revenge and guilt
Live your life up to the hilt.
Buy a house in Scotland and do what thou wilt
Revenge. Revenge. Revenge and guilt
Took a little walk to a place down the street
Just to get some cheese and meat
But I only shoplift locally
Because I care about the economy
Called an orphanage collect
Just to earn their respect
Don’t need a victim to avenge
When all you’ve got are Guilt und Revenge!
“Daddy, what’s guilt?”
“Well, Billy, the dictionary defines guilt as ‘a feeling of shame or regret as a result of bad conduct’ but I say that guilt is just the residue of a good time."
“Oh. Then what’s revenge?”
“Son, revenge is a sport invented by Abner Doublecross in 1839. It’s generally regarded to be America’s official pastime. Now get back to your job in the coal mine.”
Guilt. Guilt. Guilt und revenge
Invite them over like a pair of old friends
Then carve your name upon Stonehenge
All you’ll know are guilt and revenge
Revenge. Revenge. Revenge and guilt
Live your life up to the hilt.
Buy a house in Scotland and do what thou wilt
Revenge. Revenge. Revenge and guilt
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Welcome to the HEINRICH! show
I guess you had nowhere better to go
Let’s have some beer and hit the dance floor
Then we’ll do some shots and hit it once more
We’ll shake our butts and get ULTRASWEATY
Make James Brown look like Estelle Getty
Then meet me at the bar for a couple of drinks
‘Cuz I’m overheated und I stink
I'm Overheated Und I Stink x4
We’ve been dancing around for over an hour
Some of us could use a long hot shower
The club is getting funky
I don’t mean the tunes
I’m starting to smell like a wild baboon
Feeling my brow begin to perspire
Fruit flies landing on my synthesizer
I should head to the restroom – wash off in the sink
‘Cuz I’m overheated und I stink
I'm Overheated Und I Stink x4
Let’s get overheated. Let’s all stink. X 8
I'm Overheated Und I Stink x 8
Welcome to the HEINRICH! show
I guess you had nowhere better to go
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HEINRICH! Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In 1981, minimalist synth pioneer HEINRICH! fled from East Berlin to West Berlin. This act of heroism is in no way diminished by the fact that, at the time, HEINRICH resided in Berlin, Pennsylvania.
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