Gong: Zero to Infinity

Foolfare | Magdalene | The Invisible Temple | Zeroid | Wise Man in Your Heart | Mad Monk | Yoni on Mars | Damaged Man | Bodilingus | Tali's Song

1. Foolfare - daevid allen, 1999 (words unsung on this version)

will you come with me to the temple 
the circle of equal people 
who sing from the heart 
its so simple 
the songs of the future creatures 
there is only one way 
to the temple 
and that's if you 
choose to freely 
may the love that we live 
through the temple 
be strong in the lives 
of all the people... 

2. Magdalene - daevid allen, 1997

yo...yo... yo... 
yo...yo...yo... 
Magdele-e-ne 
please teach me how to learn 
Magdele-e-ne 
teach me how to burn 
Magdele-e-ne 
(and) when you've 
taught me how to burn 
Magdele-e-ne 
show me how to yearn 
...for you 

Magdele-e-ne 
Magdele-e-ne 
Magdele-e-ne 
show me how to yearn for you! 

3. The Invisible Temple - gilli smyth, 1999

Part 1

Yoni...Yoni... 
Where are you? 
Yoni... 
She flies out of the sky 
with a great swoosh of wings 
and a flapping of feathers swirling by. 

Dissolving dream destroyers 
who stamp like mice in jackboots 
on imaginative schemes. 

But dreams come through 
like lighted train windows 
in the night 
and the wind whirling in the trees. 

Reality thieves shout fear and doubt. 
O it's a nightmare nightmare... 
Sailing in the sky with yoni on high... 
Yoni... 

Part 2

Beyond... 
Beyond the veil... 
Zero to infinity! 

Part 3

The dogs of Diana play 
They surf on incandescent waves 
Muskrat, merquat, small eyed snake 
Streaming 
Marmoset bear and howling wolf 
Streaming higher. 
Diana hunts but never kills. 

Diana hunts but never kills 
never kills those living things. 

Those living things 
in vast concentric rings concentric rings 

4. Zeroid - daevid allen & gilli smyth, 1999

Turn on information energy 
information line. 
You know you can see that the future 
currency is time. 
Lafta yo-ga-ga information: 
It's only rap'n'soul. 

I mirror you-you mirror me 
into infinity. 
I mirror you-you mirror me 
into infinity. 

You mirror me I mirror you 
into infinity. 

don't lose con- 
-trol don't lose 
con-trol don't. 
Don't. 
Con-trol don't. 
Don't. 

I let go. I let go. I let go. 
Now. 
I let go. Now. 

I let go. I let go. I let go. 
Now. 
I let go. Now. 

[Zero...You'll never be a hero to me!] 

I'm through I'm through the crack in time! 
In the garden see the woman in the blue coat 
with stars in her hair! 
Magdelene... Priestess... Magdelene... 
An unearthly wind blows the curtains of leaves. 
Through the slit I see a flash 
of everything. 

5. Wise Man in Your Heart - daevid allen, 1969

I met a man, a wise old man, the day I lost my pride. 
He told me he belonged to me but from me he would hide. 
And that I would not hear his voice until I learned to sing. 
Now every time I sing I know that I belong. 
belong to him. 
Singing O why...Singing O why... 

He told me he would teach me everything I tried to know. 
He made me see that you and me are dreamers in a show. 
And when the days were darkest then he lit them with his moons. 
And then we crossed the rainbow bridge but we came back... 
Came back too soon... 
Singing O why...Singing O why... 

He showed me where he was Atman that man I could not see. 
He pointed to the sky until a ladder I could see. 
I climbed for many lives to find the secret golden flower. 
And then I woke and found I'd slept for less than half... 
Than half an hour. 
Singing O why...Singing O why... 

He brought us back together then when I was all alone. 
He made me see I was not just of earth and skin and bone. 
O it makes you feel so beautiful you can tell your Self apart. 
Everytime you listen to the wise man in your heart. 
Singing O why...Singing O why... 

6. Mad Monk - daevid allen, 1999

In Yukatan, or in some country like it. 
There went a man, he was a crazy mystic. 
And in the sky he saw a way, 
he heard a voice singin a song 
all about it. 
He saw the Path, it made him laugh... 
No ego fuss-so obvious-who could doubt it! 
He giggled & laughed all day... 
Wuz nothing that he could say... 
What more can I tell you? 

Bout the mad monk he don't shake no tit 
Just him & the One Love: That's IT! 
Mad monk he's a dancing soul 
Don't need no guru to take control 
Lafta yoga show me the way! 
Lafta yoga show me the way! 
Lafta yoga make me my day! 

Don't gimmee that olde time religion! 
No Lucifer no moral correction! 
No denomination, no confusion, no persuasion, 
No holy roller bogeyman no way! 
If you want direction, you better listen to 
the inner tuition, get on an inner mission! 
Whatcha doin' in the sin bin hey? 
Havin more fun than anyone ain'tcha? 
And you think you,re dabblin with danger don'tcha! 
But if ya listen to the mad monk 
You know what he,ll tell yoo? 
Whatever turns you on can be your teacher 
But only if you want it bad, you gotta be mad! 
You must have had a proper gutful of propaganda 
To under-overstand what the mad monk means 
When he hits you with the lafta yoga... 
You wanna know what lafta yoga is? 
Erhh herh herh ha ha ha hahhahhahhaa..whooh hooh hah 
Whooh hoo haah ha ha ha ha hah haaaa! 

Back in Mississippi, back in the bible belt... 
A mystic Walter Mitty, but one who was free of guilt! 
Him an, 'is One Love, he who would shake no tit! 
The Klu Klux Klan might turn him into tuna melt! 
Lafta yoga show me the way! 
Lafta yoga make me my day! 
Yeh! 

7. Yoni on Mars - gilli smyth, 1999

Witch Yoni looping round the moon. 
Tripping to Mars. 
Drifting on the red world. 
Walking the dog...star. 
Talking galactic acrobat. 
Ah here's a huge blue balloon... 
Its Zero! 

Floating Zero comes to rest 
at Yoni's place on Mars. 
She sorts the DNA up there 
Looking for the perfect mix. 
Zero shines in the light of two red suns, 
His bubble self extends beyond the skyline. 
They are together...o yes... 
They are apart. 
A delightful time. 
They watch the stars with great attention. 
Then they part. 

8. Damaged Man - daevid allen, 1999

Behind the mask of the dictator 
I know there is a damaged man. 
Inside the man there is a frightened little boy 
With scary toys 
That somebody will make a deal with. 
On either side there is resistance 
to the thought of change. 
Eventually there is a moment 
When one by one the zen machine guns fall to silence. 
And all the children still alive can then be saved 
To turn em into good little soldiers. 
O Warrior Warrior 
Why do you want to kill and kill and kill 
The women and the children! 
Your mothers and your daughters! 
Your very own ancestors! 
There is no them and us and them and us at all... 
Just other versions of ourselves. 

9. Bodilingus - daevid allen

(phone) "Hello!" 
(body) "Hello! Is that my virtual you? This is your body speaking! 

Ahh yeah...hah...my body! 
My body is talking to me! 
Uh oh! My flesh is stressing! Distressing! 
Its creeping! Its crawling! My bones are knocking. 
They,re clicking.They,re clackety clacketing! 
My tongue is furrr...licky sticky wicketing! My tongue is flickering. My teeth 
are gig gig gig gnashing! Gnashing! 
They're racheting! Yick Yak Yak YUK! I have bad breath! 
My bowels are wise. My wise old bowels! 
Downloading. Downloading. 
My eyes say: 
WEBSITE! WEBSITE! WEBSITE! 

CHORUS:
Speak with your body. 
Feel with your mind. 
Dance with your heart and soul. 
My feet are very under-standing!! 
My knees are very knowing! 
They argue...They debate! 
My kneecaps...My old school kneecaps! 
Are scoffing! They're quaffing! They're scuffling! 
(theo sax) 
My feet are carrying on regardless! 
They're carrying on regardless! 
My ears are radiating. They're tintintabulating! 
My skin is very rash. What's it insinuating? 
Too much skin-up-ulating? 

CHORUS

My poor old bum! My bum! 
Its dumbing down! Its numb! Its numb! 
My scrotum is bitching, its tetchy, its twitching. 
My prostate is postulating... 
I think it's taking the piss! 

My spermatoza goes eeek! Is that monsanto? 
Is that the monsanto clause? The testicle my friends, 
is very mystical. Or simply testy, testy. 
Very very testy! 

CHORUS

Now I remember my body.. 
Our body..my body..your body.. 
Every body! 
What a surprise! 
You,re very very wise! 
I call it body language... 
I call it body language... 
I call it body language... 
So thank you very very much! 

10. Tali's Song - daevid allen, 1980

Tali's in the garden 
By the wishing well 
Wishing he could find a way 
To break the magick spell 
That keeps his father far away 
Across the windy seas 
In misty forests listening... 
To the music of the trees. 

Orlando's in the kitchen 
Licking on a spoon 
Behind his eyes he's far away 
Riding on the moon 
He dreamed he saw his father 
Sitting by a stream 
And his spirit floated up to him 
And it kissed him in the brain 

I'm coming to visit you inside your head 
I'm leaving my body 
Behind in my house 
On my bed. 
Can you hear me... 
I'm getting nearer... 
And can you feel me... 
Now I'm there... 
He's here! 

Tasmin's on the highway 
Hitching rides across the land 
She loves a singer in a rock'n'rollin band 
Whenever someone picks her up 
And tries to put her down 
She just smiles her father's smile... 
Then she splits without a sound. 

Ananda's on the veranda 
Working on his bike 
He wants to ride to Bearsville 
Just to check out what its like 
But high in the Himalayas 
His father stops his car 
And standing on the summit 
He's wondering how you are... 

He's coming to visit you inside your head. 
He's leaving his body behind 
in his house on his bed 
So do ya hear him 
He's coming nearer 
Now can you feel him? 
He's here... 
He's here! 

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