Electric Blues

Lyrics

[QUARTET OF TRIBE MEMBERS] Tell me who do you love man? Tell me what man? Tell me what's it you love man? Yeah [TRIBE MEMBER] An old-fashioned melody Dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee [QUARTET] Tell me what's it that moves you? Tell me what's it that grooves you? Yeah [TRIBE MEMBER] An old-fashioned melody Dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee [QUARTET] But old songs leave you dead We sell our souls for bread We're all encased in sonic armor Beltin' it out through chrome grenades Miles and miles of medusan chord The electronic sonic boom It's what's happening, baby It's where it's at, daddy They chain 'ya and brainwash you When you least suspect it They feed ya mass media The age is electric I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues Thwump, rackety whomp rock Folk rock, rhythm and blues [TRIBE MEMBER, simultaneously] An old-fashioned melody An old-fashioned melody An old-fashioned melody [QUARTET, simultaneously] Electronics explodin', rackety clack Whomp, plugged in, turned on Rackety shwump whoomp, rock Folk rock, rhythm and blues Thwump, rackety clack Whoomp, whump, poof Caved in, caved in, yes caved in [QUARTET] We're all encased in sonic armor Beltin' it out through chrome grenades Miles and miles of medusan chord The electronic sonic boom It's what's happening, baby It's where it's at, daddy They chain ya and brainwash you When you least suspect it They feed ya mass media The age is electric I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues [TRIBE MEMBER, spoken] Turn it up! Louder! Louder! [QUARTET] I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric blues I got the electric- [TRIBE MEMBER, spoken] What the fuck! I was singing! [TRIBE MEMBER, spoken] We blew the system! [JEANIE, spoken] Where's the fuse box? [TRIBE MEMBER, spoken] Nah, the whole city went dead [TRIBE, spoken] New York City blackout!