Silence Is Golden

by Boyd Rice and Friends

From the album: Music, Martinis, and Misanthropy

Track 13 of 14 on Music, Martinis, and Misanthropy (1990).

Duration: 2:19

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Lyrics for Silence Is Golden

If I had a pistol to hold in my hand I'd hunt down and silence the Good Humour man, I'd pour sticky ice cream all over his wound and stop him forever from playing his tune. For Silence is golden on a soft summers day. It's a pity to let strangers take it away. If ever I get me a license to kill I'll war on the jukebox and jackhammer till the wind and rain rust up all their parts and the worms and the woodchucks dissect their hearts. For silence is golden and hard to be found, and killed far too often by the jackhammer's sound. If diesels and dump trucks and gossips were words I'd feed them like kernels of corn to the birds and then all the thumping and bumping and pounds would come out forever like pretty bird sounds. For silence is golden and soft as a tear. The soft sound of empty is the next voice you'll hear.

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  2. People
  3. The Hunter
  4. Nightwatch
  5. Disney Land Can Wait
  6. An Eye for an Eye
  7. Down in the Willow Garden
  8. I'd Rather Be Your Enemy
  9. Tripped a Beauteous Maiden
  10. As for the Fools
  11. Shadows of the Night
  12. History Lesson
  13. Silence Is Golden
  14. Bonus Track