Since I find myself sporting the silly cat’s-tongue goatee again, and Jake laughed and pointed at the song when he saw it in a tracklisting, and a little bird tells me that a Gizmos/Dow Jones and the Industrials reunion is imminently impending (well, Memorial Day) in Indy, may I present a silly, silly button that John Barge and Eric White (I believe) went to the trouble of making, oncet upon a time.
It features the mug of Indiana’s own Dale Lawrence, as he found himself in what was described to me as “a serious Dennis Wilson phase.” A click will enlarge the image, and you too can sport your own button.
(The Gizmos and Dow Jones were two of Indiana’s earliest punk/new wave outfits, back in the late seventies – and regulars here already know that Dale is the bandleader for Indy’s own Vulgar Boatmen.)
HAIR ON MY FACE
(Gizmos: Lawrence/Nightshade? maybe just Nightshade)
(transcription by ear and very likely contains errors)
I got hair growin’ out of my face I swear
It just started to curl and gave me quite a scare
I can’t do my wash, I can’t go to shows
It’s all over my teeth and all under my nose
I’m a total disgrace – I got hair on my face
Well my friends don’t wanna know me and what’s even worse
my girlfriend tells me that she thinks it’s a curse
she says baby baby baby don’t you be untrue
cuz it’s only the hair and I’m under to you (?)
I gotta find a good lawyer who can see my case
hair on my face
(chorus:)
Well how’m I s’posed to do my rockin’ when I got a big beard
I can see down the years and it feels pretty wierd (?)
It’s a phenomenal case and I don’t know what to do
If you can tell me baby baby I’d be indebted to you
I talked to my priest yeah I talked to my ‘fess
I told him I’d buy a new car if he told me it’s bad
He told me quite a lot baby against you
We talked a lot about facial hair – achoo
I’m a disgrace to my race – I got hair on my face
OH LET’S GO!
(lead break)
chorus
I got hair growin’ out of my face I swear
It just started to grow and gave me quite a scare
I can’t do my wash, I can’t go to shows
It’s all over my teeth and all under my nose
I’m a total disgrace – I got hair on my face
I’m a total disgrace – I got hair on my face
I gotta find a good lawyer who can see my case
Hair on my face
Holy Moley! A Gizmo’s / DJ&tI Reunion??