1989HERE TODAY, TOMORROW, NEXT WEEK!

01  Tidal Wave
02  Regina
03  Speed Is The Key
04  Dream TV
05  Nail
06  Pump
07  Eat The Menu
08  The Bee
09  Dear Plastic
10  Shoot Him
11  Water
12  A Day Called Zero
13  Planet
14  Hey
15  Dark Disco
16  Hot Meat

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TIDAL WAVE Einar The diesel is so nice I just need something Björk The barometer is falling down I feel so sultry something is simmering and boiling inside me If I ignore it and squeeze out laughter I charge up with a typhoon hurricanes and storms Einar Ahh I just need the diesel I just find the smell I just sniff it and I can feel the harbour just close by I just try to sniff the diesel but I can't I just can't get enough Björk Theres danger danger A tide with an undertow the sea is swelling Impatience makes me foam A wave inside me Forces out big words they splash and sprinkle an angry torrent breaking loose a flush or rushing joy Einar The diesel just makes me feel it just fills my veins I don't know why it just does The diesel is so... Björk It shouldn't gush out Einar It just fills me up Björk Don't want it to be fussy Einar I can't have a cigarette Björk It shouldn't gush out Einar Just fills me up if I have a cigarette it would make me go boom! Björk And I can't help it I'm exploding again I'm calling weather station Nomad and satellite Nimbus it's a blizzard inside me a bomb ticking! This is the tidal wave here comes the tidal wave Einar The diesel! Björk This is the tidal wave here comes the tidal wave Einar The diesel is just nice

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REGINA Einar Came from the east relative forgot to scrape away land in south exhausted engine no teeth - no chance to stop meet Johnny Björk Came from the east, like the sun but with tired engine Regina - otherwise magnificent Regina - in good bloom Ho-ho - as old as the sun Ho-ho - with white teeth Ho-ho - Regina Einar Land on islands : meet Johnny examine my red basalt cluster bottomless dust, terrific sun and wetting quite nicely thank you I do say nicely I do mean that actually Björk Blow into the chastity belt Regina Regina Ho-ho - Regina Ho-ho - Regina Einar Hex and bitch and deserves lobster and fame Oh Johnny Teeth and gums - in my life moon and sun - in my life lobster and - shrimps in my life I don't really like lobster! Björk Regina is too old but the sun is much older still, the sun with white teeth but Mrs R. with none Sun with false teeth give me lobster and fame! Einar I really don't like lobster! Björk Ho-ho - Regina

SONG INFO Released as a single in September 1989.

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SPEED IS THE KEY Einar Yech! Straight into the air at lightning speed fasten your seatbelts the future is mine Björk I'm a future woman in an irresistable world fast and sparkling speed is the key To to! Einar Lizards at lightning speed surprise me all the time does no-one respect space rules? Björk A big fresh meat slice a streamlined solid steal knife in it I must energize speed is the key To to! Einar Lizards playing around - and I'm one of them so I said: lizards of the world, unite! Björk I'm a spacegirl pass me that aeroplane I've got to go now speed is the key To to! Einar Alpha delta yankie Björk I'm a space woman shaped like a bullet no barriers whosh - there goes another second doubt kills speed is the key Einar This is not about my little angst this is about oh little me me I dont wanna die die just let me live live and what day is a good day to doubt doubt doubt doubt doubt doubt baby said roger over

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DREAM TV Einar Last night I woke up! Björk Ooh - I'm a TV Ooh - Transforming TV Einar Last night, a good dream woke me up I was entertained and smiled jumped straight out of my bed humming this and that while I had a glass of water sat down in my favourite chair and kept smiling but not not for long because I realised that all my dreams are nothing but the repetition of last week's television Björk I'm on my knees down on all four follows antennae thrust out through my forehead Ooh - I'm a TV Ooh - Transforming TV Einar I was no longer amused by, by my dream just like a lame turtle I paced the room and was disturbed by this newfound knowledge I could only blame myself and no-one else try to sleep again, but you can't, you can't, no not a dream, not again! no! oh not again! all my dreams are nothing oh! oh yes I knew all my dreams are nothing but the simple repetition of last week's television Björk I've turned into a TV my screen is smiling to get your attention I want you Ooh - I'm a TV Ooh - Transforming TV Einar Jumped straight out out of my bed and into the TV-room in my anger threw the TV-set out the window regret it instantly because this was a brand new twenty twenty inch - twenty-six inch TV set oh no! in my bed trying to sleep, but I can't because all my life, all my dreams are out the window with this new TV set

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NAIL Björk Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu! Einar Walk through here Björk When I've been just by myself I start thinking too much unhealthy things start to happen like gastric disorders ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! Einar Oh no Oh yes Oh no Einar I just go out walking with a piece of wood with a 4 inch nail driven through it Björk Walking! I'm coming! Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu! When I am just by myself, I think too much I start polishing my behaviour without any mercy ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! Einar Oh no Oh yes Oh no Björk Come tomorrow! I just have to ask you Show - can't you see? Einar Somehow all the people don't seem to like me I don't know why - I only - wanna - met - ohh! aaaahhhh! Björk Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu! When I've been just by myself I start thinking too much I know I'm not talkative what - I've become dry?! a-an emotional biscuit?! that's nonsense! not at all! Sir, this nail of yours is rusty - it's evil! I can't deal with it! I just have to stay here! I don't see a lot of people! they summon me! they don't know what's wrong! I can't come out! ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! ho-oh-ho! Einar how address you me? when you go on running infront of me, I go, bitch! stupid! I can't help it, I get those feeling, I just say listen, I'm sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

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PUMP Björk Eat me eat me, love leave nothing behind swallow me, all of me Drink me, love pour me in you devour me drink me in large gulps Einar I! I hate you! I really do I hate you! why should I why should I like you but I really I really I hate you! Björk I need you closer I want him now I want him in me Eat me love! Einar I thought I would never say that to anyone but I really do I don't use the word dislike Björk Consume me, love I want you to inhale me, all of me Drown me, love in a bottomless pond I'll never return swallow me, all of me Einar I - I don't love you! I - I really hate you! I dont like you at all I really hate you why should I? why should I lie to you? Björk I want you closer I want him now I want him in me EAT ME, LOVE! Swallow me, all of me Swallow me, all of me Swallow me, all of me He's coming closer! He's coming now! He's gonna touch me! EAT ME, LOVE! Einar Do, I, I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate you! Björk Eat me, love - your open mouth Eat me, love - I, on your tongue - you got to eat me, love Eat me, love - you gulp me Eat me, love - I, down your gullet - you eat me, love Eat me, love - I, in your stomach Eat me, love - eat me love - you splash acid on me Eat me, love - I travel down the intestines Eat me, love - through the bowels, and out! He's coming closer He wants me now I want to eat him EAT ME, LOVE! EAT ME, LOVE! EAT ME, LOVE! YOU GOT TO EAT ME, LOVE! Einar I hate you

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EAT THE MENU Einar Limousines! oranges! stars! moons! submarines! jeeps! glaciers! cars! caterpillars! even grapes! Björk It's none of my business but you have to eat your appetite is appalling, oh! Einar Eat eat - eat the menu Björk Have have - have some salad bite bite - bite an apple s-s-suck - suck an orange taste taste - taste the paté I'm just a maid but yes to food is yes to life Einar I've got to eat something otherwise I'll die, but the choice is too great I can't decide what to eat I'll possibly just eat the menu Björk How would you like strawberry juice? or lemon red sea perch? oh! Einar Eat eat - eat the menu Björk Bite bite - bite the kiwi have have - have some chicken I'm just a maid but yes to food is yes to life Einar The waiter came with the menu and said: here you go! I said thank you, but the choice is too great! why can't I be a cod in the depths of the ocean and just eat small fish? the cod has so simple taste, but I have all the choice! Björk Bite bite - bite an apple suck suck - s-s-s-s-so! taste taste - taste the paté oh! lemon! Einar Limousines! oranges! stars! moons! submarines! jeeps! glaciers! cars! caterpillars! even grapes! Björk Oh, you vague costumer! you have to look somewhere else you have to find something to eat Einar Eat eat - eat the menu Björk No! eat eat - eat a moment oh! eat eat - eat a feeling Einar Eat eat - eat the menu Björk Eat eat - eat a feeling Eat eat - eat a person Eat eat - eat a rockband, or... ohh! Einar I won't complain, BUT

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THE BEE Björk Who is it? who'll get the sting? who'll get the stripes? black and yellow A dangerous creature chattering wings flashing antennae who is it? It buzzes fine - the bee buzzes fine, stings deep Einar I play a frightening little game I eject myself at scary speed In front of cars and I go: WAH!!! Björk She is it she's got the sting she's dangerous she stings He gets stung he is out she gets the honey she is it She flies great - the bee flies great, stings deep Einar The cars freeze from fright when they see my beautiful body and tongue then I speed away No-one catches me - I'm the fastest bee in town! Björk Oh, hot bee queen of heaven with glossy trunk buzz to me I want to be stung I want to be out here is the honey you're it It stings deep - the bee it stings deep! oh, the bee! it stings deep, kills fast!

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DEAR PLASTIC Björk P-p-p-plastic N-n-n-nylon T-t-t-terylene Made of atoms by tender fingers and determined heads of inventors tickling, perfection P-p-p-plastic R-r-r-rayon Einar I was born aeons ago, before anything human was known my friends the alchemists told me everything was natural and always will be that way and possible to make gold from dirt Björk P-p-p-plastic N-n-n-nylon Dear plastic - be proud don't imitate anything you're pure, pure, pure P-p-p-plastic N-n-n-nylon Einar I believed I was the dustbin for knowledge took everything and digested of course I became big, bigger and very very strong! Today, I'm old and withering away my friends the alchemists long disappeared into dust I no longer get anything fruity - no longer gold made from dirt the only thing I get is spacefood on a tray Quanto itres forma... Björk WOW! P-p-p-plastic N-n-n-nylon Einar And what sounds so different! I want possibly: alchehest, elixir, magisteria, medicine? homonoculum? eda ár potamile. sulphur, possibly? or even maturing quintessense, alteressense?

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SHOOT HIM Einar Kann vi ekki skjóta hann? There were four of us one of us was the landlord there were and we were on a drinking spree I had eaten my take-away I washed my landlord he was covered in gravy the others were amazed how dirty he was how I was but I said: he never took a bath! he never takes a bath! so why why don't we just shoot him? AAHHH WHY WHY WHY WHY SHOOT HIM Björk Why not just shoot him? Why not just shoot him? Why not just shoot him? Why not just shoot him? Einar I said: that's no polite manner to behave in! or something like that, I was too drunk to remember but I said: he can't suffer the cold water he'll die! he'll die! they said no way, José! I said: my name ain't José! he said: yes it is! but I think he was already dead he suffered a stroke in the bath so why not just shoot him? why not just shoot him? WHY WHY WHY WHY SHOOT HIM Björk Why not just shoot him? Why not just shoot him? Why not just shoot him? Why not just shoot him? Einar I said: I don't know but he was so dirty but why give him a bath? why don't you just give him a bullet in the head!

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WATER Björk Wait for me underneath the water wait for me - I have to go now into the big city she pulls me firmly towards her Wait for me underneath the water wait for me - I'll come you'll be fine underneath the water I'll be back early next summer Einar We met again at the lake after all these years you said: want a drink? Björk I love you, love you you know I will be back hold your breath and nestle into the ice Wait for me underneath the water wait for me and count to ten you'll look up and I will be there wait for me - I'll come Einar The lake was frozen you took me for a walk over the ice I cracked, the ice cracked - I fell into the lake I watched you through the ice Björk My love into you love - I want you Wait for me underneath the water wait for me and sing along "she's coming - she's coming, coming" wait for me - I'll come Einar I watched you through the ice I expected you to call for help you just laid down on the ice and you smiled I tried to kiss you through the ice but then i realised i had to say bye bye bye bye Björk under the water frozen under frozen over water, under, over frozen man take care Wait for me underneath the water

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A DAY CALLED ZERO Björk A day called zero is the day we'll all relax mountains will tumble with a long and heavy thump dust spreads on the sky so the sun will grow pale oil tanks tear open and the city livens up both A day called zero Björk A day called zero will be such a busy day whistling marches I'll hoover my past away Controlling a bulldozer I will improve my town stacking concrete slabs me and you, my pluto both A day called zero Björk Will you be with me on that day? we'll be watching and smiling At last it's over! nothing stops us now! come and enter me - let's multiply! On a day called zero! both A day called zero A day called zero Einar Bragi need a break! Bragi lost all his teeth! both A day called zero A day called zero

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PLANET Björk The universe it is so big - I feel dizzy when I think about it my head swims, I get giddy, still I realize that long ago it was so small I could have kept it underneath my little skirt at least until the big bang happened Einar Every man Every woman Björk Sun - planet - the universe, and me! When I'm excited and have to wait my organs start to move, my lungs pump cells flow faster on tracks inside me I demand to see myself from within - to be a cell for a day Einar Every man Every woman Björk Sun - planet - the universe, and me! Universe and me Universe and me - am I a planet? Universe and me Universe and me The planets and me, we get along so well together gliding down imaginary rollercoaster-paths along the sky I can do somersaults around Jupiter, if I feel like it nothing can stop a planet - but a planet can stop anything at all Einar Every man Every woman Björk Sun - planet - the universe, and me! The universe and me! The universe and me!

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HEY Hæ! Hæ! Ég sagði hæ hæ hæ!

HEY Hey! Hey! I said hey hey hey!

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DARK DISCO (TBA)

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HOT MEAT Björk I close the door shouldn't burn yet but the wires get hotter my palms are glowing Einar I close the door no it won't it's sure to get hotter my palms are glowing Björk This is : hot meat this is : metallic blood this is : hot meat this is : open sweat I'm gonna show you with my fingers I'll have to draw with the eye with your own breath I'll tear your lungs, oh! This is : hot meat this is : metallic blood this is : hot meat open sweat Einar Well, I'll be damned! if this ain't the country and western version of Cold Sweat I heard it months ago - it's bad, bad, bad! but this side of the blackest meadows I make my winter dwelling and there, I'll crush my bones Björk Oh, this is : hot meat this is : metallic blood hot meat open sweat I'll sail out the window I'll walk down the hedge I will not finish till I'm fully satisfied This is : hot meat this is : metallic blood this is : hot meat this is : hot meat this is : metallic blood this is : open sweat