The Blue Signal

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OCTOTHORPE: The Blue Signal
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Destruction!
Smashing concrete blocks.
They send the population into shock.

What is this?
Cardboard invaders.
It's all about disturbing Ralph Nader.

Here they come!
They're quick and they're sane.
And they observe the pulmonary vein.

I start to look.
Pointing at paintings.
We start the process of something planning.

[Chorus]

Send it up, up and down.
We will save the puny town.

What we know cannot be conveyed.
Stopping the boxes is our crusade.

We will win and that we already know.
The result won't be quid pro quo.


We need the rain and our need is non-fictional.
Send up the bus and the blue signal.

[End Chorus]

The master plan is in hand.
The weather is under my command.

Buildings all come smashing down.
We go speeding all around town.

We found a functional jeep.
Things like that don't come cheap.

Its like an ardent suitor.
With his crazy robo-butler.

[Chorus]

Distracted with destruction.
I distort the disturbance.

We do what the animals can't.
Dogs, cats, mice, and elephants.

Apparently drowning.
Though preoccupied with counting.

Cardboard mayhem is the cause.
Disintegration due to structural flaw.

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by obscurity

The Blue Signal

Red means stop, green means go
but this blue signal I just don't know
I didn't read that in the highway code
something new at the end of the road
Honk their horns, curse and shout
but the blue signal just won't go out
I can't move on till the right light shows
red light stops and green light goes

I don't understand, this isn't like I planned
A simple trip down the road
It's not what you need when you want to proceed
A signal you can't decode

It doesn't make sense, there's no precedence
for changing the traffic sign
Why change it now, was it broken somehow?
It's messing with my mind

Feeling scared, and confused
Don't think I've ever been so bemused
The people behind are getting more irate
but it's not my fault I'm making them late
So surreal, so damned strange
but this blue signal just will not change
I see it clearly, a sign of danger
flashing in my rear-view mirror

I don't understand, this isn't like I planned
A simple trip down the road
It's not what you need when you want to proceed
A signal you can't decode

It doesn't make sense, there's no precedence
for changing the traffic sign
Why change it now, was it broken somehow?
It's messing with my mind

I don't understand, this isn't like I planned
A simple drive down the road
the last thing you need on acid and speed
A signal you can't decode

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by Blue Lang

blue's "blue signal"

my girl
sweats like a hurricane
tastes like an ice cream cone
and dances like the queen of africa

my girl
sweats it like a hurricane
tastes like an ice cream cone
and dances like the african queen

she knows it doesn't pay to be mean
her karma's like a pocketwatch

my girl
she's got some poor neighbor
all wrapped up in her flavah
he's askin for a night on the town

but you know she's turnin him down
she's got a better boy to do

she's givin me the signal
she's sayin blue come get it

my girl
she's makin music
she's on the tele
she's planting tiny flowers at noon

and showing off her breasts to the moon
that's all i'm telling

my girl
she's driving and she's singing
she navigates by knowing
all the different places she's been

they're begging her to let em back in
but she only drinks the new in them

she's giving me the signal
she's saying blue come get it

and if this all seems fanciful
some lie i'll have to answer for
i've got some things to hide on my walls

and the marks of all the boudoires noire
and the whisper of her voice on the phone
and the crazy ways my body's been done
and the miles that for her i have flown
and the places in my mind that are gone

where the other girls used to be

my girl
sweats like a hurricane
tastes like an ice cream cone
and dances like the queen of africa

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the blue signal
words and music by steve o. styles (jack shite)

the blue signal
keeps shining through
the blue signal
leads back to you

just another kid
growing up in motor city
where the streets are full of crack
and the girls aren't pretty
got a lush for a mom
and i got no dad
wanna run away
run away so bad

the blue signal
keeps shining through
the blue signal
leads back to you

well if nobody believes in me
why should i believe
everybody thinks that i've got
something up my sleeve
if i'm a gonna make it
gonna make it on my own
ain't nobody out there
gonna throw this dog a bone

the blue signal
keeps shining through
the blue signal
leads back to you

met a girl at a club
just the other day
when i looked in her eyes
well she took my breath away
when she walked on by
all cold and aloof
i asked her name and all she said was
"blue"

the blue signal
keeps shining through
the blue signal
leads back to you

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Jo Neric (Just for this week, in honor of Blue [Cool] ) - "The Blue Signal"
[words subject to change]
[Words have changed]

It's like a blue movie.
We meet in a seedy bar.
She's throwing me signals
but I don't know what the meanings are.
She downs the shotglass
and she beckons with her open hand.
I can go with her but baby
It still won't make me a man.

[chorus]
She's recklessly disregarding safety.
To her, it's all inconsequential.
I'm plunging blindly into the rainy darkness,
Because she put up no blue signal.
[end chorus]

She left me out at sea
eleven miles off the shore.
There was a lighthouse there,
but I don't see it anymore.
A seagull overhead -
and god do I wish I could fly
underneath the strain of stars
and blending with the navy sky.

(chorus)

She'll throw a screwball at me.
I can't read her pantomimes.
I just don't know the point
where I am gonna cross the line.
I put my hand in hers, and
then she turns a rosy hue,
looks at me, and then she says,
"I bet you think you know the blues."

(chorus)

(obligatory repitition of song title until end)

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by the Idiot Kings

here's "the blue signal" a bit early.


i'm waiting for that look
you know the look i mean
the blue signal she writes across her face
before she dances herself into the night.

i'm waiting for that look
the bluest of the blues
painted across even the way she walks
when she wants to come with me.

i'm waiting for that look
as i stumble through her mind
reeling through all those reds and greens
until i find the blue in the heart of it all.

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THE BLUE SIGNAL / King Arthur

She can feel it waking in her mind
She can tell as it begins to climb,
Slow and steady toward the light;
Frustration mixed up with despair
At first she's angry, then she's scared;
She knows something isn't right.

A million thoughts, her mind at war
Each contradicts the one before
Marching 'round like disconnected men
And as she's drawn into the hole,
Just before she's lost contol,
She whispers, "here we go again."

She knows this feeling, she's been here before
(the Blue Signal, coming in loud and clear)
She knows this feeling, she's just not sure
What to do about it...

She's adrift upon a restless sea,
No direction clear and she's
A sailor helpless on the tides.
A feather balanced in the breeze,
A dread of what awaits as she
Nears the bottom of the slide.

One part of her is well aware,
Some other part just doesn't care
So conflicted, she can't deal;
Her courage fails and she can't fight,
She won't pretend and she won't hide
She won't deny the things she feels.

She knows this feeling, it's upon her once more
(the Blue Signal, coming in loud and clear)
She knows this feeling, she's just not sure
What to do about it...

Still, something tells her this won't last
So she waits while endless hours pass
Just straps her spirit to the mast
And drifts... and drifts... (inst intro)

She knows this feeling, she's been here before
(the Blue Signal, coming in loud and clear)
She knows this feeling, it's upon her once more
(the Blue Signal, coming in loud and clear)
Receiving a message that she can't ignore
(the Blue Signal, coming in loud and clear)
She knows this feeling, she's just not sure
What to do about it...

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The Blue Signal
by Blind Mime Ensemble

Blue signal is calling...

Everything is lost
With or without reason
With just a touch of fear
I steal away with madness

Blue signal is calling...

We love each other madly
We sleep away the weekend
I'm found again come Monday
Just walking in my footsteps

Blue signal is calling...

Blue signal is calling...

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The Blue Signal
The Landfills

*BING*
*BING*
*BING*
*BING*

*BING*

Go ahead, have a cig.
You only smoke two cartons a week.

Maybe another cheeseburger.
You know you're not a health-food freak.

And when you notice it,
You'll try to ignore,
To say that it's alright.
But it is taking you away.

*BING*
*BING*
*BING*
*BING*

*BING*

When they put you on the stretcher,
When they're doing C.P.R. on you,

Maybe you'll be conscious long enough
To hear them call out "Code blue!"

The vise closing on your chest.
Shortness of breath.
The pain in your left arm.
Why don't you just slip away?

*BING*
*BING*
*BING*
*BING*

*BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...*

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"He's metabolically challenged, Jim."

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Blue Signal
by Balls to Monte

Baby, you're at the crossroads
Between youth and maturity
And all the nighttime's red-hot parties
Only bring responsibilities

And you know that you still look good

Your light's not green or yellow
Step back, take some time to mellow
Cool down, Blue Signal ahead

You live on twisted neon
And bartop candle flame
Old baggage mixed with vodka
Will haunt you just the same

It's a new day, don't hide in bed

Your light's not green or yellow
Step back, take some time to mellow
Cool down, Blue Signal ahead

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The Blue Signal Donkey Steak

We've been searching for days now
And found nothing at all
But a licorice box and a crybaby doll
Could I have been that naive
But it was only a boat trip
You even said so yourself
It would be good for us all

Jessica was always so popular
We loved her oh so very much it hurts
How we gonna get through this time
Is she gone forever?

Stop all the presses
There's a blip on the screen
There's a blue signal coming
What on earth does it mean?
I can't make you a promise
Said the captain to me
But the last time I saw this
It was a mystifying jubilee

Moving closer and closer
The imminent blue signal
Flashes with thunderous roars
I feared for all of our lives
The captain pointed his finger
I think it happened again (he said)
She held the creature's hand
She turned to kiss it good-bye

Jessica was happy and sad to go
She never ever told us what she'd been through
The captain he just stood there and smiled...
She was home forever!