Big Disco - 09/06/04

[lyrics]

BIG DISCO / CARAVAN RAY

Well I’ve been riding in the rodeos since I was a boy
From the Isa down to Longreach and across to Kingaroy
The good times they were plenty, but one time knocked me low
The day I met that ugly bucking bull they call Disco

“Funny name for a bull”, I said to my mate
And I did a little dance as I walked over to the gate
But now years later on, I’m not laughing at all
With my family jewels shattered into pieces like a mirror ball

My first thought when I saw him was “Stayin’ Alive”
My hair stood up on end just like the Jackson-5
He tossed me through the air just like I was a “Dancing Queen”
When I hit the ground he came and stomped Bee-Gees-us out of me

Disco, big Disco
I hate that mongrel’s hide
I flamin’ near well died
He’s the toughest bloody bull that I ever tried to ride

Well he dipped his head and caught me by the waistband of my pants
And I thought “Crikey, looks like this bloke wants another dance”
So I turned around and thumped the beast fair across the snout
And said “Sorry mate, if you don’t mind I think I’ll sit this one out”

My first thought when I saw him was “Stayin’ Alive”
My hair stood up on end just like the Jackson-5
He tossed me through the air just like I was a “Dancing Queen”
When I hit the ground he came and stomped Bee-Gees-us out of me

Disco, big Disco
I hate that mongrel’s hide
I flamin’ near well died
He’s the toughest bloody bull that I ever tried to ride
Disco, big Disco
Yeah Disco had his fun
My dancing days are done
If I see that brute again I hope I’m carrying a gun
Disco, big Disco
Come and take a look
He’s the meanest in the book
And I won’t be happy till he’s hanging on a butcher’s hook

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BIG DISCO / WRECKDOM

Strung out on cocaine
Tight pants and gold chains
Spent an hour working on my hair
Don’t get the hip-hop
I miss my cosmic slop
Burnin baby burn but now nobody cares

And I’m so bored I’ll curl up and die
And join that big big disco …in the sky

Now my gold lame
Has turned passé
But these lapels are too big to die
All my hit records
Just used for samples
The generation X can’t tell me why

And I get so confused I could scream and cry
And join that big big disco …in the sky

Feel like a hippie
No one respects me
I can’t stand tall in my platform shoes
My slick polyester
Only reminds me of Yester
I’ll hang up my boogie and take up the blues

And I guess I’ll set fire to my hi-fi
And join that big big disco …in the sky

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BIG DISCO / JOSH WOODWARD

We broke into the old Bay Shore Roller Rink
Through a hole in the back wall
The echoes of our sneakers amplified themselves like speakers
Through the corners of the long-forgotten hall

And the cobwebs spanned the doorframes
As I kneeled down to spell your name
In the dust on the floor that we'd
Danced on so many times before

The musty aroma is filling my head
And the broken windows let the birds in
Our breath, it made clouds and they wrapped us like shrouds
To keep November from reaching our skin

And the ghost of the DJ floats in from the freeway
He puts on your favorite waltz
So I take your hand, the invisible band
Leads us dancing around in the hall

The glow from the sunset caught the big disco ball
And sent dusty rays of light into your face
And the light from the ball hit the frost on the walls
And sent oranges and reds into space

I caught a glance in the midst of our dance
For a moment I stopped in my tracks
The room was ablaze with the fiery rays
While the frozen air blew through the cracks

And our bodes are frozen in time

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BIG DISCO / ROCKET THUNDER

1,2, Disco
Let's go disco dancing
I'll wear my shiny pants
You do your hair with spray
I put my necklace on

When we go and disco,
I am the king,
and you fill my heart with dance
let's go

You move so gracefully,
I stand and watch amazed
You learned it from a professional,
I learned it from T.V.

When we go and disco,
I am the king,
and you fill my heart with dance
let's go