the death crones Power Song

the death crones
POWER SONG

by Screaming Ssnake Womoon, Shrieking Sserpent Wimmoon, and Bellowing EARTH Womoon

This here is our power song - Doo dah, Doo dah
It's real stupid and it's way too long - Oh da doo dah day

(~~Sung~~ bellowed, wailed, and howled to the tune of "Camptown Ladies")

	We went out on a Vision Quest - Do daa Do daa Them Nature Spirits Whooped our Ass - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna cry all night - gonna cry all day Crying in the dark dark Woods - Oh da do daa day Oh, We went to Balance the White Man's Debt - Do daa Do daa Almost did it with our own death - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Die all night - gonna Die all day Dying in the Dark Dark Woods - Oh da doo daa day We climbed up on the great big rock - Do daa Do daa Stumbled back down in Spirit Shock - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna die.... We called on Isis for protection - Do daa Do daa The Spirits thought we were hexing them - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna fight all night - Gonna fight all day Fighting for our life and limb - Oh da do daa day
	We're so fucking Powerful - Do daa Do daa It rained and rained a Showerfull - Oh da do daa day Chorus: It's gonna rain all night - Gonna rain all day Raining in the dark dark woods - Oh da do da day Oh, we slid around in the mud - Do daa Do daa Nearly invoked lots of blood - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna die... SsnakeWomoon met a Vicious dog - Do daa Do daa SserpentWimmoon broke her knee on a log - Oh da do daa day Chorus: It's gonna rain...
	We processed all our problems - Do daa Do daa Almost got stabbed by a Shaman - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna fight... We thought we'd be safe in the middle of the stream - Do daa Do daa Then we saw the bear's eyes gleam - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna die... We were scared of being seen - Do daa Do daa Until the Spirits began to Scream - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna die....
	We came here to heal the Earth - Do daa Do daa Then we went into Spontaneous Rebirth - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna die... . We were scared of the boys from town - Do daa Do daa Then 2 spirit trees crashed down - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna run all night - Gonna run all day Running in the dark dark woods - Oh da doo daa day My it's dark at the Dark Moon - Do daa Do daa Hope we get out of this place soon - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna run... We made it back to the parking lot - Doo daa Doo daa The Spirits thought we deserved what we got - Oh da doo daa day Chorus: Gonna Drive all night - Gonna Drive all day Driving in the dark dark woods - Oh da doo daa day
	Then for once we had good luck - Do daa Do daa Followed the boys in the Pickup Truck - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Going to drive all night - Going to drive all day Driving in our little car - Oh da doo da day Campton Campground's 10 miles away - Do daa Do daa Maybe we'll have Visions another day - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Going to drive... We invoked the Red-Neck boys - Do daa Do daa We Showed them our Snake Toy - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna snake all night - Gonna snake all Day Snaking everything in sight - Oh da do daa day They hoped we would like some beer - Do daa Do daa Then they found that we are queer - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Going to drive... We "slept" in the back of the Wimmoon's car - Do daa Do daa The neighbors thought we went too far - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Going to drive... The Celtic knotwork shifts around - Do daa Do daa SsnakeWomoon made Awful Sounds - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Going to moan all night - Going to howl all day Insomnia in the Wimmoon's car - Oh da do daa day
	We went back in the light of Day - Do daa Do daa All the mean spirits had gone away - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna sing all night - Gonna sing all day Totally delirous - Oh da do daa day We took out our great big drums - Do daa Do daa We sure made the Tourists run - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna drum all night - Gonna Look Real Mean Scare away the scummy jerks and we'll make a scene We passed by the Disco Babe - Do daa Do daa Her boyfriend asked for some Reggae - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna drum... Oh we sure are the Macho ones - Do daa Do daa Our religion sure is fun - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna drum...
	Oh we sure are the intense ones - Do daa Do daa Rain Clouds came & covered the sun - Oh da do daa day Chorus: It's gonna rain all night - Gonna rain all day Just like yesterday and the day before - Oh da do da day We channel the water and the rain - Do daa Do daa We'll wash away the whole earth's pain - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Rain ... Oh the desert needs our power - Do daa Do daa We'll help it grow some flowers - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Rain ...
	We invoked lots of helpers - Do daa Do daa Those yuppies sure were yelpers - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Drum all night -- Gonna Drum all day Drumming in the pouring rain -- Oh dah doo dah day
	We didn't think we learned enough - Do daa Do daa So We went to a Burial Ground - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna fight all night - gonna walk real soft SsnakeWomoon kept getting lost - Oh da do daa Day We saw the hands come from the pond - Do daa Do daa Glad we didn't bring our wands - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna fight ... The buildings wanted to fall on us - Do daa Do daa But we were STRONG ON SPIRIT GROUND - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Die all night -- Gonna die all day Dying on the Burial Ground- Oh da do da Day We cut a door in the tower - Do daa Do daa We have amazing power - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna fight ... Then we smelt an awful smell - Do daa Do daa The bulldozers had dug down to hell - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna stink all night - Gonna stink all day Stinking in the Burial Ground - Oh da do da day The energy there has run amok - Do daa Do daa The spirits there are sick and stuck - Oh da do daa day Chorus:Gonna cry ... Of course we tried to make fix -- Do daa Do daa What happened is we all got sick -- Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna puke all night - Gonna puke all day! Puking in the Burial Ground - Oh da doo dah day!
	We went to balance the Karma - Do daa Do daa The Spirits wanted to do us harm-a - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Die all night - Gonna Die all day Dying on our Vision Quest - Oh da do daa day Oh, this vision quest was so much fun - Do daa Do daa I sure did learn how to run - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Drive all night ... This here is our Power Song - Do daa Do daa It's real stupid and it's way too long - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna sing all night - Gonna sing all day Totally delirous - Oh da do da day Qui es Mus Macho? - Do daa Do daa Vision Quest ou Power Song? - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna sing... We drove through the Concord Town - Do daa Do daa She shook the snake with the windows down - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna drive ... The Gas Station man was sure confused - Do daa Do daa We yelled at him and snaked him, too - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Drive ... They must be 3 witches from hell - Do daa Do daa Screaming real loud and kicking the bell - Oh da do daa day Chorus: We don't need any food - We don't need any sleep Channel energy & snake the snake - Oh da do da day
	We balanced the Karma of the resturant - Do daa Do daa They give us all the Coffee we want - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Sing ... Hecafe is our Goddess - Do daa Do daa Without her we couldn't do all this - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Speed all night - gonna speed all day Speeding with our boiling brains - Oh da do daa day We are Pluto's Priestesses - Do daa Do daa Everything is so INTENSE - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna snake all night - Gonna snake all Day Snaking everything in sight -- Oh da do daa day We sure have great energy - Do daa Do daa Some people call it insanity - Oh da do daa day Chorus: Gonna Sing all night - Gonna Sing all day Speeding with our boiling brains - Oh da doo daa day

Note -- Continue with Chorus, and/or variations on Chorus, "channelling" new verses as appropriate, etc... etc... etc... ad nauseum.... Until you burst into tears and/or pass out.

This scary bit of documentary was ~~channelled~~ ~~written~~ transcribed by an extremely delirious SsnakeWomoon, SserpentWimmoon and EarthWomoon during the semi-aborted Vision Quest of Summer '86 -- deep in the woods on a mountain, at darkmoon in the rain, driving all night in the car, then failing at sleep, then driving some more, then doing more ritual, then more driving, then more ritual, yet more driving, and then in the Hecafé Café.

This endless song began on the endless, defeated, all-night car ride from hell, when we saw the "Campton Campground" sign.... and, well, we became infected with this awful, awful song. Please forgive us.

And to those of you who kept requesting this over the years: Just look what you've wrought. (We waaaarned you.)

Special mention goes to EarthWomoon, who was actually able to transcribe this much of it, whilst we howled and bellowed and spilled coffee. What was never written down is probably best forgotten (shudder).

Irony alert: The "desert " verses are in reference to the ritual we did manage to do on the second day. It was a pre-arranged linkup with Native American activists and ceremonial people, working together with us (and others, of course) on the crisis at Big Mountain. I honestly don't know why they tolerated us. They were very kind. We were very young. The horror. The horror.

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