8:21 PM 11/4/02

Glass Bottle?
lyrics: Chuck Sullivan
music: Stick Against Stone
1983 Hackensack, NJ

Chuck Sullivan, vocals, lyrics, percussion?
Richard Vitale, drums
Herman Pearl, guitar
Kevin Amos, trumpet, percussion, vocals?
Sari Hubbard, percussion?

0:58
[unintelligible]

take a swallow
thinking hard
open your eyes

order, as opposed to change
will always be the excuse
in totalitarian societies

the question is 
what will we let rule our lives
the change

...
just remember where the funk is
and that's why we're all here together
future 
government
free?
or should we take another swallow
or should we cover our eyes

order 
order
order as opposed to change
is always the excuse
in a totalitarian society
yes, yes, but the question is
the question on our minds
shall we shatter 
the order of our lives 
to break the conspiracy 
of silence
...

2:34 [stop/start]

2:42 yeah

that's funked up

yeah

get funked

3:33
seems like the world is on the edge
well, maybe that's why we're on the hedge 
sometimes rightfully so
sometimes it seems like the 
future is drowning in a 
fragile glass bottle 
should we smash it free
or just take another swallow
of our stagnant lives
and pollute our minds
maybe we'll just cover our eyes
and pretend that everything is all right

it's easy to pretend everything's all right,
you know

4:02
5:03
order
order
order as opposed to change
that's always the excuse of totalitarian society

four times 
order as opposed to change
that's always the excuse of totalitarian society

yes, yes, but the question is, 
the question we ask ourselves is,
shall we shatter our lives to break the conspiracy
of silence 


5:34 break [Kevin Amos trumpet]

4:39
5:54
seems like the world is on the edge
well, maybe that's why we're on the edge 
sometimes rightfully so
it seems like our
future is drowning in a 
fragile glass bottle 
should we smash it free
or just take another swallow
of our stagnant lives
and pollute our minds
maybe we'll just cover our eyes once again
and pretend that everything is all right

it's easy to pretend everything's all right
you know

order
order
order as opposed to change
that's always the excuse of totalitarian societies

5:15
6:27
but the question is, the question we ask ourselves is,
shasll we shatter our live
to break the conaspiracy of silence

5:34 [trumpet Kevin Amos]

5:46
7:08
seems like the world is on the edge
well, maybe that's why we're on the edge 
sometimes rightfully so
sometimes it seems like the 
future is drowning in a 
fragile glass bottle 
should we smash it free
or just take another swallow
of our stagnant lives
and pollute our minds
mabe we'll just cover our eyes
and pretend that everything is all right

6:17
order
order
order as opposed to change
that's always the excuse of totalitarian societies
the question we ask ourselves
yes, the question is
should we shatter the order of our lives
to break the conspiracy of silence

7:10
seems like the world is on the edge
well, maybe that's why we're on the edge 
sometimes rightfully so
and it seems like our
future is drowning in a 
fragile glass bottle 
should we smash it free
or just take another swallow
of our stagnant lives
and pollute our minds
maybe we'll just cover our eyes once again
and pretend that everything is all right

7:32
order
order
order as opposed to change
order as opposed to change
that's always the excuse 
that's always the excuse 
of totalitarian societies

the question we ask ourselvs
yes, the question is
should we shatter the order of
our lives to break the conspiracy
of silence?

8:24
you wonder - is the the way the world's supposed to be
you wonder - is the the way the world's supposed to be
maybe I should just shut up and 
not say a damn thing

and maybe I'll just mind my own business
get out on my own, you know,
you know, get a car and a home, and a wife
yeh, that's the life
that's what they taught you

9:04
You know I was thinking to be thinking 
of poetry to myself and I was thinking 
of thinking of poetry original 
and I was thinking of thinking of 
just thinking really hard 
to be free in your mind
yeah and I was thinking if you believe
really hard, you change,