What Happened
I wrote and recorded “What Happened” at the house on Franklin Street in Olympia. Summer of ’95. Psychedelics were involved.
There’s a prophecy embedded inside this one that made it hotter and more dangerous to play as we approached the millennium gate.
Lyrics
WHAT HAPPENED
Ginger Danretti and Georgie L’amour
cashed all their paychecks
took ’em to the store
They bought ’emselves a bottle of Christian Dior
and started slappin’ it like sheep’s blood
over the door sayin,
“Yeah man we got company
and we’re gonna set all you fuckers free
Yeah
Everybody on yer knees”
Well the one individual who really understood
is standing in line wearing a hood
He knew that resistance wouldn’t do no good
and the last sound he heard was the money on the wood going,
“Jingle jangle bang your free”
And Ginger said,
“Hey where did he…”
and then she saw the flashing light.
That’s right!
And you’ll never know what happened that day
The world just stopped
and twenty two people got…
You’ll never know what happened that day
The world just stopped
The world just stopped
Now then the experts and journalist and people who knew
started showing up with cameras to see what he could do
They couldn’t find the answer
They couldn’t find the clue
Just one dirty vagrant with symptoms of the flu sayin’,
“I saw the flashing light
and you can’t blame the dead guy right
but everybody else is gone…
And you’ll never know what happened that day
The world just stopped
and twenty two people got…
You’ll never know what happened that day
The world just stopped
The world just stopped
and you’ll never know…
Credits
Written & Produced by Andras Jones
All vocals & instruments performed by Andras Jones
on a Tascam 8-Track cassette recorder.
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