(Do The) Detached
(S. Kallaugher)

Tied to nothing
care about less
my life’s pretty shabby
my house is a mess
got no job no money no honey
no drugs and no soul
where most people got a center
I’ve got a hole

I feel detached
rock your face off sit down wander round
I’m so detached
rock your face off sit down wander round
I do the detached
rock your face off sit down wander round

Watch my TV for hours at a time
don’t even know what programs
I just watch the little lines
love melts to blood
and drips from my hands
I do not feel human
I don’t feel like a man

CHORUS

Gaps in transmission
between my eyes and my brain
but living in limbo
deadens the pain
random bangs
but I don’t whimper
try it for yourself
it’s all so much simpler

Get detached
that is if you ain’t already now
get detached
just stand there and I’ll show you how
get detached
it’s just like you want to float
get detached
if life is poison, it’s the antidote

just detach
get detached
get detached
do the detached


Our tribute to New York audiences, who were far to cool to do anything but stand around and act bored. Not for the first time, Shadoobi forgets his own lyrics in the first verse. But second takes? We don’t need no stinkin’ second takes. Especially with the Primitive Horns nailing that Ike & Tina riff at the end.