Brother Ray - Pere Ubu

Brother Ray is calling from a phone booth

Out in the desert

Before he left he said I’m going to work a deal in heaven

That’s what he said

You can see I was a bit worried

Next thing I get a phone call

He says There’s holy water mist rising from over the orange groves

There’s halos appearing over the lampposts

In the sky the stars are coming all undone

He says the Greyhound’s leaving and he’s gotta go and he hangs up

Just like that

Next morning I get a postcard

On the front a picture of Soda Mountain in the moonlight

Soda Mountain in the Moonlight

On the back he’s written Yeah yeah yeah

What do you think?

He’s going to work a deal in heaven

I want to climb up Soda Mountain

I want to live on Soda Mountain

One day you will see me

I will wave to you

I will wave to you

I’ll build a life on Soda Mountain

I’ll take a wife on Soda Mountain

She will love me

She will love me too

People are strange on Soda Mountain

The stories change on Soda Mountain

Shall I tell one to you

Concerning Mr Broady and his soot-black companions?

They shoveled on the coal

They set the whistle screaming

Falling down the mountain on Soda Mountain

Making up the time spent on Soda Mountain

When they found me in the wreck

My hand was on the throttle

I’d died inside the steam

Whilst stolen by a scheme

I died inside the rain on Soda Mountain

All you ladies take a warning

Be good unto your man lest he’s lost unto that mountain

He will wave to you

He will wave to you from Soda Mountain