Get Up

Song is from The Hot Rock CD/LP, which is available at Kill Rock Stars.
Official lyrics come with the album; I have modified them so that the lyrics posted here
reflect what I actually hear the band singing in the song.
Because that took me lots of time and effort, please do let me know
if you would like to use the lyrics I have posted here on your site.
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and when the body finally starts to let go
let it all go at once
not piece by piece
but like a whole bucket of stars
dumped into the universe
whoooh! watch it go!
good-bye small hands, good-bye small heart
good-bye small head
my soul is climbing tree trunks
and swinging from every branch

they're calling on me (3x)
uh oh
(I am fine)
they're calling on me (3x)
uh oh
(I'm not blind)

do you think I'm an animal?
am I not?
do you like fur
(I'm all right)
do you wanna come over
are we captive only for a short time
(I'm not blind)
is there splendor, I'm not ashamed
(the way you move, no waves were ever)
desire shoots through me
(quite as fluid)
like birds singing

they're calling on me (3x)
(I am fine)
they're calling one me (3x)
(I'm not blind)

I hit the mark!
I target moon, I target sky, I target sun
fall down on the world (3x)
before it falls upon you

like beggars, like stars,
like whores, us all
(I'm all right)
like beggars, like dogs
like stars, us all
(I'm not blind)

shoot straight for the heart
(and when you were near)
shoot straight for the heart
(no sky was ever quite as clear)

like stars, so small
like us when we fall
(I am fine)
like beggars, like whores
like lovers
oooh...
get up!
too far
oooh...
get up!
too far

like stars above
look down we're so small
(I am soaring (?))
like stars above
look down on us all
(and I'm not scared (?))

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