(1960s girl-group fallout rock)
[Intro – spoken over flickering drums]
Did ya hear?
No… that can’t be right…
Nobody comes back from that place…
Yeah, honey…
J-J-Joe is back…
[Verse 1]
The sky stays red like it never forgot
Every little thing this town is not
Neon rivers through broken streets
Where mutant coyotes gnaw on heat
The lakes all glow in sick green light
And hum like they think through the night
You gangsters laugh on the corner block
Like time itself forgot to stop
But I heard it through a cracked glass door
When the jukebox clicked but played no more
Long black coat in the poison rain
Like he never learned what it means to change
[Pre-Chorus]
You say you’re tough
You say you’re mean
But you ain’t seen what Joe has seen
Glow in the dark where the world went wrong
And still he walks like he belongs
[Chorus]
J-J-Joe is back
And there’s gonna be t-t-trouble
Red sky burning
And the shadows double
You boys better run
Better hide real fast
Cause Joe survived things
No sane man lasts
J-J-Joe is back
And there’s gonna be t-t-trouble tonight
[Verse 2]
You’ll be walkin’ past the fractured wall
Where the wind turns static into calls
And a cold voice cuts through radioactive steam
Like it crawled right out of a broken dream
“My name is J-J-Joe
And you’re c-c-coming with m-m-me…”
Then your bravado slips
Your tough talk breaks
Cause every bad choice starts to ache
They say he drinks from a bottle that burns
Pure hard liquor and engine oil churn
Like it keeps somethin’ ticking inside
Where even the glow can’t hide
Pull your irons fast and fire ‘em hard
He’s got your number in his dented scar
[Verse 3]
Old Miss Bailey down on Third
Says Joe still don’t say a word
Just stands where the dead street bends
Like waiting for something that never ends
Coyotes circle but never bite
Like they know better in the poisoned night
And every rumor the ruins grew
Says Joe ain’t fully human no more too
[Pre-Chorus]
You say you’re tough
You say you’re mean
But you ain’t seen what Joe has seen
Glow in the dark where the world went wrong
And still he walks like he belongs
[Chorus]
J-J-Joe is back
And there’s gonna be t-t-trouble
Red sky burning
And the shadows double
You boys better run
Better hide real fast
Cause Joe survived things
No sane man lasts
J-J-Joe is back
And there’s gonna be t-t-trouble tonight
[Bridge – spoken]
I saw him by the rusted signpost…
Red sky bleeding through the smog…
The glowing lake pulsing in the distance…
And Joe just stood there drinkin’ like it was nothing…
And every gangster in the lot
Stopped breathing…
[Final Chorus]
J-J-Joe is back
And there’s gonna be t-t-trouble
Red sky burning
And the shadows double
You think you rule
This shattered street
But Joe walks through
What can’t be beat
J-J-Joe is back
Yeah there’s gonna be t-t-trouble tonight
[Outro]
You boys better leave now…
Before Joe finds you…
Cause he drinks the dark…
And it drinks him back…
“My name is J-J-Joe…”
ElCeviche