7 Screaming Diz-Busters
| Artist | Blue Öyster Cult |
|---|---|
| Album | Tyranny and Mutation |
| Released | February 1973 |
| Length | 7:01 (album) 7:00 (7" single) |
| Writers | Albert Bouchard Joe Bouchard Donald Roeser Sandy Pearlman |
| Lead vocals | Eric Bloom |
7 Screaming Diz-Busters is the fourth track from Blue Öyster Cult's second studio album, Tyranny and Mutation. It was released as the B-side to the "Hot Rails to Hell" 7" single, which did not chart.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
They held their heads with laughs of pain
They learned from men who'd just refrain
From glancing at a mirror's face
Seven screaming diz-busters
Who lurked behind the rose
Had iron for a bloodstream
And ice behind their eyes
On each and all those holy nights
When duster's dust becomes the sale
And Lucifer the light
The light
Yeah
They're long, so long, this time of year
When stars be crossed by twirling fear
You don't suppose I'd prove surprised
Well, seven screaming diz-busters
Should go the route and die
Without that warmth they've learned to crave
With hardened smiles and evil signs
Ah, yeah
Yeah, all right
Bury me near the secret cove
So they'll not know the way
Bury me there behind the rose
So they'll not rile my grave
I'll not reveal whose name's still lost
Well, their laughs of pain, ah-ha-ha-ha!
And their harder smiles
And their rigid arms
And their evil signs
Yeah, the longer days, ah, the longer nights
Oh yeah, yeah, they're longer
Yeah, they’re longer still
On each and all those holy nights
When duster’s dust becomes the sale
And Lucifer the light
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light) Oh, the light
(Lucifer the light) I can't stand the light
(Lucifer the light) I can't stand it now
(Lucifer the light) No
(Lucifer the light) Can't stand the light
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light) Can't stand the light
(Lucifer the light) Can't stand the light
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light) Can't stand the light
(Lucifer the light) Oh no!
(Lucifer the light) Aaahhh!
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light) I can't I can't
(Lucifer the light) No
(Lucifer the light) Can't stand it
(Lucifer the light) Can't stand it, no
(Lucifer the light) Can't stand it
(Lucifer the light) Can't
(Lucifer the light) Can't, I can't, I can't, can't, can't, can't stand it
(Lucifer the light)
(Lucifer the light) Just can't stand the light
(Lucifer the light) one
(Lucifer the light) two
(Lucifer the light) three
(Lucifer the light) four
(Lucifer the light) five
(Lucifer the light) six
(Lucifer the light) And seven
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Live performances of this song often include the following change to the second chorus: "Seven screaming diz-busters / They're hardly friends of mine / Each with hearts before they kill / Hardened smiles and evil signs"