RIDERS

First released 1988

Riders is about a dream Tim had that included other artists such as Nick Cave, Jimmy Hendrix, Iggy Pop and Jim Morrisson where he was offered the power of the tortured artist in return for drinking a potion by Nurse Ratchett from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Jed Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies.

WHERE TO GET

Album Version : Strip-Mine (JIMLP 2), CAS (JIMC 2), CD (JIMCD 2)

Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick

Live Version : One Man Clapping LP (ONE MAN 1 LP), CAS (ONE MAN 1 C), CD (ONE MAN 1 CD)

LYRICS

I'm in a crowded room - I've been half-asleep

Says the sister in uniform

"Has everybody understood?"

The listeners turn and nod

But I can see their fear, do they know more than me

Do they know why they're here

I don't want that poison in, poison in, poison in, poison in

She passed around a potion - it went from lip to hand

I took a sip, a taste I didn't understand

The woman then explained, that this was the juice, the juice that causes pain

That all great singers need

I don't want that poison in, poison in, poison in, poison in

I stumbled from the room

There must be some mistake

I do not want this seed

Think I'm in another's dream

Now I can feel this creature flapping in my throat

I try and throw it up

But my cough turns to a choke

Put my fingers in my mouth

I have it by the head

It dug into my jaw

I threw the sucker to the floor

Threw the sucker to the floor (repeat 7 times)

I don't want that sucker in (repeat 3 times)

Sucker in (repeat 6 times)