COTTON CROWN
   
Originally Released on:

SISTER

also appears on:

  • Hold That Tiger (live '87)
  • Cotton Crown 7" (live '87)
  • Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
  • Mix Tape #7 (live '87)
  • Rarities 2 (live '87)
  • 05/22/87 "LIVE AT CITY GARDENS 1987"
  • 06/21/87 "LIVE IN TORINO 1987"
  • 10/14/87 "HOLD THAT TIGER (LIVE AT CABARET METRO 1987)"
  • 07/14/93 "BLASTIC SCENE LIVE IN LISBON 1993"
  • 11/15/95 "LIVE IN AUSTIN 1995"
  • 08/12/11 "LIVE IN BROOKLYN 2011"

  • 59 TO 1 CASSETTE NR. 17

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass/vocals
Lee - guitar
Steve - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Love has come to stay in all the way
It's gonna stay forever and every day
It feels like a wish coming true
It feels like an angel dreaming of you
Feels like heaven forgiving and getting
Feels like we're fading and celebrating
You got a carnal spirit spraying
I'm gonna laugh it up
You got a cotton crown
Gonna keep it underground
You're gonna take control of the chemistry
And you're gonna manifest the mystery
You got a magic wheel in your memory
I'm wasted in time and I'm looking everywhere
I don't care where
I don't care where
Angels are dreaming of you
Angels are dreaming of you

New York City is forever kitty
I'm wasted in time and you're never ready
Fading fading celebrating
I got your cotton crown
I got your cotton crown
I got your cotton crown
I got your cotton crown
I got your cotton crown
I got your

Track length: 5:08

First Known Performance: 04/23/87
Last Known Performance:  11/13/11

NOTES:

  • Kim and Thurston's first duet. Generally, only Thurston sings live.
  • AKA Kotton Krown
  • An early lyric sheet entitled "She's a Star" features several lines from "Cotton Crown".
  • Jim O'Rourke played guitar on this song while he was in the band.
  • This and 'Candle' took turns alternating as set opener on the 2002 Murray Street tour.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

  • On "Hold That Tiger" - LIVE - 4:05

    Recorded live on 10/14/87 at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago, Illinois.

  • On "Cotton Crown" 7" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 6/4/87 at the Town & Country in London, England. Featured on "bootleg" 7" released thru Sonic Death fanclub (backed w/ PCH also live in London).

  • On Mix Tape #7 - LIVE - 4:36

    Recorded live on 06/18/87 for a radio session in Geneva, Switzerland. From the same session as the "Master=Dik" EP radio material.