"I Gotta Move"

SUBJECT: A song for two guys who worked on the late 70's cult flim by David Lynch, Eraserhead, both meeting tragic ends: Jack Nance (the leading actor in the moive) and Peter Ivers (who wrote the music and sang "In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)," a tune that Pixies fans are no doubt familiar with).

Peter Ivers was a singer/songwriter, performance artist who wrote "In Heaven (The Lady in the Radiator Song)" from David Lynch's film 'Eraserhead'. He hosted the TV show 'New Wave Theatre' wearing outlandish clothing and spouting intellectual Zen Buddhist philosophy in between the punk bands, asking them questions like "What is the meaning of life?" instead of "Tell us about your latest recording." He came off a bit smug, so the bands tended to hate him, but his peaceful rantings lent an interesting yin to the extreme violent yang of the music on the show. New Wave Theatre came to an end when Ivers was bludgeoned to death in his home in downtown L.A. The murderer has never been caught, though many suspect it must have been a member of a band who had appeared on the show and got pissed off at Iver's hippy-dippy questions.

For more info on Jack Nance: "Jack Nance Donut Death"

LYRICS:
I gotta move / I had a taste / I gotta move / I gotta get me off the face / like Peter Radiator / I heard that he got bashed / yeah, he got sainted / you know it wasn't for the cash / I gotta move / I had a taste / I gotta move / I gotta get me off the face / he told me / in heaven / that every / everything is fine / yeah, that would make a good movie / yeah, that would make a good record / I gotta move / I gotta break / I gotta move / I gotta get me cross the lake / and then he stopped to say / before he went down / this is the worst place in the sun / I gotta move / I had a taste / I gotta move / I gotta get me off the face / there was a Jack who coiffed it / he came from my home town / he was a prophet / some kids they put him in the ground / got coffee / got donuts / got wasted / erased head / and what do they say? / he's not afraid of the present tense / and talking back is a bad defense / I gotta move / I gotta break / I gotta move / I gotta get me cross the lake / I gotta move / I gotta move / I gotta move / I gotta move / and then he stopped to say / before he went down / this is the worst place in the sun / I gotta move / I gotta move / I gotta move / I gotta move

LIVE: yes

ACOUSTIC: yes