Red as Satan
"Red as Satan" is a song by Ween that appears on their 1987 cassette, The Crucial Squeegie Lip.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
Gene Ween sings lead vocals and Dean Ween plays guitar. Unlike most songs on The Crucial Squeegie Lip, there are no drums on the track.
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
Ween are only known to have performed this song twice, both as encores.[1] They have not played the song since 1989.
Live Spoken Intro[edit | edit source]
[From Live at Pranzatelli’s]
- Gene: This is another nice ballad.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
"Hi, I'm in Ween."
Dust particles
Shining in the windowsill
Remind me of you
Dust particles
Shining in my window
Remind me of you
They were stopped
Now I'm no longer reminded of you
Dust particles
Shining in my window remind me of you
Oh, dust particles
Shining in my window
Remind me of you
I see the blueness of my heart
And I say to myself,
"Why can't I be red like Satan?"
Well I see the blueness of my inner heart
And I say to myself,
"Why can't I be red like dear old Satan?"
Well I chew the kernels of my oatmeal
And ?? by licking the sidewalks[?]
And I'm cleaning off the porch today
But it's no use at all
Well I'm cleaning off my porch today
But it doesn't seem to be any good at all
Oh!
So take my advice
If you're in town
Look me up in the phone book
I won't be listed
So call information
And they'll tell you my number's unlisted too
Well you won't find me at here at all
Because you can't reach me on the phone
So I wish my heart wasn't as blue
I wish it was as red as Satan
I wish my heart wasn't so blue
I wish it was as red as Satan's
Oh yeah wooo
I wish it was, wish it was, wish it was as as as as oooh
I wish it was as red as Satan's
yeah
And it is if I want it to be
Thank you.