HONEST JOE
First released 1994
Honest Joe was one of the first Wah Wah tracks to be unveiled, being performed on the European Neil Young support slots in summer 1993, the US WOMAD tour and the UK Winter tour in 1993.  A remix by Dave Baynton-Power appeared on a free tape with Select Magazine in the summer of 1994.  The hypnotic strobe effects and Tim and Saul's improvised lyrics followed by Tim's spiral dance and Mark's keyboard finish made this a live favourite and it remained in the set until Reading 1997 and has made occassional appearances since.
WHERE TO GET
Album Version : Wah Wah 2LP (522 827-1), CAS (522 827-4), CD (522 827-2), Selections From Wah Wah promo (SACD 947)
Folk Testosterone Abort Mix : Select Unheard Pleasures cassette
Live Version (Reading 22.8.97) : Destiny Calling CDS2 (JIMDD 19)
CHORDS
*capo on 4th fret
Am, C, F, C, all throughout
LYRICS
Honest joe
Screws the lamb
Indian call
Indian plan
Weight of gold
You're a gay
Catch your life
Catch your life
Messerschmidt
You're a ghoul
Hurricane, hurricane
Novatol, novaciane
Dexadrin, dexadrin, opium
It's the way way you break down all your food
It's the way you comb your hair
It's the way you wear the tie so crooked
The way you have that smile that smells of despair
It's the way you like to satisfy
The way you set the smile
The way you crawled into my life and stayed there for a while
It's the way you like to lick your paws
The way you screw the bolts
The way you groom your friends and neighbours
The way you get a cause
Novacaine, makes us smile
Novacaine, no one can
I know where
It's a gun
It's a dream of a christian marytrdom
Move your way
Do your spin
Get a dish, get a dish and spin
Totempole, it's my goal
I don't care where you're gonna take it from
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah