ZERO AND BLIND TERRY

Alternative version

The Skulls met the Pythons
Down at the First Street station
Alliances have been made in alleyways
All across the nation
These boys live off the milk of a silver jet
And the love of sweet young women
Now the Pythons are down from old Englishtown
And they're looking to do some livin'
Well the leader of the Pythons
Is a kid they just call Zero
Now Terry's pop says these kids are some kind of monsters*
But Terry says "No, pop, they're just plain heroes"

Zero and Terry they found a love that burns like wildfire
Now Terry's daddy understood that this Zero was no good
A child, a thief and a liar
Well from out of the darkness that breaks the dawn
Zero rode like twilight
He said "Tonight's the night, Blind Terry, come on"
Terry come on, tonight is the night
Pack your bags, baby

And together they ran like reindeers through the street
Whoa like tomorrow the earth was gonna catch on fire
Now Terry's dad hired some troopers to kill Zero and bring Terry back home
They crawled up in the night
Like firelight

Them starlight troopers, with their guns that are...
Zero marches through Blind terry's field
They met the Pythons down on Route Nine
But they refused to yield
Now the Pythons fought with blazed guns
And the Troopers with swords of light
And Zero and Terry they ran away
And the gang fought all through the night

Now some folks say that they got away
Other said they were caught and brought back
Ah, still young pilgrims to this day
Go to that spot way down by the railroad tracks
Where the Troopers met the Pythons
Old-timers cry on a hot Aug night
If you look hard enough if you try
You'll see Zero and Terry and all the Pythons
Just hiking them streets up in the sky

1973-1974 Bruce classic. Released for the first time on Tracks. Shares the same music with OVER THE HILLS OF ST. CROIX.

These lyrics refer an alternative version that differs in the last two verses from the Tracks version. An instrumental version also exists.

* Sometimes "zombies" instead of "monsters".