Tuesday April 7, 2020 “Church of Logic, Sin and Love” The Men

Initially thought this might be a Sunday song, you know church in the title and all, but then good judgement prevailed and it felt like Tuesday would be a better choice.

Hands up, who has even heard of The Men (not the punk band from Brooklyn)? That’s what I thought, but this is a band that should have gotten much more notoriety than they did, and how many of those stories are out there. Their initial 1992 self-titled, good luck finding it, only cd/album is chock full of songs that should have you wondering why you never have heard of them before…or maybe not. And yes, two of The Men are indeed women.

Probably not a sing-along but the lyrics are below because you will want to give a shot at figuring out just what the church of logic, sin and love might be…and of course what The Thing is and possibly where both of them might be. Couple of solid guitar solos you could turn up to 11 for.

In the meantime, this song reminds us that as we distance ourselves not so much from one another but from the virus that perhaps everything indeed will once again be aquamarine, aquamarine and in the meantime I just have to 'smoke a cigarette and wear a hat'.

Be safe and well.

They weren't surprised by the wind and rain
They took off east, I think that's what they did
They were just two of the wildest, bored creatures on earth
Fed up with work, strip bars and loneliness galore
In an old Oldsmobile that one of them bought off their father
They ate up so much road - they was grinnin' (Hah-hah.)
(Then they came upon The Thing)

This is real - this is now
This is a freak show baby, anyhow
Oh, the church of logic, sin and love
Heals the curious magic soul
Big top drama from head to toe
Cactus, venom, rodeo
Oh, the church of logic, sin and love

Two hours later they decided to stop at a diner
'Cause they just loved the smell of eggs and coffee
I just had to smoke a cigarette and wear a hat
By the time that they set off again, the sun was starting to set
It made the sky look red like a nuclear ray
One of them said
"What do you want more than anything in this whole wide world?
Do you want money, do you want sex, or do you want all that success?"
I thought about that myself
(Then they came upon The Thing)

This is real - this is now
This is a freak show baby, anyhow
Oh, the church of logic, sin and love
Heals the curious magic soul
Big top drama from head to toe
Cactus, venom, rodeo
Oh, the church of logic, sin and love

The Thing ahead sixty miles, do not miss
Not for the squeamish or depressed
Not for the unbelievers, truly obsessed -
Something you just don't wanna miss
It's the kind of place where space explorers could have landed around 1963 -
When Kennedy was in Life Magazine
And everything was aquamarine...
Aquamarine

This is real - this is now
This is a freak show baby, anyhow
Oh, the church of logic, sin and love
Heals the curious magic soul
Big top drama from head to toe
Cactus, venom, rodeo
Oh, the church of logic, sin and love
Oh, the church of logic, sin and love