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One Day, One Night!
03:37
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One day bad luck will come your way
And from then on it will be here to stay
One night you think it will come right
But then again, there might be no way it might
Some way you hope it will do no harm
When Death points his finger and stretches his arm
Some night you think it won't get as bad
But you know where there's life there will be death
One day you will pay
With the most precious thing you hold
From the life you lived before you died
Only memories will remain
'I wrote this one especially for the One Day On The Road-dvd release. It turned out to be a beautiful gloomy death ballad turning into a mid-tempo song, with a wondrously beautiful guitar lead. The lyrics are about that one day, or one night, each and ev’ry person will fall into the hands of death. Inspiration for the intro humming part was drawn from the title track of the 1992 Danzig album How The Gods Kill. The song has been performed live about 5-7 times in total, including once or twice during Danny's acoustic guitar gigs in 2012. It's also been done a few times using an instrumental backing: on August 13, 2009, August 13, 2010, and March 30, 2012.'
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Chorus:
I am the dangerous farmer
There ain't no question I'll harm you
When I notice you come across my land
I am the murderous farmer
There ain't no time left to warn you
With one shot to hell you will be sent
I live on this darned ranch my whole life
I buried my ol' folks in the farm yard
They're right next to some poor bloody bastards
That pushed their luck too far
Chorus
Now that I stumbled across you
I offer you a resting place
But once we arrive at the farm
First I'll make you dig your own grave
Chorus
'In February, March and April 2002 I thought up quite some music to use in future Danny Ramirez songs. The Dangerous Farmer! is made out of a few of those tunes that I had on paper already for a couple of months. As can be told from the title, the song’s got a bit of a country drive to it. It’s about a crazy farmer who doesn’t trust nobody and the eager bloke already killed his parents before the song even started! Nevertheless he’s keen on offering a resting place to the traveler he meets in this song, but instead of course… Well, y’all know what happens. First played live most likely on May 5, 2006, and after its debut one or two more times in 2006 and 2007. The song was on the set list again on October 29 and November 5, 2017, shortly after the audio part of One Day On The Road was posted on Bandcamp.'
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Chorus:
When I feel the urge to kill
There is no returning
'Cause I know there's blood to spill
And all I feel is the yearning
No one knows what it feels like
This grim resentment inside
I'm about to lose my mind
The time is right to murder tonight
I don't feel (have) no compunction
'Cause what I lack is a conscience
And I really have no option
For bloodlust dwells within my unconscious
Chorus
'The words of this song are slightly based upon quotes by murderers Arthur Shawcross and Richard 'The Ice Man' Kuklinski. I used those words to write a slow song around them, and came up with the rest of them lyrics myself. Urge To Kill! is one of my favourite songs, ’cause of the feeling of despair that lies within the chords, melodies and lyrics that fits the song very well. Initially the song wasn’t planned to be part of the track listing of the Reload Your Gun!-cd, but I kept on hearing it in my head. March 12, 2002, the decision was made to replace the intended cd track I Am The Singing Psycho! with this one, and a couple of days later it got recorded. It was first heard in concert in 2002, and performed live regularly for quite some years. Gradually the song got played less often, but it was done at most of the Winter Dungeon! gigs of 2016-2017 as well as one gig in 2018, and returned on the set list for the 2021 gigs and the first one in 2022.'
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You never caused me any sorrow
You never caused me any pain
But right now that all doesn't matter
'Cause I am, well I'm not quite sane
Chorus:
Baby, soon I'll take your life
With a gun or with a knife
But please don't think it's for a reason, or two
I just have got no better things to do
You never caused me any sorrow
You never caused me any pain
But right now that all doesn't matter
'Cause I am what others call insane
Chorus
'One of my favourite tunes and the second one I came up with. The song is written in the night of 2 to 3 June 1998. It’s very Elvis alike and as for the lyrics I’d get a bit inspiration from Prince. The song is actually a love song sung by a not quite sane killer, implying the lyrics are about the vague line between love and hate rather than a troubled relationship being the reason for the murder. Except for about 15 gigs it's been played at every Ramirez show until early 2019. Baby, Soon! is missing from the set list since summer 2019 though, but this may be temporarily.'
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Chorus:
After the kill
I feel so much better
Your body lies still
And your limbs are severed
(Now you have died
I am satisfied
I did decide
Yeah, I played God tonight)
There is so much love that could go around
And ev'ry one alive would be safe and sound
But people risk their very lives ev'ry day
'Cause murderers and bloodlust have come to stay
Chorus
There is no one that could have heard you scream
So this, your nightmare, was my ultimate dream
The ground upon which you died turned red by your blood
It's on this ground I leave your body to rot
Chorus
'The lyrics to this one tell of a bloody event that has just occurred. During the chorus the brutal killer stands near the severed body of his most recent victim. In the verses it becomes clear that with so much murderers in our society no one is ever safe, and help is never near. The song was on the set list a couple of times from November 2002 or April 2003 until November 2005 or somewhere in 2006.'
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I Am The Copycat Killer!
02:38
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Whenever the press reports an active serial killer
A second one soon will come around
Leaving the cops to deal with more terror
And twice as much bodies to be found
Chorus:
I am the copycat killer
I will not be caught
Unnoticed I kill some people
And just in time I stop
I imitate the ways of the original murderer
And kill with a similar knife
But when someone's arrested I won't go any further
Awaiting again the right time
Chorus
'The title says all. When some serial killer is on the loose, some people might get inspired to start killing as well. Because they always wanted to murder someone, but were afraid to get arrested. To avoid that, they kill within in the same region as the active registered murderer and use similar weapons and the same modus operandi as spread by the media. When a suspect has been arrested the copycat killer stops murdering, only to strike again when the time is right. To warn all you wannabe’s it must be noticed that the cops rarely spread the complete modus operandi of a (serial) killer, so by copying one you might get caught on some slight differences. Copycat Killer! appeared on 5-10 set lists from 2003 until 2006 or 2007.'
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Danny Ramirez Leiden, Netherlands
Danny Ramirez is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands and the guitar player for stonerdoom band Toner Low! Besides playing morbid folk he has some one-man bands as well, but most of his releases are Ramirez EPs! Danny did solo gigs in the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany, and played with a.o. Amigo The Devil, Bob Wayne, Joe Buck Yourself (Hank III) and The Goddamn Gallows! ... more
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