"Rheins' early lyrics at their snarly best, fighting the same old immortal battle: love versus capitalism and organized religion." (Lon Ohnder) An early 1983 Hit City demo with the trusty Roland TR-808 is currently, um, being located. Here's the 1987 recording, with the inimitable Scott Engel on drums.
Lyrics
PAGAN HOLLIDAY
(Timothy Brickley & David Rheins)
It’s just another way of showing you I love you
It’s just another way of spending all my cash
It’s just another day of making me pay
making me pay, making me pay, making me pay
It’s just another day
a pagan holiday
It’s just another day
a pagan holiday
It’s so pagan the way you call me up on Christmas
it’s so holy, holy as the acid rain
It’s so petty I send you flowers
It’s just another day of making me pay
making me pay
It’s just another day
a pagan holiday
It’s just another day
a pagan holiday
It’s just another way of showing you I love you
It’s just another way of spending all my cash
It’s just another, just like the others, so primeval (evil, evil)
It’s so pagan was supported by Reagan
It’s just another day
a pagan holiday
It’s just another day
a pagan holiday
