Counterculture icon and psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary provides the vocals for this track.
The “You have the power” sample used repeatedly in the song comes from Silence of the Lambs, where the Senator is on television pleading for the killer to release her daughter unharmed.
Hey kids!
You want a soundtrack that's gonna make you feel tense?
Let you express your frustration?
Make ya scared, wanna, wanna run out and buy a gun?
You're looking for another rock'n'roll record that'll make you feel like a victim
Like a victim - you love to be a victim
You love the United States prime time victim show
Hey, bells, gila copters, machine guns
Listen to that! Listen to that!
Kill for Allah. Kill for Jesus
1980s shit - turn it down
Tone it down
Hey! Listen to me!
All that 1980s shit is over
Brothers and sisters - we'll turn the volume down
Brothers and sisters - we're gonna shut down this mechanical stuff
That makes us feel like victims
Take those machine guns, and turn 'em down
Yeah. Turn off those cop shows
Listen to those gila copters, listen to the sirens
Making ya feel nervous and angry
1980s shit - turn it down
Tone it down
Now I ask you -
I ask you in quiet tone of voice:
Is the gila copter a machine of pleasure?
Is the gila copter a love machine?
Turn it up
Silence those church bells
Fuck the sirens
Lets have some quiet, quiet silence
Yeah.. Yeah... I wanna hold you close
You wanna hold someone close
Hey. We wanna- we wanna feel good!
I wanna make you laugh
Turn down that victim shit
Oh yeah. Yeah thats better
Hey - we wanna look each other in the eye
We wanna high-five
We wanna whisper, we wanna whisper sweets things in our ears
I wanna tremble your earbones
Open your trembling earbones
Listen
Turn that gila copter off baby!
We will not be angry victims no more!
We're gonna- we're gonna say yeah...
Turn it off! Turn it off!
Turn that gila copter down!
We're gonna say yeah. We're gonna say yeah
We're gonna say yeah. We're gonna make it all work out
We're gonna have a moment of silence now
Turn down the machines
Turn down the gila copter
Turn down the crime time
Shut those guns down
Yeah. Yeah...
Isn't that better?
Gila Copter was written by Revolting Cocks.
Gila Copter was produced by Revolting Cocks.
Revolting Cocks released Gila Copter on Tue Sep 28 1993.