Charles Amirkhanian
You can read this poem in the following translations:
Kirche Karre (German)
Church Car
Repeat each section 3 times. VOICE ONE VOICE TWO 1 ChurchCar ChurchCar • • ChurchCar ChurchCar • • ChurchCar ChurchCar ChurchCar ChurchCar ChurchCar ChurchCar ChurchCar ChurchCar 2 ChurchCar • • ChurchCar • • ChurchCar • • ChurchCar • • ChurchCar • • ChurchCar ChurchCar • • ChurchCar ChurchCar • • • 3 Church / / Church / Car Church / ChurchCar Church / / Church / Car Church / ChurchCar Church / / Car Church / / / Car Car Church / / Car Church / / Car Church / / / Car / 4 Church / Car Church / Car ChurchCar ChurchCar Church / Car Church / Car ChurchCar ChurchCar Church / Church / / Church / Church Church / Church / / Church / Church ChurchCar / Car • / CarCarCar ChurchCarCarCar 5 Bang / Bang / ChurchCar / ChurchCar / Bang / Bang / ChurchCar / ChurchCar / Bang / / Bang / / Bang / / Bang / / Bang / / Bang / / Bang / Bang / 6 Bang / Bang / • ChurchCar • ChurchCar • ChurchCar Bang / Bang / ChurchCar • ChurchCar • ChurchCar • BangChurch / Bang / Car BangChurch / Bang / Car BangChurch / Bang / Car 7 ChurchCar • • ChurchCar • • ChurchCar • • ChurchCar • • Church / / Car / / Car / / Church / / 8 BoxCar BoxCar BumpCar BumpCar • • BoxCar BoxCar BumpCar BumpCar • • BoxCar BoxCar • AutoCar 9 BoxCar BoxCar BumpCar BumpCar AutoCar AutoCar / Car • 10 Box / Bump Box / Bump AutoCar / Car AutoCar /Car 11 Box / Bump / Bump / Box / AutoCar AutoCar BumpCar BumpCar 12 Bang / Cock Bang / Cock AutoCar AutoAuto BumpCar CarCar 13 Kumquat Kumquat Loquat Loquat AutoCar / Auto • BumpCar 14 Kumquat Kumquat Loquat Loquat ‘ ‘ ChurchCar ChurchCar BoxCar Box / Car 15 Come / Kumquat / LoKumquat Come / Quat / / LoKumquat 16 Loquat • • Loquat Loquat • • Loquat Kum / Quat / / LoKumquat Kum / Quat Quat / KumLoquat KumLo Quat Quat / KumLoquat 17 ChurchCar • • BoxCar AutoCar / Auto • BumpCar Rubber Baby Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper Buggy Bumper 18 Car / CarBump Box / / Baby Automobile Automobile 19 BangBaby BangBaby Rubber / / Car Ribicoff Ribicoff 20 Bang / BangBaby Bang / BangBaby Ribicoff • RubberCar / Car Automobile Automobile 21 BangBaby BangBaby Ribicoff Ribicof RubberCar RubberCar Automobile Automobile 22 Bang / BangBaby BangBang / BangBang / Automobile • 23 Bang / BangBaby BangBang / BangBang / Automobile / Automo Automobile Automobile 24 Automobile / Automo Automobile bileAutomo Automobile bileAutomo Automobile Automobile El Cerrito, California 6 November 1980 Note: Measure 14: ‘ = inhale audibly



