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Question of Life

Published on these records

(1988)

(1989)

The Very Best of Fishbone

(2010)

(1999)

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
232 times	27 Oct 1985 @ Sandburg Cabaret - Milwaukee (WI-US)	12 Dec 2023 @ The Crocodile - Seattle (WA-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Apr 28th 2011	Talking Heads - Southampton (GB)
Apr 30th 2011	O2 Academy - Newcastle-upon-Tyne (GB)
May 6th 2011	La Niche - Montsaugeon (FR)
May 8th 2011	Secret Place - Saint Jean de Vedas (Montpellier) (FR)
May 9th 2011	BT59 - Bègles (Bordeaux) (FR)
May 10th 2011	Le Ferrailleur - Nantes (FR)
May 12th 2011	Tandem 83 - Toulon (FR)
May 15th 2011	Le Plan - Ris Orangis (FR)
May 20th 2011	L'Omnibus - Saint Malo (FR)
May 21st 2011	Le Forum - Vauréal (FR)

Found on these live recordings

93 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Oct 19th 1987	El Dorado Saloon - Sacramento (CA)	Audience
	Apr 27th 1988	The Channel - Boston (MA)	Audience
	May 26th 1988	Dolce Vita - Lausanne (CH)	Soundboard
	May 27th 1988	ENTPE - Vaulx en Velin (FR)	Soundboard
	Sep 2nd 1988	Hot Point Festival - Lausanne (CH)	Professional capture
	Sep 11th 1988	Melkweg - Amsterdam (NL)	Audience
	Nov 9th 1988	CC Ballroom - Albany (NY)	Audience
	Nov 16th 1988	Rialto - Raleigh (NC)	Audience
	Dec 10th 1988	Pine Street Theater - Portland (OR)	Audience
	Apr 22nd 1989	Spring Fest - Carbondale (IL)	Audience

Found in these videos

Tagged in 14 videos

Found in 15 full show videos

Lyrics

I saw the god spread his arms across the imperfect sky
The clouds rolled across the full moon,
tattooed in the sky
For the eye tattooed in the sky judged the planets plea
And I was just a humble man and feared God in his sight
The Light

A question rose from my soul
A question I began to hold
A pitchfork pinned to my chest
Will I, I not pass the test
Will I, I not pass the test

A disease of clouds formed over the sea
The Angel was cruisin' down so that I could see
The roses in his eyes
He would give me, Lord
The New Age not the winter
The Ice Age was the last page
You must present a P.M.A. (Positive Mental Attitude)
For we all dance for freedom sake
To tie the shoelace of life in place
To change the mind from a negative state, Yeh!

Chorus

The Angel began to say to me
As the roses set me free set me free
You must recite this throughout the land or else
you will be snuffed and canned snuffed and canned
You musn't wrong the write
Yoo musn't dark the Light
Yu must dove the vulture
U must do or die
Wow I was shakin'
A question shake shake shake
Wow I was shakin'
A question shake shake shake