The Bee Sides

A CASE OF YOU just before our love got lost you said "i am as constant as a northern star" and i said "constantly in the darkness where's that at if you want me i'll be at the bar" on the back of a cartoon coaster in the blue t.v. screen light i drew a map of canada oh canada with your face sketched on it twice your my blood like holy wine you taste so bitter so bitter and so sweet well i could drink a case of you darlin' and i would still be on my feet i would still be on my feet oh i am a lonely painter i live in a box of paints i'm frightened by the devil and i'm drawn to those who ain't afraid i remember that time you told me "love is touching souls" surely you touched mine cause part of you pours out of in these lines from time to time your my blood my holy wine tastes so bitter so bitter and so sweet well i could drink a case oh you darlin and i would still be on my feet i met a woman she had a mouth like yours she knew your devils and your deeds and she said "girl stay with him but be prepared to bleed" well my blood my holy wine tastes so bitter and so sweet well i could drink a case of you darlin' and i would still be on my feet i would still be on my feet

ALAMO alamo heard all about your fandango begged on my knees on your back door only to wake you to blues on the way blues on the way blues on the way embarcadero figures you'll see me as older 23 hours till the border don't think i'll be going as fast as i came fast as i came fast as i came the tears on my pillow of course they're not mine alter that alter make it a play somebody invent the telephone line i'll take my chances alamo wish i could do what god does heard that the stars were in order got yourself dealt out a hand with two queens of spades and blues on the way blues on the way tears on my pillow of course they're not mine alter that alter make it a play somebody just somebody invent the telephone line i'll take my chances

AMAZING GRACE amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me i once was lost but now i sure is found was blind but now i see twas grace mother that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved how precious did ever your grace appear the hour i first believed when we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as his sun i know that grace sweet grace has appeared and now she'll bring me home

ANGIE angie angie when will those clouds all disappear angie angie where will it lead us from here with no lovin' in our souls and no money in our coats you can't say we're satisfied angie angie you can't say we never tried angie you're beautiful ain't it time we said goodbye all the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke yes let me whisper in your ear angie angie where will it lead us from here with no lovin' in our souls and no money in our coats you can't say we're satisfied oh angie i still love you baby everywhere i look i see your eyes there's not another woman that ever comes close to you dry those tears from your eyes here angie angie you can't say we never tried angie angie i still love you ain't it time we said goodbye

BACHLORETTE bachlorette you climb on rooftops and you bachlorette you can turn dust into champagne you even remember his name bachlorette the graves are painted painful bachlorette you tried to show him that he can but you can never rush a man you must remember you're a car girl you're a star girl you are at the door the tide will turn there's a window there's a window yeah you climb on rooftops and you you tried to show him that he can but you can never rush a man yeah no say bachlorette the things you do girls to your bachlorettes you thought that mmm and die de die you must remember you're a car girl you're a star girl you are at the door the tide will turn there's a window there's a window bachlorette you fly alone and then you cry sometimes there's nothing like it in the world you'll go to paris oh just bachlorette you climb on rooftops and you bachlorette you can turn dust into champagne you even ya da da da die ya da da da oh oh

BALTIMORE it's so nice to live here i'm glad this is my home i've got a homestead on baltimore street it's all kinds of people familia places smiling faces i'm proud to say i'm a baltimorian but the 'birds' are the best the best of baltimore we like it here in baltimore there's so much to love in baltimore working hand in hand to make this place a better land in baltimore love is what you'll find so stop and take the time i've got oriole baseball on my mind we like it here in baltimore there's so much to love in baltimore working hand in hand to make this place a better land in baltimore love is what you'll find so stop and take the time to enjoy the brotherhood in baltimore the sun sets across the bay i'm glad to spend my day in a working american city with all the people who make it in that way it's time to jump in a taxi for thirty-third street knowing i'll be watching those 'birds' go watching weaver's show we like it here in baltimore there's so much to love in baltimore working hand in hand to make this place a better land in balrimore love is what you'll so stop and take the time i've got oriole baseball on my mind

BLACK SWAN ride on ride on friends of the black swan ride on ride on do you know where she's gone gumdrops and saturdays did eric call by the way he knew he knew and he knew where the pillow goes ride on ride on friends of the black swan ride on ride on you know where she's gone buttercups and fishing flies the biggest thickest ever sky i know they know something i know ah ride on ride on now friends of the black swan ride on ride on you know where she's gone little green men do o.k. it's the faeries revenge they say and gumdrops and saturdays did eric call by the way mm la la ride on ride on ride on

BUTTERFLY stinky soul get a little lost in my own hey general need a little love in that hole of yours one ways now and saturdays and our kittens all wrapped in cement from cradle to gumdrops got me running girl as i can and is it right butterfly they like you better framed and dried daddy dear if i can kill one man why not two well nurses smile when you got iron veins you can't stain their pretty shoes and pom poms and cherry blondes and their kittens still wrapped in cement from god's saviors to gumdrops got me running girl as fast as i can is it right butterfly they like you better framed and dried got a pretty pretty garden pretty garden yes got me a pretty pretty garden pretty garden yes got me a pretty pretty garden a pretty garden

COOLING maybe i didn't like to hear but i still can't believe speed racer is dead so then i thought i'd make some plans the fire thought she'd rather be water instead and piggy got a message for me from jesus and i heard every word that she was saying and i know i have been driven like the snow this is cooling this is cooling this is cooling faster than i can this is cooling faster than i can so then i tried to make some plans the fire thought she'd rather be water instead this ocean is wrapped around that pineapple tree and is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses these kisses and piggy got a message for me from jesus and i heard every word that she had said and i know i have been driven like the snow this is cooling this is cooling faster than i can this is cooling faster than i can yes this is cooling this is cooling

DAISY DEAD PETALS daisy dead petals that is her name she's in the phone booth phase so underneath the shade of a peppermint tree she can turn it out with a heal on she just rides into town knowing what they'll say knowing they're around the corner got a crack in got a crack in some strange places daisy dead petals that is her name so maybe she tastes like a hamburger maid well these dead petals honey brought me here she said"these dead petals honey brought me here" dancing on a dime hearing mother cry maybe she's around the corner got a crack in got a crack in some strange places on my back with on my back with some dirty dishes falling down falling down all over the river falling down falling down falling down wish what i'm feeling could go on like this forever falling down falling down falling down and since we're down might as well stay might as well fry some eggs and wave to the shade of the peppermint tray she's a new friend not a skeleton to ride into town knowing what they'll say knowing she tastes like a hamburger maid but "these dead petals honey brought me here" she said "these dead petals honey brought me here"

DOWN BY THE SEASIDE down by the seaside see the boats go sailin' can the people hear oh what the little fish are sayin' oh oh the people turned away oh the people turned away down in the city streets see all the folk go racin' racin' no time left no-no to pass the time of day hey hey yeah the people turned away the people turned away so far away so far away see how they run see how they run see how they run see how they run run run run run run run do you still do the twist do you find you remember things that well i wanna tell you some folk twistin every day though sometimes it's awful hard to tell ah ha ah ha ah ha oh out in the country hear the people singin' singin' bout their progress knowin' where they're goin' yeah yeah oh oh oh oh the people turned away yes the people turned away sing loud for the sunshine pray hard for the rain and show your love for lady nature and she will come back again yes she will yes she will oh oh oh the people turned away the people turned away don't they know that they're goin'

DO IT AGAIN in the moring you go gunnin' for the man who stole you water and your fire till he is done in but they catch you at the border and the mourners are all singin' as they drag you by your feet but the hangman isn't hangin' and they put you on the street let's go and you go when you know she's no high climber you find your only friend in a room with your two timer and you're sure you're at the end then you love a little wild one but she brings you only sorrow all the time you know she's smiling you 'll be on your knees tomorrow you go back jack you go back do it again wheel's turnin' round and round you go back jack do it again now your swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gambling man then you find you're back in vegas with a handle in your handle your black cards can make you money so you hide them when you're able in the land of milk and honey you must put them on the table you go back jack do it again wheel turning round and round back you go come on to me wheel turning round wheel turning round beautifully wheel turning round

FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT it's four in the morning the end of december i'm writing you now just to see if you're better new york is cold but i like where i'm living there's music on clinton street all through the evening i hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert you're living for nothing now i hope you're keeping some kind of record yes and jane came by with a lock of your hair she said that you gave it to her that night you planned to go clear did you ever go clear the last time i saw you you looked so much older your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder you'd been to the station to meet every train you came home alone without lily marlene and you treated my woman to flake of your life and when she came back she was nobody's wife well i see you there with a rose in your teeth one more thin gypsy thief well i see jane's awake she sends her regards and what can i tell you my brother my killer what can i possibly say i guess that i miss you i guess i forgive you i'm glad you stood in my way if you ever come by here for jane or for me well your enemy is sleeping and your woman is free yes and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes i thought it was there for good so i never tried and jane came by with a lock of your hair she said that you gave it to her that night you planned to go clear sincerely l cohen

FLYING DUTCHMAN hey kid i've got a ride for you the say your brain is a comic book tattoo and you'll never be anything what will you do with your life oh that's all you hear from noon till night take a trip on a rocket ship baby where the sea is the sky i know the guy who runs the place and he's out of sight flying dutchman are you out there flying dutchman are you out there flying dutchman straight suits they don't understand she tried one with the aligaotor boots but the other side drew her in heart falling fast when she left even the milky way was dressed in black take a trip on a rocket ship baby the sea is the sky i know the guy who runs the place and he's out of sight flying dutchman are you out there flying dutchman are you out there flying dutchman cause they can't see what you're born to be they can see me the can't be what they can't believe they can see what you see they keep the boys spinning in their own little world tie him up so he won't say a word they keep the boys spinning in their own little world so afraid he'll be what they never were

FROG ON MY TOE poppa i know there's a frog on my toe maybe i'll call him jethro maybe i'll grow up to be why good as he and maybe i'll come back after you're long gone poppa i'm sure the worms have eaten you now and jethro's been on some frenchy's plate long ago now i'm pretty sure that i listen to ev'ry word cause i still hear him telling me still "slap them boys when they're naughty make 'em crawl make you haughty make you strong little girl you paint them toes the reddest color and you know one day you're gonna be bigger than a flea you're gonna be bigger than that old poison ivy tree" but now i'm pretty sure that i think you'll come and visit and talk sometimes kind of like air jordan? a funny little chance like an indian bride you said "we all grew fat when the white man came" but one day girl you're gonna learn to make 'em crawl make 'em crawl sure but have the grace to be a lady with disgrace and you fry them tatoes and make them with ladies hands and know you're my pappy's baby

GRAVEYARD here i said don't even let this go and hey to that old man i'm coming in the graveyard with my little tune it's joan i said she's gone but i'm alive i'm alive i'm alive i'm coming in the graveyard to sing you to sleep now

HERE.IN MY HEAD

In my head I found you there and running around and following me but you don't oh oh dare now but I find that I have more than I ever wanted too so maybe Thomas Jefferson wasn't born in your backyard like you have said and maybe I'm just the horizon you run to when she has left you you, all here in my head and running around and calling me come back I'll show you the roses and brush off the snow and open their petals again and again and you know that apple green ice cream can melt in you hands I can't so I, I held you hand at the fair and even forgot what time it was and even Thomas Jefferson wasn't born in you backyard like you have said and maybe I'm just the horizon you run to when she has left you and me here alone on the floor you're counting my feathers as the bells toll you see the bow and the belt and the girl from the south all fav'rites of mine you know them all well and spring brings fresh little puddles that makes it all clear makes it all do you know hey this time I said do you know well what this is doing to me here here here here in my head

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS have yourself a merry little christmas let your heart be light from now on our troubles will be out of sight have yourself a merry little christmas make the yuletide gay from now on our trobles will be miles away here we are as in golden days happy golden days of yore faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more throught the years we all will be together if the fates allow hang a shining star upon the highest bough and have yourself a merry little christmas now

THE HAPPY WORKERlaughing at the smoke from the factory chimney marching to the beat that's hot within me hey-ho hey-ho we're off to work again bells are ringing we are singing joyous in our industry i love my job he loves his job pull the lever start the engine pump the water building the pressure push the piston press the button pump the water building the pressure push the piston press the button it's a perfect job happy workers i love my job he loves his job pull the lever sister start the engine happy workers

HOME ON THE RANGE:CHEROKEE EDITION oh give me a home where the buffalo roam where the deer and the antelope play where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day home home on the range where the deer and the antelope play where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day well jackson made deals a thief down to his heels had a long trail of tears the smokies could hide a cherokee bride her brave was shot yesterday home home on the range where the deer and the antelope play where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day mmm we know it's not caroline your home is your home the range may be fine for some but not in my eyes home home on the range the smokies always hide a cherokee bride but in my eyes you know it's not caroline yes yes america hey yeah america oh who discovered your ass the white man came this land is my land this is your land they sang home home on the range where the deer and the antelope play where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day and the skies are not cloudy all day and the skies are not cloudy all day

HONEY a little dust never stopped me none you liked my shoes i kept them on sometimes i can hold my tongue sometimes not when you just skip-to-loo my darlin' and you know what you're doin' so don't even you're just too used to my honey now you're just too used to my honey and i think i could leave your world if she was a better girl so when we died i tried to bribe the undertaker cause i'm not sure what you're doin' or the reasons you're just too used to my honey now you're just too used to my honey hey yeah you're just too used to my honey now don't bother coming down made a friend of the western sky oh don't bother coming down you always like your babies tight i tell you one last time love to watch those cowboys ride but cowboys know cowgirls ride on the indian side and you know what you're doin' so don't even you're just too used to my honey now you're just too used to my honey hey yeah yeah you're just too used to my honey you're just too used to my honey now

HUMPTY DUMPTY humpty dumpty sat on the wall humpty dumpty had a great great fall and all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put humpty together again humpty dumpty and betty louise well stole a sony and some camembert cheese and she said "humpty baby ah take me ooh yeah take me to the river cause i like the way it runs yeah take me to the river ah you know i like the way it runs yeah" he said"ah ooh ev'rything's going my way" he said"maybe it's my lucky day" i said "oh anything you want i can give" she said"i want to take your picture mmmm just for me" he said"anything" she said"up there baby get on the wall babe ah" humpty dumpty sat on the wall looked at her as he was falling and all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put humpty together again hey betty louise betty louise she said"i like custard in the summer honey" oh yeah what it takes to be queen hey what it takes to be queen hey what it takes to be oh

IF 6 WAS 9 if the sun refused to shine i don't mind i don't mind if the mountains fell into the sea let it be it ain't me got my own world to live through ain't gonna come near you if a 6 turned out to be a 9 i don't know how i don't mind if the hippies cut off their hair i don't care i don't care i've got my own world to live through ain't gonna come near you if the sun refused to shine what child is this what child is this what child is this what child is this what child is this what child is this what child is this what child is this what child is this what child is this

I'M ON FIRE hey little girl is your daddy home did he go away and leave you all alone i got a bad desire i'm on fire tell me now baby is he good to you can he do the things that i do i can take you higher i'm on fire sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul at night i wake up with the sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head only you can cool my desire i'm on fire

LANDSLIDE i took my love i took it down climbed a mountain and i turned around i saw my reflection in the snow covered hills till the landslide brought me down oh mirror in the sky what is love can the child within my heart rise above can i sail through the changing ocean tides can i handle the seasons of my life well i've been afraid of changing cause i built my life around you but time makes you bolder even children get older and i'm getting older too oh take my love take it down climb a mountain and turn around if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills will the landslide bring it down if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills well the landslide will bring it down

LONDON GIRLS some people sing about deutsche girls or girls from california they might be alright for a night alright but i don't trust them i warn ya' i been to the east and i been out west and i been the world around but i ain't seen no one anywhere near a girl from a london town give me a london girl ev'ry time i've got to find one i've made up my mind give me a london girl ev'ry time i want a london girl marry a girl from london town you know that you can trust her she'll darn your socks and wash your ev'ry time your trousers won't bust 'em yes and they're all good cooks and they got good looks and they won't lead you down and i gotta find a london girl if i ever get to have the chance oh give me a london girl ev'ry time i've got to find one i've made up my mind give me a london girl ev'ry time i want a london girl london girls are the best in the world there ain't no doubt about it if you can't find a girl from la-london town you're better off doin' without one they don't create when you come home late and you're crawlin up the passage floor they won't mock about you when you've gone out with the geezer from the house next door give me a london girl ev'ry time i've got to find one i've made up my mind i said give me a london girl babe ev'ry little old time my legs turned to jelly and i got a little smelly but i know it's just what i want cause i need a london girl oh ev'ry time they've always got a pound to buy another round when it's threir turn at the bar

LOSING MY RELIGION me me me in the corner me in the spotlight losing my religion i thought that i heard you laughing i thought that i heard you sing i think i thought i saw you try consider this consider the lengths that i would go to the slip that brought me to my knees and i don't know if i can do it oh no i said too much i set it up i thought that i heard you laughing i thought that i heard you say life is bigger bigger than you and you are not me the lengths that i would go to hey i said too much i set it up i think i thought i saw you try it's me me me in the corner losing my religion trying to keep an eye on you and i don't know if i can do it oh no i said too much i set it up i thought that i heard you laughing i thought that i heard you say losing my it's me it's me can't you see

LOVE SONG whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel like i am home again whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel like i am whole again whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel like i am young again whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel like i am fun again however far away i will always love you however long i stay i will always love you whatever words i say i will always love you i will always love you whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel like i am free again whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel like i am clean again however far away i will always love you however long i stay i will always love you whatever words i say i will always love you i will always love you

MARY ev'rybody wants somethin from you ev'rybody want a piece of mary lush valley all dressed in green just ripe for the picking got i want to get you out of here you can ride in a pink mustang when i think of what we've done to you oh mary can you hear me growing up isn't always fun they tore your dress and stole your ribbons they see you cry they lick their lips but butterflies don't belong in nets oh mary can you hear me mary you're bleeding mary don't be afraid we're just waking up and i hear help is on the way mary can you hear me mary like jimmy said mary don't be afraid cause even the wind even the wind cries your name ev'rybody wants you sweetheart ev'rybody got a dream of glory las vegas got a pinup girl they got her armed as they buy and sell her rivers of milk running dry can't you hear the dolphins crying what'll we do when our babies scream fill their mouths with some acid rain oh mary can you hear me mary you're bleeding mary don't be afraid we're just waking up and i hear help is on the way mary can you hear me mary like jimmy said mary don't be afraid cause even the wind even the wind cries your name oh butterflies don't belong in nets oh mary can you hear me mary you're bleeding mary don't be afraid we're just waking up and i hear help is on the way mary can you hear me mary like jimmy said mary don't be afraid cause even the wind even the wind cries your name cries your name cries your name

MERMAN go to bed the priests are dead now no one can call you back go to bed the priests are dead finally you're on peppermint at last he's a merman he doesn't need your voice he's a merman go to bed dream instead and you will find him he's a merman to the knee doesn't need something you're not willing to give he's a merman doesn't need your voice to cross his lands of ice go to bed priests are dead now no one can call you back go to bed the priests are dead finally you found out who could ever say you're not simply wonderful who could ever harm you sleep now you're my little girl go to bed priests are dead and come sing it all again go to bed past the apple orchard and you'll feel nice two can play i said two can play

THE POOL one with her hands open "don't be afraid" she said "no one will know it just you and me" and when it's over i'll go back

PURPLE RAIN i never meant to cause you any sorrow i never meant to cause you any pain i only want to see you laughing in the purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain i only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain i never wanted to be your weekend lover i only wanted to be some kind of friend baby i could never steal you from another it's such a shame our friendship had to end purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain i only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain honey i know i know i know times are changing it's time we all reach out four something new that means you to you say you want to leave but you just can't make up your mind i think you better close it and let me guide you into the purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain purple rain if you know what i'm singing about up here come on raise your hand purple rain purple rain i only want to see you only want to see you in the purple rain

PURPLE PEOPLE (Christmas in Space) well hey do you do judo when they surround you a little mental yoga will they disappear it's grim but never dubious as motives go no matter what it takes she promises a show thunder wishes it could be the snow wishes it could be as loved as she can be these gifts are here for her for you for me i watch maybe this other thing and never know if i'm marooned or where the purple people go and lily white matricide from vicious words it doesn't leave a scratch so therefore no one's hurt and on and on the nurses make it clear just you escape you have yourself to fear a restaurant that never has to close breakfast ev'ry hour it could save the world so hey do you do judo in your finery an angel's face is tricky to wear constantly thunder wishes it could be the snow wishes it could be as loved as she can be these gifts are here for her for you for me for her for her mmmmhmmmm

ODE TO THE BANANA KING (Part 1) turning back ten thousand years it's all a blur where the taxis go monster man a willing friend lucy serves the melon cold violent and delicious souls four red trucks dressed illegally mother knows how the bulge blows gonna get caught gonna get caught gonna get caught in her rug babe this is not a conclusion no revolution just a little confusion on where your head has been boats made out of paper float dreams made up for the banana king darling crumbs you have lapped freely of devious we all have been violent and delicious sould violent and delicious souls this is not a conclusion no revolution just a little confusion on where your head has been

RING MY BELL i'm glad your home i'm glad you really missed me i guess you did by the look in your eye lay back and relax i'll put away the dishes then you and me can rock it around you can ring my bell ring my bell (yes baby you)you can ring my bell ring my bell the night is young and full of possibilities come on and let yourself be yourself (yourself be free) my love for you so long i've been saving tonight was made for you and me you can ring my bell ring my bell (cause baby you) you can ring my bell ring my bell anything you like come on yeah i'll get to know your falling clover ther was a time i said you there was a time i said you when i'm with him do it to you do it to you do it hey you know you can ring my bell ring bell (yes baby you)

SAMURAI you do your thing my samurai said going to the sanctuary i knew about my love too my samurai done making a liar of me when to be happy to be you he says my samurai take me down to the sanctuary and i'm free gonna be you know me you know me i said i'm gonna be gonna be you know me my samurai taking my face and she's sticking it on a daisy and you i think i cut that one too i get the samurai book out and just read words

SISTER JANET master shaman i have come with my dolly from the shadow side with a demon and an englishman i'm my mother i'm my son nobody else is slipping the blade in easy nobody else is slipping on the blade in the marmalade but all the angels and all the wizards black and white are lighting candles in our hands can you feel them yes touching hands before our eyes and i can even see sweet marianne sister janet you have come from the woman clothed with the sun your veil is quietly becoming none call the wanderer he has gone all those up there are makin' it look so easy with your perfect wings a wing can cover all sorts of things hey yes this again well i think i could try this once again but all the angels and all the wizards black and white are lighting candles in our hands can you feel them yes touching hands before our eyes and i can even see sweet marianne

SISTER NAMED DESIRE got a sister named desire they don't let you like those little boys by their house on the back yard swing i know of it cause i thought we told some little sweet stories in the parking lot they say that girl lost her sway they say that girl lost her sway that day mm mm mm mm mm mm mm god i'd like to drag him for a long way cause maybe i then i'd just cry a little tear near him to that sleepy safe place and i'm gonna take him by myself if i've got to go don't let you know let you know where she goes to with those me as i interfere that girl lost her sway they say that girl lost her sway that day mm mm mm mm teach me about them old worlds big brother and in an elevator where somebody can get out with the sound they say that girl lost her sway just watch it just watch it slip through my hands boy watch it go oh what you know ooh i guess i see just see cause she still can sway na na na na na na na na na

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT load up on guns bring your friends it's fun to lose and to pretend sh'e overbored and self-assured oh no i know a dirty word hello hello hello hello hello hello i'm worst at what i do best and for this gift i feel blessed our little group has always been and always will be until the end hello hello hello hello hello hello with the lights out it's less dangerous here we are now entertain us i feel stupid and contagious here we are now entertain us yes hello hello hello with the lights out it's less dangerous here we are now entertain us i feel stupid and contagious here we are now entertain us yes a mulatto and albino a mosquitto my libido a denial a denial a denial a denial yes a denial

SONG FOR ERIC i wait all day for my sailor and sometimes he comes see you over hill and dale riding on the wind i see you know me you know me like the nightingale "oh fair maiden i see you standing there" will you hold me for just a fair time the tune is playing in the fair night i see you in my dreams fair boy your eyes haunt me

SUGAR don't say morning's come don't say it's up to me if i could take twenty five minutes out of the record books sugar he brings me sugar bobby's collecting bees and hammers he used one on me cold war with little boys get in with a bubble gum trade sugar bring me sugar i know the robins bring bring me many things but sugar bring me sugar as far as i can tell i've been gone for miles now you know and i know i don't know me very well and i know and you know if they found me out sugar he brings me sugar i know the robins bring they bring me many things but sugar he brings me sugar

STRANGE FRUIT southern trees bear strange fruit blood on the leaves blood at the root black bodies swinging in the southern breeze strange fruit hangs from the poplar trees pastoral scene of the gallant south the bulging eyes and the twisted mouth the scent of magnolia sweet and fresh then the sudden smell of burning flesh here is a fruit for the crows to pluck for the rain to gather for the wind to suck for the sun to rot for the tree to drop here is a strange and bitter crop

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW somewhere over the rainbow way up high there's a land that i heard of once in a lullabye somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true one day i'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me where troubles melt like lemon drops way upon the chimney tops that's where you'll find me somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly birds fly over the rainbow why oh why can't i where troubles melt like lemondrops way upon the chimney tops that's where you'll find me somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly birds fly over the rainbow why oh why can't i mmmm mmmm

SWEET DREAMS "lie lie lies ev'rywhere" said the father to the son you peppermint breath gonna choke 'em to death daddy watch your little black sheep run he gat knives knives in his back ev'ry time he opens up you say "he gotta be strong if he wanna be a man" mister i don't know how you can have sweet dreams sweet dreams land land of liberty we're run by a constipated man when you live in the past you refuse to see when your daughter comes home nine months pregnant with five billion points of light you gonna shine 'em on the face of your friends they got the earth in a sling they got the world on her knees they've even got your zipper between their teeth sweet dreams sweet dreams you say you say you say that you have 'em i say that you're a liar sweet dreams sweet dreams go on go on go on and dream your house is on fire come along now well well summer wind been catchin' up with me "elephant mind missy you don't have you forgettin' to fly darlin' when you sleep" i got a hazy lazy susan takin' turns all over my dreams i got lizards and snakes runnin' through my body funny how they all have my face sweet dreams sweet dreams

THANK YOU if the sun refused to shine i would still be loving you moutains crumble to the sea there would still be you and me kind woman i give you my all kind woman nothing more little drops of rain whisper all the pain tears of loves lost and the days gone by if our love is strong then there is no wrong together we shall go until we die inspiration is what you are to me inspiration love to see if the sun refused to shine i would still be loving you moutains crumble to the sea there would still be you you babe and me

TAKE TO THE SKY this house is like russia with eyes cold and grey you got me moving in a circle i dyed my hair red today i just want a little passion to hold me in the dark i know i got some magic buried buried deep in my heart yes but my priest says "you ain't savin' no souls" my father says"you ain't makin' any money" my doctor says" you just took it to the limit" and here i stand with this sword in my hand you can say it one more time what you don't like let me hear it one more time then have a seat while i take to the sky take to the sky my heart is like the ocean it gets in the way so close to touchin' freedom then i hear the gaurds call my name and my priest says"you ain't savin' no souls" my father says"you ain't makin' any money" my doctor says "you just took it to the limit" and here i stand with this sword in my hand you can say it one more time what you don't like let me hear it one more time then have a seat while i take to the sky take to the sky if you don't like me just a little well why do you hang around if you don't like me just a little well why do you hang around if you don't like me just a little well why do you take it take it take it this house is like russia you can say it one more time you can say it one more time you can say it one more time what you don't like let me hear it one more time the have a seat while i take to the sky take to the sky take to the sky take to the sky take to the sky

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE MICK (The Sandwich Song) cheese and onion sandwiches and derby chinaware fiddles and jigs and woogie my dog auntie v havin' a swear takin' my dad for a pint or two a sunday moring stroll licorice pipes and baggie suits glen hoddle scorin' a goal catchin' a pike and ridin' my bike old wooden wheels and a bowl of eels yes that's what i like boy that's what i like pie and mash liquor walkin' about in the rain william brookes and comical looks pianos trams and trains coals and cackles and thunder storms a place on the wallace and owl grandfather clocks and coke and brandy fountain pens and beano and dandy that's what i like i said that's what i like little pubs out in the country mother of pearl and barnet faire the sound of banjo barber shop singin' and havin' a kip in the chair burned toast a beer from the wood and old jerry thomases teeth jerry and chet and cannon and ball a banjo pickin' bill keith and old bungalows and wood burning stoves and shirley maclaine and petticoat lane that's what i like said that's what i like yes boy yes that's just alright bubble and squeak and jumble says little richard and jerry lee bonfire night and somethin' that paddles in the sea polished brass and copper salvation army bands violins and old coach inns and colored elastic bands tea in the mornin' and winter beginnin' and fishing rods and frogs and sparrows and winning years hey that's what i like a day at the races cover the bases goin' down hoppin' in kent a new pair of braces little kids faces sleepin' under the tent and wagons chickens and pickin' blackberries and swallows and sledges and devon and jerries and haddock and trotters and horses and knickers and cider and celery and banjoes and kippers yes that's what i like boy that's what i like

THIS OLD MAN this old man he played one he played knick knack on my thumb with a knick knack paddy whack give your dog a bone this old man came rolling home this old man he played two he played knick knack on my shoe whith a knick knack paddy whack give your dog a bone this old man he played three he played knick knack on my knee with a knick knack paddy whack give your dog a bone this old man this old man he played four he played knick knack on my door with a knick knack paddy whack give your dog a bone this old man came rolling home this old man he played ten he played knick knack on my shin on my shin

TILL THE CHICKEN i forgot my part yall'll have to forgive me i'm not used to having all these people around me while i am playing something as sensitive as the blues oh i don't think so cool let's do it one more time yeah you feel alright yeah i do i wanna you got one more in your voice we should do another one first how's your church did you go to church if the angels is gonna come in we should sing a song the angels know george they don't know this song the angels don't know this one yeah no what do you know mm i'll follow you kay give me drums on c o.k. this is our church george so some say she got green enough field and some say she got too many strings with petticoats on and goin' hog on the sweetest nylon no not where she's gone gonna raise his tail and wraggle his wings some say she got plenty of stock and some say she got some divas and cream yes why all this spare and shaking her tail the sweetest nylon no not where she's gone gonna raise his tail and wraggle his wings until the little chicken come home the sweetest nylon no not where she's gone i said the sweetest nylon no not where she's gone gonna raise his tail raise it now and wraggle his wings until the little chicken come home until the little chicken come home pass out the chicken

TOODLES MR.JIMtoodles mr.jim you cherry picker toodles i say so long hear that your grave's a little warm you stickler sing 'em all your happy song it's today today sunday by your grave i say toodles mr.jim you cherry picker taught me oh so well how to spell thos red in and and hey you know she deserved that nose splattered and swattered blood in my hands not a nice day for your little girl but you came to my aid instead so now it's toodles mr.jim you cherry picker build that ladder well teach me just where those boys can climb when they've got a spell toodles mr.jim you are my sweet favourite neighbor of them all and then girls go to their parties i don't care cause i'm with you still that was toodles mr.jim mr.jim died two weeks ago and he taught me how to pick cherries and i punched his daughter in the nose because she was mean mr.jim was good

WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER you may consider me the young apprentice caught between the scylla and the charides hypnotized by you if i should linger staring at the ring on your finger i have only come here seeking knowledge things they wouldn't teach me in college i can see the destiny you sold turned into a shining band of gold i'll be wrapped around your finger i'll be wrapped around your finger i'll be wrapped around your finger mephistopheles is not your name but i know what you're up to just the same i will listen hard to your tuition and you will see it come to its fruition i'll be wrapped around your finger i'll be wrapped around your finger i'll be wrapped around your finger devil and the deep blue sea behind me vanish in the air and you'll never find me i will turn your face to alabaster the you will find your servant is your master and you'll be wrapped around my finger

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