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I can't say that I miss my old dog much
And I've never looked back since I left home long ago But I hoped a trip into the country Would help remind me all the things I used to know That's what I came for That's what I hoped for There once was good blood in the breeze here We rode across the lake each new year What have I remembered did this used to be The ice, it used to shine upon our river It was a mirror that the cold dark water ran away deep beneath And here were many years of winter drownings I kept track of these things as they were told to me that's what I came for That's what I hoped for There once was good blood in the breeze here We rode across the lake each new year What have I remembered did this used to be The changes of the year were once like breathing Well this year they're the seasons of my discontent But I cannot rewrite my old diaries I can only recall all the things that came went that's what I came for That's what I hoped for There once was good blood in the breeze here We rode across the lake each new year What have I remembered did this used to be What have I remembered did this used to be |
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| 2. |
| 4:28 |
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I've all my wisdom teeth Two up top, two beneath And yet I'll recognise My mouth says things that aren't so wise But when I sing my darling's praise I know I'm right, or close anyways For she's a gem upon this earth I know to me she will return [CHORUS] Oh I know it's true, I know it's true That I was made for her, and she me too And I'm confident that she'll think so too And she'll be coming back...soon Mornings we have toast and tea I gaze across the table, she glares right back at me And when we're getting low on jam I give her the last spoonful, that's just the way I am And I drive her to work each day Even though it's early and work is far away And I don't even say a thing When she plays the radio so loud you cannot think I can't stand her goddamned friends But I will tolerate them, even though I hate them And I will put up with her parents 'cause she says I'll not meet someone who is so kind and sweet Ever again.. |
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| 3. |
| 4:31 |
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Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man
He'd just come along and scoop 'em up under his arm Like that, quick as a cat in the jungle But Clark Kent, now there was a real gent He would not be caught sittin' around in no Junglescape, dumb as an ape doing nothing Superman never made any money For saving the world from Solomon Grundy And sometimes I despair the world will never see Another man like him Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job Even though he could have smashed through any bank In the United States, he had the strength, but he would now Folks said his family were all dead Their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself To carry on forget Krypton, and keep going Superman never made any money For saving the world from Solomon Grundy And sometimes I despair the world will never see Another man like him Tarzan was king of the jungle and Lord over all the apes But he could hardly string together four words: I Tarzan, You Jane. Sometimes when Supe was stopping crimes I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back On man, join Tarzan in the forest But he stayed in the city, and kept on changing clothes In dirty old phonebooths till his work was through And nothing to do but go on home Superman never made any money For saving the world from Solomon Grundy And sometimes I despair the world will never see Another man like him sometimes I despair the world will never see Another man like him |
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| 4:03 |
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Darling I've been thinking this one throughWe've been fighting like cat and dog now here's what we've go to doThis life in the city is killing the love that we one knewWe could be happy in the countryWe would spend so many lovely days
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| 5. |
| 3:04 |
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Not me man I can't pack enough into these yearsI don't care if it's spring summer winter or fallMake no fuss about the seasons, 'cause I like 'em allHere on earth I'll have my cakeGonna eat it too, make no mistakeCause if it's a question of to be or not to beI'll put on my boots and go see what I can seeMy grandpa, well a good Christian life he ledWorked like a dog just to put a roof over his headHe said that when he died he'd get his rewardCause heaven's a place where you don't pay room & boardWhen I die, I hope I don't die too slowBut slow or quick, I hope heaven is the place I goOld St. Pete's gonna serve me my pie in the skyAnd I'll say Pete, a side of ice cream, if you don't mind.
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| 6. |
| 3:46 |
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There's a skeleton in everybody's closetI can think of one or two in my own roomBut I would like to introduce them both to youYou'd shake their bony hands and so dispell the gloom'Cause you're so kindI know you would not mindYou
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| 7. |
| 3:20 |
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We're talkin' about a think necked man in the city Build a pub a blood and sweat Swears by God he'll stand by justice He ain't stood be justice yet He get's them drunk and gets their money They cash their welfare checks for stout Now he throws them into the street He's sucked you in, he'll spit you out This money-minded S.O.B. Will not a penny lend And all I can do is pray to God He'll suffer in the end We're talkin' 'bout a thick-necked man in three-piece Killing from his office desk The many places he has been And many more he'll visit yet Without his mommy's pride & kisses Without his country's confidence Without the dying man's permission Without no guilt or consequence This bloody-minded S.O.B. Hes not a wound to men... Now we're talkin' 'bout a thick-necked man in a fist fight Losing lots of blood It's not his right, his boss is uptight His face and name are covered in mud He watches T.V., all star wrestling Slams a six of ale Hits his wife, wrecks the car And spends the long dark night in jail Well the Preacher man, he comes and asks him Does he know the mess he's is? He says he'll turn to Jesus if he'll Bail him out and buy him gin |
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| 8. |
| 2:37 |
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Here comes Dick, he's wearing a skirt
Here comes Jane you know she's sportin' a chain Same hair, a revolution Same build, evolution Tomorrow who's gonna fuss? And they love each other so, androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so androgynous We'll don't get him wrong and don't get him mad He might be a father but he sure aint a dad And she don't need the advice that is sent to her She's happy with the way she looks, she's happy with her gender And they love each other so, androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so androgynous Mirror image, see no damage, see no evil at all Cupie dolls and urine stalls will be laughed at The way you're laughed at now Something meets boy and something meets girl They both look the same they're overjoyed in this world Same hair revolution Unisex evolution Tomorrow who's gonna fuss? And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants, Tomorrow Jane is wearing a dress Future outcasts and they don't last And today people dress the way that they please The way they tried to do in the last centuries And they love each other so, androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so, androgynous. |
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| 9. |
| 3:14 |
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It may be that I'd like to
I won't fall in love with you We won't spend the rest of our lives together anyway couldn't we go on a trip togehter We could go to the British Islands And hike around the Scottish Highlands The youth hostels they have there would be perfect for us Cause we're youths, so they would really suit us Well darling each morning when we woke up We'd have biscuits and tea from a tea cup People might think that we were on our homymoon But we'd know better, even though we'd slept in the same room We would live right out of our back packs We'd send our parents lost of trinkets and knickkacks Through the post and acrosee the sea Back to our own country After that we could go to Yugoslavia Oh how I'd love to travel with ya' We don't have to be wife and husband To take a trip across the ocean |
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| 4:03 |
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I'm still young, but I know my days are numbered
1234567 and so on But a time will come when these numbers have all ended And all I've ever seen will be forgotten Won't you come To my funeral when my days are done Life's not long And so I hope when I am finally dead and gone That you'll gather round when I am lowered into the ground When my coffin is sealed and I'm safely 6 feet under Perhaps my friends will see fit then to judge me Oh when they pause to consider all my blunders I hope they won't be too quick to begrudge me Won't you come To my funeral when my days are done Life's not long And so I hope when I am finally dead and gone That you'll gather round when I am lowered into the ground If I should die before I wake up I pray that the Lord my soul will take but My body, my body - that's your job Well I can't be sure where I'm headed after death To heaven, hell, or beyond to that Great Vast But if I can I would like to meet my Maker There's one or two things I'd sure like to ask Won't you come To my funeral when my days are done Life's not long And so I hope when I am finally dead and gone That you'll gather round when I am lowered into the ground |
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