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She was a wonder girl (some girl, that girl)
She was a wonder girl (some girl, that girl) It was a grand old time we had She was there and I was pretty glad about that too Knowing that she knew a thing or two She was a wonder girl (some girl, that girl) She was a wonder to her friends It's a wonder that she always started trends And after all, trends make us contenders in the fall Wonder girl, do me right at this ungodly hour She was a wonder to her dad A self-made man who owned all that he had And after all, self-made men have daughters who just won't ball Wonder girl, make me a wonder boy She was a wonder girl (some girl, that girl) |
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Fa la fa lee, she ain't heavy she's a brother to me
What I need, she can't be Nature, nurture, who's to say? But still fa la, fa lee Anything between us is a felony Fa la fa lee, she thinks only of the higher parts of me Such a shame, were I she I'd set my sights much lower then I'd sing fa la fa la fa lee But as it stands now that would be a felony I sing fa la fa lee, but as it stands now that would be a felony |
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I'm picking up where I once left off in the
search for a justified balance between the wealth that I have now and the wealth that they all want to have Let's ask Roger if he knows what I mean Roger, Roger, let's take your Sue How does she do it Roger, how does she do it, Roger? Roger, Roger, has Sue got the balance right for you, Roger, I ask you Roger, has she got the balance right for you? Has she got it, has she got it? Roger, Roger, Roger, Roger |
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A picket fence, I leaped it
Through your screen door, I gotta meet you High C up and High C down Since you left the opera you just frown a lot and mumble, "I'm humble." Press clippings hang from torn wallpaper A dust covered phone, no one would ring her High C up and High C down Since you left the opera you just frown a lot and you tell me Tell me of the times when you were so big in Vienna And the people paid good money just to hear you in your splendor But that's all over now That's all over now Limited tastes, I wish I could help you A rock-headed lad, I have got to help you High C up and High C down Since you left the opera you just frown a lot and mumble, "I'm humble." Come on home with me and will sing our little hearts out We will hit High C or maby somewhere thereabouts Somewhere thereabouts |
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Fletcher Honorama won't you rally 'round
the man who's on a limb? Sing the songs that please him very softly while we jolt him with a hymn Please, go easy now with him Because this is his final whim So be sure that the boy don't die before the morn Fletcher Honorama shall we justify the eighty Junes you've seen? Since that might be stretching things we'll merely sing the songs that made you scream Please, go easy now with him Because this is his final whim So be sure that the boy don't die before the morn Intakes and mistakes and lunch pails and headaches were willed to your one living twin I think that maybe you should have kept half of them, after all you worked for them After all you worked for them Telecast in fifty states and brought to you by Anti-Wrinkle Dew That's Fletcher Honorama see the world now from a different point of view You, go easy now with him Because this is his final whim So be sure that the boy don't die before the morn So be sure that the boy don't die before the morn |
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In the city, in the country, in the towns throughout the world
All will join in, in the big scene, So won't you please take off your shoes? It's a ballet, simple ballet, so let's dance on Pick a partner, take a tall one, take a small one, take a fat one and let's dance on Crews will film it, add the music while the world has its feet engaged Some critics love it, yet some pan it, some say "it's likely to cause a rage" There'll be long shots, there'll be close shots, there'll be mid-shots Simple ballet was an idea, then a novel, next a movie, soon on T.V. It's promotion of a new way of thinking Instead of "Hey, orange drink," vendors will say, "get your souvenir posters of the ballet." Do a plie' for the D.A. when he comes round Your alleged conduct with the director has raised some questions that he wants answered (Good for the ratings) It's a ballet, we thought a ballet and we danced on We had no idea you'd hang out your coat on an issue thin as tissue so we danced our ballet And we danced our ballet And we danced our ballet |
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Slowboat takes me to your home everyday
And I wait for you knowing that you won't come home, just today For you've found someone new and you'll bid me adieu And I leave you now, but I'll come back another day Oooh, sail me far away Slowboat, bring me back another day Oooh, sail me far away Slowboat sail off toward the seventh sea Far away from you, but somehow coming close again and again And again as we near from some sign it appears That you won't come home, you won't come home just today Oooh, sail me far away Slowboat, bring me back another day Slowboat takes me where I'll always be Far away from you, but knowing that you won't come near me but you hear me And you'll always be a true love to me Though you're never home, I'll come back another day Oooh, sail me far away Slowboat, bring me back another day |
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"Hey Lisa, they're having a big party down at the Allele Pool tonight!"
"Oooh, let's do it!" You will put your good traits in You will put your bad traits out Do the Homozygous as you shake them all about Unless you've got your dominance down in your genes you'll have a kid, invalid just like Mendel's beans Oh hold me, you know you are my one and only phenotype And together we could have a genotype Darwin willed that we would do or die Brains and brawn are both in great supply Kalikaks a-swimmin' back and forth will multiply You could choose your ancestors and grow just like a weed Pick a stud to congeal your blood, and get your earlobes freed |
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Fifteen years the bus had waited
Before it moved on into the town Eye liner worn by all their girls Through the night the war was fought Each "eye liner" took two small drops Reaction - Elation - Joy, Joy, Joy Every girl took in a doctor The Constitution says: "you must house the men" Each doctor undermined a plot All the weight that was soon lost They erected as a golden cross Remember the weight is no longer here Through the street girls sang The marching bands brought on the rain The Doctors stood by the gold cross One "eye liner" she had an idea She read the Book, the Golden Book It seems another Man had come across a cross Dr. Jones they crucified But, all their weight was returned back Ha, Ha for all the girls now |
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I smile like Herbert Hoover when they play
I dream of banker's daughters, better days Care to dance my lady Live near here? They certainly sound in fine form, do you care? I am quite partial Broke, spent, I still marshall (all my strenght when big bands play) Follow me my lady to my home See my large collection, some on loan Of every big band record ever made I had to sell my heater, so don't shake I am quite partial Broke, spent, I still marshal all my strength when big bands blare I smile like Herbert Hoover when the big bands play I dream of banker's daughters, better days For I am quite partial Broke, spent, I marshal all my strength when big bands play Knowing of their flare for filling empty stomachs, empty hearts, they're not so far apart, they're not so far apart And if you can't sleep late one night, It's not your coffee, it's the bunk I am quite partial Broke, spent, I still marshall all my strength I smile like Herbert Hoover when the big bands play I frequent the dance halls most every night into the day I know the name of every trombone player that exists They don't know I used to blow before the Crash had hit our land Before the Crash I find it so much warmer in the ballroom than at home A common bond unites us so we're really not alone Sure we've got some problems, but tonight we won't admit it Take my hand my lady friend, we'll make it seem like we were there tonight |
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