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The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium At a temperature of millions of degrees Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not A place where we could live But here on Earth there'd be no life Without the light it gives We need its light We need its heat We need its energy Without the sun, without a doubt There'd be no you and me The sun is a mass of incandescent gas A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium At a temperature of millions of degrees The sun is hot It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others. The sun is large If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star. The sun is far away About 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small. And even when it's out of sight The sun shines night and day The sun gives heat The sun gives light The sunlight that we see The sunlight comes from our own sun's Atomic energy Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and helium.* The sun is a mass of incandescent gas A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium At a temperature of millions of degrees Notes *Live versions of this song are improvised extensively. Some variants on this section: Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and helium. Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and hydrogen. You know, Frank, scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen and you, Frank O'Toole. Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, carbon, boron, chloron, fluoron, moron, and estrogen |
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I met someone at the dog show
She was holding my left arm But everyone was acting normal so I tried to look nonchalant. We both said, "I really love you," The Shriners loaned us cars We raced up and down the sidewalk twenty thousand million times Why did they send her over anyone else? How should I react? These things happen to other people They don't happen at all, in fact When you're following an angel Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building? Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things I heard they had a space program When they sing you can't hear, there's no air Sometimes I think I kind of like that and Other times I think I'm already there Gonna ask for my admission Gonna speak to the man in charge The secretary says he's on another line, Can I hold for a long, long time? I found out she's an angel I don't think she knows I know I'm worried that something might happen to me If anyone ever finds out Why, why did they send her over anyone else? How should I react? These things happen to other people They don't happen at all When you're following an angel Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building? Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things I heard they had a space program When they sing you can't hear, there's no air Sometimes I think I kind of like that and Other times I think I'm already there When you're following an angel Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building? Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things |
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XTC versus Adam Ant
Content versus form Fighting for their place in rock and roll There is no right or wrong Just when you think it's finished With XTC on top Ant music, like a phoenix Flies back up the charts XTC versus Adam Ant Only one will survive Beatle-based pop versus new romantic History will decide XTC versus Adam Ant I can't tell you why Even the singer from Bow Wow Wow Can't make up her mind XTC versus Adam Ant Time is marching on XTC versus Adam Ant There is no right or wrong There is no right or wrong There is No right Or wrong |
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Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul, Istanbul Istanbul, Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul |
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Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can What's he like? It's not important Particle man Is he a dot, or is he a speck? When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead? Nobody knows, Particle man Triangle man, Triangle man Triangle man hates particle man They have a fight, Triangle wins Triangle man Universe man, Universe man Size of the entire universe man Usually kind to smaller man Universe man He's got a watch with a minute hand, Millennium hand and an eon hand When they meet it's a happy land Powerful man, universe man Person man, person man Hit on the head with a frying pan Lives his life in a garbage can Person man Is he depressed or is he a mess? Does he feel totally worthless? Who came up with person man? Degraded man, person man Triangle man, triangle man Triangle man hates person man They have a fight, triangle wins Triangle man |
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Dressed only in clothes
From her head to her toes This is the way The talking part goes S-E-X-X-Y More than enough Around the clock with nobody else S-E-X-X-Y There she is Standing on the bed Cookie in one hand, wig on her head S-E-X-X-Y X because it's extra baby Y because it's extra baby Unnoticed by few Very very few And that includes you Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Secret agent spy, come to see why S-E-X-X-Y One finger nail Across your back Baby's first gold tooth initials inscribed S-E-X-X-Y X because it's extra baby Y because it's extra baby You gotta understand She wants to be your man She's got another plan Notes The infamous Warren Rigg Microwave Remix goes as follows: S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X S-E-X S-E-X S-E-X S-E-S-E-S-E-S-E-X-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y More than enough Around the clock with nobody else S-E-X-X-Y There she is Standing on the bed Cookie in one hand, wig on her head S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y X because it's extra baby Y because it's extra baby Unnoticed by few Very very few And that includes you One finger nail Across your back Baby's first gold tooth initials inscribed S-E-X-X-Y Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Secret agent spy, come to see why S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y-Y-Y-Y X because it's extra baby Y because it's extra baby You gotta understand She wants to be your man She's got another plan S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y X-X-X-X-X-X S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y X because it's extra baby Y because it's extra baby Unnoticed by few Very very few And that includes you X because it's extra baby Y because it's extra baby You gotta understand She wants to be your man She's got another plan S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y X-X-X-X-X-X S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y X-X-X-X-X-X S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y X-X-X-X-X-X X-X-X-X-X-X Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind (X-X-X-X-X-X) Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind (X-X-X-X-X-X) Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind (X-X-X-X-X-X) Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind Look inside your eye Look inside your mind S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y |
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Meet James Ensor, Belgium's famous painter
Dig him up and shake his hand Appreciate the man Before there were junk stores, before there was junk He lived with his mother and the torments of Christ The world has transforemed A crowd gathered round Pressed against his diwndow so they could be the first to meet James Ensor Belgium's famous painter Raise a glass and sit and stare Understand the man He lost all his friends He didn't need his friends He lived with his mother and repeated himself The world has forgotten The world moved along The crowd at his window went back to their homes |
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There were 87 Advil in the bottle now there's 30 left
I ate 47 so what happened to the other 10? Why do you suspiciously change the subject and break my concentration As I dump the bottle out and I count the Advil up again? Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thought Have some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself And I'm not done And I won't be till my head falls off Hitting every pocket on my shirt, pants and overcoat And I'm hitting them again but I don't know where I put my notes Clearing my throat, and gripping the lectern I smile and face my audience Clearing his throat and smiling with his hands on the bathroom sink And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall I see stuff through the glass that I don't recognize at all And I'm not done And I won't be till my head falls off Though it may not be a long way off I'm not done talking yet I'm not done talking yet And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall I see a broken figure silhouetted on the wall And I'm not done And I won't be till my head falls off Though it may not be a long way off I won't be done until my head falls off |
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