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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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Once, there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn't come to school But when he finally came back His hair had turned from black into bright white He said that it was from when The cars had smashed so hard Mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm Once, there was this girl who Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room And when they finally made her They saw birthmarks all over her body She couldn't quite explain it They'd always just been there Mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm But both girl and boy were glad 'Cause one kid had it worse than that 'Cause then, there was this boy whose Parents made him come directly home right after school And when they went to their church They shook and lurched all over the church floor He couldn't quite explain it They'd always just gone there Mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm Mmm mmm mmm mmm Aaaaaaah Aaaaaaah Aaaaaaah Aaaaaaah |
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The Ghosts That Haunt Me
There's a skeleton in everybody's closet I can think of one or two in my own room But I would like to introduce them both to you You'd shake their bony hands and so dispell the gloom [CHORUS] 'Cause you're so kind I know you would not mind You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now And the things I fear Just wouldn't seem so near And when I stroll out late at night There would be nothing rattling at my hells There are nights when all my aching bones won't let me sleep And demons come to plague me as I lie in bed But I know if you were sleeping there beside me then That you could fend them off and they would let me rest There are nights When the wind comes howling through my old place I have dreams And I wake up with the sweat pouring down my face And I wait till the morning comes .. There will come a time I fear when all my days are done And they will come collect my corpse and bury me And then I hope you'll come over to the Other Side To join me in our new life, keep me company [CHORUS] 'Cause you're so kind I know you would not mind You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now And the things I fear Just wouldn't seem so near And when I stroll out late at night There would be nothing rattling at my hells |
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Afternoons and Coffeespoons
What is it that makes me just a little bit queasy? There's a breeze that makes my breathing not so easy I've had my lungs checked out with X rays I've smelled the hospital hallways Someday I'll have a disappearing hairline Someday I'll wear pajamas in the daytime Times when the day is like a play by Sartre When it seems a bookburning's in perfect order I gave the doctor my description I've tried to stick to my prescriptions Someday I'll have a disappearing hairline Someday I'll wear pajamas in the daytime Afternoons will be measured out Measured out, measured with Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot Maybe if I could do a play-by-playback I could change the test results that I will get back I've watched the summer evenings pass by I've heard the rattle in my bronchi... Someday I'll have a disappearing hairline Someday I'll wear pajamas in the daytime Oh.. Afternoons will be measured out Measured out, measured with Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot.............. |
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He Liked To Feel It
There was a boy Who liked to wiggle his tooth loose so he could show it And then we'd watch While he would tie it to a doorknob, wind up, and then slam it And that was how he liked to have his teeth pulled out He told us how he liked to feel it when it came out But he grew tired Of using doorknobs and so he thought up a brand-new trick He said he'd tie His tooth to his dog's tail, find a stick, wind up, and then throw it And that was how he liked to have his teeth pulled out He told us how he liked to feel it when it came out .. He called his dog But just as he was set to go, his dad arrived there He yelled at him Then got some pliers, held him, wound up, and yanked it out right there That wasn't how he liked to have his teeth pulled out He wouldn't tell us how it felt when it came out ... |
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I'm going to the quick of the nail
I'm going to the bone I'm gonna sharpen up my steel I'm lookin' for the blood in the stone I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone I'm gonna burn one and get it goin' on Your pretty little hand on my wheel I'm gonna get on my accelerator And show you how good I feel I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone I'm gonna find my way right to that hot spot I'm gonna be the one I'm gonna get my face right in there I'm gonna get it done I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone |
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I get up every morning
I'm mean to everyone But you just you ignore me You seem think it's fun And I need to get away And you need to get away from me And you see it's the right thing And that is why you're right for me And that is why you're right for me I watch the girly dancers Passing one by one I'll never really have to meet them I have my dance and we're done And I need to get away And you need to get away from me And you see it's the right thing And that is why you're right for me And that is why you're right for me I've got a book of special pictures I take a peek off and on When I'm alone in the morning I get my own thing going on And I need to get away And you need to get away from me And you see it's the right thing And that is why you're right for me And I need to get away And you need to get away from me And you see it's the right thing And that is why you're right for me And that is why you're right for me |
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I thought of you and made believe
Until I made you real You played with me You stayed with me And knew just what I'd feel The lips I never kissed Are lips I can't forget The dress you never wore On the day we never met The name I never whispered As it echoed in my mind The man I never was The sweet thing that's not mine I drink to you and toast your name A name that I don't know I think of you and see a face A face that never shows The lips I never kissed Are lips I can't forget The dress you never wore On the day we never met The name I never whispered As it echoed in my mind The man I never was The sweet thing that's not mine The lights are out, the moon is up I'm calling out my plea But all I hear is my own voice Echo back to me The lips I never kissed Are lips I can't forget The dress you never wore On the day we never met The name I never whispered As it echoed in my mind The man I never was The sweet thing that's not mine |
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The guilty and the innocents
The prisoners and the free The ugly and the beautiful The ones who are yet to be Some are sinners, some repent Some are never done And then there's those like you and I The unforgiven ones The unforgiven ones The rock that ships run up against No matter how they tack The murderers and the murdered ones And the ones who don't come back Some are sinners, some repent Some are never done And then there's those like you and I The unforgiven ones The unforgiven ones The one whose heart is of a saint The other's black as night The one who never wondered What made something wrong, or right Some are sinners, some repent Some are never done And then there's those like you and I The unforgiven ones The unforgiven ones |
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