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Take the worst of this quirky world
Roll it up in a ball Add the hair of a go-go girl Turn it into a dance that's called The bloody... Brain Tap Shuffle Lose your mind You'll see the oceans part You'll think your goin' blind You can talk about your daily grind While she'll dish out the soft shoe If makin' money doesn't suit your mind We've got something here Here for you You can sit there and suck your thumb Hear the rock and roll hum But you're just a crazy wall flower Till you join all your friends on the floor And do the... Brain Tap Shuffle Lose your mind You'll see the oceans part You'll think your goin' blind Take your clothes off and start to shake Shake rattle and roll Watch the walls and the ceiling quake Let it move your body and soul And do the... Brain Tap Shuffle Lose your mind You'll see the oceans part You'll think your goin' blind |
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I don't like waiting for a knock on the door
I don't like wondering why I got no mercy for a man and his tears He's just living a lie I got a feeling like I'm losing my cool That's no way to be You got me crying, got me playing the fool That's what you're doing to me Ohhh, you gotta come back baby I don't want to say how long it's been Five days and I gotta know now Come back baby I don't want to live alone again My old man never told me how I don't like lying all alone in my bed Nobody calling my name I can't say thank you for a kick in the head But I need you just the same See me settin’ by the side of the road People starin’ and smilin’ They got no mercy for a man and his tears Can't you hear me cryin’? Ohhh, you gotta come back baby I don't want to say how long it's been Five days and I gotta know now Come back baby I don't want to live alone again My old man never told me how You gotta come back baby I don't want to say how long it's been Five days and I gotta know now Come back baby I don't want to live alone again My old man never told me how |
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I hear you found a brand new friend
Well, if I try to take you back again If I decide to make amends Don't let me in You know, I'd like to be inside But don't you listen when you hear me cry Not even just to say goodbye Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in Don't let me in Hey, I never want to do you harm Don't pay no head to all my false alarms If I should come with pleading arms Don't let me in You hear a knocking on your door The pounding of a heart you can't ignore But soon it isn't there no more Don’t let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in I say no, no, no, no, oh noooo Don't let me in |
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I heard them whispering
I saw their eyes, their jests Their secret smiles Dance a wild new tango Overrun the great placenta And who received the first bang-bang? It was the whole Goddamned [dead]* gang *[???] What can the price for freedom be? The old Regime is falling The ball and chain is gone, you see The winning team is calling For volunteers, don't hesitate The old regime is falling Who got the bottles? Who got the ladies' fashions And the tray? Did you get the radio? Did you get the prince’s collar? Well don't you know I got the cheap So what you got you'd better keep But that brunette, she comes with me The old Regime is falling The ball and chain is gone, you see The winning team is calling For volunteers, don't hesitate The old regime is falling Gotta get a move on What's in your hand? It's just my things left in the sand Now I'll drive with four wheel drive Air in the breadbox Cheese in the mouths of babes Is fine with me Yes I'm on your side Deal me in and do your preaching But won't you carve the turkey now? I know I've earned my share somehow By morning who knows where I'll be? The old Regime is falling The ball and chain is gone, you see The winning team is calling For volunteers, don't hesitate The old regime is falling |
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A race of angels
Bound with one another A dish of dollars Laid out for all to see A tower room at Eden Rock His golf at noon for freelyn owes the charmer Under meHis lady's aching To bring a body down She daily preaches On where she wants to be An evening with a movie queen A face we all have seenlyn owes the charmer Under meA case of aces Done up loose for dealing A piece of island cooling in the sea The whole of time we gain or lose And power enough to chooselyn owes the charmer Under me |
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Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail
There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail Don't you see how eagerly the turtles and the lobsters all advance They are waiting on the shingle, won't you come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance? (3x) You can really have no notion how delightful it will be When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters in the sea But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance (Chorus) (2x) (Solo) What matters it how far we go? his scaly friend replied There is another shore, you know, upon the other side The further off from England the nearer is to France Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance (Chorus) (repeat to fade) |
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Jolly tricks
And politics May pass you by Soul ram Little men With stick pins Leave you high and dry Soul ram Baby runs the show She's got a soul ram Understand Who could know That she'd be up on top All night long Never stop Right or wrong? Carousels And wishing wells Are fine for some Soul ram After dark Tacoma Park Can sure be fun Soul ram Baby oughta know She's got a soul ram So well planned I suppose That she don't need her friends Anymore Just pretends Knows the score Baby let it grow She's got a soul ram In her hand Never knew She dug the heavy stuff Steely Dan Play it rough Backdoor man Jelly roll Can't save your soul This mama can Soul ram Soul ram Soul ram |
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I'm working hard from mornin’ ‘til night
My shoulder bendin’ to the wheel I get home, you start to run me down How do you think it makes me feel? Your lashin’ tongue, it hurts my soul I start to thinkin’ and I lose control I'm not movin’ like I know I should Or feelin’ like I'd like to feel And I spend my days just foolin’ around I can't function, honey, when you run me down Oh darlin’, don't you run me down I gotta make a little fortune So I can bring it on home to you You're only hurtin’ yourself my friend Treatin’ me the way you do My hands are tied behind my back I'm drinking dinner from a paper sack Every day is the fourth of july And I'm nothin’ but an april fool Well, I spend my days just cruisin’ around I can't function, honey, when you run me down Oh darlin’, don't you run me down I'm half a man with half a heart I hear you laughin’ and I fall apart I'd like to put it on the table But I'm lost before I even start You do me wrong and it's bringing me down My idle ways are the talk of the town You make me feel like a do-nothing clown I can't function, honey, when you run me down Oh darlin’, don't you run me down Oh darlin’, don't you run me down (spoken) Hey, don’t you run me down darlin’ It’s not polite In public! In public? Down there in front of Abraham & Strauss? I seen it I was a W, now I’m an L Somethin’ wrong with my… |
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Hunting in the Sea of Japan,
Ambrose left the tourist trail behind him. So bold with his gun in his hand, Of his furs there was no need to remind him. Tripping over a Holy Man, Mind that here you don't choose your friends, Ambrose asked for a helping hand, He heaved his chest, and pointed West, To where the river runs. With Josie back home on his mind, Brushing off the fruit flies of the season, And 'Brosie was surely struck blind, By a sight that defies human reason: On an island of gleaming rock, Jutting up from the blue lagoon, A ceremonial music box And from it flowed, a bright new mode, That made our hero swoon. A finer minor from China. The World when the traveler returned, As you know played out its bloody romances. But Ambrose he knew what he'd learned, With his prize in hand he took his chances. Soon the sound that delights the ear, Blended in with the armies' roar. When the warriors strained to hear, This new bebop, this shooting star, Their guns were bullet-full. A finer minor from China. A finer minor from China. A finer minor from China. |
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What's this fierce new change?
Has your juggernaut reached my door? Am I out of range? Think another thought before Babies are ground up in the last big round-up Ease your head, play it cool in a patio chair Try to design a postcard from your mind Piggy bank, ooooo-whee If it's Heaven-sent you'll go far Listen well to me Smoke that seven cent cigar Can that rumba and Avogadro's Number Ease your head, play it cool in a patio chair Try to design a postcard from your mind Polaroid galore Snap my jelly roll, count your change For your midnight chore Play that "sell-your-soul" exchange Menthol filter tip danglin' from your nether lip Ease your head, play it cool in a patio chair Try to design a postcard from your mind If John Doe writes another book With words that just won't quit Why must I forge through it? Let George do it |
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