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| 1. |
| 1:48 | 
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I'm the kind of lover who won't run for cover
What kind of lover am I? C'mon, c'mon baby, I'm lovin', lovin' lazy What kind of lover am I? Now put my bed above us, then I learn to love us What kind of lover am I? I'm a little drinker, nervous and a stinker What kind of lover am I? Ooh, a little rulebreaker How do I break so well? Ah, a little rulebreaker If you break me, can you tell? In my plastic heart, forever for art What kind of lover am I? I don't say it I imply it, I'm the queen of quiet What kind of lover am I? Ooh, a little rulebreaker How do I break so well? Ah, a little rulebreaker If you break me, can you tell? I'm the kind of lover who won't run for cover What kind of lover am I? I'm the kind of lover who won't run for cover What kind of lover am I? What kind of lover am I? What kind of lover am I? |
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| 2. |
| 4:25 |
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Four and twenty blackbirds perched o'er the milhaus floor
Four and twenty blackbirds perched o'er the milhaus floor Watching a pair of blackbirds, a pair of blackbirds more Four and twenty blackbirds perched o'er the milhaus floor One blackbird to the other, "you must be my queen," Said one blackbird to the other, "say, say, say you must be my queen" Well, the other replied in turn, "well, sure enough you my king" Four and twenty blackbirds and two began to sing The queen she sang of milhaus rising to the sky The king he sang of riches baked in a honey pie Stick your finger in and taste it on the sly Sing a song of sixpence and a pocketful of rye The queen she asked that question, "what makes the milhaus rare?" The king replied in turn, "well, tonight it's you so fair" Four and twenty blackbirds too baked themselves to care Fly away you dainty dish, two blackbirds flew upstairs When that sun had risen, the rhyming it was through When that sun had risen, yeah, yeah the rhyming it was through Four and twenty blackbirds had rhymed that whole night through Fly away two blackbirds with nothing left to prove Now you count that blackbird lucky who first to fly away Bitter that taste left behind and the lonesome heart astray Pity not that blackbird, the blackbird who must stay For having tasted blackbird pie, baked and on display Four and twenty blackbirds Four and twenty blackbirds perched o'er the milhaus floor Watching a pair Watching a pair of blackbirds Watching a pair of blackbirds Pair of blackbirds more |
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| 3. |
| 2:16 |
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You know my secret, somebody told you didn't they?
I can tell by your voice And in the way We are awkward, mama, what did they say When they told you my secret anyway? The old heave-ho holds the old you don't know What to do, what to say Didn't they? You in your half-shirt and lies Me with the half-lit eyes What a pair, who would ever suspect? And could I care for polite When mama, I'm so frightened As a girl with a secret could be |
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| 4. |
| 3:01 |
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Estelle, I was your husband
Third in a group of three Well now, you twice the widowed I once did see A wedding bed like no other For it's turned to a funeral grave Truth is temperance and happiness warns Signposts on the road that is paved When the decent folks dance that two step revival Denial, deviation, temptation and trial Estelle, oh Estelle, what you loved you gave away Jesus says we die a little death for him every day Dot turned tricks upon the spoons Played piano with the other hand You the kid who liked life so much Look up, it's your wedding band Well the minister spoke, and the vows we took At that moment you were mine A falling took place afterward An explanation would take more time When the decent folks dance that two step revival Denial, deviation, temptation and trial Estelle, oh Estelle, what you loved you gave away Now, Jesus says we die a little death for him everyday Estelle, I took you home that night My wife above the common-law Laid it up like we always do In the hammock of our backyard Swinging like a rocking horse Cannonballing down a track We both found heaven right then You just chose not to come back But when the decent folks dance that two step revival Denial, deviation, temptation and trial Estelle, oh Estelle, oh Estelle, what you loved you gave away Jesus says we die a little Jesus says we die a little Jesus says we die a little death for him everyday |
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| 5. |
| 4:05 |
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I got the cocaine to keep me
Cocaine to keep me home My best buckaroos to the west coast have gone Oh, I could've bought a ticket I could've bought a ticket But what would I have done? With no lines in my pocket and a nose for the setting sun Well, I found a new cowboy I found a new cowboy I have something to do Oh, a fresh bed of roses to keep me amused He rode from Seattle On the trail from Seattle I heard he's done hard time But he brings back this bad girl some good boy, hometown 'shine. So sail away ladies Saddlesore maybe With a nose to the setting sun I'll be right behind you when the roses have had their run. Me and my cowboy Me and my cowboy Gonna ride ‘til we ride no more 'Til the cocaine calls and the cocaine becomes a chore So sail away ladies Saddlesore maybe With a nose to the setting sun I'll be right behind you when the roses have had their run. Baby's got blue skies up ahead Now, baby's got blue skies up ahead Blue skies up ahead So baby's got blue skies up ahead |
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| 6. |
| 4:53 |
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Hey fashion doll
Take off the wall for me Only me You all pretty, pretty With ribbons of indecision And your lips well disguised Hey fashion doll Wake up, wake up No one will see This is a moment we'll mark time by Say we did that when Say we did that why And the clothes do not make the man Desire is dressing up Daisy Prudence is putting on airs And in September was indulgence and fall So what makes us beautiful? Daisy is as Prudence does The fabric of seduction reveals Beauty just because Beauty just because You're straddling me Prudence she slowly, she takes off her Daisy she fumble and laughs And a meeting of the two is merely Desire is dressing up daisy Prudence is putting on airs And somewhere in the middle you fall You fall, you fall Hey fashion doll Well, you're straddling me |
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| 7. |
| 4:46 |
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Tonight woke I in a strange bed
Strange bedfellow, strange Tonight found I in a strange bed Strange bedfellow, strange Said it to me, "oh, you'll be all right" Oh, said it to me, "oh, you'll be all right" In a strange bed, in a strange bed Bedfellow strange Said it to me, what they've always said Said it to me, what I've always heard You're gonna make it You're gonna make it You're gonna make it girl You're gonna make it You're gonna make it You're gonna make it girl Girl, you sleep with success Girl, you sleep with success tonight Slept, I have, in beds of Middle America Life off the fat of the man I’m gonna go out tonight I’m gonna try, try to make it Live I as fast as I can Live I as fast I as can And I said to it, "success, I didn't Recognize you at first" But then I said to it, "success, You don't look the way I have Dreamed of you, Dreamed of you" "Well, not strange," said success, "To find me here tonight. Not strange," said success. "So, what say you to a bargain twixt You and I, success and life?" Wwhat say you to a bargain twixt You and I, success" And success it said to me "Forget about the beds of middle America You don't need the fat of the man Why don’t you sleep with me tonight? That's all you've got to do to make it And die as fast as we can Die as fast we as can." Well I said to it, "success, I Couldn't love you if I tried" Well I said to it, 'success, I Couldn't love you if I tried And I've tried and I've tried and I've tried" Something about success that lies Something about success that lies Lies next to me In a strange bed, a strange bed Bedfellow strange |
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| 8. |
| 2:19 |
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I have the worst apprehension
That you don't crave my attention But I can't force you to change your taste If you don't care to be nice, dear Just give me air, but not ice, dear Don't let a good fellow go to waste For this little sin that you commit at leisure You'll repent in haste If my heart gets in your hair You mustn't kick it around If you're bored with this affair You mustn't kick it around Even though I'm mild and meek When we have a brawl If I turn the other cheek You mustn't kick it at all When I try to ring the bell You never care for the sound The next guy may not do as well You mustn't kick it around If my heart gets in your hair You mustn't kick it around If you're bored with this affair You mustn't kick it around Even though I'm mild and meek When we have a brawl If I turn the other cheek You mustn't kick it at all When I try to ring the bell You never care for the sound The next guy may not do as well You mustn't, you mustn't kick it around |
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| 9. |
| 5:56 |
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Untie these strings from my heart
Won’t you untie these strings from my heart And when they're gone Well, I fall apart in your hands And I am undone Now you steal that pride from my steps Now you steal that pride from my steps And when it’s gone Well I fall, I fall at your feet And I am undone Open so rare that I find myself Wondrous and confused Open so rare that I find my self rapt in rare, rare delight You touch that stone, the stone that is my heart And you wish it gone, and you wish me undone Then I am undone Won’t you take these words from my heart And I can give only words from my heart And when they're gone, well I fall What were words anyway? And I am undone You touch that stone, the stone that is my heart And you wish it gone, you wish me undone Then I am undone Roll that stone from my heart Won’t you roll that stone from my heart And when it's gone You will see where I was laid And that I’m gone |
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| 10. |
| 3:36 |
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With a tool of my own invention
I cracked my own resolve Weighed it in my hand And struck myself hard And I felt you creep in to freeze and expand |
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| 11. |
| 3:44 |
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Oh, there's hope in poetry, comfort in fiction
Like the voice of Walt Whitman for example I have noticed something You will have noticed this too We cut the words off short We like either or We are the virgin and the whore You will have noticed this too So I am led to say purely for example, purely for survival And speaking of course from my own experience When I’m drunk it's easy When I’m sober I try not to love you so hard Will not love you so hard You will have noticed this too For you were on the other side In a San Francisco loft you couldn't pay for I could feel your heart beat through the floor boards I waved my hope around like a cheap flag Whose colours had faded Whose emblem was laughable What is whiskey in the morning but a clear path to the door? What would Uncle Walt say to the silent floorboard? Hope Hope |
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