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We never stop to wonder
Till a person's gone We never yearn To know him Till he's travelled on When someone is around us We never stop to ask Hey, what's behind your mirror Hey, who's beneath your mask We never stop to wonder Till a person's gone We never yearn To know him Till he's packed And travelled on Sweet Marilyn Monroe On the silver screen Platinum reflection In a movie magazine Well, did you ever Have a headache Did your mama own a gramaphone Did you like to be an actress Were you scared To be alone We never stop to wonder Till a person's gone We never yearn To know him Till he's travelled on When someone is around us We don't know what we're seeing We take a polaroid picture To find the human being We never stop to wonder Till a person's gone We never yearn To know him Till he's packed And travelled on Sweet beautiful Jesus On a painted cross Polystyrene body With a superficial gloss Hey, were you Jealous of your father Were you short When you were fully grown Did you like to walk on water Were you scared To be alone I think perhaps tomorrow I'll try to make a friend To really get To know him Instead of pretend I'll ask him if his feet hurt Has he burdens to be shared And if he doesn't walk away I'll ask him If he's scared And if he doesn't walk away If his eyes don't Turn to stone I'll ask him If he's scared To be alone |
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My daddy says
I ain't his child Ain't that something Ain't that wild Daddy says I ain't his child Ain't that something Wild My hair is curly My freckles are tan Could my daddy be The garbage man My legs are stumpy My fingers are short Like my Uncle Will Who is the Bowling sport My eyes are slanty Like Mister Woo Hey Mister laundryman Is it you I'm ugly as Steve With the big moustache But mama says Poles Are a piece of trash Hey Anybody I might Have missed Would you care to state That I exist I ain't quite sure What it is I did To make him swear That I ain't His kid But he told mama And she told me Back when I was Just about three She felt my face And she Kind of smiled And she said He say You ain't my child My daddy says I ain't his child Ain't that something Ain't that wild Daddy says I ain't his child Ain't that Something Wild Ain't that Something Wild |
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When she made her first communion
Esther made the perfect union In her dress of white and wispy veil Esther's parents said to please us You got to go an marry Jesus And her father took her to the alter rail When she made her first communion Esther made the perfect union And that night she though of him in bed She decided if he sees us We ought to get a look at Jesus And she began to see the one she wed I began to see little Jesus He was sitting on my bed That's what Esther told her mother And to which her mother said You're an evil child to tease us Glory be I hope to Jesus That your father never hears this He would wash your mouth with soap When she made her first communion Esther made the perfect union But she never saw his little face again Yeh her mother said don't tease us So instead of seeing Jesus She began to see a lot of other men What she saw was quite a collection Older men and young ones too Cousins friends and even a brother One at a time and quite a few She began to see a gay uncle Who resembled Billy Graham She began to see perfect strangers She didn't even know by name When she made her first communion Esther made the perfect union But she never saw his face again Yeh her mother said don't tease us So instead of seeing Jesus She began to see a lot of other men But she never told her mother again No she never told her mother again No |
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He lives alone
In his great big house With collages on the walls And cathedral halls And he eats at a table With room for eight And each course is served On a separate place And he sits by his pool And he waters his plants And he does not dance He does not dance He lives alone In his great big house With his jacobean chairs And his marble stairs And he sleeps in a room With a dozen locks And his money is kept In a cardboard box Underneath his bed (With his mother's ring) And he will not sing He will not sing Nothing burns In the fire place Leather bound Are the books A silent film star Lived there once And a lady comes in And cooks And looks after him (Because he pays her well) He lives alone In his great big house And when his pulse Begins to pound At an Alien sound Then he calls in a voice That can't be heard To a room down the hall Where no woman stirred And he thinks of her And he wishes her there And he cannot share He cannot share He lives alone In his great big house With collages on the walls And cathedral halls And he thinks of her And he wishes her there And he cannot share He cannot share He cannot share Oh no he cannot share |
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Ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba... With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic That is where My being wants to bed With the Mattress ticking showing And the tattered pillow slip And the pine Unpainted rafters overhead With the Door closed on my mama And my sibling competition And my Shirley Temple doll That truly cries And my essay on religion With the pasted paper stare Proving tangibly I'd won the second prize With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic That is where My dark attraction lies With his Madness on the nightstand Placed beside His loaded gun In the terrifying nearness Of his eyes With no Window spying neighbours And no Husbands in the future To intrude Upon our attic Past the stair Where we'll live on Peanut butter Spread across assorted crackers And he'll play His clarinet When I despair With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic Passed the stair Where we'll live on Peanut butter Spread across assorted crackers And he'll play His clarinet When I despair Ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba... With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic Passed the stair With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic Passed the stair |
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In the veterans big parade
Marched the businessmen's brigade While behind the high school band The ladies fife and drum corps played In the veterans big parade The flag flew high and free Down they marched to Fourth and Main Our soldiers died but not in vain God was with us That's for sure He proved it cause It didn't rain Balloons batons you wanted to cry The best day in July At the veterans cemetery Then the services were said There the Mayor's first assistant Wiped his glasses Put them on And red We're gathered here Dear friends today To show our brave boys Where they lay We are with them all the way And I think it's safe to say They are not Alone They are not Alone All the widows proudly smiled (Except for one with an infant child) Picnic time was then announced And all the little kids went wild Picnic blankets then were spread And the beer flowed fast and free There were clams and corn on the cob To feed the celebrating mob (Once in a while I don't know why The infant child Began to sob) Other than that is was New Year's Eve Till it was time to leave Then a fine Hawaiian band Played and sang Aloha oh And their voices drifted low Between the crosses Painted white Row on row on row Aloha oh And so goodbye Till next year boys Next July We are with you All the way And I think It's safe to say You are not Alone You are not Alone You are not Alone |
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Michael Michael
Superman Muscle-bound And supertan Leather jacket Denim pants Never did learn How to dance How to dance Digs karate Raps on Zen Michael makes it Best with men Digs karate Raps on Zen Michael makes it Best with men Michael Michael Michael Superman Muscle-bound And supertan When he walks And talks And moves Michael proves And proves And proves Michael is a Hyper superman Pushes acid Peddles hash That's how Michael Gets his stash Rides his cycle Likes a king Knows his number Does his thing Does his thing And if he wants to He can con Any bird He's turning on If he wants to He can con Any bird He's turning on Michael Michael Michael Superman Muscle-bound And supertan When he walks And talks And moves Michael proves And proves And proves Michael is a Hyper superman But Late at night He sometimes seems To hear His mother's voice In dreams Calling to him Clear and plain But she calls him Mary Jane Mary Jane And Michael answers Plain and clear I am coming Mother dear Michael answers Plain and clear I am coming Mother dear Michael Michael Michael Superman Muscle-bound And supertan When he walks And talks And moves Michael proves And proves And proves Michael is a Hyper superman A superman La la la la la la la la la la la... |
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Beware
Of young girls Who come to the door Wistful and pale Of twenty and four Delivering daisies With delicate hands Beware Of young girls Too often they crave To cry At a wedding And dance On a grave She was my friend My friend My friend She was invited to my house Oh yes She was And though she knew My love was true And No ordinary thing She admired My wedding ring She admired My wedding ring She was my friend My friend My friend She sent us little silver gifts Oh yes She did Oh what a rare And happy pair She Inevitably said As she glanced At my unmade bed She admired My unmade bed My bed Beware Of young girls Who come to the door Wistful and pale Of twenty and four Delivering daisies With delicate hands Beware Of young girls To often they crave To cry At a wedding And dance On a grave She was my friend My friend My friend I thought her motives were sincere Oh yes I did Ah but this lass It came to pass Had A dark and different plan She admired My own sweet man She admired My own sweet man We were friends Oh yes We were And she just took him from my life Oh yes She did So young and vain She brought me pain But I'm wise enough to say She will leave him One thoughtless day She'll just leave him And go away Oh yes Beware Of young girls Who come to the door Wistful and pale Of twenty and four Delivering daisies With delicate hands Beware Of young girls To often they crave To cry At a wedding And dance On a grave Beware of young girls Beware of young girls Beware |
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I was riding in my car
Screaming at the night Screaming at the dark Screaming at fright I wasn't doing nothing Just drive about Screaming at the dark Letting it out That's all I was doing Just letting it out Well along comes a motorcycle Very much to my surprise I said officer was I speeding I couldn't see his eyes He said no you weren't speeding And he felt where his gun was hung He said lady you were screaming At the top of your lung And you were Doing it along You were doing it alone You were screaming in your car In a twenty-mile zone You were doing it alone You were doing it alone You were screaming I said I'll roll up all my windows Don't want to disturb the peace I'm just a creature Who is looking For a little release I said And what's so wrong with screaming Don't you do it at your games When the quarterback Breaks an elbow When the boxer beats and maims But you were Doing it alone You were doing it alone You were screaming in your car In a twenty-mile zone You were doing it alone You were doing it alone You were screaming I said animals roar When they feel like Why can't we do that too Instead of screaming Banzai baby In the war in the human zoo He said I got to take you in now Follow me right behind And let's have no more screaming Like you're out of your mind So he climbed aboard his cycle And his red-eyed headlight beamed And his motor started spinning And his siren screamed He was doing it alone He was doing it alone He was screaming on his bike In a twenty-mile zone He was doing it alone He was doing it alone He was screaming I was doing it alone I was doing it alone I was screaming in my car In a twenty-mile zone I was doing it alone I was doing it alone I was screaming We were doing it together We were doing it together We were screaming at the dark In a twenty-mile zone We were doing it together We were doing it together We were screaming We were doing it together We were doing it Together Alone In a twenty-mile zone |
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