Solex

I think we would better tactfully put
An end to the evening now, a
Little kicking
Over the traces goes
A long way at this age.
And we were both bundled
Up in nice tweeds and flannels.

What she needed she couldn't have.
For all I knew she was stone-deaf.

I said "front page,"
She heard "teenage,"
So I tried "read"
But she heard "sweet."

I think we would better tactfully put
An end to the evening now, a
Little kicking
Over the traces goes
A long way at this age.
And we were both bundled
Up in nice tweeds and flannels.

What she needed she couldn't have.
For all I knew she was stone-deaf.

"There's a bag of
Sweets floating
Around somewhere, let
Me see, I really
Had it with me
When I visited
The Grand Prix."

And I think once about you, like I should, and
I feel so lucky too. Like you, I don't feel at
ease so easily. It's so easy to walk on, ...and
put up the collar of my jacket. The more I
show, the more I go. We're both anxious to
say hello. Just put every story between
brackets. So I turn my back and scrunch up
into an awkward position too, somewhat
unnatural too. Well I really wish we felt closer
to each other too. I thank you for having me
around but wouldn't it be better if we just
wrote, and make up some kind of anecdote
to make up for each one I forgot.

In the morning we soaped each other down.
Smooth down my nightgown. Hungry, 'cause
the smells from the kitchen filled the room.
Don't wear your perfume today. "We had this
habbit, ...we did."
...and your water 's sloshing against the sides
of the bathtub. And I smeared our faces with cream.

As soon as I got a paycheck,
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.
Tabloids will be all over it.
Do you think I should be timid?
all licketysplit.

'Upswing,
plaything!'
That's very flattering.
'Brand new!'
And that's just a preview.
'One-two!'
I wouldn't know how to...

As soon as I got a paycheck,
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.
Tabloids will be all over it.
Do you think I should be timid?
All licketysplit.

'Upswing,
plaything!'
That's very flattering.
'Brand new!'
And that's just a preview.
'One-two!'
I wouldn't know how to...
I wouldn't know how to...
I wouldn't...

As soon as I got a paycheck
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.

"Your boy is not stupid, miss.
He does not learn easily
But he gets there bit by bit, miss."
So he bit his lip
And said "No more for a while."

'cause he knew
A boy's best friend is his mother.
"A man with money
To spend has no lack of friends, honey."
And he bit his lip.

'Cause he knew
A boy's best friend is his mother.
"A man with money
To spend has no lack of friends, honey."
And he bit his lip.

"Your boy is not stupid, miss.
He does not learn easily
But he gets there bit by bit, miss."
So he bit his lip
And said "No more for a while."
"Your boy is not stupid, miss.
But he gets there bit by bit, miss."

'Cause he knew
A boy's best friend is his mother.
"A man with money
To spend has no lack of friends, honey."
And he bit his lip.

And he was afraid
It was one of those beautiful
Spring mornings that made
You feel life was really worth living.
With the honest light of day on the world.

Some girl at the door is asking to see you.
Well-to-do, looks like aircrew. She liked the
view of you. Some girl at the door is asking to
see you. She's just doing a
background-check about a kind of hijack.
Some girl at the door is asking to see you.
Like a prize money can't buy, honey I'm here
to blow-dry.

You smashed your new car in the fog. "...so
shall we sit in a smoker or a non-smoker?"
Walk smartly into the room. Slink around in
full costume. What a nice honeymoon. Brown
hair shot with grey, it's a shame you're gay. I
just stood there, you just loved my hair.

"I've got to hang up now, ...got to write a song
somehow. Because today went out the small
backway. I stood there on some freeway. I
catched an ashtray. Today I can handle
whatever comes up. You are still sulking over
what has happened to your review. Went
down to the U-turn, just like a confident girl
and got a ride. And got it open-eyed just like
a confident girl. Bye bye miss Hyde.

Come on
You know
You're not
Like her

Got me on my knees
I'd never heard her say
Wished that I could stay
I'm like her maybe be be be be be be

But I
Love to
Catch up
With her

I want to oversleep
I'm in this way too deep
Wish that I could stay
I'm like her maybe be be be be be be

You can
Make some
Hay with
This kid

I'm in this way too deep
I'd never heard her say
That she's straight or gay
I love her maybe be be be be be be be

He's got a generous
Smattering of charm yes
Maybe some day
He's able to

Spot me a mile
Away

He said with a grin to show
He was kidding so and so
What to do do do do
What to do do do do
I'm confused tu tu tu
Nothing new tu tu tu
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu

Made great faces and frowns
Standing there naked with
His cute undies
Every weekend
Undies in both his
Hands

He said with a grin to show
He was kidding so and so
What to do do do do
What to do do do do
I'm confused tu tu tu
Nothing new tu tu tu
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu

Well I stood with my back
To that old kitchen rack
He said: "I'm bad"
Well I wish I
Had a response to
That

He said with a grin to show
He was kidding so and so
What to do do do do
What to do do do do
I'm confused tu tu tu
Nothing new tu tu tu
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu

And she felt in her pockets and
Pulled out all... nananana
That was inside
A handful of
Bits and bobs nanananana
On the table
Oh blimey!
All shiny
From suntan
Some coins and
A ballpoint
Oh Shiny

She was facing me and
Walking backwards, and I
Could see her eyes growing
As round as saucers yes

Fresh as a rose
On the day of
The battle, or whatever that
Poem is
Truly sweet
All Shiny

She was facing me and
Walking backwards, and I
Could see her eyes growing
As round as saucers

And she felt in her pockets and
Pulled out all... nananana
That was inside
A handful of
Bits and bobs nanananana
On the table
Oh blimey!
All shiny
From suntan
Some coins and
A ballpoint

I'll be right back
Don't forget the cognac
Makes you warm inside somehow
???
So delicious
Tu tu lu du lu
And nutritious
Tu tu lu du lu
Superfluity
Tu tu lu du lu
And delicious

Or else she pulls
The shades down
There she goes
There she goes
Parties at home
Buffalo's roam

So delicious
Tu tu lu du lu
And nutritious
Tu tu lu du lu
Superfluity
Tu tu lu du lu
And delicious
And delicious

She settled on
The cold floor
Feeling it
Become warm beneath her as
She went to sleep

So delicious
Tu tu lu du lu
And nutritious
Tu tu lu du lu
Superfluity
Tu tu lu du lu
And delicious

He had
He had never done
Anything like that one
Oh my, five stars
I got him tanked up
Took him out in the car
Pass me this new tape

With a little luck we might get
An idea of what it is like
To get famous as Hawaii bums
Kind of sounds like I've played this before
Not this film edit, sure
You should play this when that lean-jawed guy
Tries shellfish in Hawaii
For the first time

With a little luck we might get
An idea of what it is like
To get famous as Hawaii bums

Well he had insisted
On paying for the meal but
His jaw dropped when he saw
The bill, the bill, the bill, the bill
And suddenly he is
He is just about at vague as you can get
Without being actually invisible
I have to keep this body going
He must
Have thought

Well he had insisted
On paying for the meal but
His jaw dropped when he saw
The bill, the bill
But if
Someone
Jumped the queue he would give them a sharp crack
On the head
With his enormous wooden
Brown wooden spoon
Where do you think
Where do you think
He's going with her
Handbag? handbag

Well he had insisted
On paying for the meal but
His jaw dropped when he saw
The bill, the bill, the bill, the bill

And suddenly he is
He is just about at vague as you can get
Without being actually invisible
I have to keep this body going
He must
Have thought

Well I cannot take you
Anywhere, but it is no fun
Going without you, hon
Well I can use figures to prove
Anything, Tapes and such
You bought to play
Along with

You're the sort of guy one runs into in London
If you must drive at a crawl like this
You should be in the near side lane
I sometimes think the only
Thing to
Do with
My car
Is to
Push it
Over
A cliff
A cliff
Richard

Think you could get high on
Water if you believed
It was
A somewhat tasteless rum
I've come to look
After you
It's just as
Well by the
Look of things

You're the sort of guy one runs into in London
If you must drive at a crawl like this
You should be in the near side lane
I sometimes think the only
Thing to
Do with
My car
Is to
Push it
Over
A cliff
A cliff
Richard
Push it
Over
A cliff

Elisabeth : "Cab!"
Carry mine and I'll walk like you
Will nod or go and get a cab
Think nothing of it. I feel fine
Carry mine and I'll walk like you
Will nod or go and get a cab
Here in thenorth part
Here's my sweetheart
He's a bit like you some others too
If I only knew

Of course they just tried to remove
The apple from a bucket of
(Water without using their hands)
A drink would make you feel better
They raced the waiter with a tray
Hey! They raced each other the same way
Hey! Raced him with their tray, only for a day
Of course they just tried to remove
The bucket from that little mad
(man I then saw with the huge head)
Hey! They raced each other the same way
Hey! Raced him with their tray, only for a day
He snapped his fingers and then recited a sing-song one
Part of a play-party game
No one did catch it's name
They began about a quarter past one o'clock in the morning
A rhythmic quick-cadenced walking around the dining room table
And they're still at it

They had turkey wing fans and they felt kind of elegant
Nothing to do but just sit there
I wanted them to walk by him the way
They would pass by a person asking for money in an alley
They not only wrote like him
They also walked with his rolling slouch
Drank likehis heroes and heroines,
Cultivated a hard-boiled melancholy
And he writes slowly in longhand
Possibly forty lines a day (rhymes)

Some sock in the eye
And she fell in the inglenook
She's so flat and tenderfoot
Forelocks in the way
Absolute
If you will, romp in the nook
And a bit knee-high
And she fell in the inglenook
She's so flat and tenderfoot
Forelocks in the way
Absolute
If you will, romp in the nook

I'll tell you a better story than
'Little Kay of the skates'
Or 'The Snow Ghost'
He tore off some tender new tips and
Rubbed them on his hands
Until the air was filled with the sharp smell
Just tore off some tender new tips
The afternoon wind struck him and
Blew up his hair and ruffed his shirt
Shoot shoot!
He came in his breeches and his shirt
The tail was flying out behind him
He stood there, looking up at me
Like a wild-eyed cow moose
Surprised in the sheriff's only cornfield
Blew up his hair and ruffed his shirt
Shoot shoot!

'I'm Popeye the sailorman'
Or whichever old tune he sang
Spiced up with a few hot damns
The sailorman
He made a comely row of trees
On each side of the country road
So that a daily sort of man
Driving beneath them in his lumber wagon
Might fancy himself lord of a private road
Right after the first few notes
All the goats turned their heads
They would get fed
He was a tall lanky guy
With stooped shoulders and a shy seemed studious face
'Popeye the Sailorman'

What you'll do I do too
So that The dot on the I between the H and the T
The tap on the knee
The pot for the pee
Keep on doing what you're doing
'cause you're doing something right
What you'll do I do too
They all gazed at me a long time
As if I were a slot machine
Into which they had
Without results
Dropped a nickel
Coin-op on the countertop
Of the record shop
What you'll do I do too

We went to the local fish-shack restaurant
And ordered two dozen crabs dusted with cayenne
Steamed up and served with a pair of wooden mallets
I never had anything like that
They all seem to earn a living by jumping off city-bridges
Visitors could only rub their eyes in amazement
Just beause they were not used to so much happiness

He writes rhymes for his friends' children
Dotes on mystery stories
And at the slightest provocation he sings folk songs
Of key and in key
Here and there people sat on benches
Reading newspapers or straining their faces to the sun
Their eyes closed
Trying to catch a bit of sunburn to carry home proudly
He pulled his feet under his bench as he was ashamed of his shoes
His dog loves to walk and travel in cars, in planes, on rafts, in elevators and on escalators.
Then we'll let some daylight into it for once if it kills us right on the spot
No sort of middle state, no easy jog trot with him
If he never wrote when he wasn't in the mood
He would make no headway
Ololo

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