SONGS THAT DO NOT APPEARS ON ALBUMS
ALUMNI BLUES
Woke up this morning and I had those Walking
Blues (x2) I wasn't walkin' nowhere 'cause I didn't have no
floor!
Staring over the edge of the bed My old lady lying next to me,
I started to cry (x2) She said "I'm gonna take this diploma, I'm gonna
slice you in the eye!"
Well I'm alright (he's alright) (x9) 'cause I
got a degree!
Escaping through my window There's a policeman on the
lawn outside my home (x2) I opened my mouth to scream But my throat was
full of foam
So I'm sittin' in this cell My fortune dwindled to a
thimble full of filth (x2) I may spend the rest of my life in jail But at
least it's got a floor!
AVENU MALKENUChanenu v'anenu Avenu Malkenu Chanenu
v'anenu Ki ain banu ma'asim Asseh imanu Tsadaka v'chesed Asseh imanu
tsadaka vichesed v'hoshi'ainu
Our Father Our King Be gracious unto
us And answer us for we are wanting in good deeds Deal with us in
charity And save us
AXILLAI dropped the buzzard in the sand and trudged off
slowly toward the town, I needed dinner and a place where I could throw my
weight around, I detected faint Axilla scent that put me off my
appetite, But mouflon warring where I went renewed in me a need to
fight,
Then reveling in mirror mask I soon was lost in foggy
ditch, Without a feather gray or white to tickle that piano
witch, Fearing that I must expose my worm to holographic haze, My
Clinometer error rose and spawned in her new mawkish ways
I woke the
witch with reverence reserved for serpents, snails, and slugs, I pulled
the witch from out the ditch and turned to face the furry thugs, The sheep
they smiled with teeth agleam, The weapons in their hooves revolved I
detected a prostatic ream, I gulped and felt my loins dissolve!
BIG BLACK FURRY CREATURE FROM MARS
When I get home from work, what do I do? I try to kill you! When I get home from work, what do I
do? I try to kill you!
And why would I try to kill you?
Because
you're a... Big Black Furry Creature From Mars (x4)
When we go out to
eat, what do I do? I try to kill you! When we go out to eat, what do I
do? Oh, I am killing you!
Now why would I go and do
that?
Because you're a... Big Black Furry Creature From Mars
(x4)
I'm runnin, I'm runnin from you I'm runnin, I'm
runnin!
And what causes me to run?
Cause you're a... Big Black
Furry Creature From Mars
BROTHERWhoa!Whoa!Whoa! Somebody's jumping in the tub with
your brother (x2) Whoa!Whoa!Whoa! Somebody's definitely jumping in the tub
with your brother (x2) Jumpin in the tub with your cousin Somebody's
definitely jumping in the tub with your brother Uncle! Somebody's jumping
in the tub with your brother! Somebody's jumping in the tub with your
mother! Whoa!Whoa!Whoa!
BUFFALO BILL"Looking for owls?" the young man
asked Hoping to lighten the tension And the scowl he received as his only
reply Made him smile as he relived the mention
And the coward fool
walked on alone Quite proud of the fear he instilled And later they found
him, tied to a log Bent over and buffalo billed
CAROLINATraditional Carolina, Carolina, Carolina,
Carolina Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning No
one could be sweeter that my sweetie when I meet her in the morning Where the
morning glory Twine around the door Whispering pretty stories I long to
hear once more Strolling with my girlie when the dew is pearly early in the
morning Butterflies all flutter up and kiss each little buttercup, in the
morning If I had Aladdin's lamp I'd make a wish and here's what I'd
say Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning
CRACKLIN' ROSIEby Neil Diamond
Yea, Cracklin'
Rosie, get on board. We're gonna ride 'til there ain't no more to
go. Takin' it slow, Lord don't you know, Happily a time when the poor
man's let be
Hitchin' on a twilight train, Ain't nothin' here that I
care to take along, Maybe a song, To sing when I watch, Don't mean to
say please, said old man, I'm happy too.
Oh, I love my Rosie child, you
got the way to make me happy. You and me, we go in style. Cracklin' Rose,
you're a store-bought woman, You make me sing like a guitar hummin. Hang
on to me, girl, our song keeps runnin' on. Play it now, Play it now, Play it
now my lady!
Cracklin Rosie, make me smile. God it'll last for an
hour, well that's alright, We got all night, To set the world
right. Find us a dream and don't ask no questions Yea!
THE CURTAINAs he saw his life run away from him Thousands
ran along Chanting words from a song
"Please me, have no
regrets" "Please me, have no regrets"
Came from the baby's mouth We
follow the lines going south
"Please me, have no regrets"
Came
from the,came from the,came from the... baby's mouth! We follow the line
going south!
DEAR MRS. REAGANDear Mrs. Reagan, I hope you're feeling
well Fighting drugs and abortion will keep you out of hell Send in the
troops, they'll shut the system down Take away their leaders and replace them
all with clowns
Out in the Rose Garden, time for a speech Make up your
face so it looks like a peach
Aw, Nancy dear, what shall I say? Tell
ole Ronnie it's all OK.
Oh Mrs Reagan, Mrs Reagan Gun your husband
down You'll collect insurance Make our country sound
Dear Mrs
Reagan, gun your husband down, Save us from this awful fate George Bush
will be our next president!
Dear Mr Reagan, your hair is really
swell Buy another missile and damn the poor to hell
Pump up our
resources, You'll make us strong abroad Foreign country leaders Know
that you're a fraud
Oh Ron, you're such a patriot We think that you're
an idiot Everybody's singing this time
Oh Mrs Reagan, Mrs Reagan, gun
your husband down, Don't this let injustice reign, It's Ron you must
uncrown
Oh Mrs Reagan, gun your husband down Send him out to
pasture His brain cannot be found
DESTINY UNBOUNDHighway Bill's on the rotary still and he
can't even feel the pain of a sun dried shoulder and a scar from a
boulder that cut him right across his vein now he's suckin' cigar and
he's shovelin' tar in the crater of a turnpike terrain He's got only one
hope, and he wants to elope, 'cuz Highway Jill is driving him
insane.
We gotta get on the road Destiny Unbound She's the one for
me We gotta get outta town
Highway Jill was a daffodil with a
cactus sense of pride at the wheel of a tractor she was quite an
impactor when the road rocks started to slide She saw Bill drop his shovel
on a pile of gravel as he climbed up out of his ditch She was
wonderstruck when he climbed in her truck He said "I've been havin' this
everlasting itch We gotta get on the road Destiny Unbound You're the
one for me we gotta get outta town
At first she was cold she was
ready to scold this guy from the pit with a thing in his head but then she
thought twice when he melted her ice with his passionate eyes She was
energized! She started the ignition and without permission the two of
'em flew down the dusty road but the road wasn't finished and the pavement
diminished They soared off the edge and they plunged in the
sludge
She said: There isn't even any road Our Destiny was
bound We were the ones for us but now we're in the ground.
DOG LOGWalkin cross the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn,
lawn Walkin cross the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
I've
been walkin cross the lawn I've been walkin with a dog dog dog
Walkin
cross the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
I've been walkin cross
the lawn I've been wonderin where my dog done gone
Stepped upon a
long, long, long, long, long, long, log Stepped upon a long, long, long,
long, long, long, log
Stepped upon a log, walkin through the fog fog
fog
Stepped upon a long, long, long, long, long, long, log
Dog log
is here I knew if she was near, she was still sneezin
Its
Holdsworth! Holdsworth! Holdsworth! Holdsworth!
Walkin cross the
lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn I've been walkin with a dog, dog,
dog. Walkin cross the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn I've been
walkin cross the lawn Walkin cross the lawn I've been wonderin where
Holdsworth done gone
Where's my dog gone? Where's my dog
gone? Where's my dog gone? Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone Gone
Gone Gone Gone
FREE BIRDby Lynyrd Skynyrd
If I leave here
tomorrow would you still remember me For I must be traveling on
now there's too many places I gotta see
And if I stay here with you
girl things just wouldn't be the same For I'm as free as a bird now and
this bird you cannot change and the bird you cannot change and the bird
you cannot change Lord knows I can't change
Bye bye it's been sweet
love though this feeling I can't change Please don't take it so
badly Lord knows I'm to blame
And if I stay here with you
girl things just couldn't be the same For I'm as free as a bird now and
this bird you cannot change and the bird you cannot change and the bird
you cannot change Lord knows I can't change
GUMBOThere's a mouse starin' out of the window His car is
trapped in the snow He's planning a family vacation But he just can't
go
Around the next corner's a red bird His feathers are trapped in a
sling He's passed by some gunslinging parrot Who's jealous he ain't got no
grin
There ain't no time to stash the gumbo Or rattle around in a
cage The sacrificed child's made bubbles And spittle is everywhere
enraged
In the hot sand I weather my feet They blister and cake with
debris Chez rolez got in a toe port While Angry piddles with
glee
There's a fool writing notes out on sandpaper He's sending them
off to himself He gets them a couple days later Who put them along his top
shelf
If you get tired of shavings And carve up a good hunk of
wood Remembering to check on the sausage He's got cooking somewhere look
good
GUYUTEGuyute was the ugly pig Who walked on me and danced
a jig That he had learned when he was six Then stopped and did some other
tricks Like pulling weapons from his coat and holding them against my
throat He lectured me in a language strange Then scampered quickly out of
range
I'm bouncing like a new born elf I can't believe inside
myself Guyute glances in my eyes and manages to hypnotize and as I
sleep the sleep of death He sucks from me my only breath That i have
breathed since I was ten I hope this happens once again
HALLEY'S COMET["Halley's Comet" over doo-wop] [sounds
like 'bee chiu ba ba b'jingo']
Halley's Comet, I-said-a Halley's Comet
(2x) Halley's Comet (4x)
Halley's Comet, I-said-a Halley's Comet
(2x)
How could you know that I lived in a desperate world? How could
you dream that we were all made out of stone? What is the truth, what is the
faithful lasting proof? What is the central theme to this everlasting
spoof?
Knock on my windows, link up the chains It's gotta be easy, no
splinters no pain It's Cadillac rainbows and lots of spaghetti And I love
meatballs so you better be ready
I'm going down to the central part of
town I'm going down to the central part of town Central part of town, I'm
going down I'm going down to the central part of town
What did I do?
And don't be blamin' eat my cashew (kazoo?) For everything I do to get the
story And everything I do to pull me in And everything I say to get the
title But when they use it on me I reject it
What would you do if you
ate my daddy's shoes? What would you say if it was naturally for you? How
would you feel if it rained on ??? How would you like to have your thick
strawberry goo?
I'm sinking down, it's a glorious feeling To make a
big difference, my body is reeling *Even ??? can't shine my shoes (Bob Seger?
Tom Seaver?) *'Cause I know deep inside it's got to ??? (mighty fine
something)
I'm going down to the central part of town I'm going down
to the central part of town I'm going down, central part of town I'm going
down to the central part of town
HARPUAOom-pa-pa Oom-pa-pa Oom-pa-pa Oom-pa-paaaaa
Fat
sweaty bulldog Stood in the sun Stone village swamp man Slow motion
run Tender poke police walker Precious birthday fudge Swamp night bull
nail Walker done done
Me and Harpua We couldn't care few-a It
happens all the time We beat Okimo
Hot liquor stone jack Bitter
toothless flesh Shabby pimple chin-slime Evil milky rash Me and
Harpua Spastic dead-eyed hound Oozing dreadlock skullcap We're coming
to your town We'll help you party down
ICCULUS...We already played that We're going to lighten
it up a bit We're going to lighten it up a bit This really isn't a stupid
song This is a special song This is an important song This is a dance
song This is.. THIS IS RED ROCKS...THIS IS THE EDGE!!! No really this is a
song about... We want to get serious now that we have your attention We
want to talk about.. We want to talk about an important man
(Diarrhea!-Mike) Who could have an important effect On
everybody in this room's lives If they were willing to take the chance To
let this person into their hearts and their views Because this is a special
man And this man wrote a great book For this is the author of the Helping
Friendly Book The book that could change your life, the way it changed
ours And I hope that someday That you, you people will all have the
chance To read the Helping Friendly Book And experience the wisdom Of
the great and knowledgeable Man who wrote the Helping Friendly
Book Because he is, the great and knowledgeable He is the one, the
only Author of the Helping Friendly Book HE is, the man, the great man,
the only the special His name is... The Author of the Helping Friendly
Book He is the great, the knowledgeable The one, the only The great and
knowledgeable Person who wrote the Helping Friendly Book His name could
only be The one, the only The only, the special, the Author of the Helping
Friendly Book HE WROTE THE FUCKING BOOK OK! HE WROTE THE BOOK His
name.. WAS.. ICCULUS!!!!!
Written by the great and knowledgeable
Icculus Ya! Our children are old enough To read ICCULUS
A cold and
lonely night Running the pace of her fright Look at her face
tonight!
I DIDN'T KNOWI didn't know (x2)
Well I didn't like
cheeseburger alleycats near me A petrified Phish disease, I wish somebody'd
hear me I didn't like maple dew, honey melon watercress I didn't like
Phish shoes down by muddy watermelon I didn't seem to miss you when you
kiss'd my honey water And even showed a picture, showed her down by honey's
border But who laid silver tooth and broke my sunny shoe shine And all my
plastic melodreams are waiting for their new shine
Pardon me,
Doug (pardon me, Doug) Is this a picture of Otis Redding? Yes! Yes!
Taken right before he died Well you can give me his hide (well you can
give me his hide)
(I didn't know) I didn't know that I was that far
gone
Well I woulda' liked to seen Bess Truman come see me and hear all
the revolutionaries come free me 'cause if it all ends up running to sneeze
me I'll make it all here, black corners come seize me and if you
*boom,back* got troubles in your ear and you can't seem to come back and make
it all clear when eye tails and toe nails and liquid all meet me when
mustard pies and carrot eyes and flounders come greet me
(I didn't
know) I didn't know that I was that far gone
Pardon me,
Doug....
IF I ONLY HAD A BRAINTraditional--Wizard of OZ
I could while away the hours, Conversin' with the
flowers, Consultin' with the rain. My head I'd be scratchin, While my
thoughts were busy hatchin' If I only had a brain.
I could solve any
riddle, For any individ'al, In trouble, or in pain. With the thoughts
I'd be thinkin' I would be another Lincoln, If I only had a
brain.
Oh, I, could tell you why, the ocean's near the shore. I could
think of things I'd never thought before. And then I'd sit, and think some
more.
I would not be just a nothin', My head all full of
stuffin, My heart all full of pain. I would dance and be merry, Life
would be a ding-a-derry, If I only had a brain.
KUNG w/ VIBRATION OF LIFEWhat you are now experiencing is
the Vibration of Life ladies and gentlemen your head may be feeling
heavy seven beats per second your nose light this will re-energize
you your eyes heavy your nose light your eyes
heavy
Kung... Kung... Kung...
your eyes may be feeling
heavy your nose light your eyes
heavy
Kung... Kung... Kung...
Rich in minerals Rich in
firth Carry well ye martin lad Fervent fourth Now Fervent
fifth Forever arealm we cry Be it ever so Voraciously alternate We
call upon your pulse Can we stand? Can we stare? We can stage a runaway
golfcart marathon! Stand up Stand up Stand up on your heels and
call From the hills From the hills
This may have made your eyes
feel heavy your nose light your eyes heavy
LIFE ON MARSby David Bowie
It's a god-awful
small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling
"No" And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be
seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest
view And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is a saddening
bore For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of
fools As they ask her to focus on (their rules)
Sailors fighting in
the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest
show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder
if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on
Mars?
It's on Amerika's tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a
cow Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale
again See the mice in their million hordes From Ibeza to the Norfolk
Broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and
clowns
But the film is a saddening bore 'Cause I wrote it ten times or
more It's about to be writ again As I ask you to focus on
Sailors
fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the
freakiest show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh
man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life
on Mars?
LOVE YOUby Syd Barrett
Honey, love ya honey
little honey bunny Sunday mornin' Love ya more funny love in the skyline
baby Ice cream 'scuse me I seen ya looking good the other evenin'.
Oh,
you dig it had to smile just an hour so if we're in love like I think we'll
be It ain't a long rhyme it took ages to think I think I'll hurl it in the
water baby.
Thinkin you are a nice little one to put it all around you
it's just good I like it
I like it. Hey Hey Hey suppose sometime
that day you won't be swingin along over across to me.
Good time
rocker woman, we'll stray our pieces little creepy we shine so sleepy so
whoopie! That's how you look.
MCGRUPP AND THE WATCHFUL HOSEMASTERSI've alternated my
meager flock To the shores of the Baltic Sea The teeth of time have stowed
the rhyme Of how things should be
My cave, my house, my turning
wheel My little docking pup The march of Colonel Forbin And his fleet
hound called McGrupp
The grime of countless workdogs Has collected in
my sink I tie my nose with spandex hose Before I get a drink
While
on frozen warthogs With its poison in our minds The ferns that spot our
children Are encased in orange rinds
All times and seasons are the
reasons That people and their clans Have stowed the Famous
Mockingbird With glue and rubber bands They writhe and cry in agony As
Rutherford the Brave Chokes Tela and the Unit Monster Managing to
save
The spotted striper's multi-beast And thereby cheat his
grave I'd like to get his autograph But he looks too much like
Dave
MIKE'S SONGTrapped in time and I don't know what to
do These friends of mine, I can see right through. You don't gotta tell me
and I don't gotta know `Cuz I'm sittin' back here sharin' the
groove.
Me no are no nice guys (x3)
I walk through the hallways
inside my mind I chase the backbeat from behind Big dude in the doorway
was blockin' my way He reached to grab me and this is what he said:
Me
no are no nice guys (x3)
MY MIND'S GOT A MIND OF ITS OWNMy mind's got a mind of its
own It takes me out a walkin' when I'd rather stay at home Takes me out to
parties when I'd rather be alone My mind's got a mind of its own
I've
been doing things I thought I'd never do I've been getting into trouble
without ever meaning to I'd as soon settle down but I'm right back up
again I feel just like a leaf out in the wind.
I seem to forget half
the things I start I try to build a house and then I tear the place
apart I freeze myself on fire and then I burn myself on ice I can't count
to one without thinking twice
I tell myself to do the things I
should And then you get to thinkin' that them things ain't any good. I
tell myself the truth but know I'm lying like a snake You can't walk on water
at the bottom of a lake.
NELLIE KANEAs a young man I went riding Out on the
western plain In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane I met
my Nellie Kane
She was living in a lonely cabin With a son by another
man Five years she had waited for him As long as a woman can As long as
a woman can
I don't know what changed my mind 'Til then I was the
ramblin' kind The kind of love I can't explain That I had for Nellie
Kane
She took me on to work that day To help her till the land In
the afternoon we planted seeds In the evening we held hands In the evening
we held hands
Her blue eyes told me everything A man could want to
know And it was then I realized I would never go I would never
go
Now many years have gone by And her son has grown up tall I
became a father to him And she became my all She became my all
N.I.C.U.Appendages flailing, you're running at
me Ferocious, tenaciously clawing at me The devious gelatin holding me
fast Miraculous now you let me move(ooze) past
Over the wall rushing
rivers of sleaze The tip of stalactites incising my knees A slipper, a
sand dollar day at the shore Nice evening at home that I dread even
more
Would you please Make clear to me I'm peering out through your
opacity Though you rehearse Tomorrow's verse Forgive me if I don't sing
in your key
Look back on those days when my life was a haze The
gelatin lay on a truncated sleigh Copernicus drank from a vessel that
stank The free masons crank to the overflow tank
Bane of the weasel,
for biding his fun Jump on the turnstile and watch me go 'round Swim with
the cactus and float with the stone I try to convey what you strive to
condone
Would you please Make clear to me I'm peering out through
your opacity Though you rehearse Tomorrow's verse Forgive me if I don't
sing in your key
Would you please Make clear to me Why nothing is
the first thing that I see And if you do And I see you Then you will be
the nothing left for me
NO DOGS ALLOWED
by Trey's Mother
No Dogs
allowed, No Dogs allowed, No Dogs allowed in the subway today. So climb
up the stairs, And be on your way, 'Cuz there's no dogs allowed in the
subway today.
If dogs were allowed then just think of this place, an
army (alt: city) of dogs living here in this space Whining and running from
dawn until dark My head would be aching from hearing them bark.
So
there's No Dogs allowed, No Dogs allowed, No Dogs allowed in the subway
today. So climb up the stairs, And be on your way, 'Cuz there's no dogs
allowed in the subway today.
If dogs were allowed then the people would
shout And tell me to order those dirty dogs out I'd have to decide who
would get to sit down Would the dogs or the people ride into town.
So
there's No Dogs allowed, No Dogs allowed, No Dogs allowed in the subway
today. So climb up the stairs, And be on your way, 'Cuz there's no dogs
allowed in the subway today.
If dogs were allowed then the trains would
be filled With creatures that never, no never stand still. There wouldn't
be room for the people at all The trains would be cluttered with dogs big and
small.
PAUL AND SILASPaul and Silas bound in jail all night long
(x3) Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Paul and Silas prayed in jail all
night long (x3) Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Lightning crashed and
thunder rolled all night long (x3) Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Jailer
cried what must I do all night long (x3) Who shall deliver Poor
Me?
Paul and Silas bound in jail all night long (x3) Who shall deliver
Poor Me? (3x)
PREP SCHOOL HIPPIEPrep school hippie Or hip school
preppie I can't decide
Should I spend my adolescent days wearing
tie dyes or Vuarnets I can't decide
Big ten kegger at the frat Or
watching Jerry shake his bat.
Prep school hippie Or hip school
preppie I can't decide
I can't wait 'til I'm 21, Dip into my trust
fund
I can't wait 'til I'm 21, Trust fund, trust fund
Prep
school hippie Or hip school preppie I can't decide
Should I spend
my adolescent days wearing tie dyes or Vuarnets I can't decide
(x4)
PUNCH YOU IN THE EYEI come from the land where the oceans
freeze Spent three long months on the open seas Paddled 'til it seemed I
could take no more When my ship hit ground on Prussia's shores
How was
I to know that day That the winds had swept me Wilson's way 'Cause soon
towards me from the East Came Wilson and his men on multi-beasts
Well
it seems he didn't like my face And I quickly learned that Prussia was an
evil place They tied me to a chair with a giant clip And held a piece of
paper to my tender nip(ple)
Then they tossed the chair in a tiny
shack And told me not to worry 'cause they'd soon be back But I loosened
up the binds where my hands were lashed And ran towards the cove where my
boat was stashed
Singing "Oh Wilson, someday I'll kill you 'til you
die Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye"
When Wilson knew that I was
loose I'd surely be subjected to some real abuse Maybe end up hanging from
the nearest tree So angrily I paddled to the open sea
But the sea was
eager to beat me back And the waves grew huge and deadly black And the
gray clouds rumbled over my head And I feared in my heart that I'd soon be
dead
When the morning came and the storm had passed And the dismal fog
began at last To open up before my eyes And there I saw to my
surprise
Chains and specks of islands curved Where palm trees dipped
and seagulls swerved And I parked my kayak on a stone And yelled across
the ocean to his evil throne
I said "Oh Wilson, someday I'll kill you
'til you die Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye Wilson, kill you 'til you
die Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye"
ROCKYTOPTraditional
Wish that I was on old
Rockytop Down in the Tennessee hills. Ain't no smoggy smoke on
Rockytop Ain't no telephone bills.
Once I had a girl on
Rockytop Half bear, the other half cat, Wild as a mink, but sweet as
soda-pop I still dream about that.
Rockytop, you'll always be Home
sweet home to me. Good old Rockytop, Rockytop, Tennessee. Rockytop,
Tennessee.
Once two strangers climbed old Rockytop Lookin' for a
moonshine still. Strangers ain't come down from Rockytop, Reckon they
never will.
Corn won't grow at all on Rockytop Dirt's too rocky by
far. That's why all the folks on Rockytop Get their corn from a
jar.
I've had years of cooped up city life, Trapped like a dog in a
pen. All I know is it's a pity life Can't be simple again.
Rockytop
Tennessee
RUNAWAY JIMI had a dog. His name was Jim (Runaway,
runaway, runaway) Took all of my old clothes with him. (Runaway, runaway,
runaway)
Whoa-ooooooooooooooo oh Runaway Jim Whoa-ooooooooooooooo oh
Runaway Jim
He was twelve years old when his trip began, (Runaway,
runaway, runaway) Hauling down the highway in my old sedan. (Runaway,
runaway, runaway.)
Now I wish someone'd tell me where old Jim
went, (Runaway, runaway, runaway) 'Cause he took all the money that I
saved for rent. (Runaway, runaway, runaway)
By the time he came home
he was seventeen. (Runaway, runaway, runaway) That's a hundred nineteen to
you and me. (Runaway, runaway, runaway)
Now I'm gonna go up to the
mountain. (Runaway, runaway, runaway) Singing for Jim who's swimming in
the fountain. (Runaway, runaway, runaway)
SANITY
Sanity never came my way. (Came his way) Sanity
never came my way. (His way) I don't know what I'll do
today. (Way) 'Cause sanity never came my way.
Lost my mind just a
couple of times. (Lost his mind) Lost my mind just a couple of
times. (His mind) You can spend your nickels, you can spend your
dimes. (Mind) But I lost my mind just a couple of times.
You can
trespass anywhere. (A-ny-where) You can trespass
anywhere. (Ny-where) Where you go, you'd better beware (Be-ware) You
can trespass anywhere.
I forgot the rules, I forgot my pride. ('Got
his pride) I forgot the rules, I forgot my pride. (His pride) I don't
need a place to hide. (Hide) I forgot the rules, I forgot my pride, but I
don't need a place to hide!
The stars in the sky are very
bright. (Stars are bright) The stars in the sky are very bright. (Are
bright) The stars they really suck tonight! (stars suck) The stars in
the sky are very bright.
And I don't care if the world
explodes. (world ex-plodes) No, I don't care if the world
explodes. (Ex-plodes!) You can save the whales, you can save the
toads. (Toads) But I don't care if the world explodes.
SHAGGY DOGShaggy Dog, walkin' down He walks all
around Shaggy Dog, where you been? I been walkin' to see my
friend
Knock on the door, wouldn't let me in. Askin' me where I
been Then one day, he got lost Jumped on a gator, thought it was a
horse
Shaggy Dog, don't stay out too long Yes I know that it's
wrong
Shaggy Dog, long been (?) Where he walks, you know who he
is Walk on, Shaggy Dog (x4) Oh oh, oh oh (x4)
SLAVE TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT
Slave to the traffic light Slave
See the city See the zoo Traffic light won't let me
through
SLEEPING MONKEYThe feeling's not the same, In fact it's
getting pretty tame, It's just not that great anymore, I guess I'll go
outside And flag a weasel for a ride, And take it on down to the
shore
Wallowing in fear, The days and weeks that you're not
here, Was all the waiting in vain? The day that you arrived My sleeping
monkey is revived, But you sent him home on the train
Home on the
train, Why'd you send my monkey on a train? The day that you
arrived, My sleeping monkey is revived, But you sent him home on the
train
SUZIE GREENBERG
Little Suzie Greenberg With her head caved
in Soon will let me drown Beneath the undertow You better put that
woman In a loony bin 'Cause you know I'd really like To be a part of
her show
Suzie is an artist She paints quite a lot An artist she
may be But a genius she is not She says she wants to be A
Sociologist But she better first get checked By a
neurologist
Suzie, Suzie, Suzie, Suzie Suzie, Suzie
Greenberg
Suzie's 'bout as faithful As a slot machine Pays off once
in a while But then she'll rob you clean She's always afraid That she's
not sure what she's worth She's out of her mind And she's not of this
earth
The woman walks the streets Like she's the queen of the
town Doesn't talk very much She's very profound Little Suzie
Greenberg Always playing the game But today I'll bet she's
probably Forgotten my name
TUBE
An asteroid crashed and nothing burned It made me
wonder Do tigers sleep in lily patches? Doctor, mine does run for
thunder. I got an ache in my left ear I felt the truth but I still could
hear. Made me think, I would not be burned, but rather give myself to
science, I felt that I could help To science, I felt that I can
help
Paranoid the doctor ran, Shouting his graphic translation All
out of order Gang wars and ails of riches, Spewing forth there color He
purposely waited till I was done To knock on the lavatory door Accusing me
of ruining the fun, He knocked on it some more The fun, He knocked on it
some more.
And alloy suitors were all inside An apple or a grape To
put forth a cloud of Mercury In front of a mighty car On a freeway in Los
Angeles Once the spraying has been done 'Cause there's more pain from
necessity You're a portrait of your past, There's a mummy in the
cabinet. Are there no more arrows left? What's that rubber bottle doing
here? How's that napkin for a proof Ten cents to a dollar now For a
shelf of pregnant ears Robert Palmer is applauded again, again,
again So stupendous, living in this tube.
UNCLE PEN
by Bill Monroe
Oh, the people would
come from far and away, They'd dance all night 'till the break of
day, When the caller would holler "Do-si-do," You knew Uncle Pen was ready
to go.
Late in the evening about sun down, High on the hill and above
the town, Uncle Pen played the fiddle, lord a how it'd ring, You could
hear it talk, you could hear it sing.
Oh, he played an old piece he
called Soldier's Joy, And he had one he called Boston Boy, The greatest of
all was Ginny Lyn, To me that's where the fiddlin begin.
Oh, I'll
never forget that mournful day, When Uncle Pen was called away, They hung
up his fiddle, they hung up his bow, You knew it was time for him to
go.
WEEKAPAUG GROOVE
Trying to make a woman match your moves
And we're sharing in the Weekapaug Groove.
YA MAR
by The Mustangs
Remember all the days in
the pond Catchin' wild trout till the break of dawn Now that you've become
a man, looking very mean Got a nice shiny sports car, keep it very
clean
Don't ask him what it was, tell him what it is Sing the song
now
Ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, you're no
good pah
She used to be a vampire child, walkin' in the yard Now that
she's become a woman, lookin' very proud You used to wear a piece of cloth
tied around your head Now she looks so good, wanna love you dead
Don't
ask her what it was, tell her what it is Sing the song now
Ya mar, ya
mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, ya mar, you're no good
pah
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