Random Song Lyrics Thread

[Greywind]

Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart?
How the music can free her whenever it starts
And it's magic if the music is groovy
It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie
I'll tell you about the magic, and it'll free your soul
But it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout a rock 'n' roll

 

If you believe in magic don't bother to choose
If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues
Just go and listen it'll start with a smile
That won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try
Your feet start tapping, and you can't seem to find
How you got there, so just blow your mind

 

If you believe in magic come along with me
We'll dance until morning till there's just you and me
And maybe if the music is right
I'll meet you tomorrow sorta late at night
And we'll go dancing baby, then you'll see
How the magic's in the music, and the music's in me

 

Yeah, do you believe in magic
Yeah, believe in the magic of the young girl's soul
Believe in the magic of a rock 'n' roll
Believe in the magic that can set you free
Ahh, talking 'bout the magic

 

Do you believe in magic?
(Do you believe like I believe?) Do you believe, believer?
(Do you believe like I believe?) Do you believe in magic?
(Do you believe like I believe?) Do you believe in magic?

[death tribble]

If you can play on the fiddle
How's about a British jig and reel ?
Speaking King's English in quotation
As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust
Water froze
In the generation
Clear as winter ice
This is your paradise

There ain't no need for ya
There ain't no need for ya
Go straight to hell, boys,

go straight to hell, boys

Wanna join in a chorus
Of the Amerasian blues ?
When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh City
Kiddie say papa papa papa papa pappa-san, take me home
See me got
Photo photo photograph of you and mamma mamma mamma-san
Of you and mamma mamma mamma-san
Let me tell you 'bout your blood, bamboo kid
It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice

Straight to hell
Go straight to hell boys
Go straight to hell
Go straight to hell boys

Oh Papa-san
Please take me home
Oh Papa-san
Everybody, they wanna go home
So Mamma-san says

You want to play mind-crazed banjo
On the druggy-drag ragtime U.S.A. ?
In Parkland International
Ha, junkie-dom U.S.A
Where pro-caine proves the purest rock man groove
And rat poison
The volatile Molotov says

Straight to hell

Can you really cough it up loud and strong ?
The immigrants, they wanna sing all night long
It could be anywhere
Most likely could be any frontier any hemisphere
In no-man's-land
There ain't no asylum here
King Solomon he never lived 'round here

Straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
Oh, papa-san, please take me home

[Greywind]

There are stars in the southern sky
Southward as you go
There is moonlight and moss in the trees
Down the seven bridges road

 

Now I have loved you like a baby
Like some lonesome child
And I have loved you in a tame way
And I have loved you wild

 

Sometimes there's a part of me
Has to turn from here and go
Running like a child from these warm stars
Down the seven bridges road

 

There are stars in the southern sky
And if ever you decide you should go
There is a taste of thyme sweetened honey
Down the seven bridges road

[death tribble]

I see you, you see me
How pleasant, this feeling
The moment you hold me
I missed you, I'm sorry
I've given what I have
I showed you I'm growing
The ashes fall slowly
As your voice consoles me

As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know
As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know

We're swaying to drum beats
In motion, I'm feeling
My patience controlling
The question, I won't speak
We're telling the stories
Our laughter, he knows me
We're leaving, we're talking
You're closer, it's calming

As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know
As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know

The night will hold us close and the stars will guide us home
I've been waiting for this moment, we're finally alone
I turn to ask the question, so anxious, my thoughts
Your lips were soft like winter, in your passion, I was lost

As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know
As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know

As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know
As the hours pass
I will let you know
That I need to ask
Before I'm alone
How it feels to rest
On your patient lips
To eternal bliss
I'm so glad to know

[Greywind]

In the winter time
When all the leaves are brown
And the wind blows (So chill)
And the birds
Have all flown
For the summer

 

I'm callin'
Hear me callin'
Hear me callin'
Ah, ah

 

In the winter time
When all the leaves are brown
And the wind blows (So chill)
And the birds
Have all flown
For the summer

 

I'm callin'
Hear me callin'
Hear me callin'

 

I'm callin'
Hear me callin'
Hear me callin'
In the winter time

 

In the winter time
When all the leaves are brown
And the wind blows (So chill)
And the birds
Have all flown
For the summer

 

I'm callin'
Hear me callin'
Hear me callin'

[death tribble]

I stand in the distance
I view from afar
Should I offer some assistance?
Should it matter who you are?

We all get hurt by love
And we all have our cross to bear
But in the name of understanding now
Their problems should be shared

Confide in me
Confide in me

I can keep a secret
And throw away the key
But sometimes to release it
Is to set our children free

We all get hurt by love
And we all have our cross to bear
But in the name of understanding now
Their problems should be shared

Confide in me
Confide in me
(Confide in me, confide in me, confide in me)
Confide in me
(Confide in me, confide in me, confide in me)
Confide in me
(Confide in me, confide in me, confide in me)

Stick or twist, the choice is yours
Hit or miss, what's mine is yours
Stick or twist, the choice is yours
Hit or miss, what's mine is yours

We all get hurt by love
And we all have our cross to bear
But in the name of understanding now
Our problems should be shared

Confide in me
Confide in me
Confide in me
Confide in me
(Confide in me, confide in me, confide in me)
Confide in me
(Confide in me, confide in me)
Confide in me

[Greywind]

Girl, I've been watching you
From so far across the floor, now, baby
That's nothing new, I've watched you
So many times before, now, baby
I see that look in your eyes (look in your eyes)
And what it's telling me
And you know, ooh girl, that I'm not shy
I'm glad you picked up on my telepathy, now, baby

 

You read my mind (you know you did)
Girl I wanna shake you down (oh well, oh well)
I can give you all the lovin' you need
(I'm gonna love you)
Come on let me take you down (oh, baby)
We'll go all the way to heaven
Oooh, I been missing you
And the way you make me feel inside
What can I do? I can tell you've got your pride now, baby
Come to me (oh well, oh well)
Let me ease your mind (oh babe)
I've got the remedy, yes I do
Now give me just a little time

 

I wanna rock you down
(I can give you all the lovin' you need)
I'm gonna love you
(Come on let me take you down)
Oh well, oh well
(We'll go all the way to heaven)

 

Girl, I've been missing you
And you know, it's funny
Every time I get to feelin' this way
I wish I had you near me
I wanna reach out and touch you

 

I can't stop thinking of the things we do
The way you call me baby when I'm holding you
I shake and I shiver when I know you're near
Then you whisper in my ear (oh baby, well, well)

Oh baby
(I can give you all the lovin' you need)
I'm gonna love you
(Come on let me take you down)
Oh well, oh well
(We'll go all the way to heaven)

 

Eeny-meeny-miny-mo (you read my mind)
Come on, girl, let's shock the show (girl, I wanna shake you down)
(I can give you all the lovin' you need)
Roses are red and violets are blue
I'm gonna rock this world for you
Hey baby
(We'll go all the way to heaven
You read my mind)
Girl, I wanna shake you down
I can give you all the lovin' you need
Come on, let me take you down
We'll go all the way to heaven

[Greywind]

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio

 

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

 

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

 

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio (four dead)
Four dead in Ohio (four)
Four dead in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio (how many more?)
Four dead in Ohio (why?)
Four dead in Ohio (oh)
Four dead in Ohio (oh)
Four dead in Ohio (why?)
Four dead in Ohio (why?)
Four dead in Ohio (why?)
Four dead in Ohio

[Greywind]

She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night

 

Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down its stall
In a blizzard, he was lost

 

She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire

 

By the dark of the moon, I planted
But there came an early snow
Been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now
'Bout six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go

 

We'll be ridin' Wildfire
We'll be ridin' Wildfire
We'll be ridin' Wildfire

 

On Wildfire we're gonna ride
We're gonna leave sodbustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire

[Greywind]

Honey, I know I've said it too many times before. I said I'd never say it again.
I guess I shouldn't say anything at all since you're supposed to belong to him.
But I just can't let you go without telling you just how much I love you.

So that is why I'm gonna say it one more time

Honey, come back I just can't stand
Each lonely day's a little bit longer
Than the last time I held you
Seems like a hundred years ago
Back to his arms and never know
The joy of love that used to taste like
Honey, come back where you belong to only me.

Well, I guess that's about all I gotta say.
So I'm just gonna take my bags and I'm gonna walk.

 

I know those bright lights are callin' ya, honey.
Big fine cars and fancy clothes.
But if you ever want somebody to just love ya, and some day you just may,
just give me a call-you know where I am.

And here is what I'll say

Honey, come back where you belong to only me.
Honey, come back

where you belong to only me.
Honey, come back where you belong to only me.

[death tribble]

Spinning around, spinning around

I'm spinning around, move out of my way
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this
I'm breaking it down, I'm not the same
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this

Traded in my sorrow for some joy that I borrowed
From back in the day
Threw away my old clothes, got myself a better wardrobe
I got something to say
I'm through with the past, ain't no point in looking back
The future will be
And did I forget to mention that I found a new direction
And it leads back to me ?

I'm spinning around, move out of my way
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this
I'm breaking it down, I'm not the same
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this

The mistakes that I've made have given me the strength
To really believe
And no matter how I take it, there's no way I'm gonna fake it
'Cause it's gotta be real
I've got nothing left to hide, no reason left to fight
'Cause the truth's given me
A new freedom inside, getting rid of my desire
Do you like what you see ?

I'm spinning around, move out of my way
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this
I'm breaking it down, I'm not the same
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this

Baby, baby, baby
You know you like it like this
Oh, baby, baby, baby
You know you like it like this
Oh, baby, baby, baby

I'm spinning around, move out of my way
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this
I'm breaking it down (I'm not the same)
I'm not the same (I know you feel me)
I know you're feeling me 'cause you like it like this

Feel me 'cause you like it like this, oh
I'm not the same
I know you like it like this, oh
Ooh yeah, like it like this, like it like this
I'm not the same, like it like this
I'm not the same, I'm not the same, oh

[death tribble]

Tell me I'm only dreaming and I'll believe you
Can't see how this could be true
Surrounded by feelings I hardly recognise
I look for explanations, I'm taken by surprise
If you told me yesterday that I could feel this way
I would sure enough call you a liar to your face

Because I'm shocked by the power (shocked)
Shocked by the power of love
I was rocked to my very foundations
Shocked by the power, shocked by the power
Shocked by the power (shocked)
Shocked by the power of love
I was rocked to my very foundations
Shocked by the power, shocked by the power

Maybe this time tomorrow
I'll discover this ain't really real
'Cause it struck me like lightning
Like a bolt out of the blue
Emotions inside me, all over you
I'm high above the universe
Losing track of time and falling free
I can't believe that you are really mine

Because I'm shocked by the power (shocked)
Shocked by the power of love
I was rocked to my very foundations
Shocked by the power, shocked by the power
Shocked by the power (shocked)
Shocked by the power of love
I was rocked to my very foundations
Shocked by the power, shocked by the power

Surrounded by feelings I hardly recognise
I look for explanations, I'm taken by surprise
Because it struck me like lightning
Like a bolt out of the blue
Emotions inside me, all over you

Because I'm shocked by the power (shocked)
Shocked by the power of love
I was rocked to my very foundations
Shocked by the power, shocked by the power
Shocked by the power (shocked)
Shocked by the power of love
I was rocked to my very foundations
Shocked by the power, shocked by the power

[death tribble]

Aah aah aah, love you, love you
Aah aah aah, love you, love you

Don't tell me that it's no use
Love's always been my excuse
Don't tell me it ain't right
My heart is my alibi

Only you (you), you (you)
Get me acting crazy
Like I do (do), do (do)
You say you can't believe it
But it's true, ooh, ooh
It's true, ooh, ooh

What do I have to do to get the message through ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do to get it through to you ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?

There ain't a single night
When I haven't held you tight
But it's always inside my head
Never inside my bed

And it's you (you), you (you)
Bringing out the passion
In my soul, oh (oh)
And I gotta have you
Don't you know ?
Don't you know ?

What do I have to do to get the message through ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do to get it through to you ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?

Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you

Only you (you), you (you)
Get me acting crazy
Like I do (do), do (do)
You say you can't believe it
But it's true, ooh, ooh
It's true, ooh, ooh

What do I have to do to get the message through ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do to get it through to you ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do to get the message through ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do to get it through to you ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do to get the message through ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do to get it through to you ?
How can I prove that I really love you, love you ?
What do I have to do ?

[death tribble]

Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know
Better the devil you know

Say you won't leave me no more
I'll take you back again
No more excuses, no, no
'Cause I heard them all before
A hundred times or more

I'll forgive and forget
If you say you'll never go
'Cause it's true what they say
It's better the devil you know

Our love wasn't perfect, I know
I think, I know the score
You say you love me, oh boy
I can't ask for more
I'll come if you should call

I'll forgive and forget
If you say you'll never go
'Cause it's true what they say
It's better the devil you know
I'll be here every day
Waiting for your love to show
Yes, it's true what they say
It's better the devil you know

I'll take you back
I'll take you back again
I'll take you back
I'll take you back again

Say you won't leave me no more
I'll take you back again
No more excuses no, no
'Cause I heard them all before
A hundred times or more

I'll forgive and forget
If you say you'll never go
'Cause it's true what they say
It's better the devil you know
I'll be here every day
Waiting for your love to show
Yes, it's true what they say, yeah
It's better the devil you know
I'll forgive and forget
If you say you'll never go
'Cause it's true what they say
It's better the devil you know

[death tribble]

I wanna funk
I wanna f-f-u, f-u-n-k
I wanna funk, I wanna funk
I wanna f-f-u, f-u-n-k
I wanna funk, I wanna funk
I wanna f-f-u, f-u-n-k

Non-stop dancing the bus stop
To the funky music
Hustle, pumping the muscle
Blame it on the boogie
Remember the old days
Remember the O'Jays
Walking in rhythm
Life was for living

When you can't find the music
To get down and boogie
All you can do is step back in time
Ball of confusion
When nothing is new, and
There's nothing doing, step back in time

Keep on trucking along
Riding on a love train
And then we can float on
You'll never go wrong

When you can't find the music
To get down and boogie
All you can do is step back in time
Ball of confusion
When nothing is new, and
There's nothing doing, step back in time
Step back in time

(Step back)
(I wanna step back, step back)
Remember the old days
Remember the O'Jays
Walking in rhythm
Life was for living

When you can't find the music
To get down and boogie
All you can do is step back in time
Ball of confusion
When nothing is new, and
There's nothing doing, step back in time
When you can't find the music
To get down and boogie
All you can do is step back in time
Ball of confusion
When nothing is new, and
There's nothing doing, step back in time
When you can't find the music
To get down and boogie
All you can do is step back in time
Ball of confusion
When nothing is new, and
There's nothing doing, step back in time

[Pariah]

Nice to meet you, where you been?
I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
"Oh, my God, look at that face
You look like my next mistake
Love's a game, wanna play?"

 

New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny rumors fly
And I know you heard about me
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport and my hand
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

 

So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over

If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game

 

'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name

 

Cherry lips, crystal skies
I could show you incredible things
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no

 

Screaming, crying, perfect storms
I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
"Oh, my God, who is she?"
I get drunk on jealousy
But you'll come back each time you leave
'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream

 

So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game

'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name

 

Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya

 

So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over 
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game

'Cause we're young and we're reckless
We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless

Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name

[Pariah]

Charlie Richter made a scale for calibrating earthquakes
Gives a true and lucid reading every time the earth shakes
Increments are exponential; numbers O to 9
When the first shock hit the "seismo", everything worked fine

 

It measured one-two on the Richter scale
A shabby little shiver
One-two on the Richter scale
A queasy little quiver
Waves brushed the seismograph
As if a fly had flicked her
One-two on the Richter scale;
It hardly woke up Richter

 

Nineteen-hundred thirty-three and Long Beach rocked and rumbled
Schoolhouse walls and crockery and oil derricks stumbled
Hollywood got hit but good; it even shook the stars
Shattered glass and spilled martinis on a hundred bars

 

It measured six-three on the Richter scale
It rattled tile and plaster
Six-three on the Richter scale
A rattling disaster
Waves bounced the seismograph
As if a cue had clicked her
Six-three on the Richter scale;
It almost rattled Richter

 

Came the turn of County Kern; the mountains lurched and trembled
Bakersfield, which jerked and reeled, was almost disassembled
Arvin town was battered down in rubble and debris
Spasms racked the women's prison at Tehachapi

 

It measured seven-eight on the Richter scale
It fractured rails and melons
Seven-eight on the Richter scale
It fractured female felons
Waves smacked the seismograph;
A casualty inflictor
Seven-eight on the Richter scale;
It almost fractured Richter

 

Came a cataclysmic quake at Anchorage, Alaska
"Seisims" ran from Ketchikan to Omaha, Nebraska
Polar bears were saying prayers; the tidal wave was grand
Planted boats in California way up on the sand

 

It measured eight-five on the Richter scale
It loosened kelp and corals
Eight-five on the Richter scale
It loosened faith and morals
Waves bashed the seismograph
As if a mule had kicked her
Eight-five on the Richter scale;
It failed to loosen Richter

 

Someday - pretty soon, we fear - our many faults will fail us
Slide and slip and rip and dip and all at once assail us
Seismic jolts, like lightning bolts, will flatten us that day
When the concrete settles down, geologists will say:

 

It measured eight-nine on the Richter scale
It rocked them in Samoa
Eight-nine on the Richter scale
It cracked like Krakatoa
Waves crunched the seismograph
Just like a boa constrictor
Eight-five on the Richter scale;
It really racked up...

 

One-two on the Richter scale
Three-four on the Richter scale
Five-six on the Richter scale
Seven-eight on the Richter scale
Eight-nine on the Richter scaaaaaaale...

It really racked up Richter!

[Pariah]

Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man

 

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man

 

Triangle man, Triangle man
Triangle man hates particle man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle man

 

Universe man, Universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe man

 

He's got a watch with a minute hand,
Millennium hand and an eon hand
When they meet it's a happy land
Powerful man, universe man

 

Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man

 

Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man

 

Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man

[Pariah]

In the afterlife
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day
But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay

 

In the afterlife
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day
But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay

 

People listen attentively
I mean about future calamity
I used to think the idea was obsolete
Until I heard the old man stamping his feet

 

This is a place where eternally
Fire is applied to the body
Teeth are extruded and bones are ground
And baked into cakes which are passed around

 

In the afterlife
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day
But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay

 

Beauty, talent, fame, money
Refinement, job skill and brain
But all the things you try to hide
Will be revealed on the other side

 

In the afterlife
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day (meet the furnace)
But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay (yes it is it is hot)

 

Now the D and A and the M and the N

And the A and the T and the I-O-N
Lose your face
Lose your name
Then get fitted for a suit of flames

 

Now the D and A and the M and the N

And the A and the T and the I-O-N
Lose your face
Lose your name
Then get fitted for a suit of flames

[Pariah]

This is the story of the trou macacq

The pine box derby, the monkey track
This is the story of the trou macacq

The pine box derby, the monkey track

 

Not what I heard or saw on TV,
But what I witnessed entirely
Each bend in the road was in fact

Another curve on the monkey track

 

Once upon a time we thought we were free
And had control over destiny
We saw ourselves a competent band
Able to reason, prosper and plan

 

But we had a chamber up in the moon
Circumstance made us change our tune
When the veil was torn from our face
We became the monkeys riding the race

 

MONKEY!

 

You think you got the stuff it takes to break away!
Boy you'll be on the track every day
Talent, vigor, drive
you'll eat peanut butter the rest of your life

 

And these last things you can arrange
Find other people equally strange
Stuff yourselves in the van and ride

The pine box derby to the finish line

 

I said: Chris P. rides on a serious plan
he's going to finish as fast as he can
The Escalator takes it personally
And does not drive professionally

 

Charming Enchantress and Bones can run
Even if the windshield wipers are on
I the Broadcaster avoid police
But the Bat was led into custody

[Pariah]

There's a flu bug getting passed around
And it's spreading like fire through the town
There's a virus holing up inside us
Each one that I know is coming down

 

There's an Asian influenza
Infecting us all by the score
And it's turning into pneumonia
We must go out once more

There's a fool moon howling at the night
And its bark is much worse than its bite
So we must go out and dance around
Yes we must go tonight

 

So the doctors came on the evening train
With their flasks and their caskets and vials
Mass psychosis was their diagnosis

So we all cashed our checks and went wild

 

There's a fool moon howling at the night
And its bark is much worse than its bite
So we must go out and dance around
Yes we must go tonight

La Grippe!

[Cancer]

Saturday night I was downtown
Working for the FBI
Sittin' in a nest of bad men
Whiskey bottles piling high

Bootlegging boozer on the west side
Full of people who are doing wrong
Just about to call up the DA man
When I heard this woman sing a song

A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress
Just-a 5'9, beautiful, tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all

I saw her heading to the table
Like a tall walking big black cat
When Charlie said I hope that you're able boy
'Cause I'm telling you she knows where it's at
Then suddenly we heard the sirens
And everybody started to run
A-jumping out of doors and tables
When I heard somebody shootin' a gun

Well the DA was pumping my left hand
And a-she was a-holding my right
Well I told her don't get scared
'Cause you're gonna be spared
I've gotta be forgiven if I wanna spend my living
With a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5'9 beautiful tall
Yeah, with just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all
Had it all
Had it all

[Pariah]

What is this song all about?
Can't figure any lyrics out
How do the words to it go
I wish you'd tell me, I don't know

 

Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know, don't know

Now I'm mumblin', and I'm screamin'
And I don't know what I'm singin'
Crank the volume, ears are bleedin'
I still don't know what I'm singin'
We're so loud and incoherent
Boy, this oughta bug your parents
Yeah

 

It's unintelligible
I just can't get it through my skull
It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss
With all these marbles in my mouth

 

Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know, don't know

 

Well, we don't sound like Madonna
Here we are now, we're Nirvana
Sing distinctly, we don't wanna
Buy our album, we're Nirvana
A garage band from Seattle
Well, it sure beats raisin' cattle
Yeah

 

And I forgot the next verse
Oh, well, I guess it pays to rehearse
The lyric sheet's so hard to find
What are the words? Oh, never mind

 

Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know, don't know

 

Well, I'm yellin', and we're playin'
But I don't know what I'm sayin'
What's the message I'm conveyin'?
Can you tell me what I'm sayin'?
So, have you got some idea?
Didn't think so, well, I'll see ya
Sayonara, sayonara
Ayonawa, hodinawa
Odinaya, yodinaya
Yadda-yadda, yah-yah
Aye-yaah

[Pariah]

Well, he's daddy's little boy, he plays with his toys
He holds on to his daddy's hand
His daddy says, "Sonny, you're a big, strong boy
You're gonna be a big, strong man"
And they go play catch, they go play ball
They go take a walk along the sand
Big, strong daddy and a big, strong boy
Living in a big, strong land

 

Daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie?
Daddy, can I have a dinosaur?
Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no cannibals anymore

 

Way down in Louisiana there's a hurricane coming
The little boy climbs the stairs
And all along the levee all the people come running
And the little boy's saying his prayers
And a sleepy little laddie smiles up at his daddy
And he's asking for his G.I. Joe
And daddy tucks him in with a kiss upon the chin
And says, "My little one, I love you so"

 

Daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie?
Leave a light outside your door
Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no cannibals anymore

 

Well, lay down your head now, don't get out of bed
Don't you let the bedbugs bite
It's time to go to sleep now, not another peep
And I'll see you in the morning light
And then the radio was playing and the weatherman was saying
The hurricane had blown away
And daddy's little boy was jumping up for joy
And he was singing at the break of day

 

Daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie?
Daddy, can I be a warrior?
Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no cannibals anymore

 

Yeah, daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie?
Daddy, why do people go to war?
Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no cannibals anymore

[Pariah]

All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don't look at their faces
And you don't ask their names

 

You don't think of them as human
You don't think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall

 

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do

I want to make a million dollars
I want to live out by the sea
Have a husband and some children
Yeah, I guess I want a family

 

All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don't look at their faces
And you don't ask their names

 

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do

 

Deutch marks or dollars
American Express will do nicely, thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me, do you want to see me do the shimmy again?