Violent Femmes Lyrics
@ALBUM: Violent Femmes 3
Violent Femmes 3
@SONG: Nightmares
It seems that the problem is very deep
'Cause everytime I try to sleep
I have nightmares
Thinking about getting back together with you
No no I wouldn't say so
I would not call it a curse
But what worries me then
Is when I wake up if it might be worse
@SONG: Just Like My Father
I'm just like my father
But I am much worse
He hurt his mother
I hurt mine worse
I'm just like my brother
He hurt his wife
I hurt mine first
It hurts to be like Cain
Ain't no way I'm not able
Y'know what I mean
He hurt my mother
I hurt her worse!
Never stop the never stopping
@SONG: Dating Days
Three women in thirty days
Tell me seriously
Our dating days
Are over and done
Are dead and gone
It seems that no matter how much I drink
I still seem to stay sober
It seems that no matter how young I am
I seem to still feel older
Three men are going to hell
Thirty women are going to jail
Jonah swore he swallowed the whale
Thirty thirsty women
Three hundred women in three hour
Told me boy forget the flowers
Christ told a man called Legion
Come into the fold and start preachin'
Your devil days are over and gone
Your weary days are dead and done
Your happiness has begun
@SONG: Fat
I hope you got fat
'Cause if you got really fat
You just might want to see me come back
I don't care how heavy or how skinny
Just gimme something to love
A little extra weight
Would never look no nicer on nobody else but you
And I could always use a little bit more to hold on to
And If I get a fright in the middle of the night
I'll cling to you
@SONG: Fool In The Full Moon
I've been following women all afternoon
Don't turn around to soon
I've been following you all afternoon
Following you
A fool in the full moon
Something's got a hold on me
When I get a hold on you
Following women after dark
Nobody knows what's in my heart
Let your loving be
I'm a lechery
I do not spread leprosy
I will not touch
But let me see
My building's burning down and I cannot breathe
Following you who won't believe
Perfect peace I cannot perceive
When I'm following you
I'm a fool in the full moon
@SONG: Nothing Worth Living For
There's nothing worth living for tonight
Tell me that there's something worth living for tonight
Don't let me down
Don't let me drown
The pain is somewhere very close to me
@SONG: World We're Living In
I can't go out no more
I just better stay at home
I just better stay all alone
'Cause what am I gonna do
If I see someone I'd like to do something to
What am I gonna say
If I see someone I want to say something to
If I see someone who'd like to do something too
I can't help being careful
Did you notice the world that we're living in
id you notice, did you see
Something might happen to me
Did you notice a chill in the wind
People are dying just because they had a little girlfriend.....
Is not my girlfriend
My neighbor is not my lover
Boyfriend is not my boyfriend
My brother is not my lover
Behavior is not my behavior
My neighbor is not my savior
Didn't you notice the world that we're living in
@SONG: Outside The Palace
I've been outside the palace
I've been outside the gate
I still don't feel I made any mistake
When I got off that train
I felt my feet hit the ground
I didn't want to go where that gravy train was bound
GOD help me to see I've been loved all along
And not get too confused between the moonlight and the dawn
If I go back to the palace I'll walk right thru' the gate
Nobody knows how much here was at stake
I might get on that train, feel the wheel on the track
Move it up the mountain like a foregone fact
GOD help me to know I've been in love my whole life
And not to get so confused between the struggle and the strife
@SONG: Telephone Book
I look at my telephone book
I can't stand the way it look
I hate to think the way you took
Me down into a burning rage
I wrote your name on every page
But you don't return my calls
I'm ready to bust down these walls
I'm going down Niagara Falls in a barrel of fun
Hey ain't I a lucky one
My telephone is the color red
The red is all in my head
Some things are better left unsaid
Is that why you don't try
To acknowledge or reply why
Did you hear from an old friend
I knew once way back when
I did some bad things to myself and my health
Or did you happen to hear an old song I once sang
Did it make your sweet sweet blood run cld in your veins
And will you never think of me the same
@SONG: Mother Of A Girl
You look like you could be the mother of a girl
I hated more than any other girl in the world
The way I let her treat me was totally a disgrace
I wanted to permanently wipe that smile off her face
No I'm not joking, yes I was choking a girl I loved
The way I treated her was totally a crime
I wanted to permanently wipe the joy out of my mind
The mother of a boy who bored me more
Than any other man in the land
The way that he dogged me like I was totally a jerk
I wanted to permanently pound his prick into the dirt
@SONG: Lies
Well I'm reading this poem and it's so profound
And I like it's rhythm and I like it's sound
It's by a very famous poet no critic can criticise
And then I pause a moment and I start to realize
He's tellin lies lies lies
On the motel T.V. I dig the evangelist
He'll tell you all about that
And then he tell you all about this
He's preachin' up a storm by the sea of Galilee
He's mixin' up the truth with something funny
I start to see
I never had this problem with nobody in the government
I guess I always figured they never mean what they meant
And GOD help us all not to be so stone surprised
When we wake up in the stars with the skies
In our eyes if we keep tellin'
@SONG: See My Ships
See my ships
They are sailing in and out of the harbour
Will they go together or must they stay apart
Yes I know it's in my heart
Surely you see what's inside of me
Jesus is coming soon
I can hear Gabriel blow his trumpet tune
This I know our lord is coming soon
Mercy mercy me Marvin Gaye was shot by his father
O my father have mercy on me
Cold kane O my cheap thrill
O my shame for Cain and the devil
Momma I need water I'm thirsty
Surely you see what's inside of me
Add it Up Day after day, I will walk, and I will play.
But the day, after today, I will stop, and I will start.
Why can't I get just one kiss? Why can't I get just one kiss?
Believe me there's somethings I wouldn't miss,
but I look at your pants and I need a kiss.
Why can't I get just one screw? Why can't I get just one screw?
Baby I know what to do, but something won't let me make love to you.
Why can't I get just one fuck? Why can't I get just one fuck?
Guess its' got something to do with luck,
but I've waited my whole life for just one...
Day after day I get angry and I will say that the day is in my sight,
take a vow to say good night. Oh ma ma ma ma mo ma mum
Have you kept an eye, and eye on your son. I know you've got problems,
Your not the only one, when your sugar left he left you on run.
Oh ma ma ma ma mo ma mum Take a look now at what your boy has done.
He's walking around like he's number one.
He went downtown and got him a gun.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
You know you've got my sympathy, but
don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
You know you've got my sympathy. but
don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Looking down kitchen at the top of stairs can I mix in with your affairs?
Share a smoke, make a joke, grasp and reach for a leg of hope.
Words to memorize, words hypnotize, words make my mother exercise.
Words all fail the magic prize,
nothing I can say when I am in your thighs.
Oh mo ma ma ma ma mo ma mother I would love to love you lover.
The city's restless, its ready to pounce.
When I'm in your bedroom ounce for ounce.
I fear for you decisions to make, things to lose things to take.
Jessie's about ready to cut it up,
she said wait a minute honey gonna add it up.
Violent Femmes---The Blind Leading The Naked
1) Old Mother Reagan Old Mother ReaganAnd her crewTook awayFrom me and you
I hope she goes far awayShe better go far awayY'know it ain't right
When it's all wrongThis is the Old Mother ReaganProtest songOld Mother Reagan
She's so dumbShe's so dangerousHow come...Old Mother Reagan went to heaven
But at the pearly gatesShe was stopped! 2) No Killing
We don't want no killing LordI don't wanna see my brother die
We don't want no killing LordI don't wanna to see my sister cryI don't wanna see
I don't wanna see I I I I II know that bad things are going down
I, I know that loneliness is all aroundI know that the world is starved for love
LoveY'know that there's goodAnd there's evilAnd there's evilDisguised as good
They're knocking at my doorThey're knocking at my doorDon't let them in
Don't let them inI think it's the Milwaukee PoliceI think it's the police
I think it's the polizeiI think it's the polizei I I I
Everyday everyday everyday everydayI need your love loveAnd it's a bad bad score
And I need you all the moreI need your loveLove 3) Faith Got my faith baby
In the LordGot my faith babyIn the Lord Lord LordAnd I know
He'll make everything alrightNo matter where a child roam
That child's gonna have a homeIf he's got his faith alright
I don't believe in no carI don't believe in General Motors
I don't believe in the PresidentOr the League of Women Voters
I don't believe in these thingsAll these things might fail
I don't believe it's gonna snowIt might sleet rain or hail
But I believe in the FatherI believe in the SonI believe there's a Spirit
For everyoneI believe in the FatherI believe in the Son
I believe there's a SpiritFor everyoneThat's not allThat's not all
I'm gonna tell y'allLet's do the faith callI said F----FI said A----A
I said I----II said T----TI said H----HWhat's that spell---Faith
What's that spell---FaithOh Faith 4) Breakin' Hearts See that girl
She put me in a whirlShe's got a way of breakin' heartsMan o man
I wonder if I canShe's got a way of breaking heartsSeems like she is always
Workin' on the slyThen she tells her poor manGood byeHoly smoke
I wonder if there's hopeShe's got a way of breakin' heartsI will not tarry
I'm askin' her to marry meEven though she's got a way ofBreakin' hearts
5) Special You smile---because you knowYou smile---because you know
You smile---I told you soC'mon gimme a smile---I'm gonna let you know
You're something special (8x)Your momma don't lieYour papa don't lie
Your momma don't lieYour papa don't lieAll of the good things
They said about youTHey said you were hotOoo I think it might be true
Special special what do you getAnother day older and deeper in debt
Special special what do you getAnother day older and deeper in debt
Get away from me I'm gonna hurt somebodyGet away from meI'm gonna hurt somebody
No, I don't really want to hurt nobodyBut sometimes I just gotta hurt somebody
'Cause people are---dangerousAnd people are---adventurous
And people are---mysteriousAnd people are---they're suspicious
Of somebody who' specialWhat's so special about himWhat's so special
6) Love And Me Make Three Where were youWhen Judas needed a band
Sitting in the backseatWith another woman in your handDon't look this way
With your changing point of viewJust sit on a fenceAnd pretend to be you
Christ is cryingOutside your church doorDon't let him in
He'll get mud on your floorJust put on your apronAnd count up all the money
Don't you smell the burningAnd you just think it's funnyYou love yourself
You love yourselfHave we become what we wanted?
You go ahead, I'll love myself moreYou're a manWho works for the Lord
Polishing the statuesWhen their faces look wornThe best of times
And the worst of menDon't seem to affect youYou're asleep againYou love yourself
You love yourselfHave we become what we wanted?
You go ahead, I'll love myself more 7) Candlelight Song In the morning
Of the morningI hear morningOf the deepest kindKind and kindlySoft and silly
Wile and willy-ling-Li-less-less Much less much less
What's best what's bestLifelessnessMy dollIsDeadListen to the song sing along
Listen to the song sing along 8) I Held Her In My Arms
I'm gnawing on the knowledgeThat I have been burnt
And I'm learning things that I Should've already learntEveryone I ever knew
Was so kind and coyI was with a girlBut it felt like I was with a boy
I can't even remember If we were loversOr if I just wanted to
But I held her in my armsI held her in my armsI held her in my arms
But it wasn't youI will not killThe one thing that I love
In this world of wreckageI look aboveHelp me LordHelp me understand
What it means to be a boyWhat it means to be a man
9) Children Of The Revolution 10) Good Friend If only you could know
How I'd love you soThe way good friends doThe way I would be you
And me too I'd be yourGood friend I'd be your
Good friend I'd be yourGood friend That's what I Would've been
Oh but everytime I turn aroundMy heart's on the mendThese feelings I have
I have to suspendSeems like everytime I turn aroundMy heart's on the mend
'Cause I don't think you want me To be your good friendYesterday is a laugh
And the traumas slip pastAnd I don't thinkThat I'll be doing a lot of crying
But I'll sure do my share of sighingI would have been your... 11) Heartache
Na na na na naNa na na na naNa na na na naNa na na na na
(I know) nobody ever taught youHow to dance like thatNobody ever taught you
How to dance like thatNobody ever taught meHow to dance like that
Heartache---too lateAnd I gotta get upHeartache---too lateAnd I gotta get up
Heartache---too lateAnd I gotta get upI know
I been workin' twenty-five hours a dayI don't want to live this way
Five and a half weeks with one day offStop the train I'm getting off
12) Cold Canyon Travel 'round the countryLook out for what I can get
Another blessed highwayHey mister you're gonna regret
'Cause you just reminded me of somethingI long to forget
But no matter how much he drink or smokeMy memory's still clearIt hurts me dear
It's sharp today like it was yesterdayNo I don't have much hope
Just the other night I cameFace to face with my past
Came down like a lightning boltStruck me with a flashI was praying all along
That it would not lastOh stop it stop it stop it stop it
Y'know the last time you rangI nearly died I almost cried
I put my pride in my pocketsAnd said you gotta stay cool cool cool
Y'know some things just gotta hangOh Lord LordTake me backI'm going back
The long trackSo do yourself a favorAnd leave me if you please
I'm in a cold cold canyonWith a cold cold canyon breezeWoke up in a strange room
And then I saw a doorI went right over and opened it
Though I'd never been there beforeStarted presiding over the meeting
The chairman said I had the floorAnd when we adjourned everyonewas satisfied
We all got our moneyThen went out where it was sunnyBut it was kind of funny
To find out that I was such a dummyBut there's no place you can really hide
13) Two People I'm thinking of two peopleThat I could love
Oh momma make me feel so goodWhatever I think ofOh and I know
It don't seem like I have that muchTo giveWe could find a foreign place
Where we could live
@SONG: Blister In The Sun
When IÕm a walking, I strut my stuff, then IÕm so strung out
IÕm high as a kite, I just might, stop to check you out
Let me go on, like a blister in the sun
Let me go on, big hands I know youÕre the one
Body and beats, I stain my sheets, I donÕt even know why
My girl friend, sheÕs at the end, she is starting to cry
Let me go on, like a blister in the sun
Let me go on, big hands I know youÕre the one
Whisper:
When IÕm a walking, I strut my stuff, then IÕm so strung out
IÕm high as a kite, I just might, stop to check you out
When IÕm a walking, I strut my stuff, then IÕm so strung out
IÕm high as a kite, I just might, stop to check you out
Body and beats, I stain my sheets, I donÕt even know why
My girl friend, sheÕs at the end, she is starting to cry
When IÕm a walking, I strut my stuff, then IÕm so strung out
IÕm high as a kite, I just might, stop to check you out
Loud:
Let me go on, like a blister in the sun
Let me go on, big hands I know youÕre the one
"Country Death Song" by Violent Femmes from "Hallowed Ground"
(c) 1984 Slash recordsI had me a wifeI had me some daughtersI tried so hard
I never knew still watersNothin to eat and nothin to drink
Nothin for a man to do but sit around and think
Nothin for a man to do but sit around and think
I'm thinkin and thinkin til there ain't nothing I ain't thunk
Breathin in the stink til finally I stunk
It was at that time I swear I lost my mind
Started makin plans to kill my own kindStarted makin plans to kill my own kind
Come little daughter I said to the youngest one
Put your coat on, we'll have some fun
We'll go out to the mountains, the one to explore
Her face, it lit up, I'm standin by the door
Her face, it lit up, I'm standin by the door
Come little daughter, I will carry the lanterns
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caverns
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caves
Kiss your mother tonight and remember that god saves
Kiss your mother tonight and remember that god saves
I lead her to a hole, a deep black well
I said make a wish, make sure and not tell
Close your eyes, dear, and count to seven
Know your papa loves you, the children go to heaven
Know your papa loves you, the children go to heaven
I gave her a push, I gave her a shove
I pushed will all my might, I pushed with all my love
I threw my child into a bottomless pit
Screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit
She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit
Gather round boys to the tale that I tell
You wanna know how to take a short trip to hell
It's guaranteed to get your own place in hell
Just take your lovely daughter and push her in the well
Just take your lovely daughter and push her in the well
Don't speak to me of lovers with a broken heart
You wanna know what will really tear you apart
I'm goin out to the barn with a never-stopin pain
I'm goin out to the barn to hang myself in shame
Gimme The Car
Violent Femmes
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Come on Dad,
Gimme the car tonight.
Come on Dad,
Gimme the car tonight.
I got this girl,
I wanna
Come on Dad,
Gimme the car.
Come on Dad,
Gimme the car tonight.
I'll tell you what,
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna pick her up,
I'm gonna get her drunk,
I'm gonna make her cry,
I'm gonna get her high,
I'm gonna make her laugh,
I'm gonna make her shhhhhhhh...
woman, woman, woman,
Shit I know she's it.
Cuz I'm gonna touch her,
All over her body,
Gonna touch her,
All over her body,
Gonna touch her,
All over her body,
Gonna touch her,
All over her body.
And she can touch me,
All over my body,
She can touch me,
All over my body,
She can touch me,
All over my body,
She can touch me,
All over my body.
Time goes by,
I can feel myself growing old.
Burning inside,
Is making this boy turn out cold.
What's wrong,
What's right,
Ya know I don't care,
When I hate my life.
What's wrong,
What's right,
Ya know people don't care,
When they hate their life.
But how can I explain,
Personal pain?
How can I explain,
Personal pain?
How can I explain,
My voice is in vain.
How can I explain,
The deep down driving,
Driving,
Driving,
We're driving,
We're driving,
We're driving.
Hey Dad,
Speaking of driving,
Come on Dad,
Give me the car tonight.
So much he don't understand,
Just might never make it to a man.
Come on Dad,
Give me the car tonight,
Come on Dad,
I ain't no runt,
Come on girl,
Gimme your .
Cuz I ain't had much to live for.
I ain't had much to live for.
You know, I ain't had much to live for.
You know, I ain't had much to live for.
@SONG: Don't Start Me on the LiquorDon't start me on the liquor
I'll drink it all down straightI'll make a toast to loveBut I drink the most
When I got somebody to hateCHORUSI'm an old manI got an old man's pain
Will the morningWill the morning ever come again
Well, I'm likin' lickin' a lotta liquorI'm drinkin' down the drink
I'll take a toast to lifeBut I drink the mostWhen my devil start to thingCHORUS
Oh, I could drink, drink, drinkSo I can't think, think, think
I got a hope or a homeIn this life I'm all alone
On this long cold lonely night of frightFollowed by a lonely day
'Til there's nothing left I can sayExcept I didn't know I was sick
And so I got sickerHe's a low down lyingPeckerwood cotton picker
Don't start me on the liquorI got nothing more to sayI had a little money
But it all flown awayAnd I said oh manOh, ain't that a shame
Oh, I keep moanin', I keep moanin'Like I got an old man's painDon'tDon't start
Don't start meDon't start me onDon't start me on theDon't start me on the liquor
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@SONG: New Times(Walter Mehring/Gordon Gano)New times, new times, new times
Good morning, good morning, good morningI'm the guard
At one time this was rather pleasantThe poets they still had to muse
Over the classicism of clean shoesBut who today still knows a button stickCHORUS
Well, that's the new timesThat's the new timesThat's the new times
The girls would lie down before usFirst one went dancing, then behind the bushes
Today you have to run through twenty placesGet drunk on saccharin and methyl
And then you still don't get them that farCHORUS
Now take it easy there in the early morningIf somewhere there lies a cadaver
Or something is foul in the stateYou can be sure that a writer is not far behind
With his Excellency I only sayHands off literature
The laurel wreath one gets todaySecond hand so to speak>From the Empire's stores
Sold underhand at the AlexanderplatzWith all the wigs and costumes
Twitching from the shoulder one is informedCHORUSNew times, new times, new times
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@SONG: Breakin' UpNow every once in a whileThere's a crack in my smile
Dark voices are talking to meDark voices tell me the wayIt's suppose to be
They said, "Breakin' up."They said, "It's hard to do."Y'know it's just not true
CHORUSBreakin' up, it's easy to doBreakin' up, it's easy to doWhy if you know
Why did you have to goAnd leave me on the floorAbout as sick as a dog
I'm feeding my faceLike a bleary-eyed hogWhen it's just begun
Why'd it have to stopWith so much good undoneCHORUSY'know I break up every time
I break up with you
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@SONG: Key of 2Well I was sentenced to prisonTo do about one year
They said it isn't so badWe got a good band hereWe play every Wednesday night
Sometimes Tuesday tooIt's the music of the future and it will get to you
When I heard the band for the first time
They had no (rhythm), they had no (rhyme)Well it was almost like a dream
I never wanted to haveIt drove me (crazy), it drove me (mad)
The man said: "C'mon and playAnd here's an instrument for you
It's an ancient fluteIt's in the key of 2. Blow..."
I gotta get more time, I gotta stay in hereI used to be foggy
But the music made me clearNow the jail is rockin' like Elvis never knew
I'm on the inside now, I'm in the key of 2
Now we all are lifers and I'm in the band too
We play my favorite song, it's in the key of 2And it will get to you
It's the music of the future and it will get to youAnd it will get to you
It's the music of the future, it's in the key of 2
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@SONG: 4 SeasonsHow will I stand the summerWhen spring was such a bummber
How will I weather my winterWhen my fall was such a ballbuster
It's spring and there'll be no spring flingWhen my winter was what a winner
And I am taking a fall'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
How will I stand the summerWhen the spring just made me dumber
How will I fare my fallWill I lose my mind in the wintertime
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-lingIt's summer and I'm just a little dumber
And I am taking a fall'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Through the four seasonsI'm searching for reasonsI'm not gonna take the spring
'Cause the spring don't mean a thingI'm not gonna take the winter
My winter is a splinterI'm not gonna take the summerSummer is such a bummer
But I am taking the fall'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Through the four seasonsI'm searching for reasonsVivaldi, the Four Seasons
It seems to me to be a theme of loveWith no variations of aggravations
Spring, summer, winter and fallSpring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fallIf I ain't got you I got nothing at all
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@SONG: Machine(Gordon Gano/Brian Ritchie)I got a machine
And I took over the worldIn one weekendI took over the worldWith my machine
I did it becauseI was looking for a projectAnd it was either
Take over the world or learn FrenchSo I took over the worldAnd next weekend
I can learn FrenchI got a machineAnd I took over the worldBut nothing chanaged
That wouldn't be fair
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@SONG: I'm NothingI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-GI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-GCHORUSI'm nothin'I'm nothin'
Are you a Republican or a DemocratA liberal fascist full of crapCHORUS
Somebody somewhere might be somethingBut everybody everywhere
Knows that I'm nothingPolitics and dirty tricks
I got no time for stones and sticksPolitics and dirty dricks
I got no time I'm chasing chicksCHORUSSomebody somwhere might be something
But everybody everywhereKnows that I'm nothingI'm nothing but I'm not proud
'Cause being nothing it's not allowedAre you a gay or are you straight
Do you believe in loveOr do you believein hateCHORUS
Somebody somewhere said he was somethingBut to everybody everywhere
I'm saying I'm nothingI'm nothing, I'm like a cloud
I'm free to be alone in a crowdWhat's your reality, it's not real to me
What's your anomaly, it is my destinyI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-GI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G
I'm nothin'Nothin'Nothin'I'm nothing now and I'll be nothing when
This nothing world has its nothing end
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@SONG: When Everybody's Happy(Gordon Gano/Brian Ritchie)Can you imagine
The world at peaceWhat would it be likeCan you imagineSuch harmony
And what will happenWhen everybody's happyBut meCan you imagine
This headache I haveWriting this songCan you imagineThe storm inside
ANd the quietWhen everybody's happyBut meI think that I would reallyLike to love
Give and receiveI pray that my spiritMay rise aboveAnd I'll live a good life
When everybody's happyBut me
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@SONG: Agamemnon(Walter Mehring/Gordon Gano)The telephone, the telephone
I have an ideaWomen always have ideasHello...CHORUSHere is Agamennon
here is AgamemnonWhat? Wrong connectionThis is...I am a moralist
An anti-militaristI am against duelsI cannot stand seeingA fly in a rage
I cannot look atA uniform or bloodThat woman has seduced meAnd now I am done for
Darling, where shall I Hide you in a hurry?CHORUSI am coming
Directly from the trenchesAnd look forwardTo a solemn luncheonOh, my nerves
I'm losing my mindThis damned telephoneSpoils my favorite position
And now I can startWriting poetry again
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@SONG: This Island LifeThis tea's too strong for meAs I await your company
I had too much sun todayOcean waters wash awayNothing but the present
Presenting its presenceThis island lifeSeparate my right from my wrong
No I am not paganBut my heart has been forsaken
And the hand of God was on my mindIt took some time from time to time
Now in the course I knowTime itself will go whenThis island life
Separates my right from my wrongYou forget your shoes and I
I have sent a message but IThere's so many stars in the sky
It's the truths that will not lieThere's a young wild native maiden
Running mad and barefoot to the sea untilThis island life
Separates my rights from my wrongsThis island life
Finally separates my right from my wrongThis tea's too strong for me
As I await more companyI had too much sun todayDream of lands lying far away
Pregnant with the presentPresenting its presentsThis island life
Separate my right from my wrongThe island life
Will separate my rights from my songsSeparate my right from my wrong
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@SONG: I Saw You in the CrowdI saw you in the crowdI saw you singing out loud
The people were swayingThe band was palyingSomething real loud
I couldn't hear one wordScreams were all that I heardBut I saw her face
I saw her eyesI saw His graceIn the dark'ning skiesI saw you raise your hand
Stretching out to the bandYour reach exceeding your grasp
On the beach from the whaleComes one last gaspMeet me in my hotel room
Meet me just for funAnd I will not be boringSome things I been storing
Inside to show someone like youA few friends just stopped by
I think they wanted to get highBut it wasn't youWho they led me to
So I bid them all goodbyeI probably would forgetThe episode of regret
So I write this songSo when you sing alongI hope my message you will get
Meet me in my hotel roomOh, meet me just for funAnd you will not be boring
Some thing you been storingInside to show someone like me
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@SONG: Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)I see a damselIn danger and distress
I see that she is prettyI see a young girlDressed in a dirty dress
I see that she is prettyMirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of all
I see a fat girlWith her hair in a messI see that she is pretty
I see a proud girlShe's pregnant I would guessI see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of allMirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jailI see the school girlsDressed in their Sunday best
I see that they are prettyI see the wagon trainsOf pioneer women heading west
I see that they are prettyMirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of all
Creature creature, here the planLeads unto the Fall of ManI see a matron
Unbuttoning a tightly fitting dressI see that she is prettyI see a maiden
She's careless like all the restI see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of allMirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jailMirror mirror on the wall
Who's the prettiest one of allMirror mirror humor meDo they see what I see
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@SONG: Jesus of RioChrist the Redeemer towering high over RioRio de Janeiro, Rio
Where they held a summit to save the worldAnd to mark the time when develpment
As traditionally understood-had failedAnd the affluent North raping the South
Investment from the North meansEconomic bondage for the South
Under the burden of debt paymentsI was with a whore in Copenhagen
Drinking eight hundred dollars worth of Champagne in kronerShe came from Rio
We were trying to save the worldWe did not get what we wantedShe wanted money
She did not get what she wantedI missed my wifeI did not get what I wanted
Death sat on my lapDeath sits on all our lapsWhile Christ the Redeemer
Towers high over RioRio de Janeiro, Rio
@SONG: Don't Start Me on the LiquorDon't start me on the liquor
I'll drink it all down straightI'll make a toast to loveBut I drink the most
When I got somebody to hateCHORUSI'm an old manI got an old man's pain
Will the morningWill the morning ever come again
Well, I'm likin' lickin' a lotta liquorI'm drinkin' down the drink
I'll take a toast to lifeBut I drink the mostWhen my devil start to thingCHORUS
Oh, I could drink, drink, drinkSo I can't think, think, think
I got a hope or a homeIn this life I'm all alone
On this long cold lonely night of frightFollowed by a lonely day
'Til there's nothing left I can sayExcept I didn't know I was sick
And so I got sickerHe's a low down lyingPeckerwood cotton picker
Don't start me on the liquorI got nothing more to sayI had a little money
But it all flown awayAnd I said oh manOh, ain't that a shame
Oh, I keep moanin', I keep moanin'Like I got an old man's painDon'tDon't start
Don't start meDon't start me onDon't start me on theDon't start me on the liquor
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@SONG: New Times(Walter Mehring/Gordon Gano)New times, new times, new times
Good morning, good morning, good morningI'm the guard
At one time this was rather pleasantThe poets they still had to muse
Over the classicism of clean shoesBut who today still knows a button stickCHORUS
Well, that's the new timesThat's the new timesThat's the new times
The girls would lie down before usFirst one went dancing, then behind the bushes
Today you have to run through twenty placesGet drunk on saccharin and methyl
And then you still don't get them that farCHORUS
Now take it easy there in the early morningIf somewhere there lies a cadaver
Or something is foul in the stateYou can be sure that a writer is not far behind
With his Excellency I only sayHands off literature
The laurel wreath one gets todaySecond hand so to speak>From the Empire's stores
Sold underhand at the AlexanderplatzWith all the wigs and costumes
Twitching from the shoulder one is informedCHORUSNew times, new times, new times
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@SONG: Breakin' UpNow every once in a whileThere's a crack in my smile
Dark voices are talking to meDark voices tell me the wayIt's suppose to be
They said, "Breakin' up."They said, "It's hard to do."Y'know it's just not true
CHORUSBreakin' up, it's easy to doBreakin' up, it's easy to doWhy if you know
Why did you have to goAnd leave me on the floorAbout as sick as a dog
I'm feeding my faceLike a bleary-eyed hogWhen it's just begun
Why'd it have to stopWith so much good undoneCHORUSY'know I break up every time
I break up with you
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@SONG: Key of 2Well I was sentenced to prisonTo do about one year
They said it isn't so badWe got a good band hereWe play every Wednesday night
Sometimes Tuesday tooIt's the music of the future and it will get to you
When I heard the band for the first time
They had no (rhythm), they had no (rhyme)Well it was almost like a dream
I never wanted to haveIt drove me (crazy), it drove me (mad)
The man said: "C'mon and playAnd here's an instrument for you
It's an ancient fluteIt's in the key of 2. Blow..."
I gotta get more time, I gotta stay in hereI used to be foggy
But the music made me clearNow the jail is rockin' like Elvis never knew
I'm on the inside now, I'm in the key of 2
Now we all are lifers and I'm in the band too
We play my favorite song, it's in the key of 2And it will get to you
It's the music of the future and it will get to youAnd it will get to you
It's the music of the future, it's in the key of 2
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@SONG: 4 SeasonsHow will I stand the summerWhen spring was such a bummber
How will I weather my winterWhen my fall was such a ballbuster
It's spring and there'll be no spring flingWhen my winter was what a winner
And I am taking a fall'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
How will I stand the summerWhen the spring just made me dumber
How will I fare my fallWill I lose my mind in the wintertime
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-lingIt's summer and I'm just a little dumber
And I am taking a fall'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Through the four seasonsI'm searching for reasonsI'm not gonna take the spring
'Cause the spring don't mean a thingI'm not gonna take the winter
My winter is a splinterI'm not gonna take the summerSummer is such a bummer
But I am taking the fall'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Through the four seasonsI'm searching for reasonsVivaldi, the Four Seasons
It seems to me to be a theme of loveWith no variations of aggravations
Spring, summer, winter and fallSpring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fallIf I ain't got you I got nothing at all
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@SONG: Machine(Gordon Gano/Brian Ritchie)I got a machine
And I took over the worldIn one weekendI took over the worldWith my machine
I did it becauseI was looking for a projectAnd it was either
Take over the world or learn FrenchSo I took over the worldAnd next weekend
I can learn FrenchI got a machineAnd I took over the worldBut nothing chanaged
That wouldn't be fair
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@SONG: I'm NothingI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-GI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-GCHORUSI'm nothin'I'm nothin'
Are you a Republican or a DemocratA liberal fascist full of crapCHORUS
Somebody somewhere might be somethingBut everybody everywhere
Knows that I'm nothingPolitics and dirty tricks
I got no time for stones and sticksPolitics and dirty dricks
I got no time I'm chasing chicksCHORUSSomebody somwhere might be something
But everybody everywhereKnows that I'm nothingI'm nothing but I'm not proud
'Cause being nothing it's not allowedAre you a gay or are you straight
Do you believe in loveOr do you believein hateCHORUS
Somebody somewhere said he was somethingBut to everybody everywhere
I'm saying I'm nothingI'm nothing, I'm like a cloud
I'm free to be alone in a crowdWhat's your reality, it's not real to me
What's your anomaly, it is my destinyI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-GI-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G
I'm nothin'Nothin'Nothin'I'm nothing now and I'll be nothing when
This nothing world has its nothing end
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@SONG: When Everybody's Happy(Gordon Gano/Brian Ritchie)Can you imagine
The world at peaceWhat would it be likeCan you imagineSuch harmony
And what will happenWhen everybody's happyBut meCan you imagine
This headache I haveWriting this songCan you imagineThe storm inside
ANd the quietWhen everybody's happyBut meI think that I would reallyLike to love
Give and receiveI pray that my spiritMay rise aboveAnd I'll live a good life
When everybody's happyBut me
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@SONG: Agamemnon(Walter Mehring/Gordon Gano)The telephone, the telephone
I have an ideaWomen always have ideasHello...CHORUSHere is Agamennon
here is AgamemnonWhat? Wrong connectionThis is...I am a moralist
An anti-militaristI am against duelsI cannot stand seeingA fly in a rage
I cannot look atA uniform or bloodThat woman has seduced meAnd now I am done for
Darling, where shall I Hide you in a hurry?CHORUSI am coming
Directly from the trenchesAnd look forwardTo a solemn luncheonOh, my nerves
I'm losing my mindThis damned telephoneSpoils my favorite position
And now I can startWriting poetry again
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@SONG: This Island LifeThis tea's too strong for meAs I await your company
I had too much sun todayOcean waters wash awayNothing but the present
Presenting its presenceThis island lifeSeparate my right from my wrong
No I am not paganBut my heart has been forsaken
And the hand of God was on my mindIt took some time from time to time
Now in the course I knowTime itself will go whenThis island life
Separates my right from my wrongYou forget your shoes and I
I have sent a message but IThere's so many stars in the sky
It's the truths that will not lieThere's a young wild native maiden
Running mad and barefoot to the sea untilThis island life
Separates my rights from my wrongsThis island life
Finally separates my right from my wrongThis tea's too strong for me
As I await more companyI had too much sun todayDream of lands lying far away
Pregnant with the presentPresenting its presentsThis island life
Separate my right from my wrongThe island life
Will separate my rights from my songsSeparate my right from my wrong
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@SONG: I Saw You in the CrowdI saw you in the crowdI saw you singing out loud
The people were swayingThe band was palyingSomething real loud
I couldn't hear one wordScreams were all that I heardBut I saw her face
I saw her eyesI saw His graceIn the dark'ning skiesI saw you raise your hand
Stretching out to the bandYour reach exceeding your grasp
On the beach from the whaleComes one last gaspMeet me in my hotel room
Meet me just for funAnd I will not be boringSome things I been storing
Inside to show someone like youA few friends just stopped by
I think they wanted to get highBut it wasn't youWho they led me to
So I bid them all goodbyeI probably would forgetThe episode of regret
So I write this songSo when you sing alongI hope my message you will get
Meet me in my hotel roomOh, meet me just for funAnd you will not be boring
Some thing you been storingInside to show someone like me
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@SONG: Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)I see a damselIn danger and distress
I see that she is prettyI see a young girlDressed in a dirty dress
I see that she is prettyMirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of all
I see a fat girlWith her hair in a messI see that she is pretty
I see a proud girlShe's pregnant I would guessI see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of allMirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jailI see the school girlsDressed in their Sunday best
I see that they are prettyI see the wagon trainsOf pioneer women heading west
I see that they are prettyMirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of all
Creature creature, here the planLeads unto the Fall of ManI see a matron
Unbuttoning a tightly fitting dressI see that she is prettyI see a maiden
She's careless like all the restI see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of allMirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jailMirror mirror on the wall
Who's the prettiest one of allMirror mirror humor meDo they see what I see
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@SONG: Jesus of RioChrist the Redeemer towering high over RioRio de Janeiro, Rio
Where they held a summit to save the worldAnd to mark the time when develpment
As traditionally understood-had failedAnd the affluent North raping the South
Investment from the North meansEconomic bondage for the South
Under the burden of debt paymentsI was with a whore in Copenhagen
Drinking eight hundred dollars worth of Champagne in kronerShe came from Rio
We were trying to save the worldWe did not get what we wantedShe wanted money
She did not get what she wantedI missed my wifeI did not get what I wanted
Death sat on my lapDeath sits on all our lapsWhile Christ the Redeemer
Towers high over RioRio de Janeiro, Rio
Violent Femmes---self-titled
1) Blister In The Sun
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeahAnd I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite and I just mightStop to check you outLet me go on
Like a blister in the sunLet me go onBig hands I know your the one
Body and beats I stain my sheetsI don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the endShe is starting to cryLet me go on
Like a blister in the sunLet me go onBig hands I know your the one
2) Kiss Off I need someone, a person to talk toSomeone who'd care to love
Could it be youCould it be youSituation gets roughThen I start to panic
It's not enoughIt's just a habitHey kid you're sickDarling this is it
You can all just kiss off into the airBehind my back I can see them stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mindThey'll hurt me bad they do it all the time
Yeah yeah, they do it all the time
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record
Oh yeah well don't get so distressedDid I happen to mention that I'm impressed
I take one one one 'cause you left meAnd two two two for my family
And 3 3 3 for my heartacheAnd 4 4 4 for my headachesAnd 5 5 5 for my lonely
And 6 6 6 for my sorrowAnd 7 7 7 for no tomorrow
And 8 8 8 I forget what 8 was forAnd 9 9 9 for a lost god
And 10 10 10 for everything everything everything everything
3) Please Do Not Go Tell you mom I'm stuck on this lovely girl
Of course to me yoo know she mean all the worldBut then she like another guy
I fall down dead she never see the tears I cryPlease please please do not go
How long can the days go on when my love is so strong
And I know I cannot tell a lie
I wanna see him go bye, bye, bye bye bye bye bye bye
Now I wonder what she would sayIf I told her I felt this way
You know it might make her turn either way
So all I can d is patiently pray pray pray pray
Tell you mom I'm stuck on this lovely girl
And you know I could travel all over the whole world
Please please please do not goYou hurt me so I got something to show you
4) Add It Up Day after dayI will walk, and I will prayBut the day after today
I will stop and I will startWhy can't I get just one kiss
Why can't I get just one kiss
Believe me there'd be somethings that I wouldn't miss
But I look at your pants and I need a kissWhy can't I get just one screw
Why can't I get just one screwBelieve me I'd know what to do
But something won't let me make love to youWhy can't I get just one fuck
Why can't I get just one fuckI guess it's something to do with luck
But I waited my whole life for just one...Day after day
I get angry and I will sayThat the day is in my sight
When I'll take a bow and say goodnightMo my momma momma mo my mum
Have you kept your eye your eye on your son
I know you've had problems you're not the only one
But when your sugar left he left you on the runMo my momma momma mo my mum
Take a look now at what your boy has done
He's walking around like he's number oneHe went downtown and got him a gun
So don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at meYou know you got my sympathy
But don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me
In your broken down kitchen at the top of the stairs
Can I mix in with your affairsShare a smoke make a joke
Grasp and reach for a leg of hopeWords to memorize words hypnotize
Words make my mouth exerciseWords all fail the magic prize
Nothing I can say when I'm in your thighsMo my momma momma mo my mother
I would love to love you loverThe city's restless it's ready to pounce
It go here in your bedroom ounce for ounceSaid I'm giving you a decision to make
Things to lose things to takeJust as she was about ready to cut it up
She said wait a minute honey I'm gonna add it up
I'm gonna add it up add it up and see what you gotYou gotta add it up
Day after dayI get angry and I will sayThat the day is in my sight
When I take a bow and say goodnightGoodnight 5) Confessions
People worry, what are they worrying about today
Seems like there's a good reason to worry worry worry
Seems like there's a damn good reason to worry worry worry
I'd sit around, I'd listen to your storyIf I wasn't in such a hurry hurry hurry
And I'm so lonely, I don't think I can take it anymore
And I'm so lonely, I just don't know what to do
And I'm so lonely, feel like I'm gonna crawl away and die
And I'm so lonely, feel like I'm gonna hack hack hack hack it apart
Seems like there's a good reason to be lonely lonely lonely
I gotta get someone or something to make me feel less lonely lonely lonely
I know I could do it if just wasn't so lonely lonely lonely
Have we got an army, we'll teach you to act like aman
Have we got an army, I mean to tell you we can fight
Have we got an army, and we're gonna do it tonightDo do do do it tonight
yeah, they're gonna pay pay pay it tonightDo do do do it tonight
People worry, what are they worrying about todayPeople worry
Now you see I've learned my lessons
And I don't even want to hear about your confessions 6) Prove My Love
Just last night I was reminded ofJust how bad it had gotten
And just how sick I had becomeBut it could change with this relationship
De-derange, we've all been through some shit
And if we're a thing I think this thing's begunTell me now what do I have to do
To prove my love to youSpecial favors come in 31 flavors
We're out of mints, pass the lifesavers
I'm dropping hints, candy for candy-coated tongue
You'd be so good, so very good for meWhat do you think, tell me honestly
I'm wait wait wait w-wait wait waitin for you to comeWhat do I have to do
I'd do anythingI'd do it all, I'd do it all for you
I'd climb a mountain, I'd cross the ocean 7) Promise
Y'know that I want your lovin'
But my logic tells me that it ain't never gonna happen
And then my defense'd say I didn't want it anyway
But you know sometimes I'm a liarCould you ever want me to love you
Could you ever want me to care
Disregard my nervousness please ignore my vacant stares
'Cause just what I've been throughIs nothing like where I'm going to
Give me some sign to pursue a promiseAnd your unhappi-----ness is only a guess
8) To The Kill
Do you know what it's like to hate when it's way down deep inside
Oh God I hate what's been done to my life
I could rule the pain, rule the night, or would I ruin my salvation
Ruin my mind, rules your pains, rules oof the night ruin your salvation
Ruin your minds, ain't had no fun all the time jackin' around
Ain't had no fun messin' my mind, I kick it aroundBut if it's alright with you
And it's alright yes I willAh c'mon babe, go'head, to the kill
I ain't no Kid ChicagoI ain't no Al Capone
But there's a windy city in my bedroom aloneI said I don't live in Chicago
I don't know no Al CaponeThat bitch took my money and went to Chicago
If I ain't already enough sick and alone
Ain't had no fun jack jack jack jack jackin' around
Ain't had no fun(where's it at)It's down down, it's downstown
9) Gone Daddy Gone Beautiful girl, lovely dressHigh school smile, oh yes
Beautiful girl, lovely dressWhere she is now I can only guess
'Cause it's gone daddy goneThe love is goneThe love is gone awayWhen I see you
Eyes will turn blueWhen I see youA thousand eyes turning blue
Tell by the way that you switch and walkI can see the way that you baby-talk
I can know by the way that you treat your man
I could love you baby 'til it's a cryin....Beautiful girl, lovely dress
15 smiles, oh yes 10) Good Feeling
Good feeling won't you stay with me just a little longer
It always seems like your leaving when I need you here just a little bit longer
Dear lady, there are so many things have come to fear
A little voice says I'm going crazy to see all my worlds disappear
Vague sketch of a fantasyLaughing at the sunrise like he's been up all night
Ooo slippin' and slidin' what a good time
But now have to find a bed that can take this wait
Good feeling won't you stay with me just a little longer
Y'know it always seems like your leaving
When I know the other one just a little to well
Oh dear lady, won't you stay with me just a little longer
Y'know it always seems like your leaving
When I need you here just a little longer
Why Do Birds Sing?by the Violent FemmesAmerican MusicDo you like American music
I like American musicDon't you like American music babyI want you to hold me
I want your arms around meI want you to hold me babyDid you do too many drugs
I did too many drugsDid you too many drugs too babyYou were born too late
I was born too soonBut every time I look at thatUgly moon it reminds me of you
It reminds me of youOoh ooh oohI need a date to the Prom
Would you like to come alongBut nobody would go to the PromWith me baby
They didn't like American musicThey never heard American music
They didn't know the musicWas in my soul babyyou were born too soon
I was born too lateBut every time I look at thatUgly lake it reminds me of me
It reminds me of meDo you like American musicWe like American music
I like American music babyDo you like American musicWe like all kinds of music
But I like American music best, babyYou were born too late
and I was born too lateBut every time I look at that
Ugly lake it reminds me of meIt reminds me of meDo you like American music
It reminds me of meDo you like American music...Out the Window
Life was fun life was great'til I make my big mistake
Oh no it'll never happen to meLife was short and life was sweet
I was thinking as I hit the streetI could hardly believe
I could scarcely conceive butI had gone out the windowI had gone out the window
I had gone out the windowShe was fine she looked great
And so we made our big mistakeI swear I swear I swearIt'd never happen to her
But the pavement knocked her hear aroundWhen she hit the solid concrete ground
From 30 flights aboveAnd she was thirty something loving nothing
Gone out the windowShe had gone out the windowShe had gone out the window
Catch me if I'm fallingCatch me if I'm fallingHe was smart he was wise
He'd profoundly philosophizeEmpathy for all humanity
'Til one day by an open windowThere's a note that read
"I've gone out the window - I'm dead"He said yes to life for all of his life
But then one day he said: noI gotta go out the windowWe all go out the window
Catch me I am fallingCatch me I am callingCatch me we are falling
Catch me we are callingLook Like ThatI like his shoes I like his hat
I'd like me better if I looked like thatUh-huh uh-huh
I like her shoes I like her hatI'd like you better if you looked like that
Uh-huh uh-huhBut then my love starts burningFor what we are learning to ignore
I like her clothes I love her dressI'd like her better if she loved me best
I like his shoes I love his pantsI'd want him better if he wanted to dance
Uh-huh uh-huhBut then our love starts turningFor what we are yearning to adore
I'm meeting people nice people tooI'm meeting people nice people like you
We're meeting people nice people tooWe're meeting people nice people like you
Do You Really Want To Hurt MeI needed time to realize my crime
It was let me love & steal I did dances inside my mindNow how can I be real
Do you really want to hurt me?Do you really want to make me cry?
No I don't really want to hurt youThen lovers always asked me:Why why why why
In my mind memory's burningWhat's your favorite color of your favorite car?
I took a step the step was learningThat that's a step beyond a step too far
Do you really want to hurt me?Do you really want to make me cry?
No I don't really want to hurt youI told the truth but it was still a lie
The words are few some are unspokenI could sleep four thousand years
Man of sorrows word unbrokenHis sweat like blood came down like tears
I've been talking but believe me I know that it's true
Now that there's no more I don't knowI'm in love and love's the reason
I'm not prepared to let you let me go so
If it's love you want then take all of meIt's this love I want I can finally see
Do I really want to hurt you?Do I really want to make you cry?
Yes I suppose I want to hurt youYou told the truth but it was still a lie
Hey Nonny NonnyBeauty sat bathing by a springWhere fairest shades did hide her
The winds blew calm the birds did singThe cool streams ran beside her
My wanton thoughts enticed mine eyeTo see what was forbidden
Bu better memory said"fie" So vain desire was chiddenHey nonny nonny
Oh hey nonny nonnyHey nonny nonny Oh hey nonny nonnieInto a slumber then I fell
When fond imagination seemed to seeBut could not tell her feature or her fashion
But e'vn as babes in dreams do smile And sometimes fall a weeping
So I awaked as wise this whileAs when I fell a-sleeping
Say man are you down for doing Something positive in the community?
No I don't think I'll ever do that again
Well ain't you worried about doing the right thing?Well I don't care if I
Hey nonny nonny nonny ho nonny nonny nonnyUsed To Be
I used to be happy I used to be such a loving man
I used to be that was before the end of my world
That was before the end of my world
She used to be happy she used to be such a loving woman
She used to be that was before the end of her world
That was before the end of her world
We used to be happy we used to be such a loving people
We used to be that was before the end of our world
That was before the end of our worldGirl Trouble
Have mercy on me I got girl trouble up the ass
Have mercy on me people I got girl trouble up the ass
And don't tell me no joke cause I'm not gonna laugh
I need the cure only one cure in this world
I need the cure only one cure in this world
Hey James Brown I need a woman or a girl
Hit me in the morning hit me in the night
Hit me when I'm wrong hit me when I'm rightHit me when I'm up hit when I'm down
Hit me hit me hit me hit me all over town
Girl trouble I got girl trouble up the ass
And don't tell me cause I'm not gonna laughI'm not trying to fool you people
I'm not giving you no jiveMake me feel I'd rather be dead than alive
Take a look around what's shoving up my behindProblems drive me out of my mind
Girl trouble I got girl trouble up the ass
And don't tell me no joke 'cause I'm not gonna laughHe Likes Me
He likes me he likes me ooh...isn't that nice
He likes me he likes me ooh...isn't that nice
That your brand new friend he likes your old true friend
And isn't that the way that it ought to be
That your brand new friend he has good will to send
And you're so free you're so free you're so freeAnd I am history
He likes you he says that he loves you ooh that's good to know
You like him I hope you don't love him and ooh...you should know
That your old true friend he doesn't like your brand friend
Person to person it' s not on purpose but I take it personally
And soon your brand new friend I hope I'll have a bon voyage to send
And you're so free you're so free you're so freeAnd I am history
You say you won't pick and you won't make a choice
But I'm so mad I could spit and I hear it in your voice
You said he likes me he likes me ooh isn't that swell
He likes me you said he likes me ooh tell him hell...o from me
A great big hello from meJesus always taught me that I should love my enemy
Darling my heart's in pain that's why my song's insane
And you're so free and I am historyHe likes me but I don't like him
Life is a ScreamShe said to me oh I don't know what you mean
All I'm trying to do is trying to make your scene
I said to her no way baby life ain't what it seem
Well don't you know baby that life is a scream - AAGH
She came up to me in her high fashion and sheen
Well don't you know that she was trying to come clean
I said to her no way baby life ain't what it seem
Well don't you know baby that life is a scream - AAGH
She said to me oh I love it when you're mean
Don't you know it's boring when it's quiet and serene
I said to her no way baby life ain't what it seem
Well don't you know baby that life is a scream - AAHEEII!Flamingo Baby
You're a flamingo you stand on one leg
You're a flamingo baby you hatched from an egg
Well you hold your foot up so delicately over the sea
And when it comes down it comes down on meWell I used to want to hump you
I used to want to rock and rollI was attracted to your gracefulness
But your surprise sure took its tollNow I guess I'd better go out now
Gonna try to find something newAnd all I'm left with is this craving
For some flamingo stewNow the beauty's in the gutter
The loveliness is off her throneIn the eyes of the beholder
It's gone and now he feels kind of aloneBut this feeling it's the kind
That will shortly passI'm gonna find myself another bird
And roll on down the grassLack of Knowledge
I'm not doing something I'm supposed to do
I'm doing something I'm not supposed to
I don't know about that I don't know about that
I don't know nothing bout nothing like thatDestroyed my people are destroyed
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
I wonder if I'm happy wonder if I'm mad
I wonder why the whole wide world's so wonderfully sad
I don't know 'bout that but I can tell you this
That when I drink a lot of beer y'know I gotta piss...off
People should be pissed offPeople should be pissed off for lack of knowledge
Read read read read read read read everything you can
Cause there's no tomorrow like today and
There's no today like tomorrow and they will stick
And they will stick you in the endMore Money Tonight
I always felt that I was differentI always thought that that was good
I always thought that I was differentI always felt that that was good
Sometimes in school people pick on meIn the gym locker room or in the hallway
Cruel things people do and sayWait a minute wait a minute
I'll make more money tonightThan you ever dreamed ofYou thought I was strange
Well just look at me nowIf you are lucky I'll play in your city
And you can come see me if you got the...
Somebody stole all my clothes that I like to wear
But I'm so rich and famous baby what do I careWait a minute wait a minute
If you got the money If you got the money
If you got the money If you got the moneyI'm Free
I'm free and I'm happy I am free from your hatred
I've parted from the part that I participated in
So I'm free it was easy I know nothing of your hatred
I've know and shone the light and the darkness abated
So I'm free run skip jump play my little boy is happy
Look he's smiling because he knows no fear..hear...
My mommy is calling me and I'm running thru the fieldsBecause I'm free
Every day in every way I'm getting better and better
And better and better and better and better etcBecause there is no fear
Here why I can't tell you nowCause I'm runnin' through the wood and
I just jumped a little bit higher
Cause I'm free and that's the way he created me to be
I have turned from your hatred I turned on the light
And there was nothing there that waited to get meThis ain't a song about that
This is a song about this