B i o g r a p h y (by Richie Unterberger & Greg Prato)
The career of Lou Reed defies capsule summarization. Like David Bowie (whom Reed directly inspired in many ways), he has made over his image many times, mutating from theatrical glam-rocker to scary looking junkie to avant-garde noiseman to straight rock & roller to your average guy. A firmer grasp of rock's earthier qualities has ensured a more consistent career path than Bowie's, particularly in his latter years. Yet his catalog is extremely inconsistent, in both quality and stylistic orientation. Liking one Lou Reed LP, or several, or all of the ones he did in a particular era, is no guarantee that you'll like all of them, or even most of them. Few would deny Reed's immense importance and considerable achievements, however. As has often been written, he expanded the vocabulary of rock & roll lyrics into the previously forbidden territory of kinky sex, drug use (and abuse), decadence, transvestites, homosexuality, and suicidal depression. As has been pointed out less often, he remained (and remains) committed to using rock & roll as a forum for literary, mature expression well into middle age, without growing lyrically soft or musically complacent. By and large, he's taken on these challenging duties with uncompromising honesty and a high degree of realism. For these reasons, he's often cited as punk's most important ancestor. It's often overlooked, though, that he's equally skilled at celebrating romantic joy, and rock & roll itself, as he is at depicting harrowing urban realities. Although Reed achieved his greatest success as a solo artist, his most enduring accomplishments were as the leader of the Velvet Underground in the '60s. If Reed had never made any solo records, his work as the principal lead singer and songwriter for the Velvets would have still ensured his stature as one of the greatest rock visionaries of all time. The Velvet Underground are discussed at great length in many other sources, but it's sufficient to note that the four studio albums they recorded with Reed at the helm are essential listening, as is much of their live and extraneous material. "Heroin," "Sister Ray," "Sweet Jane," "Rock and Roll," "Venus in Furs," "All Tomorrow's Parties," "What Goes On," and "Lisa Says" are just the most famous classics that Reed wrote and sang for the group.
As innovative as the Velvets were at breaking lyrical and instrumental taboos with their crunching experimental rock, they were unappreciated in their lifetime. Five years of little commercial success was undoubtedly a factor in Reed leaving the group he had founded in August 1970, just before the release of their most accessible effort, Loaded. Although Reed's songs and street wise, sing-speak vocals dominated the Velvets, he was perhaps more reliant upon his talented collaborators than he realized, or is even willing to admit to this day. The most talented of these associates was John Cale, who was apparently fired by Reed in 1968 after the Velvets' second album (although the pair have worked together on various other projects since then). Reed has a reputation of being a difficult man to work with for an extended period, and that has made it difficult for his extensive solo oeuvre to compete with the standards of brilliance set by the Velvets. Nowhere was this more apparent than on his self-titled solo debut from 1971, recorded after he'd taken an extended hiatus from music, moving back to his parents' suburban Long Island home at one point. Lou Reed mostly consisted of flaccid versions of songs dating back to the Velvet days, and he could have really used the group to punch them up, as the many outtake versions of these tunes that he actually recorded with the Velvet Underground (some of which didn't surface until about 25 years later) prove. Reed got a shot in the arm (no distasteful pun intended) when David Bowie and Mick Ronson produced his second album, Transformer. A more energetic set that betrayed the influence of glam rock, it also included his sole Top 20 hit, "Walk on the Wild Side," and other good songs like "Vicious" and "Satellite of Love." It also made him a star in Britain, which was quick to appreciate the influence Reed had exerted on Bowie and other glam rockers. Reed went into more serious territory on Berlin (1973), its sweet orchestral production coating lyrical messages of despair and suicide. In some ways Reed's most ambitious and impressive solo effort, it was accorded a vituperative reception by critics in no mood for a nonstop bummer (however elegantly executed). Unbelievably, in retrospect, it made the Top Ten in Britain, though it flopped stateside. Having been given a cold shoulder for some of his most serious (if chilling) work, Reed apparently decided he was going to give the public what it wanted. He had guitarists Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner (who had already played on Berlin) give his music a pop-metal, more radio-friendly sheen. More disturbingly, he decided to play up to the cartoon junkie role that some in his audience seemed eager to assign to him. On-stage, that meant shocking bleached hair, painted fingernails, and simulated drug injections. On record, it led to some of his most careless performances. One of these, the 1974 album Sally Can't Dance, was also his most commercially successful, reaching the Top Ten, thus confirming both Reed's and the audience's worst instincts. As if to prove he could still be as uncompromising as anyone, he unleashed the double album Metal Machine Music, a nonstop assault of unlistenable electronic noise. Opinions remain divided as to whether it was an artistic statement, a contract quota-filler, or a slap in the face of the public. While Reed has never behaved as outrageously (in public and in the studio) as he did in the mid-'70s, there's been plenty of excitement in the past two decades. When he decided to play it relatively straight, sincere, and hard-nosed, he could produce affecting work in the spirit of his best vintage material (parts of Coney Island Baby and Street Hassle). At other points, he seemed not to be putting too much effort into any aspect of his songs ("Rock & Roll Heart"). With 1978's Take No Prisoners, he delivered one of the weirdest concert albums of all time, more of a comedy monologue (which not too many people laughed hard at) than a musical document.
Reed had always been an enigma, but no one questioned the serious intent of his work with the Velvet Underground. As a soloist, it was getting impossible to tell when he was serious, or whether he even wished to be taken seriously anymore. At the end of the '70s, The Bells set the tone for most of his future work. Reed would settle down; he would play it straight; he would address serious, adult concerns, including heterosexual romance, with sincerity. Not a bad idea, but though the albums that followed were much more consistent in tone, they remained erratic in quality and, worse, could occasionally be quite boring. The recruitment of Robert Quine as lead guitarist helped, and The Blue Mask (1982) and New Sensations (1984) were fairly successful, although in retrospect they didn't deserve the raves they received from some critics at the time. Quine, however, would also find Reed too difficult to work with for an extended period. New York (1989) heralded both a commercial and critical renaissance for Reed, and in truth it was his best work in quite some time, although it didn't break any major stylistic ground. Reed works best when faced with a challenge, which arrived when he collaborated with former partner John Cale in 1990 on a song cycle for the recently deceased Andy Warhol. In both its recorded and stage incarnations, this was the most experimental work that Reed had devised in quite some time. Magic and Loss (1992) returned him to the more familiar straight rock territory of New York, again to critical raves. The re-formation of the Velvet Underground for a 1993 European live tour could not be considered an unqualified success, however. European audiences were thrilled to see the legends in person, but critical reaction to the shows was mixed, and critical reaction to the live record was tepid. More distressingly, old conflicts reared their head within the band once again, and the reunion ended before it had a chance to get to America. Cale and Reed at this point seem determined never to work with each other again (the death of Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison in 1995 seemed to permanently ice prospects of more VU projects). In 1996, the surviving Velvet Underground members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, performing a newly penned song for their fallen comrade, Morrison. Reed closed the '90s with an album that saw him explore relationships, 1996's Set the Twilight Reeling (many speculated that the album was biographical and focused on his union with performance artist Laurie Anderson), which turned out to not be one of Reed's more critically acclaimed releases. He also found time to compose music for the Robert Wilson opera Timerocker, and in 1998, released the "unplugged" album Perfect Night: Live in London. The same year, Reed was the subject of a superb installment of the PBS American Masters series that chronicled his entire career (eventually released as a DVD, titled Rock and Roll Heart). 2000 saw Reed's first release for Reprise Records, Ecstasy, a glorious return to raw and straightforward rock, a tour de force that many agreed was his finest work since New York. Another collaboration with Robert Wilson, POE-try, followed in 2001 and continued it's worldwide stage run through the year. Including new music by Reed and words adapted from the macabre texts of Edgar Allen Poe, POE-try led to Reed's highly ambitious next album, The Raven. Animal Serenade, a double-disc set recorded at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles during his 2003 world tour, was issued in spring 2004. The live effort is Reed's tribute of sorts to his celebrated Rock'n'Roll Animal concert album, which was released 30 years before. Reed's solo work ultimately cannot stack up to his Velvet output, despite its many highlights. Still, most would have to concede that with the exception of Neil Young, no other star that rose to fame in the '60s has continued to push himself so diligently into creating work that is meaningful and contemporary. If that means he relies on stock musical and lyrical ideas at times (as Young does), it also means he's proved that rock can remain relevant to listeners other than hormone-crazed teenagers.
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Lou Reed I Can't Stand It It's hard being a man Living in a garbage pail My landlady called me up, oh She tried to hit me with a mop I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more, oh I can't stand it any more more But if baby would just come back, it'd be all right Yeah, if baby would just come back, it would be all right Come on, baby I live with thirteen dead cats A purple dog that wears spats They're all living out in the hall And I can't stand it any more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more But if baby would just come back, it'd be all right Oh, if baby would just come back, it would be all right Be all right, now Come on, baby I'm tired of living all alone, yeah Nobody ever calls me on the phone But when things are getting better I just play my music louder I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it, I can't stand it I can't stand it, I can't stand it ... Going Down When you're in a dream and you think you've got your problems all nailed down Pieces of the scheme Seem to rattle up and to rattle down And when you start to fall And those footsteps they start to fade Then you know you're going down Yeah, you're falling all around And you know you're going down for the last time When you're in the air And you're thinking you'll drift off into the rest Your friends politely advise Hey look you're pushing too hard And perhaps you need a rest And when you start to fall And all those footsteps they start to fade Then you know you're going down Yeah, you're crashing upside down And you know you're going down for the last - Time's not what it seems it just seems longer, when you're lonely in this world Everything it seems would be brighter if your nights were spent with some girl Yeah, you're falling all around Yeah, you're crashing upside down Oh, oh, and you know you're going down for the last time Walk And Talk It I got horrors in my luney tunes I got dreams and you do, too I got ten wheel drive, pick you up into your ears I got retake carbine and in my eyelids gear I got no one to love and no one to fear You better walk it, and talk it less you loose that beat You better loose yourself, mama And rock yourself right off of your feet If you're moving too fast, don't you want it to last You better walk it, talk it You better walk it as you talk less you loose that beat I got dimes in my shoes, real nice I got bells that are laid on ice I got dreams, let me mix it with a little gin I got cruel when I told you woman, I'm hard But me is the one thing baby, you ain't got You better walk it, and talk it less you loose that beat You better loose yourself, mama And rock yourself right off of your feet Yeah, if you're moving too fast, don't you want it to last You better walk it, talk it You better walk it as you talk less you loose that beat You better walk it, and talk it less you loose that beat You better loose yourself, mama And rock yourself right off of your feet Yeah, if you're moving too fast, now don't you want it to last You better walk it, talk it You better walk it as you talk less you loose that beat Ah - ha - ha Lisa Says Lisa says, on a night like this It'd be so nice if you gave me a great big kiss And Lisa says, hey honey, for just one little smile I'll sing and play for you for the longest while Lisa says Lisa says Lisa says, oh no Lisa says Lisa says, honey, you must think I'm some kinda California fool The way you treat me just like some kind of tool Lisa says, hey baby, if you stick your tongue in my ear Then the scene around here will become very clear Lisa says, oh no Lisa says, hey, don't you be a little baby Lisa says, oh no Lisa says Hey, if you're looking for a good time Charlie Well that's not really what I am You know some good time Charlie Always out having his fun But if you're looking for some good, good lovin' Then sit yourself right over here You know that those good, those good times They just seem to pass me by, just like pie in the sky And Lisa says, on a night like this It'd be so nice if you gave me a great big kiss And Lisa says, hey baby, for just one little smile I'll sing and play for you for the longest while Let me hear you now Lisa says, oh no-no Lisa says, hey, don't you be a little baby Lisa says, oh no Lisa says Why am I so shy Why am I so shy, geez, you know that those Good-good times, they just seem to pass me by Why am I so shy First time I saw you I was talking to myself I says, hey you got those pretty-pretty eyes Such pretty eyes Now that you are next to me I just get so upset Hey Lisa, will you tell me why am I so shy Why am I so shy Why am I so shy, well you know that those Good-good times, they just seem to pass me by Why am I so shy And Lisa says, on a night like this It'd be so nice if you gave me a great big kiss And Lisa says, honey, for just one little smile I'll sing and play for you for the longest while Lisa says, oh no, now Lisa says, hey, don't you be a little baby Lisa says, oh no Lisa says Berlin In Berlin, by the wall You were five foot ten inches tall It was very nice Candlelight and Dubonnet on ice We were in a small cafe You could hear the guitars play It was very nice It was paradise You're right and I'm wrong Hey babe, I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone One sweet day Oh, you're right and I'm wrong You know I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone One sweet day One sweet day In a small, small cafe We could hear the guitars play It was very nice Candlelight and Dubonnet on ice Don't forget, hire the vet He hasn't had much fun yet It was very nice Hey honey, it was paradise You're right and I'm wrong Hey babe, I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone One sweet day You're right, oh, and I'm wrong You know I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone One sweet day, one sweet day One sweet day One sweet day, oh, one sweet day One sweet day, baby, baby, one sweet day ... I Love You When I think of all the things I've done And I know that it's only just begun Those smiling faces You know, I just can't forget them But I love you When I think of all the things I've seen And I know that it's only the beginning You know, those smiling faces I just can't forget them But for now I love you Just for a little while Oh baby, just to see you smile Just for a little while When I think of all the things I've done And I know, that it's only just begun Oh, smiling faces, Jesus You know, I can't forget them But for now, I love you Watch this minute, baby Now I love you At least for now I love you Wild Child I was talking to Chuck in his Genghis Khan suit And his wizard's hat He spoke of his movie and how he was making A new soundtrack And then we spoke of kids on the coast And different types of organic soap And the way suicides don't leave notes Then we spoke of Lorraine Always back to Lorraine I was speaking to Phil who was given to pills And small racing cars He had given 'em up since his last crack-up Had carried him too far Then we spoke of movies and verse And the way an actress held her purse And the way life at times could get worse Then we spoke of Lorraine Always back to Lorraine Ah, she's a wild child And nobody can get at her She's a wild child Oh, and nobody can get to her Sleeping out on the street Oh, living all alone Without a house or a home And then she asked you, please Hey baby, can I have some spare change Oh, can I break your heart She's a wild child She's a wild child I was talking to Betty about her auditions How they made her ill The life of the theater is certainly fraught With many spills and chills But she calmed down after some wine Which is what happens most of the time Then we sat and both spoke in rhyme Till we spoke of Lorraine Ah, it's always back to Lorraine I was talking to Ed who'd been reported dead By mutual friends He thought it was funny that I had no money To spend on him So we both shared a piece of sweet cheese And sang of our lives and our dreams And how things can come apart at the seams And we talked of Lorraine Always back to Lorraine She's a wild child Oh, and nobody can get at her She's a wild child Oh, and nobody can get to her Sleeping out on the street Oh, living all alone Without a house or a home And then she asked you, please Oh baby, can I have some spare change Now can I break your heart She's a wild child She's a wild child Loves make you feel Life isn't what is seems, I'm forever drifting into dreams Such a sad affair, to always be drifting into air But it's not what you say or you do that makes me feel like I am falling It's things that we've both been through that makes me feel like I am upside down And love makes you feel ten foot tall Yes, love makes you feel ten foot tall Just a funny thing, I'm forever drifting into dreams Just not the proper thing, to always be drifting into dreams But it's not what you say or you do that makes me feel like I am falling It's things that we've both been through that makes me feel like I am upside down And love makes you feel ten foot tall Yes, love makes you feel ten foot tall And it sounds like this Ride Into The Sun Looking for another chance for someone else to be Looking for another place to ride into the sun Ride into the sun, ride into the sun Ride into the sun ride into the sun Where - everything seems so pretty But if you're tired and you're sick of the city Remember that it's just a flower, made out of clay Oh, the city Where everything seems so dirty But if you're tired and you're filled with self-pity Remember that you're just one more person who's there It's hard to live in the city It's hard to live in the city, oh - oh - oh It's hard to live in the city, oh - wow - wow It's hard to live in the city Ocean Here comes the ocean and the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean and the waves where've they been ? Don't swim tonight my love The sea is mad my love It's known to drive men crazy Now come that murder seeks The castle is dead and reeks The madness can make you lazy Here come the waves down by the shore Washing the rocks that have been here centuries or more Down by the sea Here come the ocean and the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean and the waves where've they been ? Castles glowing at night Towers above out fright What did happen here Now comes it in my head I serve you bread on a pledge Think of your mouth for dinner But here come the waves down by the sea Washing the eyes of the men who have died Down by the sea Here come the waves X4
Transformer Vicious Vicious, you hit me with a flower You do it every hour Oh, baby you're so vicious Vicious, you want me to hit you with a stick But all I've got is a guitar pick Oh baby, you're so vicious When I watch you come, baby, I just want to run far away You're not the kind of person around I want to stay When I see you walking down the street I step on your hands and I mangle your feet You're not the kind of person that I want to meet Baby, oh you're so vicious, you're so vicious Vicious, you hit me with a flower You do it every hour Oh, baby you're so vicious Vicious, hey why don't you swallow razor blades You must think that I'm some kind of gay blade But baby, you're so vicious When I see you coming I just have to run You're not good and you certainly aren't very much fun When I see you walking down the street I step on your hand and I mangle your feet You're not the kind of person that I'd even want to meet 'Cause you're so vicious, baby, you're so vicious Vicious, vicious... Andy's Chest If I could be anything in the world that flew I would be a bat and come swooping after you And if the last time you were here, things were a bit askew Well, you know what happens after dark When rattlesnakes loose their skins and their hearts And all the missionaries loose their bark All the trees are calling after you And all the venom snipers after you Are all the mountains boulder after you If I could be anything of the things in this world that bite Instead of being a tethered ocelot on a leash I'd rather be your kite And be tied to the end of your string And flying in the air, babe, at night Because you know what they say about honey bears When you shave off all their baby hair You've got a hairy minded big bare bear And all the bells are rolling out for you And stones are all erupting out for you And all the cheap bloodsuckers are flying after you Yesterday, Daisy Mae end Biff were grooving down the street And just like in a movie, her hands became her feet Her belly button was her mouth Which meant she tasted what she'd speak But the funny thing is what happened to her nose It grew until it reached all of her toes Now, when people say her feet smell, they mean her nose And curtains laced with diamonds, dear, for you And kingdom's Christian sailors (soldiers), dear, for you And melting ice cap mountains, dear, for you And knights in flaming silver robes for you And bats, that with a kiss turn prince for you Swoop, swoop, oh, baby, rock, rock ... Perfect Day Just a perfect day drink Sangria in the park And then later when it gets dark, we go home Just a perfect day feed animals in the zoo Then later a movie, too, and then home Oh, it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spend it with you Oh, such a perfect day You just keep me hanging on You just keep me hanging on Just a perfect day problems all left alone Weekenders on our own it's such fun Just a perfect day you made me forget myself I thought I was someone else, someone good Oh, it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh, such a perfect day You just keep me hanging on You just keep me hanging on You're going to reap just what you sow X4 Hangin' 'Round Harry was a rich young man who would become a priest He dug up his dear father who was recently deceased He did it with tarot cards and a mystically attuned mind And shortly there and after he did find Jeanny was a spoiled young brat, she thought she knew it all She smoked mentholated cigarettes and she had sex in the hall But she was not my kind or even of my sigh The kind of animal that I would be about Oh oh oh, you keep hangin' 'round me And I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago Oh oh oh, you keep hangin' 'round me And I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago Hangin' 'round, hangin' 'round Cathy was a bit surreal, she painted all her toes And on her face she wore dentures clamped tightly to her nose And when she finally spoke her twang her glasses broke And no one else could smoke while she was in the room Hark the herald angels sang and reached out for a phone And plucking it with ivory hand dialed long distance home But it was all too much sprinkling angel dust to A.T. and T. Who didn't wish you well Oh oh oh, you keep hangin' 'round me And I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago Oh oh oh, you keep hangin' 'round me And I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago Hangin' 'round, hangin' 'round Walk On The Wild Side Holly came from Miami FLA Hitch-hiked her way across the USA. Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her leg and then he was a she She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side. Candy came from out on the island, In the backroom she was everybody's darling, But she never lost her head Even when she was given head She said, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side And the coloured girls go, doo doo doo, doo ... Little Joe never once gave it away Everybody had to pay and pay A hustle here and a hustle there New York city is the place where they said: Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat Went to the Apollo You should have seen him go go go They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side Jackie is just speeding away Thought she was James Dean for a day Then I guess she had to crash Valium would have helped that dash She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side And the coloured girls say doo doo doo, doo ... Make Up Your face when sleeping is sublime And then you open up your eyes Then comes pancake factor number one Eyeliner, rose hips and lip gloss, such fun You're a slick little girl, you're a slick little girl Rouge and coloring, incense and ice Perfume and kisses, oh it's all so nice You're a slick little girl, you're a slick little girl Now we're coming out, out of our closets Out on the streets, yeah, we're coming out When you're in bed it's so wonderful It'd be so nice to fall in love When you get dressed I really get my fill People say that it's impossible Gowns lovely made out of lace And all the things that you do to your face You're a slick little girl, you're a slick little girl Eyeliner, whitener then color the eyes Yellow and green, oh what a surprise You're a slick little girl, oh, you're such a slick little girl Now we're coming out, out of our closets Out on the streets, yes, we're coming out Yeah, we're coming out ... Satellite Of Love Satellite's gone up to the skies Thing like that drive me out of my mind I watched it for a little while I like to watch things on TV Satellite of love Satellite of love Satellite of love Satellite of ... Satellite's gone way up to Mars Soon it will be filled with parking cars I watch it for a little while I love to watch things on TV Satellite of love ... I've been told that you've been bold With Harry, Mark and John Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, to Thursday With Harry, Mark and John Satellite's gone up to the skies Thing like that drive me out of my mind I watched it for a little while I love to watch things on TV Satellite of love ... Wagon Wheel Won't you be my wagon wheel Won't you tell me, baby, how do you feel ? Yeah you got to live yeah your life as though you're number one Yeah you got to live yeah your life And make a point of having some fun But if you think that you get kicks From flirting with danger, danger ooh Just kick her in head and rearrange her Oh heavenly father, what can I do ? What she's done to me is making me crazy Oh heavenly father, I know I have sinned but look where I've been It's making me lazy Won't you be my wagon wheel Won't you tell me, baby, how do you feel ? You got to live yeah your life as though you're number one Yeah you got to live yeah your life And make a point of having some fun But if you think that you get kicks From flirting with danger, danger ooh Just kick her in head and rearrange her And then why don't you wake me, shake me Please don't you let me sleep too long ... New York Telephone Conversation I was sleeping, gently napping when I heard the phone Who is on the other end talking, am I even home ? Did you see what she did to him, did you hear what they said ? Just a New York conversation rattling in my head Ooh my, and what shall we wear, ooh my, and who really cares ? Just a New York conversation, gossip all of the time "Did you hear who did what to whom ?", happens all the time Who has touched and who has dabbled hear in the city of shows Openings, closings, badrap party - everybody knows Ooh, how sad and why do we call, ooh I'm glad to hear from you all I am calling, yes I am calling just to speak to you For I know this night will kill me, if I can't be with you If I can't be with you I'm So Free Yes I'm Mother Nature's son And I'm the only one I do what I want and I want what I see Could only happen to me I'm so free, I'm so free Oh please, Saint Germaine I have come this way Do you remember the shape I was in I had horns and fins I'm so free, I'm so free Do you remember the silver walks You used to shiver and I used to talk Then we went down to Times Square And ever since I've been hanging around there I'm so free, I'm so free Yes I'm Mother Nature's son And I'm the only one I do what I want and I want what I see Could only happen to me I'm so free, I'm so free Oh - oh - oh, I'm so free, I'm so free When I feel good, I'm so free ... Early in the morning, I'm so free Late in the evening, I'm so free, I'm so free ... Goodnight Ladies Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight It's time to say goodbye Let me tell you, now, goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight It's time to say goodbye Ah, all night long you've been drinking your tequilla rye But now you've sucked your lemon peel dry So why not get high, high, high and Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight It's time to say goodbye Goodnight sweet ladies, all ladies goodnight It's time to say goodbye, bye-bye Ah, we've been together for the longest time But now it's time to get high Come on, let's get high, high, high And goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight Oh, I'm still missing my other half Oh, it must be something I did in the past Don't it just make you wanna laugh It's a lonely Saturday night Oh, nobody calls me on the telephone I put another record on my stereo But I'm still singing a song of you It's a lonely Saturday night Now, if I was an actor or a dancer that was glamorous Then, you know, an amourus life would soon be mine But now the tinsel light of star break Is all that's left to applaud my heart break And eleven o'clock I watch the network news Oh, oh, oh, something tells me that you're really gone You said we could be friends, but that's not what's not what I want And, anyway, my TV-dinner's almost done It's a lonely Saturday night I mean to tell you, it's a lonely Saturday night One more word, it's a lonely Saturday night
Berlin Berlin In Berlin, by the wall You were five foot ten inches tall It was very nice Candlelight and Dubonnet on ice We were in a small cafe You could hear the guitars play It was very nice It was paradise Lady Day When she walked on down the street She was like a child staring at her feet But when she passed the bar And she heard the music play She had to go in and sing It had to be that way She had to go in and sing It had to be that way And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day After the applause had died down And the people drifted away She climbed down the bar And went out the door To the hotel That she called home It had greenish walls A bathroom in the hall And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day Men Of Good Fortune Men of good fortune, often cause empires to fall While men of poor beginnings, often can't do anything at all The rich son waits for his father to die The poor just drink and cry And me I just don't care at all Men of good fortune, very often can't do a thing While men of poor beginnings, often can do anything At heart they try to act like a man Handle things the best way they can They have no rich daddy to fall back on Men of good fortune, often cause empires to fall While men of poor beginnings, often can't do anything at all It takes money to make money they say Look at the Fords, but didn't they start that way Anyway, it makes no difference to me Men of good fortune, often wish that they could die While men of poor beginnings want what they have And to get it they'll die All those great things that live has to give They wanna have money and live But me, I just don't care at all Men of good fortune Men of poor beginnings Caroline Says 1 Caroline says that I'm just a toy She wants a man, not just a boy Oh, Caroline says, oh Caroline says Caroline says she can't help but be mean Or cruel, or oh so it seems Oh, Caroline says, Caroline says She say she doesn't want a man who leans Still she is my Germanic Queen Yeah, she's my Queen The things she does, the things she says People shouldn't treat others that way But at first I thought I could take it all Just like poison in a vial, hey she was often very vile But of course, I thought I could take it all Caroline says that I'm not a man So she'll go get it catch as catch can Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says Caroline says moments in time Can't continue to be only mine Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says She treats me like I am a fool But to me she's still a German Queen Ooh, she's my Queen Queen ... How Do You Think It Feels How do you think it feels When you're speeding and lonely Come here baby How do you think it feels When all you can say is: If only If only I had a little If only I had some change If only, if only, only How do you think it feels And when do you think it stops ? How do you think it feels When you've been up for five days Come down here Mama Hunting around always - ooh 'Cause you're afraid of sleeping How do you think it feels To feel like a wolf and foxy How do you think it feels To always make love by proxy ? How do you think it feels And when do you think it stops ? When do you think it stops ? Oh Jim All your two-bit friends they're shootin' you up with pills They said that it was good for you, that it would cure your ills I don't care just where it's at I'm just like an alley cat And when you're filled up to here with hate Don't you know you gotta get it straight Filled up to here with hate Beat her black and blue and get it straight Do, do, do, do, do, do, When you're lookin' through the eyes of hate All your two-bit friends they're ask you for your autograph They put you on the stage, they thought it'd be good for a laugh But I don't care just where it's at 'Cause honey I'm just like an alley cat And when you're filled up to here with hate Don't you know you gotta get it straight Filled up to here with hate Beat her black and blue and get it straight Uh huh Oh Jim, how could you treat me this way Hey hey hey How could you treat me this way ? Oh Jim, how could you treat me this way Hey hey How could you treat me this way ? You know you broke my heart Ever since you went away Now you said that you love us But you only make love to one of us Oh Jim, how could you treat me this way You know you broke my heart Ever since you went away When you're looking through the eyes of hate Oh, oh, oh, oh When you're looking through the eyes of hate Oh, oh, oh, oh ... Caroline Says 2 Caroline says - as she gets up off the floor Why is it that you beat me - it isn't any fun Caroline says - as she makes up her eyes You ought to learn more about yourself - think more than just I But she's not afraid to die All her friends call her 'Alaska' When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her What is in her mind, what is in her mind Caroline says - as she gets up from the floor You can hit me all you want to, but I don't love you anymore Caroline says - while biting her lip Life is meant to be more than this - and this is a bum trip But she's not afraid to die All her friends call her 'Alaska' When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her What is in her mind, what is in her mind She put her fist through the window pane It was such a funny feeling It's so cold in Alaska X3 The Kids They're taking her children away Because they said she was not a good mother They're taking her children away Because she was making it with sisters and brothers And everyone else, all of the others Like cheap officers who would stand there and flirt in front of me They're taking her children away Because they said she was not a good mother They're taking her children away Because of the things that they heard she had done The black Air Force sergeant was not the first one And all of the drugs she took, every one, every one And I am the Water Boy, the real game's not over here But my heart is overflowin' anyway I'm just a tired man, no words to say But since she lost her daughter It's her eyes that fill with water And I am much happier this way They're taking her children away Because they said she was not a good mother They're taking her children away Because number on was the girl friend from Paris The things that they did - ah - they didn't have to ask us And then the Welshman from India, who came here to stay They're taking her children away Because they said she was not a good mother They're taking her children away Because of the things she did in the streets In the alleys and bars, no she couldn't be beat That miserable rotten slut couldn't turn anyone away I am the Water Boy, the real game's not over here But my heart is overflowin' anyway I'm just a tired man, no words to say But since she lost her daughter It's her eyes that fill with water And I am much happier this way The Bed This is the place where she lay her head When she went to bed at night And this is the place our children were conceived Candles lit the room brightly at night And this is the place where she cut her wrists That odd and fateful night And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling This is the place where we used to live I paid for it with love and blood And these are the boxes that she kept on the shelf Filled with her poetry and stuff And this is the room where she took the razor And cut her wrists that strange and fateful night And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling I never would have started if I'd known That it's end this way But funny thing, I'm not at all sad That it stopped this way This is the place where she lay her head When she went to bed at night And this is the place our children were conceived Candles lit the room brightly at night And this is the place where she cut her wrists That odd and fateful night And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling Sad Song Staring at my picture book She looks like Mary, Queen of Scots She seemed very regal to me Just goes to show how wrong you can be I'm gonna stop wastin' my time Somebody else would have broken both of her arms Sad song, sad song, sad song, sad song My castle, kids and home I thought she was Mary, Queen of Scots I tried so very hard Shows just how wrong you can be I'm gonna stop wasting time Somebody else would have broken both of her arms Sad song, sad song, sad song, sad song
Rock'n Roll Animal Sweet Jane ( Loaded version ) Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand Jack is in his corset, Jane is her vest And me, I'm in a rock'n'roll band Ridin'a Stutz Bearcat, Jim You know, those were different times Oh, all the poets, they studied rules of verse And those ladies, they rolled their eyes Sweet Jane, sweet Jane, sweet Jane I'll tell you something, that Jack, he is a banker And Jane, she is a clerk And both of them save their monies And when they come home from work Ooh, sittin' down by the fire Oh, the radio does play The classical music, said Jim, the `March of the Wooden Soldiers` All you protest kids, you can hear Jack say, get ready Sweet Jane, come on, baby Sweet Jane, sweet Jane Some people, they like to go out dancing Other peoples, they have to work Just watch me now And there's some evil mothers Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt You know, that women never really faint And that villains always blink their eyes And that, you know, children are the only ones who blush And that life is just to die But anyone who ever had a heart Oh, they wouldn't turn around and break it And anyone who's ever played a part Oh, they wouldn't turn around and hate it Sweet Jane, sweet Jane, sweet Jane ... Heroin I don't know just where I'm going But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can 'cause it makes me feel like I'm a man When I put a spike into my vein And I tell you things aren't quite the same When I'm rushing on my run And I feel just like Jesus' son And I guess that I just don't know And I guess that I just don't know I have made the big decision I'm gonna try to nullify my life 'cause when the blood begins to flow When it shoots up the dropper's neck When I'm closing in on death You can't help me now, you guys And all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk You can all go take a walk And I guess I just don't know And I guess that I just don't know I wish that I was born a thousand years ago I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas On a great big clipper ship Going from this land here to that In a sailor's suit and cap Away from the big city Where a man cannot be free Of all the evils of this town And of himself and those around Oh, and I guess that I just don't know Oh, and I guess that I just don't know Heroin, be the death of me Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life Because a mainline in my vein leads to a center in my head And then I'm better off than dead Because when the smack begins to flow I really don't care anymore About all the Jim-Jims in this town And all the politicians making crazy sounds And everybody putting everybody else down And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds 'cause when the smack begins to flow And I really don't care anymore Ah, when that heroin is in my blood And the blood is in my head Then I thank God that I'm as good as dead And thank your God that I'm not aware And thank God that I just don't care And I guess that I just don't know Oh, and I guess that I just don't know White Light / White Heat White light White light going messin' up my mind Don't you know, it's gonna make me go blind White heat White heat, it tickle me down to my toes White light Oh, have mercy, white light have it, goodness knows White light White light going messin' up my brain White light Ooooh, white light it's gonna drive me insane White heat Ooooh, white heat, it tickle me down to my toes White light Ooooh, white light, I said now, goodness knows Do it Ooooh, white light I surely do love watch that stuff shooting itself in Ooooh, white light Watch that side, watch that side Don't you know, gonna be dead and bright Ooooh, white heat Yeah foxy mama, watch her walking down the street Ooooh, white light Come upside, your head gonna make a dead end on your street White light White light light moving me drain my brain White light Gonna make me really go insane White heat Ooooh, white heat, it tickle me down to my toes White light Ooooh, white light, I said now, goodness knows White light Ooooh, white light, it's lightin' up my eyes White light Don't you know it fills me up with surprise White heat Ooooh, white heat, tickle me down to my toes White light Ooooh, white light, I tell you now, goodness knows work at it Ooooh she surely do move speed Ooooh, white light Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak Everybody gonna make it every week Ooooh, white heat Oh, sputter mutter, everybody gonna kill their mother White light Here she comes, here she comes Everybody get it, make me run, do it, higher Lady Day When she walked on down the street She was like a child staring at her feet But when she passed the bar And she heard the music play She had to go in and sing It had to be that way She had to go in and sing It had to be that way And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day After the applause had died down And the people drifted away She climbed down the bar And went out the door To the hotel That she called home It had greenish walls A bathroom in the hall And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no Oh, Lady Day Rock And Roll Jenny said, when she was just five years old There was nothin' happening at all Every time she puts on the radio There was nothin' goin' down at all, not at all Then, one fine mornin', she puts on a New York station You know, she couldn't believe what she heard at all She started shakin' to that fine, fine music You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll Despite all the imputations You know, you could just go out And dance to a rock'n'roll station And it was all right, hey baby, You know, it was all right Jenny said, when she was just about five years old `You know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars Well, you know, ain't gonna help me at all` Then, one fine morning, she turns on a New York station She doesn't believe what she hears at all Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine music You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll Yeah, rock'n'roll Despite all the computations You could just dance to that rock'n'roll station And baby, it was all right, yeah Hey, it was all right Hey, here she comes now Jenny said, when she was just about five years old 'Hey, you know, there's nothin' happening at all, not at all Every time I put on the radio You know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all But, one fine morning, she hears a New York station She couldn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all She started dancing to that fine, fine music You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll Yes, rock'n'roll Despite all the computations You know, you could just dance to the rock'n'roll station All right All right, all right, and it was all right Oh, listen to me now, it was all right Come on now, believe me, it was all right it was all right hey, it's all right now...
Sally Can't Dance Ride, Sally, Ride Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on the grand piano Sit yourself down, lay languidly down upon that sofa Oooh isn't it nice, when your heart is made out of ice Ride, Sally, ride It's not your time or way of confusion Ride, Sally, ride 'Cause if you don't, you'll get a contusion Oooh isn't it nice, when your heart is made out of ice Sit yourself down, take of your pants Don't you know this is a party Sit yourself down Why do you think we brought all these people, Miss Brandy Oooh isn't it nice, when your heart is made out of ice Ride, Sally, ride It's not your time or way of confusion Ride, Sally, ride It's not your time or way of confusion Oooh isn't it nice When you find your heart is made out of ice Ride, Sally ride, ride, ride, ride Ride, Sally, ride Animal Language Miss Riley had a dog She used to keep it in her back yard And when the dog began to bark All the neighbours began to shout Then came a stormy night, Miss Riley let her dog out And when the neighbours found him 'round They put a gun down his mouth and shot him down And he went: oooh wow, bow wow, oooh wow, bow wow Miss Murphy had a cat, on her lap it sat And once in a great big while And once in a great big while It looked like that Cheshire cat did smile But one day it got so hot That Cheshire cat had a blood clot And she said: oooh meow meow, oooh meow meow Then the dog met the cat The dog was hot and the cat was met Then came some sweaty dude He put a board between the two Then they couldn't get at it, got frustrated all about it So they did the only thing you could do They took the dude's sweat and shot it up between the two And they said: oooh wow, bow wow meow, oooh wow, bow wow meow Baby Face Jim, livin' with you'd not such fun You're not not the only one You don't have the looks You're not the person that you used to be And there are people in the street that would go for me And I said, no, no, no, no, no, baby face And I said, no, no, no, no, no, baby face I met you in a bar in L.A., I was not feeling so good And you made the proper moves, you did everything that you should But now you're making a mistake And somebody else will take your place You're talking drugs over me And I said, no, no, no, no, no And I said, no, no, no, no, no And I said, no, no, no, no, no, baby face And I said, no, no, no, no, no, baby face You're not the kind of person that's easy To live with in a house I cool all your meals I make sure that you work out But lately it's been gettin' so hard The way you talk, oooh, the way you walk And I'm not sure exactly what it's all about And I said, no, no, no, no, no, baby face And I said, no, no, no, no, no, baby face And I said, no, no, no, no And I said, no, no, no, no, oooh, baby face No, no, baby face No, no, no, baby face (you can keep it, just keep it) N.Y.Stars The stock is empty in our eyeball store All we got left, a few cataracts and sores The faggot mimic machine never had an ides Mission impossible, they self destruct on fear On a standard N.Y. night ghouls go to see their so called 'stars' A fairly stupid thing, to pay five bucks for a 4th rate imitation They say:' I'm so empty, no surface, no depth Oh please, can't I be you, your personality's so great.' Like new buildings, square, tall and the same Sorry, Miss Stupid, didn't you know it was a game I'm just waiting for them to hurry up and die It's really getting to crowed here Help me N.Y. stars Contributions accepted all the same We need new people store Remember, we're very good at games Kill Your Sons All your two-bit psychiatrists are giving you electro shock They say, they let you live at home, with mom and dad Instead of mental hospital But everytime you tried to read a book You couldn't get to page 17 'Cause you forgot, where you were So you couldn't even read Don't you know, they're gonna kill your sons Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons They're gonna kill, kill your sons Until they run run run run run run run run away Mom informed me on the phone She didn't know what to do about dad Took an axe and broke the table Aren't you glad you're married And sister, she got married on the island And her husband takes the train He's big and he's fat and he doesn't even have a brain They're gonna kill your sons Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons Until they run away Creedmore treated me very good But Paine Whitney was even better And when I flipped on PHC I was so sad I didn't even get a letter All of the drugs, that we took, it really was lots of fun But when they shoot you up with thorizene on crystal smoke You choke like a son of a gun Don't you know, they're gonna kill your sons Don't you know, they're gonna kill, kill your sons They're gonna kill, kill your sons Until they run run run run run run run run away Ennui All the things you said - you thought I was dead Everything made me feel aware Ah, you're getting old, you're doing things You're losing your hair All the things that you used to believe in Turned out to be true - you're guilty of reason You're the kind of person that I could do without And certain kinds of money would make you see what it's all about There's a first time for everything There's a first one's on me, don't you see All of the things that your old lover said Look at them, they jump out of windows And now they're just dead It's the truth, don't you realize Faded without any talent of fun Running out in the streets, balling everyone It's the truth, It's the truth Pick up the pieces that make up your life Maybe some day you'll have a wife and them alimony Oh, can't you see Sally Can't Dance Sally dances on the floor She says she can't do it anymore She walks down St. Marks Place And eats natural food at my place Sally can't dance no more, she can't get off of the floor Sally can't dance no more They found her in the trunk of a ford Oooh, she can't dance no more Sally is loosing her face She lives on St., Marks Place In a rent-controlled appartment, eighty dollars a month She has lots of fun, she has lots of fun But, Sally can't dance no more Sally can't dance no more She took too much meth and can't get off the floor Now Sally, she can't dance no more She was the first girl in the neighbourhood To wear tied-dyed pants, ah, like she should She was the first girl that I ever seen That had flowers painted on her jeans She was the first girl in her neighbourhood that got raped on Tompkins Square real good Now she wears a sword, like Napoleon And she kills the boys and acts like a son Sally can't dance no more, Sally can't dance no more She can't get herself off the floor, Sally, she can't dance no more Sally became a big model, she moved up to eighties and park She had a studio appartment and that's where she used to ball folk singers, and that's where she used to ball folk singers Sally can't dance no more, Sally can't get off of the floor She can't dance no more, Sally can't dance She knew all the right people, she went to Le Jardin She danced with Picasso's illegitimate mistress And wore Kenneth Lane jewels - it's trash - But - Sally can't dance no more, she can't get off of the floor Sally can't dance no more, Sally can't dance Billy Billy was a good friend of mine We grew up together ever since we were nine We went to school, he was my best friend And I thought our friendship would never end In highschool he played football And me, I didn't do anything at all He made touch-downs, while I played pool And no one could figure out, which one of us was the fool Then we both went to collage He studied medicine, while I studied foilage He got "A's", and I got "D's" He was going for his P.H.D. The I decided to drop out Then I decided to drop out Things were getting a little to hot Billy stayed there, became an intern, then a doctor Then war broke out and he had to go But not me, I was mentally unfit or so they say, so, so When he came back, he wasn't quite the same His nerves were shot, but not me Last time I saw him, I couldn't take it anymore He wasn't the Billy I knew, it was like talking to a door Billy was a friend of mine I grew up with him ever since we were nine We went together to school And now I often wonder, which one of us was the fool
Coney Island Baby Crazy Feeling You're the kind of person that I've been dreaming of You're the kind of person that I always wanted to love And when I first seen you walk right through that bar door And I seen those suit and tie johns buy you one drink And then buy you some more I had a - I know you had that crazy feeling Now, now, now, you're got that crazy feeling You know that I've had that crazy feeling, too I can see it in your .. You got that crazy feeling Now, now, now, now, now, you got that crazy feeling I've had that crazy feeling, too Now everybody knows that business ends at three And everybody knows that after hours love is free And you, you really are a queen Oh, such a queen, such a queen And I know, 'cause I made the same scene I know just what you mean Because you got that crazy feeling Now, now, now, now, you're got that crazy feeling You got that crazy feeling deep inside Now, I can see it in your eyes You got that crazy feeling Now, now, now, now, you're got that crazy feeling And you got that crazy feeling, too I feel just like, feel just like you Crazy feeling ... Charley's Girl Everybody said you bet you better watch out Man, she's gonna turn you in And me, you know, I thought that I looked out Now look at the trouble that I looked out You better watch out for Charley's girl Watch out for Charley's girl ... It happened on New Year's Eve They said everybody had to leave They had a warrant in their hand They wanted to bust the whole band I said if I ever see Sharon again I'm gonna punch her face in You know, you better watch out for Charley's girl Hey, now, now watch out for Charley's girl You know she'll turn you - turn you in Watch out for Charley's girl Watch out for Charley's girl She'll turn you in You better watch out, you better watch out ... For Charley's girl, for Charley's girl now She's My Best Friend She's my best friend, certainly not your average girl Yeah, she's my best friend She understands me when I'm feeling Dow-dow-dow-dow-dow-down You know, it sure hurts to be that way Dow-dow-dow-dow-dow-down You know it sure hurts to know that you're that kinda fella Here's to Mullberry-Jane She made jam when she came Somebody cut off her feet Now jelly rolls in the street If you want to see me Well, honey you know that I 'm not around But if you want to hear me Why don't you just turn around I'm by the window where the light is She' my best friend Certainly not just like your average dog or car She's my best friend She understands me when I'm feeling dow-dow-dow-dow-dow-down You know, it sure hurts to be that way Dow-dow-dow-dow-dow-down You know, it sure hurts to know that you're that kinda fella Let's hear one for Newspaper Joe He caught his hand in the door Dropped his teeth on the floor They say, hey, now jokers That's the way the news goes If you want to see, yeah, see me Well, baby, you know that I 'm not around But if you want to feel, yeah, feel me Why don't you just turn around I'm by the window where the light is fake She's my best friend, she's my best friend Tell me baby now She's my best friend, oh, she's my, she's my best friend She's my best friend ... Kicks Hey man, what's your style How you get your kicks for living Hey man, what's your style How you get your adrenalin flowing now How you get your adrenalin flowing Hey man, what's your style I love the way, try to call now Hey man, what's your style I ain't jealous of the way you're living I ain't jealous of the way you're living When you cut that dude with just a little mania You did it so .. ah When the blood comma' down his neck Don't you know it was better than sex, now, now, now It was way better than getting mean 'Cause it was the final thing to do, now Get somebody to come on to you And then you just get somebody to .. To now, now, come on to you And then you kill them You kill them, now, now, cause I need kicks ... I'm getting bored, I n-n-n-need now, now some kicks Oh, give it, give it, give it to me now, kicks You know, I love the way you drive your car now Hey man, what's your style I ain't jealous of the way you're living Ain't jealous of the way you're living When your slayed that cat that night You did it so crudely, now With that blood coming down his chest It was way better than sex, now, now It was way better than getting mean It was the final thing to do Get somebody to came, come on to you, then Get somebody to come on to you Better kill them now Better kill him now, now Yeah, kill him now, now Kill him now, now 'Cause I need kicks Yeah, n-n-n-n-n-n-n-need some kicks N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-need some kicks Oh come on, give me kicks Kicks, kicks ... A Gift I'm just a gift to the women of this world I'm just a gift to the women of this world Responsibility sits so hard on my shoulder Like a good wine I'm better as I grow older And now I'm just a gift to the women of this world I'm just a gift to the women of this world I'm just a gift to the women of this world It's hard to settle for second best After you've had me You know that you've had the best And now you know That I'm just a gift to the women of this world Responsibility sits hard on my shoulder Like a good wine I'm better as I get older And now I'm just a gift to the women of this world You know That I'm just a gift to the women of this world Just a gift now I'm just a gift to the women of this world I'm just a gift to the women of this world Ooohhh Baby You're the kind of girl everybody warned me about You're the kind of person, that everybody's just staring at But now you are a topless dancer Working out of a bar on Times Spuare And everybody wishes you were back down in some corner Only Baby know You make me go ooohhh baby ooohhh baby ooohhh baby Ooohhh, ooohhh, ooohhh Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby ooohhh baby Ooohhh, ooohhh, ooohhh Your old man was the best P and E man down on the streets And all the guy in the precinct Always was watching for him on the beat But when he ripped off Seymour He was really not a doing so fine And everything is knots Well except his hands and legs And maybe even mime, you see They just make them strip off They say ooohhh baby, ooohhh ... It's very funny asking me Why they keep the lights on down so low Well, yesterday's chase's today's competition Or didn't you know And the all fluorescent lighting Make so your wrinkles, they don't show And it's very funny The way that 20 bucks an hour cannot go If you don't make 'em go Now, now, now, ooohhh baby, ooohhh ... Everybody wondered 'bout you when you was seen in Drinking some beer You got here from Ohio and your mother said You hooked her in the real near That's the way it goes now Ooohh baby, ooohhh ... Nobody's Business Hey, if you're moving too fast Don't you want this thing last But if you start moving slow Hey, pretty mama, you just will have to go Because It's nobody's business but my own It's nobody's business but my own No, no, no, no, ... no No, no, no, no, ... no But if you start acting mean Then I'll have to mess up the scene But if you start treating me nice Hey now baby, I'm gonna have to raise your price Because it's nobody's business but my own No, no, no, no, ... no No, no, no, no, ... no Nobody's business, nobody's business Come on now It ain't nobody's business, nobody business No, no, no no, nobody's business, no, no, ... It ain't nobody's business, yeah, but my own Nobody's business, but my own, no, no, no, ... Nobody's business ... Coney Island Baby You know, man, when I was a young man in high school You believe in or not, that I wanted to play football for the coach All those older guys, they said he was mean and cruel But you know, I wanted to play football, for the coach They said I was to little too light weight to play line-back So I say I'm playing right-in Wanted to play football for the coach Cause, you know some day, man, you gotta stand up straight Unless you're gonna fall Then you're gonna die And the straightest dude I ever knew Was standing right for me, all the time So I had to play football for the coach And I wanted to play football for the coach When you're all alone and lonely in your midnight hour And you find that your soul, it has been up for sale And you getting to think about, all the things you done And you getting to hate just about everything But remember the princess who lived on the hill Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong And right now she just might come shining through and the glory of love, glory of love Glory of love, just might come through And all your two-bit friends have gone and ripped you off They're talking behind your back saying, man you are never going to be a human being And you start thinking again About all those things that you've done And who it was and what it was And all the different things you made every different scene Ah, but remember that the city is a funny place Something like a circus or a sewer And just remember, different people have peculiar tastes And the Glory of love, the glory of love The glory of love, might see you through Yeah, but now, now Glory of love, the glory of love The glory of love, might see you through Glory of love, ah, huh, huh, the glory of love Glory of love, glory of love Glory of love, now, glory of love, now Glory of love, now, now, now, glory of love Glory of love, give it to me now, glory of love see you through Oh, my Coney Island baby, now (I'm a Coney Island baby, now) I'd like to send this one out for Lou and Rachel And all the kids and P.S. 192 Coney Island baby Man, I swear, I'd give the whole thing up for you
Rock'n Roll Heart I believe In Love I believe in good times now, and I believe in shows And I believe in the iron cross And as everybody know; I believe in good times music, yeah, good time rock'n'roll I believe in music, music, music, It's satisfy your soul Ah, I believe love (Good time music) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, now, I believe in love (Good time music) And I believe in party time, and I believe in soul And I believe in temptation, And knock, knock, knocking at your door I believe in good times, yeah, good time rock'n'roll Yeah, I believe in music, music, music It's satisfy your soul But you know that I believe love (Good time music) Said yeah, yeah, I believe love I believe, I believe, I believe in love Yeah, I believe in love Good time music - good time rock'n'roll Banging On My Drum I'm banging on my drum, I'm banging on my drum I'm banging on my drum, boy, I'm having lot's of fun I'm banging on my drum, Yeah, I'm banging on my drum I'm banging on my drum, now baby, and I'm having lot's of fun I'm banging on my drum, I'm banging on my drum I'm banging on my drum, boy, I'm having lot's of fun I'm banging on my one, my one, my drum ... Follow The Leader Follow, follow the leader n-n-n-n-now New York, New York City n-n-n-n-now Follow, follow the leader n-n-n-n-now New York, New York City n-n-n-n-now Oh, if you wanna dance, work up a little sweat now Better, better, better, better, get yourself a little romance And you know, better get up a little sweat And get a little romance And you better follow, follow the leader n-n-n-n-now New York, New York City n-n-n-n-now Follow, follow the leader n-n-n-n-now New York, New York City n-n-n-n-now Yeah, if you wanna dance, you better work up a sweat now, baby Get a little romance Yeah, yeah, you better, you better work up a sweat now Get yourself a little romance And, you know, you better, oh, boy, follow the leader, n-n-n-now Oh, New York, New York City n-n-n-n-n-now Get going You Wear It So Well All of those things, yeah, that you got to give Yeah, you wear it so well Yeah, you wear it so well All of those stories, honey, that I know you could tell Yeah, you wear it so well And your face hides it, so we can't tell That you knew, we would wear it so well You war it so well Yeah, darling, you wear it so well Yeah, now, baby, now, you wear it so well All of the things, that make poets sing Yeah, you wear it so well, yeah You hide it so well And all of the pain, that you used to tell You hide it so well Can't tell from your face that you knew it so well Hey, now, that you have such a story to tell Yeah, you got style and grace And you wear it so well, you wear it so well And you got, you got such a story to tell Yeah, yeah, you wear it so well Grace and style equals you so well Yeah, yeah, you wear it so well, yeah, so well Yeah, you wear it, wear it, wear it, wear it, now, baby Yeah, you wear it so well And you got such a story to tell Oooh, you wear it so well ... Ladies Pay All the sailors they're all home from leave And everybody's waiting for them to try to deceive The storekeepers have drawn their lace curtains bare And all the women and the wee young girls all waiting there Ooooh, but how the ladies pay Oh, if they only knew how the ladies pay Yeah, now, now, the ladies pay Oh, when the men, they've gone away Nobody is standing on upon the door And nobody is feeding any of the poor The poor, sick soldier lies in bed beside his girl Thinking of another place on the other side of the world Ah, how the ladies pay Oh, oh, how the ladies pay When the men, they've gone away Oh, I wish, I knew how the ladies pay Day and night, night and day How the ladies pay Day and night, night and day, night and day Ladies pay, now ... Rock'n' Roll Heart I don't like opera and I don't like ballet And new-waves French movies, they just drive me away I guess I'm just dumb, 'cause I knows I ain't smart But deep down inside, I got a rock'n'roll heart Yeah, yeah, yeah, deep down inside I got a rock'n'roll heart Oh, rock'n'roll heart, Looking for a good time Just a rock'n'roll heart, rock'n'roll heart Looking for a good time I don't like massages or something meant to say And I wish people like that would just go away I guess I'm just dumb, 'cause I knows I not smart But deep down inside, I got a rock'n'roll heart Yeah, yeah, yeah, deep down inside I got a rock'n'roll heart Yeah, rock'n'roll heart, search for a good time Just a rock'n'roll heart, roll heart, roll heart Looking for a good time Yeah, Just a rock'n'roll heart, roll heart, roll heart Looking for a good time ... Let me hear you now, now, now Senselessly Cruel When I was p poor young boy at school Girls like you always played me for a fool But now a time has come to lay to waste The theory people have of getting an acquired taste You treated me oooh, so senselessly cruel Oh, oh, baby, you were so senselessly cruel From the beginnings I suspected the worst And you didn't disappoint me It was just that you were the first Now, I wouldn't let you touch me if you were within a foot And girl, I'm never ever gonna get hurt 'Causu you treated me oooh, so senselessly cruel Oooh, so senselessly cruel, oooh, so senselessly cruel ... Claim To Fame Talk-talk, yak-yak, watch you pull that old one track Get it up and get it back Making it upon your back No space, no rent, the money's gone, it's all been spent Now tell me 'bout your claim to fame Now, ain't that some claim to fame Extra, extra, read all about it, now Extra, extra, something 'bout a claim to fame Ooooh, sweet mama, ooooh, sweet mama Something 'bout your claim to fame Wet lips, dry now, ready for that old hand-out Now, ain't that some claim to fame Spaced out, spaced in, The head's round, the square's flat Ain't that some claim to fame Now, tell me, ain't that some claim to fame Extra, extra, read all about it Extra, extra, something 'bout some claim to fame ... Vicious Circle You're caught in a vicious circle Surrounded by your so called friends You're caught in a vicious circle And it looks like it will never end 'Cause some people think that they like problems And some people think that they don't And for everybody who says yes There's somebody who's staring, saying don't You're caught in a vicious circle Surrounded by your so called friends You're caught in a vicious circle And it looks like it will never end 'Cause some people think that it's nerves And some people think that it's not And some people think that it's things that you do And others think that you were cold, when you were hot They think that that is what it was about You're caught in a vicious circle ... Surrounded by all of your friends A Sheltered Life Never been to England, never been to France Never really learned how to dance I've never taken dope and I've never taken drugs Ah, I've never danced on a bear-skin rug Guess it's true, what all the people they say I'm gonna have to loose my hometown ways Guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life Never went around with anything I've had a hometown life And I have never learned to swing Not much of a life, I haven't seen much I've been true to my wife and it's just been too much Guess it's true, what all these people they say I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways You know it's true, guess, I've led a sheltered life Guess it's true, what all these people they say I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways Guess it's true, guess, I've led a sheltered life Temporary Thing Can't help it, now, baby You better make your face get out of here, quick Maybe your .. was getting, aah, too rich It ain't like we ain't never seen this thing before And if it turns you then around Then you better hit the door But I know, it's just a temporary thing Ooh, yeah, it's just a temporary thing You've read too many books You've seen too many plays And it's things like this, that turn you away Hey, hey, now, now, look, ha, look Hey look, hey look, hey look, you better think about it twice I know that your good breeding makes it seem not so nice It's just a temporary thing Aha, aha, aha, it's just a temporary thing Where's the number, where's the dime and where's the phone I feel like a stranger I guess you wanna go back home Your mother, your father, your brother I guess you wouldn't agree with me But I don't give two shits, they're no better than me Aha, it's just a temporary thing, oh yeah, been there before Just a temporary thing, oh yeah, been there before Ahh, bitch, get of my .. temporary thing Get out, it's just a temporary thing ...
Street Hassle Gimmie Some Good Times Hey, if that ain't the rock'n'roll animal himself, what you doing bro. (Standing on the corner) Well, I can see that, what you got in your hand (Suitcase in my hand) No, shit, what's this (Jack is in his corset, Jane is in her vest) Fucking faggot Johnson (Jack, sweet Jane, I'm in a rock'n'roll band) Well, I can see that Some people say that you can't - (no no no) No matter how good you are And some people say, they can't move - (no no no) No matter where they are Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain No matter how ugly you are You know to me it all looks the same Rain from the morning in the blue clouds Now just shining up with dew Riding through the city in their big cars And me, I ain't got nothing to do Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain Don't you know things always look ugly To me they always look the same Oh, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times Oh, Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain Don't you know that most things look ugly To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same Dirt It's been a long time since I've been spoken to you Was it the right time? Your current troubles and you know they'll get much worse I hope you know how much I enjoyed them You're a pig of a person, there's a justice in this world Hey, how about this? Your lack of conscience and your lack of morality Well, more and more people know all about it We sat around the other night, me and the guys, trying to find the right word That would best fit and describe you and people like you That no principle has touched no principles baptized How about that? Who'd eat shit and say it taseted good if there was some money in it for him Hey, you remember that song by this guy from Texas whose name was Bobby Fuller? I'll sing it for you it went like this I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won Street Hassle - Waltzing Matilda - Waltzing Matilda whipped out her wallet Sexy boys smiled in dismay She took out four twenties, 'cause she liked brown figures Everybody screamed for a day Oh, babe, I'm on fire and, you know that I admire your body Why don't we slip away - hey Although I'm sure you're certain, it's a rarity me flirtin' She la la la this way - hey Oh sha la la la la - sha la la la - hey Baby, come on, let's slip away Luscious and gorgeous, oh what a hunk of muscle Call out the National Guard She creamed in her jeans as he picked up her knees From off of the formica topped board And cascading slowly, he lifted her wholly and boldly Out of this world And despite people's derision proved to be more than diversion Sha la la la la later on and then sha la la la la la He entered her slowly and showed her where he was coming from And then sha la la la la he made love to her gently It was like she never ever come And then sha la la la la when the sun rose and he made to leave You know sha la la la la, sha la la la la Neither one regretted a thing - Street Hassle - Hey, that cunt's not breathing I think she had too much of something or other Hey, man, you know what I mean I don't mean to scare you But you're the one who came here And you're the one who's gotta take her when you leave I'm not being smart or trying to be pulling my part And I'm not gonna wear my heart on my sleeve But you know people get emotional And sometimes they just don't act rational They think they're just on TV - sha la la la, man Why don't you just slip her away You know. I'm glad that we met man It was really nice talking And I really wish there was a little more time to speak But you know it could be a hassle Trying to explain myself to a police officer About how it was that your old lady got herself stiffed And it's not like we could help But there's nothing no one could do And if there was, man, you know I would have been the first Only, someone turns that blue Well, it's a universal truth And you just know: That bitch will never fuck again By the way, that's really some bad shit That you came to our place with But you ought be more careful round the little girls It's either the best or it's the worst Since I don't have to choose, I guess I won't And I know, This is no way to treat a guest But why don't you grab your old lady by the feet And just lay her out in the darkest street And by morning, she's just another hit and run You know, some people got no choice And they can never even find a voice To talk with that they can even call their own So the first thing, that they see That allows them the right to be Why, they follow it You know, it's called bad luck - Slip Away - Believe me, that's just a lie That's what she tells her friends There's a real song, the real song She won't even admit it to herself Narrow heart, the song let's the people know It's a painful song It'll only say the truth It lasts for sad songs Twenty for wish Wish it won't make it so a pretty kiss and a pretty face Can't have it's way There're tramps like us who were born to pay Love has gone away And there's no one here now And there's nothing left to way But, oh, how I miss him, baby Oh, baby, come on and slip away Come on, baby, why don't you slip away Love has gone away Took the rings of my fingers And there's nothing left to say But, oh how, oh how I need you, baby Come on, baby, I need you baby Oh, please don't slip away I need your loving so bad, baby, please don't slip away I wanna be black I wanna be black Have natural rhythm Shoot twenty feet of jism, too and fuck up Jews I wanna be black I wanna be a Panther Have a girlfriend named Samantha And have a stable of foxy whores Oh I wanna be black I don't wanna be a fucked up, middle class, college student anymore I just want to have a stable of foxy little whores Yeah, yeah I wanna be black I wanna be black I wanna be like Martin Luther King and get myself shot in spring And lead a whole generation too And Fucked up the Jews I wanna be black, I wanna be like Malcolm X and cast a hex over President Kennedy's tomb And have a big prick, too I don't wanna be a fucked up, middle class, college student anymore I just want to have a stable of foxy little whores Yeah, yeah I wanna be black Real Goodtime Together We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna dance and bawl and shout together Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna dance and bawl and shout together, oh baby, please We're gonna have a real good time together Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na Shooting Star All the people had their share of the glory looking out after you It's just a story about winners and glory and you know that it's true Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Some men may glory from a different condition of another car And later persuasion would permit the arranging of a ... And to cause more confusion, and to make this illusion would have gone too far And it's my ambition, of a jacket ignition in a Cadillac metal car Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star You're just a shooting star Leave Me Alone Everybody's gonna try to tell you what to do And never, never, never, never Let it be said that it's true Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone They're the kind of people that'll always let you down I know you, too, you don't ever give it a frown Leave me, leave me, leave me ... Don't you know some people They just don't know when to stop They can't tell the floor from the ceiling or the top And there're other types, they always make you wait And they're always the first to say The state you come from Leave me, leave me, leave me ... Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me forever Love me, love me, love me ... Leave me, leave me, leave me ... Wait Wait (disgrace) I know I shouldn't, but we'll wait (such a pretty face) I know the time is getting late (... such a waste) And here is what you hesitate (such a pretty face) But still I really wish that you'd wait (... such a waste) Although the passion might abate (such a pretty face) And find you in another state (it's such a state) That will seem just as a mistake (it's such a waste) Oh baby, I really think that I oughta wait (such a pretty face) Wait (it was such a waste) I really wouldn't want your hate (it's such a pretty face) Certainly not after like late (... such a waste) You wanna give not only take (it's such a pretty face) I know propriety is such a waste (it's such a disgrace) But then it says you really have to wait (such a pretty face) Considering the present state (... such a waste) Don't change my mind at such a late stage (... such a waste) Oh baby, don't you think you oughta wait (such a pretty face) Ooohhh ... Ooohhh ... Ooohhh ... Ooohhh ... Wait Oh, now baby, how I wish you would wait I really wish you'd hesitate Oh, baby, baby please why don't you wait Oh, how I really wish you'd wait Oh, how I wish you'd hesitate ... ... (... someday)
The Bells Stupid Man Stupid man, hitchhiking out of a good life he says: "Catch you when ..." And he thinks he's got big, big planes gonna build a house upon some land Oh, Casey, don't it make you crazy oh, when you're living all alone by that damp water Oh, Casey, don't it make you crazy when you're living all alone by those still waters Please say hello, please say hello to my little baby daughter Oh, Casey, tell her that her father's gonna be coming home so soon, so soon to see her Well, I'm shooting down the turnpike with a driver doing ninety-five or maybe more don't you think he's loaded, drunk or the many things that lifes are for Oh, Casey, oh, Casey, don't you know I'll make you so damn crazy living all alone by those waters But please say hello But please say hello to my little baby daughter Please, please, won't you just give her a great, big kiss And tell her daddy, stupid daddy will be coming home soon Oh, Casey, oh, Casey don't you know, I make me so damn crazy when I was living there, all alone by those still waters But please tell, please tell my baby baby baby daughter that I'm tied up now, but I'll be home soon, I'll be the daddy that I oughta Please say hello, oh Casey, please say hello from a stupid man Still my little baby daughter a big, big, big kiss and tell her that her daddy will be coming home soon But, Casey, don't you know I make me so damn crazy when I was living there all alone But won't you please give my, give my baby daughter a great, big, stupid kiss and tell her that her stupid father will be coming home soon Stupid man Disco Mystic Disco, disco mystic Disco, disco mystic Disco, disco mystic Etc... I Want To Boogie With You Hey, pretty baby don't you think you might give me a chance Get it on with me go down-town for some loving romance And I know I ain't nothing I ain't worth but a thin dime But if you put your heart in my hands I'm sure that I could change your mind I wanna boogie with you Yeah, I wanna boogie with you There's something, baby, on which your parents both agree And that is that they both have a deep distrust for me And your best friend Frankie well, I know, your best friend Frankie, he wants to see me sink And I don't much blame him for that he gets so useless after so few drinks, you know, baby I wanna boogie with you I wanna boogie with you Well, I know your little baby sister she thinks that I'm a flop Well, I guess that you know that it's true I spent more time at the bottom than the top Tell your little sister I know she wants to give me a whirl But I don't have the time, baby to wait till she's grown up, and she's a woman, not a girl Don't you know, I wanna boogie with you Hey, I wanna boogie with you I wanna boogie with you I wanna boogie with you, yeah Boogie with you Down by the corner We'll be able to, yeah With You With you, life moves so fast With you, everything's the last Slow down Don't you think you could be less capricious I've met you, I don't have no death wish Slow down, slow down With you, there is no denying It's you, not my lack of trying With you, everybody's dying It's you, it's not me who's crying Crying, crying, crying, crying With you, staying home tidy from the streets With you, every friend is a possible freak Slow down, slow down With you, it's a foregone conclusion With you, empty, it's all a delusion With you, I can have no illusions It's you, who has such delusions Crying, crying, crying, crying With you, everyone's a sucker With you, it's got to be your father Slow down, slow down With you, life is just a scramble With you, every day it's a gamble With you, I can't get my bearings With you, playing the Virgin Mary And your crying, crying, crying, crying Crying, crying Looking For Love Hey, hey, hey Hey now, there's a lovely girl can't you feel it on your ... Hey now there's a lovely girl that's the kind of girl turns me on Hey now, there's a lonely boy and he's good, good looking for love, ha Hey now, there's a lovely girl and she's looking for some stud. She says, hey now, won't you give it to won't you give it, give it, give it me, oh Hey now, there's a lovely girl give it, give it, give it to me, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Hey now, there's a naked your boys want him around the world Hey now, there's a jet set store looking's good with some little pick up girl Hey now, you should scratch her back and you look good 'cause you're a boy Hey, hey now when you rip off my shirt you see that it ain't water on my chest Hey, hey now, there's a dancing girl Kiss you, kiss you, kiss you good bye, ooh, baby, ooh Hey now, there's a lovely child Look, look, looking for love Hey, hey, hey Give it to us, baby, now, yeah There goes my chest, groovy on my best, baby, hey, yeah City Lights Don't these city lights light these streets to life All these crazy nights bring us together Any rainy day, you can dance your blues away Don't these city lights bring us together Charlie Chaplin's cane, well it flicked away the rain Things weren't quite the same, after he came here But then when he left, upon our own request Things weren't quite the same, after he came here Don't these city lights bring the streets to life All these crazy nights bring us together Any rainy day you can dance your blues away Don't these city lights bring us together We're supposed to be a land of liberty And those city lights to blaze forever But that little tramp, ooh, on that street corner lamp When he left us, it's humor left for ever We're supposed to be a land of liberty And those city lights to blaze forever But that little tramp, leaning on that street corner lamp When he left us, it's humor left for ever Don't these city lights bring the streets to life All these crazy nights bring us together Any rainy day you can dance your blues away Don't these city lights bring us together All Through The Night You feel so lonely, when it's in the afternoon and you gotta face it, all through the night Don't it make you believe that something's gonna have to happen soon oh, baby, all through the night All through the night oh, baby, all through the night All through the night all through the night Have you ever played with an all-night band and got trough it, baby, all through the night With a daytime of sin and a night time of hell everybody's gonna look for a bell to ring all through the night And they do it, all through the night, baby all through the night When the words pour down and the poetry comes and the novel's written and the book is done you say, oh, Lord, lover, baby, give it to me all through the night And she says it Best friend Sally, she got sick and I'm feeling mighty ill, myself it happens all the time, and all through the night I went to Saint Vincent's and I'm watching the ceiling fall down on her body as she's lying round on the ground said, oh, babe got to celebrate all through the night Made me feel so sad, I cried all through the night I said, oh, Jesus, all through the night If the sinner's in and the good man's gone then a woman can't come and help him home then what're gonna do about it When they go on all through the night All they sing, oh, baby, oh, baby, oh, baby all through the night and he says, give it to me all through the night It ain't so much when a man's gotta cry to get a little loving and some peace of mind said, hey, baby give it to me all through the night Some people wait for things that never come and some people dream of things they've never been done they do it, oh, baby, all through the night The city's funny and the country's wide but I wanna know why they don't have a right don't they do it, oh, baby, all through the night Oh, mama, oh, mama, tell me 'bout it all through the night I wanna have it all through the night Christmas comes only once a year why can't anybody shed just one tear for things that don't happen all through the night Oh, mama, all through the night oh, baby, do it to me all through the night Easy, easy, baby, why don't you give it to me all through the night Families (How's the family) (How's the family) Mama, you tell me, how's the family And Papa, tell me how thing's going by you And little baby sister, I heard that you got married And I heard that you had yourself a little baby girl, too And here's some uncles and some cousins, I know, baby please And would you believe my old dog Tessa's here too And would you believe that nobody in this family wanted to keep her And now that dog's more of a part of this family, then I am, too I don't come home much anymore No, no, no I don't come home much anymore Mama And Mama, I know I've disappointed you are And Papa, I know that you feel the same way, too And no, no, no, no, no I still haven't got married And no, no, no there's no grand stunt planned here for you And by the way, daddy tell me how's the business I understand that your stock is going very high No, daddy, you're not a poor man anymore And I hope you'll realize it before you die Because I don't come home much anymore No, no, no, no, no I don't come home much no more But daddy And please, please, please, please, please, common let's not start this business again I know how much you resent the life that I have But one more time - I don't want the family business Don't want to inherit it upon the day that you die Really, daddy, shouldn't you give it to my sister You know, Elisabeth, you know, Elisabeth she has a better head for those things than I She lives practically round the corner That's really the kind of child you could be proud of But papa, I know this business is a mistake There's nothing there we have in common, except our name And families that live out in the suburbs Often make each other cry And I don't think I'll come home much anymore No, no, I don't think I'll come home much again Mama, Papa We often make each other cry No, I don't think I'll come home much anymore (How's the families) The Bells And the actress is relayed and the actor comes home late And the plays have gone down the crowds have scattered way Neath the city lights and the street No ticket could be beat for the beautiful show of shows Ah, Broadway only knows The great white Milky Way it had something to say When he fell down on his knees after soaring through the air With nothing to hold him there It was really not so cute to play without a parachute As he stood upon the ledge looking out, he thought he saw a crock And he hollered: Look, there are the bells And he said: Now, here come the bells Here come the bells, here come the bells Here come the bells Here come the bells X4
Growing Up In Public How Do You Speak To An Angel A son who is cursed with a harridan mother Or a weak simpering father at best Is raised to play out the timeless classical motives Of filial love and incest How does he Speak to a How does he speak to the prettiest girl How does he Talk to her What does he say for an opening line What does he say if he's shy What do you do with your pragmatic passions With your classically neurotic style How do you deal with your vague self-comprehensions What do you do when you lie How do you Speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you speak to her How do you dance on the head of a pin When you're on the outside looking in How do you Speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you Speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl You just say - Hello, hello, hello Baby My Old Man When I was a young boy in Brooklyn Going to public school During recess in the concrete playground They lined us up by twos In alphabetical order, Reagan, Reed and Russo I still remember the names And stickball and stoopball Were the only games that we played And I wanted to be like my old man I wanted to grow up just like my old man I wanted to be like my old man I wanted to dress like I wanted to be just like I wanted to act like my old man I wanted to be like I wanted to act like I wanted to be just like my old man And then like everyone else I started to grow And I didn't want to be like my father anymore I was sick if his bullying And having to hide under a desk on the floor And when he beat my mother It made me so mad I could choke And I didn't want to be like my old man I didn't even want to look like my old man I didn't even want to seem like my old man A son watches his father Being cruel to his mother And makes a vow to return only when He is so much richer In every way so much bigger That the old man will never hit anyone again Like my old man X4 And can you believe what he said to me He said, "Lou, act like a man" Why don't you act just like a man Act like your daddy Act like a man Why don't you act like a man Like your old man Like my old man Keep Away You keep your jealousy and your snide remarks to yourself You know that I'm not seeing anyone else You just keep your ear down to the ground Yell your head off if you hear a sound Here's a whistle, a badge and a phone You can arrest me if I'm not at home And if I don't keep my word I swear I'll keep away Here's some books and a puzzle by Escher Here's Shakespeare's "Measure For Measure" Here's a balloon, a rubber band and a bag Why don't you blow them up if you think you've been had Here's a castle, a paper dragon and a moat An earring, a toothbrush and a cloak And if I don't keep my word I swear I'll keep away I swear I'll keep away Growing Up In Public Some people are into the power of power The absolute corrupting power, that makes great men insane While some people find their refreshment in action The manipulation, encroachment and destruction of their inferiors Growing up in public, growing up in public Growing up in public, growing up in public with your pants down Some people are into sadistic pleasures They whet their desires and drool in your ears They're quasi-effeminate characters in love with oral gratification They edify your integrities, so they can play on your fears They're gonna do you in public, 'cause you're growing up in public They're gonna do it to you in public, 'Cause you're growing up in public with your pants down Some people think being a man is unmanly Some people think that the whole concept's a joke But some people think being a man is the whole point And then some people wish they'd never awoke Up from a dream of nightmarish proportions Down to a size neither regal nor calm A Prince Hamlet caught the middle between reason and instinct Caught in the middle with your pants down again Caught in the middle, I'm really caught in the middle I'm caught in the middle, caught in the middle deciding about you Standing On Ceremony Remember your manners will you please take your hat off Your mother is dying listen to her cough We were always standing on ceremony We were always standing on ceremony Can't you show some respect please although you didn't in real life Your mother is dying and I god damn well hope you're satisfied We were always standing on ceremony We were always standing on ceremony So please play another song on that juke box Please play another pretty sad song for me And of that phone rings, tell them that you haven't seen me If the phone rings, tell them you haven't seen me for weeks and this one here's on me Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony Standing on ceremony, you were always standing on ceremony (Standing, on ceremony) X6 ... So Alone She calls on the phone she says she doesn't want to be alone She says it's making her neurotic but please don't mistake it for being erotic So alone, so all alone She says let's go for a walk we'll have a drink and maybe we will talk And he thinks she has possibilities if she could just put away her rosary So alone, nobody wants to be alone But I just didn't know I swear to you, I just didn't know I would never make you sad if I had known I never would have said those things to you you have to be crazy to say those things to you Let's face it I made a mistake well you know, fools rush in where angels take a break I can't be smart all of the time and anyway I didn't know you were making time over him To tell you the truth, I forget all about him And you know, I don't think it's nice asking one man about another man's vice I don't care if you pick my head as long as we end up in bed Alone, just the two of us alone I just didn't know I swear to God, I just didn't know Can't you understand that it's frightening when you hear women talking about castrating and hating men who wants to know about how you hate men Well, you said now you wanted to dance so now we're going to dance You said that you weren't complete but we're going to put you on your feet You said that you were very vexed you told me to forget about sex You said you liked me for my mind well, I really love your behind Oh, get up and boogie, oh baby, get up and dance Oh, get, get, get, get up and boogie, baby, oh, get up and dance Shake your booty, mama, oh, get up and dance Your points very clear you're not one to cry into your beer Why don't we go to my place believe me, I'm very chaste And I'm so alone, ao all alone Sure all men are beasts hey, look, I'll sit here quietly and I'll stare at my feet I don't blame you for taking umbrage with animals staring at your cleavage So alone, we're so all alone Hey, do you mind if I turn out the light don't take offense, but why don't you spend the night I know your passions run very deep but at this point we both need sleep So alone, and who wants to be alone Love Is Here To Stay Love is here, here to stay, love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day, love is here, here to stay They both love Chinese food, he hates to dress He loves to play pinball, she wants to play next She likes her novels long, he's into comic books They're gilt-edged polymorphous urban but somehow it works Love is here, here to stay, love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day, love is here, here to stay She likes Truman Capote, he likes Gore Vidal He likes Edgar Allan Poe, she's into Mean Joe Greene She thinks eating meat's disgusting, he likes hot dogs She's into Gestalt therapy, while est and the vest just make him ill but love is here to stay Love is here, here to stay, love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day, love is here, here to stay Love is here, here to stay, love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day, love is here, here to stay The Power Of Positive Drinking Some like wine and some like hops but what I really love is my scotch It's the power, the power of positive drinking Some people ruin their drinks with ice and then they, they ask you for advice They tell you, "I've never told anyone this before" They say: "Candy is dandy but liquor makes quipsters." and I don't like mixers, or sippers or sob sisters, You know, you have to be real careful where you sit down in a bar these days And then some people drink to unleash their libidos and other people drink to prop up their egos It's my burdon, man, people say I have the kind of face you can trust The pow pow pow pow power of positive drinking X5 Some people say, alcohol makes you less lucid and think that's true if you're kind of stupid I'm not that kind that get's himself burned twice And some say liquor kills the cells in your head and for that matter so does getting out of bed When I exit, I'll go out gracefully, shot in my hand The pow pow pow pow power of positive drinking X5 Smiles Smiles, I was taught never to smile I was told the stylish smiles of buffoonery chicanery and larceny abound My mom said unless someone sticks you right in front of a camera A smile is the last thing that you wanna do Those smiles, those mirthless toothy smiles Smiles, they all smile on TV The quizmaster with his withered crones the talkshow hosting movie stars the politician licking feet The mugger, the rapist, the arsonic lover All smile out from the news, at one time or another Those smiles, those garish sickly smiles When I was young my mother said to me: "Never, ever, let anyone see that you're happy" Smiles, never, ever let them see you smile they'll always put you down With those smiles, never, ever let them see you smile they'll always put you down With your smiles, never, ever let them see you smile don't you know they'll make you go Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ... Think It Over Walking, he stared raptly at her face on his lips, her smell, her taste Black hair framing her perfect face with her wonderful mind and her incredible grace And so, he woke, he woke her with a start to offer her his heart for once and for all, forever to keep And the words, that she first heard him speak were really very sweet he was asking her to marry him, and to Think it over baby, think it over Think it over baby, why don't you think it over She said: "Somewhere, there's a faraway place where all is ordered and all is grace No one there is ever disgraced and everyone there is wise and everyone has taste," And then she sighed, well La Dee Dah Dee Dah you and I have come quite far and we really must watch what we say Because when you ask for someone's heart you must know that you're smart smart enough to care for it, so I'm gonna Think it over baby, think it over Think it over Baby, I'm gonna think it over Teach The Gifted Children Teach the gifted children teach them to have mercy Teach them about sunsets teach them about moonrise Teach them about anger the sin that comes with dawning Teach them about flowers the beauty of forgetfulness Then take me to the river (take me to the river) and put me in the water (and put me in the water) Bless them and forgive them (take me to the river) father cause they just don't know (take me to the river) All the gifted children Teach the gifted children the way of men and animals Teach them about cities the history of the mysteries Their vice and their virtues about branches that blow in the wind On the wages of their sins teach them of forgiveness teach them about mercy Teach them about music and the cool and cleansing waters What do they say, take me to the river (take me to the river) take me to the river (take me to the river) Put me in the water (take me to the river) and teach the gifted children (take me to the river) All the gifted children (take me to the river) (Take me to the river) (Take me to the river)
The Blue Mask My House The image of the poet's in the breeze Canadian geese are flying above the trees A mist is hanging gently on the lake My house is very beautiful at night My friend and teacher occupies a spare room He's dead - at peace at last the Wandering Jew Other friends has put stones on his grave He was the first great man that I had ever met Sylvia and I got out our Ouija Board To dial a spirit - across the room it soared We were happy and amazes at what we saw Blazing stood the proud and regal name Delmore Delmore, I missed all your funny ways I missed your jokes and the brilliant things you said My Dedalus to your Bloom Was such a perfect wit And to find you in my house Makes things perfect I really got a lucky life My writhing, my motorcycle and my wife And to top it all off a spirit of pure poetry Is living in this stone and wood house with me The image of the poet's in the breeze Canadian geese are flying above the trees A mist is hanging gently on the lake Our house is very beautiful at night Our house is very beautiful at night X3 Women I love women, I think they are great They're a solace to the world in a terrible state They're a blessing to the eyes, a balm to soul What a nightmare to have no women in the world I love women ... We all love women I used to look at women in the magazines I know that it was sexist, but I was on the sly I couldn't keep my hands off women And I won't till I die I love women ... We all love women A woman's love can lift you up, and women can inspire I feel like buying flowers and hiring a celestial choir A choir of castratis to serenade my love They'd sing a little Bach for us and then we'd make love I love women I love women We all love women We love women Underneath The Bottle Oooohh whee, look at me, looking for some sympathy It's the same old story, of a man and his search for glory And he found it, underneath the bottle Things are never good, things go from bad to weird Hey gimme another Scotch with my beer I'm sad to say, I feel the same today, as I always do Gimme a drink to relax me Oooohh whee, liquor set free, I can't do no work The shake's inside me Ah shucks, I got the lousiest luck, I'm sick of this Underneath the bottle Seven days make a week, on two of them I sleep I can't remember what the heck I was doing I got bruise on my leg from I can't remember when I fell down some stairs I was lyin' underneath the bottle Oooohh whee, son of a B. You get so down, you can't get any lower So long world, you play too rough And it's getting me all mixed up I lost my pride and it's hiddin' There, underneath the bottle The Gun The man has a gun, he knows how to use it Nine millimeter Browning, let's see what he can do He'll point at your mouth Says that he'll blow your brains out Don't mess with me, carrying a gun Carrying a gun, carrying a gun Don't you mess with me, carrying a gun Carrying a gun, carrying a gun Don't you mess with me, carrying a gun Get over there, move slowly I'll put a hole in your face, if you even breathe a word Tell the lady to lie down, I want you to be sure to see this I wouldn't want you to miss a second, watch your wife Carrying a gun, shooting with a gun, dirty animal Carrying a gun, carrying a gun, watch you face, carrying a gun Carrying a gun, carrying a gun The animal dies, with fear in his eyes, with a gun Don't touch him, don't touch him Stay away from him, he's got a gun The Blue Mask They tied his arms behind his back, to teach him how to swim They put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin They stood over the soldier, in the midst of the squalor There was war in his body and it caused his brain to holler Make the sacrifice, mutilate my face If you need someone to kill I'm a man without a will Wash the razor in the rain, let me luxuriate in pain Please don't set me free Death means a lot to me The pain was lean and it made him scream He knew he was alive He put a pin through the nipples on his chest He thought he was a saint I've made love to my mother, killed my father and brother What am I to do When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car And cannot be controlled Spit upon his face and scream: There is no Oedipus today This is no play you're thinking you are in What will you say Take the blue mask down from my face And look me in the eye I get a thrill from punishment, I've always been that way I loathe and despise repentance You are permanently stained Your weakness and indifference and indiscretion in the streets Dirty's what you are and clean is what you're not You deserve to be soundly beat Make the sacrifice, take it all the way There is no ' won't ' high enough To stop this desperate day Don't take death away, cut the finger at the joint Cut the stallion at his mount And stuff it in his mouth Average Guy I ain't no Christian or no born again saint I ain't no cowboy or Marxist D.A. I ain't no criminal or Reverend Cripple from the right I am just your average guy, trying to do what's right I'm just your average guy, an average guy I am just an average guy, I'm just your average guy Average guy, I'm just your average guy I'm average looking and I'm average inside I'm an average lover and I live in an average place You wouldn't know me if you met me face to face I'm just your average guy, average guy Average guy, I'm just an average guy I worry about money and taxes and such I worry that my liver's big and it hurts to the touch I worry about my health and bowels And the crime waves in the street I'm really just your average guy Trying to stand on his own two feet I'm just your average guy, I'm just your average guy I'm just your average guy, average guy Average looks, average taste, average height An average waist, average in everything I do My temperature is 98.2 I'm just your average guy, an average guy, average guy I'm just an average guy, average guy I'm just your average guy ..., average The Heroine The heroine stood up on the deck The ship was out of control The bow was being ripped to shreds Men were fighting down below The sea had pummeled the boat for so long That they knew nothing but fear And the baby's in the box, he thinks the door is locked The sea is in a state, the baby learns to wait For the heroine, ooohh for the heroine Locked in his defense, he waits for the heroine The mast is cracking as he waves are slapping Sailors roll across the deck And when they thought none was looking They would cut a weaker man's neck While the heroine dressed in a virgin white dress Tried to steer the mighty ship But the raging storm wouldn't hear of it They were in for a long trip Baby's in the box, he thinks the door is locked He finds it hard to breathe, drawing in the sea And where's the heroine to fire off the gun To calm the raging seas and let herself be seized by the Baby in the box, he thinks the door is locked The woman has the keys But there is no moment she can seize Here's to the heroine, who transcends all the men Who are locked inside the box Will the lady let them out Ooohh the heroine, ooohh the heroine Strapped to the mast, the pale ascendant heroine ... Waves Of Fear Waves of fear, attack in the night Waves if revulsion, a sickening sight My heart's nearly bursting, my chest's choking tight Waves of fear, waves of fear Waves of fear, squat on the floor Looking for some pill, the liquor is gone Blood trips from my nose, I can barely breathe Waves of fear, I too scared to leave Waves of fear, waves of fear, waves of fear, waves of fear, I'm too afraid to use the phone I'm too afraid to put the light on I'm so afraid I've lost control I'm suffocating without a word Crazy with sweat, spittle on my jaw What's that funny noise, what's that on the floor Waves of fear, pulsing with death I curse my tremors, I jump at my own step I cringe at my terror, I hate my own smell I know where I must be, I must be in hell Waves of fear, waves of fear, waves of fear, waves of fear, The Day John Kennedy Died I dreamed I was the president of these United States I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate I dreamed the perfect union and a perfect law, undenied And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died I dreamed that I could do the job, that others hadn't done I dreamed that I was uncorrupt and fair to everyone I dreamed I wasn't gross or base, a criminal on the take And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died Oh the day John Kennedy died ... I remember where I was that day, I was upstate in a bar The team from the university was playing football on TV Then the screen want dead and the announcer said: ' There's been a tragedy There's are unconfirmed reports the president's been shot And he may be dead or dying.' Talking stopped, someone shouted: ' What?! ' I ran out to the street People were gathered everywhere saying: ' Did you hear what they said on TV? ' And then a guy in a Porsche with his radio Hit his born and told us the news He said: ' The president's dead, he was shot twice in the head In Dallas, and they don't know by whom. ' I dreamed I was the president of these United States I dreamed I was young and smart and it was not a waste I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race I dreamed that I could somehow comprehend that someone Shot him in the face Oh the day John Kennedy died ... Heavenly Arms Heavenly arms reach out to hold me Heavenly arms entice you to dance In a world of ill will, the dancers are still Heavenly arms reach out to me Heavenly arms, soft as a love song Heavenly arms bring a kiss to your ear In a world that seems mad, all the dancers seem sad Heavenly arms reach out to me Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia, Heavenly arms come to my rescue Only a woman can love a man In a world full of hate, love should never wait Heavenly arms reach out to me Heavenly arms, strong as a sunset Heavenly arms, pure as the rain Lovers stand warned of the worlds impending storm Heavenly arms reach out to me Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia,
Legendary Hearts Legendary Hearts Legendary hearts, tearing up apart with stories of their love Their great transcendant loves While we stand here and fight And lose another night of legendary love Legendary loves haunt me in my sleep Promises to keep, I never should have made I can't live up to this, I'm good for just a kiss Not legendary love Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo He's in a car or at a bar Or churning his blood with an impure drug He's in the past and seems to be lost forever He worked hard at being good But his basic soul was stained not pure And when he took his bow, no audience was clapping Legendary hearts, tear us all apart Make our emotions bleed, crying out in need No legendary love is coming from above It's in this room right now And you've got to fight to make what's right And you've got to fight to make what's right And you've got to fight to make what's right And you've got to fight to keep your legendary love Don't Talk To Me About Work A perfect day to get out of bed Shower, dress, shave, kiss you on the head Then I hit the office and my head starts to swim A perfect day to just walk around See a violent movie and check the sounds But even on the street, when I hear a phone ring My heart starts to beat When I get home I don't want you to speak Don't talk to me about work Please don't talk to me about work I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt - with work, with work How many dollars, how many sales How many liars, how many tales How many insults must you take in this one life I'm in prison most of the day So please excuse me, if I get this way But I have got obligations to keep - So be very careful when you speak Don't talk to me about work Please don't talk to me about work I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt - with work, with work ... Make Up Mind I can't seem to make up my mind I can't tell the colors, that will fit this room I can't tell a thing about you Make up my mind I can't seem to make up my mind Are you laughing at me or telling a joke The cigarette on the sheet begins to smoke Make up your mind Right or left, up or down, in or out Straight or round, love or lust, rain or shine I can't seem to make up my poor mind I can't seem to make up my mind I can't tell the difference between wrong and right Are you laughing at me in your sleep tonight Leaving me behind, leaving me behind Why don't you make up your mind Martial Law I've declared a truce, so stop your fighting The marshall is in town I won't put up with no big mouth yapping At least not while I'm around This is my friend Ace, he's from the 8th precinct Nothing goes on that he don't know And we've been send cause your arguments Have been going on for too long And before one of you hurts the other one of you I'm declaring martial law I came, I saw, I declared martial law I'm the marshall in the city The jails are filled with people like you You oughta listen to your diddy-wah-diddy What's a girl like you doing with that lamp You better drop it down on the floor And, son, that isn't very smart, kicking a hole in that door Hey Ace, will you take a look at this place And get those neighbors out of the hall I'm declaring martial law I came, I saw, I declared martial law I'm the marshall of the city And if you stand away, I've got something to say That might even help you Keep your hands to yourself and keep your big mouth shut Don't touch nobody with hate And if all you've got is poison in your mouth Make sure that you don't speak It's 3:30 in the early morning Don't punch, don't scratch, don't bite Try not to take the garbage of the day Any place but outside Now me and Mr. Ace are gonna leave this place And this fighting's gonna end And if we're called back, I'm gonna knock you flat And stack you end to end I came, I saw, I declared martial law I'm the marshall in the city The Last Shot The last shot should have killed me, pour another drink Let's drink drink to the last shot And the blood on the dishes in the sink Blood inside the coffee cup, blood on the table top When you quit, you quit, but you always wish You knew it was your last shot I shot blood at the fly on the wall My heart almost stopped, hardly there at all I broke the mirror with my fall -with my fall - fall - fall Fall - fall - fall Gimme a double, give yourself one too Gimme a short beer, one for you too And a toast to everything that doesn't move - that doesn't move But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish You knew it was your last shot Whiskey, bourbon, vodka and scotch I don't care what it is you've got I just want to know that it's my last shot - my last shot I remember when I quit pretty good See, this here's where I chipped my tooth I shot a vein in my neck and I coughed up a quaalude On my last shot - my last shot Here's a toast to all that's good And here's a toast to hate And here's a toast to toasting and I'm not boasting When I say I'm getting straight, when I say I'm getting straight But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish You knew it was your last shot When you quit, you quit, but you always wish You knew it was your last shot Turn Out The Light Lover, lover, why is there light In the itchy gitchy evening and it's dark outside And what's the difference between wrong and right Wrong and right Isn't it funny how pain goes away And then comes back another day The air feels very good today - Good today Lover, lover, why is there light Did you forget to turn off that light Well that's all right but it's way too bright - Way too bright See the eagle above the hill The lake reflects and is so still The tension has gone from my will - from my will Moon on the mountain shining bright First there is dark and then there is light And sometimes the light is way too bright - it's way to bright Why don't you turn out the light Pow Wow Christopher Columbus discovered America Found he had a cornucopia Gave love to the indians, they gave it back A pow woo in the teepee is where it's at I want to dance with you ... The indian fought with his arrow and bow Till General Custer lost to Sitting Bull Scalped all day and scalped all night Give me fire water, gonna buy me a wife I want to dance with you ... When your people first moved to our block Our ancestors met with culture shock Two different monkees from two different trees Come on let's stop our fightin' and come dance with me I want to dance with you ... Betrayed Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you By the one who says she needs you - above all other men Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty and I lie down betrayed Justice taught her confidence, her mother was like steel Her cousins, they're all convicts She alone rose above that wheel But a motorcyclist, no matter how good Is slave to the oncoming truck And the poison of her father was her most pitiless luck Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you By the one who says she needs you - above all other men Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty and I lay down betrayed Three of us lie in his bed - night of infamy One of us lies on our back - her father's in her head And quick she turns and slaps my face And with her eyes open wide she screams I hate you, I hate you, I hate you But she's looking right by me Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you By the one who says she needs you - above all other men Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty and I lie down betrayed Bottoming Out I'm cruising fast on a motorcycle down this winding country road And I pass the gravel on the foot of the hill Where last week I fell off There's still some oil by the old elm tree And a dead squirrel that I hit But if I hadn't left, I would've struck you dead So I took a ride instead Bottoming out, bottoming out, I'm bottoming out, bottoming out My doctor says, she hopes I know, how lucky I can be After all it wasn't my blood, mixed in the dirt that night And we must really examine this And I say I need another drink Bottoming out, ... I'm tearing down Rt. 80 East, the sun's on my right side I'm drunk, but my vision's good and I think of my child bride I aim that bike at the fat pothole beyond that underpass Bottoming out, ... Home Of The Brave Here's to Johnny with his Jo, and Mickey's got a wife And here's to Jerry, he's got Joyce And me I'm shaking in my boots tonight For the daughters and the sons Lost in the home of the brave Here's to the home of the brave Here's to the life that's not saved Here's to the home of the brave Here's to the home of the brave Here's to Frank, hit in some bar In picturesque Brooklyn Heights And here' to a friend, who jumped in front of a train At seven o'clock, on night And another friend, who thinks he lacks worth Has disappeared from sight Somewhere in the home of the brave Here's to the home of the brave, ... The stars are hiding in their clouds The street lights are too bright A man's kicking a woman, who's clutching his leg tight And rush off to the home of the brave Here's to the home of the brave, ... And everyday you have to die some, cry some, die some And everyday you have to die some, cry some, and die In the home of the brave - home of the brave Rooftop Garden Sitting in our rooftop garden, looking down below Sitting in our rooftop garden, waiting for the sun Isn't it lovely watching a plane go by What a lovely couple are you and I Sitting in our rooftop garden, a few drops of rain The lights in the city blinking on, just the same No sugar in my coffee, how's your tea In our rooftop garden above the city Let's not see any letters, let's not answer the phone Let's just pretend that there's no one at home In our rooftop garden, in our rooftop garden In rooftop garden Up on the roof ...
New Sensations I Love You, Suzanne You broke my heart and you made me cry You said that I couldn't dance But now I'm back to let you know That I can really make romance You do what you gotta do, you do everything you can You do what you wanna do, hey, but I love you, Suzanne You do anything once, you try anything twice You so what you gotta do, hey, but I love you, Suzanne I love you when you're good, I love you when you're bad You do what you gotta do, but I love you, Suzanne You do what you wanna do, you do what you you can You do what you wanna do, babe, but I love you, Suzanne Endlessly Jealous Jealousy, endlessly sweeps through my mind Jealousy, often causes me to be unkind I'm sorry I said that, I'm sorry I did that I'm sorry I hit you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry Endlessly jealous of you, being endlessly jealous of me The man that you thought I could be Turning red with jealousy Endlessly jealousy eats through my skull Endlessly jealousy makes me feel dull Fighting, endless, jealous fighting I feel my fingers tightening, tightening, Please don't break her arm Jealously thinking of you Of your endless possesion of me Of my jealousy / endlessly / jealousy, endlessly jealous of you Sorry, running to a phone to say, I'm sorry Running out of dimes, the phone on the street spit at me Sorry, please you know how I'm sorry I've been this way for oh, so long Endlessly / Jealously / Jealous of you Jealousy, endlessly eats through my mind Jealousy, endlessly makes me be unkind I'm sorry I said that, I'm sorry I did that I'm sorry I hit you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry Endlessly jealous of you, being endlessly jealous of me Endlessly jealous of you, being endlessly jealous of me Endlessly jealous of you, endlessly jealous of you My Red Joystick The first bite of the apple made Eve smart The second bite taught her how to break men's hearts The third bite taught her how to strut her stuff But she never got to the fourth bite, that says : Enough is enough Enough is enough, I've had enough of you You can keep your dresses, you can keep your jewels You can keep the color TV, those soaps just make me sick All I'm asking you leave me, is my little red joystick My red joystick, my red joystick All I'm asking you leave me, is my little red joystick My red joystick, my red joystick All I'm asking you leave me, is my little red joystick Eve kissed Able, that's how he got murdered by Cain Abraham gave up his son, to keep his wife away And even the Load almighty, speaking from the trenches to the pits Spoke for all of mankind, when he said Take the Porsche, take the kids, take the stocks Take the rugs, take those roses from my poor heart wilting But, please, please, please Leave me my red joystick, leave me my red joystick Leave me my red joystick, leave me my red joystick Eve drank apple cider, Eve brewed good apple wine Eve cooked up stewed apples, knew how to have a good time She came into the bathroom, raised her skirts up high She said, 'If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, baby Give me a piece before I die Hey, Eve take a bite of my apple I know you think you're pretty slick The one thing I ask you to leave me is my red joystick My red joystick, my red joystick All I'm asking you leave me, is my little red joystick My red joystick, my red joystick All I'm asking you leave me, is my little red joystick My red joystick Turn To Me If you gave up major vices You're between a hard place and a wall And your car breaks down in traffic on the street Remember, I'm the one who loves you You can always give me a call Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me If you father is freebasing and your mother turning tricks That's still no reason that you should have a rip Remember, I'm the one who loves you You can always give me a call Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me When your teeth are ground down to the bone And there's nothing between your legs And some friend died of something that you can't pronounce Remember, I'm the one who loves you You can always give me a call Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me You can't pay your rent Your boss is an idiot Your apartment has no heat Your wife says: Maybe it's time to have a child Remember, I'm the one who loves you You can always give me a call Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me What it's all too much You turn the TV set on and light a cigarette Then a public service announcement comes creeping on You see a lung corroding or a fatal heart attack Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me New Sensations I don't like guilt be it stoned or stupid drunk and disorderly I ain't no cupid Two years ago today I was arrested on Christmas Eve I don't want pain, I want to walk not be carried I don't want to give it up, I want to stay married I ain't no dog tied to a parked car Ooohhh, new sensations Ooohhh, ooohhh, new sensations Talkin' 'bout some new sensations Talkin' 'bout some new sensations I want the principles of a timeless muse I want to eradicate my negative views And get rid of those people who are always on a down It ain't enough to tell what is wrong but that's not what I want to hear all night long Some people are like human toulinols Ooohhh, new sensations Ooohhh, ooohhh, new sensations Talkin' 'bout some new sensations Talkin' 'bout new sensations I took my GPZ out for a ride the engine felt good between my thighs The air felt cool, it's was forty degrees outside I rode to Pennsylvania near the Delaware Gap sometimes I got lost and had to check the map I stopped at a roadside diner for a burger and a coke There were some country folk and some hunters inside somebody got themselves married and somebody died I went to the juke box and played a hillbilly song They was arguing about football as I waved and went outside and I headed for the mountains feeling warm inside I love that GPZ so much, you know that I could kiss her Ooohhh, new sensations Ooohhh, ooohhh, new sensations Talkin' 'bout your new sensations Talkin' new sensations Ooohhh, new sensations ... Doin' The Thing That We Want To The other night we went to see Sam's play Doin' the things that we want to It was very physical it held you to the stage Doin' the things that he want to ... The guy's a cowboy from some rodeo Doin' the things that we want to The girl had once loved him, but now she want to go Doin' the things that we want to ... The man was bullish, the woman was a tease Doin' the things that we want to They fought with their words, their bodies and their deeds Doin' the things that we want to When they finished fighting, they excited the stage Doin' the things that we want to I was firmly struck by the way they had behaved Doin' the things that we want to ... It reminds me of the movies Marty made about New York Doin' the things that we want to Those frank and brutal movies that are so brilliant Doin' the things that we want to 'Fool For Love' meet 'The Raging Bull' Doin' the things that we want to They're very inspirational, I love the things they do Doin' the things that we want to ... There's not much you hear on the radio today Doin' the things that we want to But you still can see a movie or a play Doin' the things that we want to Here's to 'Travis Bickle' and here's 'Johnny Boy' Doin' the things that we want to Growing up in the mean streets of New York Doin' the things that we want to I wrote this song 'cause I'd like to shake your hand Doin' the things that we want to In a way you guys are the best friends I ever had Doin' the things that we want to ... What Becomes A Legend Most What becomes a legend most - when she's alone in a hotel lobby What becomes a legend most - some bad champagne and some foreign bottled beer What becomes a legend most - when the musicians have come and then leave her What becomes a legend most - besides beeing a legendary star What becomes a legend most - lying in bed cold and regal What becomes a legend most - lying in bed watching a talk show on TV What becomes a legend most - Fifty days in fifty cities Everyone says she looks pretty At least as pretty as a legend should Fifty days can wear you down Fifty cities flying by A different man in each different hotel And if you're not careful, word can get around What becomes a legend most - when she's lying in her hotel room What becomes a legend most - well baby tonight it's you Fly Into The Sun I would not run from the holocaust I would not run from the bomb I'd welcome the chance to meet my maker And fly into the sun, fly into the sun, fly into the sun I'd break up into million pieces and fly into the sun I would not run from the blazing light I would not run from its rain I'd see it as an end to misery As an end to worldly pain An end to worldly pain ... I'd shine by the light of the unknown moment To end this worldly pain Fly into the sun, fly into the sun I'd shine by the light of the unknown moment And fly into the sun The earth is weeping, the sky is shaking The stars split to their core And every proton and unnamed neutron is fusing in my bones And an unnamed mammal is darkly rising As man burns from his tomb And I look at this as a blissful moment To fly into the sun Fly into the sun, fly into the sun I'd burn up into a million pieces And fly into the sun To end this mystery answer my mystery I'd look at this as a wondrous moment To end this mystery Fly into the sun, fly into the sun I'd break up into a million pieces And fly into the sun My Friend George Read in the paper about a man killed with a sword And that made my think of my friend George People said the man was five foot six Sounds like George with his killing stick Hey Bro, what's the word Talkin' 'bout My Friend George Hey Bro, what's the word Talkin' 'bout My Friend George You're talkin' 'bout My Friend George I knew George since he's eight I always thought that he was great Anything that George would do You know that I would do it too George liked music and George liked to fight He worked out in a downtown gym every night I'd spar with him when work has done We split lips but it was all in fun Hey Bro, what's the word Talkin' 'bout My Friend George Hey Bro, what's the word Talkin' 'bout My Friend George Next thing I hear George's got this stick And using it for more than kicks I see him down at Smalley's bar He was wired up, I tried to calm him down Avenge yourself he says to me Avenge yourself for humanity Avenge yourself for the weak and the poor Stick it to these guys fight through their heads Well, the fight is my music, the stick is my sword And you know that I love you, so please don't say a word Can't you gear the music playing, the anthem, it's my call And the last I seen of George was him running through the door I says, Hey Bro, what's the word Talkin' 'bout My Friend George Hey Bro, what's the word You're talkin' 'bout My Friend George Talkin' 'bout My Friend George High In The City I got the time I got my feet Let's go hit the street High in the city, high in the city I got my mace and you got your knife You gotta protect your own life High in the city, high in the city I wanna get high high in the city I wanna stay alive here in the city I wanna stay high high in the city High in the city, high in the city Let's not walk down Sutton Place You know everybody there got an Akitas High in the city, high in the city Don't wanna talk politics today I feel too good let me have my way High in the city, high in the city Let's grap a pie, let's hit the park I'll kiss and hug you till it gets dark Here in the city, getting high in the city High in the city and you're looking so pretty Feelin' pretty witty, gettin' high off of the city High in the city Watch out for that guy on your right Seen him on the news last Saturday night He was high in the city Hey, look they're setting fire to that jeep There's not much you can keep High in the city, high in the city I wanna get high high in the city I wanna stay alive alive in the city I wanna stay high high in the city High in the city, high in the city So many people feeling low And there's only one way to go to Get high in the city, high in the city Down At The Arcade Down at the arcade the defender is there Down off of Broadway he's there playing his games It's very dangerous putting money down on Robotron Oh, I'm the Great Defender And I really know just how to get along Down at the arcade Oh, I'm the Great Defender And I really think I've got it made A fistful of quarters, a fifty dollar stake Life is a gamble on Videotape I called a disc jockey to dedicate a song to Blair It's the 'Four Tops' singing 'I'll be there' Down at the arcade ... The president called to give me the news I've been awarded the Nobel Price in rhythm and blues And Stevie Wonder wants to record one of my songs Oh, I'm the Great Defender And I really know just how to get along Oh, I'm the Great Defender, listen to my song I really hope you like it, it isn't very long It's rooted in the fifties but its heart's in 1984 And if you really like it Then I sing it for you once more Down at the arcade ...
Mistrial Mistrial When I was six, I had my first lady when I was eight, my first drink When I was fourteen, I was speeding in the street what could anybody say to me You can call me Mister, you can call me Sir but don't you point your finger at me I want a mistrial to clear my name I want a mistrial in front of the people I want a mistrial to clear my name I want to bring my case to the people of New York City When I was thirty, my attitude was bad if I said differently it'd be a lie But there's some smarts you learn down in the street that a college education can't buy You can call me Mister, or you can call me Sir but don't you point your finger at me, oh I want a mistrial to clear my name I want a mistrial in front of the people I want a mistrial to clear my name I want to bring my case to in front of the people at New York City You can call me Mister, or you can call me Sir but don't you point your finger at me, yeah I want a mistrial to clear my name I want a mistrial in front of the people, I, I I want a mistrial to clear my name I want to bring my case to the people at New York City And I said "M-I-S-T-R-I-A-L", mistrial in front of all the people I said "M-I-S-T-R-I-A-L", mistrial in front of the people of New York City Mistrial .... the people of New York City I said mistrial "M-I-S-T-R-I-A-L" .... No Money Down I know you're disappointed in the way I handled things You're thinking I misread the times and acted cowardly And since what I do affects us both and you feel that I let you down You're paying a price when there is no price to pay lovers trust, No Money Down You're paying a price when there is no price to pay lovers trust, No Money Down (Hey! lover) (Hey! lover) (lover) They say there's someone for everyone and for everyone a someone And some tattoo roses across their chests with a heart that says Rollo And some work without a Public Relations man and do their best work, baby, out of sight You're paying a price when there is no price to pay lovers trust, No Money Down You're paying a price when there is no price to pay lovers trust, No Money Down (Hey! lover) (Hey! lover) (lover) Now I have known a hero or two and they all learn to swim through mud And they all got boots caked with dirty soles that they get from Squashing bugs So when push comes to shove get the Harley revved up the moon can eclipse even the sun You're paying a price when there is no price to pay lovers trust, No Money Down You're paying a price when there is no price to pay lovers trust, No Money Down Lovers trust, No Money Down (Hey! lover) Yes, lovers trust, No Money Down (Hey! lover) Lovers trust, No Money Down (Hey! hey! lover) Lovers trust, No Money Down (Hey! hey! lover) (Hey! hey! lover) (Hey! hey! lover) ... Outside Outside the world's a mindless child outside Outside reflects the worst of styles outside Inside when you're in my arms a mindless child is still to be borne Inside, baby, when we come inside Outside the politics of greed outside Outside misbehavior seethes outside Mindless repression dominates the street while I kneel down and kiss your feet Inside, baby, when we come inside outside Outside they don't think they breed outside Outside emotion determines need outside Outside the world's a mindless child that we could bring to life in your arms Inside, baby, when we come inside Outside the politics of hate an greed outside Outside the world's a mindless child outside But when I hold you in my arms it's a mindless child that you want Inside, no matter 'bout the world Outside Inside, a baby's what you want inside Don't Hurt A Woman I was angry, I said things I shouldn't say but please don't turn your back Sometimes I get so upset but I take it all back Please don't go, I know I was wrong Sometimes I don't know what comes over me But I try to remember don't hurt a Woman Don't hurt a Woman I was angry, I said things I shouldn't say I must have lost control Sometimes something clicks in my head and I'm not myself anymore That wasn't me, you can't believe everything you see let's make believe I never said a word And I'll try to remember don't hurt a Woman Try to remember don't hurt a Woman Try to remember don't hurt a Woman I'll try to remember don't hurt a Woman 'Cause I lovin' you so long Video Violence The currents rage deep inside us this is the age of Video Violence The currents rage so deep inside us this is the age of Video Violence Up in the morning drinking his coffee turns on the TV to some slasher movie Cartoon-like women, tied up and sweaty painting and screaming, thank you, have a nice day the currents rage, the dawn's upon us this is the age of Video Violence The currents rage so deep inside us this is the age of Video Violence Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na His heart is pounding he switches the channel looking for something, other than rape or murder Or beatings or torture, but except for Walt Disney it's a twisted alliance, this age of Video Violence The currents rage, the dawn's upon us this is the age of Video Violence The current rage so deep inside us this is the age of Video Violence Down at his job his boss sits there screaming if he loses his job, life looses its meaning His son is in high school, there's nothing he's learning he sits by the TV, watching Corvettes exploding, 'cause The currents rage, the dawn's upon us this is the age of Video Violence No age of reason landing upon us this is the age of Video Violence Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Down at a bar some woman is topless she's acned and scarred, her hair is a mess While he shoves $5 down her exotic panties the video jukebox is playing Madonna While just down the block at some local theater they're grabbing their crotches at the 13th beheading As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die the currents are deep and raging inside The currents rage so deep inside us this is the age of Video Violence No age of reason is landing upon us this is the age of Video Violence Na Na Na Na Na Na ... Our good working stiff looks a whore in the eye ties her to a bed while he beats her back bloody and then back At home, drinking more instant coffee calls some red-neck evangelist that he's seen on TV and says The currents rage, the dawn's upon us this is the age of Video Violence No age of reason is landing upon us this is the age of Video Violence The currents rage so deep upon us this is the age of Video violence The currents rage so deep down inside us this is the age of Video Violence Na Na Na Na Na Na ... Spit It Out If there's rage inside you so you cannot think spit it out If you get so angry that you cannot speak spit it out Talk to him or her or it and tell them where they can put it Spit it out, spit it out You got to talk to him or her or it and take aim with your mouth and spit Spit it out, spit it out If you get worked over at your job spit it out If a taxi almost runs you down spit it out You got to take aim with your mouth and speak and give it to them right between the teeth Spit it out, spit it out Talk to him or her or it and take aim with your mouth and spit Spit it out, spit it out If you're patient and you have the time spit it out Wait till they're on the decline spit it out The Chinese say you meet the hard with the soft the Yin with the Yang, the down with the up, oh Spit it out, spit it out You got to grab that dumb he she or it and give it to them right between the teeth Spit it out, spit it out Spit it out, babe, spit it out Hey The Original Wrapper I was sittin' home on the West End watchin' cable TV with a female friend We were watchin' the news, the world's in a mess the poor and the hungry, a world in distress Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle And while you're at it - check what's in the batter make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper Hey, pitcher, better check that batter make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper Reagan says abortion's murder while he's looking at Cardinal O'Connor Look at Jerry Falwell Louis Farrakhan both talk religion and the brotherhood of man They both sound like they belong in Teheran watch out, they're goin' full throttle Better check that sausage, before you stick it in the waffle and while you're at it better check, what's in the batter make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper Hey, pitcher, better check that batter make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper White against white, Black against Jew it seems like it's 1942 The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies While Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes are all coked up It's classic, original, the same old story the politics of hate in a new surrounding Hate if it's good and hate if it's bad and if this all don't make you mad I'll keep yours and I'll keep mine nothing sacred and nothing divine Father, bless me, we're at full throttle better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle And while you're at it better check that batter make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper Hey, pitcher, better check that batter make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper, hey, hey I was born in the United States I grew up hard but I grew up straight I saw a lack of morals and a lack of concern a feeling that there's nowhere to turn Yippies, Hippies and upwardly mobile Yuppies don't treat me like I'm some dumb lackey 'Cause the murderer lives while the victims die I'd much rather see it an eye for an eye A heart for a heart, a brain for a brain and if this all makes you feel a little insane Kick up your heels, turn the music up loud pick up your guitar and look out at the crowd And say, "Don't mean to come on sanctimonious but life's got me nervous and little pugnacious Lugubrious so I give a salutation and rock on out to beat really stupid Ohh poop ah doo and how do you do hip hop gonna bop till I drop." Watch out world, comin' at you full throttle better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle And while you're at it better check that batter make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper Hey, hey, pitcher, better check that batter make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper Hey, pitcher, better check that batter make sure the candy's in the Original Wrapper, hey, hey, hey Mama's Got A Lover Mama's got a lover a painter I am told she's getting out of real estate for the art scene down in old Soho Art scene down in old Soho Mama's got a lover he owns a gallery she says he likes collages but the money's in graffiti Money's in graffiti Mama's got a lover I met him yesterday she says she hopes I like him maybe I'll send him a card on father's day Father's day Mama's got a lover they're backing a film it's about a working mother who gives birth to black and white Siamese twins Black and white Siamese twins Mama's got a lover he's got something to say he says he's into dirt and rot The essence of "urban decay" "Urban decay" Mama's got a lover we met yesterday she says she hopes I like him I'll send him a card on father's day On father's day Mama's got a lover I met him yesterday she's starting a new chapter I wish she was on the last page The last page Mama's got a lover we met yesterday she says she hopes I like him I'll send him a card on father's day Father's day Mama's got a lover (Mama's got a lover) mama's got a lover (Mama's got a lover), oh Mama's got a lover (Mama's got a lover) my mama's got a lover (Mama's got a lover) Mama's got a lover ... I Remember You I remember you I remember me I remember I remember how things used to be I remember every word that you said I remember, how could I forget I remember, I remember you (I remember, I remember) I remember you I remember your old address And I remember how could I forget I remember thinking how my luck changed I remember being so amazed I remember, I remember you (I remember, I remember) I remember, I remember you (I remember, I remember) I remember you I remember me I remember The way things used to be I remember how it was that we met I remember, I will never forget I remember, I remember you (I remember, I remember) ... Tell It To Your Heart I was staring through a telescope at night at a large light in the sky Its spinning lights reminded me of you A star spinning in orbit lighting up the sky Or maybe it was not a star at all I was standing by the Hudson River's edge at night looking out across the Jersey shore At a neon light spelling out some cola's name And I thought your name should be dancing beamed from satellites Larger than any billboard in Times Square Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid I'm the one who loves you in each and every way Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid NYC lovers Tell it to your heart (Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid tell it to your heart) (Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid tell it to your heart) I'm on the roof, it's 5 a.m. I guess I couldn't sleep And I see this spinning light that I saw last week Maybe I should wake you up but by then it might be gone You never know what you see when if you look up in the sky I ran outside down a darkened street listening to my boot heels click My leather jacket squeaked I needed a cigarette When I turned the corner my spinning light was in the street They were filming a commercial on TV Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid we're no teenage movie that ends in tragedy Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid NYC Lovers Tell it to your heart X4 (Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid tell it to your heart) X3