Jonathan Richman

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(she's Gonna) Respect Me

There aren't any ladies present here in this room, are there? So it's just us gentlemen, isn't it? You know, I won't try to please her, I can't try to appease her, Yes, I can't. Even if this means that I won't be a man who sees her. Yes. You know, she can go...

A Higher Power

It's magic It's magic the way we got together, There's magic around us in the air It's magic It's magic, no not at random And there must be a higher power somewhere. I know that magic is an easy word to condemn, But I've tried other girls and I wasn't made fo...

A Mistake Today For Me

Make a mistake today for me, go for broke. Be funny for me when there ain't no joke. Since i wa a boy in school I could never follow no rule A mistake today for me, go for broke. Make a mistake today for me, something rash. Go and buy yourself some brand new...

Abdul And Cleopatra

Abdul's not seen Cleopatra It's been almost now a year. How I wonder where she's at-ra And I wish the old girl were here. Abdul yearns for Cleopatra in the early morning sun. Abdul loves Cleopatra, she's still the one. You know, I love Cleopatra. I'm just gra...

Abominable Snowman In The Market

Well look, see, there's an abominable snowman in the supermarket, And apparently the housewives have never seen anything like that before. Hear the housewives complaing to the manager, "Get that snow thing out of this store." Abominable snowman in the market,...

Affection

Well, people all over the world, people all over the world, people all over the world are starvin' just for affection. Well, but to me this ain't funny To me this is real So I thought I'd tell everybody How I feel About affection I said affection. Now, you guy...

Afternoon

You know, it's afternoon Yeah, yeah And there's the moon, so pale And all the trees are whisperin' and the elves are whisperin' to me, that's right I am, I am How they whisper so nice I am, I am They whisper to me I am, I am They whisper to me I am, Iam Doo-po...

Ancient Long Ago

I know a girl who thrills me what shall I say so you'll know? well when I think i her I get memories that seem like they came from some long lost long ago sometimes I'm in the wind the sun and I feel love as if I've known her from some ancient long ag...

Astral Plane

Tonight I'm all alone in my room I'll go insane if you won't sleep with me I'll still be with you I'm gonna meet you on the astral plane The astral plane for dark at night The astral plane or I'll go insane Well I don't see you and it's getting dark Today we...

Back In Your Life

Well, take me way up north to meet your mom and dad So they'll see that jonathan ain't quite so bad. I want to be back in your life, I want to be back in your life, Baby baby baby, Baby baby baby. Take me to the fields you used to roam So your pal jonathan ca...

Bermuda

Jonathan, Jonathan, I wanna know something, Well have you ever been to Bermuda? Yeah my band once played down there. What did you like about Bermuda? There was something in the air, That kept soothing me and calming me down. Making me feel better all around...

Buzz Buzz Buzz

You see, Buzz buzz buzz goes the honey bee and tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird but the sound of your little voice darling that’s the sweetest sound i’ve ever heard I say, Buzz buzz buzz goes the honey bee while tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird...

Cerca

Estoy en la cama con mi esposa Y quire dormir temprano Quireo que sonamos la misma cosa el Mamosayo(?) su mano Como decir, lo que quero deci Cerca del esposa pero solo sentir Y Cerca con mi hijo es cerca Mas y mas y mas cerca mas cerca Mas cerca que erra Mas...

Chewing Gum Wrapper

I saw the chewing gum wrapper, saw it after lunch; Faded little cruddy thing, I picked from among the bunch. Cruddy little chewing gum wrapper, My eyes would not let go; Saw the little thing that I liked so. Loved the faded colors like would end up at the dump...

City Vs. Country

I want to live close to downtown to be near my friends I want to be close to them, And still be out by the trees and the wind Havin' both will be hard to find I'm sure, But then ain't that the way of the world, I want the city but I want the country too. I wa...

Closer

I'm there in the bed with my wife And she's looking for some room to sleep And I'm there touching her shoulder Hoping that maybe we could dream the same dream I stare into space awake I lie Wondering how close could get her and I And closer, you see what I wa...

Corner Store

Well I walked past just yesterday And I couldn't bear that new mall no more I can't expect you all to see it my way But you may not know what was there before And I want them to put back my old corner store. Well I walked past just like I say And I felt this...

Dignified And Old

My telephone never rings She'd never call me I hate myself today But I can see through this bitterness and sadness And so I won't die Someday I think I'll be dignified and old Well my friends say that I decieve myself And that I contradict myself And I can't...

Dodge Veg-o-matic

I'm gonna tell you 'bout the car that I just bought. It's that Dodge Veg-O-Matic there in the parking lot. Well, I'm gonna tell you 'bout the car that I now own. Well it doesn't go nowhere, it just stays all alone. You know, I like it. You know, I like it a wh...

Double Chocolate Malted

Double chocolate malted (Yeah, yeah, yeah) No ma'am, a single is not enough, not enough, no (No, no, no) I want a double chocolate malted today (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I want that Horlicks brand of chocolate malted (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Yeah, I want two scoops...

Emaline

Evening breezes hum their lulaby there's a million candles in the sky I'll put on my Sunday suit of blue Emaline, just for you And now I'm waiting at your garden gate And the village clock is striking eight hurry up, hurry down, honey don't be late Ca...

Everyday Clothes

Going to a party and she's wondering what's the way. I say "look, why don't you just wear what you'd wear everyday?" You know, T-Shirt, you know sweatshirt, You know, cut off shorts you know those... Plain old everyday clothes. She had a black dress that I re...

Fender Stratocaster

Born in the 50s looking so bold Fender Stratocaster Everythin' your parents hated about rock 'n roll Fender Fender Fender Wangin' and a twangin, sounding so tough Fender Stratocaster And the kids in my corner, they can't get enough Fender Fender Fender Like t...

Floatin'

Well, I had a dream about floatin' Out there in a raft on the ocean With my family far behind Why are they hard to find? Or up in the sky But I'm up too high My family's on the ground And I can't quite come down Cause I'm floatin' Like on an ocean. I'm so sur...

Fly Into The Mystery

Let's make this a slow dance. ladies' choice. See now, it's eight o'clock in boston. And filene's has just locked up. It's so good to see the sky clear up this way. There's the stars, we haven't lost 'em. It's time to fly into life's mystery. It's time to go...

French Style

French style, French style is so fussy French style, French style is so proud French style, French style is creamy color More often quiet than loud. French style, French style what is it? Something sort of delicate French style, French style, French Style. I...

Girlfriend

If I were to walk to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Well, first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne But if I had by my side a girlfriend Then I could look through the paintings I could look right through them Because I'd have found something that...

Give Paris One More Chance

Well if you've been to cities but you've had enough Have you been to Paris, France? And if you doubt that Paris was made for love Give Paris one more chance The home of Piaf and Chevalier Must have done something right to get passion this way If you don't thin...

Goverment Center

Well we've got alot alot alot of hard work today We gotta rock at the government center Make the secretaries feel better When they put those stamps on the letters And they got alot alot alot of great desks and chairs Uh huh, at the government center We gotta...

Hello From Cupid

Hello, this is Cupid speaking and I can make you fall in love but I can't stop you from running away Hello, Honey Yes, this is Cupid and you can do what you want and you can fight if you will Cupid can't tell you what to do but if you're getting tired of figh...

Here Come The Martian Martians

Here come the Martain Martians, And I wouldn't be surprised if they were riding on their Martian bike. And we have to find out right now What kind of flavor do these Martians like. Here come the Martian Martians And they're riding on their Martian bike Well,...

Hey There Little Insect

Hey there, little insect, don't scare me so. Don't land on me, and bite me no. Hey there, little insect, please calm down. And we'll have fun and fool around. I say, hey there, little insect, don't scare me so. Don't land on me, baby, and bite me no. I say he...

Hi Dear

Hi, dear. I know you still care about me. Even when you don't let it show. Hi, Dear. I know you still care about me. Even when you don't let it show. I have no fear, 'cause I know you still care about me. Even when you don't let it show. You can't fool me, yo...

Hospital

When you get out of the hospital Let me back into your life I can't stand what you do I'm in love with your eyes And when you get out of the dating bar I'll be here to get back into your life I can't stand what you do I'm in love with your eyes Oh, I can't sta...

I Can Hear Her Fighting With Herself

I can hear her fighting with herself I can hear the words she doesn't tell Well, right left right, I can almost hear the fight Well blink blink blink I can almost hear her thinking Can almost hear her fighting can almost hear her fighting with herself It's li...

I Can't Find My Best Friend

Well I can't find my best friend to help me through this night I Can't find my best frined because she's somewhere out of sight I miss her, I miss her and let there be no doubt when I can't find my best friend the world turns inside out I can't find my best fr...

I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet

Hello Everyone, it's time for poetry I submit to you the following it's entitled: "I Eat with Gusto, Damn! You Bet" By one Jonathan Richman. When I eat like I do it, I use not fork nor spoon No grace or culture to it When I call my own tune. For I eat with g...

I Hear You Calling Me

I hear you calling me you've called me when the moon had a viel of light before I went from you into the night I came do you remember? that you for one more kiss beneath the kind star's light I hear you calling me And oh the weary gladness in your vo...

I Must Be King

Well i easy laugh and i easy cry I'm soft inside and she's partly why I used to yearn, but now i sing And since she's my queen well that means i'm king. And she and i are like brother and sister I get to be her companion And learn her secrets Well they've put...

I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

Well I was dancing at a night club one Friday night And that night club bar was a little uptight Yeah, I was dancing all alone a little self conscious When some kids came up and said, "for dancing come with us." And soon... I was dancing in a lesbian bar. I w...

I'm A Little Airplane

Well, i'm a little airplane nyow I'm a little airplane nyow nyow I'm a little airplane nyow I'm a little airplane nyow nyow And wangity-wang wangity-wang I'm a little airplane now. Well, i'm a little airplane nyow I'm a little airplane nyow nyow I'm a little...

I'm A Little Dinosaur

Well, I'm a little dinosaur I'm a little dinosaur I'm a little dinosaur But I'm planning to go away. Now, I am real old, don't you know Born ten billion years ago. But they don't love me here enough and so I'm planning to go away Now the children upon their...

I'm Just Beginning To Live

Yeah, alright, I'm just beginning to live. And i'm, i'm just beginning to live right now. Alright, let's go. That's right, i'm just beginning to live right now. Ok. Alright. I'm just beginning to live, right now. I say. I'm just, alright And i'm just beginning...

I'm Nature's Mosquito

Well now, little mosquito, there must be Well some reason for you that I just can't see. Well, there is, well you're right, sir You see, God put me here just the same as he put you, so I'm nature's mosquito. And that means I'm gonna go bite-bite-bitie-witie-wi...

I'm So Confused

sometimes I think of only her, sometimes no I'm feeling delicate and this must show i'm so confused i'm so confused i'm so confused i'm so confused I like to do stuff, but i best go slow I look around nowadays but I don't know i'm so confused i'm so confused...

I'm Straight

I called this number three times already today But I, I got scared, I put It back in place, I put my phone back in place. I still don't know if I should have called up. Look, just tell me why don't ya if I'm out of place. 'Cause here's your chance to make me f...

Ice Cream Man

Hi there, everybody. We're the Modern Lovers. We're gonna sing about the ice cream man for you. Well now, ice cream man, upon my street I heard your truck outside, it's really neat. Ice cream man, upon my block Your little chimes, they reel and they rock. Ice...

Important In Your Life

I'm always gonna have to know I'm important in your life. If you try and come see me and I'm not there, Tell me you tried so I know you care. I want to know that I'm important In your life Know that I'm important in your life. I know a girl, she's important...

It's You

now now well now you lookin you lookin you lookin when I'm watchin different girls passin by dont you know that I couldnt lose this love even if i try well dont you think it's kind of funny all my friends would laugh if they knew cause if anyone dont n...

Just About 17

I'm about seventeen I guess I read what the calendar said but I'm not about to drop dead I just happened on the scene and since I wake up in the morning and I love the world like a boy like a boy chasin his first girl what do numbers mean? I'm about s...

Just Because I'm Irish

Just because i'm irish he thinks that i should know... Every irish bar in manhattan. He who was born by galway bay Where they socialize more than we do here in the usa. Just because i'm irish which he says he should have know... By my name sweeney, and irish...

Just Look At Me

Well, she herself might never come back But she's with me here because A heart that's once known love Is never the way it was. Well, she herself might never come back But she's with me all my days. Her certain way of talkin', her certain silent ways. And that...

Let Her Go Into The Darkness

Well she's back with her old boyfriend. He don't challenge her. He don't contend with her. And she don't answer the cards you send. Now you're jelous of the time he spends with her. Just let her go into the darkness. Let her learn from all the things there. J...

Let's Take A Trip

well I'm ready boys so let's take a trip (yeah let's take a trip) I got my jeans and things and I'm ready to go (yeah let's take a trip) I can run pretty fast for a long long time (yeah let's take a trip) in fact the hot hot sun is a pal of mine (yeah l...

Lonely Financial Zone

In the lonely financial zone By the sea I have walked under moon and stars. Skyscrapers shone in their dark majesty. In this otherwordly land of ours. I've walked by the buildin's, I've walked by the malls, I've walked by the skyscrapers, lonely and dark. In t...

Love Me Like I Love

la la dum da da da lum la la la da dum dum da dum ah oh ah oh I want people to love me like I can love want people to love me like I love I want to open up my lunch box and find a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in there just like when I was 6 years old and...

Lydia

My old Lydia, Oh Lydia My old Lydia, Oh Lydia My old Lydia, Oh Lydia Oh Oh Oh I saw this beautiful girl today and yes she took my heart away my old Lyida Oh Lydia Oh Oh Oh See she looks so pretty and she looks so gay and yes she took my heart away...

Miracles Will Start To Happen

The lines around your eyes were never there before One day to your surprise they'll be there no more When we love again, miracles will start to happen Well we'll reign on this earth for a little while And continue in the stars and make saturn smile When we lo...

Modern World

Well there's sex in the sunny day That shines down on Boylston street And I love the U.S.A. So share the modern world with me 'Cause I'm in love with the U.S.A. now I'm in love with the modern world now Put down your cigarette And drop out of B.U. Alright That...

My Jeans

Ah oh dum di da do Da dum di da do Well I know Alright Well my jeans they are a frayin' And don't talk Levi's because I've tried. My hips they had no room to play in, and my little bum felt all trapped inside. There's Levis all around, If there was Wranglers I...

My Little Girl's Got A Full-time Daddy Now

Since she was born I loved her, but we were soon apart She was closer to her mother from the start I was happy enough strollin' her around But it seemed like something was there tying me down But gone are the days when I'd be reading while holdin' her on my l...

My Little Kookenhaken

When I was a five-year-old, I saw a five-year girl a-walkin' And in my heart a little bell was tolled, and a little voice said Kookenhaken, Kookenhaken. Now, you don't know what that word means, nor I the man now talkin' But when my heart had found a queen, a...

My Love Is A Flower (just Beginning To Bloom)

Well, my love is a flower just beginning to bloom Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom. My love is a flower just beginning to bloom... Beginning to bloom, to bloom. My love is a birdie who's just learning to trill. I must be patient w...

Neon Sign

What looks like neon light to take your pastels and make them bright it makes them move and it makes them buzz now does that get me? yes it does God knows it does neon sign neon sign you get me everytime I feel that thrill just like before but now I...

New England

See, I come from Boston. I'm gonna tell you about how I love New England. It's my favorite place. I've been all around the world, but I love New England best. I might be prejudiced. But it's true, I love New England best. Well, now... You know, ladies and ge...

Nineteen In Naples

well when I was 19 I was insecure now ain't that 19 I was over intellectual, that's for sure 19 in naples, well 19, 19 in naples. I had American money falling outta my pants 19, 19 Italian train tickets fallin' outta my hands 19 in Naples 19, 19 in Naples Wh...

Not Just A plus One On The Guestlist Anymore

She wanted attention, she wanted fame She wanted to not be just a mrs. to my name She wanted power more than before Not feel like plus one on the guestlist anymore She wanted action, she wanted lights She wanted to participate in and to start fights And be re...

Not Yet Three

Could you sleep at a time like this? Hearing Oldsmobiles traveling from town to town I hear the older kids run past the trees in the mist I hear them laugh in the breeze as the sun goes down You think I should be fading now That's because I'm not yet three But...

Now Is Better Than Before

Sometimes i think that i'm just a comfort to her, And not that same young lover. From the days of fenway and kenmore, But this is better than before. Oh now is better than before. Sometimes i think that my cheeks had more color in the past, And that my heart...

Old World

Well the old world may be dead Our parents can't understand But I still love my parents And I still love the old world Oh, I had a New York girlfriend And she couldn't understand how I could Still love my parents and still love the old world So I told her: I w...

Pablo Picasso

Well some people try to pick up girls And get called assholes This never happened to Pablo Picasso He could walk down your street And girls could not resist his stare and So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole Well the girls would turn the color Of the...

Parties In The Usa

1-2-3-4 Hi everybody! i'm from the 60's, The time of louie louie and little latin lupe lou. And i know we can't have those times back again, But we can have parties like there were then, We need more parties in the usa, We need more parties in the usa. Could...

Party In The Woods Tonight

Well, the day it has gone, the night it has come, The woods are all dark, but you're still a bum. The moose go "moo!," the deers are there too, And the monsters are cooking up a disgraceful soup for you At the party in the woods tonight, At the party in the pa...

Reno

Well, a good babysitter can be hard to find Reno But I've got Reno on my little mind Reno Sometimes it drives me wild the way we can't be alone Reno Reno Reno I've gotta take her somewhere where we can't be found Reno Reno Reno That's right Reno Reno Reno Hon...

Roadrunner

One two three for five six! Roadrunner, roadrunner Going faster miles an hour Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop With the radio on I'm in love with Massachusetts And the neon when it's cold outside And the highway when it's late at night Got the radio on I'm...

Rock 'n' Roll Drummer

Uh oh. Here he comes. There in the hotel bed, covers over his head Rock and roll drummer straight from the hospital. Scratchin' like he got fleas, who knows what his disease? He was a rock and roll drummer straight from the hospital. He was a Rock and Roll D...

Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns

Hey, what's that out there in the park? Well, I'll tell you what that is, I think it's this: In the park, nearly dark, what do I now hear, hark hark. Is it really leprechauns, and have they come back to rock 'n' roll? Yes, it's them there on the lawn, it's be...

Rockin' Shopping Center

Well, I landed at a shoppin' center, in an unknown state Unknown kind of architecture, atmospheric trait Unknown brand and labels, unknown market chains The strangest collection of buildings here Upon the fruited plain. And let's rock, And let's go. You see,...

Roller Coaster By The Sea

You see i went on the roller coaster last night when i was feeling bad Down by the sea in santa cruz and i was feeling sad But we went down, and around, and it knocked me out of my head. Well, i went on the coaster and my heart was heavy as lead But we went do...

Rooming House On Venice Beach

1-2-1-2-3 Rooming house on venice beach. Rooming house on venice beach. It was a rooming house on venice beach Nice and cheap A radiator and a sagging bed On which to sleep I didn't lock it Who would want my cheap guitar And that t-shirt in those paper bags N...

Satisfy

Well, I can try this and I can try that But before I do I'll ask Would this be something that will satisfy? I get lonely town to town But before I look around Will this be something that will satisfy? Oh, satisfy, satisfy, satisfy, satisfy Without love it jus...

She Cracked

Well she was sensitive She understood me She understood the European things of 1943 But she does all these things that I can't stand I get jealous if she stays with another man She cracked, I'm sad, but I won't She cracked, I'm hurt, you're right Well she cr...

Shirin And Fahrad

Well ... way down in ancient Persia Yeah A long, long time ago We have the story of Shirin and uh Fahrad And I thought you might want to know 'cause Shirin, pretty Shirin, had a real McCoy lover in her young Fahrad Well ... pretty Shirin had to live wit...

Since She Started To Ride

She's got a brown suntan starting just above her collar Her lower arms they're brown, but the rest is kinda pale She'd buy betadine if she only had a dollar And she'd live out in the pasture if she only had a tail. And no i don't see her much since she starte...

Someone I Care About

Well I don't want just a girl to fool around with Well I don't want just a girl to ball alright What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want nothing at all. Alright Well I won't pretend I like a girl if I really don't And act like she's great when she ma...

Springtime

Springtime, I'm out here in your morning breezes. And I smell such nectar in your air. But right now the nectar only teases, Cause springtime should be to share. So bold are you, blue sky And so alive are you, air Bold and alive am I But I'm teased now by such...

Stop This Car

All right this is a one, a two A one two three four So far she's taken three red lights Four wrong turns She's got the leatherette seat full of cigarette burns Good-bye in the front Good-bye all about Stop this car I'm getting out This time I'm gonna scream a...

Stop Your Sobbing

It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing There's one thing that you gotta do To make me still want you Gotta stop sobbing now Yeah, stop it, stop it Gotta stop sobbing now It is time for you to l...

Summer Morning

I was walking around on Sunday morning. A summer breeze was in the dawnin'. And those smells--summer smelled great to me. Those are the kind of smells that I wait all year for. Summer's so beautiful to me. I like 'em all but... Listen to this summer morning. T...

Surrender

To win you must fight, or so they say But with love things never seem to work that way. With love you can't win If love can't get in And it can't pierce the heart of a defender. To win in love you must surrender. If you're angry then you can't surrender, no....

Tandem Jump

Okay, first check your altimeter, Does everybody have 8500 feet? Yeah. Okay, now you new tandem jumpers, When that door opens, you WILL be scared. (door opens) Whoooah! Are you ready? Yes. Alright. A 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, GO! Tandem Jump, Tandem Jump Tandem Jump, Ta...

That Little Sleeper Car

There at the stoplight was a little sleeper car With power that you can't see Painted drab, but then that's the way they are But that little sleeper car's not foolin' me. My friends with guts tell me that I'm nuts, But Ive seen all I need to see. That little s...

That Summer Feeling

That summer feeling That summer feeling That summer feeling When there's things to do not because you gotta When you run for love not because you oughtta When you trust your friends with no reason not ta (nada) The joy I name shall not be tamed And that summer...

The Baltimores

It's The Baltimores, The Baltimores. There's a band that can make me shout. The Baltimores oh they knock me out, They don't play guitar, they just sing. They bring their clothes when they sing, In fact that's all they bring. There's a band that I try to see,...

The Beach

One Two Bang Bang Bang Well the beach be one of the best things we got, Cause it's not what you have on but what you not. No more silly clothes for you, No more shoes no necktie too, And the beach be one of the best things we got. Well now the beach be one of...

The Desert

What does the desert make my heart stand still? Why do I feel this chill? Why do I feel this chill? I can see when I'm standing there things I thought i had left in some far away year and I remember things I forgot before when I'm in the desert I wan...

The Fenway

Now I was born by the Fenway, in Beth Israel Hospital. Could that help to explain why I love the Fenway so well. Nowhere do I feel more at home, it seems, Then on the Fenway, where I dreamed my dreams. Well I was small, they took us to old Mechanics Hall. We g...

The Lonely Little Thrift Store

By the sidewalk there with the cracks in it with the mexican restaurant next to it With the clothes for the big and the fat in it and the moth ball smell to the hats in it is the lonely little thrift store, the hard luck little thrift store where I go Yeah W...

The Morning Of Our Lives

It hurts me to hear, to see you got no faith in yourself. It bothers me now to watch you, you got no faith in your own self. You listen more to your friends than to your own heart inside. Well, you listen to them, oh but you hide. You don't got nothin' to be a...

The Neighbors

Jonathan it's late, don't you think that I should go Naw we were just starting to talk now, It was just getting good don't you know. But if I leave here in the morning. Yeah. What will the neighbors tell your wife? Well my wife knows me by now So there's no n...

The Night Is Still Young

Here I am driving around at 3 am looking for people who I don't know well they said party at 1:32 and I said yeah I want to go because the night is still young and the band is just cold and I'm tired of spending time all alone well driving around and I can't...

The Rose

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance It's the dream, afraid of waking that never takes the chance It's the one, who won't be taken who can not seem to give And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live When the night has been...

There's Something About Mary

His friends would say stop whining, They've had enough of that. His friends would say stop pining, There's others girls to look at. They've tried to set him up with tiffany and indigo, But there's something about mary that they don't know. Mary, there's just...

This Kind Of Music

Well, they don't need much you know Somebody do a wiggle maybe And somebody keep time too That's all they need to dance Well maybe they take their hips and shake 'em (Shake 'em) Right, yeah Some guy maybe plays like a broken bongo drum or something And that's...

This Love Of Mine

Well, some boys don't believe that you can have much fun And that's why you oughta know about this love of mine Sticking with one girl as their only one And that's why you oughta know about this love I have I want them to throw me a glance, give me a littl...

Those Conga Drums

That's right oooooh Well down by the beach you know, every day That's when the conga drums start to play Their boom boom and thrum thrum At first that sound seemed kind of dumb (Those conga drums) When I was lonely back in '73 (Those conga drums) That's when...

To Hide A Little Thought

I tried to hide a little thought The more I tried the worse things got It started out so meek and small But in a week pervaded all Just a stray little stray, stray, stray In trying to hide it I asked it to stay In trying to hide it I'd made it a bed From whic...

True Love Is Not Nice

well it hurt from the bottom and it hurts down to your soul that's because true love is not nice and it brings up hurt from when you were 5 years old that's because true love is not nice oh, pain pain pain ain't that just love's name love can bring up fear fr...

Twilight In Boston

When it's twilight in Boston That's something I know about Because I've spent many walks Lonely walks in the twilight All through Boston and those Suburbs Right now I'm imagining the Public Gardens The Public Garden is by where the swan boats are By the entran...

Ufo Man

Well the UFO man is flying around, Flying around And now he's flying right over my town. Over my town. The UFO man just went past, Flying around And I wonder how he moves that fast, Over my town. Well faster faster faster faster faster faster. Well flying arou...

Vampire Girl

Gather around for a minute or two And I'll admit something to you I get intrigued when women look sinister Call me superficial, but I stare at them Vampire Girls. It's not the mascara, It's not the tight dress, (well maybe it is) It's the look in the eyes tha...

Vampiresa Mujer (spanish Version Of Vampire Girl)

Esc?chame, un momento o dos, y confesar?, a vosotros, no puedo evitar mirando las mujeres siniestras, tengo que reconocer, voy a notar la vampiresa mujer. No es la m?scara, ni la falda ajustada, sino el temor causada por su fr?a mirada. Vampiresada, vampires...

Velvet Underground

They were wild like the USA A mystery band in a New York way Rock and roll, but not like the rest And to me, America at it's best How in the world were they making that sound? Velvet Underground. A spooky tone on a Fender bass Played less notes and left more...

Vincent Van Gogh

Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh, Who loved color and who let it show. Now in the museum what have we here? The baddest painter since God's Jon Vermeer. He loved he loved he loved life so bad, His paintings had twice the color other paintings...

Walter Johnson

Oh I'm a going to tell you if you don't know, Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum. About a great ball player from a long time ago. Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum. Who's a hero to me I ain't putting you on son. Cause I'm now going to te...

When I Dance

Things were slow, a little slow And I was at the kind of party Where I said I wouldn't go But in the moon, I stay And then I didn't blush at all At the scene I made. Well, they're all in my trance When I dance The way I move myself around And they're all in m...

When I'm Walking

Now when I get off the train and start walking again That's when I feel like the world is my best friend When I get out of the car and start walking oh oh That's when I feel like I was born to in my soul When I wanna Yeah, I just wanna Well When I get off th...

When She Kisses Me

Well, she was born in the winter When the sun shines so pale. Whereas I was born in the spring In case you can't tell In case you can't tell. But when she kisses me That's when the maple tree meets the honey bee. When she kisses me When she kisses me. Now, th...

You Can't Talk To The Dude

You wonder why you're feeling blue, And you live with a guy that you can't talk to. You can't talk to the dude And that's no longer in style, You can't talk to the dude No this "no es normal." You can't talk to the dude And things will never be right Until you...

You Must Ask The Heart

Well don't ask me about love I'm just your mind I see sometimes oh oh But now I'm blind Don't ask me about love Cuz I'm the wrong guy I don't know how love happens And I don't know why I analyze and that's not bad But I never find love I always find love's s...

You're Crazy For Taking The Bus

Well, a welfare gal and her drunk galoot And no one wearing a three piece suit You meet folks this way you just don't see while flyin So you take the plane but i'll take the bus this time Well, welfare gal and her drunkin cuss And pepsi cans rolling around th...

You're The One For Me

If you didn't want me you shouldn't have been born That started all the trouble now the damage been done You never should have been born Cuz now you're the one for me And if you didn't want me to follow you around You never should have showed up around my tow...