Lovin' Spoonful

Four eyes, what you gonna do now ? Four eyes and how much do you see now ? How many fingers ? Ha ha ha. When your kids that see through plastic with a harness of elastic So the girls all think you're icky and the boys all think you're queer Then the hing...

(Alley Oop, oop, oop-oop) (Alley Oop, oop, oop-oop) Theres a man in the funny papers we all know (Alley Oop, oop, oop-oop) He lived 'way back a long time ago (Alley Oop, oop, oop-oop) He dont eat nothin' but a bear cat stew (Alley Oop, oop, oop-oop) Well this...

Amazing air, beautiful night Softer than diamonds Blacker than white Your children sing Seeds have been sown We're all here together So let's all call it home If we confess that we spend less With peace of mind and tenderness Then even if I pass you...

Bald Headed Lena Has anybody seen her Cute as she can be She's got a cue ball head That's hard as lead But she's all right with me Bald Headed Lena Has anybody seen her Cute as she can be She can't wear no wig Cause her head's too big But she's all...

Well I've heard about the quarrels, and how it always ends And how a couple loses edge and never make amends And how they weave a false cocoon and how the web extends But I've never heard of lovers that could be best friends Yes I've heard that love that'...

Blues in the bottle, blues in the bottle Trouble in my hands, pretty mama Blues in the bottle, trouble in my hands I'm goin' back to Fort Worth Find me another man Dig your taters, o dig your taters It's tater diggin' time, pretty mama O dig your tater...

Boredom Hangin' by myself in a bleak motel Overnight in a small town. Boredom My mind's countin' time, trucks go rollin' by Past the pumps and highway sign. Never was a place that felt less like home. Never woulda come here if I'd only known That it's...

Don't give me a place for my memories to stay Don't show me an inn or a light to find the way I ain't got time for the things on your mind And I'm leavin' you today on my way Please don't you cry when the time to part has come It's not for what you've said or...

Close your eyes never mind, you can try and try but some days have no songs and the easy things go wrong as you push your life along hold on Open wide here am I and my name is friend and I know you know I know how deep your sadness goes when all t...

It's really true how nothin matters. No mad, mad world and no mad hatters. No one's pitchin cause their ain't no batters in coconut grove. Don't bother door. Theirs no one comin. The oceans roar, were double drummin. of many silly thoughts and silly ways the...

Darlin' Companion Come on and give me understandin' And let me be your champion The hand to hold your pretty handin' Darlin' Companion Now you know you'll never be abandoned Love will always light our landin' I can depend on you Darlin' Companion Heaven knows...

Come, and talk of all the things we did today, Here, and laugh about our funny little ways, While we have a few minutes to breathe, Then I know that it's time you must leave. But darling, be home soon. I couldn't bear to wait, An extra minute if you dawdled....

Well, it's Day Blues Sunlight's shining down on bad news Makes you feel like everything you do is gonna lose Sunlight frownin' down on me, cause you didn't sleep Sunlight frownin' down on me When my nights get so bad That I'm hangin'out sad And still t...

What a day for a daydream What a day for a draydreamin' boy And I'm lost in a daydream Dreamin' bout my bundle of joy And even if time ain't really on my side It's one of those days for takin' a walk outside I'm blowin' the day to take a walk in the sun...

Did you ever have to make up your mind Pick up on one and leave the other behind It's not often easy and not often kind Did you ever have to make up your mind Did you ever have to finally decide Say yes to one and let the other one ride There's so many change...

Didn't wanna have to do it Didn't wanna have to break your heart Didn't wanna have to do it I kept a-hopin' from the very start But you kept on a-tryin' And I knew that you'd end up a-cryin' And I knew I didn't wanna have to do it at all Didn't wanna have to...

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

Come on and take a bow 'cause you're a big boy now. And the great big world daddy threw before you With the pretty faces and the claws that tore you And it's all so different when you get to sources And love will make you strong as a team of wild horses....

Went up on the hill about twelve o'clock. Reached right back and got me a pole. Went to the hardware and got me a hook. Attached that line right on that hook. Says you've been a-fishin' all the time. I'm a-goin' fishin' too. I bet your life, your lovin'wife....

The full measure of your giving, You don't yet understand. A cupfull of living That you hold in your hand. The full weight of your loving Makes me lighter than air The tax I'm receiving, Now I know that it never was there. It started off just sticki...

Well, you never can tell but you're looking so well That I gotta stop and say : 'How do you do ?' I know it's a long shot but judging what she's got I'm hoping that my judgement's true. Hey girl, beautiful girl, can I look at your insides ? Girl, wrapped...

My cat dragged it Through the door one fine morn On its back ears hung Forty pounds of feet and tongue. Ooh wee, my dear Henry Dig the dog the cat dragged in Ooh wee, my dear Henry Dig the dog the cat dragged in. Can't fight, won't bite Has bugs, ea...

I'd like to tell you that it's fine But it's not time now I can't seem to get a word and advice anyhow Though the words are flyin' fast it just don't mean a thing In a little while I could tell you everything But we've taken sights in anger and we can't back...

I was down in Savannah Eatn' Cream and Bannanas When the heat just made me faint I began to get crosseyed I thought I was lost I'd begun to see things as they ain't. As the relatives gathered to see what's the matter The doctor came to see was I fine. But th...

Memories that are all mine Make me drink this jug of wine Though I know and though I try Can't stop lovin' you Jug and I are such good friends Be together when my life ends Though I know and though I try Can't stop lovin' you But when my wine is gone...

I heard Mama and Papa talkin' last night And I heard Mama say to Papa: Let that boy rock and roll The neighbor not complainin' and the schoolboy talked twice today You know they think you're foolish, study or slippin' away He don't think about nothin' 'cept t...

If you are wond'rin' what I'm gonna do While you are sleepin', am I sleepin' too? Well, I'm just sittin' here lovin' you Close my eyes and lovin' you I'm just sittin' back, sittin' here lovin' you I have been wond'rin' just what I would do If I'd weren't slee...

Perhaps another time or maybe 'nother place Could've eased my mind, would've never seen your face Or heard about you But now you call my name & your reality Though it's hard to explain, I know I'll never be Without you I know nothing about you But I...

I get money from you To tickle your whim or blow up your mind Then I give money to you And you pay me back in kind And I gave money to Bill He pays up my bills and helps me make up my mind And I give money to Bill And he will be on my side Then I gave money...

Now the sidewalks are empty and there's rain in the streets But I just won't notice, I'll be watchin' my feet But don't try to help me There ain't nothin' you can do My baby's walkin' with someone new How did it happen, what did we do The last thing she told...

Well, a rich gal will drink good pineapple juice And a poor gal will do quite the same. Yeah, but my gal she drinkin' old shoe polish You know she'd get drunk just the same I will be there in the mornin' if I live I will be there in the mornin' If...

CHORUS Nashville Cats, play clean as country water Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew Nashville Cats, been playin' since they's babies Nashville Cats, get work before they're two Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty two Guitar pickers in Nashville...

Every time I see that Greyhound Bus go rollin’ down the line, Makes me wish I talked much more to you When we had all that time. Still, it’s only wishin’ and I know it’s nothing more, so I’m Never going back, never going back, never going back, Ah, to N...

You'll always hear me say Hello Ma'am Thank you Good morning Looking fine It's all those old folks left here waiting That leapt my heart into my mind It's a sad, sad feeling To still be around On every sunny Sunday morning All golden-aged and sittin...

I woke up this mornin', looked around my four walls And a dream told me you ain't happy at all I packed up my bags, I took my last look and then Look out, pretty mom, I'm on the road again I'm on the road again (Just as sure as you're born) I'm on the road ag...

Eyes to look at, not to see through She never could see truth for lies With a smile she'd win us over Her face a trick to take a prize Tickled Pink The mid aged dandy sold his horse to buy her all the icing for her face like candy hung up the mirrors wall to...

t was only yesterday we were laughing Children passing And we seemed to know a way As did everyone that day Old people shuffling by Want to rest their tired eyes So lucky to be young Very young And then love And it was only yesterday we were dancing...

Would you like to know a secret Just between you and me? I don´t know where I´m going next Don´t know where I´m gonna be And there´s another side to this life I´ve been living And there´s another side to this life Maybe I´ll go to Nashville Way down to Tenne...

I've always been the guy with the finger in his nose When the passport picture gets taken When the big guys took me out stealin' chickens It was me caught holdin' the bacon When they're droppin' a piano from the 47th floor I'm the guy underneath lookin' u...

As the couples go parading by on a sunday stroll All they talk about what makes loves `tisn´t like it´s told Cause they don´t match up like salt and pepper and birds of feather How´d they ever fly together cause opposites attract when love becomes a fact forev...

You and me and rain on the roof, Caught up in a summer shower, Drying while it soaks the flowers. Maybe we'll be caught for hours, Waiting out the sun. You and me, we're gathered away Deep in conversation, sitting in the hay. Honey, how long was I laughing in...

And no one dares to ask them what they do after dark And the prize they give to men who kill is a statue in the park Don't let them cut your wings dear ones before you learn to fly Too soon the game will seem too real and then no one will ask why I'm scare...

Remember hallways, you're waiting always To see behind the door You never seen her, you're gonna meet her The first time's so unsure She smiles your way through a window You smile right back, she runs away You wish little girls'd sit still just a little bit l...

There's something special about six o'clock In the morning when it's still too early to knock. And the dusty light shines down on the block And reflects up and down on the hands of the clock. Six o'clock, six o'clock. A few hours ago she was standing here Jus...

I'm gettin' tired of runnin' round Believe I'll get married and I'll settle down Because this old night life, this mean old sportin' life, You know it's killin' me. And I got a letter from my home And most of my good friends, they are dead and gone. And...

Hot town summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirt and gritty A been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk hotter than a match head chorus: But at night it's a different...

Ask the children what you want to know Light the night for me Use the road when the prophet go Though your eyes can’t see I wonder why you cruel inside her And back when you find no one Alone and cried, you stayed to die Working hard and having no fun...

Remember hallways, you're waiting always To see behind the door You never seen her, you're gonna meet her The first time so unsure She smiles your way through a window You smile right back, she runs away You wish little girls would sit still Just a li...

Love´s a surprise to me Brings out the heights in me That´s not the way it used to be I used to be blue Then you showed me the love of near And that´s all I have to hear I can´t believe that dreams come true Till I run with you Now I can´t sleep at night Til...

Well, man you ought to be ashamed, the way you're afraid of it. I know you've got a mind and you weren't made for it. But there's someone that's got what makes you stay for it. In short, she offers you the heart — don't play with it. You've got to try a l...

Now you got the drive That can take you to the top I just hope it didn´t drive you Till you´re too pooped to pop All this keepin´ everybody happy can be hard to bear When you´re tryin´ to keep the balls in the air Tryin´ to keep the balls in the air N...

Voodoo in my basement, you'll know that it's true All my dirty little people are gonna have some fun with you. I could smile like diamonds and be as harmless as a shmoo I'll use the voodoo in my basement if I set my mind on you. If you wanna know, know y...

Summertime's for summer girls Who kiss and run away But winter girls have lovin' arms To warm a winter day Love me, love me when the leaves turn brown And I'll marry my warm baby When the snow is on the ground I need a warm baby (Ooo-wah warm, warm baby) Kee...

Well now, listen here people I´m 'bout to sing a song I´m goin´ to Saint Louis And I won´t be long Cause I´m wild about my lovin´ I like to have my fun If you want to be a girl of mine You got to bring it with you When you come Well now, Sergeant Jones - Chie...

Words aren't falling in line like they should Words aren't meaning the things that they could Twin scattered whispers on ears made of wood She cannot hear me so my words are no good Words used to be a way to get through Words aren't meaning the way they u...

You know I've been wanting you My whole life through And now that you're my guy I'm going to live and die for you Baby, baby now you're gonna know All the ways I plan to thrill you so You gonna see There's a lifetime of loving me Just for You baby, you baby B...

You didn't have to be so nice I would have liked you anyway If you had just looked once or twice And gone upon your quiet way Today I said the time was right for me to follow you I knew I'd find you in a day or two And it's true You came upon a quiet day You...

I know there's things you never thought before That have to do with walkin' out old doors You've been prepared as long as time allowed Well I don't know how But you're a big boy now Come on and take a bow Cause you're a big boy now You know the girls are taki...

Why must every generation think their folks are square And no matter where their heads are they know mom´s ain´t there Cause I swore when I was small that I´d remember when I knew what´s wrong with them that I was smaller then Determined to remember all the c...

She's one of those girls, Who seems to come in the spring. One look in her eyes, And you forget everything, You had ready to say. And I saw her today, yeah. A younger girl Keeps rollin' 'cross my mind. No matter how much I try, I can't seem to leave her memor...