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Roq critic Kent Tucke believes that we're in the midst of a new creative flowering of Pop-Roq
Catchy guitar based music He's leading off with FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Hip-Hop, Country Music, and Post-Grunge Squall can take a partial summer vacation. I'm applying some # 45 sunblock and putting up a sign saying "gone fishing for power-pop" |
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| 3:16 |
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I pick her up outside the station She's telling me about her spring vacation She's not leaving much to the imagination She's giving me way too much information Maureen You don't know what you do to me I know you won't be true to me The least that you can do for me Is keep it to yourself I'm so sorry I don't mean to shout It's just that I can do without The details of your days and nights and your thoughts and dreams Maureen, Maureen, Maureen, Maureen, Maureen Do you know what I mean Do you know what I mean Do you know what I mean She calls me up at ten past midnight 'Cause she and some guy just had some big fight And I say "well maybe he's just not all that bright" She tells me it's not his brain that she likes M-M-M-M-M-Maureen You don't know what you do to me I know you won't be true to me The least that you can do for me Is keep it to yourself I'm so sorry I don't mean to shout But really I can do without The details of your days and nights and your thoughts and dreams Maureen, Maureen, Maureen, Maureen I know you think I'm just a friend But can we please just put an end To all the graphic imagery that you insist on feeding me I can't accept I'm not the one Who's getting to have all the fun Maybe that's what friends are for But I just can't take it any more M-M-M-M-M-Maureen You don't know what you do to me I know you won't be true to me The least that you can do for me Is keep it to yourself I'm so sorry I don't mean to shout But really I can do without The details of your days and nights and your thoughts and dreams Can we keep it right Can we keep it clean Maureen, Maureen, Maureen, Maureen, Maureen |
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| 3. |
| 2:59 |
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I'm going coast to coast
I'm going nationwide I got my hand on the trigger Got my girl by my side I got the looks that kill I got a license to love I got a German shepherd And his name is Doug I'm heading for the sun I'm gonna become A California sex lawyer Oh yeah A California sex lawyer Oh yeah A California sex lawyer Oh yeah Well, it's not fair, but baby, I don't care I got big ideas I got backup plans I got the cha-cha-charisma Got the sleight of hand I'm gonna do some damage Gonna bust some heads I'm gonna go the distance Then I'm going to bed I'm heading for the sun I'm gonna become A California sex lawyer Oh yeah A California sex lawyer Oh yeah A California sex lawyer Oh yeah Well, it's not fair, but baby, I don't care Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah I'm heading for the sun I'm gonna become A California sex lawyer Oh yeah A California sex lawyer Oh yeah A California sex lawyer Oh yeah Well, it's not fair It's not fair It's not fair, but baby, I don't care |
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| 4. |
| 2:45 |
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Bah bah bah bah bah da da da da
Bah bah bah da da da Bah bah bah bah bah da da da da Bah bah bah da da da Welcome friends to Janice's Party The kind that others have tried Smoking is permitted inside We have faith in Janice's Party With friends who can not sing And I can hear the doorbell ring Well I came this far Now I know that I won't sleep well tonite Drunk out of my mind Janice's party's alright, alright Bah bah bah bah bah da da da da Bah bah bah da da da Bah da da da da da da Here's a chip a vodka martini Someone call me a car I'll be underneath the bar Well I came this far Now I know that I won't sleep well tonite Drunk out of my mind Janice's party's alright, alright <i>[break]</i> Well I came this far Now I know that I won't sleep well tonite Drunk out of my mind Janice's party's alright, alright |
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| 5. |
| 4:05 |
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Gold sun-glasses and a wandering eye
He looks like he's wearing a cheap disguise But it's real Don't you know how it feels He goes to work and he scares the hell Out of all the girls down in Oradell What a deal Don't you know how it feels Lay it down, lay it down You've got to cover a lot of ground Lay it down, lay it down Karpet King Karpet King Half a drink and he's out of his head He puts the boys back into their beds And he's free That's the way it should be Out every night with the girl of his dreams He knows it'll never be quite what it seems To be Don't you want hell to be Lay it down, lay it down You've got to cover a lot of ground Lay it down, lay it down Karpet King Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down <i>[repeat and fade]</i> |
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| 6. |
| 2:06 |
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She used to love me
She don't love me no more I stepped over the line Too many times And she stepped out the door Well Baby I've Changed Won't you come back home 'Cause I've changed my wicked ways And I'll never throw your mail away And I won't tell you that your hair looks grey And I'll let you listen to Sugar Ray And I'll say I love you every day 'Cause it's true Baby I do Now I hope and I pray I can turn this mess around And I search for a way To convince you to stay And not just skip town 'Cause Baby I've Changed Won't you come back home 'Cause I've changed my wicked ways And I'll put away my socks and shoes If the lights go out I'll change the fuse And I'll let you listen to the blues And I'll say I love you Just because it's true Baby I do Baby I do Baby I do |
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| 7. |
| 3:25 |
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This morning under awaking glow
The sun filled our room like December snow Like morning through an old window There's a place in your head I will always know To the same world born two of a kind If it?s on your mind, it'll be on mine ?cause I know you well Like the soil in the ground Grass grown in the shadow of a blow And if the blow will never toll You and me grow old I hope we?ll live to tell How you know I know you knew I know you well Down under, beneath the softened skin Where the words we whisper sink in It?s no wonder the way the words still ring Sure as sin, it?s not a secret thing To the same world born two of a kind If it?s on your mind, it'll be on mine ?cause I know you well Like the soil in the ground Grass grown in the shadow of a blow And if the blow will never toll You and me grow old I hope we?ll live to tell How you know I know you knew I know new york 1991 Here in the same room for so long Out of the cold November Still as a passport picture Still as a passport picture To the same world born two of a kind If it?s on your mind, it'll be on mine ?cause I know you well Like the soil in the ground Grass grown in the shadow of a blow And if the blow will never toll You and me grow old I hope we?ll live to tell How you know I know you knew I know you well |
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| 8. |
| 3:07 |
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If you love me. why do you hurt me
Come on baby. don't desert me I was there when you were in trouble Now you're fine but I guess you changed your mind 'Cause you're never satisfied God only know why I try to please you You're just never satisfied I don't mind it when you get angry I'm not asking for you to beg me All I want to do is remind you How many times I put my ass on the line 'Cause you're never satisfied God only know why I try to please you You're just never satisfied You're just never satisfied You don't care if I stuck with you Covered for you, put up with you 'Cause all you wanna do Is try your love with somebody new Ooh I've been wasting my time 'Cause you're never satisfied God only know why I try to please you You're just never satisfied You're just never satisfied You're just never satisfied |
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| 9. |
| 3:23 |
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She knows nothing at all about nothing
The moment I saw her was something I found alarming That certain nothing behind her eyes TV, she finds intoxicating Shows about cops and dating She has a soft spot For cops who are robots And I don't know where this is going But I've got a feeling I'll do the driving from now on Sometimes we stare at the stars from my roof She wants to know if they are _fire proof_ I say I guess so, how else can they glow on for so long We're out, the jukebox plays "Jumping Jack Flash" She says "I love Johnny Cash, the man in red" I turn my head and pretend not to hear what she said And I don't know where this is going But I've got a feeling I'll do the driving from now on And I don't know where this is going But I've got a feeling I'll do the driving from now on |
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| 10. |
| 3:02 |
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Oh whoa
Leave your nightlight on You don't have far to go Oh whoa Leave your nightlight on You don't have far to go Out the door, down the hall That is all Down the hall, down the stairs Pretty soon you'll be there Oh whoa Leave your nightlight on You don't have far to go Oh whoa Leave your nightlight on You don't have far to go Down the stairs Take your time, don't be scared You'll be fine, nothing's changed In the dark it's all the same |
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| 11. |
| 2:39 |
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<i>[VERSE 1]</i>
On this day, I'm walking a fine line Imagining my minds fine, ok Tougher than nylon Safe as a house on the way <i>[CHORUS 1]</i> My little darling Don't you cry, it makes you look older C'mon now hey, don't you be down I want you around I want you around I want you arooooouuunnnnddd <i>[VERSE 2]</i> Here's my plan, I'm losing the halo It's time to lay low man, some plan Come the high water I'll be your drowning man <i>[CHORUS 2]</i> My little darling Don't you cry, it makes you look older C'mon now hey, don't you be down I want you around I want you around I want you arooooouuunnnnddd I want you around I want you arooooouuunnnnddd <i>[BRIDGE]</i> While I'm doing battle with myself and me I'm doing battle with gravity and I can't face myself alone I can't bear to be alone with me Hey don't you be down I want you around I want you around I want you arooooouuunnnnddd <i>[REPEAT TO FADE]</i> |
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| 12. |
| 3:00 |
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Trains and boats and planes are passing by
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome To someone else, but not for me The trains and boats and planes Took you away Away from me We were so in love, and high above We had a star to wish upon Wish and dreams come true, but not for me The trains and the boats and planes Took you away Away from me You are from another part of the world You had to go back awhile and then You said you soon would return again I'm waiting here like I promised to I'm waiting here, but where are you? Trains and boats and planes took you away But every time I see them I pray And if my prayers can cross the sea The trains and the boats and planes Will bring you back Back home to me |
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| 13. |
| 1:39 |
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Places
We move in and out of watching Faces Float around the hotel lobby like Fishes They're all blowing air We know it must mean something But we just stare We stood On Primrose Hill like statues we were So good Walked along the locks and into Camden Tried on silver shoes And orange plastic jackets Places We move in and out of fast as Hail stones Make jokes hey isn't that the the word for our Tombstones So that everyone will know When they're out one afternoon Stop to read the stones |
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| 14. |
| 3:53 |
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Midnight, on the water
I saw the ocean's daughter Walking on a wave's chicane Staring as she called my name And I can't get it out of my head No, I can't get it out of my head Now my old world is gone for dead 'Cause I can't get it out of my head Breakdown on the shoreline Can't move, it's an ebbtide Morning, don't get here tonight Searching for her silver light And I can't get it out of my head No, I can't get it out of my head Now my old world is gone for dead 'Cause I can't get it out of my head Bank job in the city Robin Hood and William Tell And Ivanhoe and Lancelot They don't envy me Sitting 'til the sun goes down In dreams the world keeps going 'round and 'round And I can't get it out of my head No, I can't get it out of my head Now my old world is gone for dead 'Cause I can't get it out of my head |
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| 0:13 |
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Spoken by Claudia Marshall at 90.7 WFUN-FM with Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood
CM: Adam and Chris of Fountains of Wayne are with me here, uh, on City Folks Morning in, uh, Studio A...WITH GUITARS! So, would you like to play a song for me? AS or CC: (very deadpan) no... CM: WELL, THAT WOULD KIND OF BRING THINGS TO A SCREECHING HALT, NOW, WOULDN'T IT? (Drum lead-in to 'The Girl I can't Forget' (Studio Version) |
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| 3:24 |
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Well, she picked me up in a German car
And she took me out to an Irish bar Where I drank some beer in a plastic cup 'Til I had some trouble standing up And then she drove downtown to a strobe-lit space Where all the guys wore chains and the thumping bass Was so intense I could barely feel my face Then I think I asked her back to my place But that's all I recall And when I woke up in the hall I was alone and softly groaning And I lost my keys, and I lost my phone, and I wondered what I did or said That I might soon regret It was the night I can't remember With the girl I can't forget Well, I was reeling, watching the ceiling spin The next evening when my friends walked in And when I asked them if they knew where I'd been They didn't speak at first; they only grinned You see, I'm not the type to get in fights But that might not have been the case last night Because they heard that I had a word or two With the man who asked, "Is she with you?" And if I took it the wrong way I guess that's not for me to say Though it seems I may have slipped up When I offered him some grooming tips But at least that helps explain The cuts and bruises on my head From the night I can't remember With the girl I can't forget And it's all coming back now Don't know how to react now Guess I'll let it go I'm not so sure I want to know Well, I was back at work at 9:15 When a message popped up on my screen It said, "Pick me up at 8:45 And we can give it one more try" And now that I'm with her The whole thing seems a bit absurd Though she never fails to tell the tale Of the time she had to post my bail And for giving me a second chance I'm forever in her debt Since the night I can't remember She's the girl I will never forget |
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| 3:20 |
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Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know
That something wasn't right here Oh baby baby, I shouldn't have let you go And now you're out of sight, yeah Show me how you want it to be Tell me baby cuz I need to know, because My loneliness is killin' me I must confess I still believe When I'm not with you I lose my mind Give me a sign, hit me baby one more time Oh baby baby, the reason I breathe is you Girl you've got me blinded Oh pretty baby, there's nothin' that I wouldn't do It's not the way I planned it Show me how you want it to be Tell me baby 'cause I need to know, because My loneliness is killin me I must confess I still believe When I'm not with you I lose my mind Give me a sign, hit me baby one more time Oh baby baby Oh baby baby Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know Oh pretty baby, I shouldn't have let you go Now I must confess That my loneliness Is killin me now Don't you know I still believe That you will be here And give me a sign Hit me baby one more time My loneliness is killin' me I must confess I still believe When I'm not with you I lose my mind Give me a sign, hit me baby one more time |
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| 4:10 |
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Slim and tall behind me
Spinnin' me off of my feet Headin' for the D We're taking our act to the street Roll around the city Leavin' our tracks on the ground Elevator up Baby, I don't wanna come down Hangin' with the sinners The undesirable crowd Tokin' on the train Playin' our radio loud Got a sweet need for speed that doesn't know no bounds Elevator up Baby, I don't wanna come down Spent a little time in the back of my mind Now it may be time to pay up and go I've done it I've had it I'm ready for bed Anywhere at all Any way the wind blows Say hello to Molly She's got a sister as well Such a pleasant girl As far as your family can tell Hold the camera steady Turn the shutter speed way down Elevator up Baby, I don't wanna come down Spent a little time in the back of my mind Now it may be time to pay up and go I've done it I've had it I'm ready for bed Anywhere at all Any way the wind blows Spent a little time in the back of my mind Now it may be time to pay up and go I've done it I've had it I'm ready for bed Anywhere at all Any way the wind blows (Any way the wind blows) Any way the wind blows (Any way the wind blows) Any way the wind blows (Any way the wind blows) Any way the wind blows (Any way the wind blows) |
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| 3:38 |
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In for the weekend
Out for the night She gets caught in the curtain And lost in the lights But she's wearing a turban And feeling alright And she's hoping to God That there coming tonight There's a man in the corner Sipping a drink He says I seen them all and Sister you stink And the girls from the office Try to be nice But they're loud and they're dumb And they bicker and fight She knows she knows There are gonna be times When no one goes For her funniest lines Comedienne Please make up your mind Are you laughing or crying Are you killing or dying tonight Back at the bar She's been licking her wounds He says give up the vision Performing in rooms If you work on your timing And drop me a line Baby one of these Mondays Your gonna be mine She knows she knows There are gonna be times When no one goes For her funniest lines Comedienne Please make up your mind Are you laughing or crying Are you killing or dying tonight <i>[break]</i> She knows she knows There are gonna be times When no one goes For her funniest lines Comedienne Please make up your mind Are you laughing or crying Are you killing or dying tonight She knows, she knows She knows, she knows She knows, she knows She knows, she knows She knows, she knows <i>[fade out...]</i> |
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| 6. |
| 3:30 |
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She's wearing kid gloves
Will handle me carefully Cause I've got a history, cracked up and fragile And bound to break easy And if she could talk to me What good would it do me It's no secret where I've been and I have worn so thin And she can see through me <i>[CHORUS 1:]</i> I don't believe a word of it Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it Now that her soft touch is gone She's got her kid gloves on Here is what I've found New York just gets me down When the going got tough, I got a bus ticket Back to my home town And all the way I dreamed Flesh wrapped in velveteen And the road wrapped around me, the long lonely highway Gulped down by a Greyhound <i>[CHORUS 1]</i> <i>[CHORUS 2:]</i> I don't believe a word of it Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it Won't come around cause I'll only get hurt and it Now that her soft touch is gone How could she ever go on Without her kid gloves on |
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| 2:07 |
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Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows
And tomorrow's rainbows I will share Share with you So dry your eyes little girl, dry your eyes We're gunna see skies of blue Had a tough time gettin' started Maybe just a little downhearted All you gotta do is count to ten Baby you'll be smiling when Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows And tomorrow's rainbows I will share Share with you So dry your eyes little girl, dry your eyes We're gunna see skies of blue Gonna be just love and gladness Don't wanna hear nothin' 'bout sadness Come a little closer, come to me With each kiss you're gunna see Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows And tomorrow's rainbows I will share Share with you So dry your eyes little girl, dry your eyes We're gunna see skies of blue Gonna be just love and gladness Don't wanna hear nothin' 'bout sadness Come a little closer, come to me With each kiss you're gunna see Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows And tomorrow's rainbows I will share Share with you So dry your eyes little girl, dry your eyes We're gunna see skies of blue So dry your eyes little girl, dry your eyes We're gunna see skies of blue |
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| 3:09 |
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I know a girl who should never be alone (Ahhh ahhh ahhh)
I know a girl who should never be alone (Ahhh ahhh ahhh) She's a danger to herself And I'm worried about her health She's got a problem And she's gonna do something dumb I know a girl who you've got to keep an eye on (Ahhh ahhh ahhh) I know a girl who you've got to keep an eye on (Ahhh ahhh ahhh) Every time she goes outside She barely gets home alive She's got a problem And she's gonna do something dumb Oh yeah (oh yeah) And I can see the signs Oh yeah (oh yeah) Cause she's only killing time Oh yeah (oh yeah) And she's not long for this world She's a danger to herself And I'm worried about her health She's got a problem And she's gonna do something dumb She's got a problem And she's gonna do something dumb |
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| 9. |
| 2:34 |
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Well, I've been out walking
I don't do that much talking these days These days These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do For you And all the times I had the chance to And I had a lover But it's so hard to risk another these days These days And if I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song Well, it's just that I've been losing for so long So I'll keep on moving Things are bound to be improving these days One of these days These days I sit on cornerstones And count the time in quartertones to ten My friend Don't confront me with my failures I have not forgotten them |
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| 10. |
| 2:19 |
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This year for Christmas
There's something I'd really like So if you're up there somewhere Santa Please don't bring me another bike I don't need any ugly sweaters And I don't play much basketball But there's something kinda special That I want most of all... I want an alien for Christmas Bring me an alien this year I want a little green guy About three feet high With seventeen eyes Who knows how to fly I want an alien for Christmas this year He can live in the bath tub So don't worry about a thing And I'll take him out for walks When it gets nicer in the Spring I'll always keep him company He'll never be alone And we can hang around the house all day And watch the Twilight Zone I want an alien for Christmas Bring me an alien this year I want a little green guy About three feet high With seventeen eyes Who knows how to fly I want an alien for Christmas this year I want an alien for Christmas Bring me an alien this year I want a little green guy About three feet high With seventeen eyes Who knows how to fly I want an alien for Christmas this year I want an alien for Christmas this year |
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| 11. |
| 2:40 |
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At the KOC Local 313
There's a fat man standing by the soda machine And he knows, he knows, he knows Life can be funny He calls the hair salon says put Loretta on Cause the mall just called and said the last guy's gone And I know, I know, God knows We need the money And he's a big red cherry But it's hard to be merry When the kids are all laughing Saying hey it's Jerry Garcia Ain't he cute? The man in the Santa suit And all the Moms in town bring their brats around And they can't sit still or keep their rootbeer down Now it's up, hey how 'bout that It looks like a milkshake Now Jimmy's grown this year says Mommy quick come here Santa's sweaty and he smells like beer And he says, kid shut your mouth You give me a headache And he's jolly and hairy But it's hard to be merry When the guys at the bar Say he looks like a fairy But he's doing it just for the loot The man in the Santa suit <i>[break]</i> <i>[verse x2]</i> And he's a big red cherry He's jolly and hairy Everyone's laughing, but he doesn't care He stays cool Ain't he cute? The man in the Santa suit <i>[fade out with intro]</i> |
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| 12. |
| 0:15 |
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Chanukah under the stars
Gonna jump into the car And have a swingin' Chanukah Under the stars |
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| 13. |
| 3:13 |
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As the city asleep
Shares its dreams and desires Every wish that we keep Will trace a line to other times, other places Though the song of the proud Howls and dies, never fall for defeat Take a trip to reprieve Every hour they leave From Killermont Street Drink a drink to before And our memories spill Adding on as they pour From our Saturdays and secret sensations Drink a drink to tonight Whisky words tumble down in the street With the pain that they cure Sentimentally yours From Killermont Street And with collar upturned I made it south to see That the love I had spurned Was just the hate in me As the ships and the steel Slip away to the cry of 'compete' There's a message for us We can get there by bus From Killermont Street |
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| 14. |
| 2:49 |
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They called him Great Scott
Because he was great They called her Great Susan Cause she was his date She climbed in a box He cut her in two And when he was through She was just half a woman And he'd tie her up Set her on fire He'd douce her with oil The crowd would go wild She was always alright At the end of the night But somehow she felt Like just half a woman The show went the same way Year after year He'd wave his magic wand She'd disappear One day she asked How did this come to be Somewhere there must be more to me One day she left She climbed through the stage And into the trap door Under the lion's cage And after a spell He said what the hell It was just as well She was just half a woman |
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| 2:59 |
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I have to sit you down
Let me tell you what it's all about Cause I've been carrying a torch around And I've forgotten how to snuff it out And you have been unkind And that's a matter I cannot ignore You have to skirt around the truth sometimes But it's time I told you what I came here for To thank you for all the small favors I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us And take us to a time when we were strangers In a two-station town You can't get the train to slow down Small favors Oh to you as sure as she was honest And now do you remember when you promised To forgive me someday The debts that I can't repay For debts that I can't repay And I cannot forget You looked at me as if I'd lost a bet And I hadn't opened up my big mouth yet And I thought of crawling back into the plane And though it's sad to tell I still remember how the dry-eye felt Across the curtains in the cheap hotel Lit-up dust clouds in the window pane And I thank you for all the small favors I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us And take us to a time when we were strangers In a two-station town You can't get the train to slow down Small favors I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us And take us to a time when we were strangers In a two-station town You can't get the train to slow down Small favors Oh to you as sure as she was honest Now do you remember when you promised Forgive me someday For debts that I can't repay For debts that I can't repay The debts that I can't repay |
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The day you drew your final breath
And parted from the Earth Is carved into the stone that bears your name And date of birth Oooooooooo...Imperia Oooooooooo...Imperia He was leaning over you with flowers And his hand Trying through the years to see the heart Inside the man Oooooooooo...Imperia Oooooooooo...Imperia |
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