Mark Mothersbaugh

Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like rock 'n' roll
I move like a cat, charge like a ram
Sting like a bee, babe, I wanna be your man
Well, it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your boy, your 20th century toy

Friends say it's fine, my friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like rock 'n' roll
Fly like a plane, drive like a car
Ball like a hound, babe, I wanna be your man - oh
Well, it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy

20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy

Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like rock 'n' roll
Move like a cat, charge like a ram
Sting like a bee, babe, I wanna be your man
Well it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy

20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy
20th century toy, I wanna be your boy

Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.
Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.

Mid-night creeps so slow-ly in-to hearts of men
who need more than they get.

Day-light deals a bad man to a wom-an
who had laid too man-y bets.

The mir-ror stares you in the face and says,
'Ba-by, uh, uh, it don't work.'

You say your prayers though you don't care.
You dance and you shake the hurt.

Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.
Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.

Sounds fly through the night,
I change my vi-nyl dreams
to boo-gie won-der-land.

I find ro-mance
when I start to dance
in boo-gie won-der-land.

I find ro-mance
when I start to dance
in boo-gie won-der-land.

All the love in the world can't be gone.
All the need to be loved can't be wrong.

All the rec-ords are play-ing,
and my heart keep say-in',
boo-gie won-der-land, won-der-land.

Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.
Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.

I find ro-mance
when I start to dance
in boo-gie won-der-land.

I find ro-mance
when I start to dance
in boo-gie won-der-land.

Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.
Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.

All the love in the world can't be gone.
All the need to be loved can't be wrong.

All the rec-ords are play-ing,
and my heart keep say-ing,
boo--oo-gie won-der-land, won-der-land.

Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.
Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.

I find ro-mance
when I start to dance
in boo-gie won-der-land.

I find ro-mance
when I start to dance
in boo-gie won-der-land.

Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.
Dance, boo-gie won-der-land.

Christmas time is here
happiness and cheer
fun for all that children
call their favorite time of year.

Snowflakes in the air
carols everywhere
olden times and ancient rhymes
and love and dreams to share.

*Sleigh bells in the air
beauty every where
yuletide by the fireside
and joyful memories there.
Christmas time is here
we'll be drawing near
oh that we could always see
such spirit through the year.

* Repeat

Oh I can't take another heartache
Though you say you're my friend
I'm at my wits end
You say your love is bonna fide
But that don't coincide
With the things that you're doing

When I ask you to be nice
You say you gotta be
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Well I do my best to understand dear
But you still mystify, and I wanna know why
I pick myself up off the ground
And have you knock me back down
Again and again

And when I ask you to explain
You say you gotta be
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Well I do my best to understand dear
But you still mystify, and I wanna know why
I pick myself up off the ground
And have you knock me back down
Again and again

And when I ask you to explain
You say you gotta be
Cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world
And ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl
Love 'n' hate tattooed across the knuckles of his hands
The hands that slap his kids around 'cause they don't understand

How death or glory becomes just another story
How death or glory becomes just another story
'N' every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n' roll
Grabs the mike to tell us he'll die before he's sold
But I believe in this, and it's been tested by research
That he who fucks nuns will later join the church

From every dingy basement on every dingy street
I hear every dragging handclap over every dragging beat
That's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on
If you been trying for years, then we already heard your song

Now that it's time
Now that the hour hand has landed at the end
Now that it's real
Now that the dreams have given all they had to lend
I want to know do I stay or do I go
And maybe try another time
And do I really have a hand in my forgetting ?

Now that I've tried
Now that I've finally found that this is not the way,
Now that I turn
Now that I feel it's time to spend the night away
I want to know do I stay or do I go
And maybe finally split the rhyme
And do I really understand the undernetting ?

Yes and the morning has me
Looking in your eyes
And seeing mine warning me
To read the signs carefully.

Now that it's light
Now that the candle's falling smaller in my mind
Now that it's here
Now that I'm almost not so very far behind
I want to know do I stay or do I go
And maybe follow another sign
And do I really have a song that I can ride on ?

Now that I can
Now that it's easy, ever easy all around.
Now that I'm here
Now that I'm falling to the sunlights and a song
I want to know do I stay or do I go
And do I have to do just one
And can I choose again if I should lose the reason ?

Yes, and the morning
Has me looking in your eyes
And seeing mine warning me
To read the signs more carefully.

Now that I smile,
Now that I'm laughing even deeper inside.
Now that I see,
Now that I finally found the one thing I denied
It's now I know do I stay or do I go
And it is finally I decide
That I'll be leaving
In the fairest of the seasons.

Alright, now listen here now for the last time
You don't care for me
I don't car about that
Gotta new fool ha
I like it like that

I have only one itchin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Hey
Let me stand
Hey
Let me stand next to your fire

Oh listine here baby
And stop acting so crazy
You say your mum ain't home
It ain't my concern
Just play with me and you won't get burned

I have only one itching desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Yeah, let me stand baby
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let my stand
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire

Oh move over
Let jimi take over
Yeah you know what I'm talking 'bout baby

Yeah!

You try to gimmie your money
You better save it babe
Save it for your rainy day

I have only one a itchin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let me stand

Jimi:
Yeah, thank you very much. I'd like to do this song dedicated
To maybe a soldier in the army. singin' about his old lady that
He dreams about and humpin' a machine gun instead or it could be
Could be a cat maybe tryin' to fall in love with that girl baby,
But a little bit too scared. that's where the problems come from
Sometimes isn't it? I meen the cat is really insecure a little bit
So the call girls groupies and they call girls this. and they call
Passive people hippies and bla bla, woof, woof, all down the line
That's because their not in love man that's what's happening. that's
The other half of a man, is woman. and we'd like to play a thing called
Izabella, and don't you ever forget it.

Please give me a second grace. Please give me a second face.
I've fallen far down, the first time around, now I just sit on the ground in your way.

Now if it's time to recompense for what's done, come, come sit down on the fence in the sun.
And the clouds will roll by and we'll never deny- it's really too hard for to fly.

Please tell me your second name. Please play me your second game.
I've fallen so far for the people you are, I just need your star for a day.

So come, come ride in my streetcar by the bay
for now I must know how fine you are in your way.
And the sea sure as I, but she won't need to cry for it's really too hard for to fly.

I don't wanna know your name
Cause you don't look the same
The way you did before
OK you think you got a pretty face
But the rest of you is out of place
You looked all right before

Fox on the run
You screamed and everybody comes a-running
Take a run and hide yourself away
Fox on the run
F-foxy, foxy on the run and hideaway

You-you talk about just every band
But the names you drop are second hand
I've heard it all before
I don't wanna know your name
Cause you don't look the same
The way you did before
(repeat chorus)

Heart breaker soul shaker
I've been told about you
Steamroller midnight shoulder
What they been saying' must be true

Red hot mama
Velvet charmer
Time's come to pay your dues

[Chorus]
Now you're messin' with a
Son of a bitch
Now your messin' with a
Son of a bitch
Now your messin' with a
Son of a bitch
Now your messin' with a
Son of a bitch

Talking jiving poison ivy
You ain't gonna cling to me
Man taker bone faker
I ain't so blind I can't see

Red hot mama
Down light charmer
Time's come to pay your dues

[Chorus:Repeat x4]

I Don't Want You, Cook My Bread
I Don't Want You, Make My Bed
I Don't Want Your Money Too
I Just Wanna Make Love To You

I Don't Want You, Be No Slave
I Don't Want You, Work All Day
I Don't Want You To Be Sad And Blue
I Just Wanna Make Love To You

I Can Tell By The Way
That You Baby Talk
I Can See By The Way
That You Switch And Walk
I Can Tell By The Way
That You Treat Your Man
But I Could Love You Baby
It's A Cryin' Shame

I Don't Want You, Wash My Clothes
I Don't Want You, Keep A Home
I Don't Want You To Be True
I Just Wanna Make Love To You

I Don't Want You, Be No Slave
I Don't Want You, Work All Day
I Don't Want You To Be True
I Just Wanna Make Love To You

I Don't Want You, Keep A Home
I Don't Want You, Wash My Clothes
I Don't Want You To Be True
I Just Wanna Make Love -

I know a guy who's tough but sweet
He's so fine, he can't be beat
He's got everything that I desire
Sets the summer sun on fire

I want candy
I want candy

Gonna see you when the sun goes down
Ain't no finer boy in town
You're my guy you're what the doctor ordered
So sweet you make my mouth water

I want candy
I want candy

Candy on the beach, there's nothing better
But I like candy when it's wrapped in a sweater
Some day soon I'll make you mine
And I'll have candy all the time

I want candy
I want candy

Darlin’ darlin’ darlin’
I can’t wait to see you
Your picture ain’t enough
I can’t wait to touch you in the flesh
Darlin’ darlin’ darlin’
I can’t wait to hear you
Remembering your love
Is nothing without you in the flesh

Went walking one day on the lower East side
Met you with a girlfriend, you were so divine
She said, "Hands off this one sweetie, this boy is mine."
I couldn’t resist you - I’m not deaf, dumb, and blind

Darlin’ darlin’ darlin’
Now you’re out of town
Those girls that you run with
They bring my head down
Ooh Darlin’ darlin’
Watch out if I see you
’Cause if you say hello
It’ll mean you wanna see me in the flesh

Ooh warm and soft, in the flesh
Ooh close and hot, in the flesh
Ooh

Iron Man

Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head
We'll just pass him there
Why should we even care

He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
Where he traveled time
For the future of mankind

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfold

Now the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved

Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge

Heavy boots of lead
Fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!

Jackie is a punk
Judy is a runt
They both went down to Berlin, joined the Ice Capades
And oh, I don't know why
Oh, I don't know why
Perhaps they'll die.

Jackie is a punk
Judy is a runt
They both went down to Berlin, joined the Ice Capades
And oh, I don't know why
Oh, I don't know why
Perhaps they'll die.

Jackie is a punk
Judy is a runt
They both went down to Frisco, joined the SLA
And oh, I don't know why
Oh, I don't know why
Perhaps they'll die.

I don't mind you comin' here
and wastin' all my time
'cause when you're standin' oh so near
I kinda lose my mind
it's not the perfume that you wear
it's not the ribbons in your hair
I don't mind you comin' here
and wastin' all my time

I don't mind you hangin' out
and talkin' in your sleep
it doesn't matter where you've been
as long as it was deep, yeah
you always knew to wear it well and
you look so fancy I can tell
I don't mind you hangin' out
and talkin' in your sleep

I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed

I don't mind you comin' here
and wastin' all my time time
'cause when you're standin' oh so near
I kinda lose my mind, yeah
it's not the perfume that you wear
it's not the ribbons in your hair
I don't mind you comin' here
and wastin' all my time

I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed

I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed
yeah, yeah, so bleed me

you're just what I needed
you're just what I needed
yeah, you're just what I needed
yeah, yeah yeah

Look at me
What am I supposed to be?
What am I supposed to be?
Look at me
What am I supposed to be?
What am I supposed to be?
Look at me
Oh my love oh my love

Here I am
What am I supposed to do?
What am I supposed to do?
Here I am
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
Here I am
Oh my love oh my love
Look at me, oh please look at me, my love
Here I am - oh my love

Who am I?
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me
Who am I?
Nobody else can see
Just you and me
Who are we
Oh my love oh my love

Tears that angels cry
And they darken all the sky
When the one you love says good-bye
Tears that angels cry
Sing a lullaby
Sing it soft and only sigh
When the one you love says good-bye
Sing a lullaby
When your love still is strong
When the one you love is gone

Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you
It's late September and I really should be back at school
I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and that's what really hurt

The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age
But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything
I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax
Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without

All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
But you turned into a lover and
mother what a lover, you wore me out
All you did was wreck my bed
and in the morning kick me in the head
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore
You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone
You stole my heart I couldn't leave you if I tried

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face
You made a first-class fool out of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart but I love you anyway

Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face
I'll get on back home one of these days,

The mama pajama rolled out of bed
And she ran to the police station
When the papa found out he began to shout
And he started the investigation
It's against the law
It was against the law
What the mama saw
It was against the law

The mama looked down and spit on the ground
Everytime my name gets mentioned
The papa said oy if I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention
Well I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way

I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona
See you, me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
See you, me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard

In a couple of days they come and take me away
But the press let the story leak
And when the radical priest
Come to get me released
We was all on the cover of Newsweek
And I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way

I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona
See you, me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
See you, me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard

I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're blowing
As free as the wind
And hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

CHORUS
More than this-there is nothing
More than this-tell me one thing
More than this-thre is nothing

It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we're going
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

CHORUS

Woh, welcome to my town
High energy is all around tonight
Woh, you best beware
There's vi'lence in the air tonight. Huh.
Well, Detroit city, she's the place to be
This mad dog town's gonna set you free

Oh, when do we mount the stage?
Gonna cause a mad dog rage
Ha ha ha ha ha
Woh, when you see my name
Gonna set this town a flame
That's right
Well, Detroit city's just the place to be
Murder town's gonna set you free tonight
Oh, no, ow!

Woh, those fortified motor cars,
High energy, and it's all ours
Ha ha ha ha ha
Dig this
Woh, such a heavy place for the boys and girls,
It's the murder capital of the world
Yeow!
Well, Detroit city, she's the place to be,


Mad dog town gonna set you free
I say.

Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse

(Spoken)
It's such a madhouse, I can hardly get next to myself.

Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse
Motor City madhouse

your hand on his arm
the haystack charm around your neck
strung out and thin
calling some friend trying to cash some check
he's acting dumb
that's what you've come to expect

needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay

he's wearing your clothes
head down to toes a reaction to you
you say you know what he did
but you idiot kid
you don't have a clue
sometimes they just get caught in the eye
you're pulling him through

needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay

now on the bus
nearly touching this dirty retreat
falling out 6th and Powell a dead sweat in my teeth
gonna walk walk walk
four more blocks plus the one in my brain
down downstairs to the man he's gonna make it all OK
I can't beat myself
I can't beat myself
and i don't want to talk
I'm taking the cure so i can be quiet
whenever I want
so leave me alone
you ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks

needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay
needle in the hay

I'm about to have a nervous breakdown
My head really hurts
And if I don't find a way out of here
I'm gonna go berserk cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
It's going... berserk

I hear the same old talk talk talk
The same old lines
Don't grill me that today
yeah If you know what's good for you you'll get out of my way
cause I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Is going... berserk

I won't apologize
For acting outta line
You see the way I am
You leave any time you can cause
I'm crazy and I'm hurt
Head on my shoulders
Is going... berserk

Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!
I don't care what you fuckin' do
I don't care what you fuckin' say
I'm so sick of everything I just want to... die!

Nowhere girl, you're living in a dream,
Nowhere girl, you stay behind the scenes,
Nowhere girl, you never go outside,
Nowhere girl, cause you prefer to hide.

Every day, every night
In that all old familiar light
You hold up when I call you at home.
And I try to get angry
And I try to talk to you
But there's something stopping me from getting through.

Nowhere girl, what you had you need,
Nowhere girl, all functional and neat,
Nowhere girl, in self-imposed exile,
Nowhere girl, a martyr-like denial.

Every day, every night
In that all old familiar light
You hold up when I call you at home.
And I try to get angry
And I try to talk to you
But there's something stopping me from getting through.

Every day, every night
In that all old familiar light
You hold up when I call you at home.
And I try to get angry
And I try to talk to you
But there's something stopping me from getting through.

Ain't but one way out baby, Lord I just can't go out the door.
Ain't but one way out baby, and Lord I just can't go out the door.
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.

Lord you got me trapped woman, up on the second floor;
If I get by this time I won't be trapped no more.
So raise our window baby, I can ease out soft and slow.
And lord, your neighbors, no they won't be
Talking that stuff that they don't know.

Lord, I'm foolish to be here in the first place,
I know some man gonna walk in and take my place.
Ain't no way in the world, I'm going out that front door
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man I don't know.
Cause there's a man down there,

Freely
Lord, it just might happen to be your man...
Lord, it just a might be your man,
Oh baby, I just don't know...

Police and thieves in the street, oh yeah
Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
Police and thieves in the street, oh yeah
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition

From Genesis to Revelations
The next generation will be hear me
All the crimes committed day by day
No one tried to stop it in any way
All the peace makers turn war officers
Hear what I say