Mistress Mabel seriously wrong Clears my table, badly, then she's gone Takes a liberty if you let her Yes she's old but she should know better Oh dear Mabel please don't put me on
Mistress Mabel all the kids agree You're unstable curious and free Wind them down and then keep them kickin' Sunken eyed and all panic stricken Oh dear mabel it still worries me
Hem line rat bag so they told her Last nights name tag across her shoulder And tell me where all the days have gone When You rocked my cradle, tell me Mabel Where'd you go when you can't go on With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
Mistress Mabel wont you marry me? I'm unable to take it seriously I'll be good and you'll be a minute I wish you would or I'll drop you in it Oh dear Mabel wont you marry me?
Hem line rat bag so they told her Last nights name tag across her shoulder And tell me where all the days have gone When you rocked my cradle, tell me Mabel Where'd you go when you can't go on With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel Tell me Mabel, tell me Mabel
Baby's in the kitchen on a big black trombone I'm in the bedroom on the cursed phone Everybody laughs when the band goes too slow Meeting every Tuesday in a club in Soho I'm just dreaming of Rockefeller Plaza
Paul's on the ball with the bedroom plaything Wishing he could give her a damn good thrashing Everybody cries, "Well good for you, Paul We never liked her very much at all" I'm just dreaming of Rockefeller Plaza
I'm just waiting on magic shoes Got three weird chords and I just can't lose I'm just finding my own way there Well I lost my voice and I grew my hair
Brother Jon's long gone, he keeps his nose clean He's suckin on a black and white TV screen Says he got a girl a playbook memory Pictures on the wall and a dog named Henry I'm just dreaming of Rockefeller Plaza
Ella's in the band, but she's always solo Dressed in rags and covered in day-glow Banging on the drums like a Meg White throwback Screaming all the while at her husband, poor Jack I'm just dreaming of Rockefeller Plaza
I'm just waiting on pigs to fly Got cold dead brains and a reason why If I just didn't move half as slow I'd be a dog in your one-man show
I'm just waiting on magic shoes Got three weird chords and I just can't lose I'm just finding my own way there So I lost my voice and I grew my hair
I'm just waiting on pigs to fly Got cold dead brains and no reason why If I just didn't move half as slow I'd be a dog in your one-man show
You've been down for too long it's not right it's just wrong but it's true most unfortunately You're a heartbreak collector and pyscho inspector you're the answer that nobody needs When you check out you can leave in no doubt You failed where all the others suceed And yesterdays dreams have been sold off it seems And though everyone tries No one knows what it means Tell me, Where do you go? Where do you go, my honey? When you hear that shout When all the lights go out Well you don't speculate there's no reason to wait When you carry yourself like you do And there's no need for laughter you feel after you've overthought the rest of it through And how do you sleep when the company you keep Comes up for air faster than you There's no reason to live when the answer you give Are so believable they might just be true And yesterdays dreams have been sold off it seems And though everyone tries No one knows what it means Tell me, Where do you go? Where do you go, my honey? When you hear that shout When all the lights go out
Well the room was pink and the signs were serious Paperback dolls being slammed delirious Feeling like a joke in the bar underneath And it was Saturday night in the year of the good thief
Well I tumbled up the stairs the wrong way round I hit my head on the ceiling when my feet hit the ground And then the big dumb blonde in the gold fish bowl cried Ella's in the band but she's got no soul
My friend John was a serious one Buttoned up the back and a job half done Lazy old boy when the good girls turn His teeth get itchy and his rubber souls burn When will he ever learn?
Well the night was spent and my money was young And then I had to get home before my neck was wrung And everybody danced in the same old way And if I'm feeling old and desperate I'll be back some day
My friend John was a serious one Buttoned up the back and a job half done Lazy old boy when the good girls turn His teeth get itchy and his rubber souls burn When will he ever learn?
Pull me up a chair and keep your money There's no guarantees Wont you please forgive me But you know cold blooded women make me sneeze And I'll kick you out the door If for just one minute you lie And they'll come crashing though the wall And leave you crawling till the minute you die
Pour yourself a drink or three And maybe we'll think clearer for a while You may be an embarrassment But I love the way your clothes are never in style Living's much too easy And dying would be some kind of bore Well you swear that you're original But I know I've seen those jealous eyes before
So steal the watch from off my wrist Oh and shake me by the hand We could disappear for days And they wouldn't understand Gypsy blood will get you far And they will not miss you when you go
Tear another hole in my brown shoes And we can all sleep for a while Well I told you once before I love your braces and your hesitant smile But please don't get me wrong it's only right That you can stamp on my heart Well I've seen you and your friend some place You know I just can tell you apart
And though they'll hunt you like a dog They wont take you alive Coz you've made them piles of money Stacked up twenty stories high And the boys in every bar They will not miss you when you go
So steal the watch from off my wrist Oh and shake me by the hand We could disappear for days And they wouldn't understand Gypsy blood will get you far Though it's far away from me Look me up when you get home And maybe then we'll see
Well they'll hunt you like a dog But they wont take you alive Coz you made them piles of money Stacked up twenty stories high And the boys in every bar Well they'll miss you when you're gone You can tell a heady tale And we'll both keep screaming on
Well there's nothing more to add before I leave This thing of ours is dead but don't you grieve Is it me or are they younger every night? Just because they can it doesn't make it all right
I'm hangin by my teeth, waiting on quick relief While the kids don't sleep for days I could die in a hundred odd ways And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am But don't tell me he could look good if he tried
Well it terrifies the life from out of me It's really such a lazy way to be Hiding in the bedroom, climbing up the walls You've got to kick it out of me gently Till it begs and pleads and crawls
And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died But don't tell me you could do it if you tried It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am But don't tell me he could look good if he tried
And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am But don't tell me he could look good if he tried
And wont you make sure my mother gets half my weight in gold Tell her I just did what I was told Grab your expensive coat and bury it inside But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
Well look out sunshine here they go They've got yesterdays heroes in last nights clothes You're a game old boy judging by the way you walk Well there's no use telling me to leave I've seen a half a dozen ghosts but I don't believe I'm a cynical cunt and I'm much too lazy to change
And tell my friends I'll be around Getting nowhere, sleeping somewhere With a girl I dreamed, oh yeah And sing that old song, how does it go? Look out Sunshine here's the punch line No one gets you any more
Well look out Sunshine here they come But they only play for money, you better not run It's the sell out show that no one wants to go to, yeah Well there's none so blind as them that don't agree They steal the money from your pockets almost viciously You're a sane old boy and you're much to crazy to change
And tell my friends I'll be around Getting nowhere, sleeping somewhere With a girl I dreamed, oh yeah And sing that old song how does it go? Look out Sunshine here's the punch line No one gets you any more
And what do you mean You were born to love this scene And they would string you up gladly If they knew just how lazy you'd been
And tell my friends I'll be around Getting nowhere, sleeping somewhere With a girl I dreamed, oh yeah And sing that old song how does it go? Look out Sunshine here's the punch line No one gets you any No one needs you any No one gets you any more
You can find her scratching around in the dark Just another candle chasing a spark You can find her screaming along with the ghosts Reminds you she's the one you needed the most
And then you're out there on your own again No one believes you when you lie I still see all the old girls now and then Catching the moonlight as they cry
She can't help it, the girl can't help it....
The wrong way round's the right way up when she calls And can laugh but it won't mean nothing at all Yes you can find her scratching away in her room Stumblin' round by the light of the stragglers moon
And then you're out there digging holes again Six million people can't be wrong Some day you'll buy the perfect soul and then you can get back where you belong
And then you're out there on your own again No one believes you when you lie I still see all the old girls now and then catching the moonlight when they cry
Mistress Mabel seriously wrong Clears my table, badly, then she's gone Takes a liberty if you let her Yes she's old but she should know better Oh dear Mabel please don't put me on
Mistress Mabel all the kids agree You're unstable curious and free Wind them down and then keep them kickin' Sunken eyed and all panic stricken Oh dear mabel it still worries me
Hem line rat bag so they told her Last nights name tag across her shoulder And tell me where all the days have gone When You rocked my cradle, tell me Mabel Where'd you go when you can't go on With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
Mistress Mabel wont you marry me? I'm unable to take it seriously I'll be good and you'll be a minute I wish you would or I'll drop you in it Oh dear Mabel wont you marry me?
Hem line rat bag so they told her Last nights name tag across her shoulder And tell me where all the days have gone When you rocked my cradle, tell me Mabel Where'd you go when you can't go on With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel Tell me Mabel, tell me Mabel
Babydoll, Do you believe they'll catch you when you fall? And when morning comes The sun is gonna shine Don't forget your minor key's Your half lit cigarette Cause when morning comes God knows that you'll be mine
So let me in I'm ready to beg and to sing for my sins Not leave it to chance And sweet coincidence Well that's just crazy And you know it's true
Well they said you was long gone I just laughed and said alright Bring her home tonight And I heard you was graciously put on I just laughed and said good night Guess it's alright
Babydoll, The men who hang like flowers in you're hall Are asking when you're love is gonna show And who knows why The love you need will always pass you by Well I heard it's true You're love is gonna grow
So let me know Cause I can stay or honey I can go Just to wherever you tell me so And find my place there and there I'll stay
Well they said you was burned out I just laughed and said come on She's not burned she's just gone And it took me too long till I found out Faces that you know the best Oh well I guess And they laughed when you said you was leaving Everybody knows you well Cept for me, can't you tell And you watched from the wings of the late show Roses by you're feet, of red All for me you said
Aahaahaha Well once I was peruaded to open up my head I told them how it was and went and got it wrong instead I said would you believe me if you only knew I'd been stealing everything this conversations through
And the boy cried hang him at three I saw him on the front page laughing at me He worked in a fairground in a tall hat He's a liar he's a liar and a good one at that Say what you want to say what you will Write your number on my telephone bill Walk like a monkey kick like a mule I could be your beggar but i'd rather be just as cruel
So I told them all I could about what could they expect But I lost my sense of smell and I gained myself respect They told me I was curious I told them they were slow They asked me were I get this stuff I told them I don't know
And the boy cried whoopy de dee There's a woman with a mustache who won't let me be Though she was born on a monday She's a hundred and four She's a liar she's a liar and a little bit more Say what you want to say what you will Write your number on my telephone bill Walk like a monkey kick like a mule I could be your beggar but i'd rather be just as cruel
And the boy cried hang him at three I saw him on the front page laughing at me He worked in a fairground in a tall hat He's a liar he's a liar and a good one at that Say what you want to say what you will Write your number on my telephone bill Walk like a monkey kick like a mule I could be your beggar but i'd rather be just as cruel
Well let me tell you something, let me tell you so This could be the one thing that you really need to know You got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours Cause nothing comes easy no it just comes free You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me, oh sister
Well cannot claim this advice as my own I learned it in the gutter one night coming home She said Don't you look ridiculous I checked her out meticulously And though I would've stopped to argue but my teeth were broke I said I'd love to contradict you but my life's a joke, oh sister
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self the books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow Some said she was saintly to some she was a singer Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
Well I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she And maybe this is just the way it has to be It's all based on speculation seems a crazy occupation to me And though I didn't much believe her I was bound to call I really didn't want to miss a single thing at all, oh sister
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self the books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow Some said she was saintly to some she was a singer Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self the books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow Some said she was saintly to some she was a singer Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer I haven't seen her lately man I have to ring her Put your hands together for the Acid jazz singer, come on
Well just slow down come on Lupe Brown Tell Desdemona that I'm ready to leave Well she's nothing much to look at and she's hard to believe Don't go down, throw your arms around Every little psycho that you happen to see Well you meant everything to them but you meant nothing to me
Well your girlfriend made me itch And though I'll keep you in mind I would be happy to switch I don't know where you got that voice But I would sell it to London if you gave me the choice
Check those old clothes and those red bows though you're a scrawny pup I would be happy just to cheer you up, oh yes
Well you just slow down, come on Lupe Brown Tell Desdemona that I'm ready to leave Well she's nothing much to look at and she's hard to believe Don't go down throw your arms around Every little psycho that you happen to see Well you meant everything to them but you meant nothing to me
You got nothing I wish to steal Cause i got nothing to give you on account of Lucille She don't walk like a cripple should Well she's Colombia's finest oh, she's better than good Wednesday's DJs came in side ways Yelling for the mother of the sister and the brother of Orla the tease
Well just slow down come on Lupe Brown Tell Desdemona that I'm ready to leave Well she's nothing much to look at and she's hard to believe Don't go down throw your arms around Every little psycho that you happen to see Well you meant everything to them, but you meant nothing to me
Tell me where you been to Point me to the door I've seen you around But I really can't be sure If all the action men are busy Climbing up the wall Banging on the window Tearing down the hall
And the last chance girl In her first dance swirl Lays her head down on the wooden floor Won't be dancing any more
And where do they go when the thrills have gone The last song plays down in Babylon Five hundred kids shout "what's the deal?" It's a very confusing way to feel
The radio is silent Except for wicked bands Sounded like the last one Always in demand And now the city is off limits To everyone in blue Nothing's getting in there No-one's getting through
And it's no surprise When the last guy dies And the girl upon the wooden floor Won't be dancing any more
And where do they go when the thrills have gone The last song plays down in Babylon Five hundred kids shout "what's the deal?" It's a very confusing way to feel
