There’s a joke and I know it very well
It’s one of those that I told you long ago
Take my word I’m a madman don’t you know
Hello, wherever you are
Are you dancing on the dance floor or drinking by the bar?
Tonight we do it big and shine like stars
And we don’t give a fuck, 'cause that’s just who we are
And we are, we are, we are we are we are
The crazy kids
Them crazy, them crazy kids
When you wish upon a star
Dreams will take you very far, yeah
When you wish upon a dream
Life ain’t always what it seems, oh yeah
Once you see your light so clear
In the sky so very dear
You’re a shining star, no matter who you are
Shining bright to see what you can truly be
That you can truly be
A grand oasis in the vastness of gloom
Child of dew-spangled cobweb, Mother to the Moon
Constellations beholders of the 3rd vagrant
Theater for the play of life
Tragedienne of heavens
Watching the eyes of the night
Sailing the virgin oceans
A Planetride for Mother and Child
Floating upon the quiet hydrogen lakes
In this ambrosial merry-go-round they will gaze
Ephemeral life touched by a billion-year-show
Separating the poet from the woe
I set a course just east of Lyra
And northwest of Pegasus
Flew into the light of Deneb
Sailed across the Milky Way
On my ship, the ‘Rocinante’
Wheeling through the galaxies,
Headed for the heart of Cygnus
Headlong into mystery
The x-ray is her siren song
My ship cannot resist her long
Nearer to my deadly goal
Until the Black Hole —
Gains control…
Carmen Miranda’s ghost is haunting Space Station Three.
Half the staff has seen her, plus the Portmaster and me.
And if you think we’ve had too much of Cookie’s homemade rum,
Just tell me where those basket-hats of fruit keep coming from.
Don’t go down to the cargo-bay when there’s no ship in dock.
You just might hear maracas clack and get a nasty shock
And if you hear a rumba-beat, don’t pass the messroom door;
You just might see a tangerine come rolling down the floor.
Lit up with anticipation
We arrive at the launching site
The sky is still dark, nearing dawn
On the Florida coastline
Circling choppers slash the night
With roving searchlight beams
This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams
Floodlit in the hazy distance
The star of this unearthly show
Venting vapours, like the breath
Of a sleeping white dragon
Crackling speakers, voices tense
Resume the final count
All systems check, T minus nine
As the sun and the drama start to mount
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown,
engines on
Check ignition
and may God’s love be with you.
Standing there alone, the ship is waiting
All systems are go, are you sure?
Control is not convinced
But the computer has the evidence
No need to abort
The countdown starts
Watching in a trance, the crew is certain
Nothing left to chance, all is working
Trying to relax, up in the capsule
“Send me up a drink”, jokes Major Tom
The count goes on
4, 3, 2, 1
Earth below us, drifting falling
Floating weightless, calling calling home
rics
I told you ‘bout living in the U.S. of A.
Don’t you know that I’m a gangster of love
Let me tell you people that I found a new way
And I’m tired of all this talk about love
And the same old story with a new set of words
About the good and the bad and the poor
And the times keep on changin’
So I’m keepin’ on top of every fat cat who walks through my door
I’m a space cowboy
Bet you weren’t ready for that
I’m a space cowboy
I’m sure you know where it’s at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I was born on this rock
And I’ve been travelin’ through space
Since the moment I first realized
What all you fast talkin’ cats would do if you could
You know, I’m ready for the final surprise
There ain’t no way around it
Ain’t nothing to say
That’s gonna satisfy my soul deep inside
All the prayers and surveyors
Keep the whole place uptight
While it keeps on gettin’ darker outside
I’m a space cowboy
Bet you weren’t ready for that
I’m a space cowboy
I’m sure you know where it’s at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cowboys don’t love Indians
Maybe they fight too well
They seem tough
But it’s just a bluff
Some things are hard to tell
And who is brave?
And who is strong?
You think you are
You could be wrong
We talked
Now it’s time to shout
Let’s focus eyes again
Our views can’t be reconciled
Less compromise feels tame
And who is brave?
And who is strong?
You think you are
You could be wrong
Sometimes when the gates are closed
And lights go out inside
I wonder where the distance grows
At all the shades of right
And who is brave?
And who is strong?
You think you are
You could be wrong
Don’t get me wrong
If I’m looking kind of dazzled
I see neon lights
Whenever you walk by
Don’t get me wrong
If you say hello and I take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon
Is playing havoc with the tide
Don’t get me wrong
Don’t get me wrong
If I’m acting so distracted
I’m thinking about the fireworks
That go off when you smile
Don’t get me wrong
If I split like light refracted
I’m only off to wander
Across a moonlit mile
Let’s swim to the moon, uh huh
Let’s climb through the tide
Penetrate the evenin’ that the
City sleeps to hide
Let’s swim out tonight, love
It’s our turn to try
Parked beside the ocean
On our moonlight drive
Let’s swim to the moon, uh huh
Let’s climb through the tide
Surrender to the waiting worlds
That lap against our side
Nothin’ left open
And no time to decide
We’ve stepped into a river
On our moonlight drive
Well, take me back down where cool water flows, yeah.
Let me remember things I love,
Stoppin’ at the log where catfish bite,
Walkin’ along the river road at night,
Barefoot girls dancin’ in the moonlight.
I can hear the bullfrog callin’ me.
Wonder if my rope’s still hangin’ to the tree.
Love to kick my feet 'way down the shallow water.
Shoefly, dragonfly, get back t’your mother.
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River.
Welllllll!
I’ve got a wall inside my head
It’s got to set your soul free
I’ve got a wheel inside my head
The wheel of understanding
I’m a-loading, a-loading my war machine
I’m contributing to the system, the break down scheme
I’m a-shutting down, I’m shutting down, your greed for green
I am here to gun it down, I gotta do
I see pretty flowers at my feet
Cool breeze, clean air, hospitality
Pretty please, a pretty please, pretty please
Get the hell away from me
I’m a-loading, a-loading my war machine
I’m contributing to the system, the break down scheme
I’m a-shutting down, I’m shutting down, your greed for green,
I am here to gun it down, I gotta do
I was talking with a friend of mine, said a woman had hurt his pride
Told him that she loved him so and turned around and let him go
Then he said, “You better watch your step,
Or your gonna get hurt yourself
Someone’s gonna tell you lies, cut you down to size”
Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
What if I love you baby?
Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
Don’t do me like that
Someday I might need you baby
Don’t do me like that
Do that to me one more time
Once is never enough with a man like you
Do that to me one more time
I can never get enough of a man like you, oh
Kiss me like you just did
Oh, baby, do that to me once again
Do, do, do
What you’ve done, done, done
Before, Baby.
Do, do, do
What I do, do, do
Adore, Baby.
In you I see dirty
In you I count stars
In you I feel so pretty
In you I taste God
In you I feel so hungry
In you I crash cars
We must never be apart
Drinking Mercury
To the mystery of all that you should ever seek to find
Lovely girl, you’re the murder in my world
Dressing coffins for the souls I’ve left behind in time
We must never be apart
And you’ll always be my whore
Cause you’re the one that I adore
And I’ll pull your crooked teeth
You’ll be perfect just like me
In you I feel so dirty, in you I crash cars
In you I feel so pretty, in you I taste God
We must never be apart
Who told your mama
Who told your mama
Who told your mama on me
Who told your mama
Who told your mama
Who told your mama on me
Dirty dirty
Dirty dirty
Dirty dirty on you
Dirty dirty
Dirty dirty
Dirty dirty on you