[GAME] Speak To Me Only in Song Lyrics

The Game Room
4401

You’re living in your own Private Idaho
Living in your own Private Idaho
Underground like a wild potato

Don’t go on the patio
Beware of the pool
Blue bottomless pool
It leads you straight
Right through the gate
That opens on the pool

You’re living in your own Private Idaho
You’re living in your own Private Idaho

Keep off the path, beware the gate
Watch out for signs that say “Hidden Driveways”
Don’t let the chlorine in your eyes
Blind you to the awful surprise
That’s a-waitin’ for you at the bottom
Of the bottomless blue, blue, blue pool

You’re livin in your own Private Idaho
Idaho
You’re out of control, the rivers that roll
You fell into the water and down to Idaho
Get out of that state
Get out of that state you’re in
You better beware

You’re living in your own Private Idaho.
You’re living in your own Private Idaho.

Keep off the patio
Keep off the path
The lawn may be green
But you better not be seen
Walkin’ through the gate that leads you down
Down to a pool fraught with danger
It’s a pool full of strangers

4402

There are songs about Montana,
And New York and Indiana,
But the song the nation patiently awaits
Is the song I now will bring you,
As I clear my throat and sing you
A love song to the whole United States.
(I love you)
District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Alabama, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota,
Oklahoma, West Virginia,
California, Georgia, Texas, Maine.
Mississippi, Washington, South Carolina, Arkansas,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Iowa,
Nevada, Kansas,
Colorado, Michigan.
New Jersey.
New York, New Mexico.
Ohio, Illinois.
Missouri, Indiana and Montana.
Nebraska! Alaska!
Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin, Utah, Maryland,
Kentucky, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Idaho, Hawaii,
And Vermont, Virginia, Delaware,
Wyoming, and Connecti-cut!

4403

Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
Do you know about the government?
Can you tell me about the Constitution?
Hey, learn about the U.S.A.

In 1787 I’m told
Our founding fathers did agree
To write a list of principles
For keeping people free.

The U.S.A. was just starting out
A whole brand-new country
And so our people spelled it out
The things that we should be

And they put those principles down on paper and called it the Constitution, and it’s been helping us run our country ever since then. The first part of the Constitution is called the preamble and tells what those founding fathers set out to do.

We the people
In order to form a more perfect union
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility
Provide for the common defense
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

4404

Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana
And Columbus is the capital of Ohio
There’s Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, Montana
Then there’s Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho.

Texas has Austin, then we go north
To Massachusetts’ Boston, and Albany, New York
Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, D.C.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know.

Trenton’s in New Jersey, north of Jefferson, Missouri
You’ve got Richmond in Virginia; South Dakota has Pierre
Harrisburg’s in Pennsylvania and Augusta’s up in Maine
And here is Providence, Rhode Island, next to Dover, Delaware.

Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt
To Montpelier, which is up in Vermont
Hartford’s in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall
And Kansas has Topeka; Minnesota has St Paul.

Juneau’s in Alaska and there’s Lincoln in Nebraska
And it’s Raleigh out in North Carolina and then
There’s Madison, Wisconsin, and Olympia in Washington
Phoenix, Arizona, and Lansing, Michigan.

Here’s Honolulu; Hawaii’s a joy
Jackson, Mississippi, and Springfield, Illinois
South Carolina with Columbia down the way
And Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay.

They have wonderful clam chowder.

Cheyenne is in Wyomin’ and perhaps you make your home in
Salt Lake City out in Utah, where the Buffalo roam
Atlanta’s down in Georgia, and there’s Bismarck, North Dakota
And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.

Salem in Oregon; from there we join
Little Rock in Arkansas; Iowa’s got Des Moines
Sacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city
Charleston, West Virginia, and Nevada, Carson City.

That’s all the capitals there are!

4405

If you ever want to motor west
Take my way, it’s the highway that’s the best
Get your kicks on Route 66

It winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 3,000 miles along the way
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it winds through St. Louie,
Joplin, Missouri
Oklahoma City looks ooh, so pretty
You oughtta see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don’t forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow
San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kindly tip
When you make that California Trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

4406

California, here I come
Right back where I started from
Where bowers and flowers bloom in the sun
Each morning at dawning birdies sing and everything
A sun kissed miss said, “Don’t be late.”
That’s why I can hardly wait
So open up that Golden Gate
California, here I come

4407

I met him one day in the Rockies
Where the night air tasted like wine
The winter was hard and had me starving
When the two of them found me in time

Then one night I crashed north of Reno
I’d been on the road too long
Then I woke to the warmth of her fire
And the sweet welcome home of his song

It was the California Kid and Remo
Lending me a helping hand
It was the California Kid and Remo
Teaching me to love
And teaching me to live off the land

I thanked them and headed for Oregon
The trees were the walls of my home
But the rain soaked my bones every morning
And the chill made me feel more alone

And just when I thought I should end it
The world didn’t need men like me
My mind heard the song of my two friends
And the sun started shining on me

It was the California Kid and Remo
Lending me a helping hand
It was the California Kid and Remo
Teaching me to love
And teaching me to live off the land

4408

She’s gone to California,
To see the sun sink low.
I’m sure I’ll have a letter soon-
At least I’m hoping so.
She’ll draw a pastel picture
Of the desert she drove through,
And she’ll draw herself with her mouth turned down,
Saying, “Someone misses you.”

She’s gone to California,
She seems to love it there,
She loves to wear those flowery shirts,
And match them in her hair.
She draws her funny pictures,
I’ve learned to draw 'em too,
And I can draw myself with my mouth turned down,
Saying, “Someone misses you.”

I dream of California,
She’s up some canyon side,
With boxes full of picture books
All neatly stacked and tied.
As soon as I can make it,
I will go to Kennedy,
And I’ll draw her face with her mouth turned up
With her biggest smile for me.

4409

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray.
I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day.
I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.;
California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day.

Stopped in to a church I passed along the way.
Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray.
You know the preacher liked the cold;
He knows I’m gonna stay.
California dreamin’ on such a winter’s day.

4410

Oh, it doesn’t show signs of stopping
And I’ve brought some corn for popping
Since the lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

4411

Big family dinner, the untold tale
Their eyes are sparkling on his frozen face
Angel’s calling asking to get in

All he wanted was a toy
All he needed was a gentle heart
To lead him through the dark
When there’s nowhere left to fall

Boy and the ghost, his eyes are burning
The lights went out, the dream is on

Wake up, wake up, there’s an angel in the snow
Look up, look up, it’s a frightened dead boy
With so much hate, such bad dreams
He could have seen the toy’s the key
But no one saw, no one saw

4412

You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want your story to remain untold
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you’ll give me a highway with no-one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night
You say you’ll give me eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest

But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

4413

Somebody told me just the other day
That you’re leaving me, we’re through
Well if you knew, how it hurt me so
Then you’d change your mind

I’m sure don’t want to hear
What’s going on, I don’t care
What’s new, don’t want to know
About anything, cause all I want is you

Going out with other girls
Was always such a bore
But since I fell in love with you
I need you more and more
Don’t want to know
About one-night-stands
Cut-price souvenirs
All I want is the real thing
And a night that lasts for years.

4414

Ooh, I bet you’re wondering how I knew
'bout you’re plans to make me blue
with some other guy that you knew before.
Between the two of us guys
you know I love you more.
It took me by surprise I must say,
when I found out yesterday.
Don’t you know that…

I heard it through the grapevine
not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I’m just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

4415

We’re only making plans for Nigel
We only want what’s best for him
We’re only making plans for Nigel
Nigel just needs this helping hand
And if young Nigel says he’s happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work

We’re only making plans for Nigel
He has his future in a British steel
We’re only making plans for Nigel
Nigel’s whole future is as good as sealed
And if young Nigel says he’s happy
He must be happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work

4416

[OK, XTC it is…]

Are you receiving me?
You are deceiving me I know, see I know

When we’re out walking
Your mouth ain’t where it’s supposed to do the talking
When we’re in kissing
Your lips are missing, are they out on loan to someone else
Are you listening?

I put it in a letter, what could be better?
I put it in a note, one night I wrote
I put it in a telegram, just like the son of Sam
Babe there’s something missing
Your TV’s just hissing

4417

“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
I thought I’d pegged you an idiot’s dream
Tunnel vision from the outsider’s screen
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

I’d studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines
Richard said, “Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy”
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

4418

Hear the sound of music
Drifting in the aisles
Elevator Prozac
Stretching on for miles

The music of the future
Will not entertain
It’s only meant to repress
And neutralize your brain

Soul gets squeezed out
Edges get blunt
Demographic
Gives what you want

One of the wonders of the world is going down
It’s going down I know
It’s one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares
No-one cares enough

4419

All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin’ about me baby and my happy home.
Going, going to Chicago… Going to Chicago… Sorry but I can’t take you…
Going down… going down now… going down…

4420

Ruby, Ruby where you been so long
Done took to drinkin’ whiskey
Baby since you been gone
Ain’t no one I know do it good as you
Lickin’ on that lickin’ stick the way you do
You got the lips to make a strong man weak
And a heathen pray
Give you a tip, it ain’t the way you speak
You know it’s just the way you go down
Go down, go down, go down, go down
Go down, go down, go down, go down

Mary, Mary you’re the one for me
And the way you hum
Sting me like a bumble bee
I’ll be round to see you 'bout, 'bout half past ten
Ain’t felt this good since I don’t know when
You got the touch that I need so much
In your finger tips
I got the honey that ya love to taste
On those lovely lips
So go down
Go down, go down, go down, go down
Go down, go down, go down, go down