“And”–that’s an additive,
Like this and that.
“But”–that’s sort of the opposite,
Not this but that.
I get my thing in action! >> Verb! That’s what’s happening!
To work… >> Verb!
To play… >> Verb!
To live… >> Verb!
To love!
Reading, writing, arithmatic
Are the branches of the learning tree
But without the roots of love everyday girl
Your education ain’t complete
Tea-Tea-Teacher’s gonna show you
(She’s gonna show you)
How to get an “A” (na-na-na-naaaaaa)
How to spell “me”, “you”, add the two
Listen to me, baby
That’s all you got to do
I sit and wonder, I often wonder
I sit and wonder about the things she does
I sit and wonder, I often wonder,
I’ve been waiting for this moment to come
And she’s the teacher and I’m the pupil but I ain’t learning anything at all,
Now I’m falling into the black hole and I can barely feel the sun
Yeah I sit and wonder, I fall to pieces
I’ve been waiting for this moment to come
A bed of roses, her cheeks like peaches,
Yeah I ain’t gonna wait no more,
Give me some light, give the light, yeah give me some light, give me some light
Did you say, I’ve got a lot to learn
Well don’t think I’m trying not to learn
Since this is the perfect spot to learn
Teach me tonight
Starting with the ABC of it
Getting right down to the XYZ of it
Help me solve the mystery of it
Teach me tonight
I can see you in the morning when you go to school,
Don’t forget your books, you know you’ve got to learn the golden rule.
An apple for the teacher
That seems the thing to do
Because I want to learn
About romance from you.
An apple for the teacher
To show I’m meek and mild,
If you insist on saying
That I’m just a problem child.
You’ll get all my attention,
Your wish will be my rule;
And maybe you’ll be good to me
And keep me after school
An apple for the teacher
That’s how I’d better start,
The after while you may give in
And let me bring my heart
And so I thank the Lord,
For giving me the things I need,
The sun and the rain and an apple seed,
Yes, God’s been good to me.
See my life (I’ve been so tired)
See my self (I’ve been uptight)
See my life (I’ve been so tired)
See my sight (I could disappear)
See with you memories fading fast
And with you it’s never going to last
You are the sweetness in my eyes
You are an apple in disguise
See with you
I never seemed to look the other way
Only to stay, only to breathe
Only to see
That space and light is what I really need
I never wanted to tell lies
You are the sweetness in my eyes
You are the juice I need for life
You are the sweetness in my eyes
Life in the fast lane
Just about to lose your mind
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
I don’t know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to, to pull me through
Looking into their eyes I see them running too…
No one knows what it’s like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it’s like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
I’ve heard things that did not match what you told me.
And of your love that would not last as you told me.
Forwarned is forearmed, it hurts, I’m leaving.
I may be wrong I can’t love what I’m just hearing.
I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there’s magic in my eyes
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah
If you think that I don’t know about the little tricks you’ve played
And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way
Well, here’s a poke at you
You’re gonna choke on it too
You’re gonna lose that smile
Because all the while
I can see for miles and miles
On a clear day, rise and look around you
And you’ll see who just prove you are
On a clear day, how it will astound you
That a glow of your being, outshines every star
You’ll feel part of Ev’ry mountain, sea, and shore
You can hear from far and near
A world you’ve never heard before
And on a clear day, on that clear day
You can see forever, oh
And on that clear day on that clear clear day
You can see forever and ever and ever and evermore
And it’s daybreak
If you want to believe
It can be daybreak
Ain’t no time to breathe
I said it’s daybreak
If you’ll only believe
And let it shine, shine, shine, all around the world
The sun is shining, the sea is rising, the stars burn to their core
And every proton and unnamed neutron is fusing in my bones
And a brand new mammal is darkly rising as Man burns from his tomb
And I think on this as a blissful moment to fly into the sun.
The sky is blue and all the leaves are green.
The sun’s as warm as a baked potato.
I think I know precisely what I mean,
When I say it’s a shpadoinkle day.
Now a woman who’ll kiss on a very 1st date,
Is usually a hussy,
And a woman who’ll kiss on the second time out,
Is anything but fussy,
But a woman who’ll wait 'till the 3rd time around,
Head in the clouds, feet on the ground,
She’s the girl he’s glad he’s found,
She’s his Shipoopi.
She made brazen overtures to a man who never
had a friend in this town till she came here.
Oh, yes
That woman made brazen overtures
With a gilt-edged guarantee
She had a golden glint in her eye
And a silver voice with a counterfeit ring
Just melt her down and you’ll reveal
A lump of lead as cold as steel
Here, where a woman’s heart should be!
He left River City the Library building
But he left all the books to her
Chaucer! Rabelais! Balzac!