Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills
Summer was a-comin’ in but fast
Lots of daffodils were showing off their stills
Riding home together, I could almost hear them whisper
“Go on, kiss her! Go on and kiss her!”
If I had to choose one moment
To live within my heart
It would be that tender moment
Recalling how we started
Darling, it would be
When you smiled at me
That way, that Sunday, that summer
Here we are (Bye, baby, goodbye)
Saying goodbye at the station (Bye, baby, goodbye)
Summer vacation (Bye, baby, bye, baby)
Is taking you away (Bye, baby, goodbye)
Have a good time, but remember
There is danger in the summer moon above
Will I see you in September
Or lose you to a summer love?
Well, I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Yeah, I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Woah, it’s hard to tell, it’s hard to tell
When all your love’s in vain
Big mama Lulu Belle - she had a nervous breakdown
(She had a nervous breakdown)
Leroy’s taken her honey child away
But she met him down at the station (ooo-hoo)
Put a shotgun to his head, and, unless I be mistaken
This is what she said
“Big bad big boy, big bad Leroy Brown
I’m gonna get that cutie pie”
Now Leroy he a gambler
And he like his fancy clothes
And he like to wave his diamond rings
In front of everybody’s nose
He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe
And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Tell Automatic Slim
Tell Razor Totin’ Jim
Tell Butcher Knife Totin’ Annie
Tell Fast Talking Fanny
We gonna pitch a ball
A down to that union hall
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God’s gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God’s gonna cut 'em down
Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It was getting kind of long
I could have said it was in my way
But I didn’t and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
And I feel like I owe it to someone
Heads are hanging from the garbageman trees
Mouthwash, jukebox, gasoline
Pistols are pointing at a poor man’s pockets
Smiling eyes ripping out of his sockets
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
Got a devil’s haircut in my mind
I would have given you all of my heart
But there’s someone who’s torn it apart
And she’s taken just all that I had
But if you want, I’ll try to love again
Baby, I’ll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she’s cursed
When it come to loving me, she’s worst
I came to you when no one could hear me
I’m sick and weary of being alone
Empty streets and hungry faces
The world’s no place when you’re on your own
A heart needs a home
You know that I care
What happens to you
And I know that you care
For me too
So, I don’t feel alone on the weight of the stone
Now that I’ve found somewhere safe to bury my bone
And any fool knows a dog needs a home
A shelter from pigs on the wing
I ain’t got nobody, I ain’t got no home
I’m just looking for some place to bury my bone
I ain’t got nobody, I ain’t got no home
I’m just looking for some place to bury my bone
There’s no use complaining, and useless to holler
If she’s a beauty, she’ll get under your collar
She made a monkey out of old King Kong
I hope that something better comes along
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
Oh no, they say he’s got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s
His hair was perfect
Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Layin’ soft upon my skin
Like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side
Till the early mornin’ light
All I’m takin’ is your time
Help me make it through the night
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby.
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away from me.
If I claim to be a wise man,
it surely means that I don’t know
Here come old flat top, he come groovin’ up slowly
He got ju-ju eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker, he just do what he please…