Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she took the money
And go Venezuela
The jungle near Manaus
The Amazonas full of piranhas
The birds of paradise
Disappear into the green desert
For years and years
We are hungry and desperate
For the only thing worth living
The excess
We end our Great Mission
Exhausted and sad
And there is no hope left
When suddenly
In a cloud of golden smog
The father of excess
Jumps out of the water of
The Amazonas full of piranhas
And screams to the lost souls
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it out of sight
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, though, wears old Macheath, babe
So there’s never, never a trace of red
Well, there ain’t nothing wrong with the way she moves
Or scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues
And there’s nothing wrong with the look that’s in her eyes
I had to learn the hard way to let her pass by, let her pass by
Evil woman, how you done me wrong
But now you’re tryin’ to wail a different song
Ha, ha, funny how you broke me up
You made the wine, now you drink the cup
Came a-runnin’ every time you cried
Thought I saw love smilin’ in your eyes
Ha, ha, very nice to know
That you ain’t got no place left to go
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
Evil woman
Evil woman
Evil woman (You’re an evil woman)
Evil woman
Got a black magic woman
Got a black magic woman
I got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can’t see
That she’s a black magic woman
She’s tryin’ to make a Devil out of me
Lookin’ back on the track for a little greenback
Got to find just the kind or I’m losin’ my mind
Out of sight, in the night, out of sight in the day
Lookin’ back on the track, gonna do it my way
Lookin’ back on the track for a little, little greenback
Got to find just the kind or I’m losin’ my mind
She wasn’t kind, I wasn’t smart
I lost my mind and fell apart
I had to find myself in time
Now I can start all over again
Just Hangin’ around, takin’ it slow
So happy I found I still can smile and dig the show
Lettin’ me know, easy come, easy go, all right
Big girl in the red dress
She’s just trying to impress us
And she’s got the barley fever
But she doesn’t make a sound
She’s just hanging around
She’s just hanging around
Hang on , Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
He said, “Now you just fought one heck of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right to kill me now
And I wouldn’t blame you if you do
But you ought to thank me, before I die
For the gravel in ya gut and the spit in ya eye
'Cause I’m the son of a bitch that named you Sue”
This is a hate song just meant for you
I thought that I’d write it down while I still could
I hope when you hear this you’ll want to sue
I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well, a few of the verses, well, they’ve got me quite cross
But the sun’s been quite kind while I wrote this song
It’s for people like you that keep it turned on
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home
My baby, just a wrote me a letter
Dear Eloise, I am writing to say
A number of funny things I heard today
I heard that he’s left you and run off to sea
Could be the best thing that’s happened to me
Dear diary. It was cold today.
But the sun came out later. So, I went out and strolled about looking at the shops.
Didn’t really see anything I liked, so I didn’t buy anything.
On my way home, I posted a letter.
Been quite a nice day.
Somebody exploded an H-bomb today, but it wasn’t anybody I knew.
Dear God, hope you get the letter, and-
I pray you can make it better down here
I don’t mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don’t get enough to eat from God
I can’t believe in you
Everyone I know is lonely
With God so far away
And my heart belongs to no one
So now sometimes I pray
Take the space between us
Fill it up some way
Take the space between us
Fill it up, fill it up
So far away
Doesn’t anybody stay in one place any more?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn’t help to know you’re just time away
Long ago I reached for you and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
How I wish I could
But you’re so far away