I’ve been caught stealing;
Once when I was 5…
I enjoy stealing.
It’s just as simple as that.
Well, it’s just a simple fact.
When I want something,
I don’t want to pay for it.
If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Mm-mm-mm-mm, make your mind up fast
If you want it, any time, I can give it
But you’d better hurry 'cause it may not last
Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
Here they come again, mm-mhm
Catch us if you can, mm-mhm
Time to get a move on, mm-mhm
We will yell with all of our might
Catch us if you can
-“BB”-
Mother told me, yes, she told me
That I’d meet girls like you
She also told me, “Stay away
You’ll never know what you’ll catch”
Just the other day I heard
Of a soldier’s falling off
Some Indonesian junk
That’s going round
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath the mistletoe last night.
When I became of age my mother called me to her side,
She said,"Son, you’re growing up now pretty soon you’ll take a bride.
And then she said,
“Just because you’ve become a young man now,
There’s still some things that you don’t understand now,
Before you ask some girl for her hand now
Keep your freedom for as long as you can now.”
My mama told me, “You better shop around
Oh yeah, you better shop around.”
When I was a little boy (When I was just a boy)
And the devil would call my name (When I was just a boy)
I’d say, now who do (Who)
Who do you think you’re foolin’ (When I was just a boy)
I’m a consecrated boy (When I was just a boy)
I’m a singer in a Sunday choir
Oh, my mama loves me, she loves me
She get down on her knees and hug me
And she loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me
She love me, love me, love me, love me
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb,
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock, I am an island.
…And a rock feels no pain.
And an island… never… cries.
-“BB”-
(FWIW, I’ve found that despite my best efforts, I an NOT a rock)
You can’t depend on your teacher
You can’t depend on your preacher
You can’t depend on politicians
You can’t depend on superstitions
Love can rock you
Never stop you
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Love is like a rock
The king is dead
And long live the people who aim above
All the simple stuff never understood
Like right from bad and wrong from good
Deny that you were ever tempted by the lie
That there’s an answer in the sky
Measure by measure, drop by drop
And pound for pound, we’re taking stock
Of all the treasure still unlocked
The love you found must never stop
Love came down at Christmas
Love all lovely, love divine
Love was born at Christmas
Star and angels gave the sign
Love shall be our token
Love be yours and love be mine
Love to God to all men
Love for plea and gift and sign
Christmas is the time to say “I love you”
Share the joys of laughter and good cheer
Christmas is the time to say “I love you”
And a feeling that will last all through the year
Don’t you give me all that jive about things you wrote before I’s alive
'Cause this ain’t 1823 – ain’t even 1970
Now I’m the guy named Kurtis Blow and Christmas is one thing I know
So every year just about this time, I celebrate it with a rhyme
Snow on my window pane, eating candy canes
Christmas is here, I feel it in my veins
To celebrate, the 25th is the date
It’s time for love, it’s not too late
Sit by the tree shining bright
Listening to the carols on the radio all night
And the mist will wrap around us
And the crystal, if you touch it
And the cars
Lost in the drift
Are there
And the people that drive
Lost in the drift
Are there
And the cares
I’ve lost in the drift
Are there
Theirs, ours,
Lost in the drift
Are…
Driven
Driven together
And driven
Apart
Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow
It won’t be long before we’ll all be there with snow
Snow, snow, I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow
Snow, I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow
Snow, oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow, snow
Over the river and through the woods
To grandmother’s house we go
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifting snow-oh!
Later on, we’ll conspire
As we sweat by the fire
To face unafraid, the plans that we made
Walking in a winter wonder, wonderland
I love the winter, weather
So the two of us can get together
There’s nothing sweeter, finer
When it’s nice and cold, I can hold my baby closer, to me
And collect the kisses that are due me
She said ‘I love the night
The day is OK and the sun can be fun
But I live to see those rays slip away’
I love the night
There’s so much I can show and give to you
If you will welcome me tonight
If only you had been there my dear
We could have shared this together