We were, waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool said to push on.
Oh, I’m no fool, no siree
I want to live to be ninety-three
I play safe for you and me
'Cause I’m no fool!
I’m No Fool – Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Cliff Edwards), from the original MIckey Mouse Club TV shows
-“BB”-
And I’ll run in the rain till I’m breathless
When I’m breathless I’ll run 'til I drop, hey!
And the thoughts of a fool’s kind of careless
I’m just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah
Yes, everybody’s somebody’s fool
Everybody’s somebody’s plaything
And there are no exceptions to the rule
Yes, everybody’s somebody’s fool
She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He’s watching her go
But what a fool believes, he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
Than nothing at all
Fool if you think it’s over
‘Cause you said goodbye
Fool if you think it’s over
I’ll tell you why
New born eyes always cry with pain
At the first look at the mornin’ sun
Fool if you think it’s over
It’s just begun
Don’t say it’s over
Don’t say it’s broken
Tell me that we’ll be alright
Tell me you’ll stay one more night
Don’t say it’s too late
Just say it’s okay
Tell me that we could pretend
Tell me that it’s not the end
Don’t say it’s over
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup
There’s a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you’ll never see the end of the road
While you’re traveling with me
Hey now, hey now, don’t dream it’s over
Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in
They come, they come to build a wall between us
We know they won’t win
Look out baby, the saints are comin’ through
And it’s all over now, baby blue
Guess I got what I deserved
Kept you waiting there too long, my love
All that time, without a word
Did you really think that I’d forget
And regret
The special love I have for you
My baby blue
Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world since I′m without you
Grey, grey, my life is grey
Cold is my heart since you went away
Love Is Blue. Marty Robbins
Blue
Songs are like tattoos
You know I’ve been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
I went down last night with a tattoo madam
To a nude dagger fantasy domain
Wrapped in hell, I lost my breath
Chest to stimulating Chinese breast
I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks
For to get a big dish of beef chow mein
You get a shiver in the dark
It’s raining in the park, but meantime
South of the river, you stop, and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie, double-four time
You feel alright when you hear the music ring
I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis and the Commodore Hotel
And underneath a street lamp, I met a Southern Belle
Well, she took me to the river where she casts her spell
And in that southern moonlight, she sang the song so well
If you’ll be my Dixie Chicken, I’ll be your Tennessee Lamb
And we can walk together down in Dixieland
Down in Dixieland
I met a gin-soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
She had to heave me right across her shoulder
'Cause I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind
It’s the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
There actually was a Chinese restaurant called ‘Lee Ho Fook’ in London (it closed in 2008) – but at the time the song was written, beef chow mein was not a menu item.
IN PLAY:
“You reminded me of brighter days.”
“I hoped you were coming home to stay.
I was headed to church.”
“I was off to drink you away.”
Picture – Kid Rock/Sheryl Crow
-“BB”-
Take me to church
I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I’ll tell you my sins, and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Oh, good God, let me give you my life
Get me to the church on time
(Church on time)
Terrifies me
(Church on time)
Makes me party
(Church on time)
Puts my faith in God and man