Hey, did you happen to see
The most beautiful girl in the world?
And if you did, was she crying, crying?
Hey, if you happen to see
The most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I’m sorry
Tell her I need my baby
Oh, won’t you tell her that I love her?
Oh, I hear her voice as the cold winds blow
In the sweet music on my radio
Have you seen her?
Tell me, have you seen her?
Why, oh why
Did she have to leave and go away, oh yeah
Oh, I’ve been used to havin’ someone to lean on
And I’m lost
Baby, I’m lost
Did she mention my name just in passing?
He was big and bent and gray and old,
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold.
And I said, “My name is Sue,
How do you do?
Now you gonna die!”
A Boy Named Sue – Shel Silverstein
-“BB”-
Every mornin’ at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn’t give no lip to big John
(Big John, big John)
Big bad John (big John)
You get up every morning from alarm clock’s warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There’s a whistle up above and people pushing, people shoving
And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train’s on time, you can get to work by nine
And start your slavin’ jobs and get your pay
If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I’m self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
Ring! Ring! It’s 7:00 A.M.!
Move y’self to go again
Cold water in the face
Brings you back to this awful place
Knuckle merchants and you bankers, too
Must get up an’ learn those rules
Weather man and the crazy chief
One says sun and one says sleet
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs
And I drank a cup
Looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat
Grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream
In your shirt and your socks
(The black silk with gold clocks)
Crossing Salisbury Plain on a bicycle:
And he and the crew
Are on bicycles too
Which they’ve somehow or other invested in
And he’s telling the tars
All the particulars
Of a company he’s interested in
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
I had to listen, had no choice
I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
“Son,” he said
“Grab your things, I’ve come to take you home”
With all the power you’re releasing
It isn’t safe to walk the city streets alone
Anticipation is running through me
Let’s find the key and turn this engine on
I can feel you breathe
I can feel your heart beat faster
Take me home tonight
I don’t want to let you go 'til you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey, just like Ronnie sang, “Be my little baby”
We can never know about the days to come
But we think about them anyway
And I wonder if I’m really with you now
Or just chasin’ after some finer day
Anticipation, anticipation
Is makin’ me late
Is keepin’ me waitin’
But I got a girl waitin’ for me
That’s gonna make this trip worthwhile
You see, she’s got the kind
Of lovin’ and kissin’
Make a boy go stone wild
It won’t be long, yes, till you’re alone
When your lover, oh, he hasn’t come home
‘Cause he’s lovin’ who he’s touchin’, he’s squeezin’ another
He’s tearin’ you apart
Ooh, every day, every day
He’s tearin’ you apart
Oh girl what can you say?
‘Cause he’s lovin’, touchin’ another
Now it’s your turn, girl, to cry
But now it’s Judy’s turn to cry
Judy’s turn to cry
Judy’s turn to cry
'Cause Johnny’s come back
To me
Judy’s Turn to Cry – Leslie Gore
-“BB”-
When you left me all alone
You left me cryin’ on my own
Tell me, tell me, what you gonna do
Tell me pretty baby
Cause I’m still in love with you
Come back, baby
Come back, won’t you come back to me
Come back, baby
Come back, won’t you come back to me
Come back when you grow up, girl
You’re still livin’ in a paper-doll world
Livin’ ain’t easy, lovin’s twice as tough
So come back, baby, when you grow up
When you climb to the top of the mountain
Look out over the sea
Think about the places, perhaps, where a young man could be
Then you jump back down to the rooftops
Look out over the town
Think about all of the strange things circulating 'round
It ain’t easy, it ain’t easy
It ain’t easy to get to heaven when you’re going down
Little Sister, don’t you kiss me once or twice
And say it’s very nice
And then you run
Little Sister don’t you do what your big Sister done…
Simple Sister
Got Whooping Cough
Have to burn her toys
Take her treats
Eat her sweets
Scare off all the boys