Counting flowers on the wall, that don’t bother me at all
Playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty one
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo
Now don’t tell me I’ve nothing to do
Black coffee is my name
Black coffee is not a thing
Black coffee, freshly ground and fully packed
Hot black coffee, boys, mmm that’s where it’s at, mean it
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that’s my gal
So complete, front to back, that’s my pal
Toasted by the sun and I’m a son of a gun
She don’t make my five o’clock shadow come around at one.
I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other brothers can’t deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Brother you don’t know a nicer occupation
Matter of fact, neither do I
Than standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by
All the girls walk by dressed up for each other
And the boys do the boogie woogie on the corner of the street
And the people passing by just stare with wild wonder
And the inside jukebox roars just like thunder
On the day I was born
The nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder
At the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up
Said, “Leave this one alone”
She could tell right away
That I was bad to the bone
Doctors have come from distant cities
Just to see me
Stand over my bed
Disbelieving what they’re seeing
They say I must be one of the wonders
Of God’s own creation
And as far as they can see they can offer
No explanation
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming
The crystal ship is being filled
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
A million ways to spend your time
When we get back, I’ll drop a line
As Dorothy Parker once said to her boyfriend
“Fare thee well,”
As Columbus announced when he knew he was bounced
"It was swell, Isabelle, swell
As Abelard said to Heloise
“Don’t forget to drop a line to me, please,”
As Juliet cried in her Romeo’s ear
“Romeo, why not face the fact, my dear?”
Just One of Those Things (intro). Cole Porter
You got the future in the palm of your hand
All you gotta do to get you through is understand
You think you’d rather do with out
You’ll never muddle through
Without the truth
The facts of life are all about you
He leads me through the twisted chasms of my mind
He saved me from the fated final sacrifice
He spoke to me with the palm of his hand
I hear you calling
I hear you calling
I hear you calling
I hear you calling
Calling to the sky
The thunder drowns my voice within the rain
And I know you’re near me
And I call throughout the storm
I know that you don’t hear me
I call your name
I call your name
I call your name
Can you hear me call your name?
Can’t you hear me knockin’
On your window?
Can’t you hear me knockin’
On your door?
Can’t you hear me knockin’
Down your dirty street?
Yeah
I hear you knockin’
But you can’t come in
I hear you knockin’
Go back where you been
I caught you knockin’ at my cellar door
I love you, baby, can I have some more?
Ooh, ooh, the damage done
I don’t want to play in your yard,
I don’t like you anymore.
You’ll be sorry when you see me,
Sliding down our cellar door.
I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard – Peggy Lee
-“BB”-
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s Farm, no more
No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s Farm, no more
Well, I wake up in the morning, fold my hands, and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas, that are drivin’ me insane
Hey, daddy-o
I don’t want to go down to the basement
There’s somethin’ down there
I don’t want to go
Hey, Romeo
There’s somethin’ down there
I don’t want to go down to the basement