I never thought my love life would turn out quite this way,
I’m married to a waitress, and I don’t even know her name…
The waitress took her bar rag, and she wiped it across her eyes.
And as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh.
She said “I wish that I was beautiful, or that you were halfway blind.
And I wish I weren’t so god-damned fat, I wish that you were mine.
And I wish that you’d come with me, when I leave for home.
For we both know all about loneliness, and livin’ all alone.”
I’m lonesome Cowboy Burt!
(Speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt!
(Reekin’ atcha!)
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance,
On this here waitress . . .
Yodel-oh-oo-pee-hey
Yodel-oh-oo-pee!
(He’s lonesome Cowboy Burt
Don’tcha get his feelings hurt)
Come on in this place,
'N I’ll buy you a taste,
You can sit on my face-
Where’s my waitress?
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it’s better than drinking alone
I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner
I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee
Songs in the kitchen
Playing on the radio
Coffee on the counter
Bacon frying on the stove
Billy Graham on TV
Mom and daddy kissing
Songs in the kitchen
You better come on
In my kitchen
Well, it’s goin’ to be rainin’ outdoors
A woman I know
Took my best friend
Some joker got lucky
Stole her back again
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone’s in the kitchen I know oh-oh-oh
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah
Strumming on the old banjo
Fee fi fiddle e i o
Fee fi fiddle e i o-o-o-o
Fee fi fiddle e i o
Strumming on the old banjo
I came from Alabamy,
With a banjo on my knee,
Goin’ to Californy,
My truelove for to see…
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed’s a millionaire,
The kinfolk said “Jed move away from there”
Said “Californy is the place you ought to be”
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
Look at all those movie stars
They’re all so beautiful and clean
When the housemaids scrub the floors
They get the spaces in between
I wanna live a life like that
I wanna be just like a king
Take my picture by the pool
Cause I’m the next big thing
Said the king to the people everywhere
Listen to what I say
Pray for peace people everywhere
Listen to what I say
The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light
Let there be peace on earth
And let it begin with me
Let There Be Peace on Earth
The peace that was meant to be
We are the world, shalom
We are the children, shalingin
We are the ones who make a brighter day, shalom
So let’s start giving, 'cause that’s what we’re being
There’s a chance we’re taking
We’re taking our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a brighter day
Just you and me
Oh yeah, we got it
You are my love in my life
And you are my inspiration
Just you and me
Simple and free
Baby you’re everything I’ve ever dreamed of
You may say I’m a dreamer,
But I’m not the only one…
Oh dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Oh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate
Driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow
The sun’ll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There’ll be sun!
Good morning starshine
There’s nothing in the skies
We met in the sunlight
And my lovers eyes
Good morning starshine
So happy to be
My love and me as we singing
Our early morning singing song