One toke over the line, sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin’ downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
(It’s a modern spiritual!)
In the white room with black curtains near the station
Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawn light smiles on you leaving, my contentment
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she’s gone
Someone has been removed
What happened to her?
What happened to her?
She got lost
Somewhere between
There and here
Somewhere between
So far so near
She got lost
Somewhere between
What happened to her?
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it’s crazy, but it’s true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do is fall in love
Oh, oh, oh (oh, oh, oh)
You’re a native New Yorker
You should know the score by now
You’re a native New Yorker.
Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood
But I’m taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line
I’m in a New York state of mind
New York New York, big city of dreams
And everything in New York ain’t always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I’m down by law and I know my way around
You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing “Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Back out in the snow
To the only all night grocery.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
In the line is that guy I’ve been chasing all year.
'Spending this one alone, ’ he said.
‘Give me a break, this year’s been crazy.’
I said ‘Me too, but why are you…
You mean you forgot cranberries too?’
Then suddenly we laughed and laughed.
Caught on to what was happening.
That Christmas magic’s brought this tale
To a very happy ending.
Oh, oh, oh, it’s magic you know,
Never believe it’s not so.
It’s magic, you know,
Never believe it’s not so.
You have to believe we are magic
Nothin’ can stand in our way
You have to believe we are magic
Don’t let your aim ever stray
Do you believe in magic in a young girl’s heart
How the music can free her, whenever it starts
And it’s magic, if the music is groovy
It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie
Dark as the night comes to share
With stars in her hair
And grand majestic flair
Framed, a world passes by
With the sound of a young girl’s sigh
Man carrying a brow
Smoke rises from the crowd
Here for now
Lucy in the sky with diamonds…
I woke up this morning, Lucille was not in sight.
I asked my friends about her but all their lips were tight.
Lucille, please, come back where you belong.
I been good to you, baby, please, don’t leave me alone
[Ricky]
Oh Lucy, you’re so dizzy, don’t you have a clue
Well, here’s to you Lucy
I love you too Lucy, too Lucy, let’s babaloo Lucy
[Lucy]
Hey Ricky
You’re always playing at the Club, you never let me go
I’m begging and I’m pleading but you always tell me no
Oh, please honey please, let me be in your show Ricky…wah!
Fine time to leave me, [del]loose wheel[/del] Lucille…
The telephone is ringing, you got me on the run
I’m driving in my car now anticipating fun
I’m driving right up to you babe
I guess that you couldn’t see yeah yeah
But you were under my wheels, why don’t you let me be?