*Hey, I just met you and this is crazy
But, here’s my number
So…call me maybe
It’s so hard to look right at you
But, here’s my number
So…call me maybe…*
You know my name
You know you know my name
You know you know my name
Prrr you know my name and the number
You know my name and the number you know you know my name
Look up me number
You know my number three you know my number two
you know my number three you know my number four
Oh you know my name you know number too
You know my name you know my number
What’s up with you?
You know my name
That’s right?
Yeah
Like the pine trees linin’ the windin’ road,
I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name,
Like the singin’ bird and the croakin’ toad,
I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name,
And I carry it with me like my daddy did,
But I’m living the dream that he kept hid.
Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my surface hid
Smiling in the crowd I try
But in my lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there’s no one around
And he asked me
Why do you ride for your money
Tell me why do you rope for short pay
You ain’t a’gettin’ nowhere
And you’re losin’ your share
Boy, you must have gone crazy out there
You never give me your money
You only give me your funny paper
And in the middle of negotiations
You break down
I never give you my number
I only give you my situation
And in the middle of investigation
I break down
Doesn’t matter where, doesn’t matter when
(Doesn?t matter when)
I will be there for you 'til the very end
('Til the very end)
Danger or trouble, I’m there on the double
You know that you always can call, Kim Possible
So what’s the sitch?
Call me, beep me
If ya wanna reach me
“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene
He packed up all his expectations, he lit out for California
With a flyswatter banjo on his knee
With a lucky tiger in his angel hair and Benzedrine for getting there
They found him in a eucalyptus tree
Oh I come from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
I’m going to Louisiana
My true love for to see
It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze myself
Susanna, don’t you cry
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she’s half-crazy but that’s why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
Oh! Susanna, oh don’t you cry for me,
Well, I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.
Just yesterday morning,
They let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you…
I walked out this morning and wrote down the song
I just can’t remember who to send it to…
(I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain…)
(Back to the beginning:))
When they begin the beguine
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back a night of tropical splendor,
It brings back a memory ever green.
I’m with you once more under the stars,
And down by the shore an orchestra’s playing
And even the palms seem to be swaying
When they begin the beguine.
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking.
But now, God knows,
Anything goes.
Good authors too who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose.
Anything goes.
Strange it is to be beside you, many years the tables turned
You’d probably not believe me if told you all I’ve learned
And it is very very weird, indeed
To hear words like “forever” plead
So ships run through my mind I cannot cheat
It’s like looking in a teacher’s face complete
I can say nothing to you but repeat what I heard
That love is just a four-letter word
Love is (love is)
What you want it to be
Love is (love is)
Heaven to the lonely
Show me what you want to do
Cause, love is what I got for you…
Oh oh, catch that buzz,
Love is the drug I’m thinking of.
Oh oh can’t you see,
Love is the drug for me.
I want a new drug, one that won’t make me sick
One that won’t make me crash my car
Or make me feel feet, feet, feet thick
I want a new drug, one that won’t hurt my head
One that won’t make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red
One that won’t make me nervous
Wonderin’ what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I’m with you
When I’m alone with you
And I said:
No no no no, I don’t smoke it no more
I’m tired of waking up on the floor
No, thank you, please,
It only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door