For just a skyline pigeon,
Dreaming of the open,
Waiting for the day,
That he can spread his wings,
And fly away again.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again.
Learn to live so free.
When we hear the voices sing,
The book of love will open up,
And let us in.
-“BB”-
I wonder wonder who-oo who–
Who wrote the Book of Love?
Tell me, tell me, tell me,
Oh, who wrote the Book Of Love?
I’ve got to know the answer,
Was it someone from above?
And I’m giving you a longing look…
Everyday I write the book.
Don’t tell me you don’t know the difference
Between a lover and a fighter.
With my pen and my electric typewriter
Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal
I’d still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.
Don’t know much about history
Don’t know much biology
Don’t know much about a science book
Don’t know much about the French I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me, too
What a wonderful world this would be
Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks
And the pages start to yellow
I’ll be in love with you
I’ll be in love with you
I’m just mad about saffron,
And saffron’s mad about me.
I’m-a just mad about saffron,
She’s just mad about me!
They call me mellow yellow… (quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow… (quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow…
(do I get bonus points for matching TWO separate words from the previous song?)
-“BB”-
For now Prince Rupert’s tears of glass
Make saffron sabbath eyelids bleed
Scar the sacred tablet of wax
On which the Lizards feed.
Crocodile teeth, lizard’s head, bloodshot eye, stained ocean red
Moving close to their raft’s side, the two men prayed as one and cried
“Save me, save me, save me, save me”
Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I gotta big fat mama trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather’s fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find
It’s summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime summertime…
Well shut them books and throw 'em away
And say goodbye to dull school days
Look alive and change your ways
It’s summertime…
School’s out for summer
School’s out forever
School’s been blown to pieces
She’s a cool, blonde, scheming bitch.
She make my body twitch,
Walking down the corridor.
You can hear her stilettos click,
I want her so much I feel sick.
The girl can’t help it,
She really can’t help it now.
It’s like a high school, a high school confidential…
Sitting in the classroom, thinking it’s a drag
Listening to the teacher rap, just ain’t my bag
The noon bells rings, you know that’s my cue
I’m gonna meet the boys on floor number two!
Smokin’ in the boys’ room
Smokin’ in the boys’ room
Now, teacher, don’t you fill me up with your rules
But everybody knows that smokin’ ain’t allowed in school
Come here sister, Papa’s in the swing
He ain’t too hip, about that new breed babe
He ain’t no drag
Papa’s got a brand new bag
Come here mama, and dig this crazy scene
He’s not too fancy, but his line is pretty clean
He ain’t no drag
Papa’s got a brand new bag
Hey there, mister!
You’d Better Hide Your Sister,
'Cause the Fleet’s In!
Sayin’ hey mister, take a chance,
It only costs you a dime a dance,
And if you’re lookin’ for romance,
I’ll be nice to you.
Love is a battlefield.