And I don’t want to waste more time
I’m in a New York state of mind
So waste your time
On people who don’t know which way to go
They’ll never take you up
Never take you up in the sky
Because it’s all in the mind
But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes
When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie
That’s amore
When the world seems to shine
Like you’ve had too much wine
That’s amore
When you’re diving at night, and your feet feel the bite,
That’s a moray
When your hand’s in the cave, suddenly you’ll need saved,
That’s a moray
When you blubber and scream, but you have a bad dream
That’s a moray
When he hits all your fingers, with teeth that are stingers,
That’s a moray…
I’ve been drivin’ all night, my hand’s wet on the wheel
There’s a voice in my head that drives my heel
It’s my baby callin’, says I need you here
And it’s a half past four and I’m shiftin’ gear
When she is lonely and the longing gets too much
She sends a cable comin’ in from above
Don’t need no phone at all
Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses
Ten more miles on his four day run
A few more songs from the all night radio
Then he’ll spend the rest of his life
With the one that he loves
There’s a truck out on the four lane, a mile or more away
The whinin’ of his wheels just makes it colder.
You gotta feel and take every chance you did the right thing
Drove a thousand miles away
Out of trace and in another time you did the wrong thing
And brought it back in your mind-why’s that so unkind?
You’ve gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it’s a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you
Baby, you’ve gotta be cruel to be kind
The cruel war is ragin
Johnny has to fight
I want to be with him
From morning 'til night
I want to be with him
It grieves my heart so
Oh, can’t I go with you?
No, my love, no
Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard his first Beatles song
“Love Me Do” I think it was, from there it didn’t take him long
Got himself a guitar, used to play every night
Now he’s in a rock ‘n’ roll outfit and everything’s all right
Don’t you know?
He’s free as the breeze
He’s always at ease
He lives in the jungle and hangs by his knees
As he swings through the trees
With a trapeze in his B.V.D.s
He’s got a union card and he’s practicing hard
To play, the guitar, gonna be a big star
Yeah, he’s gonna go far
And carry moonbeams home in a jar
Now everybody blamed his old man.
For makin’ him mean as a snake.
When Amos Moses was a boy his Daddy would use him for alligator bait.
Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp.
Alligator bait in the Louisiana Bayou.
It’ll be a little soggy but just keep slogging.
We’ll soon be on dry ground."
We were – waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool said to push on.
Ol’ man river,
Dat ol’ man river
He mus’know sumpin’
But don’t say nuthin’,
He jes’keeps rollin’
He keeps on rollin’ along.
Well, I built me a raft and she’s ready for floatin’.
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down
The river to the ocean goes
A fortune for the undertow
The ice caps are melting, Oh, ho, ho ho
All the world is drowning, Ho, ho ho, ho ho
The ice caps are melting, the tide is rushing in
All the world is drowning to wash away the sin