One bright morning in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back-to-back they faced one another
Drew their swords and shot each other
A deaf policeman heard the noise
And came and killed those two dead boys
If you don’t believe my lie is true,
Ask the blind man – he saw it too!
It’s hard to see how the tables have turned
It’s hard to see how the people have learned
It’s hard to watch the past drizzling past
It’s hard to watch them picking the cast
And it stacks up badly that it never makes sense
You sense that sensation is who’s paying the rent
And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies
She says: “Can’t you slice the price of your paradise?”
And the most she will do is throw shadows at you,
But she’s always a woman to me.
Can’t you see, Lord, Can’t you see,
What that woman she been doing to me.
Can’t you see, can’t you see,
What that woman, she been doing to me.
The more that I see you, the more that I miss you
The less that I care
I know I should try to kiss you goodbye, but
You’re never there
The more I see you,
The more I want you.
Somehow this feeling
Just grows and grows.
All the good love
When we’re all alone
Keep it up, girl
Yeah, you turn me on
I’m hooked on a feeling
I’m high on believing
That you’re in love with me
She said, “I wanna learn a love song full of happy things.”
She said, “I wanna learn a love song; won’t you let me hear you sing?”
She said, “I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play.”
She said, “I wanna learn a love song before you go away.”
You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs
But I look around me and I see it isn’t so
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs
And what’s wrong with that, I’d like to know
Let him sit beside you
Eat right off your plate
You don’t have to be afraid
There’s nothing here to hate
Ah, princess you might like it
If you lower your defence
Kiss that frog, and you will
Get your prince
I’m sick of all your bitchin’
'Bout your poodles and your pills
And I just can’t see no humor
About your way of life
And I think I can do more for you
With this here fork and knife
Eat the rich
There’s only one thing that they are good for
Eat the rich
Take one bite now - come back for more
Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you must tell me, baby
How your head feels under somethin’ like that
Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
She’s bought a hat like Princess Marina’s
To wear at all her social affairs
She wears it when she’s cleaning the windows
She wears it when she’s scrubbing the stairs
But you will never see her at Ascot
She can’t afford the time or the fare
But she’s bought a hat like Princess Marina’s
So she don’t care
I think I’m gonna be sad
I think it’s today, yeah
The girl that’s driving me mad
Is going away
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
She’s got a ticket to ride
But she don’t care
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m-a goin’ home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
When I come back, I’ll bring your wedding ring.
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me, hold me like you’ll never let me go.
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you’ll never find me
I will turn your flesh to alabaster
Then you will find your servant is your master
And you’ll be wrapped around my finger
I’m swimming out on a blue, blue ocean
You’re sailing out on a blue, blue sea
Silhouettes and a vulture hoping
He’s gonna pick the bones of you and me
You and me
Sailing takes me away
To where I’ve always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free