Well it was kind of cold that night,
She stood alone on her balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by,
Out on 441 like waves crashin’ on the beach
And for one desperate moment
There he crept back in her memory
God it’s so painful when something that’s so close
Is still so far out of reach
I really hate to have to spend my time at work
My job is very boring, Im an office clerk
The only thing that helps me pass the time away
is knowing I’ll be back at Echo Beach someday
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
Will there never be a prince
Who rides along the sea and the mountains?
Scattering the sand and the foam into amethyst fountains
Riding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass
Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass?
[Judy Collins, Albatross]
Green grass and high tides forever
Castles of stone, souls and glory
Lost faces say we adore you
As kings and queens bow and play for you
And if she asks you why, you can tell her that I told you
That I’m tired of castles in the air
I’ve got a dream I want the world to share
And castle walls just lead me to despair
Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky
Dream come true, I’ll live there till I die
I’m asking you to say my last goodbye
The love we knew ain’t worth another try
I close my eyes to disguise the fear from inside,
Trembling within my own mind, I find no place to hide.
Stars of tomorrow shine through the grey mist that has gone.
I wish that this trip to the fair had never begun.
A trip to the fair, but nobody was there.
Mouse on a stick is a dandy meal
Something cackles in a cage on wheels
Gulliver’s monkey toss through the tire
Three legged lizard boy swallows fire
Show barkers call your name
Large evil clown eyes peer down
Lights put you in a trance
Welcome to the midnight carnival
All the stalactites and vicious vertebrae
Hunt the stalagmites while laryngitis slay
All that parasites that come from Paraguay in the spring
Snarling equinox among the rocks will seize you
And the Fahrenheit comes out at night to freeze you
Wild duodenum are lurking in the trees
And the jungle swarms with green apostrophes
Oh, the Amazon is calling me
Welcome to the jungle we got fun and games
We got everything you want honey, we know the names
We are the people that can find whatever you may need
If you got the money honey we got your disease
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your sha na na na na knees knees
I wanna watch you bleed
Just say a word and the boys will be right there:
with claws at your back to send a chill through the night air.
Is it so frightening to have me at your shoulder?
Thunder and lightning couldn’t be bolder.
I’ll write on your tombstone, ``I thank you for dinner.’’
This game that we animals play is a winner.
Let’s bungle in the jungle — well, that’s all right by me.
I’m a tiger when I want love,
but I’m a snake if we disagree.
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 trees
Without a trapeze,
In his BVD’s.
Jungle life, I’m far away from nowhere
On my own like Tarzan Boy
Hide and seek, I play along while rushing 'cross the forest
Monkey business on a sunny afternoon
Jungle life, I’m living in the open
Native beat that carries on
Burning bright, a fire that blows a signal to the sky
I sit and wonder, does the message get to you?
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh…
When he gets in a scrape,
he makes his escape
with the help of his friend,
an ape named Ape.
Then away he’ll schlep
on his elephant Shep
While Fella and Ursula*
Stay in step.
Well…George, George
George of the Jungle,
Friend to you and me.
Watch out for that tree.
He’s not aquatic, so how’s this for a re-action?
He’s a furry little ringed tail, who hasn’t had much trai-ay-ing!
He’s got a tail, and no gills!
And he’s got some real mad skills
And the villains scream, whenever they hear him say…
He’s Larry, Larry the Lemur!
And now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon’s bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky’s revival, ah
Oh yeah, yeah
He hears the silence howling, catches angels as they fall
And the all time winner has got him by the balls
Oh, he picks up Gideon’s Bible, open at page one
I thank God, he stole the handle
And the train, it won’t stop going
No way to slow down
I wish that I was stronger
Could keep my head for longer
I sit and watch my fear
But it won’t disappear
I can dream myself away
Lose myself for days
And the train rushes past
Like a day gone too fast
All I know all I know all I know
Is here and now
People say I’m lazy
Dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice
Designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I’m doing fine watching shadows on the wall
“Don’t you miss the big time boy, you’re no longer on the ball?”
For the words of the profits
Were written on the studio wall… concert halls
And echoes with the sound of salesmen… of salesmen… of salesmen!