See him wasted on the sidewalk, in his jacket and his jeans
Wearin’ yesterday’s misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future, full of money love and dreams
Which he spent like they was goin’ out o’ style
And he keeps right on a’changin’, for the better or the worse
Searchin’ for a shrine he’s never found
Never knowin’ if believin’, is a blessin’ or a curse
Or if the goin’ up was worth, the comin’ down
I’m coming down, coming down like a monkey
But it’s alright
Like a load on your back that you can’t see
Oh, but it’s alright
Try to shake it loose, cut it free
Just let it go, just get it away from me, oh
Shock the monkey, shock the monkey
Shock the monkey, shock the monkey
Shock the monkey to life
The man at the back has a question
His tongue’s involved with solutions
But the monkey on my back
Won’t stop laughing
Over the wall
Hand in hand
Over the wall
Watch us fall
Once I was climbing the garden wall
I slipped and had a terrible fall
I fell so hard, I heard bells ring
But held on to my ding-a-ling-a-ling
There’s always been Ethel:
“Jacob, wake up! You’ve got to tidy your room now.”
And then Mister Lewis:
“Isn’t it time that he was out on his own?”
Over the garden wall, two little lovebirds - cuckoo to you!
Keep them mowing blades sharp…
[SCAdian, I see what you did there (same song I put into titles…)]
Well the first thing you know ol Jed’s a millionaire,
The kinfolk said “Jed move away from there”
Said “Californy is the place you ought to be”
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
All the people with pools
Always put up their signs
Make up their rules
And impose all their fines
And they have all their fences
To keep us all out
And they have all their parties
Where they talk about
People with pools
You got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can’t hold out forever
Even walls fall down
These barricades can only hold for so long
Her world collapsed early Sunday morning
She took the child held tight
Opened the window
A breath, this song, how long
And knew, knew; belong
Why do you keep holdin’ on
Keep holdin’ on to me
Come tomorrow I’ll be gone
And you will be alone and I’ll be free
I’m free - I’m free
And freedom tastes of reality
I’m free - I’m free
And I’m waiting for you to follow me
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.
Now I’m free
Free fallin’
I leave a life behind me
I feel myself begin
I’m reaching out to keep you
Falling farther in
Reach out in the darkness
And you may find a friend
Now when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks
And the night is so black that the darkness cooks
And you come creeping around
Making me do things I don’t want to do
(Boogie nights, boogie nights)
(Boogie nights) ain’t no doubt we are here to party
(Boogie nights) come on now got to get it started
Well, I went out to a party just the other night
I was jammin’ to the music, I was feelin’ all right
I was burning up the floor like a disco maniac
When my woman said, “Baby, why’s your hand behind your back?”
Gotta boogie
I said boogie
I gotta boogie
Gotta boogie on my finger and I can’t shake it off
I’m just a no good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime
Nothing but a low-down beer bellied, bone headed, pigeon toed, turkey necked, weasle faced, worthless hunk of slime