There’s a red cloud hanging over us
And it’s so big and it’s gonna burst
All you people with your heads in the ground
Hey brother, where you bound?
Clouds a-gatherin’ o’er my head
That kill the day and hide the sun
That shroud the night when day is done
Ribbon of darkness over me
Curl up baby
Keep it all out of sight
Undercover
Keep it all out of sight
Undercover of the night
Come to my window, oh-ho
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
Come to my window
I’ll be home soon
I’ll be home, I’ll be home, I’ll be home
And you may ask yourself: “How do I work this?”
And you may ask yourself: “Where is that large automobile?”
And you may tell yourself: “This is not my beautiful house!”
And you may tell yourself: “This is not my beautiful wife!”
I don’t know even now quite how it began.
You must meet my wife, my Anne.
Did Annie pop in to say, “hi,” or did she stay for a while?
Was she jumping at that other guy, the one with the glistening smile?
Was she hanging onto his arm, and was she laughing out loud?
Did I tell you I’m too proud to fight, and say,
Has Annie been in tonight?
Ah, did Annie look happy or sad? Was there a look in her eyes?
Was her expression good or bad, and was she telling her lies?
Did she tell you that she left me, or that I’d thrown her out?
Its beyond a doubt she’d be right, and say,
Has Annie been in tonight?
Annie doesn’t live here any more,
It’s too bad you didn’t call before!
Then I was kept away for a week or maybe two
The wind came off the lake and drove the pigeons from the zoo
I finally made it back to that familiar avenue
I shivered as I pushed in through the door
“She doesn’t work here anymore”
The clerk explained to me as he swept the floor
I always meant to talk to her before
She doesn’t work there anymore
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,
To tell her how I’m feeling, maybe get a second glance,
Now I’ve got to get used to not living next door to Alice…
I don’t know how I’m gonna tell you
I can’t play with you no more
I don’t know how I’m gonna do what mama told me
My friend, the by next door
Playmate, I cannot play with you,
My dolly’s got the flu, boohoo-hoo-hoo.
Somebody come and play
Somebody come and play today
Somebody come and be my friend
And watch the sun till it rains again
Somebody come and play today
Why can’t we play today?
Why can’t we stay that way?
Oh won’t you stay
Just a little bit longer
Please please please, say you will
Say you will
Say you’ll be mine
Say you’ll be mine until the sun shines
Say you’ll be mine
And bring me the dream of a lifetime
If you’ll be m-i-n-e, mine,
Then I’ll be t-h-i-n-e, thine,
And I’ll love you, love you, love you,
All the t-i-m-e, time.
H-A-T-E
Is that how you spell love in your dictionary?
K-I-C-K
Pronounced as kind
F-U-C-K
Is that how you spell friend in your dictionary?
Black on black
A guidebook for the blind
I’m so full of H A T R E D
I’m bitter and maligned
You’ve got me P I S S E D off
I’m angry most of the time
I drive really slow in the ultrafast lane
While people behind me are going insane
I’m an asshole (He’s an asshole, what an asshole)
I’m an asshole (He’s an asshole, such an asshole)