i read the news today about a lucky man who made the grade and though the news was rather sad well i just had to laugh i saw the photograph he blew his mind out in a car he didn t notice that the lights had changed a crowd of people stood and stared they d seen his face before nobody was really sure if he was from the house of lords i saw a film today the english army had just won the war a crowd of people looked away but i just had to look having read the book i d love to turn you on woke up fell out of bed dragged a comb across my head found my way downstairs and drank a cup and looking up i noticed i was late found my coat and grabbed my hat made the bus in seconds flat found my way upstairs and had a smoke and somebody spoke and i went into a dream i read the news today four thousand holes in blackburn lancashire and though the holes were rather small they had to count them all now they know how many holes it takes to fill the albert hall i d love to turn you on

jesus left chicago and he headed down to new orleans jesus left chicago and he headed down to new orleans hey hey workin from one end to the other and all points in between took a drive through mississippi muddy water turned to wine took a drive through mississippi muddy water turned to wine hey hey went out to california through the points and through the pines you might not see him in person but he ll see you just the same might not see him in person but he ll see you just the same hey hey don t have to worry about nothin cuz takin care of business is his name jesus left chicago and he headed down to new orleans jesus left chicago and he headed down to new orleans hey hey workin from one end to the other and all points in between thanks everyone this is a very cool room i don t know how many of you were here last time but it s good to be back what s that sounds good mike sounds great mike thank you man thank you ok mike he likes the way it sounds i know

say a word for jimmy brown he ain t got nothing at all not a shirt right off his back he ain t got nothing at all and say a word for ginger brown walks with his head down to the ground they took the shoes right off his feet and threw the poor boy right out in the street and this is what he said oh sweet nuthin she ain t got nothing at all oh sweet nutin she ain t got nothing at all say a word for polly may she can t tell the night from the day they threw her out in the street but just like a cat she landed on her feet and say a word for joanna love she ain t got nothing at all cos everyday she falls in love and everynight she falls when she does she said oh sweet nuthin you know she ain t got nothing at all oh sweet nuthin she ain t got nothing at all oh let me hear you say a word for jimmy brown he ain t got nothing at all not a shirt right of his back he ain t got nothing at all and say a word for ginger brown walks with his head down to the ground they took the shoes took the shoes from his feet from his feet and threw the poor boy right out in the street and this is what he said oh sweet nuthin she ain t got nothing at all oh sweet nuthin she ain t got nothing at all she ain t got nothing at all oh sweet nuthin she ain t got nothing at all she ain t got nothing at all she ain t got nothing at all

one plush summer you come to me ripe and ready and bad through and through with that deep mystical soul synergy pumping steady between me and you lovin all the beautiful work we ve done cara mia and it s barely july if we keep on boppin until labor day li l miz abbie bye bye what will it be some soothing herb tea that might be just the thing let s say we spike it with dilaudid or else maybe tonight a hand of solitaire flame is the game the game we call gaslighting abbie it s a luscious invention for three one summer by the sea with the long weekend that s comin up fast let s get busy there s just too much to do that black mini looks just like the one she s been missin feels good on you there s a few items we need in town allez vous girl there s no time to waste such as fresh cable and fifteen watt bulbs couple dozen it s a big old place let s keep it light we ll do a fright night with blood and everything some punky laughter from the kitchen and then a nice relaxing hand of solitaire flame is the game the game we call gaslighting abbie it s a luscious invention for three one summer by the sea you can choose the music i ll set up my gear later on we ll chill and watch the fireworks from here how can you knock this mighty spitelock check out the work itself a mix of elegance and function that s right a tweak or two and then she s out of here flame is the game the game we call gaslighting abbie it s a luscious invention for three one summer by the sea

jenny said when she was just five years old there was nothin happenin at all every time she puts on a radio there was nothin goin down at all not at all then one fine mornin she puts on a new york station you know she don t believe what she heard at all she started shakin to that fine rock music you know her life was saved by rock n roll despite all the amputations you know you could just go out and dance to the rock n roll station it was alright it was alright hey baby you know it was alright it was alright jenny said when she was just bout five years old you know my parents are gonna be the death of us all two tv sets and two cadillac cars well you know it ain t gonna help me at all not just a little tiny bit then one fine mornin she turns on a new york station she doesn t believe what she hears at all she started dancin to that fine fine music you know her life is saved by rock n roll yeah rock n roll despite all the computations you could just dance to that rock n roll station and baby it was alright and it was alright hey it was alright it was alright hey here she comes now jump jump like jenny said when she was just bout five years old hey you know there s nothin happenin at all not at all every time i put on the radio you know there s nothin goin down at all not at all but one fine mornin she hears a new york station she doesn t believe what she heard at all hey not at all she started dancin to that fine fine music you know her life was saved by rock n roll yeah rock n roll despite all the computations you know you could just dance to the rock n roll station alright alright and it was alright oh you listen to me now and it was alright c mon now little better little bit it was alright it was alright and it was alright alright it s alright alright baby it s alright now alright baby it s alright now baby it s alright now alright now bay it s alright bay it s alright now oh baby oh baby oh baby yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah it s alright now it s alright now all alright

could ve had a chance to get out of this mess the time that you came and the day that you left could ve had a chance could ve had a chance never thought i could make it this far with a pain in my soul and a hole in my heart never thought i could never thought i could chorus but when the lights are turnin round the wheels are flowing on the ground the day i burned this whole place down when the circus comes to town carved your name out on that tree scratched mine out right in front of me didn t mean that much didn t mean that much chorus carved your name out on that tree scratched mine out right in front of me didn t mean that much didn t mean that much chorus

j d so so def uh uh chorus lil corey all i know when i m with you you make me feel so good you know you do way you walk and the way you talk you know you look so good make me forget about all i know i been looking for you girl for a minute now the way you look and how you puts it down see this dog just don t fall easy you gotta be off the heezy for sheezy and make young weezy wanna get with it and lock down all your digits talk to you for hours at a time about whatever comes across your mind when we out girls run up you don t even trip you get a kick out of watching them flip i wanna live for you slim i never been like this but it s cool cause i like this got you a 2 way so you don t miss a beat for the times that i m working and i cannot speak all the the homies tease me say you got me sprung but they just mad cause they ain t got one i m saying chorus repeat 1x my lil homie my roll dog we really kill em when we step through the mall looking just alike both got cornrows two bags each both so fresh from our head to our feet only disagree when we talk ball play i say i v you say m j you say you with me thats where you mistaken i ain t omar epps and you ain t sanaa lathan i do you lets find another subject a girl that really understands you gotta love that a young sergio valente louie vuitton shell top rocking and likes to have fun fresher than the next chick no need for you to ever sweat the next chick indeed i make the next the chick see the exit with speed cause your the only thing that i need i m saying chorus repeat 1x shorty do you really really love me shorty do you really really care shorty do you really really need me cause if you do i m a be right here shorty do you really really love me shorty do you really really care shorty do you really really need me cause if so i m a be right here chorus 1x

well it was many years ago now but i really can t be sure that s when it all began then i heard that knock upon my door and the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother came down on me well the telephone was ringing that s when i handed it to liz she said this isn t who it would be if it wasn t who it is it s the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother comin down on me so i might be on a side street or a stairway to the stars i hear the high pitched cavitation of propellers from afar it s the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother comin down on me so with meaningless excitement and smooth atonal sound it s like a cross between a hurricane and a ship that s run aground it s the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother comin down on comin down on me it s the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother it s the wolfman s brother shirley temple1

mr palmer is concerned with the thousand dollar question just like roger he s a crazy little kid i ve got the time if you ve got the inclination so cheer up palmer you ll soon be dead the noose is hanging at least you won t die wondering sit up and take notice tell it like it is if i were near you i wouldn t be far from you i ve got a feeling you know what you did ac dc bag ac dc bag ac dc bag dc bag ac dc bag ac dc bag ac dc bag dc bag time to put your money where your mouth is put em in a field and let em let em fight it out i m running so fast my feet don t touch the ground i m a stranger here i m going down let s get down to the nitty gritty let s get this show on the road i ll show you mine if you show me yours i m breathing hard open the door ac dc bag oh ac dc bag ac dc bag dc bag ac dc bag oh ac dc bag ac dc bag dc bag brain dead and made of money no future at all pull down the blinds and run for cover no future at all who would ve thought it that s where i am no future at all don t sweat it that s where i am whoa carry me down

washed on the shore washed on the shore id like to live beneath the dirt a tiny space to move and breathe is all that i would ever need i wanna live beneath the dirt where id be free from push and shove like all those swarming up above beneath their heels ill spend my time ill wriggle in the earth and dew and sometimes i will think of you and if you ever think of me kneel down and kiss the earth and show me what this thought is worth shot your name into the wind shot your name into the wind shot your name into the wind shot your name into the wind shot your name into the wind shot your name into the wind shot your name into the wind shot your name into the wind1

when the only tool you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail and you re living at the bittersweet motel when the only tool you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail and you re living at the bittersweet motel half way between erie and pittsburgh you re puttin me through hell on the highway to the bittersweet motel half way between erie and pittsburgh you re puttin me through hell on the highway to the bittersweet motel when the only tool you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail and you re living at the bittersweet motel

i was born in the land of the sun and the tall green grass and i don t understand how all this has come to pass how we ve come to surround ourselves in a sea of thieves in a land without learning only the fools believe i went driving last night on a dark canyon road had the sky to myself but i wasn t alone had the pain of my lifetime for my company how did it end up like this for you and me when love breaks the promise the heart has to keep it leaves only truth here to find when the spirit is crushed and the hurt is so deep between you and i even when love has come and gone and our hearts have moved along i will remember there was a time we had the trust and that always was enough i will remember i will remember you as i open my eyes to one more day the wind burns my face as it whispers your name as it s pulling me forward it tears me free and the only thing left is the tears for you and me cause when love breaks the promise the heart has to keep it leaves only truth here to find when the spirit is crushed and hurt is so deep between you and i even when love has come and gone and our hearts have moved along i will remember there was a time we had the trust and that always was enough i will remember even when love has come and gone and our hearts have moved along i will remember there was a time we had the trust and that always was enough i will remember i will remember you

there s a rumor of a midnight man so silent in disguise and every time he looks your way you can see it in his eyes like a window to the storm he invades your paradise don t you buy what he is selling it s just lies when he says these hearts are willing the story goes these dreams are free only takes a moment but you must acclimatize don t you buy what he is selling it s just lies over your left shoulder i have seen the angry beast heard the war horns screaming as they gather for the feast seen a star crossed angel with the death card and a shield we re walking through mindfields you see an angel and she takes you by the hand we re walking through mindfields her lips are moving like she s praying we re walking through mindfields she speaks so softly and you want to understand what she s saying there s a stairway leading to the sun i walk it in my sleep and a ship of fools above the sky who ve gotten in too deep with a doorway into nowhere and the path is way too steep don t you lose your angry soul it s yours to keep where it ends it s the beginning and it stays right to the end the reason is unclear my friend it almost makes me weep don t you lose your soul it s yours to keep over your left shoulder i have seen the angry beast heard the war horns screaming as they gather for the feast seen a star crossed angel with the death card and a shield we re walking through mindfields you see an angel and she takes you by the hand we re walking through mindfields her lips are moving like she s praying we re walking through mindfields she speaks so softly and you want to understand what she s saying over your left shoulder i have seen the angry beast heard the war horns screaming as they gather for the feast seen a star crossed angel with the death card and a shield we re walking through mindfields you see an angel and she takes you by the hand we re walking through mindfields her lips are moving like she s praying we re walking through mindfields she speaks so softly and you want to understand what she s saying we re walking through mindfields you see an angel and she takes you by the hand we re walking through mindfields her lips are moving like she s praying we re walking through mindfields she speaks so softly and you want to understand what she s saying

high above manhattan town what floats and has a shape like that fans like us who watch the skies we know it s morph the cat gliding like a big blue cloud from tompkins square to upper broadway beyond the park to sugar hill stops a minute for latte he oozes down the heating duct swims like seaweed down the hall he briefly digs your wiggy pad and seeps out through the wall it s kind of like an arctic mindbath cool and sweet and slightly rough liquid light on new york city like christmas without the chintzy stuff what exactly does he want this rabelaisian puff of smoke to make you feel all warm and cozy like you heard a good joke like you heard an arlen tune or you bought yourself a crazy hat like you had a mango cooler ooh morph the cat he s all the talk in shops and schoolyards sultan place the automat players playin in da bronx respect to morph the cat kind of like an arctic mindbath cool and sweet and slightly rough liquid light on new york city christmas without the chintzy stuff so rich is his charisma you can almost hear it sing he skims the roofs and bells begin to ring chinese cashiers can feel it now grand old gals at evening mass young racketeers and teenage models laughing on the grass blessed yankees have an ally when this feline comes to bat bringing joy to old manhattan all watch the skies for morph the cat

as i m staring through this fire it s too late to make you mine so far from where we started so far from what we wanted and as both our worlds fall down we have lost and we have found so far from where we started so far from what we wanted i ve made mistakes that i can t erase i ve made mistakes if i had more money honey would you love me love me love me if i wasn t just somebody like me if i had more money honey would you love me love me love me if i wasn t just somebody like me i ve made mistakes that i can t erase i ve made mistakes oh i should have seen the signs now we re falling back in time so far from where we started so far from what we wanted and i m trying to right this wrong so i need you to be strong so far from where we started so far from what we wanted i ve made mistakes that i can t erase i ve made mistakes if i had more money honey would you love me love me love me if i wasn t just somebody like me if i had more money honey would you love me love me love me if i wasn t just somebody like me i ve made mistakes that i can t erase i ve made mistakes yeah yeah yo yeah yeah yo i know you know so let it go yeah yeah yo yeah yeah yo i know you know i ve made mistakes that i can t erase i ve made mistakes if i had more money honey would you love me love me love me if i wasn t just somebody like me if i had more money honey would you love me love me love me if i wasn t just somebody like me i ve made mistakes that i can t erase i ve made mistakes yeah yeah yo yeah yeah yo i know you know yeah yeah yo yeah yeah yo i know you know

my first make out session i learned my first lesson while tryin to get to the next base when i slipped past her waist she smacked my hand away then i got a slap in the face if i could go back in time wouldn t change a damn thing in my life love the dumb things we do when we re young but the best is yet to come yeah my first drinkin lesson i followed all my friends stole liquor went down to the lake weed mixed with whiskey hell i got so dizzy it was more than my stomach could take if i could go back in time wouldn t change a damn thing in my life love the dumb things we do when we re young but the best is yet to come oh go for it run toward it dive in headfirst live life with no regret put your heart out there don t be scared you might get hurt but it s all worth it in the end cause the best is yet to come yea yeah my last high school lesson scared of graduation tipped a few back and showed up too late well my mom got mad and my dad he just laughed and said son i have done the same thing just go for it run toward it dive in headfirst live life with no regret put your heart out there don t be scared you might get hurt but it s all worth it in the end it ll all work out in the end cause the best is yet to come the best is yet to come yeah the best is yet to come

last night the night before twenty four robbers was at my door i got up to let em in hit em on the head with a rollin pin downtown sycamore town billy goat laid his poppa down oh jump back baby jump back oh jump back baby jump back jump jump well i went back home to get some sleep i give the bed bugs the time to creep if one should bite before i wake hope the world enjoys the break oh jump back baby jump back oh jump back baby jump back jump jump paid 5 dollars for an old grey horse horse wouldn t pull so i swapped for a bull bull wouldn t holler so i sold it for a dollar the dollar i wouldn t need so i throwed it in the grass the grass wouldn t grow so i chopped it with a hoe the hoe wouldn t chop so i took it to the shop the shop made money like the bees make honey oh jump back baby jump back oh jump back baby jump back jump jump you gotta jump back baby every single night you gotta jump back baby every single night why don t you jump back baby you gotta jump back baby just for fun here s the original rufus thomas version written phonetically as rufus wishes via email last night night befo 24 robbers at my door i got up and let em in hit em in da head with a rolling pin when i got em in a billy goat town billy goat kicked his pappy down now i lay me down to sleep givin the beddbugs a chance to creep if i should die before i wake i hope the world will jaw the break went to the river couldn t get across paid five dollars for an old gray hoss hoss wouldn t pull i swapped him for a bull bull wouldn t holla i sold him for a dolla dolla wouldn t pass i throwed it in the grass grass wouldn t grow i chopped it wid a hoe hoe wouldn t chop i took it to the shop shop made money like a bee makes honey yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah come on now come on now wait a minute now baby wait a minute now baby aw come on baby oh come on baby oh wait a minute baby oh yeah yeah

i was always one of the righteous never lived outside of the lines kept a close watch on the whitewash disguising the dead bones inside disguising the dead bones inside i was always one of the good ones keeping tabs on everyone else sure that i was one of the chosen i was a child of hell i was a child of hell but you buried me in the bright light yeah you held my eyes to the sun til i could see that i was worse than i ever feared i could be but somehow i was loved more than i ever dared to believe because of you i was always one of the blameless or at least that s what i believed i never thought i could have been blinded until i could no longer see until i could no longer see but you buried me in the bright light yeah you held my eyes to the sun til i could see that i was worse than i ever feared i could be but somehow i was loved more than i ever dared to believe you had shown me i was worse than i ever feared i could be but somehow i was loved more than i ever dared to believe because of you

heart is heavy soul is thirsty body s achin i am desperately in need of restoration i am ready for you to take me higher the only thing that i can do is keep on praying on my own i just can t get it right it doesn t matter how hard i try but with you i ve become a much stronger man getting on my knees puts me back on my feet again load is heavy too much accumulation these possessions that i have amount to nothing at all i am willing to hand over every one of them cause they won t profit me anything in the end never again will i wander without you alone in the wilderness never again never again now that i understand

there must be some kind of way out of here said the joker to the thief too much confusion i can t get no relief business men they drink my wine plow men dig my earth none of them along the line know what any of it s worth no reason to get excited the thief he kindly spoke there are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke but you and i we ve been through all that and this is not our fate so let us not talk falsely now the hour is getting late all along the watchtower princes kept their view while all the women all the women all the women came and went barefoot servants too outside in the cold distance a wild cat did growl two riders were approaching and the wind began to howl yeah yeah yeah yeah the money safe the thief he take the money safe the thief he take no reason to get excited