The motherlode....
So, in the interests of my own interests, I bring you the Mother of all Lyrics Wednesdays:
The Violent Femmes edition!
American Music
Do you like amercan music
I like american music
don't you like american music baby
I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me baby
did you do too many drugs
I did too many drugs
did you do too many drugs too baby
you were born too late
I was born too soon
but every time I look at that ugly moon
it reminds me of you
it reminds me of you ooh ooh ooh
I need a date to the prom
would you like to come along
but nobody would go to the prom with me baby
they didn't like american music
they never heard american music
they didn't know the music was in my soul baby
you were born too soon
I was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
we like american music
I like american music baby
do you like american music
we like all kinds of music
but I like american music best
baby you were born too late
and i was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)
I see a damsel
In danger and distress
I see that she is pretty
I see a young girl
Dressed in a dirty dress
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
I see a fat girl
With her hair a mess
I see that she is pretty
I see a proud girl
She's pregnant I would guess
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail
I see the school girls
Dressed in their Sunday best
I see that they are pretty
I see the wagon trains
Of pioneer women heading west
I see that they are pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Creature Creature, here the plan
Leads unto the fall of man
I see a matron
Unbuttoning a tightly fitting dress
I see that she is pretty
I see a maiden
She's careless like all the rest
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the prettiest one of all
Mirror mirror humor me
Do they see what I see
Jesus Walking on the Water
Oh my, oh my, oh my, what if it was true?
and oh my, oh my, oh my, tell me is it true.
Did he, did he, did he die upon that cross?
and did he, did he, did he come back across?
Jesus walking on the water.
Sweet Jesus walking in the sky.
Sinking sand, took my hand, raised me up,
and brought me up.
I can hold my head up high.
Will I, will I, will I be true to my birth?
and will I, will I, will I give what I'm worth?
Oh yes sir, yes sir, yes sir, I come when you call,
and yes sir, yes sir, yes sir, sweet Jesus, my all-in-all.
I Hear the Rain
I hear the rain. I hear the rain.
I hear the rain.
Got to kill the pain.
I hear the rain. I hear the rain.
I hear the rain.
Got to kill the pain.
Bury me out on a lone prarie.
Prarie water washin' over me.
Bury me out on a lone prarie.
A friend who calls a coyote.
Bury me out in the lone city.
Sewer water color of my tea.
Bury me out in the lone city.
Sewer water wash we all down to sea.
She use to sit and watch and wait.
Now I think I'll go and sit.
Gone, Daddy, Gone
Beautfil girl, love the dress
high school smiles, oh yes
Beautfil girl, love the dress
where she is now I can only guess
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yeah it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone away
When I see you, eyes will turn blue
When I see you, thousand eyes, turning blue
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
It's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yeah it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone away
Tell by the way that you switch your walk
I can see by the way that you, baby talk
I can know by the way that you treat your man
I could you love you babys a crime
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Beautiful girl, love the dress
Fifteen smiles, oh yes
Beautiful girl, love the dress
Where she is now I can only guess
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Said its gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone away
gone away, way way way
gone away
gone away
Blister in the Sun
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
let me go on like I blister in the sun
let me go on big hands I know your the one
body and beats I stain my sheets I don't even know why
my girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry
let me go on like I blister in the sun
let me go on big hands I know your the one...
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
body and beats I stain my sheets I don't even know why
my girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
let me go on like I blister in the sun
let me go on big hands I know your the one
Breakin Up
Now every once in a while
There's a crack in my smile
Dark voices are talking to me
Dark voices tell me the way
It's supposed to be
They said "Breakin' up"
They said "It's hard to do"
But what they say
About breakin' up
Y'know it's just not true
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Why if you know
Why did you have to go
And leave me on t he floor
About as sick as a dog
I'm feeding my face
Like a bleary-eyed hog
Why'd it have to stop
With so much good undone
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Y'know I break up every time
I break up with you
4 Seasons
How will I stand the summer
When spring was such a bummer
How will I weather my winter
When my fall was such a ballbuster
It's spring and there'll be no spring fling
When my winter was what a winner
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
How will I stand the summer
When the spring just made me dumber
How will I fare my fall
Will I lose my mind in the wintertime
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-ling
It's summer and I'm just a little dumber
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
I'm not gonna take the spring
'Cause the spring don't mean a thing
I'm not gonna take the winter
My winter is a splinter
I'm not gonna take the summer
Summer is such a bummer
But I am taking the fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
Vivaldi, The 4 Seasons
It seems to me to be a theme of love
With no variations of aggravations
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
If I ain't got you I got nothing at all
.... Now I really need to get replacement Violent Femmes CDs!
The Violent Femmes edition!
American Music
Do you like amercan music
I like american music
don't you like american music baby
I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me baby
did you do too many drugs
I did too many drugs
did you do too many drugs too baby
you were born too late
I was born too soon
but every time I look at that ugly moon
it reminds me of you
it reminds me of you ooh ooh ooh
I need a date to the prom
would you like to come along
but nobody would go to the prom with me baby
they didn't like american music
they never heard american music
they didn't know the music was in my soul baby
you were born too soon
I was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
we like american music
I like american music baby
do you like american music
we like all kinds of music
but I like american music best
baby you were born too late
and i was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)
I see a damsel
In danger and distress
I see that she is pretty
I see a young girl
Dressed in a dirty dress
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
I see a fat girl
With her hair a mess
I see that she is pretty
I see a proud girl
She's pregnant I would guess
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail
I see the school girls
Dressed in their Sunday best
I see that they are pretty
I see the wagon trains
Of pioneer women heading west
I see that they are pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Creature Creature, here the plan
Leads unto the fall of man
I see a matron
Unbuttoning a tightly fitting dress
I see that she is pretty
I see a maiden
She's careless like all the rest
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the prettiest one of all
Mirror mirror humor me
Do they see what I see
Jesus Walking on the Water
Oh my, oh my, oh my, what if it was true?
and oh my, oh my, oh my, tell me is it true.
Did he, did he, did he die upon that cross?
and did he, did he, did he come back across?
Jesus walking on the water.
Sweet Jesus walking in the sky.
Sinking sand, took my hand, raised me up,
and brought me up.
I can hold my head up high.
Will I, will I, will I be true to my birth?
and will I, will I, will I give what I'm worth?
Oh yes sir, yes sir, yes sir, I come when you call,
and yes sir, yes sir, yes sir, sweet Jesus, my all-in-all.
I Hear the Rain
I hear the rain. I hear the rain.
I hear the rain.
Got to kill the pain.
I hear the rain. I hear the rain.
I hear the rain.
Got to kill the pain.
Bury me out on a lone prarie.
Prarie water washin' over me.
Bury me out on a lone prarie.
A friend who calls a coyote.
Bury me out in the lone city.
Sewer water color of my tea.
Bury me out in the lone city.
Sewer water wash we all down to sea.
She use to sit and watch and wait.
Now I think I'll go and sit.
Gone, Daddy, Gone
Beautfil girl, love the dress
high school smiles, oh yes
Beautfil girl, love the dress
where she is now I can only guess
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yeah it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone away
When I see you, eyes will turn blue
When I see you, thousand eyes, turning blue
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
It's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yeah it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone away
Tell by the way that you switch your walk
I can see by the way that you, baby talk
I can know by the way that you treat your man
I could you love you babys a crime
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Beautiful girl, love the dress
Fifteen smiles, oh yes
Beautiful girl, love the dress
Where she is now I can only guess
Cause it's gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Said its gone daddy gone,
the love is gone
Yes gone daddy gone,
the love has gone away
gone away, way way way
gone away
gone away
Blister in the Sun
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
let me go on like I blister in the sun
let me go on big hands I know your the one
body and beats I stain my sheets I don't even know why
my girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry
let me go on like I blister in the sun
let me go on big hands I know your the one...
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
body and beats I stain my sheets I don't even know why
my girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
let me go on like I blister in the sun
let me go on big hands I know your the one
Breakin Up
Now every once in a while
There's a crack in my smile
Dark voices are talking to me
Dark voices tell me the way
It's supposed to be
They said "Breakin' up"
They said "It's hard to do"
But what they say
About breakin' up
Y'know it's just not true
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Why if you know
Why did you have to go
And leave me on t he floor
About as sick as a dog
I'm feeding my face
Like a bleary-eyed hog
Why'd it have to stop
With so much good undone
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Y'know I break up every time
I break up with you
4 Seasons
How will I stand the summer
When spring was such a bummer
How will I weather my winter
When my fall was such a ballbuster
It's spring and there'll be no spring fling
When my winter was what a winner
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
How will I stand the summer
When the spring just made me dumber
How will I fare my fall
Will I lose my mind in the wintertime
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-ling
It's summer and I'm just a little dumber
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
I'm not gonna take the spring
'Cause the spring don't mean a thing
I'm not gonna take the winter
My winter is a splinter
I'm not gonna take the summer
Summer is such a bummer
But I am taking the fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
Vivaldi, The 4 Seasons
It seems to me to be a theme of love
With no variations of aggravations
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
If I ain't got you I got nothing at all
.... Now I really need to get replacement Violent Femmes CDs!