Lyrics
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69 Année Érotique 
(Gainsbourg)
Gainsbourg et son Gainsborough
Ont pris le ferry-boat
De leur lit par le hublot
Ils regardent la côte
Ils s'aiment et la traversée
Durera toute une année
Ils vaincront les maléfices
Jusqu'en soixante-dix
Soixante neuf année érotique
Soixante neuf année érotique
Gainsbourg et son Gainsborough
Vont rejoindre Paris
Ils ont laissé derrière eux
La Tamise et Chelsea
Ils s'aiment et la traversée
Durera toute une année
Et que les dieux les bénissent
Jusqu'en soixante-dix
Soixante neuf année érotique
Soixante neuf année érotique
Ils s'aiment et la traversée
Durera toute une année
Il pardonnera ses caprices
Jusqu'en soixante-dix
Soixante neuf année érotique
Soixante neuf année érotique
Alien Lover
(Cunniff)
Lightship lover
Interplanetary other
Sci-fi brother
If you are somewhere above us
Airwave raver
Cyber-crazed saviour
Pest resistant, optimistic, send me a sign
I'm a low meg rapper
Fertile futuristic flapper
Regenerating cells and
Sending out spells
Hear me now
I'm an alien lover
I'm lovesick baby
For your saturnine behaviour
Heard your flavour
Makes you come off even stranger
Hear my whisper
When I tell you I'm your sister
Fly me first class
Over to your pad
We're all rockin' it you should be rockin' it
Bringin' it on 'til the break of dawn
If you're diggin' it you should be singin' it
Keep, keep on
So we're bringin' all the fine ladies
And we do like foolin' around
So bring all your cats and your fanny packs
Get up, get up, get down
Angel
(Cunniff/Glaser - Arranged By LJ)
Your brother was a friend
Of mine
Nobody but a live wire
Can I sing it out
Can I say it loud
Still looking for
That old fire
Tracing the fall
Of my angel
Catch it in the wind
It's still smoking
Burning up cause
Your sister is tokin'
And I'm living in
Another dimension
What I see is my
Own invention
Tracing the fall
Of my angel
At home with my
Own mutilation
Cigarette burns
In the subway station
Sometimes I forget
They're down there
In the walls
Tracing the fall
Of my angel
Catch it in the wind
It's still smoking
Burning up cause
Your sister is tokin'
And I'm living in
Another dimension
What I see is my
Own invention
Tracing the fall
Of my angel
Tracing the fall
Of my angel
Tracing the fall
Of my angel
Can I find the fire
In me to fight
Are You Ready?
Are you ready?
I'm away from lazy days
Hiding from the race
And finding ways and ways
To run
I can see you dancing through the window
Passing by you in the early morning
Take a chance, take it, take a chance now
Ain't you, ain't you tired of all the hiding?
Are you ready?
Are you ready for the ride?
Are you ready?
Do it until you're satisfied
Shine it on it's time to play
The words you need to say
Rise up or fade away
Away
I can see you dancing through the window
Watching, watching D.W.T.S.
Take a chance, take it, take a chance now
Ain't you, ain't you tired of all the B.S.?
Are you ready?
Are you ready for the ride?
Are you ready?
Do it until you're satisfied
Go up to get down
Go in to get out
Banana's Box
(Mixed By Daniel Lanois)
Hey if you are my fallen star
I'm afraid that will go to far
Cross and loss is in my thing sweet thing
Can we just slow down
Can read your mind
Can you read mine
There it goes in double time
I can read your mind
Can you read mine
There it goes in double time
Fall and fall if we don't stall
See enough we'll see it all
When do I end where do you begin
They say I should be strong enough
Just to let the good things in
So here we are nobody's pure so far
That guy says he is
But he still drives a car
Be kind you'll find
It's yours
Be kind
Be sure
You'll find
It's yours
Beloved
(Cunniff)
Saw you by the avenue
Selling ends and means
Full of incidents and schemes
When you lied and when you lagged
You were such a drag
But I loved you like a fiend
Beloved
Make it feel like summer
Make it feel like summertime
Beloved
I'm coming undone sonny
In the danger of the ride
I liked to lie out in the wind
Calling love and sin
Sympathetic pharmacies
I tried to make it right
Coming strait from Hell
Preacher without a prayer for myself
Christine
(Cunniff)
Christine was the Queen of Teens
She sang into the shadows to be free
Always lookin' for something beautiful to sing to
When school nights kept her in
She listened to the records in the basement
Always lookin' for something beautiful to
Sing to
Christine
She's free
Guitar playin' through the night
Nobody could hear her 'cause she played so quiet
Lookin' for something beautiful to sing to
Morning comes and the ghosts go in
She sang right through 'em 'til they
Went to sleep
Lookin' for something beautiful
To sing to
Citysong
(Cunniff/Glaser)
I'm taking the side streets
And I'm cruising down the alleyways
And I'm feeling the cool breeze
Across my face
I'm losing to find
And I'm breaking to fix
'Cause I'm not fit to go on like this
Music in my head
The rhythm keeps me fed
These sounds surround me
In these in high frequencies
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
Stone alone
In the city of bastard roots
When I'm about to go crazy
'Cause I'm still living here
I just get my friends together
And we dance, dance, dance
'Cause this is the state of the world
This is the state of the world
This city tells me what it's like to live
Hey bike messenger
What's your name?
Have you got the time
To talk to me?
Tell you what.
We'll sit on this here stoop
And talk all about you
We'll just keep sitting here
'Til you roll on through.
'Cause this is the state of the world
Serpico he's still around
Screwed up police you might
Get found
City crime's for city cops
You've got to know
The streets you rock
The subway tells the story here
This is the place to disappear
'Cause this is the state of the world
And I'll die in my open mind
I live in my open mind
And I'll die in my open mind
I live in my open mind
And I'll die in my open mind
I live in my open mind
And I'll die in my open mind
Country's A Callin'
(Cunniff)
Tension's rising
I can't see the sky
No room to breathe
There's dirt in my eye
I hear the country calling me
I long for the sweet smells of summertime
Where the tall grass grows
Out on the stretch of hillside
I hear the country calling me...
Daddy
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Inbred white bread fat head
I'll get you but I'm not ready yet
You're my daddy
And you're no good baby
You're my daddy
And you're no good baby
You got blue blood
You got pink skin
You got black eyes
You got yellow fingers
White skin black eye blue blood
Born free ready to shed blood
You're my mommy
And you're no good baby
You're my mommy
And you're no good baby
You got a big butt
You get fucked up
You got pink skin
You got yellow fingers
Looking at me with crossed eyes
Your mom and dad were
Cousins of the same kind
Inbred white bread fat head
I'll get you but I'm not ready yet
You're my family
And you're no good baby
You're my family
And you're no good baby
You did the crime
Now you got some
But next time
Its a new morning
White skin black eye blue blood
Born free ready to shed blood
Daughters Of The Kaos
(Cunniff/Glaser)
No no no the kaos never lets you go
Daughters of the kaos
In the house of god
Love you with my six guns
Then I move along
Like a gangster keeping the family strong
With the mission of kaotic song
Of the kaos
Semi-automatic sisters
I might be strong
But don't call me mister
Playing with the status quo of the soul
Enjoy Babylon
Kaos
K.o.
No no no the kaos never lets you go
I don't act too cool
'Cause I'm not that weak
Accept respect for the havoc I wreak
My evil is good, this I believe
Daughters of the kaos making history
Always give shelter to man in need
In the face of kaos I give up my greed
Insane and unknown is my only creed
Enjoy, destroy, then set you free
No no no no no no no no no the kaos never lets you go
Never leave a child alone in a world like this
He'll play with bombs that always miss
He'll make a girl pick up a gun
So she can show him how it's done
Angela's angels forever on the run
Walking in the rays of the beautiful sun
Give it to you one time
Give it to you two times
Give it to you three times
Kaos
You lose yourself
Then forgive us
You probably never
Gonna get out
No no no the kaos never lets you go
Deep Shag
(Cunniff/Glaser)
I feel small when I am
Next to you
I feel big when I
Forget you
I feel small when i am
Next to you
I feel big when I
Forget you
Why do you make me feel so
Why do you make me
Feel so small
I'm dragging in your deep shag
What I become, what I become
I'm in your deep shag
Stuck in rags
What I become, what I become
Believe me I am teething
When my eyes are full
Of feeling
I forget my personality
My hell raising days
They seem so sweet
And I'm always telling you
Lies to hide the truth inside
The foetus I become
The minute I succumb
To your embrace
What I become, what I become
What I become, what I become
Believe me I am teething
When my eyes are full
Of feeling
I forget my personality
My hell raising days
They seem so sweet
And I'm always telling you
Lies to hid the truth inside
The foetus I become
The minute I succumb
To your embrace
I succumb to your embrace
Dragging in your deep shag
What I become, what I become
I'm in your deep shag
Stuck in rags
What I become, what I become
Believe me I am teething
(What I become)
When my eyes are full
(What I)
Of feeling
(Become)
I forget my personality
(What I become)
My hell raising days
(What)
They seem so sweet
(I become)
And I'm always telling you
Lies to hide the truth inside
The foetus I become
The minute I succumb
To your embrace
I succumb to your embrace
Devotion
(Cunniff)
I'm an underwater fraulein
I'm an underwater fraulein
All I know is my rhyme
All I know is my rhyme
Long lost daughter of mine
Can you send me a sign
Can you send me a sign
Feels like devotion
Under my skies
Feels like devotion
Makes the rockets fly
And I don't know if a word
Can explain all of the possibilities
And I hope it is clear
I don't think complaining is
The answer here
I'm an underwater fraulein
I'm an underwater fraulein
And I think sometimes you're right
When I'm wrong
And I think sometimes you're wrong
When I'm right
Thank God I can see your side
(Give me a little while, I will see your side)
Don't Look Back
(Glaser)
Don't look back
Don't look ahead
If it comes... naturally
That's the way it ought to be
If it feels brand new
Just let it go...
It's up to you
Don't look back...
Don't look ahead
Stay with me now...
And it'll be alright
And when the time is right
Don't let it slip on by...
He was on the verge
Of knowing her deeper soul
Something held him back
And he could not let go
Times like this don't
Come just everyday
Seize the moment
And don't you look away
Don't look back
And don't look ahead
Just stay here
And it'll be alright
And when the time is right
Don't let it slip on by
He's falling...
Don't look back
Don't look ahead
Down To Earth
(Cunniff)
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth
Ever wake up thinking that you wanna be big star
Dream about the day that you get a bodyguard
Greet the world from the stage
Some get something that they never bargained for
'Cause it ain't healthy in the spotlight
Want to be special? I know that you do
In the starlight
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth
Ain't how it seems in the spotlight
All I know is that nothing can make you feel too good for too long
All fake feel goods wear off
And then your feeling worse off, it's all wrong
Last weeks special gets sold off this week for a cheap song
So sail on
All my wishes could come true but boy I'll still be wanting
For something else
Still I get it through my thick head that when I get there I
Will not want
Where is there?
Well I know that I will know it when I get there
It's in my prayers
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth (In the stars)
Come back down to Earth, oh yeah
Come back down to Earth (In the stars)
Electric
(Glaser)
What do you feel when you look into my eyes baby
Does it come to you as a surprise?
I don't care what
Other people say
Just as long as I'm here with you
Won't you come closer...
'Cause I can't seem to find
A way to go now
Electric... when we're together
So electric... feelin' like this
All the times we stayed up
All thru the night
Laughing and dancing 'til the sun come out
Then later, when we're lying together
Even our stomachs...
They're speaking to each other
I kiss the ground, I run my fingers through the earth
Yes it feels so good to be alive
Kiss the ground
(Plant the seed deep)
Run my fingers through the earth
(Within the heart)
Yes it feels so good to be alive
(Like a child our love grows bigger everyday)
Kiss the ground
Run my fingers through the earth
Yes it feels so good to be alive
Energy Sucker
(Cunniff/Glaser)
I'm stone free
Soulless one
I wash myself
Down to the dust
I might be a mess
But I try to stay pure
You're taking away
My soul my soul
Hey energy sucker
I'm a goddess,
Not your mother
Hey you're soulless
You got the pull
Of a riptide
Too tight man soon
You're gonna suck me in
I better stay tough or
You're gonna get me
Well now I wish that you
Never even met me
You're a type who
Acts nice
Just to get things
Can't relax cause
You're standing
In your own wings
You pretend you're
Grown up and satisfied
That's another lie
What can you give me
You're soulless
Hey energy sucker
I'm a goddess,
Not your mother
Hey you're soulless
I, I got a way to get out quick
In a second I'll be through
With you old tricks
Kind of funny how you try
To play innocent
I gave it up
Now I don't know
Where it went
Suckin' up to the fool
Who gets near you
Now we're through
And I know just what
To do
I'm cutting you off
Yeah you, it's true
I'm cutting you off
Yeah you
I'm stone free
I gotta get out
I gotta get out quick
I gotta gotta get out quick
Faith
(Cunniff)
I cry for the love in your eyes
I try to let you be free
If you're blue
Don't let it worry you
You'll make it through
And if you don't believe me
Faith will come humbly down
Fear will come tumbling down
Cynics may fill the books
Critics may give you looks
But I'll stand by you 'til you die
And I'll be wise in the afterlife
Faith will come humbly down
Fear will come tumbling down
Fantastic Fabulous
(Cunniff)
I believe you believe in the myth of yourself
I believe you believe you couldn't be anywhere else
And you're fabulous, so fabulous
You're fantastic darling
I wouldn't want anyone else
Fantastic fabulous
You look so wonderful
Fantastic fabulous
Completely out of your mind
Gettin' thin like your twin on the scene
It's a factory
Makin' up all the friends that you have
For the friends you need
And you're fabulous, so fabulous
You're fantastic darling
I wouldn't want anyone else
Find Your Mind
(Cunniff/Glaser)
All her cash
Running out of green glass
Pocketful of money
Going down, down, down
Wagon's full of honey
And she's gonna get some
Everybody knows the
Fun is for the brave ones
Every night she leaves
With someone
Dirty man playing with
His kickstand yeah
We can see he's nothing
But she wants him
Cause she's empty
And he's got a pretty face
And big hands to play with
You've got to find your mind
He said to get down
On her knees
He's gotta get what he needs
She's got a frayed
Mess of a dress
The kind that is about
Wearing you out
She comes from people
With ready minds
Cigarette child of
The times
Her body is
More than her years
She hears a lunatic
In her ears
Funny how it always is
When your mind
Is in the way of his
In what he wants
He will succeed
Without a fight
She will concede
And we know she
Can't fix her soul
By filling up
Empty holes
You've got to find your mind
Fly
(Glaser)
I was on the amusement park ride
The belt got loose and I fell
Up into the sky
Up, up away, I'm flying high
I don't wanna ever come back down
Believe me when I say we can fly...
Friends
(Glaser)
I got my freaks to the East
I got my freaks to the West
Let's get together...
Let's celebrate...
You know I can't say no to a good time with my friends...
Where would I be...
Without my friends...
Girlscout
If I love you like a razor blade
Please don't follow in my path
If I love you like it's seventh grade
It's just 'cause I can't take the pressure
I'm still living in my girl scout dress
Though I wish I had her skills
I am selling cookies door to door
But it just don't pay the bills
Can I be your girl scout?
Learning things I should already know by now
Can I be your girl scout?
So I can build a fire
So I can find a wire
So I can change a tire for you
I'll be the sweetest zookeeper you'll ever know
I swear it so
I'll be the cheapest over-sleeper you'll ever know
I'll wake up slow
I'll be the greatest prom date to put on skates
Even if I'm late
I'll be the best protector of your fate
Just wait
Gridlock
(Glaser)
This bubble's about to burst if you come clean
How you feel about me
I'm so tired trying to figure you out
I keep on crying when I want to shout
You asked I stop being such a fool
Why can't I just forgive you?
Gridlock, I can't move on
Gridlock, you played me so hard
Gridlock, I can't move on
You've got a vice grip on my heart
And it's tearing me apart
You started off treating me like a queen
Once you got me, that's when you started being mean
Messing with my head
You come back in my face and took it away
Gridlock, I can't move on
Gridlock, I can't believe you sang the same song
Gridlock, I can't move on
You've got a vice grip on my heart
And it's tearing me apart
Gypsy
(Glaser)
When the sun breaks through the clouds
That's when you'll see me appear
I've been watching you for a million years
I'll be watching you for a million more
Way beyond space and time
I've seen every human face
I know you used to be so carefree
I know you were bold just like a baby...
Here
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Please die for me
Yeah yeah
Please die for me
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah ow
Hold this for me
Down here
Here I come
You can't stop me now
I will be the one
Who keeps you around
Yeah yeah ow
Peace and loving everywhere
Get on the floor
Let's dance some more
When they tell me
That I got that homeless look
Yeah yeah
I think of warm air you bring
Here I come you can't stop
Me now
I will be the one
Who keeps you around
Yeah yeah ow
Asphyxiation driven
Get on the floor
Let's dance some more
Get on the floor yeah
Here I come you can't stop
Me now
Hold this for me down here
Yeah yeah ow peace and loving
Everywhere
Here I come you can't stop
Me now i will be the one
Who keeps you around
Yeah yeah ow
Get on the floor
Let's dance some more
Get on the floor
Intermission
And now ladies and gentlemen
Lets get ready for side two
Intro
Put the needle on the record
It's All Goo
I was sitting there
Mama was making some Jell-O
I was jumping off the walls
She said, "Can't you be mellow?"
I grabbed a spoon
And started to slurp
I ate so much that I started to burp
The dog ran by
I dropped my spoon
I spilled my Jell-O all over the room
It's all goo
It's all glop-ity-glop
It's all gloop-ity-gloop
It's all goo
I was playing in the schoolyard
Having some fun
I put my new shoe on somebody's gum
Bright pink bubble gum
Stretching like string
I couldn't get it off
As it's happening
I ruined my shoe
I feel like a fool
What's a sticky schoolgirl supposed to do?
It's all goo
Ooh baby, don't you worry about a thing
It was the first day of class
I was trying my best
The teacher came over and I sneezed on his vest
Hiding my head
What was coming next?
I was sure that the teacher would give me an F
When I looked up
To check out the mess
The teacher just smiled and this is what he said:
It's all goo
When I get a slice
Of pizza pie
I get extra cheese
And push it to the side
I eat the cheese at the end
To save the best for last
When I finish all the crust
I eat the cheese really fast
A girl in my class
Asked me for a taste
I said, "O.K."
And handed her the plate
Before I knew it
The cheese was gone
The cheese swiper ate it and sang me this song:
It's all goo
I've Got A Crush On You
(Gershwin/Gershwin)
How glad the many millions
Of Timothys and Williams
Would be, to capture me
But you had such persistence
You wore down my resistance
I fell, and it was swell
You're my big and brave and handsome Romeo
How I won you I shall never, never know
It's not that you're attractive
But oh, my heart grew active
When you came into view
I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie
All the day and night time, hear me sigh
I never had the least notion
That I could fall with such emotion
Could you coo, could you care
For a cunning cottage we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'Cause I've got a crush, my baby, on you
Could you coo, could you care
For a cunning cottage we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'Cause I've got a crush, my baby, on you
Keep On Rockin It
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Till its all over
Original bone lovers straight from Manhattan
Keep your butt movin'
Keep your hands clappin'
Original one droppin'
We never stoppin'
Always got bootee
Always keep rockin'
Two ladies who don't care for diamonds and gold
Who love the boys when they young or they old
Who always got something to say for themselves
Who put the high heels back on the shelf
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Till it's all over
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Till it's all over
Till it's all over
No family jewels between my legs
My wealth is my brain
My jewels my eggs
My underarm hair is a nice little length
My earwax is few, but this is my strength
Little boy blue he got plenty of skin
He pull off the callous and put the skin in
He always got something to say for himself
He put the high heels up on the shelf
Be my follower
I won't stay long
I'm just lookin' for your mother's son
My reality is in your face
But every man must know his place
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Till it's all over
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Till it's all over
Till it's all over
Feel me falling to my knees
Sound of children in the breeze
Keeps me down and pulls me out
My evolution is all around
Be my follower (original bone lovers straight from Manhattan)
I won't stay long (keep your butt movin' keep your hands clappin')
Be my follower (original one droppin' we never stoppin')
I won't stay long (always got bootee always keep rockin')
Be my follower (two ladies who don't care for diamonds and gold)
I won't stay long (who love the boys when they young or they old)
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Till its all over
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Till its all over
Till its all over
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Keep on rockin' it
Keep on shockin' it
Ladyfingers
(Cunniff)
If you need me to be sweet
Then I can give you what you need
'Cause I know you never came first baby
I'm so tired of my guns and my vanity
I'd like to trade them in for some sanity
And I know it didn't come easy
It didn't come easy to me either
From the freezer to believer in love
Well I've got ladyfingers baby
I got kid gloves
Baby I got heart
I bet you didn't know that I could treat you right
That underneath the armour
There's another girl
She's standing with a suitcase
Ready to run
In case you're wondering
Why she's so quick to come and go
Why she's so quick to come and go
She might be new she might be old
She might be as scared as hell
She might not be so bold
She might not be so bold
Let It Snow
(Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne)
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm
The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbye-ing
But as long as you love me so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Let Yourself Get Down
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Feel the beat, lose the beat
Move your feet, stomp your feet
Do the freak, feel the heat
I'm so sweet, so petite
I got pretty little feet, they're so petite
I got shiny little legs, so nice and neat
My belly button, q-tip it clean
They call me wicked witch 'cause my mouth's so mean
My toes, so short and sweet
They used to call me stubby, now they lick my feet
Smoke in the bowl, smokin' through the toll
Let yourself get down
Let yourself get down
Let yourself get down
Let yourself go
I got pretty little panties, I like a Seville
I'll give 'em to you free for a dollar bill
So sweet, so petite
I'm so sweet, so petite
My body, baby, so complicated
Once you get to it you'll be glad you waited
'Cause baby's the lady, sexy like Sadie
No g, no r baby, she's x-rated
To all the fly boys, to all the fly boys
To all the fly boys, why don't ya enjoy?
Schooly school, y'all, hangin' in the hall, y'all
He never goes to the mall, y'all
Let yourself get down
Let yourself get down
Let yourself get down
Let yourself go
Let yourself get down
Let yourself get down
Let yourself get down
Let yourself go
With whole lotta soul appetizin'
Young, firm and light, appetizin'
Kaos kaos, you don't stop
With the schism that makes a primal drop
Like that, y'all to the top, y'all
I just wanna q-pump the rock, y'all
'Cause the beat, the beat, it's so luscious
We'll make your body move but don't rush us
'Cause the beat is so vicious
And the ladies on top is so delicious
Take control, lose control
Find your soul, lose your soul
Take it slow, let it go
The more you know, the less you know
Life Of Leisure
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Hey what you'd say your name was
Rubber back
You got a brain you ain't using
You got charm you're abusin'
Too busy out there floosin'
Or lying at home snoozin'
Why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Why you wanna waste away
Lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Time moves along
You don't have a life anymore
Time moves along
You don't have a job
I got four
Spend my money on cigarettes
Midnight dragon and off track bets
Get up at three
Turn on the TV
For all I know you got a dangerous disease
So I gotta move along
I gotta move along
Why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Nature has it
You got no cajones
A dog in heat
A one trick pony
Lover of the life of leisure
I love to love you but I might leave you
I'm a lover of the life of leisure if you don't like it you can leave it
Time on your hands
Rubber on your back
Rubber in your hand
Too much time on your back
Why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Why you wanna waste away
Lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Tell me why a woman who loves a man
Who never gives her all he can he sleeps all day and scams all night
Thinkin' his service makes it alright
Ladies wanting the service
Me always give them the service
Ladies wanting the service
Me always give them the service
Why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
Why you wanna waste away
Lover of the life of leisure
Why you wanna waste away lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Lover of the life of leisure
Ladies wanting the service
Me always give them the service
Ladies wanting the service
Me always give them the service
Love Is Here
(Cunniff)
I've got a magical radar
Feels like I just woke here
If you gonna lose your independency
Please leave the massage
Tests of my strength
A pretty much odd, I know
For the rest of my life
I will be climbing somewhere
Climbing (Climbing)
Climbing (Climbing) Somewhere
Somewhere
But I have no fear
I have no fear
Cause Love is here
Love is here
Did you know that I'm looking at you now
With a daisy in my hair
Roses in my hand
And broken ribbons in this weak hair
I hear a danger in the air
For the rest of my life
I will be climbing somewhere
Climbing (Climbing)
Climbing (Climbing) Somewhere
Somewhere
But I have no fear
I have no fear
Cause Love is here
Love is here
Did you know that I'm looking at you now
With a daisy in my hair
Roses in my hand
And broken ribbons in this weak hair
I hear a danger in the air
For the rest of my life
I will be climbing somewhere
Climbing (Climbing)
Climbing (Climbing) Somewhere
Love That's Real Suite
(Cunniff/Scoma)
I want love that's real
Not to steal from the pain in your past
I want the whole damn thing
From the flesh on your bones to your soul
I want love that's real
That's real
That's real
That's real
All right, yeah
Listen, we wrote this song back in 1978
Back in Hackney
Down in London, you know
And uh, we just thought we'd bring it back again
Here goes
Can I scream it?
Deep urges are ringing in my ears
You have me by the balls and now I'm standing here
Can I be your S.O.B.
Can I be your fantasy?
Can I be your friend in need?
Can I be yours rustically?
Lover's Moon
(Cunniff)
Yesterday winter spoke
And told me you had gone
I guess I should've know
You wouldn't stay too long
And I've never been closer to the sea
Went to the widow's walk
To see if you'd returned
Walked 'til i couldn't speak
And all my words had burned
I've never been closer to the sea
I've never been closer to the sea
Do I speak too soon
Under the lover's moon?
So I keep lookin' out
The waves keep me alive
I serenade every night
Just waitin' for a sign
I hope that they send you
Back to me
I hope that they send you
Back to me
Do I speak too soon
Under the lover's moon?
LP Retreat
(Cunniff/Glaser)
You see me spinning records
It makes me high (get high)
I've got 33's and 45's
You see me spinning records
(Let's play Mr. DJ)
It makes me high yeah
You see me spinning records
It makes me high yeah
You see me spinning records
It makes me high
I've got 33's and 45's
I'm escaping to vinyl shores
Because I said so
(I'll be far gone)
Complete
(Be far gone)
LP
(Be far gone)
Retreat
(I'll be far gone)
Forget how the culture
We come from divide us
Forget how the culture
We come from divide us
This is the culture of
Dusty old vinyl
This is the tribal
Record of love
I'm escaping to vinyl shores
Because I said so
(I'll be far gone)
Complete
(Be far gone)
LP
(Be far gone)
Retreat
(I'll be far gone)
I'll be far gone
Be far gone
Be far gone
I'll be far gone
Put the needle
On the record
I'm escaping to vinyl shores
Because I said so
(I'll be far gone)
Complete
(Be far gone)
LP
(be far gone)
Retreat
(I'll be far gone)
I'll be far gone
Be far gone
Be far gone
I'll be far gone
Put the needle
On the record Mr DJ
You can't kill the culture
On the subway
Mood Swing
(Cunniff/Trimble)
You come and get me when I'm all alone
On the corner just skin and bones
Fever in and fever out
You're the swinger who brings me doubt
Loverboy where you comin' from
Down there, out back always on the run
Cool, cool, deep blues
You're the shine on my shoes
Is it in the damp heat inside of me
Or is it in the fire that we collide
I feed you mood swing
But you're never satisfied
Is it in the damp heat inside of me
Or is it in the fire that we collide
I feed you mood swing
But you're never satisfied
Mood swing I can't let you win
You bring me up,
You bring me down
Mood swing I can't give in
To your subtle wiles
And your endless miles
You love me now but you'll hate me soon
In the light of the dark moon
Smiling faces always turn away
You're the kind that likes to play
Your fun and games take me up and down
With the skill of a circus clown
You see through my truth
I give it up 'cause it's up to you
You stare me down how you scare me
But my eyes are open wide
And i will rise to fight you
My delight won't be denied
Naked Eye
(Cunniff)
Wearing nothing is divine
Naked is a state of mind
I take things off to clear my head
To say the things I haven't said
I live inside the elements
The earth and sky are my best friends
Water is the evidence
That washes me from end to end
With my naked eye
I saw all the falling rain
Coming down on me
With my naked eye
I saw all if I said it all
I could see
It's not a choice I tried to make
It's not a thought I couldn't take
Something told me it was time
To give you yours and leave me mine
My vision started to be clear
I watched the sunlight coming near
I knew the day I knew the night
I knew I could regain my sight
And it feels alright
Last night I came into your home
To break some ice and throw some stones
I asked if we could be alone
I had some troubles of my own
Knew I had to say goodbye
To all the old things held inside
If I let the moment fly
I knew they'd all be magnified
And it feels alright
Came around after dark
You are nothing but a lark
Know I snuck in like a narc
I knew I had to leave my mark
Wanted to be satisfied
I tried to be dignified
Wearing nothing is divine
Naked is a state of mind
And it feels alright
It feels alright
Nervous Breakthrough
(Cunniff)
Sometimes somebody can bring you down so far
Below anywhere you've gone
Sometimes somebody can bring you down so far
Below anywhere you know
So much so fast feels like you can't
Take the pain but remember
There's no going back
Something's so broken down
Busted and underground
But here's your chance to surrender
Thanks to you
I had a nervous breakthrough
Lay down your gun, lay down your pack
It's time to recognise the fact
That all the best things make you nervous
And all the best things come in disguise
So much so fast feels like you can't take the pain
But remember there's no going back
Something's so broken down
Busted and underground
But here's your chance to surrender
It's the thing that creeps into your feet
It's the thing that flows into the beat
It's the thing that puts music in your soul
It's the thing that lets everybody know
It's the thing that creeps into your feet
It's the thing that flows into the beat
I was off kilter, now I got shelter
Thanks to you I'm gonna break through
One Thing
(Cunniff/Glaser/Schellenbach/Trimble)
Something wrong's goin' on today...
People with nothing getting thrown away
Too much blood spilled by diseased minds
Filled with fear, yeah they're all filled with fear
So many broken faces
Everywhere I look
Killing of spirits people hold the power
Lights in their eyes have been
Turned off for so long
Everybody, everybody's tryin' to make a dollar
Made Marvin scream
Made him wanna holler
This ain't livin'... it's just surviving
Don't you know, this ain't livin'
It's just surviving
One thing I know for sure is
That...
Something just ain't right
That man with no home
Was once a baby
A little baby
That lady with no home
Can't remember
How she got there
So afraid of what you can't understand
Try harder to comprehend
Feelings of guilt keep pouring down
Deny deny it will eat you up inside
Pele Merengue
(Cunniff/Glaser - Arranged By LJ)
Pele merengue
I need some lovin'
That's what I need
Need some love
Need some love
Pele
Need some
Merengue
Need some love
Pele merengue
Pele
Pele merengue
Pele
I need some lovin
Pele merengue
Need some
Need some love
I need some lovin'
That's what I need
Pele merengue
Pele
Pele merengue
Pele
Queen Of Bliss
(Cunniff/Glaser/Schellenbach/Trimble)
Don't know how it happened
And I don't know why
My baby's lying in a manger
Came to me from on high
Came to me from a stranger
Don't know how it happened
And I don't know why
My baby's lying in a manger
He came tome from on high
He came to me from a stranger
Welcome be
The queen of bliss
Welcome all to more and less
Don't know how it happened
And I don't know why
My baby's lying in a manger
He came to me from on high
He came to me from a stranger
Welcome be
The queen of bliss
Welcome all to more and less
Radiating
(Cunniff/Glaser - Mixed By Tony Mangurian)
I know you're waiting
Just to get laid
Shade is saying
Stay the fuck away
Break it down and get small
Stop radiating violations
You're on a wire
You've got a cop in office
You're on a wire
You've got a cop in office
Here's for living honest
Instead of uptight
Body bags for
Everyone who isn't all right
Break it down and get small
Stop radiating violations
Rock Freak
(Cunniff/Glaser)
It's just a rainy day
Ain't got no games to play
So come on over baby
We'll bug out anyway
We'll watch the rain come down
And listen to the sound
We're going round and round
Just buggin' out
Forget the things I'm told
Don't care if i get old
When the world gets too cold
Just buggin' out
It's just a rainy day
Ain't got no games to play
So come on over baby
We'll bug out anyway
We'll watch the rain come down
And listen to the sound
We're going round and round
Just buggin' out
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro
Rollin'
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Can you find a rolling stone
That rolls alone
Can you find a bus
That won't stop running
Can you get a good carburetor
In the front of the candy store
I keep looking
I travel light, I travel low
Because i got no place to go
You're outside, I walk by
Thinking of you
Why do I spend my time
Thinking of you
Yeah I'm gonna fade away
To black today
Yeah I'm gonna fade
And keep on fading
Everybody got a Cadillac
Coming everybody gotta
Keep on running
You're outside, I walk by
Thinking of you
Why do I spend my time
Thinking of you
He likes to come around
Coming around and rollin'
On through. He likes
To get down, gettin' on
Down to get away from you
Can you find a roll
And roll and roll and
Roll and roll and rollin'
You're outside, I walk by
Thinking of you
Why do I spend my time
Thinking of you
Roses Fade
(Cunniff)
With precious scents of summertime
The lightening bugs said you were mind
When I asked you to be kind
I found I had to wait in line
You told me tales of love gone wrong
But who were they to sing along
I know you only love her song
I knew you only love her song
I watched you roses fade away
The wings came off your back today
And I saw all the truth behind
The pretty pictures in my mind
Your angels came a floating down
Your halo it fell to the ground
The flies came swarming into town
And started circling round and round
There was a body lying there
Whose it was I didn't care
The coffin lay up on the stair
The funeral it was common fare
I watched your roses fade away
The wings came off your back today
And I saw all the truth behind
The pretty pictures in my mind
Satellite
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Living on the edge of the world
Come on up and get with it girls
Riding round
Leave me alone
I got a long way to go
Real time
Don't pay me no mind
Satellite
Goes around (goes around)
Satellite
Goes around (goes around)
Cut a path through the stars
Brain gets wicked in the dark
Mark my way with broken arms
I got a long way to go
Real time
Don't pay me not mind
Satellite
Goes around
Satellite
Goes around
Real time
Don't pay me no mind
Satellite
Goes around (goes around)
Satellite
Goes around (goes around)
Serenade
I'm looking for the sunshine
I'm looking for the sunshine on my shoulder
Waiting for the sunshine
Waiting for the sunshine on my shoulder
Sexy Hypnotist
(Cunniff)
A certified casino bride
I roll in with the dealer's high
Forever yours I'm never sure
I'll bake the apple pies you like
American like it or not
I'll take you for all that you got
A certified casino bride
I roll in with the dealer's high
And I am looking for the slots
I am filing down my heart
Desert, be kind to this traveller
I'm a sexy hypnotist
Lost on the strip
A sexy hypnotist
And I'll bear it all
'Cause abs and buns are so much fun
I'm flying down the road of life
There's no sign of the past in sight
The men I knew ain't seen me since
I left the sheets and hit the strip
The palaces I left behind
The palaces I hope to find
I ride the tiger in the light
I roll in with the dealer's high
Some chick offers me a drink
I'm not like her I think
All tarted up in some
Burned out shade of pink
She Be Wantin It More
(Cunniff/Glaser)
Wantin' it more
It's a fine line buying time
Corruption on the borderline
Disintegrating, I'm feeling fine
I hold your weakness inside mine
I see the backyard you walk in
I see the graveyard you're stalkin'
Selling yourself on the black market of the crooked earth for what it's worth
Solid feet on the ground
I see your bones lying around through the thickest skin you got
Cause only a hustler knows a hustler
And only a hustler knows
She be wantin' it more
Wanting it more
When you think alone
You gotta throw some stones
My crow's feet they told me a poem
Unwhole and unholy
I won't be a sucker for your broken spines
It comes and goes in this stolen home
I won't even show you where it goes
It roams on roads way down below
Only a roll will save my soul
She be wantin' it more
Wanting it more
Soothe Yourself
(Cunniff/Trimble)
I've been soother
And I've been wife
Tried to solve your life
Stuck with you through your rainy days
Thought that it was just a phase
When the sun came out I tried
To get away and fly
But the needs we had did not subside
What a way for our love to die
I've been hiding behind my gifts
I give until it starts to rip
The skin is torn where I begin
The thread is worn and might give in
Underneath it all I feel the eyes
Of all the things that I despise
Can I fight them off with sticks and stones?
Can I fight them off alone?
Soothe yourself
Now I'm thinking about my own advice
If I could soothe myself it might be nice
Callin' names ain't the same no more
Took a look and locked that door
Memories and cold hard facts
Watched it all come rushing back
All the times I told you what to do
All the times I thought I knew
Soothe yourself
Space Diva
(Cunniff)
She got unlimited missions
Supernatural visions
Superlunar ambitions
Extreme expeditions
I got all my own reasons
And I've only just begun
I can't live inside of fear
Not in my space age
All the divas are doin' it
Somebody said something
They said never be too good
'Cause that would be too much
Yeah that would be too much
Well the jaws of life will decide
Will you?
Space Diva I'm a believer
Space Diva be a believer
Well I need some Diva
Some divine Diva
To wake up and wander
To walk like a soldier
'Cause I need to fly sometime
With all due to respect to you
Stardust
(Cunniff)
One day I was telling you
All about coming from dust
Cashed it I to buy a few locks I knew wouldn't rust
If I lock you up
Will the edges fade
Will you understand
How simple I am
I can walk for many miles
Thinking that I'll never comprehend I can't argue worth a damn
'Cause I know my questions never end
If I walk away
Will the phrases play
Or will they all become one
Under the sun
And when the pleasure is done
Why don't I want to know it all
And when the measuring's done
Somehow I already know it all
Answers never satisfy
I wear them out as soon as they come
I lie in between the sides
I'm happy when the fighting is done
So I'll read the news
And I'll get the blues
And I'll make it matter
For a minute or two
Stone Fox
(Packeys)
Don't stop
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Doing the flip flop
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't stop
Yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause you're a Stone Fox
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Stongman
(Cunniff/Glaser)
When a man can
Take a stand
And wash his hands
Of his scams
And watch his woman
Stand unafraid
Aid her in her fight
To get paid
Help her get her
Medicines made
Let her step on out
Of the shade
And I will call him
Super solid And I will call him
Super solid
It takes a strongman
To stand by a strong woman
It takes a strongman
Yes it does
It takes a strongman
To stand by a strong woman
It takes a strongman
Yes it does
Is love sex
Is the soul vexed
Is the earth next
We need respect
Can we love outside
Of the clan
Where's the sister
In brotherman
Back to back
Divided we stand
Can we put some love
In the land?
I will call him supersolid
It takes a strongman
To stand by a strong woman
It takes a strong man
Yes it does
It takes a strongman
To stand by a strong woman
It takes a strongman
Yes it does
Conquering, stealing
Wheeling and dealing
Tell me is this planet
Healing?
Conquering, stealing Wheeling and dealing
Tell me is this planet
Healing?
When a man knows
Where he came from
He can't tell me
I am shameful
And I will call him
Supersolid
I will call him
Supersolid
It takes a strongman
To stand by a strong woman
It takes a strongman
To stand by a strong woman
It takes a strongman
He can stop trying
To get even
He will know he's
Here for a reason
To stand beside
His woman in peace
She's got the way
To release him
Summer Daze
(Glaser)
Such a long hot Summer day
How I wish you'd come to play
We could be having so much fun
In this lazy haze of afternoon sun
I gotta be closer to you...
Surprise
(Cunniff/Glaser - Arranged By LJ)
Big surprise, surprise
Look into your mother's eyes
I go where no man goes
One particular roll in the hay
It only takes one
To get it done
Surprise!
Afraid of the sheer volume
I'm concentrated all
You can swallow me
Or shoot me on the wall
Afraid of failure
I come as I please
One drop is the name
Of my disease
Surprise!
I might be criminal minded
But I don't wear no colors
I got my time behind me
I need a place to
Rest my eyes
Surprise!
Wunderkind of mine
Tiny piece of a line
We come together
Like roses on a vine
Beat a few friends
Or get beaten
Ain't no harmony
In the seed of men
Surprise!
Take A Ride
(Cunniff/Glaser/Schellenbach/Trimble)
Stay low, arrows
Echoes of heroes
Follow their go
Borrow halos
Climb high, you might die
Or stick around to see the sights
Take this, drink that
Things will start to look right
Get lost in the cost
Of living in the deep frost
Take a ride from this life
Can you feel it when it's in the night
I take it in with the morning light
Everyday underneath the sky
Sing along with the lullaby
Can you feel it when we step outside
In the sun standing in the tide
It's a shame when I'm in the game
I forget about why I came
Hush hush can I
Stop the rush
Hush hush I'm
Stuck in the crush
Take a ride from this life
Take a ride from this life
Live slow, die old
To Sir With Love
(Black/London)
The time has come for closing books and long last looks must end
And as I leave I know that I am leaving my best friend
A friend who taught me right from wrong and weak from strong
That's a lot to learn,
What, what can I give you in return?
If you wanted the moon
I would try to make a start
But I, would rather you let me give my heart
To you, with love
Those schoolgirl days of telling tales and biting nails are gone, yeah
But in my mind I know that they live on and on and on and on
But how do you thank someone
Who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
Well it it's not easy, but I'll try
If you wanted the sky
I would write across the sky in letters
That would soar a thousand feet high
To you, with love
Those awkward years have hurried by, why did they fly, fly away?
Why is it Sir, children grow up to be people one day?
What takes the place of climbing trees,
And dirty knees, in the world outside?
What, what is there that I can buy?
If you wanted the world,
I'd surround it with a wall, I'd scrawl
These words with letters ten feet tall
To you, with love
Under Your Skin
(Cunniff)
I'm gettin' in
Under your skin
I got the hungry eye
At a northern spy
I watch your smile
My words they float
In and out of the light
I try to make sense
But it's still a fight
We got a smoky past
Where minutes last
It took so long to leave so fast
It might not be sweet
Feeling this heat
Lie down in the fire with me
I burn everything frequently
If it don't feel good
When you first get in
Wait 'til it gets under your skin
Lie down underneath the breeze
Can't cool down when you're down with me
If it don't feel good
When you first get in
Wait 'til it gets under your skin
Some deeds done wrong
Won't scare me long
I've done a few
Maybe one or two
If you want to know
All of my original sins
Ask the virgin
She knows where I've been
If it ain't too far for you to come
And you want to get to know
Someone
It might be sweet
Feeling this heat
Lie down in the fire with me
I burn everything frequently
If it don't feel good
When you first get in
Wait 'til it gets under your skin
Water Your Garden
(Cunniff)
Tired of the rain my love
I'm tired of the waiting
If you watch the sky
With your eyes
You'll see the line i walk
I'm not afraid
That's what I say
Here and now
Can you be brave enough
To risk it all
No matter what?
Who'll water your garden when
You descend
Flowers can never grow
In the snow
We all want a crowd
By our side
Yelling loud
Telling us
We should be proud
Of what we done
But it takes guts
To give it up
One on one
And if you run
When you are young
When you are old
You'll remember when
You had the chance
To have it all
Satsang gattve nissan gattvam nissan
Gattve nirmo hattvam nirmo hattve niscala
Tattvam niscala tattve jivan mukti
Why Do I Lie?
(Cunniff)
I would love to be better
I would love to be free
I would love to be perfect
When you look at me
But instead I'm still crying
Yes instead I'm still lying
Sad to say I'm still trying
Not to be me
When I see all the weakness
That I turned into sickness
I still think i can slide
Just fine on the ice
It's not easy to be honest
Sometimes I'm just astonished
How hard it can be to be true
Why do I lie?
Is it just to get by
If I give up my lines
Will I die?
If fortunes are favoured
Then I am in labour
And I'm trying so hard
To leave lying behind
I don't want to be hazy
I don't think that I'm crazy
But I've had some moments
Where I am not sure
And if you can forgive me
For just being human
Then I will try harder
To keep my words pure
I could be on the border
It could be a disorder
Honestly I think
That I can come clean
And all of my stories might even be boring
If I can tell you
What they all mean
