- Never Comin' Back
You said that you were getting cigarettesIt¹s been a week and you're not back yetYour ashtray sits, empty, unusedI sit waitin', empty, confusedWhat could I have doneTo make you feel this way?What could I have saidTo...
- Comin' Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song)
I've all my wisdom teethTwo up top, two beneathAnd yet I'll recogniseMy mouth says things that aren't so wiseBut when I sing my darling's praiseI know I'm right, or close anywaysFor she's a gem upon this earthI know...
- Understand Your Man
Don't call my name out your window, I'm leavin'I won't even turn my headDon't send your kinfolks to give me no talkin'I'll be gone, like I saidYou'd say the same old thing that you been sayin' all alongLay there in...
- Sunday Dress
I can barely feel the sheets with all these crumbs down in my bedHow can I get to sleep with all this buzzin in my headAnd who'd have ever thought that I'd not complain about a messI'm sorry to be right I guessThis is...
- Day We Never Met
I thought of you and made believeUntil I made you realYou played with meYou stayed with meAnd knew just what I'd feelThe lips I never kissedAre lips I can't forgetThe dress you never woreOn the day we never metThe...
- Superman's Song
Tarzan wasn't a ladies man,he'd just come along and scoop em up under his arm like that,quick as a cat, in the jungle.Clark Kent, now there was a real gent,he would not be caught sittin around in no jungle scape, dumb...
- Swatting Flies
Now that I've used up all my ideasHere in my little house by the seaI search for a usable memory but none comes to meIn grade one, my teacher could do embalmingShe'd stuff the bodies of dead little birdsShe told us if...
- Buzzin' Flies
The rain on the groundThe empty townNothing is left in the lost and foundHot sun, buzzin' fliesHurtin' head, squinty eyesLook at me and how I've doneShootin' tin cans with my daddy's old gunAnd the army is strongAnd...
- Stand By Your Man
Sometimes its hard to be a womanGivin' all your love to just one manYou'll have bad timesAnd he'll have good timesDoin' things that you don't understandBut if you love him you'll forgive himEven though he's hard to...
- He Liked To Feal It
There was a boyWho liked to wiggle his tooth loose so he could show itThen we'd watchWhile he'd tie it to a doorknob, wind up, and then slam itThat was how he liked to have his teeth pulled outHe told us how he liked...
- Thick-Necked Man
We're talkin' about a thick necked man in the cityBuild a pub a blood and sweatSwears by God he'll stand by justiceHe aint stood by justice yetHe get's them drunk and gets their moneyThey cash their welfare checks for...
- Little Secret
Just don't tell the things you knowNever show the things you seeLet's keep this little secret with you and meFirst come outside here with meI know it's night, but I can see -That's right, step out, take my handAnd...
- Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
Peter Pumpkinhead came to townSpreading wisdom and cash aroundFed the starving and housed the poorShowed the Vatican what gold's forBut he made too many enemiesOf the people who would keep us on our kneesHooray for...
- I'm Outlived By That Thing?
I threw out a stupid common paperweightAnd it went out into the countryTo a place where other solid objects lie aroundWell, it's quite hard, and so it's probably still thereAnd when I die, it will still be...
- Put Me In The Corner Of Your Mind
You could be away for quite some timeBut you'd never leave my foolish mindYou can step right on my foolish heartYou had me hooked, you had me from the startPut me in a corner of your mindThink of me and you from time...
- I Never Fall Asleep At Night
Watch that spider in the bathroom sinkHe¹s a better friend than you might thinkSo let him spin his web in peaceHe catches creepy crawly thingsI never fall asleep at nightI never get the chanceMy thoughts won't stop...
- A Little Something
There's some stuff on my shoeThat's got nothing to doWith the places you think that I've beenAnd the stuff on my breath Isn't some kiss of death From the people you think I've been seeingCould I please be excused?Ê...
- We Three Kings
We three kings of Orient areBearing gifts we traverse afarField and fountain, moor and mountainFollowing yonder starO star of wonder, star of nightStar with royal beauty brightWestward leading, still proceedingGuide...
- Sittiin' On A Tree Stump
Listen to the grass that's out there blowin'Look at that tractor just there sittin'It's my name that the bottle's callin'Listen to the goddamn song I'm singin'Drink your wine, listen to the cricketsIt's so fine out...
- When I Go Out With Artists
When I go out with artistsThey talk about language and the cubists and the dadaistAnd I try to catch their meaningsAnd keep up with all the martinisI don't know which should be my favorite paintingsIf I could see, if...
- Every Morning
I get up every morningI'm mean to everyoneBut you just you ignore meYou seem think it's funAnd I need to get awayAnd you need to get away from meAnd you see it's the right thingAnd that is why you're right for meI...
- I'm Gonna Be
When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna beI'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to youWhen I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna beI'm gonna be the man who goes along with youIf I get drunk, well, I know I'm gonna beI'm...
- Handy Candyman
I've sharpened all my toolsI follow all the rulesI'm a handymanI've purchased all my sweetsI've cooked up all my treatsI'm a candymanIt's alright, baby, 'cause I'm the candymanIt's alright, baby, he's the candymanLook...
- Aching To Sneeze
I've been aching to sneeze Begging please, pretty please But I can't get the thing to come out I've been down on my knees I've been pissing on trees But the evil thing just won't come outCome on out, my pretty baby...
- Cocaine
You take Sally, I'll take SueThere ainÂ’t no difference between the twoCocaine running all around my brainHeading down Scott, turning up MainLooking for the girl who sells cocaineCocaine running all around my brainOh...
- First Noel
Brad: The first Noel, the angels did say Unto certain poor shephards in fields where they lay In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deepBoth: Noel, Noel,...
- Throw Your Arms Around Me
I will come to you in the day timeI will graze into your bedI will kiss you in four placesas I go swimming around in your hairI will squeeze the life right out of youI will make you laugh and make you cryand you may...
- On And On
Come with me down this ol' roadWhere I got stuck and later towedListen to the sound of the falling rainWe just might end up stuck againThe little bird can sing and singThe little bird knows everythingBut the little...
- Working Late
The steaks are getting cold on the tableI've got the TV on to "That's Incredible"Every other woman is hot apple pieso why isn't he home on time?He's working lateAnd there aint nothin in the world that you can doto...
- I Love Your Goo
I love your guts, I love your gooYour ugly blood, your creepy heartThe heart that's true to me and youI thank youI'd eat your gum, I'd eat your gooI love the blood that lights your eyesAnd makes your lips the colour...
- Here On Earth
Some folks say that life is just a veil of tearsNot me man I can't pack enough into these yearsI don't care if it's spring summer winter or fallMake no fuss about the seasons, 'cause I like 'em allHere on earth I'll...
- Yer Devil Ways
Don't let a crawdad bite yer toeThe dirty little thing will never let goDon't let your car go off the roadRemember that your haulin' a heavy loadYou with the beady piggy eyesGo and live yer devil waysJust don't come...
- Playing Dead
I know that you don't love me I know you hate my guts I know the nasty things you say About me, to those slutsWell, maybe I'm a weasel Maybe I'm a liar Maybe I'm a skinny punk Who couldn't change a tireI'm laying down...
- Just Chilln'
You said you like mixin' it up I said I don't like to chat You said you smoked the big kahunas I said I'm not like thatI'm just chillin', I'm just hangin' So don't be spillin' your stuff on me I'm just chillin', I'm...
- In The Days Of The Caveman
When you go on camping trips you're stuck right out in natureForaging the forests like a primateUsing sharpened tools instead of hotplatesYour thumb and forefinger supposed to show you're not a wild beastYou can hear...
- Passacaglia/A Bud And A Slice
[Brad]Give me a Bud and a sliceAnd leave me aloneIf I want your advice, I'll ask yaThey tell me caviar's nice, but I wouldn't knowSo what's it to you?Who needs your airs And your micro-brew?[together]Look at the...
- I'm Eighteen
Lines form on my face and handsLines form from the ups and downsI'm in the middle without any plansI'm a boy and I'm a manI'm eighteenand I don't know what I wantEighteenI just don't know what I wantEighteenI gotta...
- Un-Break My Heart
Don't leave me in all this painDon't leave me out in the rainCome back and bring back the smileCome and take these tears awayI need your arms to hold me nowThe nights are so unkindBring back those nights when I held...
- I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
I said, "I'm drinkin' up.Would you like a belt yerself?"You said, "Thanks, but no thanks,I don't drink, myself.But you go right ahead, my friend,I'm not the sort that minds.""That's good to hear," I said"Because I...
- La Grange
Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town'bout that s*** outside La Grange and you know what I'm talkin' aboutJust let me know if you wanna go to that home out on the rangeThey gotta lotta nice girlsHave mercyA...
- I Think I'll Disappear Now
Running into you like this without warningIs like catching a sniff of tequila in the morningBut I'll try, I'll try to keep my food downThat's quite an aftertaste that you've left now that you're not aroundYou can just...
- The String Change Song
He's changing the string now!He's changing his stringIt's ruining everythingBut soon the winds will changeAnd the string too will be changedAnd then they'll sit down on their handsAnd if no one understandsThey won't...
- Delilah
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her windowI saw the flickering shadows of love on her blindShe was my womanAs she deceived me I watched and went out of my mindMy, my, my, DelilahWhy, why, why, DelilahI...
- Liverpool Lullaby
Oh you are a mucky kidDirty as a dustbin lid When he hears the things that you did You'll get a belt from your dad You really have your old man's nose So crimson, in the dark it glows If you're not asleep when the...
- Rocky Road To Dublin (The)
In the merry month of June from me home I started Left the girls of Tuam a-really broken-hearted Saluted Father dear, kissed me darlin' Mother Drank a pint of beer, me grief and fears to smother Then off to reave the...
- White Christmas
The sun is shiningThe grass is greenThe oranges, the palm trees swayThere's never been such a dayIn Beverly Hills, LABut it's December, the twenty-fourthAnd I'm longing to be up northI'm dreaming of a white...
- The Little Drummer Boy
Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pumOur newborn King to see, pa rum pum pum pumOur finest gifts to bring, pa rum pum pum pumTo lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pumSo to honour...
- Let It Feel Like Something Else
Rise up on your feet againWake yourself from your sleepSeems it never ever endsLike an ocean cold and deepLet it feel like something elseLet it be a breezeLet me be like someone elseWith something else to seeOut here...
- Here I Stand For Me
My doctor told me that it was time for me to have my X rayOf course, I had many nightmares about that fatal dayThe room was dark and my skeleton was floating on the wallMy voice trembles down inside meI'm trapped way...
- The Huron Carol
'Twas in the moon of wintertimeWhen all the birds had fledThat mighty Gitchi ManitouSent angel choirs insteadBefore their light the stars grew dimAnd wandering hunters heard the hymnJesus your King is born, Jesus is...
- Da Do Ron Ron
I met him on a Monday and my heart stood stillDa do ron ron ron, da do ron ronSomebody told me that his name was BillDa do ron ron ron, da do ron ronYeah, my heart stood still, yeah, his name was BillAnd when he...
- Bette Davis Eyes
Her hair is Harlowe goldHer lips, sweet surpriseHer hands are never coldShe's got Bette Davis eyesShe'll turn her music on youYou won't have to think twiceShe's pure as New York snow She got Bette Davis eyesAnd she'll...
- Hangin' Tree
A friend is a needLike a gauze when you bleedAnd you're layin' and cryin' awayAnd the dozen or soOf the friends that I knowAren't worth the time anywayThe tree can be a hangin' treeThe rose a thorny stemThe wind can...
- Two Knights And Madiens
One there were two knights and maidensThey'd walk togetherOut in the gardensIn all kinds of weatherThe knights always pestered the maidensTo love them togetherOut in the gardensAnd they could watch each otherThe...
- Shoot 'Em Up Shoot 'Em Down
- Party's Over
Oooh, there's so much funOooh, there's so much funThe party's over, babyThe businessmen are waking upIts time to go now, babyLets move on out and shake it upAt my place...Well fun time's over, babyThe stupid sun is...
- Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Once there was this kid whoGot into an accident and couldn't come to schoolBut when he finally came backHis hair had turned from black into bright whiteHe said that it was from whenThe cars had smashed him so hardMmm...
- Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
McCormack and Richard Tauber are sitting by the bedThere's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your headThere's devils on each side of you with bottles in their handsGimme one more drop of poison and...
- All You Pretty Girls
Do something for me, boysIf I should die at sea, boysWrite a little note, boysSet it off afloat, sayingBless you, bless you, all of you pretty girlsVillage and city girls by the quaysideBless you, bless you, all of...
- Filter Queen
Brad: She is the queen, oh yeah, alrightLong live the queen, oh yeah, alrightEllen: It's not that I'm so trickyIt's not that I'm so dumbIt's not that I'm a filter queenThat sucks up all the scumPut two and two...
- The Overachivers
Five... four... three... two... one... zero... ignition...Long ago, a woman prayed that her suitors beRepelled so she might serve God and be his onlyGod heard her prayers floating up and his heart was cheeredHe...