Yankee Doodle went to town riding a pony stuck a feather in his cap and caalled it macaroni
what's wrong
hold it a minute
i'm happy
send up a flare
some of the dreams
i forgot
they came true
i'm happy
just to see you
breathing
fifteen years old
we made it
in from the cold
lovey, where you were hardly alive
we had some biggies to climb
i'm tired
can't climb anymore
i see you put
one foot out the door
go ahead open it
find your way
you can come back home any daybuy listen
be who you are
and listen
to your own heart
sometimes i listen to nothing
and hear
the secret of breathing
out in the clear
i'm happy
hold it a minute
please dear
don't come home late
tomorrow you have to clean up that mess
you left in your room
and she said yes
breathing
she's breathing
the yoke
the yoke upon
the yoke upon the neck of the disciple
that neither our fathers nor we are able to bear
merciful god
this is a prayer
I can
i cannot
i cannot hide my sorrow from my friends and family
will love have the power to overcome despair
merciful god
this is a prayer
be not afraid for the pastures of the wilderness will spring
someone
someone told
someone told me i lost my sense of humor
i did a song and dance that made him laugh till he was scared
merciful god
this is a prayer
(by Margaret A. Roche)
I'm losin' you
fading from view
aging and aching and raging and faking I'm
losin' you
losin' true
last time I saw you I wanted to paw you
not to destroy you now I just annoy you I'm
losin' to
accusin' youwhen I first met you I failed to get you
now that I let you come through I forget who I'm
losin' out
cruisin' about
the night of shining armor doesn't do her any favors
make no mistake when mystiquing a make I'm
losin' you
choosin' to
i guess i'm a little bit afraid of you
i'm not exactly sure what i should do
does not seem to be a right or wrong
sittin by the kitchen table from dusk till dawn
this isn't easy for me
i'm so scared of love
is there a reason to be
i just can't get tough enough
but i don't want to leave youone moment is an emergency
i saw you really looking at me
old memories making me shy
sittin by the kitchen table the late night sky
all day the next day
standin still i'm blowin away
i get the feeling whatever i do
i'm gonna be in love with you
the great Gaels of Ireland
the race that God made mad
for all their wars are merry
and all their songs are sad
words remembered by John A. Roche
from a poem by G.K. Chesterton
called ";The Balled of the White Horse.";
(thanks to Peter Fallon)
music derived from a traditional Irish fiddle tune entitled ";John Roche's Favorite";
elephants are big
so's my pig
the sky is blue
but that's not true
'cause if it snows
it blows its nose
ghosts are dead
the front's ahead
the ground is down
wheels are round
it's ok with me
if these things be but
i wanna scream
when kids are mean
when kids are mean
the freezer's cold
grandma's old
my head's on top
my feet can hop
it's ok with me
if these things be buti wanna scream
when kids are mean
when kids are mean
pizza's good
trees are wood
the moon's outside
and cowboys ride
it's ok with me
if these thing be but
i wanna scream
when kids are mean
when kids are mean
I don't know what to do next
I don't know what to do next
That's how I know it's your turn.
I don't know where the hell I been
I don't know how to tell what I've seen
That's how I know it's your turn.
Your turn came when my ride ended.
I came to a halt and they showed me to the door.
All the way around that roller coaster I pretended
that I wasn't even scared. I put the pedal to the floor
But a roller coaster; hasn't got a pedal on the floor.
It's just not a vehicle that you can drive.
You can close your eyes or you can stand up and roar
You can tell it like it is or you can sell a bunch of jive
when it's your turn.
And you won't know what to do next
Though you'll be standing out from all the rest
That's how you'll know it's your turn.
when you're ready you will find it impossible to be cool
If you're ready there's no need to be worried
about coming off like a fool
So long eddy it's been beautiful knowin' ya in this school
Are ya ready?
Come up to Heaven
Happiness it is a given
You gotta see this
Atmosphere it is the freest
There's nothing to stop you
When you're ready you'll be over the rainbow and on the moon
You'll be pretty
When you're ready you will find it impossible to be cool
you're the love
of my-life
is there any way I can
get to see you
have a cup of coffee maybe
somethin' like that
I was in a maze of buildings
runnin' all around like a rat
in the miWle of the night
all of those years that I got
lost without you
tracking the equator all the
way to the north pole
looking for a home or dead
end to this longing in my soulhoney you were my friend
if the truth be told
I can understand though if you
don't remember
all you have to do is say the
word and l'll go
this is just a dream that I've been
holding onto God I don't know
it's so hard to let it come
you're the one
that I want
you gave me a flower
you gave me a ring
you're making me feel
like i have everything
now what i gotta do
is baby be true
you're making it easy
you're making it fun
you're making me laugh
when the day is all done
true since i love you
i'm out of the blue
and blue is color
i've always been
that's all right...ooo...it's all right
i wasn't asking for any fixing
i came just right out of the blueyou're making me dinner
you're making me sing
youlre making me feel
like i want everything
yeah, it's an old love song
and i'm humming along
you gave me some purple
you gave me some green
you gave me a chance
to not know what i mean
true since i love you
i'm out of the blue
and blue is the color i've always been...
where i come from
was my home
there were rooms in there
stairs i climbed
i spent a lot of time
looking out the window
you don't know
this troubled love
i'm carrying around in my heart
carry it around til i'm old
yeah, i could fold it up
forget about all this crazy stuff
please don't tell me i gotta leave
the ones that i love
just to rise above
who can i show
this troubled love
i'm carrying around in my heart
carry it around til i'm oldi try to be a citizen
get this junkie off my back
how can i be a citizen
my flag flies at half mast
where can i go
with this troubled love...
gonna let it flow
this troubled love
i carried it...
I live in one small room in New York City
Lately I'm afraid to go outside
My friends said stay here and it won't be pretty
But where could I go with this too tough hide?
The mailman still makes it through I get a lot of mail
Rarely letters with my name spelled right
Mostly envelopes with some sad tale
Hoping to crack open this too tough hide
Too tough hide
Where'd I get this too tough hide
How'd I get this too tough hide
Too tough hideI went to a party where we watched a movie
If I'd been by myself I would've cried
Instead I laughed along so I'd seem groovy
And make you think I got this too tough hide
When 1 got home I asked the bathroom mirror
But it only tells me what's my better side
I'd have to let another person nearer
To find out what goes on behind this too tough hide
Too tough hide
Where'd I get this too tough hide
How'd I get this too tough hide
Too tough hide
(Words & Music by Maggie, Terre & Suzzy Roche)
We're going away to Ireland soon
we're going away to Ireland Ireland
Ireland soon
Ireland soon
we'll try not to get in the way of the guns
as we always do
try not to get in the way of the guns
soon
We're flying across the ocean soon
we're flying across the ocean ocean
ocean soon
I dreamed I saw my guitar
topple off onto the runway
please be careful with my guitar
whoever you areWe're leaving behind our boyfriends soon
we're leaving behind our boyfriends boyfriends
boyfriends soon
boyfriends soon
I hope they have health food in Dublin
and strawberry apricot pie
if they don't have those things in Dublin
we'll probably die
We're going away to Ireland ocean boyfriend
I've got the apple in me
original cinnamon style
I'm gonna be fightin'
night and day
to keep you
at your distance
Weaken discuss the menu
weaken discuss the cause
we can discuss the other women
you've deserted
with your sweet and sour saucebecause you're makin' it
with the apple in me
I've cooked this goose before
and I have had it with the devil
he was as stiff as he was bored
This feminine position
tripped up with reptile
into that most feminine position
too fat to turnstile
Every time she thinks about leaving that night she has the
same dream
And it goes like this:
She's walking across the river
She's walking across the street
Looking down she starts to shiver
Looking down she has no feet.
The IRS is in hot pursuit
Disguised as grandmother
She tried too hard to hide all the loot
By giving it away to somebody or other
Who works in a skyscraper
Where there's a receptionist at the door
But she doesn't have the right piece of paper
And her pants aren't on anymore.
Suddenly she's sitting on the toilet
Right there in plain view of the man
As usual she had to go and spoil it
Just when everything was going according to plan.
Then the bus came by and she missed it
So it came by again and she missed it again
The third time it came by she kissed it
Which put her in the arms of her ex-boyfriend
Who was alive again, he was alive!
And she no longer grieving
But she throws off his embrace and runs from the scene.
(by Margaret A. Roche)
stood on the street the other night
in full moonlight
barefoot and oh dirtied
my dress was goin' away
there I was meetin' up with a man
for the payoff
faithful and unhenpecked
I somewhat recollectsoon she heard me
siren she wailed
Queen Spelling Bee she nailed me
by name
what am I doin' out on the street?
I'm ashamed dear
good boy he beats it
I tear myself downtown
God has let me release a sting
in my own eye
walk home to just nightmares
no angels on the phone
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah!
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah!
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth!
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah!
The kingdom of this world is become
The kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ!
And he shall reign for ever and ever!
King of kings and Lord of lords!
King of kings and Lord of lords!
And He shall reign forever and ever!
Forever and ever!
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah!
sweetie pie... sweetie pie
bet no one ever called you that
standing there disheveled
in your tattered coat and cowboy hat
put your arms around me
say good bye...say good bye
you are at the bottom
of the corporate ladder totem pole
you wear your heart upon your sleeve
in it is a bullet hole
shot through by every sheriff
with a badge in every town
you stood beneath the street light
with the moon above you and a star
waiting like a gentleman
while i parked a rented car
i have been around the block
chugging hard right off the rail
discarded like a box of chinese food
into the garbage pail
let's look at the college kids go by
college kids go byhoney bunch...sugar cube
you took me for an ice cream cone
we had some belly laughs
and i said, well
i guess i'm goin' home
put your arms around me
say good bye....say good bye
some people gotta roam this earth
never really fitting in
a stranger to the very
chair they're sitting in
sweetie pie.... sweetie pie
o how i depend on you
standing there confused
with your shattered dreams
nothin' to lose
you always say i love you
when you say good bye
when you say good bye, sweetie pie
easy baby no fightin' tonight
time to watch the sun go down
you could put your slippers on
i'm in my nightgown
please the breeze is blowin' our way
let's forget let's forgive
we've been dying for some time
let's live
i don't know why
i don't know how
i don't know when
stories of love crash to an end
we gotta find a way
will you try
we gotta find a way
huh...did you say why
down this dream*
deep into my heartdarling we have traveled far
no one here to help us now
wish upon a star
i'm so sorry for the way that i have been
help me out this paper bag i'm fighting in
we gotta find a way
will you try
we gotta find a way
to say it's a tie...
*borrowed from maggie roche
I am a little piece of chocolate
expensive and mean
no nutritional values have I
you may have me
once in a while
I will make you smile
You are a fifty pound bag of soybeans
more than a bargain to me
you take hours to cook
you have serious taste
you make me sobI am a poison and I am fun
illegal lightweight luxury
you are the law the long hard road
grave inevitable destiny
This is story of the boat family
came over here from the Red China Sea
moved into the sovereign state of Suffern
when they got their picture taken they were laughin'
(Terre Roche and Andy Bloch)
You may be sorry
But I don't want you to be sorry
I see the open air
What a paradise and you
And me go there
That won't happen here
Just a fantasy
Is it real?
It might be better
But do you want it to be better?
And we could lose to try
Then again the time will pass
And not say whyThat won't happen here
Just a fantasy
Is it real?
It might be over
And I don't want it to be over
I hear the sad refrain
But a broken heart is all
And all is pain
That won't happen here
Just a fantasy
Is it real?
by Terre and Suzzy Roche
He goes to the window to see
He can't help it he's got to look away
aaah
So many sweethearts strolling in the park again today
Days and days of loneliness
Endless cup of coffee pack of cigarettes
aaah
So many foggy nights of drinking he forgets In the diary he keeps he writes against himself
Can't do it all alone need somebody else's help
Lately I've been sitting around thinking about it
I guess I don't deserve somebody to love
I'm an angry angry man
I know I'm no fun but I need a hand
aaah
Nobody really likes and angry angry man
Angry angry man
the time has come for me to speak
uh oh the time has come
and while the silence picks on me
I pray to not be dumb
so I am hunting for the words
just wait til I find some
I need some syllables do you
know where to get them from
when I am in my house alone
my speeches take a week
but from my lips when you are near
a sound will seldom leakwhen I was a little girl
I coined a mighty text
looking back I blush to hear
what I'd come out with next
is now the time for me to speak
but what if they talk back
o when I open up my beak
I hope that I can quack
and if I do look out beware
the truth is hard to take
A and everything for all I care
can jump into a lake
(by George Gerdes)
she goes steady with the maestro
and she rosins his baton
but when he goes out on a binge-o
she's been known to carry on
when the maestro goes out and paints the town
maestro he gets very jealous
when she talks to any other man
and the other men's women tend to worry
what's she got to talk about with them?
the women worry 'bout what she wanna do
when she's through conducting her interludeone time I saw her at the cafe
she was laughin' like she just let down her hair
the time I saw her on the sidewalk
and her face was all flushed and filled with tears
the time I saw her in front of the pet shop
and the maestro and the goose and the ghost were there
the time I saw her on her doorstep
she invited me upstairs
and she gave me a wooded chair
that I sit on in my underwear
I used to play the second fiddle
in her philharmonic hall
but now I look out for numero uno
and I don't play no violins at all
I play the part of the man who crawls the wall
you did everything you could
you had to go away from your home
i never realized when i was a kid
how alone, how alone
yeah well back in your neighborhood
they knew you when you blew through town
behind your back they were putting you down
they had
rules for this
rules for that
rule on top of rule
broke your back
once upon a time i was holding your hand
a lady off the street came up
she said hey mister i need some money
you can't give enough
i'll never forget the look in your eye
as you dug into your pocket to give
that look of love gave me a reason to live
there are
rules for this
rules for that
if you put rule on top of rule
you can break someone's backbreak the rules
just the other day i was breaking a rule
my whole self was ashamed
i thought the sky would open and cry
thunder and rain
yeah well there are many reasons
i don't feel so good
i'd forgive if i could
but i got
rules for this
rules for that
rule on top of rule
to break my back
break the rules
break the rules
So maybe another way would have been better
if you had been older or had known a thing or two before you set sail for the New World
Sail for the New World, mate
All this ships ahoy
Trouble is all of the things I hate
But I'm still a young boy
In the meantime a chance in the form of a light
Makes a man take a stance and dash his boat up on the rocks
in the dead of night
So what if you had been lucky then
What would it make you?
So there'd be a statue so people won't forget you set sail for the New World
Sail for the New World, mate
Let's not and say we did
Trouble comes and it seals your fate
As you turn into the skid
Sail for the New World, mate
All ships ahoy
Trouble comes when you graduate
But I'm still a young boy
never mind the words of love
i have heard them before
skip over that part
I am waiting for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be me
here you come again
arms across a broken heart
you want me to be free
i know what you mean
but i am waiting for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be mewhat is the meaning of the word love
do you mean what you say
don't fool around
i am aching for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be me
i was standing underneath a beautiful tree
there was nobody there
my heart was a glow
i was hoping for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be me
O Timothy Tim
Has ten pink toes
And ten pink toes
Has Timothy Tim.
They go with him
Wherever he goes,
And wherever he goes
They go with him.
O Timothy Tim
Has two blue eyes
And two blue eyes
Has Timothy Tim.
They cry with him
Whenever he cries,
And whenever he cries,
They cry with him.
O Timothy Tim
Has one red head,
And one red head
Has Timothy Tim.
It sleeps with him
In Timothy's bed.
Sleep well, red head
Of Timothy Tim.
The lyrics are the words to the poem A.A. Milne poem "Cradle Song",
from the book "Now We are Six"
Copyright DeShufflin Inc
I was kind of hoping you'd ask me to dance
But you were groping for change in your pants.
We grew apart too soon after all was
said done in advance
If what you're saying is what I suspect
And all you're slayings is just stuff you decked
I'll turn you in if that's what you want or
If you want I'll protect you
Bad boys and girls hang the night in the street
That's all I hear curled up underneath my sheet
As I dream those thoughts about you
How 'my gonna get to sleep?
I'm not so wild anymore like I was
I'm differently wild now and that's because
Those same things don't work anymore
But I still want the same buzz
(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche)
She came on the stage
in a dress like the sky
she had painted a sunset
around her eyes
and all of the people
were charmed and surprised
at how pretty and high and shy she was
pretty and high and shy
She at the window
and the prince upon the bed
they were for an hour
before he said
if she had no place else
she was welcome to stay
but she'd better get back
and she thanked him the same
leavin' him pretty and high and dry
pretty and high and dryThe prince was confused
so he asked the magician
the magician arrived
at the answer profound
if she takes off her dress
the sky will fall down
cause she's pretty and high and a lie
pretty and high and a lie
I work at the circus
and I sleep with the clown
when I took off my dress
the sky fell down
if the sky falls down
then we play on the ground
cause I'm pretty and high and only partly a lie
pretty and high and only partly a lie
pretty and high and only partly a lie
looking in the mirror
what do you see
from another era
a face baby
a waste maybe
of a chance never had
a history
of romance gone bad
who can be a lover
how long can it last
anything but hover
seems like moving too fast
going undercover
with a person with a past
seems like only yesterday
you were just a child
until up irreversibly
all o' this sadness piledmistakes when you were fighting
your way out of your bag
has loneliness moonlighting
made of you a hag
who can be . . .
you say you want to see me
my number you desire
you make it sound so easy
like slumbering in fire
I'm offering a warning
where you can put your trust
and thank me in the morning
when ashes turn to dust
who can be . . .
pink ballet slippers
two dollars for a pair
must have been made
by the guy in the store
they're strange
on i don't care
i'm gonna buy them
they might be too small
lately while dancing i fall
sweet ballerina
turns on her tiny toes
he lifts her up and carries her
how come i'm not one of those
i do my dancing in combat boots
i don't look good in a tu tu
o teacher
can you help me
get a kick out of these
pink ballet slippers
pink ballet slippers
i wear em to sleep
i wear em to dreamsee you sew the elastic
neatly to the side
deep in a drawer bury them
these shoes you gotta hide
only can wear em when nobody's home
or when you're talking on the telephone
o teacher
can you find me
somewhere to be pretty
in my pink ballet slippers
pink ballet slippers
i wear em to sleep
i wear em to dream
i wear em to sleep
(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche)
If you go down to Hammond
you'll never come back
In my opinion you're
on the wrong track
We'll always love you but
that's not the point
If you go with that fella
forget about us
As far as I'm concerned
that would be just
throwing yourself away
not even trying
Come on you're lying to me
Well I went down to Hammond
I did as I pleased
I ain't the only one
who's got this disease
Why don't you face the fact
you old upstart
We fall apartYou'd be okay if you'd
just stay in school
Don't be a fool
Do your eyes have an answer
to this song of mine
They say we meet again
on down the line
Where is on down the line
how far away?
Tell me I'm okay
If you go down to Hammond
you'll never come back
you ask me why
we cannot make love
I have been ransacking you
for the answer
side by side we lay
not touching
listening to rain falling
in the darkness
where desire writhed there stands a stone
the change was sudden and complete
a serious question
we have turned out to ask
we have sought each other secretly
strong has been the urge
to lie naked facing fearquietly and quickly
our sentences blaze trails upon the night
we are mates on a doubtful voyage
speaking sanely now
allotting no lovers advantage
my room is anxious to expel him
he hurrie~ to be free of my feelings
we wear our words
until he finally dresses
looking for his shoes
he is a shadow in my doorway
I'm so glad I am one
Nurds
When I was a young girl
I went to Catholic school
Hung around all the nuns
That was so uncool
All the other girls were wearing
Makeup in fourth grade
But I was not allowed
I wore anklets and prayed
Nurds
Paula Duvle dyed her hair
And started going out with boys
I was into homework
And trying to get toys
It was around that time
I discovered what I was
For instance I said policeman
But Paula called them fuzzNurds
Then I went to high school
It really hit me hard
I started finding out that
They were calling me retard
In the gymnasium
I was not a hit
There was something really interesting
About the way my gym suit fit
Nurds
I'm so glad I am one
(Maggie Roche, Andy Block, & Mark Johnson)
why are you coming so close?
you might erase
the line which no one crosses
aren't you afraid you'll disappear
without a trace
wild thing with eyes as big as saucers
this sign says no trespassing unless its you
who would imagine in so safe a place as this
a person could find a spinning wheelall of my life I have been dreaming of your kiss
I'd like to believe the way I feel
some enchanted forest we are walking though
who do I think I'm talking to?
this sign says no trespassing unless its you
by Terre and Suzzy Roche
They have a language all their own
It has an I can make it overtone
Conversation never stops
Throw the ball up it never drops
Older Girls
They have crop of growing kids
Most of the marriages on the skids
If the disappointment hit 'em hard
Seem to be holding high cards
Older Girls
Feast your eyes on well made suit
Dig that hairdo expensive boot
Maybe the get a little heavy sometimes
Sitting up late with bottle of wine
Older Girls In the clothing store they try
On some size they used to buy
Fleeing there the go and eat
Something that will still taste sweet
Older Girls
As I go from year to year
Through lover affair and big career
Wonder what I'm gonna be
Watch the older girls and see
Older Girls
Letting all the trimmings go
That were part of the big show
Here it comes the real them
Forever busting out amen
Listen to the people talk.
Listen to the people talk.
She's such a good girl.
She's such a good girl.
No. Nobody knows.
Nobody knows;
Not even your best friend knows the bind you're in.
I checked
myself in the mirror
before I came out tonight
changed clothes several times
and now I feel
as though I put on airs.
my my broken heart
well, i wake up every morning
and i just crack up without warning
i would be as good as maybe grandma
but i must get a grip on
my my broken heart
if i had a million dollars
i would go to see a doctor
hey doctor could you set me free from the pain
i'm just like humpty dumpty
he was always missing something
who could ever put the pieces back together again
my my broken heart
the sad old tears of a broken heart
you can't hide em
because they come rolling down
just as soon as you dried em
time is passing me by
and the more time is passing me by
why? that broken heart
why do i hand on?because i miss you
never again will i kiss you
there's nothing left but to wish you the best my love
with what's left of
my my broken heart
someday i'm gonna fix it
it hurts
the fit is generous and loose
the coat is filled with down of goose
should I feel guilty about that?
I wouldn't wear the fur of a cat
the coat is black so in New York City
it doesn't look dirty it stays pretty
the cuffs are purple which perfectly suits
a pair I already had of boots
can't help sharing on a personal note
a secret I have concerning the coat
one of the reasons that it got my vote
is the way it lies open around the throat
for me th collar mustn't come too high
because well all right my skin is dry
so each morning I rub my face with oil
and the fabric you see the grease could soil
can we speak a moment about the lining
after my own heart's designing
it's nylon so your skirts don't wind
up in a bunch around you behind
when the time comes for the coat to clean
you throw this thing in the washing machine
drying you doubt but the filling does fluff
I'm here to proclaim this coat is enough
the length of the coat is below the knees
so in the cold your legs don't freeze
I'm nuts about another one of its charms
there's plenty of room underneath the arms
the coat's not bulky it weighs about an ounce
and it's practically void of any frivolous flounce
I will admit it has shoulder pads
all things considered it's not so bad
it looks all right even from the side
I guess because the bottom isn't overly wide
okay so you say you'd prefer something hipper
but can I just tell you about the zipper
I searched for it for many years
last one I had I tore up in tears
it turned me into Jack the Ripper
but now I stepped in Cinderella's slipper
it runs from the gullet to just south of the crotch
and workin' it's a task you can hardly botch
it's made of a material that will not rust
it won't get stuck you don't get fussed
it undoes easily in the usual way
but you can also pull it up if you'd like to, let's say
there's snaps as well which I don't even use
but they beat out buttons if I had to choose
I remember the night I went to the store
fighting my way across the cloak-stuffed floor
suffocating I was it seemed
when from a rack this last hope beamed
of all my requirements I pursued the trail
to find furthermore the damn thing was on sale
it had a small chain at the back of the neck
so you could hang it on a hook but it broke what the heck
with the end of each sleeve I'm totally smitten
ample space for to emerge a thick mitten
if you wanna be warm it wins far and away
it's like walkin' around in your bed all day
I know you're not supposed to be so fond of a thing
but today this is my heartfelt inspiration to sing
I hope you don't think I'm merely trying to be clever
I wish this coat would last forever
sunday
cold weather
home, that's where i'll stay
ok i admit it
i've been drifting
dreaming the hours away
dreamin' of love
the gentle kind
i don't have to prove myself
all of the time
working
years at a job
burning for a raise
let's face it
i'm no go getter
worthy of a boss's praise
worthy of love
the unusual kind
i don't have to prove myself
all of the time
at the bus stop when the evening falls
resting there until the driver callshurry it up now hurry it up and move, lady
magic
it's a shiny train
stealing away in the wind
i can't catch it
so i close my eyes
feel it against my skin
feeling that love
you're a friend of mine
i don't have to prove myself
all of the time
at the bus stop in the hazy dawn
come on mister one last lazy yawn
hurry it up now hurry it up and move, lady
It's just a job that fell through
I'm sure that you will find another
I'll make a special dinner tonight
Don't worry darling it'll be alright
I don't believe these words I'm singing
It doesn't sound like truth to me
our love is gone but we're still clinging
To the way it used to be
These times are hard for everybody
I read the paper I see the news
Something will give and make it better
We're gonna work it out not gonna lose
I don't believe these words I'm singing
It doesn't sound like truth to me
Our love is gone but we~re still clinging
To the way it used to be
love comes to town on a blue jeaned leg
in a pick up truck and a plastic crate
it's an act of god hits you in the face
stands you on your head puts you in your place
on the subway train in the crosstown bus
love comes to town for people just like us
don't just sit there sign the dotted line
say yes everytime be a valentine
be brave when love comes to townloves comes to town
you don't have a prayer
hail mary full of grace with curlers in your hair
sneakin' up on you in the a & p
somewhere in frozen foods there's a tropical breeze
be brave....
love comes to town any town at all
in the factory line and the shoppin' mall
on the tenement stoop sitting two by two
drinkin' dandelion from a dixie cup
laughing into town so forfeit up your crown
you better bow down love cause love's in town
don't just sit there...be brave...
Louis has money
Just at a time in his life when he thought he
was hopeless
You see him a lot these days
On the cover of this, on the back of that
Looking a hundred different ways.
Louis, you have money
Louis has moved on
All of his friends want to get somewhere
He used to hang out but he can't go back there just now
And all his affairs are economic.
He says, ";That's not the way that I want it.
Holy Moses! I got my share.";How is he doing?
Ma says he wears too much makeup
With all the wrong people he tends to take up.
He tries to tell her, ";Thing change, Ma.";
She ain't buyin' it Lou.
She doesn't see the need for you to be such a
modern man.
He's got nobody to thank.
If he's cryin' at all he's cryin' all the way
to the bank.
high moon, old mountain
headlights are hurting my eyes
i must be tired
road after road after road
i am aching
it happened
somebody died i love
road after road after road
i don't know where you are
time might take it
make it into something you say a fact
road after road after road
i looked into your drawer of hankies
a chair with nobody there a hat
road after road after road
i don't know where i amthese roads that wind around are losing me losing
i drove out of your town losing you losing
back into my home
a city
insignificant speck of dust
road after road after road
how come i don't feel
i'm living
my heart beat and it broke
so i must
be
road after road after road
i don't know where you are
these roads that wind around are losing me losing
i drove out of your town losing you losing
by Suzzy Roche
It may be what I wanna do
But I won't fall in lover with you
You are never gonna be mine
But I just love to see you
Old moon shining starlight
But I can't have my wish tonight
You are never gonna be mine
But I just love to see you Can you hear me
Can you hear me
Can you hear me friend
No one nowhere can take your place
The happy sad look on your face
You are never gonna be mine
But I just love to see you
by Mark Johnson
Beyond this world came a power
Struck into me I don't know how
It happened slow I want you to know
Her love is true music and it
Radiates around
Here comes a new day: clouds roll away
Don't ask me, I don't know a thing
Let's drive to town across the border line
Her love is true music and it
Radiates around My chance for true happiness
It waits upon her kiss
How can it be, it feels so good to know all this
My heart may break and it might fall
She is mine and I am hers through seasons all
Let's drive to town
Across the borderline
Her love is true music
And it radiates around
Your words go through and through me
and leave me totally dazed
for they do such strange things to me
they nearly make me gloomy
for you dear are so clever
so obviously the top
I wish you'd go on forever
I wish even more you'd stop
oh it's bad for me it's bad for me
the knowledge that you're going mad for me
I feel certain my friends would be glad for me
but it's bad for me
it's so good for me so new for me
to see someone in such a stew for me
and when you say you'll do all you could for me
it's so good for me it's bad for meI felt til you whispered to me
completely left on the shelf
but since you started to woo me
I'm just crazy about myself
it's a boon for me a break for me
to hear that your heart's on the make for me
yet no matter however appealing
I still have a feeling it's bad for me
it's so sweet for me it's swell for me
to feel that you're going through hell for me
yet no matter however appealing
I still have a feeling it's bad for me
(Words by Jesse Fauset)
On summer afternoons I sit
Quiescent by you in the park,
And idly watch the sunbeams gild
And tint the ash tree's bark.
Or else I watch the squirrles frisk
And chaffer in the grassy lane;
And all the while I mark your voice
Break with love and pain.
I know a woman who would give
Her chance of heaven to take my place;
To see the love-light in your eyes,
The love-glow on your face!And there's a man whose lightest word
Can set my chilly blood afire;
Fulfillment of his least behest
Defines my life's desire.
But he will none of me. Nor I
Of you. Nor you of her. 'Tis said
the world is full of justs like these.
I wish that I were dead.
(Words by Suzzy Roche)
a little scratch heals
but this one is not so small
I can tell because it feels
as if there is no scratch at all
when the cut is deep
it never goes away
it interrupts your sleep
it alters how you play
now that I am crippled
it is helpful if I know
the will to live is tripled
but the wheelchair is slow
This changes everything
Why is it happening
I got a feeling
And you're changing
The sky was darkening
When we went out wandering
It got confusirlg
And I started singing
Ing
Will we be marrying
Instead of parting
Or are you still singing
The praises of waiting
I had a gift to bring
A simple little thing
I had a little fling
That we won't be mentioningIng
Where is all this leading
Is there any meaning
Are we just careening around?
I'm always wondering
When it starts thundering
Which is the better thing
To be still or running
You with the broken wing
Who fell down flying
How is it dancing
With any old Earthling
mommy help me
i can t hear
there is a pain
in my ear
i am afraid
and i need your love
and i love my mom
mommy why
are you really angry
i don t know
what is the matter with me
you make me cry
and i need your love
and i love my mom
down in the cellar
is a memory chest
inside of it
mom's wedding dress
i try it on
and i need your love
and i love my momi understand
as i get a little older
i can't always
do what i'm told
i get a spanking
and i need your love
and i love my mom
mommy
there is a boy down the street
he is making fun of me
i'm running home
and i need your love
and i love my mom
is it love or is it hate
i'm a stand there fence
you're a swinging gate
if i were a shoe
i would walk away
walk away
i threw at you a book of love
it said that we might be able to rise above
these feelings
i'm lost and found and kneeling down to pray
just what do you say when you pray
holy smokes
we are fighting
in that bag of miracles and lightning
is there anything in there to make this
all night a little less frightening
the way we fall apart is bustin up my heartthis sad song stays on my mind
all crossed out and underlined
hiding there afraid that i might find
the worst thing is how you are so beautiful and kind
when i am leaving you behind
holy smokes
we are fighting
in that bag of miracles and lightning
is there anything in there to make this
all night a little less frightening
the way we fall apart is bustin up my heart
she's the kind of girl who pays for herself
and the money don't come rolling in
been living here outside of fifteen years
say how do you do where does she begin
those lollipop eyes
no longer surprised
still willing to try
worried she'll get to be
as big as a house
her apartment is small
she's got to stay the size of a mouse
walking around
the old neighborhood
there were several wiseguys
she'd do over if she could
please no more lies
warm september skies
still willing to try
but the holidays
holidays are hardsun's so bright
she pulls the shade
puts a dinky dinner in
it's factory made
she bought the book
how to help yourself
climb up on the chair girl
and take it down from the shelf
cracks open a smile
ain't she got style
still willing to try
but the holidays
holidays are hard
the feeling is mutual
is what you will say
if things turn out okay
if I were writing a play
love will open our eyes
maybe
love will be a surprise
maybe then
at the moment when
I realize you're there
so you see that I care
the feeling is mutual
is what you will say
I long to hear someday
everybody writes a rain song
everybody writes what's done 'em wrong
everybody writes the same pain song
and as long
as it's gonna sound just like everybody else's
you might as well
like singin' the tune
everybody writes a war song
everybody writes a G chord song
everybody wants to record some day
what can you say
it's gonna sound just like everybody else's
you might as well
like singin' the tuneeverybody tries a fun song
everybody writes a runnin' song
everybody's got their one that belongs to them
it's gonna sound just like everybody else's
you might as well
like singin' the tune
GIMME A SLICE
by Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche
Money position and power
Flashing back to the first impression
Hurrying year and slow hour
Are you ready to make some concessions
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Babbling gossip and thin ice
High flying theories and complex notions
How many times can you think twice
You're gonna have to go through the emotions
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Listen to the sound of the way you get around the room
Look into the eyes of the other butterflies that loom
Wearisome and dull weird and fantastic
Profitless and vain brave and elastic
All the lesser lights pale
You pack a punch and you don't know about it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
Gimme a slice with everything on it
All my life I've wanted your love
Travelled all over the world looking for your love
Your love would free me from my darkest pain
If you loved me I would never have had you there to blame
All my life I've wanted your love
All my life I've asked for your love
Travelled all over the world asking for your love
In the faces of strangers I would think that I saw
Someone who could see me and accept every flaw
All my life I've asked for your love
Time to stop expecting your love
Travelled all over the world expecting your love
Always in so much pain you never noticed me
The way that I long for it to be will never be
Time to stop expecting your love
Time to stop expecting your love
(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche)
Do I wanna be a dog?
any diddlin' male would do
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't be fussy for you
Do I wanna be a housebroken dog
eat better than an Indian
I don't wanna be a damned old dog
I just wanna lick your chin again
I thought that I could convince you
I thought that I could get through
chew out a hole in the fence you
barked up between me and youLimpin' around in the moonlight
coverin' up what I did
words decompose all around me
nuisances I committed
Do I wanna be a dog
cut the heat out of me
if I was a damned old dog
I wouldn't have to goddamn human be
Every morning I get up
Beautiful as the Goddess
Of Love in Enchanted Mountain.
Every night I go to bed
Seductive as Yang Kuei-fei,
The imperial concubine.
My slender waist and thighs
Are exhausted and weak
From a night of cloud dancing
But my eyes are still lewd,
And my cheeks are flushed.
My old wet nurse combs
My cloud-like hair.
My lover, fragrant as incense,
Adjusts my jade hairpins, and
Drags on my silk stockings
Over my feet and legs
Perfumed with orchids;
And once again we fall over
you can't reason
with a cold hard wind
all you can do is
not let it in
when i'm with you
i can never win
you can't reason
with a cold hard wind
when i met you
you were quiet
if i wanted
you would buy it
doing it your way
everything was great
i tried my way
and watched the weather
change
i didn't love you
so i could suffer
i got tough and
you got tougher
in your frozen eyes
no room for compromise
and our sunny days
filled with blackened skiesi swore at the rain and
i'll do it again
but you can't reason
with a cold hard wind
a cold hard wind
a cold hard wind
you can't reason
with a cold hard wind
since he's gone away
i'm a sad dog... lie around all day
no bowl of water for me
i'm asleep... let me be
train on the railroad track singing oo oo oo
as if i didn't know that he's never coming back
his warm and crazy love
that's what... i want some of
he sure did know... how to way my tail
since he's been gone... i'm in dog jail
train on the railroad track singing oo oo oo
as if i didn't know that he's never coming back
where did he go?
stranger i don't know
hey where did he go?
he's gone away, gone awaysummer turning into fall
things around here don't change much at all
dog days and doggie bones
these lonely hills are calling you home
where did he go?
tell him i'm in the yard
hey where did he go?
he's gone away, gone away
by Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche
I don't feel that great today
I have never felt that great
Don't tell me to exercise
Don't tell me it's what I ate
There's got to be another world
Oh yeah oo oo oo baby
There's got to be another world
Oh yeah oo oo oo baby
I'm the kind of person who
Likes to sleep all day and night
Too bad I'm sleeping by myself
Nobody's here to hold me tight There's got to be another world
Oh yeah oo oo oo baby
There's got to be another world
Oh yeah oo oo oo baby
Think how good just normal feels
A helmet on my head
Constant flow of ice cream in
I'd be as good as dead
There's got to be another world
Oh yeah oo oo oo baby
There's got to be another world
Oh yeah oo oo oo baby
He wants to be Christlike and never be jealous
So he lets her go on about all the other fellas
But the animal in 'em awakes with a growl
and a skin 'em cannibal scowl
Skin 'em cannibal scowl
And a swing from the trees with his teeth like a chainsaw
Come near me I'll rake off your face with one paw
Watch me now I'm beating my chest like a robber
Who steals from my meat as I rend and slobber
He sits in the plaza in tunic and sandals
Watching her bent over buying the candles
And he thinks he'd like to take her from behind
Would the Scribes and the Pharisees mind?
Scribes and the Pharisees mind
A woman approached me all bent and repentant
I blessed her and set her wherever she went
Will these followers ever stop doggin' me now
That I've thrown off this stone and got loose somehow?
A life that you try to put into a grave
Comes back every Easter to haunt you and save
But my nature is wounded and bloodied and hung
From a cross for my sings and the sings of everyone
oh those sins of everyone.
I'm jealous goddamnit! I'm Christ and I'm jealous
And angry and sad and oh Father please tell us
I'm human and God and I'm animal too
As I listen to her going on about you
Think he's got a crush on me
I saw the whole scene
What makes you think
He's got a crush on you
Cause he played his song for me
I was sitting there too
What makes you think
He played those songs for you.
If his girlfriend wasn't there
He would have been free
To make it known that
He's in love with me
He was in a plane crash
He plays the clarinet
He's trying to stop drinking
But his girlfriend
Hasn't left him yetDid you see the way he gazed at me
In between the notes he played
It's stupid to believe in stuff
That happens on a stage
Think you must be very drunk
You're seeing double
Sober up or you're in big trouble
But did you see. . .
Bet he calls me up this week
When you weren't looking
I slipped him my number
And then we kissed.
you won't find me here
i'm far away ... far away
and even though i'm lying here
i'm far away ... far away
riding on my bicycle
my heart's up in the air
i'm everywhere
i know i'm beautiful
your wedding ring and pants are on the floor
they are not real ... i do not feel you
you're scaring me ... you lock the door
i made a deal ... my lips are sealed
stop calling out my name
you are taking me away
i am ashamednow i know my abcs
next time there'll be less of me
now there are words like estrogen and wrinkling
middle age women
a mirror woes ... where she been
so far away ... so yesterday
a voice was left behind ... a ghost ... a girl
singing
if i am an oyster shell ... well ... where's the pearl
i know my abcs
there'll be no next time for me
am i alone in this world
can somebody hear me
or be near me
am i blind to the love
the beautiful love of god
here i am
standing before a crowd
trying to belong
terrified of hiding
asking you to listen to my song
asking you to listen to me
am i alone in this world
a woman i know
i saw her in the street
she was selling books
no family no money
i could not find a way to say hello
i could not find a way to say hello
am i alone in this worldlate last night
a man at the garbage can
was picking through the crap
and the neighborhood boys
starting beating him up with a baseball bat
beating him up with a baseball bat
am i alone in this world
can somebody hear me
or be near me
am i blind to the love
the beautiful love of god
do you love me
i'm confusing
never free
i am asking
now you don't have to
make me beg you
marry me
it's my birthday
thanks for calling
nothing's new
no one loves me darling
like the way you love me
sad but true
yes i will if
you bring them over
hem your pants
then we will discuss it
all the reasons why
the won'ts the can'tstell your lovers
it's all over
i'm your man
all the crying sobbing
and the fake heart throbbing
falling through my hands
i will carry
up my suitcase
even on the stairs
don't you worry darling
i won't ever leave you
answered prayers
my new bicycle is race car blue
it used to belong to my big sister sue
she grew a little too tall
then traded it to me
for my old basketball.
riding that thing
i gotta sing
it's a blast
i never believed
i could go so fast
up and down hills
zipping through the town
past the reservoir
when the sun slips downi'm flying!
back home i collected some rags
i snuck them out of my ma's old clothes bags
bucket of water
and a squirt of soap
my bicycle's as clean
as the soul of a pope
i met the most beautiful turtle today
her head was hid in her shell
those lovely eyes were peeking at me
ooo she was scared i could tell
i'm a dime a dozen toad
nothing super duper about me
i seem the same as everyone here
in the toad community
will you be my friend?
will you be my friend?
will you be my friend?
o toad, nobody talks to me here
i thank you, it's been a long time
i have been waiting on the sidelines
wishing for someone so kindwill you be my friend?
will you be my friend?
will you be my friend?
at first we could not find a game
that the two of us knew
she got quiet i was shy
we did not know what to do
yeah! then she just happened to smile
smiling was ok for now
that's when i knew turtles and toads,
toads and turtles
could have fun somehow
will you be my friend?
will you be my friend?
will you be my friend?
uncle dave he misbehaved
he painted the firetruck green
even though he painted the firetruck green
that don't mean that he is mean
uncle dave he misbehaved
he ate all the food on the plane
even though he ate all the food on the plane
that don't mean he won't eat again
uncle dave he misbehaved
he took the train to brooklyn
even though he took the train to brooklyn
that don't mean he ain't good lookin'uncle dave he misbehaved
he changed his name to tony
even though he changed his name to tony
that don't mean that he's a phony
uncle dave he misbehaved
he said he didn't like this song
even though he said he didn't like this song
that don't mean he won't sing along
uncle dave he misbehaved
he forgot to fold up his pants
even though he forgot to fold up his pants
that don't mean they're full of ants
time to do the laundry
search your room for any dirty clothes
this week's load is really smelly
you might want to put a clothespin on your nose
i check underneath the bed and dresser
for fallen change
while mom rubs the detergent into
the grubby stains
put the pile in the purple laundry bag that dad
gave mom for her birthday years ago
even though that bag is full of holes
mama lifts it up and just like santa claus
goes out the door
i'm the helping elf i pick up socks and underwear
that might have fallen on the floor
down the stairs to the sidewalk 'round the corner
and we're there
to our very own favorite laundromat
where they like us 'cause we keep coming back
the laundry, mom and me
tweedledum and tweedle dee dee
it's always much more fun
than we think it's gonna bei get to put the quarters in the washers
and the dryers too
instead of waiting there we go do other chores
we simply have to do
and when it's done we never fold the clean clothes
at the laundromat
we bring the whole thing back home
where we fold in peace
together all alone
the laundry, mom and me
tweedledum and tweedle dee dee
it's always much more fun
than we think it's gonna be
someday i'm gonna get a dog
and the dog's gonna run free
and i won't need a collar or a leash
cause i'll be living in the country
and when somebody doesn't want to play
i'm gonna open up the door wide
and i'll be runnin' in the tall grass
with my own dog by my side
and when i find a secret hiding place
i'll make a soft pillow out of hay
and i'll share it with my happy dog
we will stay there for the whole day
i love to be free
that's the best thing about me
and there's a rover in the world now
with the same dream so we
will find our way home
when the colors of the sunset
i see them stretch across a big sky
that's a good feeling we getand by the time i go to sleep at night
i'm ready for tomorrow as i doze
i got a warm cover over me
sleeping rover on my toes
someday i'm gonna get a dog
and the dog's gonna run free
and i won't need a collar or a leash
'cause we'll be living in the country
living in the country!
living in the country!
If you happen to live on Mars
Then I'm from Outer Space
Where we drive around in cars
And talk right out of our face
We walk around on feet
And we fly around in planes
There's this stuff called food we eat
And think with these things called brains
Greetings from the Planet Earth
To the many worlds in the Universe
Wish you were here
Hope you can come
We'll have some intergalactic funIf you happen to live on Mercury
Then I'm an alien
And I'm in a real big hurry
To see a spaceship come sailing in
I look out the window and wonder
Who's wondering back from the stars
And I love to hear the thunder
So everyone hum a few bars
Greetings from the Planet Earth
To the many worlds in the Universe
Wish you were here
Hope you can come
We'll have some intergalactic fun
i love somebody named lovey
please don't tell anybody
lovey has no money
or hope of a job
yeah, take a look at the room
that pearl is a slob
why o why do I love lovey?
i hung a picture on the wall
if you see what i saw then you'd know it all
smiling like an angel
eyes honest and true
if you got introduced
well, you'd love lovey too
my o my that lovey
someday
you might have to wander
away from me
if you go far
hop into a car
and come to visit
come to visit mei love somebody named lovey
yes i do
and you don't have to tell me
i'm lucky
some people are lonely
cryin' in the beer
but i got so much love
the aches and the pains
and the moaning and the groaning disappear
(for a while)
time after time with lovey
someday
you might have to wander
away from me
if you go far
i wish upon a star
you come to visit
come to visit me
little bitty betty
you're a baby
little bitty betty
could you maybe
go to sleep now
your mama's so tired
little bitty betty
little lady
underneath the tree
cool and shady
get lazy with me
that's all i require
dreaming's a vacation from being awake
all you gotta do is take
a little nap with me
are you ready?
little bitty betty
gettin' weepy
i'm gonna rock ya steady
till you're sleepy
rollin' the stroller around
but your eyes are open widerlittle bitty betty
she's a fighter
no jack or jim or eddy
could hold a match beside her
why don't you lay down your arms
and just retire?
come with me to the land of make believe
you'll float your boat into a dream
if you fall asleep with me
are you ready?
little bitty betty
baby listen
curl up there with your teddy
you don't know what you're missin'
one baby for sale
will anybody buy her?
little bitty betty
i love you baby
but oh boy baby betty
you drive me crazy
go to sleep now
your mama's so tired
There's a magic in our little room
Floating up like a colored balloon
It goes right to the top
Just so it can pop
And sprinkle down the sound of a tune
Hey yea
And hey yo
Hey whadayasay
And hey whadayaknow
Hey yea
And hey yo
Hey here we come
And hey here we goThe next thing you know there's a song
It's made up as we go along
Then when we hear it
It brightens our spirit
And we know that we can't go wrong
Hey yea
And hey yo
Hey whadayasay
And hey whadayaknow
Hey yea
And hey yo
Hey here we come
And hey here we go
once upon a time there was a very friendly princess
who was captured
by a big, grumpy, invisible wizard. he locked her in
the tippy top of his
tower and late at night when she was very tired,
getting ready to fall
asleep on her bed of stones, she would look out the
window, up into
the sky, and twiddle her thumbs and sing a song that
she just made
up. she didn't know why. it was just about a feeling
that she had. and it
sounded something like this...
i love you from far away
like i love the moon
you are the brightest star
in my cartoon
someday i'll find you
whoever you are
i know you are out there
but where?
you couldn't be far
now this princess got very very smart after years of
thinking in the tower
and it began to dawn on her that perhaps the
invisible wizard wasn't
even there! so, she approached the gigantic door
that kept her lockedinto the tower and she OPENED it! then tiptoed
carefully down the
stairs to the bottom where lo and behold she walked
into a clearing in
the woods and she was free! and you'll never
believe it but there was
an entire village of forest animals and people
dancing and singing. they had been
waiting for her all these years! they sang together...
i love you from far away
like i love the moon
you are the brightest star
in my cartoon
someday i'll find you
whoever you are
i know you are out there
but where?
you couldn't be far
well, that's the end of the story
i'm getting kind of tired
i think i'll go to sleep now, goodnight!
o god gilbert
when you said that
i'm afraid i'll have to jump across the gorge
like in this book i'm reading
when you read it back
you need a painkiller
but i m sober
stuck on some thought i can t express
i saw a part of you that was threatening to me
and i felt that i was messing in it
that fundamental problem with being friends
some people around here
can watch punky brewster
and that s about it
i probably would have been a little bored
waiting for that one comment
that ruins everything
but it is all subconsciously being said
if you are a sexist pig
then i have got to dislike you
for the rest of my life
i will have to listen
to certain devastating things
meow
meow
hey let's dance
well i know one
it's so much fun
it's the kookiest dance
under the sun
it's called the boodanee
do the boodanee
123
let's do the boodanee
all you gotta do is curl up in a ball
then step two
you do nothing at all
this is the dance that my kitty cat does
n' that's part one called the circle of fuzz
the next big step
is the stand up and stretch
this is the one that i love the best
you get real long from head to tail
stick up your butt and get thin as a nail
now step three
ya see something in the air?
by something i mean something
that's not even there
you grab at it with your sweet smelling paws
there's no reason for this - it's just because
then you run around like a lunatic
hopping sideways and your tail gets thick
you keep doing this till you're sick of it
or till somebody quips hey stop it!meow
meow
do the boodanee
123 do the boodanee
you can bark all you want about this dance or that
but if you wanna be cool you gotta be a cat
and do the boodanee
123
do the boodanee
when the whole thing's done
and you're one tired pup
go over to your bowl and lick your supper up
then smack your lips
and put your nose in the air
just walk away
like you don't care
you did the boodanee
123
you did the boodanee
yeah!
If I think I'm gonna have a chocolate sundae
but it's Sunday
And when I get to the door of the ice cream store
it says closed
Sitting down on the sidewalk
I feel like I'm gonna cry
You can call me silly but I don't think I am
and here's why
I'm disappointed disappointed
I didn't get what I wanted
I might get over it someday
but for now I think I'll stay
Disappointed that's all
Shelly's coming over for a playdate and I can't wait
But just before the doorbell rings
the telephone does and it brings
the bad news
Shelly's mom says she's not coming
she's come down with the flu
We were gonna have some fun but now there's
nothing to doI'm disappointed
I didn't get what I wanted
I might get over it someday
but for now I think I'll stay
Disappointed that's all
Woke up yesterday and it was snowing
I won't be going
I lay in bed and realized I was a little bit surprised
it felt good
Because the place that I was going
wasn't circus it was school
Instead of being angry I was happy I was cool
Not disappointed
This time I got what I wanted
I didn't know it at first
then I jumped up with a burst
Not disappointed that's all
Here I am I'm the unrecovered one
You can talk to me if you want to if you want to
you can shun me.
I stumble through the streets with my pride and my arrogance
I spit right in your face when you invite me to dance
I go months and years at a time terminally unique
With my pills and my bottle of wine
I am very very very very very very very very weak.
I can't get out of bed the hangover's got my head
So I forgot to take the garbage out and put the kid to bed
We're all wandering around in my house
like the night of the living dead
I'm someone that you can look at and be glad
you're not me instead.
Underneath your sobriety and your piety and your quiet
there's a human being there who's got a spirit and has to
learn how to fly it.
The controls are on the panel
and the manual's in the flotation device. But if it comes to
using that you've already crashed through thin ice.
I'm not saying I'm better than you I feel like you're saying
you're better than me
You say ";Tough luck I sobered up and now I'm running the
company";
Your Higher Power he's like my God he'll take you out in a
flash you'll see
And do the same for all your loved ones and the ones like me
you pity.
They say Te Amo in the moonlight
And my heart is breaking from behind a tree.
Deep in the forest is there a sound
When my heart is breaking from behind a tree?
I am your lover but you don't see me
When my heart is breaking from behind a tree.
The sound of a tree falling
The sound of a heart breaking.
If you move into my life and take over my soul
Charm all my friends and play the rescuer role
Let me quit my job to go on your dole
And make your approval my ultimate goal,
I will begin to shrink back into the corner of my own skin
Until I'm so small and pink that no one would see me
even if they got in -
Your enormous index finger would be probing to find me
As I darted between the walls of my own personality
Which would be changing as I left most of it behind me
Disappearing into a new reality...
And when you tried to trot me out to show me to your friends
They'd say ";What girlfriend? We don't see any girlfriend.";
As you open the door of your Mercedes Benz
Now you got the oyster you don't need the pearl when
You can have my beautiful smile
That wonderfully elegant style
All my show business connections
Both of my cats affections
The clothes you bought me are yours
That Timex watch endures
My good relationship with your mom
My ability to remain calm,
But here I'd be like a dead person looking down
On the cemetery where they placed a stone
With a name on it like Jane Smith or John Brown
That I no longer recognized as my own
Hold me tight and I'll just shed my skin, slither away,
no matter what's happenin'.
in the world
is a town
small and proud
there i live
and there i ll die
head in a cloud
i had dreams long ago
of the love i would surely know
but it didn t turn out like that
in the world
is a lie
flying highi thought you were mine
but you were
never mine
i had dreams long ago
of the world i would surely know
but it didn't turn out like that
in the world
in the world
is a hill
filled with trees
from my door
i can see
life is a breeze
Nobody's doing the job they want to be doing
Don't you see that's the whole problem?The waiter wants to be an actor
And the dentist wants to be a violinist
The lawyer wants to be just about anything but a lawyer
But still make a fortune and live off the interest
The baby wants to be a big girl
And the teacher wants to be a performer
The dancer used to be the thing she always wanted to be
But now she's the maitre d'
The businessman wants to be a musician
And the housewife wants to be a magician
The doctor doesn't want to be a physician
But the restaurateur now he's found a cure
For the nine to five blues
But the messenger he doesn't want to bring the news
The bus driver wants to win the lottery
And the thief has to be what he's gotta be
And nobody wants to be a bum
The piano player wants to beat the drum
Mostly everybody thinks they'd like to be a star
Except celebrities in magazines you read
That say how difficult it is to be the thing they are
And that something else is really what they need.
I'm gonna work a couple a years here
then I'm gonna go home
where they treat women with respect
and don't make 'em go out of the house and work
That's how the home gets wrecked.";
If you want to meet a man from Pakistan
you might try riding in a New York City taxi cab
and if you are so inclined as to ask the man about his country
I think that you will find it is a very different place
from New York.
I got in the cab and the man started to tell me about his
family
and he said ";Miss are you interested in my country?";
And I said ";Yes.";
So there we were and I found out about his country.
";Well"; he said ";l come from a place that is so much more
relaxed than here"; and he told me that I would not believe
the difference
and I said to him ";How would you explain it to me?";
And he said ";l'm gonna work a couple a years here
and then I'm gonna go home
where they treat women with respect
and don't make 'em go out of the house and work.";
I like it here don't wanna move
Just wanna stay here in this same old groove
No need for growth now or any adventure
No need to be shown how to pay attention or start my engine.
I like it here I like it now
Not over there where I had to kowtow
And I had to be present for those things in the past
That were truly unpleasant and over with at last.
I like it here don't wanna change
Not looking towards next year or back home on the range
I'm gonna glue my backside to The living Room wall
And I ain't gonna backslide I'm just not gonna play ball.
Cause I like it here don't wanna change
Just wanna stay here why is that so strange?
And if you were inside me then you would come to see
Things the way I do and you'd like it here too.
(Song of gratitude to St. Francis of Assisi)
My patron saint's a man who went
from town to town and paid no rent
The things he owned besides his soul
were shoes a gown and a begging bowl.
What struck me first when I was young
was how he never got bit or stung
though bears and snakes he did befriend
real bears and snakes not just pretend.
I knew this wasn't easy stuff
because I tried it myself enough
but bears and snakes they ran from me
though dogs and cats came willingly.
Deep within the wooded calm
he sang a song a simple psalm
";Make me an instrument of thy peace
Let love be sown and hatred cease";.Now me I live beyond my means
in the city of lost and broken dreams
with too many pairs of shoes
that take me round and round the blues.
And the price of things is never low
or else it isn't worth the go
and taking time turns out to give
the time it takes to really live.
You may not know who you are
until you get hit by a star
like I did and lived to say
it happened on my saint's feast day.
So I'm still here where I belong
and many years have come and gone
since that dance, since that kiss, Francis
(Words & Music by Suzzy Roche)
I sit down on the train
with my big pocketbook
the guitar and a sugar-free drink
I wipe the sweat off of my brow
with the side of my arm
and take off all that I can
I am trying not to have a bad day
everybody knows the way that is
Even though my baggage and I
are using up a two person seat
I'm not trying to be funny
but the guy who sits down next to me
is even bigger than that
we are overflowing out of the seat
I can't look at him
he doesn't look at meOnce you step on
you might never get off
of the commuter train
it doesn't go very far away
but just the same
it s a trip and a half
My face is pressed up
against the window
and through it I can see
the reflection of the train
I spy on the big guy
sitting next to me
he's drinking two beers
and reading the New York Post
trying not to get in my way
everybody knows the kind of day that is
He is miserable
I am miserable
we are miserable
can't we have a party
would he rather have a party
after all we have to sit here
and he's even drinking a beer
I want to ask him what's his name
but I can't cause I'm so afraid
of the man on the train
(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche)
One in Louisiana
one who travels around
one of 'em mainly stays in heart-throb town
I am not their main concern
they are lonely too
I am just an arrow passing through
When they look into my eyes
I know what to do
I make sure the words I say are true
When they send me off at dawn
pay the driver my fare
they know I am goin' down somewhere
O the married men
the married men
never would have had a good time again
if it wasn't for the married menOne says he'll come after me
another one'll drop me a line
one says all o' my agony is in my mind
They know what is wrong with me
none of 'em wants my hand
soloin' in my traveling wedding band
O the married men
the married men
makes me feel like a girl again
to run with the married men
One of 'ems got a little boy
other one he's got two
one of 'ems wife is one week overdue
I know these girls they don't like me
but I am just like them
pickin' a crazy apple off a stem
Givin' it to the married men
the married men
all o' that time in hell to spend
for kissin' the married men
(Words & Music by Terre Roche)
I can't get over what I saw.
And I can't change the law of averages.
I'm going down.
My uncle did it; my daddy did it.
I'm beginning to think that it runs in the family
Oh no, runs in the family.
One by one we left home.
We went so far out there.
Everybody got scared.
My uncle did it; my daddy did it.
I'm beginning to think that it runs in the family
Oh no, runs in the family.All the boys could have gone to school.
All the girls were pretty enough to play the fool
Something about the danger zone
Wouldn't leave the bunch of us alone.
I remember that night.
It was the one I picked a fight with you.
I'm holding the bag
Just like my mama did;
Just like her mama did.
Now there's gonna be a new kid in the family
Oh no, kid you're gonna run in the family.
Oh yeah, kid you're gonna run in the family.
(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche)
Money is not the problem
you have enough of that
now you must close your office
put on your coat and hat
put on your coat and hat
Now is the hour of quitting
twilight paints the town
Old industrial skyline
how does the sun go down?
how does the sun go down
You can go south in winter
be what you are a goose
you can live near the ocean
your clothes can fit you loose
Even as you are leaning
into that glass of wine
you and beloved business
have come to the end of a line
come to the end of a lineAll of the gates are open
all of the charges dropped
talks are terminated
payments have been stopped
payments have been stopped
You can move north in summer
you can be in the breeze
you don't need to notify
any secretaries
Old industrial skyline
drawing away from you
you are the one that'.s moving
you are the fool that flew
you are the fool that flew
You can go south in winter
be what you are a goose
honk all the moon out the ocean
your clothes can fit you loose
( Words & Music by Terre Roche )
O Mr Sellack
Can I have my job back?
I've run out of money again.
Last time I saw ya
I was singing Hallelujah
I'm so glad to be leavin' this restaurant.
Now the only thing I want
Is to have my old job back again.
I'll clean the tables;
I'll do the creams;
I'll get down on my knees and scrub
behind the steam table.
O Mr. Sellack
I didn't think I'd be back.
I worked here last year
Remember?
I came when Annie
Was going on vacation
And I stayed on almost till December.
Now the only thing I want
Is to have my old job back again.
I won't be nasty to customers no more.
When they send their burger back I'll tell them that
I'm sorry.Waiting tables ain't that bad.
Since I've seen you last, I've waited
for some things that you would not believe
To come true.
Give me a broom and I'll sweep my way to heaven.
Give me a job;
You name it.
Let the other forty-million three-hundred and seven
People who want to get famous.
Now the only thing I want
Is to have that old job back again.
I'll clean the tables;
I'll do the creams;
I'll get down on my knees and scrub
behind the steam table.
Everyone is good
I would like to be a person who does not judge
Free to be me whatever that might be
I don't want to hold a position, don't want to hold a grudge
'Cause it seems to be the cause of a lot of misunderstanding
Heartbreak misery
Looking in your eyes you're different from me
Why does it have to be that one of us is better
Can't we both be beautiful even if we don't agree
Like the flowers in the garden and the animals in the wood
Each one with a purpose and each one is gQod
Everyone is good
Nobody's God says hate your neighbor
Even if the neighbor doesn't believe in God
Put aside your religion do your God a favor
And wouldn't it be something to be Ioving and kind
Forgive yourself for everything having once been blind
Everyone is good
did you know me
long ago
were we close
before the sorrow
if you thought of leaving any traces
I'll be sifting through the broken places
did I know you
once upon a time
you dreamed of me
and now I'm
searching for myself in strangers' faces
stumbling onto further broken places
she turns purple
am I blue
can't she fathom
what I do
trying to get in her better graces
touching her in all the broken places
I get crazy
not sure why
solace beckons
until I
go tearing off again on wild chases
crashing into same old broken placesI am young so
who's to say
but for now I
have no way
of knowing how much healing time erases
certain of these secret broken places
can't there be a
little breather?
our love is a
real seether
to sore hearts we plead our hapless cases
rendezvousing at the broken places
I love you for
all of this
struggling towards
happiness
when the chips are down we play our aces
hiding them in our broken places
I was on a TV show
that everybody said
would change the course of my life that night
by the time I went to bed
tinkling glass and candlelight
your look of tenderness
I was full of cozy hope
sweet taste of success
it was a big nuthin'
you don't have to cross the street
when you see me comin'
too much trouble
so the the love we think is lost
things that never happened
strangerit was a big nuthin'
late last night we argued
when you weren't there
all o' my disappointment
screamed into the air
just about to fall into
the deep hole that I dug
saw myself ascending (pretending)
with a shovel and a shrug
it was a big nuthin'
I guess I just never knew how big nuthin' could be
she tried to push him away with a
ten foot pole
saying i'm just a crusty old donut
without any hole
wearying bewildered bachelor how
could he know
that she'd move her suitcase to his place a year ago
where he stood in the doorway no clothes wearing
asking permission to give all his love and his caring
love and care
theirs is a real thing, a dish in the sink
a dog in the stairwell making a stink
they got a true love so real you can feel it
for christmas he gave her
a silver and gold jewish star
he put it on top of the tree
and said there you are
she giggled and cried and
rolled on the living room floor
and laughed at all of his jokes
so he told her some more
there he stood in the doorway
crumpled and daring
asking permission to give all his love
and his caring
love and care
theirs is a real thing
a working man's shoe
worn through at the sole
as good as new
they got a true love
so real you can feel it
five o'clock by the window pane watching the rain
new york city blues oh, the rain's coming down hard
it's dark out there you gotta have something to do
so one day she said i must go to alaska this winter
he yelled and kicked the table his toe got a splinter
still he escorted her up to the gate at the airport
saying dammit i don't understand what you have to go there for
calendar pages were flipping he stayed home waiting
saying oh this woman i love is so irritating
theirs is a real thing, a welcome home kiss
the smell of his whiskers that she did miss
they got a true love so real you can feel it
I work in the laundromat
The one that Suzzy Roche
Does hers at
I hate her guts
She thinks I want her autograph
She's got stinky crusty socks
She's got underwear that shocks
O what a pig, she's such a pig
I'd like to stick a turd in her mailbox
Some people really have a lot of nerve
Everywhere they go they think they
Should get served
Everybody in the laundromat is equal
Suzzy Roche
She hands me a ten dollar bill
Asks so sweetly if I will
Give her some change
I'd like to bang her head
Against a windowsill
She says the machine is broke
The way she loaded that thing is a joke
Broken machine, another broken machine
Now I'd really like to cut her throatSome people. . .
She decides that she's got to get out of there
Other people waiting but she don't care
Cycle is through, her cycle is through
I took out her clothes and threw them everywhere
Boy was she mad when she got back
I said listen honey don't give me no flack
Pick up your clothes, pick up your clothes
And when she did I stuck a knife right through her back
Some people. . .
As I went out walkin' one fine summer's mornin'
the birds in the branches they did gaily sing
the lad and the lasses together were sportin'
goin' down to the fact'ry their work to begin
I spied a fair damsel far fairer than any
her cheeks like the red rose that none could excel
her skin like the lily that grows in yon valley
she's my own bonnie Annie my factory girl
I stepped did up to her just thinkin' to view her
but at me she cast a proud look of disdain
sayin' ";Stand off me young man and do not insult me
for although I am poor sure I think it no shame";";It's not to insult you fair maid I adore thee
ah pray grant me one favor it's where do ya dwell?";
";Kind sir forgive me it's now I must leave you
for I hear the dumb sound of the factory bell";
Now love is a thing that does rule every nation
good mornin' kind sir and I hope ya do well
my friends and relations would all frown upon it
besides I'm a hardworkin' factory girl
Oh it's true I do love her but now she won't have me
for her sake I'll wander through valley and dell
and for her sake I'll wander where no one can find me
I'll die for the sake of my factory girl
(by Suzzy and Terre Roche)
Want not want not want not
You can take my house away I don't care
You can take my job away I don't care
You can make my money I don't care
Might as well make my boyfriend I don't care
Want not want not want not
You can take my picture I don't care
You can have my attitude I don't care
The limousine I never ride in I don't care
Go ahead fix my wagon I don't care
Want not want not want notI wish there was a true love
I wish there was a great art
I wish there always was enough
But I'd not want if I were smart
Want not want not want not
Holy mackerel isn't that Schneeschnaw over there
She's got my face on she's got my hair
She took what I had my cupboard bare
It's want she wanted I don't care
How much you got I got three
You'll probably take it away from me
I seen what happens you'll be sorry
You'll get what I got don't worry
Want not want not want not
(by Terre and Suzzy Roche)
Nobody around here knows what happened to ;you
No one will ask you to explain
You have your arm around a drastic measure
All of your efforts down the drain
There might be something here you could get into
Or just be quiet by yourself
oooooooo. . .
Stare at the stuff up on the shelf
You work too hard to take this abuse
Be on your guard jerks on the looseLook who did it to you
Joker over there with nothing to do
Don't let 'm get through
Keep on Doing what you do
Why don't you listen to my little pep talk
Instead of what that person said
And now I'm gonna open up the window
And you will come in off that ledge
You work to hard to take this abuse
Be on your guard jerks on the loose
Jerks on the loose
Jerks on the loose
(by Terre and Suzzy Roche)
I know there was something about you that I liked yeah
But I only realized it when I spied you
At your mother's house last week
I'd only ever seen you on your bike yeah
I thought you were a slick affected
Switch blade flashing motorcycle freak
I never understood you slur your words why
You walk that mean and tough guy walk
Of all the other guys who hang around
The kind of animal that goes in herds why
But at you mother's house last Sunday dinnertime
With your defenses down
I fell in love, I fell in love, I fell in love
Flowers in your hand
Such a fine young man
Dressed up a suit and tie
Hear my love cry
I fell in love, I fell in love
I'm probably not the kind of girl you think you want why
I saw you with that slick effective
Switch blade flashing motorcycle blonde
I've got to make you turn around and see me
I saw you at your mother's house
I know you have it in you to like me
Such a fine young man
Catch me if you can
Don't be such a tough guy
Hear my love cry
I fell in love, you fell in what?
the phone rings ... who could it be
that religious guy from brooklyn
did we meet by accident ... yes we did
did we communicate ... i guess we did
he says i pray throughout my salesman's day
stay late at a bar and i hey hey hey
his wife doesn't like him ... six kids he's got
the holy thing has him tied in a knot
he thinks i'm lucky and free
to be who i am unashamed or guilty
but i pray as every sinner may
the deep down blues won't go away ... go awayhigh above way up in the sky
is there a good guy or anybody watching down
help is on the way but you don't know when
there's nothing to say
just don't go all the way around the bend
goodnight
put your head away
reach across ... turn off the light
soon you fall into a dream
far in the distance a fade away scream
i pray that we will be all right
thanks again ... we were alive today
she was twenty six when she came to the burbs
where the family secrets stop at the curbs
i was nine when she moved next door
she had married a republican he was for the war
he was mean he beat her up
all the time preaching that republican stuff
hated blacks hated jews
knelt down sundays at our lady of the blues
over at my house things were sad
because my folks were always fighting that made me feel bad
i went to her door with a cookie tin
i said i am your neighbor would you let me in
she was big having a baby
she asked me are you hungry and i said maybe
she gave me soup a piece of toast
she gave me what i needed the most
yeah,
thank you for the love you gave
to me as a child
there must have been so much pain
that you never cried
in my
home away from home
then one day we found a sick bird
on the very same doorstep where i first met her
being a nurse well, she took the bird in
and we fed her with an eye dropper til the following spring
when the time came to let the bird go
this is what she said when i cried no
if you keep her locked inside
honey, she won't be able to fly
yeah,
thank you for the love you gave
to me as a child
there must have been so much pain
that you never cried
in my
home away from home
home away from home
by Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche
What is the matter with the weather
How come you don't get any rain
You search the sky for signs of life
But out on the prairie in your dried up corn
You never felt so weary and you never been this torn
You're being weeded
You're being weeded
You're being weeded out
Remember when a couple years back
You won the raffle at the dance
They made a path you gave a laugh
How will you find something else where you go
As hard as a harvest and as heavy as a hoe
You're being weeded
You're being weeded
You're being weeded out
Rise and shine another time
Standing in the endless afternoon so warm
Not a cloud in the air but you're still counting on a storm
You're being weeded
You're being weeded
You're being weeded out
by David Roche
He's not dead or alive
He's not off with some other guy
He's not lost track of the time
He's just
Missing
People say hey it'll never happen to me
Just goes to show how foolish people can be
I've been waiting all night for a sign from my baby
But he's
Missing
He's not coming through the door
He's not dialing the phone
He's not out on the dance floor
He's not walking home alone
He's just Missing
He's not drugged or lost
Or trying to escape
He's not being raped
He's not in my arms
Looking in my eyes
Smiling for me
He's just
Missing
People say hey it'll never happen to me
Just goes to show how foolish people can be
I've been waiting all night for a sign from my baby
But he's
Missing
by Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche
Face down at Folk City
When you came in here your were looking so pretty
With your dracula cape and your bat what a pity
Now you're face down at Folk City
Somebody's singing a song up on the stage
But I'm sorry to say it ain't the latest rage
Two mean men come walking in the door
Now one of ?em stands and the other's on the floor
He's face down at Folk City
When you came in here your were looking so pretty
With your dracula cape and your bat what a pity
Now you're face down at Folk City
Step right up the girl behind the bar
And she looks at you like who the hell you think you are
You spend the next seven hours expressing your soul
Then you go into the girls room and you give it to the bowl.
Ooo I'm having such a great time
Ooo where the sun don't shine
Ooo I'm having such a great time
Ooo where the sun don't shine
When you wake up you don't remember a thing
But you think you hear the telephone ring
Hi I just called to say hello
And to tell you something you might like to know
You were face down at Folk City
When you came in here your were looking so pretty
With your dracula cape and your bat what a pity
Now you're face down at Folk City
You're the two that I want
You're the two that I want
Some girls'll settle for just one
They don't know what they're missin' they ain't havin' any fun
You're the two that I want
Jane told Betty she saw me last night
She had her socks shocked off but she was tryin' to be polite
We were arm in arm in arm and that just didn't seem right
I was walkin' with my babies in my high heel shoes
Havin' so much fun I nearly lost my blues
You're the two that I want
He's a big strong boy he can bust out of chains
Says what he means he don't play no games
But you what you're missin' in muscle you make up for in brains
Between you two I got my two hands full
I got one to push and another one to pull
Two that I want
I can't believe this is happenin' to me
I'm just about as happy as a girl can be
With all this lovin' I feel wild and free
Maybe I should press my luck and try for three
a dove
settled on the sill
and I called my cat
love
if looks could kill
and that was that
the glass
of the windowpane
and away she flew
over the grass
glistenin' in the rain
and on out of view
over the buildings
stone (w)rote cages
where people live
over the gilded
old outrages
that we can't forgive
the moon
hangin' in the sky
like a copper pan
a tune
welling in her eye
goin' through Cheyenne
the wing
of an aeroplane
and away she flewto sing
searing in her brain
your point of view
over the mountains
changing seasons
and the falling leaves
long ago countin'
damn good reasons
colors she believes
the phone
ringin' off the hook
like a magic wand
my own
let me take a look
in the polluted pond
escapes
aren't all that bad
and away she threw
the tapes
and any chance she had
of returning to
over the heartache
lucid dreaming
of the lost way out
and if we are awake
who's that screaming
what it's all about
there was a man in a hat and a vest riding
on the train
with a moustache and glasses
too thick to see his eyes
tucked up next to him a fat overnight bag
with a hole in the side and you could see
one of his ties
flylng through tne sunrise
unloved by the girl in the seat opposite
who he's taking in tears
to the father of her unborn child
there's no such thing as love..,
timidly now he reaches out for her hand
and his heartbeat is the speed of a
hummingbird's wing
she is a blind one with an empty tin cup
begging to strangers who remind her she
don't mean a thingflying through the sunset...these two
as the see through moon fades away
and she lets him hold her hand
there's no such thing as love...
nowhere for the pain in his heart to go
she as he helps her home
she is crying, oh the anger in her tiger
paws
she don't want to have a baby
just because
he is a kind man really listening to her
his dry eye and warm heart stare
into her waterfalls
flying through the sunset
nowhere for the pain in his heart to go
as he helps her home
home to who?
there's no such thing as love...
(Words & Music by Maggie,Terre & Suzzy Roche)
We are Maggie and Terre and Suzzy
Maggie and Terre and Suzzy Roche
we don't give out our ages
and we don't give out our phone numbers
give out our phone numbers
sometimes our voices give out
but not our ages and our phone numbers
Guess which two of us made a record
guess what the other one did instead
the two who made the record
have been a singing group for ten years
singing group for ten years
and now a trio we are
born on the fourth of December
We come from deepest New Jersey
but now we live in New York City
we better get outa there
before the shit hits the fan
shit hits the fan
you might say where have they played
all over the country and in EnglandWho have we worked with
do we know anybody famous
anybody famous
do we know anybody famous
anybody famous
and as a point of interest
we spell our last name R-O-C-H-E
We are Maggie and Terre and Suzzy
we spell our last name R-O-C-H-E
listen to a story
of somebody so bad
living invisible
trying not to make anybody mad
had to get going
float your boat away from here
dark is the ocean
with only one star
being all alone in the middle of nowhere
right out of the blue did you appear
saying stay
stay with me
stay a little longer
out there in the moonlight
the two took a look at the scars
it was different that the daylight
where there's a bandaid on who you are
sorrow exploded like a rainbow up in the sky
one of them cried i'm lonesome
i know you are was the replybeing all alone in the middle of nowhere
i don't think i'm prepared i guess i'm really scared
you can stay
stay with me
stay a little longer
this kind of a story
has no snazzy end
it's in the telling
you really need an ear to bend
so much for the story of somebody so bad
living invisible
trying not to make anybody mad
trying not to make anybody mad
trying not to make anybody mad
scared of the dark
in the middle of nowhere
i am not alone you know
if you are there
stay
stay with me
stay a little longer
once offered the chance of a lifetime
I wasn't able to do it
you laid yourself on the line
baby somehow we got through it
you make my life come true
lost fumbling around in the dark
I wasn't able to see it
you came and turned on the spark
showed me myself so I could be it
you make my life come truewho played it so I could hear
a voice worthwhile inside me
when I looked up from my fear
you were the one standing beside me
you make my life come true
with nothing to hold in my arms
my heart was wounded on empty
disregarding all the alarms
starting me overflowing with plenty
you make my life come true
I stand off to one side
counting the casualties
As you will see in the morning the newspapers lied
Difficult to say the truth in times like these.
You are over there at the center
The look on your face at the point of collision
Once you've left you can never re-enter
With your heart your soul and your vision.
The light that's shining in
Comes through a tear in the fabric
That used to be your skin
You need some heavyweight abracadabra
But it's too late for who's whose
Too soon for the long term blues
Lord let me stand in another man's shoes
Somebody who's not bringing this news.
Yesterday brought a market correction
We all sat around the house and pitched a bitch
You called your man in the Caribbean the Jamaican connection
It was a minor cut but we had to have it stitched
And our little devil was naughty
Again and again he swore hard
We got over the fact we're forty
All those little toys strewn around the backyard
I woke up on a mountain I had walked around the world
My family would have been so proud
I never had that kind of courage when I was a girl
Of all the children it was me who always cried out loud.
I cried out loud when a boy in my class
poisoned my best friend.
He put her body in a box on the grass
I had so much to tell her but I never saw her again.
I'm trying to be true to what I believe in.
I grew up on the east coast of a place they call The West
I had a set of rules to go by
Followed them so faithfully I needed me a rest
So I took up with the guru but I didn't really know why.
Guru said ";The pain you're in is nothing but a dream";
I told him ";I'm unable to believe.";
";Well, that's a start,"; he said and then he ran out of gasoline
But I still think he's got something up his sleeve.
He's trying to be true to what he believes in.
One season I was born
fell down like an acorn
I am the only tree
and everybody leaves
I've got to get away from you
Bud growing up at me
resentful face I see
a harsh light seems to damn you
is it because I am you?
I've got to get away from you
I need to find a love that's true
Loose leaf lay on the bed
hair falling around her head
I watched her from the shore
I can't do any moreI've got to get away from you
I'll come and visit you in the zoo
We go on arguing
no one can say a thing
set down your key and trumpet
go have a dream and hump it
I've got to get away from you
you don't know what you put me through
Prized fighter with bruised pride
a fuse blew when you tried
to fix the worn out wire
and set the house on fire
I've got to get away from you
if only for a day or two
(by Terre Roche)
Didn't you ever feel like the largest Elizabeth in the World?
Usually at a time when the boy is oblivious to the girl
Ireadinthepapertheotherdaythishasbeenhappeningtoeverbodymoreandmore
Thescientistsareonthecasebuttheystilhaven'tfiguredoutwhatitisthatitis
happening for
Slow down, slow down, slow down
Wouldn't you like to feel like yourself after suffering so many years?
If you were asked to the party by somebody else you wouldn't be sitting home
in tears
Ormaybeyou'reoneofthoseinterestingpeoplewhodon'tgooutbuttheygettheirbest
work done
Bykeepingthemselvesinthehouseoffthestreetandawayfromthescenewhenit'stimeforthe
resttohave fun
Slow down, slow down, slow down
Come on, slow down, slow down
They say the world's over
Goodbye see you next time
You don't have to go
Whatiftheaftereffectoftheterriblebombisunusualbeyondbelief?
Wouldn'tyouratherthewholepopulationhadlistenedtosomebodyliketheoldIndian
Chief?
Turnitaroundandgobacktothatsimpletruckstoponthewaytotheunfortunate world
YoumightbethelargestElizabethbutElizabethisstillagoodnametohaveifyou'rea
girl
Slow down, come on, slow down
Slow down, slow down, slow down
Slow down, slow down, slow down
i'm looking for god
go to a book
read the words of a story
but the lover dies
and the woman is left
in the bedroom
with a shadow of herself on the wall
she falls from the bottom, o no
but her arms grow
like pipe cleaners with rubber
bands inside only prettier
she taps the sky and the guy
who died taps back
that is quite a fairy tale
gimme something real
go back re read the very last page
cracking there to feel
a fall from the bottom, o no
how far down do you have to go
like the red balloon
with a pink elephant inside
getting heavier...can't reach the sky
please everything that died come backin this dream of daily life
i cannot describe
i recognize the words i read
in the wrinkles around your eyes
we all fall down to the bottom...but then
get lifted up again
like a soap bubble
flying past a weeping willow tree
only prettier
to tap the sky
and burst once more to try
i'm looking for god...
(by David Massengill)
o once I loved an outlaw he came and stole my heart
o how I count the hours
since we were torn apart
on the road to Fairfax County
I spied a highwayman
he wanted all my money
my heart beat like a drum
I gave him all my money
and sweet he smiled at me
his beauty eye took pity
beneath the old oak tree
we kissed but for an hour
the sun was newly warm
the clouds were as the flowers
that bloom but for a morn
he gave back all my money
and bowed most gallantly
he promised for to meet me
that night beneath the treewe'd flee to some far island
and there we would be wed
and freely we would live there
with no price upon his head
that night I went to meet him
with my inheritance
he kissed me 'neath the half moon
and joyful we did dance
o love betrays all secrets
it whispers in the breeze
the sheriff he did follow
with all his deputies
like hounds rushing to slaughter
the fox whose luck is run
and he stood erect and cursed them
God damn you every one
they seized him in a fury
and heeding not my plea
they hung him from the oak tree
where he made love to me
on the plane ride home i said why o why
are we bouncing up and down in the sky
it's a beautiful frightening lightning storm
i held you close with the heart of my gaze
you weren't afraid to my amaze
in the beautiful frightening lightning storm
it was fun ... even though
there was nothing to hold onto
fun ... even though
there was nothing to hold onto
and when they brought the peanuts around
we said we'll take a drink to wash them down
in the beautiful frightening lightning storm
there's a whole lot baby you can't control
so put your seat back and 'roll mag roll'
in the beautiful frightening lightning stormit was fun ... even though
there was nothing to hold onto
fun ... and i know
there was nothing to hold onto
its been a long and scary year
one thing after another
something else to fear
well why should i worry to fly
i'm gonna hand my head down
and cry cry cry
i'm gonna hand my head down
and cry cry cry
pretty soon those city light below
showed through and the wind did blow
in the beautiful frightening lightning storm
da da dum nothing to hold onto
da da dum there's nothing to hold onto
I wanted to take your face in my hands and kiss you on the mouth
At the funeral
There was a quake in the place where love demands to be noticed and found out
Making you beautiful
I turned myself away from you in shame
Wanting these sensations to go back from where they came
When the Maid of the Seas whispered to me in the breeze
She said sex is the opposite of death
It's alright child it's natural it's wild
It's just the life force and you can use it
You won't abuse it Enjoy yourself she said
Take my husband to bed
I couldn't keep my mind on the preacher standing by the casket
Where she lay
I couldn't weep entwined like some creature with a wish and I ask it
Please go away
Shock and grief follow death
And I feel guilty that I still draw breath
When the Maid of the Seas whispered to me in the breeze
She said sex is the opposite of death
It's the rule it's natural stay cool
It's just the life force you gotta love it
You're not above it Enjoy yourself she said
Take my husband to bed
there's a train going by
and the railroad cars
rush away like the days in the year
and i'm waving goodbye
cause something is leaving
but things are not how they appear
goodbye cruel world
i'm not going with you
watching you fade away
i won't even miss you
so cool and hard
good times are coming our way
there's a field of golden grass
just growing
clouds moving over the sky
one dark horse just won't run
don't ask me to push her by
so long cruel world...from now on that whistle blowing
it's a false alarm i won't be going down there
there's a train going by
just an aching pain
just a little brown bruise
and i'm waving goodbye
cause something is leaving
a cow's jumping over the moon
goodbye cruel world...
i live in an eggshell
sometimes, if i'm careful, i can make a pinpoint
through the shell
and see the light.
i'm too big to fit through the hole, though,
and that's my tough luck.
inside my eggshell i am secure,
as long as i am careful not to move.
but i have no control over what happens from the outside.
i huddle there and worry that something i can not see
will bump into me
and when it does!
you wouldn't believe what happens in an eggshell then!
i get scrambled.
my brains run like bean soup into my veins, bursting them.
and my blood spatters up against the wall
worst of all.
a little bit of me seeps through cracks
and trickles away forever.
people who live in eggshells have only one alternative:
they can get hard boiled.
what if your father has a stroke
when you are ten
then sits like a rag doll
wheelchair in the den
you start failing school
breaking every rule
pretty soon you're a bum
then one day you meet a girl
at first sight
you both stand speechless
in the hall through the night
what ever happened to her
there are traces of what she were
she wanted to be a nun
both of you begin to cautiously
whisper words
you sit together chirping
little tiny love birds
who knows what you said
if only you could touch her in bed
she certainly is the one
time passes by and you ruin it
before your eyes you are losing it
how can you get what you need from her
now you become just a weed to heri'm someone who loves you!
that was years ago
now the new mexico hills
you sometimes describe to her
heavy telephone bills
she lives way back east
says can't you keep in touch at least
but you don't call her up
deep in the heart
of the life you live
tenderly you treasure
every kiss that you give
don't think about her much
you kicked away that crutch
so you could walk alone
by now you know you can't ruin it
it's just that one day you stop doin' it
i'm someone who loves you!
i'm someone who loves you!
Here comes the blabbermouth
everybody hold on to your secrets
You better not let 'em out or the blabbermouth's gonna tell.
Here comes the blabbermouth
everybody hold on to your secrets
If you let the blabbermouth see it you know she's gonna tell.
Don't be so judgmental
How would you like to be her?
Everybody calling you yentl
Always creating a stir
Actually I'm speaking about myself
I'm the person this song is about
And it's the loneliest feeling you ever felt
To have to be the blabbermouth
It's a crummy gig but someone's gotta do it
A thing goes underground and it festers like a sore
Years go by and no one refers to it
But everyone involved is rotting at the core
From thinking and trying to escape it
And figuring out some way to feel okay
You write a song that just doesn't say and tape it
dreaming it will be over with someday
But here comes the blabbermouth to send that thing around
the grapevine
Last I heard it was heading south with a whole new spin and
a different dateline.
I'm glad I wasn't home to take my angry licks
When you called me on the phone regarding my latest antics
But aren't you a little happy in the back of your mind
that you don't have to worry about a slip
when you're sitting with a friend drinkin' some wine?
Don't you see I did you a favor Button Lip?
i was born yesterday
don't know nothin'
eyes open wide
seem to be on a funny farm
guess i'll go on the nanana
you got to roll roll roll roll
you got to roll roll roll roll roll
on the nanana
it's scrapin' slow
up to the top
i don't really like this
it don't seem right
it's on the top now
zooming down down down
looking around
won't nobody stop this thing
you got to roll...some of the creatures laughing
with their hands up in the air
others over the edge getting sick
one or two sitting quiet
and mad
like they want their
money back
they wanna get off
but you can't do that...no
you can't do that
you got to roll...
in my cherry apple cheeks
and my cotton candy
mouth
and a stupid fuzzy hat
and a voice with which to shout
i got to roll. . .
till the cows come home
woke up alone
in a strange bed
lookin' around
shakin' my head
pulled my boots on
went downstairs
she was sitting
in one of the chairs
can we go home now
was what I said
she looked at me
and said we
are home
matter with you
I nearly forgot
the difference between
what is and what's not
plenty of sky
castles of sand
sea 'n' stars
busted my handcan we go home now
I've had enough
she looked at me
and said though
luck
suck
watchin' tv
the whole day through
bough bending low
with nothin' to do
sun gone down
the railroad track
breathing a cry
when she comes back
can we go home now
I wanna go home
she looked away
and said please
stay