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If you were a bird and you lived very high You'd leaned on the wind as the breeze came by You'd say to the wind as it took you away "That's where I wanted to go today" And I do know that I need to have you around And I do know... I do know that I need to have you around Love like a mountain springtime Flashing through the rivers of my mind; It's what I feel for you... Armadillo You and me go walking south And we see all the world around us The colors blind my eyes and my mind to all but you And I do know that I need to have you around And I do... I do know that I need to have you around I have a house where I can go When there's too many people around me; I can sit and then watch all the people Down below goin' by me; Halfway down the stair is a stair Where I sit and think about you and me; But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by Will the moon still hang in the sky When I die (When I die) When I'm high (When I die) When I die If you were a cloud and you sailed up there You sail on water as blue as air You'd see me here in the fields and say "Doesn't the sky look green today?" But I wonder will the sun still see all the people goin' by Will the moon still hang in the sky When I die (When I die) When I die When I'm high When I die Die, die, die, die
Well if we really wanna make it Really wanna make it, I wanna make it man Straight ahead all the way you guys I don't care how dirty you guys get It doesn't make any difference Oh fudge, ah well, fudge Ah Barnum gee whiz rag mop You know gosh all whillickers Under the wedding ring I feel a what's that Finger finger hoo hah hoo hah are you married Fu fu fudge, hyuh hyuh hyuh rag mop Hoo wha hoo you do it, I do it, who do it, where do it Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it Folks we've been in the business for 20 years And I've never had a heart attack You're my friends I want you to know that Stick it stick it time time time Take your money sign to clarify that Ahhh! Ahh! Er ahhh! Would you believe New York is an island rragh! (instrumental break) The Honorable Hawaii sinking Shi fah fah shuh-hoo-oo-whiss! Yes what is it I've been at school you see try try try Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii Bok! Bok! Bok! Bok! The difference to get in though Not that it makes any difference fah shoo Uh New York's uh sinking How old are you little girl Fudge fudge ay yi the thing is Nay nay uh! Ca-no-no yes but Uh-uh-uh Ca-nay-nay ba-no-no Fah-oo ah Going! Going! Goh! Goh! Goh! Goh! No man is an island! Do it do it do it do it No man is an island! He's a peninsula
In my heart I have a feeling, and I don't know what I'm gonna do; Oh, what a beautiful world, the world, what should I do? What should I do? Don't you know what I have found? Maybe you've found it too; Today is made up of yesterday and tomorrow, Young girl Sunday blues and all her sorrow. One side of me is filled with brightness, no matter what I might say; The days are made with waterfall colors, couldn't I make you stay? If rain slides the sides of my face must be a rainy day; But I get lost in yesterday and tomorrow, tomorrow, Young girl Sunday blues and all her sorrow. I walk beside you laughing and I'm high, don't try to touch me with words; When I tell you I dream it might seem like silence, but so much can be heard; I think of things, what loving you brings, maybe my thing is her; Today is made of yesterday and tomorrow Young girl Sunday blues, and all her sorrow; Ah! come into my mind, let yourself wander free and easy; Ah! come into my life, Sunday blues girl, young and new girl, You're the only true girl here can please me I said, "Please me, yeah! Please me! Please me! Please me!"
Martha she listens for the ticking of my footsteps, Patiently; She sifts the hairy air that's worn and wood-swept, pleasantly; She does as she pleases, she listens for me; Martha she calls to me from a feather in the meadow, "Fly to me;" You can dance and sing and walk with me And dreams will fade and shadows grow in weed; She does as she pleases, she waits there for me; She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me; My love she talks to winking windows as she murmurs to her feet, thoughtly; She separates in laughter to my side, caught for me; She does as she pleases, she waits there for me; She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me; Martha she keeps her heart in a broken clock and it's waiting there for me; She weeds apart through a token lock; What a great thing to be free; She weeps time, starts unspoken, but when the gate swings there she'll be, There she'll be: in green sun, on blue earth under warm running shower.
It's a wild time I see people all around me changing faces It's a wild time I'm doing things that haven't got a name yet; I see love all the time I need love, your love I'm here for you an old time stay here, play here It don't matter if it's rain or shine I want to be with you, no matter what I do What doesn't change is the way I feel for you today And it's new, so new Make a place for yourself here I see changes, changes all around me are changesTimes just seem so good I do know that I should be here with you this way
Gone swirling tears came she went today; Down Fallen years go by, No place in learning how to cry; I went astray; Understanding is a virtue, hard to come by You can teach me how to love If you'll only try; So please! Don't give up so soon. Sorry that I hurt her I went astray; Hurt her mind and broke her heart But there's no stopping once you start; she went away; Understanding is a virtue, hard to come by You can teach me how to love If you'll only try; So please! Don't give up so soon. I never knew you the way you are; The Blinded bird is not sincere, His flying's done from only fear, he's lost his star; Understanding is a virtue, hard to come by You can teach me how to love If you'll only try; So please! Don't give up so soon.
Chemical change like a laser beam You've shattered the warning amber light Make me warm Let me see you moving everything over Smiling in my room You know you'll be inside of my mind soon. There are so many of you. White shirt and tie, white shirt and tie, White shirt and tie, wedding ring, wedding ring. Mulligan stew for Bloom, The only Jew in the room Saxon's sick on the holy dregs And their constant getting throw up on his leg. Molly's gone to blazes, Boylan's crotch amazes Any woman whose husband sleeps with his head All buried down at the foot of his bed. I've got his arm I've got his arm I've had it for weeks I've got his arm Steven won't give his arm To no gold star mother's farm; War's good business so give your son And I'd rather have my country die for me. Sell your mother for a Hershey bar Grow up looking like a car There are; All you want to do is live, All you want to do is give but Some how it all falls apart!
I didn't know you were the one for me, I couldn't see But you were waiting, For someone to come along to help you out to sing your song, And I was changing; All I see is you; All I feel is you for me! And I would really like to watch you ride; And always feel you by my side; I would really like to watch you ride All on me! I go stumbling to the sky, and I seem to fly so high I see you, I feel you; You have a way of walking 'round your feet they never touch the ground, And you are shining; All I see is you; All I feel is you for me! Times don't change; Times don't ever change for me; And I know that you could be the only thing in my world, The only thing that my mind would find; For love, for love and peace of mind, for me, for me; Oh Your Shadow in the morning sun becomes my fun, and we can say, "I love you, love you;" My morning shines on silver beaches, your light flashes to the reaches Of my mind, my mind, of My mind, and my mind it comes alive with you; It's all that I can do to sit here and let you blow my mind; Ah! My mind, You're so fine, in my mind you're so fine, in my mind you're so fine, You're so fine, in my mind, you're so fine in mind.
You want two heads on you body And you've got two mirrors in your hand. Priests are made of brick with gold crosses on a stick And your nose is too small for this land. Inside your head is your town Inside your room your jail Inside your mouth the elephants trunk and booze, The only key to your bail Coda: Want two heads on your body And you've got two mirrors in your hand Two heads can be put together. And you can fill both your feet with sand. No one will know you've gutted your mind But what will you do with your bloody hands? Your lions are fighting with chairs, Your arms are incredibly fat; Your women are tired of dying alive If you've had any women at that. Wearing your comb like an ax in your head List'ning for signs of life; Children are sucking on stone and lead And chasing their hoops with a knife; New breasts and jewels for the girl, Keep them polished and shining; Put a lock on her belly at night, sweet life, For no child of mine. (Go to Coda)
Won't you try Won't you try Won't you try Find a way to need someone Find a way to see Find a way to need someone and the sunshine will set you free Won't you try Won't you try Won't you try With love before we're gone Saturday afternoon Saturday afternoon When your head is feeling fine You can ride inside our car I will give you caps of blue and silver sunlight for your hair All that soon will be is what you need to see, my love Won't you try Won't you try I do care that you do see Is it time to leave, my lady Yes it is I know Round about and everywhere sunshine instead of snow Times can't change that what I say is true
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