I could never sleep my way to the top
'Cause my alarm clock always wakes me right up
And since my options had been whittled away
I struck a bargain with my radio DJ
I said "I'd like this song to be number one"
He said "I'd really really like to help you my son"
And then I knew that I would have him to thank
'Cause he asked me how much I had in the bank
He said to think long term investment and
That all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they made of their lives
He said the record wouldn't have to be hot
And no one ever seemed to care if it's not
It would depend on something else that I've got
And that the other ones who'd given it a shot
Had seen a modest sum grow geometrically
And then they had forgiven themselves
Because the net reward had justified
The colossal mess they made of their lives
Hey, Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said
"You scratch my back, and I'll scratch your record"
And I thought you said we had a deal
Well I told you about the world, (it's address)
I wonder when they're gonna clean up the mess
You know the rabid child is still tuning in
Chess Piece Face's patience must be wearing thin
Because they haven't played this song on the air
Not that anyone but me even cared
And the Disk Jockey has moved out of town
The District Courthouse says he's nowhere to be found
He said to think long term investment
And that all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they made of their lives
Hey, Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said
"You scratch my back, and I'll scratch your record"
And I thought you said we had a deal
(top)
Yeah
Yeah
Tramp
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Birds fly into my windshield
Thoughts fall from my thoughts
This good luck charm
Hangin' off of my arm
Was left here by the police
Words fall out from my pockets
And cats dance under my feet
This colorful spell under which I live
Protects me from all I write
And the microscope reveals the scope
Of my very best intentions
Oh yes, the tiny light
Shines twice as bright
On the only nice part of me
Uh Uh UhhUhh
Uh Uh UhhUhh
Uh Uh UhhUhh
Uh Uh UhhUhh
Birds fly into my windshield
Thoughts fall from my thoughts
This good luck charm
Hangin' off of my arm
Was left here by the police
And the microscope
Reveals the scope
of my very best intentions
Oh yes, the tiny light
Shines twice as bright
On the only nice part of me
(top)
I know you decieved me
Couldn't sleep last night
Now my tear stains on the walls
Reflect an ugly sight
I can see your secrets
No need to confess
Everyone looks naked
When you know the world's address
CHORUS:
The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address
Call the men of science
Let them hear this song
Tell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong
CHORUS
Cha cha cha
(top)
Fell in the door
And you fell on the floor
With your hand on the knob
Looking up and abruptly
Forget what you're thinking
Fire alarms go off in your head
CHORUS
You live in the nightgown of the sullen moon
How the windows lean into the room
In the nightgown of the sullen moon
Drug trip, it's not a drug trip so you feel a bit insulted
Space walk, it's like a space walk with the corresponding weight loss
And you're nothing but air
With your hand in the air
And your shoelaces tied
Up together with care
There's a feeling of boredom
With the big whoredom
Following dressing up in the nightgown of the sullen moon
CHORUS
Your head is on the moon
It's not necessary to breathe
Forever is a long time
(top)
I'll sink Manhattan
Right under the sea
I'll find the sweetest spot to watch
As it goes away
You were so happy
With the things that you said
Like, "He's my lower half," you laughed
But you're going to cry
A river of tiny tears flow from your crocodile eyes
Too late to apologize, I say, as flood waters rise
I'll sink Manhattan
I'll sacrifice friends
I think they'd understand my plan
But I'll never be sure
I've got a message
So before I get through
I'll find your answering machine
And I'll sink it first
Burn your forget-me-nots
Admit that true love can die
No, I won't apologize, my love, just kiss me goodbye
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Well the rain falls down without my help I'm afraid
And my lawn gets wet though I've withheld my consent
When this grey world crumbles like a cake
I'll be hanging from the hope
That I'll never see that recipe again
As I walk I think about a new way to walk
As I think I'm using up the time left to think
And this train goes rolling off the track
Trying to act like something else
Trying to go where it's been uninvited
CHORUS:
It's not my birthday
It's not today
It's not my birthday, so why do you lunge out at me?
When the words come down
"Never more will be around"
Though I'll wish we were there
I was less than we could bear
And I'm not the only dust my mother raised
So I'm rattling the bars around this drink tank
Discreetly I should flow through the keyhole, or evaporate completly
But there'd be no percentage
And there'd be no proof
And the sound upon the roof is only water
And the rain falls down without my help I'm afraid
And my lawn gets wet without my consent
When this grey world crumbles like a cake
I'll be hanging from the hope
That I'll never see the recipe again
CHORUS
(top)
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
(top)
A claw is a claw
And nobody has seen a talking claw
Unless that claw is the famous
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Vanity Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Lightning Bulb
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Vanity Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Dental Flaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Vanity Klaw
(top)
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploted class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me "Your Highness"
And a world screams, "Kiss Me, Son of God"
I destroyed a bond of friendship
And respect between the only people left
Who'd even look me in the eye
Now l laugh and make a fortune
Off the same ones that I tortured
And a world screams, "Kiss Me, Son of God"
I look like Jesus, so they say
But Mr. Jesus is very far away
Now, you're the only one here
Who can tell me if it's true
That you love me
And I love me
I built a little empire
Out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me "Your Highness
And a world screams "Kiss Me, Son of God"
Yes a world screams "Kiss Me, Son of God"
(top)
The water running down that pipe
Looks like a snake to me
By "Doc's Sugar Bowl"
My coffee gets cold
'Cause I don't want to see that
CHORUS
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I'm the biggest one
I'm the biggest one
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
Should have changed that stupid lock
Should have thrown away the key
No, no, not I
I will survive
Right down here on my knees
'Cause
CHORUS
(top)
Newscaster: There has been a spacecraft sighted
Flying high above the sky
Sirens declare there's one among us from Venus!
Lt. Anne Moore: Volunteers!
We need volunteers!
Soldiers to meet them!
Have no fear!
Have no fear!
You will be killed right away!
Male Lead: I will date the girl from Venus
Flowers die, and so will I
Yes, I will kiss the girl from Venus
For Science.
I'm so brave
I'm so brave
I'll be her love slave
Lt. Anne Moore: He's so brave
He's so brave
He'll be her love slave forever
Male Lead: I will date the girl from Venus
Flowers die, and so will I
Yes, I will kiss the girl from Venus
For Science.
I'm so brave
I'm so brave
I'll be her love slave
Lt. Anne Moore: He's so brave
He's so brave
He'll be her love slave forever
LET'S GET THOSE MISSILES READY TO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE!!!
(top)
Gloria: What do you think, what do you make out of that recording?
Man: I don't know, Gloria, I just don't know.
Gloria: Some kind of singing; they sound like all kinds of people, right?
Man: Yeah.
Gloria: And then it says that another child is born in India every time you call
this number, right?
Man: Yeah, right.
Gloria: Does that make any sense to you?
Man: No, it doesn't don't make no sense at all.
Gloria: And the guy who spoke, I don't know who he is.
Man: Yeah.
Gloria: But it doesn't sound like no answering machine, right?
Man: No, it ain't an answering machine, because they not saying anything. They
just...
Gloria: But how does he make money on this...whatever he's advertising in the
paper? That's just the part that don't make no sense.
Man: Oy, he's advertising this in the paper you saw?
Gloria: The Village Voice, yeah. That's where the kids clinic, but they give you
another number if you want to join it. Then I got the intellectuals meet with
other intellectuals
Man: Yeah.
Gloria: Speak another language.
Man: Yeah, I dunno.
Gloria: They meet at La Maisonette restaurant. They give ya the price. Then they
give you the other number to call if you enter it, but this guy all you get is
this here recording, but I don't see how he makes money.
Man: Yeah, yeah.
Gloria: Know what I'm saying. It's just... they got the craziest things in this
paper.
Man: Yeah, yeah.
Gloria: They come over... they got the craziest things. But this one here, They
Must be Giants it's called and it says call machine and they give the phone
number.
Man: Yeah.
Gloria: But what kind of money does he make? It don't make no sense...well, he
don't make any money, right?
Man: Nope
Gloria: That means he's a nut, right. Do you see any sense to that? They May be
Giants. That recording I have on the new one. Did you hear it? I changed it. I
took off the intellectuals, I put on They May be Giants.
Man: What? Who's They May be Giants? What are you talking about?
Gloria: That's what's on the phone, They May be Giants. Well I can't explain it,
'cause I don't know what it is. Look in the paper, don't blame me if the guy's a
nut.
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1, 2, 3, 4
All right!
Woo-hoo!
She's got her ears to the walls
And she's tapping the calls
If you've got a secret, boy
CHORUS
Forget about it
Cause she's a hotel detective
Hotel Detective
Hotel Dectectve
Why don't you
Check her out
Well, the bellhop is funky
The dumbwaiter's a monkey
If there's a knock at the door, boy
CHORUS
She says she likes my face
She says she owns the place
CHORUS
Come on and swing with me
From the top of a tree
That's where I want to know you
(top)
Hey!
Hey!
Way!
The famous person wears the same size waterskis as me
She's got three cars, as many years I've lived in this city
Her hair is blonde and mine is brown, they both start with a "b"
But when the phone inside her rib cage rings, it's not for me
But when the phone inside her rib cage rings, it's not for me
Hey!
(top)
There's a knock at the door that I adore
There's a face at the window, a smiling yellow face
There's a knock at the door
And if I were at home they'd find me there
There's a note on the door that I would see
And the furniture's barely been moved from where it was
There's a note on the door
And the note would say
When it Rains it Snows
CHORUS
When it rains it snows, I wonder why
And now I know that when it rains it snows
There's a nut with a shotgun bang bang bang
There's a doctor, a waitress, a fireman with a hat
There's a nut with a gun
There's enough so they'll never know which one
CHORUS
(top)
Hi, we're the Replacements
Hi, we're the Replacements
Hi, we're the Replacements
And we're playin' in a rock and roll band
We're havin' a good time
We're havin' a good time
We're havin' a good time
Rock 'n' Rollin' 'til the break of dawn
Hey, where's Tommy
Someone find Tommy
We're out on the road
Movin' equipment
Where's the equipment
Soon we're goin' home
Then we'll have a party
Then we'll have a party
Then we'll have a party
Rock 'n' Rollin' 'til the break of dawn
Hi, we're the Replacements
Hi, we're the Replacements
Hi, we're the Replacements
And we're playin' in a rock and roll band
I don't wanna....
Hi
Hi
Hi
We're playin' in a rock and roll band
We're
We're
We're
Rock 'n' Rollin' 'til the break of dawn
(top)
CHORUS
Don't Don't Don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But Don't Don't Don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
When you are alone
You are the cat
You are the phone
You are an animal
And the words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow
To an animal
So wake up, and smell the cat food
In your bank account
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound
D, world destruction
Over an overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture?
CHORUS
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful
No one in this world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful
They want what they're not
And I wish they would stop saying
Deputydogdogadingdangdepadepa
Deputydogdogadingdangdepadepa
D, world destruction
Over an Overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture
CHORUS
I don't want to live in this world any more
I don't want to live in this world
CHORUS
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