Mary
Merman
Never Seen Blue
Ode To The Banana King, Part One
Professional Widow (Merry Widow version - Live)
Purple People (Chrismas In Space)
Samurai
Siren
Sister Janet
Sister Named Desire
Song For Eric
Sugar
Sweet Dreams
Take To The Sky
The Pool
Thoughts
'Til The Chicken
Toodles Mr Jim
Upside Down
Walking With You
Whoomp There It Is

bee sides a-o





Mary

Everybody wants something from you
Everybody want a piece of Mary
Lush valley all dressed in green
Just ripe for the picking

God I want to get you out of here
You can ride in a pink mustang
When I think of what we've done to you

Mary, can you hear me?

Growing up isn't always fun
They tore your dress and stole your ribbons
They see you cry, they lick their lips
Butterflies don't belong in nets

Oh Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you're bleeding
Mary, don't be afraid
We're just waking up
And I hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like Jimi said
Mary, don't be afraid
'Cause even the wind....
Even the wind cries your name

Everybody wants you sweetheart
Everybody got a dream of glory
Las Vegas got a pin-up girl
They gottta run as they buy and sell

If it's a myth, running dry
Can't you hear the dolphins crying?
What do we do when our baby scream?
Fill their mouths with some magic rain

Oh Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you're bleeding
Mary, don't be afraid
We're just waking up
And i hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like Jimi said
Mary, don't be afraid
'Cause even the wind.....
Even the wind cries your name

Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay nay
Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay nay, ooh ooh
Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay

Oh butterflies don't belong in nets

Oh Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you're bleeding
Mary, don't be afraid
We're just waking up
And I hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like Jimi said
Mary, don't be afraid
'Cause even the wind.....
Even the wind cries your name
'Cause even the wind cries your name
'Cause even the wind cries your name
Cries your name....
Cries your name....
Cries your name....



Merman

the priests are dead
now no one can call you back
go to bed the priests are dead
finally, you're pepperminted land
he's a merman
he doesn't need your voice
he's a merman
go to bed
dream instead
and you will find him
he's a merman eternally
he doesn't need something you're not willing to give
he's a merman
doesn't need your voice to cross his land
for lies
go to bed
the priests are dead
now no one can call you back
go to bed
the priests are dead
finally you found it
and lalala
who could ever say
you're not simply wonderful?
who could ever harm you
oh sleep now
you're my little girl
go to bed
the priests are dead
and go and sing it all again
go to bed
past the apple orchard and you'll feel nice
two can play i said two can play.



Never Seen Blue

Some boy you are to take me by the hand
Through an elevator
Got a little red line that tells you boy
Where the razor's been
You said girl if you think
you can turn that violator
You'll finally be that woman, yes, finally be that woman
That's been frozen in that pretty silver girl
Yes...

And I've never seen blue like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
I've never seen eyes like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
Through me again
Through me again

Some boy you are to wear my color red
To wear it very proudly and wear it like a lady
Knows how to cross her legs where the perty's been

And I've never seen blue like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
I've never seen eyes like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
Through me again
Through me again

Said now lah lah
Say goodbye to those loved
Said...


Ode To The Banana King, Part One

Turning back ten thousand years
It's all a blur where the taxis go
Monster man a willing friend
Lucy serves the melon cold
Violent and delicious souls
Four red trucks dressed illegally
Mother knows how the bugle blows
Gonna get caught in her rug babe

This is not a conclusion
No revolution
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been

Boats made out of paper float
Dreams made up for the banana king
Darling crumbs you have lapped freely up
Devious we all have been

Violent and delicious souls

This is not a conclusion
No revolution
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been



Oom La Bomleigh

Don't know where, but I sure seem to find it
where were they living
I say

Don't know where I vacation
Don't "Lebo-Lebi-Lady (undecipherable)"
Don't know where Dawn used to be
Don't know why my heart is running

Before you turn around
Before you turn around
Before you turn around, you will

Before each day that I chasing the silver leave
I saw my leave of souls of my soul
Before each day that I am leaving, sword under my bed,
So, I left right beside where ever it
takes me and Johny and Mr B.
Hold my hand, only by my hand


Professional Widow (Merry Widow Version - Live)

Slag pit
Stag shit
Honey bring it close to my lips yes
Don't blow those brains yet
We gotta be big
We gotta be big boy
We gotta be big
Starfucker
Just like my Daddy
Said Starfucker
Just like my Daddy
Yes

What is termed a landslide
Said what is termed loving
Loving
What is termed a little girl trusting
A little boy trusting her
Yes said Starfucker
Just like my Daddy
Starfucker
Just like my Daddy
Selling his baby

Selling his baby
Said just like my Daddy
Yes selling his baby
Selling his baby
Selling me
Just like my Daddy
Selling his baby
Selling his baby
What is loving
Yes
Just like my Daddy
Selling his baby

Mother Mary
China white
Let it be let it be let it be
Give me peace love
And a hard cock



Purple People (Christmas In Space)

well, hey did you do judo when they surrounded you
a little mental yoga will they disappear
it’s grim but never dubious as motives go
no matter what it takes
she promises a show

thunder wishes it could be the snow
wishes it could be as loved
as she can be
these gifts are here
for her
for you
for me

I watch me be this other thing and never know
if I’m marooned or where the purple people go
then lily white matricide from vicious words
it doesn’t leave a scratch
so therefore no-one’s hurt

thunder wishes it could be the snow
wishes it could be as loved
as she can be
these gifts are here
for her
for you
for me

don’t you know the nurses make it clear
just when you’ve escaped
you have yourself to fear
a restaurant that never has to close
breakfast every hour
it could save the world

so hey do you do judo in your finery
an angel's face is tricky to wear
constantly

thunder wishes it could be the snow
wishes it could be as loved
as she can be
these gifts are here
for her
for you
for me

for her...
for her...



Samurai

[spoken: "you do your thing"]

My Samurai said going to the sanctuary
I knew about my love too
my Samurai done making a liar of me when
to be happy
to be you
he says

My Samurai take me down to the sanctuary
and I'm free
gonna be
you know me
you know me
I said I'm gonna be
gonna be
you know me

My Samurai taking my face
and she's sticking it on a daisy
and you

[spoken: "I think I cut that one too. I get the Samurai book out and just read words"]



Siren

and you know you're
gonna lie to you
in your own way

and i lie some other day
you do, yeah
and you say girl

know know too well
know the chill
know she breaks
my Siren

know teenage flesh
know the chill
know she breaks
my siren

now i know the chill
no i

NEVER was one
for a
prissy girl
coquette
Call in For
an ambulance
Reach high
doesn't
mean SHE'S
holy
just means
She's got a Cellular
handy
almost
Brave
almost
pregnant
almost in love "VANILLA"

and you know you're
gonna lie to you
in your own way

and you don't need
the light on to guide you
through the southern lands
go said go yes

know know too well
know the chill
know she breaks
my Siren

know teenage flesh
know the chill
know she breaks
my siren

NEVER was one
for a
prissy girl
coquette
Call in For
an ambulance
Reach high
doesn't
mean SHE'S
holy
just means
She's got a Cellular
handy
almost
Brave
almost
pregnant
almost in love "VANILLA"



Sister Janet

Master Shamen
I have come
With my dolly from the shadow side
With a demon and an Englishman
I'm my mother
I'm my son
Nobody else is slipping the blade in easy
Nobody else is slipping the blade in the marmalade

But all the angels
And all the wizards black and white
Are lighting candles in our hands
Can you feel them
Touching hands before our eyes
And I can even see sweet Marianne

Sister Janet
You have come
From the woman clothed with the sun
Your veil is quietly becoming
Call the wanderer
Where he has gone
All those up there are making it look so easy
With your perfect wing
A wing can cover all sorts of things

And all the angels
And all the wizards black and white
Are lighting candles in our hands
Can you feel them
Touching hands before our eyes
And I can even see sweet Marianne

Hey yes
This again
Well
I think I could try this
Once again



Sister Named Desire

Got a sister named Desire
They dont let you like those little boys
by their house
On the back yard swing
I know of it cause
I thought we told some little sweet stories
In the parking lot

They say that girl lost her sway
The say that girl lost her sway that day
Mm mm mm mm mm, mm mm

God I'd like to drag him for a long way 'cause maybe I
Then I'd just cry a little tear near him
To that sleepy safe place
And I'm gonna take him by myself if I've got to go
Don't let you know, let you know where she goes to
with those, me as I interfere
That girl lost her sway
They say that girl lost her sway that day

Mm, mm, mm, mm
Teach me about them old worlds big brother
and in an elevator
where somebody can get out
With the
sound
They say that girl lost her sway
Just watch it
Just watch it slip through my hands, Boy
Watch it go
Oh, what you know, ooh

I guess
I see
Just see
'Cause she still can sway
Na na na na na na
Na na na



Song For Eric

I wait all day for my sailor and sometimes he comes

See you over hill and dale
Riding on the wind I see
You know me, you know me like the nightingale
"Oh fair maiden I see you standing there"
Will you hold me for just a fair time
The tune is playing in the fair night
I see you in my dreams
Fair boy your eyes haunt me



Sugar

Don't say morning's come
Don't say it's up to me
If I could take 25 minutes off the record books
And sugar
He brings me sugar
Bobby's collecting bees
And hammers he
Used one on me
Cold war with little boys
Get in with their bubble-gum trade
And sugar
He brings me sugar
I know the robins bring
Bring me many things
But sugar
He brings me sugar
As far as I can tell
I've been gone for miles now
And you know and I know
I don't know who me is very well
I know you know
If they found me out

yes said
Sweet boy when they find you out
Tell me what you think they'll do
When they find out you got a little in here
Tell me what you think they'll do
When they find you out
Whe they find you out
When they find out
You're just sugar
He's sugar

I know the robins bring
Bring me many things
But sugar
Bring me sugar
I know the robins bring
Bring me many things
But sugar
Here's sugar
yes



Sweet Dreams

"Lies everywhere"
Said the father to the son
You're peppermint breath
Gonna choke him to death Daddy
Watch your little black sheep run
He's got knives in your back
Every time he opens up
You say "He gotta be strong if
He wants to be a man" Mister
I don't know how you can have
Sweet Dreams
Land land of Liberty we're run
By a constipated man
When you live in the past you refuse to see
When your daughter comes home
9 months pregnant with 5 billion points
Of light gonna shine them on the face
Of your friends - they've got the earth in a sling
The world on her knees they've even got
Your zipper between their teeth
Sweet Dreams
You say you have 'em
I say that you're a liar
Go on and dream
Your house is on fire

Well well summer wind
Been catchin up with me
"Elephant mind missy
you don't have you're forgettin
to fly darlin when you sleep"
I got hazy lazy susan
Takin turns all over my dreams
I got lizards and snakes
Runnin through my body
Funny how they all have my face
Sweet Dreams



Take To The Sky

This house is like Russia
With Eyes cold and gray
You got me movin in a circle
I dyed my hair Red today
I just want a little passion
To hold me in the dark
I know I've got some magic
Buried Deep in my heart yeah
But my priest says
You ain't savin no souls
My father says
You ain't makin any money
My Doctor says
You just took it to the limit
And here I stand
With this sword in my hand
You can say it one more time
What you Don't like
Let me hear it one more time then
Have a seat while I
Take to the sky

My heart is like the ocean
It gets in the way so
Close to touching freedom
Then I hear the guards call my name
If you don't like me just a little
Why Do you hang around
If you don't like me just a little
Why do you
Take it take it take it take it

You can say it one more time
You can say it one more time
You can say it one more time
What you don't like
Let me hear it one more time then
Have a seat while I
Take to the sky



The Pool

One with her hands
Open
"Don't be afraid" she said
"No-one will know it -
Just you and me"
And when it's over
I'll go back



Thoughts

thoughts right now
i picked up a magazine
oooh here we go
fifteen hundred years
fifteen hundred years here
oh burning witches burning books
burning babies in their looks yes indeed
burning everything that's sacred in my jeans yeah
thoughts right now
she's been everybody else's girl
thoughts right now
right thoughts right now
right now am i here
oh am i here
i'm never here
i'm never here
i'm never here
i'm never never a bird or a flower in the tree
or the pain of the respect there-of yes indeed
thoughts right now
what will become of me
become of her
become of we babe hey yeah



'Til The Chicken

so some say she got green enough field
and some say she got too many strings
with petticoats out and goin hall gown

the sweetest nylon no not where she's gone
gonna raise his tail and wraggle his wings

some say she got plenty of stockings
some say she got some Divas and Kramer
why all this spare then shaking her tail

the sweetest nylon no not where she's gone
gonna raise his tail and wraggle his wings
until the little chicken come home



Toodles Mr Jim

Hey yes I said yes I said Hooray hey yippee yay I said diddily hey

Toodles Mr Jim you cherry picker
Toodles I say so long
Hear that your grave's a little warm you stickler
Sing them all your happy song
It's today
Today's Sunday
By your Grave

I say Toodles Mr Jim you cherry picker
Taught me so well how to spell those red
You know she deserved that nose
Splattered
Swattered
Blood in my hands
Not a nice day for your little girl
But you came to my aid instead

But now it's Toodles Mr Jim you cherry picker
Built that ladder well
Teach me just where those boys can climb
When they've got a spell

Toodles Mr Jim you are
My sweet favourite neighbour of them all
Let those Girls go to their parties
I don't care
'Cos I'm with you
Still

[spoken: "That was Toodles Mr Jim. Mr Jim die two weeks ago. He taught me how to pick cherries and I punched his daughter in the nose 'cause she was mean. Mr Jim was good."]



Upside Down

God I love to turn my little blue world
Upsidedown
God I love to turn my little blue world
Upsidedown
Inside my head the noise
Chatter chatter chatter chatter chatter
You see I'm afraid I'll always be
Still comin' out of my Mother
Upsidedown
Don't you love to turn this little blue girl
Upsidedown
I know you love to turn this little blue baby girl
Upsidedown
But my heart it says you've been
Shatter shatter shatter shatter shattered
And I know you're still a boy
Still comin' out of your Mother
Upsidedown
But when you gonna stand on your own?
I say the world is sick you say
Tell me what that makes us darlin'
You see you always find my faults
Faster than you find your own
You say the world is getting rid of her demons
I say baby what have you been smokin'
Well I dreamed I dreamed I dreamed
I loved a black boy
My Daddy would scream
Don't you love to turn this little blue girl
Upsidedown
Any kind of touch is better than none
Even Upsidedown
But you see I'm tangled up
Got a kitten in my hair
Cincinnati - I like the word
It's the only thing we can't seem to turn
Upsidedown
Well I found the secret to life
I found the secret to life
I'm ok when everything is not ok
Don't we love to turn our little blue world
Upsidedown
Don't we love to turn our little blue world
Upsidedown
Inside my head a voice
Chatter chatter chatter chatter
And it says Girl you're all the same
Still comin' out of your Mother
Still comin' out of your Mother
Upsidedown



Walking With You

Walking with you
Hand in palm, palm in hand
It's great to be your special friend
I wonder if you'll ever land
Next to my heart where you belong
Walking along
Singing a song
Walking with you

Walking with you
Heart in steps, Step on beach
Beach in sun, have some fun
It's great to be your special friend
I wonder if you'll ever hand
Over your heart to me
Walking along
Smiling our song
Walking with you

I know a place, where you can stay
Footsteps to a door open all day
Walking with you walking with you
Walking....

Walking with you
Life in eyes, light in your eye-eyes
I know you love me too.
Walking with you...
Walking with you...
Walking with you...




Whoomp There It Is

Whoomp there it is
There she goes again
In the bathroom with her shoes on
Whoomp there it is
With Kevin and Bean
A cookie in the oven
And a sherry in my scene
I said whoomp there it is
I'll tell you what she knows
I'm coming back to lay in the mud
It's a bit shakin' these days you know
But they always knew how to
Rock an' Roll
I said whoomp there it is
I gotta end this song
I don't know what's coming
If my lyrics go on
It's over now
Uh-uh



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