Bee-Sides - The Lyrics

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty and Betty Louise, well
stole a Sony and some Camembert cheese
she said Humpty baby oh take me
ooh yeah, take me to the river
'cause I like the way it runs, yeah
take me to the river
you know I like the way it runs, yeah

He said "Everything's going my way"
he said "Maybe it's my la-lucky day"
and he said "Anything you want I can give"
she said "I want to take your picture, mmm"
just for me
he said "Anything"
she said "Up there baby, Get on the wall, babe"
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
looked at her as he was falling and
all the king's horses and all the king's men
couldn't put Humpty together again

hey, Betty Louise
hey, Betty Louise
she said "I like custard in the summer, honey"
oh yeah, what it takes to be Queen
hey, what it takes to be Queen
what it takes to be...

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Hungarian Wedding Song

Are the dead coming
I heard they'll be dressing
Something kind of maggoty
Rolling with fropperty

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Mary

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
but 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 pinup girl
they got her armed as they buy and sell her

Rivers of milk running dry
can't you hear the dolphins crying?
what do we do when our babies scream?
fill their mouths with some acid rain

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

Oh butterflies don't belong in nets

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
cries your name
cries your name
cries your name...

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Ode To The Banana King (Part One)

Violent and delicious souls
four red trucks dressed illegally
Mother knows how the bugle blows
gonna get caught, gonna get caught
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 of
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

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Samurai

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

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Siren

Sister Janet

All the angels 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 Maryanne

Sister Janet you have come
from the woman clothed with the sun
your veil is quietly becoming none
call the Wanderer he has gone
and all those up there are making it look so easy
with your perfect wings
a wing can cover all sorts of things

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Sister Named Desire

know a vicar who coughs a lot
thought we told some little sweet stories
in the parking lot

they say the girl lost her sway
they say the girl lost her sway
that day

God, I'd like to take him for a long way
cause maybe I
then I just cry a little tear
near to that sleepy safe place
and I'm gonna take it by myself if I've got to go
don't let you, let you know
where she goes to with those meows and her fear

the girl lost her sway
they say the girl lost her sway
that day

teach me about them old old words
big brother man
In an elevator where
somebody can get out without sound
Say that girl lost her sway
just watch it
just watch it
slip through my hands, boy
watch it go
what you know, hey, yes

just see
cause she still can sway

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Song for Eric

"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

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Sugar

Sugar
he brings me sugar

Bobby's collecting bees
and hammers, he used one on me
cold wars with little boys
get in with the bubble gum trade

and Sugar
bring 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 me very well
and I know, and you know
if they found me out

Sugar
He brings me sugar
I know the robins bring
they bring me many things but
Sugar
oh..Sugar

[Live addition:]

sweet boy when they find you out
tell me what you think they'll do
when they find you out
when they find out you're just sugar

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Sweet Dreams

sweet dreams 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 nine months pregnant
with five billion points of light
gonna shine em on the face of your friends
they've got the earth in a sling
they got the world on her knees
they even got your zipper between their teeth

sweet dreams sweet dreams

you say you say you say you have em I say that you're a liar

sweet dreams sweet dreams

go on, go on, go on and dream
your house is on fire
come along now

well, well, summer wind been catching 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 sweet dreams

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Take To The Sky

I just want a little passion to hold me in the dark
I know I've got some magic buried, buried deep in my heart
but my priest says you ain't saving 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
and my priest says you ain't saving 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

if you don't like me just a little, well, why do you hang around
if you don't like me just a little why do you take it

this house is like Russia
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

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The Happy Worker

Laughing at the smoke from the factory chimney
marching to the beat that's hot within me
hey-ho, hey-ho, we're off to work again
bells are ringing we are singing
joyous in our industry

I love my job
he loves his job
pull the lever
start the engine
pump the water
building pressure
push the piston
press the button

pump the water
building pressure
push the piston
press the button
it's a perfect job

Happy Workers
I love my job
he loves his job
pull the lever
sister, start the engine
Happy Workers

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The Pool

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Thoughts

Thoughts right now
she's been everybody else's girl
thoughts right now 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 thereof yes indeed

Thoughts right now
what will become of me
become of her
become of we babe hey yeah

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Toodles Mr Jim

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 sunday
by your grave

I say Toodles Mr Jim you cherry picker
taught me so well
how to spell those red in and
and hey
you know she deserved that nose
splattered and swattered blood in my hands
not a nice day for your little girl
but you came to my aid instead

Now it's toodles Mr Jim you cherry picker
build that ladder well
teach me just where those boys can climb
when they've got a spell

Toodles Mr Jim
you are my sweet favorite neighbor of them all
(at them)
girls go to their parties
I don't care
cause I'm with you
still

[spoken:] "That was Toodles Mr Jim. Mr Jim died 2 weeks ago, and he taught me how to pick cherries, and I punched his daughter in the nose because she was mean. Mr Jim was good"

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Upside Down

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
upside down

Don't you love to turn this
little blue girl upsidedown
I know you love to turn this
little blue girl baby upside down

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
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 I think is better than none
even upside down

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
upside down

well I found the secret to life
I found the secret to life
I'm O.K. when everything is not O.K.

don't we love to turn our
little Blue world upsidedown
don't we love to turn our
little blue world baby upsidedown

inside my head a voice
chatter 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
upside down

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