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Alamo Bachelorette Baltimore Beulah Land Black Swan Blue Skies Butterfly Cooling Daisy Dead Petals Flying Dutchman For Mark Frog On My Toe Gary's Girl Graveyard Happy Workers Here in My Head Hey Jupiter (Dakota mix) Home on the Range (Cherokee Edition) Honey Humpty Dumpty Hungarian Wedding Song bee sides p-z

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Alamo

Alamo,
Heard all about your fandango.
Banged on mah knees on your back door,
Only to wake you to blues on the way.
Blues on the way...
Blues on the way...

Adoo...

Embarcadere,
Figures you'll see me as older.
Twenty-three hours 'til the border.
Don't think I'll be going as fast as I came.
Fast as I came...
Fast as I came...

Tears on my pillow,
Of course they're not mine.
Alter, that ought to make in a play.
Somebody, invent the telephone line.
I'll take my ehe... chances.
Oh... uhum...

Alamo,
Wish I could do what gold does.
Heard that the stars were in order.
God, you served out a hand
With two queen-o'-spades,
An' blues on the way.
Blues on the way...

Tears on my pillow,
Of course they're not mine.
Alter, to that ought to make in a play.
Somebody, just...
Somebody, invent the telephone line.
I'll take my hi... chance

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Bachelorette

bachelorette
you come around don't turn your
bachelorette
you can turn dust into champagne
you even dream about his name
bachelorette
(the braves are pain to pain)
for bachelorette
you tried to show him that he can
but you can never rush a man
you must remember
you're a car girl, you're star girl
you are at the door
the tide will turn
there's a window
there's a window

yeah, da dai
you come on over then you mmmm...
you tried to show him but he can
but you can never rush a man
no, say bachelorette
the things you do girls to your bachelorettes
you thought that mmm inside it is
and dai dai lai lai lai lai
you must remember
you're a car girl, you're a star girl
you're at the door
the tide will turn
there's a window
there's a window

bachelorette
you fly alone though when you cry sometimes
there's nothing like it in the world
you'll go to Paris on your own
oh, just bachelorette
you come around don't turn your
bachelorette
you can turn dust into champagne
you even yai dai dai dai dai ai ai ai

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Baltimore

It's so nice to live here,
I'm glad this is my home
I've got a homestead on Baltimore Street
It's someplace to call my own.

It's all kinds of people
Familiar places,smiling faces
I'm proud to say I'm a Baltimorian.
But the 'Birds' are the best,
The best of Baltimore.

We like it here in Baltimore
There's so much to love in Baltimore
Working hand in hand
To make this place a better land in Baltimore.
Love is what you find so stop and take the time.
I've got Oriole baseball on my mind.

We like it here in Baltimore
There's so much to love in Baltimore
Working hand in hand
To make this place a better land in Baltimore.
Love is what you'll find so stop and take the time
To enjoy the brotherhood of Baltimore.

The sun sets across the bay
I'm glad I spend my day
In a working american city
With all the people who make it that way.
It's time to jump in a taxi
For Thirty-third Street
Knowing I'll be watching those 'Birds' go,
Watching Weaver's show.

We like it here in Baltimore
There's so much to love in Baltimore
Working hand in hand
To make this place a better land in Baltimore.
Love is what you find so stop and take the time.
I've got Oriole baseball on my mind.
On my mind in Baltimore.

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Beulah Land

Beulah land
Got a wasted gun
Licorice man, sum you up
Something got something you're not saying
Beulah girl, you been hitching me up

Got some candy
And a sweet sin
Give me religion
And a lobotomy

Beulah land
Your beautiful home
Tell me when I don't need you anymore

Said that somewhere
You're gonna get something here
So you're right in the middle
And then I'm you
Something is coming back again
I said you
Maybe I don't wanna go
To where you're not

So beulah land
Gonna find me a warm place
To bathe his body on down
Got a rubber boat and a crocodile
Gonna float on past your home
And say when just say when

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Black Swan

Ride on, Ride on
Friends of a Black Swan
Ride on, Ride on
Do you know where she's gone?
Gumdrops and Saturdays
Did Eric call, by the way?
He knew, he knew
He knew where the pillow goes

Ride on, Ride on
Friends of a Black Swan
Ride on, Ride on
You know where she's gone
Buttercups and fishing flies
The biggest thickest ever skies
I know
They know something I know

Ride on, Ride on
Friends of a Black Swan
Ride on, Ride on
You know where she's gone
Little Green Men do OK
It's the faeries revenge they say
Gumdrops, Saturdays
Did Eric call, by the way?

Ride on, Ride on
Friends of a Black Swan
Ride on, Ride on
You know where she's gone

Ride on
Ride on
Ride on

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Blue Skies

yeah heah heah hea
Those blue skies are ahead
Blue skies in my head

All the town clocks
And marching socks
I say let's go let's go let's go
To this magic wonder show

And i`m walking and
Crawling and

So tired i'm insane
So tour-on and sing

High high eye I
High eye I see

Blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead

Said blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead

Beach wood
Says he`d like you in the street
Said like you in the street
In the lullabies

Just when she thinks it`s
Like you in the street
Said like you in the street
In the lullabies

You can go just where she`s going

Blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead

Said blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead

Blue skies
Blue skies are up ahead

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Butterfly

Stinky souls
Get a little lost in my own
Hey General
Need a little love in that hole of yours
One ways now and saturdays
Are now kittens all wrapped in cement
From cradle to gumdrops
Got me running girl as fast as I can
And is it right, butterfly
They like you better framed and dried

Daddy dear
If I can kill one man why not two
Well nurses smile
When you got iron veins
You can't stain their pretty shoes
Pom poms now and cherry blondes
And those kittens all wrapped in cement
From God's saviours to gumdrops
Got me running girl as fast as I can
And is it right, butterfly
They like you better framed and dried

Got a pretty pretty garden
A pretty garden
Got me a pretty pretty garden
Pretty garden yes.....

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Cooling

Maybe I didn't like to hear
But I still can't believe Speed Racer is dead

So then I thought I'd make some plans
The fire thought she'd really rather be water instead

And Piggy got a message for me
from Jesus
And I heard every word that she was saying

And I know I have been
driven like the snow

This is cooling
This is cooling
This is cooling
Faster than I can
This is cooling
Faster than I can

So then I tried to make some plans
The fire thought she'd really rather be water instead
This ocean is wrapped around that pinapple tree

And is your place in heaven Worth giving up these kisses
These kisses

And Piggy got a message for me
From Jesus
And I heard every word that she had said

And I know I have been
driven like the snow

This is cooling
This is cooling
Faster than I can
This is cooling
Faster than I can

Yes, this is cooling
This is cooling

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Daisy Dead Petals

Daisy Dead petals that is her name
She's in the phone booth phase so
Underneath the shade of a peppermint tray
She can turn it out with a heel on
She just rides into town
Knowing what they'll say
Knowing they're just around the corner
Got a crack in
Got a crack in some strange places

Daisy Dead Petals that is her name
So maybe she tastes like a hamburger made
Well these dead petals honey brought me here
She said these dead petals brought me here

Dancing on a dime
Hearing Mother cry
Maybe she's around the corner
Got a crack in
Got a crack in some strange places
On my back with
On my back with some dirty dishes

Falling down, falling down
All over the river
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Wish what I'm feeling could go on like this forever
Falling down, falling down, falling down

And since we're down we might as well stay
Might as well fry some eggs
And wave to the shade of the peppermint tray
She's a new friend not a skeleton
To ride into town
Knowing what they'll say
Knowing that she tastes like a hamburger made
But these dead petals brought me here
She said these dead petals brought me here
Said these dead petals brought me here

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Flying Duchman

Hey kid, I've got a ride for you
They say your brain is a comic book tatoo
And you'll never be anything

"What will you do with your life"
Oh, that's all you hear from noon till night

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
Where the sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place
And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Straight suits, they don't understand
She tried, that one with the alligator boots
But the other side drew her in

Heart falling fast when she left
Even the milky way was dressed in black

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
The sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place
And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman

Cause they can't see what you're born to be
They can't see me

They can't be what they can't believe
They can't see what you see

Keep the boys spinning in their own little world
Time up and so we won't say a word
They keep the boys spinning in their own little world
So afraid he'll be what they never were

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
The sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place
And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman

Cause they can't see
Cause they can't see
Cause they can't see
Are you still out there?

They can't	They can't see	They can't see they can't see
feel me	What I've found out	You know you know
		you're jumping from a high jump
Are you still	They can't see	hide your love hide your love
out there?	I just move this	so many know you know
	Mountain	but them, oh they can't see
cause they can't see

[The sequence at the end actually has three concurrent parts in the middle, right and left of the stereo image, which is why it scans a bit strangely written down]

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For Mark

she needs to sleep like the ocean
she needs to dream like that boy down in Stratton?
don't know what he's all about but
I'm sure he knows one of the spots
I need to be in this body
I need to breathe
I need no one but one
and it's gonna be here like it never was
like it never was
he's got girls on his fingers
little dough eyes making ringers ring off the phone
tell her you know what she's been thinking
cause I need only one
only one sugar
I said you are gonna see
I'm ready to be just with the one
with the blue blue notions of motions

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Frog On My Toe

Poppa I know
There's a frog on my toe
Maybe I'll call him Jethro
Maybe I'll grow up to be
As wise and as good as he
And maybe I'll come back after you're long gone

Poppa I'm sure
The worms have eaten you now
And Jethro's been on some Frenchy's plate long ago
Now I'm pretty sure that I listen to every word
'Cause you're still here telling me still

Slap them boys when they're naughty
Make them crawl, make you haughty
Make you strong, little girl
You paint them toes a reddish colour
And you know one day
You're gonna be bigger than a flea
You're gonna be bigger than that old poison ivy tree

Now I'm pretty sure
That I think you'd come and visit
And talk sometimes kinda like Gidget
A funny little chance like an Indian Brave
He said "We all grew fat when the white man came"

But one day girl you're gonna learn to make them crawl
Make them grow tall
But have the grace
To be a lady with disgrace
And you fry them 'tatoes
And make them with laddies hands
I know you're my pappy's baby

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Gary's Girl

i'm gonna be gary's girl
six in the morning
my hands are roaming
cause i'm gary's girl
there's a little bit of heaven on 92.7
when you're gary's girl
the boy knows how to tune me in
my friends all call me gary's girl
he's just just just so happening
you bet your life he is
you bet your life he is
you bet your life
he's a peel not a bannana
he's a peel not a bannana

i think i'll be gary's girl
we're all alone with this microphone
so i'm gary's girl
he's coming around
cause i'm going down
("that's stretching it gary..." -- tori comments quickly between lines)
to gary's world
the boys know to tune me in
my friends all call me gary's girl
cause he's just so so so happening
you bet your life he is
you bet your life he is
you bet your life
he's a peel not a bannana
still a peel not a bannana
but he's just what he is
and he is and he is and he is...

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Graveyard

Here I said
Don't even let this go
And it's Hey
To that old man
I'm coming in the graveyard
With my little tune
It's June
I said she's gone but I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm coming in the graveyard
To sing you to sleep
Now

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Happy Workers

Coughing from the smoke of a black roof chimney
Marching to the beat of a hot roof over me
Hey, ho, here we go, 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 that lever
Start the engine
Pump the water
Build the pressure
Push the piston
Press the button

Pump the water
Build the pressure
Push the piston
Press the button

It's the perfect job

Happy workers
Happy workers
Happy workers

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Here in My Head

In my head I found you there
And running around and following me
Boy you don't, oh, dare now
But i find that I have now
More than I ever wanted to

So maybe Thomas Jefferson wasn't born in your backyard
Like you have said
And maybe I'm just the horizon you run to
When she has left you there

You, oh, here in my head
and running around and calling me
Come back
I'll show you the roses and brush off the snow
And open their petals again and again
And you know that Apple green ice-cream can melt in your hand
I can't so....
I held your hand at the fair
And even forgot what time it was

And even Thomas Jefferson wasn't born in your backyard
Like you have said
And maybe I'm just the horizon you run to
When she has left you
And me here alone on the floor
You're counting my feathers as the bells toll
You see the bow and the belt and the girl from the south
All favourites of mine, You know them all well
And spring brings fresh little puddles
That makes it all clear, makes it all.....
Hey do you know
Hey do you know
What this is doing to me?
Oh, here
Here
Here
Here in my head

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Hey Jupiter (Dakota Mix)

No-one's picking up the phone
Guess it's me and me
And this little masochist
She's ready to confess
All the things that
I never thought that she could feel and

Hey Jupiter
Nothings been the same
So are you gay
Are you blue
Thought we both could use a friend to run to

Sometimes I breathe you in
And I know that you know
And sometimes you take a swim
Found your writing on my wall
If my heart's soaking wet
Boy your boots can leave a mess

Hey Jupiter
Nothing's been the same
So are you gay
Are you blue
Thought we both could use a friend to run to

And he isn't you

No-one's picking up the phone
Guess it's clear he's gone
And this little masochist
Is lifting up her dress
Guess I thought
I could never feel the things I feel and

Hey Jupiter
Nothing's been the same
So are you gay
Are you blue
Thought we both could use a friend to run to

I thought I wouldn't have to keep
With you
Hiding

I go from day to day
I know where the cupboards are
I know where the car is parked
I know he isn't you
Yes

Nothing
Hey Jupiter
Nothing
Nothing's been the same
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing's been the same
Nothing

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Home on the Range (Cherokee Edition)

Oh give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And skies are not cloudy all day

Well Jackson made deals
A thief down to his heels
Had a long trail of tears
the Smokies could hide
a Cherokee bride
Her brave was shot yesterday

Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And skies are not cloudy all day

We know it's not Caroline
Your home is your home
The range may be fine
For some but not in my eyes

Home on the range
The Smokies always hide
Cherokee bride
But in their eyes we know it's not Caroline

Yes, yes, America
Hey, ah, America
Who discovered your ass?

The white man came
"This land is my Land
this is your land" they say

Home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

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Honey

Little dust never stopped me none
You like my shoes, I keep them on
Sometimes I can hold my tongue
But sometimes not
When you just skip to lou my darling
And you know what you're doin'so don't even
You're just too used to my honey now
You're just too used to my honey now

And I think I could leave your world
Yes she was the better girl
So when we died I tried to bribe the undertaker
I'm not sure what you're doin'or the reasons
You're just too used to my honey now
You're just too used to my honey now

Don't bother coming down
Made a friend of the western skies
What if I'm coming down
You always like your babies tied

Tell you one last time
Love to watch those cowboys ride
Cowboys now on cowgirls ride
Or on the Indian side
You're just too used to my honey now
And you know what you're doin' so don't even
You're just too used to my honey now
You're just too used to my honey

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Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty dumpty had a great big fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Couldn't put Humpty together again

Humpty dumpty and Betty Louise
Stole a [sony?] and some Camembert cheese
She said "Humpty baby, take me
Oooh, 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 wanna take your picture
Just for me"
He said, "Anything"
She said, "Up there, baby

Get on the wall babe"

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
And looked at her as he was falling
All the kings horses and all the kings 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...oh

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Hungarian Wedding Song

When you said you'd marry me
I thought you meant you'd wanted to
Then I thought you'd like to
Maybe on a Tuesday

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

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