The Monkees

[fox69]

"Riu Chiu"

"Riu Chiu"


Riu riu chiu, la guarda ribera;
Dios guardo el lobo de nuestra cordera,
Dios guardo el lobo de neustra cordera.

El lobo rabioso la quiso morder,
Mas Dios poderoso la supo defender;
Quisola hazer que no pudiese pecar,
Ni aun original esta Virgen no tuviera.

Riu, riu chiu...

Este qu'es nacido es el gran monarca,
Christo patriarca de carne vestido;
Hemos redemido con se hazer chiquito,
Aunqu'era infinito, finito se hiziera.

Riu, riu chiu...

[Translation:]

River, roaring river, guard our homes in safety,
God has kept the black wolf from our lamb, our Lady.
God has kept the black wolf from our lamb, our Lady.

Raging mad to bite her, there the wolf did steal,
But our God Almighty defended her with zeal.
Pure He wished to keep Her so She could never sin,
That first sin of man never touched the Virgin sainted.

River, roaring river...

He who's now begotten is our mighty Monarch,
Christ, our Holy Father, in human flesh embodied.
He has brough atonement by being born so humble,
Though He is immortal, as mortal was created.

River, roaring river...

 

[fox69]

"Rosemarie"

"Rosemarie"


Rosemarie, once you see,
Rosemarie, once,
Rosemarie, come and see,
Rosemarie, come.
Syncopatin', meditatin', formulatin', allocatin',
Titillatin', conjugatin', three to make it all the way,
an' A-B-C-D-E

Rosemarie, came and see,
Rosemarie, came,
Rosemarie, went to see,
Rosemarie, went.
Information, registration, aviation, easy nation,
Occupation, connotation, revelation, education
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
Rosemarie, wouldn't see,
Rosemarie, would.

[Solo]

Immigrated, navigated, scintillated, punctuated,
Postulated, agitated, ganga-cated, rasta-cated
Hit-drag-toke-taste-buzzzzz
Rosemarie, Rosemarie,
Rosemarie, Rosemarie,
Rosemarie, Rosemarie,
Rosemarie, Rosemarie.
[fade out...]

 

[fox69]

"Run Away From Life"

"Run Away From Life"



Let's run away from life together
Let me run away from life with you
Let's run away from life together
Leave behind the stormy weather
Let's find out what fantasy can do
Where we'll go to they can't touch us
Life is perfect nothing more to do
Nothing more than we'll be needin'
Life is paradise in Eden
Eatin' grapes and makin' love with you

Rest unchanging, no more fights
We won't ever even disagree
Let's go off into the heavens
In eternal happiness for free

Nothing's wrong, no strings attached
No reason to get crazy, never blue
Nothin' from your noisy neighbor,
Nothin's new, no trial, no labor
Cross the river Jordan, hallelue

Rest unchanging, no more fights
We won't ever even disagree
Let's go off into the heavens
In eternal happiness for free

 

[fox69]

"Salesman"

"Salesman"



Salesman, where you gonna go?
To sell all your of your goods today
Salesman, gonna walk along the street, see friends along the way
Well salesman, with your wooden cart that you push along while you walk
Hey, salesman, got a little dog whose tail wags when you talk
You always wear a smile, even though you've gotta walk ten miles
Short lifespan, goodtime salesman
Yep, yep salesman got it on the street, whether it's hot or cold
It's salesman, well, you work real hard,
Until every part is sold
Salesman as the years go by,
People changing every day
Hey, salesman 'til the end of time you'll be livin in the same way
You always wear a smile, you love 'em fast and you live wild
Short life span, but ain't life grand?

Copper kettles, different kinds of tin
There goes salesman and he's sailing high again
He's sailing so high, high, sailing so high...

Salesman where you gonna go to sell all of your goods today
Yup, salesman, gonna walk along the street, see friends along the way
Hey, salesman, with your wooden cart that you push along while you walk
Hey, salesman with your secret goods that you push while you talk
You always wear a smile,
Even though you've gotta walk a hundred ten miles
Short life span - but the whole thing's grand
Salesman...

Now, well, I tried the one that you put it in and you have to do it
manually. But I'd like the one that you just plug it in and it does it all
by itself in a real long strand and you cut 'em up. It's easier to do it
that way because, well, I put all the stuff in there and it keeps flippin'
out. And I can't get the thing to stick together anything. Coupled with
the fact that I have to stick two of them together to even get on out of it
and they always end up lookin' like Lucky Strikes.

 

[fox69]

"Saturday's Child"

"Saturday's Child"



Monday had a sad child
Always feeling low down,
Tuesday had a dream child
She's always on the go
So I'm in love with Saturday's child

Every time you take her out at night
(She drives me wild)
You want to kiss and hold her way up tight
(Gonna spend my time)
You can tell the future's looking bright
(Making sure that Saturday's child is mine)

If you love a Wednesday
You live your life apart now
And if you love a Thursday
She's gonna break your heart,
So I'm in love with Saturday's Child

Every time you hold her close you'll see
(She drives me wild)
You can feel the thrill that's gonna be
(Gonna spend my time)
Now the future has a guarantee
(Making sure that Saturday's child is mine)

Seven days of the week made to choose from
But only one is right for me
I know that Saturday's got what it takes, babe.
I can tell by the way she looks at me.

Friday likes the good life
She'll take you for a ride now
And Sunday makes a good wife
She wants to be your bride
So I'm in love with Saturday's child

 

[fox69]

"Secret Heart"

"Secret Heart"


No other love stood the test of time
Can you imagine how I'd feel if you were mine?
Once I know it's not make-believe
It's plain to see that you've got something over me

You hold the key to my secret heart
Just turn the lock
And we could be lovers after dark
[repeat]

With other girls it's just been physical
So many times before I never cared at all
With you I realize what love could be
And I could feel that you've got something over me

You hold the key to my secret heart
Just turn the lock
And we could be lovers after dark
[repeat]

[musical bridge]

You hold the key to my secret heart
Just turn the lock
And we could be lovers after dark
[repeat to fade]

 

[fox69]

"Shades Of Gray"

"Shades Of Gray"


When the world and I were young,
Just yesterday.
Live was such a simple game,
A child could play.
It was easy then to tell right from wrong.
Easy then to tell weak from strong.
When a man should stand and fight,
Or just go along.

But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light.
Today there is no black or white,
Only shades of gray.

I remember when the answers seemed so clear
We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear.
It was easy then to tell truth from lies
Selling out from compromise
Who to love and who to hate,
The foolish from the wise.

But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light.
Today there is no black or white,
Only shades of gray.

[Instrumental interlude]

It was easy then to know what was fair
When to keep and when to share.
How much to protect your heart
And how much to care.

But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light.
Today there is no black or white,
Only shades of gray.
Only shades of gray.

 

[fox69]

"She"

"She"


She, she told me that she loved me,
And like a fool I believed her from the start.
She, she said she'd never hurt me,
But then she turned around and broke my heart

Why am I standing here,
Missing her and wishing she were here.
She only did me wrong;
I'm better off alone.

She, she devoured all my sweet love,
Took all I had and then she fed me dirt.
She, she laughed while I was cryin'.
It was such a joke to see the way it hurt.

Why am I standing here,
Missing her and wishing she were here.
She only did me wrong;
I'm better off alone.

And now I know just why she
Keeps me hangin' 'round.
She needs someone to walk on,
So her feet don't touch the ground.
But I love her,
I need her,
I want her.
Yea! Yea! Yea! Yea! Yea! Yea! She!

[Instrumental]

Why am I standing here,
Missing her and wishing she were here.
She only did me wrong now;
I'm better off alone.

Why am I missing her?
I should be kissing her.
[Repeat and fade last two lines]

 

[fox69]

"She Hangs Out"

"She Hangs Out"



How old d'you say your sister was? (sister was, sister was)
How old d'you say your sister was? (sister was, sister was)
You know you'd better keep an eye on her (eye on her, eye on her)
Do the ronde ronde ronde do the rond rond
She hangs out
She hangs out

I heard you taught your sister the bugaloo (bugaloo, bugaloo)
I heard you taught your sister the shigaling too
(shigaling too, shigaling too)
Well, she can teach you a thing or two (a thing or two, thing or two)
Do the ronde ronde ronde do the rond rond
She hangs out
She hangs out

Well, she hangs out, hangs out
every night, every night
You know you best get down here on the double
Before she gets her pretty little self in trouble
She's...so fine...so fine

I say, how old d'you say your sister was? (sister was, sister was)
How old d'you say your sister was? (sister was, sister was)
You know you'd better keep an eye on her (eye on her, eye on her)
Do the ronde ronde ronde do the rond rond
She hangs out
She hangs out

She's very, very, very, very, very fine
And she's gonna be mine, so fine
She hangs out
She hangs out

 

[fox69]

"She Makes Me Laugh"

"She Makes Me Laugh"



I'm so glad that I got her to think of
She's fine as any Valentine
I think about her all the time
Cross my heart and hope to die
She sends me silly messages and pictures
Directing traffic in the mall
Or posing with some brand new shoes
She never fails to surprise

She makes me laugh, she makes me smile
And I could hang out with her all day and night
She makes me laugh, she makes me cry
And I would like to be with her for awhile

I'm so glad that I got her to think of
We'll have a dinner date tonight
And play some scrabble with the guys
And wear our pink party hats
Maybe I should take her on safari?
You'll see us wave from our canoe
If that's what she wants to do
Tell me what's wrong with that?

She makes me laugh, she makes me smile
And I could hang out with her all day and night
She makes me laugh, she makes me cry
And I would like to be with her for awhile

No matter whatever else I do
She's still the girl I should hold on to
No matter whatever else I do
She's still the girl I should hold on to
No matter whatever else I do
She's still the girl, she's still the girl...

She makes me laugh, she makes me smile
And I could hang out with her all day and night
She makes me laugh, she makes me cry
And I would like to be with her for awhile