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[fox69]

"Siftin'"

"Siftin'"


Siftin'
Siftin'
Siftin'
Siftin'

Siftin'
Siftin'
Siftin'
Siftin'

 

[fox69]

"Sleep"

"Sleep"


Each (ahh)
Time (ahh)
I (ahh)
Sleep (ahh)
I'm (ahh)
Sad (ahh)
I (ahh)
Will be replaced by somebody else

In the morning
Exactly like me
Going around, drinking all my drinks
Kissing my wife
Thinking what I think
Making me resentful but

Each
Time
I
Get up in the morning I'm glad
I
Took
Someone else's place

 

[fox69]

"Sleeping In The Flowers"

"Sleeping In The Flowers"


I got a crush
Copy shop clerk
But she won't look up at me
Don't want to be known as the freak
Who just comes around to catch her eye

We could be sleeping in the flowers
We could sleep all afternoon
You'd proclaim that you're an island
I'd proclaim that I'm one too
Then we float into the harbor
With just piers and boats around
I declare that I am England
You declare that I have drowned

I got a ride
Home with a drunk guy
How ungrateful I must have seemed
He showed me how
To spin my head round and round

We could be sleeping in the flowers
We could sleep all afternoon
You'd proclaim that you're an island
I'd proclaim that I'm one too
Then we float into the harbor
With just piers and boats around
I declare that I am England
You declare that I have drowned

We could be sleeping in the flowers
We could sleep all afternoon
You'd proclaim that you're an island
I'd proclaim that I'm one too
Then we float into the harbor
With just piers and boats around
I declare that I am England
You declare that I have drowned

We'll be sleeping in the flowers
Tell my boss that I've been fired
We'll be sleeping in the flowers
Tell my boss that I've been fired
We'll be sleeping in the flowers
Tell my boss I'm fired
We'll be sleeping in the flowers
Tell my boss I'm fired

 

[fox69]

"Sleepwalkers"

"Sleepwalkers"


See them over there
See them moving down the road
Their arms held out ahead
And their eyes, their eyes are closed

Don't make any noise
Cry out loud or stamp your feet
You'll wake the girls and boys
Who are walking in their sleep

Every night they throw aside their blankets
Swing their feet down
Stand up and move out to the street
Like they're under a spell
And together they roam across the country
And they're walking in their sleep

You'll recognize them when you see
Their rumpled hair and stocking feet
It seems like they want something
But we don't know what it is
But here they come again
Yes, here they come again

Move aside and let the people go by
They don't see you
Thinking that they're home in their beds
They must not be disturbed
When they're wandering all across the country
And they're walking in their sleep

Perhaps when they awake
They'll remember everything
They'll think it was a dream
It will be forgotten then

But don't make any noise
Cry out loud or stamp your feet
You'll wake the girls and boys
Who are walking in their sleep

 

[fox69]

"Snail Shell"

"Snail Shell"


Sir hand
Or is it ma'am
I fell out of my right place again
And you
Considered me
And now I'm where a snail has to be

I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell
I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell

Was it something you would do for anybody?
Was it what you'd only do for me?
I need to know because you see
I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell

Friend
Look what you gave
And how can you ever be repaid?
How may I give you a hand
From the position at your feet where I stand?

So let me thank you for putting me back in my snail shell
I'd like to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell

Was it something you would do for anybody?
Was it what you'd only do for me?
I need to know because you see
I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell

Snail Shell
Thank you
Snail Shell
Thank you

Ah
Ah
Ah

Was it something you would do for anybody?
Was it what you'd only do for me?
Or was it something where you acted when you saw the need
And knew that there would be a way the act could be repaid
And so it may, but for today
I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell

 

[fox69]

"Snowball In Hell"

"Snowball In Hell"


Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell

Money's all broke, and food's going hungry
If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointments

Side effect or drug trip
Don't tease me with all of your might
Side effect or drug trip
My panacea's in a Xerox shop

Have a nice day, you want it when?
Have a nice day, have a nice day

I didn't expect to find a salesman drinking coffee this late in the morning. How long you been here, Joe?
Oh, I don't know, I guess thirty, forty-five minutes maybe. Why do you ask?
You must be making a lot of sales, piling up good income.
Oh... uh... I'm doing all right. I could do better, but... Ohahaha I get it Paul. Back on that old "Time is Money" kick, right?
Not back on it, Joe, still on it.

Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell
Money I owe, money-iy-ay
Money I owe, money-iy-ay

Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell

 

[fox69]

"So Crazy For Books"

"So Crazy For Books"


I can read anything (Read Books! Yes Books!)
I can read everything (Read Books! Yes Books!)
I can explore (Books)
I can learn (Books)
I can discover (Books)
I can Name (Books)
I can read everything (Read Books! Read Books! Yes Books! Yes Books!)
I can read anything (Read Books! Read Books! Yes Books! Yes Books!)

When I go to the library
Those librarians all run to me
and when I walk past the silent sign
I think fine fine fine fine fine

I am so crazy for books
This is a maze filled with books
Books are the fuel to my dreams
Which flies so fast you can't see

Then I go back to my house
Check out the books I just checked out
So many things have just begun
This is fun fun fun fun fun

I am so crazy for books
My mind's a maze filled with books
Books are the fuel to my dreams
Which flies so fast you can't see

I can read anything (Read Books! Yes Books!)
I can read everything (Read Books! Yes Books!)
I can explore (Books)
I can learn (Books)
I can discover (Books)
I can Name (Books)
I can read everything (Read Books! Read Books! Yes Books! Yes Books!)
I can read anything (Read Books! Read Books! Yes Books! Yes Books!)
Books

 

[fox69]

"Sold My Mind To The Kremlin"

"Sold My Mind To The Kremlin"


With no place in the processional
and no seat in the convention hall
I sold my mind to the Kremlin on the Fourth of July

I was wearing a Yoda mask
You were talking like Lou Ferrigno
A hat made of paper. A vest made of ugly
An intercom with just one button
“This bag is almost empty”
That was your sole communication
From unimproved roads on the Fourth of July

Fishing holes don’t exist and country music with all those lists
Of things from yesterday you can no longer get
Let's talk about Patti Hearst, Skeletor and Charles Manson
Reagan closed the hospitals for the mentally ill
Train stations filled up with the mentally ill
And I’m singing into a tape recorder
Trapped in this thing that I can’t get away from
“This bag is almost empty”
That was your sole communication
From unimproved roads on the Fourth of July

With no place in the processional
and no seat in the convention hall
I sold my mind to the Kremlin on the Fourth of July

With no place in the processional
and no seat in the convention hall
I sold my mind to the Kremlin on the Fourth of July

 

[fox69]

"Solid Liquid Gas"

"Solid Liquid Gas"


Solid
Liquid
Gas

Solid
Liquid
Gas

Ice is a solid
Water is a liquid
Steam is a gas

Rock is a solid (rock is a solid)
Milk is a liquid (milk is a liquid)
And air is a gas

When water's warm enough
It's a liquid
When it's cold enough
It's a solid
And when it's hot enough
It's a gas
So could you make the air so cold it would be solid?
Could you make rock so warm it would be liquid?
Could you make milk so hot it would be a gas?

Solid
Liquid
Gas

 

[fox69]

"Someone Keeps Moving My Chair"

"Someone Keeps Moving My Chair"


Mr. Horrible
Mr. Horrible
Telephone call for Mr. Horrible
But before he can talk to the ugliness men
There's some horrible business left
For him to attend to
Something unpleasant has spilled on his brain
As he sponges it off they say

"Is this Horrible?
Is this Horrible?
It's the ugliness men, Mr. Horrible
We're just trying to bug you
We thought that our dreadfulness
Might be a thing to annoy you with"

But Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind
The thing that bothers me is
Someone keeps moving my chair"

"Would you mind if we balance this glass of milk
Where your visiting friend accidentally was killed?
Would it be okay with you if we wrote a reminder
Of things we'll forget to do today otherwise,
Using a green magic marker, if it's alright
On the back of your head?"

Mr. Horrible
Mr. Horrible
We're not done with you yet Mr. Horrible
You have to try on these pants so the Ugliness Men
Can decide if they're just as embarrassing as we think
We have to be sure about this

But Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind
The thing that bothers me is
Someone keeps moving my chair"

Someone keeps moving my chair

Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind
The thing that bothers me is
Someone keeps moving my chair"