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Start this off
02:29
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Little by little and bit by bit
I’m gonna make that lady fall out of her heels
Inch by inch and row by row
I’m gonna make that lady know
That this is real
You smile at me and I smile at you
And we flirt but we always just skirt this issue
And it never seems to end up like it ought
I smile at you and you smile at me
And we’re always so friendly
But I think it’s time we just start this off
Little by little and bit by bit
I’m gonna make that lady fall out of her heels
Inch by inch and row by row
I’m gonna make that lady know
That this is real
We’re wasting time that we don’t have
We’re burning daylight and it’s sad, my friend
To watch the clock make its way around again
You smile at me and I smile at you
And we flirt but we always just skirt this issue
And it never seems to end up like it ought
I smile at you and you smile at me
And we’re always so friendly
But I think it’s time we just start this off
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Go buy a quart of milk and bring back your mamma all the change
Go buy a quart of milk and bring back your mamma all the change
But I like those shoes and I like that hat
And I wanna dress my baby up in something like that
Go buy a dozen eggs and bring back your mamma all the change
Go buy a dozen eggs and bring back your mamma all the change
But I wanna take my baby out tonight
And I wanna dress her up all expensive like
When robins build their nests
They build their nests with colored plastic
And with bright, bright colored string
When robins build their nests
They build their nests with anything
Well there’s a jar full of pennies that I keep under my bed
So I’ll go buy a loaf of bread and won’t stop along the way
And I’ll bring back my mamma all the change
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Nature vs. New York City
02:07
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Well I’m falling in love
For the first time in days
NYC is all leaning my way
There’s a chance I’m ready to take
I got two legs I’m ready to break
Unless you’re here it’s hard to see
Nature versus NYC
There’s a circus tent hanging over this town
I’m gonna drive one of these stakes into the ground
There’s a circus tent hanging over this town
I’m gonna drive one of these stakes into the ground
I’m wearing some bright red boots
and a bright red belt
There’s no mistaking me
for anyone else
There’s a chance I’m ready to take
I got two legs I’m ready to break
Unless you’re here it’s hard to see
Nature versus NYC
There’s a circus tent hanging over this town
I’m gonna drive one of these stakes into the ground
There’s a circus tent hanging over this town
I’m gonna drive one of these stakes into the ground
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I’ve spent too long with my head down
I’ve spent too long staring at the floor
I shouldn’t call you anymore
I’m in someone else’s place
I’ve just been keeping his seat warm
I shouldn’t call you anymore.
I know I’m calling and it’s much too late
But I just wanna make sure that you’re safe
I’ve spent too long with my head down
I’ve spent too long staring at the floor
I shouldn’t call you anymore
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Dear Esme
02:11
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Dear Esme
Thanks for the letter
Dear Esme
Sorry that I didn’t write sooner
Dear Esme
I know you’ll understand
Dear Esme
I’ve become a sleepy man
But I made it through the war with all my facilities intact
I made it through the war with all my facilities intact
I’m not the man you met so many years back
But I made it through the war with all my facilities intact
Dear Esme
Thanks for the letter
Dear Esme
Sorry that I didn’t write sooner
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Leave the girl alone
01:30
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Yeah, she looks good
But she doesn’t like your style
You better just leave the girl alone
You better just leave the girl alone
she doesn’t like your style
You better just leave the girl alone
Yeah, you got here number
But she doesn’t need the bother
So you better just leave the girl alone
You better just leave the girl alone
she doesn’t need the bother
You better just leave the girl alone
Yeah, she looks great
But you’re a pain in her ass
So you better just leave the girl alone
You better just leave the girl alone
She doesn’t need the bother
You better just leave the girl alone
Because she doesn’t like your style
You better just leave the girl alone
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I don't have a chance
02:19
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Well, I’m shaking like a jellyroll
Oh how I long to hear
You say come back inside, boy
Cause it’s much warmer in here
I’m drifting like a piece of wood
Oh how I wish you’d free
My body from the water of this deep, dark sea
But I don’t have a chance anymore
I don’t have a chance anymore
Well you know just what you’re looking for
And I don’t have a chance
Are you so sure that we don’t fit?
When did this get so definite?
Is there just even a little bit of hope?
Cause I can’t think that I don’t have a chance anymore
I don’t have a chance anymore
Well you know just what you’re looking for
And I don’t have a chance
You can go crazy for love that’s not there (you can go crazy)
You can go crazy for love that’s just left (you can go crazy)
You can go crazy for love
When it falls right out of your hands
You can go crazy for love when you don’t stand a chance
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Nature Program
01:08
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New York City can be so loud
I want to see some fishes swimming around
All these people are driving me insane
I want to see some polar bears playing
Nature program, nature program
You're all I want to know
Let me fall asleep tonight in your glow
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For the records
01:34
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You’re one for the records
You’re one for the books
And all the girls in New York town
Are going crazy for your looks
And I should keep my distance
Because I know how you can be
I should keep my distance
But I lost all the sense my mother gave to me
So just come on a make my ears turn red
And my skin scream and shout
Come on and give me one of those kisses
I heard so much about
I’ve seen your lovers, crazy-eyes
Wondering around Manhattan
After they’ve seen you walking about
With this one or that one
And the girl at your side
She snuggles warm and close
Completely blind that in a few months’ time
She’ll be the one who is cut lose
So just come on a make my ears turn red
And my skin scream and shout
Come on and give me one of those kisses
I heard so much about
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Laurel
02:23
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I have long learned to write
Songs without mentioning your name outright
But I felt the need to write this one
Without any subtlety
Laurel I need your smile back
I need you back around
I’m tired of feeling like
The smallest thing in town
I have long rehearsed
Verse after verse
Chorus after chorus until the end
So I think by now you know that I’m going
To mention your name once again
Laurel I need your smile back
I need you back around
I’m tired of feeling like
The smallest thing in town
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Well I wanna sing songs about high school dances
And I wanna sing songs about new romances
I don’t wanna sing any of that fancy stuff
That’s the kind of stuff that I’m so sick of
I wanna wanna wanna sing songs of love
Well I wanna sing songs about summer days in the summer time
When lovers lay fast asleep with each other in the sunshine
I don’t wanna sing any of that fancy stuff
That’s the kind of shit that I’m so sick of
I wanna wanna wanna sing songs of love
As sure as I know that I’m made of blood
And as sure as the sky’s above
I wanna wanna wanna sing songs of love
Well I wanna sing songs about groovy guys and groovy chicks
They’re kissing each other
Kissing each other full right on the lips
I don’t wanna sing any of that fancy stuff
That’s the kind of stuff that I’m so sick of
I wanna wanna wanna sing songs of love
As sure as I know that I’m made of blood
And as sure as the sky’s above
I wanna wanna wanna sing songs of love
Well I wanna sing songs about summer days in the summer time
When lovers lay fast asleep with each other in the sunshine
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Burn that tic
02:13
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Daddy comes in with a lighter in his hand
Girl you gotta burn that tic
Put out your hand it will be over quick
Girl you gotta burn that tic
Held my hand above the flame
Girl you gotta burn that tic
Looked at him and I called God’s name
Girl you gotta burn that tic
Tic fell out and fell to floor
Girl you gotta burn that tic
Looked at me said “what you burning me for?”
Girl you gotta burn that tic
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My old hen’s a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 8 and sometimes ten
That’s enough for the railroad men
Cluck old hen cluck and sing
You ain’t laid an egg since late last spring
Cluck old hen cluck and squall
Ain’t laid an egg since late last fall
Cluck old hen cluck when I tell you
Cluck old hen or I’m gonna sell you
Last time she cackled cackled in the lot
Next time she cackles cackle in the pot
My old hen she’s a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 1 sometimes two
Sometimes enough for the whole damn crew
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I’m gonna leave my baby in the snow
I’m gonna leave her there all alone
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired, tired bones
I’m gonna leave my baby in the snow
I’m gonna leave her there where you won’t ever know
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired, tired bones
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired, tired bones
And she’s walking a long long mile
You know she needs to sit down for a while
I’m gonna leave my baby in the snow
Gonna leave her there all alone
I’m gonna leave her then go back home
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired bones
She’s got some tired, tired bones
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Oh lord don’t you let me die in this swamp
I’ve got two good legs and I wanna walk
Oh lord don’t you let me die here in this swamp
Our Lady of the Highways let me get off of this black top
Oh lord don’t let my last breath be this filthy air
There’s a girl who’s waiting for me wanna kiss her everywhere
Oh lord don’t let my last breath be this filthy air
Our Lady of the Highways let me get away from here
Our Lady of the Highways
Our Lady of the high
Our Lady of the Highways
Our Lady of the high
Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive
Our Lady of the Highways
Our Lady of the high
Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive
Well things are looking better since I got off of this road
I don’t know where I’m going but I’m still on the go
I don’t know where I’m going but I’m still on the go
Our Lady of the Highways please don’t make the traffic so slow
Our Lady of the Highways
Our Lady of the high
Our Lady of the Highways
Our Lady of the high
Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive
Our Lady of the Highways
Our Lady of the high
Shine a light down on me and bless this car I drive
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Let your sorrows have a few days free
Let them spend some time out of the city
We can have some fun, yeah let's give it a shot
So just let your sorrows have a few days off
Let your sorrows have a few days rest
They've been overworked, girl you should know best
We can have some fun, yeah we can have a lot
So just let your sorrows have a few days off
Let them go out to the country, let them breathe some country air
Let them take the West Side Highway till they get far far from here
Maybe they'll come back, maybe they will not
But just let your sorrows have a few days off
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Madeline Kahn
00:53
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I woke up with the radio on
I woke up and something was wrong
Something was wrong
Madeline Kahn
I woke up with the radio playing
I woke up with the DJ saying that something was wrong
Madeline Kahn
Something was wrong
So god send you
Have a laugh or two… *(indecipherable mumbling)
I woke up with the radio on
I woke up and you were gone
Something was wrong
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Let’s go get the girls, boys
Let’s go get the girls
You know the beach is about to close, boys
So let’s go get the girls
You know they told us they needed a ride back to Houston
Well the dark clouds are forming and the white caps are rolling in
Let’s go get the girls
The life guard’s stereo has dead batteries
Let’s go get the girls
Because no one wants to be caught in the rain
Let’s go get the girls, boys
Let’s go get the girls
You know the beach is about to close, boys
So let’s go get the girls
They told us they needed a ride back to Houston
Well the last time we saw them they were on the sand
They were getting some food from the refreshment stand
They got some French fries with ketchup it was all over their fingers
They were licking it off and tasting all the sand
I was only in there for a real quick dip
They couldn’t have given us the slip
Let’s go get the girls, boys
Let’s go get the girls
You know the beach is about to close, boys
So let’s go get the girls
They told us they needed a ride back to Houston
Knee deep in the Gulf of Mexico say yeah
Knee deep in the Gulf of Mexico say hell yeah
Well how they getting home they’re so young
It’s a long drive from Galveston
Well how they getting home they’re so young
It’s a long drive from Galveston
Let’s go get the girls, boys
Let’s go get the girls
You know the beach is about to close, boys
So let’s go get the girls
They told us they needed a ride back to Houston
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Benjamin Adair Murphy Mexico City, Mexico
www.benjaminadairmurphy.com Benjamin fronted the NYC band the Blue Eighty Eights, and has recorded solo albums in Brooklyn, Rome, and Mexico City. He has written lyrics for Nanuchka, Roiki, Electro Morocco, the Monophonic Shooting Spree, and other artists. ... more
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