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A long descender
A long December
A royal December and there's reason to the king
A long December and there's reason to believe
A warm December and there's reason to believe
or
A warm September and there's reason to believe
A long December and there's reason to believe
And it's one more day I have the canned yams.
And it's one more day up in the canyon.
And it's one more day I've been to canyon,
And it's one more night in Hollywood
And it's one more day up in the canyon,
And it's one more night in Hollywood
And it's one more day up in the cannons
And it's one more day up in the canyons
And the feeling that it's all a lot of horseshit but no girls
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters but no pearls
Belong to sender
A long December
I love December
A long December
It's General Hospital
The smell of hospital
The smell of popsicles in the winter
The smell of hospitals in the winter
There's a perfectness inside you.
There's a bird that nests inside you.
"Accidentally In Love" (MP3)
Axin' down on the inlaws
Accidentally in love
"Accidentally In Love" (MP3)
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world is such a bastard
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
"Accidentally In Love" (MP3)
So I said I'm a slow boy runnin'.
So I said I'm a snowball running.
"Accidentally in Love" (MP3)
Coca-Cola
Come on, come on
"Accidentally in Love" (MP3)
Gobble, gobble
Come on, come on
"Accidentally in Love" (MP3)
I take a bow
I think about it
"Accidentally in Love" (MP3)
I'm Tinker Bell
I think about it
"Accidentally in Love" (MP3)
Turn to Louis Pasteur
Turn a little faster
"Amy Hit the Atmosphere" (MP3)
Caught herself a rocket-ride out of the scutter
Caught herself a rocket-ride out of this gutter
"Angel of the Silences" (MP3)
Every time I scream
Every time I dream
A big paradise to put up a parking lot
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
A big paradise, full of f***ing lies.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
A big paradise
They paved paradise
A gay pair of dice, put up a f**king light.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
A gay paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
A gay paradise at the foot of the parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
A gay paradise, put up a f***in’ life.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
A paid pair of dice, put up a f***ing line.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
A paved paradise, put up a parking lot
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
A pink paradise to put up a parking lot
or
They paint paradise to put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
A pink paradise, and put up a pumpkin pie
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
A pink paradise, they put up a f***ing lie.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
A plate of fried rice and put in a pork in pot
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
And a big yellow taxi took my fun away.
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away.
And pay paradise, to put up a f***ing line.
They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot.
At the babe paradise they told us a f*cking lie
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Big paradise put up a f*** and lie.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Big paradise, put up a f***ing lot.
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.
Big paradise, put up a park in life.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Big yellow taxi took my foot away
Big yellow taxi took my girl away
Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
If you love paradise, you'll put up a f*cking life.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got, now it's gone
I hate paradise, what a f***ing lie.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Don't it always seem to snow,
when you don't know what it is till it's gone,
a pink paradise, pick up my coffee pot.
Don't it always seem to go,
that you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot!
Donut holes they seem to go
But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
You pay paradise, put up a parkin' lot.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Evade paradise, I'm sick of the f***ing lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot .
Great big paradise and put up a f***ing love.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Hey paradise put up a fork in life
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey paradise, put up a f***in' light.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Hey paradise, put up the barking lice.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Hey, Paradise, put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Hey, paradise, put back the funk in life.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
I don't care about spots on the owls.
I don't care about spots on my apples.
I don't care about spots or marbles.
I don't care about spots on my apples.
I paid a pair of guys put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
I shaved my a** and boy it hurt a lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
If it ain't paradise, put out the f***in' light.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
If it ain't paradise, then put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
If it be paradise, put up a f***ing line.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
It ain't pair of dice, put up a f***ing lot.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
It ain't paradise to put up a f***in' lie.
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot.
It ain't paradise to put up a f***ing lot.
They paved paradise to put in a parking lot
It ain't paradise to put up with a f***ing lot
They paved paradise to put in a parking lot
It ain't paradise, put up a f***ing light.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
It ain't paradise, so put up a f*ck in love
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
It ain't paradise, so put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
It ain't paradise, to put up a f*cking law.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
It aint paradise till you put up a parking lot
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
It paid paradise to put up with f***ing love.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
It's a true paradise and put up a funky lie.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Made big paradise and put up a f***ing love.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Pave paradise, and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel and boots, you got a swingin' hot spot.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
Paved pairs of dice to put up a f***in' lie.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Pink pair of dice to put in a parking lot.
They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot.
Pink paradise put on a parking lot
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
and I thought the title was pink paradise!!!!!!!!!!!lol:)
Pink paradise put up the f***ing lights.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Pink paradise, put up a park a lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
The big yellow taxi-- he took my grill away!
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away.
The pink paradise and put out a f***ing lie.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They came out at night and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They made paradise to put off our f*cking life
They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot.
They paid a pair of dykes to put up a f***ing lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paid paradise and put up a f***ing lie
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paid paradise and put up a f***ing light
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
They paid paradise and put up a fork in love
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
They paid paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paid paradise to put up a f***ing lawn.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paid paradise to put up a f***ing lot
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
They paid paradise to put up a fog in life
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
They paid paradise to put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paid paradise to put up a punk in line
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paid paradise, to put up a f***ing lie.
They paid paradise, and put up a parking lot.
They paid paradise, to put up a pumpkin lot.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
They paint paradise to put up a f***ing life.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a f***ing light.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a f***ing lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise to get a fucking life.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise to put up a parkin' lot
In a big town, you're gonna swing in a hot spot.
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
They paved paradise, and put up a f*cking lot
They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot.
They paved paradise, put up the funkin' lights.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
They pay a pair of guys to put up a parking lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They pay paradise, and put up a pumpkin pie.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
They pay paradise, put up a f***ing life
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They saved paradise, I've put up a f***ing lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
They take paradise, and put up a f***ing line.
They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot.
To be paradise, put up a f***in' life.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
To reach paradise, put up a f***ing life.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Today's paradise, put up with f***king life
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Today's paradise, they put up a f***ing lot.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
True paradise, put up a fock in love
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
We're in paradise, put up a freakin' lot.
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
With a big ol' telephone booth and a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
With a big ole turn of boots you got a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink hotel, a booty
Gonna swing it, hot shot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink old tele-boutique
And a swingin' hot spot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swingin' hot spot.
You big paradise! You put up with f***in’ lies!
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
I am ratty, I am ratty
I am ready, I am ready
"Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" (MP3)
All the things Maria appear for
An eggman fallen off the wall
We'll never be together again.
All the king's men reappear
For an eggman fallen off the wall
He'll never be together again.
"Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" (MP3)
The world begins to disappear
The words they come from in Zaire.
The world begins to disappear
The worst things come from inside here.
"Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" (MP3)
The world begins to disappear
The words they come from inside here
All my kinsmen reappear
For an apeman climbing on the wall
And never be together again.
The world begins to disappear
The worst things come from inside here
All the king's men reappear
For an eggman fallen off the wall
He'll never be together again.
"Einstein On The Beach" (MP3)
For Aunt Edna, Aunt Edna, oh no
For an eggman, falling off a wall
"Goodnight Elisabeth" (MP3)
Settle down, down, down in Des Moines.
Settle down, down, down in the bone.
She said "right now I'm so f***ed"
She sat right down on the sofa
Well, this duck's so tired
Weighed by the chains that keep me.
Well, I'm stuck so tight
Weighed by the chains that keep me.
Hangman around
Hanginaround
I'm in Angela Town, sit down on the corner
I've seen rummies around this hotel for way too long
I been hanginaround this town on the corner
I been bummin' around this old town for way too long
Wait, wait, wait, wait too long
Way, way, way, way too long
We spend all day in the sofa
We spend all day getting sober
All of the beautiful colors are very bury me in soft.
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful.
All of the beautiful colors are very, very beautiful.
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful.
And I want to be someone jauntily, jauntily, jauntily, yeah!
And I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe, yeah!
And I want to be someone's jumper lead.
And I want to be someone to believe.
But when everybody loves me,
I'm going to be just about as happy as Huckabee
But when everybody loves me,
I wanna be just about as happy as I can be
Cut up in Rio, show me some of that spanish dancin' that
Hands me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Cut up, Maria, show me some of them spanish dances
And pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Down through the roulette
Down through the mornin'
Everybody wants to pass as cops.
Everybody wants to pass as cats
Everybody wants to pass his gas.
Everybody wants to pass as cats.
Everybody wants to pass these caps
Everybody wants to pass as cats
I felt so sympathetic yesterday
I felt so symbolic yesterday
I pull myself and play guitar
I bought myself a gray guitar.
I wanna be Bob Villa.
I wanna be Bob Dylan.
I wanna be Godzilla
I wanna be Bob Dylan.
I wanna be a lion
Everybody wants to pants those cats
I wanna be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
I wanna be bought dinner.
I wanna be Bob Dylan.
I wanna be by a mirror.
I wanna be Bob Dylan.
I wanna be someone
That you'll believe, you'll believe, you'll believe, yeah
I wanna be someone
To believe, to believe, to believe, yeah
I want to be a bought dinner.
I want to be Bob Dylan.
I was down in the nude a**hole, damn
I was down in the New Amsterdam
If I knew Picasso
I would buy myself a painting.
If I knew Picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play.
If I wanna be here by dinner
I wanna be Bob Dylan
Master Chu rammed me
Mr. Jones and me
Mister Chosen Meat
Mister Jones and Me
Mister, don't tell me
Mr. Jones and me
Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
And we stare at the beautiful river
Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
And we stare at the beautiful women
Mr. Chocolatey
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Drew Carey
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Jim Carrey
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Joe and me
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Jones Aries
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Jones let me tell each other fairy tales
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Mr. Jones let me
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
With his black-hair, the men go dancing.
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
With this black-haired flamenco dancer.
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
With this black-haired flamingo dancer.
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
With this black-haired flamenco dancer.
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more, and f**k you.
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky.
Mr. Jones' memory
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Jones, kill me
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Jumper leads.
Mr. Jones and me
Mr. Show Lambie
Mr. Jones and me
Mr.'s trollin' me
Mr. Jones and me
Mrs. Jones and me
Mr. Jones and me
She dances rockets for the place
She's suddenly beautiful.
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful.
She dances well as Father plays guitar.
She's suddenly beautiful.
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful.
So come dance aside, let's dance through the morning.
So come dance this silence down through the morning.
We all want someone beautiful.
I know, she's always beautiful
We all want something beautiful.
I wish I was beautiful
In the middle of the night there's an old man threading his toast through a bucket of rain.
In the middle of the night there's an old man threading his toes through a bucket of rain.
Leave your money back after dawn
Get your money back at the door
"Perfect Blue Buildings" (MP3)
Gonna get me a little Libyan baby.
Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby.
"Perfect Blue Buildings" (MP3)
Need to get me some lithium, baby.
Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby.
Don't try to be me
Don't try to feed me
Don’t try to believe in me
Don’t try to feed me
I am shrinking
I am the rain king
I am the greatest
I am the Rain King
I am the rain gauge.
I am the Rain King.
I belong in the cervix of the Queen.
I belong in the service of the Queen.
"Raining In Baltimore" (MP3)
It's raining here in Baltimore
Fifteen months a year.
It's raining in Baltimore
Fifteen miles east.
"Recovering the Satellites" (MP3)
We only stay in August, for just a moment in time
We only stay in orbit for just a moment n time
'Round here we never sense a bad omen
'Round here we're never sent to bed early
But the girl on the car in the parking lot says:
'Men should try to take a shot'
But the girl on the car in the parking lot says:
'Man, you should try to take a shot'
Lock the front door, lock a ghost into a fog,
Where no one notices the contrast of white on white
Stepped out the front door like a ghost into the fog
Where no one notices the contrast of white on white
Steebot the front door lock the ghost into a wall
Where no one notices the contrast of white on white.
Stepped out the front door like a ghost into a fog
Where no one notices the contrast of white on white.
Through the door, I hear her trying
Through the door, I hear her crying
"The Rain King"
I am d-r-r-rinking!
I am the rain king.