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"(I Know) I'm Losing You" (MP3)
I'm Lucy Liu
I'm losing you
Editor's note: This song came out before the actress Lucy Liu was born, so I don't think it's plausible for them to have mentioned her name.
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" (MP3)
I'm using you
I'm losing you
"Ain't Too Proud To Beg" (MP3)
If I have to beg a plea for yourself a bee
If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy
"Ain't Too Proud To Beg" (MP3)
If I have to beg and plead for yourself a plea
If I have to beg and plee for your sympathy
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (MP3)
Ain't no braggin', babe
Ain't too proud to beg
I called in Missouri
I called in misery
You never was God bless you
You never was complaining
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Cyclone in Japan, population out of hand
Mod clothes in demand Population out of hand
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Cyclones in demand
Population out of hand
Suicide, too many bills
Hef is moving to the hills
People all over the world are shooting off the walls.
Mod clothes in demand
Population out of hand
Suicide, too many bills
Hippies moving to the hills
People all over the world are shouting, 'End the War'.
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Evolution, revolution, rat patrol, the sound of soul
Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Hardcore in demand
Population out of hand
Suicide, too many bills
Hef is moving to the hills
People all over the world are shooting off the walls.
Mod clothes in demand
Population out of hand
Suicide, too many bills
Hippies moving to the hills
People all over the world are shouting, 'End the War'.
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
I'll eat a booger
Can't you hear me talking to you?
Oh. great googalooga
Can't you hear me talking to you?
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Mom's clothes in demand
Population out of hand
Suicide, too many bills
Hef is moving to the hills
People all over the world are shooting off the walls.
Mod clothes in demand
Population out of hand
Suicide, too many bills
Hippies moving to the hills
People all over the world are shouting, 'End the War'.
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Politicians say low taxes will solve everything.
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything.
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Senate appeals are at an all-time high.
The sale of pills is at an all-time high.
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Steady appeal is at an all-time high.
The sale of pills is at an all-time high.
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Suicide, too many beers
Suicide, too many bills
"Ball Of Confusion" (MP3)
Well, the only person talking about love my brother is the preacher and his saints
Nobody's interested in learning but the teacher
Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher
"Ball of Confusion" (MP3)
Brother Brother Brother
Run Run Run
"Ball of Confusion" (MP3)
Rabble
Rap on
"Ball of Confusion" (MP3)
Run, run, run but your shirt can't hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Vote for me and I am such a freak
Grandpa, brother, grandpa
Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody's interested in learning about the teacher
Segregation, determination, discrimination, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation
Contribution!
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Vote for me and I'll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on
Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation
Ball of confusion
"Ball of Confusion" (MP3)
That's what the word is today
That's what the world is today
"Ball of Confusion" (MP3)
Unemployment razzmatazz
Unemployment rising fast
"Ball of Confusion" (MP3)
Vote for me and I'm such a freak
Vote for me and I'll set you free
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
Beauties on a skin dee.
Beauty's only skin deep
Editor's note: "skindy" is not a word.
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
Beauty's only Cindy.
Beauty's only skin deep.
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
Cuties on a skiddy
Beauty's only skin deep
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
Judy's gonna see me.
Beauty's only skin deep.
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
Tears are going, Cindy.
Beauty's only skin deep.
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
Who's gonna skin me?
Beauty's only skin deep.
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
You know Cindy, whoa, yeah!
Beauty's only skin deep.
"Beauty's Only Skin Deep" (MP3)
You were gonna send me.
Beauty's only skin deep.
Depressed and downhearted I took to crime
Depressed and downhearted I took to cloud nine
I'm doing time on cloud nine
folks down here tell me give me some attention
it's a doggy dog world
I'm doing fine on cloud nine
folks down here tell me give yourself a chance son
it's a dog eat dog world
It was a one room shack that slept in another germ beside me
It was a one room shack that slept ten other children besides me
My father didn't know the meaning of a word.
My father didn't know the meaning of work.
The grass came down hard and I took to cloud 9
Depressed and downhearted I took to cloud nine
You know doggy-darn well it ain't no lie
It ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night
It's a dog eat dog world, and that ain't no lie
Listen, it ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night
You're as free as a burning flame.
You're as free as a bird in flight.
You're as sweet as a burnin' flag.
You're as free as a bird in flight.
Big Betty 'cause here I come
Get ready 'cause here I come
Get ready for silly goats
Get ready 'cause here I come
Get ready to see a cock
Get ready, 'cause here I come
Get ready to see my father
Get ready, 'cause here I come
Get ready, get ready dot com
Get ready, get ready here I come
I never met a girl
The way you made me feel like U-2
I never met a girl
Who makes me feel the way that you do
I never met a man that makes me feel the way you yoo-hoo
I never met a man that makes me feel the way that you do
When I'm ready, 'cause here I come
Look out, baby, 'cause here I come
Whenever I'm asked who makes all greens real,
I say that you do.
Whenever I'm asked who makes my dreams real,
I say that you do.
"Happy People"
Happy people are me
Happy people are we
"Hey, Girl"
Hey girl this can't be true
How can I pick zits without you
Hey, girl, this can't be true
How am I supposed to exist without you?
"Hey, Girl"
Hey, girl, this can't be true
How am I supposed to get dressed without you?
Hey, girl, this can't be true
How am I supposed to exist without you?
"I Wish It Would Rain" (MP3)
A note to you, it might sound strange.
I know to you, it might sound strange.
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (MP3)
A cozy little home out in the country for two 'til there may be three
or
A cozy little home out in the country for two. Hell, there may be three
or
A cozy little home out in the country for two. Hell, there may be three
A cozy little home out in the country for two children, maybe three
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (MP3)
A cozy little home out in the country the two children, maybe free
A cozy little home out in the country for two children, maybe three
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (MP3)
Every night, when my knees are gray.
Every night on my knees, I pray.
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (MP3)
It's April, my window,
I watch her as she passes by
Each day through my window
I watch her as she passes by
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (MP3)
Just my imagination, running away from me
Just my imagination, running away with me
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
And it was just my elaboration
And it was just my imagination
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
And it was just my fascination
And it was just my imagination
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
Every night when my knees are gray
Every night on my knees I pray
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
It was just my aggravation
It was just my imagination
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
It was just my vagination
Running away with meat
It was just my imagination
Running away with me
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
Some will be buried
Soon we'll be married
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true
Out of all the fellows in the world, she belongs to me
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true
Out of all the fellows in the world, she belongs to you
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (MP3)
To have a girl, my girl
To have a girl like her
"Let Your Hair Down"
You've made your bulls***
You've made your fortune
"Masterpiece"
Brooklyn-style homes
Broken down homes
"Masterpiece"
Where I was bowling
Where I was born
"My Christmas Tree"
Does it look the same?
Doesn't look the same
I don't need no money for a chimp buffet.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I don't need no money for a chimp named Fred.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I don't need no money for a jet plane.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I don't need no money, ahhh, just my pay.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I don't need no money, for chipmunk things.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I don't need no money, forget my fame
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the bitches, baby, one pimp can claim
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the bitches baby one man can claim.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I don't need no money, oh just my friends.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I don't need no money, or junk my things.
I don't need no money, fortune or fame.
I don't need no money, watching her face
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame
I got shoes shined
I got sunshine
I got so much honey oozing from me.
I've got so much honey, the bees envy me.
I got the muffins made.
I got the month of May.
I got the mustard made.
I got the month of May.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds and the bees.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
I've got all the b**ches, baby,
one man can claim.
I've got all the riches, baby,
one man can claim.
I've got all the b**ches, baby,
one man can make.
I've got all the riches, baby,
one man can claim.
I've got all the midget babies one man can clean
I've got all the riches, baby, one man can claim
I've got all the riches baby
One man complained.
I've got all the riches baby
One man can claim.
I've got so much heartache for these engineers
I've got so much honey the bees envy me
I've got so much heartache,
the bee's in the way
I've got so much honey,
the bees envy me
I've got so much heartache, the bees and the knees.
I've got so much honey, the bees envy me.
I've got so much honey
The bees in the knees.
I've got so much honey
The bees envy me.
I've got so much honey, that the bees ever made
I've got so much honey that the bees envy me.
I've got, oh, the richest baby
I've got all the riches, baby
Maggie, Maggie, Maggie
My girl, my girl, my girl
Roger, roger, roger talkin' 'bout roger roger
My girl, my girl, my girl talkin' bout' my girl my girl
Talkin' like that girl
Talkin' about my girl
The bees bend their knees.
The bees envy me.
Walkin' down my girl
or
Walkin' around with my girl
Talkin' about my girl
What can make me feel this weight?
What can make me feel this way?
When it's cold outside, I got the monk from Maine
When it's cold outside, I got the month of May
When it's cold outside, I've got the muffins made.
When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May.
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
And when he died
All he left us was a loaf
And when he died
All he left us was alone
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
And when he died
All he left us was a loan
And when he died
All he left us was alone
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
And when he died
All he left us was his bones.
And when he died
All he left us was alone.
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
And when he died
All that he left us was a note
And when he died
All that he left us was alone
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Dealin' in death and stealin' in the name of the Lord
or
Dealin' in dirt and stealin' in the name of the Lord
Dealin' in debt and stealin' in the name of the Lord
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
It was the 1st of September
It was the 3rd of September
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Papa was a rollin' stone, on Sunday
Papa was a rollin' stone, my son, yeah
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
People say that daddy caught the Yakima train
People say that daddy was a jack of all trades
"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Wherever he lived, that was his home.
Wherever he left his hat was his home.
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (MP3)
He really made things happen at home.
Wherever he left his hat was his home.
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (MP3)
It was the third exception but....
It was the third of September
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Mama looked at me with a tin eye
Mama looked up with a tear in her eye
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Papa had three-eyed children
And another wife, and that ain't right
Papa had three outside children
And another wife, and that ain't right
My misheard lyrics are still funny to sing along with this song with.
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (MP3)
Wherever he left his hat was his home.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (MP3)
all he left was a loan
All he left us was alone
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Had a very shiny rose
Had a very shiny nose
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Hey Hoodlum!
Hey Rudolph!
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Hey Murdoch
Hey Rudolph
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Hey Rupert!
Hey Rudolph!
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
You would even say it grows
You would even say it glows
"The Way You Do The Things You Do" (MP3)
As fruity as you are
As pretty as you are
"The Way You Do The Things You Do" (MP3)
The way you smell so sweet
You know you could've been some bird doo.
The way you smell so sweet
You know you could've been some perfume.
"The Way You Do The Things You Do" (MP3)
The way you stole my heart,
you know you could have been Cool-Whip
The way you stole my heart,
you know you could have been a cool crook
"The Way You Do The Things You Do" (MP3)
The way you stole my heart, you know you could've been a cupid,
and baby you're so smart, you know you could've been a stupid
The way you stole my heart, you know you could have been a cool crook,
and baby you're so smart, you know you could've been a school book
"The Way You Do The Things You Do" (MP3)
You gotta smile so bright
You know you could've been Glen Campbell.
You got a smile so bright
You know you could've been a candle.
"The Way You Do The Things You Do" (MP3)
You gotta smile so bright
You know you could've been a Ken doll.
You got a smile so bright
You know you could've been a candle.
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (MP3)
Baby, you don't stop
Baby, you're so smart
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (MP3)
Baby, you're so sloppy
Baby, you're so smart
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (MP3)
You got a smile, so bite
You got a smile so bright
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (MP3)
You got a style so bright
You got a smile so bright
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (MP3)
You gotta fly so high
You got a smile so bright
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (MP3)
You gotta try so hard
You got a smile so bright
"Too Busy Thinkin' About My Baby"
And I've just developed and I've got a one
One-track mind
And I'm just a fella, with a one
A one-track mind.
"Treat Her Like A Lady" (MP3)
I like bopping and nose-picking
I like opening doors, picking, [her hankie off the floor]
"Treat Her Like A Lady" (MP3)
She's got cigarettes and and she smokes
Just help her with a Coke
Light her cigarette if she smokes
Even help her with her coat
"Treat Her Like a Lady" (MP3)
Light her cigarette if she smokes
Even help her with her cough
Light her cigarette if she smokes
Even help her with her coat
"You've Really Got A Hold On Me" (MP3)
You really gotta hole honey.
You really gotta hold on me.