01. DATES
Mrs. Josianna Smith, now now
Can I have a kiss, now now
Love you anyway, now now
Can I spend today, now now, with you?
I took her to the liquor store
She smiled, she was asking for
the best I could get
So I gave her some promises
Josianna come, now now
Serve you little rum, now now
Mrs. Deboreah Jones, now now
Call you on the phone, now now
Love you anyway, now now
Physically play, now now, with you
I took her to the movie show
She smiled and she made me
lift her skirt to her head
So I made her some promises
Deborah please, now now
Lemme see you tease, now now
Who is left to ask, now now
Lemme make a pass, now now
Love me anyway, now now
Don't know what to say, now now, to you
Bom dooby dooby wah
I need just a little bit more
close the door
I can't make no more promises
Say me no promises
say me no promises
©1973 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
02. I WANNA HIT YOU
I wanna love you
Why won't you ever let me love you?
You are wise and you're beautiful to me
I love you
I wanna hold you
I wanna look into your eyes and see them
You are sweet and you're sexual to me
I love you, love you
Pain and misery
When you won't come through the door
What is it for?
I wanna hit you
Pain and misery
You respect my love that way
What can I say?
I wanna hit you
©1977 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
03. EVERYTHING
Everything is good
Stay away if you are in a bad mood
Everything is good
Stay away, you're bringing me down
Monday is here
Spring is in the air
Afternoon is clear
Fluffing up my hair
Everything is good
Stay away if you are in a bad mood
Everything is great
Stay away, you're bringing me down
Tuesday it rains
Stay inside and paint
Hear commuter trains
So glad that I ain't
Everything is bad
Stay away if you are in a bad mood
Everything is lousy
Stay away, you're bringing me down
This Wednesday
Wednesday you call
Tell me you're alone
In the shower stall
Whatever happened to picture phones?
I wanna see you
I wanna see what you look like
I wanna watch you
I wanna see what you're wearing
Thursday is hot
Wish that I could swim
Hurts me a lot
Seeing you with him
Everything is ehh?
Stay away if you are in a bad mood
Everything's too much
Stay away, you're bringing me down
Friday is cool
Got my spirits high
I know that you'll
Accept our last goodbye
Saturday I'm spaced out
Did not sleep enough
What a week I faced
Had no time for love
Everything is fair
Stay away if you are in a bad mood
Everything is smooth
Stay away, you're bringing me down
Sunday I rest
©1984 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
04. PUTTIN' UP THE GROCERIES
Do you wanna see anymore TV?
Would you rather be helping mom and me?
Puttin' up the groceries now
We just got back from Foodtown
There are still three sacks in the Cadillac
Puttin' up the groceries
(if you want dinner,
you better give us a hand)
Eight brown bags in all
Stacked against the wall
Roast beef and Pine Sol
Come and help us, y'all
Puttin' up the groceries now
Just got back from Morristown
There is milk and bread and a lettuce head
Puttin' up the groceries now
Careful with the eggs
Where's the chicken legs?
Spot the dog will beg
When he sees the vegetables
Puttin' up the groceries now
I'm about to starve and how
There is nothing left to put on the shelf
Cookin' up the groceries now.
©1978 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
05. DON'T LET ME GO TO THE DOGS
I was under duress
When I said I was mad
(I was sad)
I'm sorry I broke your heart
When I said you were had
(You were bad)
Oh no
Don't let me go to the dogs
When I desire to spend my whole life with you
Oh no
Don't go away with your dogs
People are not exactly
What they do believe
They perceive
When will I teach myself
When to stay when to leave
(Ask the beave)
Oh no
Don't let me go to the dogs
When I desire to spend my whole life with you
Oh no
Don't go away with your dogs
Funny you mention life
After death, 'cause I know
Where to go
We could go down to the
Pound where the puppies can grow
Very slow
Oh no
Don't let me go to the dogs
When I desire to spend my whole life with you
Oh no
Don't go away with your dogs
©1977 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
06. I GO INTO YOUR MIND
I go into your mind
I open up the door
I come inside your hair
I sit down on the floor
And I just look up around the room
Looks like you're without whom
Your brain wants
Your brain gets
And I travel through your head
I move from ear to ear
I go into your mind
I swim upon your tears
And I'm just floating out of the room
Looks like you're without whom
Your brain wants me
©1978 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
07. THIS WEDNESDAY
What am I gonna do this Wednesday
When my girl comes over?
Will I be disappointed this Thursday?
Will I have to call Orville Stoeber?
Will I be in tune this Wednesday
You've gone back to Sweden
Can I get back in touch with you Saturday
This is Robert Steven
More and more each day I wonder
How to get you to love
Me and you, we should not fall in love
I love you anyway
More and more I dread this Wednesday
Without amy.
©1978 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
08. PLAY MYSELF SOME MUSIC
It's so quiet in here
Hear the pin drop
Oh what can I do?
There's nothin' to do
Just plop down in a chair
Listen to some tunes
Play myself some music
Listen to side 2 first
Play myself some music
Pretend I did not lose you
I been so sad all day
Watching the clock
Oh what could I do?
My life is a bore
Just lay down in the floor
Listen to some songs
Play myself some music
Listen to side 3 first
Play myself some music
Pretend I did not lose you
A ballad makes me think of you
A rocker makes me think of us
But silence makes me cry
I got all these records
But it's such a chore
To choose one
But I must play the game
Get settled in the phones
Listen to LPs
Play myself some music
Listen to side 4 first
Play myself some music
Pretend I did not lose you
Play myself some music
Listen to side 1 first
Drink myself some whiskey
Pretend I did not lose you.
©1986 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
09. SCHOOLGIRL
Schoolgirl, study for your test
Would you rather pass
Than make a pass at me?
You, whoa whoa, schoolgirl
I am working overtime
Just to try to make you mine
Little student, listen to me
Every available time
Schoolgirl, I love you, schoolgirl
Schoolgirl touching every book
Do you dream in class
That you could last with me?
You, whoa whoa, little schoolgirl
Chemistry just ain't your style
Pay attention to my smile
Pretty pupil, listen to me
Every available night
Schoolgirl, I love you, schoolgirl
Schoolgirl talking to me less
Would you rather fail
Than give some tail to me?
You, whoa whoa
Little schoolgirl
You're gonna make me try to kill myself.
©1978 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
10. COLLIDING CIRCLES
Colliding circles
Colliding circles contrasting
Colliding circles
Round meets round
Oh oh
Colliding circles
No hiding the girls are nasty
Colliding circles
Lying down on its side means infinity
Colliding circles
Our failure to communicate
Colliding circles
New Rose 31 is magic
Colliding circles
A shiny 10-speed
Colliding circles
Bartenders' handlebar moustaches
Figure 8, number 8
Lying down on its side means infinity
I'm a bowl, you're a plate
Lying down on your side right next to me
I'm a pie, you're a cake
Lying down on its side means infinity
I'm a wheel, you're the tire
Lying down on your side right next to me
Colliding circles
Colliding circles eyeglasses
Colliding circles
The US A & SR
Colliding circles
Reagan overrules, that bastard
Colliding circles
I'm afraid the bubbles will pop
Colliding circles
Providing the world disaster
Colliding circles
Our heads, our faces touch
Colliding circles
Kiss me while you're here, fantastic!
Colliding circles
Permanent and unbreakable
Colliding circles
Period.
©1985 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
11. I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH TO BOTHER YOU
Thinking bout my old girlfriend
Wishing we were in embrace
I love you too much to bother you
You could be my new girlfriend
If only I could taste your face
I love you too much to bother you
I love you too much to covet you
I love you too much to mother you
I love you too much to care about me
I know you've really had it with me
I'm just a person in your past
I love you too much to bother you
Feeling like my heart beats slow
As time goes rushing by too fast
I love you too much to bother you
I love you too much to smother you
I love you too much to care about me
Love was in a plane crash
Son of obituary
Love pushed on the train tracks
What are you wearing?
I bet you're wearing dried blood
If you don't want to hear from me
I guess I'll understand the truth
I love you too much to bother you
Thinking about our old friendship
Regretting that it had an end
I love you too much to bother you
I love you too much to covet you
I love you too much to care about me
©1986 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
12. EVERYONE BUT EVERYONE
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
My girl, your girl, his girl
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
Good girl, bad girl, nice girl
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
New girl, old girl, next girl
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
Big girl, small girl, sick girl
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
This girl, that girl, which girl?
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
She is the girl
Everyone, but everyone
Is talking about
©1986 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
13. I'VE BEGUN TO FALL IN LOVE
Carolynn will you come?
Carolynn will you come?
I've begun to fall in love
Carolynn give you fun,
Carolynn give you fun
I've begun to fall in love
Carolynn will you come?
Carolynn will you come?
My heart is swollen up with you
it's all so very new
Carolynn will you come?
Carolynn will you come?
I've begun to fall in love
Carolynn will you come?
Carolynn will you come?
My heart is overflowing now
I'm satisfied somehow
Carolynn will you come?
Carolynn will you come?
I've begun to fall in love
©1975 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
14. PART OF THE PROBLEM
Someone tell me what I'm supposed to do when the
Occasion comes around for me to prove I am good
I can't find the answer to the question even
though I'd like to demonstrate if only I could
You are just part of the problem
I must be most of the problem (I'm serious)
Funny people always come to me about their
inhibitions but there's no solution at all
I would like to help but I am usually too busy
to prevent the way my friends want to fall
You are just part of the problem
I must be most of the problem
And consequently
The combination of your rhetoric
And my ignorance
only tend to horrify the situation
to the point where
the lifeblood of our relationship evaporates
into the air on which we choke
I wanna show you that I
Can't be anymore inspiring
Just leave me alone until the
Time comes when I learn the answer
Then I'll write a novel 'bout it
You can read the novel and the
Problem will be solved and we can
Then go back to living in an ordinary way
and all the people all around us can say
They are really happy that the novel was successful
and they know just how to cope with today
Possible, impossible
It's possible, impossible
It's probable, improbable now
Possible, impossible
It's possible, impossible
It's probable, improbable now
©1978 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
15. ETHAN SEQUENCE
Ethan is preparing for his flight to France
As his mummy fills the suitcase
Anyone would testify he's taking 'Stance'
As his mummy ties his shoelace
Once upon a time he had a girlfriend
One day she admitted she would leave
One thing led to other things
Ethan began wondering
What would he tell Mommy?
Ethan used to always engineer his thoughts
As his mummy read the paper
Everyone would want to question Ethan's guts
As his mummy cooked potatoes
Once upon a time he liked report cards
One day he came home with all C's
One thing led to other things
Ethan started pondering
Calling Pan American
Ethan is aboard a first-class jumbo jet
As his mummy sits a-crying
Everyone is sitting with their headphone set
As his mummy sits a-sighing
Once upon a time he had a family
One day she said bye the final time
One thing led to other things
Ethan left her in the spring
Winter's gonna kill her.
©1978 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
16. I WANT YOU IN MY LIFE (2:25)
I love you but I'm angry
I want you in my life
I need you to be true
I want you in my life
I see you too often
Most every twilight
I had you to talk to
I want you in my life
I want you in my life
Hold the phone for a minute
you can hold me closely in it
I love you, girl
Hold my hand for a second
You can hold you breath, I reckon
I reckon, girl
Hold this guitar, be careful
Can't you see I've got my hair full
Of heartbreak, girl
I love you so badly
I burn up my light
I miss you to turn to
I want you in my life
I want you in my life.
©1976 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
17. WHY SHOULD I LOVE YOU
I am stuck here with a bottle of beer
and I love you
You have been gone with him far much too long
and I care
Why should I love you
Asthma chazza do (I wanna sing)
Why should I love you
Yeah, uh huh, alright, come on
Nobody told me that you could be cold
so I loved you
Just how you talked to me, just how we walked
as a pair
Why should I love you
Now you're never true (I wanna sing)
Why should I love you
Yeah, uh huh, alright, come on
Every night of lies, I wanna cry
Falling, my friend
She won't compromise, I wanna die
Suicide won't do, so
I'll go away so you can't hear me say
that I love you
Then you will see what it's like without me
in your hair
Why should I love you
Asthma chazza do (I wanna sing)
Why should I love you
Yeah, uh huh, alright, come on
Yeah, uh huh, alright, come on
Yeah, uh huh, alright, come on
©1975 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
18. I HOPE THAT YOU REMEMBER
I hope that you remember me again
I know that you remember when I said
Everybody's in a total runaround
And I don't know why, oh oh
Everybody's on a roller coaster
That goes up to the sky
I hope that you remember all my songs
I wish that you'd remember
Which are hit singles
Everybody says they're going crazy
But they don't seem to mind, oh oh
Everybody's in a jet airliner
That goes up to the sky
I hope that you remember
I hope that you remember
I hope that you remember
I hope that you remember
Everybody looks at me as if
I were a natural guy, oh oh
Everybody's in an elevator
That goes up to the sky
I hope that you remember us today
I hope that you will love me again
Again
And again
Everybody looks at me as if
I were a natural guy
©1979 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
19. NORWAY
I had a quick lunch, then I drove off
It was a very bizarre departure from your house
The weather was beautiful
I stopped to call you and you said yes
You were nevertheless optimistic of our love,
but
When you're not around me, I get blue
I can't begin describing it to you, no
I feel a kind of invisible pain
Without you there's no reasonable gain
Norway Norway Norway
I've begun to dwell in misery
If only it was you that I could see, though
I feel a kind of unthinkable fear
There's no desire to live without you here
Norway Norway Norway
I'm eating breakfast all by myself
It is a typically bland existence without you
Filling the coffee cup.
©1978 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
20. SORT OF WAY
Loud and vicious tried a countdown to their
goal
I was standing near and kept you
thinking
In a magic sort of way
Monophonic disamay
I believe I'll make today
In a changing sort of way
Well, in an easy sort of way
Concert here like nothing mattered so we
sleep
Who is going to ignore my thinking
In a foggy sort of way?
Girlie in a module tries to help me through
Thousand dollar headline soaked with coffee
In a magic sort of way
If you stop you never stay
Better jump into the bay
In a failing sort of way
Yes, in an easy sort of way
Closing down the shop and hiding in the
tub
With/without the tourists, I will manage
In a flavoured sort of way
I believe in what I say
Dontcha think you better pray
In amazing sorts of ways!
©1973 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
21. DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
(by bryan gore/rs moore)
What should a boy do to find a girl
To make her his own?
Look it up in the yellow pages?
Do a search on the web?
No!
What should a girl do to find a boy
To make him her own?
Investigate the local library?
Consult the card catalogue?
Dewey decimal system
Led me to you
Melville Dewey decimal
Systematically
Doncha see?
What should a man do to find a woman
To make her his own?
Frequently asked questions e-mailed?
Place an ad in the post?
No!
What should a woman do to find a man
To make him her own?
Investigate the local library?
Consult the card catalogue?
Dewey decimal system
Led me to you
Melville Dewey decimal
Systematically
Doncha see?
Let your fingers do the walking
Dewey decimal system
Led you to me
Dewey decimal system
Led you to me
Dewey decimal system
Led me to you
Melville Dewey decimal
systematically
Doncha see?
Dot com.
©1999 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
22. THE BODYCOUNT
Just when you thought it was safe
Someone declares war on your heart
1-2-3-4
Going for the bodycount
Death toll ignored
Walking down the beach
Dozens of reclining blonde babes for me
1-2-3-4
Going for the bodycount
1-2-3-4
Participation in the bodycount
The soldiers have killed me
A woman thinks it's silly,
But the soldiers have killed me
Our precious friendship is through
All is quiet on the battleground now
Lonesome highway
Living for the bodycount
Closed up Friday
Dying for the bodycount
That's all I've got to say
You don't care anyway, do you?
Battle of the bulge
The one behind your eyes
©1986 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
23. I WISH I COULD SING
I wish I could sing lullabys to you
Can you teach me how?
All I do is talk a melody
But it don't come out a rhapsody
Cover up your ears if you can
You don't know how bad I am
I wish I was Bing, young at 24
Entertaining now
When I try to sing a melody
They all throw tomatoes at me
Listen to Sinatra and see
God didn't give that to me
I escaped the draft by my ear
I told them I couldn't hear
Tony Orlando won't teach me
Nobody thinks they can reach me
I wish I could sing on the radio
I could teach me how
All I do is talk a melody
But it don't come out a recipe
I wish I could sing lullabys to you
I wish I could sing lullabys to you
I wish I could sing just as good as you
I wish I could sing harmonies for you
©1976 H.P. Music/Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
24. HOBBIES GALORE ()
Nobody's here, quiet soft air
Play solitarian life
I notice my hands giving me loud applause
If you're a goat, you don't mind
Gee, it's good to be home, hobbies galore
Don't you engage in a craft?
Don't you like it alone, locked behind
doors
Take a test, do your best
Passing the grade every time
Busy in love, cutting out stuff
Writing the melodies light
Ten pounds a day isn't the kind of bread
One would expect to be mine
But there's always home, hobbies galore
Why doesn't somebody talk?
Don't you like me a lot, locked behind
doors
Where you at? Where'm I at?
Walking the floor over you
You, you, I'm going through
I'm going to
Display my hobbies galore just for you
Nobody's here, what do I care?
Painting a musical night
You're throwing me away, apathy blinded you
Just when my hobbies are right
Gee, it's good to be home, hobbies galore
So much to do I forget
Don't you think you can help, locked behind
doors
Do your part, fill your heart
Steal something else that is new
New, new, I'm growing through
I'm going to
Display my hobbies galore just for you
©1975 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)
Thank Q's to Mitch Friedman, Esq.