01. Wet Nap
02. Sort Of Way
03. Good Job At Home
04. 8 to 18
05. Steve
06. Hasty Banana
07. Chutes and Ladders
08. Ersatz Theme
09. I Wish I Had a Cigarette
10. Human Race
11. Kaleidoscopics II
12. Puttin' Up the Groceries
13. Linger Longer Lucy
14. Dancing in the Mirror
15. Exodus
16. Nico Knee Puccini
17. Man Without A Purpose
18. Horse in Striped Pajamas
19. Soul Zensation
20. I Want You In My Life
21. Wet Nap (coda)
WET NAPnothing to say
nothing to do
how can we ever be happy?
something to hear
something to see
how can we ever be happy?
no one to love
no one is left
now can i go back to sleeping?
remember when
remember then
how could we ever forget that?
get that
wet nap
how can we ever be happy?
happy?
happy?
farewell my dear©1994 r.stevie moore
SORT OF WAYloud and vicious tried a countdown to their goal
i was standing near and kept you thinkingin 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 wayconcert 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 wth coffeein 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 wayclosing down the shop and hiding in the tub
with/without the tourists i will managein a flavoured sort of way
i believe in what i say
dontcha think you better pray
in amazing sorts of ways©1973 r.stevie moore
GOOD JOB AT HOMEr.stevie moore's got a job at the record store
r.stevie moore's got a job when he gets home
from the record store when he gets home
from the record store and he gets homebut r.stevie moore has a job at the record store
r.stevie moore has a day job at the record store
but when he gets home he has another job
that's why he gets off so earlygood job at home
self-employed at home
good job at home
making his music for everyoner.stevie moore has a job at the record store
r.stevie moore is so sick of telling everybody
that he doesn't know anything about music
that he doesn't know any
that he doesn't know anything about music
the history of music
because he's
r.stevie moore has a job at the record store
r.stevie moore has a job when he gets homegot a good job
he's got a real good job
when he gets home from the record store
when he gets home from the record storewhat year is this?
©1995 r.stevie moore
8 TO 18the future is worse than the past
the future is worse than the past
the future is worse than the past
unanimouslyi was lucky, i was born lucky
i was a lucky charm
i was born in '52
i was lucky, i was born lucky
i was a lucky charm
i was born in '52i was between 8 and 18
8 and 18
you know what i mean
it was coincidence
8 to 18
8 to 18
it was coincidence
must have been incidents
i was a pregnancy
decided in '50
coincidence
must have been incidents
i was a pregnancy
decided in '50between 8 to 18
you know what i meanyou missed the sixties
you have no excuse
you missed the sixties
you have no excuse
you missed the sixties
you have no excuse
you missed the sixtieshey kids, hey daddy
hey kids, hey daddy
you know what i mean, hey daddy
hey kids, hey daddyme and billy know
me and billy knowthe future is worse than the past
i was between 8 to 18
8 to 18
do you know what i mean?
8 to 18
i was between 8 to 18the future is worse than the past
the future is worse than the past
the future is worse than the past
unanimouslyi was lucky, i was born lucky
i was a lucky charm
born in '528 to 18
8 to 18
you know what i meanyou missed the sixties
you have no excuse©1994 r.stevie moore
STEVEall the people in town
are going to leave
they're departing because
they're tired of steve
stevetaking the interstate road
trying to relocate load
if they could only believe in stevesteve is standing downtown
and feeling alone
he decided to stay
and answer the phoneno transportation today
eternal vacation pay
if they could only believe in stevemy acoustic guitar is strung out
everybody i know is starting to shoutsun is setting and
steve is stuck in the dark
he should begin again
right from the starttragic the setting must be
perishable, do not freeze
if they could only believe in steve©1977 r.stevie moore
HASTY BANANAand yet the draught still continues
will we ever have rain again
i hope so
axiom fits cul de sac
partly on horizon
fitting in fitting in
i don't fit in
dooby dooby dooby dooby doobay
we're now invited to dance here
with the mermaids
in all of their virtuosity
through hackeysack games
hard with aching
blessed aged cheese
it courses with life
we are here
down cartoon driveway
fitting in fitting in
hasta la juego
hasta la vista
hasty banana
we are here
we are hear©1995 r.stevie moore/lyrics by krys o.
CHUTES AND LADDERS(inst.)
©1997 r.stevie moore
ERSATZ THEME(inst.)
©1994 r.stevie moore
I WISH I HAD A CIGARETTEi wish i had a cigarette
i sure could use a smoke
but i'm stuck alone, the car is dead
and i'm already brokei wish i had a carton
or even just a pack
or even just a single one
so i could hit the sackcause tomorrow i'm gonna quit
just get rid of it
i don't need something that does thisi wish i had a cigarette
i'd tear the filter off
light a match, enjoy myself
prelude to a coughi wish i had a cigarette
of fresh tobacco leaves
but instead i guess i'll go to bed
to have a chance to breathecause tomorrow i'm gonna quit
just get rid of it
i don't need something that does this©1977 r.stevie moore
HUMAN RACEcome on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go
you'd better come along with me
and i'll show you where to go, now
cause there ain't no tellin'
how big it's gonna grow, now
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go
lotsa people, lotta problems
really fillin' up the place, now
and you'd better move along or
you'll lose the human race, now
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go
well, pick 'em up and put 'em down
or get it out of the way, now
because they wanna see you do it
they don't care what you say, now
you're either pumpin' and producin'
or you're taking up the space, now
and you'd better get it on or
you'll lose the human race, now
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go
people zoomin' 'round like
they're in outer space, now
it's inhuman, everybody's trippin'
fallin' down all over the place, now
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go go
come on! gotta go faster
come on! gotta go go
who's winnin'? who's winnin'?
everybody's flying
trying to keep up the pace
who's winnin'? who's winnin'?
how can anybody win the human race?
how can anybody win the human race??
yeah
go go go!©2000 r.stevie moore/lyrics by roger ferguson
KALEIDOSCOPICS II(inst.)
©1986 r.stevie moore
PUTTIN' UP THE GROCERIESdo 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'allputtin' up the groceries now
just got back from morristown
there is milk and bread and a lettuce head
puttin' up the groceries nowcareful with the eggs
where's the chicken legs?
spot the dog will beg
when he sees the vegetablesputtin' 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 r.stevie moore
LINGER LONGER LUCYwait, don't go
there's something else i need for you to hear
stay, oh no
i need a moment more with you my dear
linger longer lucy
please linger longer love
linger longer lucy
there's something else i need to show you
and i've not had time enough
stop, don't leave
there's something else i need for you to see
wait, don't go
a bit more time, please do one thing for me
linger longer lucy
please linger longer love
linger longer lucy
there's something else i need to show you
and i've not had time enough
i can't believe you're walking out that door
please stay and let me try to make it magic
just once more
wait, don't go
there's something that i need for you to feel
stay, oh no
why can't you understand this is real?
linger longer lucy
please linger longer love
linger longer lucy
there's something else i need to show my love
and i've not had time enough©2000 r.stevie moore/lyrics by roger ferguson
DANCING IN THE MIRRORface to face human race
we got blindfolds on our eyes
scared to see scared to move
to the rhythm that beats inside
look into a silver glass and
let your heart unwind
there's someone in that silver glass
saying, let down your disguise
step outside this masquerade
see what's real, don't be afraid
to move yourself and take control
of your reflection letting go
we're going dancing
dancing in the mirror
we should be dancing
dancing in the mirror
one on one communication
turn up the radio
you've got twice the energy
with your image in stereo©1984 llynda more/mark gendel
EXODUS(inst.)
©1985 r.stevie moore/chris bolger
NICO KNEE PUCCINI(inst.)
©1994 r.stevie moore
MAN WITHOUT A PURPOSEi know a man without a purpose
he isolates himself and seeks his own desire
he argues with all wisdom
as he sits alone while staring at the fire
man without a purpose
without meaning without plani met a man without a meaning
when he speaks his mind he hasn't much to say
he laughs at understanding
the price of which he's not prepared to pay
man without a meaning
without purpose without plani know a man without a reason
he cannot believe there's mercy, truth or grace
so there's nothing really missing
as he sits alone and tears roll down his face
man without a reason
man i wouldn't wanna be that manwell thanks a lot
©2000 r.stevie moore/lyrics by roger ferguson
HORSE IN STRIPED PAJAMASlook there daddy, do you see?
there's a horse in striped pajamas
no, thats not what it is at all
that's an animal people call a zebra
i see, but it still looks like a
horse in striped pajamas to me
look there papa, do you see?
there's a bird in his tuxedo
no, that's not what it is at all
that's an animal people call a penguin
i see, but it still looks like a
bird in his tuxedo to mei see a fish with whiskers on
no that's a seal, for real
i see a teddy with two black eyes
that's what they call the little pandahey hey daddy, do you see?
there's a bird with his umbrella
no, that's not what it is at all
that's an animal people call a peacock
i see, but it still looks like a
bird with his umbrella to me©1948 zell/kreeb
SOUL ZENSATION(inst.)
©1996 r.stevie moore
WET NAP (coda)
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