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Offline Roscoroo

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« on: April 16, 2005, 04:40:37 AM »
What do you want from life
To kidnap an heiress and threaten her with a knife
What do you want from life
To get cable TV and watch it every night
There you sit a lump in your chair
Where do you sleep
and what do you wear
when you're sleeping
What do you want from life
an Indian guru to show you the inner light
What do you want from life
a meaningless love affair
with a girl that you met tonight
How can you tell when you're doin' alright
Does your bank account swell
While you're dreaming at night
How do you know when you're really in love
Do violins play when you're touching the one
That you're loving

What do you want from life
Someone to love and somebody you can trust
What do you want from life
to try and be happy
While you do the nasty things you must


What do you want from life
What do you want from life
What do you want from life
What do you want from life

Well you can't have that,
but if you're an American citizen
you are entitled to:
a heated kidney shaped pool,
a microwave oven (don't watch the food cook,)
a dynagym, I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home,
a king size titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum,
a foolproof plan
and an airtight alibi,
real simulated indian jewelry,
a Gucci shoetree,
a years supply of antibiotics,
a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth,
and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number,
a beautifully restored Third Reich swizzle stick,
Rosemary's baby!
a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams,
a new Matador,
a new mastadon,
a Maverick,
a Mustang,
a Montego,
a Merc Montclaire,
a Mark 4,
A meteor,
A Mercedes,
An MG,
or a Malibu,
a Mork Moriarty,
a Masarati,
a Mack truck,
a Mazda,
a new Monza,
or a Moped,
a Winnebago,
hell, a herd of Winnebagos,
we're givin' 'em away,
or how about a MacCullough chain saw,
a Las Vegas wedding,
a Mexican divorce,
a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee cup,
or a baby's arm holding an apple.
or a poke in the eye with a blunt stick !



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Roscoroo ,
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« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2005, 04:57:12 AM »
The internet makes everything too easy.



http://www.the-tubes.com/lyrics/life.htm

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« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2005, 04:59:12 AM »
Try this one...........


I could be as happy as a sardine
in a can
long as I got
my woman
I could run stark naked
and live in and old oak tree
just as long
as she's with me
my woman.

The cannibals can catch me
and fry me in a pan
long as I got
my woman
I could get the electric chair
for a phony rap
long as she's
sittin' in my lap
my woman.


I'd run a mile
just to see her smile
and put her lovin arms
around my neck
aw heck
my spine starts a tingling
and bells start a ringling
when she's with me
can't you see.


They could torture me and stretch me
like a rubber band
long as I got
my woman
I could jump off a cliff
and never have no fear
just as long
as she is near
my woman.

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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2005, 05:02:42 AM »
Dunno why, 'cuz I usually don't, but I read the lyrics.

The difference between a good writer and a bad one is that a good writer doesn't need an entire song to say that...

He'll do it in about 2 lines and move on.

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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2005, 05:13:43 AM »
Sometimes the fun is in the tellin'.





Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling!
When my soul
Went thru the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride
When I got there they did say
John, it happened this way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
And all the angels say
Just before you passed away
These were the very last words
That you said:

Chorus:
Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have "em" cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size


Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get "em" out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

Repeat Chorus

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my bellybutton goodbye

Repeat Chorus

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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2005, 05:30:05 AM »
Please dont bury me . is the second one .

Im drawing a blank on the 1st one though ..  (pesky cheaters)
Roscoroo ,
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2005, 05:34:55 AM »
Title to the first one is buried in the middle somewhere.


I saw John Prine in concert for the second time about two weeks ago. He rates up there with Woody Guthrie and Dylan with his songwriting abilities.

A great American poet that most people don't know about.

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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2005, 05:37:28 AM »
There was a time
when lonely men would wander
thru this land
rolling aimlessly along
so many times
I've heard of their sad story
written in the words
of dead men's songs.

Down through the years
many men have yearned
for freedom
some found it
only on the open road
so many tears of blood
have fell around us
cause you can't always do what you are told.


Please tell me where
have all the hobos gone to
I see no fire burning down
by the rusty railroad track
could it be that time
has gone and left them
tied up in life's eternal traveling sack.


Last Sunday night
I wrote a letter
to my loved one
I signed my name
and knew I'd stayed away
too long
there was a time
when my heart was free to wander
and I remember as I sing
this hobo song

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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2005, 05:41:04 AM »
Is this a Tubes tribute thread of all things?

I have but one single memory of the Tubes. They opened for Bowie at some show....

There were two chicks on stage dressed as I don't know what.

The Tubes started playing a song... "Hey Sports Fans"... or something.

There was a box on stage. The girls tipped it over. Onto the stage poured basketballs, footballs, soccer balls.

For the duration of the song, these girls did their damned best to hurl these balls out into the audience. Throwing, kicking, and basically flailing about. I would hazard a guess that maybe 20% of the balls cleared the stage.

Then the Tubes left.

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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2005, 05:43:16 AM »
Only two posts about the Tubes. I think I have attempted a one man hijack.


Here's another verse:

"Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky
Bit the big apple and got a little sticky
Esmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame
They humped each other like they had no shame
They paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo
She whispered in his ear Exactly Odo Quasi Modo"

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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2005, 05:53:08 AM »
1st time i saw them was "compleation backwards princiable" tour ...  talk about a stage show .. they did the full  dress act  and it was great .
Roscoroo ,
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