(Barber). . No explanation is needed. I'd rather hear nothing than something that hurts. My words of love go unheeded. But I had it coming 'cause I hurt you first.
Strings, there's always strings, attached to the things, we think are free to take. Lines, thin shiny lines, so very fine, but so very hard to break. Threads, just hanging threads, weaving a web that we can hardly see.
Storms never last, do they, baby. Bad times all pass with the wind. Your hand in mine stills the thunder. And you make the sun wanna shine. . You followed me down so many roads, babe.
(S. Silverstein). . I stopped 'cause there was nothing else to do. And I thought I'd stick around for just a while. But I warned you like the west wind, I was only blowin' through.
(Silverstein/Taylor). . Stagolee he's a big bad man and he's gonna do you wrong. Now they say he shot his own sweet wife 'cause she cooked his eggs too long.
Sleeping late, sleeping late. . Whenever I sleep late you know I can dream. Some of the strangest things that you've ever seen. I could never tell you the things that I do in my head.
(Shel Silverstein). . Josie it's been a long hard day. Down the road to where it's at I must have lost my way. When I got there they said I was too late.
You're looking kinda lonely girl. Would you like someone new to talk to. Ah yeah, alright. I'm feeling kinda lonely too. If you don't mind can I sit down here beside you.
I was sitting all alone. Watching people getting off with each other. They were dancing 'cross the floor. Turning movement back and forth, they were lovers.
Do you sing in the shower? Do you sing in the rain?. Mama locks me in the closet and I sing all day. . Sexy energy makes me charming when I sing. Sexy energy makes me charming when I sing.
(G. Bowen). . Women turn me on. Music turns me on. Tacos turn me on. Almost everything turns me on. . I'm talkin' 'bout my sex drive. I've got a very healthy sex drive.
(D. Malloy/E. Stevens). . Floating slowly out to sea, cast adrift and all alone. Haven't seen a lighthouse near to give me one ray of hope. And every ship that passes by never sees.
(Shel Silverstein). . Now Roland the roadie was only a toadie who set up the lights and the mikes for the shows. And Gertrude the groupie was a rock and roll fan, who stood by the stage door in the rains and the snows.
(S. Silverstein). . Rings of grass, crowns of flowers. Gone, gone, gone, gone. Furs that are woven of whispering hours. Gone, gone, gone, gone. . She's gone away where the rings are real.
I want to play my music. As loud as i please. I want to grow my hair. Down to my knees. I won't get a job. And be punching your clock. Won't be another number.
Ring, ring, telephone ring, somebody's here, "Hey baby what'cha doing?". I've been wondering where you been, now and then I think about you and me. No need fightin' about things we can't recall, it don't matter now at all.
Teacher moves me from seat to seat, huh. All I do is talk. "Teacher, may I use the bathroom please?. Yes, it's an emergency". . Teacher makes me take my test first.
Red-Winged Blackbird - Ray Sawyer. (Joel Jaffe). . The indians say that the blackbird. Was flying too close to the sun. And the bright burning flames changed his wings and his name.
You're a worker bee. Can't you see?. A cog in the wheel. Of their factory. You'll do what you're told. Until you grow old. Or you get laid off. Because the company's sold.
(Shel Silverstein). . She's the queen of the Silver Dollar, and she rules this smokey kingdom. And her sceptre is a wine glass and a bar-stool is her throne.