The Neverending Connect the Lyrics Game

I'm sitting in a vacant lot with a bird sitting on my head
The things we want we haven't got
like a house and wife and bed

All my friends are married
every Tom and Dick and Harry
you must be strong
if you to go it alone
Here's to the bachelors
and the bowery bums
and those who feel that they're the ones
that are better off without a wife

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I like to sleep until the crack of noon
Midnight howlin' at the moon
goin' out when I wanto
and I'm comin' home when I please
I don't have to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishin'
never have to ask for the keys

I never been no Valentino
but I had a girl who lived in Reno
She left me for a trumpet player
But it did'nt get me down
He was wanted for assault
though he said it weren't his fault
You know the coppers rode him right out of town

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They say I'm kinda selfish about my privacy
now as long as I can be with me
we get along so well I can't even believe it
I love to chew the fat with folks
I've been listening to all your dirty jokes
I'm so thankful for these friends
I do rarely see

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Hey I've got this girl I know, man
She's been married several times
and I don't wanna end up like her
I mean, she's been married so many times
she's got ricemarks all over her face
yeah, you know the kind...

Jonny
Johnny
Johnny you're too young
But I'm gonna get married
You're so young
My name she'll carry
No no Johnny you're so smart
But I'm not smart enough to hide an aching heart
You're so young
I'm gonna get married

Spring is here
The sky is blue
(Sky is blue) Birds all sing
Oh the birds all sing
Like they do
Today's the day
We'll say "I do"
And we'll never be lonely anymore

Because we're
Going to the chapel
And we're gonna get married
Going to the chapel
And we're gonna get married

Meet me at the altar in your white dress
We ain't getting no younger, we might as well do it
Been feeling you all the while girl I must confess
Girl let's just get married
I just wanna get married

Said I done it all
But frankly girl, I'm tired of this emptiness
I wanna come home to you and only you
Cause making love to just anyone ain't happening
I just gotta be with you

Do you think about
Us finishing something we started so long ago
I wanna give you my all
Do you think about maybe us having some babies
Come on won't you be my lady forever, yeah

I'm ready to commit to you
And I just can't wait for that night
Cause I need you here with me
And let's start a family

Picture you upon my knee,
Just tea for two and two for tea,
Just me for you and you for me alone.

Nobody near us to see us or hear us,
No friends or relations on weekend vacations.
We won't have it known, dear,
That we own a telephone, dear;

Day will break and you'll awake
And start to bake a sugar cake,
For me to take for all the boys to see.

We will raise a family,
A boy for you, a girl for me.
Oh, can't you see how happy we would be?

We are family, I got all my sisters with me
We are family, getup, ev'rybody, and sing

Everyone can see we're together as we walk on by
And we flock just like birds of a feather
I won't tell no lie
All of the people around us, they say
Can they be that close?
Just let me state for the record
We're giving love as a family does

Living life is fun
And we've just begun to get our share
Of this world's delights
High hopes we have for the future
And our goal's in sight
No, we don't get depressed
Here's what we call our golden rule
Have faith in you and the things you do
You don't go wrong, this is our family jewel

Just walk on by
Wait on the corner
I love you but we're strangers when we meet

When you see me walkin' down the street and I start to cry each time we meet,
Walk on by, walk on by
Make believe you don't see the tears just let me breath and cry
`Cause each time I see you I break down and cry
Walk on by
I just can't get over losing you
So if I seem broken and blue,
Walk on by, Walk on by
Foolish pride that's all that I have left
So let me hide the tear and sadness that you gave me when you said good-bye
(bye) Walk on by, (Bye)

American Without Tears
Elvis Costello

Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening
But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind
On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat and went down to find

In Revlon and Crimpelene they captured my heart
To the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess
She was singing that "It's Too Late", I agreed with that part
For two English girls who had changed their address

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Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
Just American without tears

One had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend
They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios
While the boys were licking Hitler they had something to defend
From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren
And returned into the dancehall she knew he was the one
Though he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John"

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At a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes
Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio, G.I. brides"
Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies
New words for suspenders and young girls backsides

Now I'm in America and running from you
Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York
And I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you
When I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk

Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English just American without tears
Just American without tears

I like the way you walk
I like the way you talk
Susy Q

You're so fine
So Fine
I'll walk
And I'll talk
About you
You're so so fine
Love you

My Gal is red-hot !
Your gal ain't doodley-squat

Kiss me baby, woo feels good
Hold me baby, wellllll
I want to love you like a lover should Your fine, so kind
I want to tell the world that your mine mine mine mine

Ah, Jerry Lee . . . nasty ol' Rock and Roller . . . heeheeheeheehee . . .

Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new

Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wond'ring what in the world did I do?
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying

And I'm crazy for loving you
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you.

Let me go crazy on ya
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you, ohhh

Wild man's world is cryin' in pain
What you gonna do when everybody's insane
So afraid of one who's so afraid of you
What you gonna do...ohhh...

(Ah-ah-ah-ah)

Ooooo...Crazy on ya
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you

Close your eyes
Close the door
You don't have to worry anymore
I'll be your baby tonight
Shut the light
Shut the shade
You don't have to be afraid
I'll be your baby tonight
Well that mockingbird
Is gonna sail away
We're gonna forget it
That big fat moon
Is gonna shine like a spoon
But we're gonna let
You won't regret it
Kick your shoes off
Do not fear
Bring that bottle over here

It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear.
She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.
And then she asks me, Do I look all right?
And I say, Yes, you look wonderful tonight.

We go a party and everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady that's walking around with me.
And then she asks me, Do you feel all right?
And I say, Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.


I feel wonderful because I see
The love light in your eyes.
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don't realize how much I love you.


It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head,
So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.
And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,
I say, My darling, you were wonderful tonight.
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.

The world has seven wonders it's true
But it wouldn't have much meaning without you
I say to myself
It's wonderful wonder ful
Oh so wonderful my love

See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember darlin' all the while
You belong to me

See the market place in Old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me

I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too, and blue

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me