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Hey Listen - Lyrics
Well, I'm out in my philosopher's chair
Doing the C/N thing
Am I truly trying to find the answers?
As I search for that thought I had
I reflect on this beautiful morning
Sunny and cool with a 5 mph breeze
Sunny and cool with a 5 mph breeze
Are these words are like honey from the flowers of the vector fields of
my life
Or they are drops of dew
Condensed from my soggy foggy mind
As I search through this book I’m writing
The words run like solder
Shiny silver pools that flow until they freeze
Shiny silver pools that flow until they freeze
The words flow from my head to my hand
From my hand to the page
From the page to my eye
From my eye to my head
Casting questions in the pages
Waiting for the sprouts to appear
And hoping that the grain
Will hold the answers
And where’s the old Mill on the road
To turn grain into flour
As the sun turns the air and sand
And water into grain
As the sun turns the air and sand
And water into grain
The words flow from my head to my hand
From my hand to the page
From the page to my eye
From my eye to my head
(repeat 1st verse)
2. Last Man to Know Everything © 1980
The last man to know everything
Was Leonardo DaVinci
We no longer have the luxury
Of living with simplicity
But I too want to know
All there is to know
All I have to do is live forever
I know my chemistry
My natural philosophy
Human physiology
And comparative anatomy
So much for me to know
But I can make it so
All I have to do is live forever
The next time the encyclopedia salesman comes to call
I can say
No thanks, not today
I know it all
(instrumental)
I can study law this winter or next fall
Or maybe that can wait until forever
I know my spectroscopy
My x-ray crystallography
Molecular biology
And gestalt psychology
I know the wingspan of a pteranadon
For every delta, there's an epsilon
Each day I move closer to forever
(repeat chorus)
All of human history
And all of neurosurgery
Invertebrate paleontology
Botany and zoology
I can play guitar
And look up to the stars
And move a little closer to forever
(repeat first verse)
Coming out the drive, foggy morning ride
Don’t I always have someplace to be?
Driving through the pines, looking for a sign
That someone might be watching over me
The fog begins to fade
Pulling down the shades
To keep the sun out of my eyes
The road I choose to take
By the geese out on the lake
So that they might show me how to fly
So that they might show me how to fly
But I can only go so far (chorus)
Riding in my car
Got to make it to the moon
Before I can make it to the stars
See the new abodes all along the roads
Headstones for Johnny Appleseed
Dark clouds down the sky
Look like mountain sides
Cause that’s what I want them to be
(chorus)
Coming to a curve, throw it into third
Don’t I always have some place to be?
Dark clouds down the sky
Have turned to mountain sides
Cause that’s what I want them to be
(repeat chorus twice)
Je suis devant la maison
J’écoute la route 47
Le café coule dans mon sang
C'est chaud comme une cigarette
Les insects font les bruits
Je pense de ma vie au présent
Fière de ma famille
C'est ca ma vie maintenant
Je pense d'un autre paye (chorus)
Ma chérie pense d'ici
Nous sommes comme le jour et la nuit
Mais on a mis ensemble nos vies
Le soleil veut se lever
Mais la lune ne veut pas ceder
Et moi je vais la respecter
Pour sa force, sagess et beauté
Je suis derière la maison
Le vent a chassé le voile
J'écoute dans le ciel une chanson
Car je peut voir chaque etoile
(repeat chorus)
I empty the dishwasher
And put out the trash
Down 45 in Woodbury
To the bank for some cash
I don’t have a Mac® card yet
That machine won’t look at me
Inside I get two lollypops
Soon I’ll be getting three
I smile at the K-Mart girl
But she won’t look me in the eye
Does she think that I will murder her
Or that I want to be her guy
But I have a wife and family
And they all call me Dad
And I can’t wait to get home to them
And when I’m late then they are sad
Vortex and nexus in the closet in a box
Don’t know what’ll happen next ‘cause
The box is never locked
I hear roosters from the back yard
How well I know that sound
And Scorpio is rising over our little town
Of 20,000 people
Don’t you wonder where they are
There should be many streets full
But they’re at home or in their cars
Well, what will tomorrow bring
Stationwagon in the drive
Pay back what we’re borrowing
Work at 8 and home at 5
Let’s say everyone’s a manager
Pinstripe suit and MBA
And we’re all pushing papers
How can it work that way?
Vortex and nexus in the closet in a box
Don’t know what’ll happen next ‘cause
The box is never locked
Movie stars on the VCR
Grapefruits pink and white
Instead of all the southern stars
And dancing in the night
But there are bars and discos
So I can do that here
But I miss the music of Ghana and Zaire
I can play it on the stereo
But sometimes I feel strange
I picture this scenario:
I’m stepping on the plane
Should we go back to Africa
For a visit or a stay
The family’s half American
L’autre part est togolais
(afropop instro)
But what about education
And the healthcare over here
But that’s what I was thinking
That’s why I want to go somewhere
But things are always changing
And we’ve got time to look around
And Scorpio is rising over every little town
Vortex and nexus in the closet in a box
Don’t know what’ll happen next ‘cause
The box is never locked
(repeat)
Congress just gave George the OK
To go to war, OK
Just one more day
George say
To give peace a chance, no chance
No one knows how long this will go on
Or how many people will die and so on
And know one is asking
Who will win this war
We already know, don't we?
And I just sit here holding my children
Feeling like I've just seen
A film by Ingmar Bergman
Reporters are asking
Why Iraq's not attacking our planes
Though they're deaf and blind
As we are showing all we are knowing about our high tech war machines
(repeat chorus)
Some people sit and watch
Like it was football
Let's see that play again in slo-mo
And we kindly and gently
Lead this new world order
By dropping more bombs
Than ever before
(repeat chorus)
No one knows how long this will go on
Or how many people will die and so on
Hey, listen:
I'll solve all your problems if you buy this
How do I know? Well, it's hard to miss
I'll tell you why
I know your name, I see you
I'm looking through your window pane
I read your mail you know your kind of game
And so do I
I'll tell you how to act and feel
I'll show you a good time
And tomorrow you will think it's real
Nothing can push me out of your mind
You just got home, you sit down to dinner And I'm on the phone
Hang up and think that you're all alone
But that's a lie
I've taken some old friends of yours
Just think of it as good fun
Stretched them out on every billboard
Just look what I have done, Ma
I'll make you try
You won't be satisfied until you buy
And then you'll turn around
And wonder why you did
I'll tell you how to act and feel
I'll show you a good time
And tomorrow you will think it's real
Nothing can push me out of your mind
Hey, listen:
I'll solve all your problems if you buy this
Thank you angiosperms for the air I breath
And for your beautiful flowers
I also get oxygen from the sea
Now I can live for a few more hours
The air pollution index is far too high
It’s such a struggle to live
I don’t like SO3
Soon we’ll have to breath through sieves
How much more can my lungs take
My cytoplasm is starting to decay
With my adenine and thymine
Beginning to bake
I’ll lose my DNA
We will soon be passing on
I’ll have to say goodbye
My vocal folds are almost gone
I wish that I could fly away
Corporate leaders, corporate cheaters
Corporate bleeders want to zap me
They play my favorite song
So I’ll think there’s nothing wrong
Hope that I will sing along
And I’ll be happy
Small disclaimer
Kills the pain
They claim it’s for what ills me
They take away my cash, add it to the stash
While they’re throwing out the trash
Then they kill me
They want to use my song
But they don’t want to give me any money
I think that’s wrong
I don’t think it’s very funny
They say it so sweet
Sitting high above the street
They want to use my song
But they don’t want to give me any money
You try to tell me, try to sell me
I know hell is hot but is it humid?
So I make my own design
I can save a dime
And when I’ve got the time
I can do it
They want to use my song
But they don’t want to give me any money
I said so long, find yourself another sonny
Go get one for free
While you’re surfing in the sea
They want to use my song
But they don’t want to give me any money
(repeat first verse)
You messed with my daddy
My blood starts to boil
I want your oil, to have all the power
We scare our people, we call you a liar
Fueled by the fire
That knocked down the towers
I use a gun, to kill the virus
You’re number one, soon I will fire
Thousands of missiles like some terminator
‘
Cause I think you’re crazy
You might hurt your neighbor
You messed with my daddy
My blood starts to boil
I need your oil, to have all the power
Throw down your guns
I use gentle persuasion
I will invade a sovereign nation
Where’d you get those guns
We sold ‘em to ya
Now here we come singin’ Glory Hallelujah
(Instrumental)
You messed with my daddy
My blood starts to boil
I’ll take your oil, to have all the power
No new resolution
Long since made my decision
I don’t need permission, at zero hour
Another crusade, send in the legions
Dominos fall, bringing peace to the region
And if they don’t fall when I’m done
I’ll push them down one by one...
(repeat)
11. Everyone Loves a Winner © 2003
Everyone loves a winner
Everyone loves a winner
Kill that man, he might have a gun
I wanna drive my car
There was a time when we went to sea
Show ‘em how to do it like a missionary
Now we do it for democracy
I wanna drive my car
Everyone loves a winner
Everyone loves a winner
Kill that man, let his people go
I wanna drive my car
We fight this war to set you free
Pay the money and turn the key
Every other car is an SUV
I wanna drive my car
(Cello instrumental)
Do you think that those people died
To save your city and your countryside?
Fan the glowing embers watch the fire rise
I wanna drive my car
Everyone loves a winner
Everyone loves a winner
Kill that man, show the enemy
I wanna drive my car
Save those fries for another day
Hail the chief, why’s he dressed that way?
The press is free to sound like VOA
I wanna drive my car
Everyone loves a winner
Everyone loves a winner
Kill that man, V for victory
I wanna drive my car
Kill that man, V for victory
I wanna drive my car
Maybe it’s where I went
Maybe it’s what I spent
Maybe it’s what I do
That makes me think of you
That makes me think that
Maybe it’s what I ate
Maybe it’s what I make
I’d say “that’s what I do”
But that’s not what I do
That’s not what I do
I took a chance
May I have this dance
Under the moon
I think I know this tune
(Instrumental)
The trusted company
Defying gravity
Where does the money go
Up to the CEO
Up to the CE
Oh, maybe he eats your lunch
Maybe you hear the crunch
Maybe he’ll hear you talk
And change the way you walk
Change the way you walk
(Instrumental)
You think that you are free
From sea to shining sea
But where can you go
And they will never know?
They will never
No, you can’t have all my time
I see your sign, I see the crime
I don’t like what you do
I didn’t vote for you
I didn’t vote for you
You pay the toll
To Old King Coal
You speak your mind
Then you do your time
He tries to win a game of tag
Stuck inside a paper bag
Not a king, a one-eyed Jack
Can’t get my money back
Can’t get my money
Back home I think of you
Maybe I know it’s true
Maybe I know it’s real
That’s the way I feel
That’s the way I feel
All the songs were written and performed by Bill Crozier. All rights reserved.