I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
There’s a club if you’d like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die
When you say it’s gonna happen “now”
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I’ve already waited too long
and all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
Does she walk? Does she talk?
Does she come complete?
My homeroom, homeroom angel
Always pulled me from my seat
She was pure like snowflakes
No one could ever stain
The memory of my angel
Could never cause me pain
Years go by I’m lookin’ through a girly magazine
And there’s my homeroom angel on the pages in-between
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Slipped me notes under the desk
While I was thinkin’ about her dress
I was shy I turned away
Before she caught my eye
I was shakin’ in my shoes
Whenever she flashed those baby-blues
Something had a hold on me
When angel passed close by
Those soft and fuzzy sweaters
Too magical to touch
To see her in that negligee
Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
Yeah, my memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
(Oh yeah)
Angel is the centerfold
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
It’s okay I understand
This ain’t no never-neverland
I hope that when this issue’s gone
I’ll see you when your clothes are on
Take your car, yes we will
We’ll take your car and drive it
We’ll take it to a motel room
And take ’em off in private
A part of me has just been ripped
The pages from my mind are stripped
Oh no, I can’t deny it
Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My Angel in the centerfold
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
(Alright, alright)
(One, two, three, four)
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
My blood runs cold (oh yeah)
My memory has just been sold
Angel is the centerfold
Angel is the centerfold
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
See them walking hand in hand
Across the bridge at midnight
Heads turning as the lights flashing out
Are so bright
And walk right out to the four line track
There’s a camera rolling on her back
On her back
And I sense a rhythm humming in a frenzy
All the way down her spine
Girls on film
Girls on film
Girls on film
Girls on film
Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she’s falling
And miles of sharp blue water coming in
Where she lies
The diving man’s coming up for air
‘Cause the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair
By the hair
And she wonders how she ever got here
As she goes under again
Girls on film (two minutes later)
Girls on film
Girls on film (got your picture)
Girls on film
Wider, baby, smile and you’ve just made a million
Fuses pumping live heat twisting out on a wire
Take one last glimpse into the night
I’m touching close
I’m holding bright
Holding tight
Give me shudders in a whisper
Take me up ’til I’m shooting a star
Girls on film (she’s more than a lady)
Girls on film
Girls on film (two minutes later)
Girls on film
Girls on film (see you together)
Girls on film
Girls on film (see you later)
Girls on film
Pop
Six
Squish
Uh uh
Cicero
Lipschitz
And now, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail
In their rendition of the Cell Block Tango
Cicero
Lipschitz
Pop
Six
Squish
Uh uh
Cicero
Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
He had it comin’
He had it comin’
He only had himself to blame
If you’d have been there
If you’d have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
You know how people have these little habits that get you down
Like Bernie
Bernie, he liked to chew gum
No, not chew, pop
So I came home this one day
And I’m really irritated
And I’m looking for a little bit o’ sympathy
And there’s Bernie lyin’ on the couch, drinkin’ a beer and chewin’
No, not chewin’
Poppin’
So, I said to him, I said “You pop that gum one more time”
And he did
So I took the shotgun off the wall
And I fired two warning shots
Into his head
He had it comin’
He had it comin’
He only had himself to blame
If you’d have been there
If you’d have heard it
I betcha you would have done the same
I met Ezekiel Young from Salt Lake City about two years ago
And he told me he was single
And we hit it off right away
So, we started living together
He’d go to work, he’d come home
I’d fix him a drink, we’d have dinner
And then I found out
“Single” he told me
Single, my ass
Not only was he married
Oh no, he had six wives
One of those Mormons, you know
So that night when he came home from work
I fixed him his drink as usual
You know, some guys just can’t hold their arsenic
He had it comin’
He had it comin’
He took a flower
In its prime
And then he used it
And he abused it
It was a murder
But not a crime
(Uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)
Now, I’m standing in the kitchen
Carvin’ up a chicken for dinner
Minding my own business
In storms my husband Wilbur in a jealous rage
“You been screwin’ the milkman, ” he says
He was crazy
And he kept on screamin’
“You been screwin’ the milkman”
And then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten times
If you’d have been there
If you’d have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!
Mit kersek, en itt?
Azt mondjok, hogy a hires lakóm lefogta a ferjemet
En meg Lecsaptam a fejet
De nem igaz
En artatlan vagyok
Nem tudom
Mert mondja Uncle Sam hogy en tettem
Probaltam
A rendorsegen megmayarazni de nem ertettek meg
Yeah, but did you do it?
Uh uh, not guilty!
My sister, Veronica and I had this double act
And my husband, Charlie traveled round with us
Now, for the last number in our act
We did these twenty acrobatic tricks in a row
One, two, three, four, five, splits, spread eagles
Back flips, flip flops
One right after the other
So this one night before the show we are down at the Hotel Cicero
The three of us, boozin’
Havin’ a few laughs
And we ran out of ice
So I go out to get some
I come back, open the door
And there’s Veronica and Charlie
Doing number seventeen
The spread eagle
Well, I was in such a state of shock
I completely blacked out, I can’t remember a thing
It wasn’t until later
When I was washing the blood off my hands
I even knew they were dead
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ all along
I didn’t do it (she didn’t do it)
But if I’d done it (but if she’d done it)
How could you tell me that I was wrong?
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ all along (they took a flower in its prime)
I didn’t do it (and then they used it)
But if I’d done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?
I loved Al Lipschitz
More than I can possibly say
He was a real artistic guy
Sensitive, a painter
But he was always trying to find himself
He’d go out every night looking for himself
And on the way
He found Ruth
Gladys
Rosemary and Irving
I guess you could say we broke up
Because of artistic differences
He saw himself as alive
And I saw him dead
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ (they had it comin’)
They had it comin’ all along
‘Cause if they used us (’cause if they used us)
And they abused us (and they abused us)
How could you tell us that we were wrong?
He had it comin’ (he had it comin’)
He had it comin’ (he had it comin’)
He only had himself to blame (he only had himself to blame)
If you’d have been there (if you’d have been there)
If you’d have seen it (if you’d have seen it)
I betcha you would have done the same
You pop that gum one more time! Single my ass
Ten times! Miert csukott Uncle Same bortonbe
Number seventeen, the spread eagle
Artistic differences
Pop
Six
Squish
Uh uh
Cicero
Lipschitz
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Colder than the moon
It’s been so long
Feel my love enraged
It’s just the fear of loosing you
Don’t you know my name
You’ve been so long
And I’ve been putting out fire
With gasoline
See these eyes so red
Red like jungle burning bright
Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds
It’s been so long
Still this pulsing night
A plague I call a heartbeat
Just be still with me
Ya wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through
You’ve been so long
Well it’s been so long
And I’ve been putting out the fire with gasoline
Putting out the fire
With gasoline
See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
These tears can never dry
A judgement made can never bend
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
Ya wouldn’t believe what I’ve been through
You’ve been so long
Well it’s been so long
And I’ve been putting out fire with gasoline
Putting out fire with gasoline
Well its been so long
(Been so long)
I’ve been putting out fire
(Been so long)
And its been so long
Been putting out fire (Been so long)
Well it’s Been (Been so long)
Putting out fire (Been so long)
Been so long (So long so long)
Been so long (So long so long)
Been putting out fire
(Been so long so long so long)
Been putting out fire
(Been so long so long so long)
Been so long
Been putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
Yeah putting out fire
(Been so long so long so long)
Been so long
Been so long so long so long
Been so long so long so long
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
(The joy that he brings)
Merry Christmas
(The joy that he brings)
Merry Christmas
(The joy that he brings)
Merry Christmas
(The joy that he brings)
This night we pray
Our lives will show
This dream he had
Each child still knows
This night we pray
Our lives will show
This dream he had
Each child still knows
This night we pray
(We are waiting)
Our lives will show
(We have not forgotten)
This dream he had
(We are waiting)
Each child still knows
(We have not forgotten)
Callin’ all the monsters, callin’ all the monsters
Callin’ all, callin’ all, callin’ all the monsters
Oh yea aye, oh yea aye, oh yea aye
Heart thumps and you jump
Comin’ down with goosebumps!
You dare to go there
I’ma, I’ma get you so scared!
We’re wantin’ to (yeah)
We’re hauntin’ you (yeah)
We’re wantin’ to (yeah)
Ehh ehh
If you stayed in too late to be getting afraid
This scene extreme
I, I, I, I’ma get you so scared!
We’re wantin’ to (yeah)
We’re hauntin’ you (yeah)
We’re wantin’ to (yeah)
Ehh ehh
Gonna get your body shakin’
And wishin’ you could just awaken
Here we go
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
If you’re only dreaming
Why I hear you screaming?
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
We’re comin’ to get you!
Callin’ all the monsters, callin’ all the monsters
Callin’ all, callin’ all, callin’ all the monsters
You hide or you try
Kiss tomorrow goodbye!
We thrill to your chill
B-B-B-Buckin’ for a freak-out!
We’re wantin’ to
We’re hauntin’ you
We’re wantin’ to
Ehh ehh
We might just bite underneath the moonlight
More fun if you run!
I-I-I-I’m I’m already chasin’
We’re wantin’ to (yeah)
We’re hauntin’ you (yeah)
We’re wantin’ to (yeah)
Ehh ehh
Gonna get your body shakin’
Wishin’ you could just awakex
Here we go
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
If you’re only dreaming
Why I hear you screaming?
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
We’re comin’ to get you!
Callin’ all the monsters, callin’ all the monsters
Callin’ all, callin’ all, callin’ all the monsters!
Gonna paint it red inside your head, head, head
Like a demon choir playing with fire, fire, fire
Gonna get your body shakin’
Wishin’ you could just awake
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
If you’re only dreaming
Why I hear you screaming?
Tonight all the monsters gonna dance
We’re comin’ to get you!
We’re comin’ to get you!
Oh yea aye, oh yea aye, oh yea aye
We’re comin’ to get you!
How can you see into my eyes, like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I’ve become so numb
Without a soul
My spirit’s sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
Wake me up inside (save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark (wake me up)
Bid my blood to run (I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone (save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Now that I know what I’m without
You can’t just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring (bring) me (me) to life
Wake me up inside (save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark (wake me up)
Bid my blood to run (I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone (save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
I’ve been living a lie
There’s nothing inside
Bring me to life
Frozen (frozen) inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only (only) you are the life among the dead
All of this time, I can’t believe I couldn’t see
Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul
Don’t let me die here
(There must be something more) bring me to life
Wake me up inside (save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark (wake me up)
Bid my blood to run (I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone (save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
I’ve been living a lie
There’s nothing inside
Bring me to life
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landside,
No escape from reality
Open your eyes,
Look up to the skies and see,
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I’m easy come, easy go,
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to
Me, to me
Mamaaa,
Just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger,
Now he’s dead
Mamaaa, life had just begun,
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Mama, oooh,
Didn’t mean to make you cry,
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine, body’s aching all
The time
Goodbye, everybody, I’ve got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, oooh
I don’t want to die,
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all.
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango!
Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening me
Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Figaro – magnificoo
I’m just a poor boy nobody loves me
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go)(Never) Never let you go
(Let me go) (Never) let you go (Let me go) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me,
For meee
So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh, baby, can’t do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
Nothing really matters, Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows…
Breathe, breathe in the air
Don’t be afraid to care
Leave, don’t leave me
Walk around and choose your own ground
Long you live and high you fly
Smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry
All you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be
Run, rabbit, run
Dig that hole, forget the sun
And when at last the work is done
Don’t sit down it’s time to dig another one
For long you’ll live, and high you’ll fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I’d something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Everybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
But don’t run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
Innocence, your history of silence
Won’t do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don’t you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you