What do you want from life
To kidnap an heiress
or 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 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 that you can trust
What do you want from life
To try and be happy
while you do the nasty things you must
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 Dyna-Gym--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 year's supply of antibiotics,
a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number,
a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick,
Rosemary's baby,
a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams,
a new Matador, a new mastodon,
a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego,
a Merc Montclair, a Mark IV, a meteor,
a Mercedes, an MG, or a Malibu,
a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati, a Mac truck,
a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped,
a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away,
or how about a McCulloch chainsaw,
a Las Vegas wedding,
a Mexican divorce,
a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot,
or a baby's arm holding an apple?
Da da dah da da.
Dada da-da dah de dum.
Da da-da dah da.
La da dah dede.
La dah dah dada dah.
Lah dada dah da-da dah.
Dah da dada dum dah.
La dah dah da-da dah dee.
Dah da daladah duh duh duh.
La dah dah da-da daaaaah.
Dah da dah uh uhhhhnn.
Da da dah da duhh.
/ Duh duh duh duun, da-da dah dah, da-da dah dahun da.
Du duh duh uh.
Dun dada dadada da.
Duh duh deeee de de dede da.
Nah nah a nah nah naaaah. /
La dah dede.
La dah dah da-da dee.
La dah dee.
Dun dun dun nee nah ha duh dee.
Dun nah na naha dee.
Da dada dah da da da dah.
La dah dah dada dah dee.
Du duh duh doo dee dede dee dede.
[align=center]I'd like to thank the guy
Who wrote the song
That made my baby
Fall in love with me
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
When my baby heard
"Bomp bah bah bomp "
"Bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bomp"
Every word went right into her heart
And when she heard them singin'
"Rama lama lama lama"
"Rama ding dong"
She said we'd never have to part
So
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
Each time that we're alone
Boogity boogity boogity
Boogity boogity boogity shoo
Sets my baby's heart all aglow
And everytime we dance to
Dip da dip da dip
Dip da dip da dip
She always says she loves me so
So
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!) [/align]
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Num
Deba uba zat zat
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Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Duuh
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
HAH
A-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
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A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
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HAH
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Deba uba zat zat a-num num
HOH
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Hubba hubba mo-re mo-re
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
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Where are you little star?
(Where are you?)
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder where you are
Wish I may, wish I might
Make this wish come true tonight
Searched all over for a love
You're the one I'm thinkin' of
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder where you are
High above the clouds somewhere
Send me down a love to share
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoa-uh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh there you a-a-re
High ab-o-ove
Oh-oh sta-a-ar
Send me a lo-o-o-o-ove
Oh there you a-a-re
Li-i-ighting u-up the sky
I need a lo-o-o-ove
Oh me-oh, me-oh, my-y-y-y
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder where you are
Wish I may, wish I might
Make this wish come true tonight
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Oh ra, ta, ta
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
There you are little star!!! (ooh)
Are you level? How's your trim?
Do you rotate, eddy, or spin?
Are you game? What's your trick?
Do you vibrate, bounce, or tick?
What's your cut? Are you correct?
Do you detour, bend, or stretch?
We're milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill
If this is not an exercise, could it be a drill?
How's it with you? What's your form?
Your outline, shape, or form
How's your price? What do you cost?
Your value, profit, or loss
How's your skull? Does it fit?
Is your mind free, empty, or split?
Drill drill drill
Dugga dugga dugga
>>>>>
Earworm Takeaway (for me) "We're milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill If this is not an exercise, could it be a drill?"
Drill Drill Drill!!! Awesome. I got my first cd player as a high-school graduation present. The Drill, from a cut-out bin, was like my third ever cd purchase. I've never heard anybody talk about The Drill before unless I played it for them. I thought I still had that in storage somewhere but can't seem to find it. emu has it though; might have to get it now. (pleasantly surprised they still have Mute). Thanks for the memory.
Gramma sleep in a flattened-out box
Eats beans and rice and rice and beans
Makes eighteen American dollars a day
Sweeping up a room full of working machines.
Snow is falling all around us
My baby's coming home for Christmas
I've been up all night inside my bedroom
He said that he'll be with me real soon
So I wait
And I wait
But I've had as much as I can take
'Cause I've got 5 more nights of sleeping on my own
4 more days until you're coming home
3 more dreams of you and mistletoe
2 more reasons why I love you so
I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me
4 more days of being lonely
3 more wishes I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
(Can't believe how much I missed us)
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
Now I don't think I can remember
A cold and lonelier December
And I find myself sitting at the window
Wondering when you're gonna get back home
So I try
And I try
But there is nothing I can do to pass this time
I've got 5 more nights of sleeping on my own
4 more days until you're coming home
3 more dreams of you and mistletoe
2 more reasons why I love you so
I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me
4 more days of being lonely
3 more wishes I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
(Can't believe how much I missed us)
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
Until we're rocking around the Christmas tree
Until I got you sitting next to me
We got a lot of catching up to do
I just can't take this missing you
5 more nights on my own
4 more days
3 more dreams
Mistletoe
I can't believe I ever let you go
5 more nights of sleeping on my own
4 more days until you're coming home
3 more wishes I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's one more sleep
It'll be one more
It'll be one more (One more sleep)
It'll be one more (One more sleep)
One more sleep
I put my hands into the roaring flames
I felt the pain as it started to burn
I've done the same thing over again and again
As if I never ever wanted to learn
Moving through the world at obsession speed
Leave a dust trail crossing the land
I'm crying out in fury to the gods of fate
Come on, get me if you can
I'm a master at the art of how to kill
I've killed the things that I love the best
There's blood on the walls of my home
Patterned with the coward's kiss
And love it is the key that unlocks the door
But you never know what's waiting behind
Crying out in fury to the gods of fate
Come and get me if you can
I'm screaming in the wind, screaming in the rain
Screaming in the face of the storm
Howling in out in the roaring surf
With the waves crashing down into foam
To feel something without a weakness
As She batters me down into the sand
Crying out in fury to the gods of fate
Come on and get me if you can
Now I understand what they told me years ago
How the stakes get higher and higher the further that you go
It's a bad time to look for forgiveness
It's a bad time for searching for home
The Wall came down in a thousand pieces
Now everybody's building their own
Disillusioned little children of the Western World
Time hangs heavy in our hands
We cry out in our fury to the gods of fate
Come on and get us if you can
We're crying out in our pride to the gods of fate
Come on and get us if you can
I'm crying out to the gods who couldn't care less
Come and get me if you can
Take the empty bottles and the broken models
With their hollow smiles and open throttles
And put 'em on a ship
Take my so-called friends, all that money means
All those money men with the flight attendants
And put 'em on a ship
And when it sails away, you'll hear people say
'You'll never get no play from the cheap seats.
Boys, we're getting loaded.'
Take the promise keepers, yeah, those righteous creeps
The legend seekers of the ivy league
Let's put 'em on a ship
Take the vulgar boatmen and the drunken showmen
And the Willy Lomans rock-and-roll
And put 'em on a ship
I'll give you a kiss on your big fat lips
Lets have a drink before we ship
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
Yeah
In these trying times you don't know what you need
You don't know what you want, you don't know what to leave
You don't know what to take, you don't know what to believe
Take my blue-eyed son he's the beautiful one
He had angel hair and a tommy gun
Stayed out all night long looking for a rave
With his pretty mom and some ecstasy
I named him 'Point-and-Shoot', now he hates his name
Said when he's 18 he's gonna blow me away
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
Yeah
And when it sails away, you'll hear people say
'You'll never get no play from the cheap seats.
Boys, we're getting loaded'
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.
I thought I heard a baby cry this morning,
I thought I heard a baby cry this today.
You didn't hear no baby cry this morning,
You didn't hear no baby cry today.
Where have all the people gone my honey,
Where have all the people gone today.
There's no need for you to be worrying about all those people,
You never see those people anyway.
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I thought I heard a young man morn today.
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I'll walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I guess it doesn't really matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
Guess it doesn't matter anyway.
I saw some people starving
There was murder, there was rape
Their villages were burning
They were trying to escape
I couldnt meet their glances
I was staring at my shoes
It was acid, it was tragic
It was almost like the blues
I have to die a little
Between each murderous thought
And when Im finished thinking
I have to die a lot
Theres torture and theres killing
And theres all my bad reviews
The war, the children missing
Lord, its almost like the blues
So I let my heart get frozen
To keep away the rot
My father said Im chosen
My mother said Im not
I listened to their story
Of the Gypsies and the Jews
It was good, it wasnt boring
It was almost like the blues
There is no G-d in Heaven
And there is no Hell below
So says the great professor
Of all there is to know
But Ive had the invitation
That a sinner cant refuse
And its almost like salvation
Its almost like the blues
the couch is an island
a desert oasis
the room is a spaceship
and you're an undiscovered planet
i push the hair out of my eyes
i pull the blanket around me
i bite my nails, scratch my shoulder
i peel the label off the bottle
and tear it into tiny pieces
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
maybe the phone will ring
and then i'll get to answer it
a momentary distraction
i can't predict your reaction to my touch
i could sit here all night
our knees almost touching
but not ever quite
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i can't decide on a channel
i'm just flipping around, maybe you can choose
maybe some kind of monster
maybe i just don't know how to reach out
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i kinda want it to stay this way
no wrong moves, no mistakes
nothing lost, nothing broken
like a boat on a windless ocean
(repeat 2x)
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to do
Minor Alps "I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands"
Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down the same old strip
I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip
My buddies and me are getting real well known
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Get around round round oooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
We always take my car cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet
None of the guys go steady cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home now on Saturday night . . . . etc. The Beach Boys - I Get Around
:-)
Give praise my brethren For what you are about to receive Old John Barleycorn, nicotine And the temptation of the rock and roll chord E
No parking by the sewer sign A hot dog with a razor broke Water dripping up the spout But I don't care Let it all hang out, hey!
Hanging from a pine tree by my knees The sun shines through the shade Nobody knows what it's all about It's too much man, Let it all hang out.
I saw a man walking upside down My TV's on the blink It made Galileo look like a boy scout Sorry about that Let it all hang out Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out ... hey! Let it all hang out ... hey!
I sleep all day, drive all night My brain's so numb I can't stop now Sure ain't no doubt Keep an open mind Let it all hang out.
It's raining inside a big brown moon Now how's that mess your baby up? Late last night eating a Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut Don't stop now baby Let it all hang out Let it all hang out.
Let it all hang out ... Hey! Let it all hang out ... Hey!
No parking by the sewer sign A hot dog with a razor broke Water dripping up the spout But I don't care Let it all hang out, alright!
Let it all hang out Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out (Sleep all day) Let it all hang out (I've been drivin' all night) Let it all hang out (My brain's so numb, I can't stop now) Let it all hang out Let it all hang out Let it all hang out
Hey!
The original: The only versioin I ever really knew:
The motorcade is never-ending The marshalls wave their wheel appeal Only some of them are breathing Only some know what to feel
The generals grit their teeth and smile Just for a little while Until they think they can't be seen Then pour contempt through eyes that seem like magnets Small and hard Magnets
They rolled away down through the arches The wet streets shined confetti-lined The sun burns everything it touches The motorcade dissolves the mind
The madman grits his teeth and smiles Just for a little while As though he knows he can't be seen Then pours contempt through eyes that seem like magnets
Small and hard Just like magnets Out of the crowd Just like magnets Kennedy's children all magnets
Waste of time at the Alamo All the kids singing Go Johnny, go Johnny, go! All the cars parked out of view And someone on a roof with a job to do
But the hotdogs sell and the cameras roll It's a star situation, but it's out of control There's a man with a message and it's written on lead There's a man who is god, but god is dead
Still we grit out teeth and smile Just for a little while As though we think we can be seen We pour contempt through eyes that seem like magnets
Small and hard Just like magnets Out of a crowd Just like magnets Kennedy's children all magnets
Magnets staring up Just like magnets Burning the sky Just like magnets Kennedy's children all magnets
I remember getting intimidated and busted at age 13 by the police. I remember my friend Tate Bryan getting shot in the back in Tampa, FL for his first-offense burglary. I remember the police firing at the crowds and killing children cause they were the wrong color. I remember the narcs from my high school trying to set me up for a big fall. I remember the police bringing dogs into our school and sniffing away my rights.
The police is the klan is the mafia And they're all in a police state and they're out for me, and soon they're going to be out to get you, so you better get going if you know it's good for you and take your stand.
I remember when I first went to school They said, Don't be a joker, don't be a fool Pledge your allegiance to the red, white and blue Don't expect your country to do nothin' for you They said your forefathers loved you but I only had one And I watched him die in the heat of the sun Suckin' up the bullets of a policeman's gun There was nothin' I could do but stay away
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances If you plan on stayin' free They call this the land of the living But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
I remember when I first hit the road I was runnin' from the lenders of the money I owed Came to Austin, heard a knock at my door Crossed another border and I'm runnin' some more They say they're gonna get me but it ain't happened yet Burnin' my fingers on my last cigarette It's time to remember time to forget Nothin' I could do but get away
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances If you plan on stayin' free They call this the land of the living But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
I remember all the stories I heard How a man's supposed to be 'bout as free as a bird My brother's in prison, my father's dead Me, I'm tired of living with a price on my head I wonder if there's a place to be In the whole wide country for a fella like me Name's in the paper, face on T.V. Nothin'I can do but get away
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances If you plan on stayin' free They call this the land of the living But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances If you plan on stayin' free They call this the land of the living But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
This 30+ year-old song has got its hooks into me lately. Video and other stuff at Kirsty McColl's website. It is Billy Bragg's tune...The last two verses were added at Kirsty's request.
I was 21 years when I wrote this song I’m 22 now but I won’t be for long People ask me when will I grow up to understand Why the girls I knew at school are already pushing prams
I loved you then as I love you still Though I put you on a pedestal you put me on the pill I don’t feel bad about letting you go I just feel sad about letting you know
(Chorus)I don’t want to change the world I’m not looking for a new England Are you looking for another girl?
I loved the words you wrote to me But that was bloody yesterday I can’t survive on what you send Every time you need a friend
I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It’s wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care
My dreams were full of strange ideas My mind was set despite your fears But other things got in the way I never asked that boy to stay
Once upon a time at home I sat beside the telephone Waiting for someone to pull me through When at last it didn’t ring I knew it wasn’t you
I don’t want to change the world I’m not looking for a new England Are you looking for another girl?
Way back this used to be a favourite that I played a lot. Kirsty McColl's early death robbed us of a great talent. I saw her play decades ago, a great evening. Billy Bragg is still around, but these days I see him on television in a political context more than playing.
(that entire Sleepwalker album is a gem - I somehow studied diffy Q & physics to this in university, go figure)
A friend of mine just had a real bad time. You see, his life was shattered and he lost his mind. His girl ran off along with his best friend, And through emotional stress he brought his life to an end. It was such a tragedy, But that's the way it's got to be. Life goes on.
Life goes on. It happens ev'ry day. So appreciate what you got Before it's taken away. Life will hit you When you're unprepared, So be grateful and take all That you can while you're there. Get that frown off your head, 'Cause you're a long time dead. Life goes on and on and on. Life goes on and on and on.
Yeaaah
No use runnin' 'round lookin' scared, Life could get you when you're unaware. One day it's gonna come, so you better accept it. Life will hit you when you least expect it. And one day when you are gone, You know that life will still go on. But no one'll care if you've been good, bad, right or wrong. Life will still go on.
My bank went broke and my well ran dry. It was almost enough to contemplate suicide. I turned on the gas, but I soon realized I hadn't settled my bill so they cut off my supply. No matter how I try, it seems I'm too young to die. Life goes on and on and on. Life goes on and on and on.
Tornado, cyclone and hurricane Can batter the houses with the thunder and rain. Blizzards can blow; the waves hit the shore, But the people recover and come back for more. Somehow the people fight back, even the future looks black. Life goes on and on and on. Life goes on and on and on.
Lonesome, number one Just call me lonesome, number one Although no titles have I won I surely must be lonesome number one
Every love I've had has faded like the dew And everyone I've wanted has wanted someone new Heartaches hang around and always come Surely must be lonesome number one
Lonesome, number one [etc]
Seems I'm always losing, love just won't come near And just when love gets close it always disappears Sorrow always keeps me on the run I surely must be lonesome number one
Lonesome, number one [etc]
Don Gibson - Lonesome Number One
Don Gibson was a childhood friend of my father in Shelby, NC. My dad said he used to sit on Don's front porch for hours and listen to him play. I think my dad also said you never saw Don without a guitar in his hands.
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What do you want from life
To kidnap an heiress
or 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 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 that you can trust
What do you want from life
To try and be happy
while you do the nasty things you must
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 Dyna-Gym--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 year's supply of antibiotics,
a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number,
a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick,
Rosemary's baby,
a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams,
a new Matador, a new mastodon,
a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego,
a Merc Montclair, a Mark IV, a meteor,
a Mercedes, an MG, or a Malibu,
a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati, a Mac truck,
a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped,
a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away,
or how about a McCulloch chainsaw,
a Las Vegas wedding,
a Mexican divorce,
a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot,
or a baby's arm holding an apple?
But it's of her I dream.
If I could sleep forever,
I could forget about everything
If I could sleep forever.
If I could sleep forever.
If I could sleep forever,
Oh oh-oh oh
~Dandy Warhols
Da da dah da da.
Dada da-da dah de dum.
Da da-da dah da.
La da dah dede.
La dah dah dada dah.
Lah dada dah da-da dah.
Dah da dada dum dah.
La dah dah da-da dah dee.
Dah da daladah duh duh duh.
La dah dah da-da daaaaah.
Dah da dah uh uhhhhnn.
Da da dah da duhh.
/ Duh duh duh duun, da-da dah dah, da-da dah dahun da.
Du duh duh uh.
Dun dada dadada da.
Duh duh deeee de de dede da.
Nah nah a nah nah naaaah. /
La dah dede.
La dah dah da-da dee.
La dah dee.
Dun dun dun nee nah ha duh dee.
Dun nah na naha dee.
Da dada dah da da da dah.
La dah dah dada dah dee.
Du duh duh doo dee dede dee dede.
Bob Dylan - Wigwam
Who wrote the song
That made my baby
Fall in love with me
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
When my baby heard
"Bomp bah bah bomp "
"Bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bomp"
Every word went right into her heart
And when she heard them singin'
"Rama lama lama lama"
"Rama ding dong"
She said we'd never have to part
So
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
Each time that we're alone
Boogity boogity boogity
Boogity boogity boogity shoo
Sets my baby's heart all aglow
And everytime we dance to
Dip da dip da dip
Dip da dip da dip
She always says she loves me so
So
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Num
Deba uba zat zat
Num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Num
Deba uba zat zat
Num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa
HAH
A-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa
HAH
A-num num
A-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
A-huh zoot a-huh
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
Num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
Deba uba zat zat
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
a-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
deba uba zat zat
HAH
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Duuh
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
HAH
A-num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
HAH
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
HOH
Hubba hubba zoot zoot
Hubba hubba mo-re mo-re
Deba uba zat zat a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-hoorepa hoorepa a-huh-hoorepa a-num num
A-num
Hushabye hushabye
Oh my darling don't you cry
Guardian angels up above
Take care of the one I love
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hush hush hushabye
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hush hush hushabye
Hushabye hushabye
Oh my darling don't you cry
Guardian angels up above
Take care of the one I love
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hush hush hushabye
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hush hush hushabye
Pillows lying on your bed
Oh my darling rest your head
Sandman will be coming soon
Singing you a slumber tune
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hush hush hushabye
Oh oh oh oh
Lullaby and goodnight
In your drerams i`ll hold you tight
Lullaby and goodnight
Til the dawn's early light
Hushabye hushabye
Oh my darling don't you cry
Guardian angels up above
Take care of the one I love
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hush hush hushabye
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Hush hush hushabye
Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
(Where are you?)
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder where you are
Wish I may, wish I might
Make this wish come true tonight
Searched all over for a love
You're the one I'm thinkin' of
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder where you are
High above the clouds somewhere
Send me down a love to share
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoa-uh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh there you a-a-re
High ab-o-ove
Oh-oh sta-a-ar
Send me a lo-o-o-o-ove
Oh there you a-a-re
Li-i-ighting u-up the sky
I need a lo-o-o-ove
Oh me-oh, me-oh, my-y-y-y
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder where you are
Wish I may, wish I might
Make this wish come true tonight
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Whoah oh, oh, oh-uh-oh
Ratta ta ta too-ooh-ooh
Oh ra, ta, ta
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
There you are little star!!! (ooh)
Mozart; Vito Picone and Arthur Venosa
Do you rotate, eddy, or spin?
Are you game? What's your trick?
Do you vibrate, bounce, or tick?
What's your cut? Are you correct?
Do you detour, bend, or stretch?
We're milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill
If this is not an exercise, could it be a drill?
How's it with you? What's your form?
Your outline, shape, or form
How's your price? What do you cost?
Your value, profit, or loss
How's your skull? Does it fit?
Is your mind free, empty, or split?
Drill drill drill
Dugga dugga dugga
>>>>>
Earworm Takeaway (for me) "We're milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill If this is not an exercise, could it be a drill?"
That's the truth of it
Take it or leave it
Resign to it
I hope she never will
Says she's an heiress sits in her terrace
Says she's got time to kill
Time to kill
Public system burn down!
And let memory fade
Nothing is wrong
Eats beans and rice and rice and beans
Makes eighteen American dollars a day
Sweeping up a room full of working machines.
Ain't gonna go to the ma-a-all
You say you got somethin' for me
But I don't need anything at a-a-all
I gave myself the gift of--
Not givin' a sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh
Don't need mistletoe to know
I love you under any limb
Not just where they say
Ho-ho-ho-hurry up and spend it all
Like any other baby doll
I'll ho, ho, hold you all year long
But any holiday
Unless I give my gran-ny a ca-a-ar
Unless I watch the dog
And I need to fly to Wichita
Unless I count my blessings
Hot chocolate with cass-er-o-ole
Santy Claus and moo-joo
Unless I'm drivin' in the snow-o-oh
O-oh, loneliness magnifies at Christmas, the bite
I hope you know-oh
I'll ho, ho, hold you all the time
I'll ho-ho-hold you all the time
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
(repeats to 16x)
Won't go to church with your momma
Ain't gonna go to the ma-a-all
But I'll-- ho-ho hold ya
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
I'll ho-ho-hold ya
(repeats and fades to 15x)
Ruby The RabbitFoot - Under any Limb
Lyrics may not be perfect--Used my crappy old ears. Corrections welcome.
Can be found here about 1/2 way down the page. http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/blogs/obsessed/2014/11/new-on-netflix-november-21-2014
Snow is falling all around us
My baby's coming home for Christmas
I've been up all night inside my bedroom
He said that he'll be with me real soon
So I wait
And I wait
But I've had as much as I can take
'Cause I've got 5 more nights of sleeping on my own
4 more days until you're coming home
3 more dreams of you and mistletoe
2 more reasons why I love you so
I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me
4 more days of being lonely
3 more wishes I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
(Can't believe how much I missed us)
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
Now I don't think I can remember
A cold and lonelier December
And I find myself sitting at the window
Wondering when you're gonna get back home
So I try
And I try
But there is nothing I can do to pass this time
I've got 5 more nights of sleeping on my own
4 more days until you're coming home
3 more dreams of you and mistletoe
2 more reasons why I love you so
I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me
4 more days of being lonely
3 more wishes I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
(Can't believe how much I missed us)
One more sleep
(One more sleep until it's Christmas)
One more sleep
Until we're rocking around the Christmas tree
Until I got you sitting next to me
We got a lot of catching up to do
I just can't take this missing you
5 more nights on my own
4 more days
3 more dreams
Mistletoe
I can't believe I ever let you go
5 more nights of sleeping on my own
4 more days until you're coming home
3 more wishes I can barely breathe
If I can make it to Christmas Eve then it's one more sleep
It'll be one more
It'll be one more (One more sleep)
It'll be one more (One more sleep)
One more sleep
Brad Ellis, Jez Ashurst, Richard Stannard
I felt the pain as it started to burn
I've done the same thing over again and again
As if I never ever wanted to learn
Moving through the world at obsession speed
Leave a dust trail crossing the land
I'm crying out in fury to the gods of fate
Come on, get me if you can
I'm a master at the art of how to kill
I've killed the things that I love the best
There's blood on the walls of my home
Patterned with the coward's kiss
And love it is the key that unlocks the door
But you never know what's waiting behind
Crying out in fury to the gods of fate
Come and get me if you can
I'm screaming in the wind, screaming in the rain
Screaming in the face of the storm
Howling in out in the roaring surf
With the waves crashing down into foam
To feel something without a weakness
As She batters me down into the sand
Crying out in fury to the gods of fate
Come on and get me if you can
Now I understand what they told me years ago
How the stakes get higher and higher the further that you go
It's a bad time to look for forgiveness
It's a bad time for searching for home
The Wall came down in a thousand pieces
Now everybody's building their own
Disillusioned little children of the Western World
Time hangs heavy in our hands
We cry out in our fury to the gods of fate
Come on and get us if you can
We're crying out in our pride to the gods of fate
Come on and get us if you can
I'm crying out to the gods who couldn't care less
Come and get me if you can
link
With their hollow smiles and open throttles
And put 'em on a ship
Take my so-called friends, all that money means
All those money men with the flight attendants
And put 'em on a ship
And when it sails away, you'll hear people say
'You'll never get no play from the cheap seats.
Boys, we're getting loaded.'
Take the promise keepers, yeah, those righteous creeps
The legend seekers of the ivy league
Let's put 'em on a ship
Take the vulgar boatmen and the drunken showmen
And the Willy Lomans rock-and-roll
And put 'em on a ship
I'll give you a kiss on your big fat lips
Lets have a drink before we ship
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
Yeah
In these trying times you don't know what you need
You don't know what you want, you don't know what to leave
You don't know what to take, you don't know what to believe
Take my blue-eyed son he's the beautiful one
He had angel hair and a tommy gun
Stayed out all night long looking for a rave
With his pretty mom and some ecstasy
I named him 'Point-and-Shoot', now he hates his name
Said when he's 18 he's gonna blow me away
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
We're getting loaded
Yeah
And when it sails away, you'll hear people say
'You'll never get no play from the cheap seats.
Boys, we're getting loaded'
link
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.
I thought I heard a baby cry this morning,
I thought I heard a baby cry this today.
You didn't hear no baby cry this morning,
You didn't hear no baby cry today.
Where have all the people gone my honey,
Where have all the people gone today.
There's no need for you to be worrying about all those people,
You never see those people anyway.
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I thought I heard a young man morn today.
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I'll walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I guess it doesn't really matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
Guess it doesn't matter anyway.
link
There was murder, there was rape
Their villages were burning
They were trying to escape
I couldnt meet their glances
I was staring at my shoes
It was acid, it was tragic
It was almost like the blues
I have to die a little
Between each murderous thought
And when Im finished thinking
I have to die a lot
Theres torture and theres killing
And theres all my bad reviews
The war, the children missing
Lord, its almost like the blues
So I let my heart get frozen
To keep away the rot
My father said Im chosen
My mother said Im not
I listened to their story
Of the Gypsies and the Jews
It was good, it wasnt boring
It was almost like the blues
There is no G-d in Heaven
And there is no Hell below
So says the great professor
Of all there is to know
But Ive had the invitation
That a sinner cant refuse
And its almost like salvation
Its almost like the blues
Leonard Cohen
Amazing song.
a desert oasis
the room is a spaceship
and you're an undiscovered planet
i push the hair out of my eyes
i pull the blanket around me
i bite my nails, scratch my shoulder
i peel the label off the bottle
and tear it into tiny pieces
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
maybe the phone will ring
and then i'll get to answer it
a momentary distraction
i can't predict your reaction to my touch
i could sit here all night
our knees almost touching
but not ever quite
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i can't decide on a channel
i'm just flipping around, maybe you can choose
maybe some kind of monster
maybe i just don't know how to reach out
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i don't know what to do with my hands
i kinda want it to stay this way
no wrong moves, no mistakes
nothing lost, nothing broken
like a boat on a windless ocean
(repeat 2x)
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to do
Minor Alps "I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands"
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down the same old strip
I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip
My buddies and me are getting real well known
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Get around round round oooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
We always take my car cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet
None of the guys go steady cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home now on Saturday night . . . . etc.
The Beach Boys - I Get Around
:-)
For what you are about to receive
Old John Barleycorn, nicotine
And the temptation of the rock and roll chord E
No parking by the sewer sign
A hot dog with a razor broke
Water dripping up the spout
But I don't care
Let it all hang out, hey!
Hanging from a pine tree by my knees
The sun shines through the shade
Nobody knows what it's all about
It's too much man,
Let it all hang out.
I saw a man walking upside down
My TV's on the blink
It made Galileo look like a boy scout
Sorry about that
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out ... hey!
Let it all hang out ... hey!
I sleep all day, drive all night
My brain's so numb
I can't stop now
Sure ain't no doubt
Keep an open mind
Let it all hang out.
It's raining inside a big brown moon
Now how's that mess your baby up?
Late last night eating a
Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut
Don't stop now baby
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out.
Let it all hang out ... Hey!
Let it all hang out ... Hey!
No parking by the sewer sign
A hot dog with a razor broke
Water dripping up the spout
But I don't care
Let it all hang out, alright!
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
(Sleep all day)
Let it all hang out
(I've been drivin' all night)
Let it all hang out
(My brain's so numb, I can't stop now)
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Let it all hang out
Hey!
The original:
The only versioin I ever really knew:
The marshalls wave their wheel appeal
Only some of them are breathing
Only some know what to feel
The generals grit their teeth and smile
Just for a little while
Until they think they can't be seen
Then pour contempt through eyes that seem like magnets
Small and hard
Magnets
They rolled away down through the arches
The wet streets shined confetti-lined
The sun burns everything it touches
The motorcade dissolves the mind
The madman grits his teeth and smiles
Just for a little while
As though he knows he can't be seen
Then pours contempt through eyes that seem like magnets
Small and hard
Just like magnets
Out of the crowd
Just like magnets
Kennedy's children all magnets
Waste of time at the Alamo
All the kids singing Go Johnny, go Johnny, go!
All the cars parked out of view
And someone on a roof with a job to do
But the hotdogs sell and the cameras roll
It's a star situation, but it's out of control
There's a man with a message and it's written on lead
There's a man who is god, but god is dead
Still we grit out teeth and smile
Just for a little while
As though we think we can be seen
We pour contempt through eyes that seem like magnets
Small and hard
Just like magnets
Out of a crowd
Just like magnets
Kennedy's children all magnets
Magnets staring up
Just like magnets
Burning the sky
Just like magnets
Kennedy's children all magnets
Magnetized boys, boys, boys
I remember my friend Tate Bryan getting shot in the back in Tampa, FL for his first-offense burglary.
I remember the police firing at the crowds and killing children cause they were the wrong color.
I remember the narcs from my high school trying to set me up for a big fall.
I remember the police bringing dogs into our school and sniffing away my rights.
The police is the klan is the mafia
And they're all in a police state
and they're out for me, and soon they're going to be out to get you,
so you better get going if you know it's good for you and take your stand.
I remember when I first went to school
They said, Don't be a joker, don't be a fool
Pledge your allegiance to the red, white and blue
Don't expect your country to do nothin' for you
They said your forefathers loved you
but I only had one
And I watched him die in the heat of the sun
Suckin' up the bullets of a policeman's gun
There was nothin' I could do but stay away
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances
If you plan on stayin' free
They call this the land of the living
But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
I remember when I first hit the road
I was runnin' from the lenders of the money I owed
Came to Austin, heard a knock at my door
Crossed another border and I'm runnin' some more
They say they're gonna get me but it ain't happened yet
Burnin' my fingers on my last cigarette
It's time to remember time to forget
Nothin' I could do but get away
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances
If you plan on stayin' free
They call this the land of the living
But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
I remember all the stories I heard
How a man's supposed to be 'bout as free as a bird
My brother's in prison, my father's dead
Me, I'm tired of living with a price on my head
I wonder if there's a place to be
In the whole wide country for a fella like me
Name's in the paper, face on T.V.
Nothin'I can do but get away
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances
If you plan on stayin' free
They call this the land of the living
But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
In the U.S.A. you gotta take your chances
If you plan on stayin' free
They call this the land of the living
But they're trying to make a dead man out of me
This 30+ year-old song has got its hooks into me lately. Video and other stuff at Kirsty McColl's website. It is Billy Bragg's tune...The last two verses were added at Kirsty's request.
I was 21 years when I wrote this song
I’m 22 now but I won’t be for long
People ask me when will I grow up to understand
Why the girls I knew at school are already pushing prams
I loved you then as I love you still
Though I put you on a pedestal you put me on the pill
I don’t feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know
(Chorus)I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
Are you looking for another girl?
I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can’t survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
It’s wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care
My dreams were full of strange ideas
My mind was set despite your fears
But other things got in the way
I never asked that boy to stay
Once upon a time at home
I sat beside the telephone
Waiting for someone to pull me through
When at last it didn’t ring I knew it wasn’t you
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
Are you looking for another girl?
Ah, would have loved to see Kirsty McColl.
"Life Goes On" by the Kinks
(that entire Sleepwalker album is a gem - I somehow studied diffy Q & physics to this in university, go figure)
You see, his life was shattered and he lost his mind.
His girl ran off along with his best friend,
And through emotional stress he brought his life to an end.
It was such a tragedy,
But that's the way it's got to be.
Life goes on.
Life goes on.
It happens ev'ry day.
So appreciate what you got
Before it's taken away.
Life will hit you
When you're unprepared,
So be grateful and take all
That you can while you're there.
Get that frown off your head,
'Cause you're a long time dead.
Life goes on and on and on.
Life goes on and on and on.
No use runnin' 'round lookin' scared,
Life could get you when you're unaware.
One day it's gonna come, so you better accept it.
Life will hit you when you least expect it.
And one day when you are gone,
You know that life will still go on.
But no one'll care if you've been good, bad, right or wrong.
Life will still go on.
My bank went broke and my well ran dry.
It was almost enough to contemplate suicide.
I turned on the gas, but I soon realized
I hadn't settled my bill so they cut off my supply.
No matter how I try, it seems I'm too young to die.
Life goes on and on and on.
Life goes on and on and on.
Tornado, cyclone and hurricane
Can batter the houses with the thunder and rain.
Blizzards can blow; the waves hit the shore,
But the people recover and come back for more.
Somehow the people fight back, even the future looks black.
Life goes on and on and on.
Life goes on and on and on.
Lonesome, number one
Just call me lonesome, number one
Although no titles have I won
I surely must be lonesome number one
Every love I've had has faded like the dew
And everyone I've wanted has wanted someone new
Heartaches hang around and always come
Surely must be lonesome number one
Lonesome, number one [etc]
Seems I'm always losing, love just won't come near
And just when love gets close it always disappears
Sorrow always keeps me on the run
I surely must be lonesome number one
Lonesome, number one [etc]
Don Gibson was a childhood friend of my father in Shelby, NC. My dad said he used to sit on Don's front porch for hours and listen to him play. I think my dad also said you never saw Don without a guitar in his hands.