In a pad with no heat, up on Sullivan Street,The last of the hipsters lay dyin’.Wearin’ his shades, so like no one could tellLike whether or not he was cryin’.All the junkies and lonersAn’ coffee shop ownersWere all gathered ’round…
I used to be a prancera one-eyed song and dancerBut eyes for true romanceI didn’t even tryI’d get’em and forget’emBut I never could stay with’emCause I thought my well of love had done run dryBut now it’s bubblin’ upI feel…
Oh, I’m being eatenBy a boa constrictor,A boa constrictor,A boa constrictor,I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor,And I don’t like it—one bit.Well, what do you know?It’s nibblin’ my toe.Oh, gee,It’s up to my knee.Oh my,It’s up to my thigh.Oh, fiddle,It’s…
The hard coal’s called bituminous,Or is that anthracite?Stalactites grow down from caves,Or do I mean stalagmites?Those fluffy clounds are nimbus —No — wait — they might be cumulus.And that kid who was raised by wolves —Was he Remus — or…
Hey dragged up my holly and I pull it to a town for the bigtimeHey rig down the road I tore ’em down I’m a bigtimeI wheeled right in them swinging doorsOut through the window with half of that storeEverybody…
(Hey the truth might hurt so I’m tellin’ you now that you better not ask me)Hey you better not ask me where I been all nightWhy my eyes are shinin’ and my spirit is flyin’You better not ask if I…
There’s a polar bearIn our Frigidaire—He likes it ’cause it’s cold in there.With his seat in the meatAnd his face in the fishAnd his big hairy pawsIn the buttery dish,He’s nibbling the noodles,He’s munching the rice,He’s slurping the soda,He’s licking…
Now a friend of mine, way back in ChicagoYou know, he finally made his pile.Well he got himself a mansion on Butler and SheffAn’ he was livin’ in the latest style;But I run into him, he was eatin’ in a…
The baby batScreamed out in fright,‘Turn on the dark,I’m afraid of the light.’
Backward Bill, Backward Bill,He lives way up on Backward Hill,Which is really a hole in the sandy ground(But that’s a hill turned upside down). Backward Bill’s got a backward shackWith a big front porch that’s built out back.You walk through…
