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Just the other day I said I’d rather kiss the dead Than sit and watch the time go Then I was just paralyzed Now I am hypnotized Just like a charging rhino Now I’m back with you Now I’m back with you Now that I have been reborn I’m trading in my horns For an electric halo That’ll keep me energized And keep away the flies That want to spoil my dayglow Now I’m back with you Now I’m back with you Now I’m back with you Now I’m back with you Now I do declare myself A man of perfect health You’ve got a fruit in season Oh, but what am I to do If all this isn’t true If you had just been teasing Once I was the Pumpkin Man You know I had a wife But I just couldn’t keep her Now I’ve got a second chance And if I dig a hole … It’s gonna be much deeper. Now I’m back with you Now I’m back with you Now I’m back with you Now I’m back with you La, la, la, la, la

Chain link fences kept your senses focused on the drill Tourists cheered and locals called your name Marty picked their pockets as you showed off all your skills Then you split the profits from your game Took the magic show down to Farrell's Bar Mesmerized the girls – you were a playground star Keep on spinning – spin that ball You offered up a clown show so they pegged you for a fool First you lost your game and then your head Now you're on the sidelines but you can't go back to school Wowing kids with parlor tricks instead Even you believe that the rim's too high Wearing polyester suits and your old man's tie Keep on spinning -- spin that ball Hating on Marty Blaming Big Jack The one brought you down The one held you back Running from Jenny Swimming in Scotch You aren't wasting time If you don't check your watch Till the whistle blows and the hammer drops Just keep speeding by all the traffic cops Keep on spinning -- spin that ball If you want the shot, you've got to know it's all on you Fashion your own wizard's cap and gown Stop expecting justice when you're living in a zoo If you want to be the mayor, better buy the town Keep on spinning, (keep on spinning) Keep on spinning, (keep on spinning) Keep on spinning, (keep on spinning) Keep on spinning, (keep on spinning) Keep on spinning, (keep on spinning) Keep on spinning old friend Keep on spinning, spin that ball

Got a need to reveal- A confessional fetish Think I’ve lost my appeal I’m not feeling too mannish When I speak words of love It’s like bad high school Spanish How can I keep it real When my girlfriends all vanish? If I’m desperate I shoot for the low-hanging fruit But I’m always prepared for the point of the boot Just last night I was working this hag down the hall She said, “Dude you’ve got balls, But I don’t do booty calls.” Cynthia- come to me Cynthia- come to me Soon I will be fast asleep Let’s meet somewhere in Italy Cynthia- come to me Cynthia- come to me We’ll make love out on the beach Let’s write ourselves a history Well, I love how you smile I love how you kiss and I love when we talk you just sit there and listen You must know by now I’m a man on a mission I raced home from work, hurried up in the kitchen A joint and some wine- that’ll settle down my mind If I’m anxious remind me there’s no one half as kind Didn’t look in my book ‘Cause I knew what I would find- Girls who whine, girls who cry Girls who lie, lie, lie, lie Cynthia- come to me Cynthia- come to me Soon I will be fast asleep Let’s meet somewhere in Italy Cynthia- come to me Cynthia- come to me We’ll make love out on the beach Let’s write ourselves a history And I’ll be splendid in your eye A Brazilian butterfly We’ll be naked you and I You might be bored but you won’t sigh Just sit tight and mystify And I’ll be splendid in your eye A Brazilian butterfly We’ll be naked you and I You might be bored but you won’t sigh Goodnight cruel world Ah, hell- Goodbye Cynthia- come to me (Cynthia- come to me) Cynthia- come to me (Cynthia- come to me) Cynthia- come to me (Cynthia- come to me) Cynthia- come to me Cynthia- come to me Cynthia- come to me We can make love all night long Or at least until I’ve gotta pee.

A toothless cur All piss and vinegar Just ask around I’m not the nicest fella in this town But I think Lucy’s gonna change me All of the goodwill I’ve been saving Goes to my girl next door She raises me I could not see What I had next to me She’d known it all Witnessed the rise, the struggle, and the fall But I think Lucy’s gonna change me All of the goodwill I’ve been saving Goes to my girl next door She raises me I’m getting slammed by the hands of a wicked clock Till I want to drop What’s an old boy to do if he’s gotta rock Maybe oughta stop But Lucy has a masterplan A blueprint for a better man Now when I hiss She kills the devil with a healthy kiss I try to bite I can’t break skin If I’m within her sight So I think Lucy’s gonna change me All of the goodwill I have been saving Goes to my girl next door She raises me

I thought we both knew what we had here A safe house-- an outpost off the pier Where the dead catch some life in a room without sighs Where the walls are indifferent, the bed without ties After four years of hell I just needed some ice Don’t think I caught you in the moment If you were weak you didn’t show it Well, we logged in some time as we locked up our thighs And we looked in the mirrors that passed for our eyes It was air for the drowning not love on the rise You knew where I stood When things aren’t good We all need a remedy We all need a remedy I need a remedy now My mind’s been derailed—won’t you help reconnect it? I need a remedy now My spirit’s immune but my body’s addicted Get past the thinking and the chatter Desire’s the only thing that matters When your footing’s unstable you reach for a brace When your lungs are disabled you find them some space When my heart has been tabled I pick up the pace You know where I am Please come if you can We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy We all need a remedy

Smile girl, smile Smile that ragged smile Smile baby, smile It could carry us awhile I’ll be burning up come daylight So let’s go cheap and let’s go dirty Baby, I’m not watertight Let’s just close those junky eyes Swing those hips Swing those bony hips There’s no breaking through this grip I won’t crack those bony hips Time is running sloppy tonight And we’ve got greasy appetites You look ravishing at night Before the sun cuts junky eyes Smile girl, smile Smile that ragged smile Smile baby, smile It could carry us awhile I’ll be burning up come daylight So, let’s go cheap and let’s go dirty Baby, I’m not watertight Let’s just close those junky eyes Two decades drifting Too long since I last slept My boat’s been shanghaied And I’m wading in on junky eyes Wading in on junky eyes

Picture me dead Hard on the table Head in her soup Dead in my leather Pink hat and feather Picture the skin my bones were too soon to lose It’s a cold day in Greenwood It’s a cold day in Greenwood It’s even colder in here Rose from the tile floor Lungs in an uproar Heart on the loose No place for soul food with all that bad juice A chemistry lesson in long-term abuse became… A cold day in Greenwood It’s a cold day in Greenwood It’s even colder in here Up there got a kid sister “Hey Tina!” She’s so old I could be her son— Could she picture me dead? Picture me dead Down the gray hillside Crows are in free glide Winter leaves fall— I am the king of it all Bones changing color Framed in my booth The sewer system leaks and I am flooded with truth Well, it’s a cold day in Greenwood It’s a cold day in Greenwood It’s a cold day in Greenwood It’s a cold day in Greenwood It’s a cold day in Greenwood (Ho! Ho! Ho!) It’s a cold day in Greenwood And you know it’s even colder And you know it’s even colder And you know it’s even colder in here!

The driver never saw me as I slipped onto the bus Your partner’s on his way now—I’ve chipped off all the rust The freeze is stuck on Buffalo, but spring is here for us We’ll meet up in Sedalia at the citadel of meth My cousin is the king there, but he never saw Macbeth We’ll hit ‘em hard and leave ‘em scarred and catch our killers’ breath It’s March baby, I’m in like a Lion It’s March baby, I’m in like a Lion We’ll head on down to Morristown where I’ll round up my old crew I’ll lead ‘em on a treasure hunt, like Pizarro in Peru You always say you’re new to this, but you know just what to do It’s March baby, I’m in like a Lion It’s March baby, I’m in like a Lion Wood shack and a field of poison wheat Fuel islands—where the truckers you would beat The time’s come for boosting up the heat Well, it all ends in Seattle Where we’ll leave the boys behind The cops might hear a rattle, but the bones they’ll never find Hey, every scene you’ve made with me was always in your mind The problem with this poem of ours is that you and I are linked So, I found this muddy river From which you now must drink How can you look so pale my love When I’m so in the pink? It’s March baby, I’m in like a Lion It’s March baby, I’m in like a Lion It’s March baby, I’m in like a Lion It’s March baby…

Met her in a classroom At my alma mater true- A lecture on the works of Albert Camus Didn’t read a thing I was merely auditing Earned my last credits back in ’72 You see, there I was Dancin’ in her dorm room to a heavy buzz Reaching for my vial of Viagra ‘cause I can’t subdue my passion but my blood flow does Well, there’s no fool Like an old fool I’m here for trouble- can you tell me the rules? I like old stuff And I’m old school But I’m still stuck on what the babies can do Started on the Bo-flex Looking for some new pecs I found arthritis and a tubful of Percs Went for Botox Till I had to detox The doctors gave me a perennial smirk You see, there I am Helping her to study for a big exam The book was called “America in Vietnam” We reached the year that I became Canadian And there’s no fool Like an old fool I’m here for trouble- can you tell me the rules? I like old stuff And I’m old school But I’m still stuck on what the babies can do In a sweater on the grass In the fresh New England fall In my arms, my dream- at last! Then my baby starts to bawl She said “Man, it’s really sad- But I keep thinking ‘bout my dad….” Now she’s got a new bud Says he likes to drink blood Charmed her with a black rose Posing in her pantyhose Guess I’ve reached my autumn years It’s becoming oh so clear, I fear I’ve seen the last of those fine bottles of wine Give me one more chance- Before they toss my old ass in an ambulance Somehow, I am going to find a new romance- I must relearn “The Hustle” for the seniors’ dance And there’s no fool Like an old fool I never knew that I could be so uncool I’m an old hound And I still drool Too late to send me to obedience school And there’s no fool Like an old fool I’m here for trouble- can you tell me the rules? I like old stuff And I’m old school But I’m still stuck on what the babies can do La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la

You’ve had a twitch since you were three It goes to spazzin’ when the school bell rings A bully steals your sneakers, girls shoot spitballs in your face Sister Irma whacks your knuckles ‘cause you’re lined up out of place And you ask yourself, well is there life beyond TV? The days are getting longer grass is greening Spring is in the air and you need cleaning The days are getting longer grass is greening Spring is in the air and you need cleaning The playground’s rockin’ out it starts you dreaming Become your life-sized poster of Tom Seaver Become your life-sized poster of Tom Seaver You built a shrine to the New York Mets Troubling your mind are the fortunes of the New York Mets All your energy is flowing through his mighty, mighty arm They can cancel spring and summer if it somehow comes to harm And you ask yourself- Well, is there life beyond the fortunes of the New York Mets? The days are getting longer grass is greening (Howl) Spring is in the air and you need cleaning (Howl) The days are getting longer grass is greening Spring is in the air and you need cleaning The playground’s rockin’ out it starts you dreaming Become your life-sized poster of Tom Seaver Become your life-sized poster of Tom Seaver

Jennifer’s heaven for Jenny I’d stay Skin shining white as a dove Lying beside her I melted away Into her river of love I’m lost in a maze Counting the ways that she smiles Time is slipping away Lost in the arms of her love So gentle and… Jennifer’s something you handle with care Fragile as crystals of glass Jennifer’s lips are as soft as the air Kissing her here in the grass I’m lost in a maze Counting the ways that she smiles Time is slipping away Lost in the arms of her love So gentle and wild I’m lost in a maze Counting the ways that she smiles Time is slipping away Lost in the arms of her love So gentle and… Jennifer’s heaven, for Jenny I’d stay Skin shining white as a dove Lying beside her I melted away Into her river of love Into her river of love Into her river of love

The house I built and bled for Has been overrun by dogs with hopeful eyes It’s left to me to cure this plague And heaven’s gonna hear their hopeless cries I left a poison trail behind Those hounds of yours are sure to find I’ll crawl and crawl and crawl But I’ll be back I’m focused on your targets of affection There’s no ducking my harpoon The storehouse with the goods that they Have plundered and defiled will be their tomb ‘Cause off the coast I found a lee Your sentinels will never see I’ll crawl and crawl and crawl But I’ll be back I’ve counted off the days and nights No wall that I have faced has gone unmarked And every moment spent with you— A prisoner and madman in the dark You thought that time would weaken me It broke my heart but not my knees I’ll crawl and crawl and crawl But I’ll be back I’ll be back I’ll be back I’ll be back I’ll be back