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"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Danke schoen, Babbett.
I appreciate that.
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Danke schoen, Babbett
I appreciate that
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Don't need to be Cordoroy
Don't need to be coy Roy
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
There must be 50 ways to clean your oven
or
Fifty Ways To Fool Your Mother
or
Fifty Ways To Fool Your Mother
There must be 50 ways to leave your lover
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need a discussion
Just drop off the keely
And set yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
I said Ricochet that
I said I appreciate that
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Just slip out the blackjack,
make a new plant stand
Just slip out the back, Jack.
Make a new plan, Stan
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Make a new flan stand.
Make a new plan, Stan.
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
No need to be corduroy.
No need to be coy, Roy.
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
No need to wear corduroys.
No need to be coy, Roy.
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
That's okay, Babs.
I appreciate that.
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
You don't need a decoy, Roy.
You don't need to be coy, Roy.
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
You don't need to be caught, Roy.
You don't need to be coy, Roy.
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
You don't need to be corduroy
You don't need to be coy, Roy
"All Around The World"
Elvis is the watermelon.
Ever since the watermelon
"Cecilia"
I fall on the floor and I lactate
I fall on the floor and I laughing
"Cecilia"
I fell on the floor and I liked it.
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing.
"Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"
Sing Tanana
Tanana ah.
Sing ta na na
Ta na na na
Frank Tanana, pitcher with 240 career victories, 1973-1993.
"Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"
Diamonds on the sorcerer's shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
"Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes"
As she combed her hair and farted
As she combed her hair from her forehead
"Everything About It Is A Love Song"
Bob Dylan has struggled for the right combination of words.
Locked in a struggle for the right combination of words
"Give In To My Love"
Give in to Milo
Give in to my love
"Graceland"
As if I didn't notice the way she brushed her hair and farted.
As if I didn't notice the way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
"Graceland"
As if I never noticed
The way she brushed her hair and farted.
As if I never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
"Graceland"
As if I never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from far ahead.
As if I never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
"Graceland"
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair and farted
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
"Graceland"
Far away, a wellie blew up.
Far away, a well-lit door
"Graceland"
Far away, my well lit poodle
Far away, a well-lit door
"Graceland"
Greasefire
Graceland
"Graceland"
She brushed her hair and farted.
She brushed her hair in a parting.
"Graceland"
The way she brushed her hair and farted.
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
"Graceland"
The way she brushed her hair and farted.
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
"Graceland"
The way she brushed her hair and farted
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
"Graceland"
The way she brushed her hair was foreign.
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead.
"Kodachrome"
I am a night con gambler
I've got a Nikon camera
"Kodachrome"
I got a nice cold camper
I love to take it for a ride.
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph.
"Kodachrome"
I got a night cold camera.
or
I got a nice gold camera.
or
I'm not a night drawn gambler.
or
I got a knife gone camera.
I got a Nikon camera.
"Kodachrome"
I gotta nice girl Glenda
I like to take her for a drive
I've got a Nikon Camera
I like to take a photograph
"Kodachrome"
I've got a night on agenda.
I got a Nikon camera.
"Kodachrome"
I've got an icon camera.
I've got a Nikon camera.
"Kodachrome"
I've got my Kodak camera.
I got a Nikon camera.
"Kodachrome"
I've got my co-camera
I've got a Nikon camera
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my chromosomes away
Mama don't take my kodachrome away
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my clothes and throw 'em,
Mama don't take my clothes and throw 'em away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome,
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my clothes and throw 'em
Mama don't take my clothes and throw 'em
Mama don't take my clothes and throw 'em away
Mama don't take my kodachrome
Mama don't take my kodachrome
Mama don't take my kodachrome away
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my coat and throw it
Mama don't take my coat and throw it
Mama don't take my coat and throw it away.
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my cordless phone away.
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my corn pone away.
or
Mama don't take my chloroform away.
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my corn pone away.
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my country home
Mama don't take my country home
Mama don't take my country homeaway.
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama don't take my forty four
Mama don't take my forty four away.
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama, don't take my chrome comb away.
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama, don't take my clothes and throw 'em away.
Mam, don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama, don't take my coat n' comb away.
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Mama, don't take my cordless phone
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
"Kodachrome"
Mamma don't take my motor home away.
Mamma don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Momma don't take my coat and comb away.
Momma don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Momma don't take my comb and go away
Momma don't take my kodachrome away
"Kodachrome"
Momma don't take my comb and go away
Momma don't take my kodachrome away
"Kodachrome"
Momma, don't take my coat of chrome.
Momma, don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
Please don't take my homegrown away.
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
So mama, don't take my chrome comb away
or
So mama, don't take my comb and comb away
or
So mama, don't take my old diploma away.
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Kodachrome"
So, Mama, don't take my homegrown away.
So, Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.
"Late In The Evening"
I was underage on the monkey bar.
I was underage in this funky bar.
"Late In The Evening"
My mother laughed away some lady's doom.
My mother laughed the way some ladies do.
"Late In The Evening"
Stepped outside and I said to myself 'Okay'.
Stepped outside and I smoked myself a J.
"Late in the Evening"
I stepped outside and I smoked myself a joint.
I stepped outside and rolled myself a J.
"Loves Me Like A Rock"
I'm a constipated board.
I'm a consecrated boy.
"Loves Me Like A Rock"
I'm a constipated man
I'm a consumated man
"Loves Me Like A Rock"
She loves me like Iraq.
She loves me like a rock.
"Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard"
But the press let the story ink.
But the press let the story leak.
Davo adds: "I think my lyric is more image-evoking in that 1970s era of tabloid newspapers and magazines."
"Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard"
Goodbye road, see the queen of Coronas
Goodbye Rosie, the Queen of Coronas
"Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard"
Goodbye Rosie, the Queen of Cologne.
Goodbye Rosie, the queen of Corona.
"Mother And Child Reunion"
But a mothering child reunion
Is only emotion away
But a mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
"Mother And Child Reunion"
But relief from constipation
Is only a motion away
But the mother and child reunion
Is only an ocean away
"Mother And Child Reunion"
I can't for the life of me
Remember a Saturday.
I can't for the life of me
Remember a sadder day.
"Mother And Child Reunion"
Oh, I went down in the fox hole
or
No, I would not give a false code
or
No, I would not give a false code
Oh, I would not give you false hope
"Mother and Child Reunion"
No, I would not give you fossils.
No, I would not give you false hope.
"Mother and Child Reunion"
Oh, I would not give you falso.
No, I would not give you false hope.
"Mother and Child Reunion"
On this train and mournful day
or
On this strain and mournful day
or
On dish drainer mournful day
or
On this drainer mournful day
or
On this strainer mournful day
On this strange and mournful day
"Mother and Child Reunion"
The mother and child reunion is only a mushroom away.
The mother and child reunion is only a motion away.
"Mother and Child Reunion"
You know I would not give the crossroads.
No, I would not give you false hope.
"Myth Of Fingerprints"
Elvis eats a watermelon.
Ever since the watermelon.
"Myth Of Fingerprints"
Elvis is a watermelon.
Ever since the watermelon
"Peace Like A River"
You can hit us with wives.
You can hit us with wires.
"Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After T"
To the penguins, the moonglow
The oreo's and the fireside.
To the Penguins, the Moonglows
The Orioles, and the Five Satins.
The whole title is "Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War".
"René And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After T"
To the penguins, the moonglow
The oreo's and the five sands.
To the Penguins, the Moonglows
The Orioles, and the Five Satins.
Hey, the full title doesn't fit in the 'song name' box! It's 'Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War'
"She Loves Me Like A Rock"
Hoodoo, hoodoo you think you're foolin'?
Who do, who do you think you're foolin'?
"She Loves Me Like A Rock"
I'm a constipated boy.
I'm a conscrated boy.
"She Moves On"
She takes the car,
that's all she takes
She takes the corner,
that's all she takes
"Slip Slidin' Away"
Hokum boleration
The more you're slip slidin' away.
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away.
"Slip Slidin' Away"
In the mirror your destiny is shunned
more, you're slip slidin' away
The nearer your destination,
the more you're slip slidin' away
"Slip Slidin' Away"
My love for you is solar powered
I'm afraid that I will disappear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear
"Slip Slidin' Away"
My love for you sold the car
And I'm afraid that I will disappear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear
"Slip Slidin' Away"
My love for you sold the car and
I'm afraid that I will disappear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear
"Slip Slidin' Away"
My love for you sold the car
And I'm afraid that I will disappear.
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear.
"Slip Slidin' Away"
She said a good day....ain't got no end,
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been.
She said a good day.... Ain't got no rain
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been
"Slip Slidin' Away"
She said, 'A bad day is what I like
And i can think of things that might have been.
She said a bad day is when I lie in bed
And I think of things that might have been.
"Slip Slidin' Away"
She says a bad day is when I lied in bed
And flicker flames that might have been
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been
"Slip Slidin' Away"
Slip slide in the rain
Slip slide in the rain
You know the nearer your destination
The more you slip slide in the rain.
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away.
"Slip Slidin' Away"
Slip slide in the rain
Slip slide in the rain
You know the nearer your destination
The more you slip slide in the rain.
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away.
"Slip Slidin' Away"
Slip slide in the rain
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip slide in the rain.
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip slidin' away.
"Slip Slidin' Away"
The information is unbelievable
For the Morman
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man
"Slip Slidin' Away"
The more you need your destination
The mores' slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
"Slip Slidin' Away"
You know a chameleon's destination
Means you're just slip slidin' away.
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away.
"Still Crazy After All These Years"
But I would not be caught dead with my jewelry in my ears
or
And I would not be caught dead with jewelry in my ears
or
And I would not be caught dead with jewelry in my ears
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers
"Still Crazy After All These Years"
But I would not be caught dead with jewelry of my peers.
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers.
"Still Crazy After All These Years"
But I would not be caught dead with my jewelry in my ears
But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers
"Still Crazy After All These Years"
I'm not the chinaman who tends to socialize
I'm not the kind of man who tends to socialize
(live version)
"The Myth of Fingerprints"
Elvis is the Watermelon
Ever since the watermelon
"The Myth of Fingerprints"
When the sun gets weary and the sun goes down
And my elbow sees a watermelon
When the sun gets weary and the sun goes down
Ever since the watermelon
"The Myth of Fingerprints"
When the sun gets weary and the sun goes down
And Elvis is a watermelon.
When the sun gets weary and the sun goes down
Ever since the watermelon.
"Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m."
For twenty-five dollars and pieces of silver
I held up and robbed her heart, flicker stone.
For twenty-five dollars and pieces of silver
I held up and robbed a hard liquor store.
"You Can Call Me Al"
...my wilted door
or
...my welded door
or
...my welded door
...my well lit door
"You Can Call Me Al"
...why am I lost in the middle now
....why am I soft in the middle now
"You Can Call Me Al"
Betty when you call me you can call me out
Betty when you call me you can call me Al
"You Can Call Me Al"
Call Meow
Call Me Al
"You Can Call Me Al"
Don’t want to end up a car tune
In a car tune graveyard.
Don’t want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard.
"You Can Call Me Al"
Far away and my welly blew up
Far away in my well lit door
"You Can Call Me Al"
He beat up down..
He ducked back down..
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Betty
And Betty-Wetty call me
You can call me Al.
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me now - call me now!
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al - call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Betty
Betty, when you call me you can call, "Miaow"! (like a cat)
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me, you can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Daddy
Daddy when you call me,
you can call me Al
I can call you Betty,
Betty when you call me,
you can call me Al
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Daddy
And Daddy when you call me, you can call me 'L'.
I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me, you can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Daddy
And Daddy when you call me
You can call meow.
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Diddy
And Diddy, when you call me
You can call meow.
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Eddie
I can call you Betty
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you Teddy
And Teddy, when you call me
You can call me Al.
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you baby
I can call you Betty
"You Can Call Me Al"
I can call you ready,
ready when you call me out
I can call you Betty,
Betty when you call me Al
"You Can Call Me Al"
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost cow.
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal.
"You Can Call Me Al"
Mr. Give and he give
And he gets these mutts away from me.
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
Get these mutts away from me.
"You Can Call Me Al"
Mr. beer melon, beer melon
Mr. Beerbelly, beerbelly
"You Can Call Me Al"
Scattering in infinity.
Scatterlings and orphanages
"You Can Call Me Al"
Scatterings of oranges
or
Scatterlings and laundries
or
Scatterlings and laundries
Scatterlings and orphanages
"You Can Call Me Al"
Some roll your pony little brat-faced girl.
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
"You Can Call Me Al"
Some roly-poly litlle Baptist girl.
Some roly-poly little bat-faced girl.
"You Can Call Me Al"
Some roly-poly litlle black-faced girl.
or
Some roly-poly little fat faced girl.
Some roly-poly little bat faced girl.
"You Can Call Me Al"
Some roly-poly litlle black-faced girl
Some roly-poly little bat faced girl
"You Can Call Me Al"
Some roly-poly little about-faced girl.
Some roly-poly little bat-faced girl.
"You Can Call Me Al"
Spitting on Infinitis
Spinning in infinity
"You Can Call Me Al"
Splitting an infinitive
Spinning in infinity
"You Can Call Me Al"
You can call me Daddy
And Daddy, when you call me
You can call meow.
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
You can call me Eddie
And Eddie, when you call me
You can call me Al.
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me
You can call me Al.
"You Can Call Me Al"
You can call meow
You can call me Al
"You Can Call Me Al"
[They're] saying infinity He says eight
Spinning in infinity He says Amen