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"(A Child's View of) The Eisenhower Years"
It's a child's view of the eyes of Howard Hughes
It's a child's view of the Eisenhower years
Given Stewart's propensity for historical and often eccentric material, the reference to Howard Hughes almost made sense to me.
"Apple Cider Reconstitution"
The doors were crusted,
with modern leaves and names carved long ago.
The doors were crusted,
with mud and leaves and names carved long ago
Miss Donna Summers' day
Mist on a summer's day
"Man For All Seasons"
Henry Clientogenous still looks for someone.
Henry Plantagenet still looks for someone.
No one notices the custard slip away.
No one notices the customs slip away.
In the camp face of the night,
the tumbling rhythms of guitars ring loud and clear
In the cafes of the night,
the tumbling rhythm of guitars ring loud and clear
"The Year of the Cat"
...and the rhythm of the new Fontaine
...and the rhythm of the new-found day
"The Year of the Cat"
Innocent Tanya, bound to leave her
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
"The Year of the Cat"
On a morning from a folk art movie
On a morning from a Bogart movie
"The Year of the Cat"
You go strolling through the crowd like Pete Tolare
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
A girl comes who wants you, wants you to know
A girl comes towards you, you once used to know
I guess I never realized that my lyric never really completes the thought. Funny how it took me till now (34 years after the song was a hit) to notice.
Find me a ticket on the last tray home tonight
or
A one-way ticket on the last train home tonight
or
A one-way ticket on the last train home tonight
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
Flying sausages
Time passages
There's something back here, lift that behind.
There's something back here that you left behind.
And the first senator's De Gaulle
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And the first sign of tourists are gone.
And the bus and the tourists are gone.
And the last first amateurists are gone.
And the bus and the tourists are gone.
And the last thing you hear is Saigon.
And the bus and the tourists are gone.
And you've thrown away your choice of lobster tickets
so you have to stay on
And you've thrown away your choice. You've lost your tickets,
so you have to stay on
And you've thrown away your joys of lobster picking
And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket
But the food-tarred walls and the market stalls
There's a hint that she'll eat you, too.
By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to.
By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a head in there she'll eat you too
By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
In the morning from a bogus art movie
In the morning from a Bogart movie
In the rhythm of Eve Fontaine
In the rhythm of the new-born day
In the rhythm of the new frontier
In the rhythm of the new-born day
Innocent time, you're bound to rape her
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
It's the year of the goat.
It's the year of the cat.
On a Monarch from a boat yard moving.
On a morning from a Bogart movie.
On a morning from a Foghat movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like fee taloric
Contemplating a crime.
On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime.
On a morning from a polecat movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Beatle Ari
Contemplating a crime
On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime.
On the bus I'm a tourist's cigar.
And the bus and the tourists are gone.
"Year Of The Cat"
One morning comes and you're still withered.
Well, morning comes and you're still with her.
Pete Colani, come and play in my grime
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime
Pete Delori contemplating a crime.
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
Pete or Lori contemplating a crime
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime
Peter Lorre and to plating a rhyme.
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
Pizza Larry contemplating a crime
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime
She comes in incest or Pit Julie
She comes in incense or patchouli
She comes in innocence and so truly.
She comes in incense and patchouli.
She comes incensed and petulantly
She comes in incense and patchouli
Strolling through the crowd
Like Big Delores contemplating a crime.
Strolling through the crowd
Like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
The air of a kind
The year of the cat
To the rhythm of the new-born team
or
To the rhythm of the new fontaine.
In the rhythm of the new-born day.
You go strolling through the crowd like Pete Tolari.
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre.
You go strolling through the crowd like pink Tavares...
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre...
You go strolling through the crowd like
Pete Tolare contemplating a crime.
You go strolling through the crowd like
Peter Lorre contemplating a crime.
You've thrown away your 'choice of lobster' ticket.
You've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket.
You've thrown away your choice of lobster chicken.
You've thrown away your chance and lost your ticket.
Enus and Tonya bound to Libra
You know sometime you're bound to leave her.
Eros and Tanna, bound to leave her
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
"Eros" and "Tanna" were the names of the two aliens in Edward Wood's 1959 mega-turkey "Plan 9 from Outer Space".
Innocent Tanya
Bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay