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Bring me wings on which to ride/Bring me wings on which to glide
We can fly and we are free/I love her and she loves me
Eh Eh Eh Eh
Bring me wings on which to ride (repeat)/All of life is in my eye (aaaahhh)/Bring me wings with which to fly ((bring me wings with which to flyl/Alloflife is ni my eve (al oflife isni my eve)
Eh Eh Eh Eh
Axe amanda Ask a mantorooney
Mickey moonie boonieBoogieboogie Hugo Mooneyeh
Sax amanda Salamanarooney Andy moonieboonie Bobbyboogie Hugo Mooneyeh
Pan amanda PanaramaNooney Grandma looneytooney
Bonnie bonnie Hugo Mooney he
Pam amanda Panamasiaticfluney Downafluea Santa Clooney Rosamary Hugo Mooney eh
Pacamanda Videoticgoonie Cyndi Indy groove amovie
Boogie boogie HugoMooney he
Bringmewings on which toride/Bring me wingsonwhichot glide
We can flyand we are fre/ olve her andshe lovesme/Bring mewings withwhich to fly (bring me wings with whichot fly)/All oflife si ni my eye (aaaahhhhh) /Bring me wings with whichot fly (bringme wingswith
which to fly)/All o flife i sni my eye (al
folifeis ni my eye)
Eh eh Eh
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Horserace (1990)
02:36
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I saw a horserace
After you made us promise not to see anymore
We snuck out in the darkness
Wearing our overcoats
To wait in line for the horserace
(oh mama the horsie gotta run
oh mama the horsie gotta run
oh mama the horsie gotta run
pretty mama the horsie gotta run)
We were so excited
Anticipation in the great crowd
Surging and stuff as one
The race then began
We honestly saw a horserace
(oh mama the horsie hadda run
oh mama the horsie hadda run
oh mama the horsie hadda run
pretty mama the horsie hadda run)
On reflection
The whole thing was actually most disappointing
The thrill was in disobeying
Not waiting in line
Or seeing a simple horserace
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Companion (1983)
05:29
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She dogged his every single move
She was insane
When he hopped a jet to France
She did the same
Her walls were filled with pictures
And her head with numbers
She usually didn’t make a sound
Except when she got really crazy
Sometimes she'd scream
Even if he'd known about her
He couldn’t shake her
This one guy saw her in Flagstaff (tm)
tried to take her
Didn’t count on what he found
Came out the loser
Through it all she never lost sight
Followed on to Maine or someplace
He kept moving
She was a most faithful companion and her actions were pure though nobody's sure why she did it
Of course it was his past that kept him so active but (though) she didn’t know it at the time
This one guy who saw it all says
He made a mistake
Caught up with his past in LA
Got a ride to a lake
They heard this scream when they dumped him
She came out running
They took off, she plunged right in
The thing is, he's OK, he walked away
He's still moving
She was a most faithful companion and her actions were pure though nobody's sure why she did ti
Sitting around the bar, talking this thing out, this one guy says it was true love.
But Eric says she was insane.
I believe Eric.
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A powerful sound - your face goes numb
A spike through the sound - your head struck dumb
A tone full of full - your mind speaks time
A laugh and a life - you find your rhyme
All for the sake of sound
Down to the lake of sound
All for the sake of sound
A bus to a bus to a bus to a bore
Your head goes dead - a man says “more”
An hour plus an hour equals overtime
Bell end hell - you find your rhyme
All for the sake of sound
Drown in the lake of sound
All for the sake of sound
Did you tear it all up? Someone said you tore it all up.
The brain holds the brain - the spike brains the pine
We laugh down the lane - we found our rhyme
All for the sake of sound
Drown in the lake of sound
All for the sake of sound
All for the sake of sound
Drown in the lake of sound
All for the sake of sound
Down to the lake of sound
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Destiny Boy (1987)
04:24
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Whilst in the late-night reverie I was visited by the ghost of a boy
Without my glasses I could not see were his eyes of hate or bringing joy
Quick as a wink he took me up to speed through time to my future life
Assuring me that all was well, still had my home, my band, my wife
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
When you think you have no friends and all your joy is long since seen
You may be ready for a late-night jaunt with the gentle boy with the hair of green
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
Hey, don’t be frightened
What can be worse than not knowing
Where’s your sense of excitement
Aren’t you curious where you’re going
Without a word he placed me back on my vinyl couch with a pad and pen
Leaving me to muse and sigh would he ever come to visit again
But if he doesn’t I won’t mind already I’ve known more than most
All hail to you destiny boy I raise my voice in gleeful toast
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
Destiny boy came to visit me
Kindly face and hair of green
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Open Up! (1986)
03:58
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See "hat." for the lyrics
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Don't Go in Caves (1984)
03:19
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“There’s a need for this,” said Jelly as he went inside
The cave closed in around him, his brother, and their dog Clyde
“I’ve not set foot in here since 1965”
His structure still intact, his shutter poised to shut
Then brother started yelling even louder than the mutt
So Jelly turned around and got an arrow in the gut, zzzt doingg
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves all right
(Don’t go) Don’t give me any fight, just don’t go in caves at night
Brother and Clyde turned their hide, hightailed it in a wink
They’re all alone when they get home and they throw up in the sink
“Jelly’s gone forever, Clyde, it’s time we stop and think.”
Brother rounds up all his friends and Clyde rounds up all his
Through the field with flames held high to see what the problem is
In the morning they’ll all be found with arrows in their lids, zzt doingg
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves all right
(Don’t go) Don’t give me any fight, just don’t go in caves at night
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves all right
(Don’t go) Don’t give me any fight, just don’t go in caves at night
None of it was true at all, it’s a story they told me when I was young
I found myself outside a cove so I thought I’d go in and have some fun
It was dark so I could hardly see and then something grabbed me by the pants
What is this thing looking at me and why does it want me to dance?
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves all right
(Don’t go) Don’t give me any fight, just don’t go in caves at night
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves
(Don’t go) Don’t go in caves all right
(Don’t go) Don’t give me any fight, just don’t go in caves at night
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Airport (1989)
02:48
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see "hat." for lyrics
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Killer Fish (1983)
05:03
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Don’t give me that
You know the feeling
What can’t help but grow
You think you know something
But some things you don’t know
As a basis in fact I’ve learned to react
In a most severe way,
Whereas on the first day
Initial impressions were colder, as ice.
I find myself wishing that things could be nice.
The more I see her the more I like her
The more I see her more I like
She psyches me out I’d like to psyche her
I would like to be her bike
Killer fish
Killer fish
Killer fish
Killer fish
Oh those killer fish
Killer fish
Dig those killer fish
Killer fish
This has nothing to do with the rest of the song but I love those killer fish
Who tossed the straw
Who makes us love
Whose iron fist guides you
Clad in glove
As a basis in fact I’ve learned to react
In a most severe way,
Whereas on the first day
Initial impressions were colder, as ice.
I find myself wishing that things could be nice.
The more I see the more I like her
The more I see her more I like
If she’s the trail I’ll be a hiker
She’s my hmm and I’m her Mike
The more I see her the more I like her
The more I see her more I like
She psyches me out I’d like to psyche her
I would like to be her bike
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Alarm (1983)
03:26
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Sorry about the phone call
I thought that you’d be home
I heard the quiet talking
I thought you’d be alone
Who’s speaking from experience
Right now I’m half delirious
We were acting as cool as can be
We were sounding the silent alarm
We were being the secret police
We were keeping each other from harm
I reject this receiver
I accept this rigid night
You walk back to your bedroom
I bet you kill the light
I do not need a drink
Soon crashing in the sink
We were acting as cool as can be
We were keeping each other from harm
We were being the secret police
We were sounding the silent alarm
There’s larger forces working
It’s funny how big they are
And all I do is point in all directions
Expect an early waking
Your timid little voice
My benign forgiveness
I haven’t got a choice
And time goes by so slow
And that’s a month go
We were acting as cool as can be
We were keeping each other from harm
We were being the secret police
We were sounding the silent alarm
We were acting as cool as can be
We were keeping each other from harm
We were being the secret police
We were sounding the silent alarm
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Tug (1986)
04:14
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Down the road when I was young
Lived my best friend Tug
We spit on dirt
And hit the road
And played beneath the tractor
Remember the day he learned to vanish
Away from human sight
My best friend Tug was invisible
What a holy terror
Hooray, hooray fro the good old days
Hiding to look at the girls like a bug with my friend Tug.
I heard he was dead in the war
But I just got a call from Tug
Faded just as the bullet hit
Sustaining minimal damage
Traveled down to Jamaica town
Started a reggae band
Tug come on back to our Southern town
Your reggae band I’ll manage
Hooray, hooray for the good old days.
Let’s bring them back you crazy lug.
My crazy bonehead Tug.
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Be Yourself Brian (1989)
03:35
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There was a guy called Brian
He could assume various shapes
This made him the envy
Of all the kids in high school who couldn’t get dates
For Brian’s popularity soared
As he turned into a tree or a surfboard
There was a girl
At the school, unimpressed,
And her name was Ann
Her friends said, “Look at Brian
As he easily achieves what none of these other kids can.”
But Ann had no use for a guy
Whose claim to fame was suddenly being pie.
Brian courted Ann with fierce determination
(Be yourself, Brian, be yourself.)
Despite an insurmountable lack of communication
(Be yourself, Brian, be yourself.)
Twenty years later
They’re happily married (though not to each other)
When I heard this tale I thought I’d better write it down
In case nobody else bothered
I hope someday to meet Brian or Ann
Yours sincerely, Tug (an invisible man)
Brian courted Ann with fierce determination
(Be yourself, Brian, be yourself.)
Despite an insurmountable lack of communication
(Be yourself, Brian, be yourself.)
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The dogs was sittin’
Sighin’ out loud
One dog says, “let’s get out of this crowd”
They ran to the country
Pantin’ all the way
The sun went down
So they said, “Let’s stay”
Shiverin’ and shakin’
Frozen to the feet
So they built themselves a fire
Got ‘em all in heat
Pat each other on the back
And they wander off to bed
Then the spaceship came
Flashin’ green an’ blue an’ red
All the dogs wake up an’ they hide behind a tree
Say “we gotta tell somebody but they won’t believe we”
Say “we gotta take a picture, that is what we gotta take”
But the camera’s broke, so they chuck it in the lake
Then they got themselves a real spaceman
Lookin’ like a buncha needles sticking’ out a tin can
The dogs went crazy runnin’ fast as they could go
The spaceman FLASHES at ‘em and they all just froze
When the dogs came to they was ridin’ in the sky
At a million miles an hour
That’s the only way to fly
One dog’s cryin’ ‘cause he’s hungry and he’s scared
So the other dogs hug him
And they tell him “there, there”
But they all get nervous when the door open wide
An ugly spaceman kinda twirl inside
He says “we gonna take your brains ‘cause we need ‘em for our food”
Then they hear a big explosion
The dogs go “oooooo”
Yeah, the dogs look out the window
There’s another spaceship shootin’ laser beams at ‘em
And they just got hit
The dogs start screamin’ that it ain’t no fun to fly
‘Cause the place is on fire and they know they’re gonna die
But then they all turn purple
They really start to soar
‘Cause the other spaceship is a-beamin’ them aboard
The dogs look around and they can’t believe it’s true
‘Cause there’s Audie Murphy and John Wayne too
The dogs all say “hey, we thought you was dead”
John and Audie just smiled and this is what they said:
“Listen up, little doggies. Heroes don’t die.
They just go up in the spaceship and they fly, fly, fly.
You must be pretty hungry.”
All the dogs say “yes.”
Audie gives them each a steak, say “don’t you worry ‘bout the mess.”
John say “we’ll drop you off on this planet right here
‘cause we think you’re gonna like it an’ you got no need to fear.”
Well, all the dogs say “thank you
Thank you kindly for the ride.”
And they muster up the courage and they step outside
They was on the planet Andern
And it looked OK
(Well, they had to learn to like it
‘Cause it’s where they had to stay.)
One dog says, “Well, I know I seen worse,
but why couldn’t John and Audie just bring us back to Earth?”
Then his eyes opened wide, kinda horrified and shocked
‘Cause the dog that he was talkin’ to just turned into a rock.
Well, the dog looked for his buddies but one was now a shoe
And one’s a chair, and one’s a snare, and one’s a tub of glue
He started feelin’ stiff an’ when he looked at himself
He was a ceramic elf
Every one of them dogs, they was thinkin’: “Wow,
this is the worst that can happen, nothin' worse can happen now.”
Then the planet started movin’, it was herkin’ and jerkin’
‘Cause that was when gravity stopped workin’.
The dogs yell “help” and they can’t believe their eyes
‘Cause they’re speedin’ past planets a thousand times their size
All the stars and planets lookin’ awful unstable
Like a buncha bumper balls on a bumper pool table
The only thing that’s makin’ ‘em happier than frogs:
All the speed and the excitement turned ‘em back into dogs
No time congratulations, got no time to say “when”
A big ol’ flamin’ steamin’ meteor is headin’ straight for them
All the dogs was struck dumb when they saw it comin’ toward
But all at once they started screamin’ “Help us Lord!”
God was pretty busy, he was writin’ a song
But when Jupiter flew past him he knew something was wrong
He picked up his little finger, cleared his throat and said “Stop”
It all got real quiet, you could hear a pin drop
But the dogs flew off the planet soon as God stopped the race
They was spinnin’, they was stranded, they was lost in space
Well, the dogs all hopin’ they don’t float into the sun
But then they see the monolith from “2001”
They’re climbin’ all aboard and they can’t believe their luck
‘Cause it got a steerin’ wheel, you can drive it like a truck
One dog got the compass and one got the beer
And they’re happy ‘cause they know that home is near
But a couple minutes later they was all outta mirth
‘Cause the wind changed direction and they flew past Earth
Well, the dogs kept flyin’ (it started gettin’ weird)
They was right in the middle of a strange atmosphere
But when they got through all the lights and the fog
They landed on a planet that worshipped the dog
They was all made kings on this brave new land
And they ruled with a fair and gentle hand
They was happy forever, and they all stayed friends
Now ain’t that a nice way for a song to end?
That’s what happened to the dogs
That’s what happened to the dogs
That’s what happened to the dogs
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Mike Keneally San Diego, California
Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral
composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.
Learn more at keneally.com
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