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You know the hollywood sign
That stands in the hollywood hills I don't think the christ of the andes Ever blessed so many ills The hollywood sign seems to smile Like it's constantly saying "cheese" I doubt if the statue of liberty Ever welcomed more refugees Give me your poor Your tired your pimps You carhops your cowboys Your midgets your chimps Give me your freaks Your whores your harlots Your flunkies your junkies Give me your starlets Mary cecilia brown Rode to town on a malibu bus She climbed to the top Of the hollywood sign And with the smallest possible fuss She jumped off the letter "h" 'cause she did not become a star She died in less than a minute and a half She looked a bit like hedy lamarr Sometimes i have this dream When the time comes for me to go I will climb that hill And i'll hang myself From the second or third letter "o" When mary cecilia jumped She finally made the grade Her name was in the obituary column Of both the daily trades I hope the hollywood sign Cries for the town it touches The lady of lourdes in her grotto Saw fewer cripples and crutches Give me your poor Your maladjusted Your sick and your beat And your sad and your busted Give me your has-beens Give me your twisted Your loners your losers Give me your black-listed You know the hollywood sign The witness to our confusion A symbol of dreams Turns out to be A sign Of disillusion. |
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I walk in
I ain't too dumb I know i got some handicaps t'overcome I mean y'seen one midget Y'seen 'em all Oh yeah midget Oh yeah small And that's as far as you can see Is that the sum And total substance of me? Midgets d-warfs chimps in a zoo They all look alike to you Well listen good 'cause i don't lie There's a whole lot more to me Than meets the eye And it fills my little soul With midget hate The way that people will not learn To differentiate Yeah sure midget That's what you say And that's as far as it goes But have you ever said That's a hungarian midget? Or that's a midget with A wart on his nose? Have you ever taken the time to notice A midget with curly hair It isn't fair There are skinny midgets Fat midgets Gay midgets flat midgets There are midgets in deep despair Half a soul half a brain Half a heart And twice the pain Sure they're cute And they're a lot of fun But would you want your sister To marry one? Midget small That's it and that's all The classification it is made Midget runt Well now i gotta be blunt I wish i was born I wish i was born a spade Sure i would still be a midget But i would have such Such beautiful coloration And among my fellow midgets I would be a sensation Talk about standing out In the pack I wish i was black Midgets d-warfs chimpanzees Ain't it all relative When you're on your knees? So don't tell me Don't tell me About minorities I wish to christ I wish to christ I was black |
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When a man wants a woman
He says it's a compliment He says he's only trying To capture her To claim her To tame her When he wants everything, everything of her Her soul her love Her life forever and more He says He's persuading her He says He's pursuing her But when a woman wants a man He says she's threatening him He says she's only trying To trap him To train him To chain him When she wants anything, anything of him A look a touch A moment of his time He says She's demanding He swears She's destroying him Why is it When a man wants a woman He's called a hunter? But when a woman wants a man She's called a predator? |
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Cully surroga he's almost blind
One day his eyes just went dim How could such a terrible think occur When his mother took such care of him? She cherished him She nourished him She praised him to the skies She polished his mind and his body So he would be both strong and wise She saw to it he had a bicycle To develop his arms and legs She read him thoreau and theosophy She fed him organic eggs She saw to it he took his vitamin pills Five one-a-days every day He choked every time he swallowed them But she never heard Him say one word But hey mom that's okay okay o Hey mom that's okay okay o Hey mom that's okay okay o Hey mom hey mom hey mom that's okay She made him take up yoga For the strength and the meditation She saw to it he ate greens and beads For good elimination He happened to hate those beans and greens But she never never never never heard Him say not one damn word against them But hey mom that's okay One day she got this notion If he stared direct at the sun He'd get his energy right from the source It would shoot through his brain like a gun Like a gun And universal light she cried Will penetrate your cells And it will ring throughout your body Just like metaphysical bells And you'll be better built And you'll be better read And you'll be better able to run And then in the little league And then in the basketball You'll be the graduate number one Mother's son You'll be the graduate number one Mother's son Well he stared at the sun dear mother He stared every day for an hour Till the sphere began to fade And the light lost most of its power And the day went dim Dear god dear mother And the sweet sun slipped away And there ain't no sun no more no more There's just a ball of grey He wrote that for some reason Whatever He can't recall Dear mom he wrote There ain't no sun He wrote it on a men's room wall No more sun he wrote No more shine he wrote Just a ball of grey Other than that mom i'm doin' fine I take my vitamins five a day I hang out in bookstores like i should I meet some well read girls that way My elimination is very good So there's nothin' more to say to say But hey mom that's okay okay o Hey mom that's okay okay o Hey mom that's okay okay o Hey mom hey mom hey mom that's okay |
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The left hand is
We always say The demon devil's side The left had does The dirty work The shameful things You hide Judas kissed the left cheek of christ It's satan's special mark There were no left-footed animals Allowed on noah's ark Left-handed people are impure They go against the grain Left-handed children Play with themselves And drive themselves insane I was born left-handed But the nuns where i went to school They said it wasn't right so they Broke me of it And now i'm right-handed Just like i'm supposed to be And now I'm fine I'm just fine Really Really But sometimes I get so low so low Sometimes I get so depressed As though i lost A part of me that loved me The part that knew me best The child in me that cried To be cherished The side of me That tried to be my friend In the heart of me was living And loving But it perished And i'll never be Completely me again My right had fills the china teacups And needlepoints with old maid aunts My right hand clings to rosary beads And waters dying plants But it's never painted a picture Nor has it run for president My left hand Might have done these things If its roots Had not been bent A sculptor A poet It might have been Instead of a useless thing To decorate with bangles and bracelets And my mother's wedding ring Something It might have accomplished Or nothing But now i'll never know Oh My lost My left My natural hand My god I miss you so |
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Oh babe
He loves you But he just can't make it with you And he just can't tell you it's true How can he pass the test When he just can't hardly move himself Let alone prove himself the best Oh babe He wants you But he just can't get it on as you planned And i guess a girl just can't understand How much a guy goes through All she has to do is let herself She doesn't have to get herself up On cue Like a performing seal In a zoo How was last night's Performance babe? Was it better than The night before? Are the old credentials Any good any good any good any more Or is the act beginning to bore you? He can sing! He can dance! He can juggle! He a regular one-man band His costume's a little tattered His label says Made in japan But he beats his battered drum And he rattles his empty can And he somehow gets His flag to fly Looka him Looka him He's a man! Oh babe Inside him It's like there's a Little kid in a jail Crying denying he's fragile and frail Hey looka him He's a male But it's the wail Of the weary minstrel It's the dance Of the desperate clown Singing Don't put Don't put me down If i fail Please babe Don't put me down If i fail |
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Once i roamed a handsome thing
In my natural place Here i am repulsive 'cause i'm diff'rent from your race Who decides who's ugly? Who decides who's right? I tell you In my jungle You would be a sorry sight But we have never caged you King kong came to our town Tore our town apart King kong put the fear of jesus Into every heart Wait says king Wait i said i said Even though i am dead i'm dead Wait says king Though i died i died Hear hear hear hear hear The other side The other side King kong came to our town That's when we employed Decent weapons of defense And king kong was destroyed Wait says king You take someone And put him in a cage Then you shoot him down 'cause he Retaliates with rage With rage King kong had no feelings Had no christian thought For the feelings of the folks He captured and he caught I captured those Who captured me I didn't want to die You say i got no feelings But you know You know you lie You know you lie Once i roamed a handsome thing In my natural place Here i am repulsive 'cause i'm diff'rent from your race Who decides who's ugly? Who decides who's right? I tell you In my jungle You would be a sorry sight But we have never caged you Nor have we put you on display And when you kill me With your rifle Don't you know Who it is you slay? King kong came to our town Tore our town apart King king put the fear of jesus Into every heart Fear of god Ain't what you hear Pounding in your ear Christ is dead I am too The one you fear fear fear You fear is... King kong came to our town Tore our town apart King kong pur the fear of jesus Into every heart The one you fear is.... |
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When i was a child
You know how children are I wanted to be Like the morning star Morning is so innocent Trusting and fair With mother love and angels Reflected on your hair Oh morning star How warm you are Let me be like you As i grew up The morning star Faded into space Then i saw the evening star Standing in its place I tried to turn away Terrified to find Father love and demons Entangled in my mind But Despite myself I saw this other me Oh evening star How cold you are It's you I've come to be But you see that Once i thought them different As the moon and sun But now But now i know the morning star And the evening star Are one Mortal immortal Icicle and flame Feminine and masculine And i I am the same So i hereby Take myself My soul doth take my heart To honor love and cherish Till death do us part I will i will Accept myself With hope and fear and wonder And what i have joined together Let no one put asunder Let no one put asunder |
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