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from 카이스트 (KAIST) [ost] (1999)
Lady, when you love me
I feel home sweet home inside of you sublime This garden's sure to grow you know Our love is just like summertime Parrots eye the fruit And we make love Between the harpsichords and lutes Our green limbs intertwine you know Our love is just like summertime Our souls collide We slip and slide We feel no pain And with our lives locked together We weather the wind and rain We grow the farm We're safe from harm Inside this circle of summertime Both of us know is our love Lovers from the past with poison smiles All pray our love will never last But we are trees not vines you know Our love is just like summertime As the song begins These shipwrecks fade Behind a wave of violins Vivaldi made us rhyme you know Our love is just like summertime |
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from Michael Franks - Barefoot On The Beach (1999)
Every time I asked you to be truthful you lied
And when I lost my temper you cried Crocodile tears and spoke double talk It's the same old alibis and stories again I redeye there to meet you and then All you ever give me is double talk You think that love means cope Your life is like some daytime soap Where all the dialogue is just double talk Well I've got news for you This little drama's through 'Cause I can't take no more of your double talk Your double talk You're so jive - sometimes I think your brain was mislaid You've broken every promise you made You ought to see a doctor for double talk Never mind 'bout all the times we started again I had the idea there to meet you and then All you ever give me is double talk Your brand of kindness smarts You call me when I'm on the charts But all you ever give me is double talk Well I've got news for you This little drama's through 'Cause I can't take no more of your double talk Your double talk Musical Interlude It may come as quite a shock But I'm hip to your double talk All you ever give me is double talk Each time you lie your profile grows- It looks just like Pinocchio's And I can't take no more of your double talk It may come as quite a shock But I'm hip to your double talk All you ever give me is double talk Each time you lie your profile grows- It looks just like Pinocchio's And I can't take no more of your double talk |
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from Michael Franks - Barefoot On The Beach (1999)
There isn't any part of me she does not know
We've been together about a thousand years or so Still almost instantly my love begins to show Every time she whispers It makes no difference if I'm upon my luck When she invites me in my gloom becomes unstuck I feel the barriers around me deconstruct Every time she whispers. Tensions dissolve when we touch In her arms the world is erased when it's too much All of my deep blue disappears As soon as I hear her whisper Passion evolves when we touch In her arms I measure success counting how much Music she composes in sighs And how many times she whispers my name. Love is the weakness that we need to make us strong How can a hundred million Frenchmen all be wrong? And I'm completely at the mercy of her song Every time she whispers. |
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from Michael Franks - Barefoot On The Beach (1999)
ved in a painting by Renoir
Dined late in those sidewalk cafes But lately I seem to be more inclined For a walk in the rain I danced to Grappelli and Django Saw candlelight through beaujolais But lately I seem to be more inclined For a walk in the rain We laughed at the weather Out walking without umbrellas How well I remember Your face when we walked in the rain You know I was crazy about you Some sadness caused me to unwind Maybe I will meet you If fate is kind On a walk in the rain We laughed at the weather Out walking without umbrellas How well I remember Your face when we walked in the rain We laughed at the weather Out walking without umbrellas How well I remember Your face when we walked in the rain |
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from Michael Franks - The Art Of Tea (1984)
The music begins
And the titles fade in Starring you and me The hero is struggling to say That his lady is far away In her prison of wishes We love and we fight But it's all Day For Night Just a Masquerade We reel 'til the red light is off Then we go take our faces off Like two clowns in a sideshow Love is like two dreamers dreaming the exact same dream Just another technicolor romance on the screen Love is like two dreamers dreaming the exact same dream Just another technicolor romance on the screen I keep you in frame And I whisper your name 'til the picture fades The feeling is already gone I don't know why am I going on Can't remember the ending |
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from Michael Franks - The Art Of Tea (1984)
Whenever I explore the land of Yin
I always take one on the chin And now this lioness has almost made me tame I can't pronounce her name But eggplant is her game The lady sticks to me like white on rice She never cooks the same way twice- Maybe it's the mushrooms Maybe the tomatoes I can't reveal her name But eggplant is her game When my baby cooks her eggplant She don't read no book And she's got a Gioconda Kind of dirty look And my baby cooks her eggplant About 19 different ways But sometimes I just have it raw With mayonnaise Maybe it's the way she grates her cheese Or just the freckles on her knees Maybe it's the scallions Maybe she's Italian I can't reveal her name But eggplant is her game. |
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from Michael Franks - The Art Of Tea (1984)
And when God gave out rhythm
He sure was good to you You can add, subtract, multiply. And divide by two I know today's your birthday And I did not buy no rose But I wrote this song instead and I call it: Popsicle Toes Popsicle Toes, Popsicle Toes are always froze Popsicle Toes, You're so brave to expose all those Popsicle Toes You must have been Miss Pennsylvania With all this pulchritude, How come you always load your Pentax When I'm in the nude? We ought to have a birthday party And you can wear your birthday clothes, Then we can hit the floor and go explore those Popsicle Toes You got the nicest North America This sailor ever saw- I like to feel your warm Brazil And touch your Panama But your Tierra del Fuegos Are nearly always froze- We gotta see-saw until we unthaw those Popsicle Toes |
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from Michael Franks - The Art Of Tea (1984)
We touched like watercolour fawns
In landscapes painted by Cezanne Like lovers floating painted by Chegall But you and I were you-I then We thought the rush wo uld never end We thought the sky, t he sky would never fall We lived we loved we laughed we cried We'll never die, and now I th ink of you And I change right into Mr Blue You say your lover buys you lace I say he's fine, I like his face I guess you still think love will conquere all I know, but it's not what you think I only hope it s tays in sync I only want, I want to wish you well |
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from Michael Franks - Skin Dive (1985)
Lost your toy lover boy
In the mirror take a look You're much older now You used to be 23 Suddenly the summer ends And you don't know how It was endless fun, hit and run Sweet talk was your middle name Always on the prowl Just one dance no romance Living like an alley cat And you sure could howl Your secret's safe with me You're tired and lonely The only cure will be love Your secret's safe with me Ain't no contender You got no fist in your glove Your secret's safe with me You're searching for someone Who's got no lies to conceal Your secret's safe with me Waiting for someone Whose eyes will tell you it's real Whose eyes will tell you it's real Whose eyes will tell you it's... Live and learn wait your turn Don't you know the deepest love Comes to those who wait Why be smart hear your heart Leading you to someone who... NO it's not too late Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) Tired and lonely The only cure will be love Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) Ain't no contender You got no fist in your glove Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) You're searching for someone Who's got no lies to conceal Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) Waiting for someone Whose eyes will tell you it's real (Will tell you it's real...) Whose eyes will tell you it's real (Whose eyes Will tell you it's real...) Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) Tired and lonely The only cure will be love Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) Ain't no contender You got no fist in your glove Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) Searching for someone Who's got no lies to conceal Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) Waiting for someone Whose eyes will tell you it's real Your secret's safe with me (Your secret's safe with me) |
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from Michael Franks - Skin Dive (1985)
Whenever I am lost at sea
I remember you are here with me You surrender to the fantasy When I give my love to you Running from the hurricane Helter-skelter in the wind and rain I find shelter, I find peace again When I give my love to you When I give my love to you I can feel the downtime ending And I ain't pretending Words can simply not reveal The degree of ecstasy Only you can make me feel When you give your love to me Lover, when the world's too square I discover you are always there And no other lover can compare When I give my love to you. |
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from Michael Franks - Passionfruit (1987)
Kid inside a candy store
Sensation Temptation Always gotta have some more You love that sticky stuff Ain't no way you're lettin' go You tease me You squeeze me Well there's something you should know I never get enough I know I'm never I know I'm never I know I'm never satisfied Go slow I'm never Oh no I'm never I'm hardly ever satisfied Girl we sure can loop the loop Fantastic Gymnastic We can slam it through the hoop And all that tricky stuff We should thank the stars above Elated We're mated Happy prisoners of love We never get enough I know we're never I know we're never I know we're never satisfied Go slow we're never Oh no we're never We're hardly ever satisfied No matter what we do we're never satisfied 'Cause when it's me and you we're never satisfied |
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from Michael Franks - Passionfruit (1987)
Money misery grows
Oh woe is we Who know where it will end Hard luck follows us Minus never plus Will we break or just bend Never say die We've got the worst behind us If we just try Soon we'll be feeling strong Cancel that frown Somehow the light will find us Can't keep us down Well at least not for long Worry's worn us thin But when our ship comes in All our troubles will fold We're a perfect fit Come to think of it Love's more precious than gold |
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from Michael Franks - Passionfruit (1987)
Seventh of September
Remember when We met at the shrine Your kimono looked so fine Temple dancers swaying Flutes playing then I was yours and you were mine Paul Desmond on the stereo We sipped the sake very slow Kissing in the candleglow That rainy night in Tokyo We both got so hungry on the bullet train Lugging our luggage through the station Finding a taxi in the pouring rain We must have made quite a sight In love on a rainy night And due for a little celebration Safe from stormy weather Together we Stayed inside our room Just admiring the typhoon Heard the cats arrive Nearly five but we Were still making love in tune |
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from Michael Franks - Passionfruit (1987)
When Sly calls
The profit speaks When Sly calls The secret leaks The sky falls The dice are tossed The war is won The battle's lost When Sly calls It's thirteen takes When Sly calls The summer breaks The sky falls The rain begins And on the box some Leon spins To insulate me from the icy aftershock I feel each time That Sly calls (Don't touch the phone) I am not here I'm making my escape The me you hear Is magnetized on tape I'm flying south For snorkeling and sleep (a Cote d'Azur) Just leave your message when you hear the (Don't you dare touch that phone) When you hear the (Don't you dare touch that phone) When you hear the (Don't you dare touch that phone) When you hear the beep When Sly calls It's tit for tat When Sly calls It's rat eat rat The sky falls The signal fades I lock the door and shut the shades And contemplate the crystal blue familiar funk I'm plunged into When Sly calls |
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from Michael Franks - Passionfruit (1987)
Winter's hard to rhyme
We're prisoners in some icy pantomime Just waiting for the wind to change his mind And sing us green April starts to whisper to the trees I hoe and you plant the trees Canterbury Bells begin to ring The sparrows are stealing string Hollycocks and foxglove to the knee Now life's a major key We've got mud between our toes This is how the garden grows Midnight in July We see the season spread across the sky We wake up to a nosy dragonfly Against the screen You just love to bite me where it shows You kiss me Then hide my clothes Running through the sprinklers nearly raw We've just disproved Newton's law How can I break even with the weeds In love so beyond my needs Blossoms on you Mama's rose This is how the garden grows |
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from Michael Franks - Sleeping Gypsy (1987)
Daddy plays the ashtray
Baby starts to cry The Lady wants to know The reason why Daddy's just like Coltrane Baby's just like Miles The Lady's just like heaven When she smiles And the Lady wants to know She wants to know the reason Got to know the reason why This man has got to go This man is always leavin' How he hates to say goodbye But what she doesn't know Is there really is no reason There really is no reason why Daddy he hates airplanes Baby loves to fly And the Lady wants to know The reason why Daddy's just like Coltrane Baby's just like Miles The Lady's just like heaven When she smiles. |
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from Michael Franks - Sleeping Gypsy (1987)
Antonio lives life's fervor
Antonio plays for truth Antonio says our friendship Is a hundred proof The vulture that circles Rio hangs in this LA sky The blankets they give the Indians only make them die But sing the song forgotten for so long And let the music flow like light into the rainbow We know the dance we have We still have a chance to break these chains And flow like light into the rainbow But sing the song forgotten for so long And let the music flow like light into the rainbow We know the dance we have We still have a chance to break these chains And flow like light into the rainbow Antonio loves the desert Antonio plays for rain Antonio knows that pleasure is the child of pain And Lost in La Califusa When most of my hope was gone Antonio's samba led me to the Amazon But sing the song forgotten for so long And let the music flow like light into the rainbow We know the dance we have We still have a chance to break these chains And flow like light into the rainbow |
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from Michael Franks - Sleeping Gypsy (1987)
Well, after all the tears and laughter
You and I've been through How can you ask me what love is? Love is a chain, just a chain reaction Once you break it, you can't fake it Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it Once you lose it or misuse it You can hunt forever and never find it You come home broken Like your soul is black and blue And then you ask me what love is Love is a chain, just a chain reaction Once you break it, you can't fake it Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it Once you lose it or misuse it You can hunt forever and never find it Get some love in your groove Just get hip to forgive Are you tryin' to prove That you can take more than give? What good is your song If it ain't in my key? Loneliness makes you strong Only love makes you free Get some love in your groove Just get hip to forgive Are you tryin' to prove That you can take more than give? What good is your song If it ain't in my key? Loneliness makes you strong Only love makes you free Well, after all the tears and laughter You and I've been through How can you ask me what love is? Love is a chain, just a chain reaction Once you break it, you can't fake it Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it Once you lose it or misuse it You can hunt forever and never find it You come home broken Like your soul is black and blue And then you ask me what love is Love is a chain, just a chain reaction Once you break it, you can't fake it Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it Once you lose it or misuse it You can hunt forever and never find it Love is a chain Love is a chain Love is a chain ... |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
I've been waiting to meet you
I know you're out there somewhere Are you waiting to meet me too? Every morning I start out Maybe today Every night turn my heart out Maybe tomorrow When I wander in dreamtime I feel you come closer Tell me is it the same with you? You stand on a cliff overlooking the ocean Below on the beach I am caught in slow motion And there we're face to face Together again for the first time Face to face You're the one I can love for a lifetime Face to face I can see that it might take a while Face to face To escape from the curve of your smile All alone in a desert I follow some footprints Only hoping they lead to you Always slightly behind you Just out of frame In a hurry to find you Before the dream ends There's confusion and hardship But it never matters 'Cause I'm doing it all for you And I know as I search these wide open spaces You wait under a palm tree At the oasis Cancel loneliness Capture happiness Let that heartache and pain go Love feels awful good Like I knew it would All superlatives true Never better now It's forever now Finally over the rainbow I was blind I see Fate was kind to me When it cast me with you |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
I fly solo
The Number One's my logo Birth of the Cool's my theme song For me the whole love scene's wrong I surrender Take me prisoner right away I'm content with you inside I surrender Learned my lesson the hard way: "You can run but you can't hide" Love is not to be denied My heart beats slow I kept it incognito It's only fools who feel love I don't believe in real love |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
Here we are again
That fatal combination I guess it's opposite attraction It's gone too far again This crazy conversation It's like a nuclear reaction Lady your lip service has no rival Don't you know deception is uncouth? Didn't you read somewhere in the Bible Not to bend the truth? If you think your lip service will amaze me You're utterly confused - that much is clear 'Cause baby your lip service doesn't faze me It's so insincere It's only lip service It's nothin' but lip service There you are again Unable to conceal it That hourglass configuration It's gone too far again Believe me, I can feel it I can't resist that old temptation Lady your lip service can be vicious Don't you know deception is uncouth? However your lips look so delicious While they bend the truth Give me some lip service, just attack me I know I have asked you to be real But sometimes your lip service is exactly What I want to feel Tired of of truces Eloquence is useless Eighty-six it 'Cause all this talk won't fix it |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
Lovers from Shakespeare come to mind
The "parting is such sweet" "Wherefore art thou" kind Shattered illusions, sad conclusions When I think of us Love called the shots and we believed We gave new meaning to the word "naive" Can't comprehend the logic of love When I think of us How it exploded I don't know Right out of nowhere We ran out of mistletoe Still I remember only good times When I think of us We were young and our hearts were broken when love was lost The pain we concealed Somehow time has healed We tried hard but I Guess we failed the test Does it matter why? Just remember I Hope you're happy I Wish you all the best Who could predict the end of spring? We were in love and love was everything Promises broken, cruel words spoken When I think of us How it exploded I can't say Right out of nowhere The rain washed it all away Still I remember only good times When I think of us We were young and our hearts were broken when love was lost |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
Keep believing you soon will earn your turn to flash in the pan It's deceiving' cause nothing kills like this metropolis can Everywhere there's blind ambition Dog eat dog and screw you You do unto others and they do unto you Everyday you fight taxicabs and traffic, permanent frowns Lay awake at night wondering if you hear burglary sounds Think it's time to make my exit Kiss all this goodbye and Catch the next flight south connecting to my island life Look at me I'm a refugee from the island life I belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe I'll do all my swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea For free Guess it must be clear I do not belong in this cityscape I am not from here and I do intend to make my escape Take me back to waterfalls in volcanic canyons Where coconuts and orchids are my sole companions Look at me I'm a refugee from the island life I belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe How inviting it would make always killing time if you Came too Can't you see we're just refugees from the island life We belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe We'll do all our swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea For free |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
I was just a stand-in
Someone love abandoned - not the leading man But my heart yelled "Action" What does "fall in love" mean? We rehearsed the Love Scene unaware of this Till we tried The Kiss and Now... now you're in my dreams Love was such a mystery Love was ancient history - pleasure chased with pain Till you whispered my name In the soundstage moonlight We could not say goodnight - unaccustomed to Happiness so new and Now... now you're in my dreams Now the close-up me and you And every old cliche rings true The Samba begins Fate to the winds First it smolders then it burns, you Pass the point of no return, do Lovers stay in love by learning How to leave the world at the door and live Live inside their dreams? |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
By day
He's a grease monkey it's true A slave Fix your transmission like new Change oil Rotate your tires of course He toils Under the Flying Red Horse And at six he rolls Down his sleeves Turns his collar up When the boss man leaves Close up the shop Puts away his tools Gives the last car keys To the gas pump fools Then he's home at last No more goodwrench scene And he scrubs his hands Till they're surgeon clean Takes a long hot shower Some cologne and then The change is complete He's himself again At night he's Doctor Sax He's Mister Tenor Virtuoso He plays to rhythm tracks on tape No one like Doctor Sax Not even Trane or Bird could blow so The girls have heart attacks, they say (He'll put it all on wax one day) Some day He will live just in his mind Some way Leave all his misery behind His horn He will blow breaking the curse Reborn Under the Flying Red Horse |
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from Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies (1987)
No one here
Venus and Mars And a skyful of stars It's been a slo-mo year A few stolen kisses And several near misses I wait (wish my mission was clearer) For the cherub's arrow Hesitate (one last look in the mirror) My lappels are narrow Down the stairs and hit the street The bravado's just pretend though And the chic spot where we met Is called Innuendo You and I Birds of a feather We ought to know better We're cool and shy Love is outrageous But highly contagious We wait (while our salads are dressing) For the cherub's arrow You look great (cappuccino compressing) To Ravel's Bolero It would surely be a shame If the evening had to end though We're both masters of the game Known as Innouendo If you believe in love Prepare for stormy weather Guess I should heed my own advice I can't believe that love Would bring us back together 'Cause lighting never strikes the same place twice Candlelight And saying "I've missed you" Confuses the issue This summer night The cabdriver chuckles We smell honeysuckle Too late (guess the poison got stronger) It's the cherub's arrow We can't wait (to make love any longer) Guess it's now or never And this happiness we feel As we move to the crescendo Makes the dialogue all real Not just innuendo No more innuendo |
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from Michael Franks - Tiger In The Rain (1979)
Books are stacked on my table, I've got books filling my shelves
Day and night I've been trying to unravel myself But I've been looking for answers that don't seem to wanna be had And people don't live too long when they're feeling this bad So I don't wanna know about nothin' Unless it's something I can see or touch 'cause I've been living on the inside too much I miss those Labor Day picnics like the ones that we used to have Where no one's worrying about nothing, no one's feeling bad I wanna roll down the hillside, lay dizzy in the cool green grass And jump around like a frog in a gunny sack And I don't wanna know about nothin' Unless it's something I can see or touch 'cause I've been living on the inside a little too much My friend has got some babies and she loves them with all of her might They run around all day, they keep her up at night But she can kiss those faces and she's the one who gets to see them smile I'm thinking maybe that'd beat this by a pretty long mile And I don't wanna know about nothin' Unless it's something I can see or touch 'cause I've been living on the inside a little too much |
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from Michael Franks - Tiger In The Rain (1979)
Most of the time
He's the Lord of the Jungle- Everyone grins while he gripes Usually he's found just lounging around In his stripes His tiger-lady's a superfine feline- Just what His Highness deserves... A sleek purring pussycat Proud of her pussycat curves He's a Tiger in the Rain It's the thunder and lightning He can't explain He's a Tiger in the Rain Who's frightened Caught in the Storm He came searching for shelter- Right up to me and my spouse We both stroked his chin Then invited him into the house |
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from Michael Franks - Objects Of Desire (1982)
Same old song
Always blue Can't help thinking Of me and you All the love before Our goodbyes were spoken On the storm We were tossed Tragically Till our love was lost Drifting miles apart Both our hearts were broken Now when I meet you Out on the street you Still got the moves to Haunt me We're face to face now The past is erased now I'll be yours if you really Want me We keep tryin' but we can't forget The thrill we feel from our Love Duet Listen Baby, it ain't over yet We got one more chorus of our Love Duet You love me I love you That we can do To complete the song Of our life together? On our own We have grown But freedom means That you're all alone And you spend your time Being cool and clever |
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from Michael Franks - Burchfield Nines (1978)
When the cookie jar is empty
Baby gets so glum When the cookie jar is empty Baby sucks her thumb Baby breaks her dishes And she won't eat her peas Baby never misses When she throws her spoon at me Leo is high as I am leaving; Love is the web that she is weaving When the cookie jar is empty Baby don't act right When the cookie jar is empty Baby cries all night Baby gets so sassy, How can I explain? Baby moves her chassis Like a locomotive train Virgo is high as I'm returning; Love is the candle she is burning |
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from Michael Franks - Burchfield Nines (1978)
Lady when you love me
I feel home sweet home inside of you sublime This garden's sure to grow you know Our love is just like summertime Parrots eye the fruit And we make love Between the harpsichords and lutes Our green limbs intertwine you know Our love is just like summertime Our souls collide We slip and slide We feel no pain And with our lives locked together We weather the wind and rain We grow the farm We're safe from harm Inside this circle of summertime Both of us know is our love Lovers from the past with poison smiles All pray our love will never last But we are trees not vines you know Our love is just like summertime As the song begins These shipwrecks fade Behind a wave of violins Vivaldi made us rhyme you know Our love is just like summertime |
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from Michael Franks - One Bad Habit (1988)
Ev'ryone sings, "Home of the brave and land of the free"
You've had twenty wins and one save, now you're up against me How can I keep control of my nerves? The way you wind-up when you Throw me those curves? I hear him yell, "strike", and it's a good call It's so hard to keep my eyes on the ball (chorus) On the baseball Love is just like baseball All it is is baseball Love is just like baseball You have played with me like a pawn For most of the night How'd you get your uniform on So perflectly tight? You struck me out twice I singled but died Then you made me pop up By sneakin' inside I'm gonna change that sneer to respect Make your eyes open wide When you feel me connect to the baseball Here I am behind in the ninth The count's 3 and 2 End the game like Beethoven's NINTH Is what I must do So now that we're here Alone in the dark I'm gonna send this Right out of the park If I was you I'd leave it alone 'Cause I'm tearin' round third Slidin' toward home |
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from Michael Franks - One Bad Habit (1988)
Remember, when your kite hits the ground
And your smile turns upside down It's only going on inside you Whenever the libretto won't do And all the notes become too blue Remember there's a song inside youCara mia, if you're ever lost at sea Just call on me You always have my love to guide you When you give more than you're gettin' When the tempest starts to threaten You always have my love to hide you You always have my love inside youWhenever you are feeling some curse And you get locked into reserve Then just send up a flare and i'll find you Or anytime your engine won't start From running ona brocken heart Remember that the past is behind youCara mia, if you're ever lost at sea Just call on me You always have my love to guide you When you give more than you're gettin' When the tempest starts to threaten You always have my love to hide you You always have my love inside you |
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from Michael Franks - One Bad Habit (1988)
The night I met you
We were tryin' to define What "hip" meant How could I forget you You were shakin' all that fine Equipment? Listen you, 's' been a week or two And still you got me waiting Anticipating Little fawn did you lead me on Because you really want it Or just to flaunt it What you tryin' to do? You can't shift this thing From high down into low It's a shame just a game And i'm blamin' you 'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got Nowhere to go You're so bitter sweet The sign says, "All that you can eat" But I still ain't seen it And I've heard it said That a lady dressed in red Don't really mean it Listen you, 's' been a week or two And still you got me waiting Anticipating Little fawn did you lead me on Because you really want it Or just to flaunt it What you tryin' to do? You can't shift this thing From high down into low It's a shame just a game And i'm blamin' you 'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got Nowhere to go What you tryin' to do? You can't shift this thing From high down into low It's a shame just a game And i'm blamin' you 'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got Nowhere to go What you tryin' to do? You can't shift this thing From high down into low It's a shame just a game And i'm blamin' you 'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got Nowhere to go What you tryin' to do? You can't shift this thing From high down into low It's a shame just a game And i'm blamin' you 'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got Nowhere to go |
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from Michael Franks - One Bad Habit (1988)
So empty like sky
Without any sun Lotus Blossom, don't cry You and I were meant to be one And though we're apart It won't be for long I come to you In my songSo happy we two Like sparrows in spring Lotus Blossom, it's true Me and you like bow upon string I live for the day My journey will end So I can touch you againAnd in my dream You are always there with me A Tahitian fantasy... But then the film just breaks And I wake...Lotus Blossom!So empty like sky Without any sun Lotus Blossom, don't cry You and I were meant to be one And though we're apart It won't be for long I come to you In my song |
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from Michael Franks - Blue Pacific (1990)
He had strong defenses built, His heart to surround Not for long, when she appeared All the walls tumbled down She had scars reminding her She was easily deceived Only tears convinced her Once again to believe His ego would bend Learning the art of love Her heart soon would mend Learning the art of love They were two hearts tuned together And beating as one Ever new, each kiss was like The very first one They explored each landscape Of their sweet intimacy Never bored, love's horizon reached out Infinitely Both lovers and friends Learning the art of love Homework never ends Learning the art of love Learning the art of love Requires some determination You search for the heart of love In every different situation You apply the art of love. |
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from Michael Franks - Blue Pacific (1990)
When I was a boy of twenty-two
I stood before a statue Was it you? They shake the fruit when they dance You should try some when you have the chance. Her face had no power to deceive She wore her beauty shamelessly Like Eve. Guavas can be bittersweet But the mango's always good to eat, Love has complicated my past. God nows I left no stone unturned. Now I realize that at last I've found her again. She understands how the blue water behaves. Mother-of-pearl is the woman in the waves. My eyes could travel her beauty for always. Gold of the sun is the woman in the waves. I know that my life has led me here To where the dolphin jumps And the sky's clear. Here we live without locked doors Share and share alike- what's mine is yours. I see invitation in your smile To celebrate our passions Without guile. In the noa noa night Nave nave's a familiar sight. I am avare of her fragrance Even when she disappears. |
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from Michael Franks - Blue Pacific (1990)
When I saw you on the beach I self-destructed
My well constructed Counterpoint of cool. In that instant I imagined us together Hardly ever Resting to refuel. For forever you are all I need More than ever you are all I need. Every kiss perpetuates like mass-production Sweet seduction Haunts me like perfume. Everytime we touch I feel a deeper meaning Hearts convening Palpitate in tune. For forever you are all I need More than ever you are all I need. Here with you beside me I agree No mater where we are is perfect ecstasy Our bodies speak some language too Intense for us to comprehend But when they do I only know You're all I need. Instrumental Interlude Poets say that love gives meaning to existence We, for instance, Prove that point of view. I'm convinced our souls have searched A thousand lifetimes To find the right time Enter me and you. For forever you are all I need More than ever you are all I need For forever you are all I need For forever you are all I need For forever you are all I need For forever you are all I need |
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from Michael Franks - Blue Pacific (1990)
Some sprint to snatch the prize in
My goal's the far horizon I guess I'm obsessed With that long slow distance. The fleet of feet won't please you All speed, they love and leave you Not me, as you see I love long slow distance. Listen, my pulse beats strong and steady My pace won't stall when I hit the wall Others fall by the wayside, heat-exhausted But I'm no coward I'm solar-powered As long as I know that you'll be there with me Face to face when I break the tape For the kiss when we cross the finish line. Some play the tempo given I hear a different rhythm Do you hear it too? For the long slow distance. My stride is smooth and easy Your touch can always lead me Off-route in pursuit Of some long slow distance. |
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from Michael Franks - Blue Pacific (1990)
How did you ever find her?
She tried so hard to disappear. Somebody rang the bell and Handed her Vincent's ear. And no one understands All the love inside he tried to give No one understands His wife was hard to live No one understands In a past which he could not desert No one understands How his heart was hurt Somehow by someone. People suspect a secret But what could explain a gift so queer? Totally unprepared for The riddle of Vincent's ear. Time can't erase the image: Handsomely wrapped for you, my dear. Imagine her surprise then Discovering Vincent's ear. |
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from Michael Franks - Blue Pacific (1990)
From the Towers of Babylon The beat goes on- All voices of the insincere. Confusion is middle C Your frequency is what I need to hear.Why won't you speak to me? Show me some affection, Give me some direction, Lead me to your love? Just speak to me- Don't torture me with silence. Solitude's a science I would rather not learn. For you I would lose my heart. How can you refuse my heart?Legend says Michelangelo Was moved to throw His hammer at the statue's knee. Resembling flesh and bone Its mouth of stone Was quiet company. |
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