{"id":2004,"date":"2004-05-04T15:41:45","date_gmt":"2004-05-04T19:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/vardibidian\/2004\/05\/04\/2004.html"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:46:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:46:04","slug":"lyrics-from-randomly-selected-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/2004\/05\/04\/lyrics-from-randomly-selected-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics from Randomly Selected Songs (the sources) read below note first, please"},"content":{"rendered":"\nIt occurs to YHB that this list was undoubtedly more interesting to put together than to read. Ah, well...\n

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1<\/i><\/p><\/td>\n

Die Chassidim Forren tsum Rebbin<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

 <\/p><\/td>\n

[Yiddish, unintelligible]<\/p><\/td>\n

Chasids visit the Rebbe<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

*<\/td>\nGot to Hurry<\/b><\/td>\nYardbirds<\/td>\n[instrumental]<\/td>\nGreat tune<\/td>\n<\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>\n

Under My Thumb<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Rolling Stones<\/p><\/td>\n

[title],Her eyes are just kept to herself\/[title], well I, I can still look at someone else<\/p><\/td>\n

Yes, well, yes, um, well, it came up randomly<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>\n

Imperial Teen<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Imperial Teen<\/p><\/td>\n

If I only had another hand\/I’d cut it off and start a band<\/p><\/td>\n

One of the I-hardly-ever-play-it-but-enjoy-having-it-come-up-randomly type<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>\n

It’s Saturday Night<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

The Proclaimers<\/p><\/td>\n

I’m gonna scratch cars\/with my keys again<\/p><\/td>\n

Not just a one-hit wonder, you know<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>\n

Cold Shoulder<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Squeeze<\/p><\/td>\n

My head was stuck in the cat flap on the door\/Where I could see her walking on the kitchen floor<\/p><\/td>\n

A weak song on an OK album by a great band<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

*<\/td>\nDos Freylekhe Shnayderl<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nKlezmer Conservatory Band<\/td>\n[Yiddish]<\/td>\nThe Happy Tailor<\/td>\n<\/tr>
*<\/td>\nSummit Ridge Drive<\/b><\/td>\nCootie Williams<\/td>\n[instrumental]<\/td>\nCootie is my favorite trumpeter<\/td>\n<\/tr>
*<\/td>\nEchoes of Harlem<\/b><\/td>\nRoy Eldredge<\/td>\n[instrumental]<\/td>\nRoy is in my top five, or close to it<\/td>\n<\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>\n

Never Mind<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Heads<\/p><\/td>\n

I like to listen and I like to look\/But if you can’t accommodate, I’m fine with a book<\/p><\/td>\n

Vocals and lyrics by Richard Hell<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>\n

Harlem Nocturne<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Cats & Jammers<\/p><\/td>\n

I hear it in dreams and somehow it seems\/it makes me weep and I can’t sleep<\/p><\/td>\n

New lyrics for a song that never needed them<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>\n

Some of these Days<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Cab Calloway<\/p><\/td>\n

Oh, when I'm leaving, there's no doubt your heart'll be grieving\/You're gonna miss your daddy, mama, [title]<\/p><\/td>\n

Actually, the best lyric goes something like ‘dib-dab-babbidy-bop-de-zap-de-zap’<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>\n

My Husband was a Weatherman<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

The Bobs<\/p><\/td>\n

He said ‘Hey, that’s OK\/You’ll be back’<\/p><\/td>\n

A classic, in its way<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>\n

A Bunch of the Blues\/Keester Parade\/TNT\/Tiny’s Blues<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Mel Torme<\/p><\/td>\n

Every day, every week every month every year\/every minute that you aren’t here\/I’ll weep tear after tear after tear\/and I won’t stop til you reappear<\/p><\/td>\n

The Mel-Tones. Terrible lyrics, great harmonies<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

11<\/p><\/td>\n

Meet James Ensor<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

They Might Be Giants<\/p><\/td>\n

Before there were junk stores\/Before there was junk\/He lived with his mother and the torments of Christ<\/p><\/td>\n

Very few lyrics to choose from.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

*<\/td>\nJust You, Just Me<\/b><\/td>\nDuke Ellington Orchestra<\/td>\n[Instrumental]<\/td>\nI could have given lyrics from the version with lyrics, but that would have been cheating<\/td>\n<\/tr>

12<\/p><\/td>\n

Little Queenie<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Rolling Stones<\/p><\/td>\n

I gets the wiggles in my knees\/When she looked at me and sweetly smiled<\/p><\/td>\n

The Wiggles! No, not the Wiggles.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

13<\/p><\/td>\n

Dirty Old Town (Mapeye)<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

David Byrne<\/p><\/td>\n

Remember the days of rent control\/Grandpa remembers rock and roll<\/p><\/td>\n

I, too, want to live in a dirty old town.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

14<\/p><\/td>\n

I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Dr. John<\/p><\/td>\n

I thought I heard Judge Fogarty say\/thirty days in the parish, without no pay<\/p><\/td>\n

‘you’re rambunctious, obnoxious... I’m gonna put you out’<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

15<\/p><\/td>\n

The 59th<\/sup> St. Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Simon & Garfinkel<\/p><\/td>\n

I've got no deeds to do, no promises to keep.\/I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep<\/p><\/td>\n

Not the Jim’s Big Ego rap version...<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

*<\/td>\nHop Head<\/b><\/td>\nDuke Ellington<\/td>\n[instrumental]<\/td>\nLove that Duke<\/td>\n<\/tr>

16<\/p><\/td>\n

Tenderly<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Mel Torme<\/p><\/td>\n

The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly\/I can't forget how two hearts met breathlessly<\/p><\/td>\n

Love the song, hate the lyrics<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

17<\/p><\/td>\n

Sacrificial Bonfire<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

XTC<\/p><\/td>\n

Fire they cried\/So evil must die<\/p><\/td>\n

I don’t think I ever knew the lyrics to this one<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

18<\/p><\/td>\n

From Head to Toe<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Elvis Costello<\/p><\/td>\n

I got two eyes that happened by ya\/And when they saw you, they said they knew you were fine\/I got two lips that long to kiss you\/And when they speak, they say they wish you were mine<\/p><\/td>\n

Tap those toes!<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

*<\/p><\/td>\n

Zig Zaggity Woop Woop Pt. 1<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy<\/p><\/td>\n

[instrumental, but title shouted repeatedly]<\/p><\/td>\n

Zig Zaggity Woop Woop!<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

19<\/p><\/td>\n

Naked in the Garden<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Gunnar Madsen<\/p><\/td>\n

Deep in the garden\/There’s a little gnome\/He holds a lantern to lead us on the way<\/p><\/td>\n

Off The Power of a Hat<\/I>, a good but not great album<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

20<\/p><\/td>\n

Low Budget<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

The Kinks<\/p><\/td>\n

At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own\/But everything else is on permanent loan<\/p><\/td>\n

What did you say? I thought you said that.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

*<\/td>\nBlackbird Special<\/b><\/td>\nDirty Dozen<\/td>\n[instrumental]<\/td>\nFor some reason the Dirty Dozen Brass Band lost half their name for this album.<\/td>\n<\/tr>

21<\/p><\/td>\n

Wonderland at Last<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Dots Will Echo<\/p><\/td>\n

I have magic plastic toys\/I can recreate the world<\/p><\/td>\n

Off Let Go of My Modem, You Weasel, of course<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

22<\/p><\/td>\n

Dear Sweet Filthy World<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Elvis Costello<\/p><\/td>\n

I'm out ... of luck\/I'm not ... that strong\/My hands ... your neck\/I might ... have wrung<\/p><\/td>\n

The ellipses are pauses, not missing words<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

23<\/p><\/td>\n

I Get Wild: Wild Gravity<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Talking Heads<\/p><\/td>\n

Pleasantly out of proportion\/It's hard to hold on to the ground<\/p><\/td>\n

Chose a lyric randomly, in keeping with the spirit of the thing<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

24<\/p><\/td>\n

The Birds will Still Be Singing<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Elvis Costello<\/p><\/td>\n

Eternity stinks, my darling. That's no joke\/Don't waste your precious time pretending you're heartbroken<\/p><\/td>\n

He’s remarried now, anyway.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>

25<\/p><\/td>\n

Mean to Me<\/b><\/p><\/td>\n

Billie Holliday<\/p><\/td>\n

It must be great fun to be mean to me<\/p><\/td>\n

And, honestly, don’t you think it must have been? No? Ah, well, then no-one was having fun.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n

                           ,
-Vardibidian.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It occurs to YHB that this list was undoubtedly more interesting to put together than to read. Ah, well… 1 Die Chassidim Forren tsum Rebbin   [Yiddish, unintelligible] Chasids visit the Rebbe * Got to Hurry Yardbirds [instrumental] Great tune…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-music-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17010,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions\/17010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/vardibidian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}