The car is all gassed up the coffee is on the boil It’s time to wake up and it’s time to toil There’s the young princess crossing the bridge She’s lost her crown She keeps on running she’s afraid to look down Now there’s a man bending over to tie his shoes He’s lost the ability to pick and choose I hear cats crying down there in the back ally Young radicals are shouting out in a public rally Commerce in hectic motion is moving driving all around And people are conversing without even making a sound Rivers have stopped flowing and the fish have stopped biting Those torrid sultry glances no longer look so inviting Can’t tell you what’s what can’t tell you about this and that But I do know when it’s time to move on man I do know when it’s time to scat Well you can go to church and light a candle But you will find you can’t catch on if you ain’t got a handle Buildings go up and some of them get torn down Some of us learn to swim and some of us are doomed to drown He’s just an ordinary man rejected by the cannibals A plain simple man tolerated by the wild animals The freight train went rumbling straight through town the engine on fire Lord here I am moaning ’cause I have a flat tire He got shot dead on his way to Monaco Too bad he had to stop to find his hat and take a sip of cocoa Why is it that things don’t alway add up They just don’t seem quite right Good lifelong friends sometime fall away For some reason they just don’t stay tight It’s curious to me to find those held in high regard and those held up on the boulevard Sometimes it’s hard to stay ahead and it’s always hard to take a lickin’ Sometimes you can’t eat steak You got to eat chicken
I’d take your pulse but you don’t have one So I conclude you must be dead Excuse me I must step out to purchase a loaf of bread Oh me There’s someone sleeping right here in my bed You know I think I shall spring for a popsicle instead They say or so I have heard that you are undoubtedly well read So did you know there are children everywhere left unfed Let’s run to the hills to cry out to all humanity I’m feeling helpless How do you spell insanity Pull the flag down wash away your senses and all your vanity Pour out your heart or wear it on your sleeve Are you confused Don’t you remember what it is you believe Some can actually train a mad dog to fetch and to retrieve There’s just no telling what those lurking amongst us can achieve I’m reminded that some stand with bowed head as they are given to grieve Who was it that said it is bitter to give and even worse to receive Do you find it hard at times to understand to plan to conceive I don’t exactly know what it is you really believe Ok ok I’ll lay my sword here on the ground Maybe I should buy some hamhocks maybe a pound Actually I’m looking for eternal peace I wonder if it will ever be found All around the downtown and in your lungs as well They are all too congested The caves the factories the homes they too are all too infested Injustice is rising unchecked everywhere you look It goes uncontested And listen No one speaks No ideas are ensuing No solid solutions are being suggested Don’t think I’m just here rambling just babeling about I’m just trying to measure your psyche just trying to erase your doubt Ok ok I do like doughnuts and those jellyrolls However I refuse to walk barefoot across red hot coals He said his name was Shakespeare W Shakespeare at least that’s what I think Forgive me I’m a bit concerned about my career My mind is on the blink But we can certainly go for a libation a nice hearty drink We can all together gather a group and go visit a shrink Hold this up to the light and look for some sort of insight Look for what it all means What you may find is that it actually doesn’t mean a fistfull of beans Can I get you a seltzer maybe a cookie or maybe a cigar Lets run to the moon even if we don’t get too very far Tear down that fence Pull down that stone wall Rip out that tv Toss out that cellphone Shut off that call I thought I’d throw this part in So if you don’t like it you can dismiss it or throw it away over there in the corner bin Once I applied to a well-advertised acadamy During the interview I disclosed that I had some scars and an appendectomy I came quickly under surveilance and harsh scrutiny I guess exposure to higher education was not to be part of my destiny I think I know what’s on your mind I can see whar’s going on inside that head Do you think I’m blind Well anyway thanks a lot for all of your time When you are looking under a rock you never know what it is that you will find
Hail to the confused the troubled the absent minded All hail to those whom love has blinded Hail to those who have no game To everyone who’s every day seems the same Hail to the ones that shuffle about in rags and scuffed up shoes And to the ones who constantly quietly sing the blues All hail to those who can never seem to win Hail to those who dream of what might have been Hail to those who always seem strangers And hail to those that live through each new day facing new unknown dangers And hail to them who’s hearts now and then skip a beat Hail to them that face their life out on the street Hail to them that srtuggle on and on who somehow just keep on going Hail to them that think about their next meal without really knowing Finally all hail to those for their kindness and their giving and a thanks to all for their thoughtfulness and their forgiving
In the morning when the phone does not ring In the silence I can hear the angels sing Now in the morning when the sun begins to shine I can hear your sweet voice and it sure sounds fine Put on the coffee let’s have a conversation You’re outlook is marvelous your a real sensation Well in the morning just like I said I’ve got to get up and get the chickens fed Somebody’s banging on the front door My it looks like rain it’s going to pour Why don’t you stick around for just a while Sure enjoy your glow love to see your smile Who’s going to hoe my garden who’s going to pull them weeds You’d look real nice in these here trading beads They say the sky’s the limit but that’s too far I think I’m safer right here in my neighborhood bar There’s a load of coal there’s a load of ore That young man got killed just going to the store Somewhere a hotshot is trying to sell you imported caviar All the while your drinking tap water out of a Mason jar Now in the morning when your doubts arise I’ll bring you some flowers and a big surprise In the morning there may be a cloud or two Just stick with me I’ll see us through
I have this friend He’s quite large In fact he’s preposterous He really can’t help it I’ll tell you just why You see he’s a rhinoceros And that’s no lie So you can see no diet will do There’s no need to argue There’s no need to stew His name is Guss and he’s my most favorite rhinoceros He goes about from here to there quite quietly He always proceeds with great dignity He hardly ever is known to create a muss That’s why he’s my all-time favorite rhinoceros His name is Guss
The Flagstaff Vilde Khayes will hold tryouts for the ’09 season August 23 in Gazoonhite Stadium. A glass tea, maybe a piece pie, a piece fruit, maybe a little schnapps will be provided.
Are you beginning to realize how much stuff is all around us? Are you surprised by how much abounds us? Well, let’s take yet another look. There is so so much more we have yet to explore. Let’s take a glimpse at the field of ophthalmology, the fictional Simon Legree, an animal with a pedigree, the New York Symphony, candle sticks, red bricks, and country hicks, suspenders, first time offenders, borrowers and lenders, shoe laces, knee braces, queens and aces, theories and concepts, mistrials and missteps . Also consider apple pies, silk ties, pesky flies, dime store notions, all the oceans, magic potions, parade banners, party planners, checkout scanners, ferry boats, fur coats, rolled oats, car jacks, hump backs, clothes racks, empty casks, hip flasks, quinine, turpentine, and a real nice valentine. You can include turnips, parsnips, tulips, long envelopes, juicy cantaloupes and other fresh fruit, a raw recruit, a three piece suit, Baghdad and Beirut. Add here a kettle, a bicycle pedal, a complex metal, your weekly wages, Broadway stages, wire cages, cough drops, pork chops, the winter crops, best sellers, city dwellers, aircraft propellers, brads and staples, pines and maples, dinning room tables, corsages, mirages, heated garages, tryouts, buyouts, and good-for-nothing lazy louts, an artery, a battery, Oshkosh and Schenectady, fire drills, capsules and pills, turkey quills, window sills, a fingerprint, dust and lint, and the US mint. We also have construction sites, gigabytes, chartered flights, bleached bones, war zones, unmanned drones, detergents, battling insurgents, mid-town merchants, presidents, accidents, even monuments and ornaments, chapels, charity raffles, Granny Smith apples, in laws, outlaws, bylaws, Sesame Street, Cream of Wheat, the Isle of Crete, boondocks, Goldie Locks, alarm clocks, bubble gum, bay rum, dim sum, back taxes, office faxes, car waxes, hair nets, house pets, outstanding debts, hot air balloons, sand dunes, spittoons , Morse code, your lymph node, your home your abode, cuff links, porcelain sinks, ice rinks, coffee houses, faithful spouses, filing folders, cup holders, rocks and boulders. Now let’s list baby strollers, your teeth your molars, opinion pollers, granola, a Crayola, a viola, portraits, the Barring Straights, shipmates, pancakes, and a lot more we could list for heaven’s sakes. We are going to stop right here. Yes, I think it’s time to go for a beer. Perhaps we’ll take this up again sometime next year.
From the Department of Agriculture : With the hot days of summer approaching a reminder is being issued to all consumers. Do not let your tuna fish or your meat loaf.
I live in an apartment, a small apartment, on the lower west side Well, actually it’s not that small an apartment, it’s just that I have a hippopotamus and he’s awfully hard to hide He’s pretty good most of the time, he’s not much fuss But let’s face it, he is in fact, a real hippopotamus I never had a real live hippopotamus ever before So I wasn’t sure I could get him through the front door I take him out walking always late at night You ought to see him and me together we’re really quite a sight I throw a tarp over him so no one will stare And I just walk on down the avenue as if he wasn’t there Some times, just some times, I think his table manners are down right deplorable But you know all in all I think he’s… pardon me for saying this…but all in all I think he’s adorable I must confess he does take up a lot of room I’ve a dust pan but no space for a broom Did I mention his name is Clyde and he is always right there at my side I mean look he is my hippopotamus So if you invite me for lunch please remember that there are two of us
