Well let me tell you something
Let me tell you so
This could be the one thing
That you really need to know
You gotta stop once in a while
And shake off that face of yours
Cause nothing comes easy
Oh it just comes free
You could sing it better
If you sing for me, oh sister
Well I cannot claim
This advice as my own
I learnt it in the gutter
One night crawling home
She said don't you look rediculous
I checked her out meticulously
And I would've stopped to argue
But my teeth were broke
I said I'd love to condradict you
But my life's a joke, oh sister
And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get it right today
And you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
Well I'm a lucky man
But maybe so is she
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
It's all based on speculation
It's a crazy my occupation to me
And though I didn't much believe her
I was bound to call
I really didn't wanna miss a single thing at all
Oh sister
And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get it right today
And you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get a ride today
And you may be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
I haven't seen her lately
Well, I'll have to ring her
Put your hands together for the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
Tell me where you've been to point me to the door
I've seen you around but I really can't be sure
And all the hatchet men are busy climbing up the wall
Banging on the window tearing down the hall
And the last chance girl in a first dance swirl
Leans her head down on the wooden floor
Won't be dancing anymore
And where do they go when the thrills have gone?
And the last song plays down at babylon
Five hundred kids shout what's the deal?
It's a very confusing way to feel
The radion is silent except for wicked bands
Sounding like the last one always in demand
And now the city is off limits to everyone in blue
Nothings getting in there no one's getting through
And it's no surprise when the last light dies
And the girl upon the wooden floor
Won't be dancing anymore
And where do they go when the thrills have gone?
And the last song plays down at babylon
Five hundred kids shout what's the deal?
It's a very confusing way to feel
Well, little girl
You can roll your eyes at the very sight of me
Do everything in spite of me
But, baby, don't you lie to me
I'll take your mood swings
I'll dig a hole in your dishonesty
I will kneel down in your company
But, baby, don't you lie to me
I'll be your red cheek lover
And your man of regret
There'll be no desert too dry and no ocean too wet
I'll be your punchbag substitute
I'll sharpen your claws
When you come tumbling down you're still in my thoughts
There's just one thing, baby, I can never abide
No matter how much you beg
No matter how hard you try
You can tell me that I'll never be free
Baby, don't you lie to me
Well, little sister
I can handle the thought of you despising me
Dancing on my grave and baptizing me
As long as, baby, you don't lie to me
I'll pay my till,
You have broken my will, I'll be no enemy
You'll never hear so much as a complaint from me
As long as, baby, you don't lie to me
Well, you can take my house
Don't take my pride
Take all my valentines cards and tear them open wide
Chase my friends, ruin my name
I won't ever fight back
I'll be easy to blame
Well, there's just one thing, baby, I will always despise
It's not the crack of your whip or the hatred in your eyes
I got only one reasonable plea
Baby, don't you lie to me
Burn my house, throw me out
Pull me down, sell my clothes
I'll dig you out of a hole
With your ignorant shows
I'll be anything you need me to be
Baby, don't you lie to me
Every time your lips move, baby
Someone, somewhere's bound to cry
I don't even think you're quite aware of how or why
Life for you could be so easy
If you'd only shut your mouth
Every time you feel those words come
Runnin' out, runnin' out, runnin' out
Ahhhhhhh!
There's just one thing, baby, I can never abide
No matter how much you beg
No matter how hard you try
You can tell me that I'll never be free
Baby, don't you lie to me
Drag my reputation all on the courthouse stones
Break my heart up into pieces, honey, shatter my bones
You can kill me with your repartee
Baby, don't you lie to me
Well, there's just one thing, baby, I will always despise
It's not the crack of your whip or the hatred in your eyes
I got only one reasonable plea
Baby, don't you lie to me
Burn my house, throw me out
Pull me down, sell my clothes,
I'll dig you out of a hole
With your ignorant shows
I'll be anything you need me to be
Baby, don't you lie to me
I need a pimp hat, shotgun shoes Half a decent mistress and a bed Well I need a pimp hat, shotgun shoes Half a decent mistress and a bed Don’t need no telepathic power No I don’t need no razors in my head She said you know I’m gonna leave here But you know I know I don’t know when She said you know, you know I know I’m leaving But I really just don’t know when Well I’ll leave my message on the ceiling Don’t give my regards to all them friends Well I don’t need you or your psychosis I can get to crazy by myself I don’t need your pointless, dull neurosis Your pathologic tumble into hell You can’t disappoint me anymore Than you know you already done so well Well I’ve been cold cocked torn to shreds Rolled into a mattress for your hunchback Well I’ve been cold cocked torn to shreds Rolled into a mattress for your irrelevant hunchback Well I’ve been to every pick up junction I swear on this day I won’t go back Well I’ve never claimed that I was honest But you can lie like Hitler with a conscience Well I’ve never said that I was honest But you can lie like Hitler with a conscience Well you must be dumb beyond belief If you believe that you can answer all my little questions Well I could swear you stole my answers I saw you dripping blood outside my kitchen Well I could swear you stole my answers I saw you dripping blood outside my kitchen Well you were more than obviously guilty But me, I never had the balls to mention Well you couldn’t love me righteous if you tried Ah, but you can love me evil You know you couldn’t love me righteous if you tried But you can love me evil But you’ll never make me nervous like she did And you’ll never take my cradle Well in the year of the bitch you tore the tail off a witch While I was sleeping In the year of the bitch you tore the tail off a witch While I was sleeping There was no parent to mind Could hardly understand the company you were keeping There’ll be no snowfall in hell But then you know that so well You go there often There’ll be no snowfall in hell But then you know that so well You go there often, don’t ya? You tied the devil to a chair And you promised to bear all of his children Oh my, my
Well you’ve been scratching around in the basement
Looking for somewhere to hide
Making your own entertainment
Trying hard to salvage some pride
Well you’re the last of the original orphans
And baby you’re a wonderful friend
I love the way you say I’m forgiven
And that I don’t have to pretend
I’m no squeeze
Well I’m no Monday’s child
Tell me please
Half a made up story
Of syncopated glory
Of when you and the kid ran wild
And I know your kind
You’ve got a dirty mind
You think that half the world’s gone blind
Well don’t ya
And I can’t get on
While you should be just good as gone
When everything you say sounds wrong
Oh yes it does
Oh baby why don’t ya
Well you say you only want to amuse me
Just flash me that toothless smile
You tie me up in words that confuse me
And terrorize me all the while
Aw you’re so twee
And you’re so very dim
Every time we meet
You tell me of the time
When you wish that you was mine
And now it hurts you when you try to begin
And I know your kind
You’ve got a filthy mind
You think that half the world’s gone blind
Well don’t ya
And I can’t get on
While you should be just good as gone
When everything you say sounds wrong
Oh yes it does
Oh baby why don’t ya
Oh baby why don’t ya
Oh
I know your kind
You’ve got a filthy mind
You think that half the world’s gone blind
Don’t ya
And I can’t get on
While you should be just good as gone
When everything you say sounds wrong
Oh yes it does
Oh baby why don’t ya
Oh baby why don’t ya
Oh baby why don’t ya
Oh baby why don’t ya
