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Jonathan Richman
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(Hey Ho) Goin’ To Tokyo Ken Badger
Goin’ down by the river
I’m goin’ to shed a tear
Then I’m goin’ to hop a Japanese freighter
And float right on out of here
Going to find me a new home
With something that’ll tie me down
Lord knows it’s not the healthiest thing
To be runnin’ around and around and around
Though I’m not exactly sure
The kind of thing I’m gettin’ into
It’s up and down and back and forth
On that you can depend
Hey Ho To-To-Tokyo
Ain’t got no place better to go
They say everyone should have something to do
to occupy their time
To keep their minds and bodies free
Of things that don’t jive and don’t rhyme
Well I tried doin’ this and I tried doin’ that
And I tried to walk a straight line
But when the wind starts shifting
My mind starts drifting
To some other space in some other time
And even if I had 100,00 2nd second chances
I’d still be looking for a different set of circumstances
Hey Ho To-To-Tokyo
Ain’t got no place better to go
This North American city is dragging me
Round on the end of its tail
It’s tryin’ to lose me and it’s
Tryin’ to confuse me
I’m doing my best just to stay out of jail
Maybe i’ll form a union for vagrants
Perhaps achieve international fame
Meanwhile for my enjoyment
I’ll just save my unemployment
For some rainy Fujiyama day
Hey Tiger Lily save some free time for me
I like ketchup on my rice and hot sake with my tea
Hey Ho To-To-Tokyo
Ain’t got no place better to go
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Farm Reports and Test Patterns
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New Part In Town
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This Day
03:08
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This Day
On the porches they were watching
In the street a cat and a car
TV noises float around in the air
They approached the intersection
then they stopped and then they ran across and
nothing happened after that for a while
This day suspended in time
Late afternoon and the sun is shining.
On the porches they were vacant
watching dust settle all around all around
and each one of them thought of what she would wear
And it darker and it grew more light
and it’s gonna blot out a vacant light
and each one of them decided what she would wear
This night might be something unkind
But on my porch I don’t seem to mind
This night might be something unkind
But on my porch I don’t seem to mind
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O Charlotte
03:44
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Oh Charlotte! Ken Badger
Oh Charlotte put your coin in my slot
My liver is soaked and my hands got o’clock
You’re my subdivision lover in your new Corvette
I’ve tried for four months now and I’ll get you yet
We’ll park at our greasy gazebo baby
I’ll put my hand on you need
Give me all you got
Considering it’s a lot
And then we’ll oh Charlotte
Oh Charlotte you sure got a lot
My sweet Charlotte
Your daddy was a loser long before you were born
Now he owns a company and a great big shiny new Cadillac car
His eyes see little dollar signs with trees used to grow
Now is eyes they move more fast and his mind it moves more slow
Well next at our greasy gazebo baby
I think I’m going to twist your leg
Give me all you got
Considering it’s a lot
And then we’ll oh Charlotte
Oh Charlotte you sure got a lot
My sweet Charlotte
Your mama is a swinger she’s a party doll
She said son you better take good care of my little girl
Mama don’t you worry about your teenage girl
She was in good hands with Allstate she’s in better hands now
Will dance and prance to that heavy music
We’ll watch the hippies do their thing new
We’ll scrounge and lounge in our wormwood heaven
And then we’ll oh Charlotte
Oh Charlotte you sure got a lot
My sweet Charlotte
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I'm Sad
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Garthuson
02:16
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GARTHUSON (Andy Meyers/ Allowed Sound Music)
Garth Hudson is so cool
He never even blinks
and when he is out front
just close his eyes and thinks
and when he gets behind
sure blows up a storm
Garth Hudson is so cool?
you ain’t even warm
Garth Hudson is so cool
he’s an organist bag of tricks
and all the others drool when he
supplies the missing licks
the sounds he makes with his own hands
no tapes could recreate.
And I was born to love him
yes I know this was my fate
Garth Hudson walks.
Garth Hudson sometimes even talks
when everyone goes quiet his musical bag of tricks he unlocks
Garth Hudson sometimes smiles
and he’s been known to cry
but when he lives his life offstage
he’s just like you and I
Garth Hudson is so cool
He never even blinks
and when he is out front
he don’t play nothing that stinks
and when he gets behind
blow hotter all the time
Garth Hudson is so cool and
I’m so glad he’s mine
Garth Hudson
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In The Summer
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Little Johnny Jewel
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Dream Tower Records Toronto, Ontario
Vintage/current music by Toronto protopunk legends The Scenics & related projects.
“It wasn't so
much that The Scenics were ahead of their time in 1977, it's more that almost everybody else didn't even know what time it was.
New York had Talking Heads, and England was blessed with XTC, but here was their equal in Toronto...”
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