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Walking Sounds: Lyrics Me and My Friend Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP We don't wanna soar like two birds upon the night Or be two shining lightbulbs and be a source of light Or take safari game walks and risk a lion bite Or look like Patrick Ewing, we don't want that height We don't wanna battle with the racist at the gate Or have to be his teachers and teach him not to hate Don't wanna spout our morals or either let them bend We just wanna walk, me and my friend Don't wanna lead the buddhists like the Dala Lami Or box with rhyming masters like Muhammad Ali Or starve ourselves in protest like Mahatma Gandhi Or wear black leather jackets like, hey, fonzy And we don't wanna shout from the mountains in the air Or fight a million battles with those who never care We don't wanna gender fight with earless, eyeless men We just wanna walk, me and my friend We don't wanna blaze like the sun up in the sky Or sing May the Circle Be Unbroken By and By Or be the Grateful Dead and always getting high Or be like Kirk Cobaine, committing suicide Or wear big wooden shoes like the traditional Dutch Or be two police coppers like Starsky and Hutch Or be a guy from Sweden with a Swedish name like Sven We just wanna walk, me and my friend Don't wanna fiddle from the rooftops like Zero Mostel Or be a sports newscaster like Howard Cossell Or sing 'bout Coffee Crumbcakes riding my coattail Or sleep at Clinton's at White House, his big fundraising hotel And we don't wanna drench the fire in the hills Or fight a four year battle like the Buffalo Bills Or even win the battle which we always must defend We just wanna walk, me and my friend Don't wanna write no classics like Pearl S. Buck Or run on rafts from slavery like Tom and Huck Or be like blonde Savannah, a well paid fuck Or be like Donald Trump, another well paid fuck Or be apartheid's symbol like F.W. de Klerk Or a revolutionary who turns out to be a jerk Don't wanna follow leaders or either any trends We just wanna walk, me and my friend So pack your shit together and get out of our sight And don't even mention your newest awful fright Don't count us in on your newest protest fight 'Cuz we'll be disappeared like two shadows in the night And don't come searching for us with your big liberal flashlight 'Cuz we'll be disappeared like two shadows in the night And we won't be calling soon, we've got no message to send We just wanna walk, me and my friend back to the top What if Love Came Too Soon Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP What if love came too soon It just walked right in the room And it wasn't even noon What if love came too soon What if love came too soon Made you faint and start to swoon Left you howling at the moon What if love came too soon What if you just weren't ready And marriage thoughts just made you sweaty Left you clinging to your teddy What if you just weren't ready What if you just weren't sure So you headed for the door But life without her just her more Than life together hurt before What if love came too soon It could happen to you But you wouldn't want it to 'Cuz the pain would destroy you What if love came too soon It just walked right in the room Made you float like a balloon What if love came too soon What if love came too soon Drained the soul out of your tune Left you singing like Pat Boone What if love came too soon It could happen to you Like it happened to me And you'd wish you never knew Just how painful life could be It's better to have love Than to have loved and lost 'Cuz it isn't worth the pain And it isn't worth the cost But if love comes to you And you don't know what to do 'Cuz it feels like it's too soon Man, I know that feeling too back to the top Dance in the Night Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP Mama, oh mama, let's dance in the night I've been left here since the dawn's early light Closing my eyes till I don't have no sight Waiting for you to come dance in the night I'm waiting for you all alone here tonight Writing these words by the night's own dark light Trying to woo you with art that's not trite But left in the rain with the pain of my plight Mama, oh mama, let's dance in the night I'm hanging my jaw like a dog with no bite I love you so much even though and despite You're not in my arms so something's not right I love you, I love you, down deep in my bones A violent love like a film by the Coens I'm riding your train like the Dead's Casey Jones And climbing your rocks like Sylvester Stallone Mama, oh mama, let's dance in the night Your presense's almost but my hurt is just quite I've dropped to my knees and I smell kryptonite My heart's bleeding blood and my skin's turning white I've dropped to my knees and there isn't much left Lost all my weight so there isn't much heft I can't really see and my hearing's gone deaf My olfactory's gone and my lip's become cleft Mama, oh mama, let's dance in the night I'm searching for you like a lost parasite Standing on corners like a whore transvestite Waiting in caves like a good troglodyte I'll write you this poem 'cuz, man, can I write Like an A student, baby, I'm so erudite I may not look smart but I'm really quite bright I didn't even look up the word troglodyte Mama, oh mama, let's dance in the night I'm standing out here with my key and my kite Standing as tall as I can for my height Waiting to shake by your electric light I'm standing and waiting and going insane Searching for you, but I'm searching in vain There's tears in my eyes and my heart cloth is stained From the ache of the pain and the drops of the rain Mama, oh mama, let's dance in the night If only you'd show up, I'd be in delight Like North Carolina, I'd be first into flight And we'd dance in the sky till the dawn's early light But mama oh mama, let's come to the end I can't make you mine by the strokes of my pen And I can't make you love me if that's not your trend But let's dance in the night and at least we'll pretend back to the top Don't Let Her Strength Make Me Weak Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP She stood in the field with the skies in her eyes While her black, curly hair fought the wind Her muscles were tense as her hand held the fence And her breath drew the whole world in I hid behind glass with her breasts in my brain Casting myself as the geek Losing the strength in the tone of my voice And singing like a bird with no beak And the moon melted down and the rain ceased its sound And the blackness stood still on the hills The mountains shivered in the cold of the night And the fishes drew breath through their gills The trees drew their leaves and their chlorophyll heaved And the rivers began to leak As I mumbled the words with a slip of my tongue Don't let her strength make me weak In society she sat with her feet on her desk And she left when she felt she was done And her gaze burned a hole in my cultured forehead With a blaze that darkened the sun And her mouth uttered words like I never have heard With a force that made its own wake Like the sound of a storm on the roof of a home Or a drum beating for its own sake When an expert looked at her and laid down the facts Her brown eyes never did blink She would stare down his words 'till they started to cry And history began to sink The questions she answered were not the ones asked 'Cuz correctness was not what she seeked And the minds of the people all wished the same thought Don't let her strength make me weak She walked down the street in a white man's town And she planted each step with her feet Humming a song that was not from this place And moving to a personal beat And knowledge in her eyes knew an unknown life Memories I did not understand Memories that women with dark colored skin Were unwelcome on American land So the tears of her past, now a furious howl Moved passer-bys out of the way And the force of her smile and the sway of her hips Could change the course of this day She stood in the town and the buildings fell down And she wore her pride like a crown And my mind felt her body and I yelled for a week, Don't let her strength make me weak back to the top Give Me Love Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP My mama told me when I was young She said, Son, go out and have yourself some fun Don't live your life like you're on the run But find some love, honey, when you're done Chorus: So give me love, baby, just one time Love, baby, just one time 'Cuz I got friends to wish me well But I want love, baby, just one time And I got friends all around my door Friends, they don't know me any more I got my dog sleeping on my floor But without love, baby, I want more Chorus I got girls sending me flowers I got girls around me draining all my powers Damsels in distress up in their towers But without love, somehow it all turns sour Chorus back to the top I've Seen Your Mother Naked in the Tub Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP I've seen your mother naked in the tub She got them big 'ol nasty thighs I've seen your mother naked in the tub That big 'ol mole between her eyes Oh no, I've seen her nude And now I'm in a real bad mood I've also seen your father naked too He got them big 'ol fatty thighs I've also seen your father naked too That guy ate one too many pies Oh no, I've seen him nude People that ugly should be sued I've seen your mother naked in the tub And she wasn't very hot I've seen your mother naked in the tub But I wish that I did not Oh no, I've seen her nude And she's one ugly mama, dude back to the top Walking to the End of the World Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP Chorus: I'm walking to the end of the world I'm walking to the end of the world I'm walking to the end of the world My future ain't been told And my soul ain't been sold I'm just walking to the end of the world I'm taking my time as I go Taking my time, moving slow I'm taking my time as I go 'Cuz taking time's the only way I know You can't borrow time When you ain't got a dime So I'm just taking my time as I go And I'm trying to keep my head out of the sand As I'm walking to the end of the land Trying to be a quiet, decent man Trying to keep my head out of the sand Most talking is cheap and the sand is always deep As I'm walking to the end of the land Chorus And I'm searching for a fine looking girl As I'm walking to the end of the world Looking for a fine searching girl As I'm walking to the end of the world Most them girls are cute, but I want me a beaut 'Cuz I'm walking to the end of the world Chorus There ain't nobody living that could stop me No, there ain't no one could ever make me turn back There ain't nobody living that could stop me 'Til God or fate or both decide to drop me My walking is one way, that's all I've got to say If you're smart, then you'll stay out of my way Chorus back to the top When Rain Turns Into Snow Lyrics & Music by A. Moock ©1997 Moockshake Music, ASCAP We are sitting in my bedroom and my bedside light is on You are looking in my eyes and there is something there that's gone It's early in the morning, just a moment's space past dawn But it's late enough to realize that there's clearly something wrong And I can't fix it even with this song A cloud drifts past my window as I turn to say your name And the motion makes me hesitate, distracted from my pain And when I start to speak again, the cloud begins to snow As these words come falling out and freezing wind begins to blow And we're caught in winter's icy undertow Chorus: Let the wind take you where it goes You can't fight forever when those cold airs start to blow Loneliness is everywhere like any child knows And love turns into memories when rain turns into snow I remember when we lay down on the grass under a tree With a river running past us and the feeling we were free The tree could barely hide the endless kiss of you and me And the ground just started shaking from our electricity Our kiss freed ions molecularly But this coldness came between us now, we have to walk away Even if we're still not sure and even if we want to stay Love is just a feeling that sometimes comes and goes And rain is just a water that sometimes just gets froze And walking keeps you healthy, I suppose Chorus Now I'm sitting on a snow drift with my wool hat in my hand Waiting for a future that seems frigidly unplanned Wondering if this winter cold will ever leave this land Or if some off-duty god just left the weather room unmanned If he can't do his job he should be canned I rise to catch a bus that's traveling somewhere out of here And I pay my fare in nickels and I sit down in the rear The land starts moving backwards and the view goes drifting by As my wakeness fades into the bus's motor lullaby And the wind blows on against the bus's side Oh, meet me by the ocean when the evening sun goes down Hold me when the waves come up and let my memories drown Let the sound of coldness fade away into the night And let the rain come down on me under the sky's starlight And make it all seem real and all feel right Make the starlight's shine look extra bright Then let it rain 'till rain has blurred my sight And make me not feel lonely for tonight back to the top back to the music page |
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