Тексты песен «Loudon Wainwright Iii»

There's been a brand neew breakthrough Though they're not sure what it means We used to blame our parents Now we can pin it on our genes Hey and I'm not talking 501's I don't mean no pair of pants I'm talking about a...

It's not strange, no mystery, you and I are history I put up my protective wall It's 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall 10 feet tall and 4 feet thick Granite, concrete, steel and brick Protection for you, understand The...

I'm riding in a long black car I'm riding in a long black car Chauffeur's in the front, I'm in the back It's a limousine and I'm a star It's calculated and it's cold It's calculated and it's cold They love my ass, I go...

Absence makes the heart grow fonder And the mind begins to wander back to happier days I guess you could say you were taken for granted I went on and on and I raved and I ranted Oh my tyrannical ways But now things are...

Bein' a dad isn't so bad Except that you gotta feed 'em You gotta shoe 'em and clothe 'em And try not to loathe 'em Bug 'em and hug 'em and heed 'em Bein' a dad can sure make you mad Man it even can drive you crazy,...

Between the forest and the ocean lies a lonely strand The ocean is your mother the forest father land You are stranded on that empty beach Not knowing where to go, out to sea or else in land Your whole life you don't...

Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closed You can park where you please and you won't get towed The streets are empty & the stores are finally closed It's Christmas morning He got a tie & she got a book...

We've come a long way since we last shook hands Still got a long way to go We couldn't see the flowers since we last shook hands Couldn't see the flowers on account of the snow What did you do with your burden and your...

We don't believe in "You know who" But we don't let the kids know it We're parents, who are grown ups There's a line we have to toe it But we're part of a conspiracy About this bearded big fat guy Who isn't real, who...

Crossin' the highway late last night He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right He didn't see the station wagon car The skunk got squashed and there you are! You got yer Dead skunk in the middle of the road Dead...

I went to the doctor and the doctor said Son you look older than me and I'm 71 You're falling apart and not living right I went to the doctor and the doctor said Loud, you've got to stop hanging out With that olden...

I'd rather be dreaming than living Living's just too hard to do It's chances not choices Noises not voices A day's just a thing to get through Living's just too hard to do I'd rather be dreaming than talking There's...

East Indian princess lives in a western dream Happy like a child, her mother is a queen You know she's safe as a cow on a Calcutta street This English way of life has got that other life beat And reading magazines, she...

Dearest Daddy with your songs Do you hope to right your wrongs You can't undo what has been done To all your daughters and your son The facts are in and we have found That basically you're not around Dearest Daddy, try...

CHORUS: Happy birthday Martha, happy birthday, birthday girl I'm sorry I can't be there for that party, birthday girl But pin the tail upon the donkey in that party dress Balloons, and cake, 2 kinds of ice cream I guess...

CHORUS: I go to the graveyard where we all must go Among the dead & the buried there just so I will know What it's like beneath those trees listening to that wind I go to the graveyard & I'll be back again I played in...

CHORUS: You got a grown man for a boyfriend, So you better treat him just like a baby. He's a saint on Sunday, he's a bum on Monday; The rest of the week he's just crazy. He's unpredictable, like an animal, Proud as an...

CHORUS: Down in Southern California There's a guru that is guruing there He's got 250 followers They're following him everywhere He's got all of the answers to all of the questions And he promises to make us fee He's...

The dollar went down and the President said Whos in charge, now? I don't know, take your pick. A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back Things are looking kind of gray, like they're going to black Don't...

The braid is held in with a bobby pin She's a woman, she wears a pink hat The rouge on the face Ihe baubles, the lace Once a young girl Please don't forget that The pretty red top Has just about stopped It wobbles, it...