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- From: epeterso@houligan.encore.com (Eric Peterson)
- Newsgroups: alt.sources,alt.rock-n-roll
- Subject: They Might Be Giants Quote Generator (Update)
- Message-ID: <epeterso.666024499@houligan>
- Date: 8 Feb 91 14:48:19 GMT
-
- This is an update to the TMBG quote generator I posted a few months
- back ... Enjoy!
-
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- #! /bin/sh
- # This is a shell archive ... type "sh <archive-name>" to unpack
- echo x - tmbg.README
- sed 's/^X//' >tmbg.README <<'*-*-END-of-tmbg.README-*-*'
- X
- X They Might Be Giants Quote Generator
- X By Eric Peterson (epeterson@encore.com)
- X
- X Released into the Public Domain
- X
- X
- XINTRO
- X
- XIf you liked /usr/games/fortune, if you loved /usr/local/emacs/etc/yow, there's
- Xfinally ~/tmbg -- the They Might Be Giants quote generator. Yes, all of the
- Xfabulously witticisms of John and John have been compiled and collected here
- Xfor your computing enjoyment. Just configure, compile, add water, and you're
- Xall set ...
- X
- XCONFIGURATION
- X
- XFirst, unpack the shell archive. Chances are that if you're reading this that
- Xyou've already been there and done that. Now, edit the file tmbg.c and change
- Xsome of the #defines in that file to suit your personal preferences ...
- X
- XDefine QUOTE_FILE_NAME as the full path name of the quotes file. I'd set this
- Xto a file in a library directory somewhere, such as /usr/local/lib/tmbg.text.
- X
- XIf you alter the quote file, you may want to redefine the DELIMITER character.
- XEach entry in the file consists of a DELIMITER, a newline ('\n'), and the text
- Xof the quote. You do not need a delimeter at the end of the file, but you do
- Xneed one at the beginning. See the tmbg.text file for an example.
- X
- XYou may need to alter the random number generator on your system. If you have
- Xthe random() and srandom() functions (BSD systems usually have these), you
- Xdon't need to modify anything. If you have the rand() and srand() functions
- X(System V systems usually have these), uncomment the definitions of random()
- Xand srandom(). If you have some other random number generator, define random()
- Xas a function that takes no arguments and returns a random long integer and
- Xsrandom() as a one-argument function that seeds the random number generator.
- Xwith a normal integer. If you have no clue how to generate a random number,
- Xuse "#define random() ((long) getpid() * (long) time(0)) for the random number
- Xgenerator and "#define srandom(X) ;" for the seeder.
- X
- XCOMPILATION
- X
- XCompilation couldn't be easier -- just say "cc -o tmbg tmbg.c". If that
- Xdoesn't work, check the include files. If everything looks okay but it still
- Xwon't compile, you're screwed :-)
- X
- XINSTALLATION
- X
- XCopy the "tmbg.text" file to the value you defined for QUOTE_FILE_NAME. Copy
- Xthe "tmbg" file to a common binary directory (such as /usr/local/bin). And if
- Xyou're using the C shell, make sure that that directory is in your path and do
- Xa "rehash". Now you're set!
- X
- XRUNNING
- X
- XJust say "tmbg"! What could be simpler? You can substitute "tmbg" in any
- Xprogram that calls for "yow" or "fortune" (such as an variable .plan generator
- Xor xnlock, for you X-Windows types).
- X
- XIf you want to create an alternative quotes file, you can say "tmbg
- X<file-name>", where "<file-name>" is the name of the file you want to use
- Xinstead of QUOTE_FILE_NAME.
- X
- XFOR MORE INFORMATION
- X
- XSend $1 to:
- X
- X The Church of the SubGenius
- X PO Box 140306
- X Dallas, TX 75214
- X Attention: "Bob"
- X
- XAnd send all the rest of your money to:
- X
- X Eric Peterson, MS 403
- X Encore Computer Corporation
- X 6901 West Sunrise Boulevard
- X PO Box 409148
- X Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319
- X
- XOr just write to "epeterson@encore.com" or "...!uunet!encore!epeterson". And
- Xwhile you're at it, keep the night light on inside the birdhouse in your soul.
- X
- *-*-END-of-tmbg.README-*-*
- echo x - tmbg.c
- sed 's/^X//' >tmbg.c <<'*-*-END-of-tmbg.c-*-*'
- X
- X/*
- X * Quote Generator
- X * By Eric Peterson (epeterson@encore.com)
- X *
- X * This software is released into the public domain. Use at your own risk.
- X */
- X
- X/*
- X * QUOTE_FILE_NAME is the path name of the quotes file. You'll probably want
- X * this to be the full path name of the file.
- X */
- X
- X#define QUOTE_FILE_NAME "/You-need-to-change-this!/tmbg.text"
- X
- X/*
- X * DELIMITER is the character that divides the quotes in the quotes file.
- X * Each quote starts with a delimiter and a newline. All of the text
- X * between that newline and the next delimiter is considered the quote.
- X * You won't need to touch this unless you change the structure of the
- X * quotes file.
- X */
- X
- X#define DELIMITER '@'
- X
- X/*
- X * Random(3) is a better random number generator than rand(3). However,
- X * many systems have only rand(3) and not random(3). Others may not have
- X * either and use something entirely different. Consequently, you may
- X * need to uncomment and possibly modiy the lines below. Random() should
- X * return a random long integer, and srandom() should seed the randomizer
- X * with a normal integer.
- X */
- X
- X/* #define random() rand() /* This comment no verb. */
- X/* #define srandom(X) srand(X) /* This is not a comment. */
- X
- X
- X#include <stdio.h>
- X#include <sys/types.h>
- X#include <sys/stat.h>
- X
- Xmain(Argc, Argv)
- X int Argc;
- X char *Argv[];
- X{
- X FILE *Quote_File;
- X long Position;
- X struct stat Stat;
- X int Char;
- X char *Quote_File_Name;
- X
- X /* Initialize */
- X srandom(((int) getpid()) * ((int) time(0)));
- X Quote_File_Name = (Argc < 2) ? QUOTE_FILE_NAME : Argv[1];
- X
- X /* Open the file */
- X Quote_File = fopen(Quote_File_Name, "r");
- X
- X /* Was the open successful? */
- X if (Quote_File == NULL)
- X {
- X fprintf(stderr, "\nCouldn't open quote file '%s'\n\n", Quote_File_Name);
- X exit(1);
- X }
- X
- X /* Find a rand spot in the file */
- X stat(Quote_File_Name, &Stat);
- X Position = random() % Stat.st_size;
- X fseek(Quote_File, Position, 0);
- X
- X /* Find the next delimiter */
- X while ((Char = fgetc(Quote_File)) != EOF && Char != DELIMITER);
- X if (Char == EOF)
- X fseek(Quote_File, 1, 0);
- X
- X /* Skip the following newline */
- X fgetc(Quote_File);
- X
- X /* Display the text until the next delimiter or EOF */
- X while ((Char = fgetc(Quote_File)) != EOF && Char != DELIMITER)
- X fputc(Char, stdout);
- X
- X /* Close up */
- X fclose(Quote_File);
- X exit(0);
- X}
- X
- *-*-END-of-tmbg.c-*-*
- echo x - tmbg.text
- sed 's/^X//' >tmbg.text <<'*-*-END-of-tmbg.text-*-*'
- X@
- XEverything right is wrong again, just like in The Long, Long Trailer
- XAll the dishes got broken and the car kept driving
- XAnd nobody would stop to save her.
- X@
- XAnd now this song is over now, and now this song is over now
- XAnd now this song is over now, this song is over now.
- X@
- XQuit my job down at the car wash, didn't have to write no one a goodbye note
- XSaid the check's in the mail and I'll see you in church
- XAnd don't you ever change.
- X@
- XBut the pup-pup-pup-pet head was only bu-bu-bus-ted in
- XI'll see you after school ...
- X@
- XMemo to Myself: "DO THE DUMB THINGS I GOTTA DO -- TOUCH THE PUPPET HEAD"
- X@
- XDon't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
- XTo believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl.
- X@
- XWhen you are alone, you are the cat, you are the bone, you are an animal
- XThe words I'm singing now mean nothing more than "meow" to an animal.
- X@
- XNo one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful
- XEverbody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful.
- X@
- XHide away, folk family, or else someone's gonna get you
- XSomeone's gonna get you.
- X@
- X"Hello, this is Leslie Downes with the Daily Home Astrology Report.
- X TAURUS: Contemplate domestic turmoil.
- X AQUARIUS: Abandon hope for future plans."
- X@
- XThere's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third
- XDon't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
- XSpent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
- XFor the two songs in me and the third one I just made.
- X@
- XA rich man once told me, "Hey, life's a funny thing"
- XA poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak
- XNow I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak
- XSince there's just two songs in me, and I just wrote the third ...
- X@
- XSo I went to the president and I asked ol' what's-his-name
- XHas he ever gotten writer's block or something like the same?
- XHe just started talking like he was on TV
- X"If there's just two songs in you boy, whaddya want from me?"
- X@
- XSo I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar
- XBut I politely tell the ladies he'll still have to call me "Sir"
- XAnd I have to keep my self respect 'cause I'll never be a star
- XSince there's just two songs in me and this is Number Three.
- X@
- XWhat's the reason? Why'd she go?
- XWhere's my baby? I don't know
- XThirty-two footsteps, counted 'em myself, thirty-two footsteps.
- X@
- XThirty-two footsteps leading to the room where the paint doesn't wanna dry.
- XThirty-two footsteps running down the road where the floor reaches the sky.
- X@
- XThirty-two feathers in my brand new Indian headdress
- XThirty-two new moons shining in thirty-two skies ...
- X@
- XThirty-two infantry men running in place
- XThirty-two box cars, all of them have your face.
- X@
- XWhat's the reason? Why'd she leave?
- XDon't you know we're on the eve of
- XThirty-two footsteps, counted 'em myself, thirty-two footsteps.
- X@
- XIn the morning sun 'round 7:00 the parking lot fills 'round Toys-R-Us
- XAnd my little girl, she will get away, ridin' her bike down Toddler Highway.
- X@
- XRabid Child stays at home and talks on her CB
- XTruckers pass calling out their handles to the kid.
- X@
- XIf you pass the Rabid Child, say "Hammer down!" for me.
- X@
- XHammer down ... Rabbit ears!
- X@
- XWhat's gonna happen to Chess Piece Face?
- X@
- XAll I know could be defaced by the facts in the life of Chess Piece Face.
- X@
- XAll the people are so happy now their heads are caving in
- XWell I'm glad they are all snowmen with protective rubber skin.
- X@
- XA furry ambulastic masked affair of shiny marble dice
- XSome people call 'em snake-eyes but to me they look like mice.
- X@
- XAnd nothing's smelling like a rose
- XBut I don't care if no one's coming up for air
- X'Cause I know nothing's gonna change my clothes ever anymore.
- X@
- XNothing's gonna change my clothes ever anymore.
- X@
- XWhy did they send her over anyone else? How should I react?
- XThese things happen to other people ... they don't happen at all, in fact.
- X@
- XWhen you're following an angel it doesn't mean you have to
- XThrow your body off a building.
- X@
- XI hear they have a space program when you sing you can't hear, there's no air
- XSometimes I think I'd kind of like that better
- XOther times I think I'm already there.
- X@
- XYouth culture killed my dog.
- X@
- XThe night life and my dog's life weren't exactly one and the same.
- X@
- XThe hip hop and the white funk just blew away my puppy's mind.
- X@
- XShe's got her ear to the walls, and she's tapping the calls
- XIf you've got a secret, boy -- FORGET ABOUT IT!
- X'Cause she's a Hotel Detective.
- X@
- XFor every one with dollar signs in his eyes there must be hundreds that look
- Xat you as if you're some kind of rhythm section want ad.
- X@
- XHats off to the new age hairstyles made of bones
- XHats off to the use of hats.
- X@
- X"You guys must be into the Eurythmics!"
- X@
- XIn a world we call our home there's lots of room to roam
- XPlenty of time to turn mistakes into rhyme
- XThere's a place for those who love their poetry
- XIt's just across from the sign that says "Prose Only".
- X@
- XI've got to get a job, I've got to get some pay
- XMy son's gotta go to art school, he's leaving in three days.
- X@
- XAnd the TV's in Esperanto -- you know that that's a bitch.
- X@
- XBut alienation's for the rich and I'm a-feelin' poorer every day.
- X@
- XI ain't a feeling happy about the state of things in my life
- XBut I'm working to make it better with a six of Miller High Life.
- X@
- XIt's a long, long rope they use to hang you, soon I hope
- XAnd I wonder why it hasn't happened, why Why WHY?
- XAnd I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
- XSo I hope that I get old before I die.
- X@
- XClear off the kitchen table darling, for on the kitchen table I must lie
- XI'm just tired for my wife served the banquet of my life
- XAnd I hope that I get old before I die.
- X@
- XI was trying to get somewhere but now I'm following
- XThe traces of your fingernails that run along the windshield
- XOn the boat of car.
- X@
- XI took this boat for a car -- I took that car for a ride.
- X@
- XI was born in a lighthouse, my mother was the sea
- XI'd go to school each morning when it occurred to me
- XThat life's just a mood ring we're not allowed to see
- XAnd this is what it said to me ...
- X@
- XMy room is comfortably small with rubber lining the walls
- XAnd there's someone always calling my name.
- X@
- XHe calls when I'm alone and he calls when I'm not home
- XAnd he calls when I'm stuck out in the rain.
- X@
- XI'm INSANE, I'm INSANE ...
- X@
- XAna Ng and I are getting old
- XBut we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence.
- X@
- X"I don't want the world, I just want your half."
- X@
- XEverything sticks until it goes away
- XAnd the truth is we don't know anything.
- X@
- XI'm going down to Cow Town, the cow's a friend to me
- XLives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
- XBeneath the waves, the waves, and that's where I will be
- XI'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea.
- X@
- XLie still, little bottle, shake my shaky hand
- XBlack coffee's not enough for me, I need a better friend.
- X@
- X"There is no time for metaphors," cried the little pill to me
- XHe said, "Life is a placebo masquerading as a simile."
- X@
- XSomebody put their fingers in the president's ears
- XIt wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's Wax.
- X@
- XI remember the book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba.
- X@
- XPurple Toupee will show the way when summer brings you down
- XPurple Toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around.
- X@
- XChinese people were fighting in the park
- XWe tried to help them fight, but no one appreciated that.
- X@
- XSomebody's reading your mind -- damned if you know who it is
- XThey're digging through all of your files, stealing back your best ideas.
- X@
- X"This is the spawning of the cage and aquarium
- X Don't wait a moment too soon
- X Used to be different, now you're the same
- X Yawn as your plane goes down in flames ..."
- X@
- XWhere your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves his broomstick arms
- XAnd does a parody of each unconscious thing you do.
- X@
- XWhen you turn around to look it's gone behind you
- XOn its face it's wearing your confused expression
- XWhere your eyes don't go.
- X@
- XEvery jumbled pile of person has a thinking part
- XThat wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of.
- X@
- XShould you worry when the skullhead is in front of you
- XOr is it worse because it's always waiting where your eyes don't go?
- X@
- XI find myself haunted by a spooky man named me
- XI wish that I could jump out of my skin.
- X@
- XOnce a boy named Mister Me bemoaned a great regret:
- X"I've floundered in the misty sea but can't abide its mystery
- X I wound up sad you bet."
- X@
- XSo take the hand of Mister Me and, Mister, make him glad
- XTo swim the Mister misty sea and cease the Mister mystery
- XThat, Mister, made him sad.
- X@
- XAnd none who have witnessed all can think of a nobler cause
- XThan perishing in The Pencil Rain.
- X@
- XCall the men of science and let them hear this song
- XTell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong.
- X@
- XBeat up the cat if you want someone else on the mat
- XI put the rock in the coffee in your coffee mug.
- X@
- XWhich one of us is the one we can't trust?
- XYou say I think it's you but I don't agree with that.
- X@
- XWhy can't you be sensitive and good?
- XWhy don't you want to be understood?
- X@
- XI've got a match, your embrace and my collapse.
- X@
- XI saw my baby wearing Santa's beard
- XI wish he would go, he's breaking up my home!
- X@
- XGo find a man to fit my shoes!
- XThe left one's old and the right one's new
- XAnd I bought the right one just for you
- XGo find a man to fit my shoes!
- X@
- XYou'll see my teeth in the stars above
- XAnd every tree a finger of my glove
- XAnd every time push comes to shove
- XYou'll see my teeth in the stars above.
- X@
- XYou will miss me so ... you will miss me
- XIt must be raining 'cause a man ain't supposed to cry
- XBut I look up and I don't see a cloud ...
- X@
- XLove sees love's happiness, but happiness can't see that love is sad.
- X@
- XDon't call me at work again, no no, the boss still hates me
- XI'm just tired and I don't love you anymore
- XAnd there's restaurant we should check out
- XWhere the other nightmare people like to go -- I mean nice people
- XBaby wait, I didn't mean to sound like that ...
- X@
- XHe wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
- XPeople should get beat up for stating their beliefs
- XHe wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
- X'Cause he knows there's no such thing.
- X@
- XHe asks the girl if they can both sit in a chair
- XBut he doesn't get nervous -- she's not really there!
- X@
- XTour the world in a heavy metal band
- XBut they ran out of gas -- the plane can never land!
- X@
- XWhat's the sense in ever thinking 'bout the tomb
- XWhen you're much too busy returning to the womb?
- X@
- XI like people, they're the ones who can't stand
- XThey're the ones who can't stand.
- X@
- XI see smoke signals coming from them;
- XThey say we are out of furniture.
- X@
- XYou made my day, now you have to sleep in it.
- X@
- XI love the world and if I have to sue for custody,
- XThen I will sue for custody.
- X@
- XStand on your own head for a change
- XGimme some skin to call my own.
- X@
- XAvalanche or roadblock, I was a snowball in Hell.
- X@
- XIf it wasn't for disappointment, I wouldn't have any appointments.
- X@
- XHave a nice day ... You want it WHEN?
- X@
- XI built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
- XCalled the blood of the exploited working class ...
- X@
- XAnd the world screams, "Kiss me, son of God!"
- X@
- XI destroyed a bond of friendship and respect
- XBetween the only people left who even look me in the eye ...
- X@
- XNow I laugh and make a fortune off the same ones that I tortured
- XAnd a world screams, "Kiss me, son of God"
- X@
- XI look like Jesus, so they say, but Mr. Jesus is very far away.
- X@
- XNow you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true
- XThat you love me and I love me.
- X@
- XWhy is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in hand?
- XWhy are the ocean levels rising up? It's a brand new record for 1990
- XThey Might Be Giants' brand new album: Flood.
- X@
- XI'm your only friend, I'm not your only friend
- XBut I'm a little glowing friend, but really I'm not actually your friend
- XBut I am.
- X@
- XBlue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you
- XMake a little birdhouse in your soul.
- X@
- XNot to put too fine a point on it: Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
- XMake a little birdhouse in your soul.
- X@
- XWhile you're at it, keep the night light on inside the birdhouse in your soul.
- X@
- XBluebird of friendliness, like guardian angel, its always near.
- X@
- XThere's a picture opposite me of my primitive ancestry
- XWhich stood on rocky shores and kept our beaches shipwreck free
- XThough I respect that a lot, I'd be fired if that were my job
- XAfter killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts.
- X@
- XMy name is blue canary, one not spelled L-I-T-E.
- X@
- XI lost my lucky ball and chain, now she's four years gone
- XShe's five feet tall and sick of me and all my rattling on.
- X@
- XConfidentially -- she never called me "Baby Doll"
- XConfidentially -- I never had much pride
- XBut now I rock a bar stool and I drink for two
- XJust pondering this time bomb in my mind.
- X@
- XAs sure as you can't steer a train, you can't change your fate.
- X@
- XI can shake my tiny fist and swear I wasn't wrong
- XBut what's the sense in arguing when you're all alone?
- X@
- XI just stood there whistling "There goes the bride" as she walked out the door.
- X@
- XThis is where the party ends
- XI can't stand here listening to you and your racist friend.
- X@
- XI know politics bore you, but I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
- XAnd your racist friend.
- X@
- XHe let the contents of the bottle do the thinking
- XCan't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.
- X@
- XIstanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
- XBeen a long time gone, Constantinople
- XNow a Turkish delight on a moonlight night.
- X@
- XEvery gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
- XSo if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul.
- X@
- XEven old New York was once New Amsterdam
- XWhy they changed it, I can't say
- XPeople just liked it better that way!
- X@
- XWhy did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks.
- X@
- XI returned a bag of groceries accidentally taken off the shelf
- XBefore the expiration date.
- X@
- XI came back as a bag of groceries accidentally taken off the shelf
- XBefore the date stamped on myself.
- X@
- XNow it's over, I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want.
- XOr I am still alive and there's nothing I want to do.
- X@
- XI will never say the word "procrastinate" again
- XI'll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed.
- X@
- XI didn't apologize for when I was eight and I made my younger brother
- XHave to be my personal slave.
- X@
- XParticle Man, Particle Man
- XDoin' the things that a particle can
- XWhat's he like? It's not important
- XParticle Man.
- X@
- XIs he a dot, or is he a speck?
- XWhen he's underwater does he get wet?
- XOr does the water get him instead?
- XNobody knows, Particle Man.
- X@
- XTriangle Man, Triangle Man
- XTriangle Man hates Particle Man
- XThey have a fight, Triangle wins
- XTriangle Man.
- X@
- XUniverse Man, Universe Man
- XSize-of-the-Entire-Universe Man
- XUsually kind to smaller man
- XUniverse Man.
- X@
- XHe's got a watch with a minute hand
- XMillenium hand, and an eon hand
- XAnd when they meet, it's a happy land
- XPowerful man, Universe Man.
- X@
- XPerson Man, Person Man
- XHit on the head with a frying pan
- XLives his life in a garbage can
- XPerson Man.
- X@
- XIs he depressed, or is he a mess?
- XDoes he feel totally worthless?
- XWho came up with Person Man?
- XDegraded Man, Person Man.
- X@
- XTriangle Man, Triangle Man
- XTriangle Man hates Person Man
- XThey have a fight, Triangle wins
- XTriangle Man.
- X@
- XShe set your goldfish free and now she's sighing
- XBlew out your pilot light and made a wish.
- X@
- XShe wants to see you again, she wants to see you again
- XSlowly twisting in the wind.
- XTwisting, twisting in the wind.
- X@
- XShe's not your satellite, she doesn't miss you
- XSo turn off your smoke machine and Marshall stack.
- X@
- XShe doesn't have to have her db's record back now
- XBut there's not a lot of things that she'll take back.
- X@
- XShe doesn't have to have her Young Fresh Fellows tape back
- XBut there's not a lot of things that she'll take back.
- X@
- XMinimum wage ... YEAH!
- X@
- XI'll never know what you'll find when you open up your letterbox tomorrow
- X'Cause a little bird never tells me anything I want to know
- X She's my best friend, she's a sparrow
- XAnd I'll never never know what you never never never want to know
- X When you know what you are, O.
- X@
- XMr. Horrible! Mr. Horrible! Telephone call for Mr. Horrible!
- X@
- XMr. Horrible says, "I don't mind,
- X The thing that bothers me is someone keeps moving my chair."
- X@
- X"Is this Horrible? Is this Horrible? It's the ugliness men, Mr. Horrible
- X We're just trying to bug you, we though our dreadfulness might be a thing
- X to annoy you with."
- X@
- X"Would you mind if we balance this glass of milk
- X Where your visiting friend accidentally was killed?"
- X@
- X"Would it be okay with you if we wrote a reminder of things we'll forget
- X To do today otherwise, using a green magic marker, if it's alright,
- X on the back of your head?"
- X@
- XEverybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around.
- X@
- XEverybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads.
- X@
- XWhere was I? I forgot the point that I was making.
- X@
- XI said if I was smart that I would save up for a piece of string
- XAnd a rock to wind the string around.
- X@
- XThrow the crib door wide, let the people crawl inside
- XSomeone in this town is trying to burn the playhouse down.
- XThey want to stop the ones who want a rock to wind a string around.
- X@
- XThrow the crib door wide, let the people crawl inside
- XSomeone in this town is trying to burn the playhouse down.
- XThey want to stop the ones who want prosthetic foreheads on their heads.
- X@
- XThrow the crib door wide, let the people crawl inside
- XSomeone in this town is trying to burn the foreheads down
- XThey want to stop the ones who want a rock to wind a string around.
- X@
- XMore coffee for me, Boss, 'cause I'm not as messed up as I'd like to be.
- X@
- XSome say the electric chair's not good enough for king-lazy-bones like myself.
- X@
- XA woman came up to me and said "I'd like to poison your mind
- XWith wrong ideas that appeal to you though I am not unkind."
- X@
- XA man came up to me and said "I'd like to change your mind
- XBy hitting it with a rock," he said, "though I am not unkind."
- X@
- XThere's only one thing that I know how to do well
- XAnd I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well
- XAnd that's be you, be what you're like, be like yourself
- XAnd so I'm having a wonderful time but I'd rather be whistling in the dark.
- X@
- XI'm having a wonderful time but I'd rather be whistling in the dark.
- X@
- XHot Cha, where are you? Everybody's eyes are closed.
- X@
- XWe're in a road movie to Berlin, Can't drive out the way we drove in.
- X@
- XThey might be giants -- BOY!
- X@
- XThey might be rain, they might be heat
- XThey might be frying up a stalk of wheat.
- X@
- XThey might be brain, they might be washed
- XThey might be Dr. Spock's backup band.
- X@
- XThey might be bald, they might be snow
- XThey might be something else in the snow.
- X@
- XThey might be fake, they might be lies
- XThey might be big, big, fake, fake lies.
- X@
- XWe can't be silent because they might be giants
- XAnd what are we gonna do unless they are?
- X@
- XTo make the merry-go-round go FASTER
- XEveryone needs to hang on TIGHTER
- XJust to keep from being THROWN TO THE WOLVES ...
- X@
- XTabloid footprints in your hair, tabloid footprints everywhere.
- X@
- XWhen the ship runs out of ocean, and the vessel runs aground
- XThat's where we know the boat is found.
- X@
- XBut there's something beside the shoreline, coming up from the shipwreck
- XMoving across the beachhead, making as if to say: Women & Men, Women & Men.
- X@
- XWomen & Men have crossed the ocean, they now begin to pour
- XOut from the boat and up the shore
- XTwo by two they enter the jungle and soon they number more
- XThree by three as well as four by four.
- X@
- XBullets from a revolver, bullets from a gun.
- XBullets through the atmosphere -- here they come.
- X@
- XSapphire bullets, bullets of pure love.
- X@
- XWe were once so close to heaven that Peter came out and gave us medals
- XDeclaring us the nicest of the damned.
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