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JONATHON RICHMAN (Andy Meyers Allowed /Sound Music)
Jonathon Richman put out an album
A couple fine rockers and a lot of pablum
We were disappointed we expected more from this boy.
Side One opened with a sci-fi blazer
3:22 of rockets and phasers
But the album sounds disjointed.
We weren’t really impressed.
Some men can pick up girls and go home with them
This never happened to Jonathon Richman
Jonathon Richman got turned down at Warners
This backed poor Johnny into a corner
It got to the point it was either sink or swim
So our boy Johnny went down to Beserkely
With a dozen songs and a lotta work he
put out an album made the critics think.
Some men can pick up girls and go home with them
This never happened to Jonathon Richman
Parents say what you listening to
Don’t let that music bring you down
As far as all of us here are concerned
Johnny Richman is our crown
They say his songs say it His ads may portray it
But I got the inside dope
As far as all of us here are concerned
Johnny Richman is our one and only hope
Parents say what you listening to
Don’t play that music so loud
As far as all of us hear are concerned
Johnny Richman is the one makes us feel proud
He’s our answer to Wilf Carter. Our answer to Mario Lanza
If you want lies from truth
As far as all of us here are concerned
Johnny Richman is our fountain of youth
He’s our answer to Wilf Carter. Our answer to Mario Lanza
If you want the truth
As far as all of us here are concerned
Johnny Richman Richman Richman Richman
Richman Richman Richman
Johnny 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 Ken Badger
No time for a delicate passion
No taste for the finer things
When I’m cruisin’ down a twisted highway
At a straightaway speed
And maybe I’ll turn the TV on
Maybe I’ll stay awake till dawn
Farm reports and test patterns
Farm reports and test patterns
Notified and I’m floatin’ in air
Nullified and a new day’s here
Farm reports and test patterns
Farm reports and test patterns
Now Eileen back in my pillow
Dreaming at a different speed
Now I’m crawling down a twisted highway
On my hands and knees
Hot Speed
Hot Speed
Hot Speed
Hot Speed
And maybe I’ll turn the TV on
Maybe I’ll stay awake till dawn
Farm reports and test patterns
Farm reports and test patterns
Notified and I’m floatin’ in air
Nullified and a new day’s here
Farm reports and test patterns
Farm reports and test patterns
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New Part In Town
03:31
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NEW PART IN TOWN. (Andy Meyers/ Allowed Sound Music)
‘scuse me baby but I’m from the new part in town
sure has changed since the last time you been around
the things they just put in last month
the stuff they just brought in last week
the air they just pumped in yesterday
no, I’m not really new
novel’s more the word for you
sure I got my problems
all and all I can’t complain
‘scuse me baby but I’m from the new part in town
only one house in itself it is a new part in town
every night I drive downtown in my limo
see the poor kids standing out in front of the disco
baby baby my problems are just unreal
but don’t let me bring you down
I’m just running off at my mouth
sure I got my problems
all in all I can’t complain
scuse me baby but I’m from the new part in town
the part where all the walk around
If it seems like you’re seeing me again
it’s cause I’m just a clone off your old boyfriend
If it seems like I know parts of you quite well
it’s cause I’m just a negative of myself
If it seems like you know parts of me quite well
it’s cause I’m just a negative of myself
A negative’s a frightening thing to see
A negative’s a frightening thing to see
A negative’s a frightening thing to see
black and white where
white white white and black should be
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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
05:04
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I’m Sad Ken Badger
Please relax we’re in no hurry
To present no point of view
What we find among the tables
Who we are who we are
Enjoy the time we spend together
Who we will become too soon
Turn the lights down all the way down now
It’s a special feeling not a show
I’m sad I’m sad but I don’t really mind
I’m sad and I don’t know why
In love in love and I don’t know why
I’m sad in love
so what
so what
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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
04:22
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In The Summer Ken Badger
These girls looks so good In the Summer
These girls smell so sweet In the Summer
Just like a dirty sheet oh my these girls yes yes these girls
My girl I treat her right I’m a kind man not the cheating type but
These girls they tend to drive me wild oh my these girls yes yes these girls
It’s not a political act
it’s just just a hard on fact that
I’m a sucker for these girls in the summer
I’m keenly aware of their effect on me
can’t run for cover in the street why bother
i’m at her mercy i’m at her mercy
i’m at her mercy in the summer heat
These girls looks so good In the Summer
These girls smell so sweet In the Summer
Just like a dirty sheet oh my these girls yes yes these girls
On the street in the summer I’m a regular guy...
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Little Johnny Jewel
08:45
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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...”
Bob Mersereau, author "the Top 100 Canadian Albums"
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