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I am a lonesome hombre I spent my time driving my truck around town on Saturdays I move here from the city I thought that maybe all of my luck would change Here in Boomtown But it seems my face is wrong I don’t fit in Cause I don’t have cowboy lips When I’m with [...]
They’re coming…at the rate of 300 miles a year… They started in Brazil, And came north through Nicaragua We call them killer bees The Sandinistas call them their “freedom fighters” An evil empire of Godless, Marxist bugs How can they be stopped?! The Bees The killer bees are coming Spreading fear and terror in our [...]
My parents married here in Reno Then I was born, and it seemed downhill from there We never had our share of luck, and it wasn’t fair Ooooo But then, a week ago last Thursday I drove for hours and I never hit one red light I ate a day-old tuna sandwich and felt alright [...]
You could be the President) (You could be the President) (One nation, oh my god) (You could be the President) I went to my dentist’s at 3rd and Market That wisdom tooth had to go I’d never seen my dentist so friendly before As he put me under he shook my hand and said “Congratulations” [...]
It’s the night before the night before Christmas old friends together the same time every year she’s leaving him, but he doesn’t know it to everyone else it’s perfectly clear Their holiday party has secrets in the air something that he doesn’t share she’s found another she’s movin’ on the day after New Years she’ll [...]
I hate the Beach Boys (I stay indoors all day) Give me my raincoat (Draw the curtains closed) On all the brightest days (I stay indoors all day) I listen to Leonard Cohen (I’m so tired of sunshine) Songs of gloom (Can’t wait for the nighttime) So into my room Go away (Winter never comes [...]
I am a lonesome hombre I spend my time driving my truck around town on Saturdays I moved here from the city I thought that maybe All of my luck would change here in Boomtown But it seems my face is wrong I don’t fit in ‘Cause I don’t have Cowboy, cowboy, cowboy lips, Cowboy, [...]
Hippie Again First I was a hippie Then I was a stockbroker Now I am a hippie again In the Summer of Love I was mellow and high I had my bus and my dog and everything I needed to get by But the years rolled on and I settled down I parked my bus [...]
A person’s home should be their castle (When I’m at home I want to feel like royalty) But I don’t want to be the queen of this mess (Never before have I seen such misery) Living with my baby is a hassle (When he’s at home he doesn’t care Never combs his hair) I’m puttin’ [...]
We’ve been locked here for six days in a motel room…. With the blinds drawn…. And the lights on…. No TV and no phone My brain is numb and my stomach’s sore…. From cigarettes and coffee It’s never taken me this long before…. Poppa’s gonna owe me a big bonus…. When he hired me to [...]
The power is out from a terrible storm but my lights still shine Santa’s spinning and Rudolph’s grinning Listen to my generator whine my neighbors put up a pretty good front but I know they envy me I see them peepin’ through a crack in their living room blinds at my fifty kilowatt tree Fifty [...]
I got Persian rugs I got exterminated bugs I got a house that goes from over there to here Yeah, my basement’s full of fine imported beer. But I got somethin’ — somethin’ in my ear I got ducks that float I got a power boat I got a wife who’s almost got her MBA [...]
Johnny’s Room Transcribed by Chris Vagnini ———————————- There are two things I can’t stand One of them is your mom One is just as bad Is your dad Why did we have to come This is the eighties It should be understood That we sleep together Ba dop We’ve been together a month now Why [...]
My Husband Was A Weatherman Transcribed by Chris Vagnini Lead Vocals by Janie-Bob ———————————- My husband was a weatherman He was right all the time He knew when there’d be snow in Toledo And freezing rain in Niagara Falls My husband was a weatherman A seventh sun of a seventh son On a first name [...]
On every corner there’s a man in a red suit singing ho, ho, ho, (ho, ho) I don’t think any of them really could be Santa but how am I gonna know? I saw a Santa and his woman on a Harley riding really slow – so slow She’s wearing fishnets and a pair of [...]
There’s a side o’ me I show — a side I keep hidden Sometimes they flip-flop — hey! no kiddin’ I use my left brain then I use the right I’m the day — I’m the night My personality has a plurality And that’s why they call me “Mr. Duality” That’s me… that’s me too [...]
So you think you’ve made it to the top That doesn’t mean you should stop Don’t lean back in your chair, don’t lose your desire Keep on tryin’ to go even higher Tweak your peak, it’s a higher level you should seek Your hairdo is a thing of wonder I bet there’s not many doorways [...]
DRIVE-BY LOVE as performed by The Bobs at The Barns Of Wolf Trap, Late Show, Feb 13, 1993 Transcribed by Richard Segal Lead Vocal by Joe Bob Finetti, Percussion and Bass by Richard Bob Greene —————————- She worked a the Fotomat. She wore a uniform and a lavendar hat That’s all there is to say [...]
The next thing I knew, there was a pain in my head like my sinuses were cracking. The Santa Ana winds had come back, and the whole city of L.A. was acting like it had PMS. I heard high heels on the linoleum floor of the outer office. She came in wearing a pair of [...]
Santa’s helpers in the mall – new graffiti on the wall we’re victimized by urban sprawl It’s Christmas in LA See the mansions of the stars – valet elves are parking cars reindeer strippers in the bars It’s Christmas in LA I dream of trees and ornaments and a crackling yule log the lights are [...]