ÿþBlue Orchid You got a reaction You got a reaction didn't, you? You took a white orchid You took a white orchid turned it blue Something better than nothing Something better than nothing, it's giving up We all need to do something Try keep the truth from showing up How dare you How old are you now, anyway? How dare you How old are you now, anyway? You're given a flower But I guess there's just no pleasing you Your lips tastes sour But you think that it's just me teasing you You got a reaction You got a reaction, didn't you? You took a white orchid You took a white orchid turned it blue Get behind me Get behind me now, anyway Get behind me Get behind me now, anyway You got a reaction You got a reaction, didn't you? You took a white orchid You took a white orchid turned it blue The Nurse The nurse should not be the one who puts salt in your wounds But it's always with trust that the poison is fed with a spoon When you're helpless with no one to turn to alone in your room You would swear that the one who would care for you never would leave She promised and said, "you will always be safe here with me" But promises open the door to be broken to me No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down now No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down now No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down The maid that you've hired could never conspire to kill She's to mother, not quietly smother you when you're most ill The one that you're trusting suspiciously dusting the sill No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down now No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down No I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down now no I'm never, no I'm never, no I'm never gonna let you down My Doorbell I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell Oh, well Well with me and chipin' me and kisses? Not the man in my life I know And I been going to mystery misses I respect the art of the show Take back whan you said little girl And while you're at it take yourself back too Woman whatcha gonna do now, whatcha gonna do about it I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it oh I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell Oh, yeah You don't seem to come around Point your finger and make a sound You don't seem to come around Not since I said you knocked it down? Oh, well Make a sound and I'll make you feel right Right at home, yeah Yeah, right at home, yeah Nobody got ......? But how come it's so easy to you You know it's like me at times I can be careless But your words seem so obtuse But then again I know you feel guilty And you tell me you want me again But I don't need any of your pity I got plenty of my own friends They're all above me And I've been thinkin' about my doorbell When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it Yeah, I've been thinkin' about the doorbell When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it oh I've been thinkin' about the doorbell When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it Yeah, I been thinkin' about the doorbell Oh, well They don't seem to come around Push the finger and make a sound They don't seem to come around Maybe they they'll knock 'em down Oh, well Make a sound and I'll make you feel right Right at home Right at home I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell And when you're gonna ring it, when you're gonna ring it I'm thinkin' about my doorbell When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell Oh, oh well Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) I blew it And if I knew what to do, then I'd do it But the point that I have, I'll get to it And forever for her is over for me Forever, just the word that she said that means never To be with another together And with the weight of a feather it tore into me Then I knew it All the work that it took to get through it On the wings of a feather that flew it Fell onto my shoe it cut up into me Well, everybody's reaction is changing you But their love is only a fraction of what I can give to you So let's do it, just get on a plane and just do it Like the birds and the bees and get to it Just get out of town and forever be free Forever, I wonder we could stay together It could change if you want for the better Just turn down my shirt and lay down next to me I blew it And if I knew what to do, then I'd do it But the point that I have, I'll get to it And forever for her is over for me Forever, just the word that she said that means never To be with another together And with the weight of a feather it tore into me Well, everybody's reaction is changing you But their love is only a fraction of what I can give to you Well, let's do it, let's get on a plane and just do it Like the birds and the bees and get to it Just get out of town and forever be free Forever, I wonder we could stay together It could change if you want for the better Just tug at my shirt and lay down next to me Little Ghost Little ghost, little ghost One I'm scared of the most Can you scare me up a little bit of love? I'm the only one that sees you, And I can't do much to please you And it's not yet time to meet the lord above The first woman that I met her I did not expect a specter When I shook her hand I really shook a glove She looked into me so sweetly And we left the room discreetly No one else could know the secret of our love Little ghost, little ghost One I'm scared of the most Can you scare me up a little bit of love? I'm the only one that sees you, And I can't do much to please you And it's not yet time to meet the lord above Every morning I awoke And I see my little ghost Wond'rin' if it's really her that's lying there I lean to touch her and I whisper But not brave enough to kiss her When I held her I was really holding air Little ghost, little ghost One I'm scared of the most Can you scare me up a little bit of love? I'm the only one that sees you, And I can't do much to please you And it's not yet time to meet the lord above Though I try my best to keep it There really was no secret Must have looked like I was dancing with the wall No one else could see this apparition But because of my condition I fell in love with a little ghost and that was all Little ghost, little ghost One I'm scared of the most Can you scare me up a little bit of love? I'm the only one that sees you, And I can't do much to please you And it's not yet time to meet the lord above No, it's not yet time to meet the lord above The Denial Twist If you think that a kiss is all in the lips C'mon, you got it all wrong, man And if you think that our dance was all in the hips Oh well, then do the twist If you think holding hands is all in the fingers Grab hold of the soul where the memory lingers and Make sure to never do it with the fingers Cause I'll tell everyone in the world But he was thinking about the girl Ya, but he's thinking about the girl, oh A lot of people get confused and they bruise Real easy when it comes to love They start putting on their shoes and walking out And singing "boy, I think I had enough" Just because she makes you feel wrong She don't mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose, boy Take a tip and do yourself a little service Take a mountain turn it into a mole Just by playing a different role Ya, by playing a different role, oh The boat ya you know she's rockin' it And the truth well ya know there's no stoppin' it The boat ya you know she's still rockin' it The truth well you know there's no stoppin' it So what, somebody left you in a rut And wants to be the one who's in control But the feeling that you're under can really make you wonder How the hell she can be so cold So now you're mad, denying the truth And it's getting in the wisdom in the back of your tooth Ya need ta spit it out, in a telephone booth While ya call everyone that you know, and ask 'em Where do you think she goes Oh ya, where d'ya suppose she goes, oh The truth well you know there's no stoppin' it And the boat well ya know she's still rockin' it The boat ya you know she's still rockin' it And the truth ya you know there's no stoppin' it You recognize with your back in the back? That it's colder when she rocks the boat But it's the cause hittin on the Cardinal Laws? 'bout the proper place to hang her coat So to you, the truth is still hidden And the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten but You should know that the dark is one kitten? She's been singing it all along But you were hearin' a different song Ya you were hearin' a different song But you were hearin' a different song White Moon White moon, white moon Breaks open the tomb Of a deserted cartoon that I wrote Creature come, creature, creature My own double feature As I'm warming the bleachers at home Well, my nose keeps on bleeding 'Cause it's rita I'm needing I better call out a meeting of the boys Of the boys My friends are all dying And death can't be lying It's the truth and it don't make a noise Oh Rita, oh Rita If you lived in mesita I would move you with the beat of a drum And this picture is proof That although you're aloof You had the shiniest tooth 'neath the sun Easy come, easy go Be a star of the show I'm giving up all I know to get more To get more Photograph the picture Young grunt pin-up scripture For locker-tagged memories of war A mirage, this garage And a photo montage And a finger massage from the host Good lord, good lord The one I adore And I cannot afford is a ghost Is a ghost Proto-social is the word And the word is the bird That flew through the herd in the snow In the snow Lemonade me, then grade me Then deliver my baby And if my friends all persuade me, I'll go Blink, blink at me Rita Don't you know I'm a bleeder? And I promised I wouldn't lead her on But she met me, then led me And I ate what was fed me 'Til I purged every word in this song Instinct Blues Well, the crickets get it And the ants get it I bet you the pigs get it Yeah, even the plants get it Come on now, and get with it Yeah, I want you to get with it Oh! Yeah, I just want you to get with it 'cause everyone that's under your shoe And every bird and bug in the jungle, too And everything in the ocean blue They just happen to know exactly what to do So why don't you? Yeah, why don't you? The flies get it And the frogs get it And all them big jungle cats get it And I bet your little dog gets it Yeah, I want you to get with it Yeah, come on, and get with it Whoo! Yeah, I want you to get with it 'Cause everyone that's under your shoe And every bird and bee in the jungle, too And everything in the ocean blue They just happen to know exactly what to do So why don't you? why don't you? And all the chickens get it And them singing canaries get it Whoo! Even strawberries get it I want you to get with it Yeah, I want you to get with it Yeah! I want you to get with it 'Cause everyone that's under your shoe And every bird and bee in the jungle, too And everything in the ocean blue They just happen to know exactly what to do So why don't you? Passive Manipulation Women, listen to your mothers Don't just succumb to the wishes of your brothers Take a step back, take a look at one another You need to know the difference... Between a father and a lover (repeat) Take, Take, Take I was sitting there in a comfortable chair And that was all that I needed Then my friend offered me a drink for us to share And that was all that I needed Well, then I felt at ease But then I'm not too hard to please I guess you couldn't call me greedy Then I was shocked to look up And see rita hayworth there in a place so seedy She walked into the bar with her long, red, curly hair And that was all that I needed And I said to my friend, "good god, we're lucky men just to even see her" Take, take, take Take, take, take Take, take, take And I could not resist, I just had to get close to her And that was all that I needed I walked and loomed around her table for a while And that was all that I needed Then I said, "i hate to bug you, ma'am, but can I have your autograph?" And that was all that I needed She pressed her lips against a white piece of paper And that was all that I needed Then I saw what she wrote, my heart is in my mouth And that was all that I needed Then she handed it to me, and I think that she could see That that was all that I needed I started to walk away but then I remembered 'hey, I forgot to get a picture' So I asked her one more time, "could I have another favor?" That was all that I needed She was kind and posed with me Then I knew my friend would see my celebrity meeting Take, take, take Take, take, take Take, take, take She turned and said to me, "I need to go to sleep," And it seemed so mean It's almost as if she could not appreciate how cool I was being She said, "good night" and walked away And I didn't know what to say I just couldn't believe it Well, it's just not fair I want to get a piece of hair That was all that I needed Or maybe a kiss on the cheek I wouldn't wash it for a week That would be all that I needed But she didn't even care That I was even there What a horrible feeling As Ugly As I Seem I am as ugly as I seem Worse than all your dreams Could ever make me out to be And it makes me want to scream When it's halloween And the kids are laughing The rogue is a bank he's never broke But worth as much as a joke that no one is laughing at Can you believe some things are not Appealing and there's a spot On the ceiling of my childhood bedroom And can these dreams you can't imagine Will never match the vision That you had decided for me You are to take away from me Things that are mine and it's not your right Out that you'd wouldn't expect to find out Can it be that I don't want what you want? And the only thing I could care for Is a place in a home that is safe and warm Safe and warm, safe and warm, safe and warm Judge yourself if you feel the need Just let me known to be In search of the truth myself There is a drop of blood on the ground And it seems to me that it's not my kind And I can't be sure if it's yours or mine I am as ugly as I seem Worse than all your dreams Could ever make me Could ever make me Could ever make me Could ever make me Red Rain Can't you hear me calling your name, girl? I'm standing, standing in the red, red rain In the morning, standing in the red, red rain Can't you hear me? can't you hear me calling your name, girl? In the morning, when I'm standing in the red, red rain, girl In the morning, I'm standing in the red, red rain Can't you hear me? can't you hear me calling your name, girl? In the morning, when I'm standing in the red, red rain, girl You think not telling is the same as not lying, don't you? Then I guess not feeling is the same as not crying to you You think not telling is the same as not lying, don't you? Then I guess not feeling is the same as not crying to you In the red, in the rain, in the rain In the red, in the red, in the rain, in the rain In the red, in the red, in the rain, in the rain In the red, in the red, in the rain, in the rain If there is a lie, then there is a liar, too And if there is a sin, then there is a sinner, too And if there is a lie, then there is a liar, too And if there is a sin, then there is a sinner, too In the red, in the red, in the rain, in the rain I'm in red, I'm in red, in the rain, in the rain In the red, in the red, in the rain, in the rain I'm in red, I'm in red, in the rain, in the rain I'm in red, I'm in red, in the rain, in the rain Can't you hear me? can't you hear me calling your name, girl? I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) Well I miss my mother And I miss being her son As crazy as I was I Guess I wasn't much of one Sometimes I miss her so much, I want to hop on the next jet And I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet And I love my sister Lord knows how I've missed her She loves me And she knows I won't forget And sometimes I get jealous Of all her little pets And I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet I roll over in bed Looking for someone to touch There's a girl that I know of But don't ask for much She's homely, and she's cranky And her hair's in a net And I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet I get my friend when I need one I need someone to be one I take anybody I can get And sometimes I wanna call you And I feel like a pet And I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet I go down to the river Filled with regret I go down and I wonder If there was any reason left I've just before my lungs could get wet I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet And I love my sister Lord knows how I've missed her She loves me And she knows I won't forget And sometimes I get jealous Of all her little pets And I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet Yeah I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet