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A Sting In The Tale
02:30
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Hexagonal sweetness is here in the hive
Just-a one sweet drop cab make me feel so alive
Your loving colours in yellow and black
But there's a sting in the tale when you're on the attack
Queen Bee, suckin' on the honey
Queen Bee, suckin' on the honey, ye
Queen bee, suckin' on the honey
She's buzzing round my brain and I'm feeling kinda funny
You're sending signals all covered in smoke
and the message is clear but now I'm starting choke
It's hot and sticky, honey comb your hair.
But if you brush in a rush you can go anywhere
Queen Bee, suckin' on the honey
Queen Bee, suckin' on the honey, ye
Queen bee, suckin' on the honey
She's buzzing round my brain and I'm feeling kinda funny
We're getting funky producing hot wax,
we use a long proboscis just to sing on the tracks
Pollen collected is sure food for thought
so keep on giving up the honey give if all that you got
Queen Bee, suckin' on the honey
Queen Bee, suckin' on the honey, ye
Queen bee, suckin' on the honey
She's buzzing round my brain and I'm feeling kinda funny
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Adopt A Rabbit
03:47
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Hop off and leave this war in peace
I'm running scared on the cottontail trail
Hounds ok my back and they will not cease,
now I've been snared on the cottontail trail
Adopt a rabbit....
Happy trails, happy trails
To the one you love the best
Happy trails, happy trails
To the one who travels west
It's hide and seek from the cunning fox,
not so fantastic on the cottontail trail.
Don't want to end up in a wooden box,
it's all so drastic on the cottontail trail
Adopt a rabbit.....
Happy trails, happy trails
To the one you love the best
Happy trails, happy trails
To the one who travels west
Every second, every day
We've got to keep our ears to the big sky
We're digging holes now come what may
Life in a maze, we dig it! Dig it?
Adopt a rabbit....
Happy trails, happy trails
To the one you love the best
Happy trails, happy trails
To the one who travels west
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Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?
He asked me then he turned away
An answer for another day
Tryin hard to crack the code
Why did the chicken cross the road?
What is on the other side?
A place for him to run and hide
A joke that never gets too old
Why did the chicken cross the road?
THESE FEATHERS LIE
EVEN IF THERE ARE NO CURRENTS TO GLIDE
HE DON’T FLY FLY FLY
WINGS ARE NO USE I BET HE WISHES THAT HE WAS A GOOSE
COS THEY FLY FLY FLY
COAST TO COAST TO COAST
The dinosaur he tried back then
Cos chickens didn’t exist my friend
Prehistorically so bold
When chickens didn’t cross the road
The duck he later tried it too
Because he had something to prove
He was no chicken so we’re told
And so he tried to cross the road
IF THERES NO GREEN MAN
YOU HAVE TO CROSS IT ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN
EVEN FLY FLY FLY
PLEASE LOOK BOTH WAYS OR ELSE YOU’LL COME A CROPPER ONE OF THESE DAYS
AND HIT THE SKY SKY SKY
AND THEN ITS ONE WAY UP OR DOWN
Chicken time to say goodbye
When you gonna lean to fly
SO IF YOUR CHICKEN IS LONELY
JUST LET IT OUT THE BAG
SQUASHED AGAINST THE PLASTIC IT REALLY IS A DRAG
SO BRING YOUR CHICKEN HOME FOR A CUP OF TEA ....YEAH!
BRING YOUR CHICKEN HOME FOR A CUP OF ROSY LEE
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Animal Man
03:54
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I'm an animal man x 2
With my animal hands
Doin the best that I can
Evolution passed me by
Living in the trees
I'm an animal man x 2
I'm an animal man
You're an animal too
Take my animal hand
And let's escape from the zoo
Tired of people watching us
And everything we do
I'm an animal man x 2
Shlalalalalalalala lala x2
Be my animal girl
In my animal world
Make our animal love
In the branches above
Shaking up the jungle
Rockin two by two
I'm an animal man x 2
Shalalalalalalala lala x 2
Verse 1
Shalalalalalalala lala x 4
(Monkey/ape style noises)
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Spend A Little Time
And the minute you do you will find you have no restrictions.
Steal all the time in the world.
Spare A Little Thought
And the minute you think that you may have an answer.
Tell everyone in the world
Send A Letter To
And the minute you write someones name in the clouds up above.
Seal it with a stamp to the world.
Say A Little Thanks
And the minute before you speak gratitude to your brothers and your sisters.
Whisper a prayer to the world.
It’s all across the ocean
It’s all around the world
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Trading Time
04:39
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I heard the news today
Heavens in disarray
We cast the hours behind
Trading Time
I see it twice and then
The hands hit twelve again
What once was in it's prime
Now Trading Time
The lonely universe
Infinity reversed
This cosmos, yours and mine
Trading Time
The circle spins again
Towards ?
Nobody draws the line
Trading Time
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Broken Star
03:34
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I was torn apart because she wouldn't let me go
She didn't mean to sabotage my heart and leave me low
She didn't even think of me when love was on the line
Cos her mother didn't tell about the fakers and the fools and the dogs and the wolves so she learned in her own sweet time
I was flown away to somewhere far away from her
With no time to wait around, she took the job on big sur
Mending all the bad notes in a minor melody
So I tore up all her birthday cards and I wrote it in a letter that I think was for the better
but we'll just have to wait and see
And can't you see she's a Broken Star, too bright to leave behind
The pretty part of the picture
The picture in your mind
So make yourself a promise, please,
To give yourself a chance
On the highways and the bi-ways of romance
Meet me down by the garden shed
Marmalade and a loaf of bread
Spread it on think with a rusty nail
And send me out via US mail
Mop me out, hang out to dry
Stick your finger in my pie
Toss my salad, tenderise my stew
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Monday, you run for the hills again
You run like the wind far and wide
Where no one can hide from love
Tuesday, you yearn for the time
A time when your heart was so free
A place you can be yourself
Back in the world
Where no one can dim the light
Gone is the girl
Who dances in dreams to the beat after midnight
Wednesday, a walk in the dark
Trying to fight your way back
Get out of the black and blue
Thursday, a whispering wish
A prayer often blown on the breeze
That answers your pleas again
Back in the day
The future was ours to find
Never could stay
Rode out of town with your eyes in the moonlight
The weekend is over too quickly these days,
The rat-race is run from the cot to the grave and it's true
It's happening to you
I comes round again but it comes with a price
And your only friend is a roll of the dice
No turning back cos you may not like the view
Chance came and went but chances now number few
It's time to take a stand
Make a change cos only I can
We've got to get it right
Oh yeah, alright
Make a pact with Lady Luck
Have a go if you got the pluck
We've got to get it right
Oh yeah, alright
The sun came up, with golden rays
And chased the blues oh so faraway
How long will it last?
Well no one can say
But for now everything is OK
We may be right, we can't be wrong
For all we know it's been here all along
It's maybe that we, we just couldn't see
But for now everything is OK
I know that you,
were meant to be no other
& no one else but you
Since you returned
To me in nineteen canteen,
I'll stick to you like glue
Where have you been?
I lost you to tomorrow
When yesterday was mine
Since you returned
To me in nineteen canteen
We'll watch the stars align
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Alphabetter Boogie
02:29
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I know it's tough but there's enough
To fill your mind so just forget her
To the letter I can right your wrongs and sing so alphabetter
And if your head feels so bad
We can try to fix the problems that you had
Cos we all need a friend to feel alright
Don't need a silver lining in the
Cloud so high above you
If it burst it's not the worst
This umbrella has been made for two
And if your head feels so bad
We can try to fix the problems that you had
Cos we all need a friend to feel alright
Paint a picture of a life and see the person that you want to be
If you frame it we can name it and we'll hang it in the gallery
And if your head feels so bad
We can try to fix the problems that you had
Cos we all need a friend to feel alright
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