How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Nearly Sane]

Father's name was Hezikiah
 Mother's name was Ann Maria
 Yanks through and through
 Red, white and blue
 Father was so Yankee hearted
 When the Spanish War was started
 He slipped upon his uniform
 And hopped up on a pony
 My mother's mother was a Yankee true
 My father's father was a Yankee too
 And that's going some
 For the Yankees, by gum
 Oh, say can you see
 Anything about my pedigree that's phoney?

 I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
 A Yankee Doodle, do or die
 A real live nephew of my uncle Sam's
 Born on the Fourth of July
 I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart
 She's my Yankee Doodle joy
 Yankee Doodle came to London,
 Just to ride the ponies
 I am a Yankee Doodle boy

[Robbie]

That's my family tree
That's my family tree
No bad vibes, just good energy
If you know about about them, then you know about me
So, that's my family tree

That's my family tree
From primary right through secondary
If you know about about them, then you know about me, yeah
Ten years deep and still the same company
I ain't never gonna change my company
Mum said "Son, be careful of your company"
Because your company shows who you are
I went from nothing to something and still ain't changed
Still gettin' on the bus and the train
Still livin' in the same old place
And still thank God for every breath I take

[Nearly Sane]

Grow, grow, the lightning tree, it's never too late for you and me;
Grow, grow, the lightning tree, never give in too easily.
Down in the meadow where the wind blows light, the lightning struck in the middle of the night.
Limbs stripped bare by the lightning flare the lightning flare was a wild affair.

[Robbie]

I came to town to search for gold
And I brought with me a memory
And I seem to hear the night wind cry,
"Go hang your dreams on the hangin' tree
Your dreams of love that could never be
Hang your faded dreams on the hangin' tree!"

I searched tor gold and I found my gold
And I found a girl who loved just me
And I wished that I could love her too
But I'd left my heart on the hangin' tree
I'd left my heart with a memory

[Nearly Sane]

The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay
 The glory that was Rome is of another day
 I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan
 I'm going home to my city by the Bay

 I left my heart in San Francisco
 High on a hill, it calls to me
 To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
 The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care

[ekim]

We'll have Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island too
It's lovely going through the zoo
It's very fancy on old Delancy Street, you know
The subway charms us so, when balmy breezes blow to and fro

And tell me what street compares with Mott Street in July?
Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by
The great big city's a wondrous toy just made for a girl and boy
We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy

[Robbie]

You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City

When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced…

[Nearly Sane]

We'll go to Greenwich,
Where modern men itch
To be free,
And Bowling Green you'll see with me.

We'll bathe at Brighton,
The fish you'll frighten
When you're in,
Your bathing suit so thin
Will make the shellfish grin,

Fin to fin.

I'd like to take a
Sail on Jamaica
Bay with you,
And fair Canarsie's Lakes we'll view.

The city's bustle cannot destroy
The dreams of a girl and boy --
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy.

[Robbie]

Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
No more
What'd you say?
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
No more
Oh woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean
You're the meanest old woman that I've ever have seen
I guess if you say so
I'll have to pack my things and go (that's right)
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
No more
What'd you say?

[ekim]

Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques,
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines
Ding dang dong, ding dang dong.

[Nearly Sane]

 I blame you for the moonlit sky
 And the dream that died
 With the Eagle's flight
 I blame you for the moonlit nights
 When I wonder why
 Are the seas still dry?
 Don't blame this sleeping satellite

 Did we fly to the moon too soon
 Did we squander the chance
 In the rush of the race
 The reason we chase is lost in romance
 And still we try
 To justify the waste
 For a taste of man's greatest adventure

[ekim]

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can sore
I see me runnin through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

[Nearly Sane]

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can sore
I see me runnin through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

Sore?

[Nearly Sane]

No matter how hard I try
You keep pushing me aside
And I can't break through
There's no talking to you

It's so sad that you're leaving
It takes time to believe it
But after all is said and done
You're gonna be the lonely one
Oh, oh

Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say,
"I really don't think you're strong enough, no."
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say,
"I really don't think you're strong enough, no."

[Robbie]

Yeah, a little song we gotta call striving
We gotta keep moving
No matter what the obstacle, no matter what the test
We gotta push through it, here to help you

Every day of the week when I'm sleep
He's got His angels watching over me
Interceding for me, looking out for me
Now tell me how good is He

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, never give up
Keep on striving
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, never give up
Keep on, keep on striving

[Nearly Sane]

Just sweet sixteen, and now you're gone
 They've taken you away.
 I'll never kiss your lips again
 They buried you today

Teen angel, can you hear me
 Teen angel, can you see me
 Are you somewhere up above
 And I am still your own true love
 Teen angel, teen angel, answer me, please

[Robbie]

Sweet sixteen, goes to church just to see the boys
Laughs and screams and giggles at every little noise
Turns her face a little and turns her head awhile
But everybody knows she's only putting on the style

That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
And as I look around me, I'm sometimes apt to smile
Seeing all the young folks putting on the style

Young man in the hot-rod car, driving like he's mad
With a pair of yellow gloves he's borrowed from his dad
He makes it roar so lively just to see his girlfriend smile
But she knows he's only putting on the style

That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
And as I look around me, I'm sometimes apt to smile
Seeing all the young folks putting on the style

[Nearly Sane]

Have you seen the well-to-do?
Upon Lennox Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air

High hats and coloured collars
White spats and fifteen dollars
Spending every dime on a wonderful time

If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where Harlem flits

Puttin' on the Ritz

[Robbie]

We're a couple of swells
We stop at the best hotels
But we prefer the country far away from the city smells
We're a couple of sports
The pride of the tennis courts
In June, July and August we look cute when we're dressed in shorts
The Vanderbilts have asked us up for tea
We don't know how to get there, no sirree
No sirree...

We would ride up the avenue
But we haven't got the price
We would skate up the avenue
But there isn't any ice
We would ride on a bicycle
But we haven't got a bike
So we'll walk up the avenue
Yes we'll walk up the avenue

[Nearly Sane]

I walk along the street of sorrow
The boulevard of broken dreams
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret
So they forget their broken dreams

You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow
When you behold your shattered schemes
And gigolo and gigolette
Wake up to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams

[Robbie]

Holly came from Miami F.L.A.
Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.

Candy came from out on the island,
In the backroom she was everybody's darling,
But she never lost her head
Even when she was giving head
She sayes, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side
Said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

And the colored girls go,
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

[Nearly Sane]

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breakin' my heart in two
Because I never wanna see you sad girl
Don't be a bad girl
But if you wanna leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware, beware

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a child, girl

[Robbie]

Won't you go away (little girl)
Wish you wouldn't stay (little girl)
Won't you go away (little girl)
Woo ooh go away.
Go away little girl
Go away little girl
I'm not supposed to be alone with you

Oh yes I know that your lips are sweet
But our lips must never meet
I belong to somebody else and I must be true.
Please go away little girl
Go away little girl
It's hurting me more each minute that you delay

When you are near me like this
You're much too hard to resist
So go away little girl before I beg you to stay.

[Nearly Sane]

With all the charms of a woman
You've kept the secret of your youth
You led me to believe
You're old enough
To give me Love
And now it hurts to know the truth

Whaoo-oh-oh
Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl
You're much too young, girl

[Robbie]

Hey little girl
You'll never believe
There's a ghost inside of you
But it's hidden too deep
Hey little girl
You'll never imagine
When you get a little older
You'll get abandoned
Hey little girl
You know smoking kills
You don't really care
'Cause you love how it feels
Hey little girl
You're falling apart
You don't really care
'Cause they broke your heart