How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Nearly Sane]

There's a magazine called Sunset
And a tape machine that won't let
Me ever forget this impossible longing for you
Let's take a map across your pillow
And breathe the sky in through your window
I'll stay in the riddle and watch your books cave in
Oh, maybe you're my inspiration
Just lead me to some new sensation
I'll make a little guide they can call our own

https://youtu.be/Km-5DwQnjYg?si=9o7oLN3HTP2ocWPd

[Nearly Sane]

Pillow talk, pillow talk
Another night of bein' alone with pillow talk
When it's all said and done
Two heads together can be better than one
That's what they say
They always say

All I do is talk to my pillow
Talk to my pillow, talk to my pillow
All I do is talk to my pillow
Talk about the boy I'm gonna marry
Someday, somehow, somewhere, sometime

https://youtu.be/zqyrz0Cvt7Y?si=OhnGJQPGkgROhTgB

[Nearly Sane]

Stay, I'm burning slow
With me in the rain, walking in the soft rain
Calling out my name
See me burning slow

Brilliant days, wake up on brilliant days
Shadows of brilliant ways will change all the time
Memories, burning gold memories
Gold of day memories change me in these times

Somewhere there is some place, that one million eyes can't see
And somewhere there is someone, who can see what I can see

Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime

https://youtu.be/rddDM-Pm3dQ?si=c-018eb6MMKHOAg7

[Nearly Sane]

He thought he was the King of America
But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
A trick they do with mirrors and with chemicals
The words of love in whispers and the acts of love in screams

I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this lovin' feeling
Disappear like it was common sense

I was a fine idea at the time
Now I'm a brilliant mistake

https://youtu.be/VtbXtuG4MTQ?si=MBMnusUdWaAMKvKp

[Nearly Sane]

I woke up and called this morning
The tone of your voice was a warning
That you don't care for me anymore

I made up the bed we sleep in
I looked at the clock when you creep in
It's 6 A.M., and I'm alone

Did you know when you go, it's the perfect ending
To the bad day I was just beginning?
When you go all I know is
You're my favorite mistake

https://youtu.be/1VN8Q0gKNkI?si=JInBqDWJqsNj0B0N

[Nearly Sane]

Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells, and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver-white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

https://youtu.be/mPncuS0E1yc?si=4XGFH_5IfXR7Z5aS

[Nearly Sane]

Jumping like a dog on Prozac
And fishing with dynamite
I thought that I was in the green
But it turns red every time

You drive me crazier than a wingless bee
You drive me crazier than I ought to be
Oh put your best dress on, better make it black
I'm going out but I'm not coming back


https://youtu.be/-On3vtXGaMg?si=_2bYyHsU12skKxIW

[Nearly Sane]

Sun stare, don't care with my head in my hands thinking of a simpler time

Like Sun Ra, feel small, but I had it under control every time

When I was a waitress wearing a white dress
Look how I do this, look how I got this
I was a waitress working the night shift
You were my man, felt like I got this
Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
Down in Orlando, I was only 19
Down at the Men in Music Business Conference
I only mention it 'cause it was such a scene
And I felt seen

https://youtu.be/yJuV8PDwvC8?si=E1qL6g554W8dxUgc

[Nearly Sane]

According to a Veteran's Administration study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight-hundred-thousand men
Are still fighting the Vietnam War

None of them received
A hero's welcome

Saigon, Saigon
S-s-s-s-s-Saigon
S-s-s-s-s-Saigon
Nineteen, s-s-s-s-Saigon
N-n-n-n-n-nineteen


https://youtu.be/0sajngb0W6I?si=FpTmGIHke7VvGFNy

[Nearly Sane]

The heat is on in Saigon
The girls are hotter 'n' hell
One of these slits here will be Miss Saigon
God, the tension is high, not to mention the smell
The heat is on in Saigon
Is there a war going on?
Don't ask, I ain't gonna tell

https://youtu.be/RZYQW7YS3qY?si=8cajQjq3y7cHH1Jo

[Nearly Sane]

Cool town, evenin' in the city
Dress so fine and lookin' so pretty
Cool cat lookin' for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
'Til I'm wheezin' like a bus stop
Runnin' up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

But at night, it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on and dance all night
Despite the heat, it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
The days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

https://youtu.be/zs8ZNa73OS4?si=qHkWjkOHvVdQpaCZ

[Nearly Sane]

The falling leaves
Drift by the window
The autumn leaves
Of red and gold

I see your lips
The summer kisses
The sunburned hands
I used to hold

Since you went away
The days grow long
And soon I'll hear
Old winter's song

But I miss you most of all
My darling
When autumn leaves
Start to fall


https://youtu.be/Gnp58oepHUQ?si=ULAyeu--U8MfzbuC

[Nearly Sane]

When the promise that you made
Is broken or betrayed
Like bigotry's poison stain
Like the countryside that's raped

When love turns to dust, leaves the splinters of your trust
Forgiver
Shine on, shine on
In the beauty of the storm, I wither
Shine on, shine on
In the beauty of the storm

Winter


https://youtu.be/pw5Gv4jZE30?si=1KQU74Mkk74YBHGg

[Nearly Sane]

You can walk among us, but you can't walk on by
You just keep on bleedin' on your clothes as they dry
All your teflon pancakes always make me too high
You're thinkin' that you're here but you're really up in the sky

There she was just walkin' down the street
Smoking with her hands and walking with her feet
Keeping her paint cans underneath the seat
Keepin' her hair dryer on her favorite piece of meat

You can crush the flowers
But you can't stop the spring
No matter what you say

https://youtu.be/KjqNEtalhQA?si=Ckn-NM89UgNtxrdy

[Nearly Sane]

There she was just walkin' down the street
Singin', "Do wah diddy, diddy, dum diddy do"
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet
Singin', "Do wah diddy diddy, dum diddy do"

She looked good (Looked good)
She looked fine (Looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine
And I nearly lost my mind

Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me
Singin', "Do wah diddy diddy, dum diddy do"
Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be
Singin', "Do wah diddy diddy, dum diddy do"

We walked on (Walked on)
To my door (My door)
We walked on to my door
Then we kissed a little more


https://youtu.be/oNloiEXdeGY?si=nXkvlg3lVbHsJwVJ

[Nearly Sane]

I just can't get over losing you
And so if I seem broken and blue
Walk on by
Walk on by
Foolish pride
That's all that I have left, so let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye

Walk on by
(Don't stop)
Walk on by
(Don't stop)

Walk on by
(Don't stop)
Walk on

https://youtu.be/bpoBISzUP4o?si=Uqm_Qvp_Pmu68Jp7

[Nearly Sane]

And where do we go from here?
Which is the way that's clear?
Still looking for that blue-jean baby-queen
Prettiest girl I ever seen
See her shake on the movie screen
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean

Rock on
Rock on
(Rock on) hey, did you rock 'n' roll?
Rock on
(Rock on) hey, did you rock 'n' roll?
Rock on


https://youtu.be/1jQmok3BcHs?si=VfSn0rq_aH9zSIBQ

[Nearly Sane]

You were the lowdown rebel if there ever was
Even if you had no cause
James Dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look all right
If I could see it on the silver screen

We'll talk about a low-down bad refrigerator,
You were just too cool for school
Sock hop, soda pop, basketball and auto shop,
The only thing that got you off was breakin' all the rules
James Dean, James Dean
So hungry and so lean
James Dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look all right
If I could see it on the silver screen


https://youtu.be/7KEJ3_VjTwE?si=d8yamHLp5M2UlNsD

[Nearly Sane]

Greta Garbo and Monroe
Dietrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine

Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers dance on air

They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you

Ladies with an attitude
Fellas that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

Vogue, vogue


https://youtu.be/lTaXtWWR16A?si=05yaRp9xz1hUXLPX

[Nearly Sane]

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates' debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you've got to choose
Every way you look at it you lose

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you, whoa, whoa, whoa
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson?
Joltin Joe has left and gone away, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey


https://youtu.be/07b-WtWT2BA?si=iwRnJRzA2Zfg_t0C

[Nearly Sane]

n the midday sun
They beat on their drums
When Poppa Joe comes to town
With his coconut rum
They can all have fun
They can drink it 'til the sun goes down
Poppa Joe just smiles politely
With the money he takes he might be
Very rich one day as he hears them say

Poppa rumbo-rumbo, hey, Poppa Joe, coconut
Poppa Joe, hey, Poppa Joe
Poppa rumbo-rumbo, hey, Poppa Joe, coconut
Poppa Joe, hey, Poppa Joe
Poppa rumbo-rumbo, hey, Poppa Joe, coconut
Hey Pop-Poppa, Poppa Joe


https://youtu.be/gV0ujTVD9kI?si=9RzBqPyeBl-dqtj6

[Nearly Sane]

Out on Manzanella Beach
G.I. romance with native peach
All night long, make tropic love
The next day, sit in hot sun and cool off

Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
It's a fact, man, it's a fact


https://youtu.be/WiayZdPESno?si=LH7AQQVQELaqKYwv

[Nearly Sane]

Processions bear that human flare which mark a hero's welcome
For those dead and for those shed it was a big occasion
And all flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaning
In an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation

Yankee, to war
Yankee, head high
Yankee, in call
Yankee, we cry

Working for the Yankee Dollar

https://youtu.be/wgGNhAJd2cE?si=gXYUJT2Qy-NFkwQP

[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


https://youtu.be/N8wxb-wwQnA?si=-xhV71owJ3WQlmGU

[Nearly Sane]

I dig a pony
Well, you can celebrate anything you want
Yes, you can celebrate anything you want
Oh!
I do a road hog
Well, you can penetrate any place you go
Yes, you can penetrate any place you go
I told you so


All I want is you
Everything has got to be just like you want it to
Because


https://youtu.be/uT-gDIEcrP0?si=x35n5dP8KbU8wuRC