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I'm very sensitive to birds
I'm very sensitive to trees
I'm very sensitive to all these things
But I'm especially sensitive to bees
Yeah I really really really like bees
Have you ever gone outside
And noticed that they're really cute
And they like to buzz around and eat your fruit
But that's okay cuz they're cute
Yeah that's ok cuz they're cute!
Buzz -- ouch, buzz -- ouch, buzz buzz ouch!
Oh I've heard some people say
that you can't count on a bee to pay
and you can't look 'em in the eye
And all the wanna do is fly real high
but you gotta love 'em anyway
I don't care what they say anymore
because I really really really like bees
Yeah I really really really like bees, ahhh!
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Rainbow Connection
02:01
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Why so many
songs for rainbows?
What's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions
only illusions
rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told
and some believe
I think they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
Who said each wish
could be answered
if wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
someone else believed it
and look what it's done so far
What's so amazing it keeps us stargazing?
What do we think we might see?
Keep on, keep on...
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, the lovers, the dreamers and...
Have you been half asleep
and heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Maybe the sweet sound
calls the sailors?
The voice may be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
There's something I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, the lovers, the dreamers, and me
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All I Want
03:42
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I am on a lonely road and I am traveling
Looking for something, what can it be
Oh I hate you some, I hate you some, I love you some
Oh I love you when I forget about me
I want to be strong, I want to laugh along
I want to belong to the living
Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive
I want to wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive
Do you want to dance with me baby?
Do you want to take a chance
On maybe finding some sweet romance with me baby?
Well, come on
All I really really want our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you too
All I really really want our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you
I want to talk to you, I want to shampoo you
I want to renew you again and again
Applause, applause - Life is our cause
When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws
Do you see how you hurt me baby?
So I hurt you too
Then we both get so blue
I am on a lonely road and I am traveling
Looking for the key to set me free
Oh the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling
It's the unraveling
And it undoes all the joy that could be
I want to have fun, I want to shine like the sun
I want to be the one that you want to see
I want to knit you a sweater
Want to write you a love letter
I want to make you feel better
I want to make you feel free
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Conjunction Junction
02:17
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Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hookin' up words and phrases and clauses
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars that get most of my job done
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.
"And:" That's an additive, like "this and that"
"But:" That's sort of the opposite, "Not this *but* that"
And then there's "or," O-R, when you have a choice like "This or that." "And," "but," and "or" get you pretty far!
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice
Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two
He's poor but honest, sad but true
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains
Or down to the sea.
You should always say "thank you,"
Or at least say "please."
Conjunction Junction, watch that function
Gonna get you there if you're very careful
Conjunction Junction, what's your function
Gonna get you there if you're very careful
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Butts (bonus track)
00:37
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Birdhouse in Your Soul
02:49
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I'm your only friend, I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am
I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary
One note, spelled L-I-T-E
My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette, "It doesn't rest."
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
While you're at it
Keep the nightlight on inside the birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
There's a picture opposite me
Of my primitive ancestry
Which stood on rocky shores
And kept the beaches shipwreck-free
Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job
After killing Jason off
And countless screaming Argonauts
Bluebird of friendliness
Like guardian angels it's always near
(chorus)
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough you'll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay...
Because I was afraid to speak when I was just a lad
My father gave me nose a tweak and told me I was bad
But then one day I learned a word that saved me achin' nose
The biggest word I ever heard and this is how it goes, oh!
(chorus)
(spoken aside)
Mary Poppins:
You know, you can say it backwards, which is
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupes
But that's going a bit too far, don't you think?
Bert:
Indubitably.
So! when the cat has got your tongue there's no need to dismay
Just summon up this word and then you've got a lot to say
But better use it carefully or it could change your life...
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
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This looks familiar, vaguely familiar
Almost unreal, yet -- it's too soon to feel yet
Close to my soul and yet so far away
I'm going to go back there someday
Sun rises, night falls, sometimes the sky calls
Is that a song there, and do I belong there?
I've never been there, but I know the way
I'm going to go back there someday
Come and go with me, it's more fun to share
We'll both be completely at home in midair
We're flyin', not walkin', on featherless wings
We can hold onto love by invisible strings
There's not a word yet for old friends you've just met
Part heaven, part space, or have I found my place?
You can just visit, but I plan to stay
I'm going to go back there somday
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Hovering Sombrero
02:11
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Hey hovering sombrero
Gently waving in the air above the meadow
Softly floating in the sky outside the window
Hovering sombrero don't be shy
Don't... don't be shy - Don't be... terrified
When you take yourself for granted
Feel rejected and unwanted
Know you're never just a hat
You're never only just a hat, you know
Hovering sombrero
Hovering sombrero
Time is flying like an arrow
And the clock hands go so fast they make the wind blow
And it makes the pages of the calender go
Flying out the window one by one
Til a hundred years are on the front lawn
And the old familiar things are mostly all gone
But the old sombrero just keep hovering on
Hovering sombrero hover on
Don't be burdened by regrets
Or make your failures an obsession
Or become embittered or possessed
By ruined hopes, remember...
If you take yourself for granted
Feel rejected and unwanted
Know you're never just a hat
You're never only just a hat, you know
Hovering sombrero
Hovering sombrero
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Sweet Baby James
02:55
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There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for summer, his pastures to change
And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
As if maybe someone could hear:
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James
The first of December was covered with snow
So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
The Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go
There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James
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Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best
And always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the light side of life
If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing
And always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the right side of life
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow
So, always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you
And always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the right side of life
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Marian Call Alaska
Marian Call has things to say. She sounds a little like Ingrid Michaelson meets They Might Be Giants & Regina Spektor for bourbon & laughs, which sounds improbable, but give it a try. She hails from Alaska and tours North America and Europe, and she lives on Twitter. Her songs are quirky, sharp, surprising confections in every genre full of rich dark carmelized sugar, savor, & spice. ... more
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