My screenplay?s on the block My Tuscan villa?s in hock To Mister Pearly Jim My wife and kids have scrammed They say my phone is jammed By Mister Pearly
God never listened to Charlie Parker Charlie Parker lived in vain Blasphemer, womaniser, Let a needle numb his brain Wash away his monkey music Damn
Got a bank vault in heaven, got my name on the door Every day I get richer, add a little bit more Come you tellers and lenders and lend me some more
One door opens, another shuts behind One sun sets and another sun she rises Love comes to you in old familiar ways Love comes to you in shadows and disguises
Among the headstones you played as boys Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys Just up the river from the smoke and the noise Gethsemane And there?s
Oh Valerie! You give me heart attack Oh Valerie! You put me on the rack Oh you say that I'm history, you say I'm no good Then you want to be two babes
I started to cry, they put gin in my cup I started to crawl, and they swaddled me up I got up and run, they said "Easy, son, Play up, play the game"
Is this the togetherness she meant - so rosy I thought we?d share a continent - so cosy I thought love?s passions really Would be more touchy-feely
I must leave this tainted place Of slow and hidden pain By all and any means All the past I shall erase And never look again On child?s memories If
Now I remember the promise I gave you The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern I swore I?d be
She said "Darling I'm in love with your mind. The way you care for me, it's so kind. Love to see you again, I wish I had more time". She was laughing
O sweet Rosie Lee Like a sister to me But you thought I was playing you smart Jealous Words Won?t lie still In my heart You saw us there dancing And
Hailstones and a sickle moon and the north wind races One more night of running my mind over lost embraces The steps you made when you walked away Still
