The Lady With The Braid Dory Previn

poster by picasso do you sleep on the left side or the right would you mind if i leave on the light would you mind if it isn't too bright now i need the window open so if you happen to get chilly there's

Dory Previn Camera Obscura

Fed up of girls in pretty dresses With boys who want to teach them a lesson Sick of the sight of my old lover Went under sheets and covers to get away from him I can’t see what he once meant to me

Her Mothers Daughter Dory Previn

See the sweet and genteel lady So finely boned and frail See her every morning At the window with her knitting Where she spends the hours sitting While she waits For advertisements in the mail See the

He Lives Alone Dory Previn

He lives alone in his great big house With collages on the walls and cathedral halls And he eats at a table with room for eight And each course is served on a separate place And he sits by his pool

Mary C. Brown And The Hollywood Sign Dory Previn

You know the hollywood sign That stands in the hollywood hills I don't think the christ of the andes Ever blessed so many ills The hollywood sign seems to smile Like it's constantly saying "cheese" I doubt

Twenty-Mile Zone Dory Previn

I was riding in my car Screaming at the night Screaming at the dark Screaming at fright I wasn't doing nothing Just drive about Screaming at the dark Letting it out That's all I was doing

With My Daddy In The Attic Dory Previn

"Ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba With my Daddy in the attic With my Daddy in the attic That is where My being wants to bed With the Mattress ticking showing And the tattered pillow slip And the pine

The Altruist And The Needy Case Dory Previn

home among the homeless Singing set my people free He will march With total strangers But he will not walk With me He writes letters To his congressmen On Indian indignities Black men Are his brothers

The Game Dory Previn

I watch the game, aware of tricks I do not want to see, I do not want to see A card is palmed, the bets are placed The loaded dice make three And no one sees but me Does no one see but me?

The Veterans Big Parade Dory Previn

In the veterans big parade Marched the businessmen's brigade While behind the high school band The ladies fife and drum corps played In the veterans big parade The flag flew high and free Down they marched

The Midget's Lament Dory Previn

I walk in I ain't too dumb I know i got some handicaps t'overcome I mean y'seen one midget Y'seen 'em all Oh yeah midget Oh yeah small And that's as far as you can see Is that the sum And total substance

Left Hand Lost Dory Previn

The left hand is We always say The demon devil's side The left had does The dirty work The shameful things You hide Judas kissed the left cheek of christ It's satan's special mark There were no left-footed

King Kong Dory Previn

i said Even though i am dead i'm dead Wait says king Though i died i died Hear hear hear hear hear The other side The other side King kong came to our town That's when we employed Decent weapons of defense

The Air Crash In New Jersey Dory Previn

...my god it's burst into flames i can hear the screaming screaming everyone's doomed to die sweet jesus folks it's a terrible sight the announcer starts to cry and i look at my father's eye and it suddenly

Stone For Bessie Smith Dory Previn

isn't it amazing shakes you to the bone she bought a stone for bessie smith she bought bessie smith a stone she got it for her grave-site on a temporary loan but she forgot she had not paid for her own

Angels And Devils The Following Day Dory Previn

Loved, I two men equally well Though they were different As heaven and hell One was an artist One drove a truck One would make love The other would fuck Each treated me The way he knew best One

The Talkative Woman And The Two Star General Dory Previn

Some other night my love Some other night you say Of course you're right dear general but before you go away may I please continue just a moment more before you close the door and goodbye Let's see Where

Don't Put Him Down Dory Previn

Oh babe He loves you But he just can't make it with you And he just can't tell you it's true How can he pass the test When he just can't hardly move himself Let alone prove himself the best Oh babe He

Play It Again, Sam Dory Previn

Play it again Play it again Take me back to you know when Let's hear it sam for good old world war two Play it sam Play it again Gee The world was simple then back when hearts were brave and love was true

Beware Of Young Girls Dory Previn

Beware of young girls Who come to the door Wistful and pale of twenty and four Delivering daisies with delicate hands Beware of young girls Too often they crave to cry At a wedding and dance on

Lemon Haired Ladies Dory Previn

Whatever you give me I'll take as it comes Discarding self-pity I'll manage with crumbs I'll settle for moments I won't ask for life I'll not expect labels Like lover or wife If showing affection Embarrasses

I Ain't His Child Dory Previn

Daddy says I ain't his child Ain't that something Wild, my hair is curly My freckles are tan Could my daddy be The garbage man?

Esther's First Communion Dory Previn

When she made her first communion Esther made the perfect union In her dress of white and wispy veil Esther's parents said to please us You got to go an marry Jesus And her father took her to the alter

Mr. Whisper Dory Previn

When I am going 'Round the bend I got a wild Imaginary friend When I am driven Up the wall My old friend He comes to call Mister Whisper's Here again Mister Whisper's Here again He's back In his apartment

Mythical Kings And Iguanas Dory Previn

I have flown to star-stained heights On bend and battered wings In search of mythical kings Mythical kings Sure that everything of worth Is in the sky and not the earth And I never learned to make

Scared To Be Alone Dory Previn

Hey, what's behind your mirror Hey, who's beneath your mask We never stop to wonder Till a person's gone We never yearn To know him Till he's packed And traveled on Sweet Marilyn Monroe On the

Aftershock Dory Previn

...the telephone rang My sister calling I'll go on Fighting His ghost Don't you know dad The kid that hates Is The kid that loves The most Dad is dead? When did it happen? Six a.m.

Cully Surroga He's Almost Blind Dory Previn

She cherished him She nourished him She praised him to the skies She polished his mind and his body So he would be both strong and wise She saw to it he had a bicycle To develop his arms and legs She read

I Dance And Dance And Smile And Smile Dory Previn

smiled To make my mother Proud i was her child To gain some small attention I smiled and smiled And smiled and smiled My books and bikes I bartered to try To buy a friend Now i'm grown This heart i own Is the

Yada Yada La Scala Dory Previn

defenses That makes me a threat That's not it And yet Suppose that's it Ow wow wow i don't want to Think about that now Let's top talking talking talking Every lame excuse Justifying alibying Listen what's the

Michael Michael Dory Previn

Michael, Michael, Superman Muscle bound and super tan Leather jacket, denim pants Never did learn How to dance, how to dance Digs karate, raps on Zen Michael makes it best with men Digs karate

When A Man Wants A Woman Dory Previn

When a man wants a womanHe says it's a complimentHe says he's only tryingTo capture herTo claim herTo tame herWhen he wants everything, everything of herHer soul her loveHer life forever and moreHe...

A Dozen Roses Braid

keep my conscience clean but that hurricane what's her name mentality was not for me and never could be cause it surely brings bitter things and misery and i say heaven hits me hard in with the new heaven

Niagara Braid

queen of water fire's daughter the ultimate author follow the current erode it i rode it and wrote it down on looseleaf paper oh river oh lay color on bodies of matter our bodies matter the colors scatter

Killing A Camera Braid

got caught kicking the canvas down i had plans but they never seemed to work out wide eyed and on the lookout got caught tearing the whole thing down i was halfway done but then you know this painted scene

The New Nathan Detroits Braid

nineteen ninety eight looked great on plain white paper on the fiftieth plane to champaign but to tell you the truth if i had a chance to kill it i'd pick it up and take it and shake it and kiss it to

Never Will Come For Us Braid

as slow as rapid city we must be gathering speed here for something trained for these tracks but afraid of the frieght and it doesn't get played on the radio travel wires and worries unravel faced with

I'm Afraid Of Everything Braid

turn the keys i spin the wheels if you know how a person feels you wouldn't make this so hard for me i'm afraid of everything wish you had something more to say behind the wheel i can't stay awake pass

Funky Dory Rachel Stevens

for) Technicolor and super-reality (You can get what you need) I'd neither like to be extraordinary (You can get what you pray for) Ram Slam Wooah You're a work of pop art Wanna hang you on the

Funky Dory Various Artists

you wish for) Technicolor and super-reality (You can get what you need) I'd neither like to be extraordinary (You can get what you pray for) Ram Slam Wooah You're a work of pop art Wanna hang you on the

Ariel Braid

rooms and tunes assuming everything ariel dances in my room at night her eyes are blue but will i ever want to see them bleed them dry to cry i would die cause i can't help it if your soul is shallow in the

What A Wonderful Puddle Braid

1:15 began with a phone ring I heard I stirred but I wasn't hurt Tonight's lines are yours to keep Go back to sleep And that's wonderful when your world at its worst seems bearable Is it not so

What A Wonderful Puddle (LP Version) Braid

1:15 began with a phone ring I heard I stirred but I wasn't hurt Tonight's lines are yours to keep Go back to sleep And that's wonderful when your world at its worst seems bearable Is it not so terrible

Urbana's Too Dark Braid

above the mirrory street a lightning bug fires up the park when it's dark eleven and i fall in to drink to dream among the shadows number one wasn't that fun under two i never knew but we will not be submissive

Consolation Prizefighter Braid

your head's in the way of my mind and by the way i'm fine but i'm a liar and i'm trying so give me a brand name and i'll wrap my arms around the caller's collar ring ring tears in the towel throw it in

Collect From Clark Kent Braid

honey please don't ignore me please accept this call i'm on the corner of cough and cold and i'm a lovestruck lost soul please save me from the superpowers that i don't believe in save me please i'm lost

Motion Light Braid

(and proximity) and when you add electricity a motion light give it away everyone watches as i do it again rain and even sliding glass i wished times before now i hear a door hit the floor i swear i'll

First Day Back Braid

on unsteady ground so strike me down or check me out so elated that this soul so understated could be making eyes at me but first i'll be another innocent victim looking for some sense of sympathy in the

Now I'm Exhausted Braid

Barely alive on 2 AM airline Past is just the places I've passed The windows were tinted my eyes were half shut My focus is fragile if my heart is a glass Here lies the ruins of a little known author There

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Braid

home Because it's not my home, it's their Home, and I'm welcome no more And if a double-decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side Is such a heavenly way to die And if a ten-ton truck Kills the