Happy birthday Martha, happy birthday, birthday girlI'm sorry I can't be there for that party, birthday girlBut pin the tail upon the donkey in that party dressBalloons, and cake, ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
I was raised here in Westchester CountyI was taught in the Country Day SchoolWe were richer than most, I don't mean to boastBut I swam in the country club poolWith a father from He...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
At twelve midnight I called my momOn April Fool's Day mornWe two are close sometimes I thinkBecause I was breech-bornThe doctor reached inside of herHe turned me 'round and pulled ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
"Fame and wealth that's what I'm afterBucks and praise that's what I craveHow I get 'em hardly mattersFor these things I'll be your slaveI'll kiss you arse, I'll kiss your keisterK...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
The limousine was waitingOutside the studioIn stepped poor John LennonAnd his wife YokoOno - Not JohnOn up 44th StreetLeft at 8th avenueUp to the DakotaA man waits there for youOh ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
I'm gonna go to the supermarketI'm gonna go to the liquor storeI'm gonna get me some cardboard boxesYou know what them boxes are forI'm gonna rent me a U-Haul trailerIt on the back...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
You and Ludwig van BeethovenAnd your Manhattan GrandfatherBorn on the 16th of DecemberLudwig, grandfather and youIn Poland tanks were rollingOn Hudson street it was snowingTaxi rid...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
It's almost time now It's almost over Sooner than later I'll be dead and gone Out of this worldAnd I guess that I'll miss Some of the good times But it'll be fine for me To be movi...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
Oh, Lord, don't I know it, I don't need to understandI realize that all this time I've held the winning handAnd it's looking like my master plan is gonna pan right outHow did it al...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III
For twenty odd years I have strummed on guitars
Five thousand lost flat picks, four fingertip scars
I must have broken a million g strings
Picking and strumming, and playing these ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Loudon Wainwright III