Metropolitan Glide Lyrics

The seeds are planted hereBut they won't growWe won't have to say goodbyeIf we all goMaybe things will be better in ChicagoTo leave all we've ever knownFor a place we've never seen...Read Full Lyrics

The bats are in the belfryThe dew is on the moorWhere are the arms that held me?And pledged her love before?And pledged her love before?It's such a sad old feelingThe hills are sof...Read Full Lyrics

Over here the ladies all want sweet perfumeBut there's never a roseAnd over there the roses are frightened to bloomSo they never can growAnd over here they need woolFor weaving the...Read Full Lyrics

I don't mind working, 'cause I used to be jerking off most of my time in bars,I've been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda-fountain jock-jerkAnd a manic mechanic on cars.It's ni...Read Full Lyrics

Well I'm sitting on a windowsill, blowing my hornNobody's up except the moon and me,And a lazy old tomcat on a midnight spreeAll that you left me was a melody.Rosie, why do you eva...Read Full Lyrics

The sky's as deep as it can beBend down the branchesClose your eyes and you will seeBend down the branchesYou're like a willowOnce you were goldWe're made for bendingEven beauty ge...Read Full Lyrics

Someday the silver moon and I will go to dreamlandI will close my eyes and wake up there in dreamlandAnd Tell me who will put flowers on a flower's grave?Who will say a prayer?Will...Read Full Lyrics

They say you're seeing someone, you're wearing his ringThey say you laughed when you heard my nameThey say he takes you dancing, he holds you so nearThey say he'll buy you anything...Read Full Lyrics

Life is whittledLife's a riddle;Man's a fiddleThat life plays onWhen the day breaksAnd the earth quakes; Life's a mistakeAll day longYou tell me:Who gives a good goddamnYou'll neve...Read Full Lyrics

Eddie Graces Buick got four bullet holes in the sideAnd Charlie Delisle sittin' at the top of an avocado treeMrs. Stormll stab you with a steak knife if you step on her lawnI got a...Read Full Lyrics