Moon Over 97th Street
1. ELEPHANT LEARNING TO DANCE SOMETIMES YOU WANT ME TO BE BIG SO BIG SO BIG I'LL WRAP YOU RIGHT UP IN MY WINGS AND FLY YOU OVER THE WIND AND I CAN DO THAT I CAN DO THAT I CAN DO THAT IF YOU WANT ME TO I CAN BE BROAD AS THIRD AVENUE IF YOU WANT ME TO SOMETIMES YOU WANT ME TO BE SMALL JUST TINY SO SMALL I'LL PERCH ON THE PALM OF YOUR HAND I'LL BE THE KITTEN YOU BE THE MAN AND OH I CAN DO THAT I CAN DO THAT I CAN DO THAT ANY TIME YOU WANT ME TO I CAN BE SMALL AS A MOLECULE IF YOU WANT ME TO I JUST CANNOT DO ALL THIS AT ONE TIME GIVE ME A MINUTE WHILE I SWITCH MY MIND SOMETIMES YOU WANT ME TO BE MORE THAN I THOUGHT I COULD MORE LIKE AN EAGLE LESS LIKE A LAMB MORE LIKE THE WOMAN I ALREADY AM AND OH I CAN DO THAT I CAN DO THAT I CAN DO THAT TELL ME IF YOU WANT ME TO I CAN FLY INTO THE SUN FOR YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO SOMETIMES YOU WANT ME TO BE JUST LIKE I ALWAYS WAS SMALL AS THE TINIEST HINT OF A CHANCE LARGE AS AN ELEPHANT LEARNING TO DANCE. Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music >	2. DOWN ON TENTH STREET WASHING UP ON A SHORE DOWN ON TENTH SREET NOT LIKE YOU TO COME THROUGH TELLING ME THE TRUTH LIGHT IT UP, TAKE A HIT THOUGHT YOU QUIT THAT AS WE SAT AT THE BAR TALKING OF OUR YOUTH AND THE NIGHTS AND THE YEARS AND THE DAYS AND THE WINDS BLOW ON BY AS WE SAT AT THAT BAR DOWN ON TENTH STREET TELLING TALES OF THE TIMES THAT WE KNEW BEFORE HEARD THE CRACK OF THE SLAP THAT UNNERVED YOU SAW THE LOOK ON THE FACE OF THE YOUNG GIRL YOU ONCE WERE AND THE NIGHTS AND THE YEARS AND THE DAYS AND THE WINDS BLOW ON BY BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY OUT ON THE STREET, GETTING INTO A TAXI, TEARS RUNNING DOWN THROUGH STREAKS OF MASCARA AND THEY DON'T SCREAM WHEN THEY SEE WHAT THEY HAD, WHAT THEY LOST HOW IT'S COMING BACK TO COST THEM PLENTY NOW WHOA OH... WASHING UP ON A SHORE DOWN ON TENTH SREET BY THE DAY WE'LL BE GONE BACK TO IT'S OK PEERING OUT THROUGH THE SMOKE AT THE RUINS RAVAGED CITIES, LOST CAMPAIGNS ALL FADE AWAY AND THE NIGHTS AND THE YEARS AND THE DAYS AND THE WINDS BLOW ON BY WHOA OH.... Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music
3. MOON OVER 97TH STREET OH MOON OVER 97TH STREET HOW LONG TIL HE COMES TO ME? CAUSE I NEED A GUY WITH AN ATTITUDE AND IF HE SAYS HE LOVES ME PLEASE COULD HE HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? OH MOON OVER 97TH STREET SHINE DOWN ON THIS DIRTY WORLD AND SHOW ME HOW TO GET TO HIM AND IF WE PLAY A GAME THIS TIME PLEASE LET ME IN ON THE RULES IT WOULDN'T HURT IF HE HAD A LITTLE RED SPORTS CAR AND A CAT WITH A WINNING PERSONALITY AND PLEASE -- A LITTLE PERSONAL DIGNITY MAYBE HE MIGHT KNOW A FEW JOKES OH MOON OVER 97TH STREET I KNOW YOU CAN'T SPARE MUCH LIGHT BUT ALL I REALLY NEED IS ENOUGH TO SEE SOMEONE WHO'LL CARE FOR ME OH MOON, MOON OH MOON OVER 97TH STREET Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music	4. J'AI GAGNE (I WON) CITY COURTHOUSE/CROWDED ROOM CROWDED WITH BRIDES/CROWDED WITH GROOMS I WAS A WITNESS FOR MY FRIEND/AND WHEN WE WALKED OUT AGAIN BEHIND HIS BACK/SHE CAUGHT MY EYE SHE RAISED HER ARMS UP TO THE SKY NO, THIS ONE WOULD NOT SLIP AWAY HE DIDN'T HEAR THESE WORDS SHE SAID SHE SAID J'AI GAGNE, J'AI GAGNE, OH IIIIII, J'AI GAGNE, J'AI GAGNE I WON I WON I WON I WON I WON SMALL APARTMENT HONEYMOON HOTTER THAN AUGUST/SHORTER THAN JUNE THEY WERE LIVING LARGE IN LOVE AND WAR LOOK AT THE GOOD TIMES ROLL OUT THE DOOR C'EST LA VIE/THE OLD FOLKS SAY BUT AS I WATCHED HER HAIR TURN GRAY SHE LAUGHED/SHE CRIED/SHE DRANK CHAMPAGNE SHE HUNG ON THROUGH THAT HURRICANE SHE SAID J'AI GAGNE.... IS THERE A MORAL TO THIS SONG? WHETHER THINGS GO RIGHT OR WRONG DO WHAT YOU MUST/OH JUST FEEL FREE GO AHEAD, CLAIM VICTORY COUPLA YEARS/VICIOUS FIGHTS BROKEN BOTTLES/SWEET BITTER NIGHTS OTHER WOMEN ON THE PHONE/WHERE'S HER PRIZE? HE'S NEVER HOME BUT AS WE CHANGED THE LOCKS THAT DAY I WONDERED IF SHE'D BE OK UNTIL SHE TOLD ME WHAT HER MOTHER SAID YOU LOSE ONE MAN -- YOU FIND TEN SHE SAID J'AI GAGNE... Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1997 Voice of Binky Music >
5. JANIS SHE CAME HOWLING OUT OF TEXAS IN THAT DARK DELIRIOUS TIME AND SHE CLIMBED INTO THE NEXUS OF A TIME GONE OUT OF MIND QUEEN OF PAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO IT WAS COOL MAN, DADDY-O WHEN SHE FINALLY LEARNED TO SING THE BLUES IT WAS TIME TO GO SO SHE TRIED JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER TIL SHE TRIED JUST A LITTLE TOO HARD LITTLE EYES AND HAIR GONE CRAZY IT WAS GROOVY -- BEAUTIFUL HER LIGHT WAS BRIGHT BUT HAZY PURPLE HAZY IF YOU WILL BUT THE FOG IT DOES OBSCURE THINGS AND IT'S SOME THINGS YOU JUST NEED KEEP ON GETTING WOUNDED EVENTUALLY YOU BLEED SO SHE TRIED TO BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TIL SHE TRIED JUST A LITTLE TOO HARD AND WHEN SHE SANG SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS MAKING LOVE TO 10,000 PEOPLE ALL AT ONCE SO IT WAS HARD TO GO BACK HOME AND SLEEP ALONE OR ALMOST ALONE SO SHE TRIED.... Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music	6. HOTWIRED AND HUNGRY HOTWIRED AND HUNGRY AND HE WAS ONLY A BOY AT THE TIME I SAW HIM PLAYING TIGHT T-SHIRT STRAINING HE PLAYED ON MY MIND AND WE WALKED ON WIRES HIGH ABOVE THE RING AND WE TALKED FOR HOURS...NEVER SAID A THING BUT I WAS GONE GONE GONE TWO SOULS COLLIDING AND BRONCO RIDING THE COOL RODEO HE TOOK ME INTO HIS TRIBE OF LOST BOYS TAUGHT ME WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW THOUGHT WE RULED THE WORLD IN THOSE PERILOUS DAYS BUT YOU REACHED ONE INCH PAST THE CHEMICAL HAZE AND THEY WERE GONE GONE GONE OH OH OH OH OH... HE'D GO OUT RAMBLING AND COME BACK TO ME SOMEONE I DIDN'T KNOW AND AFTER SOME TIME HE'D ONLY COME BACK A VOICE ON THE RADIO BUT HIS SHADE DRIFTED BY MY WINDOW LAST NIGHT TRIED TO TALK TO HIM AND MAKE ALL THOSE WRONG THINGS RIGHT BUT HE WAS GONE GONE GONE OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1997 Voice of Binky Music
7. DON'T WANNA WAIT COME SPRING AND EVERYTHING IS BURSTING OUT ALIVE SHE RAN OVER TO THE FOUNTAIN AND DRANK IN HER TIME ALONG COMES GYPSY DAVY HE JUST WHISTLED AND HE SANG TIL THE GREEN WOODS ALL RANG CAUSE HE KNEW SHE DON'T WANNA WAIT SHE DON'T WANNA WAIT ANYMORE DON'T WANNA WAIT CAN'T MAKE ME WAIT OVER DOWN IN FROZE TOWN WHERE THE ICE IS REAL THIN RIGHT MOVE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND THE BEST ONES FALL IN SO YOU BROKE THROUGH AND YOU WENT DOWN BUT YOU'LL COME UP AGAIN TAKE THE HAND OF A FRIEND DON'T YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT.... SO YOU FOUND IT AND YOU LOST IT YOU CAN FIND IT AGAIN DON'T KNOW HOW, DON'T KNOW WHEN BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT.... Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music	8. DARK STAR I'M ON A SHIP PULLING AWAY FROM THE SHORE YOU'RE ON A PIER I CAN HARDLY SEE YOU ANYMORE WEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO WENT SO FAR SO FAST? NOW YOU CAN BARELY MOVE BUT YOU'VE GOT NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE NOT TO ME DARK STAR YOU ARE STILL SHINING FOR ME NO WAY TO REPAY ALL YOU GAVE FOR FREE AND YOU KEEP ON YOU KEEP ON DARK IN THE NIGHT YOU TOLD ME I COULD GO FARTHER AND FASTER THAN YOU WOULD EVER KNOW HOW I WISH THAT YOU COULD COME WITH ME BUT I CAN'T FLY AND YOU CAN'T SWIM SO THERE'S NO SENSE JUMPING IN TO THE SEA DARK STAR..... YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WENT SO FAR SO FAST I GUESS THAT YOU WERE BOUND TO FALL BUT I JUST COULD NOT SEE THAT AT ALL NO, NOT ME DARK STAR YOU ARE SO DISTANT FROM ME.... DARK STAR... AND YOU KEEP ON KEEP ON. Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music
9. LEOPARD LEOPARD CAN'T CHANGE HIS SPOTS AND A TIGER IS STUCK WITH STRIPES AND I AM I AM I AS I CAN BE AND YOU ARE YOU STRAIGHT THROUGH AND THE SUM OF THE PARTS CAN BE DIFFICULT SOME OF THE TIME LAY YOUR TROUBLES DOWN BY MINE GIVE UP THE MISERY OF THIS OLD FIGHT AND LAY YOUR BODY DOWN BESIDE LET'S MAKE A MIRACLE TONIGHT WATER WON'T RUN UPHILL AND AN OLD DOG YOU CAN'T TEACH TRICKS AS WE FALL INTO THE LOGIC OF A DREAM AND SAY THE HURTING WORDS THAT WE CAN'T MEAN THIS HAS TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE'S DREAM WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ON DREAMING IT LAY YOUR TROUBLES.... I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY WE KEEP ON KEEP ON DRAGGING IT ROUND AND ROUND BUT IF WE DON'T BUILD IT UP SOMETIME IT'S GONNA COME CRASHING DOWN SO LAY YOUR TROUBLES....LET'S MAKE A MIRACLE TONIGHT LEOPARD CAN'T CHANGE HIS SPOTS Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music	10. THE DEVIL YOU DON'T PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE BUT THERE IS NO MIDDLE WHEN THE CENTER WON'T HOLD STEP UP TO THE PLATE CAN'T LICK IT, CAN'T LICK IT CAUSE THE CENTERFOLD IS WEARING SOMETHING NEARLY NOTHING I CAN'T COMPETE I CAN'T COMPETE I CAN'T COMPETE WITH YOUR IDEA OF ME TAKING MY TIME OUT TO DINNER BUT YOU CAN'T EAT DINNER WHEN THE TRAIL IS SO COLD LOSING MY MIND NO WINNER, NO WINNER CAUSE THE DEVIL YOU KNOW IS CAPTIVATING NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVIL YOU DON'T,THE DEVIL YOU DON'T,THE DEVIL YOU DON'T YOU DON'T KNOW I SAW THE PICTURE/I MUST ADMIT IT WAS A FETCHING POSE LINES FROM YOUR SCRIPTURE I'LL TAKE MORE OF THOSE PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE BUT THERE IS NO MIDDLE WHEN THE CENTER WON'T HOLD STEP UP TO THE PLATE CAN'T LICK IT, CAN'T LICK IT CAUSE THE DEVIL YOU KNOW IS DOING SOMEONE OUT IN THE KITCHEN SOMEONE IMPORTANT OR SO I'M TOLD IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SOMEONE FAMILIAR I GUESS IT WAS THE DEVIL YOU DON'T...KNOW SAY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS SONG IS ABOUT ....THE DEVIL YOU DON'T. Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music
11. JANUARY THAW LOAF OF BREAD JUG OF WINE ALL WE WANTED AT THE TIME BREAD'S BEEN EATEN WINE'S ALL POURED WE KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE COLD OUTSIDE AGAIN TONIGHT AND THE SIDEWALK'S TURNING WHITE INSIDE JANUARY THAW WARMEST ONE I EVER SAW YOU GOT ANGRY I WAS BORED BROKE THE DISHES AND WE SLAMMED THE DOOR DAY OLD COFFEE IN A CUP THEN THE HEAT COMES CLANGING UP LOAF OF BREAD JUG OF WINE ALL WE NEEDED AT THE TIME BREAD IS STALE JUG IS CRACKED SOMETHING KEEPS US COMING BACK COLD OUTSIDE AGAIN TONIGHT AND THE SIDEWALK'S TURNING WHITE INSIDE JANUARY THAW WARMEST ONE I EVER SAW Words and music by Ina May Wool and Daniel A. Weiss. © 1998 Voice of Binky Music
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