Lyrical Response

[Bill from NYC]

Not just a fad cause it's been going on so long
All the surfers going strong
They said it wouldn't last too long
They'll eat their words with a fork and spoon
And watch 'em they'll hit the road and all be surfin' soon
And when they, catch a wave they'll be sittin' on top of the world

 

Edited March 27, 2020 by Bill from NYC

[WhoTom]

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east, and east was facing south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by

 

[SinceThe70s]

Well, all my friends are Indians (All my friends are brown and red)

Spoonman
And all my friends are skeletons (They beat the rhythm with their bones)

Spoonman

 

Spoonman, come together with your hands
Save me, I'm together with your plan

[Gray Beard]

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way

[SinceThe70s]

These are days you'll remember
Never before and never since
I promise
Will the whole world be warm as this
And as you feel it
You'll know it's true
That you are blessed and lucky
It's true that you
Are touched by something
That will grow in you, in you

[Bill from NYC]

He had white horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door

 

Ooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooh, what a lucky man he was

 

White lace and feathers
They made up his bed
A gold covered mattress
On which he was laid

 

Ooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooh, what a lucky man he was

[Gray Beard]

Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands

 

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

 

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you've decided to show me the same
No sweeping exit or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind

Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

[WhoTom]

I took the horses up to the stall
Went to the barroom, ordered drinks for all
Three days in the saddle, You know my body hurt
It being summer, I took off my shirt
And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt

[Bill from NYC]

Like needles and pins, people say
You've been making out okay
She's in love, don't stand in her way

Well, let me tell you that it
(Hurt) Hurts so bad (hurts so bad)
It makes me feel so sad (hurts so bad)
It's gonna hurt so bad
If you walk away

[Gray Beard]

Because I saw her today
I saw her face
It was a face I loved
And I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray
That they'd go away

But still they begin
Needles and pins
Because of all my pride
The tears I gotta hide

[WhoTom]

Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

 

[SinceThe70s]

You see the world through your cynical eyes
You're a troubled young man I can tell
You've got it all in the palm of your hand
But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest

 

And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
Why must you be such an angry young man
When your future looks quite bright to me
 

[Gray Beard]

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl
He's always at home with his back to the wall
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross
And he likes to be known as the angry young man

[WhoTom]

He's not concerned with yesterday
He knows constant change is here today
He's noble enough to know what's right
But weak enough not to choose it
He's wise enough to win the world
But fool enough to lose it
He's a New World Man...

[Bill from NYC]

Now the time has come (Time)
There's no place to run (Time)
I might get burned up by the sun (Time)
But I had my fun (Time)
I've been loved and put aside (Time)
I've been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)

[Gray Beard]

I was searchin' (searchin') on a one-way street
I was hopin' (hopin') for a chance to meet
I was waitin' for the operator on the line
(She's gone so long)
What can I do?
(Where could she be?)
Don't know what I'm gonna do
I gotta get back to you
 

You gotta slow down (slow down), sweet talkin' woman
You got me runnin', you got me searchin'
Hold on (hold on), sweet talkin' lover
It's so sad if that's the way it's over

[WhoTom]

Well I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road
And I asked him, "Tell me where are you going?" This he told me:
Said, "I'm going down to Yasgur's farm, going to join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land, and set my soul free."

 

[Bill from NYC]

When you put your arms around me...I feel so satisfied
I want to love you forever...I just can't...I can't decide
Every time I move I lose...when I look I'm in
And every time I turn around...I'm back in love again
(right back, right back...in love again) Alright (seems like, seems like)
Back in love...again

[Gray Beard]

Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night

[WhoTom]

You welcome me with open arms and open legs
I know only fools have needs, but this one never begs.
I don't really mind how much you love me
A little is alright
When you say, "Come over and spend the night"
Tonight ... tonight.