Since She Started to Ride Jonathan Richman

Since She Started to Ride She's got a brown suntan starting just above her collar Her lower arms they're brown, but the rest is kinda pale She'd buy betadine if she only had a dollar And she'd

To Hide a Little Thought Jonathan Richman

To Hide a Little Thought I tried to hide a little thought The more I tried the worse things got It started out so meek and small But in a week pervaded all Just a stray little stray, stray,

Everyday Clothes Jonathan Richman

She had a black dress that I remember still But in her ordinary clothes the girl was dressed to kill.

I Must Be King Jonathan Richman

I soft inside, She partly why. I used to yearn, And now I sing. Since she's my queen, Well that makes me king. And she and I are like brother and sister, I get to be her companion.

The Beach Jonathan Richman

Well now the beach be one of the best things there be, Well the fashion show is there for you to see.

She Cracked Jonathan Richman

She Cracked Well she was sensitive She understood me She understood the European things of 1943 But she does all these things that I can't stand I get jealous if she stays with another man

I Can Hear Her Fighting With Herself Jonathan Richman

almost hear her thinking Can almost hear her fighting can almost hear her fighting with herself It's like she wants to scream but something is paralyzing it's like she wants to talk but then she

If She Don't Love Me Jonathan Richman

Ohh, Ohh, Ohh Ohh Ohh Well Now Ohh, Ohh She says she don't love me but I don't know She says she don't love me but how can this be so If she don't love me if love has gone why does she still laugh when

Vincent Van Gogh Jonathan Richman

The baddest painter since God's Jon Vermeer. He loved he loved he loved life so bad, His paintings had twice the color other paintings had.

Fly Into the Mystery Jonathan Richman

It's so good to see the sky clear up this way. There's the stars, we haven't lost 'em. It's time to fly into life's mystery. It's time to go somewhere we've never seen.

Summer Morning Jonathan Richman

And those smells--summer smelled great to me. Those are the kind of smells that I wait all year for. Summer's so beautiful to me. I like 'em all but... Listen to this summer morning.

When She Kisses Me Jonathan Richman

But when she kisses me That's when the maple tree meets the honey bee. When she kisses me When she kisses me. Now, they don't last long and they're not hot.

Vampire Girl Jonathan Richman

Vampire Girl Gather around for a minute or two And I'll admit something to you I get intrigued when women look sinister Call me superficial, but I stare at them Vampire Girls.

Let Her Go Into the Darkness Jonathan Richman

And she don't answer the cards you send. Now you're jelous of the time he spends with her. Just let her go into the darkness. Let her learn from all the things there.

Surrender Jonathan Richman

Surrender To win you must fight, or so they say But with love things never seem to work that way. With love you can't win If love can't get in And it can't pierce the heart of a defender.

Vincent Van Gogh (Album Ver.) Jonathan Richman

Well Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh Who loved color and who let it show and in the museum what have we here The most soulful painter since Jon Vermeer and He loved he loved life so bad

Just Look at Me Jonathan Richman

Well, she herself might never come back But she's with me all my days. Her certain way of talkin', her certain silent ways.

A Mistake Today for Me Jonathan Richman

Since I wa a boy in school I could never follow no rule A mistake today for me, go for broke. Make a mistake today for me, something rash.

The Night Is Still Young Jonathan Richman

The Night Is Still Young Here I am driving around at 3 am looking for people who I don't know well they said party at 1:32 and I said yeah I want to go because the night is still young and

Back in Your Life Jonathan Richman

Back in Your Life Well, take me way up north to meet your Mom and Dad So they'll see that Jonathan ain't quite so bad.

Someone I Care About Jonathan Richman

Someone I Care About Well I don't want just a girl to fool around with Well I don't want just a girl to ball alright What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want nothing at all.

I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet Jonathan Richman

You Bet Hello Everyone, it's time for poetry I submit to you the following it's entitled: "I Eat with Gusto, Damn! You Bet" By one Jonathan Richman.

A Higher Power Jonathan Richman

I know that magic is an easy word to condemn, But I've tried other girls and I wasn't made for them, And I knew it from afar in that lonely rock and roll bar That there must be a higher power somewhere

Old World Jonathan Richman

Old World Well the old world may be dead Our parents can't understand But I still love my parents And I still love the old world Oh, I had a New York girlfriend And she couldn't understand how

That Summer Feeling Jonathan Richman

That Summer Feeling That summer feeling That summer feeling That summer feeling When there's things to do not because you gotta When you run for love not because you oughtta When you trust your

My Love is a Flower (Just Beginning to Bloom) Jonathan Richman

My love is a flower just beginning to bloom... Beginning to bloom, to bloom. My love is a birdie who's just learning to trill. I must be patient with her now so I will.

He Gave Us the Wine To Taste (Album Ver.) Jonathan Richman

He gave us the wine to taste not to talk about it He gave us the wine to taste and not to discuss so let's taste it let's taste it don't let's criticize it and waste it He gave us the wine to taste it

City Vs. Country Jonathan Richman

Country I want to live close to downtown to be near my friends I want to be close to them, And still be out by the trees and the wind Havin' both will be hard to find I'm sure, But then ain't that

Miracles Will Start to Happen Jonathan Richman

Miracles Will Start to Happen The lines around your eyes were never there before One day to your surprise they'll be there no more When we love again, Miracles will start to happen Well we'll

The Baltimores Jonathan Richman

I like it down here, But I want to go, Up in the sky sometime. Well now, oh my darling go don't you want to go. Oh my darling, don't you want to go too? Oh, now, don't you want to go too?

Affection Jonathan Richman

Well, but to me this ain't funny To me this is real So I thought I'd tell everybody How I feel About affection I said affection.

Closer Jonathan Richman

lie Wondering how close could get her and I And closer, you see what I want is closer Oh, I'm always there trying to get closer Oh Closer oh closer than we've been before Always trying to get closer

Springtime Jonathan Richman

But right now the nectar only teases, Cause springtime should be to share. So bold are you, blue sky And so alive are you, air Bold and alive am I But I'm teased now by such a need to share.

The Morning of Our Lives Jonathan Richman

The Morning of Our Lives It hurts me to hear, to see you got no faith in yourself. It bothers me now to watch you, you got no faith in your own self.

Important In Your Life Jonathan Richman

I want to know that I'm important In your life Know that I'm important in your life. I know a girl, she's important to me. When I feel separate from her, I am in misery.

The Neighbors Jonathan Richman

The Neighbors Jonathan it's late, don't you think that I should go Naw we were just starting to talk now, It was just getting good don't you know. But if I leave here in the morning. Yeah.

I'm So Confused Jonathan Richman

Sometimes I think of only her Sometimes no I'm feeling delicate and This must show I'm so confused I'm so confused I'm so confused I'm so confused I like to do stuff but I Best go slow I look around nowadays

I Can't Find My Best Friend Jonathan Richman

Well I can't find my best friend to help me through this night I Can't find my best frined because she's somewhere out of sight I miss her, I miss her and let there be no doubt when I can't find my best

Hey There Little Insect Jonathan Richman

Well now, I don't want to worry there, insect, I don't want to fight. Hey there, little insect. Hey there, little insect. I don't want to worry about an insect bite. Hey there, little insect.

Love Me Like I Love Jonathan Richman

Love Me Like I Love la la dum da da da lum la la la da dum dum da dum ah oh ah oh I want people to love me like I can love want people to love me like I love I want to open up my lunch box

The Fenway Jonathan Richman

Could that help to explain why I love the Fenway so well. Nowhere do I feel more at home, it seems, Then on the Fenway, where I dreamed my dreams.

Corner Store Jonathan Richman

Corner Store Well I walked past just yesterday And I couldn't bear that new mall no more I can't expect you all to see it my way But you may not know what was there before And I want them to put

Abominable Snowman in the Market Jonathan Richman

Hear the housewives complaing to the manager, "Get that snow thing out of this store." Abominable snowman in the market, That's right, you heard me right, gang.

Astral Plane Jonathan Richman

still be with you I'm gonna meet you on the astral plane The astral plane for dark at night The astral plane or I'll go insane Well I don't see you and it's getting dark Today we should have gone to

Reno Jonathan Richman

Reno Well, a good babysitter can be hard to find Reno But I've got Reno on my little mind Reno Sometimes it drives me wild the way we can't be alone Reno Reno Reno I've gotta take her somewhere

That Little Sleeper Car Jonathan Richman

My friends with guts tell me that I'm nuts, But Ive seen all I need to see. That little sleeper car might fool the world But that little sleeper car's not foolin' me.

Hello From Cupid Jonathan Richman

speaking and I can make you fall in love but I can't stop you from running away Hello, Honey Yes, this is Cupid and you can do what you want and you can fight if you will Cupid can't tell you what to

Afternoon Jonathan Richman

Afternoon You know, it's afternoon Yeah, yeah And there's the moon, so pale And all the trees are whisperin' and the elves are whisperin' to me, that's right I am, I am How they whisper so nice

Pablo Picasso Jonathan Richman

Pablo Picasso Well some people try to pick up girls And get called assholes This never happened to Pablo Picasso He could walk down your street And girls could not resist his stare and So Pablo

Walter Johnson Jonathan Richman

Walter Johnson Oh I'm a going to tell you if you don't know, Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum. About a great ball player from a long time ago.