Between Loudon Wainwright III

Between the forest and the ocean lies a lonely strand The ocean is your mother, and the forest Fatherland.

T.S.M.N.W.A. Loudon Wainwright III

They spelled my name wrong again With an E between the D and the N Some dope didn't know it should be an O They spelled my name wrong again Why in God's name can't they check It's a pain in the ass and

Suddenly It's Christmas Loudon Wainwright III

Suddenly it's Christmas Right after Hallowe'en Forget about Thanksgiving It's just a buffet in between. There's lights and tinsel in the window They're stocking up the shelves.

A Father And A Son Loudon Wainwright III

It never really ends though each race is run, This thing between a father and a son.

What Are Families For? Loudon Wainwright III

Your mother's loose, your father's slim She smothers you, you bother him Passed back and forth between those two Until they've had enough of you Another bundle comes along But by this time something's

Red Guitar (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

Used to have a red guitar until I smashed it one drunk nightSmashed it in the classic form as Peter Townsend mightI threw it in the fireplace, I left it there awhileKate, she started crying when sh...

East Indian Princess (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

East Indian princess lives in a western dreamHappy like a child, her mother is a queenYou know she's safe as a cow on a Calcutta streetThis English way of life has got that other life beatAnd readi...

Muse Blues (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

I went down to the library, you know the big one way downtownI went down to the library, you know the big one way downtownI pulled out my spiral notebook and my scripto pencilThese, these, these ar...

B Side (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

It's wonderful to be aliveTo be a bee in this beehiveIt's tough as nails, it's smooth as silkIt's milk and honey, without milkI work with flowers, it's my workFrom this, there's no way that I can s...

Smokey Joe's Cafe (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

One day while I was eating beans at Smokey Joe’s CaféSitting digging on the scene at Smokey Joe’s CaféA chick came walking through the door that I had never seen beforeLeast I’d never saw her dow...

New Paint Loudon Wainwright III

At the station you can meet herWith that smile you couldn?t cheat herA woman that kind is hard to findIt?s good to take a girlIn the not so very good worldAnd walk in the park until it gets darkSom...

Drinking Song (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

Drunk men stagger, drunk men fallDrunk men swear and that's not allQuite often they will urinate outdoorsLike widowed women, drunk men weepLike children curled up, drunk men sleepLike a dog, a drun...

Say That You Love Me (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

Told you I love youTalked on the [Incomprehensible]You'd said that you like me, feel like a foolSay that you like me, that's not enoughSay that you love me, I'm calling your bluffSay that you love ...

Grown Man Loudon Wainwright III

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Cobwebs Loudon Wainwright III

"Well it stumbles and it falls off of almost every tongueGive a listen and you'll hearIt's workin like a landmine in almost every sentenceIt's an assault to my mind's earYeah it might have started ...

Father/Daughter Dialogue Loudon Wainwright III

[Loudon] Darling Daughter can't you see The guy singing the songs ain't me He's someone people wish I was What I can't do this dude does And if the songs seem slightly pat I know life's messier than that

1994 Loudon Wainwright III

There's been a brand neew breakthroughThough they're not sure what it meansWe used to blame our parentsNow we can pin it on our genesHey and I'm not talking 501'sI don't mean no pair of pantsI'm ta...

Dreaming Loudon Wainwright III

I'd rather be dreaming than livingLiving's just too hard to doIt's chances not choicesNoises not voicesA day's just a thing to get throughLiving's just too hard to doI'd rather be dreaming than tal...

The End Has Begun Loudon Wainwright III

We walk in your footstepsThough I've had my ups and downsAnd I'll stand in the silenceUntil I figure it outOne might fall and the other will standAnd one might give where the other won't bendThe ni...

Dead Skunk Loudon Wainwright III

Crossin` the highway late last night He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right He didn`t see the station wagon car The skunk got squashed and there you are You got yer Dead skunk in the mi...

Daughter Loudon Wainwright III

Everything she seesshe says she wants.Everything she wantsI see she gets.That's my daughter in the watereverything she owns I bought herEverything she owns.That's my daughter in the water,everythin...

Conspiracies Loudon Wainwright III

We don't believe in "You know who"But we don't let the kids know itWe're parents, who are grown upsThere's a line we have to toe itBut we're part of a conspiracyAbout this bearded big fat guyWho is...

Christmas Morning Loudon Wainwright III

Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closedYou can park where you please and you won't get towedThe streets are empty & the stores are finally closedIt's Christmas morningHe got a tie...

Y2k Loudon Wainwright III

A bunch of nerdy brainy guys a long way backInvented a crazy little thing they called the UnivacFor years now, they've been upgrading that thingIt can walk & talk & count & think & it can even sing...

Number One Loudon Wainwright III

Of all the chicks & broads & babes & bimbos I have knownNo one does it better than you do on the phoneMidway through my busy day all through my empty nightI dial your 900 number and it feels oh so ...

Inaugural Blues Loudon Wainwright III

Talkin' 'bout my generationPeople try to put us downBut they weren't people, just our parentsNow they're old or not aroundBill and Hill are our first coupleStudent prez, homecoming queenTipper's cu...

Pretty Good Day Loudon Wainwright III

I slept through the night, I got through to the dawnI flipped a switch and the light went onI got out of bed and I put some clothes onOh, it's a pretty good day so farI turned the tap, there was co...

What Gives Loudon Wainwright III

Paul & George & Ringo, just a fraction of the Fab FourSome still survive from Dave Clark's FiveWashed up on the Mersey Shore Jerry has a pacemakerThe hermit's name is HermanThat old man's Manfred M...

Tonya's Twirls Loudon Wainwright III

You knew she was in trouble when you saw her bodyguard.When you saw those two together, you knew it wasn't hardTo see that she was different, not just one of the girls,With their gliding and their ...

I'M Alright Loudon Wainwright III

Well it's been a long time, glad to see your faceI knew we'd meet again another time, another placeCan't believe it's been so many yearsWe better grab a chair and a couple of beersYou're lookin' go...

Five Years Old Loudon Wainwright III

CHORUS: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, 2 kinds of...

Your Mother & I Loudon Wainwright III

Your Mother & I are living apartI know that seems stupid, but we weren't very smartYou'll stay with her, I'll visit youAt Christmas, on weekends, the summertime tooYour Mother & I are not getting a...

Westchester County 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 Hewlett, Long Islan...

Thanksgiving Loudon Wainwright III

Lord every year we gather hereTo eat around this tableGive us the strength to stomach as muchAs fast as we are ableBless this food to our useThough? communication's uselessDon't let me drink too mu...

Happy Birthday Elvis Loudon Wainwright III

"Happy birthday, Elvis;You're not really dead.It's a lie, it's just a crock,Something some people said.I heard a cassette of you speakingOn a telephone;From a bunker beneath Graceland,The king sits...

Unhappy Anniversary Loudon Wainwright III

Unhappy AnniversaryIt's one year since we splitI walk and talk and get aroundLie down, stand up, and sitI eat and drink and smoke and sing andLive a little bitUnhappy AnniversaryIt's one year since...

I'D Rather Be Lonely Loudon Wainwright III

Every night I get the blues,The greens and yellows and chartreus-es.You're still living here with me.I'd rather be lonely.All the time I look aroundFor excuses to leave town.Everybody wants somebod...

The Man Who Couldn'T Cry Loudon Wainwright III

There once was a man who just couldn't cryHe hadn't cried for years & for years Napalmed babies & the movie 'Love Story', Fo...

The Acid Song Loudon Wainwright III

I had not taken acid for twelve years,But one night last summer I did.I was adrift in a bar room,Acting like a jerk and a kid.I knew we were asking for trouble,Trouble was what we would get.Five of...

Tip That Waitress Loudon Wainwright III

"She's been on her feet nearly half the damned nightBringing your beverage and your late night biteShe remains cheerful, when you're nasty and tightMakes change for a 50 in dim candle lightIgnoring...

Career Moves Loudon Wainwright III

"For twenty odd years I have strummed on guitarsFive thousand lost flat picks, four fingertip scarsI must have broken a million g stringsPicking and strumming, and playing these thingsBanging and t...

Men Loudon Wainwright III

When a ship is sinking and they lower the lifeboatsAnd hand out the life jackets, the men keep on their coatsThe women and the children are the ones who must go firstAnd the men who try to save the...

The Picture Loudon Wainwright III

There are pictures on the piano, pictures of the family, Mostly my kids but there's an oldPicture of you and me.You were five and I was six In 1952; That was forty years ago, how could it be true? ...

The Doctor Loudon Wainwright III

I went to the doctor and the doctor saidSon you look older than me and I'm 71You're falling apart and not living rightI went to the doctor and the doctor saidLoud, you've got to stop hanging outWit...

Talking New Bob Dylan Loudon Wainwright III

Hey, Bob Dylan, I wrote you a songToday is your birthday if I'm not wrongIf I'm not mistaken, you're 50 todayHow are you doin', Bob? What do you say?Well, it musta been about '62I heard you on reco...

So Many Songs Loudon Wainwright III

I've written so many songs about youThis is the last one, after this I'm throughWhen I sing this one, when I do my show, People will hear it, the world will knowI've written so many songs about you...

4 X 10 Loudon Wainwright III

it wont come down and mom's a queen and dad's a clown it's not strange, no mystery that you and I are history it's 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By WAINWRIGHT

Sometimes I Forget Loudon Wainwright III

Sometimes I forget that you've goneYou've gone, and you're not coming backAnd it's hard to believe that you're still not hereWhat's left behind, disputes that factAnd your bookcase still holds all ...

Breakfast In Bed Loudon Wainwright III

Well I wake up in the morningAnd I can't get out of bedYou're lying in there with meWe stay put insteadI grind the beans, squeeze the juiceAnd butter up the toastThat takes about an hourNinety minu...

Four Mirrors Loudon Wainwright III

I've slumped in your chairTossed and turned in your bedLurked in your lairI have lived in your headWhere others were closerNo one is nearerAs I glimpse you in meIn the hallway mirrorI've grabbed fr...