A Routine Day

(John Woloschuk)
It started off a routine day
I got through the morning in the usual way
I caught the bus on time
Good morning, Mr. Driver, drive
As I sat inside my overcoat I clutched my cane
And pressed my nose against the foggy window pane
Ho hum
The life I lead would even make a dead man yawn

Midday comes
I break for lunch
With my sandwich and a beer I go on a hunch
To the park where I hope to find
A little bit of peace of mind
As I sat there on a bench amidst the rodent race
I felt a strange sensation that without a trace appeared
But then as quickly disappeared again

So tell me what's the bloody point of playing the game
With so much to lose yet so little to gain
You sell your life away
Can't you see you're just a cog working like a dog
You trade your future for a dead-end job
That's full of routine days
Routine days

I race the clock to the end of my day
The paycheck in my pocket makes me feel okay
But was it worth the grind
Just to keep from falling behind
I stand here in the queue behind a foul cigar
My face discreetly buried in a book on Mars
Humdrum
And I'm waiting on the pier 'til Charon comes


Juicy Luicy

(John Woloschuk)
My Juicy Luicy, you're so exciting
Eyes of blue and hair of lightning
You jet around in your chrome-atomic platform shoes
I'm so in love with you
My Juicy Luicy
My Juicy Luicy

You spend your evenings with Alexander
That fire-breathing salamander
Who sings the blues and plays electric guitar too
Luicy kissed me and she said "Can't you?"
I said no but I was willing to

Love you with all my might
Though a million nights
Wouldn't be enough it's true
'Cause Juicy Luicy I'm so in love with you
It's the way you rock and roll
You're too too much
You're too too much
You're too too much
My Juicy Luicy

Oh
Luicy kissed me and she said "Can't you?"
I said no but I was willing to
Love you with all my might
Though a million nights
Wouldn't be enough it's true
'Cause Juicy Luicy I'm so in love with you
Won't you let me get my boots on too
And we'll sail across the sky so blue

Look out sky, here we come

My Juicy Luicy
My Juicy Luicy
My Juicy Luicy
'Cause I'm so in love with you


Everybody Took A Holiday

(Dee Long)
It happened back in ancient times
When people worked overtime overtime
In fact I think in 1985
Life was busy in the big city
And the union was sitting pretty
It wasn't easy to stay alive

And they'd run from the city to the sun and the country
And never quite get away
When the weekend came
Everybody took a holiday
Everybody took a holiday

On a Sunday in July
Everybody made up their minds
And when Monday rolled around no one came home
All the cities and streets were bare
Everybody was having fun elsewhere
As the weeks went by no one came home

And the stores closed down, and the cars stopped running
and the sky cleared day to day
But no one cared,
everybody took a holiday
Everbody took a holiday

But the world has changed today
Everyone works in the usual way
But at least we had one month away
Things are much much slower now
People get away anyhow anyhow
When the weekend comes they take a holiday

And they run from the city to the sun and the country
And never quite get away
When the weekend comes
Everybody takes a holiday
Everybody took a holiday
Everybody took a holiday


Older

(Dee Long)
Older
It seems like each day you get older
And each day the world becomes colder
In a cynical way

Time
Do you feel like you've missed your time?
I feel like I've missed mine
And I'm losing my way

I think it's time you realized
For I can see it in your eyes
You seem convinced that you will live forever

Over
I feel like my life has blown over
I keep looking over my shoulder
And seeing nothing but grey

It's a crime
Don't it seem like such a crime
I wish I had more time
But I'm drifting away

Older
You see it's like I told you
You've gained the right to grow older
By living today

I think it's time you realized
For I can see it in your eyes
You seem convinced that you will live forever


Dear Christine

(John Woloschuk)
'Twas one long year today
I left Bournemouth and you
Adventure, salt and spray
King's service I must do

But dear Christine I hold you dearly
If only you could hear me
I send my love sincerely
In hopes that we're not merely hanging on

At sea there's time for thought
My head was filled with you
With quill in hand I sought
To bridge the endless blue

But dear Christine I hold you dearly
If only you could hear me
I send my love sincerely
In hopes that we're not merely hanging on
On and on

And dear Christine I'm just a man who
Believes in dreams that come true
And if you feel like I do
When I return I'll find you hanging on


Mister Manson

(Dee Long)
He looks at the girls with his evil eye
Makes them wish they was someplace else
He'll twist their thoughts with his pretty words
Make them extensions of himself
He's the reincarnation of Hitler
The daughter of the devil all right
Let me ask you Mister Manson
Do you sleep at night?

Well he'd like to melt your mind with hydrochloric
Acid in a little pill
He'll take a thing called love and make you hate it
And claim to cure your ills
He took the madness of a generation
And made them madder still
Tell me won't you Mister Leary
Keep your little pills

He'll fill you with his empty statements
Directed to a fool
Then he'll ignore his own unending speeches
And bend the golden rule
In the name of God he'll tell you
That he's better than all the rest
Let me tell you Mister Manson
Jesus has been and left
Let me tell you Mister Manson
Jesus has been and left


Tokeymor Field

(John Woloschuk)
See the rainbow by that grove of trees
Has it not appeared quite suddenly
Look there, up in the sky
Can you still pretend to deny
It's a little bit strange
How the stars rearrange
Every time we wander here
It's always the same
Now isn't it strange?

A lilting song floats upon the air
Whenever the wind whispers through your hair
And with one great big beautiful smile
You bring out the sun for awhile
Wouldn't you consider it odd
When the whole world starts to throb
Every time I hold you here
Near to my heart
Now isn't that odd?

Around and around and around ring-a-rose
Let's make believe it's a merry-go-round
We go like so
I'm as dizzy as a top, I'm a-tumbling down
And what's more fun than a fumbling clown
Dancing through the green grass
With your hands in the air
Touching the sky up there

Ooh why does
Everything you touch feel so fresh and new
How is it spring seems to follow you?
'Cause where your feet have touched the ground
The meadows with flowers abound
Nothing could be quite so wild
As skipping through them like a child
Every time I'm here with you
Every time I'm here with you
Every time you bring me to Tokeymor Field
To Tokeymor Field
To to Tokeymor Field
To to Tokeymor Field


Perpetual Motion Machine

(Dee Long)
Send your dollars or your moms and fathers
For there's something you should own
You can have one today just send right away
We deliver right to your home
You can't get better value for your money
Than you get right here
You don't have to see it to know you need it
It's all the rage this year

You can have your own, very own perpetual motion machine

What a nice surprise it's just the right size
For someone just like you
It's just what you need and it's guaranteed
To do exactly what it will do
It stays together it'll last forever
Which is something new these days
One thing about it you can live without it
But you'll order one today

You can have your own, very own perpetual motion machine


Cherie

(Dee Long)
You're the answer to my question
You're the theme of my every whim
You're the highlight of my invention
Tell me whether I sink or swim

Cherie be my cherie
Marry me my Cherie

In the twilight come to my right
Chase the dark away when it comes
Cherie won't you stand to my right
Have our memories just begun

Cherie be my cherie
Marry me my Cherie

Everything's ours if we want it together
Everything's here if we want it to be
Come bring me flowers and bring me a feather
I'll bring you presents and bring you your tea

Cherie be my cherie
Marry me my Cherie


Silly Boys

(John Woloschuck / Dee Long)
Right now if we wait for the opportunity
Then we would see the sun is reversing
Right now if we wait for the opportunity
Then we would see the sun is reversing

Ahh plasticine walls forever and overly happy
With your aloof scene
Go off the ledge to snow
Wish them goodnight
Oh gorgeous madman
You're illuminated

Ahh if he preached the words they beat on
And ignored him with their moral in lust
Whose four-inch dagger
Blind your mothers eye to stop
Ooh are you ugly
Silly boys love you

Yeah sit up they're armed with hooks
They'll harm her
You're smashed with ignace
Hark and enamour me
May I survive?
Ah Sir Army Suit
You're psychic