Originally Posted By RoadTrip I love this song, but it was redlined from another thread because it was WAY off topic. At any rate... what lyrics do YOU remember from the 60's that were really great (or unusual)? <<They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa! Remember when you ran away And I got on my knees And begged you not to leave Because I'd go berserk? Well. . . You left me anyhow And then the days got worse and worse And now you see I've gone Completely out of my mind And. . . They're coming to take me away, HA HA They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice, young men In their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! You thought it was a joke And so you laughed You laughed when I had said That losing you would make me flip my lid Right. . . You know you laughed, I heard you laugh You laughed, you laughed and laughed And then you left But now you know I'm utterly mad! And. . . They're coming to take me away, HA HA They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA To the happy home With trees and flowers and chirping birds And basket weavers who sit and smile And twiddle their thumbs and toes And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! I cooked your food I cleaned your house And this is how you pay me back For all my kind, unselfish loving deeds?!! Hah. . . Well you just wait They'll find you yet And when they do they'll Put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt! And. . . They're coming to take me away, HA HA They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice, young men In their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! To the happy home With trees and flowers and chirping birds And basket weavers who sit and smile And twiddle their thumbs and toes And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice, young men In their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!>>
Originally Posted By wonderingalice In keeping with the Dr. Demento theme... I bring you... Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! In the morning, laughing happy fish heads In the evening, floating in the soup Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! Ask a fish head anything you want to They won't answer, they cant talk Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! I took a fish head out to see a movie, Didn't have to pay to get it in Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! They can't play baseball, they don't wear sweaters They're not good dancers, they don't play drums Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! Rolly Polly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in Italian restaurants with Oriental women. Yeeaahh Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! Yum! Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yumm! Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up Yummmm! YEEAAHH!
Originally Posted By idleBrain Donovan's "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" (1967) is probably my favorite song of his. And yes, I've got it in my iPod. 8^D Colour in sky prussian blue Scarlet fleece changes hue Crimson ball sinks from view Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (wear your love) Lord, kiss me once more Fill me with song Allah, kiss me once more That I may, that I may Wear my love like heaven (wear my love like) Wear my love like heaven (wear my love) La, la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la Colour sky havana lake Colour sky rose carmethene Alizarian crimson Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (wear your love) Lord, kiss me once more Fill me with song Allah, kiss me once more That I may, that I may Wear my love like heaven (wear my love like) Wear my love like heaven (wear my love) La, la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la Can I believe what I see All I have wished for will be All our race proud and free Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (wear your love) Lord, kiss me once more Fill me with song Allah, kiss me once more That I may, that I may Wear my love like heaven (wear my love like) Wear my love like heaven (wear my love)
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Here is a Boy Scout song we use to sing. The Titanic (song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. Please discuss this issue on the talk page, or replace this tag with a more specific message. Editing help is available. This article has been tagged since July 2006. This article is about the folk song. For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). "The Titanic" (also known as "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down" and "Titanic (Husbands and Wives)") is a folk song and children's song most known for being sung in the United States at summer camp. "The Titanic" is based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic which sank on April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg. There are several regional variations on the song. According to Newman I. White's 1928 book American Negro Folk-Songs, "The Titanic" has been traced back to 1915 or 1916 in Hackleburg, Alabama. Other versions from around 1920 are documented in the Frank C. Brown Collection at Duke University in North Carolina. The earliest known recording, titled "When That Great Ship Went Down", is from August 1927 and recorded by William and Versey Smith in Chicago, Illinois.[1] The song is sung in an upbeat tone despite its subject.[2] The song's chorus provides an example of the song's style. Oh, they built the ship Titanic to sail the ocean blue, And they thought they had a ship that the water would never leak through, But the Lord's almighty hand knew that ship would never stand. It was sad when the great ship went down. Chorus Oh, it was sad, so sad; it was sad, so sad; It was sad when the great ship went down, to the bottom of the ... Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives, It was sad when that great ship went down. Oh, they sailed away from England, and were almost to the shore, When the rich refused to associate with the poor, So they put them down below, where they were the first to go. It was sad when the great ship went down. The boat was full of din, and the sides about to burst, When the captain shouted "Women and children first!" Then the captain tried to wire, but the wireless was on fire. It was sad when the great ship went down. So they swung the lifeboats out o're the deep and raging sea, And the band struck up with 'Nearer My God to Thee', Little children wept and cried, as the waves swept, o're the side, It was sad when the great ship went down. The captain stood on deck with a teardrop in his eye, As the last lifeboat went out, he waved them all goodbye. And he knew he'd made a slip so he went down with the ship. It was sad when the great ship went down. Oh the moral to be gained from this tale of woe and pain, Is that if you're rich you should not be so vain. For in the good Lord's eyes, you're the same as other guys. It was sad when the great ship went down. Oh they built another ship they called, "Titanic II." They were sure this time that the water would never leak thorough. So they launched it with a cheer, and it sank right off the pier. It was sad when the great ship went down. I always remember that second to last line being "So they christened her with beer and she sank right off the pier"
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Here is another song from Boy Scouts. I love myself I think I'm grand. I go to shows and hold my hand. I put my arm around my waist and when I get fresh I slap my face I made a date at half past eight to meet myself by the garden gate. I'm a nut! <chorus> We agree I'm a nut! <chorus> We agree Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today I wish the heck, He'd go away. I'm a nut <chorus> We agree I'm a nut <chorus> We agree
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I never quite understood these lyrics... MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh, no! Oh, no No, no Oh no!!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Caution: The preceding song was an example of the drug culture gone terribly, terriby wrong. Do not try this at home (or anyplace else for that matter)
Originally Posted By alexbook Too many non-60's items in this thread. Time to correct that. From Pink Floyd's first album, I present "Bike" by Syd Barrett: I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and Things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke. There's a tear up the front. It's red and black. I've had it for months. If you think it could look good, then I guess it should. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why. I call him Gerald. He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I've got a clan of gingerbread men. Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men. Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things. I know a room of musical tunes. Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork. Let's go into the other room and make them work.
Originally Posted By FaMulan Inagoddadavita baby, don't you know that I love you. Inagoddadavits honey, don't you know that I'll always be true. Unfortunately that's all I can remeber of the Iron Butterfly Classic that was orginally written as "In the Garden of Eden".
Originally Posted By mickey_ring don't remember what year, but here is the refrain: I've got a brand new pair of roller skates You've got a brand new key I think that we should get together and Try them on to see I been lookin' around awhile You got something for me Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates You got a brand new key
Originally Posted By idleBrain I roller skate I ride my bike don't drive no car. Don't go too fast but I go pretty far. For someone who don't drive I've been all around the world. Some people say I've done alright for a girl. Well... I've got a brand new pair of roller skates You've got a brand new key... Melanie lives!! 8^D
Originally Posted By wonderingalice <<Unfortunately that's all I can remeber of the Iron Butterfly Classic that was orginally written as "In the Garden of Eden".>> I remember all the words from the drum solo, but it's too much to print here. "Brand New Key" - 1972 by Melanie I love that song!
Originally Posted By alexbook [I've never been able satisfactorily to explain why I have such an affection for drug songs, given that I've never done hard drugs.] The Monkees' "Randy Scouse Git" by Mickey Dolenz: She's a wonderful lady And she's mine all mine And there doesn't seem a way That she won't come and lose my mind. It's too easy humming songs To a girl in yellow dress It's been a long time since the party And the room is in a mess. The four kings of E.M.I. Are sitting stately on the floor There are birds out on the sidewalk And a valet at the door. He reminds me of a penguin With few and plastered hair, There's talcum powder on the letter And the birthday boy is there. Why don't you cut your hair? Why don't you live up there? Why don't you do what I do, See what I feel when I care? Now they've darkened all the windows And the seats are Naugahyde. I've been waiting for an hour, I can't find a place to hide. The being known as Wonder Girl Is speaking I believe. It's not easy trying to tell her That I shortly have to leave. Why don't you be like me? Why don't you stop and see? Why don't you hate who I hate, Kill who I kill to be free?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip And of course there is everyone’s favorite 'trippy' song from the 60's... <<Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, A girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, Towering over your head. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes, And she's gone. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies, Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers, That grow so incredibly high. Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, Waiting to take you away. Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, And you're gone. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Picture yourself on a train in a station, With plasticine porters with looking glass ties, Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle, The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.>>
Originally Posted By alexbook The E-Types' "Put the Clock Back on the Wall" [This one's partly from memory.] I've been away where the night meets the morning, and Flashes of gray bring the day and its warning, and Hey! Put the clock back on the wall. When the local population starts to act a little strange Starts to make you giggle to yourself inside And he'll ask you why you're laughing as he laughs along with you You don't know but you both laugh so hard you cried I can't reveal what's inside or behind me, and Thoughts that are real, I can feel they won't find me, and Hey! Put the clock back on the wall.
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom Let's not forget Herman's Hermits: I’m Henry the 8th I am, Henry the 8th I am, I am, I got married to the widow next door, She’s been married 7 times before, And every one was a Henry (Henry), She wouldn’t have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam) I’m her 8th old man I Henry, Henry the 8th I am Second verse same as the first I’m Henry the 8th I am, Henry the 8th I am, I am, I got married to the widow next door, She’s been married 7 times before, And every one was a Henry (Henry), She wouldn’t have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam) I’m her 8th old man I Henry, Henry the 8th I am (shouts) I’m Henry the 8th I am, Henry the 8th I am, I am, I got married to the widow next door, She’s been married 7 times before, And every one was a Henry (Henry), She wouldn’t have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam) I’m her 8th old man I Henry, Henry the 8th I am H-E-N-R-Y Henry (Henry) Henry (Henry) Henry the 8th I am, I am, Henry the 8th I am.
Originally Posted By alexbook At this very moment, I am listening to: Deaf, dumb and blind boy He's in a quiet vibration land Strange as it seems his musical dreams Ain't quite so bad Ten years old With thoughts as bold As thoughts can be Loving life and becoming wise In simplicity Sickness will surely take the mind Where minds can't usually go Come on the amazing journey And learn all you should know Vague haze of delirium creeps up on me All at once a tall stranger I suddenly see He's dressed in a silver-spark glittering gown And his golden beard flows Nearly down to the ground Nothing to say Nothing to hear And nothing to see Each sensation makes a note in my symphony Sickness will surely take the mind Where minds can't usually go Come on the amazing journey And learn all you should know His eyes are the eyes that Transmit all they know Sparkle warm crystalline glances to show He is your leader He is your guide On the amazing journey together we'll ride
Originally Posted By alexbook My all-time second fave band (behind the Beatles). I'm playing the "Join Together" live album at work. Our neighbors are a Moose Lodge and a music school, both of which are empty in the mornings, so I can really crank the stereo.
