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Bite The Mango
03:07
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Bite The Mango
© Bill Burnett
Banjo yams, rubber drums, everybody waitin’ for the Rubgum comes
Down at the dock point digging up dimes, Everybody waitin’ for the better times
With a Hi Lai Liddle I Diddle I Doo
Old Rubgum gonna gum on you
Well you gotta bite the mango, if you wanna go man go
Well you used to do the tango, honey where did your tan go?
You can drop the fandango, cause your fan dang days are through
But you gotta bite the mango, if you wanna get a girl to love you
Hee-oo
Oh bite the mango (bingo bango bite the mango)
Oh bite the mango (bingo bango bite the mango)
Oh…bite the mango
If you wanna get a girl to love you
Serenade her with a banjo, but the banjo she fall apart
Ask her out to see your van, Joe, but you can’t get the van to start
Take her out to view you land, Joe, All you got is a lot or two
So you gotta bite the mango, if you wanna get a girl to love you
Hee-oo
Oh bite the mango (bingo bango bite the mango)
Oh bite the mango (bingo bango bite the mango)
Oh…bite the mango
Bite the mango please
Yabba dabba doh…Casey Stengel bite the mango
Yabba dabba doh…Charlie Chan go bite the mango
Yabba dabba doh…Reinhardt Django bite the mango
Yabba dabba doh, Yabba dabba doh, Yabba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba doh
Well you hit her with a bon mot, but she don’t parlez vous Francais
You can put her into escrow, but she’s bound to get away
You can wrap her in a trousseau, but it won’t make your dreams come true
So you gotta bite the mango, if you wanna get a girl to love you
Oh bite the mango (bingo bango bite the mango)
Oh bite the mango (bingo bango bite the mango)
Oh…bite the mango
If you wanna get a girl, if you wanna get a, if you wanna get, if you wanna, if you, if
Oh bite the mango…
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Am I Coming On Too Strong?
© Bill Burnett
I see you cowering in the corner, you look so sweet in my sarong
What made you crawl out of the bedroom, and hide behind my Chinese gong?
Look I bought another box of condoms, our night of love can go on
Am I coming on too strong? Am I coming on too strong?
Baby is something wrong? Am I coming on too strong?
Too bad the phone’s been disconnected, I’d love to order Japanese
Don’t check the locks, we’re well protected, and I just threw away the keys
Honey, come out of that bathroom, my you can be such a tease
Am I coming on too strong? Am I coming on too strong?
Baby is something wrong? Am I coming on too strong?
You know I’m mad, you know I’m mad about you
And a good man nowadays is mighty hard to find
Can’t get you out of the bathroom, and yet I can’t get you out my mind
Two weeks ago when you arrived here we were as happy as could be
Now that you’re standing on the ledge dear, seems like a frown is all I see
Listen the crowd below is yelling “don’t jump”…they think you should stay with me
Am I coming on too strong? Am I coming on too strong?
Baby is something wrong? Am I –
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Was I coming on too strong? Too strong? Too strong?
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3. |
The Guest
03:19
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The Guest
© Bill Burnett & Peggy Sarlin
So you want to have a baby? I’ll tell you what having a baby is like…
Darling imagine that I have invited a guest over for dinner
It soon becomes painfully clear that our guest is a pest, this is no winner
He kicks and he screams for no reason at all, he dumps his plate on his head
He pees in his pants and he has to be forcibly fed
Do you like it so far? No you don’t
You say “Let’s get rid of this lout he’s impossibly rude, look what he’s doing
He burps and he drools and he crawls on the floor in the nude, what is he chewing?
He topples a lamp and he shatters a vase, and when he’s reduced you to tears
Well then I inform you he’s staying for 21 years!”
He’s come to stay The Guest
And we can’t send him away, The Guest
He even makes us pay, The Guest
Cause he can’t hold a job and he doesn’t pay rent
He just lies in his crib and receives compliments
We provide bed and board and respond to his cries
While he lounges around and increases in size
And our neighbors and relatives tell us we’re “blessed”
To play permanent home to
The Guest, The Guest, The Guest the Ga Ga Ga Guest
The Guest The Guest
Remember that night that I ravished you out on the lawn under the moonlight
Or the balcony scene that we played without anything on, I made you swoon, right?
Well now we can kiss all our kisses goodbye, our chances for romance are dead
With the Guest in the house we’re lucky to SLEEP in our bed
He’s come to stay, The Guest
And we can’t send him away, The Guest
While we work he’ll play, The Guest
Oh he giggles a lot and he thinks he’s so cute
In his little white hat and his blue sailor suit
He’s much younger than me and just brimming with life
And I know for a fact he’s in love with my wife!
So I wonder each day as I help him get dressed
Why we ever invited
The Guest, The Guest, The Guest the Ga Ga Ga Guest
The Guest The Guest
Darling each moment we share is unbearable bliss, how I adore ya
I crave nothing more than a lifetime of moments like this, perfect euphoria
So dear before heeding the call of the child
Allow me to calmly suggest
You’re letting a monster come out of that cave
A toddling tyrant who will not behave
And he’ll be the master and we’ll be the slave OF THE GUEST!
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4. |
The Whispering Seagull
03:06
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The Whispering Seagull
© Bill Burnett
He takes her hand, the day is grand, they take a walk in the sand
It’s a honeymoon for a bride and groom
The breakers pound, no one’s around, and so they fall to the ground
And prepare to get carried away
Then the Whispering Seagull comes in for a landing a few feet away
The Whispering Seagull comes down and has something important to say
SEAGULL:
“Hey I bet you kids would like to know where you can buy a great hot dog
I can show you where to go just give me a dollar
And there a taffy store on the boardwalk with a slot machine…Yeah!
I’ll be glad to take you there just give me a dollar.”
COUPLE: “No leave us alone we don’t want slot machines or hot dogs
Leave us alone we want to revel in our love
SEAGULL:
“Hey where you goin? What’s your hurry? I just want to be your friend.”
They run away down to the bay and rent a boat for the day
How they smile and laugh on their pleasure craft
They find a cove, they find a cave, a cavern carved by a wave
Where they hide from the light of the day
Then the Whispering Seagull appears at the mouth of their new hideaway
He hovers right over the lovers with something important to say:
SEAGULL:
“Hey, I got a fake Movado watch, looks just like the real thing
I’ll be glad to part with it, just give me a dollar
And there’s a wet t-shirt contest on the peer tonight
You should enter it, I can guarantee you’ll be a winner
Just give me a dollar”
COUPLE: “
No leave us alone, we only want to be romantic
Gasp!
HE:
“You fargin bird, you give me back my wife’s bikini”
COUPLE:
“Oh, Jesus Christ, I can’t believe he really flew away with my/your bathing suit…Oh good, he dropped it on the boat.”
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5. |
I Picked A Lulu
03:43
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I Picked A Lulu
© Bill Burnett
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu-u-u-u
I picked a…Lulu
She needed a man to plant her tulips
She needed a man to water her yard
She sat on the porch and drank mint juleps
While she made me…she made me work so hard
I picked a bunch of new roses
And I got stuck with thorns
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu-u-u-u
I picked a…Lulu
She told me she wanted to go ballooning
I took her up as high as I could
I had her gasping I had her swooning I had her
You know we flew so good
8 miles high she bailed out, left me holding the bag
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu-u-u-u
I picked a…Lulu
I fell in love with a real snake charmer
Who wouldn’t pick up the flute
I was her knight in shining armor
But she wouldn’t let me take off that suit
I got to be her deep sea diver
[But she wouldn’t even let me go to sea]
[In a shallow denim sea]
She let me be her organ grinder
But then she made a monkey outta me
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu-u-u-u
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu
I picked a Lulu-u-u-u
I picked a…Lulu
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6. |
Bury My Head
03:01
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Bury My Head
© Bill Burnett
HE: You say to me
SHE: What do you want? What do you long for my dear?
HE: I say to you: My needs are few and quite clear
I want to bury my head in the back yard of my baby’s arms
SHE: Uh huh
I want to stand in the street and let the milk truck of love run me down
SHE: Hmmm
I want to foam at the mouth of the river of joy and drown myself in its charms
SHE: What?
I want to bury my head in the back yard of my sweet baby’s arms
SHE: I see
HE: You say to me
SHE: Dear are you sure? Somehow your wishes seem queer
HE: I say oh yes, don’t second guess me my dear
TOGETHER:
I want to (he wants to)
Bury my (his) head in the back yard of my (his) baby’s arms
I want to (He wants to)
Stand in the street and let the milk truck of love run me (him) down
I want to (He wants to) foam at the mouth of the river of joy
And drown myself (himself) in its charms
Oh I want to (he wants to) Bury my (His) head in the back yard of my sweet baby’s arms
Yes I do I really really want to
Bury my (his) head in the back yard
Of my sweet baby’s arms.
SHE: Dear, are you sure
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7. |
American Cheese
04:17
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American Cheese
© Bill Burnett
We’ve got to save each other, We’ve got to save our brother
We’ve got to rise with hope in our eyes
But how can we get up, when everyone’s fed up, what covers the bread up
American Cheese
And how can we function when life is a luncheon with everyone munchin’
American Cheese
Oh mama, send us some parmesan please
We gotta save each other, we gotta feed our brother
We gotta feed the people in need
But tell me how can you when round every bend you
Will find on the menu
American Cheese
There’s no one to follow, our leaders are hollow, they chew and they swallow
American Cheese
Oh baby, send us some Stiltons and Bries
Ahhhh American Cheese
How can you function when life is a luncheon of
American Cheese, American Cheese
It’s a drab yellow slab can you taste it?
American Cheese, It’s a drab yellow slab can you taste it?
American Cheese, It’s a drab yellow slab can you taste it?
American Cheese
Oh, oh oh oh, oh whoa oh oh whoa oh ohhhhhhhh
We gotta save the country, we gotta save the city
We gotta save the Home of the Brave
But look what we’re doin, we’re falling to ruin, with everyone chewin’
American Cheese
But look what we’re doin, we’re falling to ruin, with everyone chewin’
American Cheese
(Woody Woodpecker) Heh heh heheh heh heh,Heh heh heheh heh heh, Heh heh heheh heh heh
Heh heh heheh hehhhhhhhh (crying)
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8. |
Insect Aside
02:56
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Insect Aside
© Bill Burnett
Buh de bup bup buh buh, buh dee bup bup bup buh
Buh de bup buh buh buh, buh dee bup bup buddy buh buh
Buh de bup bup buh buh, buh dee bup bup bup buh
Buh de bup bup buh buh, buh dee bup bup
Well, I put on my pants three legs at a time
Just like everyone else, just like everyone else
There’s floors I gotta cross and walls I gotta climb
Just like everyone else, Just like anyone else
There’s nothing special ‘bout me
And all my fame don’t mean a thing
There’s nothing special bout me
I’m just an insect who can sing
And here’s my favorite song
Buh de bup bup buh buh, buh dee bup bup bup buh
Buh de bup buh buh buh, buh dee bup bup buddy buh buh
Buh de bup bup buh buh, buh dee bup bup bup buh
Buh de bup bup buh buh, buh dee bup bup
Well even big celebs get caught in spider webs
Just like everyone else, just like everyone else
Why I could end legs up in a coffee cup
Just like everyone else, just like everyone else
There’s nothing special bout me
Though I’ve been called the ento king (entomology!)
There’s nothing special bout me
I’m just an insect who can sing, oh yeah
I’m just an insect who can sing
Well feet try to crush me just like they try to crush you
You know the feet I’m talking about
You might not believe it but I’ve got feelers too
There’s nothing special bout me
Well just in case you’re wondering
There’s nothing special bout me
So what do fame and fortune bring?
There’s nothing special bout me
I’m just an insect, I’m just an insect
I’m just an insect who can siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Slap
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9. |
Red Wine a-Talkin'
03:53
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Red Wine a-Talkin;
© Suzy Williams
Baby don’t look at me that way oh you know it most breaks my heart
Please stay and let me have say and allow me to tell you my part
It was red wine a-talkin’ and I was just a- watchin’
Now I can see how I was blind
Red wine I’s drinkin’ was doin all the thinkin’
And I must have been out of my mind
Baby, I’d had a hard hard day, and I stopped in for one little drink
He came in lookin’ my way and that red wine gave him a wink
It was red wine a-talkin’ and I was just a- watchin’
Now I can see how I was blind
In a red wine slumber I gave him my number [we started to rhumba]
And I must have been out of my mind
I found myself at the Red Wine Saloon
The jukebox was playing a Red Wine Tune
We went out strolling neath the Red Wine Moon
All of a sudden it was Red Wine Noon!
Baby if you walk away oh you know how soon I’ll be cryin’
And I’ll stay another girl led astray by the lies that are told by Red Wine
It was red wine a-talkin’ and I was just a- watchin’
Now I can see how I was blind
Red wine I was drinkin’ and now my heart is sinkin’
And I must have been out of my mind
That Red Wine put me out of my mind
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10. |
Strange Blues
05:12
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Strange Blues
© Bill Burnett
Screen door flaps at the front of the house, cracking in the wind
Scarecrow raps at the back of the house, trying to get in
Strange Blues, Strange Blues
Strange Blues, Strange Blues…
Picnic table covered with thorns fountain overgrown
Party hats and colorful horns lie where they were thrown
Strange Blues, Strange Blues
Strange Blues, Strange Blues…
Don’t cry Willie, it’s all over
Mommy’s here now, it was all just a dream
Don’t cry Willie, Don’t cry Willie
It’s all over now
Don’t you know your Mommy’s standing right here by your side
It was all just dream
Footprints lead to the edge of the pond made by children’s shoes
Voices rising out that pond sing those strange strange blues
Strange Blues, Strange Blues
Strange Blues, Strange Blues…
Strange blues those strange blues those strange blues oh those strange strange blues
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11. |
Imitation Me
03:59
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Imitation Me
© Bill Burnett
I know what foods I like to eat, I know my neighbors on the street
I know everybody I know
I know my favorite restaurants, all my hangouts and my haunts
And I go everywhere that I’d go
But this isn’t really me
I am just a cheap facsimile
Imitation me, I do me so well
I impersonate myself so nobody can tell
Since you broke my heart babe, I’m just imitation me
I got the key to my front door, I pay my rent and sweep my floor
It almost seems like I belong here
I see my name on all my mail, I greet the dog he wags his tail
You’d almost think there’s nothing wrong here
But since you left me here alone
All my lights are on but I’m not home
Imitation me, I do me so good
I show up at all the parties just the way I would
But without you baby, I’m just imitation me
Just an imitation
I could tell you where I was born and who was the first girl I kissed
Perfect simulation
I could describe clothes that I’ve worn and who who put this scar on my fist
Such a fabrication
But you see this couldn’t be me I’d never say something like this:
Scoo bop scoddily i bop, scoodly oodly boodily ibop scooda oodly boodly boodly oodly
oodily boodily wow
Imitation Me, I do me so good yeah
Whoa
I’m just imitation me
I’m livin’ in an imitation me
I’m livin’ in an imitation me
I’m livin’ in an imitation me
I’m livin’ in an imitation me
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12. |
At The Fireman's Ball
04:12
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AT THE FIREMAN’S BALL
© Bill Burnett & Peggy Sarlin
At the Fireman’s Ball
Violins are playing dear beneath a swaying chandelier
Won’t you dance with me
All the pretty melodies
Gliding on the summer breeze
Like long lost love that calls to you and me
At the Fireman’s Ball
Sweet perfume and candlelight, a fairyland is planned tonight
Won’t you dance with me
With a curtsey and a bow
Everybody in the crowd
Begins their spin upon the magic merry go round (Merry go round)
(Round and Round and Round and…)
Round and round they go drifting soft and slow
Like falling leaves, like memories
Round and round they go, while the evening flows into the dawn
And the band plays on
OH LOVE HAS PAID US A CALL
LOVE’S SURROUNDING US ALL
AT THE FIREMAN’S BALL
Won’t you dance with me?
All the pretty melodies, floating on the summer breeze
Like long lost love that calls to you and me
Round and Round they go (At the Fireman’s Ball the Vi-o-lins are playing
Drifting soft and slow like People swaying
Fallling leaves like memories
Round and Round they go (At the Fireman’s Ball the evening flows till
As the evening flows into the dawn dawn)
The Band plays on
OH LOVE HAS PAID US A CALL (OH LOVE HAS PAID A CALL
LOVE’S SURROUNDING US ALL
Oooo…at the Fireman’s Ball
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13. |
Luminous Moose
00:41
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Luminouse Moose
© Bill Burnett
I was lost in a deep Maine wood
I was scared I’d be lost for good
When a Luminous Moose showed me the way
He was flashing like a firefly, he led me to a trail nearby
And that’s the only reason why I can sing this song today
Thank God, for the Luminous Moose
Genetic Engineering has finally found a use
For those big galumphing creatures that wander through our woods
Once again mankind has salvaged Mother Nature’s damaged goods
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