Nineteen In Naples Jonathan Richman

Nineteen In Naples well when I was 19 I was insecure now ain't that 19 I was over intellectual, that's for sure 19 in naples, well 19, 19 in naples.

I was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar Jonathan Richman

I was dancing in a lesbian bar. I was dancing in a lesbian bar. Well I was dancing in the lesbian bar In the industrial zone. I was dancing with my friends And dancing alone.

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.

Twilight in Boston Jonathan Richman

Twilight in Boston When it's twilight in Boston That's something I know about Because I've spent many walks Lonely walks in the twilight All through Boston and those Suburbs Right now I'm imagining

Abominable Snowman in the Market Jonathan Richman

Abominable Snowman in the Market Well look, see, there's an abominable snowman in the supermarket, And apparently the housewives have never seen anything like that before.

Modern World Jonathan Richman

So share the modern world with me 'Cause I'm in love with the U.S.A. now I'm in love with the modern world now Put down your cigarette And drop out of B.U.

Lonely Financial Zone Jonathan Richman

Lonely Financial Zone In the lonely financial zone By the sea I have walked under moon and stars. Skyscrapers shone in their dark majesty. In this otherwordly land of ours.

Bermuda Jonathan Richman

Bermuda Jonathan, Jonathan, I wanna know something, Well have you ever been to Bermuda? Yeah my band once played down there. What did you like about Bermuda?

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.

Party in the Woods Tonight Jonathan Richman

," the deers are there too, And the monsters are cooking up a disgraceful soup for you At the party in the woods tonight, At the party in the pale moonlight, So we gonna get on the floor, let's rock

Hospital Jonathan Richman

your life I can't stand what you do I'm in love with your eyes Oh, I can't stand what you do Sometimes I can't stand you And it makes me think about me That I'm involved with you But I'm in love

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.

When I Dance Jonathan Richman

When I Dance Things were slow, a little slow And I was at the kind of party Where I said I wouldn't go But in the moon, I stay And then I didn't blush at all At the scene I made.

Old World Jonathan Richman

And I still love the old world Oh, I had a New York girlfriend And she couldn't understand how I could Still love my parents and still love the old world So I told her: I want to keep my place in

Fender Stratocaster Jonathan Richman

Fender Stratocaster Born in the 50s looking so bold Fender Stratocaster Everythin' your parents hated about rock 'n roll Fender Fender Fender Wangin' and a twangin, sounding so tough Fender

Here Come the Martian Martians Jonathan Richman

Martian time time time Well, it's Martian rhyme time We got a Martian rhyme for Martian Martian time And the Martians got notebooks in their little hand Well they're strangers in this land Martian

Parties in the U.S.A. Jonathan Richman

And I know we can't have those times back again, But we can have parties like there were then, We need more parties in the USA, We need more parties in the USA.

Roadrunner Jonathan Richman

Roadrunner Roadrunner, roadrunner Going faster miles an hour Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop With the radio on I'm in love with Massachusetts And the neon when it's cold outside And the highway

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,

Velvet Underground Jonathan Richman

Velvet Underground They were wild like the USA A mystery band in a New York way Rock and roll, but not like the rest And to me, America at it's best How in the world were they making that sound

Girlfriend Jonathan Richman

Girlfriend If I were to walk to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Well, first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne But if I had by my side a girlfriend Then I could look through the paintings

Surrender Jonathan Richman

With love you can't win If love can't get in And it can't pierce the heart of a defender. To win in love you must surrender. If you're angry then you can't surrender, no.

Dodge Veg-O-Matic Jonathan Richman

It's that Dodge Veg-O-Matic there in the parking lot. Well, I'm gonna tell you 'bout the car that I now own. Well it doesn't go nowhere, it just stays all alone. You know, I like it.

Everyday Clothes Jonathan Richman

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

Rooming House on Venice Beach Jonathan Richman

It was a rooming house on venice beach Nice and cheap A radiator and a sagging bed On which to sleep I didn't lock it Who would want my cheap guitar And that T-shirt in those paper bags Naw, naw

Vincent Van Gogh Jonathan Richman

Now in the museum what have we here? 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.

My Little Kookenhaken Jonathan Richman

My Little Kookenhaken When I was a five-year-old, I saw a five-year girl a-walkin' And in my heart a little bell was tolled, and a little voice said Kookenhaken, Kookenhaken.

The Fenway Jonathan Richman

The Fenway Now I was born by the Fenway, in Beth Israel Hospital. Could that help to explain why I love the Fenway so well.

The Baltimores Jonathan Richman

They bring their clothes when they sing, In fact that's all they bring. There's a band that I try to see, The Baltimores have a fan in me. They don't play guitar, they just sing.

That Summer Feeling Jonathan Richman

gotta When you run for love not because you oughtta When you trust your friends with no reason not ta (nada) The joy I name shall not be tamed And that summer feeling is gonna haunt you One day in

Summer Morning Jonathan Richman

A summer breeze was in the dawnin'. 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...

When She Kisses Me Jonathan Richman

When She Kisses Me Well, she was born in the winter When the sun shines so pale. Whereas I was born in the spring In case you can't tell In case you can't tell.

The Lonely Little Thrift Store Jonathan Richman

The Lonely Little Thrift Store By the sidewalk there with the cracks in it with the mexican restaurant next to it With the clothes for the big and the fat in it and the moth ball smell to the hats

Walter Johnson Jonathan Richman

And all through baseball he was loved and respected, Well bitterness in Walter Johnson it was never detected.

Miracles Will Start to Happen Jonathan Richman

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 reign on this earth for a little while And continue in

Fly Into the Mystery Jonathan Richman

See now, it's eight o'clock in Boston. And Filene's has just locked up. It's so good to see the sky clear up this way. There's the stars, we haven't lost 'em.

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

I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet Jonathan Richman

You Bet" By one Jonathan Richman. When I eat like I do it, I use not fork nor spoon No grace or culture to it When I call my own tune.

Ice Cream Man Jonathan Richman

Ice cream man, ring your chimes In the afternoon so fine. Ice cream man, upon my street I heard your truck today, it was a-neat, a-neat, a-neat.

Since She Started to Ride Jonathan Richman

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 live out in

French Style Jonathan Richman

It's not as foxy as Italian Nor as dramatic as in Spain But what they do is so hard to copy It's something that they can do with something plain. French style, French style what is it?

Now is Better Than Before Jonathan Richman

Sometimes I think that my cheeks had more color in the past, And that my heart once did beat more fast.

Someone I Care About Jonathan Richman

Well I don't want some cocaine sniffing triumph in the bar Well I don't want a triumph in the car I don't want to make a rich girl crawl What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want no one at

City Vs. Country Jonathan Richman

I want to be with my friends by the fire and the starlight But I want music, music in my life Yes, I want a bar hoppin' music scene And I want to pick from ten or fifteen I want the city but I want

Pablo Picasso Jonathan Richman

down your street And girls could not resist his stare and So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole Well the girls would turn the color Of the avacado when he would drive Down their street in

Affection Jonathan Richman

Now, you guys, you all know that your friend Jonathan likes to eat food a lot. And I like to do other things, I like to run around, jump, but affection is the most important thing to me.

Abdul and Cleopatra Jonathan Richman

Abdul yearns for Cleopatra in the early morning sun. Abdul loves Cleopatra, she's still the one. You know, I love Cleopatra. I'm just grateful that I know that old girl.

Vampire Girl Jonathan Richman

It's not the mascara, It's not the tight dress, (well maybe it is) It's the look in the eyes that's gonna scare you to death.

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.

Roller Coaster by the Sea Jonathan Richman

Roller Coaster by the Sea You see I went on the roller coaster last night when I was feeling bad Down by the sea in Santa Cruz and I was feeling sad But we went down, and around, and it knocked