I'm So Confused Jonathan Richman

Sometimes I think of only her Sometimes no I'm feeling delicate and This must show I'm so confused I'm so confused I'm so confused I'm so confused I like to do stuff but I Best go slow I look around nowadays

Springtime Jonathan Richman

So bold are you, blue sky And so alive are you, air Bold and alive am I But I'm teased now by such a need to share. But I want you to tease me. I want you to tease me.

Hey There Little Insect Jonathan Richman

I say, hey there, little insect, don't scare me so. Don't land on me, baby, and bite me no. I say hey there, little insect, please calm down. Then we'll have fun and fool around.

Summer Morning Jonathan Richman

Those are the kind of smells that I wait all year for. Summer's so beautiful to me. I like 'em all but... Listen to this summer morning.

Afternoon Jonathan Richman

Afternoon You know, it's afternoon Yeah, yeah And there's the moon, so pale And all the trees are whisperin' and the elves are whisperin' to me, that's right I am, I am How they whisper so nice

Vampire Girl Jonathan Richman

Vampire Girl, Vampire Girl I get so intrigued when they look like a vampire girl. Does she cook beans? Does she cook rice? Does she do ritual sacrifice?

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,

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.

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.

Dignified and Old Jonathan Richman

Dignified and Old My telephone never rings She'd never call me I hate myself today But I can see through this bitterness and sadness And so I won't die Someday I think I'll be dignified and old

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.

Ice Cream Man Jonathan Richman

Well now, ice cream man, upon my street I heard your truck outside, it's really neat. Ice cream man, upon my block Your little chimes, they reel and they rock. Ice cream man, ring your bell.

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.

My Jeans Jonathan Richman

My Jeans Ah oh dum di da do Da dum di da do Well I know Alright Well my jeans they are a frayin' And don't talk Levi's because I've tried.

Affection Jonathan Richman

Well, but to me this ain't funny To me this is real So I thought I'd tell everybody How I feel About affection I said affection.

If She Don't Love Me Jonathan Richman

Ohh, Ohh, Ohh Ohh Ohh Well Now Ohh, Ohh She says she don't love me but I don't know She says she don't love me but how can this be so If she don't love me if love has gone why does she still laugh when

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

Vincent Van Gogh Jonathan Richman

He loved he loved he loved life so bad, His paintings had twice the color other paintings had. So bad so bad that the world had to know, The man loved color and he let it show.

Parties in the U.S.A. Jonathan Richman

Could there be block parties of which I don't know? Maybe they're in neighborhoods where I don't go.

The World Is Showing It's Hand (Album Ver.) Jonathan Richman

Well well when I first smelled the bus fumes from the diesel motor well my two year old mind could only applaud such odor the world is showing me its tricks the world was showing its hand then an alley

Chewing Gum Wrapper Jonathan Richman

Chewing Gum Wrapper I saw the chewing gum wrapper, saw it after lunch; Faded little cruddy thing, I picked from among the bunch.

Since She Started to Ride Jonathan Richman

And no I don't see her much since she started with horses No I don't see her much since she started to ride.

Roadrunner Jonathan Richman

don't feel so bad now in the car Don't feel so alone, got the radio on Like the roadrunner That's right Said welcome to the spirit of 1956 Patient in the bushes next to '57 The highway is your

Party in the Woods Tonight Jonathan Richman

At the party in the woods tonight, At the party in the pale moonlight, So we gonna get on the floor, let's rock some more At the party in the woods tonight.

A Higher Power Jonathan Richman

I know that magic is an easy word to condemn, But I've tried other girls and I wasn't made for them, And I knew it from afar in that lonely rock and roll bar That there must be a higher power somewhere

Surrender Jonathan Richman

Surrender To win you must fight, or so they say But with love things never seem to work that way. With love you can't win If love can't get in And it can't pierce the heart of a defender.

I Must Be King Jonathan Richman

I Must Be King I easy laugh, I easy cry. I soft inside, She partly why. I used to yearn, And now I sing. Since she's my queen, Well that makes me king.

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.

Abdul and Cleopatra Jonathan Richman

How I wonder where she's at-ra And I wish the old girl were here. Abdul yearns for Cleopatra in the early morning sun. Abdul loves Cleopatra, she's still the one. You know, I love Cleopatra.

Old World Jonathan Richman

Old World Well the old world may be dead Our parents can't understand But I still love my parents And I still love the old world Oh, I had a New York girlfriend And she couldn't understand how

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?

Someone I Care About Jonathan Richman

Someone I Care About Well I don't want just a girl to fool around with Well I don't want just a girl to ball alright What I want is a girl that I care about Or I want nothing at all.

Important In Your Life Jonathan Richman

If you try and come see me and I'm not there, Tell me you tried so I know you care. I want to know that I'm important In your life Know that I'm important in your life.

My Love is a Flower (Just Beginning to Bloom) Jonathan Richman

I must be patient with her now so I will. My love is a flower just beginning to bloom... Beginning to bloom, to bloom.

I was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar Jonathan Richman

I was dancing in a lesbian bar. I was dancing in a lesbian bar.

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.

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

Modern World Jonathan Richman

Modern World Well there's sex in the sunny day That shines down on Boylston street And I love the U.S.A.

I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet Jonathan Richman

I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet Hello Everyone, it's time for poetry I submit to you the following it's entitled: "I Eat with Gusto, Damn! You Bet" By one Jonathan Richman.

The Morning of Our Lives Jonathan Richman

And you're always puttin' yourself down, But I'm just gonna tell you that I like you. Darling, you always put yourself down, but I like you. That's all I came to say.

The Baltimores Jonathan Richman

I walked last night, Should say I wandered, I saw the galaxies, and so I pondered, How I would love to roam there, up there, Up in the sky sometime.

French Style Jonathan Richman

French Style French style, French style is so fussy French style, French style is so proud French style, French style is creamy color More often quiet than loud.

Walter Johnson Jonathan Richman

Who's a hero to me I ain't putting you on son. Cause I'm now going to tell the story of baseball's great Walter Johnson.

He Gave Us the Wine To Taste (Album Ver.) Jonathan Richman

He gave us the wine to taste not to talk about it He gave us the wine to taste and not to discuss so let's taste it let's taste it don't let's criticize it and waste it He gave us the wine to taste it

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

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

Pablo Picasso Jonathan Richman

Pablo Picasso Well some people try to pick up girls And get called assholes This never happened to Pablo Picasso He could walk down your street And girls could not resist his stare and So Pablo

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.

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

City Vs. Country Jonathan Richman

Country I want to live close to downtown to be near my friends I want to be close to them, And still be out by the trees and the wind Havin' both will be hard to find I'm sure, But then ain't that