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.

Hi Dear Jonathan Richman

I know you still care about me. Even when you don't let it show. Hi, Dear. I know you still care about me. Even when you don't let it show.

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

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.

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

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

You Must Ask the Heart Jonathan Richman

You Must Ask the Heart Well don't ask me about love I'm just your mind I see sometimes oh oh But now I'm blind Don't ask me about love Cuz I'm the wrong guy I don't know how love happens

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

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.

Vincent Van Gogh Jonathan Richman

Vincent Van Gogh Have you heard about the painter Vincent Van Gogh, Who loved color and who let it show. Now in the museum what have we here? The baddest painter since God's Jon Vermeer.

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.

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,

Closer Jonathan Richman

Cuz that's where I want to go sir How can I say what I'm trying to say Lonely for somebody who's an inch away And closer, you see what I want is closer.

Love Me Like I Love Jonathan Richman

Love Me Like I Love la la dum da da da lum la la la da dum dum da dum ah oh ah oh I want people to love me like I can love want people to love me like I love I want to open up my lunch box

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.

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.

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

Corner Store Jonathan Richman

Corner Store Well I walked past just yesterday And I couldn't bear that new mall no more I can't expect you all to see it my way But you may not know what was there before And I want them to put

Walter Johnson Jonathan Richman

About a great ball player from a long time ago. Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum. Who's a hero to me I ain't putting you on son.

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?

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.

New England Jonathan Richman

New England See, I come from Boston. I'm gonna tell you about how I love New England. It's my favorite place. I've been all around the world, but I love New England best.

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.

Ice Cream Man Jonathan Richman

We're gonna sing about the ice cream man for you. Well now, ice cream man, upon my street I heard your truck outside, it's really neat.

Everyday Clothes Jonathan Richman

I loved her, I loved her at first sight I suppose And I couldn't have loved her more than in her... Plain old everyday clothes.

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

Dodge Veg-O-Matic Jonathan Richman

You know, I like it. You know, I like it a whole lot. Well, that's my Dodge Veg-O-Matic there in the parking lot. My Dodge Veg-O-Matic, there in the parking lot. You know, I like it.

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.

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

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.

Reno Jonathan Richman

Reno Reno Reno I've gotta take her somewhere where we can't be found Reno Reno Reno That's right Reno Reno Reno Honey Reno Reno Reno Maybe see Charo or maybe Tom Jones Reno Reno Reno Well, I

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

Let Her Go Into the Darkness Jonathan Richman

Alcoholic to, yeah, yeah, don't worry about that It's alright, it's alright, it's all right Laundromat, laundromat, laundromat And let her go into the darkness.

Velvet Underground Jonathan Richman

Well you could look at that band And at first sight Say that certain rules about modern music Wouldn't apply tonight.

Afternoon Jonathan Richman

I am, I am They whisper to me I am, I am They whisper to me I am, Iam Doo-pop doo-pop da-tommy-too-pop Doo-pop doo-pop da-tommy-too-pop I am, I am The wind cries I am, I am For you see, it's

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

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

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

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

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

I Can't Find My Best Friend Jonathan Richman

Well I can't find my best friend to help me through this night I Can't find my best frined because she's somewhere out of sight I miss her, I miss her and let there be no doubt when I can't find my best

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.

She Cracked Jonathan Richman

She Cracked Well she was sensitive She understood me She understood the European things of 1943 But she does all these things that I can't stand I get jealous if she stays with another man

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.

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.

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.

When She Kisses Me Jonathan Richman

And they're not the wettest kisses I ever got. I open my eyes and where is she? (well, she?)

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.

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.

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