Pink Flamingos Rickie Lee Jones

Nobody ever comes for them They're all inside of the casinos Look at them poking like flightless birds falling from paper plates Oh home, heavenly earthbound But the spirit cannot wait to fly like the pink

Pink Flamingos Tracy Byrd

flamingos in the front yard Picture window with a view of Wal-Mart Blue collar heaven domestic bliss It just doesn't get any better than this We got pink flamingos, pink flamingos, pink flamingos

Pink Flamingos Electric Six

When the time comes to documentary what we did here The transcription won't really be that hard 'Cos i'm a woman eating monster With a suitcase full of fire And pink flamingos decorate my yard Yeah!

Pink Flamingos Various Artists

I'd drink with the devil if he bought the beer Wore out two pick ups just running around Mamma thought I never would settle down That was before I met sweet Irma Jean She made a new man outta me We got pink

Company Rickie Lee Jones

I'll remember you too clearly But I'll survive another day Conversations to share When there's no one there I'll imagine what you'd say I'll see you in another life now, baby I'll free you in my ...

On saturday afternoons in 1963 Rickie Lee Jones

The most as you'll ever go Is back where you used to know If grown-ups could laugh this slow Where as you watch the hour snow Years may go by So hold on to your special friend Here, you'll need s...

Weasel and the white boys cool Rickie Lee Jones

Sal was working at Nyro's nook in downtown Selling articles of congress to these people downtown He was pretty sleezy when I met him A weasel in a poor boy's wool Sal lives in a black vinyl pen i...

The last chance texaco Rickie Lee Jones

A long stretch of headlights Bends into I-9 Tiptoe into truck stops And sleepy diesel eyes Volcanoes rumble in the taxi And glow in the dark Camels in the driver's seat A slow, easy mark But you ...

Young blood Rickie Lee Jones

Take a walk around midnight in the city Young Blood is hiding there somewhere If you're looking for something to do There's always something happening there Like I & Bragger, we borrowed a coupe ...

Night train Rickie Lee Jones

Here I'm going Wlakin' with my baby in my arms 'Cuz I am in the wrong end of the eight ball black And the devil, see, he's right behind us And this worker said she's gonna take my little baby My l...

Coolsville Rickie Lee Jones

I and Braggar, and Junior Lee, well that's the way we always thought it would be In the wind-strewn leaves of September, how we met Decked out like aces, we'd beat anybody's bet Cuz we was Coolsville

Chuck E`s In Love Rickie Lee Jones

s In LoveRickie Lee Jones(Rickie Lee Jones)How come he don't come and p.l.p. with me Down at the meter no more?And how come he turn off the T.V. And he hang that sign on the door?

After hours Rickie Lee Jones

All the gang has gone home Standing on the corner All alone You and me, streetlight We'll paint the town - grey Oh, we are so many lamps Who have lost our way Say goodnight, America The word sti...

Easy money Rickie Lee Jones

There was a Joe Leanin' on the back door A couple Jills with their eyes on a couple bills Their eyes was statin' They was waitin' To get their hands on some easy money They flipped a dime One sa...

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most Rickie Lee Jones

Spring this year has got me feeling Like a horse that never left the post I lie in my room Staring up at the ceiling Spring can really hang you up the most Morning's kiss wakes trees and flowers A...

I'll Be Seeing You Rickie Lee Jones

Cathedral bells were tolling And our hearts sang on, Was it the spell of Paris Or the April dawn? Who knows, if we shall meet again? But when the morning chimes ring sweet again: I'll be seeing you...

The Horses Rickie Lee Jones

We will flyWay up highWhere the cold wind blowsOr in the sunLaughing having funWith the people that she knowsAnd if the situationShould keep us separatedYou know the world won't fall apartAnd you w...

Chuck E's In Love Rickie Lee Jones

How come he don't come and P.I.P. with meDown at the meter no more?And how come he turn(ed) off the t.v.And hang(ed) that sign on the door?Well we call and we call "How come?" we sayHey what could ...

Altar Boy Rickie Lee Jones

A monk with a hard on in a lavender robeThat scratches his thighs for the height that he strodeAs he follows a path filled with harried desireAnd mimics his footsteps and sets his prayers on fireGl...

Stewart's Coat Rickie Lee Jones

Hold me love, I can't sleep againWill I have to kiss your nose?I wanna lay here next to him, loveI remember walking in the rainRain was falling on my handsI don't wanna live through that again, noO...

Beat Angels Rickie Lee Jones

Begging round the sun beaten streetsI can't make me no connectionsLocals here no speak no EnglishWhere is my woman, well no one knowsAh well, some girls just have to leave in the nightWhile you're ...

Tigers Rickie Lee Jones

The tigers come at fourShaped like the curtain and the floorLike the stars they once were wild and coldYour turn to see meI can't believe its really youSharpening your teeth on my low wombPlaying w...

Rebel Rebel Rickie Lee Jones

Got your mother in a whirl'Cause she's not sure if you're a boy or a girlHey, babe, your hairs alrightHey, babe, let's stay out tonightYou like me, and I like it allWe like dancing, and we look div...

Jolie Jolie Rickie Lee Jones

Jolie, jolie, pretty little thingBerce moi toute la nuitAll I want you to do is just be happyAnd we went on a walk and we went on a hillAnd come back up again, you know I willJust to bring you the ...

Running From Mercy Rickie Lee Jones

Oh sacred place that sets my soul aliveThere's a rainbow above me that the storm clouds hideAnd kind works will never dieCuz the magic in kindness springs from the love, love, loveLittle acts of ki...

A Stranger's Car Rickie Lee Jones

Take the trainOh you have run as far as you can goThey've tied your fingers to rails of starsCan you hear the whistle blow?There's is no one here to beat out your brainsThere's no one who'll make y...

The Albatross Rickie Lee Jones

There, there is my shipFinally come inI see the mast rolling on the stepsOver the garden wallI hear the sailor's callI see the albatrossOver and down now I'll go homeHome to my children I left behi...

We Belong Together Rickie Lee Jones

I say this was no game of chickenYou were aiming your best friendThat you wear like a switchblade on a chain around your neckI think you picked this up in Mexico from your dadNow its daddy on the b...

Living It Up Rickie Lee Jones

Eddie's got one crazy eyethat turns him into a cartoonwahen a pretty girl comes byand there's nothin' here to do anymorehe sits on the stoop all daylike there's something he's waiting forCunt-finge...

Skeletons Rickie Lee Jones

She was pregnant in MayNow they're on their wayDashing thru the snowTo St. John's, here we goWell, it could be a boyBut it's okay if he's girlOh, these things that grow out ofThe things that we giv...

Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking Rickie Lee Jones

Dutch took 'em on the slow train to Peking on La Brea AvenueTo find the Stax and SunThey were reaching to get toThey was a rapping the flat scatDiamond dialectos of points and tapsBetween the chick...

Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue) Rickie Lee Jones

Come on - Joey get out of schoolWe got places to goA '57 Lincoln you got a radio that hurtsAnd the girls like to touch itJust to find out if it worksBut don't look at meIt wasn't meJoey live on the...

A Lucky Guy Rickie Lee Jones

Oh, he's a lucky guyOh, he's a lucky guyHe doesn't worry about meWhen I'm goneHe goes to sleep at nightHe don't turn off the lightAnd wonder how to find meOr if I'm aloneOh, he's a lucky guyI wish ...

Traces Of The Western Slopes Rickie Lee Jones

We go down roundThe far side of the tracksLolitas playing dominoes and pokerBehind their daddy's shacksVacant-eyes, glue-face boysOn a pearl splashing glassIf they give us any flackIf they come up ...

The Returns Rickie Lee Jones

But after allThere are such thingsAnd these are the thingsWho'll turn your memories back into dreams againOh, it's all flying and wavingFor you to keep tryingYou're so close.So close.All the return...

Bye Bye Blackbird Rickie Lee Jones

Pack up all your cares and woesHere I go singing low,bye bye blackbird.Where someone waits for meSugars sweet and so is he,bye bye blackbird.No one here can love and understand me,Oh what hard luck...

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying Rickie Lee Jones

Don't let the sun catch you cryin'The night's the time for all your tearsYour heart may be broken tonightBut tomorrow with the morning lightDon't let the sun catch you cryin'The nighttime shadows d...

Chuck E.'s In Love Rickie Lee Jones

How come he don't come and p.i.p. with me Down at the meter no more? How come he turn off the t.v. And he hang that sign on the door? We call and we call "How come?" we say What could make a boy be...

Last Chance Texaco Rickie Lee Jones

A long stretch of headlights Bends into I-9 Tiptoe into truck stops And sleepy diesel eyes Volcanoes rumble in the taxi And glow in the dark Camels in the driver's seat A slow, easy mark But you ra...

Danny's All-Star Joint Rickie Lee Jones

Downstairs at danny's all-star joint They got a juke box that goes doyt-doyt The vice is nice, they stay in the back all day But when the nighttime comes, hey-hey There's this cat down there that m...

My One And Only Love (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

The very thought of you makes My heart sing, Like an April breeze On the wings of spring. And you appear in all your splendor, My one and only love. The shadows fall ands spread their Mystice charm...

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Spring this year has got me feeling Like a horse that never left the post I lie in my room Staring up at the ceiling Spring can really hang you up the most Morning's kiss wakes trees and flowers An...

Hi-Lili Hi-Lo (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Hi-Lili-hi-lo On every tree there is a bird singing a song of love... On every tree there is a bird and every one I'd ever heard Could brake my heart without a word singing a song of love... The so...

Up From The Skies (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Tell me everything I just want to talk to you I won't do you no harm I just want to know about your different lives On this is here people farm I heard some of you got your families Living in cages...

Second Time Around (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

summertime and everything is sweet walking barefoot to the circle k on the burning street summertime and everything's on fire this town is a drive-by for the whole inland empire but down on the...

Dat Dere (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Hey mama, what's that there? And what's that doing there? Hey mama, up here! Mama, hey look at that over there! And what's that doing there? And where're they going there? And mummy can I have that...

I'll Be Seeing You (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Cathedral bells were tolling And our hearts sang on, Was it the spell of Paris Or the April dawn? Who knows, if we shall meet again? But when the morning chimes ring sweet again: I'll be seeing you...

Bye Bye Blackbird (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Pack up all my care and woe Here i go, swinging low. bye, bye, blackbird. where somebody waits for me sugar's sweet so is she bye, bye, blackbird no one here can love and understand me oh what har...

The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Sing a song of sad young man Glasses full of rye All the news is bad again so Kiss your dreams goodbye All the sad young men Sitting in the bars Knowing neon nights Missing all the stars All the sa...

I Won't Grow Up (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

I won't grow up I don't wanna go to school Just to learn to be a puppet And recite a silly rule If growing up means it would be Beneath my dignity to climb a tree I won't grow up, won't grow up, wo...