Moxy Fruvous Lyrics Set #7

Photosynthesis

(to the tune of Jenny Washington)

fa da fa fa fa dow

(Dave on lead)
the sun sends rays
travelling through outer space
photons of light
that feed the humnan race

the solar thrill
that turns on chlorophyll
the nourishing kiss
of photosynthesis

to create this extacy
let's use this recipe

add water to light
an electron takes flight
and oxygen is set free
the result is ATP
that's how plants store energy
real cooking begins
when CO2 comes in
it's a sugar factory

fa da fa fa fa dow

plants and trees
are the base of a hierarchy
the rest of us too
live off this chemistry

yes even beef
starts off from a leaf
life's secret is this:
photosynthesis

photosynthesis helps to clear
carbon from the atmosphere
it takes co2 in
releases oxygen

photosynthesis helps to clear
carbon from the atmosphere
it takes co2 in
releases oxygen

fa dup fup


Billie Jean Medley


This medley contains lyrics from the following tunes:

Billie Jean              by Michael Jackson
Love Fool                by The Cardigans
Rudi, A Message To You   by The Specials


(Jian on lead, complete w/ Michael Jackson inflections)
She was more like a beauty queen on a movie scene
I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one

(All)
Let her dance on the floor in the round

(Jian)
She said I am the one 

(All)
Let her dance on the floor in the round

(Jian)
She told me her name was Billie Jean, as she caused a scene
Then every head turned and looked at me, I am the one

(All)
Let her dance on the floor in the round

(All, w/ Murray doing some backup "Eeees")
People always told me be careful what you do
don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
And mother always told me be careful who you love
be careful what you do because the lie becomes the truth

(All)
Love me, love me

(Murray)
say that you love me

(All)
fool me, fool me

(Murray)
go on and fool me

(All)
love me, love me

(Murray)
pretend that you love me

I can't care 'bout anything but you

(Jian)
For forty days and for forty nights
I was on her side
But who can stand when she's in demand
Her schemes and plans

(All)
Let her dance on the floor in the round

(Jian)
So take my strong advice

(All)
just remember to always think twice

(All but Jian)
Don't think twice!

(Jian)
Don't think twice!

Woo!

(All, w/ Murray doing some backup "Eeees")
People always told me be careful what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
When she came and stood beside me
Then the smell of sweet perfume
What the people all assume,
when she walked into that room

(All)
Love me, love me

(Murray)
say that you love me

(All)
fool me, fool me

(Murray)
go on and fool me

(All)
love me, love me

(Murray)
pretend that you love me

I can't care 'bout anything but you

(All)
anything but you...

(All, with Murray doing back-up "Ahhs")
Stop your messin' around
Better think of your future
Time to strittin' right out
Creatin' problems in town

(All)
Rudi, a message to you,
Rudi, a message to you,
Rudi, a message to you...

(Murray)
I can't care 'bout anything but you...


La Complainte Du Phoque En Alaska (French Version - set #2)


Cré-moé, cré-moé pas
Quéqu'part' en Alaska
Y'a un phoque qui s'ennuie en maudit 
Sa blonde est partie
Gagner sa vie dans un cirque aux États-Unis
     
Quand le phoque est tout seul,
Y'r'garde le soleil
Qui descend doucement sur le glacier, 
Y pense aux États en pleurant tout bas
C'est comme ça quand ta blonde t'a lâché
     
Ça vaut pas la peine de laisser ceux qu'on aime 
Pour aller faire tourner des ballons sur son nez 
Ça fait rire les enfants, ça dure jamais longtemps
Ça fait pus rire personne quand les enfants sont grands
     
Quand le phoque s'ennuie
Y'r'garde son poil qui brille
Comme les rues de New-York après la pluie. 
Y'rêve à Chicago, à Marilyn Monroe,
Y'voudrait voir sa blonde faire un show
     
C'est rien qu'une histoire
J'peux pas m'en faire accroire,
Mais des fois, j'ai l'impression qu'c'est moé 
Qui est assis sur la glace
Les deux mains dans la face
Mon amour est partie, pis je m'ennuie
     
Ça vaut pas la peine de laisser ceux qu'on aime 
Pour aller faire tourner des ballons sur son nez 
Ça fait rire les enfants, ça dure jamais longtemps
Ça fait pus rire personne quand les enfants sont grands


Love Potion #9 Medley


[This medley varies widely from show to show, what follows is a
typical incarnation of this famous Fru-medley]

[Love Potion #9 by Tygers Of Pan Tang]

(Mike on lead)
I took my troubles down to Madame Rouge
you know that gypsy with the gold cap tooth
she's got a store front on 34th and Vine
sellin' little bottles of

(rest)
What?

(Mike)
love potion number nine 

I told her that I was a flop with chicks

[Jian often yells out the name of the town
they're in after the previous line]

It been that way til 1996 
she looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
said you need a bottle of

(rest)
What?

(Mike)
love potion number nine 

(Mike, with the rest doing "Ooos")
she turned down, turned around, gave me a wink
said I'm gonna' mix it up right here in the sink
Looked like turpentine smelled like India ink

(All)
I held my breath, closed my eyes
I took a drink

(Mike)
But, I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissing everything in sight
but when I kissed a cop down on 34th and Vine
he broke my little bottle of

(rest)
What?

(Mike)
love potion number nine 

(guitar solo by Dave)

[Ohio]
(Jian)
Ten soldiers, and Nixon's comin'
(All)
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
four dead in Ohio

[Stayin' Alive]
(Dave)
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk 
	
Music loud and women warm, 
I've been kicked around since I was born.

(All)
But, that's alright, it's OK,
you can look the other way.
We can try to understand, the New York Times
effect on man.

Whether you're a brother, or whether you're a mother,
you're Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' it
Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive

Ahh, Ahh, Ahh, Ahh
Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive
Ahh, Ahh, Ahh, Ahh
Stayin' Alive.......

[Dave and Murray do the riff from "Jungle Boogie", near the
end of which, Jian says (in rhythm) "Here we go, Here we go..."]

[Who Will Save Your Soul?]
(Mike in a cracking voice)
Who will save your soul?
(Mike yodels)

[Chumbawumba]
(All)
I get knocked down, but I get up again,
ain't nothin' gonna keep me down.
I get knocked down, but I get up again,
ain't nothin' gonna keep me down.

[Mike's songs here vary from Barbie Girl,
to You Oughtta Know by Alanis, to That Girl
by Maxi Priest ("I'm heartbroken, she's 
outspoken, ..."), to almost anything] 
 
[Love Shack]
(Mike w/ the others joining in near the end of the line)
I got me a car, and it's as big as a whale, and
I'm about to set sail!

(Mike, with the rest doing "Ooos")
she turned down, turned around, gave him a wink
said I'm gonna' mix it up right here in the sink
Looked like turpentine smelled like India ink

(All)
I held my breath, closed my eyes
I took a drink

[Mike's line here follows the melody, but is always
different from show to show. Quite often, he makes
a reference to something that happened in the show,
or a local reference, or a reference to Marcus]

(Mike)
but when I kissed a cop down on 34th and Vine
she broke my little bottle of

(rest)
What?

(Mike)
love............. 
potion 
number 
ni-hee-hi-i-ine!!!!

(big instrumental outro)


Alison


by Elvis Costello
     
(Mike on lead)
Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
And with the way you look, I understand that you are not impressed 
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
Take off your party dress
I'm not going to get too sentimental 
Like those other sticky valentines
'Cause I don't know if you are loving somebody 
I only know it isn't mine
     
Alison
I know this world is killing you
Oh Alison
My aim is true
     
Well, I see you've got a husband now
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying in the wedding cake 
You used to hold him right in your hand
I bet he took all he could take
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking 
When I hear the silly things that you say
I think somebody better put out the big light 
'Cause I can't stand to see you this way
     
Alison
I know this world is killing you
Oh Alison
My aim is true


You Can't Be Too Careful


(as performed on 12/5/98)

(All)
You can't be too careful.
You can't agonize over it.
You can't be too careful.
Make your mind up and go for it.

(Dave)
You say you wanna make some changes,
maybe quit and get an education.
Maybe you'd like Louisiana,
maybe you could manage a plantation.

There's always teaching English in Tokyo,
or maybe you'd be better off here.
Come a little bit closer.

(Dave & Jian)
I wanna put a little word,
put a little word in your ear.

(All)
You can't be too careful.
You can't agonize over it.
You can't be too careful.
Make your mind up and go for it.

(Dave)
Now you wanna go skiing in Aspen,
but you're ashamed of your equipment.
And you're dyin' for a fairy tale romance,
but you've never been good with commitment.

When you feel like Woody Allen for the dialogue,
but you prefer Tarantino's vision.
Holding up the ticket line

(Dave & Jian)
is not the time,
not the time to make this decision.

(All)
You can't be too careful.
You can't agonize over it.
You can't be too careful.
Make your mind up and go for it.

You can't be too careful.
You can't agonize over it.
You can't be too careful.
Make your mind up and go for it.


My Poor Generation


(as performed on 12/5/98)

(Dave on lead)
My poor generation,
we're on for the ride,
an ocean of choices,
pulled out on the tide.

We're handed a beach ball,
(All)
and told to pick a side.

(Dave)
We're drowned in information.

(All)
My poor generation.

(All)
My poor generation
don't know what it means,
the shock of the mountain
compared to magazines.

(All)
Is it timeless and holy,
or just a hill of beans?

(Dave & Mike)
Lost in Union Station.

(All)
My poor generation.

(Dave)
Well, maybe we're just looking in a fun house
mirror and lovin' our reflection.
Maybe corporate raiders got too greedy in the 80's
and bought up all the direction.

(All)
Wooo..ooo..ooo..ooo...ooo.

(Dave)
My poor generation
we're airborn with nothing to land on.
Baffled by bullshit,
grounded with nothin' to stand on.

(All)
Poor little fat cats,

(Dave)
nothing anyone planned on.

(Dave)
Unique in all creation.

(All)
My poor generation.
Woah...My poor generation.
My poor generation.


There Comes a Time


(as performed on 12/5/98)

(Mike)
There was a time when I first saw your face.
And there was a time where/when ?our? minds and hearts to/do race.
And there was a time when I checked my breath just in case.
And there was a time for wearin' leather and lace.

(Mike)
There was a time when love filled, filled up our days.
And there was a time of endless bedroom stays.

(All)
But there comes a time when you must walk away.

(Mike)
There was a time when I thought I knew you well.
There was a time we both would ?bulk?? our shell.
There was a time when we just laughed when you fell.
There was a time when there was no ?matters?? to yell.

(All)
There was a time when darkness entered our days.
And there was a time our habits no longer ???.

(All)
There comes a time when you must walk away.

(All)
Do do do do do.
Do do do do do.
Do do do do do.
Do do do do do.

(Mike)
There was a time we both said we'd try to be friends.
There was a time of painful closures and amends.

(Mike w/ rest singing "Oh oh oh...")
There was a time without ?which?? no longer may ?sends?.

(Mike)
There comes a time when every happy moment ends.

(All)
There was a time our distance was more than OK.
And there was a time when there was nothing more to say.
And there comes a time when you must walk away.
And there comes a time when I must walk away.

(All, w/ Mike singing "Ohhhhh!")
Do do do do do.
Do do do do do.
Do do do do do.
Do do do do do.


Independence Day

(as performed in the spring of 1999)
(Murray on lead) The streamers were red and gold. And all the stores stayed closed. And everybody couldn't wait For the fireworks display. The city had a hot dog stand. Lovers walked hand in hand. And me standing there alone Except for the clowns I suppose. (All) And the people came around on Independence Day And the children let go their balloons and flew away. (Murray) Then the wind swung around to the east And the rain came down in sheets. I saw trees bending to the ground And people running all around. I stuck my hand into my coat Felt the letter that you wrote. I said "This is Independence Day. I wonder how I'll celebrate?" (All) And the people came around on Independence Day And the children let go their balloons and flew away. Red and gold bleed down to black. Once it's gone, it won't come back. And the people came around on Independence Day And the children let go their balloons and flew away. Geneveive, I do believe I can't go on this way Now I know what freedom is on Independence Day.

Half As Much


(as performed on 12/5/98)

(Mike)
Bell tower 
(Jian)
at the station
(Mike)
is ringin' the morning out.
(Jian)
imprisoned by the
(All)
situation.

(Mike)
Would be every bit as sour

(All)
if I miss you half as much.
Miss you half as much.

(Mike w/ rest)
The man at the track
sent all the passengers back
and said the kids running ?out? couldn't come.
(?and said the ?streets? running I wouldn't go.?)

(Jian)
No locomotion just devotion.

(Mike)
I folded the map
into the book on my lap
and wondered if I would feel half as numb 

(All)
if I miss you half as much.
Miss you half as much.

(Mike)
In a year or two
(All)
we'll see this distance and this heartache through.
I never realized
that I would need the joys and secrets of your eyes
that much.

(guitar solo)

(Mike & Murray)
Bells chime
(Jian & Dave)
in the hallway.
(Mike & Murray)
You better believe that I
(Jian & Dave)
be only loving you for
(All)
always.

(Mike & Murray)
'Cause there'll never be a time

(All)
I could love you half as much.
Love you half as much.
Love you half as much.


Downsizing


(as performed on 12/5/98)

(Jian on lead)
Color balloons, an appreciative handshake,
if that counts as severance then don't waste your breath.
We gave our times to a company planning our deaths.
It's a new challenge my family hasn't yet met.

I've sat at this desk and tried to be honest,
22 years with these men on the line.
Record set profits, now how's this a sign of the times? 

(Jian & Mike)
I won't tell my wife, I will work it out,
things will be fine.

(Jian, Mike & Dave)
It's the message we send.
Our relevance pays.

(Jian)
So it's not the end...
of these working man's days.

(Jian)
Make up your mind and make me a statistic. 
Make a production machine ?had it debt?
Cast the man out, too now, making a living regret.

(Jian & Mike)
Some build their fortunes on others who
build what they give.

(Jian, Mike & Dave)
It's the message we send.
Our relevance pays.

(Jian)
So it's not the end...
of these working man's days.

(All)
I picture myself
with all of your freedom to choose.
Do you picture yourself?
with all of your wealth you can use.

(Jian)
Step into my shoes...
bastard.

(Jian)
Don't hold your breath,
but don't hold out your hand.
Hold up your head and be brave to a man.
Some day they'll lose something worse
and then they'll understand.

(Jian & Mike)
For now we just pick up our things
and find work where we can.

(Jian, Mike & Dave)
It's the message we send.
Our relevance pays.

(Jian)
So it's not the end...
of these working man's days.

(Jian, Mike & Dave)
It's the message we send.
Our innocence pays.

(Jian)
It's not the end...
of these working man's days.


This Boy


by the Beatles

That boy took my love away.  
Though he'll regret it someday,  
This boy wants you back again.    

That boy isn't good for you.  
Though he may want you, too,  
This boy wants you back again.  

Oh, and this boy would be happy
Just to love you, but oh my  
That boy won't be happy
'Til he's seen you cry oh

This boy wouldn't mind the pain,  
Would always feel the same,  
'Til this boy gets you back again.   

This boy  
This boy
This boy...


Splatter Splatter

(as performed in the spring of 1999)
(Mike on lead) Kids in their PJs Big bowl of nachos Another perfect day in Rhodedendron Park. The sun was shining Now dads reclining Roll down the blinds to watch a movie in the dark. (Mike & Dave) Some buxom ladies A lambourghini Shadowy motives in a shadowy land. Some idle chatter Splatter splatter Cue soundtrack music from the up-and-coming band. (Mike) (Jian & Dave) This is the best I've ever seen. Ahhhhhh Ahhhh Ahhhhhh I want to see it (All) Again and again and again. (Mike) She's babysitting and doing homework. A sudden phone call from the senior quarterback. She loves attention She craves attention He's on a cell phone calling from the porch out back. (Mike & Dave) She getting cozy The window rattles A few allusions to last summer's episode. Window shatter Splatter splatter What could be more perfect than to see your head explode? (Mike) (Jian and Dave) This is the best This is just a movie I've ever seen She's just a teen (Mike) I want to see it (All) Again and again and again Again and again and again (Guitar solo) (Jian & Dave) Ahhhhh Ahhhhhh Ahhhhh She's just a teen (Mike) I want to see it (All) Again and again and again (Mike) ?Between two monkeys? We once were haunted Perhaps you recognize that haunted human face Maybe these suburbs are just far too antiseptic Kids need some splatter splatter messing up the place. (Mike) (Jian & Dave) This is the best This is just a movie I've ever seen She's just a teen (Mike) I want to see it (All) Again and again and again Again and again and again (Mike) (Jian & Dave) This is the best This is just a movie I've ever seen She's just a teen (Mike) I want to see it (All) Again and again and again Again and again and again

When She Talks

(as performed in the spring of 1999)
(Jian on lead) When she talks I listen. It's something significant because I don't often. Words passed on a bow I remember every note. When she talks When she talks. (Dave & Jian) When she smiles it's lovely. She handles the boys when the drinking gets ugly. (Jian) (rest) I'll never understand Ohhhh ohhhh How she's always in command. Always in command (Jian) When she talks (All) When she talks (Jian) I listen. A man should not be blamed For wanting to make her mine. (All, Jian on lead) But you can't define the girl She's her (Jian) and I would never try. When it's time I know she won't stay with me. How could just one man ever make her happy? (Jian) (rest) My vision of the scene Ohhhh ohhh My lasting memory Lasting memory (All) When she talks When she talks (Jian) I listen.

If Only You Knew (How Much I Think of You)

(as performed in the spring of 1999)
(Mike on lead) The mist on the morning in this strange town, lifted slowly with the sun, refracted the rays in a thousand ways, a new day just begun. And it crowded against my window (sill/pane), still sweet with the morning dew. If only you knew, how much I think of you. Into the van and down the road, along the highway fast. With this band I ride through the countryside, reality sliding past. I spy a humble homestead there, with a garden and a river view. If only you knew, how much I think of you. By a stream of running water, I heard you laugh. I closed my eyes for an hour and a half, and tried to make you appear. I swear in the beauty of the setting sun, you were here. An old troubador on the street last night, plays for a passing change. And a fiddle in g plays a melody, mysterious and strange. He learned on a green distant mountain top, a wedding waltz, so sweet and true. If only you knew, how much I think of you. If only you knew, how much I think of you.

Energy Choices: Some Brighter Ideas (Opening Music)


(All)
Energy,
It's the pulse of life
It's what makes the world
Go Round and Round

Energy,
It's the pulse of life
It's what makes the world
Go Round and Round

(Dave)
Round and round

(Others)
Round and round

(Dave)
Round and round

(All)
Energy!


Poor Napoleon


by Elvis Costello on 'Blood & Chocolate'

(Jian on lead, w/ others joining in on certain lines)
I can't lie on this bed anymore it burns my skin
You can take the truthful things you've said to me
And put them on the head of a pin

Poor Napoleon

You always look so disappointed when I take my stockings off
Don't you know the facts of life, boy
Don't you know what these things cost
She was selling stolen kisses to travelling salesmen and minstrel singers
You put a penny in the slot
She called you her Magic Fingers

(Jian)
Poor Napoleon

(All)
Poor Napoleon

(Dave, w/ others singing "Bop bop bop bop...")
I bet she isn't all that's advertised
I bet that isn't all she fakes
Just like that place where they take your spine
And turn it into soapflakes

(Jian)
Bare wires from the socket to the bed where you embraced that girl
Did you ever think there's far too many people in the world?
One day they'll probably make a movie out of all of this
There won't even have to be a murder just a slow dissolving kiss

(All)
Poor Napoleon


Brown Eyed Girl


by Van Morrison

Hey where did we go, days when the rain came.
Down in the hollow, playin' a new game.
Laughin' and a runnin' , hey hey, skippin' and a jumpin'
in the misty mornin' fog with our hearts a thumpin' at you,
The Brown-Eyed Girl
You're my Brown-Eyed Girl

Now what ever happened, Tuesday is so slow,
Goin' down the old man river, with a transistor radio
standin' in the sunlight laughin'
hidin' behind a rainbow wall
Slippin' and a slidin', all along the waterfall with you,
the Brown-Eyed Girl
You're my Brown-Eyed Girl.

Do you remember when, ah we used to sing

Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
la dee dah

So hard to find my way, now that I'm all on my own
I saw you just the other day, my how you had grown,
Cast my memory back there Lord
Sometimes I'm overcome thinkin' bout,
makin love in the green grass, behind the stadium with you.
the Brown-Eyed Girl
You, my Brown-Eyed Girl.

Do you remember when, ah we used to sing

Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
la dee dah


Something Stupid


Writer: Parks

(Jian on lead)
I know I stand in line, until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance, I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like: "I love you"

I can see it in your eyes, that you despise the same old lies
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you, for me it's true
It never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait until the evening gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right your perfume fills my head, the stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like: "I love you"
("I love you, I love you,...")


Sad Girl

(as performed in the spring of 1998)
Dave - piano
Jian - guitar
Mike - bass
Murray - drums
(Jian on lead) Sad girl, taking every cue from every ad, girl. Hopelessness is easy when it's a fad, girl. And being good is only when you're a bad girl. Sad girl, maybe you've got every reason in this mad world. Sad girl, showing there is nothing you want to be. Rejecting anyone who loves you truly. And holding that expression like it's a duty. Sad girl, what is it that makes you such a beauty? Once in a while, to hold your head high would leave you a sell out. Resigned to ask why, devoted to die, When everything that you've been told, by any person that you hold, when any happiness and love will give you every reason to lie. Sad girl, taking every cure from every ad, girl. Depression is romantic when it's a fad, girl. And being good in only when you're a bad girl. Sad girl, Maybe you've got every reason in this mad world. Sad girl, Maybe you've got every reason in this man's world. Sad girl.

Sleepy Drinker

(as performed in the spring of 1998)
(Mike on lead) I'm a sleepy drinker, yes I am. Home a little early, poured myself a dram. All the cars just rush along, they don't understand. I'm a sleepy drinker, yes I am. I'm a slow provider, yes it's true. Dolling out these seeds and some kernels, too. All the birds just fly away, got better things to do. I'm a sleepy drinker, yes it's true. There's an old sundial, out on the lawn, can't turn it off, can't turn it on. What's to be done? I'm a sleepy lover, yes I am. Got to concentrate on the task at hand. She looks at me and me, I just sigh, baby, I'm your lover man. I'm a sleepy drinker... I'm a sleepy drinker... I'm a sleepy drinker, yes I am.

Energy Choices: Some Brighter Ideas (Closing Music)


(Jian)
there are new and old sources
we can use to get power
they'll generate clean energy
and not be devoured

from capturing the wind
to a hydrogen cell
to harnessing the sun
in all the places we dwell

(Jian and Dave)
we must learn how to live with more alternatives 

(All)
energy
it's the pulse of life
it's what makes the world
go round and round

energy
the single theme of life
that weaves everything
into common ground

energy
it's the pulse of life
it's what makes the world
go round and round

(Dave)
round and round

(Others)
round and round

(Dave)
round and round

(All)
energy


Greatest Man in America (Live)

(from Upfront! Canadians Live From Mountain Stage)

(Mike speaking)
We're very proud and very honoured to be here
on the Moutain Stage.

(Murray speaking)
And the next song we'd like to do, which we
wrote specifically for today, is about a
great American.

(audience laughs)

(Jian speaking)
Why are you laughing?

(Murray speaking)
They exist.

(Murray)
Ditto..

(Jian)
Ditto...

(Dave)
Ditto....

(Mike)
Ditto.....

(All)
Coming from Canada, we love those leaders who personify the US way to be,
There was JFK, and LBJ, and WKRP.
But of these there is not one to rival the greatest genius of them all
He's a megalo with a healthy glow
He's the man called Rush Limbaugh.
(Mike)
He's a dose of P.T. Barnum
(Murray)
With a Mussolini twist.
(All)
There in the limousine, (parked)-(out) on the lawn,
He's a goofy Gengis Khan.

(All)
Not since Jesus Christ has the world seen someone
With such widely syndicated views
Hundreds of years from now they'll celebrate Rush-mas
And Rush-ashana for the Jews.
'Cause he'll pull the plug on femi-nazis, paranoid minorities and gays.
He's a burning bush with a network push,
Sure to start a country-wide blaze.
(Mike)
He taught me to love and praise the 80's 
(Murray)
Savings and Loans almost made it through...yeah.
(All)
Forget Al and Tipper
Let's bring back the Gipper
And Andy Harty too!

(Mike)
I was a troubled soul, consumed by voices advocating 
welfare advocacy and vice
'Till Rush rushed to my sweet rescue
Now I'll never ever hafta think twice.
(rest)
Never ever hafta think twice...

(All)
So we'll sign a check for Limbaugh-ism
Restore the moral fundamental core
We'll cut the debt,
And start a Tet
Offensive on the poor.

It's a blitzkrieg in the making,

(Jian)
Everybody!

(All)
It's distinctly upper-class 

(Mike)
well, not everybody!

(All)
Yes sir I'll get the door
Roll the carpet on the floor
For a man...
For a man...
For a man...
Such a man...

(All)
For a man....
With his head up his

(Murray)
Ditto!

(Jian)
Ditto!

(Mike)
Ditto!

(Dave)
Ditto!

(All)
Ask us the name the name of the King - It's Rush!


Efficiency


(All--Jian leads)
A look at history reveals
Slowly turning wheels
'til we put some steam
Into our energy

Thomas Edison then
said hallelujia amen
and wired us all for electricity

'long came a moving machine
that fed on gasoline
and our travel plans all turned to fancy free 

our cities blazed with light
it was our new birthright
to have more energy consuming gadgetry 

but soon those carefree days
took on a troubling haze
'cause of the energy spending habits we embraced 

our houses leaked their heat
our light bulbs really eat
that electricity that we so often waste 

the way we mobilize
is really quite unwise
it's a costly way to get from A to B 

when we're behind the wheel
in our own automobile
we're on an energy spending spree

(Dave)
time to change
time to lower our demand
before those greenhouse gases
get out of hand

(Mike)
efficiency is comin' in style

(Dave)
switching off will save you a pile

(Mike and Dave)
choosing the light
with a small appetite
to be energy hip
you've got to weatherstrip

efficiency is doing it smart

(Dave)
double the use when you make that juice 

(All)
talkin' 'bout cogeneration
talkin' 'bout cogeneration

(Dave)
your savings will jump
when you use a heat pump

the energy key
is efficiency



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