Party Mix Mesopotamia

B-52s Party Mix Mesopotamia Lyrics
1.52 Girls

Effie, madge and mabel and biddie
See them on the beach
Or in new york city
Tina, louise and hazel and mavis
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Can you name, name, name, name them today

Wanda and janet and ronnie and reba-o-o-o
These are the girls of the usa
The principal girls of the usa
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Can you name, name, name, name them today

O-o-o kate, kate and cindy and crystal and candy
Mercedes and joan, betty and brenda
Suzie and anita and phoebe and jack jackie-o
These are the girls of the usa
The principal girls of the usa

Can you name, name, name, name them today
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Can you name, name, name, name.


2.Cake

Take a little, take a little nip,
Take a little sip, take a little more.
Spread icing nice and thick between the layers.
Ooh let it drip down the sides. who cares.
Done with the batter.

I am watching it drip down the sides
(if you want a better batter better beat it harder.)
I am watching it drip down the sides
I said according to my recipe, you put it on a slow bake
According to my recipe, you put it on a slow bake.

I am watching it drip down the sides
(if you want a better batter better beat it harder.)
I am watching it drip down the sides
I said according to my recipe, you put it on a slow bake
(takes a long time for it to rise)
According to my recipe, you put it on a slow bake.
(let it drip right down the sides)
According to my recipe
(who cares)
I can't wait to put the icing on the cake.
I-i can't wait to put the icing on the cake.
Caaaake.

Hey, you know what i'd really like to do?
Say wha'?
I feel like makin' a cake
Ooh wah what kind of cake do you want?
Umm, how about ... pineapple upside-down cake?
Maybe a chocolate devil's food cake.
Wah, nothin' like a chocolate devil's food cake.
Ooh, how about an angel cake?
Umm, some cinnamon?
Yea, sure.
Sugar?
Yea, uh huh. i swear.
You got a pan the right size?
A pan?
It says in this cookbook it takes a long time to rise.
I read that. now, beware.
Let's get this thing in the oven.

Take a little, take a little nip,
Take a little sip, take a little more.
Spread icing nice and thick between the layers.
Ooh let it drip down the sides. who cares.
Done with the batter.

I am watching it drip down the sides
(if you want a better batter better beat it harder.)
I am watching it drip down the sides
I said according to my recipe, you put it on a slow bake
According to my recipe, you put it on a slow bake.

Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah ...
I can't wait to put the icing on the cake.
Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah ...
250 strokes to beat it, i just can't wait to eat it.


3.Dance This Mess Around

Remember when you held my hand
Remember when you were my man
Walk talk in the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over, think it over
Roll it over in your mind
Why don't you dance with me
I'm not no limburger
Just a limburger

Dance this mess around
Dance this mess around, 'round, 'round

Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do the shu-ga-loo
Do the shy tuna
Do the camel walk
Do the hip-o-crit

Ah-hippy hippy forward hippy hippy
Hippy shake, hippy shake

Oh-it's time to do 'em right
Hey now, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
Huh?
I say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better

What you say?
I'm just askin'

Shake-bake-shake-bake

Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do all 16 dances
Do the coo-ca-choo
Do the aqua-velva
Do the dirty dog
Do the escalator

Ah-hippy hippy forward hippy hippy
Hippy shake, hippy shake

It's time to do 'em right
Hey! fred, now don't that make you feel a whole lot better now?
Huh?

Say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?

What you say?
I'm just askin'

Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Stop!
Dance on over
Yeah, yeah

Dance, dance, dance this mess around
Dance this mess around

Shake, shake-a-bake shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Dance this mess around
Yeah, yeah, yeah........


4.Deep Sleep

Walking backwards into the sea
Bodies, angels, like musical peaks
Dreamed up by you and me in our sleep
You come walking over pillows and sheets

Walking backwards into the night
Caught tight in the sheets
Our dreams entangled twisted by our heat
You come walking over pillows and sheets
It's the coldest part of the night


5.Give Me Back My Man

She cuts her hair
And calls his name.
Wishin' everything could be the same,
Like when she had him.

I'll give you fish,
I'll give you candy,
I'll give you everthing i have in my hand.

Walking out of korvettes,
Package in her hand.
Motions to all the seabirds,
Throws divinity on the sand.

I'll give you fish,
I'll give you candy,
I'll give you everthing i have in my hand.

Give me, give back my man.
Give me, give back my man.

Her head's in a whirlpool,
Spinnin' round and round.
If she don't get her man back
She's gonna drown.

I'll give you fish,
I'll give you candy,
I'll give you everything i have in my hand.

Give her, give back her man,
Give her, give back her man. (repeat)


6.Lava

My body's burnin' like a lava from a mauna loa
My heart's crackin' like a krakatoa
Krakatoa, east of java, molten bodies, fiery lava

Fire, fire, burnin' bright
Turn on your love lava
Turn on your lava light
Fire, oh volcano, over you
Don't let your lava love turn to stone
Keep it burnin'
Keep it burnin' here at home

Oooo hot lava
Oooo hot lava

My love may be as high as the highest volcano
But the altitude is way too high
Well it gets so cold when you look at me that way---yeah
I just wanna have that hot lava
Lovin' me away

My love's mountin'
My love's eruptin' like a red hot volcano
Fire, oh volcano, over you
I gotta lotta lava love locked up inside me

My love's a lava bomb
Knock you in the head
Knock you in the head
Kick you in the lava bed
Over you, hot lava
Don't let your lava love turn to stone
Keep in burnin'
Keep it burnin' here at home

Oooo it's so hot
It's burnin' up in here
Oooo look out, it's about to erupt
Oooo my body's burnin' like a lava from a mauna loa
My heart's crackin' like a krakatoa

Hot fire, red-hot fire
Lava, ohh, hot lava
Hot lava, red-hot lava
Hot lava, re-e-ed, hot lava
Oh hot lava

I'm gonna let it go
Let it flow like pompeii or herculaneum
Let it sizzle, let it rise
Don't let your lava love flow turn to stone
Keep it burnin'
Keep it burnin' here at home

I'm gonna jump in a crater
See ya later
Oooo hot lava
Oooo hot lava
Hot lava
Red hot lava
Hot lava
Red hot lava
Yeah


7.Loveland

Loveland, loveland
I got a searchlight, i got a lovelight
Loveland
Beauteous isles of loveland
Hey, hey i got it
I'm talkin' about love, whoa
Love, love power is the power of the hour, ho
Love, love power is the power of the hour, ho no hoa
I will show you all the shortcuts to loveland

The lovelake can get rough
Hey, hey i got it
I'm talkin' about love
Love, love power is the power of the hour, ho
Love, love power is the power of the hour, ho no hoa
Give me, give me your hand
And we'll steer a course to loveland

The lovelake can get rough
Air get tense, waves get choppy
Embraces cold and kisses sloppy
Oh baby i got it, and you got it, love
I'm gonna take you to a place where;
But tonight we'll make (wooo)
Loveland, loveland, loveland we got it,
We got it, you wait, i'll open the gate


8.Mesopotamia

Turn your watch, turn your watch back,
About a hundred thousand years.
A hundred thousand years.

I'll meet you by the third pyramid
I'll meet you by the third pyramid
Ah come on, that's what i want, we'll meet
In mesopotamia. oh oh oh

(we're goin' down to meet) i ain't no student,
(feel those vibrations) of ancient culture
(i know a neat excavation) before i talk
I should read a book.
But there's one thing i do know,
There's a lot of ruins in mesopotamia.

Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa

I'll meet you by the third pyramid
I'll meet you by the third pyramid
Ah come on, that's what i want, we'll meet
In mesopotamia. oh oh oh

(we're goin' down to meet) now i ain't no student,
(feel those vibrations) of ancient culture
(i know a neat excavation) before i talk
I should read a book. (mesopotamia, that's where i wanna go)
But there's one thing that i do know, (mesopotamia, that's where
i wanna go)
There's a lot of ruins in mesopotamia.

Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
Six or eight thousand years ago
They laid down the law. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
In mesopotamia. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
They laid down the law. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa
In mesopotamia. ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haa


9.Nip It In The Bud

Oh wo oh nip it in the bud
No wo oh nip it in the bud
Oh wo oh i say 'froze you'
No wo oh nothin' i can do
Can't, oh oh, can't give it in ho oh oh woooah
Wo oh oh nip it in the bud
Wo oh oh nip it in the bud
You lock me out, you lock me out, huh
Lock me out, ah, lock me out
Nip it in the bud, i don't know
Give it a shove, hey hey
Head 'em up, head 'em up
Move 'em out, move 'em out, hooah
I'm no fool!
Ain't got no place to go
I don't know, i don't care
If you just go on and get me there
Oh, i don't want to ruffle your feathers
I don't care if you don't go
I'll just go do and beware ho oh ho oh

Nip it in the bud wo oh oh
Give it a shove
Hey you gotta head 'em up, move 'em out hooah
Ahhhh, come take me away
Say, come take me away
Nip it in the bud...


10.Party Out Of Bounds

Supriiiiiize! paaaaaarty!
Yeah, we just thought we'd drop in!
Where's your icebox?
Where's the punch?
Ew, house-a-tosis!

Who's to blame when parties really get out of hand?
Who's to blame when they get poorly planned?
Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoooo-ooooooooo.

Crashers get bombed, slobs make a mess.
Ya know sometimes they'll even ruin your wife's dress.
Crashers getttin' bombed. (who's to blame?)
Can you pull it back in line?
Can you salvage it in time?

What can you do to save a party?
Parcheesi? charades? a spur-of-the-moment
Scavenger hunt, or queen of the nile? (wooooooooooh!)
Who turned out the lights! (wooooooooooh!)

Bombed, crashers gettin' bombed
Crashers gettin' bombed, bombed, bombed, bombed, well who's to
blame?

Who's to blame when situations degenerate?
Disgusting things you'd never anticipate?
Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoooo-ooooooooo.

People get sick, they play the wrong games.
Ya know, it can ruin your name!
Crashers gettin' bombed. (who's to blame?)
Can you pull it back in line?
Can you salvage it in time?

Woooooooooooh!
It shouldn't be difficult!
Try not to condemn!
O.k. who ordered pizza?
I'll be tactful when making the rounds
Be tactful when making the rounds
And maybeee you can save a parteeee.

Party gone out of bounds!
Gone out of bounds!
Party gone out of bounds!
Gone out of bounds!


11.Private Idaho

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
You're living in your own private idaho
Living in your own private idaho
Underground like a wild potato.
Don't go on the patio.
Beware of the pool,
Blue bottomless pool.
It leads you straight
Right throught the gate
That opens on the pool.

You're living in your own private idaho.
You're living in your own private idaho.

Keep off the path, beware the gate,
Watch out for signs that say 'hidden driveways'.
Don't let the chlorine in your eyes
Blind you to the awful surprise
That's waitin' for you at
The bottom of the bottomless blue blue blue pool.

You're livin in your own private idaho. idaho.
You're out of control, the rivers that roll,
You fell into the water and down to idaho.
Get out of that state,
Get out of that state you're in.
You better beware.

You're living in your own private idaho.
You're living in your own private idaho.

Keep off the patio,
Keep off the path.
The lawn may be green
But you better not be seen
Walkin' through the gate that leads you down,
Down to a pool fraught with danger
Is a pool full of strangers.

You're living in your own private idaho,
Where do i go from here to a better state than this.
Well, don't be blind to the big surprise
Swimming round and round like the deadly hand
Of a radium clock, at the bottom, of the pool.

I-i-i-daho
I-i-i-daho
Woah oh oh woah oh oh woah oh oh
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Get out of that state
Get out of that state
You're living in your own private idaho,
Livin in your own private.... idaho


12.Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can

Here it comes again, drivin' me nuts
Can't control my feet or stop shakin' my butt
The neighbours are complaining, it's getting out of hand
Throw that beat in the garbage can
Toss that beat, beat, beat, beat
Toss that beat, beat, beat, beat
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop
It's drivin' me crazy ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Stop that beat, it makes me apprehensive
Sweat ruins my clothes, they are very expensive

The neighbours are complaining, it's getting out of hand
Throw that beat in the garbage can
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop
It's drivin' me crazy ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Toss that beat, beat, beat, beat (repeat)