Unreleased Songs

Was (Not Was) Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Prologue

Poet:
Crowds give me the jitters,
One look at them and -Boom!-
My spirit turn into loose change.
And they'll get you turning cartwheels
If you let them get too close.
No, I'd prefer a quiet cloud in Heaven
To this noisy tenement.
Living on love and friendship...
What else does a poet need?
What you hear in your heart,
The clumsy truths that stumble
Past your teeth half-naked
Are smothered by the ticking of a clock.
It takes years to dress them
In a time-proof suit.
Toys are made for the moment.
What's genuine outlives galaxies.

Clown:
Rust-proof truths, eh?
If I hear another word about prosperity
I'll flip.
There's a crowd waiting-
Who's going to entertain them, you?
They can tell you'd rather
Sit on a tombstone groaning
Than juggle or joke.
Lighten up, my brother.
Listen to that applause!
Go ahead - be a noble fellow
Vent your every fantasy
Squeeze your heart dry-
But take heed:
Nietzsche died a lonely madman,
Jerry Lewis has his own telethon.


2.Somewhere in America There's a Street Named after My Dad

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

At night only crickets
No prowlers, no sirens
No pinky ring hustlers
No angel dust Byrons
No bars on the windows
No sabre-toothed neighbors
Just good simple folk
In a rainbow of flavors

Somewhere in America
There's a street named after my dad
And the home we never had

I'll work for Mr. Fowler
Making fifty cents an hour
And I'll save what I can

So I can get a piece of land
I'll raise some cows and carrots
Get ahead on my own merits
And if I fall I'll take it like a man

Somewhere in America
There's a street named after my dad
And the home we never had

No more bland TV dinners
No ten car collisions
No showbiz beginners
Making global decisions
No daycare Fellinis
No fast food assassins
No billboard bikinis
Just truth and compassion

Somewhere in America
There's a street named after my dad
And the home we never had
The home we never had somewhere in America


3.Everybody Walk The Dinosaur

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Boom boom acka lacka lacka boom
Boom boom acka lacka boom boom

It was a night like this forty million years ago
I lit a cigarette, picked up a monkey skull to go
The sun was spitting fire, the sky was blue as ice
I felt a little tired, so I watched 'Miami Vice'
And walked the dinosaur, I walked the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur

I met you in a cave, you were painting buffalo
I said I'd be your slave, follow wherever you go
That night we split a rattlesnake and danced beneath the stars
You fell asleep, I stayed awake and watched the passing cars
And walked the dinosaur, I walked the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur

One night I dreamed of New York
You and I roasting blue pork in the Statue of Liberty's torch
Elvis landed in a rocket ship
Healed a couple of leapers and disappeared
But where was his beard?

A shadow from the sky much too big to be a bird
A screaming crashing noise louder than I've ever heard
It looked like two big silver trees that somehow learned to soar
Suddenly a summer breeze and a mighty lion's roar
I killed the dinosaur, I killed the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur
Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody kill the dinosaur

Boom boom acka lacka lacka boom
Boom boom acka lacka boom boom


4.Hello Operator (Short Version)

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Every time we had a pay card
I don't know how to use a telephone
I can't talk to my baby
I don't know if I can get along

I said â½Hello operator, I'll be dead on the police
That he won't remember who I amâ

Just a day at the market
I couldn't tell the brother from the beans
I got the meat that were potatoes
The fish were tomatoes and the cash here was my marble

I said â½Hello operator, I'll be dead on the police
That he won't remember who I amâ

Just a day in trap, I'd heard of a lifetime rebel
My intuit police and wants to get the father in dead blow
I said â½Go blow your alma
Won't you let me speak my mind?â

I said in full boom 'Operator, I'm the one who loves you, my
mindâ
Yeah, oh, oh, yeah

Now they're taking me away
They've thrown away my set of keys
I ain't got no telephone
They won't let me speak my peace

I said â½Hello operator, I'll be dead on the police
That he won't remember who I amâ

I said â½Hello operator, I'll be dead on the police
That he won't remember who I amâ


5.Wheel Me Out (Long Version)

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Wheel me out
Wheel me out
Wheel me out
Wheel me out

I'm lonely on thes wheels
I'm really rude to you
I'm the former scientist, now on wheels

Then I was discouraged by you
You were who'd never push the wheels
You did it to him and I'm next

Then I was discouraged by you
Then I was discouraged by you
You did it to him and I'm next
And I'm next, you, you did, you did it

Then I was discouraged by you
I am really into mood today
Then I was discouraged by you
Discouraged by you, you never pushed the wheels

You did it to him
You did it to him
You did it to him
And I'm next
Now I'm next

When I'm next
And I'm next
And I'm next
And I'm next
And I'm next

Wheel me out, wheel me out
Wheel me out, wheel me out
Wheel me out, wheel me out
Wheel me out, wheel me out

Out, out
Out, out
Out, out
Out, out

Wheel me out, wheel me out
Wheel me out, wheel me out
Wheel me out, wheel me out
Wheel me out


6.Go...Now!

Lyricist:Ron Dean Banks, Donald Edward Fagenson, David Jay Weiss

Everybody say go now

We are small but we're all there is
It's you and I, why look to the sky?
We all know how, there ain't no doubt
The time is now, that's all we know about

Put out your hand, get all you can
Freedom all across the land
Put your feet on the floor, walk on out the door
There's air to breathe, who could ask for more?

Say go now
Say go now
Say go now
Say go now
Say go

Life on earth is a carnival ride
On a blue balloon passin' by the moon
What time it is, huh? It's always the time
That's all there is, the rest is in your mind

Say go now
Say go now
Everybody say go now
Say go now

Say go now
Say go now
Say go

Life on earth is a carnival ride
On a blue balloon passin' by the moon
What time it is, huh? It's always the time
That's all there is, the rest is in your mind

Say go now
Say go now
Everybody say go now
Say go now

Say go now
Say go now
Say go

Go now


7.Christmas Time In Motor City

Lyricist:Donald Edward Fagenson, David Jay Weiss

Christmastime in the Motor City
But things ain't really pretty
Yeah, the streets are paved with rusty pennies
Smell of money in the air but you can't earn a dollar anywhere

I'm out of work, it's been a while
So don't ask me to smile
I ain't no scrooge, I like December
But I can't even remember seeing Santa Claus this year

Well, I heard he got a job and he changed his name to Bob
Took shave in the lobby of the Cadillac Hotel
They gave him unemployment but no food stamps

Christmastime in the Motor City
But things ain't really pretty
Yeah, the streets are paved with rusty pennies
Smell of money's in the air

It was not a night to be with birds
Christmas Eve without the tender words
Without a place to call my home

Sharing a square in the park with the pigeons
Combing my hair and feeding them bread
They bobbed their heads and walked right up
Their cup is filled but mine got spilled along the way

At 2 a.m., I'm off the streets, sitting in a donut shop
A sad-eyed girl mops the floor next to my feet
The light in here is far too bright
The radio plays â~Silent Night'

I sit and watch the traffic panic, it sails away
Look at this, it's Christmas Day

Christmastime in the Motor City
But things ain't really pretty
Yeah, the streets are paved with rusty pennies
Smell of money's in the air


8.Oh, Mr. Friction

Lyricist:Donald Edward Fagenson, David Jay Weiss

Drink from bottle when I'm home alone
Spank the kids with a fork
Run the appliances high-speed all day
Switch stations every 5 seconds

We are mostly mute with one another
Sounds of unexpected voices shock us
Talk is rarely squandered, is it a favor or a threat?
Long term plan or just a scam?

What'd you say? Say it over
You know, your hands give you away
Is it evil or selfish or for criminal gain?
If it takes 20 seconds, can you repeat it again?

What's it mean? Straight out with it
Or don't say it at all
I can take it, call me Judas
I'm a bastard, I'll admit it
I'm Mr. Friction
(Oh, Mr. Friction)

I can force you to tell me
Friction accepts no lies
I accept all lies
(I am the main lie)
You can't lie to a lie
(I am the main lie)
You can't lie to a lie

Johnny Yuma was a copper
Johnny Yuma, see what you done now
Now I'm a gangster, can't speaka no ingles
Hopsa hopsa Lorry, quanna quanna quanna may
Lomtali, Iomtalo, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Drink from bottle when I'm home alone
Spank the kids with a fork
Run the appliances high-speed all day
Switch stations every 5 seconds

Don't bring me help
I don't like when you stare
What's wrong?
Water's running everywhere

Hot water even on my lawn
Don't ask what's wrong?
This is intentional
Blang, blang, blang, blang

Who called the cops?
I said, 'I'd be alright'
I gotta get the, the carrots out
I said, 'I'm coming with dynamite'

Drink from bottle when I'm home alone
Spank the kids with a fork


9.It's An Attack!

Lyricist:Donald Edward Fagenson, David Jay Weiss

They're coming out the hills, ah
They're coming out the water
They're pouring off the prairie
It's an attack

They're screaming like banshees
They're coming fully loaded
They're coming for your blood, boy
It's an attack

Fire in the sky tonight
Rumbling from the moon tonight
Restaurants don't serve tonight
Nobody's gonna sleep tonight, yes

It's an attack
I believe it's an attack
It's an attack
I believe it's an attack

They're leaping out of airplanes
Moving fast like locomotives
It's a shock and a nightmare
It's an attack

They're teasing all the young girls
Digging holes in my driveway
Peace and love, that's a joke
It's an attack

Sharpen all your kitchen knives
Get out of the bath right now
Turn on all your TV sets
Money cannot help you now, yeah

It's an attack
And I mean it's an attack
Whoa, whoa, whoa, it's an attack
It's an attack
And I mean it's an attack

It's an attack
It's an attack
It's an attack
...


10.Anything Can Happen

Was (Not Was)
What Up, Dog?
Anything Can Happen
She took me in the bedroom
To show me her computer
She asked me if I liked it
I told her she was cuter
She wasn't that great
But it was getting kind of late

She talked about her father
Said he never really liked her
She said that she'd been married
To a schizophrenic biker
I thought I'd say goodbye
But then I saw her start to cry

We danced by the light of her video screen
She looked me in the eyes and said 'Why me?'

On any given night anything can happen
When the underdog is hungry the favorite might fall
With all of the people yelling and clapping
Anything can happen, anything at all

She drove a baby blue Ferrari
She was all silk and diamonds
Living at the top, no need for social climbing
I asked her for a ride
She said 'Right here by my side'
We went to her place overlooking the bay
She said 'There's just one bed
Would that be okay?'

On any given night anything can happen
When the underdog is hungry the favorite might fall
With all of the people yelling and clapping
Anything can happen, anything at all

Successful romance comes when you leave it up to chance
There's nothing you can do
When the fire burns low and your heart turns cold
It comes to you out of the blue

On any given night anything can happen
When the underdog is hungry the favorite might fall
With all of the people yelling and clapping
Anything can happen, anything at all