What Up, Dog?

Was (Not Was) What Up, Dog? Lyrics
1.Walk the Dinosaur

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

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

I walked a dinosaur, I walked a 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

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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

I walked a dinosaur, I walked a 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, rocket, 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 a dinosaur, I killed a 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

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2.11 Mph (Abe Zapp Ruder Version)

Lee Harvey O. didn't have no daddy
He never caught a break, he never drove a Caddy
Joined the Marines to learn a skill
And that he did, he learned how to kill

At eleven miles an hour
Such a deadly speed
Eleven miles an hour
At the time and place agreed
They pulled their limousine
Down Elm Street slow and clean
Lead fell like a shower
At eleven miles an hour

JFK went down to Dallas
To cool some heels in the oil palace
Unfriendly country, but he was not afraid
He would wave to the people
>From a passing motorcade

At eleven miles an hour
Such a deadly speed
Eleven miles an hour
At the time and place agreed
They pulled their limousine
Down Elm Street slow and clean
Lead fell like a shower
At eleven miles an hour

JFK told Kruschev I'll leave Castro alone
If you take away those missles
They're too damn close to home
The CIA, the Cubans and the underworld bosses
Decided that was it, they had to cut their losses

At eleven miles an hour
Such a deadly speed
Eleven miles an hour
At the time and place agreed
They pulled their limousine
Down Elm Street slow and clean
Lead fell like a shower
At eleven miles an hour

Lee Harvey O. was made to order
A radical nut, a drifter and a boarder
Earl Warren got a version out fast
America was happy, the patsy had been cast

At eleven miles an hour
Such a deadly speed
Eleven miles an hour
At the time and place agreed
They pulled their limousine
Down Elm Street slow and clean
Lead fell like a shower
At eleven miles an hour
Eleven miles an hour


3.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


4.Anytime Lisa

Lyricist:Donald Edward Fagenson, David Jay Weiss

Anytime Lisa was what the guys named her
You could have her tonight
All you had to do was claim her
There was nothing to stop them from taking her out
Night after night they kissed her and tossed her about

You could prove you're a man
They said that anyone can
So everybody took a piece of anytime Lisa
Anytime Lisa

Anytime Lisa just couldn't refuse them
A girl wants love, and guys just abuse them
To be in their arms beats being alone
Still it wasn't like having someone of her own

You could prove you're a man
They said that anyone can
So everybody took a piece of anytime Lisa
Anytime Lisa

Phone rings, it's another voice
Brief flings, but what's her choice
She's by herself and there's no one else

Anytime Lisa, I'm not like the others
Please understand me, I don't want to be a one night lover
There's something inside you that I want to touch
Girl, you just gotta trust me, I want you so much

No need to prove I'm a man
I'm just your number one fan
I want more than just a piece of anytime Lisa
Anytime Lisa

Anytime Lisa
Anytime yeah

Anytime Lisa


5.Boy's Gone Crazy

Johnny's on top of the shopping mall
Pretending like he's gonna fall
Just throwing stones at a neon sign
Saying over and over 'She was mine all mine'

The boy's gone crazy, it's not just a phase
He's one step over the line
The boy's gone crazy, he's seen his better days
She's really gone for good this time

Can't keep his mind on his schoolwork
Won't tell anybody just how bad he's hurt
Keeps popping them quarters in a pinball game
Doing all he can do to forget her name

The boy's gone crazy, it's not just a phase
He's one step over the line
The boy's gone crazy, he's seen his better days
She's really gone for good this time

Well he sees her face in the dark
And he sees it in the moon
With every beat of his heart
He knows his life is ruined

Out on the highway doing ninety-eight
Radio blasting as he's tempting fate
He swears he saw an angel in a black Corvette
She was blowing him kisses through her cigarette

The boy's gone crazy, it's not just a phase
He's one step over the line
The boy's gone crazy, he's seen his better days
She's really gone for good this time


6.Dad I'm in Jail

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Hello dad, I'm in jail
Hello dad, I'm in jail
Hi dad, I'm calling you from jail
Hi dad, happy birthday I'm in jail
Jail jail hi dad

All those years, I'm in jail now
I'm in jail, I'm in jail, I'm in jail, I like it here
It's nice, I like it, hello dad I'm in jail
Hello, hello dad hi, I'm in jail
Say hi to mom from jail

I'm in jail, I'm gonna stay here I like it here
I like it yeah, throw away the key
I'm in jail, hello dad, I'm in jail
Hello dad, hi dad I'm in jail
Jail jail jail jail


7.Earth To Doris

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

At the 'Loveless Motel And Restaurant', out on Highway 33
I met a woman there one night
At the 'Loveless Motel And Restaurant', out on Highway 33
I met a woman there one night
The matchbook says, 'Call For Reservations'

Country ham and biscuits, delicious steaks
She kissed me like she was hungry
So we got a room, playing these tapes of her husband
In the morning, she looked like a horse

No moon just, just diesel trucks
Smoking little cigars, she says, 'Doesn't he sound like Elvis?'
She makes champagne out of 7-Up and cheap wine like a chemist
Next to one of those insect electric chairs

Her skin gleaming blue, everytime a fly died
I read in the funnies, I laughed anyway
'Something's burning somewhere' I said, 'Yes, two, two coffees'
'Yeah, it's us' she says, 'You both want coffee?' the waitress
says

Right Doris?
That's perfect on this cold, dim, fluorescent morning
And a couple of those donuts over there, right Doris?
Earth to Doris, Earth to Doris

Country ham and biscuits, delicious steaks
She kissed me like she was hungry
So we got a room, playing these tapes of her husband
In the morning, she looked like a horse

No moon just, just diesel trucks
Smoking little cigars, she says, 'Doesn't he sound like Elvis?'
She makes champagne out of 7-Up and cheap wine like a chemist
Next to one of those insect electric chairs

Her skin gleaming blue, everytime a fly died
I read in the funnies, I laughed anyway
'Something's burning somewhere' I said, 'Yes, two, two coffees'
'Yeah, it's us' she says, 'You both want coffee?' the waitress
says

Right Doris?
That's perfect on this cold, dim, fluorescent morning
And a couple of those donuts over there, right Doris?
Earth to Doris, Earth to Doris


8.Love Can Be Bad Luck

When two cars crash you just pull them apart
But when lovers come together
They get tangled heart to heart
And nothing and no one can make them come unstuck

Oh, love can be bad luck
Love can be bad luck

When glass breaks you just sweep it away
But when lovers start to shatter
They keep breaking day by day
They pick up the pieces and try not to get cut

Oh, love can be bad luck
Love can be bad luck

Medicine won't cure the pain
It doesn't pay to pin the blame
It still will feel the same
Passion burns like any flame
Disillusion stakes its claim
Those are the rules of the game


9.Out Come The Freaks

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Little Rita and her sister Bette
Met some mook who drove a purple Chevy
He took them for a ride one summer night

Told the girls he was a big producer
Truth be told, he was a cheap seducer
They drove up to the hills to see the lights, yeah right

Two days later they were reading him his rights

Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks y'all
Out come the freaks
Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks, y'all yeah

Tara Venus was a rent-a-stripper
You can feast your eyes but you couldn't grip her
She went nowhere without Jack the Human Knife

He'd slice you silly if you got too friendly
If you value living better treat her gently
Once she does her sexy cha-cha, let her go

She will tempt you, but it's just part of the show

Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks
Out come the freaks y'all yeah
Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks, y'all yeah

Bobby Maggot was a big attorney
Through the courtroom down to hell he journeyed
Bald headed piece of garbage that he was

He'll defend you if your money's honest
Says he'll do his best but that's no promise
Off he goes in his Corvette to get a tan

Oh Lord, I ask You what kind of beast is man?

Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks
Out come the freaks, out come the freaks y'all
Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks
Out come the freaks, oh yeah
Woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks

Woodwork squeaks and out comes Trotsky
Out comes Trotsky, yeah oh
Woodwork squeaks and out comes Coltrane
Coltrane, Coltrane, out comes Coltrane

Woodwork squeaks and out comes Che Guevara
Che Guevara, Che Guevara, oh
Woodwork squeaks and out comes the Powell
Buddy Powell, Buddy Powell, yeah
Out come the freaks


10.Robot Girl

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Robot girl, robot girl
Robot girl, robot girl
Robot girl, robot girl
Robot girl, robot girl

TV screen faces aren't pretty it's true
But she will do anything I tell her to
Her conversation's not what you'd call clever
But she can't contradict me, oh no never

Robot girl, robot girl
Move your arms a few degrees north
Robot girl, robot girl
Now gently back and forth

Robot girl, robot girl
You know just where to scratch
Robot girl, robot girl
We're such a perfect match

I'm in a whirl, you're my robot girl
I'm in a whirl, you're my robot girl

Programmed for love, she can be quite tender
See how I'm kind, nothing offends her
She vacuums the carpet and doesn't complain
She'll walk the dog in the pouring rain

Robot girl, robot girl
Move your arms a few degrees north
Robot girl, robot girl
Now gently back and forth

Robot girl, robot girl
You know just where to scratch
Robot girl, robot girl
We're such a perfect match

You are my world, you're my robot girl
You are my world, you're my robot girl

Don't have to worry about diamonds and furs
There's no confusion about what's mine and what's hers
When she fixes her limbs on my backside I just shudder
She goes through my blood like a hot knife through butter

Robot girl, robot girl
Move your arms a few degrees north
Robot girl, robot girl
Now gently back and forth

Robot girl, robot girl
Oh, you know just where to scratch
Robot girl, robot girl
We're such a perfect match

You are my world, you're my robot girl
I'm in a whirl, you're my robot girl
You are my world, you're my robot girl
I'm in a whirl, you're my robot girl


11.Shadow And Jimmy

Lyricist:Elvis Costello, David Was

Shadow and Jimmy
Were always yesterday's news
Jimmy's a bowler
Shadow rents out his green bowling shoes

Late Friday night
When the bars are all shuttered and dark
He shadows back Jimmy
To the lot in the lost trailer park

For Shadow and Jimmy
Every weekend, end up the same
If it's Saturday night
Then it must be the hockey game

After cold beer and barbecued ribs
The night is complete
With wrestling stories and elegant bones
That are tired of walking and on their way home

And they talk about the women
And they look at the girls
They'll never know
The ways of the world

They've got a mouthful of much obliged
And a handful of gimme
And the love for each other
Oh, Shadow and Jimmy

For Shadow and Jimmy
Now the story is told
There's nothing to hold on to
And no one to hold

For men without women
Are like fish without water to swim in
With their eyes bugging out, they flop on the beach
And look up at the girls who are just out of reach

And they talk about the women
And they look at the girls
They'll never know
The ways of the world

They've got a mouthful of much obliged
And a handful of gimme
And the love for each other
Oh, Shadow and Jimmy


12.Somewhere In America There's A Street Named After

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


13.Spy in the House of Love

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Oh yeah
A spy in the house of love
Spy in the house of love
I don't know what I'm gonna do to see, yeah
Spy in the house of love

The air was filled with suspicion
She poured us two martinis and tried to guess my mission
I pretended to know nothing it's best to use discretion
But she turned her floodlight eyes on me and demanded a
confession

I told her I am a spy in the house of love
Gathering clues to be used in the war of the affections
I am a spy in the house of love
I won't be refused I'm waiting for your heart's defection

Spy
I know yeah
In the house of love
Look at him

I saw, yes I did, everything that pleased her
I recorded every movement and plotted how to seize her
I used a tiny camera, I thought I'd Japanese her
I made a voodoo doll of her and sat around and squeezed her

I told her I am a spy in the house of love
Gathering clues to be used in the war of the affections
I am a spy in the house of love
I won't be refused I'm waiting for your heart's defection

I'll read your mail, I'll tap your phone
I'm on your trail you're never alone
One day you'll slip up and leave a lip print on a coffee cup
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

I'm a spy
But I just can't help myself
Spy in the house of love
Spy in the house of love

I used a tiny camera, I thought I'd Japanese her
I made a voodoo doll of her and sat around and squeezed her

I told her I am a spy in the house of love
Gathering clues to be used in the war of the affections
I am a spy in the house of love
I won't be refused I'm waiting for your heart's defection

I am a spy in the house of love
Gathering clues to be used in the war of the affections
I am a spy in the house of love
I won't be refused I'm waiting for your heart's defection

I am a spy in the house of love
Gathering clues to be used in the war of the affections
I am a spy in the house of love
Used a little tiny camera I thought I'd Japanese her
I am a spy in the house of love


14.Wedding Vows In Vegas

Lyricist:David Was, Don Was

Plastic flowers in her hair
Don't they make a lovely pair
Met last night at the slot machines
All night preacher does the ceremony
Him in leather, her in jeans
His wife throws Minute Rice, her tears are phony

But wedding vows in Vegas
You've got to be courageous
To play the odds that love will win
Aren't meant to last for ages
Whatever city you're in

A Polaroid's an extra twenty
Shoot the works man, we've got plenty
Thanks a heap and come again
Witness is another ten
Buffet dinner, nothing but the best
And check into some strip love nest

But wedding vows in Vegas
You've got to be courageous
Aren't meant to last for ages
To play the odds that love will win
Whatever city you're in

Ice cold Chablis, cable TV
How can this be?
Baby, then it's you and me
Continental breakfast free, it's you
And check into some strip love nest
Buffet dinner, nothing but the best

But wedding vows in Vegas
Aren't meant to last for ages
To play the odds that love will win
You've got to be courageous
Whatever city you're in


15.What Up, Dog?

Lyricist:Sweetpea Atkinson, Harry Bowena, David Was, Don Was

What up, dog? What up, dog? What up, dog?

Monkey in the middle of a metal detector
Hat of the cousin of the tax collector
Automatic sensors in the President's skull
Do you have yesterday's time?

What up, dog? What up, dog?
What up, dog? What up, dog?
What up, dog? What up, dog?
What up, dog? What up, dog?

What up, dog? What up, dog?
What up, dog? What up, dog?
What up, dog?

Yeah, you see I just got this new pit bull terrier
The thing's better than a credit card
Went to the gas station the other day
Got a couple gallons of gas, some oil, spark plugs, six-pack

The man says, 'That'll be 15.41'
I, I say, 'Well, god, goddamn, I forgot my wallet
But I did bring my credit card'

What up, dog?


16.I Can't Turn You Loose

Lyricist:Otis Redding

I can't turn you loose
If I do I'm gonna lose my mind
I can't ever turn you loose, now
If I do I'm gonna lose my mind

Well, I can't turn you loose to nobody
'Cause I love you, baby, yes, I do
Ooh baby, hip-shakin' woman, I told you
I'm in love with only you

Do it baby, why don't you
I'm gonna give you everything that you want
Got to, got to now, got to keep her holdin' on
Never gonna turn you loose
Got to keep a grip on you baby, yeah

I can't turn you loose
I'm in love with the prettiest thing
I can't seem to turn you loose now
I'm not going to love anything

Well, I can't turn you loose to nobody
'Cause I love you, baby, yes, I do
Hip-shakin' mama, I told you
I'm in love with only you

Do anything, why don't you?
I'm gonna give you everything that you want
Got to, got to now, got to keep her holdin' on
Never gonna turn you loose
Got to keep a grip on you baby, yeah, yeah, yeah

Got to keep her holdin' on
Got to keep a grip on you, baby
Got to keep her holdin' on
Early in the morning, late in the evening

We'll keep on doing it all night
'Cause if it's alright, it's alright
Got to, got to, I've got to, I've got to
I've got to, got to hold on, hold on, hold on

Got to keep her holdin' on
Never gonna turn you loose
Got to keep a grip on you, baby
Got to keep her holdin' on

Got to, got, got, got, got