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Well, I hope that I dont fall in love with you Cause falling in love just makes me blue Well, the music plays and you display your heart for me to see I had a beer and now I hear you callin out for me And I hope that I dont fall in love with you Well, the room is crowded—people everywhere And I wonder, should I offer y...
They hung a sign up in our town If you live it up, you wont live it down So she left Monte Rio, son Just like a bullet leaves a gun With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind Said, Dont look back, just come on, Jim Oh, you got to hold on, hold...
Well I remember it as though it were a meal ago Said Tommy the Cat as he reeled back to clear whatever foreign matter may have nestled its way into his mighty throat Many a fat alley rat had met its demise while staring point blank down the cavernous barrel of this awesome prowling machine Truly a wonder of nature this...
Whats he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? He has subscriptions to those magazines He never waves when he goes by Hes hiding something from the rest of us Hes all to himself, I think I know why He took down the tire swing from the pepper tree He has no children of his own, you see He has no dog,...
I had a good home but I left I had a good home but I left, right, left That big fucking bomb made me deaf, deaf A Humvee mechanic put his Kevlar on wrong I guarantee you’ll meet up with a suicide bomb And Hell broke luce Hell broke luce Big fucking ditches in the middle of the road You pay a hundred dollars just for fi...
Operator, number please, its been so many years Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears? Hello, hello there, is this Martha? This is old Tom Frost And I am calling long distance, dont worry about the cost Cause its been forty years or more, now Martha please recall Meet me out for coffee where well talk ...
Hey Charlie, Im pregnant and living on 9th Street Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue And I stopped takin dope, and I quit drinkin whiskey And my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track He says that he loves me even though its not his baby He says that hell raise him up like he would his own s...
Edna Milton in a drop-dead suit Dutch Pink on a downtown train Two-dollar pistol but the gun wont shoot Im in the corner on the pouring rain Sixteen men on a deadmans chest And Ive been drinking from a broken cup Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest Im full of bourbon, I cant stand up Hey little bird, fly away home You...
Well, my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly out to my ol fifty-five As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy God knows I was feeling alive Now the suns coming up Im riding with Lady Luck Freeway cars and trucks Stars beginning to fade And I lead the parade Just a-wishing Id stayed a little longer Oh Lord, let ...
Outside another yellow moon Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes I climb through the window and down to the street Im shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little worlds You wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing t...
1-2-3-4 When Im lying in my bed at night I dont want to grow up Nothing ever seems to turn out right I dont want to grow up How do you move in a world of fog thats Always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the price that you pay I dont want to grow up I dont ever want to be that way I dont w...
Well Im going out west Where the wind blows tall Because Tony Franciosa Used to date my ma They got some money out there Theyre giving it away Im gonna do what I want And Im gonna get paid Do what I want And Im gonna get paid Little brown sausages Lying in the sand I aint no extra baby Im a leading man Well, my parole ...
Sane, sane, theyre all insane The firemans blind, the conductors lame A Cincinnati jacket and a sad luck dame Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Clap hands Said roar, roar the thunder and the roar Son of a bitch is never comin back here no more Moon in the window and a bi...
Well you play that tarantella, all the hounds will start to roar The boys all go to hell and then the Cubans hit the floor They drive along the pipeline, they tango till theyre sore They take apart their nightmares and they leave em by the door Let me fall out of the window with confetti in my hair Deal out Jacks or be...
Liar, liar with your pants on fire White spades hangin on the telephone wire Gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line Youll never recognize yourself on Heartattack and Vine Doctor, lawyer, beggarman, thief Philly Joe remarkable looks on in disbelief If you want a taste of madness, youll have to wait in line Youll prob...
We sail tonight for Singapore We’re all as mad as hatters here I’ve fallen for a tawny moor Took off to the Land of Nod Drank with all the Chinamen Walked the sewers of Paris I danced along a colored wind Dangled from a rope of sand You must say goodbye to me We sail tonight for Singapore Don’t fall asleep while you’re...
The smart moneys on Harlow And the moon is in the street And the shadow boys Are breakin all the laws Oh and its east of East St. Louis And the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds Like a round of applause And Napoleon is weeping In a carnival saloon His invisible fiancée Is in the mirror And the band is goin ho...
Dont go to church on Sunday Dont get on my knees to pray Dont memorize the books of the Bible I got my own special way But I know Jesus loves me Maybe just a little bit more I fall on down on my knees every Sunday At Zerelda Lees candy store Well its got to be a chocolate Jesus Make me feel good inside Got to be a choc...
Got no time for the corner boys Down in the street makin all that noise Dont want no whores on 8th Avenue Cause tonight Im gonna be with you Cause tonight Im gonna take that ride Across the river to the Jersey side Take my baby to the carnival And Ill take you on all the rides Down the shore everythings all right You w...
When you walk through the garden You gotta watch your back Well I beg your pardon Walk the straight and narrow track If you walk with Jesus Hes gonna save your soul You got to keep the devil Way down in the hole Hes got the fire and the fury At his command Well, you dont have to worry If you hold on to Jesus hand Well ...
Inside a broken clock Splashing the wine With all the rain dogs Taxi, wed rather walk Huddle a doorway with the rain dogs For I am a rain dog too Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night For it was all ripe for dreaming Oh, how we danced away all of the lights Weve always been out of our minds The rum pours strong ...
I got no time for the corner boys Down in the street making all that noise Or the girls down on the avenue Cause tonight I wanna be with you Tonight Im gonna take that ride Across the river to the Jersey side Take my baby to the carnival And Ill take her on all the rides Cause down the shore everythings all right You a...
When Im lyin in my bed at night I dont wanna grow up Nothin ever seems to turn out right I dont wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog Thats always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the price that you pay I dont wanna grow up I dont ever wanna be that way I dont wanna grow up Seems...
Phones off the hook, no one knows where we are Its a long time since I drank champagne The ocean is blue as blue as your eyes Im gonna take it with me when I go Old long since gone, now way back when We lived in Coney Island There aint no good thing ever dies Im gonna take it with me when I go Far far away a train whis...
Well, the moon is broken and the sky is cracked Come on up to the house The only things that you can see is all that you lack Come on up to the house All your cryin dont do no good Come on up to the house Come down off the cross, we can use the wood You gotta come on up to the house Come on up to the house Come on up t...
She sends me blue valentines all the way from Philadelphia To mark the anniversary of someone that I used to be And it feels like a warrant is out for my arrest Baby, you got me checkin in my rearview mirror Thats why Im always on the run Its why I changed my name And I didnt think youd ever find me here To send me blu...
I fell into the ocean when you became my wife I risked it all against the sea to have a better life Marie, you are the wild blue sky, men do foolish things You turn kings into beggars and beggars into kings Pretend that you owe me nothing And all the world is green We can bring back the old days again When all the worl...
Its dreamy weather were on You wave your crooked wand Along an icy pond With a frozen moon A murder of silhouette crows I saw And the tears on my face And the skates on the pond They spell Alice Ill disappear in your name But you must wait for me Somewhere across the sea Theres the wreck of a ship Your hair is like mea...
Well I learned the trade from Piggy Knowles Sing Sing Tommy Shay Boys God used me as a hammer, boys To beat his weary drum today Hoist that rag Hoist that rag Hoist that rag The sun is up the world is flat Damn good address for a rat The smell of blood the drone of flies You know what to do if the baby cries Hoist that...
Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head And a modified Brougham DeVille And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings And a mad dog that wouldnt sit still He went and took up with a Salvation Army band girl Who played dirty water from a swordfishtrombone He went to sleep at the bottom of Tenki...
Well its 9th and Hennepin And all the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes And the moons teeth marks are on the sky Like a tarp thrown all over this And the broken umbrellas like dead birds And the steam comes out of the grill Like the whole goddamned town is ready to blow And the bricks are all scarred with j...
I plugged sixteen shells from a thirty-ought-six And the black crow snuck through a hole in the sky So I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule Oh, and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba I leaned it up against a dandelion tree Leaned it up against a dandelion tree Leaned it up against a dandelion tree Im gon...
Falling James in the Tahoe mud Stick around to tell us all the tale Well, he fell in love with a Gun Street girl And now hes dancing in the Birmingham jail Dancing in the Birmingham jail Took a 100 dollars off a Slaughterhouse Joe Bought a brand new Michigan 20 gauge Got all liquored up on that roadhouse corn Blew a ho...
Wasted and wounded, it aint what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you? To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda Youll go a waltzing Matilda with me Im an innocent victim of a blinded alley And tired of all these soldiers here No one speaks English and e...
Oodles and oodles of Os, you know You get em from my sister You get em from my bro All I is is man, and once an embryo Am I solid gold? I dont cast a glow Yes, I guess its reflex some have no control Id rather let a laughter and tally, off I go Canoeing up the river or out into the O You just know me not so not play th...
Well Eddie Graces Buick got four bullet holes in the side And Charlie DeLisle is sittin at the top of an avocado tree Mrs. Storm will stab you with a steak knife, if you step on her lawn I got a half a pack of Lucky Strikes, man, so come along with me Lets fill our pockets with macadamia nuts And go over to Bobby Goodm...
Well the smart moneys on Harlow And the moon is in the street The shadow boys are breaking all the laws And youre east of East St. Louis And the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds like a round of applause Napoleon is weeping in the Carnival saloon His invisible fiance is in the mirror And the band is going hom...
I like my town with a little drop of poison Nobody knows theyre lining up to go insane Im all alone, I smoked my friends down to the filter But I feel much cleaner after it rains And she left in the fall, thats her picture on the wall She always had that little drop of poison Did the devil make the world while god was ...
Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon Independent as a hog on ice Hes a big shot down there at the slaughterhouse He plays accordion for Mr. Weiss Uncle Biltmore and Uncle William Made a million during World War II But theyre tightwads and theyre cheapskates And theyll never give a dime to you Auntie Mame has gone insane She live...
Theres a place for us Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us Somewhere Theres a time for us Someday a time for us Time together with time to spare Time to learn, time to care Someday, somewhere Well find a new way of living Well find a way of forgiving Somewhere Theres a place for us A time a...
The sun come up, it was blue and gold The sun come up, it was blue and gold The sun come up, it was blue and gold Ever since I put your picture in a frame I come calling in my Sunday best I come calling in my Sunday best I come calling in my Sunday best Ever since I put your picture in a frame Im gonna love you Till th...
Well you gassed her up, behind the wheel With your arm on your sweet one in your Oldsmobile Barrelin down the boulevard Looking for the heart of Saturday night And you got paid on Friday, your pockets are jingling Then you see the lights and you get all tingling Cause youre cruising with a six Youre looking for the hea...
Id sell your heart to the junkman, baby For a buck, for a buck If youre looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch Youre out of luck, youre out of luck Ship is sinking The ship is sinking The ship is sinking Theres a leak, theres a leak in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who are the ones that we ke...
My head is a-spinnin round My heart is in my shoes I went and set the Thames on fire Now I must come back down Shes laughing in her sleeve, boys I can feel it in my bones But anywhere, anywhere Im gonna lay my head I will call my home Well I see that the world is upside-down Seems that my pockets were filled up with go...
Davenports and kettle drums And swallowtail coats Tablecloths and patent leather shoes Bathing suits and bowling balls And clarinets and rings And all this radio really needs is a fuse A tinker, a tailor, a soldiers things His rifle, his boots full of rocks And this one is for bravery and this one is for me And everyth...
Well Im clicking by your house about 2:45 With sidewalk sundae strawberry surprise I got a cherry popsicle right on time A big stick, momma, that will blow your mind Cause Im an ice cream man Im a one-man band, yeah Im an ice cream man, baby Honey, Ill be good to you If you missed me in the alley, baby, dont you fret C...
Rudys on the midway and Jacobs in the hole The monkeys on the ladder, the devil shovels coal With crows as big as airplanes, the lion has three heads And someone will eat the skin that he sheds Well, the earth died screaming While I lay dreaming Well, the earth died screaming While I lay dreaming Dreaming of you Well, ...
Well, I stumbled in the darkness Im lost and alone Though I said Id go before us And show the way back home Is there a light up ahead? I cant hold on very long Forgive me, pretty baby But I always take the long way home Moneys just something you throw Off the back of a train Got a head full of lightning A hat full of r...
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Rattle big black bones in the danger zone Theres a rumblin groan down below Theres a big dark town, its a place Ive found Theres a world going on underground Theyre alive, theyre awake While the rest of the world is asleep Below the mineshaft roads, it will all unfold Theres a world going on underground All the roots h...
Cuttin through the cane break, rattling the sill Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill Big light on the back street hill to Evermore Packin down the ladder with the hammer to the floor Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big Black Mariah Here comes the Big ...
Lay your head where my heart used to be Hold the earth above me Lay down in the green grass Remember when you loved me Come closer, dont be shy Stand beneath a rainy sky The moon is over the rise Think of me as a train goes by Clear the thistles and brambles Whistle Didnt He Ramble Now theres a bubble of me And its flo...
The piano has been drinking My neck tie is asleep And the combo went back to New York The jukebox has to take a leak And the carpet needs a haircut And the spotlight looks like a prison break Cause the telephone is out of cigarettes And the balcony is on the make And the piano has been drinking The piano has been drink...
She was a middle-class girl She was in over her head She thought she could stand up in the deep end He had a bulletproof smile He had money to burn She thought she had the moon in her pocket But now shes dead Shes so dead forever Dead and lovely now Ive always been told to remember this Dont let a fool kiss you, never ...
One fine morning I woke up early Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao One fine morning I woke up early Find the fascist at my door Oh, partigiano, please take me with you Bella ciao, bella ciao, goodbye beautiful Oh, partigiano, please take me with you Im not afraid anymore And if I die, oh, partigiano Bella ciao, bella ...
Step right up, step right up, step right up Everyones a winner, bargains galore Thats right, you too can be the proud owner Of the quality goes in before the name goes on One-tenth of a dollar, one-tenth of a dollar We got service after sales How about perfume? We got perfume How about an engagement ring? Something for...
Well with buckshot eyes and a purple heart I rolled down the national stroll With a big fat paycheck strapped to my hip sack And a shore leave wristwatch underneath my sleeve In a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels I rowed down the gutter to the blood bank And Id left all my papers on the Ticonderoga And I was in bad nee...
One two three One two three One Broken glass and the rusty nails Where the wild violets grow Say goodbye to the railroad and the mad dogs of summer And everything that I know What some men will do here for diamonds What some men will do here for gold Theyre wounded, but they just keep on climbin And sleep by the side o...
I got the style, but not the grace I got the clothes, but not the face I got the bread, but not the butter I got the window, but not the shutter But Im big in Japan Im big in Japan Hey but Im big in Japan Im big in Japan I got the house, but not the deed I got the horn, but not the reed I got the cards, but not the luc...
Hush a wild violet Hush a band of gold Hush youre in a story I heard somebody told Tear the promise from my heart Tear my heart today You have found another Baby, I must go away Hang down your head for sorrow Hang down your head for me Hang down your head tomorrow Hang down your head, Marie Hush my love the rain now Hu...
A crestfallen sidekick in an old café Never slept with a dream before he had to go away Theres a bell in the tower, Uncle Ray bought a round Dont worry about the army in the cold cold ground Cold cold ground Cold cold ground Cold cold ground Now dont be a crybaby when theres wood in the shed Theres a bird in the chimne...
Theyre lining up to mad dog your tilt-a-whirl Three shots for a dollar, win a real live doll All the lies that you tell, I believe them so well Take them back, take them back to your red house For that fearful leap into the dark Oh well, I did my time in the jail of your arms Now Ophelia wants to know where she should ...
Cold was the night and hard was the ground They found her in a small grove of trees Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found Shes too young to be out on the street Why wasnt God watching? Why wasnt God listening? Why wasnt God there for Georgia Lee? Ida said she couldnt keep Georgia from dropping out of school I ...
Well Frank settled down out in the Valley and he hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wifes forehead He sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at 15¼%, put a down payment on a little two-bedroom place His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash: made goo...
Molly bDamn smote Jimmy the Harp With a horrid little pistol and a lariat Shes goin to the bottom And shes goin down the drain Said she wasnt big enough to carry it She got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow She got to get behind the mule in the morning and...
Well, I stumbled in the darkness Im lost and alone Though I said Id go before us And show the way back home Is there a light up ahead? I cant hold on very long Forgive me, pretty baby But I always take the long way home Moneys just something you throw Off the back of a train I got a head full of lightning And a hat ful...
I will leave behind all of my clothes I wore when I was with you All I needs my railroad boots and my leather jacket As I say goodbye to Rubys arms, although my heart is breaking I will steal away out through your blinds, for soon you will be waking The morning light has washed your face and everything is turning blue ...
Well shes up against the register With an apron and a spatula With yesterdays deliveries And the tickets for the bachelors Shes a moving violation From her conk down to her shoes But its just an invitation to the blues And you feel just like Cagney Looks like Rita Hayworth At the counter of the Schwabs Drugstore You wo...
Little black girl in a red dress on a hot night with a broken shoe Little black girl, you shouldve never left home Theres probably someone still waitin up for you Its cold back in Chicago, but the Los Angeles street is worse All you got is twenty-nine dollars and an alligator purse See that vulture in the Fleetwood wit...
Young Abdel Madi Shabneh was only eighteen years old He was the youngest of nine children Hed never spent a night away from home And his mother held his photograph up in the New York Times You see the killing has intensified along the road to peace He was a tall thin boy with a wispy moustache Disguised as an Orthodox ...
Well they call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks, and lead Now Im telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long, Ill be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now Ill never see heaven or home I made a wish on a sl...
One, two, three, four Grapefruit moon, one star shining Shining down on me Heard that tune, and now Im pining Honey, cant you see? Cause every time I hear that melody Something breaks inside And the grapefruit moon, one star shining Cant turn back the tide Never had no destinations Could not get across You became my in...
What does it matter, a dream of love or a dream of lies? Were all gonna be the same place when we die Your spirit dont leave knowing your face or your name And the wind through your bones is all that remains And were all gonna be I said were all gonna be I said were all gonna be I said were all gonna be Just dirt in th...
Well I hung on to Marys stump I danced with a soldiers glee With a rum-soaked crook and a big fat laugh I spent my last dollar on thee I saw Bill Bones, I gave him a yell Kehoe spiked the nog With a chainlink fence And a scrap-iron jaw Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin up a Filipino Box Spring Hog Cookin up a ...
Im singing this song, its time it was sung Ive been putting it off for a while But its harder by now, cause the truth is so clear That I cry when Im seeing you smile So goodbye, so long, the road calls me, dear And your tears cannot bind me anymore And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes Can I kiss you? And t...
Tight slack-clad girls on the graveyard shift Neath the cement stroll, catch the midnight drift Cigar-chewing Charlie in that newspaper nest Grifting hot horse tips on whos running the best And Im blinded by the neon Dont try and change my tune Cause I thought I heard a saxophone Im drunk on the moon And the moons a si...
Romeo is bleeding but not so as youd notice Hes over on 18th Street as usual Looking so hard against the hood of his car Puttin out a cigarette in his hand And for all the Pachucos at the pumps At Romeros Paint and Body They all seein how far they can spit Well it was just another night And now theyre huddled in the br...
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but I always will be true And when your mamas dead and gone, Ill sing this lullaby just for you And what becomes of all the little boys who never comb their hair? Theyre lined up all around the block on the nickel over there So better bring a bucket, theres a hole in the pail And ...
Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain With a little drop of poison in the red, red blood She need a way to turn around the bend She said, I want to walk away and start over again There are things Ive done I cant erase I want to look in the mirror, see another face I said never would I do it again I want to walk a...
Well, the eggs chase the bacon round the fryin pan And the whinin dog pigeons by the steeple bell rope And the dogs tipped the garbage pails over last night And theres always construction work bothering you In the neighborhood In the neighborhood In the neighborhood Well, Fridays a funeral and Saturdays a bride And Sey...
Well small change got rained on with his own .38 And nobody flinched down by the arcade And the marquise werent weeping They went stark ravin mad And the cabbies were the only ones That really had it made Cause his cold trousers were twisted And the sirens high and shrill And crumpled in his fist was a five dollar bill...
I come in on a night train with an arm full of boxcars On the wings of a magpie cross a hooligan night And I busted up a chifferobe way out by the kokomo Cooked up a mess of mulligan and got into a fight Whistling past the graveyard stepping on a crack Me and mother hubbard papa one-eyed Jack You probably seen me sleep...
You’re the head on the spear You’re the nail on the cross You’re the fly in my beer You’re the key that got lost You’re the letter from Jesus On the bathroom wall You’re mother superior in only a bra You’re the same, youre the same Youre the same kind of bad as me Youre the same kind of bad as me I’m the hat on the bed...
I never saw the morning till I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine till you turned out the light I never saw my hometown until I stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed the song I never saw the white line till I was leaving you behind I never knew I needed you until I was caught up in a bi...
The higher that the monkey can climb The more he shows his tail Call no man happy till he dies Theres no milk at the bottom of the pail God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel Like the thistles that are growing round the trunk of a tree All the good in the world, you can put inside a thimble And still have room ...
Hes got himself a homemade special You know his glass is full of sand And it feels just like a jaybird The way it fits into his hand He rolled a blade up in his trick towel They slap their hands against the wall You never trip, you never stumble Hes walking Spanish down the hall Slip him a picture of our Jesus Or give ...
Lets put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town Set em up, well be knockin em down You wear a dress, baby, and Ill wear a tie Well laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky All our scribbled love dreams are lost or thrown away Here amidst the shuffle of an overflowing day Our love needs a transfusion...
God said dont give me your tin horn prayers Dont buy roses off the street down there Took it all and took the dirt road home Dreaming of Jenny with the light brown hair Night is falling like a bloody axe Lies and rumors and the wind at my back Hand on the wheel and gravel on the road Will the pawn shop sell me back wha...
Well I woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold water Woke up this morning With the cold water With the cold water With the cold Police at the station And they dont look friendly Well they dont look friendly Well they dont look friendly Police at the station And they dont look friendly...
Well, my time went too quickly I went lickety-splitly out to my old fifty-five As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy God knows I was feeling alive And now the suns coming up Im riding with lady luck Freeway cars and trucks Stars beginning to fade, and I lead the parade Just a wishing Id stayed a little longer Lord, ...
Outside another yellow moon Has punched a hole in the night time mist I climb through the window and down to the street Im shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full Full of all them Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little worlds You wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have no...
Licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue Scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town Took the one eyed jacks across the railroad tracks And the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through Hes a juvenile delinquent never learned how to behave But the cops would never think to look in Burma-Shave And the road wa...
Well, theres one thing you cant lose Its that feel Your pants, your shirt, your shoes But not that feel You can throw it out in the rain You can whip it like a dog You can chop it down like an old dead tree You can always see it When youre coming into town Once you hang it on the wall You can never take it down But the...
Im leaving my family, Im leaving all my friends My bodys at home, but my hearts in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky My tears are salt water and the moons full and high And I know Martin Edens gonna be proud of me now And many before me whove been called by the sea To be up in the cro...
Hey sight for sore eyes, its a long time no see Working hard hardly working, hey man you know me Water under the bridge, did you see my new car?? Well its bought and its paid for, parked outside of the bar And hey barkeep whats keeping you?? Keep pouring drinks For all these palookas, hey you know what I thinks?? That ...
Well, Jesus gonna be here He gonna be here soon Hes gonna cover us up with leaves With a blanket from the moon With a promise and a vow And a lullaby for my brow Well, Jesus gonna be here He gonna be here soon Well, Im not gonna do nothin but wait here I dont have to shout, yeah I got me no reason And I got no doubt, y...
Shes my only true love Shes all that I think of Look here in my wallet Thats her She grew up on a farm there Theres a place on my arm Where Ive written Her name next to mine You see I just cant live without her And Im her only boy And she grew up outside McHenry In Johnsburg, Illinois
Wasted and wounded, it aint what the moon did Ive got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow A couple of bucks from you? To go Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda Youll go Waltzing Mathilda with me Im an innocent victim of a blinded alley And Im tired of all these soldiers here No one speaks Engl...
Lets watch the sun come up in another town Try our luck a little further down Leave the cards on the table Leave the bread on the plate Put your hand on the gearshift Put your foot off the break And take one last look At the place that you are leaving Take one last look Oh, take one last look At the place that you are ...
Smellin like a brewery Lookin like a tramp Aint got a quarter Got a postage stamp And a five oclock shadow boxing All around the town Talking with the old men Sleeping on the ground Bazanti bootin Al zootin al hoot And Al Cohn Sharin this apartment With a telephone pole And its a fish net stockings Spike heel shoes Str...

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Dataset Card for "huggingartists/tom-waits"

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Tom Waits

@tom-waits

Dataset Summary

The Lyrics dataset parsed from Genius. This dataset is designed to generate lyrics with HuggingArtists. Model is available here.

Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

More Information Needed

Languages

How to use

How to load this dataset directly with the datasets library:

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("huggingartists/tom-waits")

Dataset Structure

An example of 'train' looks as follows.

This example was too long and was cropped:

{
    "text": "Look, I was gonna go easy on you\nNot to hurt your feelings\nBut I'm only going to get this one chance\nSomething's wrong, I can feel it..."
}

Data Fields

The data fields are the same among all splits.

text: a string feature.

Data Splits

train	validation	test
681	-	-

'Train' can be easily divided into 'train' & 'validation' & 'test' with few lines of code:

from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset, DatasetDict
import numpy as np

datasets = load_dataset("huggingartists/tom-waits")

train_percentage = 0.9
validation_percentage = 0.07
test_percentage = 0.03

train, validation, test = np.split(datasets['train']['text'], [int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*train_percentage), int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*(train_percentage + validation_percentage))])

datasets = DatasetDict(
    {
        'train': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(train)}),
        'validation': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(validation)}),
        'test': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(test)})
    }
)

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@InProceedings{huggingartists,
    author={Aleksey Korshuk}
    year=2021
}

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