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You Can Leave Your Hat On Lyrics
Randy Newman (1968)
Sail Away (1972)
Little Criminals (1977)
Bad Love (1999)
| The Great Nations of Europe |
The Great Nations of Europe
Had gathered on the shore
They'd conquered what was behind them
And now they wanted more
So they looked to the mighty ocean
And took to the western sea
The great nations of Europe in the sixteenth century
Hide your wives and daughters
Hide the groceries too
Great nations of Europe coming through
The Grand Canary Islands
First land to which they came
They slaughtered all the canaries
Which gave the land its name
There were natives there called Guanches
Guanches by the score
Bullets, disease, the Portugese, and they weren't there anymore
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone
You've never seen anyone so gone
They're a picture in a museum
Some lines written in a book
But you won't find a live one no matter where you look
Hide your wives and daughters
Hide the groceries too
Great nations of Europe coming through
Columbus sailed for India
Found Salvador instead
He shook hands with some Indians and soon they all were dead
They got TB and typhoid and athlete's foot
Diptheria and the flu
Excuse me - Great nations coming through
Balboa found the pacific
And on the trail one day
He met some friendly Indians
Whom he was told were gay
So he had them torn apart by dogs on religious grounds they say
The great nations of Europe were quite holy in their way
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone
You've never seen anyone so gone
Some bones hidden in a canyon
Some paintings in a cave
There's no use trying to save them
There's nothing left to save
Hide your wives and daughters
Hide your sons as well
With the great nations of Europe you never can tell
From where you and I are standing
At the end of a century
Europes have sprung up everyone as even I can see
But there on the horizon as a possiblity
Some bug from out of Africa might come for you and me
Destroying everything in its path
From sea to shining sea
Like the great nations of Europe
In the sixteenth century
The One You Love
You've got to learn to get to know the one you love
To anticipate her every move
You got to know exactly what she's thinking of
She may be hungry
She won't say
You better get a burger or something in her right away
If you don't you're gonna pay
At the hand of the one you love
The one you love
The one you love
Young man
You're running free
You're running wild
You fall in love
You become nothing but a little baby child
She can hurt you
With the sound of her voice
You can leave her
But you got no choice
You can't leave her man
You're just a prisoner of the one you love
The one you love
The one you love
True love never runs smooth you know
Sometimes there'll be sunny days
Sometimes there'll be sleet and snow
When true love calls you
Man you gotta go
And when you gotta go, you gotta go
You got to know the one you love
You got to know the one you love
The one you love
The one you love
The one you love
The one you love
Once a great man's heart was captured by a lovely chest
He told himself it was her mind he loved
But he was blind like all the rest
Twenty hard years went by
Till another chest will catch his eye
He just hung his head and cried
And said, "Sorry dear you're too late
I've already ruined my life"
You've got to know the one you love
You've got to know the one you love
She may be gentle
She may be kind
She may not know exactly what's on her mind
But you better know
Or you're gonna find
You lose the one you love
The one you love
The one you love
The World Isn't Fair
When Karl Marx was a boy
He took a hard look around
He saw people were starving all over the place
While others were painting the town (buh, buh, buh)
The public spirited boy
Became a public spirited man
So he worked very hard and he read everything
Until he came up with a plan
There'll be no exploitation
Of the worker or his kin
No discrimination 'cause the color of your skin
No more private property
It would not be allowed
No one could rise too high
No one could sink too low
Or go under completely like some we all know
If Marx were living today
He'd be rolling around in his grave
And if I had him here in my mansion on the hill
I'd tell him a story t'would give his old heart a chill
It's something that happened to me
I'd say, Karl I recently stumbled
Into a new family
With two little children in school
Where all little children should be
I went to the orientation
All the young mommies were there
Karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight
As these beautiful women arrayed for the night
Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens
And they'd come there with men much like me
Froggish men, unpleasant to see
Were you to kiss one, Karl
Nary a prince would there be
Oh Karl the world isn't fair
It isn't and never will be
They tried out your plan
It brought misery instead
If you'd seen how they worked it
You'd be glad you were dead
Just like I'm glad I'm living in the land of the free
Where the rich just get richer
And the poor you don't ever have to see
It would depress us, Karl
Because we care
That the world still isn't fair
• Randy Newman Discography
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• Jamie Lidell - What's The Use Lyrics
• Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days Lyrics
• Santana feat. Rob Thomas - Smooth Lyrics
• BBMak - Back Here Lyrics
• Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Lyrics
• Darren Hayes - California Home Lyrics
• Journey - Who's Crying Now Lyrics
• Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are Lyrics
• Julio Iglesias - Nathalie Lyrics
• K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life Lyrics
• Vanilla Ice - Play That Funky Music Lyrics
• Michael Sembello - Maniac Lyrics
• Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson - Beauty and the Beast Lyrics
• The Cranberries - Linger Lyrics
• B.W. Stevenson - My Maria Lyrics
• Will To Power - Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby) Lyrics
• Breathe - Hands to Heaven Lyrics
• Blue Ridge Rangers - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Lyrics
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