Red Guitar (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

Used to have a red guitar until I smashed it one drunk night Smashed it in the classic form as Peter Townsend might I threw it in the fireplace, I left it there awhile Kate, she started crying when she

Lullaby (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

Shut up and go to bedPut the pillow under your headI'm sick and tired of all your worriesShut up and say goodnightSay your prayers and turn off the lightI'm sick and tired of all your sob-storiesSh...

Muse Blues (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

I went down to the library, you know the big one way downtownI went down to the library, you know the big one way downtownI pulled out my spiral notebook and my scripto pencilThese, these, these ar...

B Side (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

It's wonderful to be aliveTo be a bee in this beehiveIt's tough as nails, it's smooth as silkIt's milk and honey, without milkI work with flowers, it's my workFrom this, there's no way that I can s...

Drinking Song (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

Drunk men stagger, drunk men fallDrunk men swear and that's not allQuite often they will urinate outdoorsLike widowed women, drunk men weepLike children curled up, drunk men sleepLike a dog, a drun...

Clockwork Chartreuse (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

You got the black belt, I got the gun.Let's team up tonight--have some fun.Let's drink some drinks, find us some fights.C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon: it's Saturday night!I'm very angry, you're hoppin...

Nocturnal Stumblebutt (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

"Well it's 3am, and so I creepAround the house 'cause you're asleepI can't sleep, I gotta smokeI think I left some in my coatNo they're not there, but there's a chanceI left some in a packet in my ...

East Indian Princess (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

East Indian princess lives in a western dreamHappy like a child, her mother is a queenYou know she's safe as a cow on a Calcutta streetThis English way of life has got that other life beatAnd readi...

Smokey Joe's Cafe (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

One day while I was eating beans at Smokey Joe’s CaféSitting digging on the scene at Smokey Joe’s CaféA chick came walking through the door that I had never seen beforeLeast I’d never saw her dow...

Come A Long Way (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

We've come a long way since we last shook handsStill got a long way to goWe couldn't see the flowers since we last shook handsCouldn't see the flowers on account of the snowWhat did you do with you...

Dilated to Meet You (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

We're wondering when you will arriveWe're wondering what you'll beWe're wondering if you'll be a herOr if you'll be a heMaybe you'll arrive todayPerhaps tomorrow nightWe're hoping you won't hurt to...

Say That You Love Me (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

Told you I love youTalked on the [Incomprehensible]You'd said that you like me, feel like a foolSay that you like me, that's not enoughSay that you love me, I'm calling your bluffSay that you love ...

The Man Who Couldn't Cry (Album Version) Loudon Wainwright III

went broke The theologians were finally found out Right down to the ground, that old jail house burned down The earth suffered perpetual drought ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By WAINWRIGHT

Primrose Hill Loudon Wainwright III

Living on the side Of Primrose Hill Drinking cans of Tennants Just can't seem to get my fill Got a beat up guitar And a dirty old sleeping bag And this mangy dog Whose tail don't wag Sun's been shining

So Damn Happy Loudon Wainwright III

And the worst thing is it's so much better It's comic that it's all so tragic It's that hum-drum novel old black magic Let's have a laugh after we cry Let's hope we live before we die The silly clown's red

Father/Daughter Dialogue Loudon Wainwright III

[Loudon] Darling Daughter can't you see The guy singing the songs ain't me He's someone people wish I was What I can't do this dude does And if the songs seem slightly pat I know life's messier than that

Ogm Loudon Wainwright III

calling you That felt downright sordid But if I sounded sad and timid I achieved my aim There's a machine where I'm staying That displays a big fat zero But last night I arrived To find a scary bright red

Down Drinking at the Bar Loudon Wainwright III

You got a big red nose! I know where you are, baby. I know where you are... You're down drinking at the bar.

Conspiracies Loudon Wainwright III

The whole thing is preposterous Yet we get children to buy it We have no shame, the lies pile up You think at least we'd bark When we sing of red nosed reindeer And snowmen who dance and talk Well it's

Dead Skunk Loudon Wainwright III

Crossin` the highway late last night He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right He didn`t see the station wagon car The skunk got squashed and there you are You got yer Dead skunk in the mi...

New Paint Loudon Wainwright III

At the station you can meet herWith that smile you couldn?t cheat herA woman that kind is hard to findIt?s good to take a girlIn the not so very good worldAnd walk in the park until it gets darkSom...

Grown Man Loudon Wainwright III

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Cobwebs Loudon Wainwright III

"Well it stumbles and it falls off of almost every tongueGive a listen and you'll hearIt's workin like a landmine in almost every sentenceIt's an assault to my mind's earYeah it might have started ...

1994 Loudon Wainwright III

There's been a brand neew breakthroughThough they're not sure what it meansWe used to blame our parentsNow we can pin it on our genesHey and I'm not talking 501'sI don't mean no pair of pantsI'm ta...

Dreaming Loudon Wainwright III

I'd rather be dreaming than livingLiving's just too hard to doIt's chances not choicesNoises not voicesA day's just a thing to get throughLiving's just too hard to doI'd rather be dreaming than tal...

The End Has Begun Loudon Wainwright III

We walk in your footstepsThough I've had my ups and downsAnd I'll stand in the silenceUntil I figure it outOne might fall and the other will standAnd one might give where the other won't bendThe ni...

I'M Alright Loudon Wainwright III

Well it's been a long time, glad to see your faceI knew we'd meet again another time, another placeCan't believe it's been so many yearsWe better grab a chair and a couple of beersYou're lookin' go...

Five Years Old Loudon Wainwright III

CHORUS:Happy birthday Martha, happy birthday, birthday girlI'm sorry I can't be there for that party, birthday girlBut pin the tail upon the donkey in that party dressBalloons, and cake, 2 kinds of...

Your Mother & I Loudon Wainwright III

Your Mother & I are living apartI know that seems stupid, but we weren't very smartYou'll stay with her, I'll visit youAt Christmas, on weekends, the summertime tooYour Mother & I are not getting a...

Westchester County Loudon Wainwright III

I was raised here in Westchester CountyI was taught in the Country Day SchoolWe were richer than most, I don't mean to boastBut I swam in the country club poolWith a father from Hewlett, Long Islan...

Suddenly It's Christmas Loudon Wainwright III

Suddenly it's ChristmasRight after Hallowe'enForget about ThanksgivingIt's just a buffet in between.There's lights and tinsel in the windowThey're stocking up the shelves.Santa's slaving at the Nor...

Thanksgiving Loudon Wainwright III

Lord every year we gather hereTo eat around this tableGive us the strength to stomach as muchAs fast as we are ableBless this food to our useThough? communication's uselessDon't let me drink too mu...

T.S.M.N.W.A. Loudon Wainwright III

Wainwright has two w's They get that one wrong and I get the blues That old grammar school try 's Not good enough guys Wainwright has two w's One day I thought I would die When I saw with my very one eye

Happy Birthday Elvis Loudon Wainwright III

"Happy birthday, Elvis;You're not really dead.It's a lie, it's just a crock,Something some people said.I heard a cassette of you speakingOn a telephone;From a bunker beneath Graceland,The king sits...

Unhappy Anniversary Loudon Wainwright III

Unhappy AnniversaryIt's one year since we splitI walk and talk and get aroundLie down, stand up, and sitI eat and drink and smoke and sing andLive a little bitUnhappy AnniversaryIt's one year since...

I'D Rather Be Lonely Loudon Wainwright III

Every night I get the blues,The greens and yellows and chartreus-es.You're still living here with me.I'd rather be lonely.All the time I look aroundFor excuses to leave town.Everybody wants somebod...

The Man Who Couldn'T Cry Loudon Wainwright III

There once was a man who just couldn't cryHe hadn't cried for years & for years Napalmed babies & the movie 'Love Story', Fo...

The Acid Song Loudon Wainwright III

I had not taken acid for twelve years,But one night last summer I did.I was adrift in a bar room,Acting like a jerk and a kid.I knew we were asking for trouble,Trouble was what we would get.Five of...

Tip That Waitress Loudon Wainwright III

"She's been on her feet nearly half the damned nightBringing your beverage and your late night biteShe remains cheerful, when you're nasty and tightMakes change for a 50 in dim candle lightIgnoring...

Career Moves Loudon Wainwright III

"For twenty odd years I have strummed on guitarsFive thousand lost flat picks, four fingertip scarsI must have broken a million g stringsPicking and strumming, and playing these thingsBanging and t...

Men Loudon Wainwright III

When a ship is sinking and they lower the lifeboatsAnd hand out the life jackets, the men keep on their coatsThe women and the children are the ones who must go firstAnd the men who try to save the...

The Picture Loudon Wainwright III

There are pictures on the piano, pictures of the family, Mostly my kids but there's an oldPicture of you and me.You were five and I was six In 1952; That was forty years ago, how could it be true? ...

The Doctor Loudon Wainwright III

I went to the doctor and the doctor saidSon you look older than me and I'm 71You're falling apart and not living rightI went to the doctor and the doctor saidLoud, you've got to stop hanging outWit...

Between Loudon Wainwright III

Between the forest and the ocean lies a lonely strandThe ocean is your mother, and the forest Fatherland.You are standing on that empty beach not knowing where to go-oOut to sea or else inland, you...

Talking New Bob Dylan Loudon Wainwright III

Hey, Bob Dylan, I wrote you a songToday is your birthday if I'm not wrongIf I'm not mistaken, you're 50 todayHow are you doin', Bob? What do you say?Well, it musta been about '62I heard you on reco...

So Many Songs Loudon Wainwright III

I've written so many songs about youThis is the last one, after this I'm throughWhen I sing this one, when I do my show, People will hear it, the world will knowI've written so many songs about you...

4 X 10 Loudon Wainwright III

it wont come down and mom's a queen and dad's a clown it's not strange, no mystery that you and I are history it's 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By WAINWRIGHT

A Father And A Son Loudon Wainwright III

When I was your age I was just like you,And just look at me now; I'm sure you do.But your grandfather was just as badAnd you should have heard him trash his dad.Life's no picnic, that's a given:My ...

Sometimes I Forget Loudon Wainwright III

Sometimes I forget that you've goneYou've gone, and you're not coming backAnd it's hard to believe that you're still not hereWhat's left behind, disputes that factAnd your bookcase still holds all ...

Breakfast In Bed Loudon Wainwright III

Well I wake up in the morningAnd I can't get out of bedYou're lying in there with meWe stay put insteadI grind the beans, squeeze the juiceAnd butter up the toastThat takes about an hourNinety minu...