Release Date: 1982
Duration: 39:11
Label: Rhino/Bearsville
Catalog Number: RNCD 70875
Swing to the right Try to face the fact that I ain't that young no more Hair's short again and a suit is in, Better brush up on how to tie a Windsor knot Swing to the right Credit's hard to find and a dollar doesn't go so far What's more important when the count comes in A sell-out who's alive or a corpse that can't be bought? Stop the hand of time Think I see a sign Tables turning 'round Hear a different sound Stop the hands of time Looking out for mine Swing to the right Don't want to hear what the povertous expect from me Let 'em eat cake if they feel that way I gotta work why should I have to pay for that? And I don't want to be left holding the bag for them 'Scuze me for living but I have to say, I've got some worries of my own, like staying fat
Lysistrata, open up the bedroom door What is the matter, ain't you in love with me no more? I enlisted in the army today, One more time before I march away Make me feel like a big strong man You say you don't care about my pride, You love me too much just to let me die, And you won't let me come inside unless I don't go to war no more Lysistrata, little boys like to have their fun, And you know I gotta put on my colors and get my gun Every able bodied man that I know, every patriot is packed to go Won't you give me a last goodbye I'll be sent off to a distant land, to spill my blood upon some foreign sand, And I may die by an enemy's hand And then I won't go to war no more Send the boys all back to the farm Tell the troops it was a false alarm, 'Cause if I die I want to be in your arms, And so I won't go to war, no I won't go to war, said I won't go to war no more
I can't stand to watch the six o'clock news It's enough to give an average, sensitive person the blues. Can't get it up I don't know about commercial appeal But what you put in your head just can't help affect how you feel So lets keep it up Prophets of doom try to capture you They get around like the Asian flu, But they can't get me Because I go for the up I'm on the up side I look for the up (That down just ain't my style) I go for the up I'm hooked on the up I'm on the upswing (I got my sights set high) I go for the up What's the point of standing out in the rain, What's the sense of looking down, it just gives your shoulders a pain Can't get it up It's a self-fulfilling prophecy If you look for the worst then that's just what it turns out to be So keep looking up The fickle finger just may point your way It touches someone different every day, But it can't touch me Because I go for the up And everybody's yelling at me to get back in line, And they say I'm crazy, But still they have their sessions of deep depressions, But it can't get me Because I go for the up
Can't be late, can't be late for work again The boys can't wait, the boys can't wait to get started again My name is music, I see that the music gets done My name is music, I see that the music gets done And the apes can't wait to get started again Look over there, the monkey on a chair He thinks he's as smart as a computer chip, But he hasn't figured out how to work his mouth Shorty by the door, beating on the floor, You better not mess with the little thing He's a real nice guy 'til you get him riled up Can't complain, can't complain about working with them My name is music, I see that the music gets done My name is music, I see that the music gets done They go insane, we give them drugs and they're normal again There's a pretty face, the monkey plunkin' bass All the lady monkeys wanna jump his monkey bones, But he loses track and his work gets backed up Monkey on a power trip, monkey with a lot of lip, Thinks he's in charge of every other monkey, But he still looks cool even while he's drooling Lunch is fun, lunch is fun when you're eating wit them My name is music, I see that the music gets done My name is music, I see that the music gets done Then back to work, it's back to work while the orders pile in Is it live or is it Memorex?
I have been ringing your doorbell, But you left me standing in the hall And you make love by the numbers, That doesn't mean there's any love at all Now there you go with a big explanation Why do you waste your time? And there you go, under estimation Of the thoughts that cross my mind This is your promise that you put up for sale It's done like a picture from a fairy tale, But still there's a difference, let me show it to you, This is crapola, this is shinola I see you're still in the headlines You pegged the latest trend again this week I'm not impressed by the outfit, Or your revolutionary chic And here it comes, I see you forming the words, you're performing the exercise And here it comes, It's the feeling that I heard the same speech a hundred times This is the jabber of a chimpanzee The motion of your mouth looks much the same to me The differentiation might be hard to see, But this is crapola, this is shinola Everyone's talking, few of them know The rest are pretending, they put on a show And if there's a message I guess this is it Truth isn't easy, the easy part's shit And here it comes, Now I'm forming the words, I'm performing the exercise And here it comes It's the feeling that I've made the same speech a million times These are your leaders, come on take a look They'll lie and cheat and steal then sell the rights to the book And these are your neighbors who have swung to the right, But you don't have to worry just as long as you're white And my generation is just waiting to die We'll swallow anything if it would just get us high I don't know who's a bigger fool, But one thing I know This is crapola, this is shinola
Money money money, money Some people really need it (Oh, well) Some people got to have it (in vain) Listen here y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it So you will do things, do things, do good things with it Talk about cash money, no help at all For the love of money People will steal from their mother For the love of money People will rob their own brother For the love of money People can't even walk the street Because they never know who in the world they gotta beat For that lean, mean, mean green For the love of money People will lie, Lord, they will cheat For the love of money People don't care who they hurt or beat For the love of money A woman will sell her precious body For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight Call it lean, mean, mean green Almighty dollar I know money is the root of all evil Do funny things to some people Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime Money can drive some people out of their minds Got to have it, I really need it How many things have I heard you say Some people really need it How many things have I heard you say Got to have it, I really need it How many things have I heard you say Lay down, lay down, a woman will lay down For the love of money All for the love of money Don't let, don't let, don't let money rule you For the love of money Money can change people sometimes Don't let, don't let, don't let money fool you Money can fool people sometimes
Yeah! Line up! Step right this way to see the last dollar on earth Sign up! The bus leaves today to see the last dollar on earth Behold the wonder of the modern age Displayed resplendent in its gilded cage There's not another in the world today, And you just can't take it with you All night! There's a special tonight about the last dollar on earth That's right! And all the pundits were right about the last dollar on earth It's always occupied a special space We keep a guard around it just in case Many have died to have its fleeting grace, But you just can't take it with you Get set! Only one pint of blood to see the last dollar on earth No sweat! Only one ounce of flesh to touch the last dollar on earth When we lose exposure in its permanent enclosure Then you can be sure that we'll take it on tour So when it comes to call at your local shopping mall Though the crowds may be large, you can put it on your MasterCharge
Yeah Fahrenheit four fifty-one Ya Fahrenheit four fifty-one Smoke is in the air now It's been spreading just like wild-fire all over town Everybody wants to get in on the latest thing Going down to the bookstore - burn that mother down Ya Somebody has to do what's right Fahrenheit four fifty-one Burning black and white Well I got some education I go down to the library every night And I'm looking for somebody with a dream like mine We could share a few pages 'round the fire so bright Now it's spreading 'cross the nation And it's time to seize the moment, that's what they says 'Cause it's all been well reported in the daily news, You can read all about it before it turns to ashes
It's only human to despise the weak It's only human to despise yourself when you're weak I don't know why but that's the way that it's always been And I play by the rules I don't understand at all It's only human to be lazy and vain It's only human to expect a world that's just as vain I don't know why I want to believe that it's not that way But I'm Johnny come lately, it's not my place to say There's no escape, tell me why do they try so hard? And I pretend that I'm invincible, that I can go it all alone But I'm only human, trying to get by And praying to heaven I might find out why am I human Mere flesh and blood Afraid to go on without someone to hold me up It's just a human thing to fear the unknown But isn't it a tragic thing to live and die alone Oh Lord look at the world, have you ever seen so much misery? Like a ghost ship of fools, lost and floating out to sea And they climb and they fall yet they struggle on the same fault But they're only human, trying to get by And praying to heaven they might find out Why are we human Mere flesh and blood We're afraid to go on without someone to hold us up
One world Whoa, it's our world Yeah, yeah, one world Whoa, it's our world Yeah, yeah When I walk on the street I feel glad I was born Music comes a'ringin' out of every door I see faces I know and they give me a sign We got something between us and it feels all right I see Chrissy the clipper, she colors my hair Nikki and Margaret make the clothes that we wear And there's Gene who runs the club where we dance all night When you live in our world everything's all right Politicians and dictators and the guys with the dough They think they run the world but they just don't know 'Cause down here on the street we got it under control From Berlin to San Francisco, from New York to Tokyo
Got a special interest, you're my special interest Got a special interest, got a special interest in you I hear you've got some pending legislation Regarding your romantic situation And I just want to make my position quite clear You've got a constituent here And you'll find before you take one more step My hobby is to lobby on your doorstep And that big sack of mail and the telegrams too I'll give you one guess just who sent them to you I've been invested with a sacred mission To make sure that you make the right decision Though you may wonder now, in the long run you'll see A valuable ally in me And if by some misguided sense of duty You go with someone else instead of choose me When they've all let you down, and you're looking for help You'll find that I've swung my support somewhere else No one has to know, when pressures are brought to bear You can pretend that it was all your idea And you did it of your own free will Yes you did it of your own free will
If the devil was a man Then he'd probably try to stand between God and me He would claim to have translation For the least communication between God and me He would scare my friends and neighbors Into thinking he was saviour but he Won't save me He would use his imposition To restore the Inquisition then he'd Come for me I never worry about him He'll never get between God and me He would crush me in his vise Singing hail to Jesus Christ but he Won't crush me With one hand he says brother There's an H-bomb in the other but he Can't fool me He imposes awful taste On the remnants of the race But he just missed me Then he mobilizes minions To burn out diverse opinions But he can't burn me It's nobody's business what goes on Inside my head Because it's my head
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