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Live at the I Street House

Recorded live on April 5th, 1990 at the so called "I Street house" (887 11th street) in Arcata, California, This digital album was remixed and remastered from the original reel to reel 8-track tapes, which were recorded at the time by Carl Keil, who preferred to be known as "Bongo."

You may occasionally hear some friends in the background, forgotten lyrics, and incorrect chords

Hello Again, Lumberjack

Song lyrics

Songs all written between 1987-1989

Co-op Bop

Hey McKinleyget out of the park there's a party going on at the Co-op after dark. Hey Sunflower I'll see you there, bring your crystal baby  and don't be a square. Virgil's going, Spider too, Johnny's gonna be there baby why am't you? Let's go! She's swinging 18 lbs. of tofu at the Co-op. Watch out baby, it might hit you at the Co-op. We got a 9 Ib. cheese block at the Co-op. You'll be doing the Birkenstock rock at the Co-op. At the Co-op I eat good grub, at the Co-op I fell in love. C-O C-O-O-P! It's an all natural dance at the Co-op. No preservatives in your romance at the Co-op. Gimme your number and I'll give you mine at the Co-op. If you do that I'll give you my sign at the Co-op.

Elite Manilla

She’s so divine. A Turpentine. A pulp emission. A used transmission. A cloudy day by the bay. Talkin’ about elite Manila, all right. Green foam, all alone. Trailer home. It's homegrown. Crow-bone. Chromosome. Talkin’ about baby’s in black, all right. She said she was “from the elite.” She said it, she said it all night. She said she was “from the elite.” She said it -  1,2,3,4! A honky-tonk, a honky-tonk, a honky-tonk. 

Bright Lights

The night is dark. The rain comes down. My baby's driving on the back side of town. I know she’ll be here, no need to fear. Anticipating, because I'm waiting for those bright lights, coming down the street. Coming to get me, yeah only me. Well I’ve been waiting all of the day, and now it's dark and baby’s on her way. Her engine’s roaring full steam ahead. She’s driving me crazy - outside my head - I’m talking about those bright lights, coming down the street. Coming to get me, yeah only me. Staring out my window, shutters are wide open. Staring at the moon. Baby will be here soon. I’m talking about those bright lights, coming down the street. Coming to get me, yeah only me.

She Don’t Love Me

She don't love me. She won't even eat my food, she won't even call me dude, ‘cus she don't love me. She don't love me. She won’t even eat my beans, she knows just what that means ‘cus she don't love me. She don't like roller-skating, she don't like serenading, she don't even want my dating, ‘cus she don’t want my mating. She don't love me. She don't love me. She won't even be my gal, she won't even be my pal, ‘cus she don't love me. I think that she loves you. I don't think that is true. I saw a picture of you, in her living room. She don't love me.

All My Friends Are Turning Parisian

All my friends are putting me down with the crazy things they do. I say “hello,” I say “good bye,” and they just say “avior doo,” and it's making me mad, so mad. Mr. Doctor, I think I've got amnesia, cause all my friends are turning Parisian. Flying through the house to drink some brew and watch old Roger Maris, they’ve got a cork screw and a bottle of champagne, and they’re singing I Love Paris. “In the winter, summer, spring time or fall, when it likes to sizzle, when it always drizzles.” Mr. Doctor, I think I've got amnesia, cause all my friends are turning Parisian. Brian changed his name to Jaques, and Virgil’s got shit on his socks. Jon says he’s doing “trey bon” eating finger licking “chickon,” and it's making me mad, so mad. Mr. Doctor, I think I've got amnesia, cause all my friends are turning Parisian. 

Freeway

Fell in love on the freeway today. A Dodge Charger was coming my way. I looked through the rearview mirror and that's when I knew I had to be nearer. GO! Put on the gas and drove up to her side. Just to see her face was worth a suicide. Memorized her license plate, and tried to ask her for a date. I honked my horn in morse code, it went a beep beep bop bop dot dot dash. Spent my life searching for love and there she was. Golden Gate in a matter of time. Before I knew it we had crossed the state line. Circled Central Park until it got dark, then we traveled up the coast, I think we're looking for sharks. Took a detour at Colorado Springs, she would swim and I would sing that I spent my life looking for love and there she was. My carburetor won't flow, gas getting so low, and my engine is about to blow. Spend my life searching for love and there she was.

Trinidad Mon

Flipping through the yearbook, I did see, a pretty pretty pretty pretty baby, looking up at me. I’d never seen that face before, she was only a sophomore. I searched all over the school, trying to find that jewel. I asked for the attendance sheet: said she hadn’t been there for a week. Is she gone back to Saigon? (with the Trinidad mon?) Is she gone away? I memorized that picture. I held her in my mind. I went to the brain surgeon and asked if he could find that girl in my mind. That girl in all of my mind. Is she gone  back to Saigon? (with the Trinidad mon?) Is she gone away? I love her love her love her love her love her, I love her.

Everybody’s Baby

I sit at home with my head in my hand, and it lingers: why does my baby got a ring on her every finger? One from the neighbor, and two from the boy next door, three, four, and five from the guys from the defensive line. Mother better talk to your daughter, ‘cause she is everybody’s baby, she’s everybody’s girl. I take her to the football game and everybody knows her name. Five Goodyear blimps and they're reading “Won’t (will)  you marry me Jane?” Mother better talk to your daughter, ‘cause she is everybody’s baby, she’s everybody’s girl. Oh I want you to talk to me. And don't you know that I really like what you do? But every thing you do, you do for the whole world too. Mother better talk to your daughter, ‘cause she is everybody’s baby, she’s everybody’s girl.

Superwoman

So you say, you want to learn how to dance? Ba-da ba ba ba-da. So you say, you want to make romance? Ba-da ba ba ba-da. You say all things you want to be, but you will always be superwoman to me. So you say, you want to be a star? Ba-da ba ba ba-da. Like a diamond, a diamond up so far? Ba-da ba ba ba-da. You say all things you want to be, but you will always be Superwoman to me. ‘Cause you're super, super, Superwoman to me, yeah! That's what you’ll be. James shaved his eyebrows off in the back alley. James still boycotts grapes grown in the Central Valley. ‘Cause you're super (super) Superwoman to me, yeah! That's what you’ll be.

Candyshop Bop

Fell in love at the candy shop when she put a quarter in and (she) started to bop. She bopped a little here, and a whole lot there. Ya bop like that, and I can only stare. Bopped all day until the sun went down. That's when my baby, she stole my frown. Bopped to the east, and she bopped to the west. Bop like that and I'll love you my best. ‘Cause a bop-bop baby: just you and me. Well bop-bop baby: just wait and see. Yeah bop-bop baby: with all your might. Well a bop-bop bopping all through the moonlight. Gonna put on my blue suede shoes. Gonna get me rock ‘n roll. l'm sick of these blues. I'm gonna twist and shout, rattle and roll. Watch out baby when I hit the floor. I'm gonna shake a hop, do a twist, any old dance I can dance like this. I'll do the jerk, brrrrrrrr, any old dance I can dance with you! ‘Cause a bop-bop baby: just you and me. Well bop-bop baby: just wait and see. Yeah bop-bop baby: with all your might. Well a bop-bop bopping all through the moonlight.

Standing In Line

I'm just standing in line watching my girl go by. Hey mister, I don't want no fries. I'm just standing in line watching my girl go by. Well bless my heart, and bless my soul, please please mama I don't wanna go. There's a little girl and she's looking at me. She's got such pretty knees. I'm just standing in line watching my girl go by. Hey mister, move to the side. Well bless my heart, and bless my soul, baby's got me out of control. Now she's walking next to me. She's got me on my knees. I'm just standing in line watching my girl go by. Bye bye baby good-bye.

In January

In January, I saw her walking across the street. Her name was Mary. She had short red hair, and a backpack on with biology, anthropology, psychology, and a lonely heart. In the library, I was walking from A to Z. I saw sweet Mary. She was reading a deposition about a man who lost his limbic system and now he can't love at all. Mary put down that book, and give me one second with you. Mary just give me one look, and tell me you love me too. Mary, I love you. I'm not Machiavelli, Tolstoy, and I can't paint like Botticelli. I'm just a boy from the other side of tracks, with a tattoo scratched right on my back, and it looks like, baby, just like you. Mary I don't get my kicks spelling dinosaur names, no. Mary, if I had my pick, l'd go play tic tac toe. Woh woh woh woh. We could go to a show, and see the Ramones. Eat an ice cream cone. Woh woh woh woh.

Hairdoo

She’s got big big feet. She's got bigger buck teeth. She’s got bones that creak. She’s always got the flu. But I love her hairdo! See that girl walking down the street? She’s got more than weight on her feet: She’s got a hairdo, oh yeah! See that girl waiting for a train? Big black widow knawing on her brain: She’s got a hairdo, oh yeah! Hairdo, hairdo, what do you do? Every time I see you it makes me come unglued! See that girl? Her hair’s up and set. Used a whole can of Aquanet for her hairdo, on yeah! See that girl at the beauty parlor? Trying to decide what's her best color for her hairdo, on yeah! Hairdo, hairdo, what do you do? Every time I see you it makes me come unglued! Might take mousse, put it in my hair. Make my hair as big as Cher’s hairdo, oh yeah! Hairdo, hairdo, what do you do? Every time I see you it makes me come unglued!

Laundromat

Hey baby, let’s split this scene. I know where it’s at: There’s a dance going on at the laundromat. C’mon baby, we’ll do the twist. We'll do the pogo on the speed queen. There's a dance going on at the laundromat. And we will dance-dance, dance now baby. Dance-dance ‘till the socks hop. Dance-dance, dance now baby. I don’t wanna talk. Wash-wash, wash ‘em baby. Watch ‘em do the tumble and dry. Wash-wash, wash ‘em baby, use Tide. C’mon baby, put a quarter in. This ain't gambling. There’s a dance going on at the laundromat. C’mon baby, no need to stress: we’ll put it in permanent press. There’s a dance going on at the laundromat. And we will dance-dance, dance now baby. Dance-dance ‘till the socks hop. Dance-dance, dance now baby. I don’t wanna talk. Wash-wash, wash ‘em baby. Watch ‘em do the tumble and dry. Wash-wash, wash ‘em baby, use Tide. 

She’s So Hot

She's so hot, l'm burning up. Up, up and away, when I kiss her lips I'm on a rocket ship. Up, up and away, gravity won't make me stay, oh no. I'm going down to see my baby. She's so hot, I'm burning up. Up, up and away with my baby, and we're never coming back again.

Hick-Up

There's a brand new dance that's going around it's called The Hick-up. It's faster than a locomotive, and a pickup. You got it in your blood, and you got it in your veins, and you got it beating back and forth directly to your brain. You got the picture? You got a hipster. Well the cats are crazy, cuz they know they'll be sweating, gonna yell for 1-2-3-4 more bar chords. Doing The Hick-up. Last time I saw you girl you were so tame. Next time I saw you, you were dancing like a hurricane. You were spinning like a top, shaking like a mop, going so fast, got pulled over by a cop. It was a stickup doing The Hick-up. Flying through the air like a prima ballerina, gonna yell for 1-2-3-4 more bar chords. doing The Hick-up. Well the cops are here, and they're banging on the door, so hold on baby, got time for one bar chord. Doing The Hick-up.

DDD’s

Happy Cow Burger deep fried in ghee, makes my mouth water, tongue down to my knees, (beads down) at D.D.D.'s. Got a lot of snot, need an herbal shot, ginseng shot's gonna clear my clot, down at DDD's. Rama-Rama, don't serve salami. Rama-Rama, it's bad karma. Rama-Rama fast food Dalai Lama. Bruce is loose, he's sleazing in his grease, he's sliding down the counter to abduct my niece. She's got a job, down at DDD's. (live chicken dance commences) Deep fried fortified, Bruce is 45. Eats right to stay alive, so he can own a dive. It's called DDD's. Deep fried fortified deep!

Talk About You

Talk about people I don't even know. Talk about places I don't wanna go. Talk about the man behind my back. Talk about the boy with the new Cadillac. I wanna talk about you. Don't wanna play the game, it all sounds the same. All I wanna do is: talk about you. Well you talk about your dog and you talk about your cat. You talk about this, and you talk about that. You talk about the stars, and you talk about the pope. Talking ‘bout your horoscope. I wanna talk about you. Don't wanna play the game, it all sounds the same. All I wanna do is: talk about you.  Well you talk about the spring, and you talk about the fall. You talk about the sales going on at the mall. You talk about your hair, and you talk about your clothes. I don't wanna talk about those. I wanna talk about you. Don't wanna play the game, it all sounds the same. All I wanna do is: talk about you.

She’s Coming Over

I got a phone call from my baby yesterday, the operator said, "Do you want to pay?" Collect call, that's all, didn't get a name. I took the call ‘cuz I knew it was my dame. It was baby, and baby is nice. She was coming for my loving and I'm feeling paralyzed. Fixed the house, swept the floor, then I took down all the pictures of the girls next door.

Yeah-yeah yeah-yeah, baby's coming over. Yeah-yeah yeah-yeah, gonna kiss her one more time. Yeah-yeah yeah-yeah, flew in from Saratoga, pick her up in Anaheim. Go go baby let's go GoGoGoGo! Driving down the freeway no time for red lights, I gotta pick up my baby before her flight. Too much change in the x-ray machine, now I'm being frisked by a mean marine. Go go baby baby let's go!

What Do You Get?

What do you get? What do you get? When you put gum in your best friends’ hair? When you put a tack on your teacher's chair? Push your little sister down the stairs? What do you get? What do you get? When you knock down your neighbors’ chimes? Steal a quarter from the March Of Dimes? Speak out for the mimes?  What do you get? What do you get? When you put sand in your dads lube? Call your best friend a “goob”? Write a song called “Hey Jude”?

Archangel (Because I Love Her)

She don't talk back to me. She don't mess around. It is plain to see she's been sporting a certain kind of gown because I love her, oh I love her. Ooh she loves me. Ooh it's plain to see. Ever since I met her down on 4th and Vine, she's always on time. She is my baby, she is my knack. We never wear Esprit, we never dress in black, because I love her. I go my way, she go my way too, it's o.k. cuz I am no guru, because I love her, oh I love her.

Two-Bit Baby

You never call, and it's all my fault. You ask for a milkshake, and I made you a malt. And now I cry myself to sleep, ‘cause I'm in love with a total creep. Oh no, falling in love with a two-bit baby, and I can't go on. She calls me on the phone, she says "Hi Dudley." My name is Bob but at least she don't call me “Mutley.” She's the insecticide that's gonna kill my family tree, if she gets close enough it's poison ivy. Oh no, falling in love with a two-bit baby, and I can't go on. Whoever said love was heaven sent never paid a dime at the pearly gates rent on lent. She's like a shirt without any sleeves. She shakes my tree and down come my leaves, and now she's raking me apart. First the tomatoes and now it's my heart. Oh no, falling in love with a two-bit baby, and I can't go on.

Sometimes

Frank never did nothing wrong in his life, then he fell in love with Ms. Right. Now every night he's doing the pogo, and everywhere they go it's something a-go-go. She worked at the High Sierras. Said she wanted to go to the Riviera. So he went to France, put it in his car, and every single night they're eating caviar. Sometimes I wonder what makes a man lose his mind, then I know the answer when I see her passing by. Is it over? No, 'cus Lance is in a trance. Eddy's going steady. Eddy's brother Freddie is going out with Betty, and Chris is in eternal bliss ever since he kissed those luscious lips. Skip has flipped. Drew's unglued. Bob quit his job just to go out with Sue, and Don Ho's on the television kissing all the girls at 7-11.

Busman

1-2-3-4. Hey Mr. busman, get me off this bus. I saw a pretty girl, and it’s causing me to fuss. We passed her by on 4th and Vine, and now I know she’s gotta be mine. Hey Mr. busman, turn this thing around, get me back to the other side of town. She might be gone before I’m there and I’ll never see her standing there. Let’s go! Hey Mr. busman, this is far enough. This is where I saw my baby standing up. She packed her bags and now she’s gone. I feel like I’ve been hit with an A-bomb.

Kalamazoo

She’s got a smile like the Mona Lisa. That’s why she’s my favorite piece of art. When I see her I start appraising, wondering if her value is raising. I have a history of falling in love too easily. A girl with her sanity drives me to Kalamzoo. I took a trip when I kissed her lips. I flew outta DC on a 707. Took a seat in the First Class section. Caught my plane on the love connection. I’d be so happy. Got myself a window seat, peanuts and a magazine, and a stewardess who’s oh so cute. (announced over the loudspeaker) “Flight 1555 out of New Orleans is landing in Kalamazoo at approximately 12:35. Baggage claim at section 4. Have a nice day in Kalamazoo ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much.” I have a history of falling in love too easily. A girl with her sanity drives me to Kalamzoo. 

Mystery Train

(Adaptation of Mystery Train by Junior Parker)

Train I ride, sixteen coaches long. Well it took my baby. Never gonna take her again (but she is mine all mine). Train train, coming ‘round the bend. Well it took my baby. Never gonna take her again. Train train train. Texas! It’s that long black train comin’ round the bend. Well it took my baby (but she is mine all mine). Never gonna take her again.

Hey, Stop!

Hey, stop, pretty baby, there’s something I wanna say. The way you’re behaving is making me save money for a rainy day. Because I only want something, like your loving, or there’s nothing worthwhile, like your smile when you’re looking down at me from above. Well, I'm in love. Let’s go out on a date. Hey, stop, pretty baby, there’s something I wanna say. I’ve been lying ‘bout all those things I say, because I don’t want your lovin’, I don’t want something when there’s nothing to me baby when it’s crazy to believe that from above, I’d find love. Let’s go out on a date. Hey, stop, pretty baby, there’s something I wanna say. The way you’re behaving is making me save money for a rainy day. Because I only want something, like your loving, or there’s nothing worthwhile, like your smile when you’re looking straight at me from above. Well, I'm in love. Let’s go out on a date.