daevid allen
Bananamoon
IT'S THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
It's the time of
your life you know
When we gotta choose
between yes and no
Yes, you make it
No, it gets worse
Wind up riding
in an old black hearse
Fuzz Buzz Gang Bang
Black metal shirt
Rich man he's so
afraid to get hurt
Clean shave t-shirt
straight up and down
Waitin' till the worm
turns six foot down
Won't you help me
sing this song
Soon we will be gone
It's the time of
your life you know
When we gotta choose
between yes and no
Chairman Mao Sacred Cow
I'm gonna tell you how
Tell me how
Cats walkin' in the world you find
It feels much better
when you're out of your mind
But the old wooden
church on the hill
The statue of Jesus
well it sits there still
That's all
Won't you help me sing this song
Soon we will be gone
I have to now coz
I have to climb a mountain
(What do you really want?)
I have to now coz
I have to climb a mountain
MEMORIES
I know that I
cannot leave this place
full of memories
Things like the way they
knew us all over town
We used to walk the streets
together - We could be seen
Bus stops where people
knew us, yeah, people knew
I've got to choose between
tomorrow and yesterday
I can't stop to think about
my life here today
Maybe I'll find someone
to get you off my mind
Take me away from here
and leave it all behind
ALL I WANT IS OUT OF HERE
I don't need money
and I don't wanna suck
I don't speak Russian,
and I don't need luck
Don't need pleasure
and I don't dig shows
Not gonna speak again now
till tomorrow
Ain't got nothing to buy,
got nothing to sell
Not looking for Heaven,
and I been to Hell
Crime and punishment
don't touch me
I gotta judge
that don't live in the city
All I want is out of here
I don't want power,
and I don't need fame
It just don't matter
if you know my name
I'll take anything,
I just don't care
You don't know me?
Christ you see me everywhere
FRED THE FISH
BBC Radio announcer:
'And now's the moment
at five to three a.m.
for which you've chosen
to deprive yourselves of sleep'
Hello! Banana
O hand me me Bowler
and me Didgery Doo
one banana sandwich
and a bucket of tea
abra cabra dabra
I'm a coolibar tree
takes a bowl 'a soup
to paint a picture like me
no doubt about it
some dogs breakfast
of a bloke I be
smokin' all the tea leaves
on me family tree
I'm a friend of tweedle dum
and tweedly dee
Lotsa lovely badges
on me old school knee-cap
O hand me a dahlia
we're goin' to Australia
Me life's been a failure
She's turned me down
Soon I'll be waltzin'
on the old gold sands
Everything's too loverly
to understand
Pass me the parsley
and me 99th chip
ain't nothin' nasty
gonna pass my lips
How you going son?
[from daevid's hand-written lyrics]
'John Coltrane Kazoo solo, followed
by general repeating of above words
and winds up with...'
O gimmie sweet potato!
STONED INNOCENT FRANKENSTEIN
and His Adventures
in the Land of Flip
People people love me do
I love me because I'm you but
Why do people always call me
Stoned Innocent Frankenstein
Freaks and monsters live with me
but I don't want to set them free
'Cos I love you because you call me
Stoned Innocent Frankenstein
But you know that I know
that you know that we know
the rainbow the sun shows
the mind blows the world goes
People people help me please
You're so cool I'm 'bout to freeze
but all you say is green cheese please
you're Stoned Innocent Frankenstein
But you know that I know that
you know that we know
the sun shows the mind blows
the wind blows the world goes
Dream train, Ooo Ooo!
Steam train, Ooo Ooo!
Dream train, Ooo Ooo!
Steam train, Ooo Ooo!
You said you'd give me
thirty percent of all you made
How now? How now?
How now? How now?
Well I sure ain't humble
I'm a heavy time fool
and the earth's gonna tremble,
ain't gonna be cool
they tell me it's only the season
ain't no reason
I'M A BOWL
- daevid allen
I'm a bowl fol de rol
I'm a doll lol de sole
roll de gaule de fol de gaule
I'm bold as a moulded troll
I've 3 noses
I've 3 beers
I've 9 neckties
I've some clothing
I've naught hunger
I've no clothes
But when I try
I scoff multifarious breakfasts
with a sneer
That was a difficult one wasn't it
I'm a bowl colder than cold
I'm a bowl father than scroll
But rather than stay
I'll rather than go
Said he departing I'm a bowl
now repeat this many times
maybe it's 'I'm an owl?'
I dunno
schlpp! wble wble WBLE URP! NICE
schaHALARP!
THE END.