TV is King The Tubes

TV is King (Rundgren/Spooner/Steen/Prince/Welnick/Cotten/Anderson/Waybill/Styles) I wish I was the man with the mechanical heart I'd conquer all my enemies alone I'd tear the guys apart then

Telecide The Tubes

Listen boys and girls About the other world It`s just a day job Night job Odd job Nose job Hand job Blow job Rack job Snow job Boring 9 to 5 job Rather have a knob job Things get too inertial

No Way Out The Tubes

No Way Out (Spooner/Steen/Prince/Welnick/Cotten/Anderson/Waybill/Styles) There is no way out I am stuck here behind the window Tangled in the wires and burned by electricity And there's no place

Only The Strong Survive The Tubes

Only The Strong Survive (Spooner/Steen/Prince/Welnick/Cotten/Anderson/Waybill) When you're always chasing rainbows and you might not know which way the wind blows You say your lucky day is comin

Wild Women Of Wongo The Tubes

From the foggy woggy banks of the Limpopo River, there come the sounds of Female ecstasy (I shiver), Wet and wanton, their cries caress by swollen ears, with building fears, of this forsaken land

Time To Fall Radio Birdman

WOKE UP ALONE, AINT GOT NOTHING TO LOSE OVER AT YOUR HOUSE WITH NOTHIN ON NOTHIN TO LOSE TAKE THE BACK OFF THE TV, CIRCUITS THERE FOR YOU RUN DRY FINGERS BETWEEN THE DUSTY TUBES YOU TRY TO FORGET BUT ONCE

What Do You Want From Life? The Tubes

(Spooner/Evans) Copyright 1975 Pseudo Songs and Swiveltone Music What do you want from life To kidnap an heiress or threaten her with a knife What do you want from life To get cable TV and watch

One Good Reason The Tubes

One Good Reason (Tubes/Rundgren/Welnick) Just give me one good reason I know somehow there's got to be one I wasn't born every minute of everyday I never feel this way I fought hard to keep

Haloes The Tubes

Copyright 1975 Pseudo Songs I am looking for someone today Someone I can get to see my way When I find that light I'll lay down low When I know I'm right I won't let go In my mind I feel this world is

Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand) The Tubes

Real almost real I could feel the life flow into my veins Done now it`s done I have fallen for the final time I can`t get up again Love`s a mystery I don`t understand Love`s supposed to make you glad Tell

Slipped My Disco The Tubes

Slipped My Disco (Spooner/Steen) Well the joint was jumpin' Maybe I got too high And the beat was familiar My feet were too sly I tried to hustle I tried to bump I was always steppin'

ASHTRAY Screeching Weasel

I can't pay the rent, the 20 bucks I made last week's already spent The landlord's at the door and there's dried beer and cigarette butts on the floor Can't seem to go to work and let some fucker

Stand Up And Shout The Tubes

Shout Trainer/Condello If there's any doubt in your mind, don't waste your time 'cause when you find what it's all about When you're feeling locked up inside yourself and you're trying to find the

Fastest Gun Alive The Tubes

Fastest Gun Alive (Waybill/Steen/Cambra/Anderson) Feesongs/BMI/ Raja Music/BMI/ Gazworks/ASCAP Do you know that I was once famous with a cool hand and a deadly aim As the years passed with

For A Song The Tubes

For A Song (Tubes/Rundgren) What good is money unless it brings that certain something for the girl who's got everything Here is an item you can't pass by Won't even cost you one thin dime

FANTASTIC DELUSION The Tubes

FANTASTIC DELUSION The Tubes Look around tell me what you see The sky is blue and the trees are green But what you see isn't what it seems It's all part of a cruel scheme Look closer, you

Fishhouse The Tubes

Fishhouse The creature from the black lagoon you might say is prophecy for the world today All that's black come out of the bay Oil spill kill bill has a price to pay Dead bloated whale with

Tip Of My Tongue The Tubes

I can almost taste it, and when I can, (I won't waste the chance). Just a lick away, (Oh so close) and baby there's one thing I know...

Piece By Piece The Tubes

Piece By Piece (Snow/Tubes/Rundgren) She looks good But she's not altogether right All her parts are not screwed on tight There's a touch of tragedy When she moves you can see the secret

Be Mine Tonight The Tubes

Be Mine Tonight (Spooner/Steen/Prince/Welnick/Cotten/Anderson/Waybill/Styles) Well the very first time that I saw you there you know I couldn't believe my eyes I thought I was the winner of the

STATIC AGE misfits

Static, static, static We're on a video rage Static, static, static We're on a video rage We're all blue from projection tubes We're all blue from projection tubes This is the static age we

King Eternal TV On The Radio

swing kung fu Oh fucking eternal Oh fucking eternal Afraid of thunder children, so hide your ears Hope your fortress holds up for many many many years Shudder, it's a shame Lightning, call the

King Henry Pete Seeger

King Henry marched forth, a sword in his hand Two thousand horsemen all at his command In a fortnight the rivers ran red through the land The year fifteen hundred and twenty The year it is now nineteen

Pimp The Tubes

your pocketbook and I'll Slip out a $20 honey and Pimp--can't you control your bitches Ain't you got no vision Pimp--can't you control your bitches Ain't you got no vision I was rappin' on the

Night People The Tubes

Night People ((Tubes) Night people--they're my friends Night people--don't want the night to end Night people--hide from the sun Night people--are gone when the morning comes Night people

I Want It All Now The Tubes

I Want It All Now (Spooner/Steen/Prince/Welnick/Cotten/Anderson/Waybill/Styles) What's on the other side of the wall Seems like my world has gotten so small Where are the friends who don't ever

Come As You Are The Tubes

Come As You Are (Tubes/Rundgren/Welnick) Would it be wrong of me to interrupt your little fun You always run away if I've got something serious to say But you belong to me if you belong to

Space Baby The Tubes

Space Baby (Spooner/Welnick) Copyright 1975 Pseudo Songs Space baby, you got no planet Space baby, you got no planet Got no home to give a name No air to breathe, but just the same I dig my

Stella The Tubes

Stella (Tubes/S.

Brighter Day The Tubes

with you I can't get it off my mind I've been thinking I've been dreamin' 'Bout this heart of mine In a day we'll know, oh we'll know, yes we'll know 'Bout a heart that's strong and a mind that is

Say What You Want The Tubes

You know that I'd swim across the nile walk on my hands for a thousand miles if you'd explain what's behind that smile, and Say what you want but go down with it For once can we skip the going

How Can You Live With Yourself? The Tubes

You know that I'd swim across the nile walk on my hands for a thousand miles if you'd explain what's behind that smile, and Say what you want but go down with it For once can we skip the going

Young And Rich The Tubes

Young And Rich (Spooner) Young and rich Everything I desire Light bulbs with shades in every room And work is play--believe me Nothing must come too hard It comes in the mail most everyday

GLASS HOUSE The Tubes

GLASS HOUSE The Tubes Standing here Stripped to the bone Every line on my face Is cut out of stone I'm a man in a glass house tonight And I only want to treat you right I love, I love you

The Monkey Time The Tubes

The Monkey Time (Curtis Mayfield) Now there's a place right across town, whenever you're ready Where the people gather 'round, whenever they're ready And then the music begins to play You feel

Don't Want To Wait Anymore The Tubes

We, could be The last two on earth To start a new world Just you and me, girl Try, and you can almost see How it could be, just you and me Lost, trapped in the freezing cold Barely alive Have to make love

Proud To Be An American The Tubes

Proud To Be An American (Spooner) I'm proud to be an American I'm proud of the groovy things we've done There's television, free religion, Rock 'n' roll, Standard Oil, Times Square, Jimmy

Tubes World Tour The Tubes

And we really had a battle when we did it in Seattle Vancouver on the very next day San Diego kept us busy We got so dizzy with the interviews and radio shows The fans were no turkeys when the Tubes

Feel It The Tubes

Feel It (Tubes/Rundgren/Welnick) I look at you and go mad Thoughts of things that I do If one chance I just had to show you what this man really wants to do When I'm through you would say

Who Names The Hurricanes The Tubes

Who Names The Hurricanes All along the lighthouse reef the turmoil sweeps in the soil and weeps its beef with a lack of warning--Hey you Can't you read the signs Cartwheeling reams of trees They

Hamburger Lady Throbbing Gristle

By far worse is the hambuger lady, We must heal them for the qualified technicians, Worse, Alternating nights are automatic, She's lying there, Hamburger Lady Hamburger Lady She's dying, She

4leaf clover King Isis

Sit and numb my brain for fun Flip channels on TV Overdone, it's all become Are you still listening?

Arms of the Enemy The Tubes

Arms of the Enemy Take a look in the mirror what do you see staring back at the lines of life so wishfully Could it be any clearer who earned the pain Everytime that you ask the price you'll

THEME PARK The Tubes

THEME PARK The Tubes I'm goin' to the theme park Lookin' for a thrill Gonna stay 'til they close it 'Til I get my fill Spinning on a Tilt-A-Whirl Nothin' like it in this world Close your eyes

Boy Crazy The Tubes

Boy Crazy (Spooner) Copyright 1975 Pseudo Songs Was it Jimmy's fault on your first date you promised Mom you wouldn't be home late At the drive-in you climbed in the back Skipped the movies

out of the business The Tubes

At the end of my rope, I feel pretty rough. I just got the sack, take a number please. I'm never looking back. I'm out on the street.

Around The World The Tubes

Around The World (Cambra/Waybill) Gazworks/ASCAP/ Feesongs/BMI Guide me into the night Give me all your delights Slide me inside your soul I need to know I'm half empty I'm so naive--it

Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman The Tubes

It was a normal date with my girlfriend Sue Blond hair, blue eyes, and five-foot-two The night was cold, the stars were bright From over her shoulder came a strange light We parked the car down at Three-Mile

After All You Said The Tubes

After All You Said (Steen/Waybill) Raja Music/BMI/ Feesongs/BMI I guess you're still too wild after all you said and did not mean What hides behind the smile after all you said and made

GENIUS OF AMERICA The Tubes

GENIUS OF AMERICA (Cambra/Prince) Gazworks/ASCAP/ Wongo Songo/BMI Soft cell, hard trade They'll steal the deal we made Take to the sun and make it work by the hour Talk like us 'til everyman