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he was the kind of kid in the neighborhood
who was always told he was no good
and everybody let him know it
and when he went to school you see
the kids would not let him be
they would make him grovel and cry
everybody knows
the emperor's got no clothes
but nobody really wants to see
the boy with the amplifier head
everybody thought that he was born that way
when they shut him down
he made that awful sound
the boy with the amplifier head
he was the kind of kid in the neighborhood
who always did just what he should
and nobody let him know it
when he went to class you know
they put him under glass you know
so they could see him grovel and cry
everybody knows
the emperor's got no clothes
but nobody really wants to see
the boy with the amplifier head
everybody thought that he was born that way
when they shut him down
he made that awful sound
the boy with the amplifier head
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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short skirts
pink shirts
white crosses
soda jerk
she ain’t praying on her knees
there’s a run in her stocking
with the juke box rocking
and she’s dancin’ like she gotta pee
i know where you go
when school is over
and the luncheonette’s closed
it was 1966
aftermath and kicks
ready steady go hullabaloo
shindogs shindig
cuban heels are big
got me kicked right out of school
i know where you go
when school is over
and the luncheonette’s closed
Now Slide
Ride Sally Ride
she drives me crazy
the way she smokes cigarettes
drinking tango no regrets and getting high
down at the beat club baby
yeah we’re livin’ like we’re never gonna die
you know where we go
when school is over
and the luncheonette’s closed
Now Slide
Ride Sally Ride
she drives me crazy
the way she smokes a cigarette
drinking tango no regrets and getting high
down at the beat club baby
yeah we were livin’ like we’re never gonna die
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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Jaw Teaser
03:36
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jaw teaser
roll it your mouth and have some fun
just wait a dog gone minute here it comes
fresh out of the store now do want a little more
how does it taste now don’t you waste any at all
jaw teaser yeah yeah yeah
jaw teaser
whatever you do now just don’t bite
it’s an all day sucker lasts all night
it’s so fine and dandy and it’s harder than rock candy
you should always keep one handy when you’re down
jaw teaser yeah yeah yeah
jaw teaser
roll it your mouth and have some fun
just wait a dog gone minute now here it comes
you should one very often
if you start to choke and cough now take it out
and start all over if you please
jaw teaser yeah yeah yeah
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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Who's That Girl?
02:20
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who's that girl
walkin’ down street
who's that girl
the one i wanna meet
who's that girl
the one i’m thinking of
who's that girl
i think that i’m in love
who's that girl
look at the way she walks
who's that girl
I wonder if she rocks
who's that girl
I wonder where she go
who's that girl
that’s what i want to know
who's that girl
she just makes me lose my cool
she don’t know who i am
who's that girl
who's that girl
on the telephone
who's that girl
i want to walk her home
who's that girl
i wonder if she’s bad
who's that girl
i want to meet her dad
who's that girl
is she in school
who's that girl
would she think i’m cool
who's that girl
does she like my car
who's that girl
does she go far
who's that girl
she just makes me lose my cool
she don’t know who i am
who's that girl
who's that girl
walkin’ down street
who's that girl
the one i wanna meet
who's that girl
the one i’m thinking of
who's that girl
i think that i’m in love
who's that girl
on the telephone
who's that girl
i'm gonna take her home
who's that girl
i wonder if she’s bad
who's that girl
i want to meet her dad
who's that girl
she just makes me shake and moan
now she knows who i am
who's that girl
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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Starleen
02:25
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starleen
let’s go for a ride
starleen
right in your doublewide
yeah and ain’t it good to know
that you don’t have to go round outside
starleen
the way you boom boom boom
starleen
the way you walk in the room
fat back betty can’t even hold a candle to you
you always get to be so bad
you always get to be so bad
you always get to be so yeah you always get to me
starleen
the way you drive your car
starleen
the way you drink from a jar
gasoline and lucky strikes
yeah you really light up this bar
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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New Obsession
02:49
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my stomach’s in knots
i’m jonesin’ for more
head in my hands
n my knees on the floor
lookin’ for that piercing
you lost in my bed
still got your taste on my face
and your face in my head
i’ve got a new obsession
have mercy
can’t put it down
i’ve got a new obsession i do
that new obsession is you
you’re a hurricane tsunami
i know your gonna harm me
a nightmare a messy wet dream
i toss n turn with tremors, night sweats n devils
you make me wanna scream
that…I got a new obsession
have mercy
can’t put it down
i’ve got a new obsession it’s true
that new obsession is you
i cannot stop
the once i start
i am a more fiend
you had me right from the first shot
now i’m on repeat
the once i start
i cannot stop
i am a more fiend
you are the one that left a scar
now i must get clean
you came and went so fast
the kick was worth the blast
but can i get one more hit please
i’m back down on my knees
tryin’ get off e
n you are just another bit of my dis-ease
i’ve got a new obsession
have mercy
can’t put it down
i’ve got a new obsession i do
that new obsession is you
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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Two Headed Girl
02:30
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life ain’t so easy with a two headed girl
she’s got me so dizzy i’m about to hurl
i met her when she was a side show attraction
all i wanted was a piece of action
life isn’t easy with a two headed girl
and taking her out is no small affair
because it takes 4 hours just to do her hair
friday night at the drive in double feature
everyone ran screaming from my creature
life isn’t easy with a two headed girl
one head likes to stay awake all night
one mouth swallows what the other bites
life ain’t so easy with a two headed girl
now we are happy in this house of freaks
with two of our own little pinhead geeks
but we sleep in separate beds
it’s hard to find a pillow for a girl with 2 heads
life ain’t so easy with a two headed girl
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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8. |
Big Wax Lips
02:44
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some people like candy cigarettes
some like chewin’ bubble gum cigars
hard rock candy sugar sticks
but i like BIG WAX LIPS
some folks like suckin’ giant red hot balls
long boys and mary janes
squirrel nut zippers and nik-L-nips
i love those BIG WAX LIPS
candy buttons, taffy, c. howard mints
juleps, necco wafers and pixy sticks
come over here
and gimme a kiss
with those
BIG WAX LIPS
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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9. |
Teenage Damage
01:57
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you can wash out my mouth with soap
but i’ll still say fuck
give me a hit of ritalin
i’ll still cause a ruckus
i’m a boy on a mission
i walk my talk
all i wanna do is
rock rock rock
tell me to be quiet
and i just gotta scream
take me to confession
i won’t be redeemed
i’m a boy on a mission
and i walk my talk
all i wanna do is
rock rock rock
i learned to wipe my own ass
from a bell swingin’ hunchback
with a fist for a pacifier
i learned to take a punch jack
i’m a boy on a mission
and i walk my talk
all i wanna do is
rock rock rock
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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Rock Candy
03:21
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hey rock candy
doing the peppermint twist
going to a go go
and it goes like this
HEY ROCK CANDY
HEY ROCK CANDY
HEY ROCK CANDY
R.O.C.K. C.A.N.D.Y.
saturday night
the whole world is out on the town
little rock candy
shakin’ the juke joint down
HEY ROCK CANDY…
yeah rock candy
18 inch chain on your hip
cigarette aquanet
boots and a purse on your lip
HEY ROCK CANDY…
candy get’s up on the stage and shouts 1-2-3-4
then the band starts a rockin’
and the crowd all screams for more
HEY ROCK CANDY….
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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Rave Up
01:45
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everything is burnin' up
everything is breakin' down
religicide on the street
hard times all around
we don't care anyway
all we want to do is play
tonight we party like its the end of days
lets have a rave up
rave up
lets have a rave up
it's time to get down
there is a little joint
on up the street
where bands play
and people meet
to blow off all their daily blues
with neon lights and lots of booze
they drink their cares away
for just a little while anyway
and they party like it's the end of days
lets have a rave up
rave up
lets have a rave up
it's time get down
© Salvatore Baglio
SweetBreadSongs ASCAP
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