Now and Zen

A brand new human being, razor sharp, all firm and tanned

All clean, all pure, with a thirty-second attention span

As the clock strikes twelve and we're ready for party games

You play blind man's buff and I'll play out charades



[Heaven knows] what kind of fool am I

[Heaven knows] why you take an eye for an eye 

[Heaven knows] what comes over me 

You were pumping iron as I was pumping irony



Now I find myself fully occupied and half alive

With your head, heart, arms and legs wrapped around my family pride

See the whites of their eyes then shoot

With all the romance of the Ton Ton Macoute



[Heaven knows] what kind of fool am I [etc repeated]



Nothing will show as we're shedding our clothes

But then I suppose, anything goes, anything goes

But then I suppose that anything, anything goes

[Heaven knows - heaven knows --]



[Heaven knows] what kind of fool am I

[Heaven knows] what comes over me

[Heaven knows] what kind of fool am I

Tell me please, please, please

[Heaven knows] what kind of fool am I --

There's a girl lives on my block

There's a girl lives on my block

There's a girl lives on my block

She's drivin' me mad, she's drivin' me mad, she's drivin' me



And I don't know what to do

No, I don't know what to do

I don't know what to do

'Cause I want her so bad, yes I want her so bad, yes I want her so



[Oh-oh-oh-oh] I'm happy dancin'

I'm dancin', I dance on my own --



Gonna dance until I drop

I'm gonna dance until I drop

Gonna move until I stop

Gonna twist and shout, go spin it round, gonna do it once more



[Oh-oh-oh-oh] I'm happy dancin'

I'm dancin', I dance on my own --



And I don't care if I die

I don't care if I die, no

And I don't care if I die

Oh, gonna have my fun, gonna do it again, gonna do it once more



[Oh-oh-oh-oh] I'm happy dancin'

I'm dancin', I dance on my own --

I'm like a strange cat running in the heat of the night

I've got a fire in my eyes, got a date with delight

Some kinda moaning in in the heart of the storm

I'm gonna love you so hard, you'll want your loving done

Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you

Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you



With my one hand loose I aim to satisfy

You like my loving machine - I like your bloodshot eye

Real gone girl, jumping back with the beat

I'll be your tall cool one with the crazy feet

Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you --



I'm so tall and you're so cute

Let's play wild like wildcats do

You're gonna rock your tall cool one

I'm gonna say that, I'm gonna say that, I'm gonna say that



You stroll, you jump, you're hot and you tease

'Cause I'm your tall cool one and I'm built to please

You stroll, you jump, you're hot and you tease

'Cause I'm your tall cool one and I'm built to please



[Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you --]



Move over mister - step on back in the crowd

'Cause she's a whole lotta sister 'bout to drive me wild

Lotta places I've been, lotta names, lotta words

No one compares to my real gone girl

Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you --



I'm so tall and you're so cute [etc repeated]



You stroll, you jump [etc repeated]



[Lighten up baby, I'm in love with you --]

See what I'm driving at and I'm back behind the wheel

Just a little nervous - it's something to do with the way I feel

With the way I feel, with the way I feel

Trouble understanding - nothing too out of hand

A little overloaded - some kinda storm in the heart of the man

Oh - in the heart of the man

I must have heard it somewhere

I can't quite remember



Look what I've turned into and I'm back inside the car

We travelled in luxury - a little celebration went a touch too far

Just a touch too far, just a touch too far

I must have passed it somewhere

Now I can't quite remember

But here it comes again



The mirror tries to please me - the image wouldn't stay

The stranger is too perfect to take my breath away

The future rides beside me - tomorrow in his hand

The stranger turns to greet me and take me by the hand



Look what I've turned into, and I'm back inside the car

We travelled in luxury - a little celebration went a touch too far

Just a touch too far, just a touch

It something to do with the way I feel, with the way I feel



The mirror tries to please me [etc repeated]

She walks like a gunslinger - laughs through the shots

Got some lead from the hips - she's so hot she can't stop

She loves like a steam train - out all the time

She fights like a bobcat - got some fame on her mind

Tell me why - oh, tell me why



Fire where the heart is - sweet home on the range

The call of the wild - see the beast with no name

Tell me why - oh, tell me why



The world is waiting here for you, you, you

Can't you see it anymore

The world is waiting there for you, you, you

Can't you see them anymore, anymore, anymore



The world is waiting there for you, you, you

Don't you just hear it anymore

The world is waiting there for you, you, you

Don't you feel it anymore, anymore, anymore



She's tall in the saddle - got a rose in her teeth

She's my hell incarnate - just walkin' down your street

You've seen the line on the glory from the heart of the flame

From the ... I don't know a story - but your song never change

Tell me why - oh, tell me why



The world is waiting there for you, you, you

Can't you feel it anymore

The world is waiting there for you, you, you

Can't you feel it anymore, anymore, anymore --



Shoot, shoot - she walks like a gunslinger

Shoot, shoot - I will I see your shots

Shoot, shoot - she walks like a gunslinger

Shoot, shoot - she laughs, laughs, laughs --

Billy and Jenny will never get old

That's the kind of love in a story untold

Kisses are burning, and a touch is so hot

Crazy with lovin'



Wide as the sky and deep as the ocean

Crazy with love and wild devotion

Feeling went cool when the touching stopped

Crazy with lovin'



She's been looking for someone

He's been looking for someone

Oh - trouble gonna come someday



Billy comes home and Jenny's not there

Walkin' the floor and tearin' his hair

Feeling went cool when the touching stopped

Crazy with lovin'



He's been looking for someone

She's been looking for someone

Oh - trouble gonna come someday



Billy turned the corner

Goes through the night

Shaking in the shadows

Billy's only got one thing on his mind



It's a heartbreak town

It's a heartbreak, heartbreak, heartbreak, heartbreak



She's been looking for someone

He's been looking for someone



He's been looking for someone

She's been looking for someone

Oh - trouble gonna come someday

Bye bye trouble - trouble gonna leave you now



Billy and Jenny will never get old

That's the kind of love in a story untold

Kisses are burning and a touch is so hot

When you're crazy with lovin' you can't stop

On waves of love my heart is breaking

And stranger still my self control I can't rely on anymore

New tides surprise - my world it's changing

Within this frame an ocean swells - behind this smile I know it well



Beneath a lover's moon I'm waiting

I am the pilot of the storm - adrift in pleasure I may drown

I built this ship - it is my making

And furthermore my self control I can't rely on anymore

I know why - I know why

Crazy on a ship of fools

Crazy on a ship of fools

Turn this boat around - back to my loving ground



Who claims that no man is an island

While I land up in jeopardy - more distant from you by degrees

I walk this shore in isolation

And at my feet eternity draws ever sweeter plans for me

I know why - I know why

Crazy on a ship of fools

Crazy on a ship of fools

Turn this boat around - back to my loving ground

Oh no, oh no - ship of fools --

Oh - the sandman is running

Oh - he ain't telling you why

But she knows, yeah she knows

Oh - the thunder is roaring 

Oh - hear his wings in the sky

And he knows

She don't know, she don't know, she don't know

She don't know, she don't know, she don't know why

Oh why



Oh-oh - she wants it bad - oh-oh

Oh-oh - she wants it bad - oh-oh

When you're lost and found a brand new friend

Here comes another happy end



Mm - now the fat man is falling

Oh - see that tear in your eye

'Cause you know

You don't know, you don't know, you don't know

You don't know, you don't know, you don't know why

Oh why



Oh-oh - she wants it bad [etc repeated]



Oh - now the new day is dawning

Oh - till their pasts mystify

And you know

We don't know, we don't know, we don't know

We don't know, we don't know, we don't know why

Oh why, why, why --

Thirteenth day of August '54 I was five years old

Depending where you're counting from

Mama didn't tell me what was going abroad

No tales of things to come

Daddy, daddy come home in the evening with the burdens of the day

Pat Boone might come along and take Daddy's blues away

Mama might take Daddy's head into her hands

Soothe awhile, soothe awhile, touch the boy inside the man



Beneath her skirts, between the clean, white sheets

It's such a long, long way from the streets

Beneath her skirts, between the clean, white sheets

It's such a long, long way from the streets



Miss Debbie Reynolds promised someone out there always to obey

[Sugar, sugar - white, clean and neat]

And there was no one better qualified to cry awhile, cry awhile

Not quite like Mr Johnny Ray

[Sugar, sugar - white, clean and neat]

[Sugar, sugar - white, clean and neat]



Beneath her skirts [etc repeated]



Baby, don't you want me no more?

Don't you want me no more?

Oh yeah - talk to me



Down at the juke joint, back at the drive-in movie show

Moondog made one more white boy sanctify

Out on the streets, the red hot streets, old heroes fell

And I screamed my name with pride



Beneath her skirts [etc repeated]



Hey, baby - don't you want me baby?

Don't you want me no more?

Hearts on fire - burning fast

Love, desire - make sweet love last

This one we'll sing now

Soon you'll finally see all this mystery

Wouldn't it be nice - wouldn't it be nice

[Walking towards paradise]

[Walking towards paradise]



On days like this, nights confirm

You know so much - so much to learn

Soon you'll finally see all this mystery

Wouldn't it be nice - wouldn't it be nice

[Walking towards paradise]

[Walking towards paradise --]



Come with me - now come with me

[Walking towards paradise]

[Walking towards paradise --]