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Now that all the snow is fallin
It's crunching below my feet
And all the christmas lights are shining
On houses up and down my street
And i can see the happy families inside
If only for a moment

It's christmas time

I think i see the children down the street
Here they come caroling
Now you can hear them
They're saying
Oh yeah

Mister johnson bought a christmas tree
He set it up with his family
They're opening their presents big and small
Mister johnson got a big brown bowling ball
Sally got a pair of brand new skates
And jimmy got a box of frosty flakes
He's knows that there's a special little prize inside
What a happy moment
It's christmas time
The carolers are standing in line
They sing
Oh yeah

Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by
You never get to stop and open our eyes
One minute you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

These fragile bodies of touch and taste
This fragrant skin this hair like lace
Spirits open to the thrust of grace
Never a breath you can afford to waste

Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

We were lovers in a dangerous time
We were lovers in a dangerous time

I leave from softball practice every night
It's getting dark, but the "golden arches" light up the way
I turn the corner at the traffic light
I count my money and then i rehearse what i'm going to say

"i'd like an order of fries, a quarter-pounder with cheese,
I love the light in your eyes, will you go out with me please?"

Chorus:
I am in love with a mcdonalds girl
She has a smile of innocence so tender and warm
I am in love with a mcdonalds girl
She is an angel in a polyester uniform


She doesn't try to impress anyone
She doesn't act all tough like all the other girls that i know
She don't treat me like a simpleton
She's not ashamed to be the only other virgin i know
When my hamburger's cold, i get up ready to go,
She's only fifteen years old, and i'm in love with her soul

She's got a gold tooth, you know she's hardcore
She'll show you a good time, then she'll show you the door...boy!

Chorus


There she stands behind the register
She's taking orders from the saddle river little league
If they knew how much i wanted her
Their home-room teachers would have to send them home for a week

As i head through the door, the movement catches her eye,
My heart begins to soar, she smiles, she waves good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Chorus

Uno, dos, tres, quatro
Big mac, filet o fish, quarter pounder, french fries
Icey coke, thick shakes, sundaes and apple pies
Sing that song of taste
You can only find at one place: mcdonalds

Chorus

Suddenly
Things become unsound
Stumbling
On the shaky ground
Given arrows to shoot tornados down
Shoot them down
To the ground

Saw a falling leaf
Good luck - jump to grab
Much to our surprise
A butterfly
And it's sunkeness
In duration
In duration
In our lives

Inside oursleves
A hidden sun
That burns and burns
Never does any harm to anyone

Shivering
Madly in the dark
Like an animal
Abandoned in the car park

Then she held me
And then she showed me
The beauty of
The human heart

Inside ourselves
A hidden sun
That burns and burns
Never does any harm to anyone

A hidden sun
That burns and burns
But never does any harm to anyone
Anyone
Oooh anyone
Hidden sun (sun)
Hidden sun
Oooh (sun)
(sun)
(sun)
(sun)
(sun)

There was fresh butter melting on a waffle,
Sky so blue that the clouds felt awful,
Beavers swimming around their hut,
And someone was building a mini putt.

La la la la la la la (repeated)

There was a river rippled like a chip,
We went in for a skinny dip (hey, come on now!)
Fish jumping for a flippety flip, oh,
What is life? this is it, this is it, this is it, oh, this is it

I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and i can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me i'm a real live wire

Psycho killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run away
Psycho killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away

You start a conversation you can't even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.
When i have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?

Psycho killer,
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run away
Psycho killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run away

Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir la
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir la
Realisant mon espoir
Je me lance, vers la gloire ... okay
We are vain and we are blind
I hate people when they're not polite

Psycho killer,
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run away
Psycho killer,
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run away

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh....

green christmas by barenaked ladies

The streets are filled with christmas cheer
At least its only once a year
Perfect parcels tied with perfect bows
And carols ringing in my ear
Bundled up against the cold
Lines wherever gifts are sold
Each shop window displays a christmas scene
For everybody young and old
Icicles on eavesdrops
And tinsel on the trees
But it's a green christmas for me

Couples skating on the pond
Making angels on the lawn
Five red mittens drying on the rack
And needles shedding tannenbaums
Red bows on the railings
And snowflakes on the ground
But it's a green christmas in this town

Green
Cause of everything i miss
All this mistletoe no kiss
And with every christmas wish
There would be no greater gift
Than to have this envy lift

Carolers are at my door
Don't wanna hear them anymore
Stockings on the mantle
It snows here everyday
But it's a green christmas anyway

Red nose on the reindeer
And tinsel on the tree
But it's a green christmas for me

When the crypt doors creak
And the tombstones quake
Spooks come out for a singing wake
Happy haunts materialize
And begin to vocalize
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize

Now don't close your eyes
And don't try to hide
Or a silly spook may sit by your side
Shrouded in a daft disguise
They pretend to terrorize
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize

As the moon climbs high o'er dead oak tree
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree
Creepy creeps with eerie eyes
Start to shriek and harmonize
Grim grinning ghosts come out socialize

When you hear the knell of a requiem bell
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell
Restles bones etherealize
Rise as spooks of every size

Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize
Grim grinning ghosts come out
Grim grinning ghosts come out
To socialize

Stop with your messin around
You'd better think of your future
It's time you straighten right out
Creating problems in town

Ru-deee
A message to you, ru-deee
A message to you, ru-deee
A message to you, ru-deee

Stop with your messin around
You'd better think of your future
It's time you straighten right out
Or else you'll wind up in jail

Ru-deee
A message to you, ru-deee
A message to you, ru-deee
A message to you, ru-deee (that's right, that's right, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee (that's right, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee (oh, that's right, that's right, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee (stop with your messin around)
A message to you, ru-deee (you'd better think of your future)
A message to you, ru-deee (it's time you straighten right out)
A message to you, ru-deee (creating problems in town, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee (that's right, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee (that's right, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee (that's right, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee (that's right, that's right)
A message to you, ru-deee

Ha ha ha ha ha! i had to do the stupid laugh at the end, didn't i?
Didn't i? get outta here!

Get tough now
Come away for the s
The s one w
Brothers and sisters
Come away for the s
The s one w
On time cause he busta rhymes a hard rhymer
On time cause he busta rhymes a hard rhymer
It's the flavor, it's the flavor, it's the flavor
Life saver
It's the flavor, it's the flavor, it's the flavor
Life saver

Get back cause he whacks the tracks terminator
Get back cause he whacks the tracks terminator

1989 the number another summer (get down)
Sound of the funky drummer
Music hittin' your heart cause i know you got soul
(brothers and sisters, hey)
Listen if you're missin' y'all
Swingin' while i'm singin'
Givin' whatcha gettin'
Knowin' what i know
While the black bands sweatin'
And the rhythm rhymes rollin'
Got to give us what we want
Gotta give us what we need
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death
We got to fight the powers that be

Chorus
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
Lemme hear you say
Fight the power
We've got to fight the powers that be

As the rhythm designed to bounce
What counts is that the rhymes
Designed to fill your mind
Now that you've realized the prides arrived
We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
From the heart
It's a start, a work of art
To revolutionize make a change nothin's strange
People, people we are the same
No we're not the same
Cause we don't know the game
What we need is awareness, we can't get careless
You say what is this?
My beloved lets get down to business
Mental self defensive fitness
(yo) bum rush the show
You gotta go for what you know
Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be
Lemme hear you say...
Fight the power

Chorus

Elvis was a hero to most
Buddy elvis was a hero to most
Buddy ebsen was a hero to most
Buddy rich was a hero to most
Buddy hackett was a hero to most
Nutty buddy was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me you
See i'm straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
____________ and john wayne
Cause i'm black and i'm proud
I'm ready and hyped plus i'm amped
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
Sample a look back you look and find
Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
Don't worry be happy
Was a number one jam
Damn if i say it you can slap me right here
(get it) lets get this party started right
Right on, c'mon
What we got to say
Power to the people no delay
To make everybody see
In order to fight the powers that be

(fight the power)

Words & music by steven page and ed robertson

Woke up, i was on top of the world
There was a beautiful girl in the bed beside me
Rolled over, got a kiss on the ear,
She said, "listen up, dear, there's a change inside me."

Can't say how frightened i am, how unenlightened i am
As i run for cover
Can't say how happy i am to be wrong..

She's on time, she's on time
She's on time, she's on time
She's on time
Halleluyah!
She's on time!
It's the safest time of the month, they say, for love

We move in a mysterious way,
Cause when some holiday, i'd say we work harder
Not happy with a hug and a kiss,
Although most stop at this, we go much, much farther
We can't stop fooling around, on the bed,
On the ground, on the bathroom counter.
We can't stop when all our systems are go.

She's on time, she's on time
She's on time, she's on time
She's on time
Halleluyah!
She's on time!
It's the safest time of the month, they say, for love

She's on time, she's on time
She's on time, she's on time
She's on time
Halleluyah!
She's on time!
It's the safest time of the month, they say, for love

Between you and me, how happy we'll be
Repeating this cycle permanently
But where will we be when baby makes three?

I know that in a couple of years
I might lay down my fears and get psyched about it
Give in without an ounce of regret
Trying not to forget what i liked about it
One day i might look like a fool with a yard
And a pool and a station wagon
Till then i get down on my knees every day and pray

She's on time she's on time
She's on time she's on time
She's on time
Halleluyah!
She's on time!
It's the safest time of the month, they say, for love

She's on time...

Words & music by steven page

The bravest thing i've ever done
Was to run away and hide
But not this time, not this time
And the weakest thing i've ever done
Was to stay right by your side
Just like this time, and every time
I couldn't tell you i was happy when you were gone
So i lied and said that i missed you when we were apart.
I couldn't tell you, so i had to lead you on
But i didn't mean to break your heart.

And if i always seem distracted
Like my minds somewhere else,
That's because it's true, yes it's true
It's this stupid pride that makes me feel
Like i have to follow through
Even half-assedly, loving you
Why must i always speak in terms of cowardice?
When i guess i should have just come out and told you right from the start
Why must i always tell you all i want is this?
I guess 'cause i didn't want to break your heart

And you said;
"what'd you think that i was gonna do,
Curl up and die just because of you?
I'm not that weak, you know
What'd you think that i was gonna do,
Try to make you love me as much as i love you?
How could you be so low?
You arrogant man,
What do you think that i am?
My heart will be fine
Just stop wasting my time"

And now i know that you will be okay, and that i
Got what i want and that's rid of you
Good bye
And it's not cause i'll be missing you
That makes me fall apart
It's just that i didn't mean to break
No i didn't mean to break
No i didn't mean to break
Your heart

Please don't go rushing by
Stay and make my heart fly
Please don't go rushing by
Stay and make my heart fly

I never seem to know the time
When you're with me
You can tell it to the birds
I'll tell the bees

Please don't go rushing by
Stay and make my heart fly

I can't do anymore
To get inside your door
I can't do anymore
Please let me inside your door

I never seem to know the time
When you're with me
You can tell it to the birds
I'll tell the bees

Please don't go rushing by
Stay and make my heart fly
Stay and make my heart fly
Stay and make my heart fly

I'm well aware there's a bit of a problem

Where is this thing that i call heaven?
What is it doing here on earth?
Who is this holding my umbrella?
Who is this looking up your skirt?

You always wear it with a sense of style
I like to wear it with a smirk
You make me wait for just a little while
I open up my mouth and yell

I'm home, you're home, i'm all alone
Why can't i call you on the phone?
I really don't know
I'm home, you're home, we're all alone
Why can't i call you on the phone?

You always wear it with a sense of style
I like to wear it with a skirt
I'll be ok in just a little while
And i open my big mouth and yell

Did you laugh? did you cry?
Did you say my name with a bit of a sigh?
I really don't know
Did you laugh? did you cry?
Did you say my name with a bit of a sigh?

Take off, to the great white north
Take off, it's a beauty way to go
Take off, to the great white north
Take off, it's a beauty way to go
(bob & doug loon calls)

Where is this thing that i call heaven?
Did you laugh at that?

What is it doing here on earth?
Did you cry?
Who is this holding my umbrella?
Did you say my name with a sigh?
Who is this looking up your skirt?

Govatsos
Govatsos
Govatsos
Govatsos
Govatsos (continue throughout)

We love andrew govatsos

Govatsos
Govatsos
Govatsos

We love andrew govatsos

Well andrew govatsos he's our man
He cooks his fingers in a frying pan
I sang that once, i'll sing it again

Andrew govatsos he's our man

Andrew, he's got really nice hair
He's got fairly nice shoes down there
Down near the ground where he walks
You should hear the way that he talks
He could whack you up cause he's got a guy
He's got something stuck in his eye
He's a fan of barenaked ladies
We like him cause he is the greatest

Govatsos
He'll whack you up

Govatsos
He'll whack you up

Govatsos
Govatsos
Govatsos
Govatsos
Govatsos

There was darkness, there was light,
There was day and there was night,
There was wrong and there was right...
And then there was me.

You didn't even know me, but you treated me like dirt.
(and then there was me)
You didn't even know me, but you called me a jerk.
(and then there was me)

I'm from a planet near a star
You wouldn't know (it's very far).
The're calling me the man from mars
And i think they're insulting me.

They tried to take my special suit.
(insulting me)
(insulting me)
Put your hands up or i'll shoot! i don't have hands...

Across the galaxy i flew,
Heard a peaceful message sent by you.
Now i find you're judged by color and size.
I can't believe what you call my...

I'se the guy who sails the sky, but i think i'd like to live
Here.
I'd like to share your mountains, share your trees, and share
Your rivers.
I've never seen so many people of so many colors.
I'd like to think that someday maybe i could call you brothers.

(and then there was we)
I'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather,
(and then there was we)
Then we could learn about how beings live together.
(and then there was we)

So if you're thinking about being a spaceman,
It don't matter if you're black or white
Or purple or blue or green or red
Or yellow with polka dots on your head
Or made of snow or made of wheat
Or looking like something that's kind of a treat.

I like your hat... (fade)