So Long Pollyanna

So Long Pollyanna- The lyrics page

 

 

Lousy Bridge (Sygit)

I was feeling uninspired
My cerebellum had stage fright
I stepped out on the veranda
Squinting at the morning light
I pulled down on my shades
Tied a pair of sneakers on
And skipped off down the avenue
Searching for my next song
Now the banger boys at the bus stop
Are always ready for a fight
A pick of teenage heavyweights
Taking hits on ultra lights
But everybody needs a wing man
To feel like we belong
Mine went down in a tailspin and left me searching
For my next song
Now I’ve been searching wide
And I’ve been searching far
Down the lazy country lane
And the busy boulevard
There aren’t too many places I won’t go
I won’t go
I took tea down darkened alleys
With the orphans and outcasts
Who don’t believe in the future
And can’t forget about the past
And at quarter to the man on blue
Said its time to love along
So I moved on too looking for my muse and waiting on
My next song
Now I’ve been searching low
And I’ve been searching high
Must be something I can take
Is there something I can buy
There aren’t too many things that I won’t’ try
I won’t try
I’ve seen the greedy steal attention
Like kleptomaniacs
I’ve seen the needy disappear
Right between the sidewalk cracks
Ice seen the landfills over flow
with souvenirs made in Hong Kong
Well I’ve been to the shops
and all that I got
Was this lousy bridge
For my next song

 

Mockingbird (Sygit/Allen)

I’ve been singing for my supper
from the empty parking lot
Of every other town in this melting pot
New York to Chapel Hill interstate connect the dots
Between, between, between
Canary in my pocket, the 58’s are hot
No sound check here, just ready or not
I play tunes they won’t remember
from some writer they forgot
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
Chorus:
Little bird, little mockingbird
Whose song you singin’?
Whose song you singin’?
Little bird, little mockingbird
Whose song you singin’?
Whose song you singin’?
Give my regards to Vaudeville,
cause we sing the same refrain
Rolling in and out of towns like a hook in the brain
Just another lonely traveler, only aims to entertain
That’s all, that’s all, that’s all folks
Chorus
We keep busy building fires for our personal hells
I built mine out of unused paper and dried up inkwells
I tried to walk away, but history just repeats itself again
Chorus

 

Rocking Chair Blues (Sygit)

Somebody done wore my rocking chair out
Somebody done
Somebody done wore my rocking chair out
Somebody done
Yeah I used to feel so fine
Now I’m working overtime
Somebody done wore my rocking chair out
Was it you?
Somebody done stilled my yellow bird’s song
Somebody done
Somebody done stilled my yellow bird’s song
Somebody done
Stray cat marching through the gate
Carrying his dinner plate
Somebody done stilled my yellow bird’s song
Was it you?
Somebody done picked my strummin’ guitar
Somebody done
Somebody done picked my strummin’ guitar
Somebody done
Man that flattop sure could ring, but you
Can’t play the blues with just five strings
Somebody done picked my strummin’ guitar
Was it you?
Somebody done wore my rocking chair out
Somebody done
Somebody done wore my rocking chair out
Somebody done
Yeah I used to feel so fine
Now I’m working overtime
Somebody done wore my rocking chair out
Was it you?

 

One Thing (Sygit)

The oak trees gone bald ‘neath their pale skirts of snow
Were wearing green just a season ago
Violets spring forth cannibals qui mange decay
Now stand on my table a withered bouquet
If I know one thing, it’s that nothing stays
The bartender hums ballads of the barfly
I pour out my heart til the well has run dry
baby you’re a bottle- spirit sealed tight inside
But walls don’t protect us, they only divide
If I know one thing, it’s that nothing stays
Bridge: oh wouldn’t it be grand to dial back the hands of time
Turn losses to gains
And oh if only I knew then
Would I do it again?
Would it change or stay the same?
Poker Face (Sygit)
So long Pollyanna
It’s Kalamazoo
You’ve been holding your breath
Now your lips have turned blue
Four years in deep water
Now the tides out again
Left you landlocked and waiting
For your ship to come in
Chorus:
Slight of hand
You play what you’re dealt take it like a man
Poker Face
All the weight of the world on a shoelace
It’s raining in the kitchen
But she won’t get out of bed
And the mail keeps on rising
til it’s over her head
There’s a ringing in her ears
But she can’t pick up the phone
Even the man from the bank
Can’t draw blood from a stone
Chorus
And the only time
She don’t feel like she’s faking
Are the few precious hours
Tween the sleeping and waking
Is it just a dream?
Or an unrelenting hunger
Cause her mama says
she ain’t getting any younger
Chorus

 

The Whole Truth (Morlix)

To the roads, High or low
Up or down, which way to go
Cut it short, or let it grow
I’m beginning to think I know
I got half a mind to tell the whole truth
I’ve got twice the right to tell it all
Two sides, black or white
Bout as same as day or night
From the dark into the light
Just tryin’ to do it right
Chorus:
I got half a mind to tell the whole truth
I’ve got twice the right to tell it all
I go the twice the right to tell it all
I got half a mind to tell the whole truth
Blow it up and let the pieces fall
Two lives, figure eight
Circle up or play it straight
Take the stand, insinuate
I don’t mean to exaggerate but…
I got half a mind to tell the whole truth
Two hearts harmonize
One down tellin’ lies
It all begins to crystallize
Shouldn’t’ve been no surprise
Chorus

 

Conductor Man (Sygit)

Hey, here he comes again
Hear him coming round the bend
Conductor man
Hey, does this train ever stop?
And do you remember how to get off?
Conductor man
Ambling down the street
with a duct taped boom box in his hands
aviator glasses and a captain’s hat
grand marshall of the parade
but nobody stayed for the marching band
except conductor man
He dropped in with the rain
Around the first spring thaw
They found him redirecting traffic
Down on Saginaw
Conductor Man
And if you ask him where he’s been
He just wrinkles up his brow
Checks an imaginary watch
And says the time is now
Conductor man
Gospel of the bottle
gonna get him through
the morning light
he takes midnight mass
each night beneath the railroad bridge
brown bag song
can I sing along with you tonight
conductor man
yeah conductor man
here he comes
there he goes
last night I thought I saw him
through the sewer smoke haze
he was walking with a limp
and his hair had gone gray
and he was looking pretty fragile
with his baseball bat cane
and that old boom box was gone
but his song was still the same
and it went like this… (whistling)

 

Enjoy Yourself (Sigman/Magidson)

Chorus:
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you’re still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as a wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think
You work and work the whole day through, you’re always on the go
You never take a minute off, too busy makin’ dough
Someday, you say, you’ll have your fun, when you’re a millionaire
Imagine all the fun you’ll have in that old rockin’ chair
Chorus
You’re gonna take that ocean cruise, no matter come what may
You’ve got your reservations, but you just can’t get away
next year you’re gonna save the world, you’ll really get around
But how far can you travel, when you’re six feet under ground
Chorus
You worry when the weather’s cold, you worry when it’s hot
You worry when you’re doing well, you worry when you’re not
It’s worry, worry all the time- you don’t know how to laugh
They’ll think of something funny when they write your epitaph
Chorus

 

Never Existed (Sygit)

Monkey do as monkey see
Taught how to love by my TV screen
Now wasn’t, I?
Jump the gun and rush the start
It’s a race to the finish
For a broken heart
And you’ve crossed the line
So hit the brakes and readjust the mirrors
Cause I sure as hell don’t know how we got here
Chorus:
It’s been so long
Was it real or did I only wish it?
It’s been so long
That’s it’s almost as if it never existed
Out of sight and out of mind
Leavings hardest on the one left behind
unsatisfied
It’s a cautionary tale
Of how feelings fade quick as vapor trails
from jet plane rides
so go on fly away
who am I to interfere?
If it was magic baby
Then you made it disappear
Chorus
Easy come and easy go
It’s the final curtain of the final show
Take a bow
You performed so naturally
Pat yourself on the back
Cause you sure fooled me
But I know now
I know now, I know now
You’ll take the easy way out
And never break a sweat
But hey karma’s a bitch
And what you give is what you’ll get
Chorus