Rita May, Rita May You got your body in the way You're so damn nonchalant But it's your mind that I want You got me huffin' and a-puffin' Next to you
Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Well, you must tell me, baby
Oh, there was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell He had a lovely daughter, the truth to you I'll tell Oh, the truth to you I'll tell She had
Return to me Oh, my dear, I'm so lonely Hurry back, hurry back, oh, my love Hurry back, I am yours Return to me For my heart wants you only Hurry home
Well, it's all of fair and handsome girl She's all in her tender years She fell in love with a sailor boy It's true, she loved him well For to go off
When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies" I cried she was deaf And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes Then said, "What else
The river whispers in my ear I've hardly a penny to my name The heavens have never seemed so near All of my body glows with flame The tempest struggles
Pistol shots ring out in the bar-room night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees a bartender in a pool of blood Cries out, "My God, they
Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of who knows when Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion Always on the outside of whatever side there
Oh, sister, when I come to knock on your door You should not treat me like a stranger Our father would not like the way that you act And you must realize
Up on the white veranda She wears a necktie and a Panama hat Her passport shows a face from Another time and place She looks nothin' like that And all
I laid on a dune and I looked at the sky When the children were babies and played on the beach You came up behind me, I saw you go by You were always
I married Isis on the fifth day of May But I could not hold on to her very long So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country
Well, I was feelin' sad and kind of blue I didn't know what I was gonna do The Communists were comin' around They was in the air, they were on the ground
I like to spend some time in Mozambique The sunny sky is aqua blue And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek It's very nice to stay a week or two And
One time ago a crazy dream came to me I dreamt I was walkin' into World War Three Went to the doctor the very next day To see what kinda words he could
Honey, just allow me one more chance To get along with you Honey, just allow me one more chance Ah'll do anything with you Well, I'm a-walkin' down the
I saw it advertised one day, Bear mountain picnic was comin' my way. "come along 'n' take a trip, We'll bring you up there on a ship. Bring the wife
