Hat Trick

Muskrat, muskrat candlelight
Doing the town and doing it right
In the evening, it’s pretty pleasing
Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug out in muskrat land
And they shimmy, Sammy’s so skinny

And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singing and jinging the jango
Floating like the heavens above
Looks like muskrat love

Nibbling on bacon, chewing on cheese
Sammy says to Susie, “Honey, would you please
Be my missus?” and she says yes with her kisses
And now he’s tickling her fancy, rubbing her toes (Rubbing her toes)
Muzzle to muzzle, now anything goes
As they wriggle and Sue starts to giggle

And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singing and jinging the jango
Floating like the heavens above
Looks like muskrat love

Sometimes when I’m down on my luck, feelin’ dizzy
My mind reels back to those days in the city
When early in the morning take a trip, it’s so pretty
I could never understand why it wasn’t so grand

I got a hankerin’ for a wind wave
I got it through and through
I got a hankerin’ for somethin’ homemade
It’s got to be brand new

Early in the morning when the sun comes up
I’m gonna grab a fishin’ pole and a sleepin’ bag roll
Head out for the land of the dumb but the pretty
I won’t stay long but you never know

I got a hankerin’ for a wind wave
I got it through and through
I got a hankerin’ for somethin’ homemade
It’s got to be brand new

I got a hankerin’ for a wind wave
I got it through and through
I got a hankerin’ for somethin’ homemade
It’s got to be brand new

Sometimes when I’m down on my luck, feelin’ dizzy
My mind reels back to those days in the city
Sometimes when I’m down on my luck, feelin’ dizzy
My mind reels back to those days in the city
Sometimes when I’m down on my luck, feelin’ dizzy
My mind reels back to those days in the city

We’re afraid she’s gonna let you down
Take your money and drop you to the ground
Wouldn’t want to see you messed around
After all the love you think you’ve found
She’s gonna let you down

Doesn’t matter what we say
Love’s the stubbornest game to play
Given time, you might see it our way
And we’ll be sorry, boy, until that day
She’s gonna break away

Remember all the times you helped us through
Now here’s our chance to do the same for you
Guess the thing to do is wait around
Lend a hand when you are on the ground
She’s gonna let you down

She’s gonna let you down
She’s gonna let you down

Window frames a picture of wintertime
Within my room
Sometimes then I laugh at the funny times
We had in school

Blowing leaves, broken dreams
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen

I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am asleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride

Can you feel it moving inside of you?
Can you let it go?
The purple ghost of England in wintertime
And who I used to know

Blowing leaves, broken dreams
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen

I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am a sleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride

Blowing leaves, broken dreams
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen

I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am asleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride

I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am asleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride

Why do you laugh at me when you know I really care?
You sometimes act as though I’m not even there
And yet if you did to me the things I do to you
I would surely say we’re through

Don’t you know that I love you?
I was hoping you’d love me too
Don’t you know that I love you, love you?

If I seem to you indifferent once or twice
It’s because I was feelin’ quite that way
And the time I hung up the phone and didn’t speak again
Well, it’s funny to look back then

Didn’t I love you? (Love you)
Didn’t I love you all the time?
Didn’t you need me? (Need me)
Wasn’t it a long, hard climb?

Don’t you know that I love you?
I was hoping you’d love me too
Don’t you know that I love you, love you?

The child breaks
Each moment of sadness for our sakes
Leaving
Trying his best to believe then

Hoping this dream will come true
Sadness is only a face for you

I’ll try like the devil to bear your names
Anything for you
In only a moment your life can change

Still lake
Rocking the boat, it’s not too late
Leaving
Trying your best to believe then

Hoping this dream will come true
Sadness is only a face for you

I’ll try like the devil to bear your names
Anything for you
In only a moment your life can change

You fell through the window and down on the floor
You found a direction, you hope will say more
With your life, it’s taken every one in view
The people are pretty, the flowers are, too
You don’t get to heaven if they don’t say you do

‘Cause it’s life and it’s taken every one of you
And it’s true
I’d like to take you but I don’t think there’s room for two
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you
I’d like to take, I’d like to take you …

You, can I make it known
I’d like to take you home
You been away so long
I’d like to see you

When I saw you at the local hop
I tried to take you but you made me stop
Then I saw that you were dancing with a rent-a-cop

Whoa, whoa, the minute you pulled me through
Whoa, whoa, you thought that then you knew
If not today, I’d find a way
To get to you

Part II

Just a little of nothin’
That’s all you had the time to give
Just a little of nothin’
Ain’t gonna make it worthwhile for me

If you’d only have listened
You’d have heard every word I said
Just a little of nothin’
Ain’t gonna make it worthwhile for me

Da, da, da, da da da, da da da
Da, da, da, da da da, da da da
Da, da, da, da da da, da da da
Da, da, da, da da da, da da da

Just a little of nothin’ (Just a little of nothin’)
Just a little of nothin’ (Just a little of nothin’)
Just a little of nothin’ (Just a little of nothin’)
Just a little of nothin’ (Just a little of nothin’)

Newton-under-Roseberry topping
And it’s cold and it’s wet and you feel like you’re [?] time
Living in the gap between the echoes
Feeling it hot and feeling it cold

As long as there are fish in the sea
Have a cup of tea
Oh, as long as there are fish in the sea
Have a cup of tea
‘Cause you are running from the ring of the golden bell
Like a bat out of hell
You are running from the ring of the golden bell
Like a bat out of hell
You are running from the ring of the golden bell
Like a bat out of hell
You are running from the ring of the golden bell
Like a bat out of hell

Part III

There’s a lady across the hall
She’s telling me it’s all right (all right)
I’m tryin’ to give her my all
She’s sayin’ I’m uptight
Hell of a way to spend an afternoon

Saw a movie tonight
Got frightened and broke down (broke down)
Got a call in the night, my old lady just hit town
Take her away, she’s tryin’ to turn me round
I’m nowhere to be found

I can’t unread the pages I’ve already read
And I can’t feed these ages left in my head
They’re already dead, yeah

First she says “Kings”
Then he says “Aces”
It gets pretty hard for a lady to tell
The hearts from the faces

Don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
Don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
To me, to me, me

I want to carry you across a threshold of fireflies
And violet stones, all alone (all alone)
Volcanic silver clouds fill pools and canyons around us
All around (all around)

But molten love, cooled by your kisses
Take me down, take me down

So don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
Don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
To me, me, to me, me

Molten love, cooled by your kisses
Take me down, take me down
Yes, molten love, cooled by your kisses
Take me down, take me down

So don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
No, don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
Oh, don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
Don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home
No, don’t be afraid, I know I will bring you home

When the deep blue night is running close on your track
And you can feel the green monkey crawlin’ across your back
Don’t take me so real that you forget how to feel
Don’t let the threat of the dagger turn your heart into steel

Smell the perfume of the silent dream
Fly the ocean, read a story to me
Speak the wisdom of a redwood tree
Speak to me

So you think that star cluster shining bright in the sky
Will speak the fate of your evening, tell the truth to your lie
Don’t let the features you read control the tickets you buy
Soon as you learn that you live, you’re just beginning to die

Smell the perfume of the silent dream
Fly the ocean, read a story to me
Speak the wisdom of a redwood tree
Speak to me

Smell the perfume of the silent dream
Fly the ocean, read a story to me
Speak the wisdom of a redwood tree
Speak to me

Don’t wait for me at the willow tree
Love will be waiting for you
The wind through the leaves plays a symphony
Harmony, rhapsody too

Don’t bend with the wind
Love must not end but begin

Don’t bend with the wind
Your love must not end but begin

La, la, la, la la, la la
La, la, la, la la, la la
La, la, la, la la, la la
La, la, la, la la, la la

Goodbye, Mrs. Sorrow, hope you’re feelin’ better tomorrow night
Don’t put up a fight, it’ll do you no good
Hello, Uncle Freedom, I’ve seen them down on their knees for you
Nothing they wouldn’t do to have you along

I got too many problems
They just don’t understand
They think their every wish is my command

Oh no, Sister Susie, you’re in a win or lose affair
Wish I could be there to help you along
Oh yes, Brother Michael, we all have every faith in you
And everything you do, all the way ’round

I got too many problems
They just don’t understand
They think their every wish is my command

Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye