Roadrunner (Once) [Alternative Version] - The Modern Lovers

Yeah, baby Come on baby Oh-oh, oh I'm a roadrunner baby Can't keep up with me, oh I'm a roadrunning man You can't keep up with me, yeah Come on and let's have a race And baby, baby you will see Oh, take my hand baby Yeah, yeah, take my hand baby I wanna prove to you That I'm a roadrunning man, yeah I wanna tell you something (oh-oh) I'm the fastest in the land Oh, come one take my hand baby, yeah Now listen to me baby Oh-oh, why don't you move up a bit slowly Let this man by, let me by I want to give my love to you To put some dirt in your eye Oh-oh baby, come over baby Can't keep up with me, oh I'm a roadrunning man You can't keep up with me, ah Come on and let's have a race And baby, baby, baby, baby Oh-oh yeah, come on baby Yes, I'm a roadrunning man Can't keep up with me Yeah, come on and let's have a race And baby, baby you will see Oh, I'll say it one more time now Oh, oh, bye bye baby I've got to put you down Oh yeah, I've got to put you down I'll see you baby I'll see you somewhere hanging around, oh?

I'm a roadrunner honey But you can't beat me I'm a roadrunner honey But you can't beat me Bye bye, my baby Baby, baby, you will see I'm a heart for you baby But you're out of my class I'm a heart for you baby But you're out of my class Bye bye, my baby Baby, baby, you will see (Guitar solo) Verse 1 (Guitar solo) I'm a roadrunner honey (x4) Bye bye, my baby Baby, baby, you will see

Well, it's early in the mor-, in the mornin' Baby, when I rise, Lordy mama Well-a, it's-a, Lordy, Ro-Lordy-Berta Well, when I rise, well-a Well, it's Lord, Ro-Lordy-Rosie Well, it's Lord, you keep a-talkin' (Baby) Well, it's Lord, Ro-Lordy-Rosie Well, it's, oh Lord, Gal, well-a He gonna rise and fly, sugar He gonna rise and fly, well-a He gonna rise and fly, well-a... He gonna rise and fly, well-a... Okay, it's early in the morning, just the crack of dawn, now Me and my pockets, we breakin' booze in the foreign (Uh) Wildin' on niggas, we breakin' bones in the paint (Yeah) Umbilical cords, we cut these niggas off, wait (Yuh) Fuckin' your bitch, fuckin' that bitch, no fame (Yuh) She suckin' my dick so good, she leave me with no brain (Uh-uh) Comin' up in this bitch with that precise aim (Right) Fuck these fuckboys and fuck these bitches, they be lame Roadrunnin' the road, like what would ya do with hoes (Yuh) Rock up on my shit and see on the scope (Phew) Bullets they bald, bullets they bald like Amber Rose (Huh) Brodies fuck up and these bitches leave me alone You a dumb nigga (Man), leave a hole in your chest (Yeah) When you walk around the block, niggas know who the best (Uh-huh) You a lil' boy (Lil' boy), can't fuck with Billy Boys (Uh-uh) When you walk around the block, you got little toys Itty bitty boy (Bitty boy), Oscar De La Ho- I beat the pussy though, I make the pressure blow (Pressure blow) Nigga, what you know? (What you know?) Nigga, let me know (Let me know) I got two Glocks, switchblades in my clothes (In my clothes) Okay, it's early in the morning, just the crack of dawn, now Me and my pockets, we breakin' booze in the foreign (Uh) Wildin' on niggas, we breakin' bones in the paint (Yeah) Umbilical cords, we cut these niggas off, wait (Yuh) Fuckin' your bitch, fuckin' that bitch, no fame (Yuh) She suckin' my dick so good, she leave me with no brain (Uh-uh) Comin' up in this bitch with that precise aim (Right) Fuck these fuckboys and fuck these bitches, they be lame

I, called this number three times already today. But I got scared, I put it back in place. (I put my phone back in place) I sure don't know if I should have called up. Look just tell me if I'm out of place. 'Cause here's your chance to make me feel awkward. And wish that I had never even called up this place. I saw you though today, you know walk by with Hippie Johnny. I had to call up and say, how I want to take his place. So this phone call today conerns Hippie Johnny. He's always stoned. He's never straight. I saw you today, you know walk by with Hippie Johnny. Look, I had to call up to day, how I want to take his place. See, he's stoned. Hippie Johnny. Now get this, I'm Straight, and I want to take his place. Now look, I like him too. (I like him...) Hippie Johnny. But I'm Straight, and I want to take his place. I'm Straight. I said I'm Straight. I'm proud to say... Well, I'm Straight and I want to take his place. Now I've watched you, walk around here. I've watched you meet. With boyfriends(I know) and you tell me how they're deep. Look but, I think... If these guys, if they're really so great, Tell me why can't they at least take this place and make it straight? Why always stoned, Like Hippie Johnny is? I'm straight, and I want to take his place. I'm certianley not stoned, Like Hippie Johnny is. I'm Straight, and I want to take his place. I'm Straight. I said I'm Straight. I'm... I'm Straight, and I want to... (Alright, all you Modern Lovers, What is it?) I'm Straight! (Tell the world now). I'm Straight! (That's it). I'm Straight! (Yeah). I'm Straight, and I want to take his place.

Well the old world may be dead Our parents can't understand But I still love my parents And I still love the old world Oh, I had a New York girlfriend And she couldn't understand how I could Still love my parents and still love the old world So I told her: I want to keep my place in the old world Keep my place in the arcane 'Cause I still love my parents and I still love the old world Alright I say old world I say old world I say Well I see a '50's apartment house Bleak in the morning sun But I still love the '50's And I still love the old world I wanna keep my place in the old world Keep my place in the arcane 'Cause I still love my parents and I still love the old world Alright I see the '50's apartment house It's bleak in the 1970's sun But I still love the '50's And I still love the old world I wanna keep my place in this old world Keep my place in the arcane knowledge And I still love the '50's and I still love the old world Alright now we say bye bye old world Gotta help the new world Oh bye bye I say bye bye bye bye old world