This Thing Was Not Living, But Seeking To Live - Alicks

Baby, takin' a stance Some people think got no chance You think it's about a virus, yes, it is Well, it's me and you against us That's just my opinion Freedom of speech Do you have any choice in this matter? Do you have a voice? I knew you just wanna weep And go back to sleep Not seeking approval (not seeking approval) Yeah, it's business as usual (business as usual) Not seeking approval (not seeking approval) It's business as usual (business as usual) My name is Muck I've run out of luck See the cycles on parade They just wanna enslave The population, that's all That just doesn't fit Have to comply to even exist Experts run your life Cause you more misery and strife But it's business as usual (business as usual) Not seeking approval (not seeking approval) It's business as usual (business as usual) Not seeking approval (not seeking approval) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Baby, take a stance Some think I don't have a chance You think it's about a virus, yes But it's being used against us That's just my opinion Freedom of speech Do you have choice in this matter? Do you have any voice? Oh, you may as well weep And go back to sleep But it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking approval (not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) It's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking approval (not seeking approval) It's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) They say my name is Muck And I've run out of luck Watch the cycles on parade They just want to enslave The population, that's all Put us up against the wall If we just don't fit We have to comply even to exist They're not seeking approval (not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual, what about us? (Business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) But they're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) You know who I'm talkin' about, for them, it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) Business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval, what does that mean? (Not seeking approval) For them, it's business as usual (business as usual) They're not seeking our approval (not seeking approval) But do we agree? (Not seeking approval) We'll have to wait and see (not seeking approval) But do we agree? (Not seeking approval) We'll have to wait and see (not seeking approval) But do we agree? (Not seeking approval) We'll have to wait and see (not seeking approval) What if we don't agree? (Not seeking approval) We'll have to wait and see (not seeking approval) What if we don't agree? (Not seeking approval) We'll have to wait and see (not seeking approval) What if we don't agree? (Not seeking approval) We'll have to wait and see (not seeking approval)

By: Jimmy Buffett 1980 For all those who don't feel as old as they are and never will I rounded first never thought of the worst As I studied the shortstop's position Crack went my leg like the shell of an egg Someone call a decent physician I'm no Pete Rose, I can't pretend Though my mind is quite flexible, these brittle bones don't bend I'm growing older but not up My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck Let those winds of time blow over my head I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead Sometimes I see me as old manatee Headin' south as the waters grow colder Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder But that's how it goes (that's how it goes), right to the end Though his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend I'm growing older but not up My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck Let those winds of time blow over my head I'd rather die while I'm livin' than live while I'm dead Now don't get me wrong This is not a sad song Just events that I have happened to witness And time takes its toll as we head for the poll And no one dies from physical fitness So what the hell, we'll take it right to the end As the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins I'm growing older but not up My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck Let those winds of change blow over my head I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead Let those winds of time blow over my head I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead

I look for trouble and I found it, son Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun I tried to run but I don't think I can You make one move and you're a dead man friend Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this, can I baby? He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back And left me reeling on a steel reel rack They got'em all in the jailhouse, baby Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this, can I baby? Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives Son of a carhop and some all night dives Dad drove a stock car to an early death All I remember was a drunk man's breath Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this, can I baby? You know the story how the wheel goes 'round Don't let them take you to the man down town Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse, baby Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this, can I baby? I live with Angel, she's a roadhouse queen Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee I want to love her but I don't know how I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this, can I baby? You know the story 'bout the jailhouse rock Go on and do it but just don't get caught They got'em all in the jailhouse, baby Ain't living long like this Can't live at all like this, can I baby?

Was (Not Was) Born To Laugh At Tornadoes (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks Eddie Harold used a tape recorder When he had one of his girlfriends over He didn't want to miss a single scream His friends all laughed when he played it later You had to wonder, did he really hate her? Girls always made him nervous, that's to blame And makin' love was just a crazy game The woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks In her apartment was a plastic altar She'd light a candle when her courage faltered Sometimes the world got a little hard to bear It wasn't easy living in the city She wasn't clever and she wasn't pretty She chanted in the night but no one cared The woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks Freddie's wife became a topless dancer Had bondage parties with a Turkish bouncer She's been evicted, the police have got her car She tried to sell an antique shotgun She said she knows some crazy guy who wants one Her parents said "You're not our daughter, you're a whore. It's over and you don't live here anymore." The woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks The woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks The woodwork squeaks and "Strangers In The Night" The woodwork squeaks and "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" The woodwork squeaks and "The Shadow Of Your Smile" The woodwork squeaks and "Take The Last Train To Clarksville" The woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks

I have held you girl but you ain't never made me feel so good before... mmm love you some more And I have kissed you girl but your lips ain't never tasted quite so sweet and warm... mmm sweet and warm And I have loved you girl but I ain't never really loved you from the heart but tonight I'm gonna start Oh with every touch you're painting pretty pictrures with your hands Creating precious feelings that my body understands I can almost hear the music playing somewhere soft and low I have loved you girl mmm but not like this before Oh with every touch you're painting pretty pictures with your hands Creating precious feelings that my body understands I can almost hear the music playing somewhere soft and low I have loved you girl mmm but not like this before Yeah I have loved you girl mmm but not like this before

That's What Living is to Me By: Jimmy Buffett 1988 I would like to thank J.D. Souther for the book, Harry Belafonte for the early inspiration and Mark Twain for taking the trip long ago. -- Spoken: "Back toward the turn of the century, you know, Mark Twain took a trip around the world on a steamship and he wrote a book called 'Following the Equator'. And the opening page has a dedication that says, 'Be good, and you will be lonesome,' which for me, still seems to work in the fabulous eighties." Jason Mason hears the sound The whistle blows in Congo town And the mail boat's in, mail boat's in Brings him things from oh so far Old magazines and Snicker bars A simple man, a simple plan The world's too big to understand Be good and you will be lonesome Be lonesome and you will be free Live a lie and you will live to regret it That's what livin' is to me That's what livin' is to me On a timeless beach in Hispaniola Young girl sips a diet cola She's worlds apart, worlds apart Spirit of the black king still Reverberates through Haitian hills He rules the sea and all the fish What if he had a TV dish? Be good and you will be lonesome Be lonesome and you will be free Live a lie and you will live to regret it That's what livin' is to me That's what livin' is to me Now in the far off regions the foreign legion Keep the thieves and the predators at bay While closer to home some bad boys still roam The streets aren't safe so give it one more day One more day One more day Stories from my favorite books Still take on many different looks And I'm gone again, home again The time has come the walrus said And little oysters hide their head My Twain of thought is loosely bound I guess it's time to Mark this down Be good and you will be lonesome Be lonesome and you will be free Live a lie and you will live to regret it That's what livin' is to me That's what livin' is to me That's what livin' is to me That's what livin' is to me -- Spoken: "Thank you, Mark."