Michael Franks

Why can't we free the love inside us? Those inhibitions which divide us Is it naive of me to seek such ecstasy? I crave the chemistry of love. Let's build the Taj Mahal of pleasure Follow the blue print to those treasures A formula aside should help

Out of all the ways there are To spend the holidays Only ones a cure for the blues Just renew that perfect groove With the one you love At home by the fire How can you lose? On the year's last night Who cares if Christmas was white When we're in our

Ev'ryone sings, "Home of the brave And land of the free" You've had twenty wins and one save, Now you're up against me How can I keep control of my nerves? The way you wind-up When you throw me those curves? I hear him yell, "strike",

Daddy plays the ashtray Baby starts to cry The Lady wants to know the reasons why Daddy's just like Coltrane Baby's just like Miles The Lady's just like heaven ...when she smiles Chorus: And the Lady wants to know She wants to know the reasons Got to

Come, Loved One, let's ride that silver train Right down the Hudson Have lunch in midtown It's summer in New York Postprandial, meander through the met Just like we used to the odds are King Tut still Summers in New York We'll both review Fifth Avenu

Well, after all the tears and laughter you and I have been through, How can you tell me what love is? Love is a chain, just a chain reaction. Once you break it, you can't fake it. Once you wind up you can't unwind it. Once you lose it or misuse it, Y

Brush every night, don't let the bedbugs bite The ones I'm referring to Till I get home I'll be Keeping my eye on you. Don't stay out late, stay home and cogitate, And write me a letter too, While I'm away I'll be Keeping an eye on you. May I suggest

We touched like watercolour fawns In landscapes painted by Cezanne Like lovers floating painted by Chegall But you and I were you-I then We thought the rush would never end We thought the sky, the sky would never fall We lived we loved we laughed we

Flora, though you sleep On our guru's lap now All we see everywhere is you As we recall our time together Lucky is how we felt The day we found you And we were such a happy three O how we loved our time together Why must the Present Turn to Past so f

And when God gave out rythm He sure was good to you. You can add, subtract, multiply and divide... By two. I know today's your birthday, And I did not buy no rose. But I wrote this song instead and I call it, "Popsicle Toes". Popsicle toes. Pops

Barefoot on the beach Warmed by the subtropic sun Easily seduced - I'm in Safely out of reach From faxes and the telephone I get happy when A dolphin joins me for a swim My Captiva Island hideaway Isn't complete Not without you - what about you? You

In slow motion I'm reborn I need a week to mow the lawn I eat dinner with my flip-flops on Now that the summer's here With my chores I only flirt Hung in my hammock, reading Kurt Struggling to remain inert Now that the summer's here Now that the summ

Lady, when you love me I feel home, Sweet-home Inside of your Sublime This Garden's, sure to grow You know our love, Is just like Summertime Parrots, eye the fruit, And we make love Between the harpsichords, and lutes? Our greenlimbs, intertwine, You

Daddy plays the ashtray Baby starts to cry The lady wants to know the reasons why Daddy's just like coltrane Baby's just like miles The lady's just like heaven when she smiles And the lady wants to know she wants to know the reasons Got to know the r

Sanpaku - Michael Franks Well I used to smoke the vine and I used to chop the twine every morning wake up fine wake up red eyed from the wine wake up red eyed from the wine Then a bird taught me to sing and I met the lotus king and my residence was t

Satisfaction Guaranteed - Michael Franks If you shine me on it'll haunt you Let's play me and you don't you want to Take a great big bite of the apple What the hell Might as well Let's play pin the tail on the bunny Let's play grizzly bear finding ho

I Don't Know Why I'm So Happy I'm Sad I'm in trouble See'n double I have been hurting for someone for so long Is it you Is it you We're like a scene from the African Queen We're so slam bang We're so yin yang You had my heart followed And you locked

Underneath The Apple Tree - Michael Franks Underneath the apple tree Mama's got her eye on me Just wearing suntan lotion This is how we spend each day May, June, and July Sunning in our birthday suits Eating that forbidden fruit It's like perpetual m

Same old song Always blue Can't help thinking Of me and you All the love before Our goodbyes were spoken On the storm We were tossed Tragically Till our love was lost Drifting miles apart Both our hearts were broken Now when I meet you Out on the str

Lost my way again And it wasn't hard to do When I'm away from you It seems the meaning runs out of my life Swept away again Like a sailor tossed on the tide How much longer can I hide The pain I feel with you out of my life And we cut to ending... I'