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From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 91 16:31 CDT
Subject: Happy Lyrics (Ecto)
This is a repost
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Vickie here.
This was the first Happy album I heard, and it's still my favorite.
Last, but never least...
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Ecto
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Side A Side B
1) I'm Going Back 1) Ecto
2) If Love Is A Game, I Win 2) I Cannot Go On
3) Would That I Could 3) Ode
4) Off From Out From Under Me 4) Don't Want To Hear It
5) Project 499 5) Poetic Justice
6) I Won't Break Down 6) To Be E. Mortal
7) If So
all songs copyright 1987-Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices and instruments - Happy Rhodes
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Side A
1) I'm Going Back
2) If Love Is A Game, I Win
3) Would That I Could
4) Off From Out From Under Me
5) Project 499
6) I Won't Break Down
7) If So
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1) I'M GOING BACK
Where are
My monsters and cats?
Where are
My attic antiques and bats?
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
No life here
In the room
Where I sleep
It's traveled ahead
To my stony keep
I'm going back (to the rain on the trees)
I'm going back (to my kitty on the window)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the strings of the Guild)
I'm going back (to my heart's desire)
I'm going back
Where are
My brothers, mother and dad?
I had a family
And friends
I'm going back (to the rain on the trees)
I'm going back (to my kitty on the window)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the strings of the Guild)
I'm going back (to my heart's desire)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the rain on the trees)
I'm going back (to my kitty on the window)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the strings of the Guild)
I'm going back (to my very sweet love)
I'm going back
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2) IF LOVE IS A GAME, I WIN
Oh baby, don't you know I can feel it in your hands?
You've been awake for a million years
Oh baby, don't you know I'll have nobody else?
I'm in love with you, and it feels good
Oh this is where life begins
If love is a game, I win
(Repeat twice)
If this is where life begins
If love is a game I win
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3) WOULD THAT I COULD |Excerpts of "Would That I Could" taken from |
|A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT'S DREAM-William Shakespeare|
Over hill, over dale
Thorough bush, thorough brier
Over park, over pale
Thorough flood, thorough fire
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
I do wander everywhere
Swifter than the moon's sphere
And I serve the fairy queen
To dew her orbs upon the green
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
The cowslips tall, her pensioners be
In their gold coats, spots you see
Those be rubies, fairy favours
In those freckles live their savours
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
I must go seek some dewdrops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear
Farewell thou lob of spirits, I'll be gone
Our queen and all her elves come here anon
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
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4) OFF FROM OUT FROM UNDER ME
I knew a man who was very odd
He'd always thought that someone was following him
He'd talk of entities that didn't exist
Or so I thought...
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
His paranoia intrigued me so
I was sure he'd escaped from the looney bin
Every day it became clearer
He was right...
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Goodbye my lunatic, I hope you're faring well
I'm trying to keep them off from out from under you
You were right little madman they're hovering at my head
I'm trying to keep them off from out from under me
This man had knowledge of right and wrong
He could separate light from dark
He showed me the horrors of infesting thoughts
Of emotions
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Thanks be my lunatic, I know he's faring well
It's over now, they're off from out from under him
They can't hurt the madman
Now they're hammering at my head
I must die to get them off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off
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5) PROJECT 499
They say I've changed beyond compare
I've ventured far beyond despair
The atmosphere is different here
It reeks of gloom and valid fear
It's all set up, the way is clear
All the bases been covered
The time is near
And it was all so easy, cried not a tear
Won't be surprised to find my reaper near
Oh baby please don't go
I'm so tired and you're so right by my soul
And as of now my fate looks grim
The light is there but growing dim
And if there's a reason for my mind
It's been lost far behind
So to and fro emotions go
When life is done no tears will flow
For days for me are seldom fun
Residing I'm the only one
Oh baby please don't go
I'm so tired and you're so right by my soul
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6) I WON'T BREAK DOWN
You'll never win, I won't break down
Because I have the strength of a million souls
Though you will try, I won't despair
Because I've lived the life of a million lives
Always known just where I was going
To have peace with me
And to have peace with you
And I can see that day
Yes I can see that day
Do you know just where you're going?
Do you have the strength to pursue your dreams?
Through the years my eyes have cried
But I don't run away from the things I fear
There's no question that I am here
To have peace with me
And to have peace with you
And I can see that day
Yes I can see that day
You'll never win, I won't break down
Because I have the strength of a million souls
Though you will try, I won't despair
Because I've lived the life of a million lives
Always known just where I was going
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7) IF SO
I ask you
Now tell the truth
I ask you
Was it worth the price you paid?
If so...
I know you loved me
Darling
But I need to know
Did you mean to hurt me so?
If so...
Go away way very far away, take your leave
I'll never hate you, I'll never think of you
And I'll never grieve
Did you want it all?
Free love
Did it satisfy?
Was it your intentions to deceive?
If so...
You made me happy
You made me cry
You gave me hope
Was my happiness a lie?
If so...
Go away way very far away, take your leave
I'll never hate you, I'll never think of you
And I'll never grieve
I'll never grieve the loss
I ask you
Now tell the truth
I ask you
Was it worth the price you paid?
If so...
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Ecto all songs copyright 1987-Happy Rhodes
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Side B
1) Ecto
2) I Cannot Go On
3) Ode
4) Don't Want To Hear It
5) Poetic Justice
6) To Be E. Mortal
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1) ECTO
Should I die?
Don't take time to wonder
Is she near?
Or are her brains asunder?
This spirit must exist
And move on to better things
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Don't look for me
Don't call my name
I'll kiss you goodnight
My soul will not evaporate
My only desire
Will be to communicate
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
If you feel suddenly cool Ecto
While lying in bed Ecto
Open your eyes Ecto
I'll be over your head Ecto
Now don't be afraid Ecto
Don't reach out Ecto
Just be glad that I exist Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto but I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto but I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto but I'll be ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Should I die?
Don't ever take time to wonder
Is she near?
Are her brains asunder?
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2) I CANNOT GO ON
I cannot go on
Living illusion like I do
I can't go on
I just can't go on
Thinking my dreams will come true
I just can't go on
I know it sounds crazy
I know I'm sounding insane
But I cannot live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
Guess I'll always try
To search for the perfect truth
Guess I'll always try
Till the day I die
I'll look for the impossible
Till the day I die
I know it sounds crazy
I know I'm sounding insane
But I cannot live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
I cannot go on
Killing my heart like I do
I just can't go on
I cannot go on
Wanting the things I can't have
I just can't go on
I know it sounds crazy
I know I'm sounding insane
But I cannot live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
Live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
Live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
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3) ODE
Believe..the sun will come out again
the sun will come out again
Believe..your love will return again
your love will return again
Never cry for the rain
(never cry, never cry for the rain)
It brings us soothing sounds to sleep by
And never cry because you feel unloved
(never cry, never cry 'cause you're unloved)
That's what your arms are for
To wrap them around yourself
And believe..the sun will come out again
the sun will come out again
Believe..your love will return again
your love will return again
Never cry because you're lonely
(never cry, never cry 'cause you're alone)
Your love will always be around the bend
And never cry because you think you can't make it
(never cry, never cry 'cause you can't make it)
You've made it this far
That's better than most
Believe..the sun will come out again
the sun will come out again
Believe..your love will return again
your love will return again
Never cry because you're scared
(never cry, never cry because you're scared)
The only thing that can harm you is your fear
And don't ask why you must hurt so much
(don't ask why, don't ask why you hurt so much)
It's just a process of healing
Remember..
To believe..believe when I say..that I believe in you
yes I believe in you
Believe..believe when I say..that I'll love you always
yes I'll love you always
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4) DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT
Ooh close your mouth
Know I don't want to hear it
No I don't want to hear it anymore
You know I'm not your psychiatrist
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
Don't call me up to be your therapist
Because you think I'm wise
I'm a scary girl with a scary mind
I'm a tired child
(you won't find answers here)
Think of me as a friend
But I'll be of no use for you
All my energy is exausted on me
(there's no more room for you)
You know I'm no doctor
I'm only crowding words
Just to ease the pain
Whatever you do
Never never rely on me
I'm not a happy kid
I'm barely getting by
Don't cry to me about your love affairs
I can't help you there
I've no patience for bleeding on my floor
Take your wounds elswhere
(you won't find answers here)
I cannot read your mind
I can't even read my own
What little sanity I have left in me
Is fading fast
(there's no more time for you)
Ooh I'm not listening
To the hows and wherefores
To the questions of your heart
Ooh I'm the sole proprietor
And I have to heal this head
Before I lose it to the weeds
Ooh close your mouth
Know I don't want to hear it
No I don't want to hear it anymore
You know I'm not your psychiatrist
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
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5) POETIC JUSTICE
Get out of my world of worlds
You little poets crying pain
Just stand on your podium preaching beauty
I've gotta leave you in the rain
Now I've heard many people like you
From the undergrounds of France
Pushing your sickly sweet impressions of romance
My ears have parasites
My ears have parasites
You think I've never heard the lines before
With the candy sun and the creaking door
Get your head out of the cotton clouds
Put your precious feet on the floor
Don't give me those power lines
Just hit it right on
You can be precise
Miracles of mystery
With vagueness your device
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
Now clarify, what did you say?
You know you're not making any sense
Are you describing a vision of beauty?
Or a chain of events?
Oh get to the point you sappy wimps
I haven't got a lot of time
Simplicity is beauty
Are there poets less sublime?
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites
My ears have parasites
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6) TO BE E. MORTAL
Oh to be
Die to be Want to be
Live to be
............. To be e. mortal ..............
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The End