A Fine Day To Exit

Don't put no headstone on my grave, All my life I've been a slave, I want the whole wide world to know, Here lies this man that loved you so Mama, mama, don't you cry, I'm gonna meet you in the by and by, Tell papa I'm comin' home, God, it can't be very long Don't put no headstone on my grave, All my life I've been a slave, Want the whole wide world to know, Here lies the stud that loved you so Don't put no headstone on my grave, All my life I've been a slave. I want the whole wide world to know, Here lies a man that loved you so Mama, mama don't you cry, I'm gonna meet you in the by and by, Tell 'em, I'm coming home, Oh God, it can't be very long Don't put no headstone on my grave All my life I've been a slave, Want the whole wide world to know, Here lies a man that loved you so. A blues version of the song by Rose Q (from the film "Consenting Adults")

Wait a minute baby... Stay with me awhile Said you'd give me light But you never told be about the fire Drowning in the sea of love Where everyone would love to drown And now it's gone It doesn't matter anymore When you build your house Call me home And he was just like a great dark wing Within the wings of a storm I think I had met my match, he was singing And undoing the laces Undoing the laces Drowning in the sea of love Where everyone would love to drown And now it's gone It doesn't matter anymore When you build your house Call me home Hold on The night is coming and the starling flew for days I'd stay home at night all the time I'd go anywhere, anywhere Ask me and I'm there because I care Sara, you're the poet in my heart Never change, never stop And now it's gone It doesn't matter what for When you build your house I'll come by Drowning in the sea of love Where everyone would love to drown And...

Oh when the sun beats down And melts the tar up on the roof And the streets get so hot You wish your tired feet were fireproof Under the boardwalk Down by the sea On a blanket with my baby Is where I'll be (Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun (Under the boardwalk) We'll be having some fun (Under the boardwalk) People walking above (Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love (Under the boardwalk, boardwalk) Now from the sand you'll hear The happy sound of a carousel You can almost taste the hot dogs And French fries they sell Under the boardwalk Down by the sea, yeah On a blanket with my baby Is where I'll be (Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun (Under the boardwalk) We'll be having some fun (Under the boardwalk) People walking above (Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love (Under the boardwalk, boardwalk) Oh, under the boardwalk Down by the sea On a blanket with my baby Is where I'll be (Under the boardwal...

I am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises All lies and jests Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy In the company of strangers In the quiet of the railway station running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters Where the ragged people go Looking for the places only they would know Lai luh lai... Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job But I get no offers, Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin' even me I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same After changes we are more or less the same Lai ...

Listen to the waves, Everything communicates Will it ever be Anything more than wishful thinking? Oh no there you go Looked away and missed the show how much wasted time Will you survive? Feel the blades of grass How it brings you back it will always be Only as green as you can see Oh no there you go Looked away and missed the show how much wasted time Will you survive? Oh yeah fooled again, I don't know how and I don't know when Not much else to blame But wishful thinking Little breakdowns In coastal towns. They come suddenly Crashing over you. They come easily. I'm falling through the skies And frozen places Oh no there you go Looked away and missed the show how much wasted time Will you survive? Oh yeah fooled again, I don't know how and I don't know when Not much else to blame But wishful thinking And I try to realize That I needn't look any further the whole of the universe Is plain to see And I try not to ...

She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black Hey! wait! I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hey! wait! I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hey! wait! I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Your advice Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet Cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back Hey! wait! I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hey! wait! I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hey! wait! I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Your advice She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak I...

I've been to London, seen seven wonders I know to trip is just to fall I used to rock it, sometimes I'd roll it I always knew what it was for There can be no denyin' that the wind 'll shake 'em down And the flat world's flyin', there's a new plague on the land If we could just join hands If we could just join hands If we could just join hands Traversed the planet when heaven sent me I saw the kings who rule them all Still by the firelight and purple moonlight I hear the rested rivers call And the wind is crying, from a love that won't grow cold My lover , she is lying, on the dark side of the globe If we could just join hands If we could just join hands If we could just join hands You got me rockin' when I ought to be a-rollin' Darlin', tell me, darlin', which way to go You keep me rockin', baby, then you keep me stolen Won't you tell me, darlin', which way to go... that's right Oh how ...