Violent Femmes - New Times

New Times. New Times. New Times.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.
I'm the guard. At one time
This was rather pleasant
The poets they still had to muse
Over the classicism of clean shoes
But who today still knows a button stick

Well, that's the new times
That's the new times
That's the new times

The girls would lie down before us
First one went dancing, then behind the bushes
Today you have to run through twenty places
Get drunk on saccharin and methyl
And then you still don't get them that far

Well, that's the new times
That's the new times
That's the new times

Now take it easy there in the early morning
Who arrives but the brethren from the press

If somewhere there lies a cadaver
Or something is foul in the state
You can be sure that a writer is not far behind
With his Excellency I only say:
Hands off the literature

The laurel wreath one gets today
Second hand so to speak
>From the old Empire's stories
Sold underhand at the Alexanderplatz
With all the wigs and costumes
Twitching from the shoulder one is informed

Well, that's the new times
That's the new times
That's the new times

New times. New times. New times.

Violent Femmes - I'm Nothing

I am N-O-T-H-I-N'
I am N-O-T-H-I-N'
I'm nothin', I'm nothin'

I am N-O-T-H-I-N'
I am N-O-T-H-I-N'
I'm nothin', I'm nothin'

Are you Republican or Democrat?
A liberal fascist full of crap?
I'm nothin', I'm nothin'
Somebody somewhere might be something
But everybody, everywhere knows that I'm nothin'

Politics and dirty tricks - I got no time for stones and sticks
Politics and dirty tricks - I got no time for chasin' chicks
I'm nothin', I'm nothin'
Somebody somewhere might be something
But everybody, everywhere knows that I'm nothin'

I'm nothing, but I'm not proud
Cause being nothin', it's not allowed

Are you gay or are you straight?
Do you believe in love or do you believe in hate?
I'm nothin', I'm nothin'
Somebody somewhere said he was something
But everybody, everywhere is sayin' I'm nothin'

I'm nothin', I'm like a cloud
I'm free to be alone in a crowd

What's your reality? It's not real to me
What's your anomaly? It is my destiny

I am N-O-T-H-I-N'
I am N-O-T-H-I-N'
I'm nothin', I'm nothin'
I'm nothin'

I'm nothing now and I'll be nothing when

This nothing world has its nothing end

Violent Femmes - 4 Seasons

How will I stand the summer when spring was such a bummer?
How will I weather my winter when my fall was such a ballbuster?
It's spring and there'll be no spring fling when my winter was what a winner.
And I am taking a fall 'cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all.

How will I stand the summer when the spring just made me dumber?
How will I fare my fall -- will I lose my mind in the wintertime?
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-ling...
It's summer and I'm just a little dumber...
And I am taking a fall 'cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all.

Through the four seasons, I'm searching for reasons.

I'm not gonna take the spring 'cause the spring don't mean a thing.
I'm not gonna take the winter 'cause my winter is a splinter.
I'm not gonna take the summer -- summer is such a bummer.
But I am taking the fall 'cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all.

Through the four seasons, I'm searching for reasons.
Vivaldi, the four Seasons...
It seems to me to be a theme of love with no variations of aggravations.

How will I stand the summer when spring was such a bummer?
How will I fare my fall -- will I lose my mind in the wintertime?
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-ling...
It's summer and I'm just a little dumber...
And I am taking a fall 'cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all.

Through the four seasons, I'm searching for reasons.

Spring, summer, winter and fall...
Spring, summer, winter and fall...
Spring, summer, winter and fall...
If I ain't got you, I got nothing at all.

Violent Femmes - Don't Start Me On The Liquor

Don't start me on the liquor
I'll drink it all down straight
I'll make a toast to love
But I drink the most
When I got somebody to hate
I'm an old man
I got an old man's pain
Will the morning
Will the morning ever come again
Well, I'm likin' lickin' a lotta liquor
I'm drivin' down the drink
I'll take a toast to life
But I drink the most
When my devil start to think
I'm an old man
I got an old man's pain
Will the morning
Will the morning ever come again
Oh, I could drink, drink, drink
So I can't think, think, think
I got a hope or a home
In this life I'm all alone

On this long cold lonely night of fright
Followed by a lonely day
'Til there's nothing left I can say
Except I didn't know I was sick
And so I got sicker
He's a low down lying
Peckerwood cotton picker
Don't start me on the liquor
I got nothing more to say
I had a little money
But it all flown away
And I said oh man
Oh, ain't that a shame
Oh, I keep manin', I keep manin'
LIke I got an old man's pain
Don't
Don't start
Don't start me
Don't start me on
Don't start me on the
Don't start me on the liquor

Violent Femmes - Mirror Mirror (I See A Damsel)

I see a damsel
In danger and distress
I see that she is pretty
I see a young girl
Dressed in a dirty dress
I see that she is pretty

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all

I see a fat girl
With her hair in a mess
I see that she is pretty
I see a proud girl
She's pregnant I would guess
I see that she is pretty

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail

I see the school girls
Dressed in their Sunday best
I see that they are pretty
I see the wagon trains
Of pioneer women heading west
I see that they are pretty

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Creature creature, here the plan
Leads unto the Fall of Man

I see a matron
Unbuttoning a tightly fitting dress
I see that she is pretty
I see a maiden
She's careless like all the rest
I see that she is pretty

Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the prettiest one of all
Mirror mirror humor me
Do they see what I see