Classic Sparks lyrics:
"After all, self-made men have daughters who just won't ball."
(from "Wonder Girl")
"Fa la, fa lee
she thinks only of the higher parts of me.
Such a shame, were I she
I'd set my sights much lower than I'd sing
fa la, fa la, fa lee.
But as it stands, now ... that would be a felony."
(from "Fa La Fa Lee")
"I'm the girl in your head, but the boy in your bed."
(from "Beaver O'Lindy")
"Girls grow tops to go topless in
while we sit and count the hairs that blossom on our chins
our voices change at a rapid pace
I could start a song at tenor and then end as bass."
(from "Amateur Hour")
"Thank god it's not Christmas,
when it's only you
and nothing else to do."
(from "Thank God it's Not Christmas")
"You mentioned Kant and I was shocked, so shocked.
You know, where I come from, none of the girls have such foul tongues."
(from "Hasta Manana, Monsieur")
"I'm gonna hang myself from my family tree."
(from "In My Family")
"Once the fixture of the ages, the yellow pages
start with baby's needs;
BC, back to swinging in the trees,
BC, back to crawling on my knees.
Aaron's here without a Betty."
(from, "B.C.")
"Have another sweet, my dear -
don't try to talk, my dear -
your tiny little mouth is full.
Here's a flavour you ain't tried!
You shouldn't try to talk - your mouth is full!"
(from "Something for the Girl With Everything")
"Dinner for twelve is now dinner for ten,
'cause I'm under the table with her."
(from "Under the Table With Her")
"For months, for years,
tits were once a source of fun and games at home.
But now she says, tits are only there to feed our little Joe."
(from "Tits")
"Risky business, all this waiting, wondering.
Can't you see the lady is lingering?"
(from "The Lady is Lingering")
"It's not very hard to make history.
Looks, looks, looks.
Just some cavalry and a good uniform that fits in places
where everyone tends to look and marvel
at the way you lead them on."
(from "Looks, Looks, Looks")
"He's well-equipped, the girls are sure.
Is that a guess, or something more?"
(from "Big Boy)
"I traded you for Jean and Myra.
I traded them for the mormon choir.
Now I got some music, and the Lord.
And I'm feeling dumber than before."
(from "Everybody's Stupid")
"I knew you when you weren't a bit screwed up.
Now what you've got is spreading around."
(from "Screwed Up")
"The places that I'm cruising,
the places that I stay,
are filled with Anglo Saxons,
and I get my way."
(from "White Women")
"Eva Braun is cracking jokes,
while Joan of Arc just sits and smokes."
(from "Ladies")
"It's the weekend.
Don't blow it, oh no.
Don't blow that two day pass.
We're in the weekend,
so get up and go.
Don't sit down on your ass."
(from "Goofing Off")
"Baby, you're looking younger every day.
(La Dolce Vita.)
I really mean it, it ain't just the pay."
(from "La Dolce Vita")
"No time for relationships,
skip the foreplay, let 'er rip."
(from "Beat the Clock")
"You think you're romantic,
well, I'll whisper in your ear.
I'll be all you'll hear for years, and years, and years.
You may be deaf to everything, you won't be deaf to me."
(from "My Other Voice")
"I'm always hot and bothered, when I'm with you.
I always need a shower, when I'm with you."
(from "When I'm With You")
"And they will hold you, though it might not be tight.
And they will kiss you, though it might not be right."
(from "Young Girls")
"This is where you kill a guy,
and you know he's still alive."
(from "Upstairs")
"I tried to cross the street,
and I almost got mowed down,
but the softest little hand
yanked me back to safer ground."
(from "Suzie Safety")
"Hello, everybody,
this is Russell.
Right before I sing, I'm gonna make a muscle."
[......]
"Order in the court and here's the charges:
under the influence of wacky women!
How do you plead - quit making muscles!"
(from "Wacky Women")
"When you're all alone, and nothing bites
you wish you'd stayed at home with someone nice.
And when you think you've made it disappear,
it comes again - hello, I'm here."
(from "Angst In My Pants")
"Cold beer and pretzels takes care of cancer."
(from "I Predict")
"One hundred hairs make a man."
(from "Moustache")
"Now they're ripping their shirts and their tights.
Now they're swinging from fluorescent lights.
Look at Bob, he was getting straight A's.
Who's he carrying 'round on his face?"
(from "Tarzan and Jane")
"Now I've got a hobby, I collect frozen pizzas.
Check out my pizzas."
(from "The Decline and Fall of Me")
"I went to Balboa Island
and laid in the sand.
I may be ugly as sin, but at least now I'm tan."
(from "I Wish I Looked A Little Better")
"I heard the angels call your name.
They feel ashamed.
Because you look so fucking good."
(from "The Angels")
to be continued, eventually.
