Adelaide's Lament

It says here:
The average unmarried female
Basically insecure
Due to some long frustration may react
With psychosomatic symptoms
Difficult to endure
Affecting the upper resperatory tract.

In other words, just from waiting around for that plain little band of gold
A person can develop a cold.

You can spray her wherever you figure there's streptococci lurk
You can give her a shot for whatever's she's got, but it just won't work
If she's tired of getting the fish eye from the hotel clerk
A person can develop a cold.

It says here:
The female remaining single
Just in the legal sense
Shows a neurotic tendancy, see note: (looks at note
Chronic organic symptoms
Toxic or hypertense
Involving the eye, the ear, the nose, and throat.

In other words, just from worrying if the wedding is on or off
A person can develop a cough.

You can feed her all day with the vitamin A and the bromofizz
But the medicine never gets anywhere near where the trouble is.
If she's getting a kind of name for herself, and the name ain't his
A person can develop a cough.

And furthur more, just from stalling, and stalling,
And stalling the wedding trip
A person can develop la grippe.

When they get on that train to Niagara
And she can hear church bells chime
The compartment is air conditioned
And the mood sublime
Then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth time!
A person can develop la grippe,
La grippe.
La post nasal drip.
With the wheezes
And the sneezes
And a sinus that's really a pip!

From a lack of community property
And a feeling she's getting to old
A person can develop a bad, bad cold!
(ADELAIDE sneezes)

Adelaide Meets Sarah

Keep the vicks on your chest
And get plenty of rest
You can wisely warn her
But in spite of the quiet
Massages and diet
She's still a goner
When she gets the idea that the little
Church will always be around the corner
A person can develop a cold.

So please forgive
This helpless haze I'm in
I've really never been
In love before.

I Can't Wait

aus dem Album: Got It MadeI can't wait to shake this jointNo, I can't wait to fully illustrate my pointI can't wait to let it flowNo, I can't wait to bring down the house with my microphoneI can't waitI can't wait to indoctrinateNo, I can't wait to retune everyone to the Brassy wayI can't wait to introduceNo, I can't wait for individual gurusI can't waitI can't wait for all the restNo, I can't wait, this is for the ones who think I'm second bestI can't wait to see your faceNo, I can't wait, looking like you've finally learned your placeI can't waitI can't wait to throw it downNo, I cant wait to stun you with my lyrical know-howI can't wait to show you whatNo, I can't wait, what we're gonna do, when we o it non-stopI can't wait

Nervous

aus dem Album: Got It MadeMakes no difference what I doLife touches me and I bruiseEverything straight to my headSomehowComing home for no reason (2X)Nothing but complicationsYou know I need a sedationAnything straight to my headSomehowComing home for no reason (2X)Makes no difference where I goOne more time I should have knownYou can't reach me anymoreNot nowComing home for no reason (2X)Makes no difference what I doLife touches me and I bruiseEverything straight to my headSomehowComing home for no reason (4X