The Lyrical Chain Game

You have to laugh
Or else you'll cry
You have to live
Or else you'll die

 

What goes up must come down
Spinning wheels got to go round
Drop all your troubles by the river side

 

take me to the river
drop me in the water

 

going to see the river man
going to tell him all I can

 

Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated

 

What you gonna do when you feel your lady rollin'
How you gonna feel when you see your lady strollin'
On the deck of the starship
With her head hooked into Andromeda

 

Hey Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wong
Hey Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride

 

Ground control to Major Tom

 

Pull your pants up, will you pull your pants up

 

animals think they're pretty smart
shit on the ground
see in the dark

 

Animals are critters just like you and me
The only difference is they don't worry
About things that they can't smell or see
Animals are critters just like you and me
So we buy pants and deodorants and claim not to be

 

I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man
I'm an ape man

 

If I could choose the life I lead
Then I would be a spaceman
Take LSD and ecstasy
and I'd be off my face man

 

I wish I were a spaceman
The fastest man alive
I'd fly you round the universe
On Fireball XL5

 

The last time I did acid I went insane

 

careful with that axe, Eugene...

 

He'd better watch his step or sooner or later
They'll find his headless body in a ventilator

 

As an aside, hat's off. I've only ever heard them do that version once - at Beautiful Days in their Drunk in Public form....

 

I was searching lyrics for the boatmen (yes, i do not have a life) and someone posted that up!

 

anyhoo, lyrics

I take my hat off to the buskerman
he keeps on smiling whilst singing his songs.