Manhattan Transfer - Blee Blop Blues lyrics
All the night it's bli-bli-bli
'n blop-blop-blop 'n dripdripdrip
I'm turnin' the faucet off
Pretty uptight from bli-bli-bli
'n blop-blop-blopI hate this trip
I'm turnin' the faucet off
That faucet's drippin'
Turnin' the faucet off
Tryin' t'sleepI need my rest
But there's no rest f'meI guess
I'm turnin' the faucet off
(repeat top)
My mind is flippin'
Turnin' the faucet off
I'm tryin' my best to sleep
I'm tryin' without success
I tell y' it just ain't fair a faucet
Measures in this mess
That's itI guess!
Every night I gotta git up in the middle of the gol'durn night
An' it's colder'n a swedish well-digger's behin'
But I gotta do it
Otherwise I'm outta' m'min. stone crazy
Stop the faucet from drippin'
'n drivin y'nuts - stone nuts
It's drivin' you crazy
One more drip an' you'll scream
No stuffyou can look him
An' tell he has enough
Whoa-ohlemme tell y'really
It's rough
Talkin' 'bout them blee blop blues
I'm hip to that drip goofin' my sleep
I'm so tired o'gittin' up in the night
What a catastratrose
Pride's got me feelin' I'm boun't'
Behave like an oaf
I'll git me a hammer - bam!
Quite the difference in the way
The faucet soun's now
I'm gonna go bam-bam-bam-bam
Bam-bam-bam on that faucet
Damn that faucet for the stupid ol'
Drip that it is I tell y'
I really am sick o'that drip
Maybe the plumber man's
Got him a betterprettier tip
About stoppin' that drip
But as f'now
Background:
When you be deep within y'nightly nap
An' nothin worser than a drippin' tap
You try t'lay there an' preten' you deaf
But soon y' fin'ly know there ain' nothin' left
That you jus' cannot stand it anymore
You're hip
Drip drip drip drip
An' so y'git up an' you're half asleep
You're so disgusted that'cha wanna weep
You bump your knee while tryin' t'find the lamp
Your throat is dried up and y'feelin' a cramp
You can't feel dum'r an' you'd like t'kill the plum'er
You envy children in summer camp
But as for now
But as for now
The drippin' soun'
The drippin' soun'
Has got me so I'm 'bout t'tear the plumin' down
I'm 'bout t'tear the plumin' down I'm talkin' down
Y'gotta stop
Y'gotta stop
The constant seep
The constant seep
Because it makes it real impossible t'sleep
Real impossible t'sleepI'm talkin' sleep
Your plum'er goofed
So face the fact
Y' gotta use
A lot o'tact
Your plumber really gotta' straighten
Up his act
Next time you're li'ble to crack
Folks with leaky faucets
Think o'wakin' up millions o'times
T'stop the faucet drippin'
Part o'the trouble o'livin' with plumbin'
Is the dues a fella always pays
Adoptin' fancy citified ways
That's what'cha git f'livin in the city
Whenever a nature lover hears your tale
You ain' gonna git lots o'pity
Dig - when y'r bothered by the blee bop blues
Dig this - turn the faucet off'n you'll stop blues
Then dig this - you won't have t'sing th'
Blee bop blues
When pipes're drippin' nerves're strainin'
People jus' can't help complainin'
Everybody really c'n dig that
Stuff that pipe
End this endless incredible gripe
End this endless gripe
That's them dues' - blee blop blues
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