YOU ARE THE BEST LYRICS SIDE 1 1) Zen Magic Marker virgin sand magic land mysterious idol from the orient open the shell, the pearl don't hurt him or you're gonna fuck up your world volcano, president lava flowing on the residents Pompeii, stone people Pink Floyd rockin' the world sukiyaki, soup chicken, vegetables and noodles you know tofu? it's the truth it looks like cheese but it's good for you come on Seaside Heights, New Jersey I picked up a hermit crab he bit me, Danny then ran back into his shell good luck, fortune many years of happiness to come skee ball, prizes lights all flashing you've won I am a winner, game of life yeah I am lucky to be here one in a million, chance that I was faster than the sperm egg, omelet ham and cheese, hash brown you can't stop it, the rocket is gonna fuckin' mow your ass down sing it don't you stop rockin', kickin' and stompin' go on for the gold if you hit bottom, don't let then stop ya love is in the world in the world 2) Rock n' Roll Jubilee there's a feeling that's moving all through the land you can sit and watch or you can choose to stand life is changin' something's gonna give I got the need to love, I got the need to live I was walking down the street looking to the sky thinkin' ‘bout the people, the passers by I got on a bus and I dropped some change this dude picks it up and says have a nice day I said thanks, man this dude was friendly I then ran into my girl Cold Wendy I told her how everyone was bein' real how the world was changing from what we feel you got the flowers growin' up the west side the buildings shinin' on the east side the lovelight burnin' from the inside come on you got the fresh air blowin' from the outside the kids all lookin' to the upside ‘cause their all comin' from the right side come on ‘cause we all care we all care about you remember, love your neighbor and love yourself love the money that gives you wealth so you can buy the things that you want and help feed the store that you bought them from ‘cause we all like buying and givin' hellos to the people we see at rock shows it's a rock n' roll world where people are jumpin' so raise your fists and keep on pumpin' 3) Scary Skull Eyes I was taken by the hand and lead through the garden of my life and everyone's still there even though they cannot share all their time walkin' into town around six o' clock cuttin' through the woods behind the Stop and Shop it's still light out, so I can see the destination same old night, no cause for variation don't mess around with Rockland us rich kids got a lot of questions oh no it can't be so, totaled your Vette on River Road oh no we didn't know we all were messing with the scary skull oh no it can't be so, we dodged the bats the whole way home oh no we didn't know we all were messing with the scary skull I was taken by the hand and lead through the garden of my life sittin' on the deck around ten o' clock keepin' it down, don't want to wake ‘em up bug zapper light flicker put the Marley on how we gonna deal when the summer's gone? oh no it can't be so, we took that shit when you weren't home oh no we didn't know we all were messing with the scary skull oh no it can't be so, so much to have so little to show oh no we didn't know we all were messing with the scary skull oh no it can't be so, we hit that station as the morning rose oh no we didn't know we all were messing with the scary skull oh no it can't be so, so far to see but not so far to go oh no we didn't know we all were messing with the scary skull 4) Billy The Eagle walkin' down the midway, got new feathers Billy the Eagle got it all together the people all turn and clap for the man as he whistles his tune for the judges in the bandstand Brian shouts “are you ready, set, go!” and Billy the Eagle gonna start the show he revs up and prepares to take off then all of a sudden he's off, he's off he's flying all around the stadium night droppin' his magic everywhere in site as he makes another pass he's losing his steam he's lost his glow in the spotlight beam but he sprinkles some magic right on to his head and he does the loop-de-loop as the crowd goes mad what's he gonna do? what's he gonna do now? for the grand finale comes the ring of fire with a gasp from the masses he flies up higher he stands at attention while he waits for the sign then salutes the world as he goes for the dive we sing oh oh oh “are you ready set go!” 5) Let It Rain let it rain all over my dinner, sinner if this was a race I'd be the winner if this was a pool I'd be the swimmer too bright? turn down the light dimmer my man Jim we call him Jimmer Reverend B Ill don't know the pinner it's a small world says Mickey and Minner let it rain all over the city and… check your watch for the time look at the sky for a sign don't fuck around with the spiny mine it'll fuck you back given some time let it rain all over my hands let it rain all over my band let it rain all over the sand ‘til the tide rolls away the alien man let it rain all over the city let it rain all over the world, pearl if this was a tree I'd be the squirrel once there was a show called Milton Berle old school, like the haggard Merle Shirley Temple was a little girl curlers made her hair curl into space the astronauts hurl let it rain all over the world listen 6) Fireflies On The 4th Of July red red meat vegetarian, king stock broker, king librarian the planetarium looks like the sky it's hard to believe that it's all inside Orion's Belt, Laser Floyd field trip on the Fourth of July fireworks, people screamin', scared as the dickens, some kids beamin' I'm just watching all the reactions all people are mental but control their actions the sanitarium looks like a house but you go inside things are crazy and loud my friend Willie is a nut he don't drink beers but he plays with blocks did you ever punch someone? “did ya get hit back?” did you ever steal something? “then give it back?” well I did once, I robbed a gas station five am, the sun was raisin' took a hundred dollars with Papa Dave I met him out back and we drove away then started feelin' weird about what we did so we turned around and we broke back in fireflies on the Fourth of July the cafetorium looks like a stage but at twelve o clock it's the lunch lady's bringing milk and the peach flambé and the coloring books and the Special K now it's time for the skits “hey, what ya gonna do?” I'm gonna pretend I'm the man on the moon or maybe a fireman or the president and get my picture on the cent the pennies, the nickels, the dimes, the quarters the ice cream man sells bottled water, sparklers and jelly beans he puts his truck away on Halloween 7) Laying On Your Zeets I hear the sound of the birds flying I hear the sound of babies crying I hear the sound of the fishies swimming I hear the sound of the dogs barking and all the while, while I'm laying here I know how much you love me dear I hear the secrets that you keep when I'm laying on your zeets I hear the whales swimming in the ocean I hear the magicians with their potions I hear the children with their notions I hear the people and their devotions I hear the sun as it's growing the trees I hear the moon commanding the seas I hear the honey as it's made by the bees I hear the whistle of the blow of the breeze SIDE 2 1) The Millipede / Who'll Stop The Beggar to feel the need the lash of the millipede the bite, the bleed the last thing to break the shake to feel, to love, to heal to fight, the real the real don't you peak now don't you go say, “what do you say?” don't you go pay what do you pay what do you know? I don't know who'll stop the beggar who'll stop the beggar 2) Alligator Swamp the nights are long and the river sings on through the day hot night, southern eye takin' me home you know I want to stay porch bug fly by, rocking chair, cricket sticky, got stuck to the spicket fan wings movin', melody is soothin' mama are we movin, I don't want to move we don't got to strung lights buzz and the river sings on through the day haze sees through the trees, green leaves you know I want to stay and the fire brings light to the danger warn I won't sleep tonight ‘til the coming storm is long gone and the feeling is gone long gone and the feeling is gone long gone and the feeling is gone for today alligator swamp got the blues man on he's feeling good and he can cause he should 3) The Clearing Hole hey ho, the breezes blow the seed is spread when the breezes blow the more you live the more you know you can't stop it though you want to so and you go hey ho, the clearing hole you run through fast cause you want to know and once you've passed you believe you'll grow but I ask you now do you think it's so? oh, will you go? hey ho, the seer shows the heaven highs to the stormy lows but, the sun is light and the moon still glows don't look now, you're not alone so you know hey ho, the clearing hole you run through fast cause you need to know and once you've passed you believe you'll grow but, I ask you now do you think it's so? oh, will you go? 4) Cross The Cloud you got both hands steady on the wheel and feel you're set to get the meal you get a bit, and feed it to the meal and then feel all set, I bet I bet you got better now you cannot be denied you've crossed the cloud you cannot be denied you get pushed to the limit by force get jolted but gain to stay on course you got strength pouring out the pores and feel all set, I bet you need one good start to pick up the parts you need one big day to make it your way you got everywhere to go and you can't be relying on the empty show 5) Space Station On The 4,5 & 6 space station on the 4,5 & 6 everyone's a time traveler oh shit, everyone's a movie space station on the 4, 5 & 6 got fleas and ticks like a dog without a white collar a good knish still costs a dollar potato wrapped in a soft gold coating hot dogs in the water that they're floating I need one fifty to buy a token I'm feelin' mean just like Dwight Yokam in Sling Blade he got hit in the head I need a little round token really bad so I ask this man for some change to spare he started smoking and he burst into thin air I thought it was an alien invasion but Broadway/Nassau was always a space station, boy space station on the 4,5 & 6 Aerosmith these guys on a permanent vacation Aerosmith on a permanent vacation I can't believe they on a permanent vacation I don't think they're on a permanent vacation cause one day I was at an office at work and noticed something funny about the front desk clerk I asked him who he was and he said “walk this way” what else would Steven Tyler have to say? he was really embarrassed that I'd known that when he's not singing he was answering phones I said “don't worry, I still respect you very” he said, “that guy making copies over there is Joe Perry, boy!” space station on the 4, 5 & 6 Wicks and Sticks you go there to smell the candles pretty crazy that you smell those candles they got lemon and peach and vanilla they got white ones, pink ones, yella one day I got a little wild in the mall when I was a little child the candle smell was wafting in the air so I took a bite out of one that was there it was my favorite flavor coconut store manager come kick my butt store manager come kick my butt I swallowed wax and I nearly threw up I swallowed wax and I nearly threw up he hit me in the head and he punched me in the gut so I picked myself up and wiped myself off felt a little tickle in my throat and started to cough would you believe it, I tossed up a candle and spit it in his face like Oscar to Tony Randal, man that's how I handled it lots of stops on the 4,5 & 6 take you to the places that you live space station on the 4,5 & 6 Halls and Vicks soothes your throat and makes your breath fresh but not as fresh as my music gets 6) The Alligator I think it was December or mid-November the sun was looking down on me like a glowing ember I think it was a Thursday, well, I can't remember all I know it was the winter of summer weather I met an old man with a metal detector he said his name was Stan, but I heard it was Hector he was known around town as The Everglade Protector and he watched over the cities and all the sectors he told me stories of them droppin' bombs and of his old lady who had dropped him one I could tell that he loved her though she was gone because he spoke of her so fondly and he smiled upon he said “do you have the time?” “it's a quarter to nine” “well, I must be getting on', I've got to go cross-town, towards the seagulls sound, and the freighters, I must meet the alligator” I said “alright, man, whatever you say, and I was on my way” and the wind was blowing sweet warm thoughts across my mind I was feeling like painting but there were no paints to find and I'm not really a painter but as I looked to the sky, I saw a pelican go circling by he was frozen with his wings held tightly by his side and with a proud look in his serious eyes he said, “my son, you've got to take a picture of life” and leave it for the others to remember you by I said I'll try but I'm not qualified he then saluted me, and he waved me goodbye so I got down on my knees in the sand and I tried to cry because of those words that I recognized I recognized so I got down on the beach with my sandy feet and I pulled my cell phone out from underneath me I called up Reverend B and to my disbelief he had the same experience back in New Jersey he was testing pavement down by Mount Airy and was stopped in his tracks by the sweet song of a canary that's when I knew we had this job to do that's the first time I knew we had this job to do 7) Happy the radio says I got to flip up the winda the binda, kneel on my shinda, my kinda and look out side to the American pride everyone is working to improve their stride nothing wrong with the freedom nothing wrong with the world I got my home with love and my only girlfriend she helps me pay the renta, magenta and the anger that's pent up, silenta H for the homebodies and A, mis amis P got me pitchin' up my tents for the free P never poor but Y oh why can't everyone just sit and deal one time the parsley snips and the rosie hippo goes flippo when he hears the calypso lip-syncho, karyoke in the Okechobee Ordell Robbie, you know B, you can't put the homey in the trunk or fake the funk or play the punk, if you ain't undercashed like The Clash and sunk in England in the seventies this life is heavenly come on G you got to take it from me H for the history and A appleseed P got me pissin' in my pants for the free P soda pop but Y oh why can't everyone just sit and deal one time the radio dial always brings out a smile cause my man Gil Bailey can sail me hail me, you comet never stop it to The Doo Wop Shop it Don K. Reed, my man, you grew up with me and the schools that taught me even though I fought thee I still passed my spelling B's, teach and retained the information to live in society I'm livin' and lovin', money because H is for the high schools and the A, ABC's P got me pourin' chocolate milk for the free P all the people but Y oh why can't everyone just sit and deal one time