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29-03-2000, 12:38 AM

Eggplant
Michael Franks
From: The Art of Tea

Whenever I explore the land of Yen
I always take one on the chin
And now this lioness has almost made me tame.
I can't pronounce her name but Eggplant is her game.

The lady sticks to me like white on rice.
She never cooks the same way twice.
Maybe it's the mushrooms. Maybe the tomatoes.
I can't reveal her name but Eggplant is her game.

When my baby cooks her Eggplant,
She don't read no book.
She's got a Giocanna kinda of dirty look

And my baby cooks her Eggplant,
Bout 19 different ways.
Sometimes I just have it raw with Mayonnaise.

-break-

Maybe its the way she grates her cheese,
Or just the freckles on her knees.
Maybe its the scallions. Maybe she's Italian.
I can't reveal her name but Eggplant is her game.

When my baby cooks her Eggplant,
She don't read no book.
She's got a Giocanna kinda of dirty look.

And my baby cooks her Eggplant,
Bout 19 different ways.
Sometimes I just have it raw with Mayonnaise.

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@ALBUM: the.camera.never.lies
Author: Michael Franks
Album title: The Camera Never Lies

@SONG: Face to Face (For P.Y.)
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I've been waiting to meet you
I know you're out there somewhere
Are you waiting to meet me too?
Every morning I start out
Maybe today
Every night turn my heart out
Maybe tomorrow
When I wander in dreamtime
I feel you come closer
Tell me is it the same with you?
You stand on a cliff overlooking the ocean
Below on the beach
I am caught in slow motion

And there we're face to face
Together again for the first time
Face to face
You're the one I can love for a lifetime
Face to face
I can see that it might take a while
Face to face
To escape from the curve of your smile

All alone in a desert
I follow some footprints
Only hoping they lead to you
Always slightly behind you
Just out of frame
In a hurry to find you
Before the dream ends
There's confusion and hardship
But it never matters
'Cause I'm doing it all for you
And I know as I search these wide open spaces
You wait under a palm tree
At the oasis

Cancel loneliness
Capture happiness
Let that heartache and pain go
Love feels awful good
Like I knew it would
All superlatives true
Never better now
It's forever now
Finally over the rainbow
I was blind I see
Fate was kind to me
When it cast me with you

@SONG: I Surrender
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I fly solo
The Number One's my logo
Birth of the Cool's my theme song
For me the whole love scene's wrong

I surrender
Take me prisoner right away
I'm content with you inside
I surrender
Learned my lesson the hard way:
"You can run but you can't hide"
Love is not to be denied

My heart beats slow
I kept it incognito
It's only fools who feel love
I don't believe in real love

@SONG: The Camera Never Lies
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Give them their freedom - unless you do
The tide of suffering's sure to rise
You see it coming - o yes you do
And the camera never lies
No the camera never lies

They send the pictures by satellite
Somehow they travel through the skies
To all the homes in America
And the camera never lies
No the camera never lies

Truth you can't disguise
Just open up your eyes
'Cause the camera never lies

We see the faces so innocent
And it should come as no surprise
That the oppression's no accident
We know the camera never lies
No the camera never lies

@SONG: Lip Service

Here we are again
That fatal combination
I guess it's opposite attraction
It's gone too far again
This crazy conversation
It's like a nuclear reaction

Lady your lip service has no rival
Don't you know deception is uncouth?
Didn't you read somewhere in the Bible
Not to bend the truth?
If you think your lip service will amaze me
You're utterly confused - that much is clear
'Cause baby your lip service doesn't faze me
It's so insincere

It's only lip service
It's nothin' but lip service

There you are again
Unable to conceal it
That hourglass configuration
It's gone too far again
Believe me, I can feel it
I can't resist that old temptation

Lady your lip service can be vicious
Don't you know deception is uncouth?
However your lips look so delicious
While they bend the truth
Give me some lip service, just attack me
I know I have asked you to be real
But sometimes your lip service is exactly
What I want to feel

Tired of of truces
Eloquence is useless
Eighty-six it
'Cause all this talk won't fix it

@SONG: When I Think of Us
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Lovers from Shakespeare come to mind
The "parting is such sweet"
"Wherefore art thou" kind
Shattered illusions, sad conclusions
When I think of us

Love called the shots and we believed
We gave new meaning to the word "naive"
Can't comprehend the logic of love
When I think of us

How it exploded I don't know
Right out of nowhere
We ran out of mistletoe
Still I remember only good times
When I think of us

We were young and our hearts were broken when love was lost

The pain we concealed
Somehow time has healed
We tried hard but I
Guess we failed the test

Does it matter why?
Just remember I
Hope you're happy I
Wish you all the best

Who could predict the end of spring?
We were in love and love was everything
Promises broken, cruel words spoken
When I think of us

How it exploded I can't say
Right out of nowhere
The rain washed it all away
Still I remember only good times
When I think of us

We were young and our hearts were broken when love was lost

@SONG: Island Life
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Keep believing you soon will earn your turn to flash in the pan
It's deceiving 'cause nothing kills like this metropolis can
Everywhere there's blind ambition
Dog eat dog and screw you
You do unto others and they do unto you

Everyday you fight taxicabs and traffic, permanent frowns
Lay awake at night wondering if you hear burglary sounds
Think it's time to make my exit
Kiss all this goodbye and
Catch the next flight south connecting to my island life

Look at me I'm a refugee from the island life
I belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe
I'll do all my swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea
For free

Guess it must be clear I do not belong in this cityscape
I am not from here and I do intend to make my escape
Take me back to waterfalls in volcanic canyons
Where coconuts and orchids are my sole companions

Look at me I'm a refugee from the island life
I belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe
How inviting it would make always killing time if you
Came too

Can't you see we're just refugees from the island life
We belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe
We'll do all our swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea
For free

@SONG: Now You're in my Dreams
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I was just a stand-in
Someone love abandoned - not the leading man
But my heart yelled "Action"

What does "fall in love" mean?
We rehearsed the Love Scene unaware of this
Till we tried The Kiss and

Now... now you're in my dreams

Love was such a mystery
Love was ancient history - pleasure chased with pain
Till you whispered my name

In the soundstage moonlight
We could not say goodnight - unaccustomed to
Happiness so new and

Now... now you're in my dreams

Now the close-up me and you
And every old cliche rings true
The Samba begins
Fate to the winds
First it smolders then it burns, you
Pass the point of no return, do
Lovers stay in love by learning
How to leave the world at the door and live
Live i