Why

Leon Redbone

From the album From Branch To Branch, 1981

Why? won't you kindly tell me

Why? you always leave me high and dry

And give all the other boys attention, dear?

You know I want you near me, hear me

You'd be so awfully pleasing if you stopped your teasing

If you do

I'll be true

Through and through

Why are you so captivating?

Why are you so aggravating?

And for me must I keep on waiting patiently?

You know there's lots of kissing, we're missing

I'd like to hear you say the words that you once whispered

Oh, why don't you tell me why?

Why are you so captivating?

Why are you so aggravating?

And for me must I keep on waiting patiently?

You know there's lots of kissing, we're missing

You'd be so awfully pleasing if you stopped your teasing

Oh, why don't you tell me why?

Bonus

Think of Me Thinking of You

From the album Red To Blue, 1985

Written by Abbot, Marvin, & Wimbrow

Leon Redbone: Vocals & Guitar

Bobby Gordon: Clarinet

Steve Fishel: Pedal Steel

Kozue Oshima

All I Do Is Dream of You

From the album Any Time, 2001

Written by Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed

Leon Redbone: Vocals

Herb Gardner: Trombone

Frank Vignola: Guitar

Mark Shane: Piano

Jay Leonhart: Bass

Giampaolo Biagi: Drums 

How do you fight a school bully?

Master Wong

YouTube Video, November 2017

Two Comments

"He is a mastermind. He teaches you how to discreetly destroy a bullies life, then hide the evidence."

"YouTube's 22222 I fought school bullies almost every day for the entire year and I lost all of them because I was brainwashed by the school rules Not to fight back But I then learned that if I don’t fight back I will continue to be bullied. So I’m learning to fight back and it seems to work. And one thing I learned from the bullying is to turn yours and the bully’s weaknesses in to strengths."

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Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)

George Harrison

From the album All Things Must Pass 1970

Greenwood by scotto

The song is supposed to be about Sir Francis Crisp, and Friar Park

Let it roll across the floor

Through the hall and out the door

To the fountain of perpetual mirth

Let it roll for all it's worth

Find me where ye echo lays

Lose ye bodies in the maze

See the lord and all the mouths he feeds

Let it roll among the weeds

Let it roll

Let it roll down through the caves

Ye long walks of Coole and Shades

Through ye woode, here may ye rest awhile

Handkerchiefs to match your tie

Let it roll

Let it roll, let it roll

Let it roll, let it roll

Fools illusions everywhere

Joan and Molly sweep the stairs

Eyes that shining full of inner light

Let it roll into the night

Let it roll, let it roll

Let it roll, let it roll

Let it roll, let it roll

© The Bicycle Music Company

Alternative version

Let it roll across the bog,
Through the hole and out the door
Through the fountain of perpetual
Let it roll for all it's worth

Frankie Crisp, he had no legs
Lose your body in the maze
See the door to the northern bounty feast
Let it roll among the weeds
Let it roll

Let it roll out through the caves
Through the walks and through the shade
Through the good one, may he rest awhile
Hanging chiefs and matching time
Let it roll

Let it roll, Let it roll
Let it roll, Let it roll

Fool's illusions every word
John and Paul, they sweep the stern
Eyes are shining but a river lies
Let it roll into the night

Let it roll, Let it roll
Let it roll, Let it roll

Green By Anderson dos Santos Rabelo