Go And Ask Peggy For The Principal Thing

(hinkel / freudenthaler)

Dan is drinking coffee
Mary's drinking tea
Betty's having breakfast
In the plastic surgery
Some say she's a beauty
Some may say she's mad
But she doesn't care what the people say
And dyes her red hair black

You don't know,
What they will say
You probably've to do it your own way
You don't know,
What they will see
Absolutely nothing

(hinkel / freudenthaler)

Emily's going out tonight
With a candle in her pocket and
A lighter in her right hand
Does anybody know
Why she's gonna go
She's nearly out of sight
Emily's out tonight

So familiar
How ladylike the old girl comes along
She's ninety something,
Dressed up and wide awake
A little slow but going strong
She's paid off the overdraft
For the tv she has bought in 84
She's been paying all her lifetime
But now she's gonna pay no more

Deep religious
She went to mess on every sunday morning
She's believing
In god but she don't like
The priest he's new in town

(hinkel / freudenthaler)

The porridge's been good
The marmalade too
I take another slice of bread
The bacon is hot but i don't mind
Too long i boiled the egg
I'm still a little tired,
My bones are weak
Another day off i take
I guess the sun had the same idea
And now we have a break

It's a rainy day, a rainy day
But i love it
It's a rainy day
The water comes down
But i love you

Milkman mr miller
Is ringing my bell
Do you take a litre or two
But i don't wanna drink his milk today
I feel fine without it too
He steps into a puddle by going away
I hear him swearing at
The forecast promised high pressure today
And now he's getting wet

It's a rainy day, a rainy day...

Rosalie maclovely is waiting for a cab
In the middle of the pouring rain
Old bold head macarthur is waiting
For his hair to grow again
Once upon a time he was a curly head
But all those days are gone
And now he's looking like a fireball
When he gets into the sun

It's a rainy day, a rainy day...

(hinkel / freudenthaler)

Now she's gone without a sign
Without a warning
The voice of anybody else
Is on the answering machine
The story's ending
You have to do it by yourself

(hinkel / freudenthaler)

The waitress is cleaning the bar
It's two in the morning
She offers some coffee to me
Turns the radio on
The caster is selling his voice to the night
The coffee gets cold in a while

The old man beside me is gone
He showed me a blueprint
Of a house he would build
With the money he never could save
His father was buried down by the sea
Once he was younger than me

Why am i sad today
Why am i on the way
Down to the border
Not over the line

Why am i sad today
Why am i on the way
Down to the limit of time
I'm sleepless tonight

Take me away from the gloom
I'm cold from the inside
The waitress has turned off the lights
There's nothing to fear
She's put on her coat and once in a while
The lines on her face disappear

Why am i sad today...

Oceans awake and walls break down
When you are there
You take my hand and
You just lead me right out of here

Why am i sad today...

(hinkel / freudenthaler)

Do you have a problem?
Do you wanna whine?
Do you feel the need for a little more time?
Do you think about a change of scene?
You should go and ask peggy
For the principal thing

Do you have no money?
Do you wanna know?
What you wanna do and where you wanna go to?
Do you have the foggiest idea what i mean?
You should go and ask peggy
For the principal thing

If you don't know what it means
It's easier than it seems
If you don't know what it means...
He's got all the keys
You only have to seize
And you know what it means
Do you know what it means?
Do you know what it means?

He was a showgirl
She's been around the world
And everybody knows

Do you feel a dizziness?
Do you wanna know?
Where's above and where's below?
Do you really love it when you're in between?
You should go and ask peggy
For the principal thing

If you don't know what it means
It's easier than it seems
If you don't know what it means...