Neil Innes - G Songs - Text Only
 

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Get Up and Go
God Is Love
Godfrey Daniel
Godzilla's Return
Good Times Roll
Goose Steppin' Mama
 

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Get Up And Go
 

Workin' up a fever in a one horse town
Was a jockey by the name of Joe
He didn't have a lot of what you might call luck
But he had a lot of get up n' go

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Tall in the saddle in a one-horse town
Joe, he knew someday he'd hit the road
He traded with a dealer for a pick-up truck
And went lookin' for a medium load

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Ow!
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home
Everybody's waitin' for ya

Cruisin' down the highway doin' sixty-five
In the middle of the double white line
One foot on the gas and his head in the clouds
He didn't see the one-way sign

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Ow!
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home
They're all waitin' for ya

Get up and go
Get up and go
Get up and go back home

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Get up n' go
Get up n' go
Get up n' go back home

Oooooo!
 
 

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God Is Love
 

I stepped into a bar for a drink or two
I was feeling lonely, and as the feeling grew,
I ordered same again, until I heard nature call
and through a door marked Men
I found written on the wall;
God is Love
Next to a naked lady and some parts of a man was written,
God is love

The message seemed so simple
I stared in disbelief,
Could it be some wisdom
had come to my relief?
Was the Son of God a man among men?
Or which of the apostles had owned a ball point pen?
Oh, God is Love
God is Love
Like the joke that says the future of mankind is in your hand,
God is Love

Love is never easy.
Love is hard to find.
And just as hard to keep
As an open mind
So somehow I felt sorry
For that unknown patron saint
Whose words would soon be martyred
By a fresh coat of paint

God is Love
God is Love
In a temple or a toilet,
in a bed or in a bar,
God is Love

God is Love
God is Love
God is Love

God is Love (GOD IS LOVE!)
God is Love (God is Love)
God is Love (God is Love)
God is Love (God is Love)
God is Love (God is Love)
God is Love (God is Love)
God is Love (God is Love)
Love
 
 

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Godfrey Daniel
 

A million miles from the old routine
A midnight candle burned
I believe in believing I'm deeply concerned
Walking down the runway
Through the pouring rain
Stretching out my arms like
A supersonic pla-y-yane

God free Daniel
He ain't done nothing wrong
Let him go back to Ohio
Or wherever he belong

If all the trees were candles
And who's to say they're not
The world would be a birthday cake
And we could eat the lot
But too many cooks can spoil the broth
And a stitch in time saves nine
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
And I'll never change my mind

Godfrey Daniel
He ain't done nothing wrong
Let him go back to Ohio
Or wherever he belong

A tightrope walker has a balanced mind
As well as arms and legs
But why do chickens cross the road
Not to mention layin' eggs
I guess I'll never know
Or truly understand
Anyhow its not just doorknobs
That come off in your hand

God free Daniel
He ain't done nothing wrong
Let him go back to Ohio
Or wherever he belong

Godfrey Daniel
He ain't done nothing wrong
Let him go back to Ohio
Or wherever he belong
 
 

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Godzilla's Return
 

Blue reptile sleeping in cottonwool clouds
Trample the cities and trample the crowds
Red mammals wriggle in cosmetic mud
People who smell of the smoke and the blood
From the throats of the cities that burn
We are awaiting Godzilla's return

Disciples of horror, behold the messiah
The velvet arena, the hands that perspire
The eyes in the darkness that twinkle and shine
The image of love is doing just fine
Oh how they're willing to learn
We are awaiting Godzilla's return

*Such is the scene as the story unfolds
Down by the railroad our hero beholds
The girl of his dreams in the arms of a cad
Who's modus vivendi is thoroughly bad
Quelle dommage a mais il va sans dire
Donner und blizten, Godzilla ist here

** Here comes a man with a lung-punished look
Taking down names in a little black book
He spends his weekends digging holes in the ground
While his children decide to go up or go down
And they think they have nothing to fear
Nobody knows that Godziller is here

* this verse only in Innes Book of Records version
** this verse only in The World "Lucky Planet" version
 
 

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Good Times Roll
 

Hour after hour in an ivory tower
A thousand and nothings to do
Spending the day in a colorful way
Blue upon blue upon blue

Psychedelicatessen
Fricasse chorus girl's thigh
Toffee and mackerel gateau
Pineapple pie in the sky

See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Away

See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Away

Like ice in a drink, invisible ink
Or dreams in the cold light of day
The children of rock n' roll never grow old
They just fade away

Drifting along on a cottonwool cloud
Dreaming of drum majorettes
Swastika nightingales croon tongue-in-cheek
An elephant never forgets

See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Away

See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Away

See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Away

See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Away

See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Away
 
 

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Goose Steppin' Mama
 

Oooow!
Goose-steppin' Mama
Undercover charge
Goose-step Mama
Taken by an' large
While you tinker with some tailor
Someone sold yer to a sailor
Goose-step Mama, oh yeah!
Goose-step Mama

Goose-step Mama
Boogie all night long
Goose-step Mama
You can do no wrong
You know how to reassemble
Clumsy hands and knees that tremble
Goose-step Mama, oh yeah!
Goose-step Mama
Wah hoo!

You've got something that makes you something
Something tells me loud and clear
In the end it comes to nothing
You've got nothin' to eins, zwei, drei, vier!

Goose-step Mama
With your rock n' roll
Goose-step Mama
With your heart of gold
You don't like to see men suffer
Love is tough, but life is tougher
Goose-step Mama, oh yeah!
Goose-step Mama
Wooo! Aah! Heh!

You've got something that makes you something
Something tells me loud and clear
In the end, it comes to nothing
You've got nothin' to eins, zwei, drei, fear!

Goose-step Mama
With your rock n' roll
Goose-step Mama
With your heart of gold
You don't like to see men suffer
Love is tough, but life is tougher
Goose-step Mama, oh, yeah!
Goose-step Mama, alright!
Goose-step Mama, oh, yeah!
 
 

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