Rut-A-Lot (Live)

People were proud in Doubleback Alley
Neighbors were loud, but ever so pally
People would shout, joking about
The smoke and the soot, Mother would put
The milk bottles out
We had a good time in Doubleback Alley
With fences to climb, and Father O'Malley
To clip your ear, and steer you clear
Of the funny man in the ice cream van
Who talked so queer
Doubleback Alley takes me back and in my mind I see
Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory
Doubleback Alley
And then came tea.
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
Drifting along on a cottonwool cloud
Dreaming of drum majorettes
Swastika nightingales croon tongue-in-cheek
An elephant never forgets
At times like these
When enemies can number more than friends
A friend indeed is what I need
Not someone who pretends
I'm on my way
I cannot stay
Another day
A glass of wine with Gertrude Stein
I know I'll never share
But I don't mind
That's just the kind of cross each man must bear
I'm on my way
I cannot stay
Another day
You're so pusillanimous, oh yeah
Nature's calling, and I must go there
I have always thought
In the back of my mind
Cheese and onions
I have always thought
That the world was unkind
Cheese and onions
Do I have to spell it out?
C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N-S

Oh, no
Man and machine (man and machine)
Keep yourself clean (keep yourself clean)
Or be a has-been (ah ah)
Like a dinosaur... uh ho!
Man or device (man or device)
For everything nice (everything nice)
You'd better think twice (ah ah)
At least once mo ho hore!
Man and machine (man and machine)
Keep yourself clean (keep yourself clean)
Or be a has-been (aahaah)
Like a dinosaur oh oh oh oh ho!
Man or device (Man or device)
You better think twice (Better think twice)
At least once more