Sharkey's Day

[Verse 1]

Sun's coming up. Like a big bald head

Poking up over the grocery store

It's Sharkey's day. It's Sharkey's day today

Sharkey wakes up and Sharkey says:

There was this man... And there was this road...

And if only I could remember these dreams..

I know they're trying to tell me...something

Ooooeee. Strange dreams. (Strange dreams). Oh yeah

[Chorus]

And Sharkey says:

I turn around, it's fear

I turn around again And it's love

Oh yeah. Strange dreams

And the little girls sing: Oooeee Sharkey

And the manager says: Mr. Sharkey? He's not at his desk right now. Could I take a message?

And the little girls sing: Oooeee Sharkey. He's Mister Heartbreak

They sing: Oooeee Sharkey. Yeah. He's Mister Heartbreak

[Verse 2]

And Sharkey says: All of nature talks to me

If I could just figure out what it was trying to tell me. Listen!

Trees are swinging in the breeze. They're talking to me

Insects are rubbing their legs together

They're all talking. They're talking to me. And short animals--

They're bucking up on their hind legs. Talking. Talking to me

Hey! Look out! Bugs are crawling up my legs!

You know? I'd rather see this on TV. Tones it down

[Chorus]

And Sharkey says:

I turn around, it's fear

I turn around again, and it's love

Nobody knows me

Nobody knows my name

[Verse 3]

And Sharkey says:

All night long I think of those little planes up there flying around

You can't even see them. They're specks!

And they're full of tiny people. Going places

And Sharkey says: You know? I bet they could all land

On the head of a pin

[Chorus]

And the little girls sing: Ooooeee. Sharkey!

He's Mister Heartbreak

They sing: Oooee. That Sharkey!

He's a slow dance on the edge of the lake

He's a whole landscape

Gone to seed. He's gone wild!

He's screeching tires

On an oil slick at midnight on the road to Boston a long time ago

And Sharkey says:

Lights! Camera! Action! TIMBER!

[Verse 4]

At the beginning of the movie, they know they have to find each other

But they ride off in opposite directions

Sharkey says:

[Chorus]

I turn around, it's fear

I turn around again, and it's love

Nobody knows me

Nobody knows my name

[Verse 5]

Ya know? They're growing mechanical trees

They grow to their full height. And then they chop themselves down

Sharkey says:

All of life comes from some strange lagoon

It rises up, it bucks up to its full height

From a boggy swamp on a foggy night

It creeps into your house. It's life! It's life!

[Chorus]

I turn around, it's fear

I turn around again, and it's love

Nobody knows me. Nobody knows my name

Deep in the heart of darkest America. Home of the brave

Ha! Ha! Ha! You've already paid for this. Listen to my heart beat

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

And the little girls sing:

Oooeee Sharkey. He's a slow dance

On the edge of the lake. They sing:

Ooooeeee. Sharkey

He's Mister Heartbreak

Paging Mr. Sharkey. White courtesy telephone please

And Sharkey says:

I turn around, it's fear

I turn around again, and it's love

And the little girls sing: Ooooeee Sharkey. Yeah

[Outro]

On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow

That's where I wanna, that's where I'm gonna

That's where I'm gonna

Go