From Whammy! (1983) by The B-52's

Legal Tender (Pierson, Schneider, Strickland Waldrop Wilson Wilson) - 3:40

We're in the basement, learning to print
All of it's hot!
10-20-30 million ready to be spent
We're stackin' 'em against the wall
Those gangster presidents

Livin' simple and trying to get by
But honey, prices have shot through the sky
So I fixed up the basement with
What I was a-workin' with
Stocked it full of jelly jars
And heavy equipment
We're in the basement...
10-20-30 million dollars
Ready to be spent

Walk into the bank, try to pass that trash
Teller sees and says "Uh-huh-that's fresh as grass."
See the street pass under your feet
In time to buy the latest model get-away Jeep

So I fixed up the basement with
What I was a-workin' with
Stocked it full of jelly jars
And heavy equipment
We're in the basement

So I fixed up the basement with
What I was a-workin' with
Stocked it full of jelly jars
And heavy equipment
We're in the basement,
Learning to print
All of it's hot
All counterfeit

Whammy Kiss (The B-52's) - 5:20

I need a refueling
I need your kiss
Come on now and
Plant it on my lips

Whammy kiss me
Whammy hug
Revitalize me
Give me whammy love
Yeah!

On Planet X-oh it
Won't be long now
I got a light year to
Get to the phone now
I'm gonna contact you
When I get home

Give it all you got
Give it all to me
Come on mammy and
Throw me that whammy
I said give it all you got
Give it all to me
Come on mammy, throw
Me that whammy

And I know I need
That whammy kiss
Whatever you do
I'm just passing the
Time to get to you
To pass the time with you

He cannot stand to
Go into work when he
Needs some whammy love
Whammy

You gotta use it right
Use it right now
I ain't foolin'
Give me a refuelin'
Yeah, whammy kiss me
Whammy hug
Come on mammy throw
Me that whammy

Song for a Future Generation (The B-52's) - 4:00

Wanna be the ruler of the galaxy
Wanna be the king of the universe
Let's meet and have a baby now!

Wanna be the empress of fashion
Wanna be the president of Moscow
Let's meet and have a baby now!

La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!

Hey, I'm Fred the Cancerian from New Jersey
I like collecting records and exploring
The cave of the unknown

Hello, I'm Cindy, I'm a Pisces
And I like chihuahuas and
Chinese noodles

Wanna be the first lady of infinity
Wanna be the nicest guy on earth
Let's meet and have a baby now!

La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
La! La! La! La! La!
Now! Now! Now! Now! Now! Now!
Now! La! La! La! La! La!

Hi, my name is Ricky and I'm a Pisces
I love computers and hot tamales

Hey, I'm Kate and I am a Taurus
I love tomatoes and black-capped
Chickadees

Hey, my name is Keith and I'm a
Scorpio from Athens, G-A and I like
To find the essence from within

Wanna be the captain of the Enterprise
Wanna be the king of the Zulus
Let's meet and have a baby now!

Wanna be the daughter of Dracula
Wanna be the son of Frankenstein
Let's meet and have a baby now!

Wanna be mother-father
Wanna be daughter-son
Wanna be captain
Wanna be ruler-king andnd empress

Butterbean (The B-52's) - 4:14

Yeah, if you go down to Athens, G-A
And you're driving in your car
You won't get very far before
You hear people shoutin' out!
What's that?
Buterbean! Yeah!

Gramps and grannies
Kids in their teens
Junkyard dogs and campus queens
Yeah, everybody likes butterbeans

Don't you wait, don't you linger
Butterbean don't slip through my fingers

Pass me plate full, I'll be grateful
1-2-3-4
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
That's how we fix butterbeans
(Fix 'em hot hot hot)
(Yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)

Come here you little butterbean you come on!
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean grows on the vine

Some people are fat, some people are lean
But I want you to show me the person
Who doesn't like butterbeans
Yay!

Well, you can have your yams
You can have your collard greens
BUt if you want to please little ol' me
You better fix butterbeans

Don't you wait, don't you linger
Butterbean don't slip through my fingers

Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
That's how we fix butterbeans
(Fix 'em hot hot hot)
(Yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)
Fix 'em for me now

Trism (The B-52's) - 3:23

She has to leave
She has to go
The fastest way
Is by trism

Steps off the curb
Stella Corona hopes for the best
To be home by sunset
Gotta be home by sunset

She asked me to give her a ride
She said she had to go
Dropped her off by the trism
Through the atmosphere by prism

Go trism
Go trism
Go trism
Go trism
Go trism

Gotta keep, gotta keep movin' on
Gotta keep movin'
Gotta keep movin'
Gotta keep movin'
Gotta-gotta-keep on

It was a human race to get away
And then back again
Like the sun bends light through a prism
She bends herself through the trism

In the smokey streets of the night
She pulls the lever and then bright light

Trism
Trism
Trism
Trism
Trism

Queen of Las Vegas (The B-52's) - 4:40

Momma!
Rockin' on the roulette wheel
Momma grabbed my hand
She was about to die
And she said, "Child, I never been around you much
But I want to give you one thing
Oh, your father was a one-eyed jack of hearts
With diamonds and an ace up his sleeve
Let me tell you I got the system
I got the plan, I got the plan."
Momma give me your blessing
So I can be stronger

Queen of Las Vegas
Queen of Las Vegas
Don't leave me
Queen of Las Vegas
Queen of Las Vegas

Come here again
MY momma she grabbed my hand
She looked at me with a bittersweet smile
She said..."Throw 'em a mile!"
Oh! Momma! I got the system!
Oh, oh, oh Momma, I understand the plan
Give me your blessing so I can be stronger
Help me to grow up and be the Queen
Queen of Las Vegas,
Queen of Las Vegas (Don't leave me!)
Queen of Las Vegas,
Queen of Las Vegas

Moon 83 (The B-52's) - 3:58

This is the space age
This is the space age
This is the space age
This is the space age

This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Don't feel out of place

This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like youuuuuuuuuuu

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Don't feel out of place

This is the space age
This is the space age
This is the space age
This is the space age

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Don't feel out of place
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

They do

This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you
This is the space age
Others like you

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

There are others like you

Yeahhh

Thousands, thousands

This is the space age
Others like you

Big Bird (The B-52's) - 4:14

There's a big bird over my house
Go away, go away
There's a big bird flying over my house
And it looks like it's decided to stay
It's making a mistake...a big mistake

Big bird
Big bird
Big bird
Big bird

I pinch myself
I think I'm not dreamng
I'm not
I hear screaming!
C'mon! Get it out now
Wants to use me to feather its nest
Now it wants the rest

It's swooping from the branch
It's swooping from the sky
Spreadin' its feathers
Cuttin' out-flying

There's a big gray bird flying over my house
What do you think I am?
I'm not a louse!

There's a big bird over my house
There's a big, big, big bird
Over my house

What's it doing?
What does it want?

I pinch myself
I think I'm dreaming
I'm not...I hear screaming!
C'mon! Let it out now
Wants to use me to feather its nest
Now it wants the rest

It's swooping from the branch
Swooping from the sky
Spreadin' its feathers
Cuttin' out-flying

There's a big gray bird circling
'Round my house
Circling 'round and 'round
Circling 'round my house

There's a big bird over my house
There's a big, big, big bird
Over my house

Work That Skirt (The B-52's) - 3:48

Instrumental