ght in, it's around the back ... a half a mile from the railroad track ...'s about Alice, and the ... Restaurant" is not the name of the restaurant, ...That's just the name of the song. That's why I call the song "Alice's ...p to visit Alice at the restaurant. ...ice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby the ...Restaurant, in the bell tower with her husband Ray and Facha, the dog. ...And livin' in the bell tower like tha...Where the pews used to be, an...Out all the pews), they decided that they didn't have to take out their ... here and found all the garbage in there an...y gesture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump. ...So we took the half-a-ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW ...On toward the city dump. Well, we...Chain across the dump sayin', "This ..., we drove off into the sunset lookin' for another place to put the ... side road, and off the side of the side ...-foot cliff, and at the bottom of the cliff was ...Drove back to the church, had a Thank...didn't get up until the next morning, when ...The bottom of a half a ...The telephone, we finally arrived at the truth of the matter and he said ...go down and pick up the garbage, and also h...Speak to him at the Police Officer Station. So we got in the red VW microbus ...With the shovels and rakes a...Toward the Police Officer Stat...The Police Officer Station, and the first was that he c...brave and honest on the telephone (which wa...n't expect it), and the other thing was tha...' garbage around in the ...But when we got to the Police Officer Stat...ie, I can't pick up the garbage with these ... up kid, and get in the back of the patrol ...we did . . . sat in the back of the patrol car, and dro...The quote scene of the crime unquote. ...t to tell you 'bout the town of Stockbridge... but when we got to the scene of the crime, there was fi... police cars, bein' the biggest crime of the last fifty ...dy wanted to get in the newspaper story abo...Around the Police Officer Stat... and a paragraph on the back of ...Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner, the ...at's not to mention the aerial photography!...After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he ...Money to spend in the cell, but what do y... 'cause he took out the ...n't hit myself over the head and drown, and...Out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars, roll the toilet paper out ...The window, slide down the roll and have an es...ty words to Obie on the ...and we went back to the church, had another...didn't get up until the next ...In with the twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and ... and a paragraph on the back of each one, s... Obie stood up with the ...lossy pictures, and the judge walked in, sa...Obie looked at the seein' eye dog . . . then at the twenty-seven 8 x 10...lossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the .... . . and looked at the seein' eye dog . . ...The twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows ...And a paragraph on the back of each on and...ecause Obie came to the realization that it...ld do about it, and the judge ...asn't gonna look at the twenty-seven 8 by 1...The circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one ex... and had to pick up the garbage... in the ... here to talk about the draft. ...(got good and drunk the night before, so I ...wanted to look like the All-American Kid ... . . I wanted to be the ...See the psychiatrist in roo...L! KILL! KILL!" and the sergeant came over,...Sent me down the hall, said "You're ...Proceeded down the hall, gettin' more ... was doin' to me at the thing ...finally came to see the very last man. I wa...oceeded to tell him the story of Alice's Re...oceeded to tell him the story of the twenty-seven 8 x 10...Pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one ...On that bench that says 'Group W'...nd I walked over to the bench there, and there's....oral enough to join the army after committi...y-lookin' people on the bench there . ...tin' right there on the bench next to me! And the...On the bench, and the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one . . . the meanest ...dollars and pick up the ...ved away from me on the bench there, with the hairy eyeball ...had a great time on the ...Bench talkin' about crime...as talkin' about on the bench, and everythi...ds of things, until the sergeant came ...had fun fillin' out the forms and playin' with the pencils on the ...Bench there. ...I filled out the Massacree with the four-part harmony. ...Turned over the piece of paper, and there . . . on the other side . . . in...The middle of the other side . . . away from everything else on the other ...The following words: "K...I went over to the sergeant. Said, "Se...I'm sittin' here on the bench . . . I mean I'm ...Sittin' here on the Group W bench, 'cau...Enough to join the army, burn women, k...And the only reason I'm singin' you the song now is 'cause ...Walk into the shrink wherever you...sick and they won't take him. ...They won't take either of them. ... that's what it is: THE ALICE'S ...Sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar.

ight in it's around the back... a half a mile from the railroad track...p to visit Alice at the...ice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the...Church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with he...Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell tower like tha...om downstairs where the pews used to be in....w they took out all the pews, they decided ...Have to take out their garbage f...there, we found all the garbage in there, a...y gesture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump. So...We took the half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW...On toward the city dump....chain across across the...Into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage.... side road, and off the side of the...n foot cliff and at the bottom of the..., and drove back to the church, had a thank...didn't get up until the...e on an envelope at the bottom of a half a ...rty-five minutes on the telephone we...Finally arrived at the truth of the matter and said tha...And pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the...ation. So we got in the red V-W microbus with the...nd headed on toward the...The police station, and the first was he could ...brave and honest on the telephone, which wa...dn't expect it, and the other thing was he ...ving garbage around the vicinity again,... but when we got to the police officer's st...Can pick up the garbage with these ...Get in the back of the patrol car."...what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the...Quote Scene of the Crime unquote. I want tell you about the town of... but when we got to the...Scene of the Crime there was fiv...Being the biggest crime of the last fifty years, a...Get in the newspaper story abo... had hanging around the police officer's st... and a paragraph on the back of each one ex...s. Took pictures of the approach,...The getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner an...Mention the aerial photography....After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he ...Us in the cell. Said, "Kid, I'm going to put you in the cell, I want your...y money to spend in the cell, but what do y..., cause he took out the...n't hit myself over the head and drown, and...Out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars roll out the, roll the...Toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an es...ty words to Obie on the side, bailed us out...To the church, had a anoth...didn't get up until the next morning, when ..., Obie came in with the twenty seven eight-... and a paragraph on the back... Obie stood up with the twenty seven eight-...Pictures, and the judge walked in sat...own. Obie looked at the seeing eye dog, and then at the...And a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seeing eye dog.... and a paragraph on the back of each one an...'cause Obie came to the realization that it...ld do about it, and the...'t going to look at the twenty seven eight-...Pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each... and had to pick up the garbage in the snow, but that's no...Came to talk about the draft.... got good and drunk the night before, so...Look like the all-American kid fr...To feel like the all-, I wanted to be the all American kid fr...er, said, "Kid, see the psychiatrist, room ..., "Kill, kill." And the Sargent came over, ...Sent me down the hall, said, "You're...Proceeded on down the hall gettin' more i...At the thing there, and I ...n I finally came to the see the...oceeded to tell him the story of the Alice's Restaurant ...The phenom, and he stop...oceeded to tell him the story of the twenty seven eight-...lossy pictures with the circles and arrows and the paragraph on...The back of each one, a...nd sit down on that bench that says Group W, ...ked over to the, to the bench there, and there is...oral enough to join the army after...Looking people on the bench there. Mother raper...ting right there on the bench next to me! And...ype guys sitting on the...Bench next to me. And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest...$50 and pick up the garbage." He said, ...ved away from me on the bench...There, and the hairy eyeball and a...had a great time on the bench, talkin' abou...as talking about on the...Bench. And everything was...Things, until the Sargeant came over,...Know-details-of-the-crime-time-of-the-crime-and-any-other...aining-to-and-about-the-crime-I-want-to-kno...Fun filling out the forms and playing with the pencils on the bench there,...And I filled out the massacre with the four part harmony, ...fine and I put down the..., and I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the...Other side, in the middle of the other side, away fr...The other side, in parentheses, capital letters, quotated, read the...I went over to the sargent, said, "Sar...Sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench...m moral enough join the army, burn women,...y fingerprints. And the only reason I'm...The shrink wherever you...They won't take him. And if two peo...gots and they won't take either of them....that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant ... to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the...t to come around on the guitar, here and...ight in it's around the back... a half a mile from the railroad track...ight in it's around the back... a half a mile from the railroad track... , The Bicycle Music Compa

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ames sits on a park bench ...Feeds the pigeons from the crust of his bread ...Somewhere along the line ...Take these pigeons for e...That the good Lord is watchi...use you know that's the secret of this life...Tomorrow will take care of itself ...Tomorrow will - take - care of itself ...ed by that old park bench ... James pigeons from the crust of my bread ...Well I watched the world fly by

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Sittin' on a bench at West Town Mall...She came down the stairs at eight-thi...Yeah, she'll take her time but I don'...He said the wedding took a year...I'll say this about the honeymoon, it was w...It'll be the same with your youn...She'll take her time, 'cause yo...The man's always the first to go...And I get to the other side...Honey, take your time, 'cause I

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Freeze up the ground and take the bloom from the rose...ts of cold feet all the lovers complain...You turn up the heat down on lover'...The bench in the park is alone in the dark... do a thing but put the bite on my toes...Freeze up the ground and take the bloom from the rose...s of cold feet, all the lovers complain...You turn off the heat down in lover'...The bench in the park is all alone in the dark

Freeze up the ground and take the bloom from the rose...ts of cold feet all the lovers complain...You turn up the heat down on lover'...The bench in the park is alone in the dark... do a thing but put the bite on my toes...Freeze up the ground and take the bloom from the rose...s of cold feet, all the lovers complain...You turn off the heat down in lover'...The bench in the park is all alone in the dark

Motherfucker slam the door ...Hittin' the streets runnin' can I take this any more? ...In the reins of the trains I cuddle on the floor ...Well the park bench, door an...Sleeping in the rain ...tle kids sitting in the shooting gallery ...The way of what they fu...th Sid yet again in the USA ...Sidney Sidney in the USA ...Who's got the dope and ...What the fuck happens to you...ppointed waiting by the phone ...th Sid yet again in the USA ...Sidney Sidney in the USA ...ifting bait, and by the motherfuckers that ...e fucking people by the Kennedy strait ...Who's got the bag gonna seal his ...Well the park bench, door an...tle kids sitting in the shooting gallery ...Not the way they fucking sa...th Sid yet again in the USA ...Sidney Sidney in the USA

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I slow dance with the Devil...Snow setting in the bezzle...star, glowing up in the galaxy...With no AKs, I'm the ambassador...Robin Hood in the Aston Mart....word not a hint, on the kid from the Project Bench...To get the best man, yall nigg...Ya bench been wanna police the dick...The big Benz, Imma mode... Poltergeist change the channel...Roll the dice, I bring chang...The ill whip pusher, my... you stand close to the woofer...Back of the Maybach, taste that...th my elbows top of the table...'Cause you ain't take the last dollar made... Boro, specifically The Bridge...Amid the most sickest groom the proof swiftness...That's the language of our Lat...On the back of a dollar, the plan and the message...In the Rolls Royce like the King of Nigeria

In memory of the past ...The colours carved on the granite wall ...In the line of duty fallen...Draped upon the coffin lid...The banner never taken...The regimental crest...No colours lost, the epitaph...Attempt to take them and you shall ...The colours carved on the granite wall ...Carved upon the granite wall ...Mankind on the brink of extinction...ew now left alive - the human race denied ...The tragic loss...Upon the granite wall

We gon' get down to the point ...ink-twinkle, a rock the house ...amond Shell, a rock the house ...et my man Sal, rock the house, and ...Felle Fel, rock the house ...rget, Capital, rock the house ...apital T, will rock the house ... my man be , a rock the house, and ...man Frankie, a rock the house ... forget Doo G, rock the house ...man Cool V, a rocks the house why'all ...Ah to the beat why'all, you d...I'm Biz Markie with the funky sound ...t about now, here's the countdown ...Yo be take it from the top ...Yo be take it from the top (sayyy whaaaat?...Yo be take it from the top ...Yo be take it from the top (wellllllll) ...And by the way Backspin, is my...Sittin on the bench while me and Biz wa...The meaning of my name ...es yes I'm fresh to the flesh, so let me ma... scoop girls around the world that's what b...The name Backspin means...Call me the teacher, since I'm the one who taught you ...Yo Cap take it from the top ...Yo Cap take it from the top (sayyy whaaaat?...Yo Cap take it from the top ...Yo Cap take it from the top (wellllllll) ...et a grip and, yeah the Capital's rippin ... to diss, or try to take this ...is Jack, get off of the crack black ...It's the true fact, your record hit the pillow sack ...Biz hits the bassline, then I rip the real line ...then it's ready for the shelves ...Then bring it to the radio and let it ge...or pay attention to the Capital ...I'm done with the rhyme for the time, so you can ha...Yo Shell take it from the top ...Yo Shell take it from the top (sayyy whaaaat?...Yo Shell take it from the top ...Yo Shell take it from the top (wellllllll) ...Why'all know me, as the Original D ...Like to the I say with the A and hey ...I grab the mic and recite rhym...Never somethin from the previous years ...The Diamond Shell will ...r from Kalamazoo to the moon ...Give props to the rapper, the brother dresses Dap...Than Dan cause I'm the man I'd like to mak...I nut 'em all from the Great Wall down to ...Yo Fell take it from the top ...Yo Fell take it from the top (sayyy whaaaat?...Yo Fell take it from the top ...Yo Fell take it from the top (wellllllll) ...Ready for the ride I rip rap rapa...Ravish the mic, and then I'ma ...But I never lost the force be runnin wag... they waste time on the pack'll ...Stress the word, so you know I...And then when the then comes, I'ma go...ke rat-a-tat-tat of the tickedy eatin dick-...Mar, kie the original ...Cause I'm down with the rhythm of a, ah one...ct and then jet, to the break of dawn ...'Pickin' Boogers', 'The Vapors', 'Just a Fr...That's just some of the things you can comp...You listen to the Biz Markie, don't d