I was a worm, I was a creature I get on the ground the second I'd see you You cannot command your love I wasn't a catch, I wasn't a keeper I was walking around like I was the one who found dead John Cheever Hand in glove So blame it on me I really don't care It's a foregone conclusion I see you in stations and on invitations You'd fall into rivers with friends on the weekends Innocent skies above Carin at the liquor store, I can't wait to see you I'm walking around like I was the one who found dead John Cheever In the house of love So blame it on me I really don't care It's a foregone conclusion It wasn't so bad, I wasn't that sick Got taken by love, I wasn't that quick Foregone conclusion It's gonna be different after tonight You're gonna see me in a different light It's a foregone conclusion So blame it on me I really don't care It's a foregone conclusion I'm already seeing stars in the air It's a foregone conclusion

I work all day as a soda jerk On my feet all the time and oh man, how they hurt Don't make much, but I sure get the news I don't have much time for gettin' the blues My friends drop in for sodas and pop There'll all talking fancy about a new record hop All day long I'm a-fillin' orders Takin' in nickels, dimes and quarters Cherry sodas and a chocolate shake Strawberry sundaes and a lemon fast fake Time to clean the fountain, 'cause it's almost five You know me dad, after five I jive I wanna jive, ah-ah-ah, I wanna jive Ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna jive, yes, after five Oh-oh-oh, I wanna jive, man alive, after five Well, I mop the floor and I wipe the counter I just work here dad, I'm not the founder I keep a-workin' and a-watchin' the clock A-peepin' out the window for my baby to stop We'll head out of town for a little night dive Because you know me dad, after five I jive All day long I'm a-fillin' orders Takin' in nickels, dimes and quarters Cherry cokes and tariff bill A cone of vanilla with a chocolate's fill Time to clean the fountain, 'cause it's almost five You know me dad, after five I jive I wanna jive, I wanna jive Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, and then we jive Yeah, I wanna jive, yes, man alive Come on now cat, let's jive Everybody rock, I wanna jive Ah-ah-ah, I wanna jive Ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna jive Yes, I wanna jive Man alive, I wanna jive Jive, jive after five

Come lay here beside me and I'll fear no death Come lay here beside me And I'll fear no death. I'll give you my body And I'll breathe your breath. No-one will harm you Inside this song. We will be safe here As the light is long That makes way for Good Friday. Get out of your body, For there goes your blood. It falls on my secrets And colours the flood. The time of our fathers Is not ours to kill, Their sad-cellared wines Are not ours to spill And won't be passed over Good Friday. Though this life Is Ash Wednesday, It's Ash Wednesday, It forever approaches Good Friday.