Pere Ubu Lyrics
New Picnic Time
(1979)



The Fabulous Sequel (Have Shoes Will Walk)

It's me again Hey
It's me again
He walked again
Hey!

He had it on the run.

Run run
Ha-ha-ha ha
He hummed and hummed
He hummed that zombie tune.

He whistled in the dark
Hummed a zombie tune
He whistled in the dark
Hummed a zombie tune.

Put out the cat
Put out the fire
Put out the cat
Hey Put out the cat.

He had it on the run.

It was a dream
It was a was a tin can
It was a dream
He kicked that dream down the street.

He had it on the run
He had it on the rocks.

Put out the cat
Put out the fire
Put out the ca-a-a-a-a-t!
Kick that Keep that dream.

Abandoned
I've been abandoned.

Put out the what?
Put out what?
My life depends on this
Wave bye-bye.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


49 Guitars And One Girl

It was the sound he heard
It was a funny thing to feel
Bubbles! Bubbles of air
Sinking down fast.

I must have been loony.

It was the sound he heard
What a funny thing to feel!
Yellow walls Bad words Dishes!
All for love of you.

I must have been loony.

It was the sound he heard
What a funny thing to feel
He had to talk about that funny thing
Don't panic.
Here it comes
Water's the sound he heard
Water is the sound
All for love of you.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


A Small Dark Cloud

(What kind of girl is this?)
There's a fly in the ointment
A speck of a fly
But a fly in the ointment.

(I see confusion.)
It's a picnic
Dark cloud
We'll drive out and we'll have fun.

(What kind of girl is this?)
Dark cloud Fly in the ointment
Put out the cloth on the ant hill
What? I see confusion.

(What kind of girl is this?)
Wait
We'll sit around and sit around
And wait.

(What kind of girl is this?)
Fly in the ointment
The tinniest, tiniest speck of a fly
Ha-ha-ha huh?

(We'll sit around and sit around and...)
Picnic Time!
We'll sit around and sit around and wait
Don't rock the boat!

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


Small Was Fast

(Ongo-tongo-jibberty-jungle)
I waited for you
I waited for you
I waited for you.

(Ongo-tongo-jibberty-jungle)
Was small was small
Was small
Was fast.

Small was fast.

(Ongo-tongo-jibberty-jungle)
I waited years
Talk
Talk Talk!

(Ongo-tongo-jibberty-jungle)
Notice the house
Notice the landscape
Hot.

The day was hot
The sun went down
The air closed in
I got sleepy.

(Ongo-tongo-jibberty-jungle)
I waited
I waited
I waited for you.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


All The Dogs Are Barking

You've gotta have happiness
You've gotta have home
You've gotta have heart
You've gotta have hands.

You've gotta have horns
You've gotta have heart
You've gotta have hope
You've gotta have help!

Today I drank beer
boiled water made a face
Showed no idea
And I had a good time.

Then one time I thought of you.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


One Less Worry

Unh-unh No Nope
Here it goes
Somebody
Help.

What me worry?
What?
Nothing.

Thinking back to the past
I was looking back
I was looking over things
Pretty bleak.

I was looking over things
Just wandering
There There!
Now stop!

How's it look?
Uh Not too good
Let's try another one
Let's go back over here.

Up a bit Over to the left
Yeah That one
There
This one is alright!

David! What?
Oh no No-no-no
I don't think about it any more
Not that one again.

Let's turn it over that way
Up three Down one to the left
Let's take a look at that one
Ooo-oo Not that one!

What are they gonna say when they hear me?
David!

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


Make Hay

What is it?
I try and try
It's so hard
Why is it so hard?

Make hay while the sun shines
Make hay while it shines
See where the time goes
See how it slips away.

I put its little coat on and tie its shoes
I send it out the door off to school
I send it on its merry way to you
Booosh! My heart goes out to you.

Does it seem strange?
Mark this day mark this day well
See where the time goes
See how it slips away.

Tomorrow is another day
God willing another day
I get up early and I'll wake you up too
I live in hope Live in hope too.

Mark this day.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


Goodbye

This doesn't seem to be a very happy person
This says Pain
Cigarette.

This doesn't seem to be a very happy person
This says Pain
This says Shuffle.

Stop striving
Useless
Give up
Come home.

This says Goodbye
Throw it all up in the air
Bang-bang Bang
This says Goodbye.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.


Voice Of The Sand

This is the voice of sand
The sailors understand
There is far more sea than sand
There is far more sea than land.

Yo-ho.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.
Words from a poem by Vachel Lindsay.


Kingdom Come

No shouting
Let there be no confusion on this point
I'd say that these are the best times.

A hand A face A feeling
I'm ready to face the world
Hello world!

God's Kingdom comes.

No one now living need ever die
You and I need never die
These are the best times of all.

Writers: Herman - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1979 Fire Songs under license from Ubu Projex for North America, and Virgin Music-BMG VM Music Ltd. for Rest Of World.