On 12 Mar 2006 22:41:24 -0800, "Cliff"    
   wrote:   
      
   >OK I'm having a hard time making these out what with the eleven layers   
   >of vocal harmonies.   
   >   
   >So in the spirit of cooperative internet research, contributions to the   
   >following really quite sucky and incomplete transcription would be much   
   >appreciated.  TIA!   
   >   
   >high above manhattan town   
   >what floats and has a shape like that   
   >fans like us who watch the skies   
   >we know   
   >it's Morph the Cat   
   >   
   >riding by a big blue cloud   
   Gliding like...   
   >from tompkins square to upper broadway   
   >beyond a park to sugar hill   
   >stops a minute   
   >for a latte   
   >   
   >he   
   oozes down the heating duct   
   >spins like seaweed? down your hole?   
   swims like seaweed down the hall   
   >he briefly digs? your ?   
      
   he briefly digs your wiggy pad   
   >seeps out through the wall   
   >   
   >[chorus:]   
   >kind of like an ...   
   arctic mindbath   
   >cool and sweet ...   
   and slightly rough   
   liquid light   
   >... on New York City   
   >chirstmas without the chancy stuff   
   chintzy stuff   
   >what exactly does he want   
   >this Rabelaisian puff of smoke   
   >to make you feel all warm and cozy   
   >like you heard   
   >a good joke   
   >   
   >like you a heard an ... tune   
   Arlen tune   
   >or bought yourself a crazy hat   
      
   >like you had a nimble?/mingle?/bengal? cougar   
   mango cooler   
   >who?   
   ooh   
   >Morph the Cat   
   >   
   >he's all the talk   
   >in shops and shoolyards   
   >certain plays? the automat?   
   Sutton Place - The Automat   
   >players playin in the bronx?   
   da Bronx   
   >respect to Morph the Cat   
   >   
   >[chorus:]   
   >kind of like an ...   
   >cool and sweet ...   
   >... on New York City   
   >chirstmas without the chancy stuff   
   >   
   >[bridge:]   
   So rich is his charisma   
   >... charisma   
   >you can almost hear it sing   
   >these days the roofs? and bells begin to ring   
   He skims the roofs   
      
   >[solo]   
   >   
   Chinese cashiers can   
   >and feel it now   
   Grand old gals at evening mass   
   >...   
   >evening ....   
   Young racketeers   
   >and teenage models   
   >laughing on the grass   
   >   
   >[chorus:]   
   >...   
   Blessed Yankees have an ally   
   >when this feline comes to ...   
   bat   
   >bringing joy to old Manhattan   
   >alls? watch the skies for Morph the Cat   
      
   ....not fair really, I just picked it up from HMV   
   Jonathan   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)