On album Dirt (1992)
… If I'm to be honest with you, I still sneak away to watch my family sometimes. I can't help it, and sometimes they still think of…
…said. My father dreamed that one day he might teach another child to love ships in bottles. He knew there would be both sadness…
…they felt me. Being together, thinking and talking about the dead, became a perfectly normal part of their life. And I listened to my…
On album Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
…[LITTLE BOY, spoken] In 1902, Father built a house at the crest of the Broadview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York…
…something to believe in. His sister wondered when he would find it [GRANDFATHER, spoken] Grandfather had been a professor of…
There were no Negroes And there were no immigrants [TATEH, spoken] In Latvia, a man dreamed of a new life for his little girl. It would be a long journey…
On album Pity the Fool (2001), Pity the Fool: Experiments in therapy behind the mask of music while handing out dummy smacks
…has gone back and taken a test and passed I live with my little sister and grandfather, and mom and dad, of course They've been…
…together for 25 years, and never dreamed of a divorce My mom's a doctor, she's hardly ever home, my dad's an investment broker My…
…there was almost nothing left Hair falling in chunks, and picked up a blunt razor and passed it once Starting at the back of my neck, I moved…
On album Lock 'N Load (1997)
Oh yeah, things are gonna change when I'm the president of the United States. Yep. My domestic policy? Fuck you. My foreign…
…the right to ride my bike right in the middle of traffic. I have my little whistle, TWEET TWEET..." "I have a horn, HONK HONK, you're dead…
…out. You know they come from families full of cops, right? Their dad was a cop, their grandfather was a cop, they dreamed of…
On album The Theory Of Relativity - A New Musical (2016), The Theory of Relativity (Original Cast Recording) (2016), Eric Carmen (1975)
…[CATHERINE] My parents were immigrants New to these shores When they were barely eighteen…
…men. All electricians by trade. My grandfather first. My father then. So proud of…
…oh oh oh oh Great expectations of me. [GROUP 1] I'm my own person with hopes and desires, A future that I engineer. [GROUP 2] I…
…[Intro: K.C. Elam] What's up Uncle Keith? You know I miss you Tell Biggie and 2Pac I said what's up And tell my grandfather I…
…to be stars This was the first edition of the crew, Gang Starr You and me, and my brother Swave D Swore to God, we're the new Treacherous Three Dropped my…
…to New York so you could show me another Level of this hip-hop that I dreamed about Biz Markie, Kane, still walked about Toured…
On album I. M. 4-Eva (2012)
…[Intro: K.C. Elam] What's up Uncle Keith? You know I miss you Tell Biggie and 2Pac I said what's up And tell my grandfather I…
…to be stars This was the first edition of the crew, Gang Starr You and me, and my brother Swave D Swore to God, we're the new Treacherous Three Dropped my…
…to New York so you could show me another Level of this hip-hop that I dreamed about Biz Markie, Kane, still walked about Toured…
On album Lion Hearted (2016)
…yeah [Verse] I lost friends, too many to count Do you love me, or want my amount? yeah This some sh*t I really think about…
…' hate They smile in your face man, get out of my way I don't f*ck with that fake sh*t They gon' hate but I know they gon' play…
…through it all, I want my grandfather back All the times that we had, yeah, I know I'll never get it back Claimin' that they know me…
On album Grown Up Children (1986)
…My grandfather got on a boat When he was only five years old His father told him of his dream Of freedom, hope and cities paved…
…their new home Had a view of the Statue of Liberty Keep your light held high Keep the dream alive Watch over me Lady Liberty My mother…
…in California now With a family of my own I tell my children of my dream To reach out and discover worlds unknown Someday we're going…
…who assist it knows My home is full of foes That's obvious like my nose Hot temper but I frooze This ain't the life I chose A moment of…
…are young Dreamed about being a fireman now Fire's inside my lungs There's a small chance I transform myself To something joyful soon…
But I been dancing with the devil While gazing into the moon And my grandfather told me that shit's Never something good I'm stuck…
On album This Ship Will Sink (2004)
…that were once easy our now such a task, spent living my tired life through tired eyes, i'm forgetting names, i'm forgetting faces of…
…need the aids of machines, is this the life you wanted for me cause i'll tell you one thing it's not the one i dreamed, when you…
…a waste TOM: fighting to keep my place in this movie. but you're nothing against the persistance of aging. we all die, we all…
…[Verse 1] I starred in every high school play Blew every drama teacher away I graduated first in my class at Juilliard Took every…
…acting workshop I could And I dreamed of Hollywood While I read my Uta Hagen and studied the Bard [Verse 2] Hit…
…water! What have I done with my life?! [Pre-Chorus] I shoulda listened when my grandfather said "Why don't you major…
…workshop I could And I dreamed of Hollywood While I read my Uta Hagen and studied the Bard Hit the boards and paid my dues…
…an African bull elephant... And there it is, the backside of water! What have I done with my life?! I shoulda listened when my…
…grandfather said "Why don't you major in business instead?" Now my hopes have all vanished and my dreams have all died…
On album Alpocalypse (2011), Squeeze Box - The Complete Works Of "Weird Al" Yankovic (2017)
…workshop I could And I dreamed of Hollywood While I read my Uta Hagen and studied the Bard Hit the boards and paid my dues…
…an African bull elephant... And there it is, the backside of water! What have I done with my life?! I shoulda listened when my…
…grandfather said "Why don't you major in business instead?" Now my hopes have all vanished and my dreams have all died…
On album At Home in the Big Lonesome (2017)
…my feet That somebody's grandfather built [Verse 2] I bet he used to keep his Lucky Strikes on this windowsill While he planed…
…to start at dawn And I swear she only knows about three songs But I find myself singing to one of her sad old country tunes It reminds me of…
…[Verse 4] Last night I dreamed that I could fly If I held my arms just right I'd stay treetop high Hell I may just…
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