Tom Roger Aadland - Confidentially Baby lyrics

I got a note from the cleaner of your slates Said several people could swear they'd seen me showing several human traits I recognize their statements, but did they recognize my states? Your body and soul, I wanted both Now, I don't go for gossip, but I got some news from one of my connections Several of these people were observed practicing perversions to perfection I just think it might be wise if you did lend it some reflections They were drawing lots for your clothes Confidentially, baby This is a dangerous place Around here there's a jaw for a tooth Consequently, maybe We'd change our directions and our pace If you'll let go of your traditions I'll let go of my truth I spoke to your cousin, he always was the cleverest He hired the Empire State Building when he realized he couldn't have the Mount Everest And declared that he'd go through the moments considered the hardest and the heaviest Let go of his possessions and desires I watched you watching him and from the viewpoint of my solitude I saw something that upset me and though it's not my habit to intrude Now I know I should have told you, although I might have disturbed your mood He had it all tied up with hidden wires Confidentially, baby This is a dangerous place You know there's no easy way out Consequently, maybe We'd change our directions and our pace If you'll let go of your destiny I'll let go of my doubt The way I had your poems published in some phony magazine After bottling your breath for some brewer who claimed that he could turn water into gasoline With your determined dreams, I don't blame you for deciding to turn off that machine Still, sometimes I wish you'd come home Well, the kind of people I always felt related to were men like Elijah and Ulysses Just like when I heard you'd left town that night with a very young man as Mr. and Mrs. In a jet plane bound for Babylon with her bribery and her business And making that short stop in Rome Confidentially, baby This is a dangerous place They say just one man got out of here alive Consequently, maybe We'd change our directions and our pace If you'll let go of your prejudice I'll let go of my pride