Artist: John Entwistle Album: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents John Entwistle {1997}

Let's welcome John Entwistle's Ox

We're gonna start off with a little song that The Who used to start their stage out with
All about angels and feathers and harps and clouds and harps and things, Heaven And Hell


On top of the sky is a place where you go if you've done nothing wrong
If you've done nothing wrong
And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've been a bad boy
If you've been a bad boy
Why can't we have eternal life and never die, never die

In the place up above, you grow feather wings
And you fly round and round with a harp singing hymns
And down in the ground you grow horns and a tail
And you carry a fork and moan and wail
Why can't we have eternal life and never die, never die

On top of the sky is a place where you go if you've done nothing wrong
If you've done nothing wrong
And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've been a bad boy
If you've been a bad boy 
Why can't we have eternal life and never die, never die


Thank you
This is the first songs I ever wrote
I think it's one of the best as well
That's it, Whiskey Man

Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time
He always joins me when I drink and we get on just fine
Nobody has ever seen him, I'm the only one
Seemingly I must be mad, insanity is fun if that's the way it's done

Doctors say he just a figment of my twisted mind
If they can't see my Whiskey Man they must be going blind

Two men dressed in white collected me two days ago
They said there's only room for one and Whiskey Man can't go
Whiskey Man will waste away if he's left on his own
I can't even ring him cos he isn't on the phone, hasn't got a home

Life is very gloomy in this little padded cell
It's a shame there wasn't room for Whiskey Man as well

Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time
He always joins me when I drink and we get on just fine
We get on just fine, just fine


Thank you very much, thank you
This is the title track from the first solo album, Smash Your Head Against The Wall
I'm not boasting in any way, it's called My Size

Ever since I first saw you
I never seem to get you off my mind
When I tried to say, "Hello."
You tried to go, I made you stay behind
Well, now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

Remember when I lost my cool
Shouted at you, you nearly hit the ceiling
You're trying to make me feel a fool
Ignoring me, you really hurt my feelings
Well, now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

I'm gonna bring you down to my size
One of these days I'm gonna make you fall
I'm gonna bring you down to my size
Smash your head against the wall

Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

I'm gonna bring you down to my size
One of these days I'm gonna make you fall
I'm gonna bring you down to my size
Smash your head against the wall

Ever since I first saw you
I never seem to get you off my mind
When I tried to say, "Hello."
You tried to go, I made you stay behind
But now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall


Gonna introduce you to Whiskey Man's brother now, Boris The Spider

Look, he's crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small
Now he's up above my head
Hanging by a little thread
Boris the spider
Boris the spider

Now he's dropped onto the floor
Heading for the bedroom door
Maybe he's as scared as me
Where's he gone now, I can't see
Boris the spider
Boris the spider

Creepy, crawly, creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly

There he is wrapped in a ball
Doesn't seem to move at all
Perhaps he's dead, I'll just make sure
Pick this book up off the floor
Boris the spider
Boris the spider

Creepy, crawly, creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly

He's come to a sticky end - creepy, crawly
Don't think he will ever mend - creepy, crawly
Never more will he crawl round - creepy, crawly
He's embedded in the ground - creepy, crawly
Boris the spider
Boris the spider


This is, this is our own arrangement of an old Buddy Holly number
An old rock and roll number called Not Fade Away

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
A love that lasted more than one day
You know my loving, not fade away
You know my loving, not fade away

My love bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show it but you drive me back
Your love for me has got to be real
Before you can know just how I feel
Love is loving, not fade away

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
A love that lasted more than one day
You know my loving, not fade away
You know my loving, not fade away


This is a song from the latest album, The Ox Mad Dog album
It's about a rock and roll band that got thrown into jail for smashin' up a hotel room in Montreal
And it's about Cell Number Seven

Six thirty in the morning, I'd just got to sleep
I felt so tired, didn't even count sheep
I woke up with six policemen standing by the bed
The voice of doom was ringing in my head
Well, get up fella and don't make no fuss
Put your clothes on, you gotta come with us

To cell number seven, cell number seven, cell number seven
Cell number seven's a long way from heaven

Bill the con said, "I think it appears
I've only been dreaming the last four years."
Wiggy said, "I'm having so much fun."
Cell number one has something for everyone
Meanwhile in Boston the kids were queuing
Back in Montreal we were just stewing

In cell number seven, cell number seven, cell number seven
Cell number seven's a long way from heaven

Well, Micky boy was busy banging his cell
While the admiral was trying to talk his way out of hell
Bobby needs a change of seed and sand
The promoter's tearing out his hair screaming, "Where's the band?"

The chicks are in the chicken shack eating bread and honey
The hotel manager was adding up the money
Well, come on froggies let us pay
We got a show to do, we gotta get away

In cell number two was the singer of The Who
Pacing up and down like a tiger in a zoo
Cousin Graham didn't even know what he'd done
To make them take away his Nikon
But meanwhile in Boston the kids were waiting
Back in Montreal we were just speculating

Cell number seven, cell number seven, cell number seven
Cell number seven ain't nothing like heaven

The Birdman was sleeping in cage number three
Waiting for the sound of a turning key
While Dougal the Dane leant against the wall
Frightened to sleep in case he should fall
And meanwhile in Boston the kids never knew
That cells number two, three and seven were The Who

Cell number seven
Me and Moonie were in cell number seven
He dribbled on my jacket in cell number seven, woo hoo
Snored like a goat, ruined my coat


This is a song from the Whistle Rymes album
It's about this fella who doesn't really care about anything
And it called Who Cares?

The whole world is full of people living lives of worry
What's the hurry - who cares
The whole world is full of people wasting time just thinking
Thinking that they're sinking - who cares

Don't care was made to care, don't care was tried
Don't care was hung by his worries until he nearly died
Some people think I'm crazy, others just think I'm lazy
But I know that I'm stronger
People say that I neglect my responsibilities
But I don't mind cos I'll live longer

Everybody says they pay their bills the day they're sent
I don't even pay my rent - who cares
Everybody says they need their breakfast every morning
I'm satisfied with yawning - who cares

Don't care was made to care, don't care was tried
Don't care was hung by his worries until he nearly died
Some people think I'm crazy, others just think I'm lazy
But I know that I'm stronger
People say that I neglect my responsibilities
But I don't mind cos I'll live longer

Don't care was made to care, don't care was tried
Don't care was hung by his worries until he nearly died
Some people think I'm crazy, others just think I'm lazy
But I know that I'm stronger
People say that I neglect my responsibilities
But I don't mind cos I'll live longer

The whole world is full of people living lives of worry
What's the hurry - who cares
The whole world is full of people wasting time just thinking
Thinking that they're sinking - who cares


We're gonna play a rock and roll number, uh
Song called Gimme That Rock 'N' Roll
Split me fingernail
One, two, three

Keep your classical music
Stuff your rhythm and blues
And you know what you can do with your Dixieland, too
Stick it anyplace you chose

Give me that rock and roll
All I want is that rock and roll
Give me that rock and roll
All I want is that rock and roll
Take me back home and I'll be up till seven
I don't want to stay in hell, take me back to heaven
Back to rock and roll

Don't play me no high classed opera
Give me music with some drive
I just can't take that old swan lake
I want to feel like I'm still alive

Give me that rock and roll
All I want is that rock and roll
Give me that rock and roll
All I want is that rock and roll
Take me back home and I'll be up till seven
I don't want to stay in hell, take me back to heaven
Back to rock and roll

Don't play me no boogie woogie
I don't like big bands that swing
All I want to hear is that rock and roll
I learned that kind of thing

Give me that rock and roll
All I want is that rock and roll
Give me that rock and roll
All I want is that rock and roll
Take me back home and I'll be up till seven
I don't want to stay in hell, take me back to heaven
Back to rock and roll


Thank you, thank you
This, this is our last song
It's a song all about someone who's very close to me most of the time
It's about My Wife

My life's in jeopardy
Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
I ain't been home since Friday night
And now my wife is coming after me

Give me police protection, gonna buy a gun
To look after number one
Give me a bodyguard
A back belt Judo expert with a machine gun

Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane

Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive

All I did was have a bit too much to drink
And I picked the wrong precinct
Got picked up by the law
And now I ain't got time to think

Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane

Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive

And I'm oh, so tired of running
Gonna lay down on the floor
I gotta rest some time
So I can get to run some more


Thank you, goodnight