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Uncle Albert/admiral Halsey
from Ram
“Uncle Albert/admiral Halsey” is track #15 on the album Ram. It was written by Paul Mc Cartney.

We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
We’re so sorry if we caused you any pain
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But there’s no one left at home
And I believe I’m gonna rain

We’re so sorry
But we haven’t heard a thing all day
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But if anything should happen
We’ll be sure to give a ring

We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But we haven’t done a bloody thing all day
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert
But the kettle’s on the boil
And we’re so easily called away

Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky

Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie
(Butter pie)
(The butter wouldn’t melt so I put it in the pie)

Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky

Live a little, be a gypsy, get around
(Get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around

Hands across the water
(Water)
Heads across the sky

Songwriters
Paul Mc Cartney

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Steely Dan - The Caves of Altimira

I recall when I was small
How I spent my days alone
The busy world was not for me
So I went and found my own
I would climb the garden wall
With a candle in my hand
I’d hide inside a hall of rock and sand
On the stone an ancient hand
In a faded yellow-green
Made alive a worldly wonder
Often told but never seen
Now and ever bound to labor
On the sea and in the sky
Every man and beast appeared
A friend as real as I

[Chorus]
Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall
When there wasn’t even any Hollywood
They heard the call
And they wrote it on the wall
For you and me we understood

Can it be this sad design
Could be the very same
A wooly man without a face
And a beast without a name
Nothin’ here but history
Can you see what has been done
Memory rush over me
Now I step into the sun

[Chorus]