“Porpoise Song (Theme from “Head”) (live)”

My, my, the clock in the sky is pounding away
There’s so much to say
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
An image cannot rejoice

Wanting to be
To hear and to see
Crying (Crying) to the sky

But the porpoise is laughing, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Clicks, clacks, riding the backs of giraffes for laughs
Is alright for a while
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
That go with a life of style

Wanting to feel
To know what is real
Living (Living) is a, is a lie

But the porpoise is waiting, goodbye, goodbye…
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye…
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye…
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye…

Listen to the band!

Weren’t they good, they made me happy
I think I can make it alone

Hey, hey, mercy woman
Plays a song and no one listens
I need help I’m fallin’ again

Play the drums a little bit louder
Tell me I can live without her
If I only listen to the band

Listen to the band!

Weren’t they good, they made me happy
I think I can make it alone

Ah, mercy woman
Plays a song and no one listens
I need help I’m fallin’ again

Play the drums a little bit louder
Tell me I can live without her
If I only listen to the band

Listen to the band!

Weren’t they good, they made me happy
I think I can make it alone

Listen to the band!


  1. Live Summer Tour (2003) (CD).
  2. The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the ’60s TV Pop Sensation (2005), Andrew Sandoval, p. 297.