"It's Been A Long Time" lyrics

I wanna lose my mind instead
While Tchaikovsky disappears

The sugar plum pharaohs dance
The sugar plum pharaohs dance
Like the iron pharaoh in his lighthouse
The sugar plum pharaohs dance

I wanna lose my mind instead

It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
I 'hash-tagged' half past ten
I recommend we begin

Running around like a squirrel in a treehouse world
Chasing pearls like Marie Antoinette
I judge my cake by the piece I get
I don't want to lose my head
I wanna lose my mind instead

It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
I'm feeling like a cat in the rain
I'm pretty wet but I can't complain

I'm sitting on top of a 'meow'
Make me purr and think of me now
Just scratch me behind my ear
If you want me to come more near
The sugar plum pharaohs dance
While Tchaikovsky disappears

It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
If I met you on Noah's ark
I'd be the angel singing in the dark

Baby, you can rock my boat
Before I float downstream
Don't give me too long a chain
Or too short a leash again
I'm feeling like a loaded gun (or cupid's arrow)
You can roll me like a barrel

It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
Orangutans in tangerine
Make no sense but they make a scene

Catch a tiger by the toe
Pinch its nipple and let it go
Catch a dragon by the tail
And if you bag it you'll have to drag it
The sugar plum pharaohs dance
From chasing all the magic

It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
It just takes a minute or two
Before you can be me and I can be you

If tomorrow never comes
Pull my fingers and leave my thumbs
If Joni calls I don't care
Unless Thelonious Monk is there
You're a 'princess' in (parenthesis)
Now baby pull my hair if you please

It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
It's been a long time for me
So go slow and take it easy
You give me algorithm and blues
But I'm not mad at you, I'm Madagascar

From algebra to Al Jarreau
From Al Green to the Alamo (And Al Capone)
Like Marie Antoinette
I judge my cake by the piece I get
I don't want to lose my head
I wanna lose my mind instead

(While Tchaikovsky disappears)

I may not be Van Halen
But if you meet me in the van
We can be 'inhalen' something

[English translation:]
But what are you saying again
And going on about?
Why not just shut up and kiss me?