Cigarettes and carrot juice

And get yourself a new tattoo

For those sleeveless days of June



I'm sitting on the Cafè Xeno's steps

With a book I haven't started yet

Watching all the girls walk by...



Could I take you out?

I'll be yours without a doubt

On that Big Dipper



And if the sound of this it frightens you

We could play it real cool

And act somewhat indifferent



And hey June why'd you have to come

Why'd you have to come around, so soon?

I wasn't ready for all this nature

The terrible green green grass

And violent blooms of flowered dresses

And afternoons that make me sleepy



But we could wait awhile

Before we push that dull turnstile

Into the passage



The thousands they have tread

And others sometimes fled

Before the turn came



And we could wait our lives

Before a chance arrives

Before the passage



From the top you can see Monterey

Or think about San Jose

Though I know it's not that pleasant



And hey Jim, Kerouac

Or so he likes to say.

Lucky bastard



He's sitting on the cafe Xeno's steps

With a girl I'm not over yet

Watching all the world go by



"Boy you're looking bad

Did I make you feel that sad?

I'm honestly flattered."



But if she asks me out,

I'll be hers without a doubt

On that Big Dipper



Cigarettes, and carrot juice

And get yourself a new tattoo

For those sleeveless days of June...



I'm sitting on the Cafè Xeno's steps...

I haven't got the courage yet

I haven't got the courage yet

I haven't got the courage yet