moonrock mambo

yo la tengo

like a thumb in a rubber glove

or a moon rock in the sky above

i'm thinking

could it be

that i'm falling in love?

like a chunky or a charleston chew

like shoe crab soup or chicken stew

like cinderella's other shoe

i just want to be next to you

i want to be

i want to be next to you

i want to be

i want to be next to you

like a palindrome or a friend indeed

like wow

or tara key

it seems i always need reminding

what a fool believes

like horton hearing a who

like everything old becoming new

like looking out for number two

i just want to be next to you

i want to be

i want to be next to you

yeah

i want to be

i want to be next to you

like dr. tom

like mr. met

like professor frink

like a chia pet

like eddie bow

like bob levito

like jill talley

like don cheadle

i want to be next to you

i want to be next to you

i want to be next to you

i want to be next to you

like eating ribs with calvin trillin

like timothy carey in the killing

like steve coogan and rebecca front

like jefferson airplane except no grunt

i want to be next to you

i want to be next to you

i want to be next to you

i want to be next to you