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A B C D E F G I H J K L M N O P R S T W Y
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Davies 1997 version)
You Never Can Tell With Friends
Spoken higher voice:
I want to tell you something
These .......
That I am trying to tell you that I am better than you
I am only what I am
Lower voice
They will not - they will not stand still
For the night is coming ..every man, every woman, every child, every boy and
every girl....
Higher voice:
Now is the appointed time, now is
.....
Eternity eternity - where will you spend eternity?
I hear, only what I want to hear
But, I have to believe in something
Have to believe just the one thing
I said, Father Washington, you're all mixed up
Collecting sinners in an old tin cup
Well spare a listen for a restless fool
There's something missing when I need your rule
Well hey there, you tell me you're a holy man
But, although I am just a beginner
Oh I don't see you as a winner
I said, Sister Robinson, you're all washed up
Collecting teardrops in a paper cup
If I could tell you what you need to know
If I could help you to get on with the show
But Reverend Ebenezer, there's a storm in my head
Makes me think what you said, just wasn't true?
So, what am I to do?
Well, what is he to do?
Oh, what is there to do?
Woe, woe, woe
[Choirboy falsetto: Roger Hodgson]
All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all
Mary, oh tell me what I'm living for
Cos I feel like I'm tossed in the river
Have you a son to deliver
I said, Father Washington, you're all mixed up
Collecting sinners in an old tin cup
You tell the children what they need to know
But will they listen when it's time to go
Oh, Sister Robinson, you're all washed up
Collecting teardrops in a paper cup
Can someone tell me what I need to know
Can someone help me to get on with the show
Let me tell you a story that'll make you change
Let me tell you when I'm way out of range
It's about a man who's cruel and mean
So promise not to cause a scene
Then heaven help the ones you love
There's no-one needs the stars above
Well you can run, you know he'll find you
It don't matter now, just look behind you
You had your warning, you knew the score
You got her drunk and that means war
So, why'd you have to treat me rough
Your explanation's not enough
Ain't nobody but me
Gonna lie for you
Gonna die for you
Ain't no fish in the sea
Gonna sigh for you
Gonna try for you
Gonna lie for you
Gonna die for you
You see, I've got a double disposition
Sometimes I'm mean, sometimes I'm vicious
I'm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
So if you want to stay alive
Just give me all you've got to give
And then perhaps I'll let you live
Ain't nobody but me
Gonna lie for you
Gonna die for you
Ain't no fish in the sea
Gonna sigh for you
Gonna try for you
Gonna lie for you
Gonna die for you
Gonna sigh for you
Gonna try for you
Gonna lie for you
Gonna die for you
Hush - Now baby, stop your crying
Oh Yes - I know that I've been lying
Hush - Now baby, stop your crying
Oh Yes - I know that I've been lying
Won't you hush - Now baby, stop your crying
Oh Yes - I know that I've been lying
Won't you hush - Now baby, stop your crying
Oh Yes - I know that I've been lying
Won't you hush - Now baby, stop your crying
Haaaaaaa
Duh-duh en duh-ah..........
You say that you could do with a break
Had about all you can take
You need to find somewhere you can run to
Somewhere a long way from here
Somewhere where the skies are all clear
Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through
It took a long time to make me understand
You gotta meet life and shake it by the hand
You gotta use your emotion
You talk a nice line to put your mind at ease
You want to sit back and count your memories
But that's no solution
I don't want to harp about it
But what you gonna do about it?
Look at how you're set in your ways
You used to be so willing to face
Any kind of problem before you
Life is not as long as you think
Open up your mind and you'll see
Don't destroy yourself I implore you
You've got a fine wife, a perfect family
You had it all planned to live so carefully
But where does it get you
They say the mind is an awful thing to waste
And that's a fact that you must come to face
What more can I tell you?
I don't want to harp about it
But what you gonna do about it?
You have everything you that need
You only have to try to succeed
And realize it's all waiting for you
Living life this way is a bust
If you have to suffer you must
Don't you know we want to applaud you
And The Light
So many years have come and gone since then
Still I can't forget the past
But you and me, we'll surely meet again
And maybe find the truth at last
And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me
Well I believe, that fate will find a way
To guide us through these restless years
And yes I know, we will speak one day
With no more doubts, no more fears
And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me
So tell me now, if you can share my view
Tell me where you're comin' from
We've both had time, time to think it through
To know just where we both belong
And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me
If your heart is real
Tell me how you feel
'Til then I'm saying
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me
It's quite alright with me
It's all alright with me
If there's no way of knowing where's the answer
You should know if you need me by now
Tell me how
You saw me in the first place
Who'd you think I am
How can you be so two-faced
And tell me where I stand
Yeah, we've been here once before
I see you by the door
You said you knew an all night party
Yeah, you know you just can't lose
All you have to do is choose
Let me in on where your heart is
You ain't nothing but another man's woman
A-living on another man's land
At night I hear a hound dog calling
A-calling me a cheating man
I'll tell you something, I need good loving
But you don't understand
At night I see a cannonball coming
To blow me to the promised land
If there's no way of showing where your love lies
Is it me? Is it him? Or no-one
What will be done
About the mess you made me
Or don't you give a damn
You're gonna drive me crazy
It's more than I can stand
'Round and 'round we always go
First it's yes and then it's no
Oh whatever keeps me staying
I'm so helpless, can't you see
Did you cast a spell on me
Say you love me please, I'm praying
You ain't nothing but another man's woman
A-living on another man's land
At night I hear a hound dog calling
A-calling me a cheating man
I'll tell you something, I need good loving
But you don't understand
At night I see a cannonball coming
To blow me to the promised land
Right - let's get the whole thing cooking
I tried to run in a different race
But every time I seem to lose face
Well making it's hard but taking it's easy
But I gotta keep a trance and lessen my pace
Oh,doobedidi, doobedidididada
I try to walk down a city street
I say hello to the people I meet
They're walking away they're thinking I'm crazy
But I'm having so much trouble just akeeping the beat
Well my way of life is simple
Cos I just do what I please
Whatever I was blessed with
Well it weren't a life of ease
Alright yeah - here it come
Oh, maybe I'm just a country boy
The city life it bring me no joy
Well it's bringing me down, it's making me lonely
You see I'm fooling with a life and it ain't no toy
Well my way of life is simple
Cos I just do what I please
And whenever I got problems
I just call upon Aries
All right yeah
Here she come
Here she come
Here it go now ...
Asylum
Jimmy Cream was keen, his brain was always winnin'
I can't keep tabs on mine, it's really quite a joke
I see him down the road, I asked if he'd be willing
To lend me 15p - I'm dying for a smoke
Don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
I'm just as sane as anyone
It's a just a game I play for fun - for fun
I told 'em - look I said I'm not the way you're thinkin
Just when I'm down, I'll be the clown, I'll play the fool
Please don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
I'm just as sane as anyone
It's just a game I play for fun - for fun
Is it ready ...
Will he take a sailboat ride
Well he is very likely to
Will he feel good inside
Well he ain't very likely to
Ah will he tell you he's alive
Yeah he is always trying to
Yeah but nothin', no, no nothin' does he say
In the morning when the day's begun
- "Hello good morning, how are you?"
And in the evening or the noonday sun
- "Oh what a lovely afternoon!"
Well I've been living next to you...
Bluesy Monday is the one day that they come here
Yeah when they haunt me and they taunt me in my cage
Oh in my cage
I mock them all, they're feelin' small, yeah they got no answer
Yeah they're playin' dumb but I'm just laughing as they rage
Don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
well it's only a game I'm playin' for fun
Yeah I've been tryin' to fool everyone - everyone
Oh but they still ....????
Oh is he ready, no that's too heavy
Yeah will he take a sailboat ride
Well he is very likely to
Or will he feel good inside
He ain't ever likely to
Will he tell you he's alive
Well he is always tryin' to
But nothin', no nothin' does he ever say
In the morning when the day's begun
- "Well do you think it looks like rain ?"
And in the evening or the noonday sun
- "You know I nearly missed my train"
Well I've been living next to you my friend
But what kind of friend are you
Is it the beginning or the sorry end
Will I ever see it through
Now I've never been insane
Oh what's the game
Yeah I believe I'm dying
Agghhhhh
Yes he's mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad...
Not quite right
Not quite right
Wooooooooo....
Aubade
Morning at last
Every night is a fight till you're waking
Dreams dancing past
Through the silence of sleep
Dawn is breaking
I wake and watch until then
And I am not like other birds of prey
And I am not like other birds of prey
As night is long, you are needing me
For when dread stalks time I am there to see
That fear holds no sway
Soft is my flight
And my eyes kill the lights that attack you
Life is my right
And in sleep's little death
I'll protect you
So, hear, let my presence dismay
That I am not like other birds of prey
That I am not like other birds of prey
When hopes are young and your cares are few
Then I'll soar above keeping truth in view
And my name is love
Babaji
All of my life I felt that you were listening
Watching for ways to help me stay in tune
Oh Lord of my dreams
Although confusion keeps trying to deceive
Oh, what is it that makes me believe in you?
Oh I know I know I know I know.....
Ooh yeah
Babaji, oh won't you come to me
Won't you help me face the music
Bring it out so we can sing it out
Help us to find it before we lose it
At night when the stars are near
And there's no one to keep you from coming here
And there's no one to shield me before your eyes
Is it mine, is it mine, is it mine to know
I said oh I can see, it's not too good for me
To be afloat in the sea of glory
Oh Babaji, oh how you comfort me
By showing me it's a different story
Your light in the dark is real
And I know that you know it is how I feel
When I see the reflection that's in your eyes
Is it mine, is it mine, is it mine to know
Oh oh oh
Can you hear me
So you know
Oh yeah
Come along come along come along
Oh yeah alright
Whoooh
Babaji, have you a song for me
To tell the world of its guardian angel
Bring it out so we can sing it out
Oh must you always remain a stranger?
At night when the stars are near
And I long for delusion to disappear
Then I see the reflection that's in your eyes
Is it time, is it time, is it time, is it time
Is it time, is it time is it time to know
oh, oh, oh
I said I'm calling you Babaji (Babaji)
I said I'm calling you Babaji (Babaji)
oh-woe-oh, singin' Babaji (Babaji)
Oh can you hear me Babaji (Babaji)
I said I'm calling you..... [to fade]
I keep on churning away, but pay no mind
You don't know nothing 'bout me but that's alright
I tell you true that I'll be there and that's for sure
You got to let me go everywhere, let me through that door
Let me through that door
You say you got a bee in your bonnet
You know for every sting there's a cure
But don't you put your finger right on it
You'll only make it hurt all the more
I doubt if you'll be liable to read it in the bible
But I ain't going to say any more
You can't build enough in a row but don't kid yourself
You gotta know they're all insane
They goin' ridin' on the range
Don't need no hi-fly strutter
Go babe, you're driving me crazy
You got a new shining beau
It don't pay to love
It don't pay to love
You say you got a bee in your bonnet
You know for every sting there's a cure
But don't you put your finger right on it
You'll only make it hurt all the more
I doubt if you be liable
To read it in the bible
I ain't going to say any more
Well there you go blaming yourself
There you go hiding so deep in your shell
You better not cry when your baby comes home
Yeah you know she's going to find out somehow
You're having a breakdown right here and now
I guess you don't know where you're headed for now
It's OK..... you're going to live to see another day
Lie, cheat, and beg, borrow, steal
Gotta find a way to be real
Show me something I ain't seen before
We're gonna make it through that door
You may be in love and love it's true
But it's a romance that you can't use
Give me something and take it away
Gonna get it right some day
You gonna get it right some day
You say you got a bee in your bonnet
You know for every sting there's a cure
But don't you put your finger right on it
You'll only make it hurt all the more
I doubt if you be liable
To read it in the bible
I ain't going to say any more
But there you go blaming yourself
And there you go hiding
So deep in your shell
You better not cry when your baby comes home
And you know she's going to find out somehow
You're having a breakdown right here and now
I guess you don't know where you're heading for now
It's OK..... you're going to live to see another day
Well there you go blaming yourself
There you go hiding so deep in your shell
You better not cry when your baby comes home
Yeah you know she's going to find out somehow
You're having a breakdown right here and now
I guess you don't know where you're headed for now
It's OK..... you're going to live to see another day
(This features sound bites from Regan, Bush, Mondale and Ferraro)
Trust me, I can help you
Feel free, we can save you
Join us in the good life
And better days, better days
Campaign for a new life
Champagne and the bright lights
Make way for the right way
And better days, better days
You didn't realize about the other life that we can give you
We'll open up your eyes and make you see the light that's all around you
We'll help you work it out and then you'll never doubt
Our intuition, our vision, our decision, our mission, so listen
No war, no inflation
No more desperation
You'll see we can show you
Better days, much better days
More food, higher wages
Good schools, smiling faces
Make way for the new way
Better days, better days
We're going to lead you down to where the sun is always brightly shining
We'll push away the clouds and show you there's a gold and silver lining
We'll take away the pain, you'll want to try again
You won't be sorry, so don't worry, don't worry, so hurry and join me
Bloody Well Right
So you think your schooling's phoney
I guess it's hard not to agree
You say it all depends on money
And who is in your family tree
Right, [right] you're bloody well right
You got a bloody right to say
Right, you're bloody well right
You know you got a right to say
Ha-ha you're bloody well right
You know you're right to say
Yeah-yeah you're bloody well right
You know you're right to say
Me, I don't care anyway
Write your problems down in detail
And take 'emem to a higher place
You've had your cry - no, I shouldn't say wail
In the meantime hush your face
Right [quite right] you're bloody well right
You got a bloody right to say
Right, you're bloody well right
You know you got a right to say
Ha-ha you're bloody well right
You know you're right to say
Yeah-yeah you're bloody well right
You know you got a right to say
You got a bloody right to say
You got a bloody right to say
You got a bloody right to say
You got a bloody right to say
Bonnie
Your silver nights and golden days
I try to reach you in a million ways
I'm crazy 'bout you Bonnie
Can you tell?
Your diamond rings and fancy clothes
Do I want you babe, well heaven knows
I'm wild about you Bonnie
Can't you see, hey Bonnie
I've loved you oh so long
I know we'd get along
Hey Bonnie will you ever notice me
Yes I know you oh so well
Just one look and I fell
Please tell me that our love will always be
I've seen your films and all your plays
I read about you every single day
I'd like to get my lovin' arms 'round you
From rags to riches you've got it made
How does it feel to be a famous name
Well Bonnie can you do the same for me
Oh Bonnie
I feel you in my soul
And to love you is my role
Oh Bonnie you're the only one for me
Yes I got my fortune read
And here's what the gypsy said
That we'll live and love and share eternity
Bonnie please be nice
We'll find paradise
Beneath the golden skies
Bonnie you're so good
Make me if you could
The toast of Hollywood
I'll give you all my love
We'll really live it up
Beneath the stars above
Your silver nights and golden days
I try to reach you in a million ways
I'm crazy 'bout you Bonnie
Can you tell?
Your diamond rings and fancy clothes
Do I want you babe, well heaven knows
I'm wild about you Bonnie
Can you tell?
Oh well
Oh well
Breakfast in America
Take a look at my girlfriend
Cos she's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot
Take a jumbo cross the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do
Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They got to have 'em in Texas
Cos everyone's a millionaire
I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm playing my jokes upon you
While there's nothing better to do
Don't you look at my girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
Never seem to get a lot
(What's she got not a lot)
Take a jumbo cross the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do
You make me nervous when you're flying around
The secret service couldn't track you down
You tell me no then you kiss me
You say hello then you ditch me
You try to run when you see me
I never knew what this dream was about
You say let's go then you're lost in the crowd
I don't know where you're going
You won't show then you're showing
I don't know then I'm knowing
You're always busy when I call on the phone
(Stop stop)
I'm broken hearted are you made out of stone
(Stop stop)
Snakes alive why you grievin'
It's six to five and I'm leavin'
I can't stand no more teasin'
I wrote a letter (letter) I couldn't get her (get her)
Some other fella (fella) was going to tell her (tell her)
This kind of weather (weather) you need a sweater (sweater)
It's geting wetter (wetter) drink Amaretto (retto)
Light as a feather (feather)
Ain't no one better (better))
You wearing leather (leather)
Ain't nothing better (better)
I'm going to renta a (renta a))
Spiffy Lambretta (bretta)
I want to wed her (wed her)
The day I met her
Love me hug me shove me you blow me away
You bug me snub me club me you fill me with with praise
You tell me this way or that way
But take it thin way or fat way
I say it's my way or highway
You're always busy when I call on the phone
(Stop stop)
I'm broken hearted are you made out of stone
(Stop stop)
Snakes alive why you grievin'
It's six to five and I'm leavin'
I can't stand no more teasin'
Brother Where You Bound
Reading from "1984" (written by George Orwell):
All persons whom we bring to this place are washed clean Winston.
The execution of their sentences is relatively unimportant. By the
time we have finished with them there is nothing left in them but
sorrow for what they have done and love for Big Brother. It is
touching to see how they love Big Brother.
In 1924 the Communist Party published a book by Bunkenall, "A
Short Course In Economic Science" in which he
stated that socialism, one of the highest ..... one that remains in human
development) that the published......
Russia demand that British troops be be withdrawn from
Greece is only a move in the propaganda campaign against the
British. Russia...
Paris: Diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the Kremlin
are very, very bad. They will get very, very much worse.
Here comes the candle to light you to bed
And here comes the chopper to chop of your head, your head ....
(The last two lines above are taken from a traditional English
children's nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons")
"Oranges and Lemons words and music".
There's a red cloud hanging over us
And it's so big and it's gonna burst
All you people with your heads in the ground
Hey brother, where you bound?
And they're no good and they're everywhere
Try to tell you, but you just don't care
Yes I hear you, but you don't make a sound
Hey brother, where you bound?
Say brother, where you bound?
And you don't know what they're gonna do
And you don't know how they feel
And you don't know what they're tellin' you
Is it a lie or is it real
And the next thing that you know is
That they walk out on the deal
And the message that they're giving you
Is the same old alibi
If you don't quite see their point of view
Then they treat you like a spy
And the phone rings and you disappear
In the middle of the night
Can't you see they're on the move
Don't know what you're trying to prove
But you sit there oh so cool
Like they never broke no rules
And the cat flies and the crow walks
And the ghost dies and the sow talks
And they tell us that they'll be as good as gold
Hey brother, where's your soul?
Believe nothing that you're told
Make a move in one direction
Try to make some compromise
But they greet you with rejection
Makin' out you're tellin' lies
Then they turn around and tell you
Better get down from the sky
For the sake of all that's holy
Listen good to what I say
I can feel them all around me
They could be here any day
But you act like you don't know me
Why d'you look at me that way
If there's one thing that is clear
We gotta get away from here
We've gotta leave this place
It's just a hopeless case
Ain't no one else to blame
We're gonna lose this game
Hey brother get off my back
I gotta tell you, you're way off the track
They got a hatred deep down inside
Ain't gonna let them take me alive
I'm gonna burn them down, just wait and see
Ain't gonna let them walk over me
You ain't got no heart and soul
And your mind is weak and your blood's runnin' cold
You better move, you better hide
They're gettin' in, they're gettin' inside
If you get caught you better know
They're gonna reap, you're gonna sow
Don't be a fool, we gotta go
Ain't no place safe for us to stay
We better move on, we better move on
C'est le Bon
I never knew what a man was supposed to be
I never wanted the responsibility
I still remember what they tried to make of me
They used to wonder why they couldn't get through to me
'Cause all that I had was this music
A-coming to me
And all that I had was this rhythm
A-running through me
I took a tip from the man in the ministry
He said, "My son, better work in the factory"
Well there were days I can tell you quite honestly
I saw myself winding up in the military
So lucky to have all this music
A-coming to me
I'm lucky to have all this rhythm
A-running through me
I'm watching the movie go down
Around, about me
I'm watching the marry-go-round
Go down, about me
I said, "Lovers, you're needed in the garden
'Cauce there's a lot of crazy people
Who've forgotten where their heart is
And they don't give a damn
About hurting those flowers and those trees"
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, bon, bon, sailing on and on
Sometimes I wonder where my life is taking me
Sometimes I wonder what they all expect of me
Well there were days I can tell you quite honestly
I saw myself winding up in the monastery
'Cause all that I have is this music
A-coming to me
And all that I have is this rhythm
A-running through me
I'm watching the movie go down
Around, about me
I'm watching the merry-go-round
Go down, about me
I said, "Lovers, you're needed in the garden
'Cause there's a lot of crazy people
Who've forgotten where their heart is
And they don't give a damn
About hurting that small child in me."
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, bon, bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, C'est le bon, sailing on and on
C'est le bon, bon, bon, sailing on and on
C'est What?
Yes I've been waiting
Waiting patiently and waiting
Well if you're ever feeling sorry
So sorry for yourself
And they tell you not to worry
Just leave your problems up on that shelf
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, that's what they gonna tell you
Day and night
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
You're on the inside, looking outside
Wishing you were somewhere else
But you sit back with reservations
As you count up all your unearned wealth
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, they're sayin' it again
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
You know it, I know it too
C'est what? What? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Let me tell you a story
Like the one's I used to know
It's about love and all its glory
Well I'm sorry but it just ain't so
I said I'm sorry but it just ain't so
Just ain't so
Ah no, no
It took a long time just to get even
If you know just what I mean
So let's call it even Steven
In the land of broken dreams
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, they're at it again
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, every day and every night
C'est what? What? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
I can't take it anymore, you know I can't
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
You may never be all that you wanna be
Deep down inside you, you know it will never be
No bed of roses or walk down the avenue
Culturally, socially, people walk over you
Get with the program and make with the attitude
Life is a dream if you face it my friend
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Cannonball
You're tellin' lies, so don't you criticize
Yeah I got used, all messed up and abused
You let me down, with all your runnin' round
Still you pretend and try to call me friend
Don't say a word, I know just what I heard
Yeah you've been loose, you just go no excuse
Just feel my rage, why can't you come of age?
I felt it all, just like a cannonball
Then you got mad, you said that I'm all bad
So what's the use, you lied and that's the truth
You took the key and drove right out on me
I never knew, put all my trust in you
OK that's it, I'm leaving now, I quit
I was unwise, so don't apologize
I paid the price, for taking your advice
I felt it all, just like a cannonball
You can say what you want all day
But I've never been so outraged
I'm washing my hands of you
How could you be so untrue
You know I can't stand no more
You know I can't stand no more
I can't stand no more
Can't stand no more
No
Casual Conversation
It doesn't matter what I say
You never listen anyway
Just don't know what you're looking for
Imagination's all I have
But even then you say it's bad
Just can't see why we disagree
And casual conversations how they bore me
Yeah they go on and on endlessly
No matter what I say
You'll ignore me anyway
I might as well talk in my sleep
I could weep
You're tryin' to make me feel so small
Until there's nothing left at all
Why go on
Just hoping that we'll get along
There's no communication left between us
But is it me or you who's to blame?
There's nothing I can do, yes you're fading out of view
Don't know if I feel joy or pain
It's such a shame
And now it seems it's all been said
If you must leave then go ahead
Should feel sad
But I really believe that I'm glad
I really believe that I'm glad
I really believe that I'm glad
Child of Vision
Well, who'd you think you're foolin'?
You say you're havin' fun,
But you're busy going nowhere,
Just lying in the sun
You tried to be a hero,
Commit the perfect crime
But the dollar got you dancing
And you're running out of time
And you're messing up the water
And you're rolling in the wine
You're poisoning your body
And you're poisoning your mind
And you gave me coca-cola
Cos you said it tasted good
And you watch the television
Cos it tells you that you should
Ooh how ow can you live in this way
Why do you think it's so strange ?
You must have something to say
Ah tell me why I should change ?
There must be more to this life
It's time we did something right
I said Child of Vision, won't you listen?
Find yourself a new ambition
I've heard it all before
You're saying nothing new
I thought I saw a rainbow
But I guess it wasn't true
You cannot make me listen
And I cannot make you hear
So u find your way to heaven,
And I'll meet you when you're there
How can you live in this way
Why do you think it's so strange ?
You must have something to say
Tell me why I should change ?
We have no reason to fight
Cos we both know that we're right
I said Child of Vision, won't you listen
Find yourself a new ambition
Now you're very much like your mother
And that's a natural fact
But you couldn't look much like your brother's wife
Or anyone like that
And you don't look much like your sister
Cos she's all big and fat
But don't breathe a word to your mean old dad
Cos I'll be coming back
I'm coming home to see you early in the morning
I'll be arriving on the first train today
I'm coming home to see you at day's dawning
All aboard, all aboard
Put on some fancy clothes and meet me at the station
Make sure I don't mistake you for your sister Jane
Don't want to see you with your goddamn relations
That's all for now, I'll see you, ciao
Crazy
Here's a little song to make you feel good
Put a little light in your day
These are crazy times
And it's all been getting pretty serious
Here's a little song to make you feel right
Send the blues away
Well it's a crazy game
Tell me who's to blame, I'm kind of curious
Right if you win, wrong if you lose
Nobody listens when you're singing the blues
Well something's the matter, but nothing gets done
Oh everyone's waiting for a place in the sun
Well something is wrong now
Can something be wrong with me
Oh brother, why's it got to be so crazy
Gimme little left, gimme little right
Gimme little black, gimme little white
Gimme little peace, gimme little hope
Gimme little light
'Cause you know it seems
That the situation's getting serious
Right if you win, wrong if you lose
Nobody listens when you're singing the blues
Well something's the matter, but nothing gets done
There's no use in waiting for a place in the sun
'Cause something is wrong now
Can something be wrong with me
Oh brother, why's it got to be so crazy
Oh something is wrong with me
Oh brother, why's it got to be this crazy
Crazy
Crime of the Century
Now they're planning the crime of the century
Well what will it be
Read all about their schemes and adventuring
Yes it's well worth the fee
So roll up and see
How they rape the universe
How they've gone from bad to worse
Who are these men of lust, greed, and glory
Rip off the masks and let's see
But that's no right , oh no, what's the story ?
Look here's you and there's me
That can't be right
Goin' through my life, day by day
Wonderin' why and what road it'll take
Sometimes low and sometimes high
Tryin' find a reason to live by
Well I've been seaching far and wide
Over the water beyond the sky
And I've been watching the moon above
Smiling down at me, what's he thinkin' of
What's he thinkin' way up in the sky
Bet he could tell me where my future lies
There ain't no promise, or guarantee
Ain't no wisdom being laid on me
And it's a low down dirty shame
But I gotta find the answer just the same
I ain't foolin' around
Nobody cares
I got a feelin'
Oh I'm going to find it ...
Uhuh
Woo hoo hoo
Well I've been playin' the Dead Man's Blues
And now I need a drink, it's going to be on you
The day of judgement ain't far away
But who'll be the judge, it's hard to say...
Mnnn.. yeah that's hard to say...
Don't Leave Me Know
Don't leave me now
Leave me out in the pouring rain
With my back against the wall
Don't leave me now
Don't leave me now
Leave me out with nowhere to go
As the shadows start to fall
Don't leave me now
Don't leave me now
Leave me out on this lonely road
As the wind begins to howl
Don't leave me now
Don't leave me now
All alone on this darkest night
Feeling old and cold and grey
Don't leave me now
Don't leave me now
Leave me holding an empty heart
As the curtain starts to fall
Don't leave me now
Don't leave me now
All alone in this crazy world
When I'm old and cold and grey
And time is gone
Now there's two types of people I just can't stand
That's a lyin' woman and a cheating man
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Yes it's making me mad, I'm as shook up as a man could be
Now I can love you baby till the cows come home
But I'm so sick and tired of you doing me wrong
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Yes it's making me mad , I'm as shook up as man can be
I could love you baby till the river runs dry
But I'm so sick and tired of you tellin' me lies
It makes me mad , I'm as shook up as man can be
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Yes it's making me mad , I'm as shook up as man can be
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Yes it's making me mad , I'm as shook up as man can be
Oh yeah........
Don't You Lie To Me (Willie Dixon)
(Lyrics by Hudson Whittaker) 1997 "It Was The Best Of Times" version
Let's talk it over baby 'fore we start
I heard about the way you always do your part
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you like to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you like to me)
It makes me mad, I'm as shook up as a man could be
I can love you baby till the cows come home
But I'm so sick and tired of you doing me wrong
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
It makes me mad , and I'm as evil as man can be
Yeah I can love you baby till the cows come home
But I'm so sick and tired of you doing me wrong
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
It makes me mad , and I'm as shook up as man can be
It makes me mad , and I'm as shook up as man can be
Don't you lie to me
(Don't you lie to me)
Don't you lie to me
Well I'm mixing it, I'm as shook up as a man can be.
Oh don't you ever, ever lie to me
Downstream
Took a boat Sunday, down by the sea
It just felt so nice, you and me
We didn't have a problem or a care oh no
And all around was silence, everywhere
You are the reason I was born
Be with you through all seasons, I'll always hear you when you call
We'll keep the love light shining through each night and day
A lonely life behind me, oh what a change you've made
So down here on the ocean we will stay
We will stay, we will stay
Went through a lot of changes
Turned a lot of pages
When I took a boat Sunday
To know you as I know you now, that is all I need
And we will get along somehow, if we both believe
So down here on the ocean we will stay
We will stay, we will stay
Went through a lot of changes
Turned a lot of pages
When I took a boat Sunday
Dreamer
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no
I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no
I said "Far out, - What a day, a year, a life it is"
You know - Well you know you had it comin' to you
Now there's not a lot I can do
Dreamer, you stupid little dreamer
So now you put your head in your hands, oh no
Wooohh
I said "Far out - What a day, a year, a laugh it is"
You know - Well you know you had it comin' to you
Now there's not a lot I can do
Work it out someday
Oh muh muh muh muh muh....
If I could see something
You can see anything you want boy
If I could be someone
You can be anyone, celebrate boy
If I could do something
You can do something
If I could do anything
But can you do something out of this world
Out of this world
Take a dream on a Sunday
Take a life, take a holiday
Take a lie, take a dreamer
Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream along...
Dreamer
Come on and dream, dream along
Come on and dream, dream along
Roll it on
Come on and dream, dream along
Come on and dream, dream along
N-n-n-n-n-n-n-n......
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
[Come on and dream, dream along]
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no
[Come on]
I said dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer
Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no
[Come on]
Oh no
And if my thoughts had wings
I'd be the bird that sings
I'd fly where love isn't shy
And everyone is willing to try
And if we had the time
And time's so hard to find
I could believe what you say
Start sending those shadows away
And if you know who you are
You are your own superstar
And only you can shape the movie that you make
So when the lights disappear
And only the silence is near
Watch yourself, easy does it, easy does it, easy while you wake
And if you know who you are
You are your own superstar
And only you can shape the music that you make
So when the crowds disappear
And only the silence is here
Watch yourself, easy does it,
easy does it, easy while you wake
Even In The Quietest Moments
Even in the quietest moments
I wish I knew
What I had to do
And even though the sun is shining
Well I feel the rain
Here it comes again, dear
And even when you showed me
My heart was out of tune
For there's a shadow of doubt
That's not letting me find you too soon
The music that you gave me
The language of my soul
Oh Lord, I want to be with you
Won't you let me come in from the cold?
Don't you let the sun fade away
Don't you let the sun fade away
Don't you let the sun be leaving
Won't you come to me soon
And even though the stars are listening
And the ocean's deep
I just go to sleep
And then I create the silent movie
You become the star
Is that what you are, dear?
Your whisper tells a secret
Your laughter brings me joy
And a wonder of feeling
I'm Nature's own little boy
But still the tears keep falling
They're raining from the sky
Well there's a lot of me got to go under
Before I get high
Don't you let the sun disappear
Don't you let the sun disappear
Don't you let the sun be leaving
No, you can't be leaving my life
Say that you won't be leaving my life
Say that you won't be leaving my life
Say won't you please, say won't you please
Say won't you please, say won't you please
Lord, won't you come and get into my life
Lord, won't you come and get into my life
Say won't you please, say won't you please
Say won't you please, say won't you please
Oh Lord, don't go
Ohhh won't you come to me
And even when the song is over
Where have I been
Was it just a dream
And though your door is always open
Where do I begin
May I please come in, dear
Sharing's good, sharing's fine
But no one wants to share this world of mine
Is dull, dark and grey
And no one wants to find the way
To my front door is always open to you
Hey now life, give me a break
For much more of this I cannot
Take me to a far off place
Where there's no rich or poor
And every house has got an ever open door
I want to find my direction
I want my love and affection
Yes I'm needing it more and more
I want to find my own answers
it's time I knew what my plans were
I'm going to find out what I'm looking for
I'm gonna take all my chances
Gonna make my advances
I'm gonna see what my life has in store
I've got a feeling inside me
I'll put the past way behind me
Pick myself up from the floor
I want my sun in the morning
Want my friends to come calling
I'll keep a welcome outside my door
Fool's Overture
(Winston Churchill speech)
We shall go on to the end
We shall fight on the seas and oceans
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be
We shall never surrender
History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Bourne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
"Too late", the prophets cry
The island's sinking, let's take to the sky
Called the man a fool, striped him of his pride
Oh everyone was laughing up until the day he died
Oh though the wound went deep
Well still he's calling us out of our sleep
My friends, we're not alone
He waits in silence to lead us all home
So you tell me that you find it hard to grow
Well I know, I know, I know
And you tell me that you've many seeds to sow
Well I know, I know, I know
(Jerusalem; words by William Blake)
Peanuts (non audible lors du live)
Can you hear what I'm saying
Can you see the parts that I'm playing
Holy Man, Rocker Man, Come on Queenie
Joker Man, Spider Man, Blue Eyed Meanie
So you found your solution
What will be your last contribution?
Live it up, rip it up, why so lazy?
Give it out, dish it out, let's go crazy Yeah!
I will always love you true forever
Forever, I will always love you true
Hope you'll feel the same way too forever
Forever hope you'll feel the same way too
Want to spend my life with you forever
Forever want to spend my life with you
My life with you, my life with you, oh...
Life with you, oh life with you, oh...
Love you till the day I die, yeah forever
Forever love you till the day I die
So I'll sing this song to you forever
Forever, I will sing this song to you
Song to you, song to you
Song for you, song for you oh ...
Song for you, song for you...
[repeat}
I really want you, I really need you
I'll always love you baby...
I really love you, I think about you
We'll make arrangements now...
I want you near me oh dont you hear me ...
oh think about it
I think about it
I really want you
I really need you...
Hey buddy want to talk to you
'Bout a friend in need, a friend indeed
I hear you got a few friends too
Live up the stairs, selling their wears
And they don't care, 'cause they don't know that
Oooh he's very lonely
Oooh he's lost his one and only
Woman that he's ever had
He sure feels bad, can you make him glad?
Hey mister can you help him out?
Can you put him straight, before it gets too late
And show what it's all about
Hey mister well he's got the dough
How much will it be, to pay the fee?
I guess that you can see through me
So I'll be straight with you, I'll tell the truth
Friend in need is just really me
When a spirit is broken
Why go on
When there's nothing to say
And a love just a token
It was strong
Now it's fading away
Ah but I'm free as a bird
As I walk right out that door
You have my word
I won't bother you no more
Yes I'm doing alright
As I face the lonely night
And our love it was over
Long ago
But we just didn't say
And the years they have fallen
One by one
How they drifted away
But now I'm free as a bird
As I walk out that door
You have my word
I won't bother you no more
Yes I'm feeling OK
As I face the brand new day
As I face the brand new day
You know I'm free as a bird
As I walk right out that door
You have my word
I won't bother you no more
Yes I'm doing alright
As I face the lonely night
As I face the lonely night
No more sorrows will I find
I've got tomorrow on my side
No more teardrops will I cry
Left my teardrops way behind
No more sorrows will I find
I've got tomorrow on my side
No more teardrops will I cry
Left my teardrops way behind
No more heartaches bother me
Don't wear my heartaches on my sleeve
It's gonna be a brand new story
What's the use of former glory
It's better not to do if you can't do right
It's time to get to celebrating
After all the years of waiting
I'm gonna have a ball if it takes all night
From Now On
Monday has come around again
I'm in the same old place
The same old faces always watching me
Who knows, how long I'll have to stay
Could be a hundred years of sweat and tears
The rate that I get paid
Sometimes I slowly drift away
From all the dull routine
That's with me every day
A fantasy will come to me
Diamonds are what I really need
Think I'll rob a store, escape the law
And live in Italy
Lately my luck has been so bad
You know the roulette wheel's
A crooked deal, I'm losing all I had
Soon be like a man that's on the run
And live from day to day
Never needing anyone
Play hide and seek throughout the week
My life is full of romance
Guess I'll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
That's the way it's got to be
From now on
Guess I'll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
Though it won't be really me
From now on
You think I'm crazy I can see
It's you for you, and me for me
Living in a fantasy
From now on
Guess I'll always have to be
Yes we'll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
Living in a fantasy
That's the way it's got to be
That's the way it's got to be
Ah, from now on
Guess I'll always have to be
Yes we'll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
Living in a fantasy
It's you for you, and me for me
From now on
Guess I'll always have to be
Yes we'll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
Living in a fantasy
That's the way it's got to be
That's the way it's got to be
Ah, from now on
Guess I'll always have to be
Yes we'll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
Living in a fantasy
It's you for you, and me for me
It's you for you and me for me
Oh, oh from now on
Yes we'll always have to be
Yes we'll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
Living in a fantasy
That's the way it's got to be
That's the way it's got to be
From now on
Get Your Act Together
You say you're so tired, you're never satisfied
But I can't seem to make you understand
I see your point of view, life's been too good to you
Just stand up and face things like a man
You better get your act together
If you ever wanna take it out on the road
You know you can't sit around
Or those bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna get to see it through
I know, things don't seem so good right now
But you gotta move along somehow
Try to do the best you can
Sure enough, things will slowly turn around
You won't always be so down
I know that it's true
It won't always be such stormy weather
It may be a cliche but the sun is gonna shine
You know you can't sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never ever gonna see it through
It don't matter where you've been
It's where you're going to
Yeah, and it won't do you no good
Just livin' in the past
Oh, you can't sit around
You know the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never ever gonna see it through
And they're never ever gonna go
Yeah, they'll be here to stay
And it's always gonna be that way
You know what I'm saying
I think you know just what I'm saying
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Give A Little Bit
Ooh, yeah
Alright, and here we go again
Nay nay, wo-no, na-na, hey hey
Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
There's so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care
I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
So give a little bit
Oh give a little bit of your time to me
See the man with the lonely eyes
Oh take his hand, you'll be surprised
Oh, take it
Oh hey
Come along
Yeah yeah yeah yeah .......
Lover, hey
Give a little bit
Well give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
Now's the time that we need to share
So find yourself, we're on our way back home
Oh, going home
Don't you need, don't you need to feel at home?
Oh yeah, we gotta sing
Oh you've gotta get a feeling
Oh yeah come along do
Just come along do, nay
Come-a come-a come-a come along
Ooh yeah come along do
Sing, ben-a-looo
Come along do
Bob along right
Come a long way
Oh sing it tonight
Oooh yeah
Give Me A Chance
In time this fire will turn to ashes
The sun will fall out the sky
Still you see no urgency
To spend some time with me
Time with me
I can't believe you haven't noticed
Just how long I've been waitin' for you
I've been such a patient man
But I still don't understand
You won't
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
How I care
It's hard to know just what you're thinkin'
You cloak yourself in mistery
Conversations always brief
Like a sigh with no relief
You won't
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
If you dare
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
If you dare
You gotta give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance
Give me a chance
You gotta give me a chance
You gotta give me a chance to show just how much I love you
Give me a chance
Bless my heart and soul
I've discovered gold
Spread the news around
Get the ship afloat
A rock and roll the boat
Let's get into town
I am living down by the creek
Getting mired in the mud
No liquor for a week
I feel the cold in my blood
Here's a very busy lady
On her knees in the sludge
Well I do believe she's crazy
You know she's working like a drudge
Bless my heart and soul
She's discovered gold
Spread the news around
Get the ship afloat
A rock and roll the boat
And let's get into town
Even though she smelt like a drain
She's an angel to me
Her intentions are plain
And the whiskey is free
Breaking out another bottle
Keep it cool in the dirt
Well it's a water baby heaven
I got the papers in my shirt
Bless my heart and soul
We've discovered gold
Spread the news around
Get the ship afloat
A rock and roll the boat
And let's get into town
Bless my heart and soul
We've discovered gold
Spread the news around
Get the ship afloat
A rock and roll the boat
And let's get into town
You work hard all your life little honey
But you can't afford to save any money
You lay it down you leave the town
To see what you could find
For more than 20 years you're a diggin'
Then you can't believe what you are a pickin'
It's a piece of change just like a mountain range
Whoopee we're gonna lay it down
Gone Hollywood
It's just heart breaking
I should have known that it would let me down
It's just a mind aching
I used to dream about this town
It was a sight to see
The place to be,
Where the living is easy
And the kicks can always be found
It's such a shame about it
I used to think that it would feel so good
But who's to blame about it
So many creeps in Hollywood
I'm in this dumb motel
Near the Taco Bell
Without a hope in hell
I can't believe that I'm still around
Ain't nothin' new in my life today
Ain't nothin' true - it's all gone away
I've had too much cryin', seen too much grief
I'm sick of tryin' it's beyond belief
I'm tired of talking on the telephone
They're trying to tell me that they're not at home
Ain't nothing new in my life today
I'm have enough of walking from place to place
I've yet to come across a friendly face
And now the words sound familiar, as they slam the door
"You're not what we're looking for"
Ain't nothing new in my life today
Yeah ain't nothing true it's all gone away
If we only had time, only had time for you
If we only had time, only had time for you
If we only had time, only had time for you
It was a heartbreaking
Now I ride in a big fine car
It was mind aching
Yeah, I'm the talk of the Boulevard
So keep your chin up boy
Forget the pain
I know you'll make it
If you try again
There's no use in quitting
When the world is waiting for you
Goodbye Stranger
It was an early morning yesterday
I was up before the dawn
And I really have enjoyed my stay
But I must be moving on
Like a king without a castle
Like a queen without a throne
I'm an early morning lover
And I must be moving on
Now I believe in what you say
It's the undisputed truth
But I have to have things my own way
To keep me in my youth
Like a ship without an anchor
Like a slave without a chain
Just the thought of those sweet ladies
Sends a shiver through my veins
And I will go on shining
Shining like brand new
I'll never look behind me
My troubles will be few
Goodbye stranger it's been nice
Hope you find your paradise
Tried to see your point of view
Hope your dreams will all come true
Goodbye Mary, Goodbye Jane
Will we ever meet again
Feel no sorrow, feel no shame
Come tomorrow, feel no pain
Now sweet devotion it's not for me
Just give me motion, set me free
Over land and the ocean far away
It's a life I've chosen every day
So goodbye Mary, Goodbye Jane
Will we ever meet again
Now some they do and some they don't
And some you just can't tell
And some they will and some they won't
With some it's just as well
You can laugh at my behaviour
That'll never bother me
Say the devil is my saviour
But I don't pay no heed
And I will go on shining
Shining like brand new
I'll never look behind me
My troubles will be few
Goodbye stranger it's been nice
Hope you find your paradise
Tried to see your point of view
Hope your dreams will all come true
Goodbye Mary, Goodbye Jane
Will we ever meet again
Feel no sorrow, feel no shame
Come tomorrow, feel no pain
Now sweet devotion it's not for me
Just give me motion, set me free
Over land and the ocean far away
It's a life I've chosen every day
Now I'm leaving, got to go
Hit the road, I'll say it once again
Oh yes I'm leaving, got to go
Got to go now, I'm sorry I must tell you
Goodbye Mary Goodbye Jane
Will we ever meet again
Oh I'm leaving, I've got to get away
Help Me Down That Road
I feel so close to you
'Cos you know you always do
Help me down that road
I go to sleep at night
Feeling that it's alright
'Cos you help me down that road
When I feel I've been beat
You get me on my feet
Yeah, you help me spread that heavy load
Now that I realize
Just where our friendship lies
Well It helps me down that road
You think you've seen my best
But you ain't seen nothin' yet
Since you, help me down that road
When life is bitter sweet
You mix it up a treat
Yeah, you're the best pick up I know
If I don't satisfy
Don't give me the evil eye
It won't help me down that road
When I ain't doin' so well
You don't ever kiss and tell
You just help me down that road
Just when I'm feelin' sick
You give my heart a kick
Then I don't feel so all alone
When I can't get it right
Just when the end's in sight
Yes, you help me down that road
You know I'll be really
You know I'll be steady
When you help me down that road
Help me down that road
Help me down that road
Help me down that road
I know you'll be callin'
To see you that I'm OK
I know you will always be
With me night and day
I could live in poverty
I could live in pain
I know that you'll be here with me
To you it's all the same
Hide In Your Shell
Hide in your shell cos the world is out to bleed you for a ride
What will you gain making your life a little longer
Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold that gave your eyes of steel
Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker
Too frightening to listen to a stranger
Too beautiful to put your pride in danger
You're waiting for someone to understand you
But you got demons in your closet
You got demons in your closet
And you're screaming out to stop it
And you're screaming out to stop it
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for
Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Cos it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know.
All through the night as you lie awake and hold yourself so tight
What do you need, a second-hand movie star to tend you
I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love
How would it be, if you could see the world through my eyes
Too frightening - the fire's becoming colder
Too beautiful - to think you're getting older
You're looking for someone to give an answer
What you see is just illusion
What you see is just illusion
You're surrounded by confusion
You're surrounded by confusion
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for
Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Cos it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
Well, let me show you the nearest sign-post
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
I wanna know
Oh I wanna know
I wanna know
Oh, I've got to know
I wanna know you
I wanna know you
Well let me know you
I wanna feel you
Oh, I wanna touch you
Please let me near you
Let me near you
Can you hear what I'm sayin'
Well I'm hoping, I'm dreamin', I'm prayin'
Well I know what you're thinkin'
See what you're seein'
Never ever let yourself go
Hold yourself down, hold yourself down
Why d'ya hold yourself down?
Why don't you listen, you can trust me,
(Trampettes) So what ya gonna take him to
Oh there's a place I know the way to
So what ya gonna make him do
A place there is no need to
So what's he gonna
To feel you
So what's he gonna
To feel that you're all alone
So what's he gonna do
Oh won't you hear me
So what ya gonna take him to
I know exactly what you're feelin'
So what ya gonna make him do
Cos all your troubles are within you
So what's he gonna
So begin to
So what's he gonna
To see that I'm just bleeding too
Oh love me, love you
Loving is the way to
Help me, help you
Why must we be so cool
Oh so cool
Oh, we're such damn fools
So what ya gonna take him to
[trampettes to fade]
Home Again
Many's the time that a dream has gone wrong
When you're with me
Many's the time when the blame went to you
Please forgive me
But the truth is my friend
That the world isn't quite as I thought it to be
Oh no, I wish I were back home again
Oh no, I wish I were back home again
Oh no, I wish I were back home again
La la la , I wish I were back home again
If Everyone Was Listening
The actors and jesters are here
The stage is in darkness and clear
For raising the curtain
And no-one's quite certain whose play it is
How long ago, how long
If only we had listened then
If we'd known just how right we were going to be
For we dreamed a lot
And we schemed a lot
And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart
Oh-ohoh .. oh oh oh oh oh....
If everyone was listening you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall
Well, what is your costume today
And who are the props in your play
You're acting a part which you thought from the start
Was an honest one
Well how do you plead
An actor indeed
Go re-learn your lines
You don't know what you've done
The finale's begun
If everyone was listening you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall
I'm beggin' you, let's start anew
All my fears were wrong
I was too headstrong
Now I'm missing you
It's been too long, and still you're gone
If you ever cared
About the life we shared
Please let me know
I think about you lately
More than you will ever know
And if you could just forgive me
Well you know I'd love you so
We had a love, to be proud of
But what was once a thrill
Then became a chill
And so very cold
I'm beggin' you, let's start anew
Give it one more chance
It's the final dance
Before you go away
I've got something more to say
I think about you lately
More than I could ever say
And if you could just forgive me
Well you know we'll find away
You know we'll find away
How do you care for me now baby
You know I never meant no harm
Can't you see it's just a false alarm
You know I'm with you all the way
It's why I'm beggin' you to stay
How can I make you change your mind
I wanna make it right this time
You know I'll love you all the way
That's why I'm beggin' you to stay
You've got to listen to my plea
I'm down here on my bended knees
Baby won't you please come home
Can't stand to be so all alone
I'm Your Hoochie
Coochie Man (Davies 1997 version)
Gypsy woman told my mother, before I was born,
Gotta boy child comin, gonna be a son of a gun,
Later all you women, all jump and shout,
Wow, gonna know what that's all about
I'm a here
Everybody knows I'm here
I'm a hoochie coochie man,
Everybody knows I am.
Got a black cat and bone, got a mojo too,
Gotta jumpin' kangaroo, gonna mess with you,
Wantin' all you women
Just a knock a man
Don't you know
I'm the hoochie coochie man
I'm a here
Everybody knows I'm here
I'm a hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I am
Oh yes..... Johnny.....
On the seventh hour, on the seventh month,
On the seventh day, seven doctors say,
I was born for good luck, and that you'll see,
Got seven hundred dollars, so don't you mess with me
I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
I'm a Hoochie Coochie man
Everybody knows I am
Hey, how's your conscience lately
You tried so hard to please me
And now you seem so uneasy
You say that you've had enough and you're out of love
It hit me like a hurricane
It hit me like a speeding train
I try to climb a mountain range
And fall down on the ground again
I thought that it would be OK
But you had other cards to play
Just like a shot from a gun
I got hurt, I got stunned
That's how it hit me
I just want to know why
Do you do this to me?
And where, is your sense of reason?
So how, could you fool me so long?
And now, watch my tenderness turn to emptiness
It hit me like a hurricane
It hit me like a speeding train
I try to climb a mountain range
And fall down on the ground again
I thought that it would be OK
But you had other cards to play
Just like a shot from a gun
I got hurt, I got stunned
It doesn't matter what I do
It doesn't matter much to you
It doesn't matter what I do
It's over now, we're through
You got me feeling excited
You had me set and ignited
But now I'm feeling so down low
Like some down-trodden hobo
It doesn't matter what I do
It doesn't matter much to you
It doesn't matter what I do
It's over now, we're through
You had me chasing illusions
You got me lost in confusion
And I'm so tired of losin'
I've got to stop now and not get involved with you again
It doesn't matter what I do
It doesn't matter much to you
It doesn't matter what I do
It doesn't matter much to you
It's A Hard World
I live in a vacuum, no air
I'm stuck in a back room, somewhere
But it don't bother me anyway 'cos I know
I'm gonna get out soon, I got places to go
There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
But right now I'm just tryin' to survive
Livin' rough, shackin' up, hangin' tough, shapin' up
Get the picture, get the scene I paint for you
Yeah, but it's worth it, all the pain I'm goin' thru
Beat the sidewalk, hear the fast talk, everyday
I don't worry 'cos I know I'm on my way
The view from my window, it ain't too good
Should be some mail for me soon from Hollywood
When the phone rings, could be big things, anytime
Operator is there something wrong with this line
Rejections, I've had a few
Happens to the best, that ain't nothin' new
Still I keep on swingin' away
S'gonna be a breakthrough any day
Keep hanging in there, that's my philosophy
And soon I'll find my big chance, yeah just you wait and see
Some make it fast, but they just come and go
Me, I'm built to last that's one thing I know
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
Those straight life people, they don't understand
Yeah they just want it all laid out and planned
Me, I'm not like them, I do things my own way
And I know I'll get that breakthrough anyday
Life in the city, can get you down
There's a million guys out there all snooping around
You gotta think you're the best, beat out all the rest
And fight your way up to the top of the town
There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
But right now I'm just tryin' to survive
I know I'm gonna get there, dead or alive
Dead or alive
I know I'm gonna there
Oh, I know I will
I'm going to reach for the moon
And all the stars too
I want the universe
I want all the planets
I want everything
I need a big house, I need a big car
I'm gonna get it
It's just a matter of time
It's A Long Road
Well the road I see before me
Threatens pain at every bend, yeah
Well might meet some man I understand
And hope to call him friend
Well good company, it may comfort me
But I don't want love to distract my heart from the way
Now your love it gave me sorrow
And a broken heart to mend, yeah
So I took me to this lonely road
My sweet hopes to defend
Oh and why pretend, I won't look back
Even though the love of a happy man waits before
Well, the winter wind blows chilly
And the road is dark and grey
So take pity on a wanderer
Should you pass me on the way
Oh, a life alone without a home
Makes a man ask why he travels on
When hope is gone
It's a long road
It's a long road
It's a long road
It's a long road
It's Alright
I want you in my arms tonight
You know you whet my appetite
It might be wrong for us to care
And maybe something's in the air
But if the world is unaware
It's alright
Please say it's alright
You'll be mine tonight
It's going to be alright
I won't care if we fall in love
I'll be happy with the memory of
The thought of just one night of bliss
We can't give up a chance like this
So just go on and whisper it's
It's alright
Please say it's alright
You'll be mine tonight
It's going to be alright
I want you in my arms tonight
You know you set my heart alight
It can't be like this everyday
And soon you'll be so far away
So now I want to hear you say
It's alright
Please say it's alright
You'll be mine tonight
It's going to be alright
Don't want to make a main feature with you
Ah but you know there's a time and a place
You can't resist it when you're feeling it too
I can tell by the smile on your face
We both know that it will be OK
So don't you let this moment slip away
Don't have a problem when it's all in the mind
Yes but we can make it very real this time
It's Raining Again
It's raining again
Oh no, my love's at an end
Oh no, it's raining again
and you know it's hard to pretend
Oh no, it's raining again
Too bad I'm losing a friend
Oh no, it's raining again
Oh will my heart ever mend
You're old enough some people say
To read the signs and walk away
It's only time that heals the pain
And makes the sun come out again
It's raining again
Oh no, my love's at an end
Oh no, it's raining again
Too bad I'm losing a friend
C'mon you little fighter
No need to get up tighter
C'mon you little fighter
And get back up again
Oh get back up again
Fill your heart again...
It's raining again
Oh no, my love's at an end
Oh no, it's raining again
Too bad I'm losing a friend
C'mon you little fighter
No need to get up tighter
C'mon you little fighter
And get back up again
Oh get back up again
Fill your heart again...
Woke up cryin' with the break of dawn
I looked out at the sky
The air was still, yet all the leaves were falling
And can you tell me why?
Well, I just don't know the reason
Idon't know what to say
It just seems a normal day
And I've got to live my own life
I just can't spare the time
Cos you've got strange things on your mind
Well, I just feel that every minute's wasted
My life is unreal
And anyway, I guess I'm just not rated
At least-wise that's how I feel
Well, I just don't know the reason
I don't know what to say
It just seems a normal day
And I've got to live my own life
I just can't spare the time
You've got strange things on your mind
I eat a lot, sleep a lot
Passing the time of day
Maybe I'll find my way
Who am I kidding?
Yes, it's just myself
Just Another Nervous Wreck
I'm feeling so alone now
They cut the telephone uh huh
Yeah my life is just a mess
I threw it all away now
I could have made a fortune
I lost the craving for success
And as the acrobats they tumble
And so the corn begins to crumble
While in the mirror
She admires a brand new dress
Live on the second floor now
They're trying to bust the door down
Soon I'll have a new address
So much for liberation
They'll have a celebration
Yeah I've been under too much stress
And as the clouds begin to rumble
So the juggler makes his fumble
And the sun upon my wall is getting less
Don't, give a damn
Fight, while you can
Kill, shoot 'em up
They'll - they'll run amok
Shout, Judas
Loud, they'll hear us
Soldier, sailor
Who's your tailor
They'll run for cover when they discover
Everyone's a nervous wreck now
I used to think she was so nimble
I would have bought her as symbol
Now I can't afford the pen to sign her checks
Don't, give a damn
Fight, while you can
Kill, shoot 'em up
They'll - they'll run amuck
Shout, Judas
Loud, they'll hear us
Soldier, sailor
Who's your tailor
They'll run for cover when they discover
Everyone's a nervous wreck now
Life's just a bummer they got your number
We'll give as good as we get now
Rise from the gutter, stick with each other
We'll drive 'em over the edge now
They're gonna bleed, that's what they need
We'll get together and blow their cover
We're ready
Yeah we're ready
Yeah we're ready
Know Who You Are
Know who you are
There's a world wants to know you
Know where to go
There's a world wants to touch you
Feel all you can
Let your heart speak and guide you
Don't be afraid
Of the love deep inside you
Bring it out for everyone
When you smile we can see the sun
Bring it out for all to hear
Because you've so much to give
And there's so much to know
But if you wait for your moment
Well, it may never show
Know who you are
There's a new song inside you
Weep if you can
Let the tears fall behind you
Bring it out for everyone
When you smile we can see the sun
Sing it out for all to hear
Because you've so much to say
And you've so much to do
And everyone's waiting
Yes, it's all up to you
Know who you are
There's a world deep inside you
Trust if you can
There's a friend there to guide you
Lady, you're going across the water
Well don't you think you oughta
Be waiting a while
Are you acting
On what your heart has told you
Is nothing gonna hold you
From flying away, a-ha
Flying away a-ha
Flying away
Cos there's nowhere to go
Though the road is out stretching before you
And the farther you go
I said, Notta gonna get you to heaven
I said, Notta gonna get you to heaven
And you know just who you are
And you know that there's something between us
And you like what you feel
But I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
Well I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
And don't you know I'm a little bit sad
Oh no
Ooh la-la-la-la
Ooh la-la-la-la
Ooh la-la-la-la
Ooh la-la-la-la
Aaah
Aaah
Aaah
Mister, you better get a move on
You better get a fix on
Mmm, you better walk straight
I said Lady, oh take me if you want me
Oh t-take me as you find me
Oh, I'm needing your love so bad
I'm needing your love so bad
I'm needing your love
And there's nowhere to go
though the road is out stretching before you
and the farther you go
I said, a notta gonna get you to heaven
I said, a notta gonna get you to heaven
And you know just who you are
And you know that there's something between us
And you like what you feel
But I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
Well I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
And don't you know I'm a little bit sad
Just a little bit ..... sad
Just a little bit...... sad
Just a little bit ..... sad
Just a little bit ......sad
Just a little bit
Just a little bit
Ooh la-la-la-la
Ooh la-la-la-la
Ooh la-la-la-la
Ooh la-la-la-la
Aaah
Aaah
Aaah
You're taking the long way so turn it about
Boom boom boom boom ...yeahhhhhhh
Listen To Me Please
Well if you want some advice
You gotta listen to me
Get a hold of your life
And you can have a new dream
Forget the ups and the downs
There's a new game in town
For every turn in the road
There's a new way to go
I don't care what you say
Gonna find my own way
You just try to persuade
Everyone around you
We'll make it easy for you
Plan everything that you do
Won't have to work very hard
You'll make it big from the start
Don't have to take it from me
Here's a list you can see
Where every one of those names
Have found their fortune and fame
Well it all sound so sweet
So simple and so neat
But can I... I believe
Anything you tell me?
I know your life's a big mistake
Let's go, this music you must face
Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
Now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours
You'll have a penthouse in town
You'll be the king with a crown
Live on country estate
You'll have a twenty foot gate
And getting tanned by the pool
You'll be making them drool
Taking trip overseas
Do anything that you please
I feel so alone
Where did I go so wrong?
Do you know? Can you tell?
Maybe can you help me
I know, it's hard for you to take
Let's go, this move you have to make
Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
Now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours
Your vision will be clear
Your pain will disappear
You'll know that I'll be watching over you
I'm gonna chase your blues away
So change your life today
Everything I say to you is true
Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'm gonna make your dreams come true
Now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours
Your vision will be clear
Your pain will disappear
You'll know that I'll be watching over you
I'll chase your blues away
Change your life today
Everything I say to you is so true
Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
Woah ohh........
I don't know any more
Just don't know any more
But think of what you're saying I really think you should
You'd better stop complaining it won't do you any good
You know you should have done the right thing
When you drew your master plan
But little by little I'll try to make you understand
Little by little
I try to make you understand
Oh ohh....
You don't know anymore
Got so far from the shore
You're one in a million, if you could only see
You've less than perfect vision can't see the woods before the trees
Gonna to shake you till your bell rings, you're like a ship that's lost at sea
But little by little I'm going to bring you back to me
Little by little I'm gonna to bring you back to me
Well you gotta get back home
(You gotta get back home)
Cos you gotta change your ways
(You gotta change your ways)
Can't do it all alone
(Can't do it all alone)
Cos you've got too much at stake
(You've got too much at stake)
So get to it right away
Ooh woah woaah
I'm going to set out on a rescue until this mission is complete
Oh yes you know I'm going to get you, I'll make you listen to my plea
Ah yeah you thought the grass was greener but then it didn't prove to be
But little by little
I'm going to bring you back to me
Little by little
I'm going to bring you back to me
Well little by little.....
(Repeat to fade)
Live To Love You
The situation's clear
It's fine as long as you are here
Of that I'm really sure
I will live to love you more
They say you drag me down
They try to tell me you're around
Just to even up a score
But I will live to love you more
And they say I've been blind
That you deceive me every time
And soon our love will end
But I will live to love again
So what if they can't see
You know I'll love you endlessly
And this they can't ignore
I will live to love you more
I will live to love you more
I know they're only rumors
Although they say the truth hurts
I don't need to hear lies and
To fantasize you leaving me
But then I think it all over
Over and over
I still want you around me
You know you astound me
I couldn't live without you
If there's a price to pay
It's worth it just to hear you say
All their lies are just a bore
But I will live to love you more
The situation's clear
It's fine as long as you are here
Of that I'm really sure
I will live to love you more
Yes, I will live to love you more
I will live to love you
And put no-one above you
I will live to love you more
More and more
You know where my heart is
With you alone my every thought is
I will live to love you more, love you more
I will live to love you more
Love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore
Lord Is It Mine
I know that there's a reason why I need to be alone
To show me there's a silent place that I can call my own
Is it mine,
Oh Lord, is it mine
You know I get so weary from the battles in this life
And there's many times it seems that you're the only hope in sight
Is it mine
Oh Lord, is it mine
When everything's dark and nothing seems right,
There's nothing to win and there's no need to fight
I never cease to wonder at the cruelty of this land
But it seems a time of sadness is a time to understand
Is it mine
Oh Lord, is it mine
When everything's dark and nothing seems right,
You don't have to win and there's no need to fight
If only I could find a way
To feel your sweetness through the day
The love that shines around me could be mine
So give us an answer, won't you
We know what we have to do
There must be a thousand voices trying to get through
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Lover Boy
I'll tell you from the start
He's gonna break your heart
You can't stop the lover boy
You can't stop the lover boy
He's gonna tell you lies
But you won't realize
Because you can't stop the lover boy
You can't stop the lover boy
He's got a thing in his head
It's from a book he's read
It's got a funny title
It tells you how to be vital
He took a lot of time
Over every line
Because it's guaranteed
To satisfy
The lover boy
(He's gonna knock 'em dead)
He treats 'em like a toy
(The boy got that book read)
You can't stop the lover boy
(The lover boy you never)
You can't stop the lover boy
(The lover boy you never)
Right from the clothes he wears
The way he combs his hair
You can't stop him now because he knows all the tricks
He used to have a problem but he got it fixed
Got it fixed
He took a small apartment
Above a shoe department
And he could see from his window
All the lights in the street glow
And there's a club on the corner
And tonight he will go there
To find a new affair
So all you ladies beware
Nah nah, nah-nah nah-nah
Nah nah, nah-nah, nah-nah
Nah ah, nah-nah
Nah ah, nah-nah
Nah nah, nah-nah nah-nah
Nah nah, nah-nah, nah-nah
Nah ah, nah-nah
Nah ah, nah-nah
He's got to have a good time in the city
He's got to have a good time every night
He's gonna love 'em and leave 'em and cheat and deceive
He's gonna show 'em who's wrong and who's right
Nah nah, nah-nah nah-nah
Nah nah, nah-nah, nah-nah
Nah ah, nah-nah
Nah ah, nah-nah
Maybe I'm A Beggar
I ain't got too much money, I ain't got too much sense
Long ago I had a dream but that's no recompense
My father was a blind man, my brother was a fool
My mother told me "God is love"
But hatred makes the rules
Teach me to fly
So I shan't drag my feet in the sand
Give me the sky
I would take the whole world in my hand
Well, don't you tell me
The kind of loss I am
Before you know I come and go
And make you if I can
Maybe I'm a beggar, just check your sympathy
They throw away the gentle love
And keep the pain for me
Can we be free, in a world where to love is to own?
Oh when will we see, that a man must face life all alone?
Maybe I'm a beggar, just check your sympathy
They throw away their gentle love
and keep their pain for me
Teach me to fly
So I shan't drag my feet in the sand
Give me the sky
I would take the whole world in my hand
Can we be free, in a world where to love is to own?
Well when will we see, that a man must face life all alone
My Kind Of Lady
Let me tell you what I want to say
You're the only one who can make me feel this way
My kind of lady
No better love could I embrace
No better heart, no other face
Can quite compare with you
You came along and then you mend my broken dreams
I was so down and then as foolish as it seems
You gave me your affection
Yeh baby you came through
We'll make it you'll see
In spite of those who say it's wrong
This time we feel that we belong
Now we can truly say
We'll be together and that's all we'll ever need
We'll love each other, that's the way it's gonna be
And nothin' under the sun and moon
Can make us be apart
Oh my honey
You know I'll love you every day
When things go wrong we'll find a way
I'm so glad I met you
Much more than I can ever say
We're making plans and holding hands just like before
We'll try again, we'll make amends along the road
It's feelin' good, just like it should, this time we know
We'll share each other's happiness for now and evermore
I've been wastin' my life away
I've got a message for you today
To tell you that you are
My kind of lady
I'm not the same since I met you
All of my dreams had fallen through
And then you came along
One magic night when things went right it was so fine
Looked in your eyes and realized that you were mine
And nothin' under the sun
Can make us be apart
Oh my baby
You know I'll love you all the way
When times get hard we'll smile and say
I'm so glad I met you
I'll love you more and more each day
We're making plans and holding hands just like before
We'll try again, we'll make amends along the road
It's feelin' good, just like it should, this time we know
We'll share each other's happiness for now and evermore
So pardon me boys
I'm gonna be late
I don't have the choice
I've got to get into shape
It's eight on the nose
And I gotta go
So pass me my coat
I've got to get to the show
Ain't got no feeling
Ain't got no pain
Ain't got no reason
To try again
Don't need no finger
To point at me
Can't let it linger
I must get free
So send me away
Cause I need a break
What more can I say
There's just so much I can take
But don't be so sad
I'm feeling alright
It won't be so bad
If I can get through tonight
It seemed so simple
Let's go out and have some fun
Someone to play to
We didn't know what we'd begun
Then as things grew
We really thought we had it made
But soon we all knew
That we'd be ending up like slaves
The simple fact is
There really ain't no inbetween
You're either up there
Or scurryin' round and lookin' lean
And when you're up there
They just can't wait to tear you down
Just like a treadmill
You find yourself goin' round and round
So pardon me boys
I'm gonna be late
I don't have the choice
I've got to get into shape
So just one more time
Yeah that is for sure
And then I'll be fine
Ah but I've said it before
Nothing To Show
Nothing to show beyond the fevered head
Body so warm within his perfumed bed
Sleeping alone, the shadow of a man
I ..............? and tos it to him if you can
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Pumping his hand upon a changing breast
Many the empty hopes his lips caressed
Sorry to say his days are spent in vain
Chasing a dream of doom of nights in pain
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Shadowy nights ? and memories of the grave
Gentle my love and sweetly sometimes say
Think of his times and of his crimes unknown
Only a fool can see he's still ?
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Nothing to show for love that's never been
Nothing to show for love that's never been
[to fade]
Oh Darling
Oh darling, will you ever change your mind
Yeah I've been feeling left behind
Like a shadow in your light
Shadow in your light in your light
Ah honey, won't you say that I'm the one
And if you think you're gonna run
Well you knowI'm gonna...
Be around you, all about you
Always by your side
I'm gonna dream about you, scheme about you
Love you all the time
I'm gonna catch you lady
Catch you lady yeah
The news is all over town
You'd better not let me down
Keep telling me you're feeling good
As good as you ever could
Please tell me that you'll never go
Ah hah no no
Tell me that you'll never go, never go no
Ah lately, I'm like a watch that's over-wound
And I've got both feet off the ground
Cos you see
I'm gonna be so busy, oh my pretty
Love you night and day
And through the rain and shine
I'll make you mine
I'll love you come what may
I'm gonna catch you lady, catch you lady
Catch you lady uh huh
Trouble is my calling card, that's my middle name
Ever since you walked away, things are not the same
Now my life is misery, don't know what to do
Yeah you're gone, you're history but I can't get over, over you
Over you, over you, over you
Used to be in Shangri-la life used to be so good
You and me were going so far and that was understood
But ever since you walked away, my world has turned so blue
So now I live from day to day 'cos I can't get over, over you
Over you, over you, over you
Give our love another chance (another chance)
You could make it so (could make it so)
Just how this can go so wrong I will never know...
Oooooh......
Well I want you right next to me and that's all I can say
I've been calling ever since you drove me away
You were on my mind so long, it's hard for me to take
Now my heart is not so strong
And it might break over you, over you
Over you, over you
Oh yeah over you, over you
Over you, over you
Give our love another chance (another chance)
You could make it so (could make it so)
Just how this can go so wrong
I will never know...
Oh nooo noooo
You can wear a wig and some elevator shoes
You can make yourself twice as big but I'm still coming after you
Can you believe me when I say, there's nothin' I like better
Than just to sit here and talk with you
Although I'll rant and I'll rave about a one thing and another
The beauty of it all is hope you'll agree
Though I'm a poor boy
I can still be happy
As long as I can feel free
So many people I know, gettin' old way too early
(Well are you feelin' kind of weary)
Just to impress you with the money they make
(You'd better, you'd better you'd better change your theory)
At one drop of rain, they complain
And it's the same about the wages they're earning
Well, that is not the way I'm gonna be
Don't mind the rain, don't mind snow
Don't mind nothing, If I know
You will be right here with me
Well let us state our only point of view
How can we all afford to live like you?
This simple life is simply not enough
We have appearances we must keep up
(Poor Boy)
If that's the way it's gotta be
(Poor Boy)
It's you for you and me for me
(Poor Boy)
I tried all I can, understanding all the fools and all their money
When half of what they got you know they never will use
Enough to get by suits me fine, I don't care if they think I'm funny
I'm never gonna change my point of view
Don't mind the rain, don't mind snow
Don't mind nothing, if I know
You will be right here with me
All the way
Nah-nah-nah
Don't mind the rain, don't mind snow
Don't mind nothing, if I know
You will be right here with me
Put On Your Old Brown Shoes
Put on your old brown shoes
Right on your feet
Time to move on, get away
You know you paid your dues
Did all you could
Time to move on, no more to say
You and me, we're helpless can't you see
We've got to get away, get away
We've got to move on, till the madness around is gone
And the rest of our lives we'll be free
Kick out the morning blues
Who needs a job
Who needs pain and oppression
You know it can't be beat
Stand on your own two feet
Goodbye rain and depression
You and me, we're helpless can't you see
We've got to get away, get away
We've got to move on, catch the next train and we'll be gone
And the rest of our lives we'll be free
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
You know a friend is a friend
You don't leave him in trouble
He got a little drunk so now he's seeing double
Don't you see him there yeah lying in the rubble
But you have to lend a hand
'Cause you know he's on the level
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
Get your blue jeans right on babe
You and me, we're helpless can't you see
We've got to get away, get away
We've got to move on, till the madness around is gone
And the rest of our lives we'll be free
I think it's funny, it's such a sad song
You'd lots of money, now you ain't got none
So where's your fancy friends
Now that you're so broke
Don't try to make amends
You haven't got a hope
Remember when I was in trouble
You put down the phone
And anywhere you go, you go alone
Before the crash came, the money sure flowed
YOu had a fast plane
?
But now it's breaking up there's no one near you
No chance of making up
Cos I won't hear you
Remember when I was in trouble
You put down the phone
And anywhere you go, you go alone
Remember when I was in trouble
You put down the phone
And anywhere you go, you go alone
Well, don't you sit around, it's time to move on
Your life is broken down, so get a new one
And if you make right into the good life
Why don't you fake it ?by
Just look at this time
Remember when I was in trouble
You put down the phone
And anywhere you go, you go alone
Acting upon information received
Rosie had everything planned
Stood in the garden with shotgun in hand
What a woman
Whilst entertaining the headlines next day
Rosie would not be released
If it was found that her man was deceased
Silly woman
Oh but Rosie, a girl with a strange kind of humour
Stupidly took in a rumour
Making her think that she'd lost
Double-crossed by a man who was dear
Stood in the garden and shaking her head
Rosie could not understand
Wiping her eyes with the back of her hand
Sad, sad woman
Oh but Rosie, how could a few words have made her
Certain that he had betrayed her
Making her think that she'd lost
Double-crossed by a man who dear
Very near to her
Row upon row of Angel Hair
Rosie had everything planned
Sure that the people would not understand
Sad, sad woman
Rudy
Rudy's on a train to nowhere, halfway down the line
He don't wanna get there, but he needs time
He ain't sophisticated, nor well-educated
After all the hours he's wasted, still he needs time
He needs time - he needs time for livin'
He needs time - for someone just to see him
He ain't had no lovin'
For no reason or rhyme
And the whole world's above him
Well it's not as though he's fat
No there's more to it than that
See he tried to play it cool
Wouldn't be nobody's fool
Rudy thought that all good things comes to those that wait
But recently he could see that it may come too late, t-too late, t-too late
[Paddington station announcement:
The 19.45 train to Bristol Parkway will depart from platform 2 Calling at Redding
, Oxford, Swindon, Chippenham, Bath Spa and Brisol Parkway ... passengers for
Swansea change at Newport]
All through your life, all through the years
Nobody loved, nobody cared
So dim the light, dark are your fears
Try as I might, I can't hold back the tears
How can you live without love, it's not fair
Someone said give but I just didn't dare, I didn't dare, I didn't dare
What good advice are you waiting to hear
Hearing's alright for them that's all there
Hearing's alright - you'd better...
You'd better gain control now
You'd better show'em all now
You'd better make or break now
You'd better give and take now
You'll have to push and shove now
You'll have to find some love now
You'd better gain control now
[Exerpt from Mozart violin concerto!]
Now he's just come out the movie
Numb of all the pain
Sad but in a while he'll soon be
Back on his train
I can see you in the morning when you go to school
Don't forget your books, you know you've got to learn the golden rule,
Teacher tells you stop your play and get on with your work
And be like Johnnie-too-good, don't you know he never shirks
He's coming along!
After School is over you're playing in the park
Don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark
They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about
And grow up just like them - won't you let it work it out
And you're full of doubt
Don't do this and don't do that
What are they trying to do?
Make a good boy of you
Do they know where it's at?
Don't criticise, they're old and wise
Do as they tell you to
Don't want the devil to
Come out and put out your eyes
Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight
Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right
But while I'm still living, I've just got this to say
It's always up to you if you want to be that
Want to see that
Want to see that way
You're comin' along!
Shadow Song
Did your shadow ever speak to you?
Did he say that something's wrong?
Huddled figure on a lamplit wall
Never realized he cared at all
Did he stop you going on?
Guess my shadow spoke to me tonight
And made me throw my dreams away
Told a story of a twisted man
Who was playing with some foolish plan
'Bout a girl who ? flew away
Sometimes shadows are near
I see things very clear, my life unwinds
Somewhere I'll make my stand
Look 'round at yesterday
And change my mind
Now your shadow isn't always there
In the light of cloudy day
Foreign circles where you hide from view
All the doubts that ever bothered you
And where people lose your name
Sister Moonshine
Ooh, when I was a small boy
Well, I could see the magic in a day
Mmm, but now I'm just a poor boy
Well, maybe it's the price you have to pay
If you lock your dreams away
If no one wants to listen, what's the story?
I wish I'd been a minstrel
Just think of all the maidens I could call
Aah, I wish I'd been a gypsy
Then maybe I could read the crystal ball
Cos surrounded by these walls
Just makes me feel uneasy
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
Won't you send me a little sun
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
I'm a stranger to everyone
So make yourself laugh
Make yourself cry
Make yourself give
Make yourself try
Give us a secret
Well how us the light
Well strike up the music
Light up the sky
Oh, if I was a lion
Well, I could be the king of all the plain
Mmm, and if is was an eagle
Well, maybe I could fly above the rain
Oh, fly above the pain
But I know I'm only fooling
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
Won't you send me a little sun
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
I'm a stranger to everyone
So make yourself laugh
Make yourself cry
Make yourself give
Make yourslef try
Well give us a secret
Well show us a light
Strike up the music
Light up the sky
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
I said hey, Sister Moonshine
I said hey, I said hey, Sister Moonshine
Get 'em up
Get 'em up......
Slow motion, slow motion baby
We want our love to last
Everything's so right, why try to go so fast
And it's easy to lose sight
And then the moment's passed
Go easy, go easy baby
You know there's time for us
Even though this world seems to be speeding up
Maybe we can try to slow things down
Because we need to draw the line (draw the line)
Because we need to make the time
Because we need to sip the wine (sip the wine)
Because the, the clock is running and it's going so fast
The future's comin' but it's soon to pass
It's here today and there's no turning back
Go lightly, go lightly baby
In time we'll find a way
It's never over, till it's over
Why rush it through
Never pausing to admire the view
Slow motion, well if we get tired
Then we can rest a while
If we're gonna go, we're gonna go in style
Isn't that what life is all about
Some Things Never Change
I went back my home town
To the school and walked around
And the way it felt
Seemed just like yesterday
From the cradle to the grave
Some say we never change
No matter how we try
We try to rearrange
And like father so like son
It's as if wife we're both as one
Just as if our fate was... it was pre-ordained
In some countries far from here
You know the one's we used to fear
Are they waiting to return to
Those old evil ways
You can take a correspondence course
Be single, married or divorced
You can psychoanalyze your brain
But you know some things will never change
And what will all those people do
When Russia starts anew
They'll just stand in line
All under a different name
You can listen to those brainwash tapes
Take a Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist faith
But I'm sure it's gonna be in vain
'Cos you know some things will never change
And if their theories all come true
Then there's nothin' we can do
Where the future lies
Well it's not to hard to tell
But after all is said and done
And the world lives as one
You can bid those old taboo's
A fond fare well
Yes a long fare well
A very long fare well
Sooner Or Later
Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her
You know I can't go on like this
It's just a matter of time
There'll come a day when I will wake up
Without her on my mind
Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her
They say that time will heal everything
So I'm winding the clock
And waiting for the glorious moment
When my heartache will stop
She let me go
It took me by surprise
I feel out of place
Without her by my side
Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Still in Love
You've been lyin'
I've been cryin'
You've been messin'
I've been guessin' 'bout you
You've been cheatin'
I've been creepin' around
You've been leavin'
I'll be grievin', I'm grievin'
But I'm still in love with you
And no matter what you do
Cause you know that in the end
I'll come runnin' back again
I've been drinkin'
Got me thinkin'
You've been tellin'
I've been yellin' at you
You've been stretchin'
I've been fetchin' you back
You've been tastin'
I've been wastin', I'm wastin'
But I'm still in love with you
And no matter what you do
Cause you know that in the end
I'll come runnin' back again
You've been sighin'
And goodbyin'
Never knowin'
Where you're goin'
You've been choosin'
I've been losin' you
You're my lover
But I discovered the truth
But I'm still in love with you
And no matter what you do
Cause you know that in the end
I'll come runnin' back again
Got me dancin' on a string
Like I just don't mean a thing
Cause you know that in the end
I'll come runnin' back again
Well I don't care about the summer rain
I know it's good for the garden
Don't care what blue skies, they turn to grey
When you come around and try to run me down
The storm clouds darken...mmm...yeah
I don't get down when the leaves go brown
It's just a charm of the season
Well things in nature have their reason
But when you come along and try to do me wrong
Well the first time I'll ignore it
But don't you push me beyond the pale
But then you're going to find there's no more water in the well
And you may think you're going to walk right all over me
But there's a sting in the tail of this honey bee
The wind blows cold as the year grows old
Yeah that's just the natural way it goes
I feel a chill from my head down to my toes
Each time you call my name and tell me I'm to blame
Well the first time I'll ignore it but don't you push beyond the pale
Then you're going to find there's no more water in the well
And you may think you're going to walk right all over me
But there's a sting in the tail of this honey bee
I said the first time I'll ignore it but don't you push me beyond the pale
And then you're going to find there's no more water in the well
You may think you're going to walk right all over me
There's a sting in the tail of this honey bee
Yes there's a sting in the tail well the cold wind's going to blow
Let it rain, let it snow
And don't give me your grief, I can't take it any more.
Surely
Surely there's a way I could please you
Only in your past lie the tears
Surely there's a day you can say went your way
Some illusion you can keep through the years
Only if I lied could I love you
Nothing of our lives could we share
Only could we try to get by on a sigh
Just because, just this once, I was there
Take The Long Way Home
So you think you're a Romeo
You're playing a part in a picture show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
Cos you're the joke of the neighbourhood
Why should you care if you're feeling good
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
All the greenery is comin' down, boy
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture
Oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice
When lonely days turn to lonely nights
You take a trip to the city lights
And take the long way home
Take the long way home
You never see what you want to see
Forever playing to the gallery
You take the long way home
Take the long way home
And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable
Oh unforgettable, how they adore you
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity
Oh, calamity, is there no way out
Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy
And when you look through the years and see what you could have been
Oh, what you might have been
If you had had more time
So when the day comes to settle down
Who's to blame if you're not around
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
(Do it again)
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
(So long)
You took the long way home
You took the long way home
(Ooh yeah)
Well now how you doin' do I know you
Are you living round here or just passing through
Seems like I met you before well how you do
Take care while you're in there, the lights are low
Though the gals are good, they're not the kind you want to know
Just sit back, and drink a stiff one - enjoy the show
They got nothing on me, nothing I can see, nothing that could do me wrong
Cos I'm in my disguise they'll never get wise
Ain't nothing that can cause alarm
One hit that'll do you. You won't look back
You'll be feeling no pain. Put you right on track
Why don't you do it again ah now you're getting the knack
Let's go to a new place, the lights look good
Reflecting the rain across the neighbourhood
Who's that over there, looks like he's up to no good
"Hey what you doing to me, is that a knife that I see
Well are you trying to bring me down
I'm a tryin' to run but my legs are all numb
It's like I'm messin' with the wrong side of town"
You're on the wrong station, you're on the wrong track
You've lost your reservation, now you can't get back
You're getting a shake down, unlucky for you
Tenth Avenue breakdown...
"It's getting rough, just too tough
I'm all abused and so confused
I've got to go, I feel so low, just can't wait
It's gettin' late..."
Spoken: {Policeman's words]
Get down now...
Put your hands behind your head......
You have the right to remain silent ....
Anything you say can be used against you ....
"Don't know who came he just set upon me
It's kind of vague and I'm, I'm kind of groggy
But you must believe me, he just stopped breathing
I didn't do it, it wasn't me
I know it wasn't me"
Gettin' late we can't afford to wait
It's gettin' late we can't afford to wait [repeat]
You're on the wrong station, you're on the wrong track
You lost your reservation and you can't get back
You're getting to shake down, unlucky for you
Tenth Avenue breakdown
It's getting rough, it's just too tough
I'm all abused and so confused
I've got to go, feel so low
Just can't wait
The Logical Song
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
Oh joyfully, playfully watching me
But they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible,
Logical, ohresponsible, practical
And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
Oh clinical, intellectual, cynical
There are times when all the world's asleep,
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am
I said now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
A liberal, oh fanatical, criminal
Oh won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
Acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable
Ho, take it take it take it yeah
But at night, when all the world's asleep,
The questions run so deep
For such a simple man
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
(Won't you tell me, well tell me what we've learned)
(Can you hear me I know it sounds absurd)
I know it sounds absurd
(Won't you help me)
Please tell me who I am
Who I am, who I am, who I am
Yeah
Ooh.. hoy
Doo don and so logical
Say...
D-d-d-d-d-d-d-digital
Yeah one two three five
Oh oh oh oh yeah
Well it's getting unbelieveable
Why are we here?
Just look at the comfort that you call your home
Just kidding yourself that you're never alone
Well, maybe there's something
There's one thing you shouldn't have said
So, you better beware
And you better get
And you better get light in your head
And you better get
And you better get peace in your bed
If you wanna get
If you wanna get high
You're watching the movie go blistering by
Just look at the sadness, I wish I could cry
Well, maybe there's something
There's one thing that I should have said
Well, it better be said
It's the beckoning
It'sthe reckoning holding your heart
It's beginning to
It's beginning to squeeze you apart
Don't you wanna get
Don't you wanna get high
You're holding the world in the palm of your hand
What you're tellin' your children you don't understand
If you know what the meaning is........
Meaning is
Meaning is
Meaning is
Oh, so you'd better beware
And you better get
And you better get light in your head
And you better get
And you better get peace in your bed
If you wanna get
If you wanna get high
Just look at the madness that glows in your eyes
You're frightened the children will steal your disguise
If you know what the meaning is......
If you know what the answer is........
If you know what the meaning is......
Oh Lordy I got to feelin' so cold
You know the mornin' it ain't too good for my soul
I've been workin' in some faraway place
I got to thinkin' about your sweet smilin' face
I got a thing for you
If you want me to
I'm gonna change all my ways
I'm gonna get off the road
I'm gonna lighten my load
I got a thing for you
Can you feel it too
Think I better slow down
All my wandering's done
I found my place in the sun
Ah woman, why d'you treat me this way
You don't believe a single word that I say
But it's the truth now, you know I'll be home for good
So what's with you now, I thought that you understood
I got a thing for you
If you want me to
Gonna change all my ways
Gonna get off the road
I'm gonna lighten my load
There ain't a woman alive could ever come close to you
I won't know how to survive, so don't you fade from my view
You say I'm putting you on and soon I'll be on my way
Well woman you're wrong and that is all I can say
All I can say
I got a thing for you
If you want me to
I'm gonna change all my ways
I'm gonna get off the road
I'm gonna lighten my load
I got a thing for you
Can you feel it too
I Think I better slow down
All my wandering's done
I found my place in the sun
I got a thing for you
If you want me to
Captain I am sorry that the ship should go astray
Letting the ocean have its own way
Lay me down to pastures and I'll pay for all my sins
Pleading for mercy, my counsel begins
Times have changed, and my vision it ain't so strong
For the battle was too long, for me to bear
I don't feel the pain, for my soul is sinking fast
And I know this is the last chance for me
In and out of turmoil, and in and out of mind
The deeper the ocean, the stronger the tide
Stormy seas surround me, no sails to keep me dry
I prayed to you captain, but you heard not my cry
Times have changed, and my vision it ain't so strong
For the battle was too long, for me to bear
I don't feel the pain, for my soul is sinking fast
And I know this is the last a chance for me
But my story...
Let me lie in peace
I want to say I'm sorry now
Then I'll be on my way
Then I'll be on my way
Then I'll be on my way
Times have changed, and my vision ain't so strong
For the battle was too long, for me to bear
I don't feel the pain, for my soul is sinking fast
And I know this is the last chance for me
Travelled the world a million ways
Catching upon s familiar gaze
Everyone lives by do or die
There's no one with time to laugh or cry
There's no one to tell us what we're living for
And though I tried to be a good man
I just know that I'll be losing very soon
And there are times and there are motions
When I do believe I'm going out of tune, oh
Now I've been around a long, long while
Looking for sun to make me smile
But still multiply their daily bread
They're thinking there lies good times ahead
It must be a mighty funny way to feel
And though I try to be a good man
I keep finding out there's nowhere to begin
And so I think I'll go on singing
And in time I hope that we can all join in, oh
Try Again
Later that evening, only a feeling
But it was there in the air that we shared in the twilight
Humming a sad song, where was our day gone
But in the dark was a spark, a remark I remember
"Try again", she replied to some story I told
"Try again", yes I will if I can
All I need is somebody to hold
Learning a feeling, seeking a meaning
Finding a way, should she stay, how to say let's imagine
Maybe I'll go wrong, it may not last long
But in the night our delight must be right for this moment
"Try again", she replied to some story I told
"Try again", yes I will if I can
All I need is somebody to hold
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Look at me I'm a speck of sand
And I'm building dreams in a stranger's land
Tell me why do I care
Tell me why do I care
Every time that I'm feeling down
Well they pick me up and they spin me round
Tell me where do we go
Tell me where do we go from here
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What are we gonna find out
find out
What are we gonna find out
find out
In the wilderness, that this loneliness brings
Just as long as there's two of us
Just as long as there's two of us
I'll carry on
Won't you hold me
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When is man gonna find out
find out
When are we gonna find out
find out
What the universe is just waiting to hear
Just as long as there's two of us
Just as long as there's two of us
Just as long as there's two of us
We'll carry on
I've been waiting so long
I'm not feeling so strong
Do you say what you mean?
Do you mean what you say?
About this new scene
Is it really that way?
The blindness goes on
The blindness goes on
You say it's not so
But what do you know?
I've been waiting so long
I'm not feeling so strong
Ain't nothing new, it's just the same old thing
You got me singing those old blues again
Angry music, words of fire
Painted faces filled with rage
Even then they sound so tired
I must be set in my old ways
If this world is unimpressive
It's been that way for quite awhile
I don't need no heavy message
Just turn me on and make me smile
Yes I've been waiting such a long time
Just for something to ring true
Now I'd rather taste the old wine
Than mess around with something new
And the blindness goes on
The blindness goes on
The blindness goes on
The blindness goes on
The blindness goes on
The blindness goes on
The blindness goes on
Well I'm a wreck and I'm a tangle
And though I try to find an angle
Can't find my way around you
No matter what I do
And nothing's right since you left me
My life was full but now it's empty
Can't find my way around you
You say, that you can't see a way
That I can be a part of you
It doesn't matter what I do
Tried every trick that I could think of
But you don't seem to think it's true love
You take no notice of me
Oh my, chance has passed me by
See a way to change your mind
Just let me know and I'll keep trying
All my confidence is gone
I was pretty sure that you would come along
Thought that I would be your man
But now I never know just where I stand
With you
I used to be the kind of guy
Who could be in your arms before you'd realize
Now the tables have been turned
If youplay with fire you know you sure get burned
Now all my confidence is gone
I was pretty sure that you would come along
Thought that I would be your man
But now I never know just where I stand
With you
Where I stand with you
Just where I stand, where I stand
Where I stand with you
I never know, you had to go
Where I stand with you
You broke my heart
It came apart
Where do I stand with you?
Where I stand
Where I stand
Where I stand with you
Where There's A Will
Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what they'll say
A friend in need is a friend indeed
He'll be there every day
And if it's trouble that's in store
You know you're gonna hear it even more
Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what they'll say
When the writing is on the wall
And you could fall
When your best ain't good enough
And life gets tough
When the land of hope and dreams
It isn't always what it seems
Where there's a will, there's a way
They'll always say
You may be sorry, you may be sad
You may be blue
You think you'll never see that sun
Cut breaking thru
You struggle morning, noon and night
But you still can't get it right
Yeah but where there's a will, there's a way
Just say it every day
Yes just say it every single day
You might as well
Mmm
So much for trouble, so much for heartache
so much for pain
You just gotta get up, you gotta reach out
You gotta try and try again
You think you'll never see it thru
But what the hell are you gonna do?
Where there's a will, there's a way
You've heard 'em say
Well I don't know nothing about this world
And all it's wrongs
And I can't tell you now
Why we all can't get along
But after all is said and done
We gootta keep on, keepin' on
'Cos where there's a... Well if you don't know by now
I don't know what to say
Thru all your sorrows, all your dreams
And all your joys
In times of sadness, in time of grief
And even times that you enjoy
As your life you live it through
You know it all depends on you
And if there's a will, there's a way
You better get right down and pray
From the cradle to the grave
You better say it every day
When the crime's above the law
When the plane's about to fall
When the mighty oceans roar
When tomorrow's at your door
Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what they'll say
Well you know that's what they'll say
Words Unspoken
Why sing a lonely song?
The whole world knows that love goes wrong
Why bruise a heart that isn't broken?
It isn't broken, it can be broken
Life's just a show for free
Come along and watch with me
The only sins are words unspoken
Words unspoken, never spoken
Sweet things come and go
Give me shame, I'll give you woe
To live for love isn't so easy
It isn't easy, it won't be easy
How all good men try
Look around and wonder why
Can they shape this world to please me
Can they please me, should they please me?
But follow but maybe you'll correct me
Oh I wish you'd never met me
For I am your gentleman
Well follow and while you watch and wonder
I'll pull the world assunder
And show you who I am
Send me a gentle dream
Of love so strange it's never seen
And prove how such a love can happen
It can happen, make it happen
Fine things don't abound
Fade away without a sound
But hope must never end or slacken
Never slacken, never slacken
And follow, well maybe you'll correct me
I'll wish you never met me
I am no gentleman
And follow and while you watch and wonder
I'll pull my world assunder
And show you who I am
You Never Can Tell With Friends
Yes I've been waiting, but you just don't come around
You've been dropping in on, everyone all over town
Say what you like, but you just don't know your place
And everywhere we go, people seem to know your face
You've been checkin' out the scene, every single night
Never knowing where you've been, you say it's alright
I placed all my faith in you, and you let me down
Everything I say is true, but you don't hear a sound
Yeh you ought to be ashamed, but you don't accept the blame
They said it was too late, for your love
They said it was too late, you're gonna go
They said I was too late, for your love
They said I was too late, you're gonna go
You never can tell with friends
You never can tell with
You never can tell with
You never can tell with friends
You never can tell with
You never can tell with
Yes every now and then, my mind turns things around
And I believe it's true, that our love can still be found
Just one thing I care about, from sea to shinging sea
And you know that's the love you give, the love you give to me
You've been checkin' out the scene, every single night
Never knowing where you've been, you say it's alright
I placed all my faith in you, then you let me down
Everything I say is true, but you don't hear a sound
Yeh you ought to be ashamed, but you don't accept the blame
They said it was too late, for your love
They said it was too late, you're gonna go
They said I was too late, for your love
They said It was too late, you're gonna go
You never can tell with friends
You never can tell with
You never can tell with
You never can tell with friends
You never can tell with
You never can tell with
You Started Laughing
When you're in heaven
What you gonna do
You're gonna sit around a cloud
And say hey what a lovely view
Is there a reason
Why you're like you are
Is there a reason you'll be leaving
Is my love out of season
I wouldn't mind
But to me that is treason
You started laughing when I held you in my arms
You started leaving when I told you of my charms
I was in love with you
And then you said we're through
And then I said boo hoo
Vocal ad lib: Was my tie not on straight
Was it something I ate
You Started Laughing Studio Version
When you're in Heaven, what you going to do?
You're gonna sit around a cloud and say, "Hey, what a lovely view"
Is there a reason, why you're like you are
Is there a reason why you're leaving
Tell me cause I'm grievin'
I'm never sure what you mean by your teasin'
You started laughing, when I held you in my arms
You started leaving when I told you of my charms
I was in love with you and then you said "we're through"
And then I said "boo hoo"
Was my tie not on straight?
Was it something I ate?
You Win, I Lose
You win, I lose
I beg, you choose
You're so cool and I'm confused
Well I'm me and you're you
You're so loose and I'm uptight
You're day and I'm night
Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
But I could be wrong I don't know
You get the best, I get the rest
You pass the test, I'm just a mess
You got it made, I'm in the shade
Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know
Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know
I know you're tryin' to phase me
It's gonna drive me crazy
I can't wait for the day when
I win and you lose
You beg and I choose
You're in the shade, I'm on parade
Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know
Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know
Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know
Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know
Give it a whirl, give it a try
Why don't you sleep out, start living high?
You're on your own, you make your bed
No time for wasting, just look ahead
Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He's got a reputation that he don't look back
Your poppa don't mind at all
He's getting old, it's getting late
It's soon tomorrow, so celebrate
Bring it out and go to town
Before you're thinkin' of settling down
Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He don't believe in heaven like a good man should
Your poppa don't mind at all
Finding out is half the fun
And when you find out don't try to run
And if you know then you've begun
But if you don't know it's still to come
Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He talks about his women and his old school's tie
Your poppa don't mind at all
Your poppa don't mind what you do or say
You can't surprise him anymore
He don't believe in heaven like a good man should
Your poppa don't mind at all
Your poppa don't mind at all
Your poppa don't mind at all