chicago green, talkin' 'bout Black Lebanese
A dirty room and a silver coke spoon
Give me my release, come on
Black napalese, it's got you weak in your knees
Just seeds and dust that you got bust on
You know it's hard to believe
30 days in the hole
That's what they give you
I know
Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' you, it can sure smack you down
Take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor
It's got your head spinnin' round
If you live on the road, well there's a new highway code
You take the urban noise with some Durban Poison
It's gonna lessen your load
What you doin' boy?
You here for 30 days
Get, get, get your long hair cut
And cut out your ways
Black napalese, it got you weak in your knees
Just seeds and dust that you got bust on
You know it's so hard to please
Newcastle Brown can sure smack you down
You take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor
You know you're jailhouse-bound
There she is again, steppin' out of her limousine, well
Looking like the cover of a twenty-dollar magazine
She's got it where you find it
If you know what I mean
She's a natural born woman
Natural born woman
She's a natural born woman
There she is again watch her stop the Main Street in its tracks
Looking like Creole queen, hair hangin' down her back
I say, don't look too long, boy
She'll make your glasses crack
She's a natural born woman
Natural born woman
She's a, yeah yeah, natural born woman
Yeah yeah, get your track
Yeah, natural born woman
Yeah, yeah, natural born woman
Yeah, yeah, she's a natural born woman
Well, I'm sweatin' and I'm shakin' when I'm bringin' you the news
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
Why I'm standin' here today
Preachin' natural born woman blues
Well, she's a natural born woman
Well, yeah, natural born woman
Well, yeah, natural born woman
Well, I'm looking out my back door, wonderin' which place to go
Think I'll move on down to Memphis
Pay my money to see a rock 'n' roll show
Find me a sweet-heart Susie, together we can lose control
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
She's a natural born woman
Yeah, yeah, natural born woman
Yeah, natural born woman
She was my sense of reason
Girl that lived here
Now she's gone and I'm alone
Well, my heart is cold
I can't control my soul
Tryin' to remember
Just try how it feels like living on your own
Well, yeah, now
I wander through my darkness
And remember
All the love that I have seen
Don't fret my sweet
Deeper than heat
Oh, it was so long ago
Like somewhere that I've touched but never been
Well, yeah, ooh, ooh
Well, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, I don't think, I don't think I can win
Yeah, is this to be my destiny
Oh, I'll stop and start again
Oh, yeah
Can I help it?
I wanna remember
Was I a fool to sit and dream
Oh, help me over here
The way to going clear
Living for tomorrow
As dead as yesterday before its end
Hey, yeah...
Ooh, ooh...
Let me have some peace of mind
Let me feel I belong somewhere
I'm gonna leave it all behind
Thinking of the past I feel my life
Is slipping by at such a speed
Things I knew have gone and those I loved
I look for granted and deceived
Call me anything you will
I'll hide behind a purple pill
And though it seems I'm laughing still
I'm crying
Looking from my window I see winter
Almost too bare to believe
People change with seasons
And I wonder if it's my turn to receive
But they avoid the things I ask
Or quickly change their style of mask
The faith I had is fading fast
I'm dying
Seems to me the only way to be
Is like a business man
And have bad colours round my head
Getting drunk to find some peace of mind and consolation
Oh, yeah
Ooh, oh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Oh, yeah
He's a thunderbox, sure
You got your hot pants round your shoulders
Lick your lips and you a fox
Everybody stopped and told us
They say you got a thunderbox
You can see for yourself, I've got a clean bill of
health
I ain't never seen a thunderbox
Oh, oh, what do you know
Well, I get to sing--solo
He's a thunderbox
Oh yea, he's a thunderbox...
Well, was your claim to fame
In the same letter name
It's your game I'm playing
While the music is swaying
Oh, I'm so glad I came in here
He's a thunderbox
Oh yea, he's a thunderbox...
You're not a lot, you know, when you ain't a gypsy
And a hooker with your wicked knots
I had to park the car and take a look to see
'Cause I ain't never seen a thunderbox
Oh, oh, well, I don't know where you've been
But I can guess what you've seen
You know what I mean
He's a thunderbox
Oh, yea, he's a thunderbox...
Oh, oh, I can see what you've got
Since you sure got a lot
And, and the band's still playing
Let the music sway
Oh, I'm so glad I came in here
He's a thunderbox
Oh, yea, he's a thunderbox...
Some say you from Dallas there
And you're hooked on pork and beans
But I think it might be you're from Louisiana
Roundabout New Orleans
I can see you don't smell like no flower
But I can say the same for myself
Tell you girl, I know that you know that I know I've
got my reasons
You know that you're bad yourself
Don't ask me for no answers
You could never ever take the shock
I've got the grief and I'll take my chances
Rolling with my thunderbox
When I was just a kid back in Abeline
I had to use a gun, well, for my own sake
I shot a man down when I was just eighteen
From that day they call me Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
So get off the streets it's Shakey Jake
Mama says I was born under a bad sign
Well, I was looking for the chance to make or break
I cut my teeth on a branding iron
I'm the devil's own son, I'm Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
So get off the streets it's Shakey Jake
I keep on the run, I travel by night I don't need anyone
But someone, one day, somewhere is gonna see me right
Dig a hole about six foot deep
Pray the Lord my soul to take
Don't want flowers and nobody's gonna weep
Here lies that outlaw, Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
Get off the streets it's Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake, boy, what you gonna do
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
Baby, I'm a fixer
Catch me if you can
But you better watch your woman
'Cause I'm a back door man
Back door man
Baby, I'm a kickster
In your neighborhood
I'm a trickster
A low down son of devil
Baby
I don't need no magic potion
To walk on black tar road
All I need is emotion
That leave me a Rollin' Stone
Roll away, baby
Let me tell you I'm a fixer
Catch me if you can
Keep your eyes on your woman
'Cause I'm a back door man
I can't breathe her
Well, I don't breathe her
I'm a fixer, babe
I'm a fixer, babe
I'll be the sun
Way up there
And I will go in most everywhere
I'll be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know
I was still around
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
I'll be the weeping willow drowning my tears
And you can go swimming girl
While you were here
I'll be the rainbow
After the tears go
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
Have they told you I need you so I can't
Can't dry the tears alone
When I cry
I need to screen you from the stormy fog
To try to hide and I love you once more
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is
Don't want war, no, don't give me preachin'
Don't want love, no fancy teachin'
All I want's sweet peace and time
Wake up my mind
Woman of my heart, let me live again
Oh, why am I so lonely? Let me live again
All I want to do is find the people
Who'll ease my soul?
Don't want Mars, don't want plaided suits
No one flies there, no more army boots
Don't want lies, don't give me Ho Chi Minh
Don't want time, don't want no schemin'
All I want's sweet peace and time
Wake up my mind
Woman of my heart, let me breathe again
Here I am alone, so I can live again
All I want to find is something
To ease my soul
Don't want lies, don't want Ho Chi Minh
Don't want time, don't want schemin'
All I want's sweet peace and time
Wake up my mind, sweet peace and time
I know I don't
I don't believe
In old promises
Just want you back again
I know I wrote
This longing for you
Is strong throughout the land
Won't you listen to
My summer song
How long, how long, how long?
I try to say what I mean
'Cause I mean to stay
I try to stay where I been
'Cause I been where I stay
Oh! Listen to
My summer song
How long, how long, how long?
I know the stake's been made
Even though I changed my ways
You'd better hear my voice
'Cause I've made my choice
Honey you be on my ways
Ah! Listen to my summer song
How long, how long, how long?
Try to say what I mean
'Cause I mean what I say
Yer I try to stay where I been
'Cause I been where I stay
So won't you listen to my summer song
Working every day of my life
See what you can under candlelight
A dollar a day don't go so far
My mowan's alive and I know she strive for me
I know that times are bad but I'm so glad
My woman come back to me and soon we be three
A dollar a day don't go so far
My mowan's alive and I know she strive for me
Put me on a stick shift
When you move in right up close to me
That's when I get the chills all over me
Quivers down my backbone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
I got the shivers in my knee bone
Shakin' all over
Just the way you say goodnight to me
Brings the feelin' on inside of me
Quivers down my backbone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
I got the shivers in my knee bone
Shakin' all over
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Quivers down my backbone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
I got the shivers in my knee bone
Shakin' all over
Well, you make me shake and I like it, baby
You make me shake and I like it, baby
Well, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Well it felt so sad to be
Where I didn't need to be
Now I feel so good to know
How you still care for me
When it's alright in front of you
It's so hard to see
But there was a wall about you
Though it took me awhile just
To suss it out
And what I laid down
At my shout didn't help me none
'Cause you held me soul in your hands
It sifted through your fingers
Like fine silver sand
Well I don't need a swimming pool
I don't need hammocks on the wall
I just want you Babe
And that's all
I'll say no more
I laid all my cards on the table
I can give you what you need
Now I'm able to
Now I tell you how I feel
I hope you come thru
'Cause if you're the sea
Then I'm your rock
And if I'm a key
Then you're my lock
Well if you're a foot
Then I'm your sock
So wear me well
Oh! Go away all alone
Don't leave me here Babe
With just this 1-way telephone
Without you I ain't no big shot
Even now looks like I hit the jackpot
I just need you Babe
That's my long shot
Yer! I wish, I was a rambling
I'd ramble as far as you could see
I wouldn't have none of you coffee shop women
Messing with me, no way will you get to me
'Cause I'm, I'm a rolling stone
I wanna tell you I'm a yerr!
I'm a rolling wow!
Still I will, I was a captain
I'd sail on the sea, Ah! Yerr!
I'll have all you merry seamen
You're all right with me
All right with me, you know I'm a
I'm a, I'm a rambling, rolling stone
She's my baby, she's your baby, she's my baby
She's so fine
She's my baby, she's your baby, she's my baby
She's so fine
Oh! Like a stone coming through
We'll you complote it all if you want to
the lady hand is all low and loose
it's sitting there and tickling that
rock'n'roll music sucking all on that juice
yeah it's all of easy rides but I come on over
but you complain you're sunday hops
it came beep beep with know you're shoes sun your feet
stompin' on the red neck jump yeah
We call over the national guards but you know if that
they ship up cards
Well I don't recklen and means much to you
but the pain disease a free card too (free come! oh ya)
Too late we down if you want too rip it out taking away
you can have a picture of Lana Turner in a hom together
way... Well mama is in the kitchen karkeen special see
cake you've like you should a search and laps
You know we can beep beep with no your shoes on your
feet stopin' at the red neck jump
Hang it hang out hang it all about oh man all ah yes
oh Lord gonna stoppin' ah yeah red neck stompin'ah yeah
Red light mama looking for a ride
There's fire in your loins but you're cold inside
Quiet to the world, that your nights are free
At 50 cents a time understandably
It don't make it
Now, I don't expect you to take my advice
But you can make it easy, just review your price
Cause you're looking awful pretty, and twice as nice to
know
Let's get it on, peel it off
Now, where's your cousin Ruby with her jet hot lips
She got lifesaver boobs and 42" hips
Some kind of monster
Those alligator slippers, and thigh-high boots
She works from east to west and deals in blue-veined
flutes
It's boogity-boogity
We know that she's a hustler and she's built like a
tank
Wears hairnets in her armpits and her breath is rank
She gotta swelled belly and there's money in her bank
Red light mama, red hot
Can't you see what you've got
Red light mama, red hot
Don't you know what you've got
Get it off
I heard about your sister down in tennessee
In between the sheets she's making history
And don't we want her
Your mother's still in memphis on a cocaine farm
There's no place left to shoot it in that thing she
calls an arm
There ain't no backing out when you're born to lose
You take it as you find it and you pay your dues
She could've made her fortune if she'd stayed and
played the blues
Red light mama, red hot
Can't you see what you've got
Red light mama, red hot
If you feel like you wanna dance
Come on, come on, come on
If you feel like you just wanna stand there and clap
your hands
Come on, come on, come on
If you feel like you wanna sing, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody sing along
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody sing along
Well, if you wanna get down and do your thing
Come on, come on, come on
I said, come on, don't you be ashamed, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, you can be a woman or a man
Come on, come on, come on
Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody sing along
Hey, watch us sing it now
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody sing along
Well, if you want to be at peace, oh
Oh la-de-da
Oh well, if you wanna be in it all at ease
Oh la-de-da
Yeah, don't you forget to support peace
Oh, la-de-da
Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody sing along
And if you feel like you need a friend
And we hear you say, oh la-de-da
Join us all and come and sing
Oh la-de-da
And if you wanna scream, dance to a hymn
Oh la-de-da
Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody sing along
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Oh la-de-da, oh la-de-da
Hey, hey, hey, hey, everybody sing along
You know how much I love you
You know it's all right
You know how I like it
All night, it's out'a sight
Hey, you look so cool, girl
But I know your school, girl
I ain't gonna get fooled again
'Cause I've been there before
And I don't want no more
Hold it for another friend
Well, you had the power
Now you're a dead flower
You know, well, how does it feel
Well, I'm just waiting here
I said, my time is right
Now the love seems to light
You know how much I love you
You know it's all right
You know how I like it
All night, it's out'a sight
I've got me a new girl
And when I got through with you, the real thing
It was just a mess
I treated you real nice, girl
Now you in turn pay the price, girl
And I always did my best
I tried and tried
I tried to keep you satisfied
But you just totally put me off
So now here's the situation
I'm gonna take me a permanent vacation, haha
I'll go, now I'll go, now see I'm going for good
And you always said, Steve, you know you should
And I say, I would if I could
Now you tell me
You know how much I love you
You know it's all right
You know how I like it
All night, it's out'a sight
You know how much I love you
You know it's all right
You know how I like it
All night, it's out'a sight
Wait a minute, see here
As I was motivating way back in town
I saw a Cadillac sign, it was flashing saying
No money down
So I eased on my brakes
And I pulled in the drive
And I'd gotten the motor twice
And then I walked inside
The dealer came to me, said
Trade in your Ford and I'll put you in a car
That'll lead up the road
He said, just tell me what you want
And then just sign this line baby
And I'll have it delivered to you
Personally by hand in one hour's time
Well, I wanna get that car
Oh, and I'm gonna head down the road
And I won't have to worry
'Bout my beat up, ragged Ford
Now, see here, Mister, I want a yellow convertible
A four-door deviant with a Continental spare
And beautiful white chrome wheels
Now, I want power steering
And you know, that goes with power brakes
And you better put a powerful motor under that hood cap
'Cause I want a jet offtake
Another condition, listen
I want automatic heat and I want a pull-out bed
You understand, right there in my back seat
Ah, you give me short wave radio
Lay on some TV and a phone
See, I gotta talk to my woman
While I'm just cruising along
Hey, hey, I wanna get that car
Oh, I'm gonna head down the road
And no money down
And I won't have to worry
'Bout my wrecked up, beat up, ragged old Ford
Pick it up, uh, sure feels good, don't it
Wait a minute here, see that?
I want four carburetors
Two straight exhausts
I want to burn that aviation fuel
I don't care, I don't care what it'll cost
I want a railroad air horn, you know the type?
And a military spud
And see here, man
I want a five-year guarantee on everything I got
My Baby's far away yer
It's time
It's time and tide
That makes you put the squeeze on me
A thorn, a rose, alas
There's someone mockin' me behind my back
Ooh Baby
Is it the love girl?
Or the lack of it?
Some...
Someone
Someone that you want,
Again you don't want or need him
Something that you need
And it's not wrong you need him
Not so long ago
Yer you're going out of your head
Out of your head
They told me you got lonely
Your Babe went cold on you
Yer, yes it's hard
So hard to feel the same again yer
Hard
Can't remember
I still remember yer yer
Do you remember?
You said it was different girl
You're still the same
It was just the same
The same
The same
The same
The same
Something just hit me yer
I never knew...
I never knew you said
It's kinda cold truth inside of me
Now I'm just existing dead
Now I'm dead
I need to be assisted by ya
I need to be assisted by a woman
Don't be hard instead
Try to be warm Baby
Try to be warm
It's hard
So hard to feel the same again
Yer yer
Again
Oh! Can't remember
I still remember
I remember well
I remember
I remember yer
It was you gave me the feeling
Now I love you more
And there ain't nothing
There ain't nothing to make me ashamed
Because love is the law and the will
I have an axe and pistol, my graveyard train
Shoot tombstone bullets wearing balls and chain
I'm drinking TNT, smoking dynamite
I hope some screwball start a fight
'Cause I'm ready, yeah, ready as anybody can me
Hey babe, listen
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
Oh, you pretty little chicks with your curly hair
I know that you feel that I ain't nowhere
Cause stop what you're doing and come down here
I'll prove to you mama, that I ain't no square
I'm ready, ready as anybody can me
Yeah
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
Come on, take it
I been drinking gin like never before
Feeling good, I want you to know
One more drink, I wish you would
Take a whole lot of loving to make me feel good
I'm ready, ready, yeah, ready as anybody can me
Yeah, I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me
I said, I'm ready for you, but I hope you're ready for me
Oh yeah, yeah
Muskets aimed right at my head
It's just our job to do they said
Have you anything to say
A preacher whispered and swayed
Why a man in a checked shirt shot him down on the ground
Tell the dream I have all alone
And I know when I go I'll go alone
You make me fell like I am
What I am
I seem much older than then
But I'm young, why feel down
My eyes are closed
I cannot speak
Though I hear you talk to me
Where's a man I saw dead cold
I'll count ten and make sure
Here I am with my hands bound in a plane going down fast
Tell the dream I have all alone
And I know when I go I'll go alone
Where can I find you to tell you the truth
I'll raise a flag of white satin brocade
Why feel down
Muskets aimed right at my head
I closed my eyes there in my bed
People talk and I don't hear a word
All that they say I can say with a nod
Why feel down
The captain cried out to his mate
That man has had his time don't wait
Have you anything to say
A preacher whispered and swayed
Why a man in a checked shirt shot him down on the ground
Tell the dream I have all alone
See, I can't stand the rain on my window
It's bringing back sweet memories
Well, the rain on my window
'Cause my baby ain't here with me
Hey, hey, window pane, do you remember
Well, just how sweet our love used to be
Oh, well, when we were together, yea
Everything was just so grand
Well, now that we'e parted
I just wanna say
That I can't, I just can't stand
Can't stand the rain against my window
Tell you why, it's bringing back sweet memories
I can't stand the rain against my window
All right, 'cause she ain't here with me
Well, let me tell you, oh, that window
When my baby's there we used to play
Well, I know, you've got some sweet, sweet, sweet
memories
But my window, it's got nothing to say
I can't stand the rain against my window
It's bringing back sweet memories
Well, I can't stand the rain against my window
Tell you why, you know, 'cause my baby ain't here with
Tell you again, oh, when we were together
Everything was just so grand
But now that we have parted
There's just one thing and you know what it is
I can't stand, I just can't stand
Can't stand the rain against my window
Well, it's bringing back sweet memories
Hey, window pane, can you remember
Just how sweet it used to be
Hey, get off my window
Don't you keep hanging there on my window
Oh, oh, yea, yea, well, there's just one thing
And you know what it is, yea
You know I can't stand
Don't you make me, don't you make me
Don't you make me think you're sweet
And you're my friend
Well one of these days
And it ain't gonna be long
You're gonna look for me
But I'm gonna have it on my toes
Run down the road and be gone
I believe
And that's why
Yes I believe
I believe right now
I believe
Yes I believe
Yes I believe yer
You're tryin' to make a fool out of me
I believe it
Alright
I believe it
You're walking round
You're walking round here
You've got your head so hard
Bitten
I think I'm gonna have to
Use my own
I believe
I believe Baby
Yes I believe
I believe you're behind my back
I believe
Yes I believe
Yes I believe yer
You're tryin' to make a fool out of me
I believe it
Alright
I believe it
Sydney!
I believe it
I believe it yer
I believe it
I believe it yer
One night you were dreaming
And I turned over and I heard you sayin'
It was hard to believe you said
"Oh! Charlie!"
When you know my name is Steve!
I believe
Is my name Steve?
Yes I believe
Why'd you say it was Charlie?
I believe
Yes I believe
I said I believe yer
You're trying to make a fool out of me
I believe it
Get down
I believe it
Well I know
We wanna pay a tribute to the Rolling Stones!
Alright!
Ah! Sitting in a bar
Out in Georgia yes sir Lord!
Oh! I do my best
But sure's a lonely show
Met a barroom Queen
Down in Texas Lord!
Oh! Yer!
But I just can't get get you off my mind no!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk woman
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme the Honky Tonk blues
Later, it was late in New York City
Believe me yer!
I had to put on some kind of a show
In a while my baby covered me with sweet sweet lovin'
Oh! Yer!
She blew my nose
She blew my mind
Oh! Oh! Oh! Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk woman
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme the Honky Tonk blues
Oh! Your sweet Daddy
Oh! Oh! Oh! Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk woman
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme the Honky Tonk blues
Oh! Oh! Oh! Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk woman
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme the Honky Tonk blues
Oh! Yes!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk woman
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme the Honky Tonk blues
Oh! Oh! Oh! Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk woman
Gimme
Gimme
Gimme
Here I am with dust in my pants
I don't know what to do
Been on the road for almost a week
I just wanna be with you
Makes no difference where I am
Feeling hard to breathe
If I thought you felt the same
Wouldn't be so bad for me
Thought I know all about it from the start
Took a short cut to nowhere
To make it feel alright
Got to cut this travelling out
I hate sayin' goodbye
We leave the day we arrive
Or I'll wanna know why
Crowing closer, comin' in out of the dark
Here I am with dust in my pants
I don't know what to do
Been on the road for almost a week
Now listen to me
I know you people
Some of you got some hard and everyday groovin' to do
And some of you people won't lay back
Some of you people just groove on everyday things
And some of you people just don't look back
Now i wanna lay something on you
Concerning the man himself
I say, groove with the man
I mean, groove with jesus
Oh, groove with jesus
And he's gonna wrap things all around us
And i know you've got a lot of trouble over the wall of
that island
But i saw an old someone over there groovin'
Someone somewhere ah, believe me
Claimed at the man
Wrap things around with jesus
Groove with jesus
Let him wrap things all around us
I say, groove with the man
I mean, really preach him out
And let him wrap things all around us
Ooh, groove with jesus
Wrap us all around
I got pockets full of money,
You know I'm gonna do it right.
I wanna smoke (smoke! ), choke (choke! ),
Rest and rock 'n' roll all night.
I'm a weekend raver (a weekend raver)
Stoned as a Turk—alright! (stoned as a Turk)
And that's stoned!
Say, good booze and bad women,
Never fails to work!
Yes I'm a weekend raver,
For twenty-four hours get ripped (get ripped! )
I'm rubbin' shoulders with the roadies
While the groupies knock down and turn tips
By night I'm a rambler (tonight I'm a rambler)
By day I'm a Turk! (day I'm a Turk! ) (that's right! )
Good booze and bad women
Never fails to work (never fails to work! )
I, I got a pain in my head,
A sunken look around my nose.
Have to get myself together,
Have to face them "Monday morning slows"—oh yes!
I'm a weekend raver (weekend raver),
On my way to work (on my way to work).
Sure do feel bad!
See, good booze and bad women
Never fails to knock the feet from underneath ya...
And it's steerin' ya...
Good booze and bad women
Alright...
Well you tell me you want me
You say that you really care
Don't you tell me no lies
When you leave me, honey
You're gonna have a cross to bear
For there's two kinds of people I just can't stand
That's a lyin' woman or a beggin' man
Ain't nobody else gonna take my place
'Cause I'm just a fool for a pretty face
[CHORUS]
I been kicked, I been hit
But it didn't hurt a little bit
Kicked, pricked, no stick
Really got my finger pricked
I've been hurt by love, oh yeah,
Hurt by love
I've been hurt by love
I've been hurt by love
I'm just a fool for a pretty face, oh yeah
Well I don't have no reason
To think that you're mine
So why don't you keep your big mouth shut
Why don't you let your love light shine?
I don't wanna hurt ya
I ain't on your case
But you can
I'm just a fool for a pretty face, oh yeah
[repeat
Alright...
Listen now
You seem so oh-so sweet
But how about your after-taste?
I've been hurt by love so many times before
Because I'm a fool for a pretty face
[repeat CHORUS]
Hurt by love
I tell ya I've been hurt by love
Hurt by love
Hurt by love
I'm just a fool for a....
For a...
For a... pretty face
Hurt by love
Hurt by love
Well, it ain't my dream, baby
To hold your hand
But that don't mean to say
I ain't your loving man
Because I gave my soul
To a travelling band
And I love you so
Because you showed me more
Than you'll ever, ever understand
I wrote this song 'cause I needed to say
I want you every single day
Well, yeah, I ain't too sure
Of the price I pay
If I have to live with my music
Almost every day
You know it, you know it shakes me up
And you let me down
And you sure help me, girl
You help me a lot
And I feel strong with you around
I wrote this song 'cause I needed to say
I love you every single day, every day
Oh, the endless road
Can be hard to bear
'Cause there's so many troubles
And I get my share
It's so easy to fall
Oh girl, and you know
You know I could
And so I hope you see what I would do
If I was all alone without your love
I wrote this song 'cause I needed to say
I love you every single day...
One...two...three...four
The last time I saw her she was waving me goodbye
She swore no other boy would take my place
I took a Mississippi Queen through New Orleans and down
the Bayou
I hoped to find my destiny, my fortune and my face
Please tell her that I said hello
Explain to her I didn't want to go
But a message from her daddy said
He's gonna see me dead
And if I can get out now, she'll never know
She'll never know, never know
I stayed around, I played around with all those
Southern belles
But they took away my money and my pride
I had no place to go--and the rest you know darn well
Living out the guttar ain't so easy to describe
But I still had my guitar, so I joined a dirty band
Working in a smoky downtown bar
When comes along this big wheel with a contract in his
hand
Said, 'put your mark along here boy
I'm gonna make you a Rock 'n' Roll star'
Please tell her that I said hello
Explain to her I didn't want to go
But a message from her daddy said
He's gonna see me dead
And if I can get out now, she'll never know
Never know, never know
Well the years have come and gone
And I was passing through to find
That my home town was still the same to see
Well, the memory I had of her had crumbled from my mind
I really didn't think she'd still be waiting here for
Please tell her that I said hello
Explain to her I didn't want to go
But a message from her daddy said
He's gonna see me dead
And if I can get out now, she'll never know
She'll never know, never know
If I can get out now, she'll never know
Never know, never know
Never know, never know
I just came inside
'Cause there weren't no place to hide
I know I did Babe
And I'm your here today
Well you can see I was doing bad
Working hard right down the line
There's a whole strong bashful dream
Down to L.A.
Before you trust me
Like your brother
There's something in my head I want you to know
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
I've been destined
Adjust the power
Higher than a hawk's nest
I'm decked out like an Eastern flower who
Needing more time to rest oh!
I had to rest and think again
Again
Well I remember
How you tried to explain
Remember how you felt the same as me
And you were smart to haven't
To remember
And I guess you came to me
'Cause you needed to be free
You showing it to your lover
How once we loved each other
But before you take me
Before you love me
Like no other
There's something on my mind
I want you to know
I've been destined
Adjust the power
Higher than a hawk's nest
I'm decked out like an Eastern flower who
Needing more time to rest oh!
I had to rest and think again
Again
I wanna warn you
Before you take me for your lover
There's something that if you don't know by now
You ought to know
I've been destined
Adjust the power
Higher than a hawk's nest
I'm decked out like an Eastern flower who
Needing more time to rest oh!
I had to rest and think again
Again
Yes I did!
Day after day I'm more confused, (Tell 'em)
And I look for the light through the falling rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
Now I'm feeling the strain, ain't it a shame
Give me the beat, boys, to free my soul
Wanna get lost in your rock'n roll
And drift away
Give me the beat, boys, to free my soul
Wanna get lost in your rock'n roll
And drift away
Beginning to think that I'm wasting time
I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
Now I'm counting on you to carry me through
Oh, give me the beat, boys, to free my soul
Wanna get lost in your rock'n roll
And drift away
Give me the beat, boys, to free my soul
Wanna get lost in your rock'n roll
And drift away
When my mind is free
You know, the melody can't move me
When I'm feeling blue
Know the guitar's comin' through to soothe me
Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know I believe in this song
Rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You help me along, making me strong, yeah
Oh, give me the beat, boys, to free my soul
Wanna get lost in your rock'n roll
And drift away
Give me the beat, boys, to free my soul
Wanna get lost in your rock'n roll
Well, the show's all over
I'll just pack my guitar
Well, what am I doing here, girl?
Get up--c'mon make for your car
Head on back to where the air is clear
There's a young girl there
Who's part of my life
She says I'm her only
I call her my wife
I'm so glad to be back home again
Well, let me sit down slowly
Put my feet up somewhere
I let it all out of my head
Well a day-dreamin' guitar-pickin'
Nothin'-doin' pint of milk
Wakes up with the horrors
Of a hotel bed
But it's alright, there's a hand on my cheek
And it belongs to the girl
That makes my will power weak
I'm so glad to be back home again
Oh, get on home
Well, there's a young girl there
Who's part of my life
She says I'm her only
But I call her my wife
I'm so glad to be back home again
Ooh, ooh
Get on home, yeah
I'm so glad to be back home again
I don't want your money
But I just want your lovin'
Well, I'm so glad to be back home again
I don't want your money
But I just want your lovin'
I'm so glad to be back home again
I don't want your money
But I just want your lovin'
I'm so glad to be back home again
I don't want your money
But I just want your lovin'
I'm so glad I'm back home again
I don't want your money
Now listen, the times today
Well, they ain't nothing to write home about
There's too many people walking 'round
And they ain't got a life
Ain't that the truth
Ain't that the truth, people
And the ones that have
Well, I'll tell you now
They can stand no change
Well, the truth is they're being bankrupt
For what they already went and got
Well, it's clear to me that we're here for some reason
Yeah
To stop some kind of dread from our midst
So don't worry, be happy
I say, don't you worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
With any luck that we never got
This old world will never stop
And this seems to indicate to me
Exactly what we've got
We've got to stop bitching
And start preaching over people's children
Live together
We ought to love together
We ought to better the whole situation
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy
Tell me have you ever seen me sad before
With thought of more than just a laugh
You know that all I hope to do is make you understand
Just what I am and what I'm trying to say
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
To make you talk to me
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna cry
The hidden fear, you won't see
And then if when I try, though, I start to fall
Down along the way
Will you pick me up or would you
Put me down--
Surely sir, I really could not say
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
To make you talk to me
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna cry
The hidden fear, you won't see
And then, I...know I try to fly
Like bird with broken wing
And I'm running before I can walk
I need, I need someone to take my hand
Lead me through the wall
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
To make you talk to me
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna cry
The hidden fear...
Well, c'mon everybody, let's get together tonight
Got a pocket full of money and
I'm gonna spend it right
I've been doin' my homework all week long
Now my house is empty, my folks are gone
C'mon everybody
Well, took my eyes from the wall
'Cause I'm gonna dance with three or four
Till you can't hear the music for the bare feet
Slappin' on the floor
When you hear the music and you can't sit still
And your brother won't rock, then your sister will
C'mon everybody
(Get up put it out)
C'mon everybody, let's get together tonight
Got a pocket full of money and
I'm gonna spend it right
I've been doin' my homework all week long
Now my house is empty, my folks are gone
C'mon everybody
She pays no mind to methods you employ
She wants a big city man, not a country boy
Go get your long hair cut
Scrape the mood off your boots
Wash the hell behind those eyes
Buy yourself some tailored suits
Buttermilk Boy better gain some pounds
Before she lets her knickers down
She wants a musclely man all gristle and bone
Makes no difference how you strive
She couldn't care if you're dead or alive
A burly, beefy, strong arm man
Is all she cares to meet
Before you ever heard the word guitar
Your mother used to see her as a star
Yes, she spent her teens
In chauffeured limousines
And I heard tell you can't get insured
For a clapped out '45 drop head Ford
Buttermilk Boy better gain some pounds
Before she lets her knickers down
She wants a musclely man all gristle and bone
She'll tear you down like a steer comin' through
Like I said she ain't no use to you
A lumpy hairy mundaine brain
Is all she cares to make
So let me put you straight
Marry farm-yard Kate
She weights two hundred pounds it's said
But she'll keep you warm in bed
Buttermilk Boy better gain some pounds
Before she lets her knickers down
She wants a musclely man all gristle and bone
So you think you know where it's about
But she will suck you in and then she'll blow you out
Yes, Kate will keep you satisfied
Until your dying day
Yer!
Black coffee is my name
Black coffee is not a thing
Black coffee freshly ground and fully packed
Hot black coffee boys
Black coffee
That's where it's at
Mean it!
Way back you all know
Since I don't know when
See I got to move on
Before I was 10
You see my skin is white
But my soul is black
So hot black coffee
That's where it's at
Black coffee
That's what I'm talkin' about boys
Black coffee
That's what I mean
Black coffee
Ooh! You've got to feel it in your hand
Black coffee
Hmm! Yer!
Black coffee
Well you hear that
Some black tea
Well it can't compare with me
That's right
Black tea well it's as good as
It's as good as
It's as good as it can be
But it's a cup of black coffee
That a working man needs to see yer
In America, well it's the land of the free
You can get what you want if you've got some do re me
Travelling far and I work like a slave
Now how can you get and you know I get L.A.
I get me a job and I build me a place
I got a spit of black coffee
Oh! How good it tastes!
I said a dime is all it costs in the states
For a cup of black coffee
How good it tastes!
Black coffee
Alright
Black coffee
Black coffee
It's what I want now
It's what I need
Black coffee
To suit my soul
To suit my soul now
Black coffee
It's what I want
It's what I need
Black coffee
It's where it's at
It's where it's at
Black coffee
It's where it's at
It's where it's at
BIG BLACK DOG
1ST: WELL I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WOODGRAIN STATION, HE STOPPED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
HE WAS A BIG BLACK DOG, WHININ ALONG, HE SAID “YOU BETTER DO WHAT YOU TOLD!”
I JUMPED BACK, RATHER ASTOUNDED, I NEVER HEARD A DOG COULD SPEAK.BUT MY MOUTH WENT DRY WHEN HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE, HE’D BEEN ITCHIN JUST TO BUST FOR WEEKS.
CHORUS: I SAID HEY, WON’T YOU SCRATCH MY BACK. HEY BABE, SCRATCH MY BACK.
OOH, I SAID HEY, WON’T YOU SCRATCH MY BACK.
2ND: WELL WE WERE STANDING ALONE ON THE EASTSIDE, WHEN SHE GIVE-A ME A SMILE.
SHE SAID I LIKE IT HERE, WATCHIN WHAT GOES BY. AND I DON’T DOUBT QUESTION WHY.
I SAID HEY WHAT’S THAT COMIN, STARIN WITH THAT EVIL EYE. WELL THERE’S A SWEET HONEY-CHILD COMIN OVER HERE, AND SHE LOOKS JUST ABOUT MY SIZE.
CHORUS: I SAID HEY, WON’T YOU SCRATCH MY BACK. HEY BABE, SCRATCH MY BACK.
OOH, I SAID HEY, WON’T YOU SCRATCH MY BACK.
3RD: THROUGH THE STREETS OF MEMPHIS, I TRY TO FIND MY BLACK AND TAN. I LOOKED ON EVERY CORNER, IT WAS-A ITCHIN ON ANOTHER MAN.
I REACHED INTO MY POCKET, I TRY TO FIND MYSELF SOME BEER. YOU CAN TAKE MY BREAD OR SLEEP IN MY BED, BUT DARLIN PLEASE STAY RIGHT HERE.
CHORUS: I SAID HEY, WON’T YOU SCRATCH MY BACK. HEY BABE, SCRATCH MY BACK.
Here's your news report
I'm your straight face for today
Sorry if it's short
But I have to get away
And be sick
First the powers that be
Line their pockets with your bread
And it's not too hard to see
That you're worth more to them dead
Don't you know the taxman
Mourns you to the nearest bank
You're news report
You're news report
And it's short, short, short
I want to know why people die
Because they've been forgotten
It's you callin' fallin'
And if you're young, son, you're the one
To lead us into Hades
And if you're shot dead, then you're called brave
As they shove you down your grave
And nothing is saved
While you're growing fat
Wiping gravy off your sleeve
There's a child who like a rat
Would cry and beg for what you leave
Oh but you won't be deceived by what you fear
And you can't be diseased by what you fear
You're news report
You're news report
Can I face tomorrow
With the news you bring me
My soul feels cold like ice
A pinprick makes no pain
Hear me, listen, help me
I felt our thing change
From love to something else
How can it plague my mind
A pinprick makes no pain
Hear me, listen, help me
I shall find myuself
But I must have the time
To sow the seeds of something new
Farmer plough the field
Harvest all you can
A corn field smells so sweet
A pinprick makes no pain
Hear me, listen, help me
But to follow the weaver of dreams
Behind the sun that knows, it seems that
I am foresworn - a naked troubadour
I sit at court and I sing
To the Princess of Beauty and Light
She favours me though I'm merely
A minstrel of the night
There on my right
Sits the King with his clowns
He pays to laugh
While his queen lives on downs
And the smile on his brow is the crown
Morning bird sing, fill my ears
With the joy of our sorrow unmasked
Lend me your wings for the sunrays of dawn
Are here to last
I take my leave, as I leave I must take
All I have seen in my dream - then I wake
Well, now Anna
You come and ask me, girl
To set you free, girl
Oh, but I, I still love you so
But if he loves you more, go to him
Anna, go to him, Anna
Anna, I want you to know, girl
That I still love you so
But if he loves you more, go with him
All of my life I've been searching for a girl
Who's gonna love me like I love you
Oh, but every girl that I ever had
Just broke my heart and left me sad
Won't you tell me what am I, what am I supposed to do
Anna, see I want you to know, girl
That I still love you so
But if he loves you more, go with him
All of, all of my life I've been searching for a girl
Who's gonna love me like I, like I love you
But every girl that I ever had
Just broke my heart and then left me sad
Won't you tell me what am I supposed to do
Anna, you come and ask me, girl
To set you free, girl
Oh, but I still love you so
But if he loves you more, go with him
Won't you go with him
Go with him
Won't you go, won't you go
Walk away from me, girl
Can't stand no more
I come from Alabama and I work a ten pound hammer
And my womans picking cotton for the bossman on the hill
They work us till they break our back
And beat us cos our skin is black
I guess I'll have to slave till the whip is in the grave
When will we be free
I wanna walk down any road
And feel we have our liberty
From day to day we live to die
The scars across my back don't lie
Ain't there anyone out there
To hear my freedom cry
Now I believe a man's a man who earns his pay as best he can
The colour of his skin don't mean that he ain't just like you
But white folk here don't give a hell
They think that we were born to smell
Of sweat and dust and dirt
And pull a plough until we die
When will we be free
I wanna walk down any road
And feel we have our liberty
These shoes I'm wearing every day
Got holes the size of Frisco Bay
I'm praying for the time
When there will come a judgement day
You all know how long it is since Lincoln made their promices
That one day we would walk alone the white side of the street
But there was some bad folk around
Who got so riled they shot him down
And there ain't a cop in town
Who wouldn't do the same for me
When will we be free
I wanna walk down any road
And feel I've got my liberty
When will we be free
When will we be free
When will we be free
Where you goin now, flower? Scarf around your head
Walkin in the morning mist, while I lay still in bed.
When I woke up this morning, the sky was old and gray
I wonder how you think of me, when I'm so far away.
There's icy fingers in the air
I feel them on my cheeks.
It amazes me that I'm still here, and you're still
there...
'Cause I ain't been home in weeks.
Ain't been home in weeks....
My head needs air conditioning, my eyes are plain and
pearled (?)
You smell like a field
Cow-shirt in midsummer sun
I must have been mad
But I gave you all the bread that I had
Your mother's a freak
She made me weak in my knees
You're under her thumb
Why don't you pack your bags and run
Isn't it sad
I pity you now I'm not there
I hope you pull through
But you're locked in your social zoo
I tried to re-arrange your head
And show you where you were
But you were too sick
Then your mother bust her guf
And tried to make me think like her
But I was too quick
You thought I was hooked
Showing me off to your friends
Wearing me like a badge
Was the only kick you ever had
Please shave your legs
Put down that horse and behave
I seen it before
I ain't never gonna see it no more
You whole domestick scene
And the way your life was run
Made me so sick
That a nifty little number like you
Well this yellow haired snake sits smug as a bug
Got more angle than a toby jug
Star lock hair pins honey has faults
Shows her legs when opportunity knocks
Underneath her red sweater
She's a big deal go-getter
There'll be some dramas
Inside your pajamas tonight
Yes, there's red eyed ruby with her built up hips
She's got nut crushing boobs and jam tart lips
Says her angle is connections downtown LA
When you know she's just a hustler from the boys brigade
Well she's the same old number
She just looks like your mother
There be sortations on you public relations overnight
Yeah that's right
She's young she's wealthy she's far from healthy
She does it up in Beverly Hills
She wears a foam back bra she drives her daddy's car
Has appeal to bend your will
Oh, nymphomanic nimrod pleasure thigh high boots
Feed the hungry minions you planned blue van fruits
Keep on trucking think of all the fun you had
I'm a road runner, baby, can't stay in one place too long
Tell you, I'm a road runner, baby, got to keep on movin'
And I'm gonna live like I love
'Cause I love like I live
Road runner, baby, got to keep on movin' on
(All right now)
(Oo yeah oo yeah oo yeah)
I'm a road runner baby, got to keep on movin' on
I'm a road runner baby, can't stay in one place too long
When the dust hit my shoes
Then I'm gettin' that I should move
I'm a road runner. Move on
Roam around baby, everything gonna be all right
All right all right
Get on over here mama, tell you everything gonna be all
right
All right all right
(Get down)
I'm a road runner, baby, can't stay in one place too long
Tell you, I'm a road runner, baby, got to keep on movin'
And I'm gonna live like I love
'Cause I love like I live
Road runner, baby, got to keep on movin' on
(All right now)
(Oo yeah oo yeah oo yeah)
I'm a road runner baby, got to keep on movin' on
I'm a road runner baby, can't stay in one place too long
When the dust hit my shoes
Then I'm gettin' that I should move
I'm a road runner. Move on
Roam around baby, everything gonna be all right
All right all right
Get on over here mama, tell you everything gonna be all
right
All right all right
(Get down)
You look to me like you know what you see
Every step that you take coming closer
Yes I can see underneath your I.D.
You're a woman
You're a woman
On your hands are the rings
That a bond of love brings
And your eyes tell a story of sorrow
Yes I have the love of an elf and a dove
And a woman
And a woman
Love sings like a nightingale lantern show
I love you...
Your light is in me...me...
If you held the key would you share it with me
And take me to where you belong
Like a fly to a light, I'd be there every night
With my woman
Feel a kiss from your soul here inside of me
I love you
Please say you want me
Please say you want me
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
My woman
Shut up!
Don't say that you love me
I'm tryin' to tell you girl how much I love you
Ah! Ha! Ho!
On! You keep sayin' that you don't care a ruin
Now you're trying to tell me what I'm doing
Shut up!
Shut up oh!
Don't fib around please
Get off my back
Oh! Ho!
Shut up!
Shut up yer
Don't fib around please
All I'm trying to tell you Honey
Is how much I love you
Yer how I'm supposed to get a single word out
When you just sit there running your mouth
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up!
Don't fib around please
Alright
Oh! Ho! Ho!
Shut up!
Shut up!
Well I wanna blow my part Honey
You make me sick
Get drowned!
Shut up!
Oh! Shut up!
I said shut up!
Find it hard to see you in the dark
I looked around--you were beside me
Don't you realize it's hard to dream without your helping
hard to guide me
This could be the one, if you will be my sun
Shine on!
'Cause I need someone around me when I'm down
Shine on! Shine on!
Shine on me! Shine on you! Let it shine on!
Shine on!
Look about and tell me what you see
Noise and dirt and plastic people
'Cause love is clean and ours has been a bluer shade of
jade there than that's provided
Take me on a ride girl!
Right there by my side, Lord!
Shine on!
Shine on me! Shine on you! Let it shine on!
Shine on! Shine on!
All I have to do in let it shine on!
Shine on!
Shine on!
Shine on me! Shine on you! Let it shine on!
Shine on! Shine on!
All I have to do in let it shine on!
Shine on!
Let it shine on! Shine on me! Shine on! Shine on you!
Feelin' good, suppose I should
Now that I have seen
I can hear and I can talk
Some people ain't too keen
They tread on your feet
No conscience can be seen
"How do you do?", the brick wall said
And later broke in two
Knowing that you're right
Will show you the light
Knowing when you've done wrong
Feeling bad with fright
Why am I still sitting here?
Why am I alive?
Someone stole my axe today
Best one that I had
I don't know what is savin' me
From hidin' me away
I've had enough of feelin' down
I'm just here on display
Who dat dere, with the black fair hair
Drove me off the road
Don't ask why he looks so high
Tell it all in code
Maybe a quarter to three
I lost all track of mind
I watched a fox just the other night
Funny how time flies
Knowing when you're right
Will show you the light
Knowing when you've done wrong
Feeling bad with fright
Why am I still lying
Over what has been
What am I suppose to do
I'm waitin' for your ring
Spread your wings and you will see
What you can really make
Of a rockin' chair that is so bare
The paint will surely flake
'Cause knowing that you're right
Will show you the light
Knowing when you've done wrong
Feeling bad with fright
Because knowing that you're right
Take me back where I come from
All I need--feeling blue
Friends that I made in my youth
Now I'm older
I love them more
Moon shines bright above
Never seems to change
Ever smiling face--no one asks why
Everyone wanted his soul
All he gave them was a smile
People can change overnight
You most of all--yeah that's right
Find yourself on the ground
Where you been?
What have you found?
Yeah, now you know the score
Never want no more
Keep yourself in your own mind
Can you believe what I say
That I'm glad, feeling sad
I'm feeling awful cold
I've just been bought and sold
In my eyes you'll see
The sign of fear
Take me back to see
What I left behind, yeah
Ooh, superficial people told him where to go
Everyone wanted his soul
Tears fill my eyes when i hear that sweet love music
My heart starts to sway, oh, that loving music
I think about love, think of love in that way
You know how i mean, when i say love is real
By the way, yeah, by the way, i'm doing fine
By the way, yeah, by the way, love is mine
If some ache should get too much, she'll be there with
her loving touch
To ease my dawn
So i don't care enough about the world and all that
fuss
My love is blind
I think about love in that way, yeah
You know how i mean, when i say love is real
By the way, yeah, by the way, i'm doing fine
By the way, by the way, love is mine
Hoping that you'll find love someday, yeah
Hoping that you'll find love my way
It's no life without love, hear what i say
In this world of grab and shuffle
No time to play
Let the world go waltzing by
We'll beat the devil by and by, in our way
Love gets deeper with each smile
Then together we'll ride high, all the way
Just think about love in that way
You know how i mean, when i say love is real
Tears fill my eyes when i hear that sweet love music
My heart starts to sway, oh, that loving music
I think about love, yeah
Think about love in that way
Think about love in that way
Oh, stone cold fever, yeah, so hard to see
I've got trouble in my back bone
Since that lonesome day
1.40
Tried too hard, I heard you speak
Somethings wrong only me
I've been washed, as long as my hair
What do I do? If it ain't no dream nightmare
Yerr
Well Shakey Jack is a hundread and three
Still strong as hickory
Swigs of mountain dew
Was his release
I know his a only fear
Was country vulgar cold and clear
About the day he'd booze
And keep the peace
He knows the big best way
To success
Is a proud fierce woman
And a jar of whiskey
Someway however you can
It's all right by me
Well I'd stake my claim but my mule got lame
How lucky can a poor boy be
Don't you know that some bum
Stole my finger pigs?
Ask me how he gets in this fix
But I'd sure like to play some licksy game
'Cause I earn my pay
Park it all on me
There's my brown dog barking
Here's my landlord humming
Someway whatever you name
It's all right by me
Well I'd cut my corn but my got torn
How lucky can a poor boy be
Someway ah yeah
It's all right by me
Well I'd cut my corn
Hey, get on down, yeah right
Won't you rally, rally with ali
Rally, rally with ali
Look at your body fly like the beat
You're the real thing, the only chance for me
Your whiplashing legs can shake the nation
Just drive him in the corner, use a combination
Come on, take a spin
You gotta stand by the man
If you stand by the man
You're standing by the fastest in the land
Oh yea, rally with ali
I say, rally around the man
Well, this is an ali rally
Ah, dance around the ring, boy
And then you do the same a little more
Get it from leroy, you gotta see sweet leroy
You got all the answers
And you're the king of dancers
You need no temptation
Swing him on the chin, boy
And you've got the style, boy
You've got to use it all the while now
Come on now, take the stand
You gotta stand by the man
If you stand by the man
You're standing with the fastest artist in the land
Rally, rally with ali
I say, rally, rally with ali
It's my ali rally
Rally, rally, rally, rally, rally
Yes, people down in the street
Thought there's never be another mohammed ali
Oh rally, just a fight
Tell me what to say and I'll write a book today
About our love dear, oh
People try to talk to me and they tell me who I ought to
Today dear, ooh, ooh
Only you can see
That I love you
That I love you, ooh
Tell me what to think, and I'll fix myself a drink
To drink to you dear, oh no, no
Why am I so ill at ease--don't people get down on their
knees
For me, dear
Girl, only you understand
Hold my hand
Hold my hand
Oh, only you can see
That I love you
In a car, going home, getting wasted
Some cat stops and starts to make a crime
He said, son I'm afraid I must bust you
For getting spaced I just must waste your time
Only a roach
Won't keep us from crossing no ocean
So they hounded us down to the station
And said just how sorry they were
And they spoke of the good in just drinking
And drinking's all they're good for
I said...
Only a roach
Won't keep us from crossing no ocean
And the judge, well, he just would not listen
But then listening ain't what he's paid for
Cause he's paid for just gettin' his ass sore
Forever and evermore
Said, you pay through the nose
For counsul and the clothes that you wore
Ah, keep playing
Only a roach
Won't keep us from crossing no ocean
I said...
Only a roach
I wanna know what you're living for
Are you the kinda girl that lives rather low
I got the key and you got the door
Throw away your troubles baby, gimme more
Gimme more, yeah, gimme more of that loving
Gimme more, oh oh, i want more
I wanna know why your face so red
You gotta lay down what's in your head
Do your time, top gay bag, it's said
No talk now honey, make the bed
Gimme more, yeah i got loving
Gimme more, oh oh, i want more
I wanna know what you're living for
Are you the kinda girl that lives rather low
I got the key and you got the door
Throw away your troubles honey, gimme more
Gimme more, yeah, gimme more of that loving
Gimme more, yeah, i said, i want more
Gimme more, oh oh, that's right
Gimme more, oh, i want more
I'm takin' my time
Hangin' my days in sunshine
Feel just like how I wanna be
I feel all right, gettin' that old time feelin' in me
I think of the days
When all my nights were only
Half of what they used to be
And now I'm changin' all these changes
Gettin' that old time feelin' in me
I'm lookin' out
My kitchen door is open
To everyone and everybody
'Cause the day that I get back home
I get that old time feelin' in me
I think of the days
When all my nights were only
Half of what they used to be
Looking out at rows
Of slated roofs
Through the flowers on her window sill
Drifting back to days
Of horses hooves
And there she day dreams she is there still
Her walzing pup there used to be
But she says there's nothing much to do today
Oh! Yer! Hard to tell
Once you were a jealous lady love
Give it to every man
Of solemn standing
He's the one you're thinking of
Small brown dog
He's got a purse in his mouth
He's waiting at the crossing for the word to go
She waits too for someone to help her out
'Cause in a world so, so fast
She moves so slow
She gets her pension every week
But she says it's always here to keep today
Twenty-five pounds of pure cane sugar
She's got it each and every kiss
You wouldn't know what I'm talking 'bout
If you never had a love like this
Well, I don't mean to be frank with you all
It's a natural fact
Good things come wrapped up in small, small packages
Well you can't argue with that
Oh, oh, yeah
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Ninety-nine pounds of soul, oh, oh
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Ninety-nine pounds of soul
Twenty-five pounds of tenderness
She got it each and every touch
Twenty-five pounds of understanding my woman
'Cause I was the one running 'round town worrying too
much
Twenty-four pounds of Sunday
That I can't see, yeah
And it all adds up to ninety-nine big pounds
Oh, I'm talking about a feline friend
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Ninety-nine pounds of soul
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Ninety-nine pounds of soul
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Ninety-nine pounds of soul
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Ninety-nine pounds of soul
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Ninety-nine pounds of soul
Ninety-nine pounds of natural born goodness
Let me be your lovemaker
Let me be your soul shaker
Let me be your lovemaker
Let me be your soul shaker
Around this time last summer
when you and I first met
I thought I was cool
Living by the rules
Trying to play hard to get.
So you found some good-time chick
To give you the love you needed.
I didn't know a thing
about the thrills love could bring
I was young, selfish, and conceited.
I know you don't think I'm ready
But open your eyes and see.
As sure as my name is Betty
I can love away all your misery!
Let me be your lovemaker
Let me be your soul shaker
Why don't ya, Let me be your lovemaker
Let me be your soul shaker
About this time last year
I was blind to all the good things you said.
The sweet words you spoke
I took them for a joke
Though they were strong enough raise the dead!
So you thought you wasted
Both your time and mine
But now I'm ready to do
What you want me to
Cause I'm your woman
And I ain't Lyin'
I know you don't think I'm ready, Ooo ooo
But open your eyes and see.
As sure as my name is Betty
I can love away all your misery HEE!
So, Let me (umh) be your lovemaker ( I need to be)
Let me be your soul shaker (umh)
Why don't ya, Let me be your lovemaker
Let me be your soul shaker
Why don't let me be it baby
Why don't ya let me be - Wooh OH
I wanna be, I got ta got ta be
Ooooooooo
Won't it be nice baby
If ya let me be your love maker
Let me be good to ya.
Sometimes I sit here in this chair
And I wonder
I said, I wonder, oh, where can you be
This dark and lonely night
I wonder if you're holdin'
I wonder if you're holdin' someone tight now
I said I wonder
Wanna tell you my heart's been breakin'
You know I feel such a fool to let it keep on achin'
But one day I feel I may wake up
And find I was mistaken
That's what keeps me wonderin'
I say, I wonder, I wonder baby
Where can you be this cold and dark and rainy
Miserable night
I wonder if you're holdin'
I wonder if you're holdin' someone else tight
You know I wonder
(Here I go)
I wanna tell you
My heart's been breakin'
I feel such a fool to sit here and let it keep on achin'
One day I may wake up and find I was mistaken
That's what keeps me wonderin'
Said I wonder, I said I wonder
I don't need no doctor
Cause I know what's ailing me
I don't need no doctor
Cause I know what's ailing me
Yes I do
All I need is my baby
You don't know I'm in misery
I don't need no doctor
I don't need no doctor
I don't need no doctor
My prescription tells me that
I don't need no doctor
I don't need no doctor
I don't need no doctor
My prescription tells me that
I don't need no doctor
I don't need no doctor
All I need is my baby
You don't know I'm in misery
I don't need no doctor
I don't need no doctor
Well the doctor said I need rest
He put me on the critical list
Keeping me safe from harm
All I need is her sweet charm
He gave me a medicated lotion
It wouldn't do woah yeah
My emotion oh yeah
I don't need no doctor
I don't need no doctor
(Find it)
(Who that?)
(Mercy)
(Who that sayin' mercy?)
So hot 'n' nasty
Oh, hey Joe, don't forget to shake it
While you sleepin' on that bed
You know it really makes it
Look at me shake a leg, oh
I got my head in a cloud
I'm gonna stand out in the crowd
I wanna sing out loud
Ooh, got to do it with the feelin'
Now you gonna hit the ceiling
Do you get the message?
Do you get the message?
Do you get the message?
Hey, boogaloo, I really love you
Look what you've done to my head
Take all my time
Take all my money
But most of all you take all my bread
Oh, I got my head in a cloud
I wanna sing it loud
I'm gonna stand out in the crowd
You got to do it with the feelin'
Well, you gonna hit the ceiling
Do you get the message?
Do you get the message?
Do you get the message?
Don't forget to shake that thing...
Do it with the feelin'
Then you gonna, then you gonna hit the ceiling
Hot 'n' nasty, hot 'n' nasty
It's hot 'n' nasty, so hot 'n' nasty
When she turns away I cry
All I want to know is why
Shut the light out, close your eyes
When you wake her, say goodbye
What does she do when I hide
When can I be by her side, yes again--again--again
Strap me in a ship that flies
Hit the ground, you breathe a sigh
Kiss the ground, she smiles hello
Time apart just makes love grow
What does she say to make me feel good
Now that I'm here by her side, once again
I'll give you all I have
Don't you see I'll give my life
Autumn comes again so near
Leaves are falling fast I fear
Turn the heat on, wipe your eyes
What you have, can never die
Now is the time that I know why, know why
When can I be by her side, yes again
I'll give you all I have
Don't you see I'll give my life
I'll give my life for you
Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me?
Heartbeat, why does a love's kiss stay in my memory?
Riddle-dee pat
I know that new love thrills me
I know what will be, will be
Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me?
Riddle-dee-pat
and sing to me love stories
Reveal to me love's glory
(Ray Charles)
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
She is my baby and she lives next door
Every mornin' 'fore the sun comes up
She brings me coffee in my favorite cup
That's why I know, yes, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
When I'm in trouble and I have no friend
I know she'll go with me until the end
Everybody asks me how I know
I smile at them and say, "She told me so"
That's why I know, oh, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
Now, if I call her on the telephone
And tell her that I'm all alone
By the time I count from one to four
I hear her [KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK] on my door
In the evening when the sun goes down
When there is nobody else around
She kisses me and she holds me tight
And tells me, "Daddy, everything's all right"
That's why I know, yes, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
Now, if I call her on the telephone
And tell her that I'm all alone
By the time I count from one to four
I hear her [KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK] on my door
In the evening when the sun goes down
When there is nobody else around
She kisses me and she holds me tight
And tells me, "Daddy, everything's all right"
That's why I know, yes, I know
Hallelujah, I just love her so
Oh, hallelujah
Don't you know, I just love her so
She's my little woman, waitin' all this time
Babe, I'm a little fool for you, little girl...
Rain-drops fall and you feel low
Do you ever feel it's useless
Do you feel like letting go
Well do you ever stop and do you wonder
Will the world ever change
Yes, well just how long
Will it take to have it all re-arranged
Tell me why these things are still the same
Tell me why no one can seem to learn from mistakes
Take my hand if you don't know where you're goin'
I'll understand--I've lost the way myself
Oh, won't you, oh don't take that old road, it leads to
nowhere
We must return before the clock strikes twelve
Oh, it's so easy to do nothin' when you're busy night
and day
Take a step in one direction, ooh yeah
Take a step the other way
So, don't quit tryin' when you stumble
Don't give up should you fall
Oh, won't you keep on searchin' for the pathway
That leads you through the wall
Don't look back or you'll be left behind
Don't look back or you will never find peace of mind
Take my hand if you don't know where you're goin'
I'll understand, you know I've, I've lost the way
myself
Now listen here, I don't want to, I don't want to take
that old road it leads to nowhere
Baby!
I can't seem to open my eyes
But I must get out of this bed
'Cause the phone keeps ringing downstairs
And I know that this ain't no place for a sleepy head
I go down to my chest
Oh! Yer!
Put on my old string vest
Swing it on baby
Well I feel like I'm in need
So I go back up for a smoke
And then I slip back in my easy chair
Then I give my lucky dog a stroke
Well he just gives me a wink
And I know what that mean now
Well it mean that I need to put on his lead
If I don't want a mess on my cheap pan
That's cool
'Cause I know I can trust him
To grab the fuzz if they bust in
Get him boy! Oh! yer!
Well what does it take
To make a jelly roll?
Who can you sell?
When I wake up to a grey day
How do I ship away so easily?
Baby!
Baby!
Well I feel too old to get a hair cut
And I ain't had a shave in months
Now when I don't go out
I keep my door shut
And I get on back to good old Beckton Dumps
Drowning!
Now warn ya!
I'll be right back!
Bless my soul, what's wrong with me ?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug
I'm in love, all shook up
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
My hands are shaky and my knees are so weak
Can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck ?
I'm in love, I'm all shook up
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Please, don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up but I'm feelin' fine now
It’s only one cure for this body of mine
That's to have the girl that I love so fine.
Touched my hand, what a chill I do got
Her lips are like some kind of vulcano’s top
I like to think that she's my buttercup
I'm in love, I'm all shook up, baby
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
