I'm a mess
I should be filling rooms
with the sweet smell of success
I'm a mess, look at what I've been reduced to
I don't blame you for saying no
when you should have answered yes
But darling, darling, darling,
look at me now
I'm a mess
I'm a mess, I'm a wreck, I'm really on the deck
I'm a mess, look at how I'm living
Some of these days I'm gonna get back on my feet
and quit this blue address
But darling, darling, darling,
look at me now,
I'm a mess
The smart set I used to run around with
are invisible now
They all cut me loose when one said that
what I've got might just rub off on them somehow
I'm a mess for want of your caress
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
Well, the bride was a picture in the gown that her mama wore
When she was married herself nearly twenty-seven years before
The had to change the style a little but it looked just fine
Stayed up all night, but they got it finished just in time
Now on the arm of her daddy, she's walkin' down the aisle
I see her catch my eye and give me a secret smile
Maybe it's too old fashioned, but we once were close friends
Oh but the way that she looks today, she never could have then.
WELL, I can see her now in her tight blue jeans
Stuffin' all her money in the record machine
Spinnin' like a top, you shoulda seen her go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
Well, the proud daddy only want to give his little girl the best
So he put down a grand on a cozy little lover's nest
You could have called the reception an unqualified success
At a posh hotel for a hundred and fifty guests
Well, take a look at the bridegroom smilin' pleased as pie
Shakin' hands all around with a glassy look in his eye
He got a real good job and his shirt and tie is nice
But I remember a time when she never would have looked at him twice
Well, I can see her now drinkin' with the boys
Breakin' their hearts like they were toys
She used to do the pony, she used to do the stroll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
Harp ride
Well, I can see her now with her walk man on
Struttin' up and down to her favorite song
I still remember when she used to wanta make a lot of noise
Hoppin' and boppin' with the street corner boys
She used to wanna party, she used to wanna go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to do the pony
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to wanta party
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
You Inspire Me
when my eyes begin to glaze
You Inspire Me
in so many ways
when I'm on the ground
you seem to know
how to pull the blessings down
and spread them all around
You Inspire Me
when my well is almost dry
You Inspire Me
and in the twinkling of an eye
I am back on my feet
You're so inspiring to me
The road is long and it winds through the night
but when you're near you let there be light
You Inspire Me
when my eyes begin to glaze
you inspire me
in so many ways
I am back on my feet
You're so inspiring
I don't have to wish upon a star
Without love, I am half human
Without love, I'm more machine
Without love, there's nothing doin'
I will die without love
Without love I am an island
All by myself in a heartbreak sea
Without love there's no denying
I am dying without love
Oh there is nowhere I can run
And there is no hiding place
Sticking out like a sore thumb
By the gloomy look upon my face
Without love I'm incomplete
Without love, I am not whole
Without love, I'm barely on my feet
I am dying without love
Oh there is nowhere I can run
And there is no hiding place
Sticking out like a sore thumb
By the gloomy look upon my face
Without love I'm incomplete
Without love, I am not whole
Without love, I'm barely on my feet
I am dying without love
I am dying without love
I once had a true love
I thought it would last
How could I know
That it would go so fast
A love like a holiday
Tender and kind
And I let it whither on the vine
Where did it run to
Where did it go
How could I let it
Slip through my fingers so
For it was a real love
And rare and fine
And I let it whither on the vine
But the hardest pill
To swallow is still
Not the reason for your leaving
But the way I let it happen
Now I'm counting the cost
Of the loss of what was once mine
That I let whither on the vine
I once had a true love
I thought it would last
How could I know
That it would go so fast
A love like a holiday
Tender and kind
Where is the beautiful family home
That I was promised on the news at ten
Like my personal place in the sun
It never happened along
And as for the greatest love of all
That's been sworn in a billion lines
And is mine by birthright
I'll bet I'll see none
Tell me, where, where
Where is my everything
Tell me where is my everything
Where are the children two point three
That were meant to be sent to me
The patter of whose tiny feet
Would make my life so sweet
They've been filed along with the pot of gold
That was meant to cement my nest
And help to keep out the cold
While keeping in the rest
Tell me, where, where
Where is my everything
Tell me where is my everything
Where is the monument I'll leave
To a grateful nation whose
Citizens will bend the knee
Each time my tale is told
Tell me where's my everything
They've been filed along with the pot of gold
That was meant to cement my nest
And help to keep out the cold
While keeping in the rest
Tell me, where, where
Where is my everything
Tell me where's my everything
Tell me, tell me where, where
Where is my everything
Switchboard Susan,
won't you give me a line
I need a doctor, give me 999
First time I picked upthe telephone
I fell in love with your ringing tone
I'm a long distance romancer
I keep on trying till I get an answer
Gimme gimme one more chance
She's a greater little operator
Switchboard Susan, Iet me off the hook
I've been this way
since you give me yourlook
Switchboard Susan, you're all the rage
Come on sugar, Iet's get engaged
I'm a long distance romancer
I keep on trying till I get an answer
Gimme gimme one more chance
She's a greater little operator
When I'm near you girl, I get an extension
And I don't mean
Alexander Graham Bell's invention
Switchboard Susan, can we be friends
After six, at weekends
I'm a long distance romancer
l keep on trying till I get an answer
Gimme gimme one more chance
She's a greater little operator
She's a greater iittle operator
Hey babe, you're number's great
38-27-38
Oh you brlng a smile to my dial
As I walk this wicked world
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity
I ask myself is all hope gone
Is there only pain and hatred and misery
And each time I feel like this inside
There's one thing I want to know
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding
And as I walk on through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
Where are the strong and who are the trusting
And where is the harmony, sweet harmony
And each time I feel like this inside
There's one thing I want to know
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding
What a fabulous night
Look at the moon and stars are
shinin' bright
lt's a wondeful night all right
* Oh it's so heavenly
l could almost believe
It was made especially (Tonight)
There's a place that I know
A secret place where I sometimes go
If you wanna know where we'll go there
So don't hesitate
'Cause although we're late
We stll carry all the fears
Tonight, there will be no sorrow
Tonight, don't think about tomorrow
Tonight we'll do what must be done
So we won't be the only ones
Tonight, how can we fail to fall
Tonight, it's really magical
Tonight we're just a boy and girl
The only people inthe world tonight
* repeat
Tonight, there will be no sorrow
Tonight, don't think about tomorrow
Tonight we're just a boy and girl
The only people in the world
Tonight, how can we fail to fall
Tonight, it's really magical
Tonight we'll do what must be done
Its time I took a holiday
before I blow my top
I've got to kick my shoes off
before I drop
I want to go somewhere quiet
and not overlooked
so me and my baby
can go get cooked
Its time I took a holiday
before I blow my stack
I've got to turn the light down
and just relax
I want to get some attention
in my babys arms
and just be thrilling
to her tender charms
whoa oh oh yeah
I want to get some attention
in my babys arms
thats not to mention
all of her charms
Its time I took a holiday
Its time I took a holiday
Its time I took a holiday
whoa oh oh yeah
Its time I took a holiday
The beast in me
Is caged by frail and fragile bars
Restless by day
And by night, rants and rages at the stars
God help, the beast in me.
The beast in me
Has had to learn to live with pain
And how to shelter from the rain
And in the twinkling of an eye
Might have to be restrained
God help the beast in me.
Sometimes
It tries to kid me that it's just a teddy bear
Or even somehow managed
To vanish in the air
And that is when I must beware
Of the beast in me
That everybody knows
They've seen him out dressed in my clothes
Patently unclear
If it's New York or New Year
God help the beast in me
I've just met what could be
The making of me
She's got soul
She's got soul
Out of the blue, into my world
I've found a pearl
She's got soul
She's got soul
I've been lonely so long
I stopped hoping I'd ever find someone
So it just goes to show how wrong you can be
Did you hear what I said?
She's got soul
I've just found a pearl
She's got soul
She's got soul
I've been lonely so long
I even stopped hoping I'd ever find someone
Did you hear what I said?
She's got soul
I've just found a pearl
She's got soul
She's got soul
She's got soul
I mean she's really really got it going on
From my humble point of view
She don't love nobody
Nothing borrowed nothing blue
She don't love nobody
Behind those green eyes I detect
She don't love nobody
A heart no kiss could resurrect
She don't love nobody
All her life she's been told to hang on tight
There's a man who'd make her his wife
But she's not interested
In anything mamma says
She throws passion to the wind
She don't love nobody
She don't give out but she don't give in
She don't love nobody
And if I could I'd make her mine
She don't love nobody
And she would never walk that line
She don't love nobody
And I would give her anything
She don't love nobody
But I don't think she's suffering
She don't love nobody
All my life I've been told to hang on tight
There's a girl who'd be my wife
But I'm not interested
In anything mamma says
I want the girl who does not need
She don't love nobody
She the one my heart recieves
She don't love nobody, no
She don't love nobody
Calling out across the land
Calling every single Roller fan
School's been a jape
But that's alright
'Cause we're gonna see Woody on stage tonight
Gone to see the Rollers
Got a ticket for the Bay City Rollers
And everything will be outta sight
When everyone's distracted at the Rollers show tonight
We're gonna shout and make some noise
We're gonna really give it to the boys
Ian jacked it in, but we got Pat McGlynn
And so long as he's a Roller, then we'll love him
Gone to see the Rollers
Got a ticket for the Bay City Rollers
And everything will be outta sight
When Les sings "Money" at the Rollers Show tonight
Gone to see the Rollers
Got a ticket for the Bay City Rollers
And everything will be dynamite
Well I know a little girl
Lives over there
She looks so square
But for a pair of ragin' eyes
Oh she's got ragin' eyes
Well she ain't such a beauty
Hardly a Juliet
But she can roll a Romeo
And then do his duty
With those ragin' eyes, ragin' eyes
She's got ragin' eyes
Who wants to tell her
Ragin' eyes, oh ragin' eyes
Not this fellow, ragin' eyes
Sometimes she's soft
Sometimes she's scaly
Her mama said that even
Back when she was a baby
She had ragin' eyes, ragin' eyes
She's got ragin' eyes
Who wants to tell her
Ragin' eyes, oh ragin' eyes
Not this fellow, ragin' eyes
Well she can work those lights
So they fiddle with the traffic
Somettmes she's mean
As an M- 16 automatic
Oh she got ragin' eyes
She~ got ragin' eyes, ragin' eyes
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Little dariin' don't look away
You don't have to be sad anymore
'Cause
* There ain't no reason
No single reason in the world
Little darlin' please dry your eyes this time
Don't you be sad to me
like you did before
'Cause
* repeat
Little darlin' I can understand your pain
There's too much confusion goin' round
* repeat
Mary Provost did not look her best
The day the cops bust into her loneiy nest
In the cheap hotel up
on Hollywood West July 29
She'd been lyin' there
for two or three weeks
The neighbors said
they never heard a squeak
For hungry eyes that couid not speak
Said even little doggie's have got to eat
She was winner
The became the doggie's dinner
She never meant that much to me
(But now I see) Oh poor Mary
Mary Provost was a movie queen
Mysterious angel of the silent screen
And run like the wind
the nation's young men steam
When Mary crossed the silent screen
Oh she came out west from New York
But when the talkies came
Mary just couldn't cope
Her public said Mary take a walk
All the way back to New York
Those twin balms didn't help her sleep
As her nights grew long
and her days grew bleak
It's all downhill
once you've passed your peak
Mary got ready for that last big sleep
The cops came in
and they looked around
Throwing up everywhere over
what they found
The handywork of Mary's little dachshund
That hungry little dachshund
Poor Mary, poor Mary, poor poor Mary
Theres a kind of man
that you sometimes meet
Worlds passing him by
on wing-ed feet
he walks around
with his senses numb
If you know him
thats the kind of Man That I've Become
The kids all know him
'cause when they play
he comes and shoos
them away
he's irritated
by everyone
If you know him
thats the kind of Man That I've Become
The friends he had
are 'so-called' now
they all slipped
away somehow
he's had the blues
much more than some
If you know him
thats the kind of Man That I've Become
He wont go to church
cause his faiths all gone
The sweet singing of the choir
will only drive him home
as for comfort
he hasn't got a crumb
If you know him
thats the kind of Man That I've Become
He wont go to church
its too loud for him now
the sweet singing of the choir
is nothing but a row
his hearts a prune
when it once was a plum
If you know him
thats the kind of Man That I've Become
If you know him
There's a hollow in the bed
Where your body used to be
Like the hollow in your heart
Where the love once was for me
It's still warm
But it won't be for long
Lover don't go
Please, lover don't go
I can feel it coming on
With the pounding of (?)
An emptiness inside
Like an aimless journey (?)
This is wrong
Everything tells me so
Lover don't go
Please, lover don't go
(Lover don't go)
What about the plans we made
(Lover don't go)
And all the funny little games we played
(Lover don't go)
Can you really turn your back
(Lover don't go)
Please..
There's a hollow in the bed
Where your body used to be
Please stay
Lover don't go
I can feel it coming on
Please lover don't go
It's still warm
Please lover don't go
Lover don't go
Raindrops are falling on the citys
glitter heart
everywhere
there are lovers
like we once used to be
each turn I take reminds me of how we're now apart
and I'm lost in a Lonesome Reverie
Over there is where we found that little park
on the day you decided
to say that you loved me
I mean to drive on by
but as I'm parking up
I get into a Lonesome Reverie
I don't want to live this way
clinging on to yesterday
and a memory of what once used to be
So I turn for home torn reluctantly
from a Lonesome Reverie
(instrumental)
I dont want to live this way
clinging on to yesterday
and a memory of what once used to be
So I turn for home torn reluctantly
from a Lonesome Reverie
Little Hitler
What you doin'?
Is the passion inflamed again?
Little Hitler
Where you goin'?
Is it go-go night again tonight?
Ever searchin'
For the action
But the action don't want to know
I sit all alone you're a tough one
Little Hitler
What's the matter now?
Can't you settle for the center of attention?
Little Hitler,
Now I'm serious,
Let me guess while you knock me off the guest list.
As the world turns,
At the edge of night
And the seed all shot and sown
I'll make a little Hitler of my own
When the going gets tough, tough get going
Every now and then
I can see them running, running
You can talk to them
You can be short with them
But you'll get no change,
Only shootin' at 'em long-range
As the world turns,
At the edge of night
And the seed all shot and sown
I'll make a Little Hitler of my own
See you someday soon
Selfish pleasure, yeah
With the one I love
Well the bride looked a picture
in the gown that her momma wore
When she was married herself
nearly twenty-seven years before
They had to change the style a little
but it looked just fine
Stayed up all night
but they got it finished just in time
Now on the arm of her daddy
shes walking down the aisle
And she catches my eye
and she gives me a secret smile
Maybe its too old-fashioned
but we were once close friends
But the way she looks today
she never could have then
Well I can see her now in her tight blue jeans
Pumping all her money in the record machine
Spinning like a top, you shoulda seen her go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
Now a proud daddy
only wanna give his little girl the best
So he put down a grand
on a cosy little lovers nest
You could have called the reception
an unqualified success
And a posh hotel
for a hundred and fifty guests
Well I can see her now drinking with the boys
Breaking their hearts like they were toys
She used to love to party, she used to love to go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
Well I can see her now with her headphones on
Jumping up and down to her favourite song
She used to love to party, she used to wanna go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
Take a look at the bridegroom
smiling pleased as pie
Shaking hands all round
with a glassy look in his eye
He got a real good job
and the shirt and tie is nice
But I remember a time
when she would never even look at him twice
Well I can see her now drinking with the boys
Breaking their hearts like they were toys
She used to love to party, she used to love to go
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll
House for sale
I'm moving out
I'm moving on
This bird has flown
House for sale
I'll tell you where to redirect my mail
House for sale
Take a look inside
This is where love
Once did reside
But now it's gone
And that's the reason I'll be traveling on
Well the roof has given in to the weather
And the windows rattle and moan
Paint is peeling, cracks in the ceiling
Whatever's happened to my happy home
House for sale
I've had enough
I'll send a van to get my stuff
House for sale
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail
Do do, do do, who who who who
Do do do do do, do do do do do
The stairs are alarmingly shaky
And the carpet threadbare and worn
Fence needs mending
Garden needs tending
How soon it's become overgrown
Oh house for sale
I've had enough
I'll send a van to pick up my stuff
House for sale
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail
I'm leaving like I'm getting out of jail
House for sale
I'm talking to you
Because with time, care, cash
Peace, love and understanding
It can be as good as new
House for sale
We're in the heart of the city
Where the alligator roams
I'm a little lost lamb
Ain't got no place to go
I ain't got one penny
Just got a shirt on my back
I left home in a hurry
I ain't never goin' back
I'm lookin' for a lover in the heart of the city
Well I'm a standin' on the street
And I'm a steppin' off the end
Yeah I'm lookin' for a lover
Lookin' lookin' everywhere
Maybe I'm in with a chance
I hear a clickety clack
There's a girl my Lord
I see her stop, check, turn and double back
I'm lookin' for a lover in the heart of the city
I'm lookin' I'm lookin' I'm lookin' I'm lookin'
I'm lookin' lookin' lookin' lookin' everywhere
In the heart of the city
We're in the heart of the city
We're in the heart of the stars
I hear the crash of music
And a thousand guitars
And the boys are on the prowl
And they're checkin' on me
They know a bird up in the hand
Is worth two out on the streets
Checkin' on neat in the heart of the city
Heart heart of the city
Heart heart oh yeah
Heart heart of the city
Heart heart oh yeah
Its Freezing, Freezing
windchill is twenty below
whole town is under snow
mercurys falling it just won't quit
what are you you doing out in it
come inside love
into the warm
Its Freezing
insides where you should
don't try to argue with me
out there its cruel and cold
please do as your told
come inside love
into the warm
come inside love
into the warm
Its freezing, freezing
inside where should be
dont try to disagree
walk in and set me free
from this yearning
come inside love
into the warm
Its Freezing, Freezing
Faithless Lover
heartless thing
For you I'll swing
and for no other
Faithless Lover, Faithless Lover
Faithless Lover
under your spell I fell
now I discover
Faithless Lover, Faith no more
mmm mmm mmm
Faithless Lover, Faithless Lover
Faithless Lover
under your spell I fell
now I discover
Faithless Lover, Faith no more
Faithless Lover, Faith no more
I'm a Failed Christian
I dont go to church
I smoke and I drink
and I lie and I curse
it never got to me
your sermon and all
you talked and talked
about nothing at all
I'm a Failed Christian
Failed Christian
I've got two recollections
taking the collections
and tears when the choir
sang in harmony
It scared me half to death
I swore as I left
with a inside pocket full
of change and memories
I'm a Failed Christian
Failed Christian
I'm a Failed Christian
I've got my own church
I pray with my soul
to this great universe
all over the world
the bloods on their hands
religious instruction
I can't understand
im a Failed Christian,
Failed Christian
I'm going to meet my maker
a firm beleiver
of spirit in music
theres a prayer in a song
I'm a Failed Christian
amd if I'm go under
them you're coming with me
that much I can't tell
I'm a Failed Christian
Failed Christian
I'm a Failed Christian
I dont go to church
I smoke and I drink
American Squirm
l made an American squirm
And it feel so right
On the screen was the musical war
Deep deep into the night
Yes i was spreading
in the wonderful world
Everything was fine
Tried to mete in hot of the state
Deep deep into the night
it goes on and on and on
It goes on and on and on
But I think you for the time
Yes I thank you for the time
l killed the time
It goes on and on and on
It goes on and on and on
It's goes on and on and on
But the funky for the time
Yes I thank you for the time
l killed the time
l made an American squirm
And it feel so right
On the screen was the comical time
Deep deep into the night
Deep deep into the night
Deep deep into the night
All Men, All Men are liars their words ain’t worth no more than worn out tires.
Hey Girls, bring rusty pliers to pull this tooth, all men are liars and that’s the truth.
Do you remember Rick Astley?
He had a big fat hit that was ghastly.
He said I’m never gonna give you up or let you down.
Well I’m here to tell ya that Dick’s a clown
Though he was just a boy when he made that vow.
I’d bet it all that he knows by now.
Chorus
Among god’s creatures man must be.
The most slimy and slippery now.
There stands the naked ape in a monkey suite.
Behind a little mustache he grew, the shifty brute.
All the ones not choking on the words they ate are
Sweating on getting their stories straight.
Once I was a soldier
I rode on a big white horse
Silver pistols at my side
Carryin' the flags of war
And I lost track of the men who fell
In the canon's roar
I never got over bein' a soldier
Once I was a tax man
Collectin' dollars and dimes
I heard the rich man grumble
I heard the poor man cry
Some few couldn't afford to pay
Were put to a shackle and key
I never got over bein' a tax man
Once I was a ruler
About twelve inches long
Three times me made a yardstick
36 inches high
36 inches high was I
36 inches high
I'm on got a 12 step program
To quit you babe
I'm on got a 12 step program
To quit you baby
I'm tired of wining and pacing the floor
I ain't gonna do it no more
On a 12 step program to quit you babe
Step one, I'm gonna tear your picture down
Step two, I'm gonna move the room around
Step three, I'm gonna walk out the door
Gonna leave you for number four
On a 12 step program to quit you babe
Step five I will acquire a whole new jive
Step six and brand new bag of tricks
Step seven if it's not too late
Help me get to number eight
On a 12 step program to quit you babe
Well a little taste was all that it took
To get me well and truly hooked
Take a look at my arm you won't find a track
But I'm suffering baby
While I got you on my back
Step nine I'm gonna pick out a place to dine
Step ten will begin after we get in
It's gonna be like a miracle from heaven
If I ever get past eleven
On a 12 step to quit you babe
I can't quit you baby
I can't let go
Can't quit you darling
I can't stop
Loving you baby
I woke up today
feeling somethings wrong
then I looked around
and realized you had gone
I did not sense your perfume
like I always do
I Must Be Getting Over You
I went to the closet
I threw back the door
all your gowns and dresses
were not there anymore
thats when I knew that I
was going to pull through
and I Must Be Getting Over You
I Must Be Getting Over You
'cause today I saw a bluebird in my window
I Must Be Getting Over You
'cause today I saw the sun breaking through
I woke up today
something in the air
then I realized
it was because
you were not there
then I got down on my knees
and gave thanks 'cause I knew
I Must Be Getting Over You
now i can remember like it was only yesterday
love was young and foolish like a little child at play
but oh how lovers change - i never dreamed how easily
’cause now i’m just a shadow of the boy i used to be
and when i write the book about my love
it will be about a man who’s torn in half
about his hopes and ambitions wasted through the years
the pain will be written on every page in tears
when i write the book about my love
i was a fool to myself when i kept on runnin’ around
and i fared little better when i tried settlin’ down
maybe some magic moment - i’ve never known one, not for long
for all too soon the magic is in a moment gone
and when i write the book about my love
it’ll be a heartbreaking story about love and luck
when i get down on the pages all i felt
it will make the hardest-hearted of critics’ hearts melt
when i write the book about my love
when i was young love was fun and i was so happy - i looked so good and i dressed so snappy
two-tone shoes on my feet big old smile on my face - as i moved and grooved all over the place
now i’m down in the heels my complexion is bad
’cause my love life is sadder than sad
and when i write the book about my love
it’ll be a pop publication, tougher than tough
when i get down on the pages all i missed
it will shoot to the top of the best-sellers list
Well I go around the world
and this is what I do
I say love's a hurting thing
'cause I know it to be true
when I get up in the spotlight
and my story has begun
I try to explain
What Lack of Love Has Done
And though I do it nightly
it never is the same
for its a neverending story
of jealousy and blame
I know what you're saying
that I'm on the run
but theres nowhere to run
from What Lack of Love Has Done
I go around the world
and this is what I do
I climb up on a stage
and I tell them about you
I try to keep it short
i dont want it to go on
so you'll sympathize
after its been told
well I hear what youre saying
that I'm on the run
but theres nowhere to run
from What Lack of Love Has Done
No theres nowhere to run
from What Lack of Love Has Done
What Lack of Love Has Done
What Lack of Love Has Done
(Words & music by Frazier - Owens)
How many girls choose cotton dress worlds
When they could have satins and lace
And stand by her man, never once letting shade touch her face
How many hearts could live through all the winters
We've known and still not be cold
True love travels on a gravel road.
Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
All through streets paved with gold
For true love travels on a gravel road.
Down through the years we've had hard times and tears
But they only helped our love grow
And we'll stay together no matter how strong the wind blows
Not once have I seen your blue eyes filled with envy
Or stray from the one that you hold
Oh true love travels on a gravel road.
Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
All through streets paved with gold
For true love travels on a gravel road.
Yeah, true love travels on a gravel road. Mmmm
True love travels on a gravel road.
I've seen shadow, I've seen shine
I know what and what is not mine
I've seen glitter and I've seen gold
And I've heard everything I've been told
And I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
I don't want to spend my whole life walking
Along a trail of tears
Trail of tears
Well you know battle, you know war
You know what and what you are for
Scared of you and I'm scared of me
Scared of letting my future be
And I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
Trail of tears
Nobody in their right mind
Could fail to see unless they were blind
It's gone, true love has gone
Nobody wants to throw it away
But oh my darling how can I stay
When it's gone, good has gone
I've seen shadow, I've seen shine
I know what and what is not mine
I've seen glitter, I've seen gold
And I've heard everything I've been told
And I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
I don't want to spend my whole life walking
Along trail of tears
Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-gripped knife
He traded but a little for the wayward life
"A faint heart never won fair hand"
So says the Rose of England
From high on a hill came the clarion call
To game young men "Come one come all.
Make muster 'gainst the foreign hand
That's raised to the Rose of England."
For her feckless boy she did weep and wail
Saying "Lord have mercy, where did I fail?
Out my belly to pick up a gun
And fall for the Rose of England."
God knows it's cold outside
It's fry by day and froze by night
I know it's hell out there
How loud the mouth and the heart don't care
He's damned if he don't and damned if he do
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
Hot potato, drop it and run
Far from the Rose of England
God knows it's cold outside
It's fry by day and froze by night
I know it's hell out there
How loud the mouth and the heart don't care
He's damned if he don't and damned if he do
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
Hot potato, drop it and run
Far from the Rose of England
Far from the Rose of England
Far from the Rose of England
I'm on a lonely street
But nobody told my feet
They're walking on air
Cause somebody cares for me.
I'm in a blue hotel
Room like a prison cell
But I'd sleep on the stairs
If somebody cares for me.
In a dim saloon
Anytime before noon
There's an empty chair
Cause somebody cares for me
I find my self in church
I don't come in here much
But I'm sayin' a prayer
Cause somebody cares for me
Bridge
It's like I filled a hole that was shaped all wrong
With a piece of a puzzle that's been missing all along.
If you think I'm glad,
I'll say you more than that
I'm glad as can be
That somebody cares for me
Do Do Doo do Doo do do
It's like I filled a hole up
That was shaped all wrong
With a piece of a jigsaw puzzle
That's been missing for too too long
If you think I'm glad
I'll say you got that dad
I got more than my share
Cause somebody cares for me.
I'm glad so glad,
I remember the night the kid cut off his right arm
In a fit to save a bit of power
He got fifty thousand watts
In a big acoustic tower
Security is so tight tonight
Oh, they are ready for a tussle
Better keep your backstage passes
Cause the promoter has the muscle
And so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes
But where it's going no one knows
In a tall building sit the head of all nations
Worthy men from Spain and Siam
All day discussions with the Russians
But they still went ahead and vetoed the plan
Now up to the U.S. representative
He's the one with the tired eyes
747 put him in that condition
Flying back from a peacekeeping mission
And so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes
But where it's going no one knows
In the air there's aftershave lotion
In the wake of a snake bit Persian
On his arm is a skintight vision
Wondering why she aint mine she is whistling
And so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes
But where it's going no one knows
And so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes
But where it's going no one knows
Why do I go on fooling myself;
When I know you love somebody else;
Only a fool, breaks his own heart;
I pretend I don't see;
You walking with him on the street;
Only a fool, breaks his own heart;
I have to admit, even though it hurt me so;
I can't forget. If I'm a man, I'll let you go;
There's no sense in holding on;
To an old love that's gone;
Only a fool, breaks his own heart;
I have to accept, even though it hurt me so;
I can't forget. If I'm a man, I'll let you go;
There's no sense in holding on;
To an old love that's gone;
Only a fool, breaks his own heart;
Well, I heard they castrated Castro, I heard they cut off everything he had. What a dirty, lowdown thing to do to mess him up like that. They dumped him in the jungle, in the land of the sugarcane. Ever since that day they flayed around say it aint never been the same. I say, oh, la - I say oh la. I say, oh, la.
Well, I heard they castrated Castro, because he was the people's friend. They told him once and they told him twice said aint gonna tell you again. They put a bit of pressure on him, that's when he told them what they could do. So the word came down from a noisy town set up a jungle rendezvous. I say, oh, la - I say oh la. We say oh la.
He had been living in a different world, then he was nutted by reality. He had been living in another tree and he flew down to see what happened.
I went out to see my sister, she was not in, so I went and bought a paper and then I returned. She was well into her racing, on the tv. She has never been that fond of me, I went to turn her over.
See, I've been living in a different world and then I was nutted by reality. I had been living in another tree and I flew down to see what happened.
I was listening to an echo, I was impressed. Even though I couldn't see it, it was the most. I was a jumping and gleeing at everyone. I was speaking in a foreign tongue but yet I gained no pleasure.
Lead Me Not into temptation
you must please slam that door
Lead Me Not into the valley
that I dare not go
if you should see me cry
and with a face so long
then you'll know I've been weak
when I should have been strong
Lead Me Not into temptation
you must send me away
Lead Me Not into the valley
where I dare not stray
if you should see me out
and all forlorn
then you'll know what I've been doing
has done me wrong
Lead Me Not into temptation
Lead Me Not into temptation
Lead Me Not into the Valley
Lead me Lead me Lead me
Lead Me Not into temptation
please slam that door
for I can't resist, I have no will
you must stop your siren and then be still
Lead Me Not into temptation
Lead Me Not into temptation
into the valley into temptation
Lead Me Not into the endless night
into the valley
I'm going back to Indian Queens
Cause it's been so long
And I've gone wrong
every place I've been
I left it all in Indian Queens
So I'm gonna go back and see if it's still there
in Indian Queens
I left there age 18
and soon found myself on the pitching deck
Of a freighter bound for panama
by way of Santa martin
There I got in murderous fight
So I skipped north to Canada
I worked for a couple in Yellowknife
But the woman caused me to move on
I'm going back to Indian Queens
Cause its been so long
And I've gone wrong
every other place I've been
I left it all in Indian Queens
So I'm gonna go back and see if it's still there
in Indian Queens
Drinking and brawling I drifted south
Where I worked the rigs off Galveston
One day a shark took a diver's leg
And I dove in and drug him out
He said he's leave me everything
But he died before he could sign a will
now I'm going back to Indian Queens
To see what there's still there for me
I'm going back to Indian Queens
Cause its been so long
And I've gone wrong
every other place I've been
I left it all in Indian Queens
So I'm gonna go back and see if it's still there
There ain't no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
Never have seen a river that's too wide
There ain't no jail tight enough to lock me
Ain't no man big enough to stop me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side
So love me if you're ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road too rough to ride
There ain't no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side
There ain't no rope stout enough to bind me
Look for me honey you will find me
Any old time you're ready with your charms
I'll be there ready and waiting
There won't be any hesitating
I'll be there if you ever want me in your arms
So love me if you're ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road too rough to ride
Ain't no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side
I live on a battlefield
Surrounded by the ruins of the love we built
And then destroyed between us
The smoke has cleared
As I stumble through the rubble
I'm dazed, seeing double
And I'm truly mystified
My new home is a shell hole filled
With tears and muddy water
And bits of broken heart
All around there is desolation
And scenes of devastation
Of a love been torn apart
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield
The one where not one single drop of blood has spilled
Is no less horrifying
Sweet memories, memories
Of a bygone situation
Now shattered lord and battered
Lie scattered all around
My new home is a shell hole filled
With tears and muddy water
Yes and bits of broken heart
All around there is desolation
And scenes of devastation
Of a love been torn apart
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield
Everything that can has gone wrong
(I live on a battlefield)
It's gonna take spine to carry on
(I live on a battlefield)
Like a drowning man coming up for air
(I live on a battlefield)
I'm looking for another survivor
But I can't see one anywhere
My new home is filled with muddy water
All around there's bits of broken heart
My world is one of desolation
And scenes of devastation
There is no consolation
For a love been torn apart
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield
I live on a battlefield, battlefield
Oh, I can't take another heartache
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end
You say your love is bona fide
But that don't coincide with the things that you do
And when I ask you to be nice, you say
You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind
I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify and I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when I ask you to explain, well, you say
You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind
Well, I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify and I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when I ask you to explain, well, you say
You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you
Baby
You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very, very, very good sign
Cruel to be kind that means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel
So, baby, you gotta be cruel
Cracking up, I'm getting ready to go
Had enough, I can't take any more
No pills that I can take
This is too real, and, there ain't no escape
It scares the daylights
It makes a nightmare
I'm tense and I'm nervous.
Everybody all around me
Shakin' hands and sayin' howdy
I don't think it's funny no more
Craking up, like a worn out shoe
Ain't wet, but the world's leakin' through
I'd run, but I find no pace
i laugh, but it's wrecking me, wrecking me
It make a shiver, it make a shake
It make a monster, just like an earthquake
Everybody havin' fun
I don't know how they can carry on
'Cause, I don't think it's funny no more
At dead of night time, at crack of dawn
It comes upon me without warning
If I were a gunman I would shoot
I'd tear the hair out by the root
I'd make a knife out of a notion
All at sea in an ocean of emoton
I don't think it's funny no more
I don't think it's funny no more
Crackin' up
I don't think it's funny no more
That old alarm clock gives a yell
starting another day in hell
passing a world I can't face with you gone
in the mirror I see
someone to choose to be me
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
The Neon light and the jukebox
help to ease me through the night
I lean hard on the bottle
'til I no longer stand up right
in the morning in my room
I'm like a body in a tomb
Those same three walls keep coming on
kind of strong
Down the freeway when I drive
more dead than alive
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
The Neon light and the jukebox
help to ease me through the night
I lean hard on the bottle
'til I no longer stand up right
in the morning in my room
I feel like a body in a tomb
Those same three walls keep coming on
kind of strong
Down the freeway then I drive
more dead than alive
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn
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