Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin€™, don't care what you're doin€™
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
Went to the movies and the movie broke down
The picture on the screen was going €˜round and €˜round
I'd spent all I had getting in to see the show
So I walked up to the man and I said I'd like to go.
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin€™, don't care what you're doin€™
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I heard a preacher man say his way was the best
So I took up his religion and forgot about the rest
Then I heard another one calling out my name
I went and took a closer look, he was just the same.
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin€™, don't care what you're doin€™
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
Listen to the lies from the politician man
Saying that we live in a democratic land
One land for the rich, another for the poor
And if you try to change it, they'll nail you to the floor.
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin€™, don't care what you're doin€™
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Raffery / Roger Brown
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Whistle: Tom Parker
Fiddle: John Van Derrick
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.
You said you spoke straight from the heart
But that was the one thing that kept us apart
'Cause when I read between the lines
I saw that the only heart speaking was mine.
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.
When everything is said and done
Nothing's been lost and nothing's been won
I took from you, you took from me
But I suppose that's how it had to be.
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Harmonium: Tom Parker
Harpsichord: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Percussion: Henry Spinetti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
One night, you€™ll stand again in the spotlight
And everything will be alright
And you€™ll wake up from this dark night of the soul.
You started out in rock €˜n€™ roll
You had music deep in your soul
Now you don€™t cut it like you used to do
Looks like time has caught up on you.
You€™ve given up, you€™ve settled down
No more riding on the money-go-round
A quiet life and a room with a view
Looks like time€™s caught up on you.
Holes in your pockets, holes in your shoes
Holes in your day dreams that never came true
So many years but so little to show
Nobody told you -- you reap what you sow.
The way you talk -- makes me sad
I still remember all the good times we had
Right now you€™re twisted and bitter and blue
Looks like time€™s caught up on you.
How many times did I hear you say
Forget tomorrow -- just live for today
You€™ve burned some bridges, yeah -- that much is true
Looks like time€™s caught up on you.
You€™ve got some demons still driving you on
They wonder where all the good times have gone
Nobody calls you, now nobody dares
Nobody wants to €˜cos nobody cares.
Another night, another place
Another limbo where you€™ve fallen from grace
No, you don€™t cut it like you used to do
Looks like time€™s caught up on you.
It€™s caught up on you
It€™s caught up on you
It€™s caught up on you
It€™s caught up on you
One night -- you€™ll stand again in the spotlight
And everything will be all right
And you€™ll wake up from this dark night of the soul.
One night -- you€™ll spread your wings and you€™ll take flight
And everything will be all right
And you€™ll wake up from this dark night of the soul.
One night -- you€™ll stand again in the spotlight
And everything will be all right
And you€™ll wake up from this dark night of the soul.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitars: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Pedal Steel Guitar: B.J. Cole
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman /
Melanie Harrold / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me
I could look out the windows
Or stare at the wall
But really it didn't matter
No I just didn't care at all
Could be sitting by the water
& counting every stone
Cause nothing means nothing
When you're empty and on your own
You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me
Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
Well I knew what I was doing
I was running away
Busy going nowhere
Just wasting the time of day
Walking down the road
Kicking up the stones
Nothing means nothing
When your empty and on your own
You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me
Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me
Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
Another World version
I love you
You put something better inside of me
You put something better inside of me
It's making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
(touch me with your heart of gold)
I could look out the window
Or stare at the wall
It really didn't matter
No I just didn't care at all
I could be sitting by the water
Counting every stone
Nothing means nothing
When you're empty and on your own (yeah but)
You put something better inside of me
You put something better inside of me
Making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
(You give me something that I'd never known before)
Well I knew what I was doing
I was running away
Busy going nowhere (nowhere)
Wasting the time of day
Walking down the road (yes I was)
Kicking up the stones (stones)
Nothing means nothing (means nothing)
When your empty and on your own (yeah but)
You put something better inside of me
You put something better inside of me
Making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
(You give me something that I'd never known before)
[Fade]
You put something better inside of me (put something better inside)
You put something better inside of me (put something better inside)
It's making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
(and I love you)
Written by: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty
When Xavier and Honor were born
A special star shone in the sky
And their reason for being was clear
When they opened their eyes
And Matilda was lost in the spell
And John was adrift on the sea
With Xavier and Honor together
Just happy to be
In this world of make believe
There's so much that they can't conceive
As they lie......there sleeping
In this strange new wonderland
There's so much they can't understand
When they're crying.......
They will walk through the fields in the sun
And will gaze at the stars in the night
Their reason for being
Will always be seeing the light
When Xavier and Honor were born
When Xavier and Honor were born
You got a way of telling me I€™m wrong
You got a way of coming on so strong
I can take it from you, yeah you know I always do
Cause you got a way that you do it
It€™s the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.
You got a way of leaving me no doubt
You got a way of telling me what I€™m about
I couldn€™t take it from anyone else, yeah I really surprised myself
Cause you got a way that you do it
It€™s the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.
You help me (you help me when I feel alone)
You help me (you help me when I€™m down and I€™m stuck on my own)
You wake me up to all the little things that I don€™t see.
You help me (you help me, help me, help me out)
You help me (you help me see myself and what I€™m all about)
You give me reason to believe that everything that can be.
You got a way of knowing just how I feel
You got a way of letting me know what€™s real
I don€™t get it from anyone else, though I try to fool myself
Cause you got a way that you do it
It€™s the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.
You help me (you help me when I feel alone)
You help me (you help me when I€™m down and I€™m stuck on my own)
You wake me up to all the little things that I don€™t see.
You help me (you help me, help me, help me out)
You help me (you help me see myself and what I€™m all about)
You give me reason to believe that everything that can be.
You got a way of telling me I€™m wrong
You got a way of coming on so strong
I can take it from you, yeah you know I always do
Cause you got a way that you do it
It€™s the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.
The way that you do it just got to be right.
The way that you do it just got to be right.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Piano: Tommy Eyre
Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson / Betsy Cooke / Linda Thompson
Is this a state that you can€™t control
Or don€™t you care who you€™re talking to
Each time when things get out of hand
Why it€™s the same thing you always do
You start to point out other people€™s mistakes
Sometimes you even show contempt
How come the way you exclude yourself
Can€™t you see that you€™re not exempt?
Wrong thinking gets the better of you
It only takes a moment or two
Comes stealin€™ like a thief in the night
Changes every little thing in sight
Wrong thinking gets the better of you.
Well it€™s the same old thing that happens
Every time you react that way
Tomorrow you€™ll want to forget
Everything you said today
But everytime something reminds you
You play the same old game inside
Any excuse in the book will do
Everything can be justified.
Wrong thinking gets the better of you
It only takes a moment or two
Comes stealin€™ like a thief in the night
Changes every little thing in sight
Wrong thinking gets the better of you
Better of you. Gets the better of you.
(fade)
Wrong thinking
Wrong thinking
Words and Music By: Joe Egan
Published By: Baby Bun Music Ltd.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Piano/Bass: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Mandolin: Bryn Haworth
Harpolek: Bryn Haworth
Acoustic Guitars: Rab Noakes / Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Winter's come, another year, another season begun
Everyday brings a long cold lonely night
Spirits in the wind, let out their mournful sighs
And I watch the rain fall down, like the teardrops from your eyes.
Oh my love, when you lay beside me, with this cold moon above
Dream your dreams, let your cares all fly away
We've been so alone, but soon these days must end
And I will take you home, when the summer comes again.
Yes we'll be movin' on, with no sad good byes
But it's only the deepest part of our love, that will keep us together
But while this cold wind blows, and tears fill your eyes
I'm counting the days, and learning the ways of a broken heart.
Yes we'll be movin' on, with no sad good byes
But it's only the deepest part of our love, that will keep us together
But while this cold wind blows, and tears fill your eyes
I'm counting the days, and learning the ways of a broken heart.
Winter's come, another year, another season begun
Everyday brings a long cold lonely night
Spirits in the wind, let out their mournful sighs
And I watch the rain fall down, like the teardrops from your eyes.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Keyboards: Kenny Craddock / Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Uilleann Pipes: Davy Spillane
Whistle: Davy Spillane
Fiddles: Rick Sanders
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Why won€™t you talk to me
I've done nothing wrong that I can see.
You know I can€™t take this silence, tell me what€™s wrong with you
If I€™m supposed to feel guilty, tell me what did I do
It must be a reason for you acting this way
But I swear I won€™t know it €˜til you come out and say.
Why won€™t you talk to me
I've done nothing wrong that I can see.
I don€™t know why I€™m trying to break down this wall
That you build up between us or nothing at all
It feels like a bad dream, it feels like a game
But I swear this is one time that I€™m not to blame.
Why won€™t you talk to me
I've done nothing wrong that I can see.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Piano: Graham Preskett
Mandolin: Richard Thompson
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Lap Slide: Richard Brunton
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Italian voiceover (here's the translation)
Let's go, let's go, let's go down the catwalk
Hello Donatella, that's a beautiful dress
Che serata fantastica, everyone's impressed
You may not remember me, we've never met before
I was walking down the street when I saw this open door.
Lost in this feline world
I'm sinking like a stone
There must be somewhere here
Where we could be alone.
Whose house is it anyway
Can you tell me the address
Whose house is it anyway
Tell me who should I impress.
Did you see Bob Dylan, he was singing for the pope
Seemed to me like their necks were stretched, both hanging from a rope
Now we've lost Sinatra, another mafia's son
What is this world coming too, we're losing everyone.
Lost in this feline world
I'm sinking like a stone
There must be somewhere here
Where we could be alone.
Whose house is it anyway (whose house)
Can you tell me the address
Whose house is it anyway (whose house)
Tell me who should I impress.
I never got an invitation
My name ain't on the list (whose house)
Whose house is it anyway
I can leave if you insist.
Doesn't matter where I go
I feel so far from home
I got no business
Being here alone (here alone, here alone)
There goes Quentin Tarantino, he's a young man in need
Still turning out all that stuff about Hollywood and greed
I just saw Madonna, she's the girl for me
Tell me, who's given their blessing to this sad reality.
Lost in this feline world
I'm sinking like a stone
There must be somewhere here
Where we could be alone.
Whose house is it anyway (whose house)
Can you tell me the address
Whose house is it anyway (whose house)
Tell me who should I impress.
I never got an invitation
My name ain't on the list (whose house)
Whose house is it anyway
I can leave if you insist.
Italian voiceover
[Fade]
Whose house is it anyway (whose house)
My name ain't on the list (whose house)
Whose house
Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I don't think I'm winning the race
Whenever I think of the future
I just see the one thing that might bring a smile to my face.
To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.
Sometimes life seems to slow down
I try to move faster 'cause disaster is hot on my heels
Maybe I don't have to worry
Perhaps I'll keep learning concerning the way that I feel.
To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.
Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I hope that I'm winning the race.
(Hollywood-sounding guy talking)
Hi man, do you like it here man?
It's really too much
Hey I know this great Mexican restaurant called Los Tacos
Can you say taco?
Sure I thought you could
Hey I know this great beach down in Santa Monica Boulevard
Do you like the sun?
It makes me feel real tingly all over
Hey, have you checked out Palm Springs?
What a place, Palm Springs
You'll love it, you'll absolutely love it!
Can you say love?
Sure, I know you're into it.
In El Padrino's at the happy hour
They've got a drink they say is made from passionflowers
So neat, so sweet.
They bring it all the way from Mexico
It's guaranteed to take you where you want to go
Oh boy, enjoy.
And you leave to see how the city feels
In the moonlight everything's so unreal
But when the sun shines everything tastes so good
And the sign says "Welcome to Hollywood".
They got a big house and a swimming pool
They sit around and everybody looks so cool
So bad, so sad.
Stuck in the middle with the blues again
You should know better, when you ever gonna learn
So long, so long.
And you leave to see how the city feels
In the moonlight everything's so unreal
But when the sun shines everything tastes so good
And the sign says "Welcome to Hollywood".
In El Padrino's at the happy hour
They've got a drink they say is made from passionflowers
So neat, so sweet.
They bring it all the way from Mexico
It's guaranteed to take you where you want to go
Oh boy, enjoy.
And you leave to see how the city feels
In the moonlight everything's so unreal
But when the sun shines everything tastes so good
And the sign says "Welcome to Hollywood".
(fade til end)
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
(a different Hollywood-sounding guy talking)
Yeah in Hollywood, hey in Hollywood baby
Gerry, love it! love it!
Get down Gerry, get down in Hollywood
Hey it's 80 degrees in Burbank,
85 Inglewood, 90 in the Valley
and 110 in my heart for Gerry Rafferty
Gerry get down baby
Heavy sounds, radio KRAP
You're gonna love it
I said in Hollywood
Gerry we're gonna hit the mountains
We're gonna hit the beaches
And hit you with this
Gerry baby you fry my brain and drive me insane!
Get down in Hollywood Gerry
Woooh! What'd I say baby!
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Lead Guitar and Swells: Jerry Donahue
Other Guitar: Richard Brunton
Piano/Clavinet: Billy Livsey
Synthesizers: Ian Lynn
Saxophone: Raphael Ravenscroft
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Mystery Voice: Billy Livsey
I've got a woman, and she's so good to me
She broke into my heart, and she still holds the key
She's the only one I know, who ever really gave to me
Unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.
I used to run around so fancy free
But all those crazy nights just drained my energy
Well I was thinking only of myself, like a fool I could not see
Her unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.
Now everybody wants to share real love and understanding
Life without it can seem tragic
But when there is someone you love
And they give you real love in return
Well you know life can be magic.
She can turn my whole world upside down (up, down, and around)
She's the one who keeps my feet on solid ground
I never knew just what I had before but now I know I've found
Unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love (yeah)
Now everybody wants to share real love and understanding
Life without it can seem tragic
But when there is someone you love
And they give you real love in return
Well you know life can be magic.
When I'm feeling low down negative (still runnin' away)
And I know I've got to change the way I live
She just shakes her head and wonders
If I'll ever learn to give
Unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love (yeah)
Unselfish love
(I've got a woman and she's so good to me)
(yes she broke into my heart, and she still holds the key)
(when I'm feeling low down negative from the way I live)
She gives me reason (she just shakes her head and wonders if I'll ever learn to give)
Unselfish love (I've got a woman and she's so good to me)
She never worries (yes she broke into my heart, and she still holds the key)
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Keyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan Clark
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue / Gerry Rafferty
Saxophone: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Well, here I am, back in town
Just as the night is comin? down
Warm wind blowin? through the trees
I watch them swing, I watch them sway
Lie here waiting for the day, hey, hey
Sleep won?t come, I need a drink
Stop my head, don?t wanna think
Wishing I could be with you
But I know you?re so far away
And I?m here waiting for the day, hey, hey
Water of life pour your light down on me
Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea
Water so sweet, you can open my eyes
You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry
Out on the street, shadows fall
Silence speaks, I hear it call
City of the living dead
Count the lights on the motorway
Lie here waiting for the day, hey, hey, alright
Water of life pour your light down on me
Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea
Water so sweet, you can open my eyes
You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry
Yes, here I am, back in town
Just as the night is comin? down
Warm wind blowin? through the trees
I watch them swing, I watch them sway
Born on the wind, cooled by the rain
Lost in a dream, no memory remains
Under the clouds, far from the sun
Tied to a wheel, since time has begun.
And we sleep the live long night
As part of the river we suffer together so far from the light
And we gaze the live long day
Into the waters of forgetfulness, yeah yeah yeah. yeah yeah yeah.
Tossed on the sea, still in a dream
Looks like a war, it€™s not what it seems
Ruled by the moon, pulled by the tide
Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
And we sleep the live long night
As part of the river we suffer together so far from the light
And we gaze the live long day
Into the waters of forgetfulness, yeah yeah yeah. yeah yeah yeah.
And we sleep the live long night
As part of the river we suffer together so far from the light
And we gaze the live long day
Into the waters of forgetfulness, yeah yeah yeah. yeah yeah yeah.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Percussion: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Yes it€™s back on the road again
I just got me some new-found friends
And it€™s alright, yeah it€™s alright.
Flew away at the speed of sound
I threw up when we touched down
But I€™m alright, I€™ll be alright.
New York€™s bakin€™ in the sun
Got the news it just made number one
Here we go for one more memory
Way back here in the twentieth century.
That night in Amsterdam
You saw me for what I am
And you found out, yeah you found me out.
And I knew what I saw in you
And I still can€™t believe it€™s true
But I€™ll find out, I€™m gonna find out.
Meanwhile back down on Fifth Avenue
Raphael just bought some brand new shoes
Me, I€™m wiped out, I€™m dead on my feet
Come a long long way from Baker Street.
I€™m watchin€™ a night come down
And we€™re headin€™ for one more town
But it€™s alright, yeah it€™s alright.
Who cares what the night might bring
Cause we€™re ready for anything
So it€™s alright, yeah it€™s alright.
Heading€™ out across the U.S.A.
California€™s still a long long way
Here we go for one more memory
Way back here in the twentieth century.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Rhythm/Solo Guitar: Hugh Burns
Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Synthesizers: Richard Harvey
Piano: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Spinning on another wheel, goin€™ round in slow motion
Caught up in another dream, driftin€™ on a blue ocean
When are you gonna reach out, only you can turn your world around
When will you surrender, and wake up to the real
But you don€™t want to start out just yet, you watch the seasons come and go
You remember and then you forget, all along the way.
You can make a better life, you€™re just waitin€™ for the right moment
You can find another way, you€™re just waitin€™ for the right moment
When are you gonna let go, and forget about the life you knew
When will you surrender, and wake up to the real
Now you know that it€™s all borrowed time, and still you waste another day
But you watch and you wait for a sign all along the way.
I stood and looked across the water
I had to get to the other side
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
The captain said the ship was leaving
And that we'd better get onboard
I settled down to watch the sun rise
And wondered if I'd see the sun go down
The sea was rough and the wind was howling
But I was laughing all the way
I didn't care about the weather
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
Then a stranger sat beside me
It was my brother in disguise
He said he knew where I was going
He asked me why I took the long way round
The sea was rough and the wind was howling
But I was laughing all the way
I didn't listen to the stranger
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
At last I get to my destination
The stranger turned and walked away
He didn't know where he was going
He said he had to take the long way round
I stood and looked across the water
I thought of what I'd left behind
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
Love comes with a new expression
And the sentimental moon shines in our eyes
Love grows with each new impression
Like an elemental tune that never dies.
But all too soon arrives the dawning
And I awaken to the light of love
The kind of love I want to share with you everyday
We make a promise on this night of love
Let€™s say a prayer that it might all come true.
Love comes like a revelation
And it changes everything that we can see
Love comes with new inspiration
And it show us everything that we can be.
But all too soon arrives the dawning
And I awaken to the light of love
The kind of love I want to share with you everyday
We make a promise on this night of love
Let€™s say a prayer that it might all come true.
How many times have you been lost
And even now you count the cost
Of saying all those last goodbyes
Something€™s come alive on this new morning
You€™re looking at one more day.
Love comes with a new expression
And the sentimental moon shines in our eyes
Love grows with each new impression
Like an elemental tune that never dies.
But all too soon arrives the dawning
And I awaken to the light of love
The kind of love I want to share with you everyday
We€™ll make a promise on this night of love
Let€™s say a prayer that it might all come true ... everyday.
Written By: Gerry Rafferty and Jim Rafferty
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Strings, Cor Anglais, and Brass Arranged By: Andrew Jackman
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
My girlfriend's in Albania, my ex-wife's in Tasmania,
And I'm in Transylvania with the vampires all around
My brother's in Saskatchewan, my sister's in Afghanistan
Still looking for the Promised Land, but the kingdom lies within.
My mother's still in vanity, I'm part of her insanity
My father died some years ago but I still pray for his soul.
Now everyone's a refugee on this planet Purgatory
We only find reality in the land of the chosen few.
I still get lost in wild imagination
I need to wake up to reality
I've had enough of identification
What can be done for a fool like me.
In the land
In the land
In the land of the chosen few
In the land
In the land
In the land of the chosen few
Love's gonna set me free.
I was dreaming of the Promised Land
Where people understand
Real love and harmony
I knew that I had found my way (my way) yeah (my way)
We were singing songs of innocence
And experience of love and harmony
And I knew that love was here to stay (real love) yeah (real love)
In the middle of a cool cool night
I woke up and I saw the light.
In the land (in the land)
In the land (in the land)
In the land of the chosen few (chosen few)
In the land (in the land)
In the land (in the land)
In the land of the chosen few
I still get lost in wild imagination
I need to wake up to reality
I've had enough of identification
What can be done for a fool like me.
[Fade]
In the land (in the land)
In the land (in the land)
In the land of the chosen few (chosen few)
I still get lost in wild imagination
I need to wake up to reality
I've had enough of identification
What can be done for a fool like me.
She€™s got the cool look, she€™s got the money man
She€™s got the diamonds, she€™s even got the suntan
But she€™s a bright girl, she€™s got a law degree
She pioneered the introduction of the CD.
When she was young she read the Gurdjieff books
The wisdom blew her away
She€™s got the money, got good looks
But the girl€™s got no confidence
No the girl girl girl sweet girl
The girl€™s got no confidence.
She went to Berkley, did primal therapy
She wrote the music for a series on the TV
She studied Rumi and Ibn€™Arabi
She meditated every summer in a teepee.
But no religion€™s gonna tie her down
She loves her beautiful clothes
She€™s sittin€™ pretty livin€™ way up town
But the girl, the girl€™s got no confidence
No the girl girl girl sweet girl
The girl€™s got no confidence.
Little by little she got heavy round the middle
She wore a silk kimono when the sun went down
She wrote to her mother and she took another lover
She gets a little lonely when the sun goes down.
She€™s got the cool look, she€™s got the money man
She€™s got the diamonds, she€™s even got the suntan
But she€™s a bright girl, she€™s got a law degree
She pioneered the introduction of the CD.
When she was young she read the Gurdjieff books
The wisdom blew her away
She€™s got the money, she€™s got good looks
But the girl, the girl€™s got no confidence
No the girl, the girl€™s got no confidence
No the girl girl girl sweet girl
The girl€™s got no confidence
No the girl girl girl sweet girl
The girl€™s got no confidence.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards/Bass: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitars: Bryn Haworth
National Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Mandolin: Bryn Haworth
Baritone Sax: Mel Collins
Acoustic Guitar: Rab Noakes / Gerry Rafferty
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
I was caught up in a fever
In that summer of €˜69
And my heart was cryin€™ out for change
And I knew time was comin€™ when I€™d get away.
So I moved down to that city
Where I met a friend of mine
And I must admit he tried to warn me well
With all those bad luck stories he could tell.
He said "Take the money and run,
Take the money and run
Believe it, in this town you can€™t trust anyone
You€™re gonna learn that lesson my son".
"Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don€™t be a fool, don€™t you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".
He was broken, he was wasted
He€™d been brought down to his knee
And his heart was crying out for truth
You could see the whole world€™s sadness in his eyes.
So I took good care of business
At least as far as I could see
I could read the signs and I knew all the lines
But so many times his voice came back to me.
"Take the money and run,
Get it at the point of a gun
Believe it, in this town you can€™t trust anyone
You€™re gonna learn that lesson my son".
"Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don€™t be a fool, don€™t you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".
I€™ve been wanderin€™ through this wasteland
Where the blind go leading the blind
And the only sound on the money-go-round
Was the million voices waiting to be found.
I could only hear a whisper
It was comin€™ from the one I loved
And her heart was saying this can€™t be right
All my wasted days and all her lonely nights.
Take the money and run,
Get it at the point of a gun
Believe it, n this town you can€™t trust anyone
You€™re gonna learn that lesson my son.
Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don€™t be a fool, don€™t you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Graham Preskett
Fiddle: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jockie, Melly, and me.
The things that we have are all that we need
You have your painting, and I like to
Read books by people of feeling, someone sincere
They remind me of you and what we have here.
Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jockie, Melly, and me.
If in our lifetime we find peace of mind
We€™ll remember the bad days that we left behind
Thinking only of love and what it can bring
You paint songs for the children, a song we€™ll always sing.
Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jockie, Melly, and me.
When I was just a kid way back in my hometown
There was a crazy little man who once came around
Syncopatin' Sandy was the stranger's name
Playing marathon piano, that was Sandy's game.
He played all day, he played all night
After 48 hours he was still alright
We fed him whiskey from a paper cup
And we wondered how long he could keep it up.
How long? how long?
How long? how long?
Well his eyes are rollin' and he can't even speak
The spirit's willing but the flesh is weak
How long? how long?
How long? how long?
People would come and the people would go
And the people all agreed it wasn't much of a show
They all Sandy must be weak in the head
And if he didn't stop soon he would drop down dead.
He played all day, he played all night
After 96 hours he was still alright
We fed him whiskey from a paper cup
And we wondered how long he could keep it up.
How long? how long?
How long? how long?
Well his eyes are rollin' and he can't even speak
The spirit's willing but the flesh is weak
How long? how long?
How long? how long?
(fade)
How long? how long?
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Keyboards: Ian Lynn
Woodblocks: Frank Ricotti
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Clarinets/Strings Arranged By: Wil Malone
String Leader: Gavin Wright
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Got to leave, got to go downtown
Got to see the man who won't beat around
He understands what we've got to do
And everything he says rings true.
Walking in this wilderness, wearing out my shoes
Staring at the living dead, peddling my blues
I might be in heaven or I might be in hell
I don't know which is which, sometimes you just can't tell.
Sweet surrender
Sweet surrender
I wake up every morning, I lie down every night
As long as I believe in love, I know it's gonna be alright.
I try to keep it simple, take it one day at a time
When I'm losing my direction, well that ain't no crime
Sweet surrender
Sweet surrender
But everytime we drift away into the magic of the night
You hold me close and I hear you say
Sweet surrender (surrender)
Living in the electronic world
Living in the molecular world
Living in the electronic world
Living in the molecular world
Check into hotels, checking out the street
Air-conditioned Cadillacs when I can't stand the heat
I just hit another road-block and I'm runnin' out of gas
I've got this white line fever, but I know that it won't last.
Sweet surrender
Sweet surrender
But everytime we drift away into the magic of the night
You hold me close and I hear you say
Sweet surrender (surrender)
Got to leave, got to go downtown
Got to see the man who won't beat around
He understands what we've got to do
And everything he says rings true.
Sweet sweet, sweet surrender
Sweet sweet, sweet surrender
Sweet sweet, sweet surrender
Sweet sweet, sweet surrender
[Fade]
(sweet sweet)
Living in the electronic world
Living in the molecular world
Sweet love
Sweet love
Sweet love
I'm in love with you baby
Why don't we take it all the way
I can see us flying, I can see us trying
To keep it all in a day
We'll live in the moment
I'll babysit you through the night
When we get this feeling
As the cold moon comes stealin' (I'll say)
Babe I want to get inside your skin
Girl I need your loving touch
I know that you can see the mood I'm in
Girl I want you oh so much
Baby baby I got news for you
I've been crying like a madman in a storm.
I will love you whenever this sweetness comes around
Love you every time you make this sound (yeah)
I will love you whenever this sweetness comes around.
I don't need any book of love
I can see that you're trying
I don't need any book of love
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe
Yeah, that you make me feel so good
You make feel that Spring has sprung
We can make it together, yeah no matter the weather
I'll say, babe, I want to get inside your skin
Girl, I need your loving touch,
I know that you can see the mood I'm in
Girl I want you oh so much
Baby baby I got news for you
I've been crying like a madman in a storm
I will love you whenever this sweetness comes around
Love you every time you make this sound (yeah)
I will love you whenever this sweetness comes around.
[Fade]
Give me your sweet love baby
Give me your sweet love baby (sweet love)
Want to spend my life with you baby
Want to spend my life with you (sweet love)
My daddy was a miner, said there was nothing finer
Than an Irish man who worked an honest day
From Steamboat Row, in rain or shine, he€™d make his way down to the mine
Along the dusty road he€™d travel
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.
He used to tell about the time he got hurt down in the mine
He said he€™d never go back down again
But in his heart he knew he would, he did the only thing he could
Kept on walkin€™ down that road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.
But when he took to drinkin€™ we knew that he was thinkin€™
That his days were quickly coming to an end
He€™d only speak of Steamboat Row, he said someday we ought to go
And walk along that dusty road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.
Stealin€™ time, I€™ve been stealin€™ time
But I don€™t feel guilty, cause the time was mine
I kept down low, kept down low
I walked right out, I had to let it go.
Stealin€™ time, I€™ve been stealin€™ time
Forgot about everything and eased my mind
Stealin€™ time, I was stealin€™ time
But now I know it€™s time to cross that line.
I watched the sky, watched the sky
Every day I let the world roll by
Sun and rain, sun and the rain
It felt so good to know that magic again.
Stealin€™ time, I€™ve been stealin€™ time
Forgot about everything and eased my mind
Stealin€™ time, I was stealin€™ time
But now I know it€™s time to cross that line.
Wait my love, wait my love
We€™ll soon be brighter than the sun up above
Wait and see, wait and see
Forget about everything except you and me.
Stealin€™ time, I€™ve been stealin€™ time
Forgot about everything and eased my mind
Stealin€™ time, I was stealin€™ time
But now I know it€™s time to cross that line.
(fade)
Roll on, cross that line, been so long, stealin€™ time
Roll on, cross that line, been so long, stealin€™ time.
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Keyboards/Moog: Tommy Eyre
Steel Guitar: Brian Cole
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Electric Guitars: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitars: Micky Moody / Gerry Rafferty
String Machine: Graham Preskett
Tambourine: Glen Le Fleur
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Well the jury found you guilty, as you stare into a world that€™s without love
But you keep a wall around you, and you wait for help to come down from above
Now the wisdom of your ways has finally caught you up, and left you to your fate
So you end up like a refugee, all alone and standin€™ at the gates.
Now the truth is slowly dawning, but you don€™t get any warning here within
And you swear that you can change your ways, you promise that tomorrow you€™ll begin
But the phases of the moon still come and go, and now you€™ve left it much too late
So you end up like a refugee, all alone and standin€™ at the gates.
All aboard the roundabout like the biggest fool you€™ve ever seen
And all the time you know what€™s comin€™ down (it€™s comin€™ down)
Up and down on the roundabout while you€™re sittin€™ right on dynamite
And any fool can see what€™s comin€™ down.
You can run with the wind, you can laugh at the rain, and pretend
It€™s just some bad weather
There€™s a storm comin€™ up, and it€™s headin€™ your way.
Now the spirit doesn€™t move you, you€™re so empty, you€™ve got nothin€™ left to give
Yes you know by now that nothin€™ you have ever learned has taught you how to live
But the phases of the moon still come and go, and now you€™ve left it much too late
So you end up like a refugee, all alone and standin€™ at the gates.
All aboard the roundabout like the biggest fool you€™ve ever seen
And all the time you know what€™s comin€™ down (it€™s comin€™ down)
Up and down on the roundabout while you€™re sittin€™ right on dynamite
And any fool can see what€™s comin€™ down.
You can run with the wind, you can laugh at the rain, and pretend
It€™s just some bad weather
There€™s a storm comin€™ up, and it€™s headin€™ your way.
Well the jury found you guilty, as you stare into a world that€™s without love
Yes you keep a wall around you, and you wait for help to come down from above
Now the wisdom of your ways has finally caught you up, and left you to your fate
So you end up like a refugee, all alone and standin€™ at the gates.
Yes you end up like a refugee, all alone and standin€™ at the gates
Yes you end up like a refugee, all alone and standin€™ at the gates.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass: Mo Foster
Piano: Kenny Craddock
Hammond Organ: Kenny Craddock
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Percussion: Maurice Pert
Synthesizers: Kenny Craddock
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says €˜Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?€™
€˜But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine€™.
Get on the phone (Played in Hamburg just to make me some money)
She says €˜I need some money back home€™ (Played the ?? but never got honey)
Big money man says (Big fat money man, he wrote me a letter)
€˜Don't you worry boy, you're not on your own€™ (€˜Don't you worry boy, it's got to get better€™)
€˜If I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine€™.
I could have stayed at home forever
But big money man was much too clever
He said €˜Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine€™.
Back playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says €˜Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?€™
€˜But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get myself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine€™.
Written By: Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Steel Guitar: Rod King
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can€™t be that I€™ll be a deep sea diver.
My father says that I must always work on the land
And I never disagreed when I€™d see him lift his hand
Mother thinks that I should be a carpenter to trade
That I could fill my house with the things that I had made.
Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can€™t be that I€™ll be a deep sea diver.
I look at the skies, see the birds that can fly, and I feel like cryin€™
Like a bird on the tree I just want to free so I€™ll keep on tryin€™.
Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can€™t be that I€™ll be a deep sea diver.
My brother says that I must pay attention at the school
Because I€™ve never won a prize, he thinks that I€™m a fool
Teacher always asks me why I look so far away
It€™s just that I find nothing in the words he has to say.
Rick rack, rickety rack
I€™m leaving home and I€™m never coming back
I€™m on my way to be an engine driver
But if I can€™t be that I€™ll be a deep sea diver.
Shoeshine boy, he€™s makin€™ his money workin€™ dowtown on Main Street
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain€™t funny cleanin€™ everything on two feet
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won€™t be long €˜til Saturday night and you€™ll be dancin€™ with your lady €˜til the break of day.
Shoeshine boy, don€™t have no ambition, just wants to be a kerbside boot black
Shoeshine boy, your daddy€™s getting older, gotta take the weight off his back
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won€™t be long €˜til Saturday night and you€™ll be dancin€™ with your lady €˜til the break of day.
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
And when you€™re dancin€™ together, you just can€™t beat you.
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won€™t be long €˜til Saturday night and you€™ll be dancin€™ with your lady €˜til the break of day.
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
And when you€™re dancin€™ together, you just can€™t beat you.
Shoeshine boy, he€™s makin€™ his money workin€™ dowtown on Main Street
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain€™t funny cleanin€™ everything on two feet
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won€™t be long €˜til Saturday night and you€™ll be dancin€™ with your lady €˜til the break of day.
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Right or Wrong (Stealers Wheel) version
I woke up, remembered everything I said to you last night
But this time I sure won't worry about what I might have done
'Cause I was out to please myself,
Right or wrong.
You came in, looking like a long lost sheep,
Said I've been using you
You got what you wanted, and that's alright
But you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong.
Don't hang your head down, there ain't no shame
In what we've both been through
Although I'd like to help you out
You know I've got to save myself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm you know I've got to save myself
Right or wrong.
When you go back, you know you're gonna have to look your best
You're gonna have to turn on the magic
Make believe it's real
You're gonna have to save yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah we were out to please ourselves
Right or wrong
Yeah we were out to please ourselves.
(fade)
Yeah please yourself please yourself
Right or wrong yeah please yourself
Over My Head version
I woke up, remembered everything I said to you last night
But this time I sure won€™t worry about what I might have done
€˜Cause I was out to please myself,
Right or wrong.
You came in, looking like a long lost sheep,
Said I€™ve been using you
You got what you wanted, and that€™s alright
But you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong.
Don€™t hang your head down, there ain€™t no shame
In what we€™ve both been through
Although I€™d like to help you out
You know I€™ve got to save myself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm you know I€™ve got to save myself
Right or wrong.
Shake me when you€™re leavin€™ in the morning
Pack up your bags while I open my eyes
I know you€™re gonna wake me in the morning
Say bye bye and I€™ll be loving you.
When you go back, you know you€™re gonna have to look your best
You€™re gonna have to turn on the magic
Make believe it€™s real
You€™re gonna have to save yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah we were out to please ourselves
Right or wrong
Yeah we were out to please ourselves.
(fade)
Yeah please yourself please yourself
Right or wrong yeah please yourself
Words and Music By: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty
Published By: Baby Bun Music Ltd. / Polygram Songs
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Piano/Bass: Pavel Rosak
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Acoustic Guitars: Bryn Haworth / Rab Noakes / Gerry Rafferty
Synth Pad: Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
Walk in, sit down, open up your case
Tune up, and turn €˜round to show your face to the crowd
Sing a song in a genuine bluegrass voice
About your big Dixie Darling, the banjo that€™s always in tune.
Please sing a song for us, play your guitar
There isn€™t one of us care who you are
But if the sound is good, you won€™t go wrong
Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long).
Stand up, stretch out to take the hand
Of a girl called Rosie who thought your performance was cool
Tune in, turn on, stop dead in your tracks
At a voice softly singing about some fool on a hill.
Please sing a song for us, play your guitar
There isn€™t one of us care who you are
And if the sound is good, you won€™t go wrong
Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long).
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
I remember the sound of the passing train
As it rolled through the night in the pouring rain
And the touch of a hand
And the way she said goodbye
And we walked in the sun down the royal mile
Saw the light in her eye and the way she smiled
And she cried in the night
And I heard her say "Don't go"
What can I do, sweet darlin'?
I don't want to go away
Looking at you, sweet darlin'
I know I want to stay
What can I do, sweet darlin'?
In the light of the day, I was rolling home
I was thinking of you, waiting on your own
And I wanted to call
But then something said, oh, no
Yeah, but now it's a dream, it's a memory
But I'll never forget what you gave to me
I was lost and alone
But you made feel okay
What can I do, sweet darlin'?
I don't want to go away
Looking at you, sweet darlin'
I know I want to stay
What can I do, sweet darlin'?
I remember the sound of the passing train
As it rolled through the night in the pouring rain
And the touch of a hand
And the way she said goodbye
What can I do, sweet darlin'?
I don't want to go away
Looking at you, sweet darlin'
I know I want to stay
We sat up talking right on through the night
And the day had just begun
Then you said let€™s take a walk outside
And watch the rising of the sun.
And over my head there was so much to see in the sky
Just that feeling of being alive
Don€™t let it go, don€™t let it slip away.
We stood around until the sky was clear
It was time for you to go
I watched your figure slowly disappear
As you walked off down the road.
And over my head there was so much to see in the sky
Just that feeling of being alive
Don€™t let it go, don€™t let it slip away.
Don€™t let it go, don€™t let it slip away
Don€™t let it go, don€™t let it slip away.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards/Strings: Ian Lynn
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Out the blue you came to me
And blew away life€™s misery
Out the blue life€™s energy
Out the blue you came to me.
Every day I thank the lord and lady
For the way that you came to me
Anyway it had to be two hearts --
One destiny.
Out the blue you came to me
And blew away life€™s misery
Out the blue life€™s energy
Out the blue you came to me.
All my life has been a long slow knife
I was born just to get to you
Anyway I€™ve survived long enough --
To make you my wife.
Out the blue you came to me
And blew away life€™s misery
Out the blue life€™s energy
Out the blue you came to me.
Like a U.F.O. you came to me
And blew away life€™s misery
Out the blue life€™s energy
Out the blue you came to me.
Words and Music By: John Lennon
Published By: BMG Publishing Ltd.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Piano/Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Slide/Electric Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Strings: Ian Lynn
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
To Rafferty's Bar in my old jaunting car
I took myself one Friday evening
To think on a son so deceiving
It's one drink down and another to go.
He was married in haste to a woman unchaste
Much to the shame of the father
His face still half-covered in lather
It's one drink down and another to go.
It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.
I'm not the kind to condemn out of hand
A woman whose virtue is easy
Just as long as she doesn't deceive me
It's one drink down and another to go.
Imagine a life with an unfaithful wife
Might wake up in the morning
And find that she's left without warning
It's one drink down and another to go.
It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.
Written By: Gerry Rafferty and John Patrick Byrne
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Fiddle: John Van Derrick
Harpsichord: Tom Parker
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
Driftin€™ along with the wind, telling yourself you can€™t win
It€™s over and now we begin, oh yeah we are on the way
Light shining down from the east, bringing a love that won€™t cease
Yeah now we are finally released, oh yeah we€™re on the way.
I used to think that I was doin€™ all right, but now I know that I was just hanging on
I used to wake up in the dead of night, and see the road that I was travellin€™ on.
Only one woman one man, just doing the best that we can
There€™s so much we don€™t understand, oh yeah but we€™re on the way
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
I used to think that I was doin€™ all right, but now I know that I was just hanging on
I used to wake up in the dead of night, and see the road that I was travellin€™ on.
Only one woman one man, just doing the best that we can
There€™s so much we don€™t understand, oh yeah but we€™re on the way
Light shining down from the east, bringing a love that won€™t cease
Yeah now we are finally released, oh yeah we€™re on the way.
(fade)
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Drums: Pick Withers
Bass: Mo Foster
Hammond Organ: Alan Clark
Synthesizers: Alan Clark
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Synthesizer: Ian Lynn
Percussion: Frank Riccotti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
On a night like this, I need your sweet kiss
Yeah it's only you that can heal me girl
Till there's no more rain, and there's no more pain
Oh yeah darlin' you take it all all away.
I've been out walkin' on those city streets
I've been so restless for so long
In those dark places where they keep the beat
You're missing nothing, it's the same old song.
When the beat goes on, when the music's playing
It's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swaying
I'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I miss
I know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.
On a night like this, I just can't resist
All the sweet love, you want to give to me girl
When I'm all at sea, you can rescue me
Yeah it's only you, that can turn this old heart around.
It's been so long since I went steppin' out
I went looking for something new
Then I remember what it's all about
And I bring it all home to you.
When the beat goes on, when the music's playing
It's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swaying
I'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I miss
I know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.
When the beat goes on, when the music's playing
It's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swaying
I'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I miss
I know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Keyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan Clark
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Accordion: Geraint Watkins
Piano Introduction: Gerry Rafferty
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
I like the trees and the birds and the bees
I'm a sucker for peace and quiet
But two weeks alone in this sweet little home
And I feel like starting a riot
I've been stuck in this old house too long
I need a little change of atmosphere
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
I greet the day in my usual way
On my brow there's one more wrinkle
I can't speak, I ain't shaved in a week
And I look like Rip Van Winkle
We've got people in this neighbourhood
Who've been sleeping for a thousand years
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
Let's take a train, or a boat and a plane
And go all the way to China
Let's stay alive till a hundred and five
Well nothing could be finer
I want to make sweet love to you, beneath a silver moon.
Same old scene on the T.V. screen
There's an inner city burning
It's dog eat dog, live high on the hog
But the lady's not for turning
We've got violence on the picket lines
And police in their riot gear
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
Let's take a train, or a boat and a plane
And go all the way to China
Let's stay alive till a hundred and five
Well nothing could be finer
I want to make sweet love to you, beneath a silver moon.
I like the trees and the birds and the bees
I'm a sucker for peace and quiet
But two weeks alone in this sweet little home
And I feel like starting a riot
Let's take a trip up north, to Sauchiehall Street
And wish everyone a happy new year
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here
(dog ate the dog, the cat ate the mouse)
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Keyboards: Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Fiddles: Rick Sanders
Accordion: Geraint Watkins
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
I was born a poor man's son, and followin' tradition
When I came of age I hit the road, and followed blind ambition
I served my time and payed my dues, now I'm sittin' pretty
Sleeping in a feather bed high above this city.
It's four in the morning, and I'm sittin' here still thinking
Our love's on the borderline, I know this ship is sinking
I still remember when we talked about the Southern Cross a long time ago
Look through my window and I watch the cold rain fallin'
Somewhere in the distance I can hear a siren callin'
Is this a wilderness or just another station on the Rock Island Line?
When I first came to this town with sweet anticipation
My days were filled with music, and my nights with conversation
I didn't worry, didn't care which way the wind was blowin'
Yes there was magic in the air, and music kept on flowin'.
I was a superman ridin' on a river
She always wanted so much more than I could give her
I still remember everytime we said goodbye when I was back on the road
I was a rhythm man, now I'm a local hero
I still remember when my luck was down to zero
Right now I sit and wonder why nobody ever comes to knock on my door.
Now life is bitter, life is sweet, life is what you make it
Your love makes my life complete, and I just can't forsake it
The time has come to travel on, yes now the days I'm countin'
We're goin' back to where we come from, gonna live on some old mountain.
It's four in the morning, and I'm sittin' here still thinking
Our love's on the borderline, I know the ship is sinking
I still remember when we talked about the Southern Cross a long time ago
I was a rhythm man, now I'm a local hero
I still remember when my luck was down to zero
Is this a wilderness or just another station on the Rock Island Line?
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Gerry Rafferty / Pete Zorn
Fretless Bass: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Alan Clark / Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Uilleann Pipes: Davy Spillane
Fiddles: Rick Sanders
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
"Do it on the microphone, thank you, Gerald" (you have to turn it up way loud to hear this)
Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.
Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
About a year ago, I knocked on this door
I asked my friend if I could sleep on the floor
He took me in, said I was welcome to stay
I told him then that I was going to pay him back someday.
He took me in and all he asked was a song
It didn't sound me when I knew it was wrong
It got so bad that we were drunk every night
And I'd pretend that come tomorrow night things would be alright.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.
Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
Electric Guitar: Roger Brown
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you€™ll be heard
While you€™re here tonight, we€™ll be as one
For tomorrow you will seek the sun.
Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you€™ll be heard
Just for the moment I€™m asking you to stay
For tomorrow you€™ll be far away
For tomorrow you€™ll be far away.
Sing your song once more, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you€™ll be heard
While you€™re here tonight, we€™ll be as one
For tomorrow you will seek the sun
Yes tomorrow you will seek the sun.
Mr. Universe, can you help me please?
I'm only seven stone two
When I'm on the beach, the girls stay out of reach
They all want someone like you.
You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.
Mr. Universe, you know it's getting worse
I need your seven-day plan
I'm thinner every day, before I waste away
I need a muscle-bound man.
You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.
You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
Mystery Voices: Rab Noakes / Hugh Murphy
Moonlight and gold
Midsummer magic when the night turns to day
And songbirds greet the dawn
You lie awake
You watch and wonder while the moon fades away
And one more day is born.
Tides keep on turning, while hearts keep on yearning
To be where they know they belong
All on a new day, you see in a new way
The things you've been leaning upon.
Moonlight and gold
I will awaken to a love that runs deeper
Than the need in me.
While you are sleeping, the new day comes creeping
And life keeps on passing you by
Magic unfolds when the blue meets the gold
And the sun comes to open your eyes.
Moonlight and gold
Midsummer magic when the night turns to day
And songbirds greet the dawn
You lie awake
You watch and wonder while the moon fades away
And one more day is born.
Oh yeah
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Electric Piano: Gerry Rafferty
Organ: Gerry Rafferty
Synthesizer: Alan Clark
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
(Introduction) String Arrangement: Wil Malone
(Introduction) Soprano Saxophone: Andy White
Metanoia
I saw the light
I changed my world
I changed my heart
We sing a song of repentance
A song of joy
We sing a song of repentance
A song of joy
My father's mansion has many rooms
But we all live on the lowest floor
Don't even know there is light above
This understanding won't do no more
We sing a song of repentance
We sing a song of joy
We sing a song of repentance
We sing a song of joy
I was sitting on a barbed wire fence
Metanoia, it made no sense
How many times I should have cried to you
Now crying won't do no good
We sing a song of repentance
We sing a song of joy
We sing a song of repentance
We sing a song of joy
I saw the river, I've seen the door
I ruled the world, talked to the people
They didn't understand
They went walking, yeah they went walking
I saw (I saw the river) the light
I've seen the door
I changed (I ruled the world) my world
Talked to the people
I changed (they didn't understand) my heart
They went walking, yeah they went walking
Metanoia
Metanoia
Civilisations they come and go
From ancient Greece down to Mexico
The truth gets lost along the way
We're still dragging our feet in clay
[Fade]
We sing a song of repentance
We sing a song of joy
We sing a song of repentance
We sing a song of joy
Metanoia (metanoia)
Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.
Remember a holiday in a north-of-England town
You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown.
Mary Skeffington, when you wake
You mustn't be afraid to face another day
Think of what you have, you'll get by
You've always been a lady so hold your head up high.
Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your life
Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife.
Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Rab Noakes
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Rab Noakes
Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
You started out saying that you knew me
But I've never known anyone like you
You said we thought the same, so I just played the game
I really didn't mind 'cause I knew that I was winning all the way.
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that€™s who you really are.
Why don't you take a look around you?
Just try and see the other side
Maybe you'll find it strange, or maybe you'll like the change
At least you would know there were other people living in the world
You can't play the same old game forever
Someone will surely cut you down
So if you're going to stay around, get your feet back on the ground
Find your direction, follow it all the way.
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that€™s who you really are.
Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that€™s who you really are.
Electric Guitar: Mr. Z. Jenkins
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Piano: Tom Parker
Drums: Andrew Steele
Tambourine: Hugh Murphy
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
So long ago when our love was new
And the dreams that lovers dream still cast a spell
When we made love we were together more than we knew
And we gazed down deep into the wishing well.
Every day was a sunny day
Rain seems constant now
I can remember times when your love and affection
Turned my world around.
We separate like rain in a storm
And the wind blows all our words of love away
When we first met you were so loving, you were so warm
Now we meet like strangers on a lost highway.
Our love story was meant to be
All those days gone down
I can remember times when your love and affection
Turned my world around.
In deep blue, old and new
Distant voices call to you
Alchemy, mercury
Now you€™re free, and you can be who you want to be
I know that you will grow now we€™re apart
Talk to me when you€™re all at sea
I will keep songs for you here in my heart.
So long ago when our love was new
And the dreams that lovers dream still cast a spell
When we made love we were together more than we knew
And we gazed down deep into the wishing well.
Every day was a sunny day
Rain seems constant now
I can remember times when your love and affection
Turned my world around.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Lead Guitar: Hugh Burns
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Strings, Oboe, and Horn Arranged By: Andrew Jackman
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Look over the hill and far away
We€™ll see the start of a brand new day
Heaven help us when it arrives
One more day with tears in our eyes
For the only one, lonely one
Lonely one, where can she be?
The figure stands at the windowpane
Up to the hill he looks again
Thinking back, he knows he was wrong
How could he leave his home for so long
And he€™s back to find no change of mind
He was blind, where can she be?
Why does he stand just outside the door
It does no good, he€™s stood there before
And just waved his hand, I don€™t understand
There€™s no one there, so who can explain?
Look over the hill and far away
We€™ll see the start of a brand new day
Heaven help us when it arrives
One more day with tears in our eyes
For the only one, lonely one
Lonely one, where can she be?
I€™m a lonesome polecat
Lonesome sad and blue
€˜Cause I ain€™t got no feminine polecat
Vowing to be true.
I€™m a mean old houndog
Baying at the moon
€˜Cause I ain€™t got no lady friend houndog
Here to hear my tune.
Ooh ooh
Can€™t make no vows --
To a herd of cows.
I€™m a lonesome polecat
Lonesome sad and blue
€˜Cause I ain€™t got no feminine polecat
Vowing to be true.
Ooh ooh
Can€™t shoot no breeze --
To a bunch of trees.
(fade)
You make me so lonely
You make me so lonely
Words and Music By: Gene Paul and J. Mercer
Published By: Robin / Big 3
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Piano/Strings: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Finger Snaps: Pavel Rosak
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Lead/Electric Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Harmonica: Julian Dawson
Acoustic Guitars: Rab Noakes / Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
You get a thunderbolt from out of the blue
And it changes everything about the life you knew
Yes the storm breaks and your heart aches
And then life goes on.
When a long time love just disappears
You need someone new to help you through those impatient years
And those sad days, all those mad days
While your life goes on.
You know it€™s over but you can€™t let go
It€™s not easy when it comes to saying all those last goodbyes
In that moment when your dreams lie scattered in the dust
You find something you can trust
Love comes to meet you like a brand new day
Love comes to you all along the way.
You€™re walking down the street but you€™re lost in space
And the future comes to meet you and you like its face
From a blue note comes a new note
And your life goes on.
You don€™t need miracles to point the way
When you know that love is still the reason to believe
In that moment when you know you might have given up
Someone fills your lovin€™ cup
And lies beside you €˜til the break of day
Love comes to you all along the way.
A million stars shine in the darkest night
From across the universe there comes eternal light
From this blue world to a new world
Somewhere life goes on.
Life goes on...
Life goes on...
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Hugh Burns
Bass (on chorus): Mo Foster
Saxophones: Mel Collins
Strings Arranged By: Andrew Jackman
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Late again
When I get home you'll be waiting
Still you know there ain't no use in you complaining
I know that I can show some respect
Especially when I'm wrong
But when I get back I know you'll say
'You've been away too long.'
I wonder why I stay
When everybody's gone (yeah)
There's always something there
That keeps me hanging on.
ooooh, la-la-la
ooooh, la-la-la
I wonder why I stay
When everybody's gone (away)
There's always something there
That keeps me hanging on.
I know that I could show some respect
Especially when I'm wrong
Late again
When I get home you'll be waiting.
Written by: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty
Over My Head version
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Mandolin: Bryn Haworth
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
Oh darlin', do not cry
These clouds will soon pass by
The moon up in the sky
Is crying, he feels just like you
The moonlight casts it's spell
You know that all is well
Even the moon can tell
I walk along the street and wonder what to do
I€™d like to ease the pain in my troubled brain
But as to how, I haven€™t a clue
Should I shout at the people who pass me by
Hey folks look at me, I€™m no ordinary guy
I had a love and she swore she was mine
But she only loved me when the weather was fine.
My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don€™t want to know
Keep it to yourself.
On a subway train, I hide from the rain
And take a seat right next to the door
There€™s a man with a case and as I look at his face
I€™m sure I€™ve seen him someplace before
He looks up and I look down
And then we both look away
The train slows down and my head spins €˜round
It€™s like scene from a one-act play.
My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don€™t want to know
Keep it to yourself.
I feel much better when the sun has lost its glow
When the light of day is fading away
And there are shadows wherever I go
Yes the light is fading and I€™m masquerading
As a poet with something to say
The inspiration€™s gone and I can€™t turn it on
It€™s been the same since she went away.
My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don€™t want to know
Keep it to yourself.
Starin€™ at the moon again
Yes you been out on the loose
You still feel like a haunted man
This kinda life just ain€™t no use.
It€™s gonna be a long night
Waitin€™ for the first light
It€™s gonna be a long night.
You sit around and talk awhile
You go stealin€™ like a thief
The silence kills and the talk is cheap
And you don€™t get no relief.
It€™s gonna be a long night
Waitin€™ for the first light
It€™s gonna be a long night.
She left her calling card
And said her last goodbyes
She found a way into your heart
And you lie there wondering why.
Gonna be a long night
Waitin€™ for the first light
It€™s gonna be a long night.
It€™s gonna be a long night
Waitin€™ for the first light
It€™s gonna be a long long long long lonely night.
You sit around and talk awhile
You go stealin€™ like a thief
The silence kills and the talk is cheap
And you don€™t get no relief.
It€™s gonna be a long night
Waitin€™ for the first light
It€™s gonna be a long night.
It€™s gonna be a long night
Waitin€™ for the first light
It€™s gonna be a long night.
It€™s gonna be a long night
Waitin€™ for the first light
It€™s gonna be a long night.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Piano: Graham Preskett
Mandolin: Graham Preskett
Guitars: Hugh Burns / Richard Brunton
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Lap Slide: Richard Brunton
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
I love you so much, but you€™re leaving today
Somehow we€™ve lost touch -- I can€™t make you stay
You say I€™ll get by, but it€™s my head on the block
It€™s easy to talk -- so easy to talk.
What did I do wrong, tell me what was my crime
I€™ve loved you so long, now my neck€™s on the line
You pass judgement on me while I stand in the dock
It€™s easy to talk -- so easy to talk.
When we were living in the city of a million dreams
You were telling me that love is never what it seems
Yeah, you walked into my life and now I must surrender.
So you go with him and say I€™m to blame
I know I can€™t win while you feel no shame
For every vow that you break and every word that you mock
It€™s easy to talk -- so easy to talk.
When we were living in the city of a million dreams
You were telling me that love is never what it seems
Yeah, you walked into my life and now I must surrender.
God holds out His hand, why suffer the gloom
Of a renegade heart in some lonely room
Our lives slip away with each tick of the clock
It€™s easy to talk -- so easy to talk.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Bottleneck Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Pedal Steel Guitar: B.J. Cole
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman /
Melanie Harrold / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
She's so far away, yeah, she's in America
And the water is wide, I love you, my love
It's been so long now since we held one another
You're still a part of my dreams
You're so far away, remember each day
It's better this way (yeah)
Let's live in the now, forget about history
Now you know we can't live in the past, this is reality
Got no control over the things that happen
And all the hurt that love can bring
You're so far away, remember each day
It's better this way (yeah)
I remember all those times
We went sailing on the moon
And love came down to see us
Everywhere, yes everywhere.
Now it all seems so wrong, that we have to be apart
But tomorrow we'll walk in the sun, and I'll love you, my love
Together we can write a different story
That never comes to an end
You're so far away, remember each day
It's better this way.
You're so far away, remember each day
It's better this way (yeah)
You're so far away, remember each day
It's better this way (oh darlin' darlin' darlin' yeah)
[Fade]
It's better this way
It's better this way
Lov'es gonna grow, love's gonna grow, it's better this way
I was a boy scout in St. Mary's troop
I had my own patrol
I had a necktie and a monkey suit
'Til I heard rock and roll.
And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man.
I was a Knight of St. Columba's
I used to lie a lot
I had a Bible and a rosary
And one day I forgot.
And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man.
I sold the shoes, I had a great career
Down at the Main Street store
'Til I decided I should disappear
'Til I walked out the door.
And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man (yeah).
I was a boy scout in St. Mary's troop
I had my own patrol
I had a necktie and a monkey suit
'Til I heard rock and roll.
And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man.
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man (yeah).
I was a boy scout
I had my own patrol.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Slide Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Piano: Billy Livsey
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Congas: Frank Ricotti
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Brass Arrangment: Chris Mercer
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Back in my school days acting the fool boys
One and one and one made three
And the man said come and cut yourself a piece of the big time.
Armour-clad forces riding trojan horses
Never made sense to me
I didn€™t wanna be a part of the great debate on moonshine.
€˜Stop, pay the price€™, they said to me, €˜take this advice:
You€™re out of your head€™
Stop, hold the €˜phone -- this has to be cut to the bone
Too bad -- I see red
I see red. I see red.
She slips and stumbles, twists and she tumbles
She always lands on her feet
And she keeps her face turned to the far horizon.
Won€™t you come this way -- won€™t you go my way
Her rhythm doesn€™t miss a beat
She€™s just doin€™ everything she can to keep surviving.
€˜Stop, pay the price€™, she said to me, €˜take this advice:
You€™re out of your head€™
Stop, hold the €˜phone -- this has to be cut to the bone
Too bad -- I see red.
I see red. I see red. Yeah.
Now who wants a riot -- people should be quiet
Don€™t we give €˜em good TV
You can learn to love a lifetime of distraction.
You€™ve got nothin€™ on the inside, nothin€™ on the outside
All the way from A to B
I can live without that kind of satisfaction.
€˜Stop, pay the price€™, she said to me, €˜take this advice:
You€™re out of your head€™
Stop, hold the €˜phone -- this has to be cut to the bone
Too bad -- I see red
I see red. I see red. I see red. Yeah.
(fade and repeat)
I see red
I see red
You make me see red
Yes I see red
I see red
I see red.
Written By: Jim Rafferty
Published By: Hit & Run Music
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Hugh Burns
Soprano Sax: Mel Collins
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman /
Melanie Harrold / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
Information Superhighway, crawling out around the world
You go your way, I'll go my way, I'm living in a different world
So much useless information, meant to stultify my mind
Stifles my imagination in this sea of humankind.
Tomorrow is another day
But we are here tonight
Trust in our love and let it be
Every time that I wake up, I drink the potion from the cup
And I awaken from this sleep
In the moment I can see, in the moment I am free
Every time that I wake up
Cybernetic generation, all the little girls and boys
Virtual communication, playing with their little toys
Ritual without devotion, virtual reality
Sound and vision, no emotion, psycho babble apathy
And now we're sitting in the sun
Love comes out of the blue
Trust in our love and let it be
Every time that I wake up, I drink the potion from the cup
And I awaken from this sleep
In the moment I can see, in the moment I am free
Every time that I wake up
When I'm lost inside the beauty of a melody
A window opens and I know that's where I want to be
Like the sound of falling snow
Awakes the magic in my heart
Driving through Nevada City, on my way to God knows where
This old town, it sure looks pretty, I just got to stop and stare
Lookin' at an old church steeple, it's got stories it could tell
In a world of sleeping people, no one ever hears the bell
Tomorrow is another day
But we are here tonight
Trust in our love and let it be
Every time that I wake up, I drink the potion from the cup
And I awaken from this sleep
In the moment I can see, in the moment I am free
Every time that I wake up
Every time that I wake up
Every time that I wake up
What (or who) is left out of the picture of the world we are in when the world itself is portrayed as if nothing but "pure cybernetic processes?" And what haunts this most powerful of late twentieth-century theoretical-fictions? The answer, according to Norbert Wiener, is the "evil" of chaos - the noise of disorganized forms and the entropic erosion of workable boundaries between subjects in communicative flux.
Information Superhighway
Crawling out around the world
Nothing is touched, I still want you so much
The feeling€™s so strong yeah -- but I could be wrong
A love affair ends, and now we€™re just friends
The real thing is gone yeah -- but I could be wrong.
In the morning when I wake up and it€™s a sunny day
All my troubles seem to fly away
Then I remember, and it€™s down and down I go.
I watch the rising of the moon
Darkness always comes too soon
When the night comes falling
It€™s down and down I go.
Now I can see you don€™t need me
You€™ll get along yeah -- but I could be wrong.
Day and night I€™ve been soul searchin€™ in a stormy sea
All your tears washin€™ over me
When the truth comes callin€™, it€™s down and down I go.
I was dreamin€™ of the night we met
So many moments that I can€™t forget
When the night comes fallin€™, it€™s down and down I go.
Now it appears I€™ve cried all my tears
The sadness is gone yeah -- but I could be wrong
Nothing is touched, I still want you so much
The feeling€™s so strong yeah -- but I could be wrong.
Time goes by and a love affair ends
Hearts run dry and now we€™re just friends
The real thing is gone, we€™ll sing you a song
But I could be wrong.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Rhythm Guitar: Hugh Burns
Lead Guitar: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman /
Melanie Harrold / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
Every time I€™m away I think about you
I wish that you were near me
Gets so bad at times I talk to myself
I wish that you could hear me.
I get to thinking how it all started out, and I know, oh I know
It may not last forever
But in the meantime when the goin€™ is good, I know, oh I know
That we should be together.
You gave me everything and then some more
When I was cold you opened up the door
Don€™t want to stop I couldn€™t anyhow
You know I€™m in too deep and I can€™t stop now.
When I come home I know I don€™t ever have much to say
I€™m just glad to be there
You ask about the people I€™ve met and the places I€™ve been
You ask me what I see there.
I see you, I see you everywhere I go
I see you all around me
On a ship, on a train, on a plane, no matter where I am
I feel your love surround me.
You gave me everything and then some more
When I was cold you opened up the door
Don€™t want to stop I couldn€™t anyhow
You know I€™m in too deep and I can€™t stop now.
You gave me everything and then some more
When I was cold you opened up the door
Don€™t want to stop I couldn€™t anyhow
You know I€™m in too deep and I can€™t stop now.
Humblebums (classic acoustic) version
The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
The book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn€™t like me anyway.
She always wanted more than I could give
She wasn€™t happy with the way we lived
I didn€™t feel like asking her to stay
Her father didn€™t like me anyway.
Daddy never knew just what she€™d seen in me
Daddy didn€™t like my hair
Perhaps if we had talked, he€™d have seen something in me
But Daddy didn€™t really care.
To tell the truth I didn€™t have the nerve
I know I only got what I deserved
So now she€™s taken leave of me today
Her father didn€™t like me anyway.
Daddy never knew just what she€™d seen in me
Daddy didn€™t like my hair
Perhaps if we had talked, he€™d have seen something in me
But Daddy didn€™t really care.
The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
The book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn€™t like me anyway.
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Over My Head version
The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
The book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn€™t like me anyway.
She always needed more than I could give
She wasn€™t happy with the way we lived
I didn€™t feel like asking her to stay
Her father didn€™t like me anyway.
Daddy never knew just what she€™d seen in me
He said I was going nowhere
Maybe if we€™d talked, he€™d have seen something in me
But Daddy didn€™t really care.
To tell the truth I didn€™t have the nerve
I know I only got what I deserved
So now she€™s taken leave of me today
Her father didn€™t like me anyway.
Published By: Logo Songs Ltd.
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Acoustic Guitars: Rab Noakes / Gerry Rafferty
Shaker: Brad Davis
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
She met a younger man and went to live in Germany
She let a good man down, she told him he was history
She€™s found a real hard station, she€™s paid the price for getting free
But maybe she can make it, maybe she can make it alone.
He moved from town to town and drifted down to Mexico
Wrote her a tear stained letter, saying €˜Baby please don€™t go€™
Sweet dreams and miracles happen, but she still said no
She said I know that you can make it
I know that you can make it alone. And he said...
€˜Don€™t move, don€™t move
Don€™t mess that groove (baby)
Don€™t move, don€™t leave me down and out.€™
He€™d call her up and say €˜My darlin€™ I feel so alone€™
She€™d say I just can€™t talk about it -- on the telephone
He€™d say €˜Sweet Jesus -- am I really on my own?€™
She€™d say I know you you can make it
I know that you can make it alone. And he said...
€˜Don€™t move, don€™t move
Don€™t mess that groove (pretty baby)
Don€™t move, don€™t leave me down and out.€™
She met a younger man and went to live in Germany
She let a good man down, she told him he was history
She€™s found a real hard station, she€™s paid the price for getting free
But maybe she can make it, maybe she can make it alone.
Don€™t move, don€™t move
Don€™t mess that groove (baby)
Don€™t move, don€™t leave me down and out.
Don€™t move, don€™t move
Don€™t mess that groove (little darlin€™)
Don€™t move, don€™t leave me down and out.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Harmonica: Julian Dawson
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
Hearts run dry, something happens when two hearts run dry
That you can't explain, no you don't know why, oh no oh no
Love grows cold, meanwhile life goes on and the young grow old
And you've seen too many dreams unfold, oh yeah when hearts run dry.
The setting sun, fades away just like a love that's gone
You remember when two hearts were one, oh yeah, oh yeah
And in the night, you still want someone to hold you tight
But your medicine just won't come right, oh no, when hearts run dry.
I can't love you the way that I used to do, but don't tell me I'm using you, losing you
Through empty days and lonely nights, it's memorys that keep me here with you
There's no getting near to you, and I still don't know what to do, leaving you, loving you.
Each day's the same, you decide to play the waiting game
So you live a lie, but you feel no shame, oh no, oh no.
I can't love you the way that I used to do, but don't tell me I'm using you, losing you
Through empty days and lonely nights, it's memorys that keep me here with you
There's no getting near to you, but I still don't know what to do, leaving you, loving you.
Hearts run dry, something happens when two hearts run dry
That you can't explain, no you don't know why, oh no oh no
Love grows cold, meanwhile life goes on and the young grow old
And you've seen too many dreams unfold, oh yeah when hearts run dry.
whoa-oh, when hearts run dry
whoa-oh, when hearts run dry
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Other Percussion: Maurice Pert
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Fretless Bass: Mo Foster
Electric Piano: Betsy Cook
Hammond Organs: Kenny Craddock
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Slide Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Accordion: Geraint Watkins
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
When life gets tough
When this old road gets rough
What happens to me and you
What do we do -- we hang on.
When you confess
Your life is in a mess
And only you can muddle through
What do you do -- you hang on.
Love is blind, love is kind
What do you do when it leaves you behind
Like yesterday€™s papers -- like yesterday€™s news.
You don€™t wanna be all by yourself
You don€™t wanna be left on the shelf
When you€™re feeling small and tired of it all.
Those lonely days
Those sad and lonely days
Left sad and blue without a clue
What do you do -- you hang on.
Love is real -- love can heal
What do you do when the love that you feel
Turns out to be one dream that never came true.
You imagined it was so much more
Now you€™re stranded on another shore
And you don€™t expect to resurrect.
A love gone wrong
A love that was so strong
Left sad and blue without a clue
What do you do -- you hang on.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Bottleneck Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Saxophones: Mel Collins
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman / Gerry Rafferty
Goin€™ down a dusty road, I turned my head €˜round
Looking for somewhere to go, a place to lay my head down
Check into a small hotel and there before my eyes
Stood a man with a trumpet in his hand
Trying to make the people understand, he stops and sighs and says
"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you€™ll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout €˜Hip hooray!€™
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"
Spoke about the well-known faces appearing in the show
Star attraction of the evening would be Billy with his big banjo
But first of all, a sweet little lady who€™d have us all screamin€™ for more
Lily, the striptease queen with the biggest pair you've ever seen.
Down and down
Went her long black stockings and, as they hit the ground, the boys went mad
Everyone agreed
That it was the greatest time they'd ever had
On and on
Now the night was nearly over except for Billy and his big banjo
Billy sang a song called €˜The Truckdriver Man€™
And we joined in for a chorus or two and then I went to bed.
"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they€™ll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you€™ll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout €˜Hip hooray!€™
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
I asked my heart to talk to my mind
They said don€™t worry, oh well you€™re doin€™ fine
I went to the doctor, I said I€™m misunderstood
He said €˜Don€™t worry, why your intentions are good.€™
Now life is a hard school, when you€™re living a lie
Tell me who€™ll bring you water, when your well runs dry?
Ah but there€™s always tomorrow, you€™ll do the things that you should
You€™re just a sad eyed dreamer, but your intentions are good.
I am a man who keeps his head down in the sand
If the spirit doesn€™t move you what€™s the use in making plans?
I€™ve been to the mountain, I€™ve been out in the rain
I€™m a long way from home but I can make it back again.
I asked my heart to talk to my mind
They said don€™t worry, oh well you€™re doin€™ fine
I went to the doctor, I said I€™m misunderstood
He said €˜Don€™t worry, (oh well you know) why your intentions are good.€™
(fade)
Your intentions are good (yeah)
Your intentions are good (yeah)
Organ and Piano: Alan Clark
Synthesizer: Ian Lynn
Drum Synthesizer: Christopher Neil
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
(Introductory music from Gerry Rafferty song "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway")
Get out of my life woman, you don€™t love me no more
Get out of my life woman, you don€™t love me no more
Get out of my life woman, you don€™t love me no more.
Get out of my eyes teardrops, I gotta see my way around
Get out of my eyes teardrops, I gotta see my way around
Get out of my life heartache, I got heartaches by the pound (these days).
Walk on, walk on
Walk on, walk on yeah walk on
Get off my ladder woman, I gotta climb up to the top
Get off my ladder woman, I gotta climb up to the top
Get off my ladder woman, you know that I can€™t stop.
I can€™t stop -- I can€™t stop
I can€™t stop -- I can€™t stop.
Get out of my life woman, I gotta be moving on
Get out of my life woman, I gotta be moving on
Get out of my life woman, it€™s so long.
Bye bye -- bye bye -- so long
Bye bye -- bye bye -- so long -- little darlin€™ goodbye
So long -- so long.
Twenty long years little darlin€™ that I spent with you
Twenty long years that we shared a home
Twenty long years little darlin€™, now I€™m black and blue
Twenty long years now I€™m back on my own.
Bye bye -- so long
Bye bye -- so long.
Written By: Alan Toussaint
Published By: Ardmore and Beechwood
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Fretless Bass: Mo Foster
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman /
Melanie Harrold / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
When we were young we used to sing
And we could feel the harmony
You€™d sit there waiting in the wings
How long have you been waitin€™ to let your light shine?
Many years have gone since then
Seen us go our different ways
But now we sit here once again
Tonight we€™re gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.
This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It€™s written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
In all the years we had
As part of a family tree
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
I know it€™s left its mark on you
I see the same things in myself
You know there€™s nothin€™ we can€™t do
We€™ve been a long time waitin€™, but some things never die.
It€™s time to leave all that behind
It€™s time to lay that ghost to rest
We can€™t deny the ties that bind
Tonight we€™re gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.
This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It€™s written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
In all the years we had (when we were young we used to sing)
As part of a family tree (we could feel the harmony)
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.
When we were young we used to sing...
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Graham Preskett
Fiddle: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitars: Richard Thompson
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Solo Guitar: Richard Brunton
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Recorders: Richard Harvey
Pipe Organ: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson
As you crossed the room, I was all wrapped up in my cocoon
When you said hello, I had nowhere to run and I had nowhere to go
With a fool like you, I will say anything you want me to
With a fool like me, I€™m amazed at how you take it all so seriously.
People come and people go, and people want to tell you just how much they know
But I€™m runnin€™ out of alibis, I got one thing left that I can€™t deny
Yes I€™m doin€™ time, doin€™ time, and it won€™t be long €˜til I cross that line
Yes the day will come when it€™s time to go, you better get ready, €˜cause now you know.
In a place like this, you abandon all hope, you just exist
You can€™t break the spell, well you know you€™re not in heaven, but you might be in hell.
People come and people go, and people want to tell you just how much they know
But I€™m runnin€™ out of alibis, I got one thing left that I can€™t deny
Yes I€™m doin€™ time, doin€™ time, and it won€™t be long €˜til I cross that line
Yes the day will come when it€™s time to go, you better get ready, €˜cause now you know.
As you crossed the room, I was all wrapped up in my cocoon
When you said hello, I had nowhere to run and I had nowhere to go.
(fade)
Yes I€™m runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™
Yes I€™m runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™
Drums: Pick Withers
Hammond Organ: Alan Clark
Synthesizers: Alan Clark
Piano: Kenny Craddock
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Percussion: Frank Riccotti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Christopher Neil
Way down south in the garden of England
We got a song to sing and we let it fill the air
We got it made, yeah in the garden of England
Where the sun comes up to see us everyday
We feel like strangers but still we call it home
We got no reason but still we feel alone
But when the night comes we can roll away the stone
To each his own, to each his own yeah the simple life
We live at home in the garden of England
They got us on the run, we can feel it in the air
We got it made in the garden of England
Where we celebrate the English way of life
They had an empire, they give it all away
Their finest hour seems only yesterday
They still remember when Britannia ruled the waves
She ruled the waves, she ruled the waves yeah, yeah the simple life
{We Conservatives have always maintained the need
For an experiment with a tougher regime
For depriving young football hooligans of their leisure time
I can announce today that the experiment promised
In our election manifest is to begin in Surrey}
{These will be no holiday camps
We will introduce on a regular basis
Drill, parades, and inspections
From 6:45am till lights out at 9:30pm
Don€™t speak of my heart, it hurts too much -- hurts to touch
I€™m writing the book each and every day
Take a look at my face, I still need -- I still bleed
I€™ve been running on empty since you went away.
The spirit world looks down on us
Sad that we€™re apart
So please don€™t speak of my heart.
Whenever we talk she says hang on -- just hang on
Meanwhile I€™m drowning in the pouring rain
And each time we meet there€™s a sad farewell -- sad farewell
She tells me someday I€™m gonna love again.
The way that she walked out on me
Still tears me apart
So please don€™t speak of my heart.
Every day€™s an endless maze of dreams that fade and die
No one believed we were saying €˜Goodbye€™
And every night I think of you I€™m still left wondering why
I can€™t believe that we€™re saying goodbye.
And when I wake up in the morning
And wonder where I€™m going to
It all came without a warning
What€™s a man supposed to do?
Don€™t let your heart break down
Don€™t let your heart break down.
Don€™t speak of my heart, it hurts too much -- it hurts to touch
I€™m writing the book each and every day
Take a look at my face, I still need -- I still bleed
I€™ve been running on empty since you went away.
The spirit world looks down on us,
Sad that we€™re apart
Don€™t wanna talk about it -- don€™t make me think about it
So please don€™t speak of my heart.
Written By: Gerry Rafferty and Jim Rafferty
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
High String Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Strings/Bassoon Arrangement: Andrew Jackman
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman /
Melanie Harrold / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
Ev€™ry night€™s a lonely night since you went away
But you come back to haunt my memory
I lie awake and think of you and how it used to be
Oh my love don€™t give up on me.
The symbol of the moon above and living without you
I can€™t stand this cold reality
You alone can make me whole, our love was meant to be
Oh my love don€™t give up on me.
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
All these things brought me misery
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
Oh my love don€™t give up on me.
When you left I know I lost the better part of me
But I can€™t blame my troubled history
You and I were innocent, our love was meant to be
Oh my love don€™t give up on me.
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
All these things brought me misery
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
Oh my love don€™t give up on me.
Jesus came into this world so all men may be found
In the soul of all humanity
Ev€™ry time I stumble on the road to Calvary
Oh my love don€™t give up on me.
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
All these things brought me misery
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
Oh my love don€™t give up on me
Oh my love don€™t give up on me
My sweet Lord don€™t give up on me.
(fade)
Oh my love don€™t give up on me
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Bottleneck Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Mandolins: Bryn Haworth
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman /
Melanie Harrold / Liane Carroll / Jim Rafferty / Gerry Rafferty
I sat down to cry
I heard a friend of mine say €˜My, oh my
What you doin€™ down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the ground?€™
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
When the sun goes down
You'll find me sitting in a bar in the dark side of the town
And if you tell me that I drink too much and that it's going to be the death of me
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
You say you know me well
But you've only seen the outside, so brother, how can you tell?
I never listen to your advice 'cause it changes every single day
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
I sat down to cry
I heard a friend of mine say €˜My, oh my
What you doin€™ down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the ground?€™
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
Electric Guitar: Mr. Z. Jenkins
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Andrew Steele
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
On the day you left I didn€™t know
Which way to turn -- which way to go
I felt so bad -- I cursed the day that I was born.
And even now I just can€™t stand
To think of you with another man
But does he know, does he really know
What he€™s taken on?
I searched my soul, I wracked my brain
At times I thought I€™d go insane
And every night I lay awake until the dawn.
Yes I was lost, I was confused
But he€™s the one who€™s being used
Yeah does he know, does he really know
What he€™s taken on?
Now he might think he€™s got your love
And that it came from God above
Threw you a line -- he sowed the seeds
He sees your beauty but I know your needs.
He believes that you€™re sincere
When you say love ain€™t living here
Yeah does he know -- does he really know
What he€™s taken on?
Now he might think he€™s got your love
And that it came from God above
Is he so blind that he can€™t see
You€™ll leave him like you left me.
You sailed away all by yourself
And I was left here on the shelf
I never thought I€™d say these words
But I€™m glad you€™re gone.
Yeah he€™s found truth -- certainty
Resolution, veracity
But does he know -- does he really know
What he€™s taken on?
Well does he know? Well does he know?
Well does he know? Well does he know?
No no no no no!
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Rhythm Guitars: Hugh Burns
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Bottleneck Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Joe Egan / Julian Littman / Gerry Rafferty
Can I Have My Money Back? version
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I?
When I was way down, taking the long way €™round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Steel Guitar: Rod King
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
Snakes and Ladders version
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
When I was way down, taking the long way €™round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
(fade)
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Betsy Cook
Days Gone Down (Still Got That Light In Your Eyes)
Gerry Rafferty
(Gerry Rafferty)
Chorus:
You still got that light in your eyes
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm jailed on this long road here with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go
The first time I set eyes on you
I listened to you sing, yeah yeah
We didn't have to speak cause the words said everything
Yes you walked right into my life
And we were on our way, yeah
So long ago, but it feels like yesterday
And I just wanna tell ya...
(Chorus)
Shine a light, shine it bright on the days gone down
Shine a light, shine it bright on the days gone down
Shine a light, shine it bright on the days gone down
We won't forget the days gone down
They're written in our hearts, yeah yeah
And we're as much in tune as we were right at the start
It all seems so much harder now
It seemed so easy then, yeah yeah
Well someday just for fun we might do it all again
I just wanna tell ya...
You still got that light in your eyes, yes you do
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm jailed on this long road here with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go
Shine a light, shine it bright on the days gone down
Shine a light, shine it bright on the days gone down
Shine a light, shine it bright on the days gone down
Shine a light, shine it bright on the days gone down
From: "David Hayman"
Money won't fix it, power won't fix it
Sex won't fix it, drugs won't fix it
Fame won't fix it, lies won't fix it
Your life won't fix it, nobody can fix it
This sleeping sickness is a very strange disease
You can't wake up until you're brought down to your knees
Time won't heal you, medicine won't heal you
Potions won't heal you, your doctor can't heal you
Your husband can't heal you, your wife can't heal you
Your friends can't heal you, nobody can heal you
You realise that you've been living in a dream
You see reality and wake up with a scream (Aaaaah!)
Science won't save you, religion won't save you
Art won't save you, I can't save you
Got your desires and you do just what you please
This sleeping sickness is a very strange disease
You can't wake up until you're brought down to your knees
Love can heal you, knowledge can heal you
Understanding can heal you, faith can heal you
Service can heal you, humility can heal you
Love can heal you, conscious love can heal you
Conscious love
Conscious love
Conscious love
Conscious love
Abraham and Moses
And the sweet Lord Jesus,
Blessed Mohammed,
Buddha, Krishna,
Gurdjieff, Ouspensky,
Socrates and Plato,
Rembrandt, Rilke,
Leonardo da Vinci,
Rumi, Hafiz,
And Ibn' Arabi,
Marcus Aurelius,
and Johann Sebastian Bach
[Fade]
Conscious love
Conscious love
Conscious love
Conscious love
Wake up in the morning with the sunshine
Through my window and it€™s making me rise
Wake up in the morning with the sunshine
Through my window and it€™s filling my eyes
Wake up in the morning with the sunshine
Through my window you know it looks alright
It looks alright.
I may be tired but I€™m laughing
In everything I see the things that you do
I may be tired but I€™m laughing
In everything and I see you laughing too
I may be tired but I€™m laughing
In everything you know it feels alright
It€™s alright.
I used to worry about just where I was going to
But today it is all clear.
Because the fog has lifted and I can see
Something better than I€™ve seen before
Because the fog has lifted and I can see
Something better and it€™s opened my door
Because the fog has lifted and I can see
Something better and it€™s alright
It€™s alright.
I used to worry about just where I was going to
But today it is all clear.
I can feel something alive inside of me
Telling me where to put my feet
I can feel something alive inside of me
Telling me that it€™s nearly complete
I can feel something alive inside of me
Telling me it€™s gonna be alright
Alright.
Words and Music By: Joe Egan, Rab Noakes, and Gerry Rafferty
Published By: Baby Bun Music Ltd. / Noakes Music Ltd. / Polygram Songs
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Piano/Strings: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Mandolin: Bryn Haworth
Acoustic Guitars: Rab Noakes / Bryn Haworth / Gerry Rafferty
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty
We are not one
We are legion, we are many
A seed is sown in everyone (seed is sown in everyone)
A silent prayer that was given in compassion
We are the children of the sun
Oh sun sun, oh sun sun sun
We are the children of the sun
Oh sun sun, oh sun sun sun
Well, we were lost and alone in a desert so dry
Without a trace of water
So we prayed for the rain and we looked to the sky
But not a trace of water
Crying in the wilderness underneath the sun
The rainmaker came to wake up everyone
Sleeping, since time has begun
Crying out for water, water
Oh spirit of the world
Crying out for water
Oh spirit of the world
Crying out for water
Oh spirit of the world
Cries to someone
Cries to someone
Oh spirit of the world
Crying out for water (water, water, water)
[Fade]
We are not one
We are legion, we are many (crying out for water)
We are the children of the sun
Oh sun sun, oh sun sun sun
French-sounding guy
Bon soir mes amis
Welcome to the Cafe le Cabotin
Now we come down to this island in the sun
And it ain't been easy trying to get a day's work done
But tonight's the night we're gonna have ourselves some fun
We're gonna have some fun.
We're gonna go downtown to the Cafe le Cabotin
Where the baron is waitin' to welcome the rock and roll band
And if get a little crazy, the baron will understand
He'll understand.
Night and day, night and day
We will burn our boats and sail away
Ridin' high, ridin' high
We will leave our mark and say goodbye.
Now the place is jumping, the party has just arrived
Sing away the blues put the light back in your eyes
Yes on a night like this it's good to be alive
Just to feel alive.
Night and day, night and day
We will burn our boats and sail away
Ridin' high, ridin' high
We will leave our mark and say goodbye.
But the daylight comes, it's time to let it be
Yes the sun is up and shining on the sea
It was one more night and one more memory
Just a memory.
Night and day, night and day
We will burn our boats and sail away
Ridin' high, ridin' high
We will leave our mark and say goodbye.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Ian Lynn
Guitars: Richard Brunton / Jerry Donahue
Pianica: Billy Livsey
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Intro: The Baron de Bon Bon
I was lost on an endless sea
Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea
Sail with the wind, you weather the storm
You bring it all home, bring it all home, you bring it all home.
I was free in the dead of night
I want you, I want you, I want you in the dead of night
Give me your love, I'll sing you my blues
I bring it all home, bring it all home, I bring it all home.
I was blind in the light of day
I need you, I need you, I need you in the light of day
I still won't let go, hang on to this pride
I bring it all home, bring it all home, I bring it all home.
I was lost on an endless sea
Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea
Think to yourself as you're laughing it off
Bring it all home, bring it all home, bring it all home.
(fade)
Yeah you think to yourself as you're laughing it off
Bring it all home, bring it all home, bring it all home.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Guitars: Richard Brunton / Jerry Donahue
Piano/Polymoog: Billy Livsey
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Saxophone: Raphael Ravenscroft
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Don€™t you feel like talkin€™ to a man who€™s fed up walkin€™ all the time
Don€™t you feel like sayin€™ to a man who€™s fed up prayin€™ that you€™re mine
We fought a lot of battles from Nebraska to Seattle, I€™m so tired
We hid in lonely places and we never seen the faces €˜til they fired.
Well hear me talkin€™ (blood and glory)
I€™m fed up walkin€™ (blood and glory)
I€™ll tell a story (blood and glory)
About blood and glory.
When we threw away our sabers and we joined with Preston€™s Raiders for a while
We looted and we plundered while the Yankee cannons thundered, we just smiled
But now back home in Kentucky, and I know I€™ve been lucky to survive
I never want to see another cannon aimed at me while I€™m alive.
Well hear me talkin€™ (blood and glory)
I€™m fed up walkin€™ (blood and glory)
I€™ll tell a story (blood and glory)
About blood and glory.
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
We€™ve got the tropical night time, we€™ve got the starry sky
I know that this is the right time to wave the past goodbye
You and I together so right in tune
One more night of love, and one more Bajan Moon.
We€™ve got the sound of the ocean, we€™ve got the moonlit sea
We€™ve got the sweetest emotion, as sweet as love can be
Got a new horizon, new day coming soon
One more night of love, and one more Bajan Moon.
She€™s got the kisses that linger, she€™s got the lovin€™ touch
Might put a ring on her finger, I want the girl so much
We will be together, so right in tune
One more night of love, one more Bajan Moon.
(fade...)
Bajan Moon, sweet moon
Bajan moon, sweet moon
Bajan moon, sweet moon
Bajan moon, sweet moon.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Programming: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Harpolek: Bryn Haworth
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Harmonica: Julian Dawson
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
(recognise)
(recognise)
If there's a reason on earth to believe in me
After all those hard times we've been through
If there's just one thing you can see in me
I will give my love to you
I will give my love to you
There's a star that shines bright on the two of us
Even when we feel so far apart
There is something so real between the two of us
I can see your loving heart
I can see your loving heart (oh yeah)
Love is the answer, yes love is the key
That opens the door to eternity
Love is to be in the moment where we can be free
Love is the only reality.
If we ever should meet in another world
If we both come in out of the cold
If we ever should meet in another life
I will recognise your soul
I will recognise your soul
(oh yes I will baby, recognise your soul yeah)
[Fade]
(I will recognise, recognise your soul)
The original version from Another World
If there's a reason on earth to believe in me
After all of those times we've been through
If there's just one thing left that you see in me
I will give my love to you
I will give my love to you
If the sun don't shine bright on the two of us
Now that we're so far apart
There was something so real between the two of us
I could see your loving heart
I could see your loving heart (oh yeah)
Storm in the morning but still as the night
We sever the moon that keeps crying
Better to be in the moment or lost in the past
Like a rainbow that's shining upon me
If we ever should meet in another world
If we both come in out of the cold
If we ever should meet in another life
I will recognise your soul
I will recognise your soul
(oh yes I would baby, recognise your soul yeah)
[Fade]
(I would recognise, recognise your soul)
You say that I am out of touch
To me that doesn€™t mean so much
You€™re tryin€™ hard to be so cool
But you will always be the fool.
All the best people do it
There ain€™t nothin€™ to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
You think you know just what to say
The words you use give you away
There€™s always something lets me know
That I€™m up high and you're down low.
All the best people do it
There ain€™t nothin€™ to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
Why do you always just pretend
You€™re gonna lose out in the end
One day you€™ll wake up and you€™ll find
That I have left you far behind.
All the best people do it
There ain€™t nothin€™ to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
You say that I am out of touch
To me that doesn€™t mean so much
You€™re tryin€™ hard to be so cool
But you will always be the fool.
All the best people do it
There ain€™t nothin€™ to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
Once I had a dream
I could lean upon
Nothin?s what it seems
It was already gone
Dreams I shared with you
On our way back home
Watched it all come true
It was already gone
I was waitin? for the sun to shine
But every day would bring the rain
I was down but you changed my luck
And the dream was still the same
I watched it fly away
Like a bird across the sky
Miles and miles and miles away
Yes, it?s already gone
I was waitin? for the sun to shine
But every day would bring the rain
I was down, but you changed my luck
And the dream was still the same
I watched it fly away
Like a bird across the sky
Miles and miles and miles away
Yes, it?s already gone
Yes, it?s already gone
French-speaking intro
oh yeah
yeah yeah all souls (in the wilderness)
yeah yeah all souls
yeah yeah all souls (in the wilderness)
yeah yeah all souls
Well I€™m innocent 'til I€™m proved guilty,
Yes I€™m right 'til I€™m proved wrong,
I don€™t need to prove my innocence,
Sometimes I€™m weak, sometimes I€™m strong.
Well I can€™t deny the feeling,
Yes I know, I€™m in too deep
The only reason that I€™m in this world,
Is to wake up from this sleep.
All souls in the wilderness,
All souls are in need
All souls in the wilderness,
All souls are in need.
In a world of no compassion,
You look around and see this stuff,
Sex, celebrity and fashion,
Sometimes I think I€™ve had enough.
All souls in the wilderness,
All souls are in need
All souls in the wilderness,
All souls are in need.
All souls (in the wilderness)
You like to tell me I€™m lost,
You never think twice,
You can€™t imagine the cost,
You look at me, you don€™t see that I€™m paying the price.
All souls in the wilderness,
All souls that are in need
All souls in the wilderness,
All souls that are in need.
There€™s a light that shines around you,
You don€™t see it every day,
Well your life is short, it's by so quick,
And every day is Judgement Day.
All souls€.
Yeah yeah all souls (in the wilderness), Yeah yeah all souls
Yeah yeah all souls (in the wilderness), Yeah yeah all souls
Yeah yeah all souls, Yeah yeah all souls
Yeah yeah all souls, Yeah yeah all souls
All souls in the wilderness (in the wilderness)
All souls in the wilderness
All souls in the wilderness
(oh yeah)
Looking at a new day, seeing in a new way
Living in the here and now, forget tomorrow
Looking at a new girl, living in a new world
I€™m changing every little thing cause I€™ve found something new.
I€™m gonna make a new start, I€™m gonna play a new part
Going down a different road, a new direction
Now I€™ve got a new feel, now I€™ve got a new deal
I€™m telling everyone I know that I€™ve found something new.
Standing alone with the beat of my heart
I don€™t know if I€™m losing or winning
Rescued by love and the angels above
I€™m sensing a whole new beginning.
I€™m looking at a new moon, listening to a new tune
I never thought I€™d find such understanding
Now I€™ve got a new love, that fits me like a new glove
I€™m changing every little thing €˜cause I€™ve found something new.
Standing alone with the beat of my heart
I don€™t know if I€™m losing or winning (I€™m on the way)
Rescued by love and the angels above
I€™m sensing a whole new beginning.
Something new...
Standing alone with the beat of my heart
I don€™t know if I€™m losing or winning (I€™m on the way)
Rescued by love and the angels above
I€™m sensing a whole new beginning.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Electric/Bass Guitar: Pavel Rosak
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Harmonica: Pavel Rosak
Electric Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Tenor/Baritone Sax: Mel Collins
Harmonica: Julian Dawson
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Night was fallin', the horizon was callin', as we drove into the setting sun
Goin' back to that country that we still call home
Said good bye to the capital city, yeah this town has got me on the run
I need to spend some time out in the great unknown.
I'm lookin' for sweet inspiration, every morning noon and night
But these days it just keeps on passing me by,
I know you don't feel like making this journey, but you know that time is on my side
I can't go on living like a refugee
Way down south where the living is easy, we can look across the great divide
But all we've got is a pocketful of memories.
We stood on the motorway shoulder as the sun rose over the lowland hills
And my heart broke down, when I looked at you
Don't tell me you're leavin' me now, when you know how hard I've been tryin'
Darling you're my world, don't bring it all tumbling down
It's only the code of the road, and the sound of a motor wheel cryin'
Don't renege my love, don't bring it all tumbling down.
One more morning, yes another day dawning, and I'm looking at a bird that sings
Wish I could change my whole life, and just fly away
Over the mountains down through the valleys, through the homeland of the Celtic kings
Now it's just the frontline for the U.S.A..
We live in a time when the spirit of love and devotion is breakin' down
And my heart broke down when I looked at you
Don't tell me you're leavin' me now, when you know how hard I've been tryin'
Darling you're my world, don't bring it all tumbling down
It's only the code of the road, and the sound of a motor wheel cryin'
Don't renege my love, don't bring it all tumbling down.
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Fretless Bass: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Alan Clark / Kenny Craddock
Synthesizers: Alan Clark / Kenny Craddock
Hammond Organ: Alan Clark
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Uilleann Pipes: Davy Spillane
Whistle: Davy Spillane
String Synthesizer: Gerry Rafferty
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Fiddle: Rick Sanders
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
One life, and you€™re on your own, and you don€™t ever find a way back home
One road and you travel alone, you keep on even when your hope is gone
Now somethin€™ touches you with a different rhythm
But all your life, you€™ve been playin€™a part
And nothin€™s gonna make you have a change of heart.
Change of heart. Change of heart.
Change of heart. Change of heart.
A worried mind, and a heart full of pain, you drag it around just like a ball and chain
It doesn€™t matter where you go, there€™s no runnin€™ away from everything you know
The writing€™s on the wall, but still you won€™t surrender
You won€™t give up, you won€™t make a start
And nothin€™s gonna make you have a change of heart.
Change of heart. Change of heart.
Change of heart. Change of heart.
Rain clouds blowin€™ away, taking you back again to yesterday
Bad moon on the rise, now you€™re runnin€™ out of alibis
But somethin€™ touches you, with a different rhythm
All your life, you€™ve been playin€™a part
And nothin€™s gonna make you have a change of heart.
(fade)
Change of heart. Change of heart.
Don€™t let this cold world tear you apart.
Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass: Mo Foster
Electric Guitars: Kenny Craddock / Frank Bogie
Synthesizers: Kenny Craddock
Sequencer: Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Christopher Neil
Yeah, night and day and day
Wakin' up here on a rainy day
I swore last time that I would stay away
I came down here to talk to you
I said this time I might get through
I heard us speak but all the words were dead
We talked all night and left it all unsaid
So we agree to disagree, at least we got our memory
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
You'll find a way to say it all someday, yeah
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
Yeah, night and day, night and day
You've got your secrets, yeah and I've got mine
We've played this game, now for a long long time
You don't lean on anyone, you never had no place to run
You never wanted me to get too close
We love and hate the ones we need the most
I tried to find a way to you, one thing I could say to you
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
We'll find a way to say it all someday, yeah
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
Yeah, night and day, night and day
Maybe I've always set my sights too high
You take the easy way and still get by
I know there ain't no special way, we all get there anyway
I heard us speak but all the words were dead
Talked all night and left it all unsaid
So we agree to disagree, at least we got our memory
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
We'll find a way to say it all someday, yeah
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
Yeah, night and day and day, yeah, night and day and day
Yeah, night and day and day, yeah, night and day and day
Yeah, night and day and day, yeah, night and day and day
(Whatever's written in your heart, whatever's written in your heart)
Yeah, night and day and day, yeah
Looking for something, looking for one thing
Trying to find anything that makes you feel
Gotta keep goin', don't let it get you down
Now you've got nothing to lose
You been taking it so hard, taking it on the head
Don't you know life's as good as being dead
Gotta keep movin', don't let it get you down
Now you've got nothing to lose
When everyone around you tells you you're doin' fine
They're gonna drive you crazy
So don't close your eyes and swallow all those lies
Don't believe what you've been told
'Cause you'll wake up one day knowing
Nothing they say can satisfy your soul
Gotta keep movin', don't let it bring you down
Now you've got nothing to lose
When everyone around you tells you you're doin' fine
They're gonna drive you crazy
So don't close your eyes and swallow all those lies
Don't believe what you've been told
'Cause you'll wake up one day knowing
Nothing they say can satisfy your soul
Looking for something, looking for one thing
Trying to find anything that makes you feel
You gotta keep goin', don't let it get you down
Wake up my love
The sun is shinin? out that blue sky up above
It?s a brand new day
Let?s walk outside and let that breeze
Blow all our cares away
You know that we been there in that city life
We?ve been strangers for so long
Now that I feel like I know you again
I want to stay
So long ago, yeah
We had a love so warm and bright
When we had just begun
That was my last dream
Since then I?ve watched the rest crumble one by one
Since we?ve been on this island, yeah, it?s felt so right
It?s gettin? closer now everyday
Now that I feel like I know you again
I want to stay
Sha la la, sha la la, sha la la, sha la la
Sha la la, sha la la, sha la la, sha la la
Sha la la, sha la la, sha la la, sha la la
Sha la la, sha la la, sha la la
You know that on my own, I don?t make it alone
I need someone who needs me
I only know that wherever you are
I want to be
But from now on
We won?t worry about a thing, yeah, the past is gone
This is our last day, yeah
We?re gonna make sweet love before we sail away
[Incomprehensible]
Sha la la, sha la la, sha la la, sha la la
Sha la la, sha la la, sha la la, sha la la
Sha la la, sha la la, sha la la, sha la la
I'm goin', yes, I'm goin', yes, I'm goin' away
I finally made up my mind
I'm leavin', yes, I'm leavin', yes, I'm leavin' today
Leavin' the good life behind
I can never be the kind of man you want me to be
Don't cry, little darlin', don't cry
You don't know what this kind of life is doin' to me
Goodbye, little darlin', goodbye
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' everyday
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' everyday
Once upon a time you would've asked me to stay
I know, little darlin', I know
Now I get the feeling you don't care anyway
It shows, little darlin', it shows
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' everyday
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' everyday
I'm goin', yes, I'm goin', yes, I'm goin' away
I finally made up my mind
I'm leavin', yes, I'm leavin', yes, I'm leavin' today
Leavin' the good life behind
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' everyday
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' everyday
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Big old moon and a sweet, starry night
Think I'll go out walkin'
Wish I could change the way you're feelin' tonight
But I'm just tired of talkin'
You're still givin' me that same old line
Like a bird that keeps on squawkin'
Sometimes I wonder what goes on in your mind
I'm just tired of talkin'
Now little by little and bit by bit
The truth is slowly dawnin'
I love you honey but you just won't quit
Let's leave it til the mornin'
You lay the bait and I get caught in your trap
I'm the game you're stalkin'
Let's say good night and just leave it like that
I'm so tired of talkin', yes I am
Now little by little and bit by bit
The truth is slowly dawnin'
We've got a puzzle but the pieces don't fit
Let's leave it til the mornin'
Same old blues at the end of the night
But you've got to keep on rockin'
Turn up the music and turn out the light
See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin? in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way
The time has come to trust that guiding light
And leavin? all the rest behind
We?ll take the road that leads down to the waterside
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way
And we?ll sail out on the water
Yes, we?ll feel the sea grow
Yes, we?ll meet out on the water
Where all strangers are known
If you travel blindly, if you fall
The truth is there to set you free
And when your heart can see just one thing in this life
We?ll set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way
And we?ll sail out on the water
Yes, we?ll feel the sea grow
Yes, we?ll meet out on the water
Where all strangers are known
See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin? in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way
And we?ll sail out on the water
Yes, we?ll feel the sea grow
Yes, we?ll meet out on the water
Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Yes, I'm stuck in the middle with you
And I'm wondering what it is I should do
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Well, you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self-made man
And your friends, they all come crawlin'
Slap you on the back and say, "Please, please"
Trying to make some sense of it all
But I can see, it makes no sense at all
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Well, you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self-made man
And your friends, they all come crawlin'
Slap you on the back and say, "Please, please"
Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Yes, I'm stuck in the middle with you
Stuck in the middle with you
Out on the street and the rain is fallin?, I got nowhere to go
Here in my heart I can hear you callin?, maybe I should come back home
I don?t know what keeps us together but I can?t break the chain
I don?t mind a little stormy weather but I just can?t stand the rain
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
Sleep won?t come, so you lie there waitin?, lookin? at the silvery light
Tellin? yourself there?s nothin? new, so whatever gets you through the night
Meanwhile back in the music business, the beat goes on and on
I sell my soul to the company man when there?s nothin? else to lean upon
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
People come, people go, friends they disappear, there?s only one thing
That I wanted to know, tell me where do we go from here
Everybody?s on the make, everybody?s tryin? to get ahead
In a world like this, you just exist to feed the walkin? dead
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
Lookin? out on a world gone crazy, waitin? for the fun to begin
The race is on, yeah they?re gettin? ready, Jesus what a state we?re in
Meanwhile down in my backyard I?m sittin? doin? solitary
Now that I've milked the sacred cow, I just worry ?bout the military
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
Hey, sleep, sleepwalking, hey, deep sleep talkin?
Hey, reelin? and rockin?, hey, wailin? at the moon
Get ready
Get ready
Get ready
In a dance hall by the river, I was singing in a traveling band
Just another small town night, with a silver moon shining
I remember when I saw you, that first moment when it all began
You looked across a crowded room and stole my heart away
And we stood out in the moonlight, in the shadow of a factory wall
Music playing soft and low, and a gentle breeze sighing
And the light on the river was magic, yes a magic that I still recall
Moments come and moments go but these moments still remain
Remember how we met, down by the waterside
How easily we forget, all the love that we knew, oh
So we married our fortunes together and we sealed it with a golden band
But somewhere down along the road, we could see the flame dying
Now an exiled heart gets weary, like two strangers in a foreign land
We reached the point of no return, a long, long time ago
Remember how we met, down by the waterside
How easily we forget, all the love that we knew, oh
[Incomprehensible]
You know I need your love
you got that hold over me
As long as I got your love
you know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, woman
Right down the line
I know how much I lean on you
only you can see
The changes that I've been through
have left their mark on me
You've been as constant as the Northern Star
the brightest light that shines
It's been you, woman
Right down the line
I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way
of telling you that everyday
I'm loving you so much more
'Cause you believed in me
through my darkest night
Put something better inside of me
you brought me into the light
Threw away all those crazy dreams
I put them all behind
And it was you, woman
Right down the line
(instrumental)
I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way
of telling you that everyday
I'm loving you so much more
If I should doubt myself
if I'm losing ground
I won't turn to someone else
they'd only let me down
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, woman
Right down the line
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows
Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind
You stumble in with no thought of tomorrow
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end look, look, looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no
Oh no no no, no no, no no
The lights are low and the music is loud
You watch yourself as you play to the crowd
One more face in a palace of mirrors
One more drink, you're sailing away
One more dream but it's looking okay
One more time to watch the flow of the river
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end look, look, looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no
Oh, no no no, no no, no no no no no
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end look, look, looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no
Oh, Mattie open up the door, that's right I'm home again
You've got a big surprise in store, turn 'round and count to ten
Wait 'til you see what I got you, well you'll say it's a magic thing
It's like an old mandolin man, you just wind him up and he'll start to sing
I've been away for quite a while and I want to hear all your news
Speak to me, let me see you smile, 'cause I've had those homesick blues
When I go down to that city I just don't know wrong from right
When I go back to you Mattie, well you make me see the light
Love is a singular thing, it can take you up or bring you down
Yes, love is a song that I sing, so come on now Mattie listen to the sound
When you grow up we'll sit and talk of how things used to be
This silver bird takes me across the sky
Just one more hour and I'll be home and dry
Across the ocean, way above the clouds
I come stealin'
Feelin' tired, but I feel good
Cause I did everything I said I would
I think of you, and I know how
you'll be feelin'
I gotta see you, I gotta be with you
We'll make it better now in every way
It's gotta be you, it's gotta be you
Yes from now on I'll tell you everyday
Way up here above this timeless sea
I realize just what it is you mean to me
You give me somethin' when I thought
that everything we had was dyin'
I need a reason just to make me carry on
Well I know better now, I know where I belong
I can't imagine how I ever let myself
just give up tryin'
I gotta see you, I gotta be with you
We'll make it better now in every way
It's gotta be you, it's gotta be you
Yes from now on I'll tell you everyday
Oooooh, yes home and dry
Ain't nothin' up here gonna slow me down
You know I never ever take the long way around
I think of you, cause I know
how you'll be feelin'
This silver bird takes me across the sky
Just one more hour and I'll be home and dry
Across the ocean, way above the clouds
I come stealin'
I gotta see you, I gotta be with you
We'll make it better now in every way
It's gotta be you, it's gotta be you
Yes from now on I'll tell you everyday
Out on the street I was talkin' to a man
He said there's so much of this life of mine that I don't understand
You shouldn't worry yes that ain't no crime
'Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time
You need direction, yeah you need a name
When you're standing in the crossroads every highway looks the same
After a while you can recognize the signs
So if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time
Life is a liar, yeah life is a cheat
It'll lead you on and pull the ground from underneath your feet
No use complainin', don't you worry, don't you whine
'Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time
You gotta grow, you gotta learn by your mistakes
You gotta die a little everyday just to try to stay awake
When you believe there's no mountain you can climb
And if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time
Don't close the door
Don't live here alone tonight
I've been here before
Waiting for the cold daylight
Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away
Darlin' don't cry
You know my love belongs to you
(Baby)
Don't say goodbye
You know my love belongs to you
Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away
Don't turn away
But I'm feeling like a crazy man
(Baby)
So much to say
Tell me something I can understand
Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Now the night train is waitin' to take me away
And I'm still feelin' guilty 'cause you're wantin' me to stay
Well I know, how I know, it's harder on you
But then you said it yourself, "There's nothin' else we could do"
When the wheels start turnin', takin' me through the night
Out there in the darkness, there's a star shinin' bright
And it makes me feel better just to see it up there
Hope you're thinkin' about it, hope you know I still care
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
Now I know you've been waitin' but I'll be seein' you soon
Meanwhile I just lay here starin' at the moon
And a light made of silver, through my window it creeps
And the train keeps on rollin' and it just rocks me to sleep
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
Now from city to city, it's four hundred miles
And I'm bound to wake up every once in a while
And it's then that I call out to some higher power
And then I'll go back to sleep 'cause I'll be home in an hour
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
I'm goin' home tonight
I'm goin' home tonight
I'm goin' home tonight
Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day, you'll drink the night away
and forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything
You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin', you're tryin' now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're cryin', you're cryin' now
Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you "where have you been?"
You tell him who you've seen
and you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down, in some quiet little town
And forget about everything
But you know he'll always keep movin'
You know he's never gonna stop movin'
Cause he's rollin', he's a rollin' stone
And when you wake up it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
Well we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away
While the spirits come and go without a sound
And just like you and me, they're tryin' to find a way
Find a way, find a way home
There's a full moon in the sky, but that don't worry me
I don't ever hang my soul out on the line
When the witchin' hour comes, I always fly away
Fly away, fly away home
There's a light in the city, that comes down from above
Leavin' you as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove
Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love
You've got to be as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove
Now you once asked me why we can't communicate
But it doesn't always pay to tell the truth
If I told you right now, you'd only run away
Run away, run away home
So, we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away
While the spirits come and go without a sound
Yeah, just like you and me, they're tryin' to find a way
Find a way, find a way home
There's a light in the city, that comes down from above
Leavin' you as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove
Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love
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