They say don't bother
It's just a game
She's hard to follow
She'll bring you pain
I'm no one special
But one thing I know is true
I try my best to please her
Though I know I never do
She wants the life of wealth and fame
She's got my soul
It's such a shame
You see, 'cause
I'm no one special
But one thing I know is true
I try my best to please her
Though I know I never do
Don't drive a fancy car
Like you're used to
But I've got this great big heart
Won't that do?
I'm no one special
One thing I know is true
I try my best to please her
Though I know I never do
(Solo)
I'd give my all to be with you
But I'm just on call
Things fall through
You see, 'cause
I'm no one special
But one thing I know is true
I try my best to please her
Though I know I never do
You know that I
Try my best to please her
Though I know I never do
(Solo)
Oh, I'm no one special
But one thing I know is true
I try my best to please her
Everybody likes those folding bills
And you might need those little white pills
Fast little cars give some people chills
But I need my baby to get my thrills
Wow, I need my baby to get my thrills
Ohh, I'm just wild about Mexican food
Ohh, and you might think you're a real bad dude
You might need a drink to come unglued
But I've got to have my baby when I'm in the mood
Oh, I've got to have my baby when I'm in the mood
(Guitar solo)
And Lizzy likes to hear the saxophone
Terri likes the guitar tone
Shawny, she wants a dancing song, yeah
But I'd rather hear my baby when she moans
Ohh, I'd rather hear my baby when she moans
Now I know you know just how I feel
Going in circles don't make your will
If I lose my baby or miss a meal
I'll get me another, ain't no big deal
I said I'll get me another, ain't no big deal
(Guitar outro with strange words)
Ain't no big deal
No big deal
Nothing against you
I don't speak
If I pass you by
Look away when we meet
If I turn my back
And walk the other way
Just leave me alone
To myself for awhile
And believe
It's nothing against you
Now don't get me wrong
If I don't call
If I don't write
Or let you hear from me at all
If I pull my shades
When you knock on the door
Just leave me alone
To myself for awhile
And believe
Nothing against you
Ohh, I won't see no one
Leave me alone
You don't need to see me suffer
And hear me weep and moan
Oh, it's hard enough
Just tryin' to face the day
So I don't need none of that
Sorry and all that crap just go away
Don't take offense
When I turn you down
But since she's been gone
I don't want anyone around
Just don't be worried about me
I know what I'm doing
Just leave me alone
To myself for awhile
And believe
It's nothing against you
Nothing against you
Not bad for love. Not bad at all.
Isn't it amazing, how it's so strong.
We've been around much too long.
To let a little pain, cut us off.
Those days are gone.
Love's not bad at all.
Down on my luck and I was lost.
Could have give up on living, but you didn't let me fall.
No, no...
Now just because, we don't agree, that doesn't mean
That you and me, can't be together,
No, no, no...
I guess we're hard to keep apart.
Well all right, baby
I guess I know the score
You better get to packin'
I don't want you around here anymore
You come home looking funky
Your clothes all in a mess
And your story wasn't fittin'
Any better than your dress
Well all right, baby
Now I know the score
Well you better get to gettin'
I don't want to see you around here anymore
(Guitar solo)
You came in one time too many
Lyin' out both sides of your mouth
You said you was at your mother's
But I really got my doubts
I seen you at the Rainbow
Hangin' out with Red
And if I get my hands on you, baby
You're gonna wish that you were dead
Well all right, baby
Now I know the score
You better get to movin'
I don't want you around here anymore
(Guitar solo with miscellaneous words)
You'd better get to goin', baby
I done got into your game, baby
Uh huh, thought you was foolin' me, huh?
Now I know, baby
I know better
I'll teach you not to cheat on me (?)
Loving you was
Always a cost
That I never bought
Till we
Started drifting apart
Now I know the love that you give
Is something that I've got to kiss
Gotta make comeback
To your heart
I realize
The love light is lost
There's no greater cross
To bear
Than the pain
Of a broken heart
Now I know that I've got to pay
Every night and day
Gotta make a comeback
To your heart
Now, girl
Ohh, when you say, baby
Here's where it ends
Can't we just be friends?
And I
Ohh, I have to make a new start
Ohh, the love and that pain
Trying to win your love back again
Gotta make comeback
To your heart
Don't touch me, baby
Just leave me alone
Because the way you treat me, baby
You know that's wrong
I'm leavin' you, baby
Gonna hit that highway
Back home
When I took you off the streets
And gave you everything that I had
When I ask you for some love, baby
You haul off and get mad
I'm gone, baby
Hey, baby
Gonna hit that highway back home
Now check this out
You don't appreciate
Not one thing that I do
And you're always talking about
How you and I are through
You take all my money
And you take it with so much pride
Baby, you
Darling I know that you're never satisfied
I'm leavin' you baby
And there's no need to cry, no
I'm gonna grab my coat and put on my hat
And wave you bye-bye
I'm gone, baby
Hey, baby
I'm gonna hit that highway back home
Well, I'm leavin' you, baby
Oh, there's no need to cry
When I grab my coat and put on my hat
It's just to say bye-bye
I'm gone, baby
Hey, baby
Been burning up the past few days
I know that I'm in for a heartache
Started out with secret calls
And now this letter
Somebody please help me to forget her
I admit that sometimes I did you wrong
I was out all night when I shoulda been home
Hey, it's late
Where you going in this nasty weather?
Somebody please help me to forget her
(Guitar solo)
Ahhhh!
Mmm, mmm
Ahhh, ahhhh!
Sometimes it seems like
I got what I deserved
To live my life in misery
All the pain
That I put you through
Has now come back, come back to me
Mmmm, hmmm
Look what I brought here into this home
It serves me right to be all alone
Now I know what I had was so much better
Please
I know what I had was so much better
Somebody please
Help me to forget her
What I had was so much better
Somebody please
Help me to forget her
I could be the one
That you talk to
Anytime
I could you make you coffee
Cream and sugar
Anytime
Come to my house
Sit by the window
You'll always have someone to talk to
Anytime
You can drop by
Late at night
Anytime
Come around here
Early in the morning
Anytime
I'm available today for you to see
It's easy to forget the way???
Love used to be
Some days I fold the towels
Maybe I'll watch a game
I'm not lonely, I'm doing ok, ya see
I almost forgot her name
If you want to talk lost love
I'm here
Anytime
(Solo)
I read the paper on Sunday
That takes about a week right there
I never answer the telephone, see
That way I'm never here
If you want to talk lost love I'm here
Anytime
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
If you want to talk lost love I'm here
I could be the one
Any???
Anytime
We can sit by the window
Yes we can
Talk about lost love
Love???
You can give me an hour alone in a bank
Pay all my tickets, wipe the slate blank
You could buy me a car, fill up the tank
Tell me a boat full of lawyers just sank
But it ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no
Don't need nothin' but a woman
Any time I'm feelin' low
Well, you could fly us to Dallas on a jumbo-jet plane
If we run late and miss it, we can take the night train
When the pressure is on, things getting insane
Only one cure for that kind of strain
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no
Don't need nothin' but a woman, yeah
Get me through the show
Saxophone Solo
Guitar Solo
Yeah, you can make me a bet, give me a ten-point spread
Give me french brandy that'll clear my head
When it's all over, feeling half-dead
Only one thing, just like I said
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, yeah, yeah
Any time I got a woman
Things can't be too bad
You can buy me a house, turn over the deed
Bring six pounds of California weed
But my weakness ain't drugs, whiskey, or greed
It's only one thing that YOUNG BOB needs
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman
Yeah, you right
Ain't nothin' but a woman get me through the night
Mmmmm
It's like I said, man
Ain't nothin' but a woman
(various inaudible gauking)
Yeah, look at her
She's gone
After all these lovin' years
After I figured
She'd always be near
After my tears dry I want to know
Where do I go from here?
Where do I go from here?
Thought I'd never have to choose
Ohh, I thought that our lovin'
I'd never, never, never lose
I wasn't prepared for the heartache
I wasn't prepared to pay more dues, no
(Stingy Guitar solo)
After all those years
All my ways were set
Change comes hard
Ohh, but you can sure enough bet
I'll find a new road
Poor Bob ain't found it yet
Now where do I go from here?
I thought I'd never have to choose
I thought that our lovin'
I'd never, never, never lose
I wasn't prepared for the heartaches
Wasn't prepared to pay more dues, no
The fighting's over, this time I won
I yelled the loudest, had the biggest gun
She packed up all her bags and walked right out the door
Looks like I won the battle but lost the war
She was speechless once I made her cry
But she had the last word if you count good bye
Now I've got cold silence across the killin' floor
Looks like I won the battle but lost the war
Whose fault is it?
When we can't get along
Let's get back together, darling
Who cares who's been right or wrong?
I'm ready to surrender but she won't talk no more
Looks like I won the battle but lost the war
Will she ever forgive me? Sure is hard to tell
If she'll have a change of heart to save me from this hell
I'm ready to surrender but she won't talk no more
Looks like I won the battle but lost the war
You don't need a rich man
To make you money
Cause you got the money maker
And you sure use it, honey
You don't need a strong man
To keep you safe
Cause all the danger's in your angel face
You don't need a hard man
To make you cry
Cause you can turn on those tears
Without even tryin'
What you need is a good man
What you need is a good man
What you need is a real, good man
So what do you want with me?
What you want with me?
You don't need a fast man
To drive your fast car
Cause whatever you need
Comes wherever you are
You don't need a smart man
To do the math
When I see you in a bubble bath
And you don't need a candy man
To get you sweets
Cause you got the sugar, baby
And you've got the heat
What you need is a good man
What you need is a good man
What you need is a real, good man
So what do you want with me?
What you want with me?
I don't know why you can't
Want what you need
I don't know why I can't
Be what I should be
This love is like wine
You want it all the time
But is it good for you?
Is it good for me?
What you need is a good man
What you need is a good man
What you need is a real, good man
So what do you want with me?
What do you want with me?
You need a good man
I told you not to come around here anymore
I told you not to show your face in my door
Remember when I said, that you were a bore
Remember when I told you I don't love you no more
Darlin, well I lied
I saw you last night with some other guy
You called me up later with an alibi
I thought I'd try to play that same game too
But the story that I told ya wasn't true
Darlin, well I lied
Maybe some day you'll give me one more try
And maybe you'll forget the way I made you cry
But no matter what happens, even if when we're through
I hope that you'll remember that my love was true
Late night dinners
Early morning walks
Seven nights together
Now it's time to talk
Try to see it my way
Baby, it's not all that hard
After seven nights together
Darling, we need to be apart
Love can be easy
But the trust is hard to find
And all I need is some walk around time
Walk around time, baby
Is all I need
Walk around time, baby
Listen to me
Love can be easy
But the trust is hard to find
And all I need is some walk around time
Last woman I loved
Wouldn't let me out alone
We stayed cooped-up together
It was hard just to use the phone
Hey, I'm trying to tell 'ya
Trying to make you see
I'm trying to keep this love from drowning me
Love can be easy
But the trust is hard to find
And all I need is some walk around time
Walk around time
Is all I need
Walk around time, baby
Listen to me
Love can be easy
But the trust is hard to find
And all I need is some walk around time
(Groovin' guitar solo!)
Walk around time, baby
Is all I need
I need a little walk around time, baby
Listen to me
You know, love can be easy
But the trust is hard to find
And all I need is some walk around time
Walk around time, yeah
Is all I need
I need a little walk around time from you, baby
Listen to me
You know, love can be easy
But the trust is hard to find
And all I need is some walk around time
Walk around, yeah
Is all I need
I need a little walk around, yeah, yeah
Listen to me
Walk around, yeah
All I need is some walk around, baby
Listen to me
Walk around
Is all I need, baby
A need a little walk around from you, baby
Yeah, yeah
Walk around
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Walk around
I've got some soul (?)
My nights are long
I'm all alone
My money's short
So I'm stickin' close to home
And waiting
Waiting for the tide to turn
Time will bring on some changes
That's one sure thing that I've learned
Got no woman now
When a woman's what I need
When my ship comes in
I'm gonna have me two or three
I'm waiting
Waiting for the tide to turn
Patience, patience, patience
Is one sure thing that I've learned
Every time I fall
I bounce a little higher
I get back five for every dollar that I lose
Every time I'm down
Real good times follow
But don't you feel bad for me when you hear these blues
Ohh, every time I fall
I bounce back a little higher
I get back five for every dollar that I lose
Every time I'm down
Real good times follow
But don't feel bad for me when you hear these blues
I'm waiting
Waiting for the tide to turn
Time will bring on some changes
The good times have been used up
It looks like trouble will start falling down
The good times have been used up
It looks like trouble will start falling down
If I don't get some money
The future will no time to be around
I'll never wake up
If I don't stop and lay down
An' I'll never wake up
If I don't stop and lay myself down
But I can't sleep
And I'm afraid to make a sound
We used to stay up late
Drive around the town
We didn't need no money
We got it all with no money down
Oh, the good times have been used up
It look like my troubles will start falling down
If I don't get some money
The future will be no time to be around
To shame and a sin
(Robert Cray)
When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
Mother dry your eyes, there's no need to cry
I'm not a boy, it's what I signed up for
When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
I can't take the heat, and I hardly sleep anymore
What'd we come here for
Standing out here in the desert
Trying to protect an oil line
I'd really like to do my job but
This ain't the country that I had in mind
They call this a war on terror
I see a lot of civilians dying
Mothers, sons, fathers and daughters
Not to mention some friends of mine
Some friends of mine
Was supposed to leave last week
Promises they don't keep anymore
Got to fight the rich man's war
When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
Late in 2004
Comes a knock at the door
It's no surprise
Mother dry your eyes
Mother don't you cry, no, no
Someone told you a lie
Yes they did, why
Mother don't you cry, oh no
Mother don't you cry
When you're used up, where do you go
You say you love me, babe
But you don't know
When I tell you I want to take you out
And you don't want to go, girl
So if you love me
(Don't say you like me)
And if you like me
(Don't say you love me)
I can't wait to have a way to find out
If it's trick or treat
I love you, babe
But you play a many pack, girl (not sure?)
Cause you know, you know, you know
That ain't where it's at, baby
Cause if you love me
(Don't say you like me)
And if you like me
(Don't say you love me)
Cause I can't wait to have a way to find out
If it's trick or treat
You can make life good, make it a drag
With all those good things you got cooking in your bag
Now I want you to treat me, baby
Cause you got just what it takes, girl
I've been tricked so many times before
With everything I've made, girl
So if you love me
(Don't say you like me)
And if you like me
(Don't say you love me)
I can't wait to have a way to find out
If it's trick or treat
What is it, baby?
Tell me, I wanna know
What is it?
Is it tricks or treats?
Gotta know, babe
Is it tricks or treats?
What's in your bag, babe
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
There ain't nobody cooking but me and you
Too many cooks are trying to get in your kitchen
The first thing you know there's something missin'
You got a real good oven, you've got a hot range, too
Let me butter your buns while you stir the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
There ain't nobody cooking but me and you
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
There ain't nobody cooking but me and you
The stew that you're cooking, it smells so good
It's got everybody talking in the neighborhood
Your spice's spicy, your sugar so sweet
Your meat is so tender and your juice is a treat
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
There ain't nobody cooking but me and you
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
Too many cooks are gonna spoil the stew
There ain't nobody cooking but me and you
No, ain't nobody cooking, baby
In my house, in my kitchen
Time makes two love,
Makes them more than friends.
Time makes true love,
More than just pretend.
Makes you count the nights,
and the moments we're apart.
Time will heal your troubles,
when you got the blues.
Heal the burnin' heartache,
but your right back in the groove.
But time will take it's toll on you,
if you don't play it smart...
Because time it makes to,
it takes two to heal a broken heart.
[Incredible Solo]
Time makes two love,
Feel eachother's pain.
and I'm so proud of you love.
So proud to be your man.
Time makes two.
Oh, time makes two.
Time makes two.
Yah know, time makes two, it takes two
to heal a broken heart.
Time makes two, it takes two,
to heal a broken heart.
It makes you more than friends.
Time makes two, time makes two.
Makes you feel eachothers pain.
Time makes two, it takes two,
to heal a broken heart.
Makes you more than friends.
Time makes two, it takes two,
to heal a broken heart.
Time makes two,
Time makes two,
Times makes two...
Time makes two,
These things made our love come to an end
Oh, these things
Hey, baby, thought you were my friend
Steppin' out, playin' around
All of these things, baby
Really let me down
Oh, and I know you're gonna miss me
One of these old days
Early one mornin'
I got out of bed
I thought about our happiness, yes I did
That we left was dead
I love you, I need you
Oh, these things, baby, still run through my head
Oh, and I know you're gonna miss my lovin' baby
One of these old days, yes you will
Early one mornin'
When I got out of bed, yeah
I thought about our happiness, yes I did
Long left for dead
And oh baby I love you
And oh baby I need you
All of these things, baby
Still run through my head
Oh, and I know
You're gonna miss me
One of these old days
Yes, you will
All because of these things
All because of these things
Steppin' out, dead love
Playin' around, hey baby
Thought you were my friend
It's all because of these things
These things, these things, these things
Now whatcha gonna do
When the welfare turn it's back on you?
Whatcha gonna do
When the welfare turn it's back on you?
You'll be standin' there stranded
And there won't be a thing you can do
Now you look all through your house, yeah
Yes, and you can't even find a piece of bread
You look all through your house, I know you do
Yes, you can't even find a piece of bread
I sometimes begin to wonder, yeah
Yes, if you'd be better off, be better off dead
Lord have mercy
(Guitar solo)
You have to go down to the welfare
Every month to report
And some of the things they say to you
Will sure enough get your goat
If you tell them that you're sick
You better have a bad cough, lord have mercy
Cause if you don't, they'll be ready to throw you off,
I know they will
Whatcha gonna do, lord have mercy
When the welfare turns its back on you?
Yeah, you'll be standin' there stranded
Out on the road
Late at night
The highway is so inviting
Since you said that we were through
I remember what you told me
I'm trying to drive away these blues
I can do a lot of things
But let me tell you girl
I can't make it by myself, in this great big world
The price I pay for loving you
Deep in my mind
I'm trying to fight
This lonely feeling that I face tonight
Never thought I would lose
I can't shake this awful feeling
I'll never stop loving you
I can do a lot fo things
But let me tell you girl
I can't make it by myself in this great big world
The price I pay for loving you
Do I love her anymore
Or is it loneliness that I feel
Do our hearts still beat as one
Or are we held together by the years
The price I pay for loving you
I'm goin' home
It's started rainin'
Got to find a phone, hope that she's waiting
Gonna say I've been a fool
Put my head back on my shoulder
Take a little time and see things through
I can do a lot fo things
But let me tell you girl
That I can't make it by myself in this great big world
Oh what a price I pay for loving you
The price I pay for loving you
There's a lot of things in this world
I've yet to learn
Do you wonder, do you think
That every time that I leave my house
That I'm sneakin' around
But if I am it should mean nothing to you
Since you put me down
And it'll be the last time
That I'll get burned like this
I've lost your love again
That's all right
You think that I'll be knocking on your time
Again tonight
It'll be the last time
That I'll get burned like this
Sit all alone
In front of the TV
No one comes over
Nobody calls me
And I lay there
Ohh, with my head in my hands
Hopin' and prayin' that tonight
I'll see your face again
Tomorrow's the start
Of a brand new day
And all the lessons that I've learned
Will help to pave my way
And it'll be the last time
That I get burned like this
(Mournful guitar solo)
It'll be the last time
That I get burned like this
The last time
That I get burned like this
I swear
Ohhhh
The last time
That I get burned like this
When I first met you, baby
Weren't you a sweet, little thing
Worked my fool head off
Just to buy that diamond ring
Now things are kind of funny
You know the way it goes
Now you want to put that ring
Right on through my nose
You put me through the grinder
And I kept coming back for more
Now all I want to see of you
Is your back side headed out that door
Same progression as above
Well, you said you needed night school
And I went along with that
Till I followed you last Wednesday, baby
Up to Sonny's flat
I put one and one together
And it added up to fool
Cause what Sonny's got to offer, baby
Ain't teached in any school
You put me through the grinder
You hurt me like an open sore
I don't want no more excuses, baby
Just get on out the door
(Guitar solo)
Ohh, they say this is a world of troubles
Ohh, I've had my share
But you're the kind of burden
I really don't need to bare
I came home a little early
Lord, what I found there
I walked in on you and Richard
And your legs were up in the air
I'm gonna put you through the grinder
I'm gonna even up the score
You better get yourself a lawyer, baby
We're about to go to war
(Guitar outro with words)
What 'cha tryin' to do to me?
Last night
Once again I had the dream
I tossed and I turned
That old feeling's still the same
It was so real
I woke up cold and sweating
I wonder did I call her name?
In the dream she was right there with me
Right there with me in the bed
She said, "Bobby, come and kiss me"
"Never leave me!" is what she said
But when I reached out to hold her
Oh, I woke my wife instead
Once againnnnnnnnn!
Once again, I had the dream
Six years since I've seen her
Ain't no doubt about what it means, no, no
I tried hard not to think about her
But all she left me was this dream
All she left me was the dream
All she left me was a dream
A dream
All she left me was the dream
I dreamed I called her name
I dreamed I held my baby in my arms
I feel bad, I feel terrible
I'm just as sad as I can be
Oh, I feel bad, I feel terrible
I'm just as sad as I can be
I let a boy, 12 years old
Take my baby away from me
He used to hang around my crib
Until late into the night
Oh, he used to hang around my crib
Till late into the night
Well, I never dreamed that my baby
And that boy could be so tight
(Rockin' Guitar Solo)
Well, if the young boy hangs around you
You should do what I shoulda did
Oh, if the young boy hangs around you
You should do what I shoulda did
Man, you send him on over to your neighbors
I?m gonna move on baby nothin? seems to go my way
I?m gonna move on baby nothin? seems to go my way
I?m gonna pack up and leave ya nothin? can make me stay
You did me wrong, you so mean
I give up, queen beat the king
Some rainy morning
Don?t be surprised
There?ll be tears in your eyes
In your eyes
You?ll look around for my check
You?ll freak out start to sweat
Ooh, some rainy morning
Don?t be surprised
There?ll be tears in your eyes
In your eyes
Flowers on the table, I didn?t buy
Champagne in the icebox store bought fries
Oh, some rainy morning
There?ll be tears in your eyes
In your eyes
I?m gonna move on baby
Nothin? seems to go my way
I?m gonna move on baby
Nothin? seems to go my way
And you can tell that landlord, I refuse to pay
Go on and tell him baby, mm
I would rather see you
Sleeping in the ground,
I would rather see you
Sleeping in the ground
Than to stay around here
If you're gonna put me down.
Well, I give you all my money,
Everything I own.
Well, I give you all my money,
Everything I own.
Well, some day I'm gonna get lucky,
And down the road you know I'm goin'.
Well, I would rather see you
Sleeping in the ground,
Well, I would rather see you
Sleeping in the ground
Than to stay around here
If you're gonna put me down.
You know I give you all my money,
Yeah little girl, everything I own.
Well, I give you all my money,
Everything I own.
Well, today I'm gonna get lucky,
Trouble all around me everywhere
There was a time when I didn't care
Life was a party
That's all we knew
Now I'm so glad
To be here today
Cause not everybody
Can stand up and say
That they're a survivor
Survivor
Survivor
You've got to choose
If you wanna be a survivor
Survivor
Survivor
Oh, yeah, you've got to choose
Some learn
Some don't
Some live
You know that
Some won't
And time wil tell
Turn around
Your life of hell
The good old days
Were such a waste of time
You take a little schoolboy
And teach him who to hate
Then you
Send him to the desert?
For the oil near Kuwait?
You try to change a world that
You don't understand
Now I'm so glad
To be here today
Cause from now
Until forever
And ever yeah
You be lucky if
You can stand up and say
That you're a survivor
Survivor
Survivor
You've got to choose
If you wana be a survivor
Oh, oh, oh
You've got to choose
If you wanna be a survivor
You've got to choose
Oh, yes,
I'm so glad to be here today
I'm so glad
To be a survivor
You'll have to turn around your life a hell
Can't change anything you don't understand
Hmmm, hmmmm
Something happened this morning when I opened my eyes
and looked around me
Something strange was in the air
But what it was I just could not pin it down
And then I heard the shower running and I knew what it
You were still around
How many times must I tell ya'
I'm tired of you and everything you stand for
I thought we'd reached an agreement
I thought everything would be all right
Yeah
But when I woke up this morning
I knew everything was wrong
Everything was wrong
You were still around
Still around
Why can't you show some feeling?
Why can't you understand?
Messed up my whole life
Why wreck my day
Did my best to love you
Now do your best to leave
Can't you see that's what I want
I really need
Why can't you show some feeling?
Why can't you understand
Messed up my whole life
Why wreck my day
I did my best to love you
Now do your best to leave
Can't you see that's what I want
I really need
I really need
How many times must I tell ya'
I'm tired of you and everything you stand for
I thought we'd reached an agreement
I though everything would be all right
But when I woke up this morning
Everything was wrong
Everything was wrong
I'm so fed up
Girl, I've had enough
I'm steppin' out tonight
Girl, you're playin' around
Sure enough gonna get me down
I'm steppin' out tonight
Down to the end of my rope
And I gonna get to get lose
Get a lose before I choke
Ain't no use in you
Beggin' me not to go
I'm steppin' out tonight
Last night you left home
Said you was goin' to your momma's place
That's what I believed
But your mama said
She hadn't seen your face
Girl, you steppin' out on me
Trying to pull the wool over my eyes
But I've been knowin' you too long, baby
For you to try to lie
So don't look at me
So doggoned surprised
I'm steppin' out tonight
Girl, you put my patience to the test
And I'm gettin' tired, baby
Tired of all your mess
So excuse me
Excuse me while I get dressed
I'm steppin' out tonight
Steppin' out tonight
Steppin' out tonight
Got to get lose
Steppin' out tonight
Hey, got to get away, baby
Yeah, steppin' out tonight
Sonny was my best friend
He got called to Vietnam
Sonny was my best friend
He went away to Vietnam
Said, "Watch out for my wife and baby"
"And I'll count on you when I'm gone."
I looked it every day
Just like Sonny said
Ohhh, and I'm not sure just when
We both lost our heads
Then I'd hang around at night
And fill her lonely, lonely bed
(Painful guitar solo)
Sonny made it home
And he's proud of what he's done
Ohhh, but he can't walk too good, no
And he'll never see the sun
And his pain is just beginning
I'm so ashamed of what I've done
Sonny's pain is just beginning
Well somebody called and gave me the word
And I'm gonna tell you people just what I heard
I'm gonna tell you for free and it won't cost a dime
There's so many women, so little time
So many women, but so little time
You know sometimes I wonder just why I'm alive
Seems like all we do is try to stay alive
But then I think and remember that line
So many women, so little time
You know there's so many women, so little time
Now every night's a different town
Can't help sometimes from feeling down
But then we get full on smoke or wine, yeah, yeah
There's so many women, so little time
So many women, so little time
(Guitar solo)
You know some people say this life is strange
Some folks say I've got to make a change
Then that thought will cross my mind
And you know there's so many women, so little time
So many women, but so little time
Oh, somebody called and gave me the word
And I've got to tell you people just what I heard
I'm gonna tell you for free, won't charge you a dime
You know there's so many women, so little time
So many women, but so little time
So many women, so little time
So many women, so little time
So many women, so little time
So many women, so little time
So many women, so little time
I get a constant busy signal
when I call you on the phone
I get a strong uneasy feeling
you're not sitting there alone
I'm having nasty nasty visions
and baby you're in every one, yeah
And I'm so afraid I'm gonna find you with
a so-called smoking gun
Maybe you want to end it
you've had your fill of my kind of fun
But you don't know how to tell me
and you know that I'm not that dumb
I put two and one together
and we know that's not an even sum
And I know just where to catch you with
that well known smoking gun
(instrumental)
I'm standing here bewildered
I can't remember just what I've done
I can hear the sirens whining
my eyes blinded by the sun
I know that I should be running
my heart's beating just like a drum
Now they've knocked me down and taken it
that still hot smoking gun
Yeah, still hot smoking gun
Yes, they've taken it
Still hot, smoking gun
Oh, they've taken it
Still hot smoking gun
They've knocked me down
Look at me, after all these years of lovin'
Can't believe I'm still the one you're dreamin' of
After all these years of love
You still want me
There's a little bit more of me than yesterday
I'm a little bit slower, look at how my hair is grayed
Thought at any time you'd turn and walk away
You still want me
You tell me that you miss me when I go away from home
Just a little overnight trip, honey has it been that long?
How could I have ever done you wrong?
You still want me
I appreciate it
You look as good as the day that we first met
Look at you
The simple things that somehow I forget to say to you
Never make you blue
Look at me, after all these years of lovin'
Lucky me, I'm still the one you're dreamin' of
After all these years of love
You still want me
All these lonely years of lovin'
You still want me
All those lonely, lonely years you suffered
You still want me, yeah
I appreciate it
Can't believe I'm still the one you're dreamin' of
Mmmmmmm
I'd give a friend
My very last dime
And I'd leave my job to do a favor for 'ya
Any time, oh yes I would
But I won't share my baby
She's not part of a good deed
Share what you've got
Keep what you need
If you can't pay your rent
Ohh, you're welcome to stay with me
And you know that I'm your friend, man
Well, I want to be
Sure want to be
But hands off my baby
She's my own little flower seed, yeah
Share what you've got
Keep what you need
(Horn solo)
Mmmmm
I need my baby
Ohhhh, I can't let her go, no, no
Friend, don't you ask about my baby
All I can tell you is no
No, no, no, no, no
Share what you got
You've got to share what you've got
Mmmmm
But hands off my baby
No, no
You can have anything, but ohhh not my baby
Mmmmmm
No, no
No, no
No, no, no
Share what you've got
I can hear the couple
fighting right next door
Their angry words sound clear thru these thin walls
Around midnight I heard him shout 'unfaithful woman'
And I knew right there the axe was gonna fall
It's because of me
It's because of me
I heard him shout who is he, she mumbled low
He said 'baby don't you lie to me no more'
And I'm listening thru these thin walls, in silence and
shame
As she called out my name I was right next door
It's because of me
It's because of me
Because of me
It's because of me
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader
Well she was just another notch on my guitar
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts
Oh oh oh oh
At daybreak I hear him pack and say goodbye
I can hear him slam the door and walk away
Right next door I hear that woman start to cry
I should go to her but what would I say
It's because of me
It's because of me
Because of me
Young Bob
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader
Well she was just another notch on my guitar
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts
Midnight
And her porchlight's on
The signal
That her man is gone
She'll open her back door wide
I'll slip down the alley, then slip inside
She's waiting
Just inside the door
In perfume
Probably nothing more
She'll greet me with her arms spread wide
Hit by the darkness, we'll fly, fly, fly
Standing here
I feel just like a criminal
Returning to the seen of the crime
Every time that we steal these loving hours
We promise that it will be the last time
(Guitar solo)
Sneak out
Just before the dawn
Knowing that we've done her man wrong
He's out working while we're at plays
And my conscious hounds me
The whole long day
Mmmmm
Sun down
My blood starts to stir
All my thoughts go back to her
At midnight my guilt will ease
And I'll be watching her porchlight
Begging please, please, please
Standing here
I feel just like a criminal
Returning to the seen of the crime, yeah, yeah, yeah
And every time that we steal these loving hours
When we're stealing, when we're stealing it
We promise that it will be the last time, yeah
Have a seat and I'll tell you a tale
It wasn't that long ago..
About a guy who turned out to be a cheater got the
heater
so the story goes:
He tried the playboy-thing on two friends
thinking that they'd never know.
They say he got caught in a trap and it snapped
He's not around anymore...
[CHORUS]
Poor johnny,
He came home looking cool one day,
just wasn't lucky to come out that way
once from the left... than from the right
they took him down, late that night.
[verse 2]
Now everyone in town knew he always played around
but not a word was said.
All the money and the clothes,
and the cars that he drove just kept his ego fed.
To his friends he was king,
cause he thought of everything
except his number one.
She had the kids and the house,
while he was always out
leaving his homework undone.
[chorus]
[Verse 3]
Than one day his luck ran out.
when number two found a number and called his house.
WOrd on the street is that they talked all night
They had to teach him a lesson,
they had to make things right.
[guitar Solo]
[chorus]*2
Now, you know that I'm married
And baby, so are you
But right now we're not thinking
Past this little rendezvous
We both know what's gonna happen
Four people gonna get hurt
Cause it's bound to rub off on us
When we're playing in the dirt
You'll probably lose your husband
I know I'll lose my wife
You'd think that we'd know better
At this point in our lives
So we might as well enjoy it
Take it for what it's worth
Cause we're gonna get some on us
When we're playing in the dirt
(Guitar solo)
It's the same old common story
It's happening all around
Ain't no doubt about it
One more ship is going down
There ain't no escaping
All the troubles on this Earth
We're gonna come up muddy, muddy, muddy
I'm in a phone booth, baby
Number scratched on the wall
I'm in a phone booth, baby
Number scratched on the wall
I'm new in Chicago
Got no one else to call
Been walkin' all day
For old friends I can't find
Hearts so cold
Had to buy me some wine
Calling you, baby
Took my very last dime
I'm in a phone booth, baby
Number scratched up on the wall
I'm in a phone booth, baby
Number scratched on the wall
I'm new in Chicago
Got no one else to call
Said, "Call big Rita
Anytime, day or night"
You know I'm broke and I'm cold, baby
And I hope you'll treat me right
I'm in a phone booth, baby
Met her in a night club
Alvey's hideaway
I could tell by looking at her
That she had come to play
Bought her three gin and tonics
And we told each other lies
Then I headed to the motel
With my little prize
And I'm payin' for it now
Payin' for it now
She's gone and so's my wallet
And I'm payin' for it now
Girl took off, and took all my duckets
Then I ran into Maggie
Old friend of mine
She said, "Let's do some reminiscing"
"Go and get some wine."
She could drink just like a sailor
Got as drunk as I could be
By the time the night was over, yeah
The joke it was on me
And I'm payin' for it now
Payin' for it now
She took me off the market
And I'm paying for it now
(Short guitar solo)
She was soft and friendly
And willing as can be
Had a pretty little tattoo
Right above her knee
I got it down to business
Then I fell asleep
She said I made her promises, promises
That she's expecting me to keep
And I'm payin' for it now
Payin' for it now
That girl was talkin' marriage
And I'm payin' for it now
(Saxophone solo)
Well I should have got suspicious
When she started acting nice
Should have read the signals
Should have thought about it twice
For eleven days running
She was cozy in the night
And when she laid it on me
You know, I didn't even fight
And I'm payin' for it now
Oh Lord, I'm payin' for it now
Here comes her mother with her suitcase
And I'm payin' for it now
No, not my mother-in-law
Jeez, her daughter
I get chills when I think back to
The times when we
Were hurtin' one another
And look back on that now
And it's good to know
That we've found some sacred ground
Sometimes like a storm
It was cold and rainy but we got by
We lost years trying to find it
How in the world did we survive?
It almost died
And if we protect our love
There's a chance that we might
Make it last forever
And if we wait too long
There's a chance that we may never know
If love goes passing by
What about starting something new?
Just the two of us, baby
Got an awful lot to do
It don't matter who was wrong
'Cause I know we can make it
Right now we've got to stay strong
At times I know that it
It won't easy but we'll get by
It's much too late to walk away
And say goodbye, and let our love die
And if we protect our love
There's a chance that we might
Make it last forever
The past is dead, the past is gone
Why take a chance that we may never know?
If love goes passing by
And time wouldn't change a thing
Oh, no, it'd be a shame if we don't try
And time wouldn't change a thing
No, if love goes passing by
(Intro)
I hear him when he weeps and moans
I've even seen him shed tears
For after taking those wedding vows
That didn't last many years
I've seen him walk the streets alone
In the wind and rain cold and weak
Help the poor man save his heart
Take him in, make him neat
And grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon from love
The people talk when he passes by
And they don't seem to care
The pain he hides down in his soul
That they don't want to share
If he could turn this world around
He could be like you and me
Help him break these chains of love
Help the man go free
And grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon from love
(guitar solo)
And grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon from love
He's guilty of nothing that I can think of, oh no
So let's not convict him
He just happens to be a prisoner of love
So if you're out on that lonely street
And by chance pass him by
Don't rush to judgement or put him down
Cause you could be that guy
Someone could take your heart to school one day
And that would surely change your plans
And all the things you think you know
Now you understand
And grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon from love
All you got to do is
Grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon
Grant him a pardon from love
Grant him a pardon, baby
Grant him a pardon from love
Just grant him a pardon
From love
Won't ya
(Intro)
Tie the trunk with a piece of string
Make sure, did we forget anything ?
Turn the lights out
And close the door
Tell the mailman
We don't live here no more.
They said it was paradise
And that we'd live here forever
And they stabbed us in the back
With a poison dagger.
Stood by the river
And watched us drown
Smiled, then they waved
While we went down.
But once was will never happen Again
Now we travel out of Eden.
(Break)
I know you would stand up
For what is right
And I know you would you stand up
Against what's wrong.
Our neighbors were blind
But we had each other
And we became strong.
They said it was paradise
And that we'd live here forever
Then they stabbed us in the back
With a poison dagger.
Wrongly accused
Rightly upset
When our friends turned their backs
We knew we'd never, never forget.
What once was will never happen
No, no, again
Now we travel out of Eden.
(Guitar solo)
Put your suitcase down
Lay on the bed
I'll open up the window
Clear skies ahead
We can sit on the beach
Or swim in the ocean
We survived on a life of devotion
They said it was paradise
And that we'd live here forever
Then they stabbed us in the back
With a poison dagger
Tried and convicted
Without hearing our side
Now everyone's sorry
But there'll be no next time
What once was will never happen again
Now we travel out of Eden
Now we travel out of Eden
Now we travel out of Eden
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm.
(D. Amy)
See him cuddled in the shadows
Sleepin' on his cardboard bed
Using rags for a pillow
Where he lays his unwashed head
His blanket's old newspaper
Not much good against the snow
See so many like him out there
When you walk the night patrol
When you walk the night patrol
Oh, you wonder where he came from
Where he's gonna go
Was it a woman or a bottle?
That's brought him down so low
What's happened to his family?
Do they know he's out here in the cold?
He's just a nameless soldier
Marching on the night patrol
Marching on the night patrol
Like that girl on the corner
She can't be more than seventeen
She's run away from somewhere
Taking nothing but her dreams
Now those dreams are lying shattered
As the street exacts its toll
And she's just another victim
Lost out on the night patrol
Oh, you could ask me why I'm out here
Where do I fit into the scene?
Now I'm drawing unemployment
Got replaced by a machine
And I'm tortured by my bad habits
Sometimes, I lose this struggle to control
And the street has its attractions
When you walk the night patrol
You can give me an hour alone in a bank
Pay all my tickets, wipe the slate blank
You could buy me a car, fill up the tank
Tell me a boat full of lawyers just sank
But it ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no
Don't need nothin' but a woman
Any time I'm feelin' low
(Same as above)
Well, you could fly us to Dallas on a jumbo-jet plane
If we run late and miss it, we can take the night train
When the pressure is on, things getting insane
Only one cure for that kind of strain
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no
Don't need nothin' but a woman, yeah, yeah
To get me through the show
Saxophone Solo
SOLO (cool!)
Yeah, you can make me a bet, give me a ten-point spread
Give me french brandy that will clear my head
When it's all over, feeling half-dead
Only one thing, just like I said
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, yeah, yeah
Any time I got a woman
Things can't be too bad
You can buy me a house, turn over the deed
Bring six pounds of California weed
But my weakness ain't drugs, whiskey, or greed
Only one thing that YOUNG BOB needs
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman
Yeah, you right
Ain't nothin' but a woman to get me through the night
Mmmmm
It's like I said, man
Ain't nothin' but a woman
(various inaudible gauking)
Yeah, look at her
You take my money and leave
Trying to leave me all alone
That don't bother me so much
But you left your poor baby child alone
But I'm nice
Nice as a fool can be
But if I ever get my hands on you, baby
They'll have the judge do something nice for me
You come home in the morning
After running the streets all night long
Now how in the world can you expect me to be nice
When all the time you're gone?
But still I'm nice
I'm nice as a fool can be
But if I ever get my hands on you, baby
They'll have the judge do something nice for me
(Guitar solo)
You told me that you loved me
You'd always be my pet
But soon as I take my eyes off you, baby
Look what I get
But still I'm nice
I'm nice as a fool can be
But if I ever get my hands on you, baby
They'll have the judge do something nice for me
I'm nice
So nice
I'm nice, yes I am
So nice
You're leaving me all alone
You left your little child at home
But I still love you, I love you baby
I feel nice, too nice, yes I am
Nice, oh yeah
I'm a nice, mellow person (!)
