(I know) I'm losing you
Your love is fading,
I can feel your love fading,
Woman it's fading away from me
Cause your personal touch has grown cold
As if someone else controls your very soul
I fooled myself long as I can
I can feel the presence of another man
It's there when you speak my name
It's just not the same
Oh honey I'm losing you
Can feel it in the air
It's there everywhere
Oh I'm losing you
Can feel it in my bones
Any day you'll be up and gone
Oh I'm losing you
It's all over your face,
Someone's taken my place,
could it be, that I'm losing you
When I look into your eyes
a reflection of a face I see
Oh lord, I'm losing you
I'm hurt, downhearted and worried girl
Cause that face doesn't belong to me
Your love is fading, can feel it fading
oh away from me
Can feel it in the air, it's there everywhere
Ooh I'm losing you
I don't want to lose you, but I know I'm gonna groove ya
Ooh I'm losing you
Your love is fading, can feel it fading
Stewart-Wood
Make sure that you tell him that I weren't your fool
Make sure that you tell him, baby, that I weren't your fool
Be sure to tell him I was never your fool
Make sure that you tell him, baby, that I weren't your fool, pretty soon.
‘Cause I've overcome worst problems than you, yeah
Yes, I've overcome worst problems than you.
But be sure that you tell him I was never your fool
Be sure just, just to tell him, babe, I was never your fool
Please, please, tell him, honey, I was, I was never your fool
Just be sure that you tell him, baby, yeah, I was never your fool, listen.
‘Cause I've overcome worst problems than you, oh, yeah, baby
‘Cause I've overcome worst problems than you, tell him now.
Just be sure that you tell him, baby, I was never your fool
Be sure that you tell him, honey, I was never your fool, now listen the reason, listen.
‘Cause I've overcome worst problems than you, ha!
Yes, I've overcome worst problems than you.
You just better, just tell him, baby, I was never your fool, no way
(walker, wilken)
Now a country boy named shorty
And a city boy named dan
Had to prove who could run the fastest
To wed miss lucy's hand
Now dan had all the money
And he also had the looks
But shorty musta had that something boys
That can't be found in books
Cut across shorty, shorty, cut across
That's what miss lucy said
Cut across shorty, shorty, cut across
You know it's you that i wanna wed
Wait a minute
Now dan had been in training
About a week before the race
He made up his mind old shorty
Would end in second place
You know dan with his long legs flying
He left shorty far behind
Shorty heard him holler out
Miss lucy that you'll soon be mine
Cut across shorty ... but shorty wasn't worried
There was a smile upon his face
'cause old lucy had fixed the race
And just like that old story
About the turtle and the hare
You know that thing
When danny crossed over the finish line
He found shorty waiting there
Cut across shorty ...
It's you that i wanna wed, no no
And oh lord it's you i wanna wed
I don't care who's watching
Don't mind what the surfing heads might say
Although I may not be no Charlie Atlas
I'm gonna take my shirt off anyway
Now skin and bones sinks easy on the high tide
And I'm not one for castles in the sand
I've seen a girl I once knew from the East Side
I think I spy a bottle in her hand
I think I spy a bottle in her hand
I don't need to know your birthday
A fortunteller I don't claim to be
There's a place I know of called the Tip Top
Won't you come and take a walk with me
Won't you come and take a walk with me
Didn't take too much hard work to get her
Melted like a chocolate in my arms
If (?) had ever seen it better
It never did the scenery no harm
Oh Cindy ain't you noticed
That several of your friends have moved on
And the street outside is just a little too quiet
And your local papers run out of news
I'm not persuading you or disengaging you
But Cindy you and me we got to move
Can you refuse, no time to lose
We'll hit the high road early this morning
So don't be late, don't hesitate
This dream can pass just as fast as lighting
And oh Cindy incidentally baby I ain't putting you on
Can you refuse, with () lose
We'll hit the high road early this morning
So don't be late, don't hesitate
This dream can pass just as fast as lighting
Oh Cindy don't you worry
'Cause between us we can make it through
There ain't nothing no no nothing
In the world I can do without you
So Cindy get your coat on
Leave the rent with the gent up in the penthouse
Turn your music so loud let's attract a big crowd
May the smile on your face
Come straight from your heart
Takes a lady like you
To write that for me
To wake up with you
Makes my morning so bright
Wipes the sleep from my eyes
When you tell me your dreams
And it goes on and on
Way beyond and out of reach
It's a well known old secret
Go and tell everyone
The smile on your face
Comes straight from your heart
If you look you will find
Miss Judy, she was moody
Owned a sweaty farm in old Alabam
I was just eighteen, crude and mean
All I needed was to get my own way.
Miss Judy, she could have me any hour of the working day
She'd send me in the corn field, mid-afternoon
Said "Son, its all part of your job"
Miss Judy had a p'roxide poodle
That I would kick if I was given the chance
Madam wasn't amused by the kindness I used
I was whipped in the barn until dawn
Last summer we was restless,
Were gonna make a stand and burn down your farm
But it was all in the head 'cause out in the yard
Miss Judy had the National Guard
We was beat before we started.
Miss Judy she was moody
But she always didn't get her own way
Stage a fight, get it right
Sit right down if you can spare me a minute
I got a tale thats bound to break your heart
Concerns my brother who's thin and played violin
Got it in his head that an iq is all you need
He went his way I couldn't discover mine
I didn't worry if I ever saw him again
He's made a profit while I don't even own a pocket
And the last I heard he was sitting at the top of the tree
Wait a minute
Late last night reading my underground press
Came a knock on the door thought it was the third world war
Lord above I did not recognize him
I said have a cup of coke here maybe thats all you need
He said the smell of the city
Kid it's trying to kill me
My eyes are getting muddy
Christ I'm aging fast
My kind of music I knew it wasn't gonna to be simple
But have a quick listen kid maybe thats all you need
Don't stop you make me feel much better
Tell me my brother do you think that's all I need
Yea yea
Don't it make you happy
Well, well, well, well, well
That's all you need
That's all you need
That's all you need
That's all you need
I don't need no one's opinion
On the matter concerning my dress.
I was raised in a clinic down in Oklahoma,
There were many things I did not possess.
I never complained, because my father said,
"Son you'll get your chance before you're my age".
Then he took me upstairs and gave me this suit
Written all over his face
He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
Three button hand me down
Three button hand me down
I had my fair share of neat women,
But they came between me and my suit.
That was a filly from Boston, a barmaid from Houston,
Not forgetting the one in Detroit.
They said, "We like you boy and we think you're sweet,
But can't you lose your suit?"
I said, "No, you can't do that to me"
I remember what my father said:
He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
Three button hand me down, ha ha,
Three button hand me down
I've never been a tidy dresser
And the fold in my trousers it ain't straight.
Still I know a good cloth when I see one.
That's why I'm clad in this gray flannel suit.
Sometimes I wonder if I should visit a tailor
And get myself a smooth outfit.
Then I remember what my father said to me.
I'll make you from the open road
He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you go"
Three button hand me down,
I got a letter, it come to me by mail
My baby's a comin' home
I hope that she won't fail
Because I feel so good
I feel so good
You know I feel so good
Feel like ballin' the jack
I drove into town to that old station
Just to meet her old train
My baby said she's a comin' home
I hope that she won't fail
Because I feel so good
I feel so good
You know I feel so good
I feel like ballin' the jack
Feel so good, I hope I always will
Feel just like I just got out of jail
Wherever I'm with you
Because I feel so good
I feel so good
You know I feel so good
I feel like ballin' the jack
All right, I can see you
Let's have you
Are you with me up there?
Are you with me, are you with me?
Feel so good
(Feel so good)
Feel so good
(Feel so good)
Oh I feel so good
(Feel so good)
Ah yeah
I want you to uh
Shout as loud as you can
'Cause we're going to try
And record this, so you're gonna know
You're gonna know what
I feel so good
(I feel so good)
Feel so good
(Feel so good)
Feel so good
(Feel so good)
Feel so good
(Feel so good)
So nice, so nice
(So nice, so nice)
So nice, so nice
(So nice, so nice)
So nice, so nice
(So nice, so nice)
Woh woh woh woh
(Woh woh woh woh)
Woh woh woh woh
(Woh woh woh woh)
Woh woh woh woh
(Woh woh woh woh)
Oh, I feel so good
(I feel so good)
Oh yeah
Let's hear you come
Feel, feel, feel, feel, feel so good
Feel, feel, feel, feel, feel so good
Feel, feel, feel, feel, feel so good
Feel, feel, feel, feel, feel so good
Feel, feel, feel, feel, feel so good
Feel, feel, feel, feel, feel so good
You know I feel so good
I feel like ballin' the jack
You know I feel so good
I feel like ballin' the jack
Sunshine, blue skies, please go away,
My love has found another, gone away
Withered up my future, my life is filled with gloom,
Day after day I stay locked up in my room.
I know to you it might sound strange
But I wish it would rain.
Curse so badly, I don't want to go outside,
Everyone knows that a man ain't supposed to cry.
Listen, I've got to cry, 'cause crying sheds the pain.
To the world outside my tears I refuse to explain
I wish it would rain
Let it rain
Looking down at my tear stained face pressed against the windowpane
But I search the sky desperately for rain,
'cause raindrops will hide my teardrops, no one will ever know
When I'm crying, crying when I go outside.
To the world outside my tears I refuse to explain
I wish it would rain
Standing all day
Thought I was lookin' good
So I cycled 'cross the neighbourhood
Was invited by a skinny girl
Into her high class world
Left my bicycle under the stairs
Laid my coat across the kosher chairs
Made my way across the crowded room
I had nothing to lose
My reception wasn't very keen
So turning on a friendly grin
Stood on the table with my glass of gin
And came straight to the point
I was glad to come
I'll be sad to go
So while I'm here
I'll have me a real good time
I was glad to come
I'll be sad to go
So while I'm here
I'll have me a real good time
Dancing madly round the room, yeah
Singing loudly and sorta' out of tune
Was escorted by a friendly slag
'Round the bedroom and back
Wandered across the door
Missed my step and I fell on the floor
Said one word and I was asked to leave
Kinda' wish I was dead
I was glad to come
And I'll be so sad to go
But while I was here
I had me a real good time
The skinny girl made it clear
That she only came here for the beer
That's a fact, oh, yeah
The vicar, he simply reeked of gin
On my way home
I happened to fall off my bicycle
Good party
I was glad to come
Baby I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I'll leave you
Baby, I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
You hung me on the line
Baby, I'm amazed at the way I really need you
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Maybe I'm a man, oh baby
You're the only woman that could ever help me
Baby, won't you help me to understand
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand, good God, woah
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
You're the one that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand
Baby, I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Baby, I'm afraid of the way I'll leave you
Baby, I'm amazed at the way you help me sing my song
You right me when I'm wrong
Baby, I'm amazed at the way I really need you
Maybe I'm a man, oh baby
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
You're the one that could ever help me
(jimi hendrix)
Angel came down from heaven yesterday
Stayed with me long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
Then she spread her wings high over me
She said she's goin' now, come back tomorrow
And I said, fly on my sweet angel
Fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel
Forever I'm will be by your side
Gonna fly away
Sure enough this morning came unto me
Silver wings silhouetted against a child's sunrise
And my angel she said unto me
Today's the day for you to rise
Ke my hand, you're gonna be my man, you're gonna rise
Then she took me high over yonder
And I said, fly on my sweet angel
Fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel
(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood)
Poor old Granddad
I laughed at all his words
I thought he was a bitter man
He spoke of women's ways
They'll trap you, then they use you
Before you even know
For love is blind and you're far too kind
Don't ever let it show
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.
The Can Can's such a pretty show
They'll steal your heart away
But backstage, back on earth again
The dressing rooms are grey
They come on strong and it ain't too long
Before they make you feel a man
But love is blind and you soon will find
You're just a boy again
When you want her lips, you get a cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more and she's fast asleep
Then she's twinkling with the stars.
Poor young grandson, there's nothing I can say
You'll have to learn, just like me
And that's the hardest way
Ooh la la
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.
Thank you kindly for thinking of me
If I'm not smiling I'm just thinking
Glad and sorry, happy or sad
When all is done and spoken
You're up or I'm down
Can you show me a dream
Can you show me one that's better than mine
Can you stand it in the cold light of day
Neither can I
Can you show me a dream
Can you show me one that's better than mine
Can you stand it in the cold light of day
(Ronnie Lane, Rod Stewart)
Last night I was woken by my cry
Had a dream just as plain as you and I
Saw the morning sun on a woodland in the spring
Still hear the echo crashing through the trees
Oh when I saw you down I fell upon my knees
You and I we were wearing Southern Grey
I called to you but I used another name
I beat the ground and I cried out in your pain
Through a scarlet door I watched you slipping away
And your brother's helpless prayers were all in vain
Last night I was woken by my cry
I wish I
I wish I was in Richmond
I do, I would I
I wish I
I wish I was back home
I'm waitin'
Here in New York City
The rain is falling
There's no one who cares
There's no one loves me here
The women
They may look very pretty
And some they know it
But some look good
They show a leg and smile
But they all look like the flowers
In someone else's garden
I've no act of love
(Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart)
Mother, don't you recognize your son?
Coming home, 'cause I failed you Mother
I'll be there in the morning
If you'll have me back
The rent up here is much too high
For a room without a tap
I'll be early in the morning
And I'll find my way back home
Back home bad 'n' ruin
With my tail between my legs
Tail between my legs
And I'll be so tired
I'll be early tomorrow morning
And I'll fall down off my plane
Don't be embarrassed mother
By your ugly worn-out son
Your ugly worn-out son.
Mother, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now
And I'll be down on Cannon Street
Passport in my hand
Should you not recognize me
I've heavily made-up my eyes
Momma, you won't recognize me now
Brother, you won't recognize me now
Sister, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now
So mother when you've seen me
Don't forget I'm your boy too
I know my brother has done you proud
He's one foot in the grave
Mother don't you recognize me now?
I'm a burglar in the first degree
But it don't seem to worry me
I'll be so tired, so tired
I'll be so tired, so tired
So Tired
There was a wicked messenger
From Eli he did come
With a mind that multiplied
The smallest matter
When questioned who had sent for him
He answered with a thumb
For his tongue it could not speak
But only flatter
He stayed behind the assembly hall
It was there that he made his bed
Often times he could be seen returning
Until one day he just appeared
I'm waiting here in patience
Am I waiting all in vain?
Will I see you? Will I touch you?
Will I hear you call my name?
[Incomprehensible] and make
Ten steps to every one step that I take
Nobody comes and nobody goes
No one is happy, and no one has woes
Everything lasting, ever the same
Nothing is ending, nothing can change
The good Lord always has been
Always will be ever the same
And confusion mixed with illusion
All years only turn again
With one and one hundred names
Had all the rooms, our key is to change
Nobody comes and nobody goes
No one is happy and no one has woes
Everything lasting, nothing can change
Nothing is ending, ever the same
And nothing's the same
I'm flying across the ocean and I'm soaring
Back home to the place I was born
And probably raised and I'm flying
Across the mountains and valleys
Back home to the one that I love so happily
Can ya' blame me for feeling homesick
'Cause I've been away such a very long, long time
I served a while in the county jail
Five years for, for being hungry tired and poor
On and on
Yes, I will follow
With your buttons and bows
On and on
Yes, I will follow
With your buttons and bows
On and on
Yes, I will follow
With your buttons and bows
On and on
Yes, I will follow
With your buttons and bows
I'm flying across the ocean
Woken up on mornings such as this
Thought exactly the same as I'm thinking now
Every night for a year I've slept alone
Cold damp room looks worse than me, no no no
Got a fear of death that creeps on every night
I know I won't die soon but then again I might
Water down the drain, I'm wasting away
Doctors can't help the ghost of a man that's me, no no
Water down the drain goes to the sea
The pattern of my life keeps a-haunting me
Moisture from the ocean fills the sky
I come on down to the ground as the time goes by, no no no
Slow down there
I never found out the reason, why?
Why my parents had to lie
About the place that I was born
Or from the hometown I was torn
At the tender age of four
I was livin' by homemade law
I never knew when it was to be laid
My desires are never displayed
I never knew what it was to be loved
I never knew what it was to be laid
I never knew what it was to win
I never knew what it was to be loved, no no no
Ah, get on up there
I never knew what it was to be laid
(Rod Stewart, Ron Wood)
Sit right down if you can spare me a minute.
I got a tale that's bound to break your heart.
Concerns my brother who's thin and plays violin.
Got it in his head that an IQ was all you need
He went his way, I couldn't discover mine.
I didn't worry if I ever saw him again.
He's made a profit while I don't even own a pocket
and the last I heard he was sitting at the top of the tree.
Late last night reading my Underground Press
Came a knock on the door, thought it was the third world war.
Lord above, I did not recognize him.
I said, ";Have a cup of coke, Kid, maybe that's all you need.";
He said, ";The smell of the city, Kid, it's trying to kill me.
My eyes are getting muddy, Christ, I'm aging fast.
With my kind of music, I knew it wasn't gonna to be simple,
But have a quick listen, Kid, maybe that's all you need.";
Don't stop, you make me feel much better
Tell me my brother do you think that's all I need?
Don't it make you happy, well, well, well, well, well
That's all you need (5 times)
(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart)
In the mornin' don't say you love me,
'Cause I'll only kick you out of the door
I know your name is Rita 'cause your perfume's smellin' sweeter
Since when I saw you down on the floor.
Won't need to much pursuadin'
I don't mean to sound degradin',
But with a face like that you got nothin' to laugh about.
Red lips, hair and fingernails,
I hear you're a mean old Jezebel
Lets go up stairs and read my Tarot cards
Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight you'd better stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight you'd better stay with me
So, in the mornin', please don't say you love me
'Cause you know I'll only kick you out the door
Yeah, I'll pay your cab fare home, you can even use my best cologne,
Just don't be here in the mornin' when I wake up
Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight you'd gonna stay with me
Sit down, get up, get out.
(Ronnie Lane)
I left you on the Debris
At the Sunday morning market
You were sorting through the odds and ends.
You was looking for a bargain
I heard your footsteps at the front door,
And that old familiar love song,
Cause you knew you'd find me waiting there
At the top of the stairs.
I went there and back
Just to see how far it was
And you, you tried to tell me
But I had to learn for myself.
Theres more trouble at the depot,
With the general workers union
And you said, ";They'll never change a thing.
Well, they won't fight and their not working.";
Oh you was my hero
How you are my good friend
I've been there and back
And I know how far it is
But I left you on the Debris
Now we both know you got no money.
And I wonder what you would have done
Without me hanging around.
My mum she likes you
She thinks you're swell
Got the makings of a dance hall girl
Your low cut frock and your bird's nest hair
Stiletto heels and the way that you swear
She said to take you back to see my folks again on Sunday
Why, it looks as though there's nobody in
They've all gone out to see my Auntie Renee
Don't you worry, you just come right in
I'm sure we'll pass the time til' they come home
Well, let me take your coat, kick off your shoes
Warm your toes, try the sofa
It's getting dark, we'll miss the late night bus, it's only eight?
Well, I'm not takin' any chances
What's that noise, why'd they come back so soon?
Straighten your dress you're really looking a mess
I'll wet my socks, pretend we just got caught in the rain
Sweatin' hard, I didn't get a shot
All I did was stand around and get too hot
Knowin' all the people wasn't on my side
Losin' all my money and I'm getting tired
All the women come around him
Like he's Getty's son
Makes you kind of jealous, but it sure is fun
I don't mind, but he wants my lady too
You know the crowd gets bigger as the word goes 'round
Pool Hall king was playin' back in town
Minnesota Fats, standin' up at the back
Tryin' to hide himself in a plastic mac
You ought to hear the silence
When the kid walks in
His reputation's bigger than gasoline
I don't mind, but he's tryin' to feel my lady too
Pool Hall Richard, you're far too wicked, we know
Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, we know
You broke more hearts than a gigolo could ever do
With your yellow carnation and your pink satin suit
You make me jealous, but I worship you
One day soon, I'm gonna beat you clean
Wipe that smile right off your chin
Everybody gonna drive from miles around
Quein' up to see me, take away your crown
Then you'll never, never, ever take my lady love
C'mon
Pool Hall Richard, you're far too wicked, we know, yes we do
Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, we know
You broke more hearts than a gigolo could ever do, dig this
Bang goes the brown, that's another one down
Know they play much better when the sun gone down
Bang goes the green, you're so obscene
Your hands are dirty but your skin is clean
Bang goes the blue, lock away your cue
The poor Hall king is hustlin' you
Bang goes the eight ball, didn't see it spin at all
This kid can play, oh yeah
Bang goes the brown, ooh, another one down
Know they play much better, now the sun gone down
Bang goes the green, you're so obscene
Your hands are dirty, your scent is clean
Down the pink, one more to sink
Gonna beat you someday, 'cause you're makin' me sick
Down on the black at the back of the pack
You nearly missed, you ain't so hot
Pool Hall Richard, kids you're wicked, we know
You broke more hearts than a gigolo could ever do
You're breakin' my heart
'Cause you're stealin' my tart, no, no, no
I close my eyes and ignore all the signs
I'm walking 'round in circles
I've closed my ears and believed my own lies
And break the silence always
I make a lot of words, big storm in the air
All 'round your hair it's blowing
Just leave it be and it will all blow away
The weather's always changing
You can go if you want to
I don't own you, go be wild
Leave my hand, it's wide open
So's the door evermore
It hurts me more to think I'll keep you in chains
Than if you were to leave me.
I am what you are and I'm running too,
All for the open prairie.
So you can go if you want to
I don't own you, go be wild
Leave my hand it's wide open
If I'm late, darling, don't hesitate
Just go without me and I'll see you there anyway
If I miss you at the station
I want you on that train
I don't want a sad sack
'Cause I'll be there come what may
Leave a message with the porter
Or leave it at the gate
Just let me know that you're aboard her
Just a word to know that you're safe
I walk from Maryland to Silvertown
I hoped to catch you in the street
I must have missed you by a moment dear
I tried the place we alway meet
So if I'm late darling, don't hesitate
Go on your own some
And I'll catch you there anyway
I might lose some time babe
But if I do
I'll make amends in an hour
Cell block five, how I hate bromide
With your coffee in the morning makes you so sterile
The corner gang never made a man of me boy
You know the walls are tall and the inmates scheme
There's no one here that's more than seventeen
Bet your life there's a riot tonight in the mess hall
Listen
A letter from your home town makes you sad
You read it when the wardens had a second laugh
He said sentimental rubbish ain't got no place in here boy
See the years roll on by
Such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform
Call out your number
Who's a nonconformer,
Not me baby, oh yeah
Shakey brown didn't hang around
When a molotow didn't do it's stuff
You went back in there and said it with a sawed-off shotgun
You know poker sam couldn't lose a hand
If he did you were hit by a downtown tram
Or crushed in the path of a moving elevator, elevator
See the years roll on by
Such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform
Call out your number
Who's a nonconformer,
Not me baby, oh yeah
When I get out, I'll get straight
If this old world gives me half a break
But, if you see me in the corner with a chip on my shoulder
Don't blame me, don't blame me baby, no, no
Well, well, hello and how are you?
Fancy seeing you here.
Don't let it show.
No look, no one must know
Why! They're playing "Tracks Of My Tears"
Just pretend its all over,
Like you have for so long.
I thought time was a healer,
But i guess I was wrong.
I am to blame
But we were so young.
Oh, how was I to know?
But you said you still want me,
You opened up an old wound
Then you left me here bleeding.
And my minds black and blue.
Now you got yours, and I got mine.
And theres no debts or dues
Too bad we were thrown downstairs;
We never got a chance to sing.
We were quite polite with one invite
To keep us off the streeet.
We mingled for a minute or two
With the high class clientele.
Then somebody said "who invited them,
that crowd of refugees. Get out!"
What an insult, to be shown the door
Before we could shake a leg.
I was most intrigued by the colored queen
leaning on the kitchen door.
Then I was ushered with my friends
by the butler who was twelve feet tall.
Well let me please explain
'Cause we're not to blame
We just don't have the right accent. No, no
All we wanted to do was to socialize
Oh, you know its a shame I was always getting the blame
All we wanted to do was to socialize
Oh, you know its a shame how we always get the blame
Sweaty girls and damp motels
is where I'm gonna stay.
'Cause now I see what it's all about,
I didn't at the old school tie.
Don't worry, we had no fun waiting
for the all night bus home.
Too bad my regional tongue
Sweet Lady Mary has to rest her poor head
Wakes in the morning with her breakfast in bed
I tried to help her but I did not know how
I tried to love her but it's all over now
Nothing left to comfort me
Except a sunny day
Steal away
Steal away
Over the stones along the dusty old road
With every footstep one more tale is told
With every turning one more side to see
Sweet Lady Mary's seen the last of me
A lesson is learnt
I'll never come this way again
I'll steal away
Steal away
Her Spanish habits are so hard to forget
The lady lied with every breath, I accept
Was a matter of time before my face did not fit
I knew all along I'd have to quit.
Anyway now, I better not
Waste anymore of your time
I'll steal away
Steal away
I think I'll go back home and start all again
Where the Gulf Stream waters tend to ease the pain
And on a new day when I've mended the wound
Sweet Lady Mary's gate I swear I'll be bound
But before I sit down again
And waste anymore of your time
I better steal away
Wait a minute, honey
I don't think your joke's too funny, no
I stayed up all night
Checking out the doctor's guide
Wait a minute, honey
Stop pretendin' you're a bunny
Well, I might've guessed
You been to see a specialist
I remember you said
That we gotta keep abreast of time
But obviously you don't know
Where to draw the line
Well, don't try and tell me
It's a what you been eating
Since when have you been 44 around the
Get on with the song, yeah
At the Moulin Rouge
Tell you, baby we could knock 'em dead
Just sign right here
All I need is 10 percent
Well, now, you make me feel
Like a pimp in the White House
For a senator's daughter
You're stealin' all the headline news
Oh, the headline news
Oh, shake me, shake me
Shake me up all night long
We all need a laugh
And I guess you're just the one
Well, you got more front
Than the Hague Museum
Oh, home grown silicone
You really got the best of me
You really got the best of me
Alright, the best of me
Take me like you find me, don't try to change me
You know better than that
Take me as you see me, don't try to hide me
I ain't used to that
Shout it out loud, put a bomb in a crowd
If I got something to say
There's nothing that can stop me
I can't let it lay
If I have to fall on my head every night of the week
It's gonna be my fault and no one else
If everything goes wrong when I'm singing my song
It's gonna be my fault and no one else
There ain't nothing you can do about it
I've sat and thought it over
Don't try to help me, I was just born this way
Yes I was born this way
I ain't gonna change for nobody
Never, never gonna change
So, if everything goes wrong and I drink all night
It's gonna be my fault and no one else
People don't change just over night it ain't natural
So, don't break it kindly, don't hypnotize me
I just won't understand
Take me like you find me, don't try to change me
You know better than that
Oh, don't you know better than that?
Oh, don't you know better than that?
[Incomprehensible]
Say, I'm just a fool, that's alright
Long distance information give me Memphis Tennesee
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
'cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall.
Help me information get in touch with my Marie;
She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis, Tennesee.
Her house is on the south side, high up on a ridge
Just about a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge.
Last time I saw Marie, she was waving me goodbye
With hurry home drops on her cheeks that trickeled from her eye
Marie is only six years old, information, please
It's hard to believe that this is the place
Where we were so happy all our lives.
Now so empty inside and feelin' no pain.
Waitin' for a hammer and a big ball and chain.
They can tear it all down and build something new,
Then only I'll remember what was here.
Tomorrow comes easy, just another day gone
How hong will I have to keep returning?
Now I look back, think I've known all the time,
I've been fightin' myself for so long.
All the vows that we made, gone for old rags and lumber
Hey baby, I wanna say something to ya', listen
Sometimes when I get out of my head
And I say all the wrong things
Sometimes I know I stay out late at night
And I get back fighting, hey babe
Somehow all my plans keep slippin' through my hands
And I end up crying, but listen
I can be a millionaire
Honey when you're standing there you're so exciting
You can make me dance, you can make me sing
You can make me do just any old thing and I love it
Sometimes I wanna get up so early
And get away from here girl
Summer's gone and before long
North winds blow, that bring the snow
I'll keep us warm girl
My schemes it seems are merely dreams
Fading with each morning, hey babe
But this old heart of mine
Is far too proud not to keep on trying
You can make me dance, you can make me sing
You can make me do just any old thing, yeah baby
So little bird don't fly away
Want you here every day
Don't ever leave me
I'd rather lose both my eyes
Than never see your smiling face again girl
You can make me dance, you can make me sing
You can make me do just any old thing
You can make me dance, you can make me sing
You can make me do just any old thing
Hey babe, keep on loving me babe
Yeah, keep on loving me babe
Just keep on loving me babe ...
Just keep on loving me darling ...
Woww, alright, hey baby, oh darling
Keep on loving me darling
(bobby and shirley womack)
Baby used to stay out all night long
She made me weep, you know she done me wrong
She held my eyes open and that's no lie
Tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
Well I used to wake the morning get my breakfast in bed
When I got worried she'd ease my aching head
But now she's here and there with every single man in town
Still try to take me for that same old brand
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
She used to run around with every single man in town
Spent all my money playing her fast game
She used to put me down, it was a pity how I cried
But the tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
(ron wood, ronnie lane)
I shake and I shudder and I shiver
In my bath while it's cold and my windows are broken,
As my poor dog lays a-chokin' on the floor.
I cried to my father and my mother,
There's no justice divine,
I wonder when I get mine.
'cause I'm so sick and tired of waitin' for the lord.
I find just what it is I'm looking for
There's a man wants to show me the river.
Hoofing at five I'll be more dead than alive.
I find a reason to survive when I'm too old.
Should I walk in the lightning and the thunder
On a hilltop so high and show my face to the sky?
I was dreamin' of the past
and my heart was beating fast,
I began to lose control
I began to lose control
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry, oh now
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
I was feelin' insecure
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside, oww
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry, oh now
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
* Whistle tune *
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry, oh now
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
I was tryin' to catch you eye
Thought that you was tryin' to hide
I was swollowing my pain
I was swollowing my pain
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry, oh now
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy, watch out
I'm just a jealous guy, look out baby
I'm just a jealous guy
So good to be with
the people that know you.
It's good to hear
the things that they say,
At times when you are with them.
So good to note
my strength is growing from day to day,
There's not a thing
I try to do without you
Troubled times of pain that come
I take them any old day.
You come and you wash them all away
Everywhere you sing in everything,
and I try by remembering
all the things that you said to me,
from within all you did for me.
Once I was a stone many years ago
Into a pool was thrown many years ago.
Time passed by, the pool ran dry, excavated was I.
And tempered and beat in a fiery heat,
By the hand of a man, who's name was Dan
Dan the blacksmith.
Once I was a sword, many years ago.
And my blade was broad, many years ago.
Worn with pride, into battle I'd ride at a warrior's side.
And I cut and I killed and was lost in a field,
And I soon did rust, corrode to dust,
Oh my.
Once I was a daisy, many years ago.
In pastures green and lazy, many years ago.
But I was et by a goat who fell in a moat and forgetting to float
He sunk like a lead and stayed until dead,
But was relieved to find just how kind it all was.
Once I was a grub, many years ago.
I lived in muck and mud, many years ago.
But on the very first noon I became a cocoon that resembled a prune.
When the Good Lord was done in the warmth of the sun.
I shed my skins, and dried my wings, and I flew away.
Once I was a bullfrog, had to struggle for survival.
And once I was a carp and lived in waters ornamental.
And once I was a myna bird, quoting verses from the Bible,
Said "pretty boy, pretty boy, St. Luke".
Once I was a mule, a many years ago.
But my master treat me cruel, a many years ago.
By and by I was sick, couldn't move to his kick, so he took out a stick
And hit it right 'cross my back to an almighty crack,
And to his dismay, I passed away, into the blue.
I was born a human baby, many years ago.
I was born unto a lady, many years ago.
All our hopes they were piled on the back of a child that turned out to be wild.
Sent the devil a prayer and caused the parson to swear.
So I took my leave to lie and thieve my way to jail.
I've been tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor.
I've known good times and disaster.
But now I've found a teacher, and the teacher has a master,
The master is perfection, so he'll help us get there faster.
(Foster, Jordan)
Something told me it was over
When I saw you and him talking
Something deep down in my soul said, cry boy
When I saw you and him out walking
I would rather, I would rather go blind girl
Than to see you walk away from me child
So you see I love you so much
I don't want to see you leave me baby
Most of all I just don't, I just don't want to be free
I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
Of your kiss and your warm embrace child
When the reflection in the glass
That I been held to my lips now baby
Revealed the tears I had on my face
I would rather, I would rather be blind child
Than to see you walk away from me
Baby, baby, baby I would rather go blind
(M. Spohn, R. Peinelt, A. Torkler)
(from the album "InFormation", 1995)
everyone underneath the sun has got something to say
but keeping it just in they make it through each and every day
they have got the fear inside to stand up and let it out
but nothing will be changed at all if you don't dare to shout
the mighty ones suppress and terrify to stop on top
if we stay quiet and harmless then we can't change it up
they banish their opponents and throw them in the tower
they do just everything so that they don't lose any power
start to fight for your right
see the world in a different light
change up things make your choice
listen closely when you hear the voice
you'll be broken if you just look away and do not care
but you'll have to have the courage to stand up and dare
revolution against the old and rusty men of war
blow the dark clouds of fear away and break in every door
chorus
in a world where on every day so many people die
someone's got to stand up at least we all must try
(M. Spohn, R. Peinelt, A. Torkler)
(from the album "InFormation", 1995)
every day another nightmare of someone touching me
a feeling that I miss so much here in reality
I can't stand this way of living, I feel the hurting once again
I've rolled the dice too many times and laughing causes pain
every dog gets more love than I ever have received
and people always give me only precocious advice
can't call this situation much more than just a shame
I don't know at all how is the one for this to blame
I give up and leave the show, I stop and quit the game
and I will not return until the rules are changed
the book of love is over, I finished the last page
(M. Spohn, R. Peinelt, A. Torkler)
(from the album "InFormation", 1995)
I got a little red book with my poems in
from Juliet and Marylin
they tell about the good times
but that's so long ago
and now as time went by
Julie's got children and Marylin
is still just looking for
a one night love affair
there's a time to laugh and a time to cry
goodbye old friends - goodbye
I read in my little red book full of memories
and I think of all those used-to-be's
of Marylin's and Julie's dreams
that all belong to history
I wonder if everything went right
I remember Julie being a happy bride
and Marylin stood there all alone
with big tears in her eyes
chorus
even though these times are all long gone
all the memories linger on
I won't forget these friends of mine
(M. Spohn, R. Peinelt, A. Torkler)
(from the album "InFormation", 1995)
we follow the sun and hide in the shadow
of the sails that flutter untamed in the wind
we let us float wherever it may lead us to
no special destination
we don't care about any serious things
we are sailing sailing the ocean of life
we are riding the waves and we never look back
we are heading forward with the wind
and we never return to places we've already seen
we want to come around
and without any fears of getting lost
we are sailing right into the distance on the ocean of life
when the sun goes down and the day is done
we will be watching the stars and fall asleep
(M. Spohn, R. Peinelt, A. Torkler)
(from the album "InFormation", 1995)
I wish I was made of stone
because a stone cannot feel pain
and if I was made of stone
I'd never have to dream of you again
you could just take me up
and throw me out of your life
and I wouldn't need to care
if you'd become another man's wife
you keep on denying the things I feel for you
although I'd do things for you that no-one's able to
you know my love for you is so deep
I always have to think of you
for so long I'm not able to sleep
it is hell I'm going through
that's why I wish I was made of stone
because a stone cannot feel pain
and if I was made of stone
I'd never have to dream of you again
you could push me down the cliffs
and I would fall right into the sea
and without you there's nowhere
