Are you ready to hear your lesson for the day?
-Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher!
Are you ready to learn what History has to say?
-Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher!
Then take your books and follow me to 1776 AD
And as the History page is turned we will see what we can learn
-Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher!
In 1776 Tom Paine was writing books with a might and main
The Tory said "now man alive"
Stop giving out with this here liberty jive
-Stop giving out with this here liberty jive
Don't sing of people's rights that way
They might believe in what you say
So stop your song it's not polite
Pipe down before you start a fight
-You don't say, Teacher, is that right?
Aha, but Tom Paine looked ahead
And to those Tories Thomas said no, no, no, no
When you got to go, you got to go
You can't stand still on freedom's track
If you don't go forward, you go back
You can't giddyup by saying Whoa
And sitting on your status quo
-Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher!
To Washington at Valley Forge
A wise guy whispered slow down, George
Why start up trouble for the king
This freedom racket is a corny thing
-This freedom racket is a corny thing
Your troops are ickys they can't move
You'll never get them in the groove
So if you're wise, you'll just lay low
and play with the guys that have the dough
-You don't say Teacher, is that so?
Aha, but George just looked ahead
And to that Tory Georgie said...No...no, no, no
When you got to go, you got to go
You can't stand still on freedom's track
If you don't go forward, you go back
You can't giddyup by saying whoa
And sitting on your status quo
-Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher!
Now Paul Revere saw a bellfry light
and that boy rode to town one night
Sang to the farmers near and far
Here come the British beating eight to the bar
One slippery tory said now Paul
You're manners aren't nice at all
Turn back, don't be an old hep cat
The right people don't sing like that
-ButPaul Revere turn him down flat
Aha, that's right, he rode ahead
and to that Tory Paul just said, no, no, no, no
When you got to go, you got to go
You can't stand still on freedom's track
If you don't go forward, you go back
You can't giddyup by saying whoa
And sitting on your status quo
Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher! Yes, Teacher
So, students now you're hep, don't stop!
Keep stepping to that freedom hop
Although the tory's beef and blow
To keep you sitting on your status quo
-To keep you sitting on your status quo
When they say let's stand still a bit
Give up some rights, no harm in it
Remember those are just the tricks
That did not work in 76
-Now ain't that right, the same old tricks?
Though Torys talk: don't be misled
And do what all those others said
No, no, no, no
When you got to go, you got to go
You can't stand still on freedom's track
If you don't go forward, you go back
You can't giddyup by saying whoa
And sitting on your status ...
Sitting on, yes, sittin' on your, status...
quo!
( Warren / Carter )
Well, you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you
You ask me not to call you on the phone
Well, there's something I've been waiting for to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of a song
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquer flow
Well, you went to be some body else's baby
And forget the truest love you ever know
I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, I might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life
Now the glamour of the gay that life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquer flow
Well, you went to be some body else's baby
And forget the truest love you ever know
I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, I might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life
I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, I might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life
( Parfitt )
Now I see the light that's shining from your eyes
Even brighter than before
Telling me something now that I believe is true
'cos I found the truth with you
I will take you with me everywhere I go
Flying higher than before
With a feeling that is meant for you and me
Every day a little moreIf we see a way together as we go
We will never be alone
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
If I think of all the things that I have seen
And I look at you and me
When I think of all the things that I could do
I could do them all with you
I would do them all with you
I will do them all for you
( Rossi / Frost )
Down by the side of the hotel all-nighter
Is your old grey door
Men gather round with the fear that a lawman
Will come to clean up the floor
Ones a week it all begins
10:15 for sure
Smoke fills the room, they arrive in a hurry
Bring the tears to my eyes
Someone show me outta here
Someone show me home
Someone show me, I can't stay
To see you act that wayOut on the street people moving in closer
I take the lift nineteen floors
Right to the top to the edge set for falling
I look down to see you there
Someone show me outta here
Someone show me home
Someone show me, I can't stay
To see you act that way
Someone show me outta here
Someone show me home
Someone show me, I can't stay
To see you act that way
( Rossi / Frost )
It sounds so nice, what you're proposin'
Just once or twice, and not disclosin'
And not disclosin' how we're really really feelin'
What you're proposin' the other night
As I was leavin', I looks left and right
And not believin'
And not believin' that I'd finally be leavin'
What you're proposin', now get it right
If I'm composin', but then I might
Be runny nosin'
I might be runny runny runny runny nosin'
But you're supposin'
Don't be so sure, and just supposin'
We yell for more, and compromisin'
And compromisin' leads to really really feelin'And just supposin', don't get me wrong
I'm only dreamin', it can't be long
I must be dreamin'
I must be dreamin', dreamin', only only dreamin'
Am I just supposin'
It sounds so nice, what you're proposin'
Just once or twice, and not disclosin'
And not disclosin' how we're really really feelin'
What you're proposin' the other night
As I was leavin', I looks left and right
And not believin'
And not believin' that I'd finally be leavin'
What you're proposin'
And not believin' that I'd finally be leavin'
What you're proposin'
What you're proposin'
What you're proposin'
Let me know, let me see
What is this thing that is constantly happening to me, yeah
'Cos when you hold me tight, oh how it feels so right
Yeah and I know where I am
If I should cry, let me cry
My tears are crying a lullaby
'Cos when I hold you tight, oh how it feels so right
Yeah and I know where I am
Changes in me, learning to be
Everything that I just silently wanted to see
'Cos when I'm all alone, everything that I own
Lets me know where I am
Give to me what you can
I'll give you all I command
Writing songs that I think sound so strange
Writing words that I feel I should change
It's all right if they sound just like other songs
My guitar strums along just the same
If this song's underlined with my name
Nanana na nana na na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na
Playing games that I think may be wrong
Making sounds that can go on and on
It's all right if you stay right on to the end
If my song could've been just a bore
Then I hope you may come back for more
Nanana na nana na na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na na
Nanana na nana na na na na na...
Unspoken Words
Rossi/Young - Valley Music
If I could only share with you
Once more the fruits of yesterday
Could I forget unspoken words?
The change in colours of your way
I can still see you standing there
Clutching my hand and begging not to go
Don't hide the tears, I'm crying too
It doesn't matter too much, no
I'll always be with you by your side
Watching over you, feeling every pain
Hold your head high, think of me there
I'll still be with you once again
I'll always be with you by your side
Watching over you, feeling every pain
Hold your head high, think of me there
I'll still be with you once again
I don't need you mama, I just need your love
I'm here for loving so take it while I'm good enough
I just need your love
Seems I've waited longer than I've ever done
My mind is getting evil and my body's numb
Woman can I come?
Woman can I come to you?
â'Cos I need your love
Yes I need your love
I don't need you mama, I just need your love
I'm here for loving so take it while I'm good enough
I just need your love
Seems I've waited longer than I've ever done
My mind is getting evil and my body's numb
Woman can I come?
Woman can I come to you?
â'Cos I need your love
Yes I need your love
( Rossi / Frost )
I walk along an empty street
I love the sounding of my feet
It makes me feel so good and though
there's nobody else around, not a soul
I'm quite content to take a seat
the council put there in the street
and watch the nothing going on
Can it really be so wrong all along
to wanna have the best of both worlds
a winner once again
Roll roll roll
roll the dice
pay pay pay
pay the price
roll roll roll
gimme a roll
I wanna roll
roll the dice
I made a beeline for a bar
that I had noticed just before
I didn't bother going in
and then the feeling came again from within
to wanna have the best of both worlds
a winner once again
Roll roll roll
roll the dice
pay pay pay
pay the price
Roll roll roll
gimme a roll
I wanna roll
roll the dice
Let it shine on me
Let it shine
( Petty / Hardin )
I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I'm gonna love you night and day
Love is love, and not fade away
Love is love, and not fade away
My loves bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show it but you drive me back
Your love for me has got to be real
For you to know just how I feel
and not fade away, not fade away
not fade away
My loves bigger than a Cadillac
I try to show it but you drive me back
Love to last more than one day
Love is love and not fade away
said love is love and not fade away
Not Fade Away
I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I wanna love you night and day
Love is love, and not fade away
Love is love, and not fade away
Not Fade Away
It won't fade away
Charter me something, even a bike
Get me away from here
Buy me some transport and spend what you like
Just get me away from here
Something to take me away
Take me away
I'm shaking, breaking
Get me outta here
Build me a coffin and measure me now
Or get me away from here
I know I'm not ready to end it somehow
Get me away from here
Something to take me away
Take me away
I'm shaking, breaking
Get me outta here
Take me away, take me away
I'm shaking, breaking
Get me outta here
A mental disorder, a physical wreck
Get me away from here
The glamorous life is a pain in the neck
Get me away from here
Take me away, take me away
I'm shaking, breaking
Get me outta here
( R. Johnson )
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Back to the place I love
Sweet home Chicago
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Back to the place I love
Sweet home Chicago
Now one and one is two
And two and two is four
I got my bags loaded
And I'm headed for the door
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Back to the place I love
Sweet home Chicago
Two and two is four
Four and four is eight
So won't you come on baby
Don't you make me late
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Back to the place I love
Sweet home Chicago
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Back to the place I love
Sweet home Chicago
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Come on, baby don't you wanna go
Back to the place I love
Sweet home Chicago
Has anybody here seen my way to heaven?
Can anybody care enough for them to tell
It's taken me forever but finally you came
I had to look no further than any other man
Don't look back over your shoulder
'Cos the love that you found
That you found darling, yeah
Use it and stay the night
All you got to do is stay the night
All you got to do is stay the night
All you got to do is stay the nightWhatever is the matter, d'you think you've had enough?
So hang on that bit longer, with me it won't be tough
And don't you know I'm waiting, I have been for so long
So if you're feeling better we're off and we'll be gone
Don't look back over your shoulder
'Cos the love that you found
That you found darling, yeah
Use it and stay the night
All you got to do is stay the night
All you got to do is stay the night
All you got to do is stay the night
Whispering, you know I saw you were whispering
Listening, you didn't think I was listening
I got the right things all wrong again, once again
I hurt you, never feeling
Answer me, you know you won't even answer me
After me, I know you won't hurry after me
If you feel that it has to be, as for me
We can't be sure of feelings
Don't fall apart or lose your heart
You're far away, is it clear when I say
Sorry for saying the things I said
Sorry for starting it all
All I can say is sorry to you
And kiss your lips and tell you I love you
Chance today, we had our very last chance today
Romance today, it was our very last chance today
I spin the wheels and I'm fast away, far away
I don't know where but somewhere
Don't fall apart or lose your heart
You're far away, is it clear when I say
Sorry for saying the things I said
Sorry for starting it all
All I can say is sorry to you
And kiss your lips and tell you I love you
Sorry for saying the things I said
Sorry for starting it all
All I can say is sorry to you
And kiss your lips and tell you I love you
Sorry for saying the things I said
Sorry for saying the things I said
Sorry for saying the things I said
Something's going on in my head Something you're saying now
Disturbing the way I feel
I don't know what you're about
I only know the way that I feel
I'm holding it here in my mind
So please don't be unkind
Don't talk just let me unwind
â'Cos something's going on in my head Yeah, something's going on in my head
And I'm not quite sure what you said
I can see the rain outside
It's falling on everything
It's making such a noise out there
But my ears they don't hear a thing
I'm trying to get it over to you
Just what I want you to do
Don't know what I'm going through
â'Cos something's going on in my head
Yeah, something's going on in my head
And I'm not quite sure what you said
Something you're saying now
Disturbing the way I feel
I don't know what you're about
I only know the way I feel
I'm holding it here in my mind
So please don't be unkind
Don't talk just let me unwind
â'Cos something's going on in my head Yeah, something's going on in my head
And I'm not quite sure what you said
( Parfitt / Edwards )
The evening sun went down
I tried to rise and shine
I didn't feel so good
I prayed for extra time
And I could see a light
breaking through the night
shining down on me
I had to make a stand
to find myself again
'cos I was on my knees
and I was near the end
And then I saw a light
breaking through the night
shining down on me
Let it shine on me
Let it shine on me
Let it shine on me
Shine on, Shine on, Shine on, Shine on
I opened up my eyes
to see the morning sun
and now the road is clear
and I am free to run
yeah I can see the light
It's burning so bright
shining down on me
shining down on me
And it was the light
that took me through the night
shining down on me
shining down on me
( Rossi / Frost )
Riding on a high
Riding so high now I'm leaving
Am I running far from my own fears
I'm never facing up
I never face up to the reasons
And never showing any of my tears
Cos I
Leave out the back way
Not the way that I came in
Beacuse it seems like the logical way, at the time
And then I run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I'm on the run, run, run, I'm falling
Run, run I'm a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs
Take me far away
Take me away to an island
And leave me hear to cry in my own tears
Try me once again
Try me again when you're passing
Maybe I'll remember you in years
I can't go out the back way
Just the way that I came in
I hope it seems like the logical way, at the timeBeacuse I'll run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I'm on the run, run, run, I'm falling
Run, run I'm a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs
Looking for so long
But I am listening longer
I haven't seen or heard a thing from you
I can't stay here
I couldn't stay here if you paid me
I can't give you any guarantees
I won't
Go out the back way
Not the way that I came in
Beacuse it seems like the logical way, at the time
And then I run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I'm on the run, run, run, I'm falling
Run, run I'm a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs
I always will remember my needs
I said,I always will remember my needs
( Parfitt / Bown )
I just recived a message from my mother
She asked me nicely not to bring the girl back home
She says that she's good-looking but she's crazy
Oh, but mama dear i knew it all along
She Don't fool me
She thinks I only see what I wanna see
No, she don't fool me
She don't fool me
I needed someone I could call my mistress
To help me back from the fire to the frying pan
She's young enough to write me of as senile
But I'm old enough to read between the lines
She Don't fool me
She thinks I only see what I wanna see
No, she don't fool me
She don't fool meA very normal business transaction
Somehow turned into a daymare overnight
I know she knows I know she doesn't love me
She knows I know she knows it ain't working right
No, she don't fool me
She thinks I only see what I wanna see
Oh, she don't fool me
She thinks I only see what I wanna see
Oh, she don't fool me
She don't fool me
T-t-t-take us along
on a myst'ry train that's going nowhere.
Take us along
on a myst'ry train that's going nowhere.
Just let us ride
we don't want to be tied
had enough of peeping and hiding.
Rolling away
'cause this is our day
and ev'rybody feeling alright.
We wanna run
on the nine forty one till we're there.
We wanna run
on the nine forty one till we're there.
Taking our time
only trucking the line
ev'rybody knows where we're going.
Rolling away
'cause this is our day
and ev'rybody feeling alright.
Just let us ride
we don't want to be tied
rolling our way back home.
taking our time
(We're) only trucking a line
rolling our way back home.
We're rockers rollin' yeh
we're rockers rollin' yehw
we're rockers rollin' yeh
we're rockers rollin'.
N-n-n-nowhere to stay
at the end of the day but you're movin'.
Nowhere to stay
at the end of the day keep on movin'.
Nowhere to sleep
and I'm out on my feet
had enopugh of peeping and hiding.
Oh
what a day
what I'm tryin' to say
is ev'rybody feeling alright.
Just let us ride
Run To Mummy
Song Lyrics
(RossiBown)
She runs to mummy when she comes over funny
And she really isn't bothered at all
She never hurt me really, maybe she's worth it
But it's rapidly becoming a bore
She says I mess around, take her for a ride
She thinks I gotta little bitty hidden on the side
But doesn't everybody have a little bitty hidden on the side?
I know it's silly but there, there isn't really
Any truth in what she's saying at all
I get suspicious of all her loving kisses
Just before she goes a-missing for hours
She's messing me around, giving me a ride
I think she's got a little bitty hidden on the side
Why does ev'rybody keep a little bitty hidden on the side?
Maybe I'm crazy but I, I love my baby
Maybe baby's just a pain in the heart
She runs to mummy when she comes over funny
Screaming, Mummy, it's a-falling apart
Yeah yeah yeah yeah run to mummy run run
He's a-breaking my heart
Run to mummy run run, yeah yeah run to mummy
He's gonna take us apart
She runs to mummy when she comes over funny
And she really isn't bothered at all
She never hurt me really, maybe she's worth it
But it's rapidly becoming a bore
She says I mess around, take her for a ride
She thinks I gotta little bitty hidden on the side
But doesn't everybody have a little bitty hidden on the side?
Maybe I'm crazy but I, I love my baby
Maybe baby's just a pain in the heart
She runs to mummy when she comes over funny
Screaming, Mummy, it's a-falling apart
Yeah yeah yeah yeah run to mummy run run
He's a-breaking my heart
Run to mummy run run, yeah yeah run to mummy
He's gonna take us apart
Fooling with my feelings, messing with m
( Rossi / Frost )
How do you do?
Tell me how are you?
Have you been well?
Give my regards to the world
Hand on my heart, I didn't do what they say
Cos I would rather be blind
or lose my mind completely
Twenty wild horses and five hundred men
They couldn't drag me that far down again
Give me a colt 45 to my head
so I can say I'd be better off dead
Straight as an arrow I'll make a new start
What can I tell you, it's straight from the heart
I have a dream and it's the same every night
I sleep with you, everything seems to be right
Beyond belief
When I awake and I find, that I am stuck in this place
My back's to the wall completely
Twenty wild horses and five hundred men
They couldn't drag me that far down again
Give me a colt 45 to my head
so I can say I'd be better off dead
Straight as an arrow I'll make a new start
I wanna tell you it straight from the heart
So what can I say?
Seems that in here I find everyone is innocent
All I can do is hope and pray for an end
I've had enough, but that don't change anything
Hand on my heart
I didn't do what they say
Now at the end of the line
I'm loosing my mind completely
Twenty wild horses and five hundred men
They couldn't drag me that far down again
Give me a colt 45 to my head
so I can say I'd be better off dead
Straight as an arrow I'll make a new start
What can I tell you, it's straight from the heart
Twenty wild horses and five hundred men
They couldn't drag me that far down again
( Bown )
Don't hang up your shoes
Just kick out the blues
And rock 'til you drop tonight
All we do
Depends upon you
So rock 'til you drop tonight
We hit all the high spots
The star studded bills and the mirror balls
Half of the time we were playing a game
Half of the time I could hardly remember my name
So stay with us now
And hang in somehow
And rock 'til you drop tonight
Rock 'til you drop tonight
Rock 'til you drop
We hit all the high spots
The star studded bills and the movie balls
Half of the time we were playing a game
Half of the time I could hardly remember my name
So stay with us now
And hang in somehow
And rock 'til you drop tonight
All we do
Depends upon you
So rock 'til you drop tonight
Rock 'til you drop tonight
Rock 'til you drop tonight
Rock 'til you drop tonight
( Miller )
Well I've been lookin' real hard
And I'm tryin' to find a job
But it just keeps gettin' tougher every day
But I got to do my part cause I know in my heart
I got to please my sweet baby, yeah
Well, I ain't superstitious
And I don't get suspicious
But my woman is a friend of mine
And I know that it's true that all the things that I do
Will come back to me in my sweet time
So keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on a rock'n me baby
Keep on a rock'n me baby
Keep on a rock'n me baby
I went from Phoenix, Arizona
All the way to Tacoma
Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.
Northern California where the girls are warm
So I could be with my sweet baby, yeah
So keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
Baby, baby, baby
Keep on rock'n
Rock'n me baby
Keep on a rock'n
Rock'n me baby
Don't get suspicious
Now don't be suspicious
Babe, you know you are a friend of mine
And you know that it's true
That all the things that I do
Are gonna come back to you in your sweet time
I went from Phoenix, Arizona
All the way to Tacoma
Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.
Northern California where the girls are warm
So I could hear my sweet baby say
Keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me, rock'n me, rock'n
Baby, baby, baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
Keep on rock'n me baby
I felt in need of some loving
So I sat down on a wall
I tried to find a reason for living
But I couldn't find a reason at all
So I owned up to my maker
And I started to say a prayer
I waited for an answer
But there wasn't anybody there
I thought there should have been someone
But I wasn't quite sure who
It finished me to find there was no-one
That I could take my troubles to
So I knelt down by my bedside
And I started to say a prayer
It was when I asked for nothing
I could feel that there was somebody there
I'm looking still, but it's easy
'cos I know which way to go
It doesn't matter how long it takes me
'cos there's someone there to help me who knows
All the things that I am after
All the loving that I want to share
It's so hard but I don't mind
'cos there really is somebody there
I felt in need of some loving
So I sat down on a wall
I tried to find a reason for living
But I couldn't find a reason at all
So I owned up to my maker
And I started to say a prayer
I waited for an answer
But there wasn't anybody there
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we€™re going to the roadhouse
We€™re gonna have a real good time
Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
That€™s sort of people like to go down slow
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, all night long
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we€™re going to the roadhouse
We€™re gonna have a real good time
In the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
At the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
That€™s sort of people like to go down slow
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, all night long
You gotta roll, roll, roll
You gotta ease my soul, all right
You gotta roll, roll, roll
You gotta jump up and get me baby
I know you want me baby
You gotta roll, roll, roll
You gotta ease my soul, all right
I shoulda made you, I shoulda made you
Give up your vows, give up your vows
Save my city, save my city
Right now, oh baby, baby
I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer
The future€™s uncertain, and the end is always near
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll
All night long
I'm livid again
Damn livid again
Believe it or not
Don't like it a lot
It's breaking my heart
This ache in my heart
Oh such is life
Oh rhythm of life
This rhythm of life
This trouble and strife
Is saying to me
It's how it should be
I'm trying again
I'm flying again
Oh such is life
Oh rhythm of life
No sweat, do I get
Not anymore
( Rossi / Young )
Railroad she left me standing on a line
Railroad she's really leaving me this time
Leaving on the midnight train
Leaving never gonna come back again
I'm living alone
A place of my own
A bed a chair and one back door
Something went wrong
With the words to my song
And now she ain't around no more
It was something she said
As she laid on my bed
Six or seven hours ago
I guess I was wrong
I really didn't think she would go
Railroad she left me standing on a line
Railroad she's really leaving me this time
Leaving on the midnight train
Leaving never gonna come back again
Her face was always smiling
Guess she was always laughing at me
I said her face was always smiling
Guess she was always laughing at me
If I'd realised
I'd be less suprised
To find that she was laughing at me
( Lancaster / Lamb )
I'm shaking all over
From my head to my feet
I thought I was cold but
I've been really feeling the heat
You're turning me on
You're driving me crazy
My temperature's rising
When I'm talking to you
It wouldn't surprise me
If you told me a hundred and two
What's going on?
You're driving me crazy
And I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling
Yeah I'm falling, Im falling' I'm falling
I've never felt like it before
Surely it's against the law
What's going on?
What's going on?
What's going on?
You're driving me crazy
You gave me the fever
And the fever is hot
Taking me higher and higher
Right to the top
Don't let it stop
You're driving me crazy
You gotta believe me
'cos I never pretend
You're doing it now
So do it again
And again
Turning me on
Driving me crazyAnd I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling
Yeah I'm falling, Im falling' I'm falling
And like I said before
Surely it's against the law
What's going on?
What's going on?
What's going on?
You're driving me crazy
Over the edge, I'm falling
Over the edge, I'm falling
Never felt like it before
Surely it's against the law
What's going on?
What's going on?
You're driving me crazy
You're driving me crazy
You're driving me crazy
You're driving me crazy
You're driving me crazy
I'm shaking all over
From my head to my feet
I thought I was cold but
I'm a-feeling the heat
My temperature's rising
When I'm talking to you
It wouldn't surprise me
It's a-hundred-and-two
You gave me the fever
And the fever is hot
It's taking me higher
Right to the top
You gotta believe me
'cos I never pretend
You're doing it now
So do it again
I'm shaking all over
From my head to my feet
I'm shaking all over
I'm shaking all over
I'm shaking all over
From my head to my feet
I'm shaking all over
I'm shaking all over
I'm shaking all over
From my head to my feet
I'm shaking all over
Shaking all over
( Rossi )
When I look up to the skies
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow
I rush home to bed I soak my head
I see your face underneath my pillow
I wake next morning, tired, still yawning
See your face come peeping through my window
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
Windows echo your reflection
When I look in their direction now
When will this haunting stop?
Your face it just won't leave me alone
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
You're in the sky and with the sky
You make men cry, you lie
You're in the sky and with the sky
You make men cry, you lie
Pictures of matchstick men and
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Pictures of matchstick men ....
( Gallagher / Lyle )
Ooh I love you baby, I love you night and day
When I leave you baby, don't cry the night away
When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
I don't believe, I want to leave no epitaph for two
Wohowow, when I'm dead and gone
I wanna leave some happy woman livin' on
Wohowow, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to morn beside my grave
Ooh, Mama Linda, she's out to get my hide
She got a shotgun and a daughter by her side
Hey there, ladies, Johnson- free
Who got the law, who got the love to keep a man like me
Wohowow, when I'm dead and gone
I'm gonna leave some happy woman livin' on
Wohowow, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to morn beside my grave
I said wo-nah-nah
Wo-nah-nah
Wo-nah-nah
Wo-nah-nah
When I die, don't you write no words upon my tomb
I don't believe, I want to leave no epitaph for two
Wohowow, when I'm dead and gone
I'm wanna leave some happy woman livin' on
Wohowow, when I'm dead and gone
I don't want nobody to morn beside my grave
I said wo-nah-nah
Wo-nah-nah
Wohowow, when I'm dead, when I'm dead
Wohowow, when I'm dead and gone
( Lancaster / Lamb )
When you look into a mirror tell me what do you see?
Is it Pictures of Lily crying, you know what I mean?
I've been livin' high, I've been livin' low
Like a bird in the sky this is the way to go
What you gonna do with those faded blues you wear?
What you gonna do with those ol' rag blues?
What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues
Did you think it was forever? Well now you know
The summer sun keeps shining, shine through the blue
I've been livin' high, I've been livin' low
Never give up tryin', oh no, no, noWhat you gonna do with those faded blues you wear?
What you gonna do with those ol' rag blues?
What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues
I can hear you callin' somewhere in the blue
Can you hear me callin' for you? for you?
What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues
( Parfitt / Williams )
When I'm talkin' nothing's getting through
If I'm sreaming it's never clear to you
Can you hear me , am I wasting my time
Am I working in a one man band
When I'm lookin' straight into your eyes
Is there anyone home , you're tellin' me lies
Listen to me , are you wasting my time
It's lonely in a one man band
Lonely in a one man band
Words out of line , don't ever hurt you
Forever crying trying to turn you around
Woh oh oh oh
Woh oh oh oh
Woh oh oh oh
Woh oh oh oh
Anticipating what you're gonna do
Still waiting for a sign from you
Come together or we're wasting my time
And I'll always be a one man band
I'll always be a one man band
It's lonely in a one man band
Woh oh oh oh
Woh oh oh oh
Woh oh oh oh
Woh oh oh oh
( Jackson / Jones )
Just take those old records off the shelf
I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Don't try to take me to a disco
You'll never even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door
I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Won't go to hear them play a tango
I'd rather hear some blues or funky soul
There's only one sure way to get me to go
Start playing old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Rock 'n' roll
Soothes the soul
Days of old
( Parfitt / Bown )
I don't want your lovin' baby
I won't give you mine
I need more than ifs and maybes
To help me pass the time
Give me private lessons
Teach me all you can
Play me silent movies
But remember babe
Oh remember babe
We don't got no contract
I won't buy your lying baby
You won't buy my love
Don't you think no crying baby
I won't take no bluffGive me private lessons
Teach me all you can
Play me silent movies
But remember babe
Oh remember babe
We don't got no contract
Give me private lessons
Teach me all you can
Play me silent movies
But remember babe
Oh remember babe
We don't got no contract
Walking alone, a street with no phone
Could I be younger most of the time?
Doing her wrong, taking so long
Should I do all things in my own time?
May I be wiser, yes, than most men will ever be?
May I be younger most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
May I be wiser, yes, than most men will ever be?
May I be younger most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
( rossi / young )
big life doing it all
lookin after number one is the call
what's life doing for you
shouldn't we be asking what we can do
that's life we give and we take
it's how it should be not I want it now
won't someone please show me how
we can get to it
place our bet do it
we can get to it now
money don't matter
money don't matter
money don't matter
tell it to your brother
money don't matter
money don't matter
if money don't matter
tell me why we bother
no time i don't understand
why won't everybody do what they can
this time running away isn't gonna make it better today
next time making your day isn't gonna be so easy to say
won't someone show me the way
we can get to it
place our bet do it
we can get to it now
money don't matter
money don't matter
money don't matter
tell it to your brother
money don't matter
money don't matter
if money don't matter
tell me why we bother
money don't matter
money don't matter
money don't matter
tell it to your brother
oh oh money don't matter
money don't matter
if money don't matter
tell me why we bother
it makes me mad
and sometimes sad
it makes me think that what has been done so far
makes no difference at all
money don't matter
money don't matter
money don't matter
tell it to your brother
money don't matter
money don't matter
if money don't matter
tell me why we bother
oh oh money don't matter
money don't matter
money don't matter
tell it to your brother
money don't matter
money don't matter
if money don't matter
tell me why we bother
( C. Berry )
Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee
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 Tennessee
Her home is on the South Side, high up on a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge
Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee
The last time I saw Marie, she's waving me goodbye
With hurry home drops on her cheek, that trickle from her eye
Marie is only six years old, and information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee
( Parfitt )
You were not home last night
when I called from the hotel
I tried to get you on the line
or were you there with someone
and you couldn't tell me?
Just say it's true and I'll be fine
Why, why, why
are you telling me those little white lies?
I won't buy anymore
Why, why, why
If you keep telling little white lies
I won't try anymore
It's been a long time now
since we were close together
I see the distance in your eyes
There's something wrong
and all you gotta do is tell me
Just shout it out and I'll survive
Why, why, why
are you telling me those little white lies?
I won't buy anymore
Why, why, why
If you keep telling little white lies
I won't try anymore
Now you must think that I believe
every little lie you weave
So let me make it clear
'cos I don't wanna hear no more
Why, why, why
are you telling me those little white lies?
I won't buy anymore
Why, why, why
If you keep telling little white lies
I won't try anymore
You're telling me little white lies
Little white lies
( Parfitt / Bown )
Well, if you're ever in Los Angeles
And you've got time to spare
Take a stroll up Sunset Boulevard
You'll find the Whiskey there
Gliding round the tables
With wounderous natural ease
Serving two-star brandy
Is the body you have to see...all belonging to
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
Tonight
Oh don't boogie-woogie with Linda
'Tho she dances like a dream
She acts like she's a thousand
But she's barely sweet sixten
She re-arranged my brain-cells
And took control of me
So if I miss my plain to Jacksonville
You can guess where I'll still be...I'll be diggin'
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
TonightShe re-arranged my brain-cells
And took control of me
So if I miss my plain to Jacksonville
You can guess where I'll still be...I'll be diggin'
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
Tonight
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
Tonight
Long-legged Linda
Long-legged Linda
Long-legged Linda
Long-legged .....
( Rossi / Young )
As I looked across
To where she was before
I didn't have long
To wait around here anymore
We went to a place
That I hadn't seen before
She worked me over
Then she went away
She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exeption to the rule
As I carried on
Looking here and there
I couldn't believe
She worked it out
And it worked on me
I guessed early on
But it didn't click inside
She knew my weakness
And she knew my nameShe looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exeption to the rule
As I carried on
Looking here and there
I couldn't believe
She worked it out
And it worked on me
We went to a place
That I hadn't seen before
She worked me over
Then she went away
She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exeption to the rule
( Parfitt )
Well I saw my little lady
Walking down the street
And I asked her Where you going to
Well I saw my little lady
Walking down the street
She said she'd found somebody new
Found myself all alone
Ain't no fun on your own
Now I'm like a rolling stone
So I made another lady
And so many more
Didn't really know wich way to go
So I made another lady
And so many more
But no-one did I get to know
Found myself all alone
Ain't no fun on your own
Now I'm like a rolling stoneThen I saw my little lady
Walking down the street
Didn't know where she was going to
So I told my little lady
Walking down the street
Now you know what I've been going through
Found herself all alone
Ain't no fun on your own
Living like a rolling stone
I was like a rolling
I was like a rolling stone
Isn't it more the way you do it than the way that you look?
Isn't it in the way you use it, not the lessons you took?
Isn't it time you started asking what goes on in your mind?
You won't take no for an answer
Nobody could tell you your place
They'd better not turn round and tell ya
Even if it's straight to your face
I ain't lonely but I'm happy if it makes you feel good
But it's no way, it's a fool's way, it'll end up no good
Isn't it more the way you do it than the way that you look?
Isn't it in the way you use it, not the lessons you took?
Isn't it time you started asking what goes on in your mind?
This is the way I want to do it whether you like it or not
This is the way I gotta tell you and I ain't gonna stop
Baby I should have let you find it out, but in your own time
So don't be scared of the future
Everything is looking real fine
I think my way's gonna suit ya
But only if you're gonna stay mine
And you could do, and you should do, it'll make you feel fine
'Cos the best way is the best way, and we'll make it on time
Well I've been really, really wondering am I losing my mind?
Why do we do the things we shouldn't do? We'd rather be fine
We're in a sticky situation and you really don't mind.
This is the way I want to do it whether you like it or not
This is the way I gotta tell you and I ain't gonna stop
Baby I should have let you find it out, but in your own time
And you could do, and you should do, it'll make you feel fine
'Cos the best way is the best way, and we'll make it on time
Isn't it more the way you do it than the way that you look?
Isn't it in the way you use it, not the lessons you took?
Isn't it time you started asking what goes on in your mind?
This is the way I want to do it whether you like it or not
This is the way I gotta tell you and I ain't gonna stop
We're in a sticky situation and you really don't mind
( Rossi / Frost )
Couldn't see my funny side
As far as I recall
And it didn't mean much to me
Carried on messing round
And getting lower every day
And then a little while later
Looking for a way
To get ahead of all the ups and downs
On the road, back at home
It didn't matter much to me
Running round every corner
Walk around every street
Running round like a madman
Run yourself off your feet
Walk about like a zombie
Run about like a freak
Running round like a maniac
Flipping out every week
Well I just gotta get away
As far as I can go
And as long as I don't see you there
Turn around, look again
What is happening to me?
Well am I getting paranoid
Or maybe superstition
Is making me feel this way
Checking in, checking out
I seem to do it every day
Running round every corner
Walk around every street
Running round like a madman
Run yourself off your feet
Walk about like a zombie
Run about like a freak
Running round like a maniac
Flipping out every week
Now I've been working on the road
As long as I recall
And it's feeling like yesterday
Giggling, travelling
And getting better every day
Well I was getting paranoid
Or maybe superstition
Was making me feel this way
Checking in, checking out
I seem to do it every day
Running round every corner
Walk around every street
Running round like a madman
Run yourself off your feet
Walk about like a zombie
Run about like a freak
Running round like a maniac
Flipping out every week
Running round every corner
Walk around every street
Running round like a madman
Run yourself off your feet
Walk about like a zombie
Run about like a freak
Running round like a maniac
Flipping out every week
( Lancaster / Bown )
Oh baby please, I'm on my knees
Oh baby please don't stop me now
Oh baby please don't stop me now
I scheme all night and I dream all day
I'm so paranoid someone's gonna take you away
You look surprised and I'm so amazed
But don't let true love fade away
I see your face and I hear your name
Give me one chance and no-one's gonna take you away
You look surprised and I'm so amazed
But don't let true love fade awayOh baby please, I'm on my knees
Oh baby please don't stop me now
Oh baby please, it's always been a dream
If it's really me don't stop me now
Oh baby please don't stop me now
You look surprised and I'm so amazed
But don't let true love fade away
You look surprised and I'm so amazed
But don't let true love fade away
( Bown / Edwards )
Monday morning, beautiful sunshine
Don't wanna go to work now
Guess I won't be missed this one time
Nobodies getting hurt now
Telephone call on the red card hotline
I'm never gonna learn how
We go round and round and round and round and over again
We turn inside out and upside down but in the end
what goes round and round and round will come together again
I dream all day, she tells me I'm lazy
I think she better go now
She don't understand, she's an airhead baby
I'm a legend in my own town
On the cards it's a definite maybe
there's gonna be a showdown
And we go round and round and round and round and over again
We turn inside out and upside down but in the end
what goes round and round and round will come together again
We go round and round and round and round and over again
Sometimes cool, sometimes crazy
I never have a bad day
I stay clear when everything's hazy
I never have a mad day
Do my best, nothing can change me
I gotta do it my way.
'cos we go round and round and round and round and over again
We turn inside out and upside down but in the end
what goes round and round and round will come together again
We go round and round and round and round
( Bown )
Keep 'em coming
nose to tail
Keep 'em coming
love for sale
Alloy spokes, leather trim
walnut dash looks good on him
twenty four valves set to sing
Keep 'em coming
Furry dice
Keep 'em coming
well ain't that nice
Auto sunroof, heated seat
air conditioned naturally
about as cool as I can be
Keep 'em coming
Keep 'em coming
Cruise control
the motorway
It's the freedom that I love
and I want to sail
I want to sail
away away away
away away away
Keep 'em coming
Nodding dog
Keep 'em coming
I Love that smog
Longer hoods, wider boots
sell me one that loops the loop
before we all
go down the tubes
Keep 'em coming
Knock 'em out
Keep 'em coming
Cruise control
the motorway
It's the freedom that I love
and I want to sail
I want to sail
away away away
away away away
( Rossi / Frost )
Just jealousy, my jealousy
Is what you see doing me
Jealous of me, such jealousy
It shouldn't be - leave me alone
Time is running out, out runs the time
I waste it on my own
But don't think I'm alone
Oh no, not again, I won't reply
I can't stay on the phone
I'll see you back at home
I really did think that problem was solved
But it is not
Just jealousy, my jealousy
Is what you see doing me
Jealous of me, such jealousy
It shouldn't be - leave me aloneI've got another one, listen to me
And don't get all hung on
To things I have done wrong
Oh no, not again, I won't reply
It's only how I feel
It sometimes seems unreal
But everybody gets there once in a while
Are you wishing?
Just jealousy, my jealousy
Is what you see doing me
Jealous of me, such jealousy
It shouldn't be - leave me alone
Just jealousy, my jealousy
Is what you see doing me
Jealous of me, such jealousy
It shouldn't be - leave me alone
A vacation in a forreign land
Uncle Sam does the best he can
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
Now you remember what the draftman said
Nothing to do all day but stay in bed
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
You be the hero of thw neiborhood
Nobody knows that you left for good
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
Smiling faces as you wait to land
But once you get there no one gives a damn
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
Hand grenades flying over your head
Missiles flying over your head
If you want to survive get out of bed
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army nowShots ring out in the dad of night
The sergant calls (stand up and fight)
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
You've got your orders better shoot on sight
Your finger's on the trigger
But it don't seem right
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
Night is falling and you just can't see
Is this illusion or reality
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
I found out what I wanted, I found out when I needed to
You thought me kind-a-hearted, I heard that when I wanted you
Being wrong isn't easy, right's another way
Being wrong isn't easy, right's another way
A-when you want me, just think like you're ready to
Like me when I want to, why me does it have to be?
Everyone tried to tell me, right's another way
Everyone tried to tell me, right's another way
Trust me to fall apart, trust you to know
Just you and no-one else, just me alone
Why did it have to be? I should have known
Oh I should have known
I can't tell, did you mean it? Did you mean what I think you did?
I won't give less you need it, just a bit could be overhead
I won't wait for a minute, can't hesitate
I won't wait for a minute, can't hesitate
Trust me to fall apart, trust you to know
Just you and no-one else, just me alone
Why did it have to be? I should have known
Oh I should have known
( Rossi / Young )
Get down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down
I want all the world to see
To see you're laughing
And you're laughing at me
I can take it all from you
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down
I have all the ways you see
To keep you guessing
Stop your messing with me
You'll be back to find your way
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down Get down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down
I have found out you see
I know what you're doing
What you`re doing to me
I'll keep on and say to you
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down
I'm not a little boy
I've lived alone and loved so many more
But when she touches me I'm on the way
I'm underneath the floor
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away
I sit down in a chair and
Read a book as if I couldn't there
But she is in a room and
I must look I see her everywhere
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away
She opens up her eyes as if to speak
She looks at me and I am weak
Her eyes they seem much bigger than before
I cannot think anymore
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
( bown )
i don't remember anymore
i woke up freezin on the floor
my head was buzzin like a saw
i don't remember anymore
she stole the bottle then she said
your eyes were blue and now they're red
i think i'll carry you to bed
i don't remember anymore
i wanna rock and roll, wanna sell my soul
sail the tv round the swimming pool
i want my name in lights a la johnny b. goode
be an all night loon like a ronnie wood
don't read the writing on the wall
cos if i'm having me a ball
i stand around till i fall
and don't remember anymore
i wanna rock and roll, wanna sell my soul
sail the tv round the swimming pool
i want my name in lights a la johnny b. goode
be an all night loon like a ronnie wood
she stole the bottle then she said
your eyes were blue and now they're red
i think i'll carry you to bed
i don't remember anymore
i wanna rock and roll, wanna sell my soul
sail the tv round the swimming pool
i want my name in lights a la johnny b. goode
be an all night loon like a ronnie wood
don't read the writing on the wall
cos if i'm having me a ball
i stand around till i fall
and don't remember anymore
i don't remember anymore
i don't remember anymore
i don't remember anymore
i don't remember anymore
( John David )
When you say those words, those three little words
You're in at the deep end
Give up the night times, give up the high times
Give up the weekend
Give up the chance to be your own man
Let the feeling take over
The only way out is to lie if you can
But you don't have the knack
And you'll come crawling back, saying
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said when I said I didn't mean it
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said it was only a game
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to tell you in so many words, I didn't mean it
I felt tied down, my pride down
That I put that lie down
The prize now for you is me
Well I was like you and all I could do was
Give up and surrender
The people can trace what they did in my face
But they're just pretenders
They told me mercenary action today
Is a line as simple and pure
But what if you found you made a mistake
The medicine's worse than the cure
And you'll be back for sure, saying
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said when I said I didn't mean it
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said it was only a game
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to tell you in so many words, I didn't mean it
I felt tied down, my pride down
That I put that lie down
The prize now for you is me
Give up the chance to be your own man
Let the feeling take over
The only way out is to lie if you can
But you don't have the knack
And you'll come crawling back, saying
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said when I said I didn't mean it
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said it was only a game
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to tell you in so many words, I didn't mean it
I felt tied down, my pride down
That I put that lie down
The prize now for you is me
( Leiber / Stoller )
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Well, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Well, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, they said you were high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine, yeah
Well, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Ya know they said you were high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
And you ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
You ain't no friend of mine
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
( Rossi / Young )
You spend my money
You drink my best red wine
You think it's funny
To see me all the time
Sitting with my head hanging down
Treating me just like a clown
You spend my money
But come on honey don't waste my time
When you get older
You'll see what you have done
You hung on my shoulder
And loved me just for fun
But some day when I'm older too
I'm gonna come and make fool out of you
You spend my money
And honey
You sure did waste my timeYou spend my money
You drink my best red wine
You think it's funny
To see me all the time
Sitting with my head hanging down
Treating me like a clown
You spend my money
Come on honey don't waste my time
( bown )
so then the sky turned weird
and the sun went down
but it weren't two hours 'fore it came around
it was a midnight feast
such a sheer delight
i saw the northern lights then i hit the ground
green, green, keep it clean
stick all your money up your money machine
green green perfect scene
oh it's very very nice here
but i wouldn't wanna live here
you got your blazing red
you got your frozen breath
watch the countryside just bleed to death
and then the ground turns white
and the sky turns brown
and the whole damn world looks upside down
brown brown dead end town
just like a-living in a hole in the ground
brown brown upside down
well it isn't very nice here
and i wouldn't wanna live here
green, green, keep it clean
stick all your money up your money machine
green green perfect scene
oh it's very very nice here
but i wouldn't wanna live here
( Blackwell / Marascalco )
Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball
Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your Momma call
From the early early mornin' till the early early night
You can see Miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue lights
Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your Momma call
Well, now Momma, Poppa told me, son, you better watch your step
If you hear my Mama talking, you'd remember what she said
Good Golly, Miss Molly, she sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your Momma call
Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball
Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your Momma call
Yeah, I am going to the corner, gonna buy a diamond ring
Would you hug me, and kiss me, make me ting a ling a ling
Good Golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your Momma call
( Edwards / Rich / Paxman )
I wrote a letter
But I threw it away
I can't forget you
That's what I want to say
Anytime or place, just to see your face
Everytime I think of you
You know it makes me sad
That you feel this way
'cos I want you so bad
And it don't seem right
That you won't be here tonight
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
I wanna shout about it
But waiting's so hard when you live without love
Oh - oh, everytime I think of you
There's nothing left at all
Only a photograph
Hanging on my wall
It was my mistake, but it's my heart that aches
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
I wanna shout about it
But waiting's so hard when you live without love
Oh - oh, everytime I ...I wrote a letter
Gotta let you know
That I still want you
And I just can't let go
And it still ain't right
That you won't be here tonight
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
I wanna shout about it
But waiting's so hard when you live without love
Oh - oh, everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
( Parfitt / Bown )
I got
Fat knees
From crawlin so fast
I got
Sore lips
From kissin' your arse
I know
I don't want
Anymore part of you
I got
Brain pain
You make me so mad
I got
Black eyes
From fightin' your dad
I know
I don't want
Anymore part of you
Get out...get out
Get out and walk
Stop blowing kisses
Across the hall
Don't write me letters
And please don't call
Gimme me a break
Get out and walkI got
Slipped discs
With you on my back
I got
Ulcers from swallowing crap
I know
I don't want
Anymore part of you
Get out...get out
Get out and walk
Stop blowing kisses
Across the hall
Don't write me letters
And please don't call
Gimme me a break
Get out and walk
Get out...get out
Get out and walk
Stop blowing kisses
Across the hall
Don't write me letters
And please don't call
Gimme me a break
Get out and walk
( Rossi / Frost / Macannany )
I'm tired out, my head is aching
I wanna shout, but I feel I'm goin' nowhere
Yeah, I feel I'm goin' nowhere
I've run about in a fit of madness
To work it out in the hope of goin' somewhere
Yeah I hope I'm goin' somewhere
And I know it must be time for me making up my mind
Does it matter if I'm fine? It'll change my tune in time
If I'm really goin' nowhere
I'm better now, I've thought about it
Can't figure out, but I'm looking for it somewhere
All I know is that it's somewhere
It's closer now than I've ever had it
Much closer now, so I must be getting somewhere
Yeah, I hope I'm getting somewhere
'cos you never know, in time with the changing of my mind
I could turn around and say that was just another day
Am I really goin' nowhere?
I've run about in a fit of madness
To work it out in the hope of goin' somewhere
Yeah I hope I'm goin' somewhere
'cos you never know, in time with the changing of my mind
I could turn around and say that was just another day
Am I really goin' nowhere
( Manston / James )
Love it seems I just can't find
Love it seems I just can't find
Seems that I'm the one love
The one love left behind
I've searched it just won't come my way
I've searched it just won't come my way
It's love that I want now
So what more can I say
Women seem to pass me by
Women seem to pass me by
If I could find the reason
I'd know the answer why
Love it seems I just can't find
Love it seems I just can't find
Seems that I'm the one love
The one love left behind
( Rossi / Frost )
You thought that I would be so warm and tender
That love could be so very nice
I made a call to find suspicion on the line
Why couldn't you be all
I thought you wouldn't be a young pretender
Again too late I realise
The reasons now I find, conditions at the time
Did not allow for you to be
So don't you worry
I've got it all under control
Take time don't worry
I'm only halfway through a dream
Now love can really be so warm and tender
And can be oh so very nice
But not that way I said, too late too soon you said
Too soon, you said, too late to soonSo don't you worry
I've got it all under control
Take time don't worry
I'm only halfway through a dream
You thought that I would be so warm and tender
That love could be so very nice
I made a call to find suspicion on the line
Why couldn't you be all
I thought you wouldn't be a young pretender
A young pretender, be a young pretender
I thought you wouldn't be a young pretender
A young pretender, be a young pretender
I thought you wouldn't be a young pretender
A young pretender, be a young pretender..
( Andrew Bown )
The radio
The vinyl disc
The jukebox chart
The hit and miss
And all the stars that went with this
In the last century
Last century
Famous in the last century
Eddie Cochran
Jerry Lee
Phil and Don and Bobby Vee
The way the music used to be
In the last century
The last century
Famous in the last century
Last century
I'm gonna ease your mind, I'm gonna write a line
And write a letter to you
I'm gonna let you know that I'll be coming home
And make it better with you
I sang a sad lullaby
I left you all alone to cry
Well I need you, oh my
Just to sing a lullaby
It won't be very long before I right my wrongs
And make it better with you
It's such a crying shame I had to break away
To find the same old road
But now I'm getting wise, and I've realised
That that's a the way that it goes
So put a smile upon your face
Let me know I've found my place
We've got no time to waste
'Cos all the time for heaven's late
Now don't you be afraid, it's gonna be the same
I'll make it better with you
I'm gonna ease your mind, I'm gonna write a line
And write a letter to you
I'm gonna let you know that I'll be coming home
And make it better with you
I sang a sad lullaby
I left you all alone to cry
Well I need you, oh my
Just to sing a lullaby
It won't be very long before I right my wrongs
And make it better with you
Dreamin'
Rossi/Frost - Dump/Eaton Music
I heard you cry tonight while you were sleeping tight
What were you dreamin'?
Was it another guy and did he make you cry
While you were dreamin'?
I don't find it easy to say
But I think it's right that you have to know
Why won't you understand you're being underhand
About your dreamin'?
I love you more and more, of that you can be sure,
Even your dreamin'.
I don't mind if you just say
You dream of us both but I have to know
You've got to understand you're being underhand about your dreamin'
Dreams, dreams, dreams, some are never long enough
Dreams, dreams, dreams, some are never good enough
I wonder do, do, do you ever get to sleep at night?
Who, who, who is it gonna be tonight?
You've been a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
I do believe it
You know you can be sure I want you more and more
Can you believe it?
I don't find it easy to say
But I think it's right that you have to know
You've been a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
I do believe it
You are a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
Can you believe it?
You've been a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
About your dreamin'
About your dreamin'
About your dreamin' ....
( Bown )
All she needs is a little confidence
All she knows is to run and hide
Through a lifetime of knocking back
Oh don't do this you can't do that
But she never learned to interact
All she needs is confidence
All she learned was a little self-defence
Looking out over number one
She's been diving and ducking round
In and out the lost and found
But it never laid her to the ground
All she needs is something to believe
Sweet security
All she needs tries so hard to please
But all she really all she really needs
Is confidence
No chance of keeping her close to me
No sense abusing her liberty
Through a lifetime of knocking back
Oh don't do this you can't do that
But she never learned to interact
All she needs is something to believe
Sweet security
All she needs tries so hard to please
All she really all she really needs
Is confidence
Ah ah ah ah, don't drive my car
I'm just a boy, my favourite toy
And I'm telling you woman
Don't push me too far
I'm telling you straight, don't drive my car
Ah ah ah ah, don't drive my car
Stay where you are, stay where you are
'Cos I'm telling you woman
Now don't you push me too far
I'm telling you straight, don't drive my car
And I'm telling you woman
Now don't you push me too far
I'm telling you straight, don't drive my car
And I'm telling you woman
Now don't you push me too far
I got two black eyes
A nasty cut on my nose
A real funny feeling
From my head to my toes
But does she care
No she don't care
No she don't care
But she loves me just the same
Blind date, overweight
Made me late, I couldn't navigate
Red wine, white wine
Rise and shine I got to draw the line
Black jack clap trap
Any kind of flap trap
Big mac, lookin' back
Diggin' burt bacharach oh
We're in a black limousine
And onto a plane
Into the hotel
Missin' breakfast again
But does she care
No she don't care
No she don't care
But she loves me just the same
Contemplate my watergate
Two and eight, I didn't hesitate
Day time, night time
Underline, I gotta draw the line
Blackjack clap trap
Any kind of flap trap
Big mac lookin' back
( G. Parker )
Got out really early from the factory
Driving like a nut in the rain
Don't think I was acting so hysterically
But I didn't see a thing until it came
Man the drunks were verbal in the takeaway
Beating up the chinese at the counter
I put a few inside me
At the end of the day
I took out my revenge
On the revolution counter
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least that
Half my brain would get the message
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Into a brand new car
In walks Bud with his exploding nose
He'd been giving it maximum today
He shouted how the devil
You in trouble I suppose
But all you ever do is run away
Turned up the motor into hyper-drive
I wasn't gonna take any of that
Don't get bright ideas about a suicide
'cause all I ever hear
Is zoom wam bam past me
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least that
Half my brain would get the message
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Into a brand new car
Crawling, crawling, crawling from the wreckage
Crawling, crawling, crawling from the wreckage
Crawling, crawling, crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Bits of me are scattered
In the trees and in the hedges
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Into a brand new car
Nothing seem to happen that ain't happened before
I see it all through flashes of depression
I dry up my drink and hear
People running for the door
God I make some kind of impression
'cause when I'm disconnected from the driving wheel
I'm only half the man I should be
But metal hitting metal isn't all I feel
And everything is good as
It possible could be
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least that
Half my brain would get the message
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Into a brand new car
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Bits of me are scattered
In the trees and in the hedges
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Into a brand new car
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling from the wreckage
Crawling, crawling
Crawling from the wreckage
( Rossi / Young )
It's so long since I sang songs to you
I forget all the words I once knew
I could look back
But I can't waste the time
Did it matter
They sometimes didn't rhyme
It's so long since I sang songs for you
It's so long since you smile just for me
Now your smile's just an old use to be
Does it matter
That I can take the time
Would you rather
I write you one more line
Can my songs once again be for you
Claudie made a fool out of me
Made me find another place to be
I've been living alone
In a house that wasn't my home
With Claudie is the place I want to beWhen I left did you think of me crying
Did you care that I felt I was dying
I pretended
That I don't give a damn
All along
I've know what I really am
I'm a fool little Claudie just for you
Claudie made a fool out of me
Made me find another place to be
I've been living alone
In a house that wasn't my home
With Claudie is the place I want to be
( Rossi / Young )
If you want to turn me onto
Anything you really want to
Turn me onto your love your love
If the night-time is the right time
Anytime of yours is my time
We can find time for love sweet love
Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I want to take you
I've really got to make you
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand together we can rock-n-rollWhen I'm thinking of you sleeping
I'm at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love sweet love
Do you still care when I'm not there
Do you really wish I was there
Can I come there for love sweet love
Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I want to take you
I've really got to make you
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand together we can rock-n-roll
( Rossi / Bown - Copyright Control )
You messed up all of my plans
You gave zip, took with both hands
You play down whatever I do
I got stuffed dealing with you, oh
You don't hear half what I say
You break off, turning away
I make moves, keeping in tune
You make waves, always too soon, oh-oh
Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town,pick on another sucker
Ciao-ciao show me how you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, clean him out, run him round
Ciao-ciao baby now, you'd better find another
You'll find another sucker
You played nights, sleeping all day
You played all the money away
Your first love is living like this
Those shoes, and look at that dress, oh
You wind up all of my friends
You burn them off at both ends
I don't think I can recall
Your being humble at all, oh-oh
Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town, we got another sucker
Ciao-ciao show me now you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, meany-mouthed, running round
Ciao-ciao baby now, you'd better find another
You'll find another sucker
She's all right, dance all right
She's cool, she's all right
You played nights, sleeping all day
You played all the money away
Your first love is living like this
Those shoes, and look at that dress, oh-oh
Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town, we got another sucker
Ciao-ciao show me now you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, meany-mouthed, running round
Ciao-ciao baby now, you'd better find another
You'll find another sucker
Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town, we got another sucker
Ciao-ciao show me now you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, meany-mouthed, running round
Little blue eyed lady, how come you're all alone?
I've been asking, no-one seems to know
To whom do you belong little blue eyed lady?
The band are really moving, everyone is grooving around
Little lady, you're still sitting down
Excuse me if you will, little blue eyed lady
The party's nearly over, your eyes still read the same
Are you looking for one who never came?
Are you a passing cloud or a new found baby?
Little new found baby, how come you're all alone?
I've been asking, no-one seems to know
( Rossi / Frost )
Everywhere I dare to go, the corners that I turn
I'm sure to see a face I know, someone who doesn't earn
That's all I ever get to hear is other people's woe
Let's climb into a rocket and we'll press the one and go
Although they say it can't be done
Don't say to me it can't be done
Looking how we used to be, the way and what we wore
The things we hoped the future held but always wanted more
If God had meant for man to fly he would have given wings
He didn't, so we have to make the best of everything
So let's not say it can't be done
Although they say it can't be done
Don't say to me everybody says it can't be done
That there ain't no chance at all
Anybody can be right or wrong
When there ain't no chance at all
Half the world is in a mess, the other half as well
I've got a feelin' strange to me I wish that I could tell
It won't be long before we push the button I am sure
So throw away the key when I am locked behind the door
You're telling me it can't be done
Stop telling me it can't be done
Don't say to me everybody says it can't be done
That there ain't no chance at all
Anybody can be right or wrong
When there ain't no chance at all
Half the world is in a mess, the other half as well
I've got a feelin' strange to me I wish that I could tell
It won't be long before we push the button I am sure
So throw away the key when I am locked behind the door
You're telling me it can't be done
Stop telling me it can't be done
Let's pray and pray it can be done
Just pray and pray it can be done
It can be done
It can be done
It can be done
( Lancaster )
Sitting by a broken window
Up in a back room swallowing wine
Gazing down a backstreet garden
With my bed chair table and wine
Looks like I'm going no where but no where's where I am
Guess I'll always be a backstreet broken man
Oooh broken man, oh yeah, broken man
Calling out my name and number
As I was walking out of my cell
Louie gave me back my wallet
He nearly dropped my picture of Nell
Drinking gets you nowhere but nowhere's where I am
Guess I'll always be a backstreet broken man
Oooh broken man, oh yeah, backstreet broken manEarly on a Sunday morning
As I was walking on down the lane
Someone said, I beg your pardon
And I was sure I knew her name
She was going somewhere but nowhere's where I ran
Guess I'll always be a backstreet broken man
Oooh that's where I am
Guess I'm gonna stay a backstreet broken man
( Rossi / Bown )
Building dreams has always been my way
Making time and living for the day
Burning bridges never made me cry
I could walk away with no goodbye
Easy take or easy leave them all
'til you scratch the writing on the wall
It's on and off and on again
Going on and then
Taking all I got again
Bleeding me leaving me dry
You're hanging on for what you can
Dragging out the pain
Taking all I give again
Fakin it making me cryOne day someday I may slide away
Turn around and call it all a day
Even though I fooled myself for years
I can't escape this ringing in my ears
It's on and off and on again
Going on and then
Taking all I got again
Bleeding me leaving me dry
You're hanging on for what you can
Dragging out the pain
Taking all I give again
Fakin it making me cry
( Lancaster )
When I get old and find the time
I'll paint a picture about my life
I'll paint it blue for you, I'll paint it blue for you
You gave me love, a love so strong
I treated you so bad, I treated you wrong
Now I want to show, I feel so low, I'm blue for you
When I was younger I tried so hard
To find a good woman and give her my love
I found a woman sweet as can be, I found a woman for me
I didn't know I had the world
I was still looking for ways to your love
Now that I know, I feel so low, I'm blue for youCheatin' and lyin', I played around
Livin' and dyin', you stood your ground
Cheatin' and lyin', you knew so well
There's no good denying, you know me too well
When I'm alone I realise
Your eyes were smilin' but deep inside
I saw the blue in you, everything blue for you
You gave me love, a love so strong
I treated you so bad, I treated you wrong
Now I want to show, I feel so low, I'm blue for you
Feel so low, I'm blue for you
I feel so low I'm blue for you
Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan - Valley Music/Status Quo Publishing
Spent a long, long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar
Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car
I asked no questions, I got no lies
A one off winner, I didn't want any ties
And I knew it wasn't right
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Took me down on the highway doing too many miles an hour
And by the way she motored thought we might have made the Eiffel Tower
She stopped the motor by her own front door
I knew she'd done it so many times before
But I was off of the floor
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down
'Cos I did not know if I was in or out of the town
Then I saw the face from the night before
My purse was empty lying there on the floor
But like I told you before
That, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
I spend a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
I can't wait to say all the things I want to say
You don't help at all, thinking I am just a fool
But one has changed and one remains, going on
Even if it takes a thousand years or more
Even if we cried a thousand tears, I'm sure
We'd still want more and more
Just the other day taking love you won't repay
Where's the give and take? Tell me why the sudden heartache?
The emptiness and loneliness say it all
Even if it takes a thousand years or more
Even if we cried a thousand tears, I'm sure
We'd still want more and more
Walked all over me, played around with my heart
Who knows where or when from the middle through until the end?
An easy touch, you knew as much all along
Even if it takes a thousand years or more
Even if we cried a thousand tears, I'm sure
We'd still want more and more
( Rossi / Parfitt )
Say you need me, say you need me
Tell me that you want my love
Say you will be mine and I am yours
You think that you're way above me
I'm telling you that I can see
All those things that you might wanna be
I am yours tonight
You be mine tonight
You keep telling me you're not having me
I'm telling you that I can see
All the things that you might wanna be
Say you need me, say you need me
Tell me that you want my love
Say will be mine and I am yours
I am yours tonight
You be mine tonight
I got a big fat Mama
With a big fat boy
Really thinks she's something else
But I love that woman
Like fish loves the water
And there is nobody else
I'm gonna tell you woman better do as you're told
If you don't, I'm gonna bringing you down
I've got a big fat Mama
And there's no one else aroundI said say you need me
Come on and say you need me
I said say you need me
Say you need me
Come on and say you need me
I said say you need me
( Parfitt / Lancaster )
Down at Backwater junction
Rolling down the line
In the dark early morning
I heard the one-forty-nine
I was walking down the highway
Needed somewhere to go
A lady laid beside me
And she invited me home
She led me cold, tired and hungry
Down the backwater road
In a house on the corner
looking over the track
I woke up with a fever
And a pain in my back
She was lying there beside me
My fever started to grow
Had a funny feeling
But the lady said no
The lover needs a doctor
Down the Backwater RoadWhatcha' lookin' for
Whatcha' lookin' for
Lady do you know whatcha' lookin' for
Was I wrong to play along
Lady was I right or lady was I wrong
Backwater doctor
You've got me breathing in time
It's ten-thirty in the morning
And I'm feeling alright
I went back to my lady
But I wasn't to know
Lady left this morning
And she's not coming home
I was cold when she left me
Down the Backwater Road
( Rossi / Frost )
I'm back on my feet again I'm flying high
Watching my back again or I could die
When we're up there flying
And it all seems fine
Half the time we're trying
Trying hard what a fool
Saying anything to raze it all
But I'm back on my feet again I'm flying high
Watching my back again or I could die
Is it down to timing
Get it right first time
'Cos it's so exciting
Keeping on with the flow
Giving everybody such a show
But I'm back on my feet again, I'm flying high
Watching my back again or I could die
Out on the street again I'm riding high
Worried 'bout anything that passes by
It's not a nightmare or a dream
It's not the first time that it's been
I'm back on my feet again I'm flying high
Watching my back again or I could die
So it's time to work out
What is going on
So you'd best not freak out
Lose your mind lose your cool
It's the quickest way to end it all
But I'm back on my feet again I'm flying high
Watching my back again or I could die
Out on the street again I'm riding high
Worried 'bout anything that passes by
Back on my feet again I'm flying high
Watching my back again or I could die
When I was a little baby boy
Just to sit and play would be my joy
Now I'm oh so big and I'm oh so strong
How I wish to be where I once belonged
When I was an older baby boy
All the girls I wanted were my joy
I would drink my wine, wouldn't miss a night
How I wish that someone had put me right
When I was an older boy
When I was an older boy
When I was an older boy
When I was an older lady's toy
Thoughts of lust and wealth were now my joy
And the years gone by are so far behind
But the memories are still in my mind
When I was a lady's boy
When I was a lady's boy
When I was a lady's boy
When I was a little baby boy
Just to sit and play would be my joy
Now I'm oh so big and I'm oh so strong
How I wish to be where I once belonged
When I was a baby boy
When I was a baby boy
When I was a baby boy
( Rossi / Young )
You never listen when I say
Only need another day
You never listen when I tell you what I tell you
I'm thinking what I'm thinkin'
Need a little time to keep the motor tickin' over now
Only need another day
Gotta find another way
We got a problem cos I don't know what you're thinkin'
You don't care what I'm feelin'
We better work it out or else there's gonna be a showdown now
Why do you do what you do to me?
You got no clue what you do to me
Try to say but you couldn't see
What do come don't come easily
Only need another day
But it comes and it goes and everybody knows
That I don't like it, no I don't like it
And when it flows and when it starts to go
Then I like it, I sure do like it
I hope the day never comes you throw it all away
I only need another day
You never listen when I
You never listen when I say
I only need another day
You never listen when i tell you what I tell you
I'm thinking what I'm thinkin'
I need a little time to keep the motor tickin' over now
I don't believe that we can't agree
But I ain't letting that bother me
I tried to say but you couldn't see
What do come should come easily
I only need another day
But it comes and it goes and everybody knows
That I don't like it, no I don't like it
And when it flows and when it starts to go
Then I like it, I sure do like it
I hope the day never comes you throw it all away
Another day, I need another day
another day, I need another day
Another day, I need another day
LET'S DANCE
Hey baby won't you take a chance
Say that you'll let me have this dance
Oh let's dance, let's dance
We'll do the twist and stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dancing that you wanna do, let's dance, let's dance
Hey baby if you're all alone
Say that you'll let me walk you home
Let's dance, let's dance
We'll do the twist and stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dancing that you wanna do, let's dance, let's dance
RED RIVER ROCK
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO
Riding along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity's running wild
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
Riding along with my collar loose
Still trying to get her belt a-loose
All the way home I held a grudge
But the safety belt it wouldn't budge
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
THE WANDERER
Well I'm the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are well you know that I'm around
I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cos to me their all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze them, they don't even know my name
They call me the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer
I roam around and round and round and round and round
They call me the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer
I roam around and round and round and round and round
I HEAR YOU KNOCKING
You went away and left me long time ago
And now you're knocking on my door
I hear you knocking but you can't come in
I hear you knocking go back where you been
I begged you not to go but you said goodbye
Now you're tellin' all your lies
I hear you knocking but you can't come in
I hear you knocking go back where you been
LUCILLE
Lucille you don't do your Daddy's will
Lucille you don't do your Daddy's will
Ain't nothing to you but I love you still
I woke up this morning, Lucille was not in sight
Asked my friends about her, all their lips were tight
Lucille you don't do your Daddy's will
Ain't nothing to you but I love you still
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Kiss me baby, it feels good
Hold me baby, well I wanna love you like a lover should
You're fine, so kind
I gotta tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine
I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs
I feel embarrassed but it sure is fun
Come on baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness gracious great balls of fire.
When I find myself in trouble and I need someone to lean on
I only have to call and you're right there by my side
When I can't see all the reasons why you have to be so far away
I wonder if our love is really here to stay
And I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you
And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to
When you're telling me not to worry 'cos you're being there won't be long
I only live in hope that you just can't be wrong
Because I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you
And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to
And I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you
And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to
( rossi / young )
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, are you ready for the weekend are you ever
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, let me hear you say we're gonna get together
working all week till friday
wish i could do it my way
until when i'm living it up
i ain't giving it up
making the best of my lot
one of these days when i stop
and i'm gonna be living it up
i won't be giving it up
telling you now it's my day
oh i'm gonna do it my way
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, are you ready for the weekend are you ever
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, let me hear you say we're gonna get together
the job it just drives me crazy
guess i'm a little lazy
i don't care cos what do they know
they'll be there when i go
every day feel like screaming
nothing gonna stop me dreaming
and there's one thing sure that i know
i can't wait for the whistle to blow
telling you now it's friday
i'm gonna do it my way
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, are you ready for the weekend are you ever
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, let me hear you say we're gonna get together
living and loving and learning
gotta keep the whole world turning
so come on let's give it a try
no use in wondering why
running away and hiding
taking our time and finding
if we stop then it's all gonna go
don't wait for the whistle to blow
everyday feel like screaming
nothing gonna stop me dreaming
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, are you ready for the weekend are you ever
all stand up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, let me hear you say we're gonna get together
all hands up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, let me hear you say never say never
all hands up, let me hear you say never say never say never say
All around my hat
I will wear the green willow
And all around my hat
For a twelve month and a day
And if anyone should ask me
The reason why I'm wearing it
It's all for my true love
Who's far far away
Fare thee well cold winter
And fare thee well cold frost
Nothing have I gained
But my own true love I've lost
I'll sing and I'll be merry
When on occasion I do see
She's a false deluded young girl
Let here go farewell she
And all around my hat
I will wear the green willow
And all around my hat
For a twelve month and a day
And if anyone should ask me
The reason why I'm wearing it
It's all for my true love
Who's far far away
The other night she brought me
A fine diamond ring but,
She thought to have deprived me
Of a far better thing
But I being careful
As lovers ought to be
She's a false deluded young girl
Let her go farewell she
And all around my hat
I will wear the green willow
And all around my hat
For a twelve month and a day
And if anyone should ask me
The reason why I'm wearing it
It's all for my true love
Who's far far away
All around my hat
I will wear the green willow
And all around my hat
For a twelve month and a day
And if anyone should ask me
The reason why I'm wearing it
It's all for my true love
Who's far far away
( Pomus / Shuman )
I just got your letter baby, too bad you can't come home
I swear I'm going crazy, sitting here all alone
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a-rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I ain't slept a wink since Sunday, I can't eat a thing all day
And every day is just Blue Monday since you've been away
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I gotta get myself together before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
I gotta get myself together before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Throw away your old address book of the guys you used to know
Get all dressed up in your best look, I'll take you to the movie show
You look lovely when you're angry, but I love the way you smile
We could while away the hours, or we could walk another mile
My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite the same
I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control
If I knew then what I know now of the chances at the time
Didn't know that I'd be missing a chance to lay it on the line
I could have asked you if you needed, or maybe wanted, to get out
But it didn't really matter, we got together anyhow
My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite the same
I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control
Threw away your old address book, took a while to realise
You'd be better off with someone, what I mean is me and mine
So whatya doing at the weekend? Shall we make it Friday night?
Anywhere you fancy going, and any way with me's all right
My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite the same
I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control
My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite the same
I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control
( Lancaster / Frost )
Standing by the wayside, begging for a ride
I been waiting so long, a year has gone
Look at all the people, strangers every one
I've been looking so long, a year has gone
You were all I lived for, I guess my life is through
I've been living so long, I can't go on
Lonely Sunday morning, rest in peace, my love
You been sleeping so long, a year has gone
How could I ever start to tell you
The end is almost here?
The song of love is ringing in my ears
Playing loud, playing clear
The song will never change
The memory will always be so near
Standing by the wayside, begging for a ride
I been waiting so long, a year has gone
( Rossi / Frost )
I've been so lonely
I can't find any way
So long since I lost my way
I've got a feeling
You're gonna run away anyday
Why does it always seem to be me?
So let me fly
Let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly-y-y away
I wanna climb really high
All the time in the sky
Wanna stay up there all day
So let me fly
Let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly-y-y
Getting away
So after today
Let me fly, fly, fly away
You say you're all right
You don't care anyway
I'm listening, you're trying to say
You think I'm crazy
You're thinking you got everything right
But you're fooling no-one else but yourselfSo let me fly
Let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly-y-y away
I wanna climb really high
All the time in the sky
Wanna stay up there all day
So let me fly
Let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly-y-y
Getting away
So after today
Let me fly, fly, fly away
If you get lonely
You can't get along by yourself
If you're finding
You're needing me
Don't wait forever
For me to come a-following you
I'll wait here, you come back by yourself
And we can fly
We can fly like a bird in the sky
We can fly-y-y away
And we can climb really high
All the time in the sky
Gonna stay up there all day
Oh let me fly
Let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly-y-y, getting away
So after today
Let me fly, fly, fly away
When I look at you something isn't true
What am I to do? Where am I to go?
When I find a way to take the blues away
What a funny day, what a funny world
And then it all just rolls on and on
It's like an echo echoing on
When you look at me what is it you see?
What are you to do? How are we to know?
If there is a way to chase the blues away
Tell me mow, today, sooner as you can
But it still rolls on and on
Just like an echo echoing on
Take me away, take me today
Find me a room, find me a view
If it's to be surely you see
Used to be you, used to be me
When I look at you something isn't true
What am I to do? Where am I to go?
When I find a way to take the blues away
Tell me mow, today, sooner as you can
But it still rolls on and on
Just like an echo echoing on
Might say yes, might say no
It's like watching the river flow
Might be shallow, may be deep
I won't lose any sleep, no, oh no
Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on and on?
I won't worry, I won't fret
Are you really that lonely yet?
If you listen, what you hear
Is it somebody saying so, oh no
Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on and on?
Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on?
Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on?
Not at all
I would not lie, I've apologised
'Til my face is turning blue
But I just can't get the message through to you
It was all a joke, and we hardly spoke
She was the sister of a friend
And I promise you I won't see her again.
Oh I would not lie 'cos I could not try to fool you
Oh I would not lie 'cos I could not stand to lose you
I know we made mistakes, had some minor breaks
But the song remains the same
And I need to see your smiling face again
Won't you stay for another day
Or maybe another night
Can't you understand that you make me feel alright?
I act uncool but I'm nobody's fool
And you know I'll see you right
Yeah, I promise you I'll make you smile tonight
Oh I would not lie 'cos I could not try to fool you
Oh I would not lie 'cos I could not stand to lose you
I know we made mistakes, had some minor breaks
But the song remains the same
And I need to see your smiling face again
Oh I would not lie 'cos I could not try to fool you
Oh I would not lie 'cos I could not stand to lose you
I know we made mistakes, had some minor breaks
But the song remains the same
And I need to see your smiling face again
( Petty / Tilghman / West )
Well, the little things you say and do
Make me want to be with you
Rave on, it's a crazy feelin' and
I know it's got me reelin'
When you say I love you
Rave on
The way you dance and hold me tight
The way you kiss and say good night
Rave on, it's a crazy feelin' and
I know it's got me reelin'
I'm so glad that your revealing
Your love for me
Rave on, rave on and tell me
Tell me, not to be lonely
Tell me, you love me only
Rave on for me
Well, the little things you say and do
Make me want to be with you
Rave on, it's a crazy feelin' and
I know it's got me reelin'
When you say I love you
Rave on
Rave on, it's a crazy feelin' and
I know it's got me reelin'
I'm so glad that your revealing
Your love for me
Rave on, rave on and tell me
Tell me, not to be lonely
Tell me, you love me only
Rave on for me
Rave on
Rave on
Rave on
Rave on for me
Rave on
Rave on
I've spent a lifetime running after you
But listen woman, everything must change
It's time you found yourself some other fool you can blame
You had me figured as the spineless one
Who'd be there waiting when you'd had your fun
But now's the time I feel I should be cool
What a shame, what a shame
Who gets the love that we no longer share?
Who gets to hold you close when I'm not there?
Whose heart is filling up, I'm asking you
Who gets the love?
So many times you said I made you cry
That's not the truth it's just an alibi
And I'm not planning to be number two, won't play your game.
I've often wondered after love has gone
Where do we find the strength to carry on?
And where's that someone that our love supplies
And what's their name? What a shame.
Who gets the love that we no longer share?
Who gets to hold you close when I'm not there?
Whose heart is filling up, I'm asking you
Who gets the love?
Before we give in are we really sure
We're giving love that we don't need no more?
There ain't a chance that we might get together again, oh no
Who gets the love that we no longer share?
Who gets to hold you close when I'm not there?
Whose heart is filling up, I'm asking you
Who gets the love?
Who gets the love that we no longer share?
Who gets to hold you close when I'm not there?
Whose heart is filling up, I'm asking you
Who gets the love?
I can feel a new expression on my face
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place
I can hear the guitars playing lovely tunes
Every time that you walk in the room
I close my eyes for a second and pretend it's me you want
Meanwhile I try to act so nonchalant
I feel the summer's night with a magic moon
Every time that you walk in the room
Baby it's a dream come true
Standing right alongside of you
Wish I could tell you how much I care
But I only have the nerve to stare
I can feel there's something pounding in my brain
Just anytime that someone speaks your name
Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom
Every time that you
Every time that you
Every time that you walk in the room
Walk in the room
Walk in the room
Walk in the room
( Lancaster / Parfitt )
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Stay in bed
Til' I'm satisfied
And let my head
Take a softer ride
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Find me a schack
Where it's cool inside
Turn my back
On the cold outside
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no moreI could go back
To the job I had
But the same old thing
Only drives me mad, so
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Never again
Will I have to be..down
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Stay in bed
Til' I'm satisfied
And let my head
Take a softer ride
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
