We were always sweethearts
Different in our ways
Together we spent happy hours
And, oh, happy days
Laughing in the sunshine
And crying in the rain
Together we knew happy days
We never knew no pain, yeah
Cloudy day, sunny sunshine
Happy days will never be the same
I was her man and she my queen
Together we knew happy days honestly
Lying in the grass and laying
On our butts, yeah, yeah
We were always different
Different in our ways
Together we knew happy hours
And, oh, happy ways
Lying out together
And never mind the weather
Together we knew happy days
We never had it better, yeah
Cloudy days, sunny sunshine
Happy days will never be the same
Oh, times can be so hard, you'll see
Never, never know in stormy weather
Times came to be so hard to be
Never, never knowing we're together, yeah
We were always sweethearts
Different in our ways
Together we spent happy hours
And, oh, happy days
Laughing in the sunshine
And crying in the rain
Together we knew happy days
We never knew no pain, yeah
Cloudy days, sunny sunshine
Happy days will never be the same
Na na na na... yeah
All around the water tank
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman
To give him a line of talk
He says "If you've got the money
I'll see that you don't walk"
I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny I can show
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum"
He slammed the boxcar door
He put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me
The moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
I'm going to Dixie land
Though my pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
I met him first out at the edge of nowhere
A last chance oasis on the plains
The sky was threatening as he came up to me
Said could you help me beat the rain
Where does it take you this road you travel
He smiled the same place as yourself
To that point out there where all roads vanish
Going to Vegas man where else
Play it straight and play it true my brother
Cause you're miles from anywhere
As it happens in the world of shadows
Time and distance vanish there
I was just another deadbeat loser there the last time
I couldn't even read the signs
But I've got this feeling and there's magic in the
cards now
I'm going back to take what's mine
Play it straight and play it true my brother
Cause you're miles from anywhere
As it happens in the world of shadows
Time and distance vanish there
What damned illusion in that neon lightning
A run of luck is in the air
Shining brighter than any flush of diamonds
A magic carpet of despair
Play it straight and play it true my brother
Cause you're miles from anywhere
As it happens in the world of shadows
Time and distance vanish there
Play it straight and play it true my brother
Cause you're miles from anywhere
As it happens in the world of shadows
Lazy days
Cafe afternoons
Evening plays
Chasing the silver moon
Perfume and a promise
It will happen soon
Wait and see
The clock will strike the hour
And you will come to me
It will happen soon
Happen soon
Endless nights
Dreaming of the day
The boat along the side
Sails to carry us away
Islands on the river
It could happen soon
I heard them say
It could happen soon
But just like yesterday
The ships have come and gone
And we were not along
Tomorrow never came
I've been here dark till dawn
And still end up the same
I've seen them all
Seen them through
Can I ever see the end of you
Anyway
Darling what's the use
Oh some things never change
The perfume and the promise
Merely rearranged
To look like new
The clock upon the tower
Still chiming like the fool
It could happen soon
Could happen soon
Tomorrow never came
I've been here dark till dawn
And still end up the same
I've seen them all
Seen them through
Can I ever see the end of you
Tomorrow never came
I've been here dark till dawn
And still end up the same
I've seen them all
Seen them through
Somebody ought to have told me
Told me you couldn't be true
Somebody ought to have told me now
But that wouldn't be like you
But no one's gotta tell me
After all you put me through
You dropped me like a habit
Of which you had a few
Your scent is on the glass tonight
Swirling in the wine
Scrambling the back of my brain
The irony sublime
It's warm bouquet and pungent flame
Light this ancient street
The avenue of no name
I'll fall into its beat
Nobody loved like you....
Time
Won't you let me be
After all that we've been through
I talk to myself cos I aint got nobody else
Nobody else but you
I've walked for miles
I've walked a long time
To get to the place that I've got to.... yeah
There's nothing left and nobody.... nobody
Nobody left but you
Time
Please set me free
Why couldn't you be true
I walk that walk.... yeah
I talk that talk
But there's nobody left but you... you
Time
Won't you let me be
After all that we've been through
I talk to myself cos I aint got nobody else
Baby's callin' me home
She keeps on callin' me home
Hate to see her cryin'
My baby knows I'm dyin'
But she keeps on callin' me home
Baby knows I've been wrong
But she keeps on callin' me home
Hate to see her cryin'
My baby knows I'm dyin'
When she keeps on callin' me home
Baby's callin' me home
She keeps on callin' me home
Hate to see her cryin'
My baby knows I'm dyin'
When she keeps on callin' me home
My baby's callin' me home
Mmmmm
Then she walked away
Quietly so afraid
Smiling but no doubt
Crying her heart out
She really just wants to stay
Then she walked away
Leading her own parade
Nobody's cheering
The voices she's hearing
Are empty remarks she made
How was she to know
That it would come to this
Sorry Miss
They forgot to tell you it was just a game
Just a sad illusion
Now you're on your own
Really on your own
It's still a long way home
Then she walked away
Quietly so afraid
Smiling but no doubt
Crying her heart out
She really just wants to stay
How's she ever gonna face it after this
Emptiness
Got her feeling like she don't exist
Who were you expecting
Now you're on your own
Really on your own
And it's still a long way home
Now you're on your own
Really on your own
And it's still a long way home
Then she walked away
Quietly so afraid
Smiling but no doubt
Crying her heart out
She really just wants to stay
Then she walked away
Leading her own parade
Nobody's cheering
The voices she's hearing
Let your hair down baby
Let's have a natural ball
Let your hair down baby
Let's have a natural ball
Cause when you ain't happy
Aint no fun at all
You can't take it with you
That's one thing for sure
No you can't take it with you
That's one thing for sure
There ain't nothing wrong with you girl
The T-bone shuffle can't cure
Have fun while you can
Fate's an awful thing
Have fun while you can
Fate's an awful thing
You can't tell what might happen
I was born
On a side road far from here
While the town was burning
Out my dark window
I was crowned
With a cage of cold barbed-wire
And my bottle
I keep with me
Even till now
Curse my pain
Curse the sunrise every dawn
Oh yeah
Oh those sidewalks ran me ragged
Yeah those cracks my only guide.. oh
Long for midnight
Long for darkness sweet release..oh yes
Beg the alleys
For your endless time to cease
Screaming blackbird on my shoulder
Mark my nearness to his youth.. oh
Left my senses reeling
As he cried "I understand you".. oh
Try the handle
Try the doorway try the path
Try to enter.. to enter
And to find some solace there
Oh there
In this clearing
You'll find nothing but a song
Give it breath give it sunshine
And with you it will belong.. oh belong
It will whisper
It will stir a gentle breeze
It's hands are your hands
They will take you where you please
If you please
Will you choose to be gentle
Its just your life whatever you feel
Are we blind for a reason
Or is it just to make it real.. oh real
Show me do
Give me seashells for my ears
Tell your neighbours.. oh
Thinking about Sarah
That's heaven to me
You don't know my girl
But she's right as right can be
It's like yonder mockingbird
In the cottonwood tree
You don't change that, no
It's meant to be
And that's the soul of a southern girl
Gonna set you free
When we go walking
On a summer's eve
We take the long way home
That's guaranteed
Thinking about Sarah
That's heaven to me
Thinking about my Sarah girl
She is love to me
Sitting there by her window
Sunshine in her hair
Sun can't help but love her
In fact I think he's jealous of her
Because he's just passing through
And she is ever Sarah
And that's the soul of a southern girl
Gonna set you free
Sure as that river
Is gonna run to the sea
Sure as the sun's gonna shine
She's thre for me
Thinking about Sarah
That's heaven to me
Thinking about my Sarah girl
She is love she is love
Like those lazy willows
Playong in the summer breeze
She's got that that easy rhythm
Swinging right along with them
But they're just melodies
In the symphony called Sarah
She sets me free
And that's the soul of
My southern girl
Your world was not the kind
I ever thought I’d find
Myself to be a part of
Oh, but here I stand
In the middle of a foreign land
A stranger with love in his heart
Mmmmm, for love has no eyes
It comes in no disguise
It’s free for those who want to share
And I’ve chosen you to be mine
So girl let’s not waste no time
Let’s not worry ‘bout what they say
Let’s take care of what is ours today
Sail on white moon
Across the dark and starry sky
Sail on white moon
Our love won’t die
But girl you must realize
There be a difference in our lives
We’re gonna be rejected
Oh, but that’s to be expected
Sail on white moon
Across the dark and starry sky
Sail on white moon
Hey Miss Riddle, I'm stuck in the middle again
I don't know how but you've got me playing both ends of
a game I should know all about
but you came and turned inside out
Hey Miss Riddle, I'm stuck in the middle again.
It's a long way home, it's late and yet we pretend
It's a long way home, you called last night "just
friends"
So cool, so clear(?), so nonchalant, so absolutely what
I want
Hey Miss Riddle, I'm stuck in the middle again.
I've heard a lot of talk about how you were sizing me
A line or two you've dropped about but don't let me
interrupt
Your game, Miss Riddle, I'm stuck in the middle again.
I've found out why those birds go looking for spring
I've found out what those dizzy heights can bring
'cuz I've found your lips are awfully nice
one stop south of paradise
Whatcha say Miss Riddle, I say we do it again.
Hey Miss Riddle, I'm stuck in the middle again
I don't know how but you've got me playing both ends of
a game I should know all about but you came and turned
inside out
Hey Miss Riddle, I'm stuck in the middle...again.
Whatcha say Miss Riddle, I say we do it again.
It's a long way home
Whatcha say we stop it.
Whatcha say we drop it.
We had so many good times
And some bad
We shared the happiness
Shared the sad
We suffered all..
All the miseries
Back when I had you girl
You had me
But when you saw something fresh
You wanted next to your pretty little flesh
Like a sewer in the rain
It all went down the drain
You and I
My life is so empty
What can I do
I ain't got nobody hey nobody
To take the place of you
And I'm not so strong
Honey as I used to be
Back when I had you baby
And you had me
Then you saw something fresh
You wanted next to your pretty little flesh
Like a sewer when it rains
It all went down the drain
You and I
You and I
You played the game
Pick and choose
Yesterday I sang a love song baby
Now I'm singing the blues
And I'm not so strong
As I used to be
Back when I had you baby
You had me
But when you saw something fresh
You wanted next to your pretty little flesh
Like the sewer in the rain
It all went down the drain
You and I
For you and I
What can I do
What can I do
To take the place of you
Like a sewer when it rains
You know it all went down the drain
You and I
You and I
Last time this happened
Thought it wouldn't happen anymore
But that was before
And now once again
As it happens
Well why do I listen anymore
Facing the door
I wonder again
(Isn't it time you got the news)
Isn't it time you knew
(There's someone else up here with you)
There's someone else
And you can trust in me
Think back and remember
All the disappointments you've been through
Well I felt them too
And all I can say
Is crazy stories
Really shouldn't get the best of you
I want you too
So I wouldn't let them
(Isn't it time you got the news)
Isn't it time you knew
(There's someone else up here with you)
There's someone else
And you can trust in me
(Isn't it time you got the news)
Isn't it time you knew
(There's someone else up here with you)
There's someone else with you
(You can trust in me)
Its me
(Isn't it time you got the news)
Isn't it time you knew
(There's someone else up here with you)
(You can trust in me)
You can trust in me.. well
(Isn't it time.. you got the news.. isn't it time)
You and your smile hold a strange invitation
Somehow it seems we've shared our dreams... but where
Time after time in a room full of strangers
Out of the blue suddenly you... are there
Wherever I go you're the glow of temptation
Glancing my way in the grey of the dawn
And always your eyes smile that strange invitation
When you are gone... where oh where have you gone
How long must I stay in a world of illusion
Be where you are so near yet so far... apart
Hoping you'll say with a warm invitation
Where have you been darling come in into my heart
Wherever I go you're the glow of temptation
Glancing my way in the grey of the dawn
And always your eyes smile that strange invitation
When you are gone where oh where have you gone
How long must I stay in a world of illusion
Be where you are so near yet so far... apart
Hoping you'll say with a warm invitation
(Boz Scaggs / M. Omartian)
Throw that bundle out before they get here
Let some shark drag the thing away
I can see the headlights drawing very near
Let me do the talking now just in case fix you face
We can make the border by tomorrow
If your brilliant young Madonna doesn't do us in
We should have given her the shot that you took
And put her away
Gimme the goods and half of the action
You get the dame and get away
For me it's too late
But you can go straight back to the East Bay
Outta here
Oakland California 1948
Stella promised Blackie she was going straight
Now Blackie my main man he takes the major leagues
He could sell Geronimo a string of beads
But Stella could sell Blackie almost anything
He's lucky she ain't yet sold him up the stream
Just one more job could put us back on Easy Street
C'mon baby
Gimme the goods and half of the action
You get the dame and get away
For me it's too late
But you can go straight back to the East Bay
Outta here
I said Blackie you can't listen to the dame
She's gone back on her promise now it's a losing game
But we pulled off the job anyway
And she cursed the day we met
And Blackie took a slug or two he won't forget
By now the kerbs were shining with the falling rain
And I kept dousing Blackie just to keep him sane
I'm wondering if it's over now or just my fevered brain
Gimme the goods and half of the action
You get the dame and get away
For me it's too late
But you can go straight back to the East Bay
Outta here
Gimme the goods and half of the action
You get the dame and get away
For me it's too late
But you can go straight back to the East Bay
Outta here
Gimme the goods and half of the action
You get the dame and get away
For me it's too late
But you can go straight back to the East Bay
Outta here
Gimme the goods and half of the action
You get the dame and get away
For me it's too late
But you can go straight back to the East Bay
Georgia, I swear I never seen such a smile
Gorgeous enough to make an angel's heart run wild
Your lazy eyes and small-town lies
Have got me in your spell
Your drive-in boys and back-seat noise
And oh, you learned so well
Oh, oh, oh, so how was I to know
You got me, you got me right now
Georgia, your daddy was high the night he dreamed up you
Georgia, the stars were flyin' the night that you came through
Christmas in your eyes
Oh, what a nice surprise
Oh, oh, oh, and now I miss you so
But baby, I'm comin' back to you
Georgia, we will be together, dear
If they ever let me out of here
They will say that it's not true
But I did it all for you
Georgia, won't you tell them for me dear
Georgia, girl I never lived through a night like that
Sure enough got your lovin' where I like it at
Moonlight through the pines
Oh, oh, oh, but how were we to know
That wasn't moonlight, they were searchlights, oh no
Georgia, we will be together, dear
If they ever let me out of here
They will say that it's not true
But I did it all for you
Georgia, won't you tell them for me dear
Georgia, we will be together dear (oh, my dear)
Funny
All she needs is love
And this Sony light
Is all there is tonight
Oh yeah
Funny
She dreams about his touch
Where his skin must end
And where her own begins
She moves through shadows
Bathes in the lush
Luxurious hush alone
Ever alone
Miss Lonely
Needs company
As she breathes this room
Of deepest blue perfume
Love's where you find it
Open your heart
You've lived in the dark too long
Too long alone
Miss Lonely
Open up your heart
Let the morning light
Fill your sky tonight
Funny
All she needs is love
And this Sony light
Is all there is tonight
Yeah right
Feeling so alone tonight
So inside
I found true love
One worth me waiting for
I found true love
One worth me waiting for
I'm gonna sign her to a contract
And won't find one with flaws
It's hard to believe
The condition the world is in
It's hard to believe
The condition the world is in
You can't trust nobody
Girl you know it's a sin
It's hard to believe
The condition the world is in
It's hard to believe
The condition the world is in
You can't trust nobody
Girl you know it's a sin
I found true love
One worth me waiting for
I found true love
One worth me waiting for
I'm gonna sign her to a contract
For all we know we may never meet again
Before you go make this moment sweet again
We won't say goodnight until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it
For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like a ripple on a stream
So love me tonight tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know
For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like a ripple on a stream
So love me tonight tomorrow was made for some
Don't cry no more
Wipe away your tears
Don't cry no more baby
Wipe away your tears
And I know I know
That your love is real
Don't cry don't cry
I'm begging you
Don't cry no more baby
I'm begging you
Every tear you shed
Tells me that your love is real
Hey hey
You cried me a river
Cried me a sea
And I believe without a doubt
That you really really really love me
You cried me a river
Cried me a sea
And I believe without a doubt
That you really really really love me
Wipe away your tears
Don't cry no more baby
Wipe away your tears
I know I know that your love is real
Cry baby
Cry baby
It's crying time
And the loving ain't so easy
Oooh oooh
Don't want you to cry babe
Wipe away your tears
Wipe away your tears
Cried me a river
Cried me a sea
And I believe without a doubt
That you really really really really really really
really love me
Cry no more baby
Wipe away your tears
Oh no oh no
And I believe
And I believe
And I believe without a doubt
Keep on walking
I'm talkin' about your street
Don't let nothin' or nobody
Throw you off your beat
Do like you do in New York
Go another round
Do like you do in New York City
Don't look down
Watch your brother
Give the man a hand
Come to know that
And you'll come to understand
You've got to
Do like you do in New York
Go another round
Do like you do in New York City
Don't look down
(Do like you do)
(Do like you do)
Do like you do in New York City
Do like you do in New York
Go another round
Do like you do in New York City
Don't look down
Do what you do
When you do what it is in the big town
Do what it is whatever it is
Do what you gotta do
Seems so long you've been gone
I've been singing such a sad sad song
I'm glad I found you
Glad my worlds around you
Dinah I've been lonely for you
Never knew how I cared for you
Glad you're back
Take you back in my arms
Dinah Flo love you so
Take me down way down slow
My Dinah Flo
Love you more each day
I'll be long I'll be true
But I can't say what Dinah might do
I'm glad she's back
Take her back in my arms
Dinah Flo don't let go
Take me down girl nice and slow
Dinah Flo
Love you more each day
Oh my Dinah Flo come on lets go
Get that groove down way down slow
Dinah Flo
Love you more each day
Oh my Dinah Flo don't let go
Take me down girl nice and slow
My Dinah Flo
Love you more each day hey hey
Dinah Flo love you so
Love you more ever so
Oooh hoo hoo
Hot night she's running right
And magic's in the air
So what do I care
The one in red straight ahead
Sets my soul on fire
We're taking it higher
The message from the coast is loud and clear
Cool running
The second I get off I'm out of here
Cool running yeah
Oooh hooo
Aim south we're chilling out
The boss is on the phone
Tell him I'm gone
That's right Snow White
We're blowin' the blues away
Call 'em back another day
Got no time for talkin' to no phone
Cool running yeah
We'll send them all a postcard from the zone
Cool running yeah
You see Miss it's like this
We're about to lose control
Well it beats getting old
Predictions for the coast say bright and clear
Cool running yeah
The forecast for my head is out of here
Cool running yeah
The message from the coast is loud and clear
Cool running
The second I get off I'm out of here
Cool running yeah
Oh doctor man I hope relief soon come
Cool running yeah
Sometimes the best prescription is to run
Cool running yeah
Oh, Claudia, don't take it away, girl, if you leave me this way
I'm gonna search night and day to find your love
Oh Claudia, don't take it this way
What kind of bad mistake is worth our saying goodbye?
The last time we vowed we would not part, my love
And so take heart, my love, don't let it end this way
Remember the good things that we shared, my dear
And so take care, my dear, don't throw our love away
Oh Claudia, girl don't leave it this way, it's gonna take both me and you
But we can see this thing through and save our love
Oh Claudia, don't take it away, girl can't you see it's all wrong?
Till you come back where you belong, I need you babe
The last time we vowed we would not part, my love
And so take heart ,my love don't let it end this way
Remember the good things that we share, my dear
And so take care, my dear don't throw our love away
This last thing I've tried to keep inside myself
I never told you so but girl you ought to know I'm your man
Don't take it away, girl if you leave me this way
I'm gonna search night and day till I find your love
Love is funny or it's sad
Or it's quiet or it's mad
It's a good thing or it's bad
But beautiful
Beautiful to take a chance
And if you fall you fall
And I'm thinking
I wouldn't mind at all
Love is tearful or it's gay
It's a problem or it's play
It's a heartache either way
But beautiful
And I'm thinking if you were mine
I'd never let you go
And that would be but beautiful I know
Love is tearful or it's gay
It's a problem or it's play
It's a heartache either way
But beautiful
And I'm thinking if you were mine
I'd never let you go
I call ya you ain't in
What's this cold reaction, where've you been?
Ooh, baby, let it on the line
This is last call, you say that's all
You can take it fine
I'm sorry but it don't make sense
You're pullin' just right out on first offense
Ooh, baby, play it smart
For you go south with your big mouth
Let it take your heart
Danger, there's a breakdown dead ahead
Maybe you're in way above your head
I may burn, might upset you
But you know I'd never let you down
I told ya no more lyin'
No more tears fallin', stop your cryin'
Ooh, baby, I'm your fan
Before you go back to your side track
Baby, understand
Danger, there's a breakdown dead ahead
And just maybe you're in way above your head
I may burn, might upset you
But you know I'd never let you down
No, no, no
No, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Danger, there's a breakdown dead ahead
Then just maybe you're in way above your head
I may burn, might upset you
But you know I'd never let you down
No, no, no
Danger, there's a breakdown dead ahead
And just maybe you're in way above your head
I may burn, might upset you
But you know I'd never let you down, down, down, down
MISS SUN
Boz Skaggs
Been thinking 'bout you all night
Guess you got me in your spell
But I think that I'll be allright
Even if I don't get well....
Hey, Miss Sun,
What could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms....
I can still remember
What you told me with your eyes
One kiss
Now it's down to this
Guess it's time you realize
Hey, Miss Sun, what could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms
Has you back in my arms.....
Hey, Miss Sun,
What could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in the way
It won't be long before the morning
Has you back in my arms,
In my arms..... ooh.... ooh.... ah.... ah....ahh
Yeah..... yeah, yeah ,yeah
Hey , Miss Sun,
What could I say
I tried to hold you but the moon got in my way
It won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms....
One kiss is what I need.....
One kiss.... give it to me......
It won't be long until the morning has you......
Won't be long until the morning has you back in my arms......
One kiss....I realize
One kiss....I can see it in your eyes
Oh, it won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms.....
I could cry salty tears ;
Where have I been all these years ?
Little wow, tell me now :
How long has this been going on ?
There were chills up my spine,
And some thrills I can't define.
Listen, sweet, I repeat :
how long has this been going on ?
Oh, I feel that I could melt ;
Into Heaven I'm hurled !
I know how Clombus felt,
Finding another world.
Kiss me once, then once more.
What a dunce I was before.
What a break ! For Heaven's sake !
How long has this been going on ?
Dear, when in your arms I creep,
That divine rendez-vous,
Don't wake me, if I'm asleep,
Let me dream that it's true !
Kiss me twice, then once more.
That makes thrice, let's make it four !
What a break ! For Heaven's sake !
How long has this been going on ?
What about the one who said he loved you?
What about the one who said he cared?
Don't bother trying to find him
Way up in the icy air
Oh, you played with his heartstrings
And you played without a care
But not up in the High Sierra
You won't play his heart out there
The angels lay their clouds across his sky
They line up for him every night
Some have wings and others sing
The rest do lazy ballets in the air
There he's got a bird to give him warning
And he's gotta lookout too
The beauty of the High Sierra
And she's looking out for you
The angels lay their clouds across his sky
They line up for him every night
Some have wings and others sing
The rest do lazy ballets in the air
What about the one who said he loved you?
What about the one who said he cared?
He's up in the High Sierra
I don't have to beg you to hold me
Cause somebody else will
You don't have to love me when I want it
Cause somebody else will
Your so called friends say you don't need it
When all the time they're trying to get it
Lookout
Your good thing is coming to an end
Your real good thing is about to end
All those nights I watched the four walls
I didn't have to watch them all alone
When another woman said she wanted me
I didn't have to tell her I was your very own
You've had all the love I've got
But even ice melts to water when it gets hot
Your good thing is coming to an end
I mean your real good thing is about to end
I'm getting myself back together
It's gonna be tough I know
But when the right woman comes along
You can bet I won't say no
Your real good thing
I said it's coming to an end
Your real real good thing
Is about to end
Your so called friends say you don't need it
When all the time they're trying to get it
Lookout
Your good thing is coming to an end
Talking about your real real good thing
Said it's coming to an end
Talking about the good thing
The real thing
Gonna be a brand new day
When your good thing goes away
Call me Mister gone gone gone gone gone away
You'd better have something going on
Cause your good thing is moving on
Talking about your good thing
I can read the papers
But I can't read you
Cancel my subscription
I'll take pay per view
This lover from another planet
Made up to look like you
You're out there, honey
This is out of hand
Or is it all smoke and mirrors
Some holographic stunt
I'm going through
Or is it voodoo
And though your fingers don't leave your hand
They just don't touch me anymore
Anymore
Well, I see your face
It's here
And it's like your voice
Is here
Your pretty pink mouth
Mmm, it's hot
Everybody's here
You're not
Well I know you're in range
The jingle of your change
Is ringing a bell
Ring a ringer
This knee jerk show of affection
A sticky new confection
Well I can't get it down
And even when you do that thing
That kinky thing you do
Well you're getting too good
You've been practicing without me
And I just don't recognize
The space behind your eyes anymore
Well you got your little dog
He's here
Even your, your good intent
It's here
You say you'll meet me
You're on the dot
Well the gang's all here, honey
But you're not
I see the writing on the wall
Looks like I'm headed for a fall
Uh oh
But the supernatural fact
This is a disappearing act
I'm about to debut
Why couldn't you be true
You're not
You're not
You're not
You're not
You're not
You're not
You're not
You're not
You're not
I have had my eyes on you
Oh since the day
I learned to laugh at myself
Caught you laughing too
Then you went your way
Oh and I went mine
It´s strange that in another place
That joke should hit me in my face
But you oh you make it so hard baby
To say no no no oh
You... yes you baby
Make it so hard to say no no no no
All that glitters is not gold
Just like good jokes get old
That spark that makes you think of me
Don't make things like they used to be
You might say that I have changed
Its just that things are rearranged
And as I once looked out for you
Now its your turn to see me through
Cos you... oh baby you make it so hard girl
To say no no no no
You... oh baby you make it sooo hard
You know I tried to get you out of my mind
But now I'm to the point I find
I just can't leave and not have kissed you
You know I could never resist you
Cause you... oh you make it so hard
To say no no no no
You... oh you're making it so hard baby
To say no... oh to say no no no no
Yes I caught your flashy hand jive
From the corner of my eye
Talk about a cheap shot honey
My my my
Next you're makin' eyes at three dudes
Do you think that I can't see
What you gonna do for encores
Don't look to me
Lean and mean Barbara Jean
You got a mind like a tattle tale magazine
So stop your scheming you must be dreaming
To think I'd fall for you
You got some imagination
Talk about some mumbo jumbo
Talk about a mixed up mind
You've got all those egos
Working overtime
Long about the stroke of midnight
No doubt where you'll be
Getting off across town
Getting over me
Lean and mean Barbara Jean
You got a mind like a tattle tale magazine
Stop your scheming you must be dreaming
To think I'd fall for you
You got some imagination
You don't hang around with sleazos
You don't jump in bed too fast
You just floor me honey
Talk about some class
We're talking low blow dynamo
Any way you can
Wear em down eventually
You play knock down drag em out and get your man
But you don't get to me
Lean and mean Barbara Jean
You got a mind like a tattle tale magazine
So stop your scheming you must be dreaming
To think I'd fall for you
You got some imagination
Lean and mean Barbara Jean
Got a mind like a dirty dirty magazine
So stop your screaming riff you must be crazy if
You thought I'd fall for you
You got some imagination
Lean and mean you got a mean machine
A mind like a dirty dirty magazine
Stop your scheming just get on dreaming
You thought I'd fall for you
You got some imagination
You got my letter
But you must not read your mail
You got my letter baby
But you must not read your mail
Well I'm a happy man if I can get to you
And I'm a sad man if I fail
Should have known better
Than to leave it to the postal lines
I should have known better baby baby baby
I'm like a man running out of time
mmm hmmm
I laid my heart out in that envelope
Now I'm laying it on the line mmm hmmm
Ooh hoo hoo hoo hoo
Yes I'm laying it on the line mmm hmmm
Ooh hoo hoo hoo
And you could take a big load off of my mind
I hope you're gonna read it now
And give me some kind of sign
Don't take much to read it now
You don't have to read between the lines
And shine a little light on me
And take away this mystery
I need a reason to be here
I need a reason to be
And you're the reason to me
Don't fail me now
Hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo
I laid my heart out in that envelope
Now I'm laying it on the line mmm hmmm
I know you're gonna be here
I know you're gonna be here soon
And make it so much better
By the light of the big old moon
Send me some good news
To chase away these yearning blues
You give me reason to be here
You give me reason to be
And you're the reason for me
Don't fail me now baby
Hoo hoo hoo
Woah oh hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo
Woah oh hoo hoo
You give me reason to be
You give me reason to be here
I need a reason to be
Oh baby
What you gonna do
Oh baby
What you gonna do
I'm sick and tired
Fooling around with you
Wake up in the morning
Get you something to eat
Before I go to work
I even brush your teeth
Come home.. still in bed
Got a rag tied around your head
Oh baby
What you gonna do
I'm sick and tired
Fooling around with you
Last time I'm telling you to change your ways
I'm telling you I mean what I say
Last time I'm telling you to stop that jive
Before you find yourself outside
Oh baby
What you gonna do
I'm sick and tired
Fooling around with you
Wake up in the morning
Get you something to eat
Before I go to work
I even brush your teeth
Come home.. still in bed
Got a rag tied around your head
Oh baby
What you gonna do
I'm sick and tired
Fooling around with you
Last time I'm telling you to change your ways
I'm telling you I mean what I say
Last time I'm telling you to stop that jive
Before you find yourself outside
Oh baby
What you gonna do
I'm sick and tired
Fooling around with you
Oh baby
What you gonna do
Oh baby
What you gonna do
I'm sick and tired
Why'd you come here
All alone
You should go now
(Go right back home)
Oh my dear it's begun
But there are some things
(Better left undone)
Like me here with you
Baby I make mistakes too
Monday's romance
Is Tuesday's sad affair
For a moment
Through the crowd
I could hear your heart
(Talking right out loud)
Whispering to me like a child
So impatient
(Latin lover style)
Your heart it's a start
Way beyond a fast affair
It's the moon
And garland in your hair
(Whatcha gonna tell your man)
Oh whatcha gonna tell your man
(How you gonna make him understand)
Oh understand
What'd you have to go and do it for
Make me want you like I do
(Whatcha gonna tell your man)
Hey whatcha gonna tell your man
(How you gonna make him understand)
Understand baby
What'd you have to go and do it for
Make me want you like I do
Are you crazy
Out of your mind
Jump the fence and
(Leave it all behind)
Daddy's baby Momma's friend
Buy that judge off
(Start all new again)
Matter of factly
Yeah I'll bet he
Never saw you quite this way
Safe to say
Throw the key away
(Whatcha gonna tell your man)
Whatcha gonna tell your man
(How you gonna make him understand)
Understand
Whatcha you have to go and do it for
Make me want you like I do
Baby
(Whatcha gonna tell your man)
Oh whatcha gonna tell your man
(How you gonna make him understand)
Understand
Whatcha have to go and do it for
Make me want you like I do
Baby
Oh whatcha you gonna tell your man
Whatcha you have to go and do it for
Verse 1:
So you think the girl is crazy
She eat up your lies like it's good
(Your lies like apple pie)
(She don't even cry)
She is not a fool
She's just tryin' to do what her heart says to
To love you
And as you take to the wind
(to the wind again she breaks down)
And as she breaks down within (within, within)
Pre-chorus:
She waits for you patiently
Hopin' that someday you'll see
[2: That] all she really wants to be
Is yours and yours alone, eternally
Chorus:
What do you want the girl to do
[1: Don't you know] you're breakin' the child in two
[2: Can't you see]
What do you want the girl to do
All she really wants is you
Verse 2:
She knows what you are
Still she'll be your queen if you let her
(Just say the word today)
(Build the world around her)
Now and then you'll promise
All the way-out things you're goin' to get her
(You will see, you will see)
'Cause maybe she knows better
(You're so damn glad you found her, found her, years
ago)
As she watched you come and go (all you'll show)
And as she watched your promises erode
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
What do you want the girl to do
Don't you know you're breakin' the child in two
What do you want the girl to do
What can I say
What can I do
Three a.m. It's me again
And wouldn't you know
Things would have to end this way
I did my best
The perfect guest
Knew when to go
Perfect you knew when to stay
Come on, tell me
That you're lonely, dear
I've been feeling down some, too
After all this time
Now ain't it clear
I've been waiting just for you
What can I say
Oh, to make you know, baby
What can I do
Ooh, to show you that I care
What can I say
Got to have your number, baby
What can I do do, ooh wee
Can't you see the people
Just stop and stare
Don't it make you wonder why
I just happened to be standing there
Can't you see it in my eyes
What can I say
Ooh, you got me
Acting like a fool, girl
What can I do
Ooh stop making like
A little school girl
What can I say
Could be your lucky day, baby
What can I do
Ooh, talk, oh, talk to me, girl
What can I say
Oh, to make you know baby
What can I do
Oh, to show you that I care
What can I say
Oh, I'm down on my knees
What can I do
Please, please, please
What can I say
What can I do
Ooh, what can I do
Holding hands across an episode
Hours after you had hit the road
There are
There are a few
There are
There are a few of us who wait around for
Afternoons around the lazy lawn
Calling ducks to shoot them off the pond
Clearly it's a waste of time
No they're not real shells
Just that there is nothing else to do
Maybe we should wait for you
There are
There are a few
There are
There are a few of us who wait around for
Visions of a beauty that I used to see
Through a garden window a lover showed to me
Melting on the mirror in a most seductive pool
Maybe we could take a dip or two
Maybe we should wait for you
There are
There are a few
There are
There are a few of us who wait around for
Maybe we should wait for you
There are
There are a few
There are
There are a few of us who wait around for
(We're waiting.. we're waiting.. we're waiting.. we're
waiting)
(We're waiting .. we're waiting.. we're waiting.. we're
waiting)
To see if mountains ever ever move
See if miracles come true
Outside the rain begins
And it may never end
So cry no more on the shore
A dream will take us out to sea
Forevermore, forevermore
Close your eyes, Amie
And you can be with me
'Neath the waves, through the caves of ours
Long forgotten now
We're all alone, we're all alone
Close the window, calm the light
And it will be alright
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
Learn how to pretend
Once a story's told
It can't help but grow old
Roses do, lovers too
So cast your seasons to the wind
And hold me dear, oh hold me dear
Close the window, calm the light
And it will be alright
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
All's forgotten now
We're all alone, all alone
Close the window, calm the light
And it will be alright
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
Throw it to the wind, my love
Hold me dear
All's forgotten now, my love
It's Over
Boz Scaggs
Background vocals: Maxine Green and Boz
BACKGROUND VOCALS:
Best of friends
Never part
Best of fools has loved forever
From the bottom of his heart
So why pretend
This is the end
You'll have to find out for yourself
Go on ask somebody else
Chorus:
Why can't you just get it through your head
It's over, it's over now
Yes, you heard me clearly now I said
It's over, it's over now
I'm not really over you
You might say that
I can't take it, I can't take it
Lord, I swear I just can't take it no more
(Go away) go away
(Far away) so far away
It's too late to turn back now
And it don't matter anyhow
'Cause you were right
I'm to blame
Can't go on the same old way
Can't keep up the same old game
(Chorus)
I'm not really over you
You might say that
I can't take it, I can't take it
Lord, I swear I just can't take it no more
(Chorus, repeat and fade with ad-libs from Boz)
Ever since the day I saw your fa-a-ace I've been makin' plans
Seemed kinda absurd when there wasn't much for you
So I put a little word in just for you
Started makin' strategies to get you for myse-e-elf
I love your eyes, your crazy sighs were tantalizing me
Push some pride aside, mm-mm, too bad
I could run and hide, but I'd rather be ha-a-ad
Mostly it's just lonely, only being lonely by myse-e-elf
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do it all begins and ends with
You ou-ou-ou (ou-ou-ou, ou-ou-ou)
He's hearin' voices, seems the choices really are but few-ew
Hey, he makes a break, get out of there-ere
Me act like a fool, stand and stare-are
See the jokers actin' like there's nothin' happenin'
He just ate his cocktail napkin
Summer breezes through the trees as on and on it go-oes
They began to reminise, he walks her home
And then a kiss, the rest is known
And so we leave our hero no longer batting zero
He's in the majors now
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do, it all begins and ends with you-ou, baby
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do it all begins and ends with
You-ou, ou-ou-ou, (ou-ou-ou, ou-ou-ou)
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do, it all begins and ends with you-ou, oh-oh-oh
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
Somebody loan me a dime,
I need to call my old time, used to be.
Somebody loan me a dime,
Mmm, I need to call my old time, used to be.
Oooo, little girl's been gone so long,
You know it's worryin me.
Hey, it's worryin, worryin me.
I know she's a good girl,
But, at that time I just didn't understand.
I know she's a good girl,
But, at that time I just didn't understand.
Oh, you know I didn't.
Somebody loan me a dime,
You know I need, I need a helpin hand.
Somebody.
Yeah, she's a good girl,
But, at that time I just didn't understand.
Oooo, I know she's a good girl,
But, at that time I just could not understand.
Whoa, no.
Somebody better loan me that dime,
To ease my worried mind.
Whoo.
Now, I cried, just cried,
Just like a baby, all night long.
Ooo, you know I cried, just cried,
Just like a baby, all night long.
Whooo, somebody better loan me that dime,
I need my baby, I need my baby here at home.
I have never loved a lady
never touched a silken knee,
Thinkin' maybe you drove me crazy
you were so easy to me
Lay me down in Georgia pine cones
whisper to me through the trees,
You're the one I always dream of
you're the only one I see.
Chorus:
Oh, slow dancer
sweet romancer,
Shine your light on me,
Slow dancer
holds the answer,
Only you can set me free.
Never see your face in the sunlight
moonlight sends you straight to me,
You never even got my name right
you were so easy to me.
Chorus:
Oh, slow dancer
sweet romancer,
Shine your light on me,
Slow dancer
give me the answer,
Only you can set me free.
Skylark
Have you anything to say to me?
Won't you tell me where my love can be?
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone's longing to be kissed?
Skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring
Where my heart can go a-journeying?
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane
And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night?
Wonderful music, faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy
Serenading the moon
Oh Skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there?
And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night?
Wonderful music, faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy
Serenading the moon
Oh Skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there?
Oh Skylark
Darling, let's stop this pretending
What more is there to say?
Here's to your eyes and my final demise
Oh, Simone, it's you
I knew from the start that my easily-touched heart
Was about to go out for a ride
Conquer the room with a touch of perfume
Oh, Simone, it's you
Oh, Simone, my heart is breakin'
Yes, my dear, I think it's goin' fast
Gotta let me know
Gotta let it show, for it to last
Oh, Simone, to hold you
Dance you into the night
And on into the dawn
And on and on and on to make it right
Make it romantic, make it up I don't care
Look up and sigh even if it's a lie
Oh, Simone, what can I do?
What charm could sway me
Then burn and betray me
But thrill me the way that you do
Second to none, so completely undone
Oh, Simone, it's you
Oh, Simone, my heart is breakin'
Yes, my dear, I think it's goin' fast
Gotta let me know
Gotta let it show, for it to last
Oh, Simone, to hold you
Dance you into the night
And on into the dawn
And on and on and on to make it right
It's time they told you, it's about time you knew
Straighten your gown throw a Manhattan down
Yes, Simone, it's true
What do you think, you're foolin' somebody
Do you think that I can't see?
There's no doubt, not a trace
It's all over your face
Oh, Simone, it's me, ooh
Oh, Simone, my heart is breakin'
Yes, my dear, I think it's goin' fast
Gotta let me know
Gotta let it show, for it to last
Oh, Simone, to hold you
Dance you into the night
And on into the dawn
And on and on and on to make it right, oh
Hope they never end this song
This could take us all night long
I looked at the moon and I felt blue
Then I looked again and I saw you
Eyes like fire in the night
Bridges burning with their light
Now I want to spend the whole night through
And Honey, Yes, I'd like to spend it all on you
Love, look what you've done to me
Never thought I'd fall again so easily
Oh, love, you wouldn't lie to me
Leading me to feel this way.....
They might fade and turn to stone
Let's get crazy all alone
Hold me closer than you'd ever dare
Close your eyes and I'll be there
After all is said and done
After all you are the one
Take me up your stairs and through the door
Take me where we don't care anymore.....
Love, look what you've done to me
Never thought I'd fall again so easily
Oh, love, you wouldn't lie to me ...would you
Leading me to feel this way.....
Love, look what you've done to me
Never thought I'd fall again so easily
Oh, love, you wouldn't lie to me
You're out there with friends
Going club to club
I see you almost every night
I watch you dance every every dance
Men lined up left and right
I hear you telling stories
'Bout your habits and your lies
You paint a pretty picture
Deception's quite an art
Just one look in your party face
And I can see a broken heart
I can see a broken heart
You wear your smile
Just a little too tight
Flirt too much with the band
You laugh and sing just a little too loud
Like a woman who's just lost her man
You're act is quite convincing
But loneliness leaves clues
You paint a pretty picture
Deception's quite an art
Just one look in your party face
And I can see a broken heart
I can see a broken heart
I can see a thousand heartaches
Hidden in your spell
And the hurt behind the sad blue eyes
I've been there
I've had my own high times
Yes I've had my falls
I can hear a lot of words
But that picture says it all
You paint a pretty picture
Deception's quite an art
Just one look in your party face
I can see a broken heart
You paint a pretty picture
Deception's quite an art
All I can see in your party face
I can see your broken heart
Ain't nothing but a party babe
Mmmm
You got your men lined up left and right
I hear you telling stories about your happy life
Hey hey hey
Payday (measures and Breaks)
By Credits(Boz Scaggs/David Faich)
Hey you steppin on my head
Why you gotta throw rocks in my bed
Mr. Shoeshine, could you kindly keep it down
Do we really need an Apocalypse right now?
Wheres my sunshine, Sunshine was my friend
She was good to me, right up to the end
Where I left her, well it's hard to tell
Got to call, just a soon as I get well
Come payday
Everybody gets strange
Talking bout my Payday, hey hey
Better get out my way, baby
I don't mind a job, works no big deal
Its just how they treat you, how they make you feel
Ill take my check, you take your mood
Lets just say, whatever man, whatever gets you through
Come payday
Blow those blues away, boy
Talking bout my Payday, hey hey
Don't be waitin up for me
Brothers, Sisters
Tonite we party, tonite were dancin
Hey, were talkin the ultimate smash of a lifetime
This ones on me..
(Solos) ( 8-10 measures)
Sometimes it like a war in here, Face the night alone
But ever since I work up, felt it in my bones
Waiting for that hours all that keeps me clear
There's gonna be some lightnin strike when I get outta here
(quiet bass/guitar/drums) Cause it payday, yall
Better stay out my way
Talking bout some hey day, hey hey
Man it's all comin home
Payday, gonna shake it all down tonite
Lying there beside you in the dark, I could not see
Past the light you had set there for me
Oh, that night had it's meaning and the flame shook your room
From the walls to the beating of my heart
But now you're gone
And I won't worry any more
Yes, now you're gone
And I won't worry any more
Oh, your sighs screamed with loneliness
Your eyes traced broken dreams
And your touch held a warning of goodbye
Oh, many's the times I've reached for you
More's the times I've failed
I'm the reason, I'm the cause of it all
But now you're gone
And I won't worry any more
Now you're gone
And I won't worry any more
Why you begged me?
Must we stay here but to wait a bitter end
Than the silence this dimming light foretells
Why the future? Why the past?
Why this moments cold retreat?
How do I know there's no relief you can bring?
And I was lost, I could not answer
No, I could not shed a tear
To the ghost of a love that could have been
Well, I see them all just coming
And I know that they're all gone
But as you're near I won't worry any more
And now you're gone
And I worry anymore
Yes, you're gone
Never let me go
Love me much too much
If you let me go
Life would lose its touch
What would I be without you
There's no place for me without you
Never let me go
I'd be so lost if you went away
There'd be a thousand hours in the day
Without you I know
Because of one caress
My world was overturned
At the very start
All my bridges burned
By my flaming heart
You'd never leave me would you
You couldn't hurt me could you
Never let me go.. never let me go
Because of one caress
My world was overturned
At the very start
All my bridges burned
By my flaming heart
You'd never leave me would you
You couldn't hurt me could you
(I want to be near you)
I want to hear what you have to say
(As long as I'm near you)
Nothing will seem to pass away
Long as I'm near you
Longing to hear you
Long as I'm near you
I want to believe you
When you say the things you do
And so I believe you
You make it all appear so true
Glad that I found you
It's good to be around you
Good to be near you
When it comes to making time
Little girl, you sure made mine
It's been my day
To make my way to stay
(I want to be near you)
You're my all
You're my everything
(As long as I'm near you)
There's a song in my heart to sing
A song of your laughter
Is all that I'm after
I want to be near you
Love is such a happy song
And when love comes along
It's good to be alive
It's good that you arrived on time
(I want to be near you)
(I want to be near you)
(I want to be near you)
(As long as I'm near you)
(As long as I'm near you)
(As long as I'm near you)
(I want to believe you)
(I want to believe you)
(I want to believe you)
(And so I believe you)
(And so I believe you)
(And so I believe you)
(I want to be near you)
(I want to be near you)
(I want to be near you)
(As long as I'm near you)
(As long as I'm near you)
(As long as I'm near you)
(I want to believe you)
(I want to believe you)
(I want to believe you)
(And so I believe you)
(And so I believe you)
Don't know why I wandered off last night
I was having a good time and feeling all right
Feeling right at home with you
Guess I hadn't had enough though of something
And I just go
Saw some of my old running boys over by the back door
Having a laugh thought I'd say hello been a while
Then one thing leads to another I guess
And anyway I just go
I didn't know till you left word for me
Your concern about where I'd disappeared to
And it never crossed my mind
That I'd worried you or been unkind in doing so
And I'm so so sorry I took off so fast
That you felt abandoned and left out like that
Please understand
You see I just don't pay much mind sometimes..
Sometimes I just go
I need you to know
How I long to do all that you want me to
I'd go anywhere at all any time you call
To comfort you
And I take every word of your advice
I'd make any kind of sacrifice to let you know
But there's this other voice calling me sometimes
Yes, I quite understand
I just might have your man tonight
He'll be lookin' good Hollywood
Everything right on cue
That's a clue
If you're in town and he's around
Well, anything I can do
Maybe I could get him on the line
Yes, I think you'd like him fine
You could spend all his money, honey
He'll want a little
Just a little taste of your love
He'll need a little
Just a little bit of your love
He'll take you uptown, downtown
Up Third Avenue
So if you need a little
I'll be the middle man for you
There's a hot moon tonight
If I feel like jumping I just might
We could grab a pack go back and start
A little thing or two, me and you
I can't resist you know there's
Something I've been dying to do
Maybe we could take in all the sights
We could roll some heavy dice
And we could blow all my money, honey
I want a little
Just a little taste of your love
Not just a little
But every little trace of your love
I'll take you uptown, downtown
Up a lonely avenue
Yes I'm in the middle, smack dab middle
Man for you
I want a little
Just a little taste of your love
Need a little
Just a little taste of your love
I'll take you uptown, downtown
Down a lonely avenue
Oh, I am the middle
Yes, the middle man for you
Yes, I need a little
Just a little taste of your love
Not just a little but every little taste of your love
LOWDOWN
Boz Scaggs
(William Scaggs/David Paich)
Baby's into running around
Hanging with the crowd
Putting your business in the street talking out loud
Saying you bought her this and that
And how much you done spent
I swear she must believe it's all heaven sent
Hey boy you better bring the chick around
To the sad truth the dirty lowdown
(Who I wonder who) taught her how to talk like that
(Who I wonder who) gave her that big idea
Nothing you can't handle nothing you ain't got
Put the money on the table and drive it off the lot
Turn on that ole lovelight and turn a maybe to a yes
Same old schoolboy game got you into this mess
Hey son better get back to town
Face the sad old truth the dirty lowdown
(Who I wonder who) put those ideas in your head
(Who I wonder who) yeah
Come on back down little son
Dig the low low low low lowdown
You ain't got to be so bad got to be so cold
This dog eat dog existence sure is getting old
Got to have a Jones for this Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
You gonna come back around
To the sad sad truth the dirty lowdown
(Who I wonder who) got you thinking like that boy
(Who I wonder who)
(Who I wonder who said who I wonder who)
Oh look out for that lowdown
That dirty dirty dirty dirty lowdown
(Who I wonder who ohh ohh)
Looking back over my years
I guess I've shed some tears
Told myself time and again
This time I'm gonna win
But another fight things ain't right
And I'm losing again
Takes a fool to lose twice
And start all over again
Think I'd better let it go
Cause it looks like another love TKO..oh yeah
Said I'd better let it go
Because it looks like another love TKO..mmmm
I tried to take control of my love
Love took control of me
See you lose all thought and sense of time
You have a change of mind
Takin' the bumps and the bruises
And all the things of a two-time loser
See I try to hold on but my faith is gone
It's another sad song
So I'd better let it go
Cause it looks like another love TKO.. mmmm
Said I'd better let it go.. na..na na na
Cause it looks like another love TKO.. mmmm
You got me going in circles.. aha
Can't get my feet back on the ground.. oh..oh
I tried to take control of my love
Love took control of me
See you lose all thought all sense of time
You get a change of mind
Takin the bumps and the bruises
And all the things of a two-time loser
And I try to hold on but my faith has gone
It's another sad song
Said I'd better let it go now
Cause it looks like another love TKO.. mmmmm
Better let it go
Because it looks like another love TKO.. mmmmm
Let it go... TKO
Mmmmm....yeah....
Got to let it go now
You say that you'll love me anyway
But I know it's not in your eyes
You say you can take it night and day
But I know it's an alibi
Deja, where did we go wrong?
You said that you'd be mine '˜til the end of time
Love me tomorrow, love me tomorrow
Love me tomorrow, love me tomorrow
I say it's a sad sort of play
When you never let in my lines
You say that I'm better off this way
But I know it's all in your mind
Deja, where did we go wrong?
You said that you'd be mine 'til the end of time
Love me tomorrow, love me tomorrow
Forget all your sorrow, love me tomorrow
Deja, where did we go wrong?
You said that you'd be mine '˜til the end of time
Love me tomorrow, love me tomorrow
Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write
I memorize every line
And I kiss the name that you sign
And darling then
I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart
I memorize every line
And I kiss the name that you sign
And darling then
I read again right from the start
Another day another mountain
Who's to say they never move
Cause we moved one after another
Till there was nothing left to prove
Then we turned around and tossed it
After all that we'd been through
When I look at what it cost us
I guess it's time I faced the truth
Maybe I lost it
When I lost you
Maybe I lost it
When I lost you
The night we climbed above the ruins
The gypsies sang those ancient Spanish blues
I saw a man awake but still dreaming
I saw myself in love with you
I walk around I think about it
And all the things that we went through
To tell you the truth
Maybe I lost it
When I lost you
Maybe I lost it.. yeah lost it
When I lost you
I walk around I think about it
And all the things that we went through
The more I think about it
It wasn't you.. that I lost
No no
Was it the dream or just the notion
Well I lost it.. when I lost you
I had it.. maybe I lost it
Yeah lost it.. when I lost you
I had it in the palm of my hand
And baby I lost it
I lost it.. when I lost you
I had it.. had it.. had it
Whoah I had it yeah
And I lost you
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
I lost it
Go ahead and ask me
You know that I don't lie
But I've found another woman who's caught my eye
I wasn't lookin' for someone new
But then you weren't around when I needed you
So look what I've got to come home to
She don't mistreat me like you used to do
Just look what I've got to come home to
If you treated me right I'd be comin' home to you
You never did nothin' to make me stay
Now you wanna know why you throw'd me away
I'll give you a reason it's easy to see
When I was around you didn't have time for me
Look what I've got to come home to
She don't mistreat me like you used to do
Just look what I've got to come home to
If you treated me right I'd be comin' home to you
Yeah look what I've got
Take a look what I've got
Look what I've got to come home to
It's too late now for you and me
To be the same as we used to be
You've had your chance we've tried to make it again
But now you walked out and she's walked in
So look what I've got to come home to
You never loved me like this little girl tries to do
Look what I've got to come home to
If you treated me right I'd be comin' home to you
Hey look what I've got
Look what I've got
Take a look what I've got
Look what I've got
Take a look what I've got myself
Look what I've got
Take a look at myself
Take a look at me
Take a look at myself
Lido missed the boat
That day he left the shack
But that was all he missed
And he ain't comin' back
At a Tombstone bar
In a juke-joint car he made a stop
Just long enough
To grab a handle off the top
Next stop Chi-town, Lido put the money down, let her roll
He said, "One more job oughta get it
One last shot 'fore we quit it
One for the road"
Lido, whoa oh, oh, oh
He's for the money, he's for the show
Lido's a waitin' for the go
Lido, whoa oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
He said, "One more job oughta get it
One last shot 'fore we quit it
One more for the road"
Lido be runnin',
Havin' great big fun 'til he got the note
Sayin', 'Toe the line or blow'
And that was all she wrote
He be makin' like a beeline
Headin' for the borderline, goin' for broke
Sayin', "One more hit oughta do it
This joint, ain't nothin' to it
One more for the road"
Lido, whoa oh, oh, oh
He's for the money, he's for the show
Lido's a waitin' for the go
Lido, whoa oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
One more job oughta get it
One last shot, and we quit it
One more for the road
Lido, whoa oh, oh, oh
He's for the money, he's for the show
Lido's a waitin' for the go
About a million stars in that desert sky
So high and lonesome it can make you want to cry
Or drive your young blood wild
And a burning glow above that northern ridge
Three day ride will get you straight down to old Juarez
A fool's El Dorado
He got a taste for Mescal and sweet perfume
Didn't take long to get him in the back room
All of sixteen and first taste of the border
There's a pile of bones out on the desert floor
All that's left of el Conquistador.. the conqueror
Well I rode that beast down into the ground
Through every draw and every border town
That devil carried me
You watch a few go down to the fire or the rope
You leave little to chance and nothing to hope
An old 24 and nothing could hold me down
(Ain't gonna ride no more)
Ain't gonna ride no more
Well you cross it once you're gonna cross it again
Something keeps you coming back to that shadowland
And so I did for the mysteries
To hear that old soul stirrer slamming through the
night
Tombstone train cuts its own daylight
Ain't gonna ride no more
Though my leathers worn and my cuffs in tatters
My hearts on straight and that's all that matters
If I lose a few moves it aint no loss
Cause there's only one border left for me to cross
(Ain't gonna ride no more)
I'll take my sweet time on that one
Aint gonna ride no more
(Ain't gonna ride no more)
Oh I aint gonna ride no more
They call me King Of El Paso and my advice
Learn that road between here and paradise
(Ain't gonna ride no more)
Ain't gonna ride no more
Take what you need
Just leave me a key and go
I'm all out of answers
Except where I don't know
This hanging around
Is dragging us down you know
Everything changes
I guess we let it go
Take care of yourself
You'll learn to live again
Wary but wiser in the end
Perhaps.... oh well
Just go
I'm all out of answers
But yes... the answers no
Ooooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Ooooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Here comes old chaos
Now there's a friend
And he'll have us laughing in the end
But crying now
Just Go
Everything changes
Dawn came sneaking like a skinny snake
The harder they go the harder I ache
Get so high, got so low
Somebody tell me 'bout this debt I owe
West side bomber looked like a comer
Looked like I'll be back at school
Put two on the nose and look how she goes
Little trained squeeze look like a fool, rock on, time was gone
And I'm gone, stone gone
Said you can forget about me
And I'm gone, stone gone
Working girls just trying to get ahead
Somebody's bound to end up dead
And honey you better stop coming down on me
On me, stop, jump street
Sally comes creeping at the break of dawn
Can't figure out whose side I'm on
Moma comes back like a ringing a bell
Knows a good thing and she knows it well
Enough left alone, wish your mama had kept you at home
Wish your mama had kept the evidence
Worrying about the Feds has crucified me for dead
She wish I was dead, well, I wish I was dead
But I'm gone, stone gone
Strong as I can be
I'm gone, stone gone
Don't look much like a Saturday night
Honey don't look for those flashing lights
But baby you'd better stop coming down on me
Stop coming down, I don't need it
Stop coming down on me, oww, jump street
And I'm gone, stone gone
You can forget about me, yeah
I'm gone, stone gone, so long
Working girls just trying to get ahead
Somebody's bound to end up dead
Honey, you better stop coming down on me
Stop your coming down, stop coming down on me, yeah
Stop coming down on me, look out funk
Jump street, I've been down this way
You been a fool again
Jump street don't make a fool
Rag time girls can never touch the spot
Look out behind you
JoJo's brought his gun
He wouldn't mean to but
you know he likes his fun
(chorus)
JoJo digs those spinning lights
way out games and dizzy heights
below him
JoJo digs those Broadway nights
flashy lines, you know him
He got you covered
you'll know it right out front
Hey fifty dollars
he'll get you what you want
(chorus)
Ever so rarely
that man in a million's born
Gentle and soft
but who'd just as soon off you
for looking the wrong way as not
(JoJo) Go, Jo
(instrumental)
His baby stays high
he's got to keep her sweet
He keep her just right
keeps her on the street
(chorus 2x)
Jo Jo
All he can do
Is turn the other way
Although he'd love to love you
Your eyes deceive
Your lovers leave
And you go crawling again
Into your shadows and then
Run away
Why don't you just run off
And hide once again
In your damned illusion
Nights so sweet
The perfume beats
Into your veins and then
It's all insane again
Feelings burn
The blues return
Those lips are calling
And you go falling and falling and falling
Run away
Why don't you just run off
And hide once again
In your damned illusion.. yeah
Run away
Why don't you just run off
and hide once again
In your damned illusion
You can run off baby but you know that
You just can't hide no more
From your lowdown ways
Can't get away from your damned illusions
Ooh aint it hard babe just to get through the night
When you can't see the light for your damned illusion
You can run off babe
Once again your fooling around
In your damned illusion.. yeah.. yeah
Once again you will fall into you damned illusion
10. *Follow That Man
(Boz Scaggs)
You take one part Buddha
And two parts cat
Run them through your computer
And that's where he's at
Some say he's ruthless
And some say he's a saint
They tell you he's innocent
I tell you he aint
I hear him think
I follow his flight
I'd know that footstep
In the darkest of nights
I follow that man
He's a creature of stealth
Don't run with the mob
Won't stop at nothing
Till he finishes the job
I hear him out there laughing
When he knows I'm closing in
I feel the desperation
Of the fool within
He's like your shadow
You can stop it dead
But when you go to take him
He's a step ahead
I follow that man
[I follow from a distance
As he appears
Between the darkness and the light
Meeted curtains part
He takes a drink
He takes a smoke
Takes a paper
He takes me along for the ride
I snatch his bag
We go deeper
Into the quarter
Through a rain slaked dampness into an alley
The smell of garbage and perfume
Brick by brick
His woman meets me
But it doesn't matter
Anyway, whose chasing who
I'm just holding the bag]
I hear him out there laughing
When he knows I'm closing in
I feel the desperation
I hear him think
I follow his flight
I'd know that footstep
In the darkest of nights
I follow that man
I follow that man
I watch him smoke
I watch him drink
I follow that man
I don't need no fortune
I'll tell you the reason why
I've got more than anything
Money can buy
I've got your love love love
That's more than anything
Money can buy
Cause money can't buy that kind of love no
I was lost
I was drifting
That I won't deny
Till you gave your heart to me
Said let's give love a try
I've got your love love love
Here to hold me
Against the tide
Against the tide
You know a man sworn to nothing
Can make you wanna cry
I came to my senses
Baby dry your eyes
I've got your love love love
That's more than anything
Any old anything
Mmmmm
I was lost
I was drifting
That I won't deny
Till you gave your heart to me
Saying let's give love a try
I've got your love love love
Here to hold me
Against the tide
Against the tide
Against the tide
Got love
Got love more than anything
Hey hey hey hey
Money can buy
So you've got my number
So you've pinned me down
Yes you've grasped my meaning
And you've been around
Well I'm easy
Hey I'm simple like a fool
Yes I'm easy baby
Yeah yeah... yeah yeah yeah
Here we go
I'll take it slow I'll ask for more
Leave you with no doubt
That what you feel hey hey it's for real
What it's all about
Cos I'm easy
Hey I'm simple like a fool
Yes I'm easy baby
Hey hey hey hey hey hey... yeah
Get it, get it, get it, yeah
Hey, yeah
Cos I'm easy yeah
I'm simple like a fool, oh yes I am
Yes I'm easy baby
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey yeah
Here we go look out
ABC Q XYZ easy like 123
Yes little girl it don't mean nothin'
'Cept what you mean to me
Cos I'm easy baby ...whew
Simple like a fool...whoa yeah
I'm plain as can be
It's easy to see that I'm easy yeah
Hey hey hey yeah....yeah yeah
Well I'm easy baby
Hey I'm simple
Yes I'm simple
I'm so easy baby
Understand
You gotta understand
Take it easy baby
Have a little mercy
Have a little mercy baby...
Understand
Tired of seeing some play thing acting like a toy
Tired of watching some fool trying to be your boy
And I don't like being the one seeing you in tears
Standing in the shadows staring out at love again
But I'll be the one
I'm the one reminding you that you've got a choice
I'm the one to let you know that I hear your voice
Time and again I catch you smiling from within
But standing empty hearted standing in the wings again
I'll be the one
Now I can't be the one to catch you everytime you fall
I ain't the one to answer everytime you call
But maybe I'm gonna to be the one
I'll be long gone
By the time you make up your mind
Gotta make my own way
Around the kinda misery I find
I'll send you my best
Of regards and the rest
I'll leave up to your own sense of time
Yes I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I've made up my mind... to make my life shine
I'll be high flyin'
By the time you come round to me
Todays a new day
Different from tomorrow you'll see
Good luck with your path
But it wasn't built to last
Or we might take it differently
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I've made up my mind... to make my life shine
Good luck with your path
But it wasn't built to last
Or we might take it differently
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I've made up my mind
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I'm gonna get up and make my life shine
I wish I knew
Someone like you could love me
I wish I knew
You place no one above me
Did I mistake this
For a real romance?
I wish I knew
But only you can answer
If you don't care
Why let me hope and pray so?
Don't lead me on
If I'm a fool, just say so
Should I keep dreaming on
Or just forget you?
What shall I do?
I wish I knew
I wish I knew
Someone like you could love me
I wish I knew
You place no one above me
Did I mistake this
For a real romance?
I wish I knew
But only you can answer
If you don't care
Why let me hope and pray so?
Don't lead me on
If I'm a fool just say so
Should I keep dreaming on
Or just forget you?
What shall I do?
I wish I knew
I wish I knew
Someone like you could love me
I wish I knew
What shall I do?
I wish I knew
I should care
I should go around weeping
I should care
I should go without sleeping
Strangely enough I sleep well
'cept for a dream or two
But then I count my sheep well
Funny how sheep can lull you to sleep
So I should care
I should let it upset me
I should care
But it just doesn't get me
Maybe I won't find someone
As lovely as you
But I should care
And I do
So I should care
I should let it upset me
I should care
But it just doesn't get me
Maybe I won't find someone
As lovely as you
But I should care
The way you read the crowd, the way you make them pay
You stepped in and did the scene a whole new way
No one would resist you now and even if they could
Hollywood just never had it quite this good
I see your name in lights, I see them standing in line
They send the cards and the wine
Broadway here she comes
You should be a natural
Camera, action, do it again
(Ooh, anyway I gotta do it)
What a reaction, do it again
(Yeah, gonna make you a star)
Camera, action, do it again
(Ooh, anyway I gotta do it)
What a reaction, do it again
(To get you this part)
No one had to tell you what your smile was for
You sure there's not an uncle name of Barrymore
Now she did this and she did that you are the latest talk
Now there lining up for you around the block
Throwing roses and Holy Moses
Even the Times say
Sparks fell from the skies
That gets you immortalized
Camera, action, do it again
(Oh, anyway I gotta do it)
What a reaction, do it again
(Yeah, I'm gonna make you a star)
Camera, action, do it again
Ooh, anyway I gotta do it)
What a reaction, do it again
(To get you this part)
They gave you 5 stars, they're sending big cars
And Sunset Boulevard will never be the same
You give it a brand new name
Camera, action, do it again
(Ooh, anyway I gotta do it)
What a reaction, do it again
(Yeah, I'm gonna make you a star)
Camera, action, do it again
(Ooh, anyway I gotta do it)
What a reaction, do it again
(To get you this part)
Camera, action, do it again
(Ooh, anyway I gotta do it)
What a reaction, do it again
(To get you this part)
Camera, action, do it again
What a reaction, do it again
Camera, action, do it again
What a reaction, do it again
Camera, action, do it again
Cause of fear is fear itself
Check out your own back yard
Before you check out someone else
Railroad tracks in my neighborhood
Ain't no trains around, that boy just ain't no good
Wanna know what's going down
And the pimp on the corner
Looks like the sharpest cat in town
Jungle rule, can't be no fool
Might get caught by the hook or the crook
Hot time for cool (hot time for cool)
Look out Jake what you say
What you carrying brother
I hope you're clean cause the man is mean
Don't have another brother
We all know the answer will come out in time
I might even carry some of your load along with mine
Thank you ma'am, mister please
But I must be Hercules (must be Hercules)
Must be Hercules (must be Hercules)
Like a bird on the wing
I just wanna be free enough to do my thing
I can feel the pressure on every side
If you not gonna help, don't hurt, just pass me by
Hercules (Hercules)
Must be must be Hercules (must be must be Hercules)
Jungle rules, can't be no fool
The devil is on the loose, no cool
Got your feet in the sand
Got to be down with the cats around
And you still gotta face that man
Talk about me if you please
Must be Hercules (must be Hercules)
Must be Hercules (must be Hercules)
Pitching rocks catching stones
Living, How can I survive, what's going on
Beg, steal, borrow
Somehow I've gotta make it 'til tomorrow
Just like Hercules (just like Hercules)
Thank you ma'am, mister please
Must be Hercules (must be Hercules)
Must be Hercules (must be Hercules)
Talk about me
HEART OF MINE
Boz Scaggs
ONE DAY YOU MAY FIND TRUE LOVE THAT WILL LAST FOREVER AND EVER
TILL THEN YOU'LL SPEND A LIFETIME WISHING ONE TOGETHER
YOU NEVER THOUGHT SHE'D SAY GOODBYE
AND YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY
HEART OF MINE
HOW WILL YOU KEEP FROM DYING
STOP REMINISCING WHO IS SHE KISSING?
HEART OF MINE
OH WHAT'S THE USE IN TRYING
NO ONE CAN MEND YOU NOW
LOVE PLAYS CRUEL GAMES
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S FOUND ANOTHER LOVER
"DOES SHE MISS ME?"
SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER
NO, YOU CAN'T HOLD THE HANDS OF TIME
AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE ONE SHE LEFT BEHIND
HEART OF MINE
ETC.....
I am down in the sea of confusion
With the waves of no recovery
Swept away by a distant voice calling
Ain't no use in trying to rescue me
I am falling back into your spell
Back into your cell of no return
No way to rescue me
I still see you reaching out
To take your hold on me
Through a crack in the moon
I believe you
But I know this time
There ain't no use
I am falling (I am falling)
Back into your spell
Back into your cell of no return
No way to rescue me
Falling (falling)
Back into your spell
Back into your cell of no return
No way to rescue me
I am falling (I am falling)
Back into your spell
Back into your cell of no return
No way to rescue me
(Falling) back into your spell
Back into your cell of no return
No way to rescue me
Son of a Tokyo Rose
I was bound to wander from home
Stranger to whatever I would awaken to
Spun the wheel
Took a shot in the dark
One way ticket and a run-away heart
Sailor's dream came true the night I dreamed you.
Through the neon doorways
Down the stony streets I fell
All hands high side all eyes are red
I follow
Sailing shadows reds & blues
Curtains drawn but I saw through
The window to your soul and I found you.
Refrain: Whoa oh,oh, oh, the Harbor Lights of Venus
shinin' through the breeze
That brings me back
To you my love, to you my love, to you my love.....
My eyes must be betrayin'
Let that lonesome jukebox playin'
Something 'bout the Harbor Lights is callin' me
Back to some Jamaican Bay
Doesn't seem so far away
Keep the change but I'll repay these memories.
Dawn came in this mornin'
like some old junked out melody
The words she spoke and we awoke still haunt me
What you feel too
Won't reveal you
Let me steal you from my life.
of Venus a shinin' through the breeze
That takes me back
Goodnight Louise
It's lights out for me
It was hot for a minute
We were right down there in it
But hey Lou c'est la vie
Sweet romance
One last dance
I should be moving on
But they're playing our song
I might Louise I just might
What's in a moon one lonely night
What's in a heart that is true
Some would say that means everything
Don't mean a thing without you
So flies love
And stars up above
You were first but not the last
You're the queen of my past
Goodnight Louise.. goodnight
You were first
But not the last
You're the queen of my past
Goodnight.. Louise.. Goodnight
You take one part Buddha
And two parts cat
Run them through your computer
And that's where he's at
Some say he's ruthless
And some say he's a saint
They tell you he's innocent
I tell you he aint
I hear him think
I follow his flight
I'd know that footstep
In the darkest of nights
I follow that man
He's a creature of stealth
Don't run with the mob
Won't stop at nothing
Till he finishes the job
I hear him out there laughing
When he knows I'm closing in
I feel the desperation
Of the fool within
He's like your shadow
You can stop it dead
But when you go to take him
He's a step ahead
I follow that man
[I follow from a distance
As he appears
Between the darkness and the light
Meeted curtains part
He takes a drink
He takes a smoke
Takes a paper
He takes me along for the ride
I snatch his bag
We go deeper
Into the quarter
Through a rain slaked dampness into an alley
The smell of garbage and perfume
Brick by brick
His woman meets me
But it doesn't matter
Anyway, whose chasing who
I'm just holding the bag]
I hear him out there laughing
When he knows I'm closing in
I feel the desperation
I hear him think
I follow his flight
I'd know that footstep
In the darkest of nights
I follow that man
I follow that man
I watch him smoke
I watch him drink
I follow that man
There was a howl that night
A howling like they'd never heard before
A cry so loud old granddad almost hit the door
He said, "I love this child as much as any one that she ever bore,
But I thank the Lord we won't be having any more."
Then the baby heard the sweetest sound he'd ever heard
In tones so beautiful he hung on every word
She sang, "Hush, my love, granny's little dove is going to take to the sky."
It was on such a night he learned to fly like a bird.
Now the years have passed and memories come and go
He hears that voice that rocked him gently so
A calm will descend and there's peace at the end of the darkest night
Sometimes I cry, sometimes I fly like a bird.
Now the years have passed and memories come and go
He hears that voice that rocked him gently so
Well, the rain's gonna fall and the winds may blow on the darkest night
Sometimes I cry, sometimes I fly like a bird.
A calm will descend and there's peace at the end of the darkest night
Finding her there in my doorway, I bid her
Come in and sit down here beside my bare wall
Alright then for a while and even a smile
'Neath her dark eyes did slip 'cross a cheek to her lip
But try to be brief for I'm here on relief
I've but moments to stay and my time I must watch
Alright then for a moment just tell me your name
And let me look into your young proud eyes
My eyes are but your sins
My glory your wine
My visions, your footsteps
I see your breath
Your words in frozen space tonight
I hear a distant bell and you appear
Like some ancient one I'd never really seen
There's a light falling from your hair
A photograph I thought I'd lost somewhere
You're all of this to me my dream
And a universe of you I've never seen
And now it seems not long ago
I was emptiness and you arose
And as the day fades to night
May we ever love fade into light
I feel the stillness of your eyes
And shadows fall away
The promise of a spring is waiting there
Underneath it all
Underneath it all
The sky is crying heavens raining tears
The flood of sorrow runs a million years
But across this universe or just next to me
You are calling
And now it seems not long ago
I was emptiness and you arose
And as the day fades to night
May we ever love fade into light
And as the day fades to night
When a girl reach the age of eighteen
She begin to think she's grown
And that's the kind of girl
You can't never find at home
Come see me early in the morning
Baby 'bout the break of day
You oughta saw me hug my pillow
Where my baby used to lay
One drink of wine two drinks of gin
Pretty young girl got me in the state I'm in
Come see me early in the morning
Baby 'bout the break of day
Lord you oughta saw me hug my pillow
Where my baby used to lay
Passed by the juke joint
Peeked through the door
She was doing the boogie woogie
In the middle of the floor
Come see me early in the morning
Baby 'bout the break of day
Lord you oughta saw me hug my pillow
Where my baby used to lay
I've been out here so very long
Lost all of my direction
Baby when you came my way
Thought I'd found protection
But a strong wind came into my life
Took me.. took me by surprise
I can't seem to control these tears
Falling from my eyes
Going down one time
Going down two times
Now I'm drowning
Drowning in the sea of love
Baby I depended on you
For our love navigation
Now you've gone and deserted me
Can't you feel my desperation
I'm in the middle of a love storm
Miles from the shore
I look around and all I can see
Is water coming over me
One time
Going down two times
Now I'm drowning
Drowning in the sea of love
Listen to me now
I'm in the middle of a love storm
Miles from the shore
I look around and all I can see
Is water coming over me
Been one time
I've been down two times
Right now I'm drowning
Drowning in the sea of love
Going down one time
I've been down two times
Right now I'm worrying
Hey hey
The sea of love
Listen to the man
There it goes one time
Going down two times y'all
Can't you see the man drowning
Can you see his desperation
Drowning.. drowning.. hey hey
Can't you see the drowning man
Drowning right there on dry land
Getting kind of worried
Down in the sea of love
Hey down one time
Been down two times
Yes I'm drowning
She bathes herself
In sweet perfume
She helps herself
To all the room she can muster
She's a flustered thing
Oh my, my,, my...
She's my baby
She's my baby, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
She wears her rouge
Like a summer day
She wears her perfume
Oh, what a way, yeah
She's a flustered thing
Oh my, my, my...
She's my baby
She's my baby
Yeah yeah yeah
She wears her rouge
Like a summer day, yeah
She wears her perfume
But it all goes away, yeah
I feel sorry
She could go so far
Through her weird desire
She's got everything
And what's in-between
She's my baby
She's my baby, yeah yeah yeah
Ask me who was the first man
To make a fire in the night
I don't know
Oh Lord I don't know
Ask me who thought of using
A candle for a light
I don't know
Oh Lord I don't know
But ask me how does a man feel
When he's got the blues
And I'd say
Misused abused down-hearted and blue
Know the reason I know this
Is cause the blues is all I was left with
Ask me why does a man
Have to reach beyond his need
I don't know
Lord have mercy I don't know
And ask me why does a tree
Have to shed its leaves
I don't know
Lord have mercy I don't know
Ask me how does a man feel
When he's got the blues
And I'd say
Misused abused down-hearted and blue
Know the reason I know this
Is cause the blues is all I was left with
Oh I could tell you how it feels
When you got a dirty deal
I could even tell you how it hurts
When you been stepped on
And treated just like dirt
Ask me why do all good things
Have to come to an end
I don't know
Lord have mercy I don't know
You see
Ask me nothin but about the blues
The blues is all that I was left with
Oh I could tell you how it feels
When you got a dirty deal
Tell you how it hurts
When you been stepped on and stepped on
And stepped on and treated just like dirt
Ask me nothin but about the blues
Another day another letter
Would bring me closer to your side
Another walk along the river
Another need be satisfied
Unto another you bring this trust
And with each footstep a doubt you remove
And it will follow as follow it must
No love is pretended no love need you prove
And once again you will try to replace
All the love we have lost
None of the worries we'll live for the call
Of our hearts made of iron or of stone
Into another's arms you trust
And with each footstep a doubt you remove
And it will follow as follow it must
No love is pretended no love need you prove
Another day another letter
Angel you set em up right
You make love like no tomorrow
Make it like you mean to know
Baby its true you walk a high wire
Lovin it heaven knows
Honey and it really shows
How about Saturday
(How about tomorrow)
We could make it tomorrow
(I need to know)
Well alright
Angel you light up the night
Making it beg or borrow
Ever think of turnin pro
Honey its true its got to be love
Love like no tomorrow
I love you cause you need it more
How about Saturday
(How about tomorrow)
We could make it tomorrow
(I need to know)
Yes well we could make it..
Right now.. right now.. right now
(I need you so)
How about Saturday
(How about tomorrow)
Alight alright alright tomorrow
(I need to know)
Well alright
We could make it..
After all the ups and downs
All the dues are done
I want you to meet me after hours
And we'll make a little run
I want you to meet me, baby, after the lights go down low
I want you to meet me after hours, then we'll take it nice and slow.
Now, don't you go out lookin'
No tellin' what you find
It's a jungle out there, baby
But just take it off your mind
I want you to meet me later, after the lights go down low
I want you to meet me after hours, and leave the crazies at the door.
You know it's been a long time
Since you came around this way
And you look like all the pennies
I've been savin' for a rainy day
Would be awful nice to see you, baby, after the lights go down low
I know what you're doing
I hear what you're saying
So who do you think you're fooling
You remember me hey
I hear you call out in the night
I keep your secrets well
I hold your vision from the sight
Of anybody else
(Won't you stop your fooling)
Cause you know and I know
We're talking to ourselves
We might as well go on as though
There ain't nobody else
There is no one else
If you need a clue
The secret to me
Is you
No matter what you think
You're still just dreaming
No matter where you go
You're still right there
No matter what becomes of all your scheming
I can watch it vanish in the air
Cause you know and I know
We're talking to ourselves
We might as well go on as though
There ain't nobody else
There is no one else
If you need a clue
The secret to me
Is you
No matter what you think
You're still just dreaming
No matter where you go
You're still right there
No matter what becomes of all your scheming
It's like 1993
And it's weird as hell to me
Before they send me out
They'll have to alter
Alter me
I've done it lots before
But I don't need to ride no more
This spoof reality
Is just like outer space to me
I told you
Don't be buying no more rides
Till you got this ticket
You ain't been alive
Oooh it's awful
I did not think I would survive
Got off so fast
Had to kiss my past goodbye
It's like 1993
And it's weird as hell to me
Before they send me out
They'll have to alter
Alter me
I've done it lots before
But I don't need to ride no more
This spoof reality
Is just like outer space to me
See you waiting in line there
Till they lead you to the gate
When the nurse arrives
The crowd can hardly wait
Then you blast off crash and it's over
And if you do not survive
Your body's there
But your head does not arrive
It's like 1993
And it's weird as hell to me
Before they send me out
They'll have to alter
Alter me
I've done it lots before
But I don't need to ride no more
This spoof reality
They say into your early life romance came
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day and died away
Then with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you, somehow, I see you now
Smoking, drinking
Never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want, no
Sophisticated lady, I know
You miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh, you cry
Smoking, drinking
Never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant
Diamonds shining, dancing, dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want?
No, sophisticated lady, I know
You miss the love you lost long ago
Echoes across the frozen lake
The stillness' still much more than I can take
I hear the final hours chime
And wonder if this note will arrive in time
Stop! Right where you begin
We might as well give in
'Cause we're tumblin' anyway
Whoa, start, right where it should end
But start again like friends
Let our hearts refine the way
May you, you and I
Never be undone
May you, you and I
Be a perfect one
Find that face within a crowd
And watch it slip away behind a cloud
Funny how a smile can stray
And end up half a universe away
Stop! Right where you begin
You might as well give in
'Cause we're tumblin' anyway
Whoa, start, right where it should end
But start again like friends
Let our hearts refine the way
May you, you and I
Never be undone
May you, you and I
Be a perfect one
May you, you and I
Taxis lights pull out of sight
Around the lane and into the night
Goodbye this time may be the last
Might have to cry might have to lie
Might have to die a little
Evening song didn't last long
Dreamed I was right sussed I was wrong
So I make my way through an empty day
Might have to cry might have to lie
Might have to die a little... this time
Never believed she would leave
I forgot about last time
When she walked out this morning
I went out of my mind
I'll try to smile
Pretend it never happened
Leave 'em slow but leave 'em laughing
I'll try to fight down to the last
Might have to cry might have to lie
Might have to die a little... this time
Some people live and learn
Never was lucky that way
Wanted so hard to believe her
But other rains will come
And wash it all away
Other loves will come and go
You must believe me when I say
Didn't want it that way
I'll try to smile
Pretend it never happened
Leave 'em slow but leave 'em laughing
Goodbye this time may be the last
Might have to cry
Might have to lie
Might have to die a little
Might have to cry
Did you ever have to lie
Did you ever have to die a little
Whoa whoa did you ever have to cry
You know you have to lie
You know you gotta die just a little... a little
You know you have to die whoa you gotta cry
I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Couldn't sleep and wouldn't sleep
Till love came and told me I shouldn't sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Lost my heart but what of it
She is cold, I agree
She can laugh and I love it
Although the laugh's on me
I'll sing to her, each spring to her
And long for the day I can cling to her
Hoverin' by my suitcase
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
A heavy rain is falling
Seems I hear your voice calling, it's all right
A rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
Seems its raining all over the world
Feels like its raining all over the world
Neon lights are flashing
Taxicabs and buses passing, through the night
The distant moaning of a train
Seems to play a sad ain, tonight
On a rainy night in Georgia
Feels like it's raining all over the world
Seems its raining all over the world
How many times I wonder
But it still comes out the same
No matter how you think of it, or look at it
Its life and you just got to play the game
Find my place in the boxcar
So I take my guitar, to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest, and I feel fine
On this rainy night in Georgia
Seems like its raining all over the world
Feel like its raining all over the world
On a rainy night in Georgia
Seems its raining all over the world
All over my world
I've got a little girl And when she holds me in her arms its out of this world She helps keep that world She's gotten me cryin' a valley of tears You know who they are, because you know how I feel You got me cryin', oh yeah, you know who you/they are
Now now you know darling, that you thrill me so I'm telling you honey, you don't have to go You gotten me cryin' a valley of tears You know who they, are because you know how I feel You gotten me cryin', oh yeah, all the way home
She's an all-night all-night rental
She's a rental Oriental
Suki-Lee
Oh her eyes yes her eyes
You better pass her by yes
Suki-Lee
Each night she crosses
Different borders mmmm
Each night she's someone's refugee
You'll pay the price
If you do it once yeah
Why not do it twice yeah yeah
She only works while the parrot's squawking
In the light of the TV talking
Suki-Lee
She undresses in the light of the TV
In the light of the TV squawking
Suki-Lee
She hears the preachers
Quoting from Solomon's psalms
She hears the news of terrorist bombs
You'll pay yes you'll pay the price
If you do it once yeah
Go on do it twice
Cracks in the mirror
Bombs in the moonlight
Those whims of vice
Just how much terror
Can one kiss entice
You will pay the price
If you do it once yeah
Why not do it twice
Sweet whims of vice
Just how much terror
Are there directions to these things Is this my life or just some scheme
There's a message by the phone I knew somehow you'd be there
But if I get that busy tone It's just like being nowhere And I go falling again
Right out of my head You keep coming true to me Right out of my head I knew that you'd come through for me
Games of the heart are played by fools But baby your heart don't know no rules
Well I get the picture I get it through your laughter
And I get the feeling You know just what you're after You do it again and again and again and again
Right out of my head You keep coming true to me Right out of my head I knew that you'd come through for me
Right out of my head I've got to have you near to me Right out of my head It's never been so clear to me
Sometimes one gets the notion He's living out his own fantasy Now I've got the notion That it's you and me
Come on baby lets go outside I think we're going for a very long long long ride
I'm burning in the night Racing through the fine lines
Through the fires light I know that you'll be waiting I'm falling again and again and again and again and again
Right out of my head You keep coming true to me Right out of my head I knew that you'd come through for me
Eyes Eyes chasing eyes There you were taking your chances With daredevil glances in the night Stunned by the moon Drawn by the flame Caught in the act Of love's oldest game
And warm Suddenly warm I felt the heat of the night The rhythm of light across your face Kissed by the wind Won by your hand Two shot the moon So it began Yes
That was the night of Van Gogh The dazzling dancer of promise I left the clouds far below To return once again To the lips of delicious madness As you came To me
Love Unended love Yours is the nature of giving The true art of living on the line You are with me my dear More than you know I touch your lips You touch my soul Yes
This is the night of Van Gogh The dance through the cosmos he promised me I leave the clouds far below To return once again To those lips of delicious madness You smile as you come To me
There you were taking your chances
When the moon comes up the sun goes down Rita starts her creeping around Flame in her blood fire on her breath Fourteen names carved on her chest She gotta rose tattooed on her thigh Dead men raise and sigh It drives my young blood wild
My baby's got the Cadillac walk The Cadillac walk She's got the Cadillac walk Cadillac walk
When Rita turns down her bed Grown men plead and beg Baby honey baby you're the one Carve your name right on my gun Oooh Ain't she something nice Bones rattle my dice Ooh
My baby's got the Cadillac walk The Cadillac walk She's got the Cadillac walk The cadillac walk
Lonely late at night honey hear my call She said "boy I'm gonna make you crawl" Rita pound by pound Knows how to work it on down Weep and moan to and fro Leave your heart she'll steal your soul No matter what the cost Them dual exhausts Make my motor sigh
My baby's got the Cadillac walk She's got the Cadillac walk She got the Cadillac walk Cadillac walk
Lonely late at night honey hear my call She said "boy I'm gonna make you crawl" Rita pound by pound Knows how to work it on down Weep and moan to and fro Leave your heart she'll steal your soul No matter what the cost Them dual exhausts Make my motor sigh
Corrina, Corrina where you been so long Corrina, Corrina where you been so long I've been wondering about you baby Baby please come home
Corrina, Corrina got you on my mind Corrina, Corrina got you on my mind I was sitting here thinking about you Just can't keep you off my mind
I got a bird that whistles I got a bird that sings I got a bird that whistles I got a bird that sings But without my Corrina Life don't mean a thing
I found love on a two way street
And lost it on a lonely highway
Love on a two way street
And lost it on a lonely highway
True love will never die
So I ve been told
But mama s crying
And it s finally goodbye, I know
With music softly played
Her lips will generally say I love you
She held me in desperation
I thought it was a revelation
Then she walked out
How could I be so blind?
To give my love for the very first time
To be fooled is a hurting thing
While I barely blink
How should I ve smiled and wave?
With music softly played
Her lips will generally say honey, I love you
She held me in desperation
I thought it was a revelation
Then she walked out
I found love on a two way street
And lost it on a lonely highway
Love on a two way street
And lost it on a lonely highway
Love on a two way street
And lost it on a lonely highway
Bye, bye baby
Bye, bye baby
On the water down in New Orleans
My baby's the pearl of the quarter
She's a charmer like you've never seen
Singing voulez voulez voulez-vous
Where the sailor spends his hard-earned pay
Red beans and rice for a quarter
You can see her almost any day
Singing voulez voulez voulez-vous
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her that I said hello
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shrine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her Cajun smile
Singing voulez voulez voulez-vous
She loved the million dollar words I'd say
She loved the candy and flowers that I bought her
Said she loved me and was on her way
Singing voulez voulez voulez-vous
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her that I love her so
Please make it clear
When her day is done
I got your number
I know you're gonna be there when I call
I got your number
I'd say you ain't got no choice at all
I took your head from lonely, chased your pain away
I gave you more than loving in my special way
I shocked you out of boredom, made you a faithful wife
Gave you an education on the facts of life
In you there's come a change
I'll be damned, I got you trained
That's why I, I, oh I know
I got your number
I know you're gonna be there when I call
I got your number, mama
No, you ain't got no choice at all
Why listen to your girlfriends when they can plainly see
That the boy that they call lover ain't half the man as me
Hey, I don't have to prove nothing long as you're satisfied
Cause if you need more loving
There's plenty more inside, yeah
Just tell them I'm glad that he's my man
Something they'll never understand
That is why I
I got your number
I know you're gonna be there when I call
I got your number, baby
So you ain't got no choice at all
I got your number, girl
I know you're gonna be there when I call
I got your number, mama
No, you ain't got no choice at all
My hat goes off to you for lovin' me the way you do
Even though I know, pretty baby, that I
I got your number
I know you're gonna be there when I call
I got your number, mama
Said you ain't got no choice at all
I got your number, baby
No, you ain't got no choice at all
I got your number, mama
Oh, you know you better be there when I call
I got your number, girl, oh
I got your number
I know you're gonna be there when I call
I got your number, baby
You've been gone so long
No matter who's right, no matter who's wrong
Come on home, come on home
'Cause that's where you belong, girl
Every morning I save my grace
Hoping that we'll both get back into the rains
Come on home, come on home
'Cause that's where you belong, girl
I know the bright lights, they all glitter like gold
But girl, we ain't getting no younger an' this is getting old
Come on home, come on home
'Cause that's where you belong, girl
I know we both, we both broke along
Let's get together, girl an' call it a draw
Come on home, come on home
'Cause that's where you belong, girl
Come on home, come on home
She was too good to me
How can I get along now?
So close she stood to me
Everything seems all wrong now
She would have brought me the sun
Making me smile, that was her fun
If I was mean to her
She'd never say go away now
I was a king to her
Who's gonna light my way now?
It's only natural I'm so blue
She was too good to be true
She was too good to me
How can I get along now?
So close she stood to me
Everything seems all wrong now
She would have brought me the sun
Making me smile, that was her fun
If I was mean to her
She'd never say go away now
I was a king to her
Who's gonna light my way now?
It's only natural I'm so blue
She was too good
She was too good to me
This lovely day will lengthen into evening
We'll sigh goodbye to all we've ever had
Alone where we have walked together
I'll remember April and be glad
I'll be content you loved me once in April
Your lips were warm and love and spring were new
But I'm not afraid of autumn and her sorrow
For I'll remember April and you
The fire will dwindle into glowing ashes
For flames and love live such a little while
I won't forget but I won't be lonely
I'll remember April and smile
I'll be content you loved me once in April
Your lips were warm and love and spring were new
But I'm not afraid of autumn and her sorrow
For I'll remember April and you
The fire will dwindle into glowing ashes
For flames and love live such a little while
I won't forget but I won't be lonely
You best let some things happen on their own
You better leave them alone
'Cause when they happen naturally
It's like standing in the rain
You're gonna get wet
It's gonna get all over you
So when it happens like that
Don't bother asking where it's from
You just take it as it comes
It was a great year for a fall
And it happened like that
With no direction there to give
Didn't matter much at all
Bells didn't ring
There was nothing calling me out there
Yet I was kinda grooving like that
Until it hit me like a shot
You're part of everything I've got
I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me
It's that sensation when you're falling
And you stop in time
And in that moment you will hear
Just a matter of fact
It's gonna get wet
Gonna get all over you
Sometimes it happens like that
Now don't be asking where it's from
You just take it as it comes
I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me
Bells didn't ring
There was nothing calling me out there
Yet I was kinda grooving like that
Until it hit me like a shot
You're part of everything I've got
I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me
I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me
I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
Somewhere, someday
We'll be close together, wait and see
Oh, by the way
This time the dream's on me
You'll take my hand
And you'll look at me adoringly
But as things stand
This time the dream's on me
It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I at least
Supply the shoulder you cry upon
To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true
But this time the dream's on me
It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I at least
Supply the shoulder you cry upon
To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true
But this time the dream's on me
Someone told someone and someone told you
But they really wouldn't hurt you, not much
But since everyone tells the story
With his own little personal touch
Do nothing till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what's said
Why people tear the seams
Of anyone's dreams is over my head
Do nothing till you hear from me
At least consider our romance
If you should take the words
Of others you've heard, I haven't a chance
True, I've been seen with someone new
But does that mean that I've been untrue?
When we're apart, the words in my heart
Reveal how I feel about you
Some kiss may cloud my memories
And other arms may hold a thrill, yes yes yes
But please do nothing till you hear it from me
And you never will
Some kiss may cloud my memory
And other arms may hold a thrill, hold that thrill
But please do nothing till you hear it from me
And you never will
So please do nothing till you hear it from me
Tell you where it's at
Ain't nobody crying now
‘Cept for me
Cause it always matters to me yeah
Lost your head
Life is dead
So please
Don't come singing that sad song anymore
Cause just doesn't matter to me
Find another fantasy
Yeah
Go on fly
Fly back to your flame
Just a game
How you play it
So please
You won't be running that game on me no more
Cause you're gone baby gone to me
You ain't coming back
Cause you're gone baby gone to me
(Organ interlude)
Right back where it's at
Find another fantasy
As you fly
Fly back to your flame
Lost your game
No one playin'
So please
You won't be running that game ‘round here no more
Cause you're gone baby gone to me
(Ain't no use)
(Ain't no use)
You ain't coming back
Cause you're gone baby gone to me
(Ain't no use)
(Ain't no use)
You ain't coming
Cause you're gone baby gone
(Ain't no use)
There was nobody left
Just a burnt out
Nothing had been done
It was hard to believe
We had started out that morning having fun
But with people always
Running through walls
Like they didn't even see them there at all
Got so tangled, thanks again
For your moonlight generousness
Left me stranded
Slowly in the West
Don't worry Mama
Your sweet daughter
Gotta live inside this mess
Though I tried to protect her
Cool her, ease her restlessness
Got so used to the sound
of pearl guns
Didn't mean to do her any harm
Got so tangled
Please forgive me for my
For my constant uselessness
Got me stranded
Slowly in the West
Let me loose, let me hear the sound
Of someone through the maze
Take me there, I don't care, anywhere
It's all the same
So honey don't hold your breath
You may never get to feel this way again
She was crying when she left
Lying to you now
about the pain
Our baby can't be gotten back
From war
Was an end to a madness
I've been told
Got so tangled
Please just show me
To the ending
Forget the rest
Got me stranded
Freedom for the stallion
Freedom for the mare and her colt
Freedom for the baby child
Who has not grown old enough to vote
Lord, have mercy, what You gonna do
About the people who are praying to You?
They got men making laws that destroy other men
They make money, God, it's a doggone sin
Oh Lord, You got to help us find a way
Big ships sailing
Slaves all chained and bound
Headed for a brand new land
That some cat says he up and found
Lord, have mercy, what You gonna do
About the people who are praying to You?
They got men making laws that destroy other men
To make money, God, it's a doggone sin
Oh Lord, You got to help us find a way, yeah
Freedom for the stallion
Freedom for the mare and her colt
Freedom for the baby child
Who has not grown old enough to vote
Lord, have mercy, what You gonna do
About the people who are praying to You?
You know if I could look inside Your mind
I'd bring back all the truth I find
Oh Lord, You gotta help us find a way
Freedom for the stallion
Freedom for the mare and her colt
Freedom for the baby child
Day after day
He goes out of his way
'Cause he knows you're gonna be there
And if he doesn't say too much
At least he keeps in touch, to show his care
And it ain't like he never loved before
And it ain't like he'll never love no more
It's just that someday, maybe
He'll find some way baby
To turn you around
He may just be right
Why, is he so in love with you
Why, don't he find something else to do
Well, it ain't what he loves you for
And it ain't that you got so much more
It's just that sometimes someone
Got to play the dumb one to get along
(And you may just get along)
My my my my
He's a fool for you
No one else will do
Laugh and be gay, ooh
You look so nice that way
You know you'll get a smile
Wear a ribbon in your hair
He'll notice that it's there
Just his style
You just state your case and sing the song
And you take it as it comes along
Who knows someday maybe
You'll take a look out baby, and find you care
And I know you'll be there
My my my my
He's a fool for you
No one else will do
My my my my
He's a fool for you
I've got dust on my shoes Need my crankcase drained I've got dust on my shoes Need my crankcase drained Its been a mean dry spell But I think its gonna rain
Well the storm clouds roll in My dogs pulling on his chain Well the storm clouds roll in My dogs pulling on his chain Its been a long dry spell But I think its gonna rain Let it rain now… now
When I look at my field Everything is cracked and flayed I say I look at my field Everything is cracked and flayed And then I wonder to myself How much can a poor man take
If your well runs dry You might loose your sugarcane Mmmm that good sweet cane babe If your well runs dry You might lose your sugarcane Mmm hmmm
Are we locked up to each other Must we stir through the ashes Stir through the ashes of the past For a time it was tough to survive But it's time to get on with our lives
And now you've gotta do a mental shakedown What is it gonna take your sanity's at stake Shakedown
Yeah yeah
There's a cold wind off the border tonight As we take to the ridges Burning our bridges to the past And the cry rises from the west We are not each others to possess
Now you've gotta do a mental shakedown What is it gonna take your sanity's at stake Shakedown
Now you've gotta do a mental shakedown What is it gonna take your sanity's at stake Shakedown
You've got you've got Now you've got to do your mental shakedown
What is it gonna take You're sanity's at stake Shakedown
Yeah
Now you've got to do a mental shakedown What's it gonna take
Shakedown
Yeah you've got to do your mental shakedown What is it gonna take You're sanity's at stake
Oh sleeping beauty, it's time to wake up
And get ready for a brand new day
It's the new millennium and time to rise
And maybe think in a different way
Take a deep breath, have a look around
Are you happy with what you see?
If your body's fit and your mind is clear
No reason you ought not to be
If some joker's trying to sell you some new sport drink
Just tell him that you'll have to pass
You're paying three times as much for this bottle of water
As you're paying for a gallon of gas
'Cause everything counts even small amounts
When you're working towards a goal
It's not about simple thirsts or hungers
But satisfying your soul
Get on the natch and don't talk back
Get on the natch, get off your booty
Get on the natch, we'll allarootie
I can't tell you what to do, do, do
You eat a bucket of grease and a can full of sugar
You're adding to the critical mass
Pretty soon you're gonna need a new wardrobe
To cover your big new ass
I ain't saying slim is beautiful
Or you got to be some showdog
But go down to the gym or find a place to swim
And ask the doctor if you can't jog
If not your body, your memory
Think back to what it's like as a kid
When you're running and climbing and jumping around
Having fun with the things you did
It's not easy, it's hard at first
When you're breaking the old routine
Get off your behind, cut some TV time
Try reading that magazine
Get on the natch and don't talk back
Get back in here you little
Get on the natch, we'll allarootie
I can't tell you what to do, do, do
You better watch out, it's alright to cry
But we don't like nobody whines
And being cool ain't acting son
It's like read between the lines
Try a little dignity, have self respect
And you'll reap just what you sow
If you're not sure about something don't worry about it
Just tell 'em, "I don't know"
Get on the natch, don't talk back
Get on the natch and get your feet off the couch
Get on the natch, we'll allarootie
I can't tell you what to do, do, do
Get on the natch
Get back in there you little
Get on the natch and don't talk back
Get on the natch, we'll allarootie
I can't tell you what to do, do, do
Get on the natch, [Incomprehensible]
Get on the natch
Slam that back door one more time, we'll allarootie
Get on the natch, get off your booty
Get on the natch, good God Bernice
Get on the natch
Slam that back door one more time, we'll allarootie
I can't tell you what to do, do, do
Sing a song of sad young men Glasses full of rye All the news is bad again Kiss your dreams goodbye
All the sad young men Sitting in the bars Knowing neon lights And missing all the stars
All the sad young men Drifting through the town Drinking up the night Trying not to drown
All the sad young men Singing in the cold Trying to forget That they're growing old
All the sad young men Choking on their youth Trying to be brave Running from the truth
Autumn turns the leaves to gold Slowly dies the heart Sad young men are growing old That's the cruelest part
All the sad young men Seek a certain smile Someone they can hold For a little while
Tired little girl Does the best she can Trying to be gay For a sad young man
While the grimy moon Watches from above All the sad young men Play at making love
Ever since the day I saw your fa-a-ace I've been makin' plans
Seemed kinda absurd when there wasn't much for you
So I put a little word in just for you
Started makin' strategies to get you for myse-e-elf
I love your eyes, your crazy sighs were tantalizing me
Push some pride aside, mm-mm, too bad
I could run and hide, but I'd rather be ha-a-ad
Mostly it's just lonely, only being lonely by myse-e-elf
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do it all begins and ends with
You ou-ou-ou (ou-ou-ou, ou-ou-ou)
He's hearin' voices, seems the choices really are but few-ew
Hey, he makes a break, get out of there-ere
Me act like a fool, stand and stare-are
See the jokers actin' like there's nothin' happenin'
He just ate his cocktail napkin
Summer breezes through the trees as on and on it go-oes
They began to reminise, he walks her home
And then a kiss, the rest is known
And so we leave our hero no longer batting zero
He's in the majors now
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do, it all begins and ends with you-ou, baby
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do it all begins and ends with
You-ou, ou-ou-ou, (ou-ou-ou, ou-ou-ou)
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do, it all begins and ends with you-ou, oh-oh-oh
And I'm sti-ill falling for you-ou-ou, the thrill is still brand new
Senza fine Let it always be senza fine There's no end to our love Our hopes our dreams our sighs No end at all no sad goodbyes No fears no tears no love that dies It's senza fine Let it always be senza fine Never-ending
The sunlit days the moonlit nights The sea the sand the starry heights Are yours and mine forever All we are and all we know Is love and love alone and so The world may spin its weary way Its lonely night and lonely day While we go floating far above In never-ending timeless love Its senza fine
[Bridge]
All we are and all we know Is love and love alone and so The world may spin its weary way Its lonely night and lonely day While we go floating far above In never ending timeless love Its senza fine Let it always be senza fine Never ending The sunlit days the moonlit nights The sea the sand the starry heights Are yours and mine forever
Here we are in a room full of strangers
And an open door
Here we are away from all dangers
But that open door is calling out again
Acting like a friend who wants to know
If you might come away
I wonder what you'll say
You wonder out again
On wings of the night
Once again you'll take flight
And I don't hear your voice anymore
Tonight's dream will end
But I'll stay long after then
And you can have me anytime
Here we are
Alone in the shadows of our lonely rooms
Here we are
We are hollows, very lonely rooms
Like a faithless child
Frightened of the wild he runs and hides
To keep from being still
We run around until we lose ourselves again
On wings of the night
Once again you'll take flight
And I don't hear your voice anymore
Tonight's dream will end
But I'll stay long after then
And you can have me anytime
Tonight's dream will end
But I'll stay long after then
There is a place in the heart of this city
A little sun comes shining through, yeah
For once in my life I can feel like
The sun is shining for me too
? Cause in my life
It? s never been this way before
Some thing's calling me, calling now
Yeah, it? s calling now
Did you ever think, well, love ain't right for me
Though you try and try
It's one of those things make you feel like
It's just not meant to be
? Cause in my life
I never felt this way before
But you call me, babe, call me now
Yeah, you call me now
You just call
Call me, babe, call me now
You better call me now
The other night I'm down at Slim's place
This melody comes drifting through, yeah
The thing is this song's got some blue eyes
And stands about five foot two
Now it's my life
And someone? s knocking at the door
? Cause you call me, baby, call me now
You better call me now
If you call
Call me baby, call me now
You better call me now
Call me, baby, call me, girl
Just call me, call me girl
Call me, call me now
Call me now
