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Stealers Wheel are a Scottish folk rock/rock band formed in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1972 by former school friends Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty.
The band broke up in 1975 and re-formed without Egan and Rafferty in 2008.
Rafferty and Egan first met when they were teenagers in Paisley and they became the core of Stealers Wheel. In the early 1970s, the band was considered to be the British version of American folk/rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. They were initially joined by Roger Brown, Rab Noakes and Ian Campbell in 1972. However, that line-up only lasted a few months and by the time the band were signed to A&M Records later that same year, Brown, Noakes and Campbell had been replaced by Paul Pilnick, Tony Williams and Rod Coombes. This line-up recorded their self-titled debut album, Stealers Wheel and was produced by the influential American songwriters and producers Leiber & Stoller. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching #50 in the US Billboard 200 album chart, with their million selling hit single "Stuck in the Middle with You", coming from the album.
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, War Horse, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two (Duel and The Color Purple) of Spielberg's major feature films.
Other notable works by Williams include theme music for four Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, the NBC Nightly News, the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, and the television series Lost in Space. Williams has also composed numerous classical concerti, and he served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993; he is now the orchestra's conductor laureate.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards. With 47 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the second most nominated person, after Walt Disney. John Williams was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
The middle man what a miracle
Of common calculations,
Compressed and erratic
Hung out to fade like ribbons
Through wall-to-wall maybes
So I gave it my soul,
Got wasted sick and trashed it
It's midnight in this time zone
Awake and collecting little zingers
And future comedies
I feel my voice come back
On behalf of unfinished business
The lowered man what a spectacle,
A comic installation, repressed and dramatic
Fighting to find his fable
Through wall-to-wall static
Under an anime skyline
Calling cancer from the corner store
I showed her mine; she showed me hers
So we could shrug off the small shit
And breathe in the meantime
I wanted to dance with a daughter
Of a switchblade in the Springtime
There are some people I don't want to let down
Bells to ring
And friends to fling my arms around
Yes I know what's up must come down
Knew where I was going
When you left the room
You're the kinda guy
Who makes me want to
Follow through to you
I've been trying to leave you
For the longest time
The second that I saw you
I just knew I found my right boy
I like it, I like it, I like it
I like it, I like it, I like it
I wanna crash, I wanna fall
I wanna be somewhere in the middle
Somewhere in the middle
'Cause something, it's better than nothing
I just need a little, I just need a little
And I don't wanna be nowhere
Something?s making me go there
Somewhere in the middle with you
I like it, I like it, I like it
And I like it, I like it, I like it
Losing my direction
That's the way it should be
Feeling a connection
When you're standing next to me
I wanna be rolling
I just wanna be rolling with you
All of the things you say
(I like it, I like it)
It?s taking me far away
(And I like it)
I wanna crash, I wanna fall
I wanna be somewhere in the middle
Somewhere in the middle
'Cause something, it's better than nothing
I just need a little, I just need a little
And I don't wanna be nowhere
Something?s making me go there
Somewhere in the middle with you
Baby, you save me
You?re gonna take me from this [Incomprehensible]
?Cause I just need a little, I just need a little
Somewhere in the middle with you
Crash, I wanna fall
I wanna be somewhere in the middle
Somewhere in the middle
Something, it's better than nothing
I just need a little, I just need a little
And I don't wanna be nowhere
But something?s making me go there
Somewhere in the middle with you
(Crash, fall)
I like it, I like it
Somewhere in the middle with you
(Crash, fall)
I like it, I like it
Somewhere in the middle with you
Are you stuck in the middle? (Way-oh-ay-oh) Say [4x]
Are you broke? (Yeah)
Are you down? (Yeah)
Are you broke? (Yeah) And down? (Yeah)
Broke? (Yeah) And down? (Yeah)
Stuck in the middle? (Way-oh-ay-oh) Say
Are you stuck in the middle? (Way-oh-ay-oh) Say [3x]
Are you broke? (Yeah)
Are you down? (Yeah)
Are you broke? (Yeah) And down? (Yeah)
Broke? (Yeah) And down? (Yeah) Say
Stuck in the middle? (Way-oh-ay-oh) Say
Are you stuck in the middle? (Way-oh-ay-oh) Say [3x]
Are you broke? (Yeah)
Are you down? (Yeah)
Are you broke? (Yeah) And down? (Yeah)
Split yourself down the middle
Take one half away
Make one seem the bad so
The least can have its way
Split yourself down the middle
Make one side the past
And you’re left with the future
And maybe it will last
Sell all of your burdens
Keep all of your prayers
And then say goodbye to the life that got you here
It isn’t as easy as I thought it’d be
Choosing the side that is everything I need
Split yourself down the middle
Take one half away
Make one seem the bad so
The least can have it’s way
Split yourself down the middle
Make one side the past
Now it’s the future
(In the middle)
Can't get above or below
(In the middle)
Everything that's left ain't right
(In the middle)
And I have to get up to get down
(In the middle)
Can't spend another minute outside of the
360 degrees
(In the middle)
Cooking with the hottest heat
(In the middle)
The heart of the matters lies right
(In the middle)
And everything that matters resides
(In the middle)
I ain't ever gonna get caught
(In the middle)
Remember everything I forgot is
(In the middle)
Guess I'm gonna have to decide
(In the middle)
Nothing happens when you just stand right
(In the middle)
Balancing two extremes
(In the middle)
Swinging in the in between
(In the middle)
Going where there isn't a guide
(In the middle)
Going where the love is hiding
And I can't get enough of your love
And I can't get enough of your love
And I can't get enough of your love
(In the middle)
In the middle
(In the middle)
In the middle
(In the middle)
Can't get above or below
(In the middle)
Everything that's left ain't right
(In the middle)
And I have to get up to get down
(In the middle)
Can't spend another minute outside of the
360 degrees
(In the middle)
Cooking with the hottest heat
(In the middle)
The heart of the matters lies right
(In the middle)
And everything that matters resides
(In the middle)
And I can't get enough of your love
And I can't get enough of your love
And I can't get enough of your love
And I can't get enough of your love
And I can't get enough of your love
And I can't get enough of your love
(In the middle)
(In the middle)
(In the middle)
(In the middle)
Building up a head of steam
Current in a running stream
Center of a laser beam
Compliments to the King 'n' Queen
Perfectly operating machine
Deep inside a beautiful dream
The middle if you know what I mean
Only momentarily seen
Everything in everything
(In the middle)
Can't get above or below
Everything that's left ain't right
And I have to get up to get down
I heard a song once and it was beautiful and it was free and it was my dream
I lost my housing at the sweet young age of fourteen
I heard a song on the radio, it was my dream
I found the value of a song walking in the rain cold and alone with no place to go
I found the value of a song singing to myself
Just make it through the night, keep awake till the sunlight
It don't matter who sold 6 million
It don't matter who made 6 million
What you call success I call excess
What I'd call important is relevance
I heard a song once it was by Husker Du
They tried to sell their songs for a million dollars
They probably never knew that they kept one scared kid alive
They traded gold for what they had inside
All my friends now now on TV
All my friends now sold what they love for money
All my friends now are bought and sold so easily