Ralph Peters (born 1952) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and author. As a novelist he has sometimes written under the pen name Owen Parry.
Peters was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania and grew up in Schuylkill Haven. His father was a coal miner and unsuccessful businessman. His wife, Katherine McIntire Peters, is a reporter for Government Executive magazine (a property of National Journal Group, Inc.).
Peters enlisted in the Army as a private in 1976, after attending Pennsylvania State University. His first assignment was in Germany.
After returning from Germany, Peters attended Officer Candidate School and received a commission in 1980. Subsequently, he served with 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, then part of the 1st Armored Division.
Peters spent ten years in Germany working in military intelligence. He later became a Foreign Area Officer, specializing in the Soviet Union. He attended the Command and General Staff College. His last assignment was to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. He retired in 1998 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Peters never saw actual combat during his tenure.
Hey rusty
`s a long time
Remember
`s like yesterday
Stealing cigarettes
And laughing as they chased us
Down the boulevards
Then I got a job
White collar
Turn coat
You just spun around and walked
Said we wouldn't meet again
Hey rusty don't hang up
I feel so young
Hey rusty don't hang up
Cause we're still young
I just need one friend
She said hey
Don't take it so bad
She said hey
It wasn't so much
We just ran out of gas
Or something like that
That's when i
I crashed my car
Not by chance
And not out of love
Then I walked out of that job
You should've seen their faces
Hey rusty don't hang up
I just need one friend
And we're not finished yet
No way
Hey rusty
I changed my mind
What d`you say we start again
No I mean it this time
Stealing cigarettes
And laughing as they chase us
they were married in june
she was gone before the leaves were even turning
she said ";well, i knew he was a fool, but i
somehow thought my welfare concerned him";
must the one always have to change
whilst the other must always remain
must the cards all be dealt facing down?
turn away, turn away, turn your blue skies to grey
now, when it comes to september
i`ve got my own unhappy song
october, nowember, december,
and still she is gone;
unhappy song
he was torn between the romance and the mundane
he was torn every morning
he was surprised or was he horrified to find
the mundane the more rewarding
she was upon him before he even knew it
and anyone who had a hat would surely know:
it only rains when you leave it at home,
and all the umbrellas are broke,
oh, save yourself a fiver, you`re already soaking
come on, september
and sing me that old unhappy song
october, nowember, december,
and still she is gone;
unhappy song
well, there was ice beneath the snow
and everywhere else was closed,
but the locks had been changed
sure, the neighbours were the same, they said
yes, you`re taking it badly, i know, i know,
and you feel so alone
and everybody`s got to tell you what you already know
it`s alright, it`s all wrong, it`s alright
there`s a riot going on, maybe i`m going under and
i didn`t know that you cared
";was it love that you had?"; she said
well ";something like that"; and i
i didn`t know that you cared
i really didn`t know that you cared
i really didn`t know
i see photograps strewn on the floor
amidst your blake and your young
are you looking for something that`s already gone?
it`s alright, it`s all wrong, it`s alright
there`s a riot going on maybe i`m going under and
i didn`t know that you cared, somebody said
";peace is alright, could we give it a try?";, well, i,
i didn`t know that you cared
i got a letter it was asking for money, it said
give what you can
well i don`t know what i got
and i don`t know if i really want to be, so well
yes, i`m falling apart at the seems and i,
i`ve been waiting for years
take a look in my eyes, do you see any tears?
it`s alright, it`s all wrong, it`s alright
there`s a riot going on, we`re lions in slumber and,
i didn`t know that you cared
and if i gave you some petrol, would you make yourself useful?
well i didn`t know that you cared
i really didn`t know that you cared
didn`t even know you were there no
i didn`t know that you cared
i got your letter baby the one that said
you been loving me too long maybe we should kick it in the head
right on
well i guess you've really got some kind of way with words
maybe you could be a writer
you could do worse
'cause when i saw you i just knew
i always would belong to you
goodbye baby, well you'll never see my smiling face
sweetheart, sweet jane
guess you'll find some other killing to take my place
ha ha, all right
i want my photographs back and my barcelino
keep the cartier babe i wouldn't give you the time of day
born a lady to the last perfumed stationery
does it make you feel good to make me feel ordinary?
'cause when i saw you i just knew
i always would belong to you
goodbye baby, well you'll never see my smiling face
sweetheart, my complete heart's
trashed and bleeding with the sordid details in my suitcase
you wanna leave me baby be my guest
all i'm gonna do is cry
and then i'm gonna find there's someone else
and tear the stars out of the sky
looking for something when there's nothing there to be found
make it easy on yourself
go out and find your body someone else
and tear the stars out of the sky
baby you're too well-read
baby you're too well-spoken
baby you're too pristine
when i cry, do you feel anything?
baby you're too well-read
you wanna leave me baby be my guest
all i'm gonna do is cry
and then i'm gonna find there's someone else
and tear the stars out of the sky
baby you're too well-read
baby you're too well-spoken
baby you're far too clean
when i cry, do you feel anything?
baby you're too well-read
baby you're too well-read
you don't need me anymore
you don't need me anymore
they say storms are right for summertime
well baby i'm long gone
whatcha gonna do when you open your eyes
it's a brand new day and baby
no blue skies
baby you're too well-read
baby you're too well-spoken
baby you're too pristine
when i cry, do you feel anything?
baby you're too well-read
baby you're too well-spoken
baby you're far too clean
when i cry, do you feel anything?
baby you're too well-read
loveless
you lie in the heat of a summer haze
and turn it into a winter's tale
you pull down the blinds and shut out the sky
and do what you can to turn the whole thing grey
you're crying and pleading and you're hell just to be with
and you're everything that i'll ever need
so why do you say you love me when you don't?
you fall back into the english way
of feeling only guilt 'cause you feel no pain
you sit and you stare at the empty page
and then you fill it with verse, make the whole thing worse
you lie and you cheat your own mind to believing
that you don't need anything or anyone
so why do you say you love me when you don't?
and why should i feel blue when i do?
why?
you lie in the heat of a summer haze
and turn it into a winter's tale
you fall back into the english way
of feeling only guilt 'cause you feel no pain
you're crying and pleading and you're hell just to be with
and you're everything that i'll ever need
so why do you say you love me when you don't?
why should i feel...
and who's gonna love the loveless if not you?
why?
You lie in the heat of a summer haze
And turn it into a winter's tale
You pull down the blinds and shut out the sky
And do what you can to turn the whole thing grey
You're crying and pleading and you're hell just to be with
And you're everything that I'll ever need
So why do you say you love me when you don't?
You fall back into the english way
Of feeling only guilt 'cause you feel no pain
You sit and you stare at the empty page
And then you fill it with verse, make the whole thing worse
You lie and you cheat your own mind to believing
That you don't need anything or anyone
So why do you say you love me when you don't?
And why should I feel blue when I do?
Why?
You lie in the heat of a summer haze
And turn it into a winter's tale
You fall back into the english way
Of feeling only guilt 'cause you feel no pain
You're crying and pleading and you're hell just to be with
And you're everything that I'll ever need
So why do you say you love me when you don't?
Why should I feel...
And who's gonna love the loveless if not you?
Why?
i want to take you down to the side of the city
where the sun doesn't shine and the moon isn't pretty
the slow train crawls in the nights and the days
are as warm as the smoke and the heat haze
yes and neon here twenty-four hours of the day
and you're sure looking pretty when it's hitting on your face
looker on the corner take that dog for a donor
well she's only doing what her mother told her
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i want to see a touch of evil in your eye
but all that i'm getting babe is sweetness and lies
i want to see something that i might desire
i want to take you down babe into the mire
deals going down no chance no masking
one thing's for sure never get what you're asking
they're coming with johnsons, they're coming with knives
they're robbing your boots when they give you a shoe shine
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right downtown
slow train down, babe, try twenty-nine
there's no looking back when there's no sense of time
'cause it's neon here twenty-four hours of the day
and you're sure looking pretty when it's hitting on your face
with a touch of evil in your eye
with a touch of evil in your eye
i want to take you down to the side of the city
i want to take you down to the blur of the city
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
yes i wanna take you right down
i...i...i...i wanna take you
i...i...i...i wanna take you
Jane is fine always fine
We're unhappy most of the time
We don't talk we don't fight
I'm just tired she's way past caring
But she says she is fine
She tells lies most of the time
What she needs I don't have
That's not in the hand that I'm holding
So we drink spanish wine
She plays country records until the morning
This is mine all of mine
She is not she is not mine
And I feel fine only when I'm sleeping
Only with the t.v. on
She and I and empty wine and whisky bottles
And she write beneath crumpled sheets
She is everything I need
But she would rather be any place but here
Jane is fine always fine
We're unhappy most of the time
We don't talk we don't fight I'm just tired
She's way past caring
So we drink spanish wine we tell lies
We're killing and we feel fine
Once you were an angel
Jesse honey is it hard to take
Does it feel so bad to be 28 you were 23
And you could do anything now you open your mouth
And spit the gutter out
I was walking down by the river thames
I decided that I should throw me in
Because you broke my heart and you made me weep
In the name of your sensitivity
Still once you were an angel
Did nobody tell you jesse honey oh you look so pale
And old and so very I'll at ease these days
So you tell yourself that you'll never win
And you drown your sins in amphetamine
Do you weary so of that bitter taste
So you spit in my face just to keep you entertained
Still I can only love you I have no option but to
Is hard to take is it is it hard to swallow
Is it is it hard to take from grace
Once you were an angel
Did nobody tell you jesse honey is it hard to take
Does it feel so bad to be 28 you were 23
And you could do anything
Now you open your mouth and you spit the gutter out
Out in the summer rain
You will begin again
Out in the summer rain
i lost my girl on monday
looking for some sympathy
i went to church directly
the lord was not there for me
didn't go to work on tuesday
got to drinking around noon
i lost my heart to a mean bartender
she knocked me off my stool
now the world's spinning round too fast lord
won't you let me off on the corner
you know a man could take to sinning
all he needs's a little push in that direction
i lost my job on friday
said a lack of discipline
i went to church directly
peter said he was not in
i hit the bar on sunday
looking for some discipline
i sold my soul to the mean bartender
she said i'm born again
now the world's spinning round too fast lord
won't you let me off on the corner
you know a man could take to sinning
all he needs's a little pushing
you time it just right
she said she didn't understand and so she guessed he was deep
he swore he'd never been to college and was too tall to be
so as she led him to the slaughter thinking she'd be laughing last
now the lady in the question is his better half
she's gotta be the stupidest girl i've ever seen
she don't care who, why, where i've been
she's got a right to be, with all that's wrong with me
but she doesn't wanna understand that she's a girl and i'm a man
he thought that women and drink would make a man out of him
but the extent of his studies left a jaded man
so as she led him to the altar he was easily led
and when they asked him if he did, well then this is what he said
she's gotta be the stupidest girl i've ever seen
she don't care who, why, where i've been
she's got a right to be, with all that's wrong with me
but she doesn't wanna understand that she's a girl and i'm a man
well she's a girl and i'm a man
she's a girl and i'm a man
she's a girl and i'm a man
she's a girl and i'm a man
she's a girl and i'm a man
she's a girl
she's gotta be the stupidest girl i've ever seen
she don't care who, why, where i've been
she's got a right to be, with all that's wrong with me
but she doesn't wanna understand that she's a girl and i'm her man
every time she's near me
she gives me any reason to be alive
try to get right
yeah she looks right through me
she says you're not cool, you're just like me
you're a stupid man
get over here, hold my stupid hand
she's all right, yeah...
you wouldn't understand, sister is a man fan
she's gotta be the stupidest girl i've ever seen
she don't care who, why, where i've been
she's got a right to be, with all that's wrong with me
you up and leave me cold turkey
when you know i could not tie my own shoe
this does not please me, no not exactly
guess you do not give a damn for my love
everybody knows that she's worse than religion
no you do not cross a woman in love
everybody knows that the turn of the season
paris in the spring doesn't mean a damn thing to my baby
no, no no, no
you beat me up, you put me down
you're slamming my name all over town
guess i'm big enough to roll with the punches
but you bruise me, you abuse me damn good
everybody knows that she's worse than religion
no you do not cross a woman in love
everybody knows that the turn of the season
paris in the spring doesn't do a damn thing
i love you so, so much
you love me so, so what
i love you so, so much
you love me so, so what
la la la la la, la la la la
la la la la la, la la la la
la la la la la, la la la la
Did you get all that you wanted?
Then did you give it all away?
Did we take it all for granted?
We'd really love for you to stay
Yes, we would
Now the world is very old
And the sky is very high
And we're just traffic in between
You and I and if I knew my way
Well, I'd be there
Now, wouldn't I?
Don't you know it only gets louder
When you cut off your ear
Do you know how good it gets?
Are revelations all you need
Did you smash your brand new bird land?
Was it too much speed?
Now the world is very old
And the sky is very high
And we're just traffic in between
You and I and if I knew my way
Well, I'd be there
Now wouldn't I?
And if I knew my way
Well, I'd be there
Now wouldn't I?
And if I knew my way
Well, I'd be there
Now wouldn't I?
you will never be no good
no you will never be no good
d`you know what i`d do if i could
chop you up into firewood
because you have sinned far too many times
you have sinned far too many times
and you will pay for all your crimes
you will never be no good
not not ever no good
you know it`s hard to sympathise
you know it`s hard to sympathise
when you never tell nothing but lies
and it`s hard to sympathise
you say you`re born in the barrel of a gun
some say you`re born in the barrel of a gun
you were your mother`s seventh son
and no excuse could be a good enough one
and don`t you love her madly
you want to be her daddy
well that won`t do you no good
you might just slip into the priesthood
you will never be no good
no you will never be no good
d`you know what i`d do if i could
and then we`d all receive a knighthood
I love your head
I love the way you hold your head
Because you're young
And you know
Because you're young
There ain't nothin' you can't do
Because you know
There ain't nothin' you can't do
I love your head
I love the way you hold your head
Because you know
There is no connection between old
What's new?
And there ain't nothin' you can't do
Oh, nothin' at all
And you know that gun is loaded
Sure you do
Summertime blue, summertime blue
Yes, you know that gun is loaded
Sure you do if not for you
The way you walk
I love the way you wear contempt
For my sort
Oh, should I give you my money?
A steady hand
A little trigger happy angry little man
Oh, pull the trigger take it all
Oh, you take it all
But you know that gun is loaded
Sure you do
Summertime blue, summertime blue
And you know that gun is loaded
Sure you do
I love your head
I love the way you hold your head
Because you're young
And you know it
A steady hand, a little trigger happy
And we'll tell you how to live
Then we'll take away the reason
And we wonder why we wonder
How you're not the way that we were?
And we'll tell you how to live
Then we'll take away the reason
And we wonder why we wonder
How you're not the way that we were?
And we'll tell you how to live
Then we'll take away the reason
And we wonder why we wonder
The more I learn the less I know
Could you make mine straight absolute?
The more I fail the less I try
Ask not of me the reason why
Oh, my Sentimental Fool
have I got a tale for you
Oh, my Sentimental Fool
The woman I love is not content
The life I made - it ain't what I meant
The space I'm in is filled with love
The state I'm in is pitiful
Oh, my Sentimental Fool
have I got a tale for you
Oh, my Sentimental Fool
have I got a tale for you...
But, when she calls my name
we're almost happy - she's almost like you
yes, when she calls my name
we're almost there, man - she's almost like you
The longer I live the less I believe
and all I lost is all I need
The life I made is filled with regret
and I can't tell the half of it
The woman I love has lost her faith
and I just watch as she fades away
The space I'm in is filled with love
The shape I'm in ain't beautiful
Oh, my Sentimental Fool
have I got a tale for you...
i`m draining the glass for you
Do you see my girl?
Hey I was walking my bag
Through a 20 storey non stop snow storm
Pirrelli calender girls wrestling in body lotion
My head's swimming with poetry and prose
Excuse me one moment whilst I powder my nose
Me and my good thing are just about as close as can be
We gave up sleep at the age of 17
My world's getting bigger as my eyesight gets worse
I can't see the lines on my idiot board
What about love?
I don't let that stuff in my house
This is the glamorous life there's no time for fooling around
Lord have mercy I know what I'm doing
I don't need an alibi I need a fire escape and an open window
It's my problem it's nothing I can't deal with
I'm not chasing anything just jogging baby
What's your bag?
Hundred million dollar jam
Got some traffic yessir in my nose
Motorcycle speed cops burning up my dust roads
My baby left me heck ain`t that a shame
She's over in the corner with my new best friend
I'm doing fine with my whisky and wine
And meet me in the john john meet me in the john john
Lord have mercy
...what's your bag?
Spin spin whisky and gin I suffer for my art
Bartender I got wild mushrooms growing in my yard
Fix me a quart of petrol clams on the half shell
Feels like prohibition baby give me the hard sell
More give me more give me more more more
I'm your yes man yes maam I'm your yes man
it took a lost weekend in a hotel in amsterdam
and double pneumonia in a single room
and the sickest joke was the price of the medicine
are you laughing at me now may i please laugh along with you
this morning i woke up from a deep unquiet sleep
with ashtray clothes and miss lonelyheart`s pen
with which i wrote for you a lovesong in tatoo
upon my palm `twas stolen from me when jesus took my hand
you see i i wouldn¡¯t say it if i didn¡¯t mean it
drop me and i`ll fall to pieces too easily
i was a king bee with a head full of attitude
wore my heart on my sleeve like a stained
my aim was to taboo you
could we meet in the marketplace
did i ever hey please did you wound my knees
you see i i wouldn¡¯t say it if i didn¡¯t mean it
drop me and i`ll fall to pieces
yes it`s too easy and there¡¯s nobody else to blame
will i hang my head in a crying shame
there is nobody else to blame nobody else except my sweet self
again it took a lost weekend in a hotel in amsterdam
twenty four gone years to conclude in tears
that the sickest joke was the price of the medicine
are you laughing at me now
may i please laugh along
i was a king bee with a head full of attitude
and ashtray heart on my sleeve wounded knees
and my one love song was a tatoo upon my palm
you wrote upon me when you took my hand
you see i i wouldn¡¯t say it if i didn¡¯t mean it
drop me and i`ll fall to pieces too easily
lucy jumped from the 39th floor
said she just couldn`t face another poor man
every juke box stuck on ";who`s next";
they almost got me when jimmy said
let`s get lost
but we`re gonna fall
a change of weather couldn`t do you no harm
let`s get lost
pick up your feet
don`t tempt late, boy, get a pair of cheap skates
penny walked in with that love in vain look
said every last man should be hanging from a meat hook
she looked in my eye singing ";marry me bill";
i loosened my tie just as jimmy said
let`s get lost
go work on a farm
a change of weather couldn`t do you no harm
let`s get lost
pick up your feet
don`t tempt late, boy, get a pair of cheap skates
and i was so depressed today...
bobby said ";we`re going to be rich quick";
you buy a brand new car-you get automatic cash back
pick up a parking lot-no money down
he was counting the cost just as jimmy said
let`s get lost
go work on a farm
a change of weather couldn`t do you no harm
let`s get lost
pick up your feet
don`t tempt late, boy, get a pair of cheap skates
get lost,let`s get lost
come on let`s get lost
let`s get lost
i love to see you in your sweater girl
i love you in your high tall boots
i love to see you in your sweater girl
love to see you walking that cute, you know it
i love to see you in your leather skin
love your lipstick on my sheets
and i love to see you in your alligator shoes
reciting to me my poetry, i really do but
i hate to see you baby doing that stuff
i hate to see you doing that stuff
i hate to see you baby doing that stuff
really hate to see you doing that stuff
i love you baby when you bite my ear
i don't worry about your uptown geek
and i love you baby don't you bite your lip
'cause it's me you talk to in your sleep and
i hate to see you baby doing that stuff
i hate to see you doing that stuff
i hate to see you baby doing that stuff
really hate to see you doing that stuff
i love to see you in your sweater girl
love your alligator chic
et je sais te vois dans ton christian la croix
but i hate to see you walking my street, but
i hate to see you baby doing that stuff
i hate to see you doing that stuff
i hate to see you baby doing that stuff
i took 15 years, to break your spell
i loved you then, i love you still
i wake up cold, i wake up wet
my body weak, my mind is spent
i fill my days, i pay my rent and
i have no need, of electric light
because i dream the same dream every night
i call my man
i know it`s late
";could you fix me something to put me straight?";
`cause i need your love
i need it now
god speed your love
for crying out loud
you took all i have, there is no more
mother nature lied, there is no cure
so i take my pill, i close my eyes
and i wait for sleep, i wait all night long
but i see your face, i hear your voice
so i call your number, i have no choice
`cause i need your love
i need it now
god speed your love
for crying out loud
i took 15 years, to break your spell
i loved you then, i guess i failed
i wake up cold, i wake up wet
my body weak, my mind is spent
i fill my days, i pay my rent
and i have no need, and i have no-one
`cause i need your love
i need it now
god speed your love
She's calling up her old boyfriends
I'm falling in love with her again
She's looking for a change of pace,she says
I can see that old look on her face
She says it takes an open mind
I think she means an open relationship
She says I can be so unkind
All I said was...
Don't think twice
If you gotta go, Mary it's alright
How much love can one man need?
Don't change your mind
Because true love is hard to find
But I'll find another...lover...
She says it isn't wrong or right
And me, I'm emotionally colourblind
She's waking me at half past four
I'm sleeping on the bathroom floor again
She's fallen for his new age verse
I'm holding back a level of conciousness
I know it isn't wrong or right
But all I said was...
Don't think twice
If you gotta go, Mary it's alright
How much love can one man need?
Don't change your mind
Because true love is hard to find
But I'll find another...lover...
I ran into an old girlfriend
On the corner of Varrick and VanDam
She said she had to change her address
What a strange coincidence...
she said don't worry baby
i'll do my own crying
i'm a big girl now
now i'm gonna be okay
yes i'll find a new way of living
you know i will
and you lie there without sleeping
and you stare at your wall
and you realize you're not weeping
you don't need her anymore
you say don't hate me baby
it won't hurt you if you do
you got no reason not to
she'll kiss you on the head
says there's no easy road for leaving
if it hurts you too
and you lie there without sleeping
and you stare at your wall
and you realize you're not weeping
you don't need her anymore
you walk by the old place
looks like just any other place
yeah that's what you say
you say i'll be okay
yes i'll find a new way of living
sure i will
and you lie there without sleeping
and you stare at your wall
and you realize you're not weeping
you don't need her anymore
and you lie there without sleeping
and you stare at your wall
and you realize you're not weeping
'cause you don't need her anymore
well i don't know but i've been told and
seen what you've left behind
and i don't know if i like what i see
when it's knocking at my door
and you don't know if you're laughing or crying
and i don't know if i care
'cause i know right here
i've got me something that you never had
you might laugh but what are you looking at?
sending your own valentines to the one you never had
well i don't know but i've been told and
seen what you've left behind
and all those ladies you left standing on the corner
they're laughing at you now
(you never had, you never had)
so you drink all night and you sleep all day
'cause you see what you've left behind
and standing on the corner, hey lady got a quarter
she's passing you by
and you don't know if you're laughing or crying
and i don't know if i care
'cause i know right here
i've got me something that you never had
you might laugh but what are you looking at?
you tripped me up
you put mushrooms in my tea
you rolled me, took advantage of me
you tied me up
i see blisters on my wrists
do i recall you doing the wild thing on me
do you know what
i think that i liked it
do you know what
i think i'd like to do it again
you tripped me right up
you put mushrooms in my tea
you rolled me, took advantage of me
you tied me up
i see blisters on my wrists
do i recall you doing the wild thing on me
do you know what
i think that i liked it
do you know what
well it used to be everything was fine
everything, this all was mine
all i had to do was write it down
you'd just be there with your perfect frown
i made up my mind
i traded holy water for cheap wine
i ran out of time
well it used to be everything was fine
everything, this all was mine
but one fine day, you might say
that i, i threw it all away
'cause i made up my mind
i traded holy water for cheap wine
i ran out of time
or something that i can't define
i traded my whiskey for your wine
leaving my river running dry
and a waterline
you might say i'm wasting my time
you might say well, i don't mind
i ran out of time
or something that i can't define
i traded holy water for cheap wine
leaving my river running dry
leaving just a waterline
sign your name without apology, sign on, sign on
keep your eye on the economy, sign on, shine on
and everybody knows that this is nowhere
everybody knows that this is nowhere, nowhere
but you`ve got to be here
yes you`ve got to be right there
yes you got to be there yeh
yes you got to be there
man you got to be right there
yes you got to be here yeh
bide your time milk and three sugars please, sign on, sign on
you need a line, you need some poetry, right on, right on
and everybody knows that this is nowhere
nobody knows that this is nowhere oh yeh
but you`ve got to be there
yes you`ve got to be right there
yes you got to be there yeh
Everything you touch turns into gold
Got everything you want at 24
So what do you do
When all your dreams come true
What do you believe in
There`s nothing left to want
So who do you blame when nothing is wrong
And what do you do
(all your dreams)
When all your dreams come true
Are you feeling lucky are you feeling lost
Was it all too easy now how do you get it off
Cause your train won`t stop
Walking in the rain walking with jesus and jane
Jane was in her turtle neck I was much happier then
If I were to ask you what you would do with yourself
If I were to tell you would you just talk to yourself
Am I asking oh for so much
I`m not asking to be understood
Am I asking oh for so much
I`m just looking for a brand new friend
Walking in the rain walking with jesus and jane
Jane was in her turtle neck I was much happier then
Am I asking oh for so much
You could do anything you wanted to
Am I asking oh for so much
No just something that I can hold down
Because it`s all downhill now
So let me count the times that we swore and lied
That we`d tie ourselves to the railway line
Let me count the times when of course we lied
Well we know no better it was no crime
Let me count the times
I well I don't know when I when i`ll be content
Jodie wears a hat
Although it hasn't rained for six days
She says, "A girl needs a gun these days
Hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes"
She looks like Eve Marie Saint
In on the waterfront
She reads Simone de Beauvoir
In her American circumstance
She's less than sure if her heart has come
To stay in San Jose
And her never born child still haunts her
As she speeds down the freeway
As she tries her luck with the traffic police
Out of boredom more than spite
She never finds no trouble, she tries too hard
She's obvious despite herself
She looks like Eve Marie Saint
In on the waterfront
She says, all she needs is therapy, yeah
All you need is, love is all you need
Jodie never sleeps
'Cause there are always needles in the hay
She says, "A girl needs a gun these days
Hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes"
She looks like Eve Marie Saint
In on the waterfront
As she reads Simone de Beauvoir
In her American circumstance
Her heart, heart's like crazy paving
Upside down and back to front
She says, "Ooh, it's so hard to love when
High tide
In the cool of the mist
Walking in the shadows of the trade ships
I`ll be your baby
I will not be your man
I will not be around when you call
Oh daddy
I`ll be daddy's little girl
Black water
The warm summer rain
Washes your tears in to the big snake
Into the ocean
And your skin is so white under harbour light
Should you fall i`ll be your baby
Say i`ll be daddy's little girl
Oh daddy
I'm all alone now
Hush little baby
Don't you cry
I will sing you a lullaby
It's high tide
In the still of your room
And the big snake's a crawling
Through the smoke and perfume
To be your baby
I will not be your man
I will be around when you fall
I`ll be your baby
I`ll be daddy's little girl
Say it be my daddy
I`ll be daddy's little girl
Oh daddy
We're all alone now
Won't you be my daddy
We're all alone now...
Trumpet: jon hassell
Early in the morning, just by the break of day
Well that's when my patience went away
She took her bags but she left all her clothes
She took her keys and left me out in the cold
Wearing a plastic coat
And the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
Patience is a girl that I hate to love the way I do, but I do
She wakes me up in the morning through squeaking in my dreams
She took her bags but she left all her clothes
She took her keys and left me out in the cold
All because of patience
I get the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
She beat me up and left me out in the pouring rain
Without no keys, without no reason to go back again
She left me empty-handed, she left me empty-hearted
Not no money, not nothing but the blues
All because of patience
I get the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
She said the one thing that she needs is happiness
I don't believe that she's happy 'til she sees that I'm in distress
No, all because of patience
I get the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
strange to see you babe, ain't nothing down here free
did you lose your ticket, hope you weren't looking for me
now i'm still wearing the scars i got from being your fool
you messed me up pretty good babe i didn't mean to rule you
remember when i first saw you babe you were looking pretty good
said you were looking for love, well then why didn't you
you just sat there taking everything you could get
never thought one day you might have to pay for it
well did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
and feel your back against the wall
well did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl
did you ever dream
now when you're putting on your face i guess that you feel kinda low
knowing that you passed your best and you got nothing to show
well baby you know just as well as i some fool is gonna fall your way
only this time around you might have to pay for it
well did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
and feel your back against the wall
well did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl
that's what i said
did you ever dream, baby
when you had no need, baby
did you ever dream
that you might have to pay for it
i do believe that you might have to pay now
well did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
yeah and feel your back against the wall
well did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl
(improvise)
strange to see you baby
mmm strange, very strange
'cause you messed me up good
yes you messed me up
messed me up pretty good now didn't you baby
mmm, took me a long time, to get back here
but i swear i didn't mean to rule you
yeah i swear i didn't mean to rule you
how do you mend what you didn't mean to do
'cause i swear i didn't mean it
i swear i didn't mean it
and i swear i didn't, swear i didn't mean to
swear i didn't mean to rule you
i swear, but you messed me up
you know that you messed me up good, do you now
you messed me up good, yes you did
yes you did now now, baby
'cause i'm looking at you now
and you're paying now, yes you are now
i swear, and you never dreamed that
and you never dreamed that
no you never dreamed that
but you're paying now
mmm you never dreamed that
mmm i'm looking right at you now
i know that i've been wrong
and i have no one to hang it on
so i take you by the hand
and i ask you please to understand
i just want to see you smile
but all i ever do is make you cry
ah ah, ah ah
guess i'm tough to be around
babe you're tough to be away from
you know every place i've been
every place i wish i'd never seen
now i just want to see you smile
but all i ever do is make you cry
ah ah, ah ah
you know what you're doing
it's a very special thing to ruin now
you know what you're doing
but you don't know why
oh oh
now i know what you've been thinking all along
you're saying oh oh no mister wrong
oh oh oh mister wrong
hey, hey, hey
look at me now
i`m unrecognizable
my trademark frown has grown
into the strangest easy smile
oh, my, my,
where did i go wrong?
ask all my drunken friends
";who`s going to carry us home?
who`s going to drink `till the morning?
who`s going to carry us home?
love ruined everything";
as the ladies line their eyes
and the gents make their excuses
and the talk is going cheap
i`ll be smiling in my sleep
hey, hey, hey,
look at her now
she`s the life of the party
oh, my, my,
where did she go wrong?
ask all my drunken friends
";who`s going to carry us home?
who`s going to drink `till the morning?
who`s going to carry us home?
shirley i love you 'til i'm drunk
and on and on and never to stop
the way i see it it's sad to say it but it's true
you're gonna be all that i need
so sad to see her looking so rusted
there must be more to life than this
or we'd be mercy killing us
yeah, killing us baby
the last train's leaving, there's nothing left
'cept to confess to love and happiness
the way i see it it's sad to say it but it's true
you're gonna be all that i need
so sad, sad to see her looking so rusted
there must be more to life than this
or we'd be mercy killing us
oh yeah, killing us baby
we'll slip past a graveyard
living on juice
eating out of tuna cans
mobile home
with my dairy queen
tied me a knot
but she had to cut me loose
i liked her a lot yeh
like lovers do, like lovers do
i liked her a lot, like lovers do
julia came
eating a tangerine
friday the third
four-thirty
she tore out a page
of my magazine
then she went away yeh
like lovers do, like lovers do
she went away like lovers do
saturday girls
keep you warm a while
but sunday sunshine
kills all conversation
you look in her eyes
and you see circles
then she lets you get away, yeh
like lovers do, like lovers do
you get away yeh, like lovers do
everyday you`re so sad to see me
and i`m so glad to take the blame
it`s always going to be that way
living on juice
eating out of tuna cans
mobile home
with my dairy queen
tied me a knot
but she had to cut me loose
now i`m looking at you yeh
like lovers do, like lovers do
i`m looking at you now, like lovers do
and i`m looking right at you now, just like lovers do
and i`m looking right at you now girl
just like lovers do, like lovers do
lay your head upon my shoulder
let it rest there for a while
i guess that i`m still good for something
once in a while
and if you need someone to talk to
just give a call i`ll be around
and if you want me to avoid you
just say the word
if you love him you should leave me
that`s the best thing to do
and if you need him you don`t need me
like you used to
and if you believe you`ll be happy
then i`m happy for you
yes and it`s just kind of funny
ain`t it me who never cried?
i guess that i`ll still kind of love you
for a little while
if you love him you should leave me
that`s the best thing to do
and if you need him you don`t need me
like you used to
and if you believe you`ll be happy
then i`m happy for you
you silly thing
don`t you apologize
no, no,
you,
you walk in my house with her lipstick over your face
you tell me you got news for me well, do you think i can't see straight?
do you think i can't recognize her perfume on your clothes
you tell me you got news for me well, i don't need to be told
let me guess, she's looking for a little peace of mind
i don't want to cause any more pain but could i please have what's mine?
she's got such a pretty please i never could say no
well just take her half of everything and then please go
now i know right now you're thinking i'm some crazy kind of fool
but the truth of the matter is i'm just like you
she's some kind of voodoo woman, she said she can't use me anymore
that's what she said to me she said, i can't use you anymore
i don't need your lovin', i don't need your kissin'
i don't need for you to tell me all that i've been missin'
i don't need your lovin', i don't need your kissin'
i don't need for you to tear me down and tear me down again
every time you give a little more, she could still use a little more
every time you give a little more, she could still use a little more
and when you can't give a little more, she could still use a little more
she could still use a little more, she could still use a little more
tell her that she done me, that she done me good
tell her that she done me, like a lady should
i never ever seen her and i hope i never do
i might have to show her just what love can do
the sun ain't gonna shine, and the rain is gonna fall
'cause i put a spell on you
and all the years i cried, all the years that i tried
to save a stillborn love
i know what you're thinking, pretty soon i'll howl at the moon
but you better believe me, 'cause i was just like you
mister read the writing on the wall, get out while you're still whole
while you're still breathing
i don't need your lovin'
(i don't need your lovin')
kissin'
(i don't need your kissin')
lovin', no i don't need
tear me down again
(i don't need your lovin')
mmm lovin'
(i don't need your kissin')
mmm kissin', and i don't need
tear me down again
(i don't need your lovin')
yeah
(i don't need your kissin')
holier than thou, yes it's true
i'm too good for you
higher than heaven, taller than jesus
charlie knows just what you need is
we're going down, down, underground
we're going down, down, underground
trust me i know what is true
what is good for you
here in your heaven, in your hell
are you living, pray tell
we're going down, down, underground
we're going down, down, underground
now you're leaving all your friends behind
all damnations to the family
are you ready to be born again
should you awake
down, down, down
down, down, underground
holier than thou, yes it's true
i'm too good for you
higher than heaven, taller than jesus
charlie knows just what you need is
we're going down, down, underground
we're going down, down, underground
we're going down, down, underground
There you go again
Alma tell me when
Will you never learn
And now you`re underweight
And overpaid
You will not be saved
And you`re pushing 38
Heaven knows your train is late
Although my chance is slim
You percieve the state you`re in
Is good for one last fling
In a drastic dress you walk in drastic steps
Revealing no interest
You know it seems you wont be spared
And you`re so much wiser unaware, unaware
Independent means being alone and being
Good for one last fling
So there you go again
Alma tell me when
Will you ever learn
Instead you walk in these drastic steps
When you know too well
ALBUM:CD-MAXI "So you'd like to save the world"
This song is the B-side, even though it's better!
This song is transcribed from an Scandinavian
ear, so feel free to send me any corrections
that you think are necessary!
tt91jo@tintin.hik.se (Jorgen Olsen)
For the pleasure of your company
--------------------------------
Heaven is a shadow of your live
I'm a lonesome alcoholic for your kiss
Should I sit around
And wait
Well I had a chance
I hesitate
To ask you for the pleasure of your company
What would you say
Would you think about it
Would you think about it
Right now
I've been put upon
I've been passed round
For ever and I'm waiting for
The thirteenth of never
Should I swear to be true
Should you give a damn
What I say or do
Well, I'm asking for the pleasure of your company
What would you say
Would you think about it
Would you think about it
Right now
Love a chant
I've got everything you need
And I'm asking for the pleasure of your company
What DO you say
Baby
Cause it's been a long time
Baby
Think about it
i was looking for a rhyme for the new york times
when i sensed i was not alone
she said d'you know how to spell audaciously
i could tell i was in luck
and so i forced a smile contrary to my style
and she looked into my eyes
she said d'you want to go heaven
or would you rather not be saved
here comes my train
i'm on my way, will you not see
i don't need your sympathy
i won't read your poetry, oh sweetness please
so she took me back to her basement flat
which was down on charlotte street
though it was never my intention
we were not intense, not least because
well if you must just take then i'm a piece of cake
that is what she said to me
and so i gave myself to her charity
well at least that's how it seemed
here comes my train
i'm on my way, what got into me
i don't need your sympathy
i won't read your poetry, oh bittersweets
i was looking for a rhyme for the new times when i was distracted
yes those were precious times together that we wasted
now i'm working hard for my union card
i must believe in charlotte street
though it was never my intention to stay so long
so long
I've been bought and sold
I've been hung upside down
So you can hear me breathing
Do you think it`s easy
I've been aching all through summer
I've been aching just to fall
Cut me down
I've been billy name and filled my pockets with sand
I've seen everything I hang upon your pretty frown
I have wasted all my summer
I've been aching just to fall
Cut me down
All she had too much class to mention
Were the things he never knew
All the things she left unspoken
Were the things he needed
So i`m not hurting anymore
I've been bought and sold and I've been hung upside down
Can you hear me breathing do you think it`s easy
I may find it hard to follow
I've been aching just to fall
when you're nothing to no one
and you're less than you can
and you're looking for someone
who won't cling to anything
so you're stuck in some motel
with the sound of her sleeping
don't you feel kinda old now
well ain't that a funny thing
i used to wake up early
i used to try to believe
but life seems neverending
when you're young
so you're back on the highway
and there's wind in her hair
and you know that it's no time for thinking
about somebody up there
'cause you'll turn her to drinking
and you'll lead her to hell
with her bottle beside her
she surely looks like an angel
i used to wake up early
i used to try to believe
but faith is never easy
when you're young
no no no
i used to wake up early
now it's hard, hard enough to sleep
but life seems neverending
when you're young
didn't i hear you say your heart's made out of steel
no one's gonna get so close, no one's gonna know how you feel
now you're a punch drunk sycophant, a little s.o.b.
you say your mind is made up, isn't that the way that it's supposed to be
and it's a long way down
and it's a long, long way down
walking that tall your head is gonna trip your feet
walking with the devil's fine, just don't call it looking for sympathy
when it's four a.m. and mister you can't sleep
'cause your blood's still rushing at cocaine speed
and you know all that you need's a little baby to say
ah mister cool down won't you let me fade those blues away
and it's a long way down
and it's a long, long way down
and when you hit the ground you're gonna know about it
mister let's you and me see if we can't make a deal
i'll give you the world and all you've gotta do is cry for me
the reason it's a clich
Ž is because it's true
the harder you climb, the harder you fall, and that means you
so mister hard head, hard nose, hard as steel
you're just a punch drunk sycophant, a little s.o.b.
and it's a long, it's a long way down
and it's a long, long way down
Does it hurt to be polite
Or is it just cool to be unkind
Must you always hurt the ones you love
And then get paid back in time
Now, now, now
Andy is fine but his taste is not mine
Let me tell you I don`t mean maybe
I`m getting really tired of andy`s babies
Some say that children should be seen and not heard
That`s what i`d preferred
Let`s go downtown for a wine
I`m sure you`ll be forced to smile
When you see andy`s babies
And the bohemian lifestyle
Now, now now
Andy`s a saint
But i`m loosing my patience
I really don`t mean maybe
Don`t even wanna talk about andy`s babies
So andy says his children will inherit the earth
Isn`t that absurd, in a word
Trudy`s in the bathroom
She`s trying to clean up her eyes
And donald`s gone to mass
Yes we are thankful for that
It`s eight in the morning
And still you can`t get no sleep
On account of this perfect day and
All this white light white heat
Didn't mean to get you mad at me misty
Swear i`d never try to turn your brown eyes blue
It's just that I haven`t got a taste for this whisky
Maybe I i`ve been missing someone like you
Maybe I've been tired, maybe I've been lonely
I've been lonely and blue
Maybe I've been missing someone like you
But I was only trying to be your friend
Don't get weird on me babe
I swear I never try to mix things up again
Don't get weird on me babe
Billy says that you're wearing his ring now
He says it took away the sadness from your smile
I guess i`d tried hell if i`d only known how
I guess I learned when you walking down that isle
I guess that i`ll be sad babe and i`ll be lonely
I`ll be lonely and blue
Yes and i`ll be missing someone like you
Maybe I've been missing someone like you
But I was only trying to be your friend
Don't get weird on me babe
I swear I never try to mix things up again
Don't get weird on me babe
Was only trying to be your friend
And I was only trying to be your friend
Didn't mean to get you mad at me misty
Swear i`d never try and turn your brown eyes blue
It's just that I haven`t got a taste for this whisky
Maybe I i`ve been missing someone like you
Maybe I've been tired, maybe I've been lonely
I've been lonely and blue
Yes and I've been missing someone like you
But I was only trying to be your friend
Don't get weird on me babe
I swear I never try to mix things up again
Don't get weird on me babe
Don't get weird on me babe
Don't get weird on me babe
Even though the skies are blue
Don't we let the sun shine through
Because he is a jerk I guess
Does that make him love you less
Could you forgive that boy
Could you find some part of your aching heart
To forgive that boy
Could you take him home
Could you hold him in your arms
Until the morning comes
When he's a all cried out
Could you be that girl
What if it were you who fell
Would he have you go to hell?
Because he is a man that's true
Now wasn't she a woman too?
Could you forgive that boy
Could you find some part of your aching heart
To forgive that boy
Could you take him home
Could you hold him in your arms
Until the morning comes
When he's a all cried out
Could you be that girl?
Could you forgive that boy
Could you find some part of your aching heart
To forgive that boy
Could you take him home
Could you hold him in your arms
Until the morning comes
When he's a all cried out
Could you be that girl
Could you be that girl
Could you be that girl
Could you be that girl
Could you be that girl
Could you be that girl
Could you be that girl
i choose my friends only far too well
i'm up on the pavement, they're all down in the cellar
with their government grants and my i.q.
they brought me down to size, academia blues
louise is a girl, i know her well
she's up on the pavement, yes she's a weather girl
and i'm staying up here so i may be undone
she's inappropriate, but then she's much more fun and
when she smiles my way
my eyes go out in vain
she's got perfect skin
shame on you, you've got no sense of grace, shame on me
ah just in case i might come to a conclusion
other than that which is absolutely necessary
and that's perfect skin
louise is the girl with the perfect skin
she says turn on the light, otherwise it can't be seen
she's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
and she's sexually enlightened by cosmopolitan and
when she smiles my way
my eyes go out in vain
for her perfect skin
yeah that's perfect skin
she takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
of her family life, pretty weird at times
at the age of ten she looked like greta garbo
and i loved her then, but how was she to know that
when she smiles my way
my eyes go out in vain
she's got perfect skin
up eight flights of stairs to her basement flat
pretty confused huh, being shipped around like that
seems we climbed so high now we're down so low
strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one