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WICKED MESSENGER
(Bob Dylan) 

There was a wicked messenger
from Eli he did come,
With a mind that multiplied 
the smallest matter
When questioned who had sent for him
he answered with a thumb.
For his tongue it could not speak, but only flatter

He stayed behind the assembly hall, 
it was there that he made his bed,
Often times he could be seen returning. 
Until one day he just appeared
with a note in his hand which read,
"The soles of my feet, I swear they're burning".

The leaves began to fallin'
And the seas began to part,
And the people that confronted him were many
And he was told these last few words,
Which opened up his heart,
"If ye cannot bring good news, then don't bring any"



DEVOTION
(Ronnie Lane)


So good to be with 
the people that know you.
It's good to hear 
the things that they say,
At times when you are with them.
So good to note 
my strength is growing from day to day, 
There's not a thing
I try to do without you

Troubled times of pain that come
I take them any old day.
You come and you wash them all away

Everywhere you sing in everything,
and I try by remembering
all the things that you said to me,
from within all you did for me.
Just one word.



SHAKE, SHUDDER, SHIVER
(Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane) 

I shake and I shudder and I shiver
in my bath while it's cold and my windows are broken,
as my poor dog lays a-chokin' on the floor.

I cried to my father and my mother,
there's no justice divine, 
I wonder when I get mine.
'cause I'm so sick and tired of waitin' for the Lord.

I find just what it is I'm looking for

There's a man wants to show me the river.
Hoofing at five I'll be more dead than alive.
I find a reason to survive when I'm too old.

Should I walk in the lightning and the thunder
on a hilltop so high and show my face to the sky ?
Will I find just what it is I'm looking for ?



STONE
(Ronnie Lane)


Once I was a stone many years ago
Into a pool was thrown many years ago.
Time passed by, the pool ran dry, excavated was I.
And tempered and beat in a fiery heat,
By the hand of a man, who's name was Dan
Dan the blacksmith.

Once I was a sword, many years ago.
And my blade was broad, many years ago.
Worn with pride, into battle I'd ride at a warrior's side.
And I cut and I killed and was lost in a field,
And I soon did rust, corrode to dust,
Oh my.

Once I was a daisy, many years ago.
In pastures green and lazy, many years ago.
But I was et by a goat who fell in a moat and forgetting to float
He sunk like a lead and stayed until dead,
But was relieved to find just how kind it all was.

Once I was a grub, many years ago.
I lived in muck and mud, many years ago.
But on the very first noon I became a cocoon that resembled a prune.
When the Good Lord was done in the warmth of the sun.
I shed my skins, and dried my wings, and I flew away.

Once I was a bullfrog, had to struggle for survival.
And once I was a carp and lived in waters ornamental.
And once I was a myna bird, quoting verses from the Bible,
Said "pretty boy, pretty boy, St. Luke".

Once I was a mule, a many years ago.
But my master  treat me cruel, a many years ago.
By and by I was sick, couldn't move to his kick, so he took out a stick
And hit it right 'cross my back to an almighty crack,
And to his dismay, I passed away, into the blue.

I was born a human baby, many years ago.
I was born unto a lady, many years ago.
All our hopes they were piled on the back of a child that turned out to be wild.
Sent the devil a prayer and caused the parson to swear.
So I took my leave to lie and thieve my way to jail.

I've been  tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor.
I've known good times and disaster.
But now I've found a teacher, and the teacher has a master,
The master is perfection, so he'll help us get there faster.
I don't need no proof, because that's the truth, and I'll drink to that.
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AROUND THE PLYNTH
(Rod Stewart, Ron Wood)


Woken up on mornings such as this
Thought exactly the same as I'm thinking now.
Every night for a year I've slept alone.
Cold damp room looks worse than me, no no no

Got a fear of death that creeps on every night.
I know I won't die soon, but then again I might,
Water down the drain, I'm wasting away.
Doctors can't help the ghost of a man that's me

Water down the drain goes to the sea,
The pattern of my life keeps a-haunting me.
Moisture from the ocean fills the sky,
Come on down to the ground as the time goes by
I never found out the reason why
My parents had to lie
About the place that I was born
Or from my hometown I was torn
At the tender age of four
I was livin' by homemade law
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FLYING
(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart)

I'm flying 
across the ocean
and I'm soaring 
back home
to the place I was born 
and probably raised.
And I'm flying 
across the mountains and valleys,
back home to the one that I love so happily.

Can ya' blame me for feeling homesick
'cause I've been away such a very long long time 
I served a while in the county jail 
five years for being hungry tired and poor

On and on 
yes I will follow 
with your buttons and bows.

 

NOBODY KNOWS
(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood)

I'm waiting here in patience
Am I waiting all in vain?
Will I see you?  Will I touch you?
Will I hear you call my name?
Come and make
Ten steps to every one step that I take

Nobody comes and nobody goes, 
No one is happy, and no one has woes.
Everything lasting, ever the same,
Nothing is ending, nothing can change.

The Good Lord always has been, 
Always will be ever the same.
And confusion mixed with illusion 
All years only turn again
With one and one hundred names
Had all the rooms, our key is to change.

Nobody comes and nobody goes, 
No one is happy and no one has woes,
Everything lasting, nothing can change,
Nothing is ending, ever the same
 

 

THREE BUTTON HAND-ME-DOWN
(Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart)

I don't need no one's opinion
On the matter concerning my dress.
I was raised in a clinic down in Oklahoma,
There were many things I did not possess.
I never complained, because my father said,
"Son you'll get your chance before you're my age".
Then he took me upstairs and gave me this suit
Written all over his face

He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
Three button hand me down
Three button hand me down

I had my fair share of neat women,
But they came between me and my suit.
That was a filly from Boston, a barmaid from Houston,
Not forgetting the one in Detroit.
They said, "We like you boy and we think you're sweet,
But can't you lose your suit?"
I said, "No, you can't do that to me"
I remember what my father said:

He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
Three button hand me down, ha ha,
Three button hand me down

I've never been a tidy dresser
And the fold in my trousers it ain't straight.
Still I know a good cloth when I see one.
That's why I'm clad in this gray flannel suit.
Sometimes I wonder if I should visit a tailor
And get myself a smooth outfit.
Then I remember what my father said to me.
I'll make you from the open road

He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you go"
Three button hand me down,
Three button hand me down


LONG PLAYER

BAD 'N' RUIN 

(Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart) 

Mother, don't you recognize your son? 
Coming home, 'cause I failed you Mother
I'll be there in the morning
If you'll have me back
The rent up here is much too high 
For a room without a tap
I'll be early in the morning 
And I'll find my way back home
Back home bad 'n' ruin
With my tail between my legs
Tail between my legs
And I'll be so tired

I'll be early tomorrow morning 
And I'll fall down off my plane
Don't be embarrassed mother
By your ugly worn-out son
Your ugly worn-out son.

Mother, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now

And I'll be down on Cannon Street
Passport in my hand
Should you not recognize me
I've heavily made-up my eyes
Momma, you won't recognize me now
Brother, you won't recognize me now
Sister, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now

So mother when you've seen me
Don't forget I'm your boy too
I know my brother has done you proud
He's one foot in the grave
Mother don't you recognize me now?

I'm a burglar in the first degree
But it don't seem to worry me
I'll be so tired, so tired
I'll be so tired, so tired

So Tired


TELL EVERYONE 

(Ronnie Lane) 

May the smile on your face
Come straight from your heart
Takes a lady like you
To write that for me

To wake up with you
Makes my morning so bright
Wipes the sleep from my eyes
When you tell me your dreams

And it goes on and on
Way beyond and out of reach
It's a well known old secret
Go and tell everyone

The smile on your face
Comes straight from your heart
If you look you will find
And you wrote that for me



SWEET LADY MARY 

(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart) 

Sweet Lady Mary has to rest her poor head
Wakes in the morning with her breakfast in bed
I tried to help her but I did not know how
I tried to love her but it's all over now

Nothing left to comfort me
Except a sunny day
Steal away
Steal away

Over the stones along the dusty old road
With every footstep one more tale is told
With every turning one more side to see
Sweet Lady Mary's seen the last of me

A lesson is learnt
I'll never come this way again
I'll steal away
Steal away

Her Spanish habits are so hard to forget
The lady lied with every breath, I accept
Was a matter of time before my face did not fit
I knew all along I'd have to quit.

Anyway now, I better not
Waste anymore of your time
I'll steal away
Steal away

I think I'll go back home and start all again
Where the Gulf Stream waters tend to ease the pain
And on a new day when I've mended the wound
Sweet Lady Mary's gate I swear I'll be bound

But before I sit down again 
And waste anymore of your time
I better steal away
Steal away

 

RICHMOND 

(Ronnie Lane) 

I wish I 
I wish I was in Richmond
I do, I would I
I wish I
I wish I was back home

I'm waitin' 
Here in New York City
The rain is falling
There's no one who cares
There's no one loves me here

The women
They may look very pretty
And some they know it
But some look good
They show a leg and smile
But they all look like the flowers
In someone else's garden
I've no act of love
for anyone but you



MAYBE I'M AMAZED 

(Paul McCartney) 

Baby I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I'll leave you
Baby, I'm amazed at the way you fool me all the time
You hung me on a line
Baby, I'm amazed at the way I really need you

Baby, I'm a man, oh baby, 
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby, 
You're the only woman that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand

Baby, I'm a man, oh baby, 
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby, 
You're the only one that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand

Baby, I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Baby, I'm afraid of the way I'll leave ya'
Baby, I'm amazed at the way you help me sing the song
You right me when I'm wrong
Baby I'm amazed at the way I really need you

Baby, I'm a man, oh baby, 
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby, 
You're the only woman that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand



HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME 

(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart & Ronnie Lane) 
Thought I was lookin' good
So I cycled 'cross the neighbourhood
Was invited by a skinny girl 
Into her high class world

Left my bicycle under the stairs
Laid my coat across the kosher chairs
Made my way across the crowded room
I had nothing to lose

My reception wasn't very keen
So turning on a friendly grin
Stood on the table with my glass of gin
And came straight to the point

(Chorus)
I was glad to come
I'll be sad to go
So while I'm here
I'll have me a real good time

(Repeat)

Dancing madly round the room, yeah
Singing loudly and sorta' out of tune
Was escorted by a friendly slag
'Round the bedroom and back
Wandered across to the door
Missed my step and I fell on the floor.
Said one word and was asked to leave
Kinda' wish I was dead.

(Chorus)

The skinny girl made it clear
That she only came here for the beer
The vicar simply reeked of gin
On my way home I happened to fall off my bicycle
(Good party)
I was glad to come, but I was also glad to get home


NOBODY KNOWS 

(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood) 

I'm waiting here in patience
Am I waiting all in vain?
Will I see you?  Will I touch you?
Will I hear you call my name?
Come and make
Ten steps to every one step that I take

Nobody comes and nobody goes, 
No one is happy, and no one has woes.
Everything lasting, ever the same,
Nothing is ending, nothing can change.

The Good Lord always has been, 
Always will be ever the same.
And confusion mixed with illusion 
All years only turn again
With one and one hundred names
Had all the rooms, our key is to change.

Nobody comes and nobody goes, 
No one is happy and no one has woes,
Everything lasting, nothing can change,
Nothing is ending, ever the same
 

ON THE BEACH 

(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood) 

I don't care who's watching
Don't mind what the surfing heads might say
Although I may not be no Charlie Atlas
I'm gonna take my shirt off anyway

Now skin and bones sinks easy on the high tide
And I'm not one for castles in the sand
I've seen a girl I once knew from the East Side
I think I spy a bottle in her hand
I think I spy a bottle in her hand

I don't need to know your birthday
'Cause what you tell her I don't claim to be
There's a place I know of called the Tip Top
Won't you come and take a walk with me
Won't you come and take a walk with me

Didn't take too much hard work to get her
Melted like a chocolate in my arms
If (?) had ever seen it better
It never did the scenery no harm
Never did the scenery no harm.



I FEEL SO GOOD

(Big Bill Broonzy) 

I got a letter
It come to me by mail
My baby's coming' home
I hope that she don't fail

(Chorus)
Because I feel so good
I feel so good
You know I feel so good
Feel like ballin' the jack

I drove into town to that old station
Just to meet her old train
My baby said she's a-comin' home
I hope that she won't fail

(Chorus)

Feel so good, I hope I always will
Feel just like I just got out of jail
Way off behind the hills

(Chorus)

(ad-libs to end)


A NOD'S AS GOOD AS A WINK TO A BLIND HORSE


MISS JUDY'S FARM
(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart) 

Miss Judy, she was moody
Owned a sweaty farm in old Alabam
I was just eighteen, crude and mean
All I needed was to get my own way.

Miss Judy, she could have me any hour of the working day 
She'd send me in the corn field, mid-afternoon
Said "Son, its all part of your job"
Miss Judy had a p'roxide poodle 
That I would kick if I was given the chance 
Madam wasn't amused by the kindness I used 
I was whipped in the barn until dawn 

Last summer we was restless,
Were gonna make a stand and burn down your farm 
But it was all in the head 'cause out in the yard 
Miss Judy had the National Guard 

We was beat before we started.

Miss Judy she was moody 
But she always didn't get her own way 
Stage a fight, get it right 
Kick her when she's down 

 

YOU'RE SO RUDE
(Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane) 

My mum she likes you, she thinks your swell ,
Got the makin's of a dance hall girl.
Your low-cut frock and your bird's nest hair, 
Stiletto heels and the way that you swear.
She says to take you back to see my folks again on Sunday 

Why, it looks as though theres nobody in,
They've all gone out to see my Auntie Renee.
Don't you worry, you just come right in, 
I'm sure we'll pass the time til they come home. 
Well, let me take your coat, kick off your shoes, 
Warm your toes, try the sofa. 

Its getting dark, we'll miss the late night bus 
It's only eight?
Well, I'm not takin' any chances.
Whats that noise? Why'd they come back so soon?
Straighten your dress you're really looking a mess.
I'll wet my socks, pretend we just got caught in the rain.
Oh, your so rude. 



LOVE LIVES HERE
(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart) 

It's hard to believe that this is the place 
Where we were so happy all our lives. 
Now so empty inside and feelin' no pain. 
Waitin' for a hammer and a big ball and chain. 

They can tear it all down and build something new,
Then only I'll remember what was here.
Tomorrow comes easy, just another day gone 
How hong will I have to keep returning?

Now I look back, think I've known all the time,
I've been fightin' myself for so long.
All the vows that we made, gone for old rags and lumber
Disappear on a cart down the road 




LAST ORDERS PLEASE
(Ronnie Lane) 


Well, well, hello and how are you?
Fancy seeing you here.
Don't let it show. 
No look, no one must know 
Why! They're playing "Tracks Of My Tears" 

Just pretend its all over, 
Like you have for so long. 
I thought time was a healer,
But i guess I was wrong.
I am to blame 
But we were so young.
Oh, how was I to know?

But you said you still want me,
You opened up an old wound
Then you left me here bleeding. 
And my minds black and blue. 
Now you got yours, and I got mine.
And theres no debts or dues
Oh, what can we do?



STAY WITH ME
(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart) 

In the mornin' don't say you love me, 
'Cause I'll only kick you out of the door 
I know your name is Rita 'cause your perfume's smellin' sweeter
Since when I saw you down on the floor.

Won't need to much pursuadin' 
I don't mean to sound degradin',
But with a face like that you got nothin' to laugh about. 
Red lips, hair and fingernails,
I hear you're a mean old Jezebel
Lets go up stairs and read my Tarot cards 

Stay with me, stay with me 
For tonight you'd better stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me 
For tonight you'd better stay with me 

So, in the mornin', please don't say you love me 
'Cause you know I'll only kick you out the door 
Yeah, I'll pay your cab fare home, you can even use my best cologne,
Just don't be here in the mornin' when I wake up 

Stay with me, stay with me 
For tonight you'd gonna stay with me
Sit down, get up, get out.




DEBRIS
(Ronnie Lane) 

I left you on the Debris 
At the Sunday morning market 
You were sorting through the odds and ends. 
You was looking for a bargain

I heard your footsteps at the front door,
And that old familiar love song,
Cause you knew you'd find me waiting there 
At the top of the stairs.

I went there and back
Just to see how far it was 
And you, you tried to tell me 
But I had to learn for myself.

Theres more trouble at the depot, 
With the general workers union 
And you said, "They'll never change a thing.
Well, they won't fight and their not working."

Oh you was my hero 
How you are my good friend 
I've been there and back 
And I know how far it is

But I left you on the Debris 
Now we both know you got no money. 
And I wonder what you would have done 
Without me hanging around. 


 

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
(Chuck Berry) 


Long distance information give me Memphis Tennesee 
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me 
She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call 
'cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall.

Help me information get in touch with my Marie;
She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis, Tennesee.
Her house is on the south side, high up on a ridge
Just about a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge.

Last time I saw Marie, she was waving me goodbye 
With hurry home drops on her cheeks that trickeled from her eye 
Marie is only six years old, information, please 
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennesee 


 

TOO BAD
(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart)  

Too bad we were thrown downstairs; 
We never got a chance to sing.
We were quite polite with one invite 
To keep us off the streeet. 
We mingled for a minute or two 
With the high class clientele.
Then somebody said "who invited them,
that crowd of refugees.  Get out!" 

What an insult, to be shown the door 
Before we could shake a leg. 
I was most intrigued by the colored queen 
leaning on the kitchen door.
Then I was ushered with my friends 
by the butler who was twelve feet tall.
Well let me please explain 
'Cause we're not to blame 
We just don't have the right accent. No, no 

All we wanted to do was to socialize 
Oh, you know its a shame I was always getting the blame 
All we wanted to do was to socialize 
Oh, you know its a shame how we always get the blame 

Sweaty girls and damp motels 
is where I'm gonna stay. 
'Cause now I see what it's all about, 
I didn't at the old school tie.
Don't worry, we had no fun waiting 
for the all night bus home.
Too bad my regional tongue 
Gave us away again. 


 

THAT'S ALL YOU NEED
(Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) 

Sit right down if you can spare me a minute.
I got a tale that's bound to break your heart.
Concerns my brother who's thin and plays violin.
Got it in his head that an IQ was all you need 

He went his way, I couldn't discover mine.
I didn't worry if I ever saw him again.
He's made a profit while I don't even own a pocket
and the last I heard he was sitting at the top of the tree.

Late last night reading my Underground Press 
Came a knock on the door, thought it was the third world war.
Lord above, I did not recognize him.
I said, "Have a cup of coke, Kid, maybe that's all you need."

He said, "The smell of the city, Kid, it's trying to kill me.
My eyes are getting muddy, Christ, I'm aging fast.
With my kind of music, I knew it wasn't gonna to be simple,
But have a quick listen, Kid, maybe that's all you need."

Don't stop, you make me feel much better 
Tell me my brother do you think that's all I need?
Don't it make you happy, well, well, well, well, well 
That's all you need (5 times)


OOH LA LA


SILICONE GROWN
(Ron Wood, Rod Stewart)  

Wait a minute honey
I don't think the joke's too funny
I stayed up all night
Checking out the doctor's guide

Wait a minute honey
Stop pretending you're a bunny
Well I might've guessed 
You been to see a specialist.

I remember you said 
That we gotta keep abreast of time
But obviously you don't know where to draw the line
Don't try and tell me it's a-what you been eating
Since when have you been 44 around the (get on with the song)

At the Moulin Rouge tell you baby we could knock 'em dead
Just sign right here all I need is 10%.
Now you make me feel like a pimp in the White House
For a senator's daughter you're stealing all the headline news

Oh shake me, shake me, shake me up all night long
We all need a laugh and I guess you're just the one
You got more front than the Hague Museum
Oh home grown silicone you really got the best of me

 

CINDY INCIDENTALLY
(Ian McLagan, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart)  

Oh Cindy ain't you noticed
That several of your friends have moved on
And the street outside is just a little too quiet
And your local papers run out of news
I'm not persuading you or disengaging you
But Cindy you and me we gotta move

Can you refuse, no time to lose
We'll hit the high road early this morning
So don't be late, don't hesitate
This dream can pass just as fast as lighting
Cindy, incidentally, baby I ain't putting you on

Can you refuse, with nothing to lose
We'll hit the high road early this morning
So don't be late, don't hesitate
This dream can pass just as fast as lighting

Oh Cindy don't you worry 
'Cause between us we can make it through
There ain't nothing, no no nothing 
In the world I can do without you

So Cindy get your coat on 
Leave the rent with the gent up in the penthouse
Turn your music so loud let's attract a big crowd
We'll drink a round to this town and bid goodbye


FLAGS AND BANNERS
(Ronnie Lane, Rod Stewart)   

Last night I was woken by my cry
Had a dream just as plain as you and I
Saw the morning sun on a woodland in the spring
Still hear the echo crashing through the trees
Oh when I saw you down I fell upon my knees

You and I we were wearing Southern Grey
I called to you but I used another name
I beat the ground and I cried out in your pain
Through a scarlet door I watched you slipping away
And your brother's helpless prayers were all in vain

Last night I was woken by my cry

 

MY FAULT
(Ian McLagan, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart) 

Take me like you find me
Don't try to change me
You know better than that

Take me as you see me
Don't try to hide me
I ain't used to that

I'll shout it out loud
Put a bomb in a crowd
If I got something to say

There's nothing that can stop me
I can't let it lay

If I have to fall on my head 
Every night of the week
It's gonna be my fault, 
(No one else)

If everything goes wrong 
When I'm singing my song
It's gonna be my fault 
(and no one else)

There ain't nothing you can do about it
I've sat and thought it over, 
Don't try to help me
I was just born this way, 

So if everything goes wrong
And I drink all night
It's gonna be my fault 
(and no one else)

So don't break it kindly, 
Don't hypnotize me
I just won't understand

Take me like you find me
Don't try to change me
You know better than that 



 

BORSTAL BOYS
(Ian McLagan, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart) 

Cell block five, how I hate Bromide
With your coffee in the morning makes you so sterile
The corner gang never made a man of me boys

You know the walls are taller and the inmates scheme
There's no one here that's more than seventeen
Bet your life there's a riot tonight in the mess hall

A letter from your home town makes you sad
You read it when the warden's had a second laugh
He said sentimental rubbish ain't got no place in here boy

See the years roll on by 
such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform 
Call out your number 
who's a nonconformer 

Shakey Brown didn't hang around 
When a Molotov didn't do its stuff
He went back in there and said it with a sawed-off shotgun

You know Poker Sam couldn't lose a hand
If he did you was hit by a downtown tram
Or crushed in the path of a moving elevator

See the years roll on by 
such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform 
Call out your number 
who's a nonconformer

When I get out  I'll get straight
If this old world gives me half a break
But, if you see me in the corner with a chip on my shoulder
Don't blame me




IF I'M ON THE LATE SIDE
(Rod Stewart & Ronnie Lane)  

If I'm late, darling, don't hesitate
Just go without me and I'll see you there anyway
If I miss you at the station 
I want you on that train

I don't want a sad sack
'Cause I'll be there come what may
Leave a message with the porter
Or leave it at the gate
Just let me know that you're aboard her
Just a word to know that you're safe

I walk from Maryland to Silvertown
I hoped to catch you in the street
I must have missed you by a moment dear
I tried the place we alway meet

So if I'm late darling, don't hesitate 
Go on your own some 
And I'll catch you there anyway
I might lose some time babe
But if I do 
I'll make amends in an hour
When I'm laying down beside you


 

GLAD AND SORRY
(Ronnie Lane)  

Thank you kindly 
For thinking of me
If I'm not smiling 
I'm just thinking

Glad and sorry
Happy or sad
When all is done and spoken 
You're up or I'm down

Can you show me a dream
Can you show me one that's better than mine
Can you stand it in the cold light of day
Neither can I

(repeat)


 

JUST ANOTHER HONKY
(Ronnie Lane)  

I close my eyes and ignore all the signs
I'm walking 'round in circles
I've closed my ears and believed my own lies
And break the silence always

I make a lot of words, big storm in the air
All 'round your hair it's blowing
Just leave it be and it will all blow away
The weather's always changing

You can go if you want to
I don't own you, go be wild
Leave my hand, it's wide open
So's the door evermore

It hurts me more to think I'll keep you in chains
Than if you were to leave me.
I am what you are and I'm running too,
All for the open prairie.

So you can go if you want to
I don't own you, go be wild
Leave my hand it's wide open
So's the door forevermore.


 

OOH LA LA
(Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood)  

Poor old Granddad 
I laughed at all his words
I thought he was a bitter man
He spoke of women's ways

They'll trap you, then they use you 
Before you even know
For love is blind and you're far too kind
Don't ever let it show

I wish that I knew what I know now 
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.

The Can Can's such a pretty show
They'll steal your heart away
But backstage, back on earth again
The dressing rooms are grey

They come on strong and it ain't too long
Before they make you feel a man
But love is blind and you soon will find
You're just a boy again 

When you want her lips, you get a cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more and she's fast asleep
Then she's twinkling with the stars.

Poor young grandson, there's nothing I can say
You'll have to learn, just like me
And that's the hardest way
Ooh la la

I wish that I knew what I know now 
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.



I WISH IT WOULD RAIN
(Whitfield, Strong, Penzabine) 

Sunshine, blue skies, please go away
my love has found another, gone away
withered up my future, my life is filled with gloom
day after day I stay locked up in my room
I know to you it might sound strange
but I wish it would rain
curse so badly, I don't want to go outside
everyone knows that a man ain't supposed to cry
listen, I've got to cry, 'cause crying sheds the pain
to the world outside my tears I refuse to explain
I wish it would rain
let it rain
looking down at my tear stained face pressed against the window pane
but I search the sky desperately for rain
'cause raindrops will hide my teardrops, no one will ever know
when I'm crying, crying when I go outside
to the world outside my tears I refuse to explain
I wish it would rain
let it rain
 

 YOU CAN MAKE ME DANCE, SING, OR ANYTHING
(Jones, McLagan, Stewart, Wood, Yamauchi) 

hey baby, I wanna say something to ya', listen
sometimes when I get out of my head
and I say all the wrong things
sometimes I know I stay out late at night
and I get back fighting, hey babe
somehow all my plans keep slippin' through my hands
and I end up crying, but listen
I can be a millionaire
honey when you're standing there you're so exciting
you can make me dance, you can make me sing
you can make me do just any old thing and I love it
sometimes I wanna get up so early
and get away from here girl
summer's gone and before long
north winds blow, that bring the snow
I'll keep us warm girl
my schemes it seems are merely dreams
fading with each morning, hey babe
but this old heart of mine
is far too proud not to keep on trying
you can make me dance, you can make me sing
you can make me do just any old thing, yeah baby
so little bird don't fly away
want you here every day
don't ever leave me
I'd rather lose both my eyes
than never see your smiling face again girl
you can make me dance, you can make me sing
you can make me do just any old thing
you can make me dance, you can make me sing
you can make me do just any old thing
hey babe, keep on loving me babe
yeah, keep on loving me babe
just keep on loving me babe ...
just keep on loving me darling ...
woww, alright, hey baby, oh darling
keep on loving me darling
just keep on loving me darling ...
 
 

 POOL HALL RICHARD
(Wood, Stewart) 

Sweatin' hard, I didn't get a shot
All I did was stand around and get too hot
Knowin' all the people wasn't' on my side
losin' all my money and I'm getting tired
ol' Bill he come a-runnin' like he's gettin' some
makes you kind of jealous but it sure is fun
I don't mind, but he wants my lady too

you know the crowd gets bigger as the word goes 'round
pool hall king was playin' back in town
Minnesota Fats standin' up at the back
tryin' to hide himself in a plastic mack
you ought to hear the silence when the kid walks in
his reputation's bigger than gasoline
I don't mind but he's tryin' to fill my lady too

Pool Hall Richard, you're far too wicked we know
Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, we know
you broke my heart
same a gigolo could ever do
with your yellow carnation and your pink satin shoe
you make me jealous but I worship you
one day soon I'm gonna beat you clean
wipe that smile right off your chin
everybody gonna drive from miles around
quein' up to see me take away your crown
then you'll never never ever take my lady then

Pool Hall Richard, you're far too wicked we know
Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, we know
you broke my heart
same a gigolo could ever do

dig this..
bam goes the brown, that's another one down
know they play much better when the sun goes down
bang goes the green, you're so obscene
your hands are dirty but your scent is clean
bam goes the blue, lock away your cue
the pool hall king is hustlin' you
bam goes the 8-ball, didn't see it spin at all
this kid can play, oh yeah

bam goes the brown, ooh another one down
know they play much better when the sun goes down
bang goes the green, you're so obscene
your hands are dirty, your scent is clean
damn the pink, one more to sink
gonna beat you someday 'cause you're makin' me sick
down on the black, at the back of the pack
aw, you nearly missed, you ain't so hot

Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, we know
you broke my heart
same a gigolo could ever do
you're breakin' my heart
but you're stealin' my tart
shut up


OPEN TO IDEAS
(Ian McLagan/Rod Stewart/Ron Wood) 

Hey Baby when I call your name
and the telephone come to ring
It'll be me ringing for my own ....
and I could do anything

Surely you can wait just a half an hour more
I won't be that way, a will
Knowin' that you really want me baby
I could never be honoured for

Cause you know I'm always open to ideas
Cause I'm always open to ideas (yeah, babe ... listen)

Strange that I don't need no break to find out
what it's all about
You and me baby make it really work
but I don't give a damn to shout

Makes two people kinda really happy
not to get along
But sure I'm right when it makes you doubt
I got nobody on the phone

Cause I'm always open to ideas (yeah baby)
Cause I'm always open to ideas (yeah ... middle A)

I can really feel that we'd be better
Surely as one we got more chance together
I don't really need you, but I guess you don't know
Soon as I come back home, and I don't feel good.

But I'm really open to ideas (ooh baby)
But I'm still open to ideas 
any time you want to call
But I'm really open to ideas (yeah, one more for me)
But I'm still open to ideas 




AN OLD RAINCOAT WON'T EVER LET YOU DOWN



STREET FIGHTING MAN
(Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) 

Everywhere I hear the sound 
of marching, charging feet boy
'Cause the summer's here 
and the time is right for 
fighting in the street boy

Hey think the time is right
for a palace revolution
Where I live the game to play 
is just to compromise my solution

What can a poor boy do 
except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'Cause you see bein' London town 
there's just no other place 
for a street fighting man

Hey did I tell you that my name 
was called disturbance
And I'll shout and scream 
and I'll kill the king and 
I'll rail at all his servants

What can a poor boy do 
except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'Cause you see bein' London town 
there's just no place 
for a street fighting man

Everywhere I hear the sound 
of marching, charging feet boy
'Cause the summer's here 
and the time is right for 
fighting in the street boy

What can a poor boy do 
except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'Cause you see bein' London town 
there's just no other place 
for a street fighting man


MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
(traditional, arr. by Rod Stewart) 

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I'll say goodbye to Colorado
Where I was born and prob'ly raised

Your mother says I am a stranger
My face you'll never see no more
But there's one promise darling
I'll see you on God's golden shore

Through this open world I'm about to ramble
Through ice, snow, sleet and rain
I am about to rob the mornin' railroad
Perhaps I'll die on that train

I'm goin' back to Colorado
Place that I started from
If I'd knowed how bad you'd treat me
Honey I never would have come


BLIND PRAYER
(Rod Stewart)

I was born and raised the only son of a lawyer
till I was approximately the age of four or perhaps five
I lost both my mother and my father
Killed in a fire way up on the fourteenth floor
Struck down by the time I was ten by an illness 
which robbed me of the sight of the morning sun
And that ain't all

A homeless child for the next five years
with my dog Clown by my side and my only friend  
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I fought my way through school
Sound and touch the thing on which I could depend
And you know what the, the, the kids 
down my street weren't too playful
And right then it seemed like the whole world picked on me
And ah yeah

I worked my fingers to the bone
Stretchin' hide for a boot man in Jersey Town
But then, but then I lost the last thing I had
When fate reared its ugly head and took my dog Clown
I wandered way up north found a girl that loved like a woman
Sixteen years old and felt like a woman 
But, but, but, but, but what I'm trying to say is 
God please don't take her away from me

I lost everything that I ever had 
you kicked my name into the dirt
Tread my name into the dirt yeah

I lost everything that I ever had 
you kicked my name into the dirt
What could I do   

I never knew how much love could hurt me
But it never ever come my way before
No, no, no, no, no  
I never knew how much love could hurt me
Good God it ain't never come my way before
Oh but, but you know what I'm trying to say
really what I'm trying to say is
God please don't take her away from me

Ah turn it down

I lost everything that I ever had 
you kicked my name into the dirt

You got a lotta lotta lost everything 
that I ever had ever had


HANDBAGS and GLADRAGS
(Michael D'Abo) 

Ever seen a blind man cross the road
trying to make the other side
Ever seen a young girl growing old
trying to make herself a bride 

So what becomes of you my love
When they have finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your Grandad had to sweat so you could buy
Baby

Once I was a young man
and all I thought I had to do was smile
You are still a young girl
and you bought everything in style
Listen
But once you think you're in you're out
'cause you don't mean a single thing without
the handbags and the gladrags
that your Grandad had to sweat so you could buy

Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
And take a bottle full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake them all in a pie

They told me you missed school today
So what I suggest you just throw them all away
the handbags and the gladrags
that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy

They told me you missed school today
So I suggest you just throw them all away
the handbags and the gladrags
that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy ya


AN OLD RAINCOAT WON'T EVER LET YOU DOWN
(Rod Stewart) 

Did you ever stand and shiver 
while looking at a freezing river
Have you froze to the bone 
with just a coat to keep you warm
to keep you from a howlin' wind 
to keep you from a howlin' wind
Now listen

Have you perished in the drizzling rain 
Tried to light ...  a lift but all in vain
With your sock on your head 
and that old coat on your back
to keep you from the drizzlin' rain 
oh to keep you from the drizzlin' rain
Goodbye

One more time

Did you sleep in a graveyard when it snowed
Laid your head on a  .....
With the Times on your face 
and that old coat on your back
That kept you from a-withering away good God  
It just kept you from a-withering away

I know

And did you ride a lift on a steam train
Now listen   
Had the misfortune not to pay your fare
Thrown off the next stop 
Thrown in the doorway of a shop
With that coat to keep you from the wind 
Oh that old school coat to keep you from the wind
And that ain't all

Have you had some good friends on the road with ya  
who'd stand by you through thick and thin
Here's to Kevin and Ben, Susie and Len
And that coat which never lets you down
It never, never, never lets you down
It never, never, never lets you down
That old coat which never lets you down
That old coat which never lets you down 
Kept me from the drizzlin' rain
And oh, kept me from the drizzlin' rain


I WOULDN'T EVER CHANGE A THING
(Rod Stewart)

I wouldn't change a thing if I could live it all again

Ah listen
It's funny you know when you sit down 
and think about what you had
About the friends you used to know 
What happened, where did they all go
Can you remember happy hours 
spent drinkin' and thinkin'
We thought we could change the world
And we never, never, never, never, never 
never thought we could get much older then

We were the ones who loved to love the right to love
We'd bring it on home with the right song 
played at the right time
What happened to the girl that you loved once and left 
young man did you break her heart
Did she live, and did she marry, 
did she ever think on your face again
Ah now hold on a minute
 
I wouldn't change a thing if I could live it all again
Ah yeah

I think what you say is all so right 
but I find it hard to jog my memories
Don't worry Lou you may never get another chance yeah

Yes I think what you say is all so right 
but I find it hard to move my memories
Say it again with a lot more feelin'

And I think what you say is all so right 
but I find it hard to find my memories
Don't sing so serious you make me feel so sad

But if I was true to myself 
I would probably find it was a tear in my eye
that stopped me from believing you
Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry don't worry

You know my tongue gets tired 
when I think back on all of the things we do
But I wonder if I'll remember these few precious things
as years pass me by
Ah when young bodies that've grown older 
and mind's become dimmer     
I'll point the finger back in time

I said I wouldn't change a thing if I could 
if I could, if I could live it all again, yeah


CINDY'S LAMENT
(Rod Stewart) 

Listen here
You don't have to love me always Cindy
You don't need to see me every day of the week
You don't have to notice my brand new shoes
But please, please say hello some time

You know I've tried to impress you Cindy
I even lent ya my library book
I guess you forgot, good God you soon forgot it woman
I don't mind but please say hello some time

And your mother she can't stand my face
And your brother keeps me from your door
But I'll stay around yes I'll stay around honey
I'll even watch over your garden fence  

I've watched your friends Cindy laugh in my face
But I won't apologize for the way that I am
If only they knew baby, yes if only they knew 
that you've already spent one night with me honey


DIRTY OLD TOWN
(Ewan McColl) 

Found my love by the gaswork croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town

I heard a siren from the dock
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the sulfured wind
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town

We're goin' to take a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
And we'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town

And oh we'll chop you down
Oh, dirty, dirty, dirty old town
Dirty old town, dirty old town
And oh whoa-oh dirty old town
Chop you down one of these days





GASOLINE ALLEY

Lyrics to


GASOLINE ALLEY
(Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) 

I think I know now what's making me sad
It's a yearnin' for my own back yard
I realize maybe I was wrong to leave
Better swallow up my silly country pride

Going home, running home
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I'm running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born

When the weather's better and the rails unfreeze
and the wind don't whistle 'round my knees
I'll put on my weddin' suit and catch the evening train
I'll be home before the milk's upon the door

Going home, running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I'm running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born

But if anything should happen and my plans go wrong
Should I stray to the house on the hill
Let it be known that my intentions were good
I'd be singing in my alley if I could

And if I'm called away and it's my turn to go
Should the blood run cold in my veins
Just one favor I'll be asking of you
Don't bury me here, it's too cold
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, won't you carry me home
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from

Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from


IT'S ALL OVER NOW
(Bobby and Shirley Womack)

Baby used to stay out all night long
She made me cry 
You know she done me wrong
She held my eyes open  and that's no lie
Tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
But then I used to love her but it's all over now  
Yes it is
But then I used to love her but it's all over now

Listen
She used to run around with every single man in town
Spent all my money playing her fast game
She put me out, it was a pity how I cried
But the tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
Ain't no lie
because I used to love her but it's all over now

Listen
Well I used to wake the morning get my breakfast in bed
When I got worried she'd ease my aching head
But now she's here and there with every single man in town
But the tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
Yes it is

Because I used to love her but it's all over now

Listen to this one
Because I used to love her but it's all over now  

But then I used to love her but it's all
now wait a minute 
But then I used to love her but you know 
but you know it's all over now
But then I used to love her but you know it's all over now


ONLY A HOBO
(Bob Dylan)

As I was out walking on the corner one day
I spied an old hobo, in the doorway he lay
His face was all covered in the cold sidewalk floor
I guess he'd been there for a whole night or more

He was only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leaving nobody to carry it on
Leaving nobody to sing his sad song
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

A blanket of newspaper covered his head
The step was his pillow
The street was his bed
One look at his face 
showed the hard road he'd come
and a fistful of money 
showed the coins that he'd bummed

He was only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry it on
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

Does it take much of a man 
to see a whole life go down
To look on the world 
from a hole in the ground
Too late for your future 
like a horse that's gone lame
To lie in the gutter 
and die with no name

He was only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry it on
Only a hobo, but one more is gone


MY WAY OF GIVING
(Steve Marriott, Ron Lane)

I've been told it's just a matter of time
before you meet someone who opens your eyes
But time's on my side so nevertheless
I know the pain of too much happiness

Chorus:
It's all part of my way of giving 
and I'm giving it all to you
More than love it's a way of living
and what more would you have me do

Although I'm not a guy that means to hurt
and if at times it seems our love won't work
I tell you honey, you must surely realize
See all confusion in my cloudy eyes

(Chorus) 

Although I'm not a guy that means to hurt
and if at times it seems our love won't work
I tell you honey you must surely realize
See all confusion in my cloudy eyes

(Chorus)


COUNTRY COMFORTS
(Bernie Taupin, Elton John)

Soon the pines will be falling everywhere
Village children always fighting for fair share
And the six-o-nine goes roarin' down the creek
As Parson Lee prepares his service for next week

I saw grandma yesterday down at the store
Well she's really lookin' fine for eighty-four
And she asked me if some time I'd fix the barn
Poor old girl, she needs a man down on the farm

Chorus:
And it's good old country comforts in my bones
Just the sweetest sound my ears have ever known
Just an old fashioned feeling in my bones
Country comforts and the road that's going home

Down at the mill they've got a new machine
Foreman says it cuts manpower by fifteen
"Oh, but that ain't natural" old man Grayson says
'cause he's a horse-drawn man until his dying days

(Chorus)


CUT ACROSS SHORTY
(Marijohn Wilkin, Wayne P. Walker)

Now a country boy named Shorty
and a city boy named Dan
had to prove who could run the fastest
to wed Miss Lucy's hand

Now Dan had all the money
and he also had the looks
But Shorty musta had that something boys
that can't be found in books

Chorus:
"Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across"
That's what Miss Lucy said
"Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across
You know it's you that I wanna wed"

Wait a minute
Now Dan had been in training
about a week before the race
He made up his mind old Shorty
would end in second place
You know Dan with his long legs flying
he left Shorty far behind
Shorty heard him holler out
Miss Lucy that you'll soon be mine

(Chorus)

But Shorty wasn't worried
There was a smile upon his face
'Cause old Lucy had fixed the race
And just like that old story
about the turtle and the hare, you know that thing
when Danny crossed over the finish line
he found Shorty waiting there

(Chorus)

It's you that I wanna wed, no no
And oh Lord it's you I wanna wed 
It's you that I wanna wed


LADY DAY
(Rod Stewart)

North winds have made my face a little older
and my back is bent through trying too hard
My vest is torn so I make no perfect picture
to place upon your white-washed wall
I'd like to stay but you have not asked me
Still I don't really expect you to
Dusty boots would shame you now Lady Day
Are we really that far apart
I wish the world could see you now Lady Day
laughing down at your oldest friend
The one who shared just about all he had
in a one-sided love affair
I get scared when I remember too much

Wasted time I suppose you could say that
Strange it don't seem that way to me
But wait a minute 
I don't even think you're listening
Just let me tell you how I really feel
I've seen the inside of your heart Lady Day
when you wanted to be shown the way
I loved you then as I love ya now girl


JO'S LAMENT
(Rod Stewart)

I stayed away so long Jo
don't think that I could come back
You're doin' so well without me girl
you'd laugh if you'd know'd where I'm at

You knew me when it was all my world
Somehow it's all passed me by
But don't let on to my friends Jo dear
that things ain't turned out as planned

You bore my child then I left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But Jo I can say in a funny old way
I was sure that I had it made

I still possess a photograph
my memory to refresh
But fade it may Jo I can say
I was sure that I had it made

You bore my child then I left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But now I'm not so young and I'm so afraid
to sleep alone for the rest of my days


YOU'RE MY GIRL (I Don't Want To Discuss It)
(Cooper, Beatty, Shelby)

See your bag's packed and you're ready to go
There's just one thing I think that you all ought to know
You're my girl, you're my girl

I don't wanna discuss it woman 
ain't no need to try
I don't wanna discuss it baby 
come on baby try
You're my girl, listen baby, you're my girl

I don't wanna talk about it 
I don't wanna hear you say
I don't wanna even discuss it woman
I don't wanna hear what you say 
'cause you know that
You're my girl, you're my girl
You're my girl, you're my girl, no no

I know that you've been running 'round
with another man in town
Tried to put you right woman
but you keep on putting me down
Listen to me now, you're my girl 
You're my girl
You're my girl
get in there

I don't wanna talk about it woman
'cause I know you got another man
I don't wanna say another word
just get back where you're at
You got to tell me 'cause
You're my girl, come on baby
You're my girl, you're my girl oh-oh

You're my girl
You're my girl
You're my girl



EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY


EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
(Rod Stewart / Ron Wood)

Spent some time feelin' inferior
standing in front of my mirror
Combed my hair in a thousand ways
but I came out looking just the same

Daddy said, "Son, you better see the world
I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave
But remember one thing don't lose your head
to a woman that'll spend your bread"
So I got out

Paris was a place you could hide away
if you felt you didn't fit in
French police wouldn't give me no peace
They claimed I was a nasty person
Down along the Left Bank minding my own
Was knocked down by a human stampede
Got arrested for inciting a peacful riot
when all I wanted was a cup of tea
I was accused
I moved on

Down in Rome I wasn't getting enough
of the things that keeps a young man alive
My body stunk but I kept my funk
at a time when I was right out of luck
Getting desperate indeed I was
Looking like a tourist attraction
Oh my dear I better get out of here
'for the Vatican don't give no sanction
I wasn't ready for that, no no

I moved right out east yeah!
On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry
sailing on my way back here
I fell in love with a slit eyed lady
by the light of an eastern moon
Shangai Lil never used the pill
She claimed that it just ain't natural
She took me up on deck and bit my neck
Oh people I was glad I found her
Oh yeah I was glad I found her

I firmly believe that I didn't need anyone but me
I sincerely thought I was so complete
Look how wrong you can be

The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoe
They wouldn't give you the time of day
But the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet
God I was glad I found her
And if they had the words I could tell to you
to help you on the way down the road
I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats
'cause it's all been said before
Make the best out of the bad just laugh it off
You didn't have to come here anyway
So remember, every picture tells a story don't it


SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME
(T. Anderson)

Nighttime is only the other side of daytime
but if you've ever waited for the sun
you know what it's like to wish daytime would come
And don't it seem like a long time
seem like a long time, seem like a long, long time

Hard times are only the other side of good times
but if you ever wished hard times were gone
you know what it's like to wish good times would come
And don't it seem like a long time 
seem like a long time, seem like a long, long time

Help me, seems like a long time 
seems like a long time, seems like a long, long time

And don't it seem like a long time 
seem like a long time, seem like a long, long time
And don't it seem like a long time 
seem like a long time, seem like a long, long time
And don't it seems like a long time 
seems like a long time, seems like a long, long time

You know it makes me sad
seems like a long time, seems like a long time 
seems like a long, long time

War time is only the other side of peace time
but if you've ever seen how wars are won
you know what it's like to wish peace time would come
And don't it seem like a long time 
seem like a long time, seems like a long, long time


THAT'S ALL RIGHT
(A. Croup)

That's all right my mama, that's all right for you
That's all right my mama any old way you do
But that's all right, well that's all right
Well that's all right my mama
any way that you wanna do

My mother she did tell me 
Papa did tell me too
Son, that woman that you're foolin' with 
she ain't no good for you

I'll be leaving here tomorrow 
leaving here for sure
you ain't gotta be bothered with me 
hangin' 'round your door



AMAZING GRACE
(words & music traditional)

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was blind but now am found
Was blind but now I see

It was grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'Tis grace hath bro't me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear
It soothes his sorrows, heals the wounds
And drives away his fear

Must Jesus bear the cross alone
And all the world go free
No, there's a cross for ev'ry one
And there's a cross for me



TOMORROW IS SUCH A LONG TIME
(Bob Dylan)

If today was not an endless highway
If tonight was not a crooked trail
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all

Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'
Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin' 
only if she were lying by me 
would I rest in my bed once again

I can't see my reflection in the mirror
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I can't hear the echoes of my footsteps
and can't remember the sound of my own name

Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'
Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin' 
only if she were lying by me 
would I rest in my bed once again

There's beauty in the silver singin' river
There's beauty in the sunlight in the sky
But none of these, and nothing else 
can steal the beauty 
that I remember in my true love's eyes

Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'
Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin' 
only if she were lying by me 
would I rest in my bed once again



HENRY'S TUNE

[instrumental]


MAGGIE MAY
(Rod Stewart / Martin Quittenton)

Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you
It's late September and I really should be back at school
I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and that's what really hurt

The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age
But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything
I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax
Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without

All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
But you turned into a lover and
mother what a lover, you wore me out
All you did was wreck my bed 
and in the morning kick me in the head
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore
You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone
You stole my heart I couldn't leave you if I tried

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face
You made a first-class fool out of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart but I love you anyway

Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face
I'll get on back home one of these days


MANDOLIN WIND
(Rod Stewart)

When the rain came I thought you'd leave
'cause I knew how much you loved the sun
But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm
through the darkest nights I've ever known
If the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
then I know I love ya

Oh the snow fell without a break
Buffalo died in the frozen fields you know
Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years
I couldn't believe you kept a smile
Now I can rest assured knowing that we've seen the worst
And I know I love ya

Oh I never was good with romantic words
so the next few lines come really hard
Don't have much but what I've got is yours
except of course my steel guitar
Ha, 'cause I know you don't play
but I'll teach you one day
because I love ya

I recall the night we knelt and prayed
Noticing your face was thin and pale
I found it hard to hide my tears
I felt ashamed I felt I'd let you down
No mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
Couldn't change a thing no, no

The coldest winter in almost fourteen years
could never, never change your mind

And I love ya
Yes indeed and I love ya
And I love ya
Lordy I love ya



(I Know) I'M LOSING YOU
(N. Whitfield / E.  Holland / C. Grant)

Your love is fading I can feel your love fading
Woman it's fading away from me
'Cause your personal touch has grown cold
as if someone else controls your very soul
I fooled myself long as I can
I can feel the presence of another man
It's there when you speak my name
It's just not the same
Oh honey I'm losing you 
I can feel it in the air, it's there everywhere
Oh I'm losing you

I can feel it in my bones 
any day you'll be up and gone
Ooh I'm losing you
It's all over your face someone's takin' my place
Could it be that I'm losing you

When I look into your eyes a reflection of a face I see
Oh Lord I'm losing you
I'm hurt, downhearted and worried girl
'cause that face doesn't belong to me

Your love is fadin', I can feel it fadin'
Oh away from me
I can feel it in the air, it's there everywhere
ooh I'm losing you

I don't wanna lose you 
but I know I'm gonna groove you
Oh Lord I'm losing you, and I'm a losin' you

Your love is fadin', I can feel it fadin'
Oh Lord I'm losing you


REASON TO BELIEVE
(Tim Hardin)

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without
somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give
never think about myself

If I gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way just to leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without
somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give
never think about myself





NEVER A DULL MOMENT


TRUE BLUE
(Rod Stewart / Ron Wood)

Never been a millionaire
and I tell you mama I don't care
Never gonna own a race-horse
or a fast back mid-engine Porsche
Don't think I'll own a private jet
on the Stock Exchange I'm no threat
So won't you help me make up my mind
Don't you think I'd better get myself back home

Sitting in the moonlight glow
excuse me if my feelings show
Watching all the trucks roll by
dreaming up an alibi
You see, back home I'm considered the fool
but maybe they're right I don't know
So can't you help make up my mind
Don't you think I'd better get myself back home
Who cares

Daddy says he'll buy me car
to drive just as far as I need
He wants me back at any expense
He's got a lot more money than sense
Funny but now that I'm gone
they all wanna be concerned
Oh please can you make up my mind
Don't you think I'd better get myself back home
Just don't know what to do
Maybe I'll walk, maybe I'll ride, maybe I'll never ever decide

Get out da way
I gotta get on home
I gotta get home as soon as I can


LOST PARAGUAYOS
(Rod Stewart / Ron Wood

Darling I hate to tell you but I think I'm catching a cold
Put another chair on the fire bring the bottle over here 
I feel I'm getting old
I like your laugh and a hot romance
and your orn'ry sense of humor
but if it rains again like it did today
I'm gonna have to leave a little bit sooner

Got to get me some South America sun

Honey don't even ask me if you can come along
Down at the border you need to be older
and you sure don't look like my daughter
Your ridiculous age, start a state outrage
and I'll end up in a Mexican jail
Darling please don't cry you know I wouldn't tell you no lie

Look over there 
Oh my God don't look now 
but it appears to be raining again
Get upstairs pack my book of prayers
Honey hurry I'm catching pneumonia
I gotta move while I'm in the mood 
or I'll disappear into that wall
Darling please don't curse 
it really couldn't be any worse
Say I'm a sun fanatic but it's dark in your attic 
and your cat sleeps over my head

I know I'm not a football star
but I wanna little better than that
So I'm much obliged for the pure white ride
and a cup of tea every morning
I'll say goodbye, look your man in the eye
you know I wouldn't tell you no lie

So after all, I'll see you in the fall
on a brand new day, brand new way
Goodbye honey, goodbye honey
Goodbye honey, it ain't funny
Goodbye honey, I know it ain't funny


MAMA YOU BEEN ON MY MIND
(Bob Dylan)

Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat 
and coverin' the crossroads I'm standing at
or maybe it's the weather or something like that
but mama you been on my mind

I do not mean you trouble, don't put me down, don't get upset
I am not pleadin' or sayin' I can't forget you 
I do not pace the floor, bowed down and bent, but yet
mama you been on my mind

Even tho' my eyes are hazy 
and my thoughts they might be narrow
where you been don't bother me, or bring me down with sorrow
I don't even mind where you be wakin' up tomorrow
but mama you been on my mind

I'm not asking you to say words like yes or no
Please understand me, I've no place I'm calling you to go
I'm just whisperin' to myself so I can pretend that I don't know
Mama you been on my mind

When you wake up in the mornin' baby, look inside your mirror
you know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
as someone who has had you on his mind
As someone who has had you on his mind
Mama you been on my mind


ITALIAN GIRLS
(Rod Stewart / Ron Wood)

I've got two and more to show
I was dreaming of a mobile 
that couldn't be mine not without lyin'
Was I feeling kind a silly 
when I stepped in soakin' beer down the cola machine
Oh, stayin' seventeen
Well she claimed she was a killer
and she owned a flood lit villa 
a little aways from the main highway
Oh take me way down yonder

She was tall, thin and tarty 
and she drove a Maserati 
faster than sound
I was heaven bound
Although I must have looked a creep
in my army surplus jeep
Was I being too bold
before the night could get old 
No, no, no, no
She proved me so wrong

Oh the Italian girls sometimes hold their religious habits 
in front of your eyes, just to get you tied
Ah but not my little Bella ‘cause I did not have to tell her 
I'd rather you go with the morning sun, she made me so tired

She took me way, way, away down yonder
till I was gone with the morning sun on my back
Gotta get on back there soon as I can
Take me there
And I miss the girl so bad
She broke my heart
Gotta get on back there soon as I can
I miss the girl, I miss the girl, I miss the girl so bad
I was a lot better off


ANGEL
(J. Hendrix)

Angel came down from heaven yesterday
stayed with me long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
about the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
Then she spread her wings high over me
she said she's goin' now, come back tomorrow
And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side"

Fly away, high away, fly away

Sure enough this morning came unto me
silver wings silhouetted against a child's sunrise
And my angel she said unto me
Today's the day for you to rise
Take my hand, you're gonna be my man, you're gonna rise
Then she took me high over yonder

And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel forever I will be by your side"
And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel forever I will be by your side"
Fly away, come back another day


INTERLUDINGS
(A. Wood)

[Instrumental]


YOU WEAR IT WELL
(Rod Stewart / Martin Quittenton)

I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon
but to settle down and write you a line
I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota
hell it's been a very long time
You wear it well
A little old fashioned but that's all right

Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking
or he wouldn't get in touch with me
Oh I ain't begging or losing my head
I sure do want you to know that you wear it well
There ain't a lady in the land so fine

Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate
the all day rock and roll shows
Them homesick blues and radical views
haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well
A little out of time but I don't mind

But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
but I blew it without even tryin'
Now I'm eatin' my heart out
tryin' to get a letter through

Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on
I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town
when you sat down and cried on the stairs
You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth
You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well
Madame Onassis got nothing on you

Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm getting told
that I gotta get back to work
So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone
think of me and try not to laugh and I wear it well
I don't object if you call collect
'cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
but I blew it without even tryin'
Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you

After all the years I hope it's the same address
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on


I'D RATHER GO BLIND
(B. Foster / E. Jordon)

Something told me it was over
when I saw you and him talking 
Something deep down in my soul said "Cry boy"
when I saw you and him out walking
I would rather, I would rather go blind girl
than to see you walk away from me child
So you see I love you so much 
I don't want to see you leave me baby 
most of all I just don't, I just don't want to be free

I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
of your kiss and your warm embrace child
When the reflection in the glass 
that I been held to my lips now baby 
revealed the tears I had on my face
I would rather, I would rather be blind child
than to see you walk away from me
Baby, baby, baby I would rather go blind
than to see you walk away from me


TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY
(Sam Cooke)

Let me tell you about a place, somewhere up in New York way
where the people are so gay, twistin' the night away
Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run
Oh man you'll find the old and young twistin' the night away

Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know
but oh man, you ought to see him go, twistin' the night away
He's dancing with a chick in slacks, she's moving up and back
Oh man, there ain't nothing like twistin' the night away

Feel much better

Here's a fellow in blue jeans, who's dancing with an older queen
dolled up in her diamond rings, twistin' the night away
Man you ought to see her go, twistin' to the rock and roll
Here you'll find the young and the old twistin' the night away

They're twistin', twistin', everybody's doing great
They're twistin' man, twistin', they're twistin' the night away
Twistin', you know they're twistin', twistin' the night away 
They're twistin', twistin', man twistin' the night away

Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run
Oh man you'll find young and the old twistin' the night away
Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know
I don't know but man you ought to see him go
Twistin' the night away




SMILER

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SWEET LITTLE ROCK 'N' ROLLER
(Chuck Berry)

Nineteen years old and as sweet as she could be
All dressed up like a downtown Christmas tree
Dancin' and hummin' a rock 'n' roll melody
She's the daughter of a well respected man
who taught her how to jerk and understand
then she became a rock 'n' roll music fan

Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller
Her daddy doesn't have to scold her 
Her partner can't hardly hold her
Because she never gets any older
Sweet little rock 'n' roller

Shoulda seen her eyes when the band began to play
and the famous singer sang and bowed away
When the stars were gone she screamed and yelled hurray
Ten thousand eyes were watchin' them leave the floor
Five thousand tongues are screaming out "More" and "More"
About fifteen hundred waiting outside the door

Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller
Her daddy doesn't have to scold her 
Her partner can't hardly hold her
Because she never gets any older
Sweet little rock 'n' roller


LOCHINVAR
(P.Sears)

[instrumental]


FAREWELL
(R. Stewart / M. Quittenton)

Fare thee well my brother 
please don't stand in my way
I'm going down to that dirty town 
no matter what you say
You fooled me and you ruled me
and you played in every part
I gotta go, it's no use me stayin' home

Goodbye my sister
please don't let me see you cry
Gonna be a star some day 
no matter what they say
And when you hear the crowds 
all callin' and shouting out my name
until then, my little friend, I'll be unsatisfied

So long sweet Melinda 
don't forget that you're my girl
Gonna dress you fine 
and if you give me time
make you proud like I said I would
And if the Champs Elysee's no fallacy 
If I find the world looks like it should
Candy cars, movie stars, street bars 
then I could stay a while

Well I love you 
Shall I write or phone from Paris or Rome
and I'll miss you all
even tho' you're tryin' to hold me back

Farewell all my family 
don't you know I mean you so well
Please appreciate I must make a break 
just to see what I can do
The stage is set so understand
I can't hide in the wings no more
I've got to go now it's no use me staying home

All I can say is I love you 
Shall I write or phone from Paris or Rome
And I think I'm always gonna miss you 
And I love you always
I think I'm always gonna miss ya
even tho' you're tryin' to hold me back

And I love you and I miss you 
If you don't get no mail you know I'm in jail
But I love you and I miss you


SAILOR
(R. Stewart / R. Wood)

You ain't gonna get me honey no way
Tearing down the highway in the pouring rain
escaping from my wedding day
I heard the bells ringing in the local church 
the ceremony's nearly under way
Telegrams came and the cheap champagne 
was driving everybody out of their brains
But I convinced my best friends I lost my nerve 
and I pleaded I was being framed

"Sailor show me which way to go" 
I screamed out loud
"Sailor show me which way to go"

Such a deadly silence 
due to my defiance 
the wedding ground to a halt
Said I changed my mind
ain't no use in your trying
so her brother punched me in the throat
her mother got hysterical
the bitch was cynical 
father's in the corner drunk
Picking myself off the floor 
I ran to the door
damned if I was skippin' on my way

"Sailor show me which way to go"
You should have heard the noise
Said "Sailor show me which way to go"

So keep clean girlie 
find a man that's truly  
gonna love you from dusk till dawn
Keep your front door key 
don't give him up for me 
'cause tomorrow I may be gone
You see, your wouldbe keepers
(           ) all night creepin'
nobody gonna change in there
Who thinks a marriage life should be like a dog's life
so let's renew it when the year runs out

Sailor show me which way to go
Sailor show me which way to go

She had a belly full of lust but she had no bust


BRING IT ON HOME TO ME / YOU SEND ME
(Sam Cooke)

Well if you ever want to come home to me 
I'll still be here waiting

If you ever change your mind 
about leaving, leaving me behind
Baby bring it to me, bring your sweet loving 
bring it on home to me

I know I laughed when you left 
but now I know that I only hurt myself
Honey bring it to me, bring your sweet loving 
bring it on home to me
Let me tell you all about it

I'll give you tulips and money too 
That ain't all, that ain't all I'd do for you
If you'll bring it to me, bring you're sweet loving
bring it on home to me

You know I'll always be your slave 
until I'm buried, buried in my grave
Oh honey bring it to me, bring your sweet loving 
bring it on home to me

I tried to treat you right 
but you stayed out, stayed out late at night 
but I forgive you
Bring it to me, bring your sweet loving 
bring it on home to me

Just remember this one thing darlin' that
You, you, you send me, you know this one 
You, you know darlin' you send me 
And I know that you, you thrill me
Honest you do, honest you do, honest you do 
And I wanna tell you one thing that

And I know this one thing that
you send me honest you do, honest you do 
honest you do, let me tell you
When I get home you're always there for me
and I know that you're gonna send me
Honest you do, honest you do, honest you do 
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Well you thrill me
Darlin' you're always gonna send me


LET ME BE YOUR CAR
(Elton John / Bernie Taupin)

I may not seem your ideal 
when you look into my eyes
I don't smoke, I don't tell jokes 
I'm not the custom made size
But baby let me take you 
out on the highway for awhile
I'll show you where the man in me 
is when he doesn't hide
He's cruisin' in the fast lane 
stuck behind the wheel
Jekyll and Hyde going on inside 
when I'm your automobile

And let me be your car for awhile child
shift me into gear and I'll be there
fill me up with five star gasoline
I'll be your car I'll take you anywhere

Don't you know I can't dance 
I don't dig it, I can't see it at all
You say I'm just a specimen 
and baby I can crawl
My physique just don't look 
the way the physiques really should
But then again I've got an engine 
underneath my hood
When I'm cutting up the road 
with a sports car on my tail
Frankenstein's inside my mind 
and the wind's inside my sails


(You Make Me Feel Like) A NATURAL MAN
(G. Goffin / C. King / J. Wexler)

Looking out on the morning rain 
I used to feel so uninspired
But when I knew I had to face another long, long day 
girl I used to feel so tired

Before the day I met you 
life had been so unkind 
but you're the key to my peace of mind
'Cause you made me feel, you made me feel
you made me feel like a natural man

When my soul was in the lost and found 
you came along to claim it
I didn't know, I didn't know just what was wrong with me 
till your kiss helped me to name it
Now I'm no longer doubtful of what I'm living for 
but if I make you happy I don't need to do more
'Cause you made me feel, you made me feel
you made me feel like a natural man

Oo baby, baby look what you have done to me
Can't you see that you made me feel so good inside
Don't you know that I just want to be
close to you, you made me feel so alive
'Cause you made me feel, you made me feel
you made me feel like a natural man

Baby I ain't doubtful of what I'm living for
but if I make you happy I don't need to do more
'Cause you made me feel, you made me feel
Well you made me feel like a natural man


DIXIE TOOT 
(R. Stewart / R. Wood)

Sitting on my back door wondering which way to go
The sun's shining on my back and it hurts (child)
The FM station plays another bad 45
And it's been so long since I had a good time
It's been so long since I had a good time

Never wrecked my head on a bandstand 
in the trombone or clarinet line
When I come in heat on Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras
When those for a cryin'  just stay behind in the bar
'Cause it's been so long since I had a good time
Yeah it's been so long since I had a good time

I'm gonna lose control of my powers 
I might even lose my trousers
Smash some glass, act like trash if I want
Wear a skirt be a flirt if I want
'Cause it's been so long since I had a good time
This prodigal man from Dixieland needs a good time
right now, show me a good time right now

You better take it while you can
You gotta get it while you can

And when the Man Upstairs he calls me 
He'll say "It's your turn son to come"
Don't play the blues down in old Toulouse for me
Let sleighbells ring and children sing in the street
And tell all of my friends that I had a good time
Open up the sky won't you ride me high 
Let's have a good time
And if I'm late at heaven's gate blame a good time
And when the angels sing I will join in 
Let's have a good time really

I took my luck, I didn't give a fuck, I had a good time
Tell all my friends only all my best to have a good time
Goodbye


HARD ROAD
(H. Vanda / G. Young)

My mama 'n' papa told me son that you're just a fool
when I told 'em I was leaving home I was leaving school 
So then in a couple of hours I found myself 
heading down that southbound road
with everything I owned on my back 
I carried such a heavy load

And it's a hard, hard road that I travel 
It's a hard, hard road that I travel 
It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
And it's a hard, hard road down the line

Well I wanna tell ya friends 
that it's good to be a traveling man
'Cause I'm doing what I want to 
Living just the best that I can
Nobody putting rings around my neck 
To put me in a pigeon hole
I've got my dog and my radio 
to listen to some rock 'n' roll

And it's a hard, hard road that I travel 
It's a hard, hard road that I travel 
It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
And it's a hard, hard road down the line


I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE
(A. Lerner / F. Loewe)

[instrumental]


GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
(Bob Dylan)

If you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
She was once a true love of mine

And if you're goin' when the snowflakes storm
When the rivers freeze and summer ends
Please see for me she has a coat so warm
to keep her from the howling wind

Would you see for me that her hair's hanging long
That it rolls and flows all down her breasts
See for me that her hair's hanging long
'Cause that's the way I remember her best

But I'm a-wondering if she remembers me at all
Many times I've often prayed
in the darkness of my night
in the brightness of my day
So if you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
'Cause she was once, she was once a true love of mine

And she'll always be a true love of mine
And I never, never, never, never give her up


MINE FOR ME
(Paul McCartney)

In a couple of hours I'll be drivin' home to the one I love
So save your breath sweet painted lady it won't be me
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me

It was only an hour or so ago that I sang my song
Persuaded painted ladies that I could say I'd been free 
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me

Mine is always, mine is grand
Don't you know that the woman that love me she understands
And can't you see that it's mine for me
And in a couple of hours I'll be driving home to the one I love
So save your breath sweet painted lady it won't be me
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me
You're for me

Mine is always, mine is grand
Don't you know that the woman that love me she understands
And can't you see that it's mine for me
They'll never be another one like mine for me
They'll never be another one like mine for me

They'll never be another one like you for me









ATLANTIC CROSSING

Lyrics to

Three Time Loser
Alright For An Hour
All In The Name Of Rock 'n' Roll
Drift Away
Stone Cold Sober
I Don't Want To Talk About It
It's Not The Spotlight
This Old Heart Of Mine
Still Love You  
Sailing 


THREE TIME LOSER 
(Rod Stewart)

Stand here ev'ry night,
I'm wearin' my number,
but she said wear it,
touching up another fool.
In a jukebox job downin' blues
in her leopard-skin anklehigh boots
while I'm jackin' off
readin' Playboy on a hot afternoon.

I'm a three time loser.
Caught it up in Monterey,
shook it up in East Virginia,
now my friends say it's here to stay.

How dare you have a party
in a Chelsea basement
when the poor excited Jezebel said come outside.
She felt me up and kissed my face,
put her dirty hands down in my pants.
She took all of my money,
left me naked by the silvery moon.

I'm a three time loser.
Caught it up in Monterey,
shook it up in East Virginia,
now my friends say it's here to stay.

Roll away, roll away, all of you women;
I don't think I need you anymore.
There'll be no more doctor's bills,
there'll be no more swallowing pills.
And I've found a woman
that can witness that in blood out of me.

I'm a three time loser.
Caught it up in Monterey,
shook it up in East Virginia,
now my friends say it's here to stay.

I'm a three time loser.
Caught it up in Monterey,
shook it up in East Virginia,
now my friends say it's here to stay.


ALRIGHT FOR AN HOUR
(Rod Stewart, Jessie Ed Davis, 1975/76)

Oh, didn't I mess around like ev'rybody did?
I said, " Woman, you're foolin' around with a man that just don't fit."
I said, "I'd better get along before I get right under your skin."
Remember the song, wasn't it fun, 'cause it was just one of those things.

But it was alright for an hour; it was alright for a day.
But it did not last, it did not last till the weekend,
and I packed my bags and moved right away.

I said goodbye to money, I don't owe no alimony.
I paid my dues and payroll cues, gonna leave it all up to you.
I'll take my dog and my car, the best friends I've found so far,
and I'll keep goin' with the mornin' sun, singin' the same old song.

But it was alright for an hour; it was alright for a day.
But it did not last, it did not last till the weekend,
and I packed my bags and moved right away.

Well I guess you needed somebody to open each and ev'ry door
With a large amount in the Swiss account to give you thrills and nothing more.
But my Volkswagen is hardly a custom built Ferarri.
You want firstclass but I pump gas, so I'll get on out of your way.

But it was alright for an hour; it was alright for a day.
But it did not last, it did not last till the weekend,
and I packed my bags and moved right away.
It was alright for an hour; it was alright for a day.
But it did not last, it did not last till the weekend,
and I packed my bags and moved right away.


ALL IN THE NAME OF ROCK N' ROLL
(Rod Stewart , 1975/76)

Went downtown on the two fourtynine,
play'n for recognition of the New York town.
See, me and the boys got a rock 'n' roll band;
they were so damn good, gonna lift up the man.

Well, we got ups, we got downs,
we got just so high till the sun goes down.
Got the ego, can be abused;
I got my two-toned shoes, 
and I can sing the blues.

Look out, kids, it's the F B I;
we got a problem, you keep me high.
Put on your clothes, take the smile off your face
and put your money where your mouth is or get out this place.

New York town is a meanass town,
we got a thousand bands singin' underground.
Way down in New Orleans it's the same old thing;
emotion'l music a merry old thing.

Old King Soul, he final'y gave us a jolt;
he played the vibes till nine and read from ten to four.
He played upside down, he played inside out;
then a uniform band he was thrown into jail.

Look out, kids, it's the F B I;
we got a problem, you keep me high.
Put on your clothes, take the smile off your face
and put your money where your mouth is or get out this place.

Gettin' hungry I know little woman,
can't get a smell 'cause my nose is blocked.
I'm so high, I can't believe it;
hotel dogs are knockin' on my door.

Two night of singin' nearly out on the end,
left the two parts red, oh what a square.
As soon as the man, there's no sweeter song, 
listen, Mc Cartney, we're the band on the run.

Look out, kids, it's the F B I;
we got a problem, you keep me high.
Put on your clothes, take the smile off your face
and put your money where your mouth is or get out this place.
Oh yeah


DRIFT AWAY
(Mentor Williams)

Day after day I'm more confused;
I look for the light in the pouring rain.
You know that's a game that I hate to lose.
I'm feelin' the strain; ain't it a shame?

Oh, give me the beat, boys, to soothe my soul;
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away.
Give me the beat, boys, to soothe my soul;
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away.

Beginning to think that I'm wastin' time;
don't understand the things that I do.
' Cause the world outside looks so unkind.
Now I'm countin' on you to carry me through.

Oh, give me the beat, boys, to soothe my soul;
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away.
Yeah, give me the beat, boys, to soothe my soul;
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away.

And when my mind is free no melody can move me.
When I'm feelin' blue guitars are comin' through to soothe me.

And thanks for the joy that you've given me;
I want you to know I believe in your song,
and rhythm and rhyme and harmony.
You help me along, makin' me strong.

Give me the beat, boys, to soothe my soul;
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away, yeah
Give me the beat, boys, to soothe my soul;
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away.

Oh, give me the beat, boys, to soothe my soul;
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away,
Yeah, 
won't ya help me, 
won't ya help me, 
won't ya help me drift away


STONE COLD SOBER
(Rod Stewart, Steve Cropper, 1975/1976)

Never get to bed before sunup,
alway get caught in the rain;
sometimes I might get in trouble,
never was one to complain.
Now gentleman, you must agree
ain't it worth it when you're out on cloud thirty-three 
to be  stone cold sober again,
down in the alley again,
stone cold sober again.

Never found a dime in a gutter,
always get my best friends drunk.
If the pres'dent tries to call me,
say " Rodney, come on over for lunch";
I'd say, " Gentlemen, exuse me please
but I'm busy with my buddies up on cloud thirty-three."
Yeah, stone cold sober again,
down in the alley again,
stone cold sober again.

Sunday is a drag, so forget it,
Monday you can make up for that;
Tuesday, take a taste for dinner,
if you're all right spend it in bed.
But on Thursday prepare for your weekend
and let Friday disappear into Saturday mornin'
when you're stone cold sober again,
down in the alley again,
stone cold sober again.
stone cold sober again,
down in the alley again,
stone cold sober again.

I don't mind stone cold sober again,
down in the alley again,
stone cold sober again.

[fade out]


I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
(Danny Whitten, 1977)

I can tell by your eyes that you've prob'bly been cryin' forever,
and the stars in the sky don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror.
I don't want to talk about it, how you broke my heart.
If I stay here just a little bit longer,
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart, whoa, heart?

If I stand all alone, will the shadow hide the color of my heart;
blue for the tears, black for the night's fears.
The star in the sky don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror.
I don't want to talk about it, how you broke my heart.
If I stay here just a little bit longer,
if I stay here, won't you listen to my heart, whoa, heart?
I don't want to talk about it, how you broke this ol' heart.

If I stay here just a little bit longer,
if I stay here, won't you listen to my heart, whoa, heart?
My heart, whoa, heart.


IT'S NOT THE SPOTLIGHT
(Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg, 1973/1976)

If I ever feel the light again shining down on me,
I don't have to tell you what a welcome it will be.
I felt the light before but I let it slip away,
but I still keep on believing that it'll come back some day.

It's not the spotlight, it's not the cam'ra light,
it's not the street lights of some old street of dreams.
It ain't the moonlight, not even the sunlight,
but I've seen it shining in your eyes and you know what I mean.

Some times I try to tell myself the light was never real,
just a fantasy that used to be, the way I used to feel.
But you and I know better, even though it's been so long,
if your memory really serves you well, you'll never tell me no wrong.

It's not the spotlight, it's not the cam'ra light,
it's not the streetlights of some old street of dreams.
It ain't the moonlight, not even the sunlight,
but I've seen it shining in your eyes you know what I mean.

So if I ever feel the light again shining down on me,
I don't have to tell you what a welcome it would be.
I felt the light before but I let it slip away,
but I still keep on believing that it'll come back some day.

It's not the spotlight, it's not the cam'ra light,
it's not the streetlights of some old street of dreams.
It ain't the moonlight, not even the sunlight,
but I've seen it shining in your eyes and you know what I mean.


THIS OLD HEART OF MINE
(Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Sylvia Moy, 1966)

This old heart of mine been broke a thousand times.
Each time you break away, feel you're gone to stay.
Lonely nights that come, memories that go,
bringing you back again, hurting me more and more.
Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside, 
'cause each day that passes by
you got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
but I love you, yes I do.
I love you; this old heart weeps for you.

I try hard to hide my hurt inside.
This old heart of mine always keeps me crying.
The way you treat me leaves me incomplete.
You're here for the day, gone for the week.
But if I want you a hundred times,
a hundred times I have you back.
I'm yours whenever you want me;
I wanna shout about it, tell the world about it
'cause I love you; this old heart weeps for you.
I love you, yes, I do.

Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside,
'cause each day that passes by
you got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
but I love you, yes I do.
This old heart weeps for you.
I love you; this old heart weeps for you.
I love you; yes I do.
I love you; this old heart weeps for you.


STILL LOVE YOU
(Rod Stewart)

I was told by a good friend
you were untouchable, out of my reach.
But the first time ever I saw you,
I spilled my cherry lime over your dress.
You said, "Don't you worry, it's not my best one."
First encounter, hardly the best.

But I would not change a thing
if I could do it all over again.
All I'm tryin' to say in my awkward way is,
"I still love you."

Didn't I try to impress you,
but my old Chevy van kept breakin' down.
And my one room over the drugstore,
we watched the neon lights go out over town.

And some nights we'd go out dancin',
come home singin' by the Erie Canal.
two hearts gently poundin'
as that mornin' train came janglin' through.

But I would not change a thing
if I could do it all over again.
All I'm tryin' to say in my awkward way is,
"I still love you."

Well darlin', didn't I promise
I'd never go so far away again?
But here I am writin' this letter;
goodbye to you, my love, see you again.

But I would not change a thing
if I could do it all over again.
All I'm tryin' to say in my awkward way is,
"I still love you."


SAILING
(Gavin Sutherland, 1972)

I am sailing, I am sailing,
home again 'cross the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

I am flying, I am flying,
like a bird 'cross the sky.
I am flying, passing high clouds,
to be with you, to be free.

Can you hear me, can you hear me
thro' the dark night, far away,
I am dying, forever trying,
to be with you, who can say.

Can you hear me, can you hear me,
thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying, forever trying,
to be with you, who can say.

We are sailing, we are sailing,
home again 'cross the sea.
We are sailing stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free.
Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free,
Oh Lord.




A NIGHT ON THE TOWN


TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (Gonna Be Alright)
(Rod Stewart)

Stay away from my window
Stay away from my back door too
Disconnect the telephone line
Relax baby and draw that blind

Kick off your shoes and sit right down
Loosen off that pretty French gown
Let me pour you a good long drink
Ooh baby don't you hesitate cause

Tonights the night 
It's gonna be alright
Cause I love you girl
Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

C'mon angel my hearts on fire
Don't deny your man's desire
You'd be a fool to stop this tide
Spread your wings and let me come inside 

Tonights the night
It's gonna be alright
Cause I love you girl
Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Don't say a word my virgin child
Just let your inhibitions run wild
The secret is about to unfold
Upstairs before the night's too old

Tonights the night
It's gonna be alright
Cause I love you woman
Ain't nobody gonna stop us now


THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST
(Cat Stevens)

I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's taken just all that I had
But if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
And I'm sure going to give you a try
And if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'cause if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst


FOOL FOR YOU
(Rod Stewart)

By the time you read this letter
I'll be outta your life
Gone forever more
But guess I'll survive
I'm gonna leave my records
And a forwarding address
Ain't you glad honey
That I'm offa your chest

You said you wanted Paris
Rome 'n' St. Tropez
Perfume by Chanel
And a ring by Cartier
But I gave you headaches
With my old fashioned ways
But that's all irrelevant
To what I'm tryin' to say
I'm a fool for you baby
Pride won't let me stay
I'm a fool for you honey 
and I'll come back any day
Guess I'll always love you all my life

You can keep your Streisands
Bardots and Lorens
You're my everything
But now you're my end 
It may be over
But just before I go 
I can make a new start
But I can't mend a broken heart

So when I read about you
In all the national press
On the arm of so and so
I may get depressed 
Cause I tried to love you
But didn't fit in 
I came on the dust
I'll leave on the wind

I'm a fool for you baby
My pride won't let me stay
I'm a fool for you honey 
I'll come back any day
I'm a fool for you baby
I don't care what your friends say
I'm a fool for you honey 
And that's the way I'll stay
I guess I'll always love you all my life


THE KILLING OF GEORGIE 
(Part I and II)
(Rod Stewart)

In these days of changing ways
so called liberated days
a story comes to mind of a friend of mine

Georgie boy was gay I guess
nothin' more or nothin' less
the kindest guy I ever knew

His mother's tears fell in vain
the afternoon George tried to explain
that he needed love like all the rest

Pa said there must be a mistake
how can my son not be straight
after all I've said and done for him

Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus
cast out by the ones he loves
A victim of these gay days it seems

Georgie went to New York town
where he quickly settled down
and soon became the toast of the great white way

Accepted by Manhattan's elite
in all the places that were chic
No party was complete without George

Along the boulevards he'd cruise
and all the old queens blew a fuse
Everybody loved Georgie boy

The last time I saw George alive
was in the summer of seventy-five
he said he was in love I said I'm pleased

George attended the opening night
of another Broadway hype
but split before the final curtain fell

Deciding to take a short cut home
arm in arm they meant no wrong
A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue

Out of a darkened side street came
a New Jersey gang with just one aim
to roll some innocent passer-by
There ensued a fearful fight
screams rang out in the night
Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone

A leather kid, a switchblade knife
He did not intend to take his life
He just pushed his luck a little too far that night

The sight of blood dispersed the gang
A crowd gathered, the police came
An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third

Georgie's life ended there
but I ask who really cares
George once said to me and I quote

He said "Never wait or hesitate
Get in kid, before it's too late
You may never get another chance
'Cos youth a mask but it don't last
live it long and live it fast"
Georgie was a friend of mine

Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie, Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay 


THE BALLTRAP
(Rod Stewart)

Well my brother said he saw you in a downtown bar
With a price on your head and a black man on your arm
C'mon sister, I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
I'd rather see you dead with a rope 'round your neck
Or see you paralyzed in both your thighs
C'mon honey you got me crawling down on my knees
If you say it's all over I'll pack up and go
But this time tomorrow you'll be screamin' on the phone
Come back baby and let's get naked tonight
Well I can't say yes and I can't say no
My heart wants to love you but my soul says go
C'mon sugar why don't you let your man off the hook

You got me in a balltrap
Lord I'm eating outta your hands
You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand
You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram

First time I had you up on ol' Park Lane
You didn't know my name even when I came
As I recall you let me walk home in the rain
You said I'm cute but tell the truth
It's my body you want with the red hot juice
C'mon honey let's call the whole thing off

You got me in a balltrap
Lord, I'm eating outta your hands
You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand
You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram

My mama don't like you and I ain't surprised
You got poison lips, you got amphetamine eyes
She keeps on saying why don't you find a nice country girl
But Ma I ain't never been in love before
I can't sleep or eat all week
But Friday night I'll be alright
On the midnight trampoline

It's a balltrap
Lord, I'm eating outta your hands
You got me in a balltrap, hung up on a one-night stand
You got me in a balltrap, strung out on a midnight tram


PRETTY FLAMINGO
(Mark Barken)

All around all of the guys call her flamingo
'cause her hair glows like the sun 
and her eyes light up the sky

When she walks by 
she moves so fine like a flamingo
Crimson dress that clings so tight
She's out of reach and out of sight

When she walks by 
she brightens up the neighborhood 
and every guy would take her hand
If he just could, if she just would

Some sweet day 
I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo
and every guy will envy me 
cause paradise is where I'll be

When she walks by 
she brightens up the neighborhood 
and every guy would take her hand
If he just could, if she just would
Some sweet day 
I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo
and every guy will envy me 
cause paradise is where I'll be


BIG BAYOU
(Gib Gilbeau)

I took a long, long trip to the city
I was determined to get somewhere
I spent all my hard earned money
I had saved to put me there

Big bayou where did you go
To the river that's running slow
and to the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou carry me home

I took a cotton picking job in Memphis
And the people there treated me good
But my luck run bad in Nashville 
I had to walked the streets of Hollywood

Big bayou where did you go
To the river that's running slow
into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou carry me home

Oh Lord I'm going home
Where the fish jump in the air
You know I don't need a lot of money 
Cause I ain't going nowhere

Big bayou where did you go
To the river that's running slow
into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou carry me home

Big bayou carry me home
To the river that's running slow
into the Gulf of Mexico
Big bayou where did you go

I'm gonna catch a southbound 
train home one of these days


THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE
( W. Warren / A. Carter)

You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote them
You ask me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I've been waiting for to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song

Chorus:
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went on back to the wild side of life

The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you 
to the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know

(chorus)

The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you 
to the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know

(chorus)


TRADEWINDS
(MacDonald / Salter)

Here I stand looking, looking around me
While all around me what do I see
Unhappy faces behind a painted smile
Heartache and loneliness dressed up in modern style
Unhappy people living in sin and shame
Reflections of myself, life is no easy game
We're caught in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time

Here I stand looking, looking around me
While all around me what do I see
Young girls who'll soon become
Streetwalkers in the night
Young boys, the restless breed
looking for a fight
Children both rich and poor
They're searching for the truth
If they don't find it
God help tomorrow's youth
We're caught in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time

Trade winds are blowing, blowing around me
While all around me what do I see
Hatred and jealousy
Brotherhood is dying
Love is the answer
But nobody's buying
Good people turning bad
Some don't but they are few
The winds are blowing
The choice is all up to you
We're caught in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time

Yes we're caught up in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time
We are riding on the trade winds
The trade winds of our time




FOOT LOOSE AND FANCY FREE


HOT LEGS
(Rod Stewart)

Who's that knocking on my door
It's gotta be a quarter to four
Is it you again coming 'round for more
Well you can love me tonight if you want
But in the morning make sure you're gone
I'm talkin' to you
Hot legs, wearing me out
Hot legs, you can scream and shout
Hot legs, are you still in school 
I love you honey

Gotta most persuasive tongue
You promise all kinds of fun
But what you don't understand
I'm a working man
Gonna need a shot of vitamin E
By the time you're finished with me
I'm talking to you
Hot legs, you're an alley cat
Hot legs, you scratch my back
Hot legs, bring your mother too 
I love you honey

Imagine how my daddy felt
in your jet black suspender belt
Seventeen years old
He's touching sixty four

You got legs right up to your neck
You're making me a physical wreck
I'm talking to you
Hot legs, in your satin shoes
Hot legs, are you still in school
Hot legs, you're making me a fool 
I love you honey

Hot legs, making your mark
Hot legs, keep my pencil sharp
Hot legs, keep your hands to yourself
I love you honey
Hot legs, you're wearing me out
Hot legs, you can scream and shout
Hot legs, you're still in school
I love you honey


YOU'RE INSANE
(R. Stewart / P.Chen)

You must be crazy or half insane
Look at your eyeballs, street cocaine
You drink that white rum, you hit the roof
What do you expect, one-five-one proof

You drive your mustang down Sunset Strip
And in the back seat, a big black whip
Look at your lipstick, all 'round your face
Everything you do is in bad taste

Chorus:

Baby I think you're cute
But there's no substitute for love
Honey it's a crying shame
This whole mad town thinks you're insane

You take me dancing but I can't dance
but when I try to, you start to laugh
You shake your hips child like a rattle snake
You make me jealous make no mistake

You went to Woodstock and all that trash
Your generation is fading fast
You wear them hot pants, they're out of style
You like brown sugar, I think it's vile

(Chorus)

One of these nights child, it won't be long
Somebody somewhere who's big and strong
In a dark alley, a blood stained coat
He'll stick his long thing right down your throat 

(Chorus)

Lord have mercy
Hey baby, I think you're insane baby
You got no brain, you're insane

Tell me baby, can you play harp
Can you play bass
Can you play guitar
Can you play drum
Then you're insane


YOU'RE IN MY HEART (The Final Acclaim)
(Rod Stewart)

I didn't know what day it was 
when you walked into the room
I said hello unnoticed
You said goodbye too soon

Breezing through the clientele
spinning yarns that were so lyrical
I really must confess right here
the attraction was purely physical

I took all those habits of yours
that in the beginning were hard to accept
Your fashion sense, Beardsly prints
I put down to experience

The big bosomed lady with the Dutch accent
who tried to change my point of view
Her ad lib lines were well rehearsed
but my heart cried out for you

Chorus:

You're in my heart, you're in my soul
You'll be my breath should I grow old
You are my lover, you're my best friend
You're in my soul

My love for you is immeasurable
My respect for you immense
You're ageless, timeless, lace and fineness
You're beauty and elegance

You're a rhapsody, a comedy
You're a symphony and a play
You're every love song ever written
But honey what do you see in me

(Chorus)

You're an essay in glamour
Please pardon the grammar
but you're every schoolboy's dream
You're Celtic, United, but baby I've decided
You're the best team I've ever seen

And there have been many affairs
Many times I've thought to leave
But I bite my lip and turn around
'cause you're the warmest thing I've ever found

(Chorus)


BORN LOOSE
(R. Stewart / J. Cregan / G. Grainger)

Ooowe baby don't you count on me
to be here when the sun goes down
Cause all those mean old friends of mine are calling
Calling way down the line
Somebody send me a one way ticket
Got to get away from here
Put me on a jet back to London city
Gotta get a belly full of beer

Smile for the camera, please mind your manner
You've got to keep your image clean
Clench your fist and don't you take a piss
Makes you wanna slash your wrist
Stand up, shut up, sit down, throw up
All I wanna do is sing
Responsibility and fidelity
Never meant a thing to me

I was born loose
Running wild
Keep your hands off child
Can't change me now
I was born loose
Running wild
Keep your hands off me baby
Cause you're too late, too late

Big bombs are crashin'
Never stop clashin'
Wanting every woman in town
Some tried to train me
One tried to maim me
But you can't keep a good man down

Church bells ringin'
All the kids singin'
When we played the last date on the tour
Janis and Jimi, can't you hear me
knockin' on heaven's door

Born loose
Was born loose baby
Slow me down
You can't slow me down

I was born loose
Born loose
Born loose
Wrong side of my mama
Wrong side of my daddy
Wrong side of the tracks

I was born loose baby
I was born loose
Can't change me now
Can't change me now
Cause you're too late now
Too late now
Too late now baby
Too late now
To change me now
Never change me now
Born loose
Born loose


YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON
(Holland / Dozier / Holland)

Set me free why don't you baby
Get out of my life why don't you baby
You really don't want me
You just keep me hanging on
You really don't need me
You just keep me hanging on

Why do you keep coming around
playing with my heart
Why don't you get out of my life
and help me to make a new start
Let me get over you
the way you got over me 

Set me free why don't you baby
Get out of my life why don't you baby
You really don't want me child
You just keep me hanging on
You never, never, never needed me
You just keep me hanging on

You said when we broke up
you just wanted to be friends
Tell me, how can we still be friends
when seeing you just breaks my heart again
and there ain't nothing I can do about it

You really don't need me
You just keep me hanging on
You really don't need me baby
You just keep me hanging on

Set me free why don't you baby
Set me free why don't you baby
Get out of my life why don't you honey
You just keep me hanging on


(If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT
(Banks / Hampton / Jackson)

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If being right means being without you
I'd rather live a wrong doing life
Your mama and daddy say it's a shame
It's a downright disgrace
Long as I got you by my side
I don't care what your people say

Your friends tell you there's no future
in loving a married man
If I can't see you when I want to 
I'll see you when I can
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

Am I wrong to fall so deeply in love with you
knowing I got a wife and two little children
depending on me too
And am I wrong to hunger
for the gentleness of your touch
knowing I got somebody else at home
who needs me just as much

And are you wrong to fall in love
with a married man
And am I wrong trying to hold on
to the best thing I ever had
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

Are you wrong to give your love
to a married man
And am I wrong trying to hold on
to the best thing I ever had
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

I don't wanna be right
if it means sleeping alone at night
I don't wanna be right
if it means coming home at night
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna never, never, never be right


YOU GOT A NERVE
(R. Stewart / G. Grainger)

Here you stand with tears in your eyes
crying into my arms
pleading with me to take you back
teasing me with your charms

But you got a nerve to come round here
after all you've said and done
I thought I had seen everything
obviously I was wrong

'Cause where were you when the sun went down
Skies turned dark and gray
Where were you when the north winds blew
Honey tell me where were you

I heard you were living down in Brazil
with them high class friends of mine
I can't believe I was so naive
Did I never once cross your mind

You told them all I was down and out
My existence you even denied
Oh what pleasure it gives me now
to know that you're bleeding inside

You were my life, you were my breath
You were every move I ever made
But recently my opinion's changed
The joke's on you I'm afraid

'Cause I have a woman so beautiful
For you I could no longer wait
Please go away you may spoil everything
Your love has turned up too late

Go away, go away
Please, please go away
I loved you once
I don't love you now
Please, please go away


I WAS ONLY JOKING
(R. Stewart / G. Grainger)

Ever since I was a kid at school
I messed around with all the rules
Apologised then realised
I'm not different after all

Me and the boys thought we had it sussed
Valentinos all of us
My dad said we looked ridiculous
But boy we broke some hearts
In and out of jobs, running free
Waging war with society
Dumb blank faces stare back at me
But nothing ever changed

Promises made in the heat of the night
Creeping home before it got too light
I wasted all that precious time
and blamed it on the wine

Chorus:

I was only joking my dear
Looking for a way to hide my fear
What kind of fool was I 
I could never win

Never found a compromise
Collected lovers like butterflies
Illusions of that grand first prize
are slowly wearing thin
Susy baby you were good to me
Giving love unselfishly
But you took it all too seriously
I guess it had to end

(Chorus)

Now you ask me if I'm sincere
That's the question that I always fear
Verse seven is never clear
But I'll tell you what you want to hear
I try to give you all you want
But giving love is not my strongest point
If that's the case it's pointless going on
I'd rather be alone
'Cause what I'm doing must be wrong
Pouring my heart out in a song
Owning up for prosperity
For the whole damn world to see

Quietly now while I turn a page
Act one is over without costume change
The principal would like to leave the stage
The crowd don't understand





BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN


DA YA THINK I'M SEXY
(Rod Stewart / Carmine Appice)

Sugar, sugar

She sits alone waiting for suggestions
He's so nervous avoiding all the questions
His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding
Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on sugar let me know.
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so
Tell me so baby

He's acting shy looking for an answer
Come on honey let's spend the night together
Now hold on a minute before we go much further
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother
They catch a cab to his high rise apartment
At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on honey tell me so
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know

His heart's beating like a drum
'cos at last he's got this girl home
Relax baby now we are alone

They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking
Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining
They got each other neither one's complaining
He say's I sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee
Never mind sugar we can watch the early movie

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so

If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really, really, really, really need me
just let me know
Just reach out and touch me
If you really want me
just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you, if you, if you really need me
just come on and tell me so


DIRTY WEEKEND
(Rod Stewart / Gary Grainger)

You book the hotel I'll pack the bags honey 
You phone the airlines I'll call a cab
When will you return well that all depends
Just tell your mother that you're staying with friends
Cuz I know that you're my best friend's girl
But it's the weekend I don't give a hell

I'll bring the red wine you bring the ludes
Your mother's doctor must be quite a dude
We'll hang the 'Don't Disturb' outside our door
I'm gonna rock you till your pussy's sore

Oh my sweet Diana I can't wait for the manana
There's a hotel down in Mexico just made for two
But I don't think you trust me and I can't say I blame you
My reputation precedes me you ain't never gonna leave me

Soon as we get there I'll go check in
Mr and Mrs Smith of Abilene
You get naked honey I'll get down
I'm gonna chase you around
and 'round and 'round and 'round
You say you can't stand monotony
I say what happened to fidelity
Dirty weekend made for two
Just me and you honey 
I wanna love that can last for ages
not the trash you've been giving to strangers

Don't want to make your two big brothers brothers annoyed
Do you think you'll get the polaroid?


AIN'T LOVE A BITCH
(Rod Stewart / Gary Grainger)

Been in pain and I've been in shame
But ain't love a bitch
I been in fights, locked away for nights
But ain't love a bitch
I been tailed, impaled, strung up 
and nailed and left without a stitch
I been scratched 'n' taxed 'n' finally axed
But ain't love a bitch

Oh I didn't understand till I was seventeen
She took me way upstairs and she wiped me clean
Oh I didn't realize she made a first class fool out of me
Oh Maggie if you're still out there the rest is history

You're all alone in the freezing cold
by the underground
Your hands are numb and you're feeling dumb
cos you been let down
You thought you were rough and kinda tough
and maybe out of reach
You're acting chic, playing hide 'n' seek
But ain't love a bitch

Oh I must state right here I been there before
My eyes were closed and so my friends 
I still don't know the score
Oh don't underestimate the strength of it
It may be unwise to analyze even the cause of it

You're driving home late one night and on the radio
Comes an old familiar song you used to know so well 
(you know a lot about that)
Oh I can't comprehend this thing called love
Maybe it's a matter of fact I just can't grow up
Deep down ain't we all a little juvenile 
All I really wanna know is there one sweet angel 
that can make me smile

Ain't love a bitch

Torrential rains, wars and hurricanes
I wouldn't budge an inch
Your rent's unpaid and your team lose again
But ain't love a bitch
You can lose your job, your home and your health
But ain't love a bitch
Take it or leave it some day you'll feel it
'cos love is the bitch

Ain't love the bitch, ain't love a bitch
Ain't love a bitch, ain't love a bitch
Ain't love a bitch


THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
(Rod Stewart / Jim Cregan)

You always said living with me was impossible
Try it I said just like the wind I'm changeable
We ain't got money but we sure got laughs 
lots of loving too
So I confess on my behalf
you're giving me honestly
the best days of my life

Your whispering girls said don't be a fool
don't give into him 
He's an animal treat you like dirt 
then he'll turn you in
You two are not compatible
It'll never never last 
They said I wasn't even suitable
But you're giving me honestly 
the best days of my life

Sometimes I wonder 
why does she bother with me at all
So staid in my ways 
Let's face it my dear, I'm insufferable

The crazy nights spilling into days
with all my noisy friends
But they all love you as much as I
Giving me constantly
the best days of my life
And a day without you at this point my dear
seems unthinkable
A night without you more often
than not is unbearable

But if it all can't work out
one can never never tell
In my heart there is no doubt
you gave to me unselfishly
the best days of my life

But if it all can't work out one can never never tell


IS THAT THE THANKS I GET
(Rod Stewart / Jim Cregan)

Did you think I'd take it sitting down
and let you walk all over me
Thought you knew me much better than that
I keep much better company

With your lawyers and your two timing friends
I guess you know who I mean
Your detectives and your private eyes
could never win me back again

Just where did it get ya
What satisfaction was had
You kicked the shit right in my face
Is that all the thanks I get

You said we made such a pretty pair 
living in harmony
I'm sorry honey but I disagree 
it seemed more like a comedy

Just look how you lied girl 
that Judas right by your side
He hung you up so you cut me right down
Is that all the thanks I get

Guess I'll find me a brand new girl
That won't take too very long
There's so many floatin' 'round this town
waitin' by the telephone
And if you want me I'll be in the bar 
back into my usual ways
Or on the corner with the rest of the boys
You and I were just a breath away
It was great while it lasted 
but oh Lord it turned nasty
You didn't give me one chance to explain
Well is that all the thanks I get

Is that the thanks I get
Is that the thanks I get 
Is that the thanks I get for loving you
Is that the thanks I get 
Is that the thanks I get
Is that the thanks I get for loving you


ATTRACTIVE FEMALE WANTED
(Rod Stewart / Gary Grainger)

I'm tired of buying Penthouse and Oui and Hustler
It's Friday night I'm all alone still a bachelor
She said she'd call me when she'd finished work
Haven't heard a word all day
I may not be Warren Beatty or Mohammed Ali
(Attractive female wanted)
I ain't asking a great deal, just a female to move in with me
(Attractive female wanted)
I'll share all my records, toothbrush and car
and color TV, honestly
A single girl for my single bed is my remedy
(Attractive female wanted)

She doesn't have to be a movie star
cover of a magazine
She can work in a garage all day 
in the evening some canteen

I'm tired of blind dates making silly mistakes
It's embarrassing
(Attractive female wanted)
I've had no complaints 
but obviously you've guessed 
no compliments
(Attractive female wanted)

Won't someone please answer my prayers
before I'm old and grey
(Attractive female wanted)
I've been lonely too long 
all of my family think I'm gay

She doesn't have to be a movie star 
cover of magazine
She can work in a garage all day
in the evening some canteen

Attractive female wanted
Active female wanted
I may get drunk stink like a skunk
but she'll look after me
(Attractive female wanted)
Put me to bed ease my aching head 
and made fuss of me
You know what I gonna do
Think I'll write a letter 
to Mr. Hugh Heffner confidentially
Dear Sir 
A single girl for my single bed is my remedy


BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN
(Rod Stewart / Jim Cregan)

Is it a matter of opinion 
or just a contradiction
but from where I come from 
all the blondes have more fun
Well just awatch them sisters on a Saturday night
Peroxide causin' all the fights 

I took a rose in Texas
she gimme plenty of practice
But I couldn't touch the surface
'cos of recent facelift
She had no idea what love's about
'cept the one o'clock call on the casting couch 

Sissy from New York 
was on the cover of New Vogue
I ain't supposed to be available
So completely untouchable
I got a limousine 'n' bodyguard and chaperone
But God knows Rodder just needs to ball

You can keep your black and your red heads
You can keep your brunettes too
I wanna girl that's semi intelligent
Gimme a blonde that's six feet two boy
and that ain't all

I had a crush on Bardot
Fell in love with Monroe
Read about 'em in the nationals
All the juicy little scandals
But I never saw 'em dancin' at the county hall
with the short fat guy's prematurely bald

Dig this

You can keep your black and your red heads
you can keep your brunettes too
Don't wanna subservient woman
Gimme a blonde that's six feet two boy
and that ain't all


LAST SUMMER
(Rod Stewart / Phil Chen)

Sipping a sangria with a girl named Julia 
Hot Jamaican sand beneath our feet
She purred like a cat in a Panama hat
She said my passport picture was unique
I said I did impersonations would you like to see 
Turned around to buy her one more round

Then suddenly she disappeared 
like I feared with another guy
Love always seems to let me down
Can be found anywhere around

The carnival had passed 
and my heart was beating fast
All these married women, it ain't fair
Nervously I said would you like to come to bed
A cold silence pierced the evening air
Instantly she recognized my insecurities
Changing subjects quickly I agreed

Then suddenly she disappeared 
like I feared with another guy, oo baby
Love always seems to let me down
Can be found anywhere around
Nowhere around

The tourist had all gone, winter's coming on
The hotel chambermaid didn't seem to care
Sharing a pina colada we broke into laughter
I'll never know how we made it up the stairs
We spent the night together 
and she woke up in my arms
Kissed me tenderly and said goodbye

Then suddenly she disappeared 
like I feared with another guy, oo baby
Love always seems to let me down
Can be found anywhere around
Nowhere around

Love always seems to let me down 
Maybe I'll wait until next year, next year, next year


STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE
(Eddie Holland / Lamont Dozier / Brian Holland)

Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm just waitin' for the heartaches to come

I want to run but there's no place to go
'cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love the love I need
It's the beginning of the end for me
'Cause you've taking away all my reason for living
When you pushed aside all the love I been giving 

Didn't I treat you right now baby didn't I
Didn't I do the best for you now didn't I
Don't you leave me
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come

All alone I'm destined to be 
with misery my only company
Might come today, might come tomorrow
but it's for sure I ain't got nothing but sorrow
Now don't your conscience kind of bother you
How can you watch me cry after all I done for you
Now hold on a minute

Didn't I treat you right now honey didn't I
Didn't I do the best for you now didn't I
So don't you leave me
Standing in the shadows of love
Getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come

I want to run but there's no place to go
'cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love the love that I need
It's the beginning of the end for me
Now don't your conscience kinda, kinda bother you
How can you watch me cry 
after all the things I done for you

Didn't I treat you right now baby didn't I
Didn't I do the best for you couldn't I
Didn't I do right by you didn't I
Didn't I screw you right now

Kept you in luxury didn't I
Didn't I do the best for you didn't I
Didn't I treat you right now didn't I
Didn't I do the best for you now didn't I

I'm trying hard not to cry 
You know my crying ain't gonna help me now
Without your love the love that I need
It's the beginning of the end for me
So don't you leave me

Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come


SCARRED AND SCARED
(Rod Stewart / Gary Grainger)

Started out like any one of you
Good intentions and a degree
But one hot night under the neon lights
Killed a boy just seventeen

Now I sit here rainin' on my Maker
Reprieve is all I'm praying for
Lord I fear the hangman's steps approachin'
Will the priest knock gently on my door

And I know I've let my daddy down
and I broke my mother's heart
I'd give anything turn back time again
Just give me one more start

I don't need no trial humiliation
Just tell me that I'm heaven bound
I don't want no two faced consolation
What use is that to me six feet underground

I'm going down to the engine shed
Put a gun up to my head
Blow myself into the promised land
We call it scarred and scared
And if you ever see my son again
Don't let on just how I fared
Tell him, tell him I went down big and strong
I was never, never, never scarred or scared

All the girls that once did gather 'round me 
have moved along to someone else
Sitting here desperation is my close friend
What I'd give to kiss one of them now
Oo yeah I'll take you there 
I'll take ya there





FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR


BETTER OFF DEAD
(Rod Stewart / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger, Appice)
 
Call the girls and dress up fine
Tonight I felt like suicide
Roll them dice and pour the wine
Shuffle them cards and deal them fine
Got nobody to kiss tonight
Nothing to lose but my appetite

Wanna be silly and sing and shout
Gotta get legless and fall about
Turn the music up nice and loud
Cheer me up don't bring me down
Gonna lose my job next week
Getting replaced by a silicone chip

I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
but right now honey I'm better off dead

I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
but right now honey I'm better off dead

Don't like the scenery don't like the set
Tear it all down and start again
Man keeps talking on the radio
Telling me what I don't wanna know
Radiation wars and layatril
If tax don't get ya then cancer will

I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
but right now honey I'm better off dead

I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
but right now honey I'm better off dead

Better off dead, better off dead
Better off dead, better off dead


FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR
(Rod Stewart / Savigar, Cregan, Grainger)

Can I introduce myself 
I'm a man of panache and wealth
Sound in mind, body, soul and health  
Why I wanna kill my wife
I have the urge to take her life

Been planing for years to get rid of her
Not divorce I really do mean to kill her
She's so full of useless information and trivia
That's why I wanna kill my wife 
I have a duty to take her life

Her stupid friends get right up my nose
They all wear annoyingly sensible clothes
They're all so bleeding grandiose,
You know why I should kill her friends
They're all driving Mercedes Benz.

He'll escape down into Mexico
Sell the house and find a nice young girl
He'll laugh and sing and he won't work anymore.

Should I string her up or strangle her in bed
Suffocate that little venomous head
Or perhaps I'll just whip her to death
Listen do me a favor kill my wife

Do it for mankind take her life
Or should I act quite cold and deliberate
Or maybe blow out her brains with a bullet
They'll think suicide they won't know who done it
I'm gonna kill my wife I'm really gonna take her life.

He'll escape down into Mexico
Sell the house and find a nice young girl
He'll laugh and sing and he won't work anymore

The moment of truth has come
I'm at the point of no return
I've got my hands locked round her throat
I'm about to kill my wife 
Don't stop me now I'm gonna take her life

Too late now I'm gonna kill my wife
Can't help myself I'm gonna take her life

Telephone rang and he woke from his sleep
His wife snoring soundly next to him 
It was all a very nasty dream


MY GIRL
(Rod Stewart / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger, Appice)

Miss you babe 
Miss you babe

She's everywhere I go
She's everything I know
And now I think she's finally 
Touched my soul
She's heaven here on earth
Much more than I deserve
And I don't wanna ever let her go
I'm getting used to all her ways
Everything she says
Her smiles, her frowns 
Her ups and all her downs

She's every move that I make
She's every breath I take
She's got a hold on me 
That I don't wanna break

I mean my girl bring her home to me
My girl can't wait for you to see
My girl means everything to me 
My girl my girl

My friends keep coming round
Saying come out on the town
What's wrong, you ain't the guy 
We used to know
And I tell them I say 
Without her by my side
I'm only half alive
I love her so bad 
And I don't care if it shows

I mean my girl 
Bring her home to me
My girl, means everything to me
My girl, can't wait for you to see 
My girl, my girl, my girl

At last my heart has found a home
This time I know where I belong
I mean my girl 
Bring her home to me
My girl, can't wait for you to see
My girl, means everything to me
My girl, I just wanna see
My girl, my girl, my girl,my girl 


SHE WON'T DANCE WITH ME
(Rod Stewart, Jorge Ben)

Friday night she's dressed to kill
Fishnet tights wearing redhigh heels
All the boys say she's cold as ice
I won't sleep until I satisfied

Keep on watching her across the room
Waiting for the band to play a faster tune
I want her number but I'm scared to ask
I wanna dance and I want her ass
Why the fuck is she ignoring me
I don't know what's wrong with me

Dance with me
She won't dance with me
Why won't she dance with me
She won't dance with me 
Dance, dance, dance, dance with me, yeah
Why won't you dance with me?
Come on dance with me
Dance, dance, dance, dance with me

Here she comes floating down the street,
Sythesised eyed wearing cellophane jeans
Practiced in the art of sexuality
My tongue gets tied when I try to speak
Got a hard on honey that hurts like hell
If I don't ask her somebody else will

Dance with me,
( No, don't wanna dance with you)
Why won't you dance with me
( Why should I dance with you)
Dance, dance, dance please dance with me baby
 (I won't dance with you
  I won't dance with you
  Why should I dance with you
  I won't dance with you
  Dance, dance, dance)


GI' ME WINGS
(Rod Stewart, Steve Harley / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger)

Driving in my car
There's nothing on the air
Play a song that'll ease my pain
D.J.'s telling me 
That this is what'll be
Help me I'm depressed again

My best friend disappeared
With the girl I had for years
My life's going down the drain
The skies are crying
Everybody's lying
Oh God I'm depressed again

Give me wings I'll fly away 
Magnificent and free
Far away from the madding crowd
There's gotta be a place for me

The boss is on my back
I know I'm gonna crack
Looks like I'm paranoid again
Can't do nothing right
See only black and white
Oh God I'm depressed again

Give me wings I'll fly away 
Magnificent and free
Far away from the madding crowd
There's gotta be a place for me

How can I plan ahead
With this hanging round my neck
Looks like I'm coming down again
Thought about it well 
Analysed myself
Yeah, I'm depressed again

Give me wings I'll fly away 
Magnificent and free
Far away from the madding crowd
There's gotta be a place for me

I'm down, I'm coming down again 
I'm down, looks like I'm coming down again 
I'm down, I'm down
Looks like I'm coming down again
I'm down, I'm down
Looks like I'm pissed off again


SO SOON WE CHANGE
(Rod Stewart / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger)

Seems like only yesterday
We were laughing like a couple of kids
Fun we had when first met
Ain't been around much since
Sharing every hour every day
Funny how time slips away
But there's no replacement, baby
When the good times fade away

Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Funny how soon we change
Oh how soon we changed

You remember Casey's bar
and Maxfields after dark
We were different people then
Inseparable never apart
But now the novelty is wearing thin
We spend most time arguing
It was all so easy then
It'll never be again

Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed

I thought I knew you inside out
But obviously I was wrong
Makes no difference what I say
We just don't get along
Face the facts it can never last
We're driffing apart real fast
I'd gladly give up everything
to start all over again

Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Funny how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Funny how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed


SOMEBODY SPECIAL
(Rod Stewart, Steve Harley / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger)

How can you say life's getting you down
Get yourself out go along with the crowd
You're all dressed up got nowhere to go
You feel left out cause nobody showed
listen babe

When you think you're the only one
Who can't find love in this world
Tell yourself there's another one
Who's waiting for you, somewhere

Somebody special is thinking of you
Somebody special is dreaming of you
Somebody special is longing for you
Somebody special, special

Magazine dreams are easy stuff
But heaven knows they ain't good enough
Picture yourself from reel to reel
And get your hands on that driving wheel
And you know what

When it's hard to satisfy
A simple simple fantasy
Somebody somewhere is on your side
Waiting for you, crying

Somebody special, is looking for you
Somebody special, is searching for you
Somebody special, is waiting for you
Somebody special, somebody special

Maybe your heart's tormenting you
Why should it have any reason to
Wipe off that negativity
Put on some positivity

And when you think you're the only one
Who can't find love in this world
Tell yourself there's another one
Who's waiting for you, somewhere

Somebody special, is dreaming of you
Somebody special, is looking for you
Somebody special, is waiting for you
Somebody special, somebody special


PASSION
(Rod Stewart / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger)

Somebody somewhere
In the heat of the night
Looking pretty dangerous
Running out of patience

Tonight in the city
You won't find any pity
Hearts are being twisted
Another lover cheated, cheated

In the bars and the cafes, passion
In the streets and the alleys, passion
A lot of pretending, passion
Everybody searching, passion

Once in love you're never out of danger
One hot night spent with a stranger
All you wanted was somebody to hold on to yeah
Passion, passion
Passion, passion

New York, Moscow, passion
Hong Kong, Tokyo, passion
Paris and Bangkok, passion
A lotta people ain't got, passion

Hear it in the radio, passion
Read it in the papers, passion
Hear it in the churches, passion
See it in the school yards, passion

Once in love you're never out of danger
One hot night spent with a stranger
All you wanted was somebody to hold on to yeah
Once in love you're never out of danger
One hot night spent with a stranger
All you wanted was somebody to hold on to yeah

Alone in your bed at night, passion
It's half past midnight, passion
As you turn out your sidelight, passion
Something ain't right, passion

There's no passion, there's no passion
There's no passion, I need passion
You need passion, We need passion
Can't live without passion
Won't live without passion

Even the president needs passion
Everybody I know needs some passion
Some people die and kill for passion
Nobody admits they need passion
Some people are scared of passion
Yeah passion


(Rod Stewart / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger)

Look at all the problems 
That we've been through
How can you tell me 
That there's somebody new
I don't believe that I'm hearing this
I don't really think that you're serious

Well you picked a fine time to hesitate
See it my way I've nothing left
You can take my heart but don't steal my pride
Think it over before I'm pushed aside 
And tell me

Say it ain't true 
That's all you gotta do, baby
Say it ain't true

Well I thought this one was bound to last
Together forever oh what a laugh
It's going to hurt when I set you free
I've been loving you too long 
You're a part of me

So tell me
Say it ain't true, Tell me baby
Say it ain't true

Put yourself in my place for a little while
Going out of fashion growing out of style
No one to laugh with nobody to share
No one to lean on nobody to care
Nothing left but a memory
I gave you my heart so stay with me 
And tell me

Say it ain't true
Say it ain't true 
Tell me baby
Say it ain't true
I love you baby
I love you baby
I just want to do right by you honey
Wouldn't do you no wrong


OH GOD, I WISH I WAS HOME TONIGHT
(Rod Stewart / Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger, 1980)

The rain poured down the wind swept avenue
On another dark wet December afternoon
All my cherished memories are of you
All my warmth and comfort stayed with you

I would have wrote you a letter 
but the telephone calls are free 
Cause the boys in the next apartment 
Are working all day
They're a great bunch of guys 
But I think they're all gay
What am I doing 
Avoiding what I'm trying to say

Oh God I wish I was home tonight 
With you in my arms
Oh God I wish I was home tonight

Send me a naked picture 
By the U.S. mail
Write a pornographic letter 
You know I won't tell
Keep your legs closed tight 
keep your body under lock and key
Stay home at night 
And save all the best parts for me

Yeah baby
Oh God I wish I was home tonight 
Yes I do baby
Oh God I wish I was home tonight, oh

I could be home in time for Christmas 
If you want me to be
There's a plane leaves here at midnight 
Arriving at three
But I'm a bit financially embarrased 
I must admit
To tell you the truth my honey 
I haven't a cent

Oh God I wish I was home tonight 
Tonight baby
Oh God I wish I was home tonight

Guess I'd better ring off 
Before the boys get home
My regards to all your family 
And everyone at home
There's a lump comes in my throat 
And a tear I can't hide 
Cause I want to see you so badly 
I just may die
And you know why baby

Oh God I wish I was home tonight 
With the ones that I love
Oh God I wish I was home tonight
Oh God I wish I was home tonight
Oh my God I wish I was home tonight
Tonight, tonight

I've been hearing voices 
Out on the street
They say you've found some one else 
Who's really quite neat
But he doesn't move you like I do
Tell me what I wanna hear 
That it just ain't true




TONIGHT I'M YOURS


TONIGHT I'M YOURS (Don't Hurt Me)
(Rod Stewart/Kevin Savigar, Jimmy Cregan, 1981)

Yeah
I can tell by the look in your eyes
you've been bored for a long, long time.
You need love and so do I
let's turn it all around.

I don't want an everlasting thing,
I don't care if I see you again
so grab your coat and honey tell your friends
you won't be home,
you won't be home,
you won't be home.

Tonight I'm yours,
do anything that you want me to
don't hurt me, don't hurt me
Tonight I'm yours,
do anything 'cos I want you to.
Just don't hurt me, baby.

Yeah
I don't really want to challenge you
marry you or remember you.
I just wanna make love to you
for twenty four hours or more.
or more

I'm only looking for a fantasy,
an interlude from reality
don't want nobody tryin' to rescue me
so rock me babe,
rock me babe,
rock me, rock me.

Tonight I'm yours,
do anything that you want me to
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me
Tonight I'm yours,
do anything 'cos I want you to.
I want you to

And tomorrow morning we won't cry
you go your way, honey, I'll go mine.
I'm the one who didn't waste your time
remember me this way.

And if you never see my face again,
think of me as a permanent friend,
the one who loved you like a hurricane
then disappeared,
disappeared,
disappeared.

Tonight I'm yours,
do anything that you want me to
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me
Tonight I'm yours, 
do anything 'cos I want you to.
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me

Tonight I'm yours,
do anything that you want me to
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me
Tonight I'm Yours
do anything 'cos I want you to
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me

Tonight I'm yours,
do anything that you want me to
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me
Tonight I'm Yours
do anything 'cos I want you to
Don't hurt me, don't hurt me

Tonight you're mine,
tonight you're mine
do anything, 
do anything
Tonight you're mine,
tonight you're mine
tonight, always tonight you're mine.
Do anything that you,
do anything that you,
do anything that you want me to,
you want me to, you want me to,
you want me, want me , want me,
just do anything 
anything your heart desires, babe.


HOW LONG
(Paul Carrack)

How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?

Well your friends and their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme,
but I can't help but have my suspictions,
'cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.

Well you said you was never intending
to break up our scene in this way,
but there ain't any use in pretending
it could happen to us any day,

How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
How long and how long has this been going on?
How long and how long has this been going on?
How long baby?

Oh, your friends and their gentle persuation
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme,
but I can't help but have my suspictions,
'cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.

Well you said you was never intending
to break up our scene in this way,
but there ain't any use in pretending
it could happen to us any day,

Tell me honey
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
How long and how long has this been going on, 
going on, going on?
how long has this been going on?

how long has this been going on, 
going on, going on, going on?
How long, honey, oh, has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
how long has this been going on, going on, going on, going on?
how long has this been going on, going on, going on?

You been treaten me mad you been treaten me bad
and it's been going on, going on, going on
I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.
I ain't quite the fool you mean
but it's been going on, going on, going on, going on.


TORA, TORA, TORA (Out With The Boys)
(Rod Stewart)

Pay-day Friday and the weekend's here,
I've been workin' all week tryin' to pay for this gear 
gonna raise Hell on Union Street,
thirteen guys and a packet of three.
And if I don't get laid I'll sure die tryin',
tonight this city's gonna be all mine.

I wanna talk about motorbikes, cars and things,
no sophistication or designer jeans.
I'm no angel, but I know what I like,
a little rough and tumble on a Friday night.
I'm like a cornered rat, I gotta explode.
Goodbye baby don't know when I'll be home.

Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys tonight.

By eleven o'clock I'll be flyin' high,
ain't nothing in the world that I won't try.
Jimmy got smashed, took his trousers off,
Barman said, " You boys have had enough.
Join the army, get yourself a decent job."
Indecent exposure in a parking lot.

Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys tonight.

[instrumental verse]

Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys tonight.

Bundle on the dance floor, a jaw got bust.
Swear to God that it wasn't one of us.
A seven foot bouncer called the police,
we got pulled in for disturbing the peace.
Well if you can't take a joke
then there ain't no point in living,
Sunday morning I woke up laughin'.

Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys tonight.
What d' you say?
Tora, Tora, Tora, where's my old man?
Tora, Tora, Tora, where's my old man?
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys.
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys tonight.
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys.
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys,
Tora, Tora, Tora, out with the boys tonight.

playing fast, ain't it


TEAR IT UP
(John Burnette, Dorsey Burnette & Paul Burlison)

Come on, little baby, let's tear that dance floor up
Come on, little baby, let's tear that dance floor up.
Come on, little mama, let me see you strut your stuff.
I'm a' leavin', little baby, gonna be gone a long, long time.
I'm a' leavin', little baby, gonna be gone a long, long time.
Well come on honey and show me a real good time.
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Come on little baby let me see you strut your stuff.

[instrumental verse]
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Come on little baby let me see you strut your stuff.

Well you step back baby, and you move my way,
step around again and let me hear you say
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Come on little baby, let me see you strut your stuff.
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Come on little mama let me see you strut your stuff.
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Tear it up! Tear it up!
Come on little mama let me see you strut your stuff.


ONLY A BOY
(Rod Stewart/Kevin Savigar & Jim Cregan)

Single file in the girls corridor
Come along, Stewart laddie!

Stewart boy, you'll never be much, 
'cause you're too busy acting the fool.
Thank you Sir for them few kind words, 
on my last day of school.

Oh, but my mama said, I could be a success, 
if I'd only get myself out of bed.
Words of wisdom, but I wasn't list'ning, 
I had plans in my head.

Only a boy, 
trying it on, 
coming on strong, 
restless to roam,
only a boy, 
silly and proud, 
reckless and loud, 
impressing the crowd,
only a boy.

Rock'n' Roll was in my brain, 
Eddie Cochrane running through my brain.
Skin tight trousers in council houses, 
the unemployment exchange.

The blues I played were Mississippi made 
and ev'ry Friday night I'd fall in love.
Football fields and teenage pills 
nothing's enough.

Only a boy, 
dressing to kill, 
passion to spill, 
hand in the till.
Only a boy, 
slipping it in, 
thin as a pin, 
chasing a dream, 
only a boy.

climb down off the school roof laddie

Oh and them dukes of freedom, I used to believe them,
and all their rebelious vows.
The critics, the cynics, who never understood it,
where are they now?

And all the wondering and the stumbling
that goes hand in hand with change.
The yearning, the earning was it all part of learning,
or am I still the same?

Only a boy 
laughing aloud, 
quick as a shot, 
nobody can stop.
Only a boy, 
plans of his own, 
leaving his home, 
knows where he's going, 
only a boy.

only a boy, 
only a boy, 
only a boy, ha ha, oh


JUST LIKE A WOMAN
(Bob Dylan)

Nobody feels any pain,
tonight as I stand inside the rain.
Ev'rybody knows
that baby's got new clothes,
but lately I see her ribbons and her bows
have fallen from her curls.

She takes just like a woman,
she makes love just like a woman,
and she aches just like a woman.
But she breaks just like a little girl.

Queen Mary, she's my friend,
oh I believe that I'll go see her again.
Nobody has to guess
that baby can't be blessed
till she finds out she's like all the rest,
with her fog, her amphetamines and her pearls.

She aches just like a woman, yes she does
she takes just like a woman, yes she does
she makes love just like a woman, yes she does
But she breaks just like a little girl.

It was raining from the first
and I was dying there of thirst,
So I came in here.
And your long time curse a' hurts,
but you know honey what's worse
is this pain in here,
I can't stay in here, 
ain't it clear.

Oh I just don't fit,
I believe that it's time for us to quit.
When we meet again 
and introduced as friends
please don't let on 
that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world.

You fake just like a woman, yes she does
and make love just like a woman, yes she does
Then you ache just like a woman, yes she does
But you break just just like a little girl, break like a girl

Ooh ooh ooh, ooh, ooh
Just like a woman, woman, woman.


JEALOUS
(Rod Stewart / Jay Davis, Carmine Appice, Danny Johnson)

Where was you last night? 
And the night before?

You've got his number implanted in your brain,
he's been calling you, putting on a stupid name,
I don't own you honey but give me some respect,
ev'ryone's laughin' laughin' behind my back,
yeah and I'm jealous, yes I'm jealous,
Oh! 

You're so cold baby it ain't like it used to be,
I'm suspicious, you're acting so deviously,
secret phone calls, when you think I'm not around,
you've been seen with him all over town,
yeah and I'm jealous when you look at someone else,
I'm so jealous, I want you all to myself,
I'm jealous babe, 
I'm so jealous.

Now does he buy you ruby rings and perfumes from abroad,
does he hypnotise you with things I can't afford,
does he drive a Cadillac, is he white or is he black,
What's he got that I ain't got, is he really that big?
You bet your life I'm jealous babe,
yeah,

You've been seen wit him all over town, baby
Yes, I'm jealous, goddam' jealous

You've been to Angelo's for a quiet dinner for two,
then to Shakey Jake's where you danced until two,
then to his place where I know you spent the night,
got my spies girl, and they're all 
jealous 

Did he really blow your mind, 
did he alway treat you kind,
does he kiss you like I do,
did he crawl all over you,
did he have you on the floor,
were you screaming out for more,
is he better than I am,
are you seeing him again.

I'm so jealous when you look at someone else,
I'm so jealous, want you all myself,
I'm so jealous, it's tearing me apart,
I'm so jealous, it's ripping out my heart,
I'm so jealous, 
yes I'm so jealous babe,
I told you once before, 
I'm eatin' out my heart, baby,
You make me so weak honey.


SONNY
(Rod Stewart, Jim Cregan, Bernie Taupin & Kevin Savigar)

Sonny, I've been missing you tonight,
Sonny, something deep inside me has died.
I gave up the purest love 
a woman could give to a man.
Ev'rything I ever had 
has slipped right through my hands

'cause she walks like you, 
she talks like you,
she feels like you, 
but she ain't you,
she smiles like you, 
cries like you,
denies like you, 
but she'll never be you.

Sonny, she don't move me anymore,
Sonny, I've never hurt this way before.
She's trying hard to replace you
but there's something she'll never know.
She can borrow all your style
but she'll never possess your soul

'cause she acts like you, 
attacks like you,
she cracks like you, 
but she ain't you,
she needs like you, 
pleads like you,
feels like you, 
but she'll never be you.

Sonny 
Sonny 
I'm down on my knees
Sonny won't you come back, come back,
come back to me please.

Someday, we'll hide the pain away, and
Sonny, I know that ... that we can laugh again.
I should have known and had more sense
sinking to a childish pride.
All I got was your looking glass 
without your heart in side

'cause she craves like you, 
behaves like you,
and lays like you, 
but she ain't you,
she plays like you, 
prays like you,
does ev'rything like you, 
but she ain't you.

She hides like you, 
denies like you,
sighs like you, 
but she ain't you.

Sonny,
Sonny,
Sonny won't you come back, 
come back to me.

Sonny,
Sonny,
Sonny, oh
Oh


YOUNG TURKS
(Rod Stewart / Carmine Appice, Kevin Savigar, Duane Hitchings)

Billy left his home with a dollar in his pocket and a head full of dreams.
He said somehow, some way, it's gotta get better than this.
Patti packed her bags, left a note for her momma, she was just seventeen,
there were tears in her eyes when she kissed her little sister goodbye.

They held each other tight as they drove on through the night they were so exited.
We got just one shot of life, let's take it while we're still not afraid.
Because life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided.
And like a fistful of sand, it can slip right through your hands.

Young hearts be free tonight. Time is on your side,
Don't let them put you down, don't let 'em push you around,
don't let 'em ever change your point of view.

Paradise was closed so they headed for the coast in a blissful manner.
They took a tworoom apartment that was jumping ev'ry night of the week.
Happiness was found in each other's arms as expected, yeah
Billy pierced his ears, drove a pickup like a lunatic, ooh!

Young hearts be free tonight.Time is on your side,
Don't let them put you down, don't let 'em push you around,
don't let 'em ever change your point of view.

[instrumental verse]

Young hearts be free tonight.Time is on your side.

Billy wrote a letter back home to Patti's parents tryin' to explain.
He said we're both real sorry that it had to turn out this way.
But there ain't no point in talking when there's nobody list'ning so we just ran away
Patti gave birth to a ten pound baby boy, yeah!

Young hearts be free tonight, time is on your side.
Young hearts be free tonight, time is on your side.
Young hearts be free tonight, time in on your side.

Young hearts gotta run free, be free, live free
Time is on, time is on your side
Time, time, time, time is on your side
is on your side
is on your side
is on your side
Young heart be free tonight
tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, yeah


NEVER GIVE UP ON A DREAM
(Rod Stewart, Bernie Taupin / Jim Cregan)

If there's doubt and you're cold,
don't you worry what the future holds.
We've gotta have heroes to teach us all
to never give up on a dream.

Claim the road, touch the sun,
no force on earth could stop you run.
When your heart bursts like the sun
never never give up on a dream.

Shadows fall, daylight dies,
freedom never got a place to hide.
Search forever photo finish line
but never give up on your dream.

Crazy notions fill your head,
you gotta break all the records set.
Push yourself until the end
but don't you ever give up on your dream.

Now listen to me 
you don't need no restrictions yeah
Oh, sing it again
you can't live on sympathy.
You just need to go the distance,
oh the distance
that's all you need to be free, 
to be free, to be free, to be free.

Sing a song for me children 
you don't need no restrictions yeah
you can't live on sympathy.
You just need to go the distance, 
that's all you need to be free,

Now listen to me!
Inspiring all to never lose, 
it'll take a long long time before they fill your shoes 
it'll take somebody, somebody, who's lot like you 
who never gave up on a dream.
No, you never gave up on a dream 
no, you never gave up on a dream.

You never, never, never, 
never gave up on a dream.





ABSOLUTELY LIVE


GUESS I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
(Stewart, Taupin, Cregan, Savigar, LeMesurier, Brock, Davis)

I used to think that I was something real special
Bragged about the hearts that I broke
But you came along like a hurricane honey
And snapped me like a piece of rope
Oh, and even after all this time
When I acted so stupid and blind
You took me in when i was out
You gave me hope when there was doubt
I guess I'll always love you
I guess I'll always care
I guess I'll always love you
All of my life

I used to worry about time and money
But I don't bother no more
I used to believe I was an old-time lover
But now I'm no longer sure
Oh, but you've come in to my life
As tough as nails and as sharp as a knife
And if I ever get loose again
you'll wrap me up and tuck me in
I guess I'll always love you
I guess I'll always care
I guess I'll always love you
All of my life

I feel I've waited a million years 
For this little girl of mine
And this time, I won't mess it up
Stand by her for the rest of my life
All of my life, all of my life
All of my life, all of my life


If I never get drunk again
You can hardly take the blame
I guess I'll always love you
I guess I'll always care
I guess I'll always love you
All of my life


All the times I've been too juice drunk
You reminded me of my name
And all the days that I went missing
You kindly shared in the blame
Oh but you never seemed ......
You ............laugh at it all
And I know you knew all along
I ...................
I guess I'll always love you
I guess I'll always care
I guess I'll always love you
All of my life

I guess I'll always love you
I guess I'll always care
I guess I'll always love you
All of my life

All of my life, all of my life
All of my life, all of my life
I've been waiting for one, someone like you



THE GREAT PRETENDER
(Ram)

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Pretending that I'm doing well (ooh ooh)
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
laughing out loud like a clown (ooh ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around

Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh)
I play the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream on my own
Pretending that I'm not alone

Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Pretending that I'm doing well (ooh ooh)
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
I'm lonely but no one can tell

I'm still pretending
Yeah.


ROCK MY PLIMSOUL
(Stewart)

Listen!
You can rock me, rock me all night long.
Keep on rockin' me baby, rock me all night long.
'Cause you know what, when you rock me,
my poor back it ain't got a bone.

You can roll me, just like they roll the wagon wheel,
way down in the country.
Keep on rollin' me baby, roll me all night long.
You know, you can shake, rattle, and roll me,
till my back it ain't got a bone.
And I won't mind that! Yea!

Oww! ... Over here!
Keep on rollin' me baby, just roll me all night long,
I won't mind it.
Keep on rollin' me baby, roll me all night long.
'Cause you know what, when you shake, rattle, and roll me,
My old back ain't got a bone.
So will you do it?

Keep on rollin' me baby,
Rollin' me baby.
Any old way you choose it,
Keep on rollin' me.
Ha, ha. Keep rollin' me honey,
'Till my old back ain't, got a bone. Over there!

Rockin' me baby,
Rockin' me baby,
Rock me honey,
Rockin' me baby, whoa-whoa

I don't mind which way that ya', come on honey, keep on.
Rockin' me baby,
Rockin' me baby,
Keep on rockin' me baby,
You know you'd better keep on rockin' me all night long.
You can rock me baby, yeah, yeah, Oww!





BODY WISHES


DANCIN' ALONE
(Stewart, Le Mesurier)

On a boulevard in Paris 
I met a good old friend of mine
"Come on over to my place 
bring yourself and a bottle of wine"
So I put on my leathers 
and I tried to look my best
but I was apprehensive 
I noticed I was the only guest
It was then I witnessed 
something I'd never seen
some satisfaction 
dancin' alone 
dancin' alone 
listen

There's a white house in Georgia 
down the Mason-Dixon line
They got Kentucky Derby winners there
They got a Lear jet parked outside
Yeah but every Friday weekend
when the big tom cat's away
you'll find the plantation shakin'
by the butler and the upstairs maid
Don't need no money, diamonds or cadillacs
to get all the satisfaction dancin' alone
dancin' alone
dancin' alone

Don't you worry 
'bout the problems of the human race
get some satisfaction dancin' alone
dancin' alone baby
Listen to this
At a hot spot in Texas
on an endless Friday night
I was listenin' to Waylon and Willie
when a cowgirl passed my sights
and I took a look in the mirror
to make sure that my head was screwed on
I was feeling rejected
but I wasn't going home
In a moment of a rash decision
I threw myself right on the floor
I did a backflip and somersault
Yeah, the crowd called for more
So if you're tired of watching
being left on the shelf
get your satisfaction dancin' alone
dancin' alone, dancin' alone
dancin' alone, dancin' alone
dancin' alone baby


BABY JANE
(Stewart, Davis)

Baby Jane don't leave me hanging on the line
I knew you when you had no one to talk to
Now you're moving in high society
don't forget I know secrets about you
I used to think you were on my side
but now I'm no longer sure
I wish I knew what I know now before

When I give my heart again
I know it's gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it's gonna last forever

Baby Jane don't it make you feel sad
just when I thought that we were winning
You and I were so close in every way
don't time fly when you're loving and laughing
I've said goodbye so many times
the situation ain't all that new
Optimism's my best defense
I'll get through without you

When I give my heart again
I know it's gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it's gonna last forever
I won't be that dumb again
I know it's gotta last forever
When I fall in love again
I know it's gonna last forever

Baby Jane I've said all I want to say
go your own way don't think twice about me 
Cause I've got ideas and plans of my own
so long darlin' I'll miss you believe me
The lesson learned was so hard to swallow
but I know that I'll survive
I'm gonna take a good look at myself and cry

When I give my heart again
I know it's gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it's gonna last forever
When I fall in love next time
I know it's gonna last forever
I won't be that dumb again
I know it'll last forever 


MOVE ME
(Stewart, Brock, Davis, Stocker, Savigar)

It's obvious darlin' 
you've become allergic to me
Are my trousers to wide
Do I drink and get mean
Is my demeanor that embarrassing
Are my jokes obsolete
Or is it my sweat that's no longer sweet
I work hard in the factory 
to keep you in luxury
to which you've grown accustomed and you love
Lately you don't light my fuse
Is my fan belt coming loose
Punch me in the Bible baby please                 
Move me, move me, move me when I'm home
Why don't you move me, move me 
move me when I'm home

Sometimes baby I awake in the night
I reach out to touch you 
but I'm scared you might bite
A little emotion wouldn't be out of place
Wake up and love me put a smile on my face
Otis Redding said it best "try a little tenderness"
Aretha wanted more "Respect"
Give me just a little touch
that ain't really asking much
your dog gets more attention than I do
Move me, move me, move me when I'm home
Come on and move me, move me, move me when I'm home

Sometimes I wonder if you'll miss me at all
emotionally independent, as hard as a wall
You're so wrapped up in your own little world
your old time religion is your lunch with the girls
When I'm standing next to you even in a crowd
I might as well be on another planet
Tell me what I've done to you to justify this ridicule
if it's over why don't we forget it
Move me, soothe me, move me, rock me 
move me when I'm home
Why don't you move me, love me, move me, rock me
move me when I'm home
Why don't you rock me, move me, love me, soothe me
move me when I'm home
Why don't you rock me, rock me, move me, soothe me
soothe me when I'm home


BODY WISHES
(Stewart, Cregan, Savigar, Le Mesurier)

The night closes in on another day
as the oldest game's gettin' underway
on the minds of a million people body wishes
So you climb on the carousel and take a chance
the same old ritual the same old dance
The hardest thing to resist is body wishes
If the fire down below's gettin worse and worse
you're so close to shootin' that you want to burst
Somebody's sponge needs squeezin' body wishes

What do I say
Nobody gonna tell ya
Where do I go
Somewhere someone'll have ya
Who do I tell
Anybody that'll listen
No one should know
Won't solve the problem
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes

Away in the distance a baby cries
but you know somebody's by her side
The night drags on forever body wishes
You can hear the tickin' of a lonely clock
the howlin' wind that just won't stop
Somebody's cherries need pickin' body wishes

What do I say
Nobody gonna tell ya
Where do I go
Somewhere someone'll have ya
Who do I tell
Anybody that'll listen
No one should know
Won't solve the problem

It'll tear you apart like an angry sea
keep you warm like a summer breeze
It's all we've got in a cold cold world
is to love someone
Body wishes, body wishes

Somethings happenin' in the air
It feels so close but you don't know where
The poorest people's riches body wishes
And the cheatin' hearts never learn
Someday somewhere gonna be your turn
Don't start what you can't finish body wishes

What do I say
Nobody gonna tell ya
Where do I go
Somewhere someone'll have ya
Who do I tell
Anybody that'll listen
No one should know
That won't solve the problem
Where do I run
Anywhere that'll hide ya
Who'll be the one
Yeah
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes
Body wishes, body wishes


SWEET SURRENDER
(Stewart, Le Mesurier)

You come to me with open arms
trying to rectify my charms
You say tonight I'm to be your lover
and by the morning light I'm to discover
everything that you've held inside of you
What's a man like me supposed to do
sweet oh sweet surrender
sweet, sweet surrender

You tell me that you're lonely and you're sad
and tonight I'm to be your only man
You wear those things that turn my head
You ruffle my ego but not my bed
Seems like summer when you're close at hand
If I seem eager then you'll understand
sweet, sweet surrender
sweet, sweet surrender

Heart is tired and full of doubt
now you've sucked me in don't spit me out
Lay your head down next to mine
and in each others arms we'll entwine
Look me straight in the eyes and tell me
between your heart and mind I see
sweet oh sweet surrender
sweet, sweet surrender
Surrender 


WHAT AM I GONNA DO(I'm So In Love With You)
(Stewart, Davis, Brock)

Can I tell you what you mean to mean
You're as central as the air I breathe
Almost impossible to believe that you're mine
You're like weekends all year long
under a hot Jamaican sun
You are a winner at a hundred to one
yes you are

Something you've got is something I need right now
You don't have to prove it no more
I'm down on my bended knees honey

What am I gonna do I'm so in love with you
What am I gonna say if ever you go away

One in a million oh so rare
a nightengale in Berkeley Square
and baby I ain't goin' nowhere without you
You are the goal that wins the game
the very last bus home in the rain
You're like rock and roll and champagne
all in one

Something you've got is something I need right now
Let's not mess around any more
I'm down on my bended knees honey

What am I gonna do I'm so in love with you
What am I gonna say if ever you go away
What am I gonna do I'm so in love with you
What am I gonna say if ever you go away

I'll be a sleek one of a kind 
and so difficult to define
I could drink a case of you any time

The Sistine Chapel and the Eiffel Tower
a national anthem an April shower
tomorrow's fashion and now I've found you
I'm complete

Something you've got is something I need right now
You don't have to prove it no more
I'm down on my bended knees honey

What am I gonna do I'm so in love with you
What am I gonna say if ever you go away

I'm like a schoolboy in your hands
I wanna get up and sing and dance
You see one hell of a happy man standing here

Individually quite unique
You really swept me off my feet
and baby you look oh so neat
with nothing on


GHETTO BLASTER
(Stewart, Cregan, Savigar)

This song ain't meant to be pretty
it ain't meant to make you dance
There's so many unsolved problems
too many empty, angry hands
A little child in Ethiopia
will die before this song is through
Poor eyes have only seen sadness
Oh God show us what to do

I'm not preaching, I'm just singing
trying to get a message through
I'm not crazy, I think maybe
the answers with me and you
Here they come
Take us to your leader 
Take us to your leader 
Think about it
 
A billion dollars on the arms race
Billions floating round in space
OPEC's counting out it's money
Hunger stares us in the face
The battlefield is little children
caught in a cross fire of hate
How can we call ourselves Christians
How can we turn the other way

I'm not preaching, I'm just singing
trying to get a message through
I'm not crazy, I think maybe
the answers with me and you
Here they come
Take us to your leader
Listen to what they're sayin'
Take us to your leader
Think about it

Nostradamus gave us warning
you will never walk away
One neutron bomb in the morning
may just ruin your whole day

I'm not preaching, I'm just singing
trying to get a message through
I'm not crazy, I think maybe
the answers with me and you
Here they come
Take us to your leader
Listen to what they're sayin'
Take us to your leader
Take us to your leader


READY NOW
(Stewart, Stocker)

I gave trust like an innocent kid
I believed everything you said
A parasite that fed on doubt
yeah it's you that I'm talking about
You rode heavy on my fame 
then you scandalized my name
You robbed me blind with a (          ) 
You lacerated your closest friend
I don't know how you sleep at 
night with your conscience
Do they still kiss your feet
and is life as sweet in my absence

I'm ready now, ready now for what I gotta give
I'm ready now, ready now for how I want to live

I don't want no sweet revenge
it'll come and get you in the end
Laugh now while the truth's unknown
cause pretty soon it'll be my turn
One of these days and it won't be long 
I will find you 
Lock up your gates 
you'll need all of your snakes 
to defend you

I'm ready now, ready now for what I gotta give
I'm ready now, ready now for how I want to live

I'm bitter now, but wait and see
You ain't heard the last of me
I'll dance on your grave
when they finally put you away
What'd I do to deserve all this evil attention
A thousand years will never buy you redemption

Are you ready now, ready now for what you gotta give
Are you ready now, ready now for how you gotta give
Are you ready


STRANGERS AGAIN
(Stewart,  Cregan, Savigar)

Here we go babe putting each other down
I don't know how long this love will last
if we keep kicking it around
We threaten each other with leaving
neither one of us giving in
We're walking on thin ice baby
I don't wanna see it end

And oh I've never let any woman this close to me
Don't let me down 
put in some trust don't give up on us
Strangers again 
We should talk it over
Strangers again 
Let's make love and say we're sorry
Strangers again
We both need a shoulder, don't let it go

I can't stand the silence 
when we don't get along
Both of us believing 
that the other must surely be wrong
So strange how two people
can be so very cruel
Both of us should know by now
neither one's the other one's fool

And oh I've never let any woman this close to me
So don't let me down 
put in some trust don't give up on us
Strangers again
We should talk it over
Strangers again
Let's make love and say we're sorry
Strangers again
We both need a shoulder, don't let it go

Oh I've never let any woman this close to me
So don't let me down
Why don't ya put in some trust 
don't give up on us
Strangers again
We should talk it over
Strangers again
Let's make love and say we're sorry
Strangers again
We both need a shoulder, don't let it go
Strangers again
I don't know what happened
Strangers again
Yesterday was full of passion
Strangers again
We both need a shoulder, don't let it go


SATISFIED
(Stewart, Taupin, Cregan, Savigar)

It's a common misconception
about a man's role in this world
A provider and survivor and 
a winner who must never fail
But oh how he needs a woman
to reassure and give him strength
through the darkest nights 
and the hardest fights
when there's no other corner left
When the world outside is threatening
and all his dreams have been destroyed
take him in your arms watch all his guards 
melt like a little boy

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you really care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied

And he may not find it easy
to say what's on his mind
When he's full of doubt
say "we'll work it out"
God knows how hard he's trying
And he may never buy you roses
and forget to notice your hair
but as long as he says "I love you my dear"
that's all you need to hear

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll aways care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied

And they say the heart's a hunter
but it's truth you can't deny
He may never be everything you want
but for you he'd lay down and die
So Friday night when the phone rings
and he's stuck in a downtown bar
roll away the stone
cause the last mile home
is the longest mile of them all

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll always care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied
Tell him you really want him
Tell him you understand
and tell him that you love him
He'll be satisfied





CAMOUFLAGE



INFATUATION
(R. Stewart / D. Hitchings / R. Robinson)

Early in the morning I can't sleep
I can't work and I can't eat
I've been drunk all day, can't concentrate
Maybe I'm making a big mistake

Caught me down like a killer shark
It's like a railroad running right through my heart
Jekyll and Hyde the way I behave 
Feel like I'm running on an empty gauge

Oh no not again
It hurts so good
I don't understand
Infatuation
Infatuation
Infatuation
Infatuation

Heart beats silly like a big bass drum
Losing all equilibrium
It's so hard in the middle of the week
Maybe this woman's just all I need

Oh no not again
It hurts so good
I don't understand
Infatuation
Infatuation
Infatuation
Infatuation
'Fatuate me baby

Spirits soar when I'm by her side
She put a little love in this heart of mine
Maybe I'm lucky, maybe I'm freed
Maybe this woman's just all I need

Oh no not again
It hurts so good
I don't understand
Infatuation
Infatuation
Infatuation
Infatuation
Rev it up


ALL RIGHT NOW
( A. Fraser / P. Rodgers)

There she stood in the street
Smiling from her head to her feet
I said hey what is this
Now maybe baby
Maybe you're in need for a kiss
I said hey what's your name
Maybe we can see things the same
Now don't you wait or hesitate
Let's move before they raise the parking rate

I took her home to my place
Watching every move on her face
She said look what's your game
Are you trying to put me in shame
I said slow don't talk so fast
Don't you think that love can last
She said love Lord above
Now you're trying to trick me in love

All right now
Baby it's all right now
All right now
Baby it's all right now

Who's that girl, watch that girl
Look at that girl
She lives down my street
Who's that girl, w-w-w-watch that girl
Well look at that girl
She lives down my street

I took her home to my place
Watching every move on her face
She said look what's your game
Are you trying to put me in shame
I said slow don't talk so fast
Don't you think that love can last
She said love Lord above
Now you're tryin' to trick me in love

All right now
Baby it's all right now

Baby, baby, baby it's all right 
Baby, baby, baby it's all right 

Took me home to her place
And I watched the smile on her face
When she moves me
I just watch that girl, watch that girl
And she said, "Love, you tryin' to trick me in love"
What's this now baby that's no good
Tryin' to trick me in love
Don't do that, no don't do that
Don't do that oh baby
All right now
Don't do, don't do that
You can't do that, can't do that
All right now baby 


SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
(J. Fortgang)

Chorus:
Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the pain
Some guys get all the breaks
Some guys do nothing but complain

Alone in a crowd on a bus after work 
and I'm dreaming
The guy next to me has a girl in his arms
My arms are empty
How does it feel when the girl next to you 
says she loves you
It seem so unfair when there's love everywhere 
but there's none for me

(Chorus)

Someone to take on a walk by the lake
Lord let it be me
Someone who's shy
Someone who'll cry at sad movies
I know I would die if I ever found out
she was fooling me
You're just a dream and as real as it seems
I ain't that lucky

(Chorus)

All of my friends have a ring on their finger
They have someone
Someone to care for them it ain't fair
I got no one
The car overheated
I called up and pleaded
There's help on the way
I called you collect you didn't accept
You had nothing to say

(Chorus)

But if you were here with me
I'd feel so happy I could cry
You are so dear to me
I just can't let you say goodbye


CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS
(Todd Rundgren)

We can't play this game anymore
But can we still be friends
Things just can't go on like before
But can we still be friends

We had something to learn
Now it's time for the wheel to turn
Grains of sand one by one
Before you know it it's all gone

Let's admit we made a mistake
But can we still be friends
Heartbreak's never easy to take
But can we still be friends
It's a strange sad affair
Sometimes seems like we just don't care
Don't waste time feeling hurt
We've been through hell together

Where do we go from here

We can't play this game anymore
But can we still be friends
Things just can't go on like before
But can we still be friends

We awoke from our dream
Things are not what they always seem
Memories linger on
It's like a sweet, sad, old song

Where do we go from here
Where do we go from here

I can't play this game anymore
Can we still be friends
Things just can't go on like before
I just wanna be friends
I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be
And now I just wanna be friends
We had something to learn, something to learn
Now can we still be friends
Let's admit our mistakes


BAD FOR YOU
(Stewart / Savigar / Cregan)

Every day I wake
Every word I speak
Got you on my mind
I've made love to you
And I may not be
The answer to your prayer
Give me just one night
And I'll take you there

I can read your mind
Honey I ain't blind
You want love so hard
It's no federal crime

Chorus:

Someone's gotta tell me
That you're mine all mine
Take me to your river honey
Fracture my mind
I'll be bad for you
So very bad for you
I've got my brand on you
I'll be bad for you

When you turn around
I'll be standing there
Anywhere you go
I will follow you
Any place you walk
Any words you talk
I'll be by your side
I won't let you down

(Chorus)

I'll be bad for you
So very bad for you
I put my brand on you
I'll be bad for you
Bad for you

Listen to me
Be bad for me

Every day I wake
Every word I speak
Got you on my mind
I've made love to you

When the night gets hot
You're my only thought
Can't control myself
I'll make love to you

(Chorus)

I'll be bad for you
So very bad for you
Ain't nothin' you can do
I'll be bad for you
Bad for you
Nothing you can do
I'm so bad for you baby
I'll be bad for you baby 



HEART IS ON THE LINE
(R. Stewart / J. Davis)

What do you want from me
When will you ever see
I gave it all nothing less
The feeling ain't mutual I guess
Why am I so confused
Why do I feel so used
This game at hand was made for two
But somehow I played without you

No I'm not sad
Nothin' lasts forever
Head over heels
Better late than never

Chorus:

My heart is on the line
Running out of time
Love stop making a fool out of me
My heart is on the line
Running out of time
Love stop making a fool out of me

Telling my friends you're fine
Even our favorite wine
But you're not there and it hurts
Nobody knows how it hurts
Maybe I thought I knew
That I belonged to you
I dreamed a dream I couldn't have
I foolishly let myself dance
Inside your eyes
Oh don't be sad
I should've known better
Why didn't I realize

(Chorus)

Love stop making a fool out of me
Love stop making a fool out of me

Whenever you call me up
Everything else must stop
My heart says stay but I go
'Cause I need you and you know
You're inside of me
I want you now and forever
Come on back to me

(Chorus)

My heart is on the line
Running out of time
Love stop making a clown out of me
Love stop making a fool out of me
Love stop making a clown out of me
Love stop making a fool out of me



CAMOUFLAGE
(Stewart / Savigar / Omartian)

She came to the party
In a leather number wrapped in chains
Investigation found
She was very fond of dropping names
So I signed her book
And drove her to her home
And she looked so hot
Started to come on strong
Then she said so candidly
As I was gettin' down on my knees
"I don't really mean to tease
But I'm shy, shy, shy, shy, shy"
Camouflage
That's nothin' but camouflage

He was totally handsome
With a winning personality
Natural born leader
With connections in society
But late at night
Alone with just his wealth
He would stare in the mirror
And never see himself
He had a cadillac thirty foot long
He had a hit with every song
Sounded like something's wrong
Why, why, why, why, why

Camouflage
It ain't nothin' but camouflage
Camouflage
Ain't nothing but, nothin' but
Nothin' but camouflage

They were so well suited
With an ambience you can't ignore
But nobody realized
What went on behind closed doors
He had many affairs
But never felt fulfilled
She would hide her sadness
In alcohol and pills
She bottled everything up inside
He was too busy with his best friend's wife
They couldn't look each other in the eyes
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies

Camouflage
Just camouflage
Everywhere you go it's called camouflage
Some people hide behind camouflage

C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E

I signed her book, drove her to her home
But I didn't know what was goin' on

He had a cadillac thirty foot long
Had hits with every song

He had many affairs but never felt fulfilled
She was hidin' herself in some little purple pills

Why, why, why, why
Shy, shy, shy, shy
Lies, lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies

Camouflage, camouflage
Talkin' 'bout camouflage 
camouflage, bring it down

Sometimes I worry about you darlin'
You wear too much mascara
Too much eyeliner
Too much rouge, and it worries me
Camouflage, camouflage
Camouflage, talkin' 'bout camouflage


TROUBLE
(Stewart / Omartian)

Looking out on the city tonight and I'm wondering why
Trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong
I am lost in an ocean of mixed emotions now
Everything I held sacred now has gone

Here am I far from home
Learning how to be alone
Silly me I should of guessed
Never settle on second best
Time for me to reassess

Chorus:

Heading into trouble
I am always heading into trouble
Sideways, downways
Heading into trouble
Now I'm losing you

It's gonna be a lonely summer without you 'round
I'll even miss the way you sing off key
Down in the market the reggae bands won't sound the same
Old Joe says without you they just don't believe

Now I am no longer sure
Who's gonna open every door
The love I take and couldn't share
The warmth I had but didn't care
To give myself I never dared

(Chorus)

Hope it all goes well in the future for you my dear
Hope you find where your heart truly belongs
I don't know about me and tomorrow
'Cause you're gonna be a hard act to follow
I'll miss you baby every day even though you're far away
Here's to you in every way

(Chorus)





EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART



HERE TO ETERNITY
(R. Stewart, K. Savigar) 

On a hot summer's night 
In the year of '75
Jimmy Doyle took his child bride 
Amanda, for a drive
She was only seventeen 
He just lived to see her smile
Their commitment to each other 
Burned like a forest fire

Otis on the radio singing "Stand By Me"
As a trooper pulled them over
And said Jimmy where you been
Someone matching your description
Has just robbed the liquor store
Amanda said "He's been with me"
But they weren't listening anymore

Down at Precinct Number Five 
They questioned Jimmy through the night
The sheriff said "He's gotta stand trial"
Armed robbery is the charge
Amanda said "This cannot be"
Gonna stay right here until you set him free

And I love him
Here to eternity
Forever 
Unto eternity
Oh God gave me something 
I must hold on to
Gonna hold on him
No matter what you do

The old courthouse was crowded
As the judge reviewed the case 
In a year of re-election
He was desperate to impress 
Innocent or guilty
He saw an opportunity
To send Jimmy down for life 
To the Penitentiary

Disbelief and anger
As they dragged him away
In a cell below the courthouse
They beat him like a slave
But his use of martial arts
Struck a blow for liberty
Felled a guard with a fist of iron
And killed him instantly

All the press surrounded Amanda
Coming down the courthouse steps
Pleading for her young man's life
And in a moment seen by millions
She bowed her head and cried
Show my man some mercy
He's the father of my child

I love him
Here to eternity
Forever 
Unto eternity
Oh God gave me something 
I must hold on to
Gonna hold on him
No matter what you do 
I love him
Here to eternity

Jimmy Doyle appeared again
In a second public trail
For the murder of a prison guard
They sentenced him to die
But Amanda with her long red hair
Made one last plea
As the court fell into silence
She cried out desperately

This man of mine is innocent
As one day I shall prove
It's an open case of self defense
All this circumstantial evidence
You place before your court
Has robbed me of my husband
Forget I will not

I love him
Here to eternity
Forever 
Unto eternity
Oh goodbye my Jimmy 
'Til we meet again
In a better world than this
I swear I'll clear your name
'Cos I love you
Here to eternity


ANOTHER HEARTACHE
(B. Adams, J. Vallance, R. Stewart, R. Wayne)

I told you once I'm a jealous man
But you never want to listen to who I am
We're divided, completely out of touch
I guess that's why we seem to fight so much

Believe me darling this ain't no game
If you think I'll be your fool 
You better think again
I know you love me 
It just ain't right
I'm sick and tired of fighting 
with you every night

You say you don't wanna hurt me
But you're doing things I can't explain
Oh baby, why don't you leave me
Because I know you'll never change

It's only another heartache
Ain't nothing to worry about
Something I'm getting used to
Dragging my heart around
But one day soon
And it won't be long
Gonna find me an angel to carry me home
It's only another heartache
Ain't nothing to worry about

I'll find a honey to take a chance
And roll that dice into my past
She'll cover me for a little while
And show me love ain't out of style

I don't care how long it takes
My heart's in the hands of fate
Oh God I ain't asking much
Just a woman that I can trust

It's only another heartache
Ain't nothing to worry about
Something I'm getting used to
Dragging my heart around
Oh but one day soon
And it won't be long
Gonna find me an angel to carry me home
It's only another heartache
Ain't nothing to worry about

I wanna love that's strong and real
I gotta know just how it feels
Somebody to share my life
To hold onto through the night

It's only another heartache
Nothing to worry about
Something I'm getting used to
Dragging my heart around
It's only another heartache
Nothing to worry about
Something I may get used to
Dragging my heart around



A NIGHT LIKE THIS
(R. Stewart)

Sixteen years old, looking for a hideaway
I'm a set designer, my Mum and Dad 
thinking I'm gay
I'm a lazy bugger, but I like my sport
Like girls and music, I'm happy, happy sort 
(of a guy)

But there's one thing I'm lacking 
it's sexual experience
So I ask you, my sweetheart 
save me from this wilderness

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

Where I come from, love is 
just a hole in the wall
And the steel mills ring out and generations 
heed the call
And the rain never stops and the skies are grey
And the chance of romance 
slim as a bright sunny day

This is partly the reason 
I'm so overwhelmed and shy
Because your beauty, by contrast 
is gonna make a young man cry

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this
I've schemed, honey, of a night like this
You don't know what it means to a boy from 
a suburban home
To be left with a woman like you 
completely alone

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

Nice place you've got here, babe
never seen a house like this
Pool like an ocean, bed like a football pitch
All the guys at the boozer, won't believe my luck
But it couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke 
(than me)

So here we are, the record's 
gotten stuck in the groove
My knees are trembling, c'mon baby, make a move

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this
I've schemed, honey, of a night like this
I've dreamed, I've schemed, honey 
of a night like this
I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this


WHO'S GONNA TAKE ME HOME 
(The Rise And Fall Of A Budding Gigolo)
(R. Stewart, K. Savigar, J. Davis)

Well I arrived on time
My courduroy suit and me bottle of wine
There were women wall to wall 
It's Saturday night and I wanted them all 
everyone

Sidled up for a dance
I tried a new step and fell in the plants
I told a joke, about the Pope
It wasn't as funny as I would've hoped

Nobody told me she was the daughter 
of the mayor
I was so embarrassed, I just wished the 
ground would swallow me up
Accidentally my elbow hit the record player
The rock 'n' roll stopped 
and everybody just stared
(oh no)

Who's gonna take me home
I'm tired and I wanna go to bed
Who's gonna take me home
This party's gone right to my head

I didn't worry, not me
Panic ain't in my vocabulary
Smashed beyond reproach
Suddenly I wanted to take off my clothes

All hell broke loose
I started to take off my trousers and shoes
And so I tried to look cool
I stepped back and fell in the pool

The hostess helped me out 
and asked for my dismissal
I said I was sorry, but I've been 
under so much pressure 
just lately, baby 
I felt as popular as a Russian guided missile
The last thing I remember, I left with a girl 
on a motor bike
That weighed three hundred pounds and 
what's wrong with that

Who's gonna take me home
I'm tired and I wanna go to bed
Who's gonna take me home
This party's gone right to my head
to my head

I woke up on the floor
Still in my suit and she told me I snored
I never felt so cheap
I had a good laugh at the size of her feet

Holy Moses, I don't like this single living
I think I'll find me a nice local girl and 
settle on down, now
With a home and a garden 
and a nature quite forgiving
Then again maybe I'll just hang around

Who's gonna take me home
I'm tired and I wanna go to bed, right now
Who's gonna take me home
This party's gone right to my head 
to my head
Now who's gonna take me home
Hey Brian could you give me a lift 'cos I don't live 
too far from you, boy
Mary c'mon I've known you so long please give 
me a lift home, oh c'mon
Jim oh c'mon boys would you just 
give me a lift home
I don't live too far from here and I'm so tired


RED HOT IN BLACK
(R. Stewart, J.Cregan, K.Savigar)

I met her in a little French cafe
Legs like a young giraffe
She was sitting reading Baudelaire
Not exactly working class

She had a studio in St. Michel
Crucifix around her waist
Che Guevara all over the wall
She can't stand the sun on her face

Hey boys, what a look
Stop a train at fifty feet
Matching hair, matching clothes and eyes
Kinda like a tiger in heat
Red hot in black
Red hot in black

Revolution running through her veins
A radical from head to toe
The only record that she ever played
Was "just like a rolling stone"

We started talking by the candlelight
Her lips get closer to mine
We started dancing all around the room
Helped by a bottle of wine

Hey boys, mystery
Didn't even know her name
One night in Paris, with a girl like that
Never going home again
Red hot in black
Red hot in black

Oh my, when I woke up
She'd already gone out to her work
My head was aching and my back was scratched
I've never, never, never known a night like that

Took a walk along the avenue
So in love and so confused
My plane was leaving in half an hour
What would you have done in my shoes?

Hey boys, so you see
Couldn't get her outa my head
My regards to the folks back home
Gonna spend some time with red
Red hot in black
Red hot in black


LOVE TOUCH
(Theme from LEGAL EAGLES)
(M. Chapman, H. Knight, G. Black)

Oh, baby, I don't know why
But somehow I always seem to
Get tangled up in my pride
But oh, baby, we're not that blind
Deep down inside you know
This love's worth one more try
Don't push it all aside

'Cos I wanna be good for you 
I didn't mean to be bad
But darlin' I'm still the best
That you ever had
Just give me a chance
To let me show you how much
I wanna give you my love touch 
love touch

Why can't I climb your walls
And find somewhere to hide
Can't I knock down your door
And drag myself inside
I'll light your candles baby
And maybe I'll light your life
I wanna feel the breathless end
You come to every night
This ever changing love
Is pushing me too far
I feel the need to reach you
Right now wherever you are
These empty arms are getting stronger

Every day
Believe me baby
They won't let you get away
No, they won't let you get away

'Cos I wanna be good for you
I didn't mean to be bad
But darlin' I'm still the best
That you ever had
Just give me a chance
To let me show you how much
I wanna give you my love touch 
love touch

You know it don't matter
Who's right who's wrong
Think we're gonna find out
If the love is strong
Just give me a chance
To win back your trust
I wanna give you my love touch 
love touch
(Oh you're gonna get a, oh you're gonna 
get a big love touch)


IN MY OWN CRAZY WAY
(F. Miller, T. Seals, E. Setser, R. Stewart)

The mystery of you and me
Is coloured blue on blue
We wanted more than we could give
We couldn't see it through

You won't believe these words from me
But still they're mine to say
I will always love you 
In my own crazy way

I tried to keep my sanity
By being someone else
Someone that you could hold on to
I only fooled myself

I knew the part, but in my heart
The role I couldn't play
But I will always love you
In my own crazy way

I know I didn't do the little things
That could make a woman's heart sing 
forgive me
And darling if I brought you any pain
I'm trying to explain
In my heart, I was always true

The memories of you and me
Are written on the wind
And sometimes, girl, I'd give the world
To do it all again

And if you need to call me 
I won't be far away
I will always love you 
In my own crazy way


EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART
(R. Stewart, K. Savigar)

Through these misty eyes 
I see lonely skies
Lonely road to Babylon

Where's my family
And my country
Heaven knows where I belong

Pack my bags tonight
Here's one Jacobite
Who must leave or surely die

Put me on a train
In the pouring rain 
Say farewell but don't say goodbye

Chorus:
Seagull carry me, over land and sea
To my own folk, that's where I want to be
Every beat of my heart
Tears me further apart
I'm lost and alone in the dark
I'm going home

One more glass of wine
Just for auld lang syne
And the girl I left behind

How I miss her now 
In my darkest hour
And the way our arms entwine

Chorus

And we'll drink a toast
To the blood red rose
Cheer a while the Emerald Isle

And to the northern lights
And the swirling pipes
How they make a grown man cry

Chorus


TEN DAYS OF RAIN
(R. Stewart, K. Savigar, T. Brock)

The wind cries on the boardwalk
Oh God, it's cold tonight
Somewhere in the city
Someone's holding her tight

He's telling her she's beautiful
Touching her long blond hair
He's found out all the secrets
We swore we'd never share

Oh, it drives me crazy
To think of her with him
Come back, baby
Come back home again

Chorus:
Ten days of rain
Ten days of rain
My heart is filled with pain
Will she ever come back again?
Ten days of rain

She said I'm tired of talking
Trying to get it through to you
You never tell me you love me
That's all I want you to do

I thought we had a future
Something to hold on to
We even talked of children
Something I never do

She loved me like no other
She held me like a child
Come back baby, come back home again

Chorus

The thought of her still haunts me
Her voice is everywhere
Ten days of rain
Ten days of rain

I can hear the freight train whistle
I can hear the church bells toll
But telephone line, when it's off the hook
That's the loneliest sound of 'em all

In the letter that she wrote me
Before she went away
She said darling, always remember
Love ain't a hard word to say

Ten days of rain
Ten days of rain, such pain
Will she ever come back again
I don't know, I don't know
Come back baby, I'm so lonely baby
Ten days of rain, ten days of rain
Is it raining all, raining all
Raining all over this world


IN MY LIFE
(J. Lennon, P. McCartney)

There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some are gone and some remain
Oh these places had their meanings
With lovers and friends, I still recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one, compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love, as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I've loved you more





OUT OF ORDER


LOST IN YOU
(R.Stewart/A. Taylor)

Hey baby
You've Been On My Mind Tonight
I'm So lonely
I just had to sit down and write
I spent all yesterday
Trying to figure out what I'm gonna say
A letter from the heart
is so hard to start baby
How's your mama, how's the wheather
How's that son of mine, yeah.

Hey baby
Been a long time since we made love
I'm stone cold, the bed's hard
and the work is tough
I'm never gonna leave you again
This job ain't worth the pain
No money in the world
ain't worth being away from you
Ooh baby I don't sleep
without you by my side, listen

I'm in love with you woman
It's a common known natural fact
And I've found what I'm looking for
And it's so much more than that
I'm lost in you, I'm lost in you
I'm lost in you, I'm lost in you

Hey baby
you don't know what you've done for me
I'm so happy
as any man can deserve to be
I was living in a life of sin
God knows what a mess I was in
So glad you found me
I ain't getting any younger
Hey baby I just hope
it ain't all a dream

I'm in love with you woman
It's a common known natural fact
And I've found what I'm looking for
And it's so much more than that
I'm lost in you, I'm lost in you
I'm lost in you, I'm lost in you

I miss you baby
I miss you too

I miss your laughing eyes
I miss our baby crying
I wanna lay you out
and kiss you all over
I'm coming home real soon
Be ready cause when I do
I'm gonna make love to you
Like fifteen men.

I'm lost in you and I love it
I'm lost in you and I love it
I'm lost in, I'm lost in
I'm lost in you
I'm lost in, I'm lost in
I'm lost in you
And I just love it
Hey baby I love it
Child I love it
I'm lost in you, yeah


THE WILD HORSE
(R. Stewart/A. Taylor)

Born and raised
In a motel in New Orleans
I ran away
with a hobo and his gypsy friends
We rode a freight train up to Cleveland
Across the Utah plains
Proud men, troubadours torn and frayed
Sleeping under the stars
While gently strumming guitars
Played the songs of Woddy Guthrie
And the open road
I knew right then I could never go home

Cause the wild horse runs free forever
Oh yeah, a wild horse runs free forever
And ever and ever

I met a girl
From a family of position and wealth
What a hand
this rambler had been finally dealt
A beauty six years and ten
I felt the walls closing in
Like a swollen river
Bout to overflow
Like a losing gambler I kept on rolling

And a wild horse runs free forever
Yeah yeah yeah
A wild horse runs free forever
The wild horse runs free forever
Yeah yeah yeah
A wild horse runs free forever

Play the guitar

So understand I must go
But I'll drink you one last toast
Oh here's to the heart
and the hands of a man
That come with the dust
and are gone with the wind

May the wild horse run free forever
yeah the wild horse runs free forever
The wild horse runs free forever
Yeah the wild horse run free forever

Wild guitar, baby, come on, wild 
I know, I know, I know, I know 
Play it for me, come on.
Yeah, hit it. Yeah yeah. Let me hear it, yeah.

The wild horse run free ...


LETHAL DOSE OF LOVE
(R. Stewart/A.Taylor)


Wild thing!

Should've known better
With a girl like you
You satisfied my every need
What a little heartbreaker
You turned out to be
Prettiest face I've ever seen
Oh dance little sister, you turn me on
You make my blood run hot
Killer legs in that short black dress
Baby you was born to rock

I don't mind you fooling me around
Just don't let me out of your jail
I don't mind you messing me up
I tell all my friends
It's a lethal dose of love

Lethal dose of love, watch out
Lethal dose of love
Lethal dose of love
Lethal dose of love

Should 've know better
With a girl like you
You're totally misunderstood
I hear them talking
In this one horse town
You scandalize the neighborhood
My family was shocked by your antic views
The color of your lips and hair
Even my brother who's a God fearin' man
Poor boy had to sit and stare

I don't mind you fooling me around
Just don't let me out of your jail
I don't mind you messing me up
I tell all my friends
It's a lethal dose of love

Lethal dose of love
Yeah yeah yeah

Lethal dose of love
Lethal dose of love

I hear the clicking
of your heels on the stairs
You don't talk and I don't ask
What a little difference
Some eyeliner makes
Tomorrow you'll be back in class
Although my blueprint for happiness
Depends on you
I'll cook and clean and be your slave
I'll tie you up but I won't tie you down
Baby, I might even shave

I don't mind you fooling around
Just don't let me out of your jail
I don't mind you messing me up
I tell all my friends
It's a lethal dose of love

Lethal dose of love
(Repeat and fade)


FOREVER YOUNG
(R. Stewart/J.Cregan/K.Savigar)

May the good Lord be with you
Down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness
surround you when you're far from home
And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true
And do unto others
As you'd have done to you
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart you'll always stay
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young

May good fortune be with you
May your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to heaven
with a prince or a vagabond

And may you never love in vain
and in my heart you will remain
Forever Young,  Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young
Forever Young

And when you finally fly away
I'll be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell

But whatever road you choose
I'm right behind you, win or lose
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young ,Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
For, Forever Young, Forever Young


MY HEART CAN'T TELL ME NO
(Simon Climie/Dennis Morgan)

I don't want you
to come round here no more
I beg you for mercy
You don't know how strong
my weakness is
Or how much it hurts me
Cause when you said it over with him
I want to believe it's true
So I let you in knowing tomorrow
I'm gonna wake up missing you
wake up missing you

When the one you love's
in love with someone else
Don't you know it's torture
I mean it's a living hell
No matter how I try to convince myself
this time I won't lose control
One look in your blue eyes
And suddenly my heart can't tell you no

I don't want you
To call me up no more
Saying you need me
You're crazy if you think
just half your love
could ever please me
Still I want to hold you, touch you
when you look at me that way
There's only one solution I know
You gotta stay away from me
Stay away from me

When the one you love's
in love with someone else
Don't you know it's torture
I mean it's a living hell
No matter how I try to convince myself
this time I won't lose control
One look in your sad eyes
And suddenly my heart can't tell you no
My Heart can't tell you no

I don't want you
to come round here no more
I beg you for mercy
You don't know how strong
my weakness is
Or how much it hurts me
Cause when you say its over with him
I want to believe it's true
So I let you in knowing tomorrow
I'm gonna wake up missing you
Wake up missing you

When the one you love's
in love with someone else
Don't you know it's torture
I mean it's a living hell, a living hell
When the one you love's
in love with someone else
Don't you know it's torture
I mean it's a living hell, a living hell


DYNAMITE
(R. Stewart/A. Taylor)

Oh, look out baby!

I got a stupid little job
It's driving me insane
With those keyhole people
All they do is complain
About the tattoo on my arm
The ring in my ear
But I don't even care, no no
I just live through the week
And when I see them boys
You know their two-tone suits
They're all unimportants
If you need a set of hubcaps
Or a car painted
Girl, why don't you follow me

It's dynamite on Friday night
Under the big city lights
It's all right, all right
Yeah dynamite on Friday night
Under the big city lights
It's all right, all right

Play some sweet guitar, yeah

Well we meet on the corner
And we talk all night
About our wealth situation
at a rock'n' Roll dive
We don't reach no conclusion
So the conversation turns to wise girls
And more pearls
I got a beat up old Mustang
And I painted it black
There's five in the front seat
And the rest in the back
Cruise up and down Sunset
And watch all the jailbait roll by

Yeah it's dynamite on Friday night
Under the big city lights
It's all right, all right
Yeah yeah, it's dynamite on Friday night
Under the big city lights
It's all right, it's all right
All right, all right, all right
all right

Are you ready baby, Bring it on down now
Watch it,  Well, well, well

Listen, one of these days
And it won't be long
Gonna hear that radio
playing my song
I'll be the darling of masses
No great pretender, not me, yeah yeah
Cause I can play this guitar
hangin' round my neck
I'm in love with its power
I believe in its strength
I got a head full of ideas
It's driving me insane
But until then

It's dynamite on Friday night
Under the big city lights
It's all right, all right
Yeah dynamite on Friday night
Under the big city lights
all right, all right, one time
It's dynamite, oh yes it's dynamite
It's just dynamite on friday night
It's dynamite, it's on friday night
Oh friday night
It's all right, all right, wired
It's dynamite on friday night
Under the big city lights
It's all right, all right
all together ...


NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT
(Jimmie Cox)

Once I lived the life
of a millionaire
Spending my money
Oh I didn't care
Taking my friends out
For a mighty good time
Oh we'd drink that good gin
Champagne and wine

But oh just as soon
As my money got low
I couldn't find nobody
And I had no place to go
And if I ever get my hands
On a dollar again
I'm gonna hold on
Till the eagle wins
Cause I found out

Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out

Lord have mercy

Yeah, yeah, now listen
Now in your pocket
There's not one penny
And all of them good friends
You found out you haven't got any
Nobody come around
But the landlord and the taxman
Your ex-wife who says
She wants more alimony
Then there's a knock on the door
And it's a woman you don't know
Says she's having your baby
She'll walk on in

But oh just as soon
as the money roll in
Here they all come sayings
That they're you're long lost friends
But if I ever get my hands
On a dollar again
I believe, I believe I'll hold on
Till the eagle wins
Cause I found out

Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out

Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out

Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out

Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody, nobody, nobody


CRAZY ABOUT HER
(R. Stewart/D. Hitchings/J. Cregan)

I walk the streets at night
until the morning light comes shining through
Can't get a good night's sleep
Ain't been to work in weeks
What am I gonna do
Help me

Can't get her off my mind
I'm drinking too much wine
I'm burning up inside
If I could touch her face
or take her out some place I'd be satisfied

Hey, I'm a loaded gun
I'm crazy about her, crazy about her
Hey, I'm a lovesick son
I'm crazy about her

I see her jogging in Central Park
with one of them Walkman's on her head.
She was hot, young, beautiful
and I said to myself
She's destined to be mine

I see her every day
in rush hour or subway, in a grocery store
She don't notice me,
I might as well just be a cockroach on the floor

If she belonged to me I'd give her everything
I'd never cheat or lie
I'd treat her with respect, not just a sex object
I ain't that kind of guy

Hey, I'm a loaded gun
I'm crazy about her, crazy about her
Hey, I'm a lovesick son
I'm crazy about her

I was standing outside the Met one day
when she drove by in a black Corvette
I said Hey baby
I could've died, she looked straight through me
But I know she's destined to be mine

Spoken:
Every night I stand around her door and wait for her to come by
She lives in one of those brown-stones with the guard outside
and the limousines and the Rolls Royces coming and going

My friends all say she's way outta my class
but I know if she'd just get know me
I could give her something all those rich guy ain't got
Yeah!

Ain't gonna bide my time ain't gonna stand in line
Somebody gonna get burned
But, oh the problem is I think my loves at risk
She's the boss's girl
Oh no


TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
(Harry Woods/Jimmy Campbell/Reg Connelly)

Oh she may be weary
Young girls they do got weary
Wearing that same old shabby dress
Yeah yeah yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness

Oh yeah, that's all you gotta do

You know she's there waiting
Just anticipating
Things that she'll never, never possess
No no no
But while she's there waiting
Try a little tenderness

It's not just sentimental, no no no no
She has her grief and cares
But the soft words
That are spoke so gently, yeah
It makes it easier, easier to bear

You won't regret it
Young girls they don't forget it
Love is their only happiness
Yeah yeah yeah
Its so so easy
Try a little tenderness
You know what I mean

But the soft words
They are spoken so gently, yeah, yeah
It makes it easier, easier to bear

She may be weary
young girls they do got weary
Wearing that same old shabby dress
Yeah yeah yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness

Yeah, a little tenderness
That's all you've gotta do
Listen to me
Try, try, try, try
One time for the last time
A little bit of tenderness
tenderness, tenderness
Ooh, need you, I love you
I want you tonight, love me, baby
A little bit of tenderness


WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN
(R.Stewart/K. Savigar)

I remember just like it was yesterday
A summer's night, a small cafe
We laughed so much, we almost cried
Then I heard you say

I think I'm falling in love with you
I said Yeah, I'm the same way too
I let you in
You danced inside this old heart of mine

I've realized baby
You and I could never be
But I just wanna thank you
for the memories

When I was your man
When I was your man
When I was your man
Everything in my world
seemed good and right

I remember each and every day with you
And every way I made love to you
The way you made each day special
God I miss you so

You made me dance, you made me sing
You showed me what happiness
loving could bring
The way we spent last summer together
Seems so far away

Excuse me baby
If I sound a little blue
The best times ever had
I spent with you

When I was your man
When I was your man
When I was your man
Everything in my world
seemed good and right

I'm trying hard to carry on
But the thought of you still lingers on
The robe you wore
still hangs behind my bedroom door

Your dress rehearsals
And schoolgirl pranks
Your saxophone lessions, your cowboy hats
The way we planned our lives together
seems so far away

When I was your man
When I was your man
When I was your man
Everything in this world
seemed good and right

When I was your man
When I was your man
When I was your man
Everything in this world
seemed good and right


ALMOST ILLEGAL
(R. Stewart/A. Taylor)

Yeah, I said yeah
I remember the first time
That I ever seen her face
I was standing by the drug store
Trying to save the human race

Took a raincheck on a blind date
To get her prescription filled
We had a short talk and a long walk
Through the lazy cottonfield

It was hot
She was cool and sultry
We made love
I was broke and lonely

She's wonderful, so beautiful
So delectable, she's mine
She's desirable, so lovable
And it's criminal, almost illegal

Well we woke up in a barnyard
When I heard a farmer shout
Get away, boy, from my daughter
When a shotgun rang out
We took off
She was right behind me
Ran like the wind
What a crazy lady

She's fabulous, so sensuous
She's marvelous, she's mine
I'm delirious, it's serious
Kinda dangerous, almost illegal

Bring it down now
We had a one child by the Springtime
and another on the way
I got a new life and a good wife
Ain't that amazing grace

It was hot
She was cool and sultry
We made love
I was broke and lonely

She's wonderful, she's beautiful
She's desirable, she's mine
I'm delirious, she's serious
It's kinda dangerous, almost illegal
Wonderful, so beautiful
She's not a radical, but she's mine
She's fabulous, so sensuous
And it's marvelous, almost illegal
Beautiful and she's wonderful
So desirable, almost illegal





VAGABOND HEART




RHYTHM OF MY HEART
(Marc Jordan, John Capek)

Across the street the river runs
Down in the gutter life is slipping away
Let me still exist in another place
Running under cover of a helicopter blade

The flames are getting higher in effigy
Burning down the bridges of my memory
Love may still be alive somewhere someway
where they're downing only deer 
a hundred steel towns away

Oh rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
where the ocean meets the sky 
I'll be sailing

Photographs and kerosene light up my darkness
light it up, light it up
I can still feel the touch of your thin blue jeans
Running down the alley I've got my eyes all over you baby
Oh baby

Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing
I'll be sailing

Oh I've got lightning in my veins
shifting like the handle of a slot machine
Love may still exist in another place
I'm just yanking back the handle
no expression on my face

Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
Never will I roam for I know my place is home
where the ocean meets the sky 
I'll be sailing

Oh the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
No never will I roam for I know my place is home
where the ocean meets the sky 
I'll be sailing

The rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
Never will I roam for I know my place is home
where the ocean meets the sky
I'll be sailing


REBEL HEART
(R. Stewart, J. Golub, C. Kentis, C. Rojas)

I picked her up about a quarter to nine
My brother told me I was wasting my time
A woman like that'll only cause you confusion
but go ahead you may find it amusing
She came to the door wearing a suit and tie
her hair cropped short I couldn't figure out why

Rebel heart don't be a loner
Rebel heart I'm your lover
Rebel heart I wanna discover
where you from and where you belong 
and everything that turns you on

I wanted to dance but she flatly refused
I told her jokes but she was not amused
Tried to kiss her but she wouldn't stand still
Started thinking this was overkill
Next thing I know I was flyin' for cover
it was her steady girlfriend and a live-in lover

Rebel heart why don't you try it
Rebel heart you can't deny it
Rebel heart you may like it
I'll change your mind if you'll give me time
about everything that's on your mind

I stayed awake all last night fantasizing about you baby
You know I'd walk a million miles across broken glass
or a red hot Arabian desert
if I could just have one night in your long brass bed

Evening wound up on a very sad note
I drove her home and then she went for my throat
She said, "it's fairly obvious I ain't attracted to you
You bore me to tears honest you do
And by the way I can't stand your British"
I said, "don't start something, honey, you know you can't finish"

Rebel heart I won't forget ya
Rebel heart I'm glad I met ya
Rebel heart give me an answer
where you're from and where you belong
and everything that turns you on

You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me I knew that it had to be

I'd lift you up with my own arms honey
I can't get enough
I'd walk down Fifth Avenue entirely naked
I promise I won't drink, swear, womanize
I'd go to church every Sunday 
for just one night with you

Rebel heart I'm your lover
Rebel heart I wanna discover
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Rebel heart I won't forget ya
Rebel heart I'm glad I met ya
Rebel heart give me an answer
Oh yeah oh yeah
Rebel heart I won't forget ya
Rebel heart give me an answer
Oh yeah oh yeah


BROKEN ARROW
(Robbie Robertson)

Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain
There he goes moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole world around

Do you feel what I feel
Can we make it so that's part of the deal
I gotta hold you in these arms of steel
Lay your heart on the line this time

I wanna breathe when you breathe
When you whisper like that hot summer breeze
Count the beads of sweat that cover me
Didn't you show me a sign this time

Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain
There he goes moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole world around, around

Do you feel what I feel
Do you feel what I feel
Ah can you see what I see
Can you cut behind the mystery
I will meet you by the witness tree
Leave the whole world behind

I want to come when you call
I'll get to you if I have to crawl
They can't hold me with these iron walls
We got mountains to climb, to climb

Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain
There he goes moving across the water
There he goes turning  my whole world around
turning my whole world around
turning my whole world around
turning my whole world around


IT TAKES TWO
(Sylvia Moy, William Stevenson)

One can have a dream baby
Two can make a dream so real
One can talk about being in love
Two can see how it really feels

One can wish upon a star
Two can make a wish come true 
One can stand alone in the dark
Two can make a light shine through

It takes two baby
It takes two baby
Just me and you
You know it takes two

One can have a broken heart living in misery
Two can really ease the pain like a perfect remedy
One can be alone in a bar like an island he's all alone
Two can make just any place seem just like bein' at home

It takes two baby
It takes two baby
Just me and you
You know it takes two
It takes two baby
It takes two baby
just me and you
You know it takes two

It takes two baby
It takes two baby
Just me and you
You know it takes two 

One can go out to a movie looking for a special treat
Two can make that single movie something really kind of neat
And one can take a walk in the moonlight thinking that it's really nice
But two lovers walking hand in hand is like adding just a pinch of spice

It takes two baby
It takes two baby
Just me and you
You know it takes two
It takes two baby
It takes two baby
Just me and you
You know it takes two

It takes two baby
It takes two baby
Just me and you
You know it takes two


WHEN A MAN'S IN LOVE
(R. Stewart, C. Kentis, J. Golub, C. Rojas)

He wakes up in the morning like a newborn baby
The message on the machine says "you're driving me crazy"
His feet don't touch the ground
he can hardly wait to see her tonight 
Now every new song on the radio reminds him of her
He says hello to strangers and he's singing in the shower
The sign in his eyes says this guy's got a problem so nice so nice
She don't know what she's doing to him
Every day's like Christmas it sure ain't a dream

When a man's in love when a man's in love
he'll fight like a tiger fly like a dove when a man's in love
He's early on the job and all his friends begin to sense
his attitude has changed he's serene and contented
His feet don't touch the ground he can hardly wait to see her tonight 
And he calls her on the telephone about a dozen times an hour
She's flattered by the avalanche of attention and flowers
He tells all his buddies "Boys, I've finally found someone for me"
She don't know what she's doing to him
Every day's like Christmas it sure ain't a dream

When a man's in love, when a man's in love
ain't nothin' too hard or too tough when a man's in love
When a man's in love, when a man's in love
he'll fight like a tiger fly like a dove when a man's in love

When a man's in love

She dominates his every thought and dream and conversation
He talks about her constantly with an air of jubilation
There ain't nothin' in the world he wouldn't do to make her little face smile
But oh don't it make you want to smile and dance
May God bless us all with a little romance

When a man's in love, when a man's in love
she's in his heart and running through his blood
when a man's in love

When a man's in love
he'll fight like a tiger, fly like a dove
when a man's in love
when a man's in love
There ain't nothing he can't do
when a man's in love
when a man's in love


YOU ARE EVERYTHING
(Thom Bell, Linda Creed)

Today I saw somebody who looked just like you
She walked like you do I thought it was you
As she turned the corner I called out your name
I felt so ashamed but it wasn't you, wasn't you

You are everything and everything is you
You are everything and everything is you
Oh you are everything and everything is you

How can I forget when each face that I see
brings back memories of being with you
I just can't go on livin' life as I do
comparing each girl to you
knowing they just won't do, they're not you

You are everything
Everything is you
You're everything to me girl
I miss you baby
Everything is you

You are everything
Every little thing
You're all I've got
Girl, you're everything to me
You are everything and everything is you 
Everything to me


THE MOTOWN SONG
(Larry John McNally)

Bring over some of your old Motown records
We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go
on the roof and listen to the Miracles
echo to the alley down below 

Let's dance together just for the night
Let's don't worry about the future or nothin' else
'Cause just like the music's sayin' you gotta take chances
Go ahead just do it and trust yourself

There's a soul in the city 
watching over us tonight
There's a soul in the city 
saying everything's gonna be all right

So bring over some of your old Motown records
We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go
on the roof and listen to the Miracles
echo to the alley down below 

They wish us luck
but they think we're just dreaming
Let's prove them wrong baby
'Cause you know what luck is
luck is believing you're lucky
that's all and showing just a little bit of faith

There's a soul in the city
watching over us I swear
There's a soul in the city
there's a whole world waiting out there 

Listen
I got plans for us
playing like a skip on a record
through my head all night long
But when we walk that darkened stairway
and step out on the roof
I know what we're feeling can't be wrong 

Bring over some of your old Motown records
We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go
on the roof and listen to the Miracles
echo to the alley down below

Bring over some of your old Motown records
We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go
on the roof and listen to the Miracles
echo to the alley down below 
"Let the Temptations sing it one time"
Bring over some of you old Motown records
We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go
on the roof and listen to the Miracles
echo to the alley down below


GO OUT DANCING
(R. Stewart, J. Golub, C. Kentis)

Sometimes I wonder 
what this old world's comin' to
where it's all gonna end
'Cause I work all week
try'n' to save me a dollar
but I get further in debt
But now on in
I'm gonna spend time lovin'
find a baby sitter right now
Put on your red dress
high heels darlin'
tonight we're going up town

We're goin' out dancin'
We're goin' out dancin'
We're goin' out dancin'
Chase our blues away

I know a funny little place
down on main street baby
where the band will play all night long
They play some hot rock 'n' roll to fine syncopation
and a brother on the saxophone
We got one chance baby
gotta be now or never
Yeah I know as I'm broke
We're gonna make this weekend last forever
come on honey put on your coat

We're goin' out dancin'
We're goin' out dancin'
We're goin' out dancin'
Chase our blues away

I've been lovin' you for seven years I won't forget
and I know it's been hard sometimes
open up the wine let's pretend we just met

We'll get home in the morning
while the milk man's calling
and the early birds start to sing
I will roll you some breakfast
and we'll jump into bed
and we'll start all over again
So hang on tight baby
we'll go flyin'
give your man a big kiss
We're gonna boogie on down
from the Bronx to Manhattan
memories are made of this

We're goin' out dancin'
We're goin' out dancin'
We're goin' out dancin'
Chase our blues away

Dancin'
We're goin' out dancin'
It may be the Bossanova
It may be the twist
It may be the Watusi
It may be the Chachacha

Just as long as we're dancin'
come on baby dancin
Take away our blues tonight
take away my blues tonight
Just as long as we're dancin'
dancin', dancin', dancin'


NO HOLDING BACK
(R. Stewart, J. Creagan, K. Savigar)

A friend of mine called up said "I finally had some luck
Could I have a minute of your time
I met a girl last night and try as I might
I can't get her off of my mind
She walked through the room and right then I knew
I finally found somebody for me
But to tell you the truth I don't know what to do
should I go ahead or wait and see"

I said "Give it all you got no holding back
Let a light in your soul
Ain't it better to lose in love than to never love at all
than to never love at all"

Now I'm the kind of guy who's normally quite shy
On romance I don't know a thing
But when she led me to the floor I'd never danced before
Suddenly my feet had wings
I know that she wants me I want her too
but I'm so confused I can't think straight
I feel so alive but on the other side
should I go ahead or should I wait

I said "Give it all you got no holding back
Let a light in your soul
Ain't it better to lose in love than to never love at all
Ain't it better to lose in love than to never love at all
than to never love at all"

So when the music starts to flow from your hearts
like the coming of an early spring
when the river starts to flow between you soul to soul
may no man ever come between
Die in her arms if she wants you to
Be thankful for each passing day
When your eyes collide let your spirits fly
and pray to God it's here to stay

And I said "Give it all you got no holding back
Let a light in your soul
Ain't it better to lose in love than to never love at all"

Give it all you got no holding back
Let a light in your soul
Ain't it better to lose in love than to never love at all
than to never love at all
than to never, never love at all
Ain't it better to lose in love than never love at all


HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY
(Van Morrison)

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
take away all my sadness
ease my troubles that's what you do

For the morning sun in all it's glory
greets the day with hope and comfort too
You fill my life with laughter
and somehow you make it better
ease my troubles that's what you do
There's a love that's divine
and it's yours and it's mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
we should give thanks and pray
to the one, to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
take away all my sadness
ease my troubles that's what you do

There's a love that's divine
and it's yours and it's mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
we should give thanks and pray
to the one, to the one

And have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
You fill my heart with gladness
take away my sadness
ease my troubles that's what you do
Take away all my sadness
fill my life with gladness
ease my troubles that's what you do
Take away all my sadness
fill my life with gladness
ease my troubles that's what you do


MOMENT OF GLORY
(R. Stewart, C. Kentis, J. Golub, C. Rojas)

Here is a story that is bound to amuse ya
(about a fine young couple startin' out in life)
A dedicated husband and a real fine worker
(who lived for his children and his beautiful wife)
But one night in Dallas at a computer convention
(he got so loaded he could hardly stand)
Woke up with a heavy head and a strange girl beside him
(returned home a worried guilty man)
But inside his coat his wife found a note
It said "Thanks for the good time Can I see you again"
She asked him "Why oh why" Tears rollin' down her eyes
"would you give it all up for a moment of glory" glory

Packed up all her bags and returned to her mother
(Two small children clinging to her dress)
Hurt and disillusioned but never down hearted
(she picked up the pieces of her broken life)
And meanwhile back in Boston the culprit lie thinkin'
(trying to find the answer in a bottle of wine)
Fired from his job and missing his children
(he didn't care one way if he lived or died)
Oh what a crying shame nobody else to blame
for one night of pleasure he had given her pain
Oh how it was so hard to climb so far to give it all up
for a moment of glory, glory

As the months rolled by and accusations fly
the bloodsuckin' lawyers know they're in for a kill
The gold war begins she's takin' off her rings
Close friends take sides while the waters are still

Phone rang twice in his stone cold appartment
(it was his little boy Johnny and his sister Beth)
They said "Daddy we miss you would you talk to Mommy"
(a line of communication he had sadly missed)
She said "Now don't get me wrong this is where you belong"
I said "Good-bye children we can work it all out"
"But don't you ever forget how this family has bled
'cause you give it all up for a moment of glory" glory

Won't you give it all up
you give it all up 
Won't you give it all up
you give it all up


DOWNTOWN TRAIN
(Tom Waits)

Outside another yellow moon
has punched a hole in the night time mist
I climb through the window and down to the street 
I'm shining like a new dime
The downtown trains are full
full of all them Brooklyn girls
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds

You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
They have nothing that'll ever capture your heart
They're just thorns without the rose
Be careful of them in the dark
Oh if I was the one you chose to be your only one
Oh baby can't you hear me now, can't you hear me now

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Every night, every night its just the same
On a downtown train

I know your window and I know its late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light of the four way
and watch them as they fall, oh baby
They all having their heart attacks
They stay at the carnival
But they'll never win you back

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Every night, every night its just the same
You leave me lonely
Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
All my dreams, all my dreams fall like rain
On a downtown train

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Every night, every night its just the same

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
All my dreams, all my dreams fall like rain
On a downtown train
On a downtown train
All my dreams fall like rain
On a downtown train


IF ONLY
(R. Stewart, K. Savigar, J. Cregan)

If only I'd have listened to all of my closest friends
and knew that it was over and the party had to end
If only I'd have noticed the sadness in her eyes
she'd still be in my arms tonight, if only

If only I'd have realized the unimportance of being cool
to give a kiss and maybe just say "Darlin' I love you"
If only I'd said I'm sorry I'd have been a much better man
she'd still be in my arms tonight, if only

There's an emptiness that fills my heart now that she's not here
I loved her more than my own life something I've always feared, if only

If only I'd come home at night instead of stayin' out for one more drink
If only I'd been unconcerned what the other guys may think
If only I'd a held her tight but I guess it's too late now
Oh how blind could one man be, if only

Whoa oh but I will not be sad after all the fun we've had
You live some and you learn some, if only

If only I could convince her the importance of one more chance
If only God would allow me one more celestial dance
If only I had the nerve to call her up and tell her how I feel
She'd still be in my arms tonight, if only

But it's only love and love ain't real it's only a four letter word
We spend half our lives chasing after it how wonderf 'lly absurd, if only

Whoa whoa but I will not be sad after all the fun we had
You live some and you learn some 
Whoa but I will not be sad after all the fun that we had
You live some and you learn some, you learn some 
If only




LEAD VOCALIST



STAND BACK
(Stevie Nicks)

No one looks as I walk by 
Just an invitation would have been just fine 
Said no to her again, again and again
First she took my heart then she ran 
No one knows just how I feel 
What I say unless you read between the lines  
One girl walked away from me 
First she took my head and then she
Take me home.  

Stand back, stand back
In the middle of my room 
I did not hear from you 
It's all right, it's all right 
You'll be standing in line 
You'll be standing in line 
I will cry

Do not turn away my friend 
Like a river I can bend 
No one calls out my name 
And no one came 
So I walked on down the line and waited for you  
Maybe your protected from all that you do 
One girl, did not call 
She asked me for my love and that was all

Stand back, Stand back 
In the middle of my room 
I did not hear from you 
It's alright, it's alright 
You'll be standing in line 
You'll be standing in line 
I will cry 

So I walked on down the line and waited for you 
Maybe your attention was more than I could do 
One girl, did not fall 
She asked me for my love and that was all 

Stand back, Stand back 
In the middle of my room 
I did not hear from you 
It's alright, it's alright 
You'll be standing in line 
You'll be standing in line 
I will cry  

Gotta find a little sympathy .... 
Try and ask me anything....
Gotta find a little sympaty....
Can I find a little sympathy.....


RUBY TUESDAY
(Jagger, Richards)

She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter if it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
Nobody knows
She goes and goes

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

Don't question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
At such a cost

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

There's no time to lose, I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams
And you will lose your mind.
Ain't life unkind?

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Still I'm gonna miss you

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

miss you.....


SHOTGUN WEDDING
(Roy Hammond)

People were standing, all around 
At a shot gun wedding, here in this town 
And I'm a victim oh yea 
of a shotgun wedding 
Cause your fathers got a gun 
and there ain't no place to run 
Shotgun wedding and oh listen to me 

Well I got to find a job 
You, me, baby makes three 
Shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, wedding oh yea
Cause your fathers got a gun 
and there ain't no place to run 
Shotgun wedding 
And all I could hear that day was 
Do you take this woman 
to be your lawful wedded wife 
my my my my shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, shotgun wedding  
I looked around 
I looked around 
and all I could see was a shotgun wedding....listen  

But I tried to run from town 
but her mother tracked me down 
She said before I meet my maker, 
some mans gonna make an honest woman of my daughter
so it might as well be you 
Oh daddy may be poor 
but he owns a forty forty 
Shotgun wedding 
and oh I'm walking up the aisle right now 

Here comes the bride singing 
Shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, shotgun.....yea yeaaaa 
I could of run away oh no I could be living high
Nobody could stop me now oh shotgun, shotgun 
Just give me one more chance 
Let me hear that bass boys  that bass boys 
breaking my heart 
breaking my heart 
breaking my heart........


FIRST I LOOK AT THE PURSE
(William Robinson/Robert Rogers)

Some fellows look at the eyes
Some fellows look at the nose 
Some fellows look at the size 
Some fellows look at the clothes  
I don't care if her eyes are red 
I don't care if her nose is long 
I don't care if shes underfeed 
I don't care if her clothes are wrong  
First I look at the purse.

Some fellows like the smiles they wear
Some fellows like the legs that talk
Some fellows like the style of their hair,
they want the waist line to be small. 
I don't care if their legs all vein
I don't care if their teeth are big
I don't care if she wears a ring  
Why waste time looking at the waist line  
Cause first I look at the purse....Yeah!

A woman can be as fine as can be 
Kisses sweeter than honey 
That don't mean a thing to me, 
if you ain't got no money, baby.  
Cause if the purse is fat, thats where it's at. yeahaa...

Some fellows like the way they walk,  
the way they swing and sway.   
Some fellows like the way they talk, 
if they can talk talk all day.      
I don't care if she waddles like a duck or talks with a lisp  
I still think I'm in good luck if the dollar bills are crisp  
Cause first I look at the purse....yeah yeah

Keep an eye on the money  
Womans got to have some fine greenbacks  hah
I ain't greedy guys, 
Oh I don't wanna work no more 


TOM TRAUBERT'S BLUES(Waltzing Matilda)
(Tom Waits)

Wasted and wounded
And it ain't what the moon did
I got what I paid for now
See you tomorrow
Hey Frank can I borrow
A couple of bucks from you
To go waltzing Matilda waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me

I'm an innocent victim
of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
No-one speaks English
And everything's broken
And my strength is soaking away
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Malitda with me

Now the dogs they are barking 
and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me
You tore my shirt open
And I'm down on my knees tonight

Old bushmills I staggered
You buried the dagger
Your silhouette window light
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me

Now I've lost my St. Christopher
Now that I kissed her
And the one-arm bandit knows
And the maverick Chinaman
with the cold-blooded sigh
And the girls down by the striptease shows go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me

No I don't want your sympathy
Fugitives say
that the streets aren't for dreaming now
Manslaughter dragnet
and the ghost that sells memories
Want a piece of the action anyhow
Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me

And you can ask any sailor
And the keys from the jailor
And the old men in wheelchairs know
That Matilda's the defendant
She killed about a hundred
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me

And it's a battered old suitcase
in a hotel someplace
And a wound that would never heal
No prima donnas the perfume is on
and old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
And goodnight to the street-sweepers,
The night watchmen flame-keepers
And goodnight Matilda too
Goodnight Matilda too.





UNPLUGGED AND SEATED



HIGHGATE SHUFFLE
(public domain / Rod Stewart)

Oh, yeah
Let the band play one time now

It was early one morning, 
I was on my way to school
Early one morning, 
I was on my way to school
Got lost on monday morning, 
I broke my teachers rule

I was in love with you, baby, 
before I learned to call your name
I was in love with you, baby, 
before I learned to call your name
Now you're in love with someone else
You're bound to drive poor me insane

Oh, yeah (      )

I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye bye
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
ha ha
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
bring it down here
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
Yeah, 
bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...


HAVING A PARTY
(Sam Cooke)

Yeah, clap your hands 

We're having a party, 
dancing to the music
played by the D.J.
on the radio
The Cokes are in the icebox, 
popcorn's on the table
Me and my baby, yeah, 
we're out here on the floor, oh yeah

So, Mister, Mr. D.J.
keep those records playing
coz I'm having 
such a good time, 
dancing with my baby

Everybody's swinging, 
Sally's doing that twist now
If you playrequests now, 
I've got a few for you
Play that one called "Soul Twist". 
Play that one called "I Know"
Don't forget them "Mashed Potatoe" 
no other songs will do

So, Mister, Mr. D.J.
keep those records playing
coz I'm having 
such a good time, 
dancing with my baby

Having a party

So, Mister, Mr. D.J.
keep those records playing
coz I'm having 
such a good time, 
dancing with my baby

Having a party
Everybody's swinging
dancing to the music
on the radio
Yeah
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
dancing to the music
yeah
on the radio

bring it way down now
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
dancing to the music
on the radio
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
dancing to the music
where is it
on the radio
just two more times
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
dancing to the music
on the radio
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
dancing to the music
on the radio
Yeah, yeah, oh oh




A SPANNER IN THE WORKS

WINDY TOWN
(James Harris III, Terry Lewis)



Driving down 
From the Highland Line 
We'd done some gigs 
On the Clyde of the Tyne 
They flew us in 
From a Hamburg strip 
The taste of Dusseldorf 
Still on our lips 


And on the bus 
There's a friend of mine 
We go way back 
To the scene of the crime 
Sit up front 
And share a cigarette 
And try to remember 
What we tried to forget 


He said, "do you remember" 
He said, "do you recall" 
I said, "Yeah I remember 
Oh I remember it all" 


*Everytime the cold wind blows 
Everytime I hear the sound 
Late night trains 
Shuntin' down by the river 
I remember Windy Town 


We've come so far 
And we moved so fast 
Makin' haste 
See it all grow past 
Round the world 
And around again 
Up and down 
On that gravy train 


** Everytime the cold wind blows 
Everytime I hear the sound 
East coast crosswinds 
On the cold wet stone 
I remember Windy Town 


I've seen it all before 


The freezing corners 
And the empty streets 
The burning passion 
And the cold wet feet 
Three tricky miles home every night 
Dodging from the shadows 
Underneath the overlights 


Nocard for kissin' 
And nowhere to go 
'Cept inside each other 
And I love you so 
I held your face 
As you shivered in the rain 
Girl, I'll love you again 
Oh everytime, yeah everytime 


(*Repeat) 
(** Repeat) 
There it goes, there it goes 
Windy Town 


THE DOWNTOWN LIGHTS
(Paul Buchanan)


Sometimes I walk away 
When all I really wanna do 
Is love and hold you right 
There is just one thing I can say 
It's all right, can't you see 
The downtown lights 


In love we're all the same 
We're walking down an empty street 
And with nobody callin' your name 
Empty streets, empty nights 
The downtown lights 


*How do I know you feel it 
How do I know you feel it 
How do I know you feel it 
How do I know it's true 
Can't you see 
Nobody loves you this way 
It's all right 


Tonight and every night 
Let's go walking down the city streets 
Let's walk in the cool evening light 
Wrong or right, the endless sight 
The downtown lights 
It will be all right 
It will be all right 
The downtown lights 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 


(*Repeat) 


Yeah, yeah, yeah 


Downtown lights 


The neons and the cigarettes 
The rented rooms and rented cars 
The crowded streets, the empty bars 
Chimneytops, trumpets 
The golden lights, the loving prayers 
Colored shoes, the empty trains 
I'm tired of cryin' on the stairs 
Downtown lights 


It'll be all right 
It'll be all right 



LEAVE VIRGINIA ALONE
(Tom Petty)



Well I've Seen her 
Down the alley 
And over the hill 
To steel her away 
She was as hot as 
Georgia asphalt 
When the aircraft came 
To adore her brain 


So leave Virginia alone 
Leave Virginia alone 
She's not like you 
And me 
She's not like you 
And me 
You should've seen her 
Back in the city 
Poetry and jewels 
Broke all the rules 
She was as high as 
A Georgia palm tree 


*So Leave Virginia alone 
Leave Virginia alone 
She's not like you 
And me 
She's not like you 
And me 


Some sunny day 
When the h... of times have 
Gone farewell 
You'll understand 
Why it was so hard 
To run away 
To run away 


She's a loser 
She's a forgiver 
She still finds good 
When no one could 
You want her 
More than money 
Cadillac can rust 
Diamond and dust 
(*Repeat) 


Ah, yeah 
Leave Virginia alone 
Leave Virginia alone 
She's not like you 
And me 
She's not like you 
And me 


Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ,... 


La, la, la, leave her alone 


Oh, Virginia 
Oh, Virginia 
Leave her alone 



SWEETHEART LIKE YOU
(Bob Dylan)


Well the pressure's down, 
the boss ain't here 
he's gone North for a while 
They said that vanity 
Got the best of him 
But he sure left here after sundown. 
By the way, that's a cute hat that you're wearing 
And that smile so hard to resist 
What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? 


You know I once knew a woman who looked like you 
She wanted a whole man, not just a half 
She used to call me Sweet Daddy, when I was a child 
You kind of remind me of her when you laugh 
To deal in this game, you must make the queen disappear 


It's done with a flick of the wrist 
What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? 


You know a woman like you should be at home 
It's where you truly belong 
Watching out for someone who loves you true 
Who would never never do you no wrong 
Just how much abuse you can take? - Well, 
There's no way to tell by that first lonely kiss 
What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? 


You know you could make a name of yourself 
You can hear those tyres squeal 
You can be known as the most beautiful woman 
Whoever crawled across cut glass to make a deal ... 


You know the news of you has come down the line 
Even before you came in the door 
They say in your father's house there's many mansions 
Each one of them got a fire-proof floor 
Snap out of it Baby, people are jealous of you 
They smile in your face, but behind your back they hiss 


What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? 


Got to be an important person to come in here honey 


Got to have done some evil deed 
Got to have your own harm when you come in the door 
Got to play your harp until your lips bleed ... 


They say patriotism is the last refuge 
To which a scoundrel claime 
Steal a little, and they'll throw you in jail 
Steal a lot, and they'll make you a king 
There's only one step down from here Baby 
It's the land of the permanent bliss - 
So what's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? 



THIS
(Marc Jordan/John Capek)


Down below on Baker Street 
Lay your head back 
On this field of dreams 
And close your eyes 
There's a few that find love 
On Sundays down by the sea 
And they wash clean like angels 
High above the waves so free 


I have no words to say to you 
I have no dream to take you to 
I have no ring for you to kiss 
Baby, all I have is this 


Pray for grace 
Keep the faith 
Walk on down the road 
Wait for me, look for love 
Are you fearless, reckless 
Homeless and all alone 
Can you make love, heal things 
Make my heart go wild again 


*I have no words to say to you 
I have no dream to take you to 
I have no ring for you to kiss 
Baby, all I have is this 
I have no way to hold you now 
I have no time to show you how 
I have no gold, nothing to risk 
Baby, all I have is this 


And she says 
It doesn't matter anymore 


There's a few that find love 
On Sundays down by the sea 
And they wash clean 
Like angels' wings 
High above the waves so free 


(*Repeat) 


All I have is on my sleeve 
All I want is your sweet love, baby 
All I saw was open space 
Walk down the road 
Fearless, fearless 
All I have is this 



LADY LUCK
(Rod Stewart/Jeff Golub/Kevin Savigar/Carmine Rojas)


Lady Luck 
Here I am on time 
Proppin' up the bar 
with a glass of wine 
Friday night 
and I'm all spruced up and fine 
I ain't goin' nowhere 


Lady Luck 
Why don't you pull up a chair 
And bring your shine right wisdom 
Darlin' over here 
Your Gaelic humor 
And your pious smile 
All the cats'll be laugin' tonight 


Now you may say it's a funny old world 
You may say that the game ain't fair 
Is there a plot or do you improvise 
Or maybe you don't even care 


Lady Luck 
Ain't you the fickle kind 
Why are some folks lucky 
While the rest are tryin' 
You keep on playin' 
It's still a mystery 
You're laced with a touch 
of inconsistancy 


So why don't you give us all a break 
Make us all rich healthy and fine 
Five months holidays and a four hour week 
And a horse that wins all the time 


Lady Luck 
Hear the mandolins 
Kind of makes you wonder 
How it might have been 
There go all 
The funny place I've got 
Back on the street again 


Lady Luck 
Yeah, it's late I know 
Allow me to buy you one more folderol 
And tell me something 
I've been longin' to hear 
It's gotta get better next year 


'Cause I've seen some rainy days 
My wedding suits are frayed and torn 
But now the sun comes shining through 
I've cried in my beer too long 


Lady Luck, Lady Luck 
Don't push me over 
When I can't stand up, oh yeah 
Sure it's a funny old world 
Sure it's a funny old world 



YOU'RE THE STAR
(Livsey/Lyle/Miller)


You give me hope 
When all around was lost 
And I could see no point in trying 
For I saw love passing by me 
You came into my life 
You came into my life 


I look around 
And what I had is gone 
Now, I've finally found 
What I've been missing 
The road I travel is so clear 
Since you came into my life 
You came into my life 


*(And) yYou're the star 
My shinin' light 
The mornin' dawnin' 
When the sun comes up so bright 
And the closer I get 
Yes, it's true 
You're the star 
Above the storm 
I wanna wrap you in my arms 
And keep you warm 
No, I don't wanna live without you 
No, I've never found nothin' like you 


You give me faith 
The kind I though had gone 
Somewhere down the line 
I think I lost it 
Now, I've found changes in my heart 
Your faith in me is strong 
Your faith in me is strong 


(*Repeat 2 times) 


You're the star 
You're the star 
You're the star, oh yeah 
I've never found nothin' like you 
No, I've never found nothin' like you ... 



MUDDY, SAM AND OTIS
(Rod Stewart/Kevin Savigar)


Oh, yeah, I know, I know, I know 


I remember 
When I was only seventeen 
The bohemian poet 
And dosciple of the streets 
Or was I just a little kid 
Searching for identity in '63 


Heard it on the radio 
On a cold December night 
It came burning down the air waves 
Like a savior's shinin' light 
All the way from the U.S.A. 
Across the Atlantic far away 
The magic came 


The house began to rock 
With Cupid and his bow 
The hootchy kootchy man's 
Lonely harp began to blow 
Little did I know that 
nothing in my life 
Would ever be the same 


Stayed up all night 
Playin' every 45 
Tryin' to sound like you 
Strummed my guitar in bed 
Till my fingers bled 
Tryin' to play like you 


*Thank you, Sam, thank you, Otis 
Thank you Muddy 
For the sounds you made 
Thank you, Sam, thank you, Otis 
Thank you, Muddy 
For the times we shared 
And they carry on 


I saw Otis back in 1965 
Tears in my eyes 
As he sung "These Arms Of mine" 
But angels needed a soul man 
For the celestial blues band 
They took him home (took you home) 


Oh, what I'd give to see 
That red mohair suit and hear 
"Dock Of The Bay" 
Or Sam in his two tone 
Singin' "Bring It On Back Home" 
What a show that would be 


(*Repeat) 


If I sound sentimental 
It's because this blue-eyed soul boys 
Got so much respect 
My gratitude to you 
Runs deep, proud and true 
I will never forget 


**Thank you, Sam, thank you, Otis 
Thank you Muddy 
For the sounds you made 
Thank you, Sam, thank you, Otis 
Thank you, Muddy 
For the times you gave 


(**Repeat) 
Thank you, Sam, thank you, Sam 
Thank you, Otis, thank you, Muddy 
You'll never, never fade away ... 



HANG ON ST. CHRISTOPHER
(Tom Waits)


Hang on St. Christopher 
Through the smoke and the oil 
Pumpin' iron around the scene 
Let the radiator boil 
Got no back down shift 
And a two dollar grill 
Got an '85 cab 
...... 


*Hang on St. Christopher 
On the passenger side 
Open it up tonight 
So the devil can ride 


Hang on St. Christopher 
With a ballast door 
Kick me up ... 
Throw me out in the fog 
Tell ... Jack ... 
Drive a stake through his heart 
Do a hundred on the grapevine 
Do a jump on the start 


Hang on St. Christopher 
Now don't let me go 
Get me to Reno 
And bring it in low, low 


Hang On St. Christopher 
With the hammer to the floor 
Put a highball in the crankcase 
Nail a crow to the door 
Give me a bottle for the jockey 
Give me a two ... 
There's a certain ... 
Bustin' down Johnny's door 


(*Repeat) 


Let the devil ride 
Let the devil ride 
Let the devil ride 


Hang On St. Christopher 
Now don't let me go 
Get me to Reno 
Got to bring it in low 
Put my baby on a flatcar 
Tell 'em to burn down the caboose 
Get 'em all jacked up with whiskey 
And we'll turn the mad dog loose 


(*Repeat) 


Let him ride, let him ride 
Let him ride, let him ride 
Let him ride, let him ride 


HAng on St. Christopher 
Through the smoke and the oil 
Get me to Reno 
And bring it in low, low ... 



DELICIOUS
(Rod Stewart/Andy Taylor/Robin Le Mesurier)


Everyday I get up 
And drag myself out of bed 
While you're still sleeping 
On your tummy 
With your long legs spread 
Camm me a copy cat 
Dressed 
Kiss you good-bye 
I'm like a lion in winter 
I don't want to say good-bye 
I'm trying to pull 
On my socks 
You get me horny and hot, darling 
That's why I'm late on the job 


*You're delicious 
You're delicious, babe 
You're delicious 


Just keep on doing 
What you are doing 
Doing 
Doing to me 
Ah, yeah 


You're like a cold beer, darling 
On a long-hot summe's day 
Yes, you are 
You're the words I'm planning 
Five part Chekov play 
You make a rich man poor 
And make a blind man see again 
You're ...... 
As hard as diesel train 
And while I'm driving to work 
You spill all over my shirt 
You're just a wonderful flirt 


(*Repeat) 


"The Old man" line ain't gonna 
Take you from my side 


I've had the new caviar 
Fort Wall and pink champagne 
I've seen the Mona Lisa 
Drank the wine in France and Spain 
I've smelled the rose of Fimland 
Tulips of Amsterdam 
I've heard the crew line coal train 
The bells of Notrdame 
But you know what honey 
You fill me up 
With desire 
You've set my soul aflying 
Lifted me down to the wire 
(*Repeat) 


Gimme one time 
(*Repeat) 
Please, bass guitar 
(*Repeat) 



SOOTHE ME
(Sam Cooke)


*Soothe Me, Baby 
Soothe me 
Soothe me with your eyes 
Though I know 
Your powerful loving is 
Soothing to me 


I used to hire a lot of girls 
Hot and big and small 
Since I meet this baby of mine 
I don't want mo ther girls at all 


***Soothe me, baby 
Soothe me 
Soothe me with your kindness 
Though I know your powerful loving is 
Soothing to me 


Oh, how I used to ramle 
Oh, how I used to roam 
Since I found this pretty little baby 
All I want to do 
Is stay at home 
At home 
(*Repeat) 


One more time, man 


**Soothe me baby 


Soothe me 
Soothe me with your kindness 
Though I know 
Your mama don't like it 
It's soothing to me 


Oh, once I was a worried man 
I was drinking night and day 
Now, I've got this angel by my side 
All my worries have drifted away 
(**Repeat) 
Soothe me, baby 
Soothe me, baby 
Soothe me, baby 


(*** Repeat) 



PURPLE HEATHER
(Rod Stewart)


(Intro not in English) 


Oh the summer time is gone 
And the leaves are sweetly turning 
And the wild mountain thyme 
Blooms across the purple heather 
Will you go, lassie. go 


If you will not go with me 
I will never find another 
To pick wild mountain thyme 
All along the purple heather 
Will you go, lassie, go 
Lassie, go 


I will build my love a tower 
by the cool crystal waters 
And I'll cling to her forever 
Like the ivy to the heather 
Will you go, lassie, go 


*And we'll go together 
To pick wild mountain thyme 
All along the purple heather 
Will you go, lassie, go 


Lassie, go 


(Not in English) 


Will you go, lassie, go 


(*Repeat) 
And we'll all go together 
Tp pull wild mountain thyme 
All across the purple heather 
Will you go, lassie, go 
Lassie, go 
Lassie, go 








IF WE FALL IN LOVE TONIGHT


IF WE FALL IN LOVE TONIGHT
(James Harris III, Terry Lewis)

Pain, flows like a river, just keeps on livin' 
with all them memories
Shame, you're so heartbroken 
now you're scared to open and give your love again
And now anticipation waits for love 
Will it be everything you dreamed this time around 
I know you have your doubts 
but I won't let you down

Darlin' if, if we fall in love tonight 
you're gonna be alright 
your heart is in good hands
Darlin' if, if we fall in love again 
on me you can depend, if you could take a chance
Open your heart and let love, love again

Blame, who's fault is it this time 
I can see it in your eyes, I know you're wonderin'
Things can change, say you'll be all mine 
I'm gonna love you all the time
Don't let it slip away
And now anticipation waits for love 
Will it be everything you dreamed this time around 
I know you've got your doubts 
but honey I won't let you down

Darlin' if, if we fall in love tonight 
you're gonna be alright 
your heart is in good hands
Darlin' if, if we fell in love again 
on me you can depend, if you can take a chance
and open your heart and let love, love again

Honey I don't, I don't want you to have any doubts about me
Whatever makes you happy, I'm gonna do
Baby I'm so ready to love you down
I can't wait another moment I need you right now

Darlin' if, if we fall in love tonight 
you're gonna be alright 
your heart is in good hands
Darlin' if, if we fall in love again 
on me you can depend, if you can take a chance
[repeat once]
Open your heart and let love, love again  
[repeat and fade]


FOR THE FIRST TIME
(Jud Friedman, Allen Rich, James Newton-Howard)

Are those your eyes
Is that your smile
I've been looking at you forever
yet I never saw you before
Are these your hands holding mine
Now I wonder how I could have been so blind
And for the first time I am looking in your eyes
For the first time I'm seeing who you are
I can't believe how much I see 
when you're looking back at me
now I understand what love is, love is 
for the first time

Can this be real
Can this be true
Am I the person I was this morning 
and are you the same you 
It's all so strange
How can it be
All along this love was right in front of me
And for the first time I am looking in your eyes
For the first time I'm seeing who you are
I can't believe how much I see 
when you're looking back at me
now I understand what love is, love is 
for the first time

Such a long time ago I had given up 
on finding this emotion ever again
But you're here with me now
Yes I found you somehow 
and I've never been so sure 
And for the first time I am looking in your eyes 
For the first time I'm seeing who you are
Can't believe how much I see
when you're looking back at me
Now I understand what love is, love is 
for the first time
For the first time


WHEN I NEED YOU
(Carol Bayer Sager, Albert Hammond)

When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so want to give you
it's only a heart beat away

When I need love
I hold out my hand and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day

Miles and miles of empty space in between us
A telephone can't take the place of your smile
But you know I won't be traveling forever
It's cold out but hold out and do like I do

When I need you 
I just close my eyes and I'm with you 
And all that I so want to give you baby
it's only a heart beat away 

It's not easy when the road is your driver
Honey that's a heavy load that we bear 
But you know I won't be traveling a lifetime 
It's cold out so hold out and do like I do 

When I need you

When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day

When I need you
I close my eyes
I hold out my hand and I've got you darlin'
It's only a heart beat away
Now listen
When I need you darlin'
I hold you, feel ya
Give it to me baby

And I miss ya baby 
Just close my eyes and I'm with you
And I need you tonight
You know it's only a heart beat away
 

SO FAR AWAY
(Carole King)

So far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore
It will be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know that your just time away
Long ago I reached for you and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
Oh how I wish I could
but you're so far away

One more song about moving along the highway
I can't say much of anything that's new
But if I could only work this life out my way
I'd rather spend it being close to you
but you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore
It will be so fine to see your face at my door 
And it doesn't help to know you're so far away
So far away, yeah you're so far away

Traveling around sure get's me down and lonely
Nothing else to do but close my mind
And I sure hope the road don't get to own me
There's so many dreams that I've yet to find
But you're so far away 
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore
It will be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know
you're so far away, you're so far away
You're so far away, you're so far away
Oh I need to get in touch with ya baby
You're so very, very, very far away
You're so, so far away
 

SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH
(Barry Mann, Dan Hill)

You ask me if I love you
and I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
in what you say or do
I'm only just beginning
to see the real you

And sometimes when we touch
the honesty's too much
and I have to close my eyes and hide
I want to hold you till I die
till we both break down and cry
I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides

Romance and all it's strategy
leaves me battling with my pride
But through all the insecurity
some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
still trapped within my youth

And sometimes when we touch
the honesty's too much 
and I have to close my eyes and hide
I want to hold you till I die 
till we both break down and cry
I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides

At times I'd like to break you
and drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through 
and hold you endlessly
At times I understand you
and I know how hard you try
I watched while love commands you
and I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters
still searching for a friend
a brother or a sister
but then the passion flares again

And sometimes when we touch
the honesty's too much
and I have to close my eyes and hide
I want to hold ya till I die 
till we both break down and cry
I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides
Subsides
 

ALL FOR LOVE
(Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen)

When it's love you give
I'll be your man of good faith
When it's love you live
I'll make a stand I won't break
I'll be the rock you can lean on
Be there when you're old 
To have and to hold

When there's love inside
I swear I'll alway's be strong
And there's a reason why
I'll prove to you we belong
I'll be the wall that protects you 
from the wind and the rain
from the hurt and the pain

Let's make it all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it's all for one it's one for all
When there's someone that you know
then just let your feelings show 
and make it all for one and all for love

When it's love you make
I'll be the fire in your night
Then it's love you take
I will defend I will fight
I'll be there when you need me
When honor's at stake
This vow I will make
That it's all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it's all for one it's one for all
When there's someone that you know 
then just let your feelings show 
and make it all for one and all for love

Don't lay our love to rest
cause we could stand up to the test
We got everything and more than we had planned
More than the rivers that run inland
We got it all in our hands

Now it's all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it's all for one it's one for all
When there's someone that you know
then just let your feelings show
When there's someone that you want
When there's someone that you need
Let's make it all all for one 
and all for love