Status Quo

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status

Quo (1968)

Black Veils Of Melancholoy

If I see you hiding in the night by a peppercorn tree The tree it moves, lets me see what I wanna see A poison gaze of your mind is all that's worrying me. The pictures that I see are seen by no-one else but me To cause the night to be in sight, a little point of me I imagine nearly anything I want to see.

Black veils of melancholy falling on me Black veils keep shadowing my mind

Black veils that make my mind seem small Black veils of melancholy falling on me Black veils keep shadowing my mind

Black veils that make my mind seem small

I see you with my eyes closed getting closer and closer to me I open my eye up and you're not there

It's all in my mind

Black veils of melancholy falling on me Black veils keep shadowing my mind

Black veils that make my mind seem small Black veils of melancholy falling on me Black veils keep shadowing my mind

Black veils that make my mind seem small

When The Mind Is Not Live

When my mind is not live I see you there before me Every night in my mind your face flies by me

Then the morning light comes to bring reality But my dream lingers on a little while for me Then I wake to see a world full of misery

Lots of people rushing by, never know what they wanna be Soon the day draws to it's end and pretty soon I'll be

Back with you in my mind because I want to see When my mind is not live I see you there before me Every night in my mind your face flies by me

Ice In The Sun

I'm not a little boy, I've lived alone and never loved so more

But when she touches me I'm on the way, I'm underneath the floor Like ice in the sun I melt away

Whenever she comes I melt away Like in in the sun I melt away

I sit down in a chair and read a book as if I couldn't there But she is in a room and I must look I see her everywhere Like ice in the sun I melt away

Whenever she comes I melt away Like in in the sun I melt away

She opens up her eyes as if to speak She looks at me and I am weak

Her eyes they seem much bigger than before I cannot think anymore

Like ice in the sun I melt away Whenever she comes I melt away Like in in the sun I melt away Like ice in the sun I melt away Whenever she comes I melt away Like ice in the sun I melt away

Elizabeth Dreams

Elizabeth dreams of the day when the way That I looked at her made her feel she was real Elizabeth dreams of the time she was mine When she didn't need any more, she was sure She was sure

Out of sight, by candlelight

And sea green, and see green horses I said she's out of sight by candlelight ?? And fairy, fairy stories

Elizabeth is not what she seems Elizabeth dreams, Elizabeth dreams

Elizabeth dreams, holding fast through the past When a morning was something new, flowers grew Elizabeth dreams but it's late and she's waited too long And tomorrow goes, now she knows

Now she knows

Out of sight by candlelight

I said she's out of sight, by candlelight And fairy, fairy stories

Elizabeth is not what she seems Elizabeth dreams, Elizabeth dreams Elizabeth dreams

Elizabeth dreams, Elizabeth dreams Elizabeth dreams

Genleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe

Hey Joe

Would you please lend me your ear? I've got to know if everything's all right. Hey Joe, have you seen my baby here? Oh we used to share a table every night. Hey Joe, she's the only girl who's ever Meant anything at all

If I lose her I lose all

Joe, if you've seen her won't you say, Or point in the direction she did go. Every night, under the light of the moon

Under a table we'd choose, she'd take off her shoes And rub her feet against mine

Joe, have you seen my baby here?

Oh we used to share a table every night. Hey Joe, she's the only girl who's ever Meant anything at all

If I lose her I lose all

Joe, if you've seen her won't you say, Or point in the direction she did go. Every night, under the light of the moon

Under a table we'd choose, she'd take off her shoes And rub her feet against mine

Joe, would you please lend me your ear? I've got to know if everything's all right. Hey Joe, have you seen my baby here? Oh we used to share a table every night

Paradise Flats

(Wilde/Scott)

She was sold at the paradise flats Tell me, what d'you think of that? No goodbye, just a pat on the back Well I know she's made her mind up That she don't need me around

I'm trying just to see what you're trying to do to me Your trying to screw me down

Right through the ground oh yeah In paradise flats there's rooms for hire, No-one cares who you are

You won't come back, it's too late now You've been seen too much

I know what you are

You won't come back, no you won't come back Well I know she's made her mind up

That she don't need me around

Oh I'm trying just to see what you're trying to do to me Your trying to screw me down

Right through the ground oh yeah

Technicolor Dreams

I see your face at the dawn of the day, gold as the sun begins to shine

I see your face now at the end of the day, purple shadows dancing in your eyes. Technicolour dreams are all I see

Technicolour dreams of you and me

I see your shadow tripping through a silver glade, tiptoeing over crimson sand Luring me onwards into a sea of jade, leading me gently by the hand

Technicolour dreams are all I see Technicolour dreams of you and me

If I could escape through the windows of my mind I would fly to your magic mountain land

There we would stay 'til the world had passed away With a love only we could understand

Technicolour dreams are all I see Technicolour dreams of you and me

I see your face at the dawn of the day, gold as the sun begins to shine

I see your face now at the end of the day, purple shadows dancing in your eyes.

Spicks And Specks

(Gibb)

Where is the sun that shone on my head The sun in my life, it is dead, it is dead

Where is the light that would stay in my street

And where are the friends I could meet, I could meet Where are the girls I left far behind

The spicks and the specks of the girls on my mind Where is the sun that shone on my head

Where are the girls I left far behind

The spicks and the specks of the girls on my mind Where are the girls I left far behind

The spicks and the specks of the girls on my mind Where is the girl I have loved all along

The girl that I love, she is gone, she is gone All of my life I've tossed with the day

The spicks and the specks of my life gone away All of my life I've tossed with the day

The spicks and the specks of my life gone away Where is the sun that shone on my head

The sun in my life, it is dead, it is dead

Sheila

(Roe)

Sweet little Sheila, you'll know her if you see her Blue eyes and a ponytail

Cheeks are rosy, she looks a little mosey Man, this little girl is fine

Never knew a girl like little Sheila Her name drives me insane

Sweet little girl, that's my little Sheila Man, this little girl is fine

Me and Sheila go for a ride Feel funny inside

Then little Sheila whispers in my ear I love you Sheila dear

Sheila said she loves me, she said she'd never leave me True love that will never die

We're so doggone happy, just being around together Man, this little girl is fine

Never knew a girl like little Sheila Her name drives me insane

Sweet little girl, that's my little Sheila Man, this little girl is fine

Me and Sheila go for a ride Feel funny inside

Then little Sheila whispers in my ear Oh-oh-oh-oh

I love you Sheila dear

Sheila said she loves me, she said she'd never leave me True love that will never die

We're so doggone happy just being aorund together Man, this little girl is fine

Man this little girl is fine Yeah, this little girl is fine

Sunny Cellophane Skies

Looking up to the cloud above my head

Your face concealed by purple mist that feels like lead It slowly clears and at last my eyes are filled

Sunny cellophane skies Silver writing my eyes

Bright sunny cellophane skies I like the way you make me feel Sensations I thought were unreal Now you're life has gone

in this world I don't belong Words are all I own

Now you're gone I'm all alone Sunny cellophane skies

Silver writing my eyes

Bright sunny cellophane skies I like the way you make me feel Sensations I thought were unreal Sunny cellophane skies

Silver writing my eyes

Bright sunny cellophane skies I like the way you make me feel Sensations I thought were unreal

Green Tambourine

Drop your silver in my tambourine Help a poor man fill a little dream Give me pennies, I'll take anything

Now listen while I play my green tambourine Watch the jingle-jangles start to chime

Reflections of the music that was mine When I toss a coin you'll hear it sing

Now listen while I play my green tambourine Rub-a-dub before I walk away

Anytime you want, I'll gladly play Money feeds my music machine

Now listen while I play my green tambourine Listen while I play my green tambourine

Pictures Of Matchstick Men

When I look up to the skies

I rush home to bed I soak my head I see your face underneath my pillow I wake next morning, tired, still yawning

See your face come peeping through my window Pictures of matchstick men and you

Mirages of matchstick men and you All I ever see is them and you

Windows echo your reflection When I look in their direction now When will this haunting stop?

Your face it just won't leave me alone Pictures of matchstick men and you Mirages of matchstick men and you All I ever see is them and you

You in the sky, you with this guy you make men cry, you lie

You in the sky, you with this guy you make men cry, you lie

Pictures of matchstick men and Pictures of matchstick men and you Pictures of matchstick men ....

Spare Parts (1969)

Face Without A Soul

She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold

Though her hands are cool they'll burn

You may kiss her but you'll have to take your turn In her life you're just another bird in the sky

When she says you must be ready to fly Ready to fly, up and fly away

She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold This lady has no love

Herself, perhaps, is who she puts above Everything, and of course, everyone Knows this lady thinks she's number one Number one, yes the only one

This lady's heart is gold She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold

She's gonna fall on her face someday Find other men for her games to play I'm gonna make sure everyone knows What she is trying to do

She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold

She's a face without a soul ...

You're Just What I Was Looking For Today

Hey little woman

You’re just what I was lookin’ for today I needed someone

And you’re just what I was lookin’ for today Good things seem to happen to you

When you just happen to Run across them in life

But if you wait too long you know that When you turn around you

Find you have lost them in life The sun may have to shine

But the visions in my eyes were painted grey Now listen silver lining

You’re just what I was lookin’ for today We could drift away together

Where you and I could be alone Nothing that is real applies neath the nothing matter skies

We could drift away and build a world of our own Hey little woman

You’re just what I was lookin’ for today

Are You Growing Tired Of My Love

You never seem, seem to have the time to listen to what I say

How can I know just what goes on in your mind if you always walk away So what's the good, what's the good of trying

And hanging around you begging for your love

When it seems there's someone else in your dreams And I can't be sure of you anymore

Are you growing tired of my love? Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love?

Where is the love you once gave me?

And when we meet, things are not the same now, you always hurry away

And all the friends that once you used to share with me are ignored now, and you're bored now

I guess we are through, but still I go on hoping Because you never put it into words

Can't you see you should be honest with me And I've got to find what is in your mind Are you growing tired of my love?

Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love? Where is the love you once gave me? Are you growing tired of my love? Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love? Where is the love you once gave me? Are you growing tired of my love? Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love? Where is the love you once gave me?

Antique Angelique

(Lancaster/Young)

There's a grandfather clock in the corner With a smile on it's face

Chairs and tables, expensive labels Velvet curtains and lace

Every day when I go in there I will buy a thing or two

But money can't buy everything 'Cos what I really want is you

Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me Than everything I have

Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me Than everything I have

Now my house is an empty garden And the shop is so bare

All these things that I bought mean nothing 'Cos Angelique is still there

It's too late now to forget her She means far too much to ignore Now I'm haunted with memories That I just can't stand anymore

Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me Than everything I have

Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me Than everything I have

Take back the table, the velvet and lace

The chairs, and the clock with the smile on it's face Take them all and stand them where they were before

Antique Angelique, you mean more to me Than everything I have

Oh, Antique Angelique, close the door, and now You're everything I have

Antique Angelique, you mean more to me Than everything I have

Antique Angelique...

So Ends Another Life

In a world of education there's no time for compassion

Life's a fire, never ending, bringing pain and then befriending And like a fire that burns no light

And drifts to heaven, so ends another life

Is there time to care, it's only fair that life goes on And on and on and on 'til in the end you can't go on So ends another life to let this world go on

Don't cry for pity my friend, you never gave none

There's a hunter with his gun pointing upwards to the sun Thinks a bird can feel no pain, if it can it won't again And like a fire that burns no light

And drifts to heaven, so ends another life

Is there time to care, it's only fair that life goes on And on and on and on 'til in the end you can't go on So ends another life to let this world go on

Don't cry for pity my friend, you never gave none So ends another life to let this world go on

Don't cry for pity my friend, you never gave none So ends another life to let this world go on

Don't cry for pity my friend ...

Poor Old Man

(Rossi/Parfitt)

He is in his room, men will be there soon

They come to smash the heaven he has known Now he's sure to know soon that he must go This backstreet dream he has to leave behind Oh, what a shame, oh what a shame

He's a poor old man, poor old man Poor old man, can we help you?

Things are at their worst, what should he do first? He must wonder, no one wants to know

He must spread his wings, pack away his things A sack is all he needs for all he owns

He's a poor old man, poor old man Poor old man, can we help you at all? Poor old man, poor old man

Poor old man, can we help you at all? Poor old man, poor old man

Poor old man, can we help you at all?

Mister Mind Detector

(King)

Hey Mr. Mind Detector

Use your power to find what's going on Hey Mr. Mind Detetctor

Gonna blow my mind before too long Gotta find a way to learn infinity

Gotta find a way to make you save my sanity Look into my mind an you will

Find a world of magic mystical Images of endless beauty

Hypnotising, motorising shadows

Gotta find a way to let her know I'm here

Gotta find a way to make her want to have me near Hey Mr. Mind Detector

Use your power to find what's going on Hey Mr. Mind Detetctor

Gonna blow my mind before too long Gotta find a way to learn infinity

Gotta find a way to make you save my sanity

Clown

(Young/Lancaster/Nixon)

Now don't you feel sorry, oh no, for me now There's no need to worry about a clown She played it cool made me a fool

Now all over town they call me the clown

And I really thought she loved me, but now, I know And I still can't believe, it just goes to show

She played it cool made me a fool

Now all over town they call me the clown I'm a clown, and they're laughing

I'm a clown, I got nothing

I'm a clown, and they're laughing at me I'm a clown, and they're laughing

I'm a clown, I've got nothing

I'm a clown, and they're laughing at me Now don't you feel sorry, oh no, for me now There's no need to worry about a clown

She played it cool made me a fool

Now all over town they call me the clown I'm a clown, and they're laughing

I'm a clown, I got nothing

I'm a clown, and they're laughing at me I'm a clown, and they're laughing

I'm a clown, I've got nothing

I'm a clown, and they're laughing at me I'm a clown, and they're laughing

I'm a clown, I got nothing...

Velvet Curtains

(King)

Velvet curtains draw the show to a close Our scene is over and the whole world knows Velvet curtains shut the light from my mind I leave the stage, put my memories behind How it started with a passing word

How you answered and I liked what I heard Wasn't long before we fell in love

And we thought we'd never part

Velvet curtains draw the show to a close Our scene is over and the whole world knows Velvet curtains shut the light from my mind I leave the stage, put my memories behind How I started to depend on you

How you tried to be dependable too

But you found it hard to change your ways And you merely broke my heart

Pretty soon I knew it had to end Still I fool myself and try to pretend

But what's the good if there's another guy And he's playing the leading part?

Velvet curtains draw the show to a close Our scene is over and the whole world knows Velvet curtains shut the light from my mind I leave the stage, put my memories behind Velvet curtains draw the show to a close

Our scene is over and the whole world knows....

Little Miss Nothing

(Rossi/Parfitt)

People all around they look at you, and I have seen them sneer

But they don't realise how much I need you, so let me make it very clear That you won't have to worry just 'cos your clothes are torn

Your windows they need cleaning and the weeds are growing high But Little Miss Nothing I won't pass you by

You have no daddy to tell your troubles to, but don't you worry I'll share them with you

We won't worry about the stormy weather, if you have troubles we'll share them together

Your house is nearly falling, but I'll change all that for you

Your windows they need cleaning and the weeds are growing high But Little Miss Nothing I won't pass you by

Now I will clean your windows, cut the weeds from high to low I will mend your rooftops, and the taps again will flow

But Little Miss Nothing I won't let you go

When I Awake

(Lancaster/Young) There's an emerald sky Silver birds flying by Purple trees all around Velvet grass on the ground

Then I see a face, of the girl who's calling me

And love is in my eyes for this girl was just a dream When I awake she is gone

And I return to reality When I awake she is gone

Because it's just a dream, a fantasy Then the morning light

Slowly flows into night And I close my eyes And reality dies

Again I see the face of the girl who's calling me

And now she's in my arms but this love can never be When I awake she is gone

And I return to reality When I awake she is gone

Because it's just a dream, a fantasy

Again I see the face of the girl who's calling me

And now she's in my arms but this love can never be When I awake she is gone

And I return to reality When I awake she is gone

Because it's just a dream, a fantasy When I awake...

Nothing At All

There's a man sitting in a concrete room In a place full of emptiness and gloom With his head in his hands he's far away It's a long time ago since yesterday

And now his hands, now his hands start to fall In his world of nothing at all

And now his hands, now his hands start to fall In his world of nothing at all

As a boy he had made so many friends Now they're gone loneliness just never ends And in that cold concrete room he trials the day Yes, the price of a life is hard to pay

And now his hands, now his hands start to fall In his world of nothing at all

And now his hands, now his hands start to fall In his world of nothing at all

Close your eyes, there's nothing more to see Close your eyes and thank the world you're free There's a man sitting in a concrete room

In a place full of emptiness and gloom With his head in his hands he's far away It's a long time ago since yesterday

And now his hands catch the tears that start to fall In his world of nothing at all

And now his hands catch the tears that start to fall In his world of nothing at all

And now his hands, like the tears start to fall In his world of nothing at all

Yes, now his hands, like the tears start to fall In his world of nothing at all

And now his hands, now his hands start to fall In his world of nothing at all

And now his hands, now his hands start to fall In his world of nothing at all

Yes, now his hands...

Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (1970)

Spinning Wheel Blues

Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night Well, red twenty-seven didn't do me right

Well, I went in smiling but I came out feeling down Well, now that I'm a poor man, I got no frends around I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill I need a whole lotta money so I can pay my bills

Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go I had to leave my home town, 'cos they don't want me no more

Daughter

You and I can see what's going wrong We know we don't like it going wrong Daughter can you have sons for yourself Daughter can you have some for yourself All your whiskered friends their wings and life Who knows what 'o' ever reason why

Daughter can you have sons for yourself Daughter can you have some for yourself Listen to the sounds of lowry pride

Seen her in the truth within her life Daughter can you have sons for yourself Daughter can you have some for yourself

Everything

(Rossi/Parfitt)

My eyes can see, my hands can feel My ears can hear, my eyes can see They can see everything, everything A bird that flies, a bird that dies

And who knows why? But with my eyes I can see everything, everything

And now the dawn is breaking I see the dawn is breaking And life seems very good to me I see your face is smiling

Your bed looks warm, inviting I feel your hand walk over me I climb in bed beside you The past is not behind you You feel a little pain inside

And now our heads are whirring It's done, there's no returning You feel the little pain - it dies

My eyes can see, my hands can feel My ears can hear, my eyes can see They can see everything, everything A bird that flies, a bird that dies

And who knows why? But with my eyes I can see everything, everything

And who knows what it all means?

Shy Fly

(Rossi/Young)

Come let me take you, said tiger to the fly You'll never make me, said fly, I'm rather shy I'm gonna get you, said tiger with a glare His eyes were a shining, but fly she was aware

Shy fly keep on smiling, yes, keep on smiling every day Shy fly keep on smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day

Shy fly keep on smiling, you're gonna keep on smiling every day Miss Fly and Tiger turn each other on

But teasing and back-biting makes loving much more fun Fly gets him together, and Tiger thinks he's won

But Fly, she keeps on smiling, he's not the only one Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Shy fly keep on smiling, and keep on smiling every day Shy fly keep on smiling, well you keep on smiling every day Shy fly keep on smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day Shy fly keep on smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day

Shy fly keep on smiling, you're gonna keep on smiling every day Shy fly keep on smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day

Shy fly keep on smiling...

Spring, Summer and Wednesdays

i can't leave, but i won't stay here if i stay, i still won't be here

i am the grass upon which she lays april spring summer and wednesdays i am the hand which feeds her always iam the bed upon which she plays nah, na na nah, na na nah-ah nah, na na nah, na na nah nah, na na nah, na na nah-ah nah, na na nah, na na nah

i can't leave, but i won't stay here if i stay, i still won't be here

i am the feathers in her pillow anywhere i hide, she knows, i know

i am the sunshine through her window anywhere i go, she goes, we go

nah, na na nah, na na nah-ah nah, na na nah, na na nah nah, na na nah, na na nah-ah nah, na na nah, na na nah

i can't leave, but i won't stay here if i stay, i still won't be here

i am the grass upon which she lays april spring summer and wednesdays i am the hand which feeds her always iam the bed upon which she plays nah, na na nah, na na nah-ah nah, na na nah, na na nah nah, na na nah, na na nah-ah nah, na na nah, na na nah All night long

Junior's Wailing

Love me baby, love me when I'm down I said love me baby, love me when I'm down Yeah you gotta love me baby

'cos there's no use hanging around

I said put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun I said put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun Yeah, you gotta love me woman

'cos my life has just begun

Love me baby, love me when I'm down

Oh, love, love me baby, love me when I'm down Yeah you gotta love me baby

'cos there's no use hanging around

Put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun

I said, put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun You gotta love me woman

'cos my life has just begun

Love me baby, love me when I'm down

Oh, love, love, love me baby, love me when I'm down You gotta love me baby

'cos there's no use hanging around, around, around, yeah Love me baby, love me when I'm down

Love me baby, love me when I'm down Oh you gotta love me baby

Lakky Lady

Ah well, I've got a woman and I love, love her so She is big, fat and lazy but I want you all to know That I love her and I need that woman so

She is my little lady and I'm glad that you all know

When she wakes in the morning and her figure tells no lies My eyesight is broken when the light shines on her tights But I love her and I need that woman so

Oh how can I tell you what I'd do if she should go And I love her and I need that woman so

Oh well how can I tell you what I'd do if she should go Ah well she is so lazy, how she moves I'll never know She was so different eleven years ago

But I love her and I need that woman so

She's a big lakky lady but I love that woman so

Need Your Love

(Rossi/Young)

I need your love every day

I need your love, need your love every day I need your love, need your love, need your love I need your love, need your love every day I, I need your love

I, I see your love

And now I'm here to take it I'm glad I've had your love It's not the greatest love

But it's alright with me, alright with me I need your love every day

I need your love, need your love every day I need your love every day

I need your love, need your love, need your love My nights were getting longer

My dreams were getting old I wasn't getting younger My bed was getting cold But it's all far behind me I'm a really satisfied man My nights were getting longer My dreams were getting old I wasn't getting younger My bed was getting cold But it's all far behind me I'm a really satisfied man

I, I need your love I, I see your love

And now I'm here to take it I'm glad I've had your love It's not the greatest love

But it's alright for me, alright for me

Lazy Poker Blues

(Green/Adams)

Me and my baby don't do nothing but laze around all day long Me and my baby don't do nothing but laze around all day long Yeah, when I'm with my baby

Lazy pokin' going on

She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot Yeah, when I'm with my baby

Lazy pokin' going on

She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot Yeah, when I'm with my baby

Lazy pokin' going

Is It Really Me? / Gotta Go Home

Baby, the feeling that you give to me Maybe I'm thinking your so good to me Is it really, really me?

Is it really, really me?

Baby, the feeling, I can't stand the joy Spare me some feeling if I wake up a boy Is it really, really me?

Is it really, really me?

Baby, I'm feeling like a fire, I am

Am I still teething or could I be a man? Is it? Is it?

Is it really, really me? Is it really, really me?

I gotta get along 'cos it's a long, long ride now I've been away too long, I gotta get on home now I'm getting far too old to know my dream of fortune But the time is flowing now, I know what I must do I gotta go home, I gotta go home

I gotta go home to ease my mind I gotta go home, I gotta go home I gotta go home to ease my mind

I gotta get along 'cos it's a long, long ride now I've been away too long, I gotta get on home now I'm getting far too old to know my dream of fortune But the time is flowing now, I know what I must do I gotta go home, I gotta go home

I gotta go home to ease my mind I gotta go home, I gotta go home I gotta go home to ease my mind

Dog Of Two Head (1971)

Umleitung

I don't need you mama, I just need your love

I'm here for loving so take it while I'm good enough I just need your love

Seems I've waited longer than I've ever done My mind is getting evil and my body's numb Woman can I come?

Woman can I come to you? 'Cos I need your love

Yes I need your love

I don't need you mama, I just need your love

I'm here for loving so take it while I'm good enough I just need your love

Seems I've waited longer than I've ever done My mind is getting evil and my body's numb Woman can I come?

Woman can I come to you? 'Cos I need your love

Yes I need your love

Nanana

( Rossi/Young )

Writing songs that I think sound so strange Writing words that I feel I should change It's all right if they sound just like other songs My guitar strums along just the same

If this song's underlined with my name Nanana na nana na na na na na na Nanana na nana na na na na na Nanana na nana na na na na na na Nanana na nana na na na na na

Making sounds that can go on and on It's all right if you stay right on to the end If my song could've been just a bore Then I hope you may come back for more Nanana na nana na na na na na na

Nanana na nana na na na na na Nanana na nana na na na na na na Nanana na nana na na na na na Nanana na nana na na na na na na Nanana na nana na na na na na...

Something’s Going On In My Head

Something you’re saying now Disturbing the way I feel

I don’t know what you’re about I only know the way that I feel I’m holding it here in my mind So please don’t be unkind Don’t talk just let me unwind

‘Cos something’s going on in my head Yeah, something’s going on in my head And I’m not quite sure what you said

I can see the rain outside It’s falling on everything

It’s making such a noise out there But my ears they don’t hear a thing I’m trying to get it over to you

Just what I want you to do

Don’t know what I’m going through ‘Cos something’s going on in my head Yeah, something’s going on in my head And I’m not quite sure what you said Something you’re saying now

Disturbing the way I feel

I don’t know what you’re about I only know the way I feel

I’m holding it here in my mind So please don’t be unkind Don’t talk just let me unwind

‘Cos something’s going on in my head Yeah, something’s going on in my head

And I’m not quite sure what you said

Mean Girl

( Rossi/Young )

Now I'm a sad one, and she was a bad one A mean, mean girl

I never had one as greedy as that one A mean, mean girl

Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

She said I was the first but there were many more She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig once

A mean, mean girl

I felt a sick one, she was a quick one A mean, mean girl

Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

She said I was the first but there were many more Now I'm a sad one, and she was a bad one

A mean, mean girl

I never had one as greedy as that one A mean, mean girl

Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

She said I was the first but there were many more She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig once

A mean, mean girl

I felt a sick one, she was a quick one A mean, mean girl

Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl

She said I was the first but there were many more

Gerdundula

( Manston / James )

Love it seems I just can't find Love it seems I just can't find Seems that I'm the one love The one love left behind

I've searched it just won't come my way I've searched it just won't come my way It's love that I want now

So what more can I say Women seem to pass me by Women seem to pass me by If I could find the reason I'd know the answer why Love it seems I just can't find Love it seems I just can't find Seems that I'm the one love

The one love left behind

Railroad

( Rossi / Young )

Railroad she left me standing on a line Railroad she's really leaving me this time Leaving on the midnight train

Leaving never gonna come back again I'm living alone

A place of my own

A bed a chair and one back door Something went wrong

With the words to my song

And now she ain't around no more It was something she said

As she laid on my bed Six or seven hours ago I guess I was wrong

I really didn't think she would go

Railroad she left me standing on a line Railroad she's really leaving me this time Leaving on the midnight train

Leaving never gonna come back again Her face was always smiling

Guess she was always laughing at me I said her face was always smiling Guess she was always laughing at me If I'd realised

I'd be less suprised

To find that she was laughing at me

Someone's Learning

All around an open fire, no-one’s got a name

The flame is getting higher and higher, nothing's quite the same But someone's learning, the fire keeps burning

Someone's learning, the fire keeps burning

In the night three children died, now, all were under five That's alright, God's on our side, now, our religious right And someone&'s learning, someone's learning

The world keeps turning, and someone's learning Someone made a big mistake, now, that will never do Show him what we think about it, read it in the news And someone's learning, someone's learning

Piledriver (1972)

Don't Waste My Time

You spend my money

You drink my best red wine You think it's funny

To see me all the time

Sitting with my head hanging down Treating me just like a clown

You spend my money

But come on honey don't waste my time When you get older

You'll see what you have done You hung on my shoulder And loved me just for fun

But some day when I'm older too

I'm gonna come and make fool out of you You spend my money

And honey

You sure did waste my time You spend my money

You drink my best red wine You think it's funny

To see me all the time

Sitting with my head hanging down Treating me like a clown

You spend my money

Come on honey don't waste my time

Oh Baby

(Rossi/Parfitt)

Oh baby, why don't you come home? Oh baby, don't you leave me alone Oh baby, been away for far too long

When you get home, gonna sing you this song They're gonna know 'cos you've treating me wrong Oh baby, been away for far too long

Oh baby, why don't you come home? Oh baby, don't you leave me alone Oh baby, been away for far too long

When you get home, gonna sing you this song They're gonna know 'cos you've treating me wrong Oh baby, been away for far too long

A Year

( Lancaster / Frost )

Standing by the wayside, begging for a ride I been waiting so long, a year has gone Look at all the people, strangers every one I've been looking so long, a year has gone

You were all I lived for, I guess my life is through I've been living so long, I can't go on

Lonely Sunday morning, rest in peace, my love You been sleeping so long, a year has gone How could I ever start to tell you

The end is almost here?

The song of love is ringing in my ears Playing loud, playing clear

The song will never change

The memory will always be so near

Standing by the wayside, begging for a ride I been waiting so long, a year has gone

Unspoken Words

(Rossi/Young)

If I could only share with you Once more the fruits of yesterday Could I forget unspoken words? The change in colours of your way I can still see you standing there

Clutching my hand and begging not to go Don't hide the tears, I'm crying too

It doesn't matter too much, no I'll always be with you by your side Watching over you, feeling every pain Hold your head high, think of me there I'll still be with you once again

I'll always be with you by your side Watching over you, feeling every pain Hold your head high, think of me there I'll still be with you once again

Big Fat Mama

Say you need me, say you need me Tell me that you want my love

Say you will be mine and I am yours You think that you're way above me I'm telling you that I can see

All those things that you might wanna be I am yours tonight

You be mine tonight

You keep telling me you're not having me I'm telling you that I can see

All the things that you might wanna be Say you need me, say you need me Tell me that you want my love

Say will be mine and I am yours I am yours tonight

You be mine tonight I got a big fat Mama With a big fat boy

Really thinks she's something else But I love that woman

Like fish loves the water And there is nobody else

I'm gonna tell you woman better do as you're told If you don't, I'm gonna bringing you down

I've got a big fat Mama

And there's no one else around I said say you need me

Come on and say you need me I said say you need me

Say you need me

Come on and say you need me I said say you need me

Paper Plane

Riding on a big white butterfly

I turned my back away towards the sky I closed my eyes to look for something Saw myself as really nothing

Then I realised my butterfly Wasn't really up there with me We all make mistakes, forgive me Would you like to ride my butterfly Riding on a long blue paperplane Getting seasick, sorry once again Landing strip is getting nearer Hope the foglifts, make it clearer Then I realised my paperplane Wasn't really up there with me We all make mistakes, forgive me Would you like to ride my paperplane Riding in a three grand Deutche car A to B is often very far

Legs and heads all feel the wrong way Then I realised my Deutche car

Is only there to get me somewhere Even so I really do care

Would you like to ride my Deutche car

All The Reasons

(Parfitt/Lancaster)

When I find myself in trouble and I need someone to lean on I only have to call and you're right there by my side

When I can't see all the reasons why you have to be so far away I wonder if your love is really here to stay

And I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to

When you're telling me not to worry 'cos you're being there won't be long I only live in hope that you just can't be wrong

Because I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to And I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to

Roadhouse Blues

(Doors)

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse

We're gonna have a real good time

Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love That's sort of people like to go down slow

Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, all night long

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse

We're gonna have a real good time

In the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love At the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love That's sort of people like to go down slow

Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, all night long You gotta roll, roll, roll

You gotta ease my soul, all right You gotta roll, roll, roll

I know you want me baby You gotta roll, roll, roll

You gotta ease my soul, all right

I shoulda made you, I shoulda made you Give up your vows, give up your vows Save my city, save my city

Right now, oh baby, baby I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer

I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer The future's uncertain, and the end is always near Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll All night long

Hello (1973)

Roll Over Lay Down

( Parfitt / Rossi / Lancaster / Young / Coghlan ) When I got home that night early one morning Seeing the note written in ink pinned to the door Taking a drink cool from the fridge from the table I drank a toast you were the most the night before Roll over lay down and let me in

Roll over it's a long way where I've been Roll over lay down and let me in

Roll over lay down

When I get home tomorrow night after this morning

Show me the care you showed in the note the night before Maybe I won't take a drink from the table

Reckon I'll lay me straight down the floor Roll over lay down and let me in

Roll over it's a long way where I've been Roll over lay down and let me in

Roll over lay down

When I get home tomorrow night after this morning

Show me the care you showed in the note the night before Maybe I won't take a drink from the table

Reckon I'll lay me straight down the floor Roll over lay down and let me in

Roll over it's a long way where I've been Roll over lay down and let me in

Claudie

It's so long since I sang songs to you I forget all the words I once knew I could look back

But I can't waste the time Did it matter

They sometimes didn't rhyme

It's so long since I sang songs for you It's so long since you smile just for me Now your smile's just an old use to be Does it matter

That I can take the time Would you rather

I write you one more line

Can my songs once again be for you Claudie made a fool out of me

Made me find another place to be I've been living alone

In a house that wasn't my home With Claudie is the place I want to be When I left did you think of me crying Did you care that I felt I was dying I pretended

That I don't give a damn All along

I've know what I really am

I'm a fool little Claudie just for you Claudie made a fool out of me Made me find another place to be I've been living alone

In a house that wasn't my home With Claudie is the place I want to be

Reason For Living

( Rossi / Parfitt )

I felt in need of some loving So I sat down on a wall

I tried to find a reason for living But I couldn't find a reason at all So I owned up to my maker And I started to say a prayer I waited for an answer

But there wasn't anybody there

I thought there should have been someone But I wasn't quite sure who

It finished me to find there was no-one That I could take my troubles to

So I knelt down by my bedside And I started to say a prayer It was when I asked for nothing

I could feel that there was somebody there I'm looking still, but it's easy

'cos I know which way to go

It doesn't matter how long it takes me

'cos there's someone there to help me who knows All the things that I am after

All the loving that I want to share It's so hard but I don't mind

'cos there really is somebody there I felt in need of some loving

So I sat down on a wall

I tried to find a reason for living But I couldn't find a reason at all So I owned up to my maker And I started to say a prayer I waited for an answer

But there wasn't anybody there

Blue Eyed Lady

( Lancaster / Parfitt ) Little Blue eyed lady

How come you're all alone I've been asking

No one seems to know To whom do you belong Little Blue eyed lady

The band are really moving Everyone is grooving around Little lady

You're still sitting down Excuse me if you will Little Blue eyed lady The party's nearly over Your eyes still read the same Are you looking

For one who never came Are you a passing cloud Or a new found baby Little new found baby How come you're all alone I've been asking

No one seems to know Are you a passing cloud Little Blue eyed lady

Caroline

If you want to turn me onto Anything you really want to

Turn me onto your love sweet love If the night-time is the right time Anytime of yours is my time

We can find time for love sweet love Come on sweet Caroline

You're my sweet Caroline You know I want to take you I've really got to make you Come on sweet Caroline

Take my hand together we can rock-n-roll When I'm thinking of you sleeping

I'm at home alone and weeping

Are you keeping your love sweet love Do you still care when I'm not there Do you really wish I was there

Can I come there for love sweet love Come on sweet Caroline

You're my sweet Caroline You know I want to take you I've really got to make you Come on sweet Caroline

Take my hand together we can rock-n-roll

Softer Ride

( Lancaster / Parfitt ) I ain't gonna work

I ain't gonna work no more Stay in bed

Til' I'm satisfied And let my head Take a softer ride I ain't gonna work

I ain't gonna work no more I ain't gonna work

I ain't gonna work no more Find me a schack

Where it's cool inside Turn my back

I ain't gonna work

I ain't gonna work no more I could go back

To the job I had

But the same old thing Only drives me mad, so I ain't gonna work

I ain't gonna work no more Never again

Will I have to be..down I ain't gonna work

I ain't gonna work no more Stay in bed

Til' I'm satisfied And let my head Take a softer ride I ain't gonna work

I ain't gonna work no more

And It's Better Now

Riding along on the words of a song in my head

Thinking all day of the thoughts in my mind never said I have needed a friend, over and over again

Everyone sings of a God they have known Now I have a God of my own

And it's better now, been a long, long time And it's better now that the words can rhyme

Gotta have something to sing about, everyone must have a song Now I got something to sing about, everyone's singing my song Gotta have something to sing about, everyone must have a song Now I got something to sing about, everyone's singing my song Dreaming away, never wishing to be anyone

Never a question or reason to find right or wrong When I looked at the end, over and over again Riding along on the words of a song

Thinking my time had all gone

And it's better now, been a long, long time And it's better now that the words can rhyme

Gotta have something to sing about, everyone must have a song Now I got something to sing about, everyone's singing my song Gotta have something to sing about, everyone must have a song Now I got something to sing about, everyone's singing my song

Forty-Five Hundred Times

There's nobody on the end of my line I'm in time but somebody's missing Maybe I can find a hand for my hand If I find a well for my wishing

Be my friend, be my friend It gets lonely on a table for two Laughing on your own can be no fun Even people that are talking to you

Remind you that you're really with no-one Be my friend, be my friend

Take me over like a thing from the past Lots of people wishing they'd been there No-one knowing just how long it would last But I'm sitting still here in my chair

Be my friend, be my friend

Forty-five hundred times I told you how much I care Forty-five hundred times I told you how much I care Problems halved are the problems that we can share White lies in our eyes, together not really there

Forty-five hundred times I told you you can lean on me Forty-five hundred times I told you you can lean on me Though it's taken a long time for you to see

Where we're at is the right place for us to be I sure want to stay here, it sure feels fine I feel I could be here a long long time

Now that I've made it, I don't want to fade it Now that I've made it with you

We came a long way, a slow way too Up from the down way and back to you Now that I've made it I don't want to fade it

Quo (1974)

Now that I've made it with you

Backwater

Down at Backwater junction Rolling down the line

In the dark early morning I heard the one-forty-nine

I was walking down the highway Needed somewhere to go

A lady laid beside me And she invited me home

She led me cold, tired and hungry Down the backwater road

In a house on the corner looking over the track I woke up with a fever And a pain in my back

She was lying there beside me My fever started to grow

Had a funny feeling But the lady said no The lover needs a doctor Down the Backwater Road Whatcha' lookin' for

Whatcha' lookin' for

Lady do you know whatcha' lookin' for Was I wrong to play along

Lady was I right or lady was I wrong Backwater doctor

You've got me breathing in time It's ten-thirty in the morning And I'm feeling alright

I went back to my lady But I wasn't to know Lady left this morning

And she's not coming home I was cold when she left me Down the Backwater Road

Just Take Me

( Parfitt / Lancaster )

I am just a poor man, got nowhere to go All my leaves have fallen, left me all alone If I was a rich man, if I was a king

I would give you all I have, give you everything If you'd just take me, just take me now

If you'd just take me

Never seen my daddy, died when I was two

Mama did the best she could, taught me all she knew Said that love was everything, tears came to her eyes Never knew the meaning, now I realise

Love is all you need, all you need now If you just take me

I'm trying hard to get you, I'm not the only one Never had a big car, but I'm not on the run If love has got a meaning see it in my eyes If you see the beginning, then you'd realise Love is all you need, all you need now If you just take me

I am just a poor man, got nowhere to go All my leaves have fallen, left me all alone If I was a rich man, if I was a king

I would give you all I have, give you everything If you'd just take me, just take me now

If you'd just take me Just take me

Just take me now

Won't you just take me Just take me

Just take me now

Won't you just take me

Break The Rules

( Rossi / Young / Parfitt / Lancaster / Coghlan ) Spent a long, long evening

In a low down honky-tonk bar Pulled a low down lady

With a long black honky-tonk car I asked no questions

I got no lies A one off winner I didn't want any ties And I knew it wasn't right

Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules Took me down on the highway

Doing too many miles an hour By the way she motored

Thought we might have made the Eiffel Tower She stopped the motor

By her own front door I knew she'd done it So many times before But I was off of the floor

But, everybody has to sometimes break the rules I woke up next moring

Feeling kind of up and down 'Cos I did not know

If I was in or out of the town Then I saw the face

From the night before My purse was empty Lying there on the floor But like I told you before

That, everybody has to sometimes break the rules I spend a low down evening

Sitting high on a honky-tonk stool And I spent my money

Like a low down honky-tonk fool

But everybody has to sometimes break the rules Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules

Drifting Away

( Parfitt / Lancaster )

You can't see what you mean to me I just can't get you out of my head You move me more than I've ever been Like a wild supersonic jet

But I can see your love drifting away

And I don't want your love d-d-d-drifting away I got told by a friend of mine

That you don't want me anymore Now my friend's got a broken nose Sure and I got a broken jaw

So don't push me around, throw me away And I don't want your love d-d-d-drifting away Don't you know what I'm living for

Don't you know what I'm trying to say Don't try to shove me outta that door 'Cos you're mine and it's staying that way I'm giving you my love just throw it away But I can see your love d-d-d-drifting away Oh drifting away you got me drifting away Oh drifting away

Don't Think It Matters

Maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong I got to go on anyway

I'm finding it hard to try and play the right card And woman you're getting in my way

Oh, you don't think it matters at all No, you don't think it matters at all No, you don't think it matters at all

I'm working all night, you know I'm working all night Trying to get something out of my head

I live for the day when everybody will say It's better than all of the rest

Oh, you don't think it matters at all No, you don't think it matters at all No, you don't think it matters at all

Maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong I just do the best that I can

I been working all night, yeah I work through the night Woman can't you understand

Oh, you don't think it matters at all No, you don't think it matters at all No, you don't think it matters at all

Fine Fine Fine

( Rossi / Young )

I never knew of heartache 'til I messed with you I sure do sitting here And feeling all the pain I just can't sleep now

'cos I'm hoping that you'll keep

Another heartache for my heart again My mama taught me

How to read from the good book My papa taught me

How to win and lose a game They went down smiling 'cos they left me all they had

Plus another heartache for my heart again But now it's fine, fine, fine

'cos you're with me all the time

There to care and share the things I do And now it's fine, fine, fine

'cos you're with me all the time Everywhere and even nowhere too I use to make the late nights

On a cheap weekend

But all the women there were Just a crying shame

I heard them saying

That they didn't think I'd stop

For another heartache for my heart again But now it's fine, fine, fine

'cos you're with me all the time

There to care and share the things I do And now it's fine, fine, fine

'cos you're with me all the time Everywhere and even nowhere too

Lonely Man

( Parfitt / Lancaster )

Lonely man upon the shore

You're protection is quite clear And you're never really near

Will you ever find what you are looking for? Seeing others on the shelf

Only thinking of yourself Will you ever start to learn? Will your pockets ever burn?

Will you ever find what you are looking for? Look at the sky, why do you cry?

What do you see? Your misery Look at the sky, why do you cry? What do you see? Your misery Lonely man, you're on your own Find someone to take you home A friend is what you need

Would you mind if it was me?

Maybe then you'll find what you are looking for Will you ever find what you are looking for?

Slow Train

( Rossi / Young )

I can't afford a ticket on an old Dakota airplane I gotta jump a ride on a cattle-trucking slow train I guess it doesn't matter

As long as I can get my head down in the sun I wrote a rockin' song, gonna sing it at the station I'll finish all the words when I reach my destination I guess it doesn't matter

As long as I can get my head down in the sun Hey mama, please now don't you fret none Don't worry, but please don't you forget Hey mama, please don't get upset none I gotta leave to find me something better Hey mama, things gonna work out fine now Believe me, no need for you to write

Hey mama, things gonna work out fine now I gotta friend who said that she'd invite me

I came here in the morning and I crept out in the middle of night I gave nobody warning I was leaving and I felt it was right

Now I'm off again, it sure is feeling all right

Got a feeling that I'm leaving with a ticket and I won't jump a ride It's no good you believing that my leaving was a wrong, it was right Now I'm off again, it sure is feeling all right

I gotta jump a ride on a cattle-trucking slow train I guess it doesn't matter

As long as I can get my head down in the sun I wrote a rockin' song, gonna sing it at the station I'll finish all the words when I reach my destination I guess it doesn't matter

As long as I can get my head down in the sun I guess it doesn't matter

As long as I can get my head down in the sun I guess it doesn't matter

As long as I can get my head down in the sun

On The Level (1975)

Little Lady

Well I saw my little lady Walking down the street

And I asked her Where you going to Well I saw my little lady

Walking down the street

She said she'd found somebody new Found myself all alone

Ain't no fun on your own Now I'm like a rolling stone So I made another lady And so many more

Didn't really know wich way to go So I made another lady

And so many more

But no-one did I get to know Found myself all alone

Ain't no fun on your own Now I'm like a rolling stone Then I saw my little lady Walking down the street

Didn't know where she was going to So I told my little lady

Walking down the street

Now you know what I've been going through Found herself all alone

Ain't no fun on your own Living like a rolling stone I was like a rolling

I was like a rolling stone

Most Of The Time

Walking alone, a street with no phone Could I be younger most of the time? Doing her wrong, taking so long

Should I do all things in my own time?

May I be wiser, yes, than most men will ever be? May I be younger most of the time

Most of the time, most of the time Most of the time, most of the time

May I be wiser, yes, than most men will ever be? May I be younger most of the time

Most of the time, most of the time Most of the time, most of the time Most of the time, most of the time Most of the time, most of the time Most of the time, most of the time

I Saw The Light

( Rossi / Young )

You made me love you Now I can't say goodbye You're way above me But I'll never know why And when I turn left And then you turn right And you say you're right And yo're wrong

I know you're wrong I saw the light in you

Wasn't much that I could do I saw the light in you

I saw the light

You made me like you No like you I am

I'm trying to stay me But I don't know if I can When I say it's black And you say it's white And I say it's black And you're wrong I known you're wrong

Keep standing on a platform Watching all the trains go past Keep on trying to catch one

But you know they're much to fast Never seem to make it

I need to need to need to Need to get away

Over And Done

I really didn't wanna break it

You know I'm sorry it's over and done I really thought we would have made it But now it's gone

Can you look into my eyes and tell me That there's nothing wrong

I know you know it's not the same It's not the same old song

It's over and over and over I told you

It's over and done

None of us are getting younger But we all want to be a millionaire And when you stop to think about it It seems unfair

But if you never stop to think at all You'd never be aware

And never understand the meaning Of the love we shared

I'ts over and over I told you I'ts over

It's only fair

Oh it's over and over I told you

I'ts over and done

It's no good trying to make it better You know it's doesn't feel the right to do Everything we shared together

Would break in two

Can you hear what I've been trying to say I wouldn't do you wrong

We've got to get it over now and learn To carry on

I'ts over and over and over I told you

It's over and done

I'ts over and over and over I told you

It's over and done Oh it's over and over I told you

It's over and done

Nightride

Hoping, it's gonna be the right ride Feeling so well

I'm in tune cant' you tell That I'm grooving

Can't you tell I'm in tune

And I'm moving so much closer to you Leaning, hoping for a straight line Meaning, hoping for the right rhyme I'm in tune to the room

'Cos my head just went Boom And I'm moving

Can't you tell I'm in tune

And I'm moving so much closer to you Can't you tell I'm in tune

And I'm moving so much closer to you You, you, you, you, you move me You, you, you, you, you move me You, you, you, you, you move me You, you, you, you, you move me Scheming, thinking of the right place Beaming, laughing at my own face We've got a long way to go

'Cos you make like you're so dissaproving But can't you tell I'm in tune

And I'm moving so much closer to you Can't you tell I'm in tune

And I'm moving so much closer to you You, you, you, you, you move me You, you, you, you, you move me You, you, you, you, you move me You, you, you, you, you move me You...

Down Down

Get down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Get down deeper and down I want all the world to see To see you're laughing And you're laughing at me I can take it all from you

Again again again again again again again Deeper and down

Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Get down deeper and down

I have all the ways you see To keep you guessing Stop your messing with me You'll be back to find your way

Again again again again again again again Deeper and down

Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Get down

Get down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Get down deeper and down I have found out you see I know what you're doing What you`re doing to me I'll keep on and say to you

Again again again again again again again Deeper and down

Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Down down deeper and down Get down

Broken Man

Sitting by a broken window

Up in a back room swallowing wine Gazing down a backstreet garden With my bed chair table and wine

Looks like I'm going no where but no where's where I am Guess I'll always be a backstreet broken man

Oooh broken man, oh yeah, broken man Calling out my name and number

As I was walking out of my cell Louie gave me back my wallet

He nearly dropped my picture of Nell

Drinking gets you nowhere but nowhere's where I am Guess I'll always be a backstreet broken man

Oooh broken man, oh yeah, backstreet broken man Early on a Sunday morning

As I was walking on down the lane Someone said, I beg your pardon And I was sure I knew her name

She was going somewhere but nowhere's where I ran Guess I'll always be a backstreet broken man

Oooh that's where I am

What To Do

I found her in a nowhere and I lost her And I found her and I lost her in a way She told me of a life, of a great life Of a fun life but a dumb life in a way

We took off to a somewhere, it was fun there All along there but we left there in a way I didn't know just what to do

I didn't know just what to do

I didn't know just what to do to do We started talkin easy 'bout the sleazy And the easy things that people do I told her of a life, of a strange one

Pre-arranged one that I dreamt of anyway I didn't know just what to do

I didn't know just what to do

I didn't know just what to do to do I found her in a nowhere, and I lost her And I found her and I lost her in a way I told her of a life, of a strange one

Pre-arranged one that I dreamt of anyway I didn't know just what to do

I didn't know just what to do

I didn't know just what to do to do

Where I Am

(Parfitt)

Let me know, let me see

What is this thing that is constantly happening to me, yeah 'Cos when you hold me tight, oh how it feels so right

Yeah and I know where I am If I should cry, let me cry My tears are crying a lullaby

'Cos when I hold you tight, oh how it feels so right Yeah and I know where I am

Changes in me, learning to be

Everything that I just silently wanted to see 'Cos when I'm all alone, everything that I own Lets me know where I am

Give to me what you can I'll give you all I command

Bye Bye Johnny

Well she drew out all her money from the Southern trust And put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus

Leaving Louisianna for the golden west Down came the tears from her happiness Her own little son, named Johnny B. Goode

Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode

She remembered making money out from gathering crops Buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop

As long as he would play it by the railroad side And wouldn't get in trouble she'll be satisfied Never thought there'd ever come a day like this When she got to give her son a goodbye kiss I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode Well she finally got the letter she was dreaming of Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love

As soon as he was married he would bring her back And build a mansion for them by the railroad track Every time they heard a locomotiv roar

They'd be standing, a waiting by the kitchen door I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode I said Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye

I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode

Blue For You (1976)

Is There A Better Way

Is there a better way Is there a better way

Is there a better way ahead Or just another day

There's got to be a way To make a better day I'm gonna find away To make a better day

You're never gonna be the one to hold me down You're never gonna be the one to hold me down There never was a better way with you around No matter what I do

Do what you got to do

But do it now because the the time Is running out on you

You've got to find a way To make a better day

You've got to live and learn To fight another day

I'm never gonna be the one who put you down I'm never gonna be the one who put you down

You never know there may be someone in the crowd There may be someone in the crowd

Is there a better way Is there a better way

Is there a better way ahead Or just another day

Maybe you'll never know A better way to go

I've got a feeling

You don't really want to know

I'll never let you be the one to hold me down I'll never let you be the one to hold me down There never was a better way with you around There never was a better way

I'll never let you be the one to hold me down I'll never let you be the one to hold me down There never was a better way with you around There never was a better way

Mad About The Boy

She never has to worry And she never has to try She's never in a hurry And I know the reason why She's got her Daddie's