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1.1 – Long Cool Woman
Saturday night I was down town
Working for the F.B.I.
Sitting in a nest of bad men
Risky bottles piling high
Boot legging boozer on the west side
Full of people who are doing wrong
Just about to call up the D.I. man
When i heard this woman singing a song.
A pair of forty fives made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a five nine beautiful tall
With just one look i was a bad mess
'Cos that long cool woman had it all.
Saw her heading to the table
Well a tall walking big black cat
When Charlie said "i hope that you're able boy"
Well I’m telling you she knows where it's at
Well suddenly we heard a siren
And ev'rybody started to run
A jumping out of doors and tables
Well I heard somebody shooting a gun.
Well the D.I. was pumping my left hand
And a she a holding my right
And I told her don't get scared
'Cos you're gonna be spared
And I gotta be popular now
If I wanna spend my living with
A long cool woman in a black dress
Just a five nine beautiful tall
With just one look i was a bad mess
'Cos that long cool woman had it all
Had it all
Had it all
Had it all.
1.2 - Carrie Anne
Hey Carrie Anne, Hey Carrie Anne
When we were at school our games were simple
I played a janitor, you played a monitor
Then you played with older boys and prefects
What’s the attraction in what they’re doing
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
You were always something special to me
Quite independent, never caring
You lost you’re charm as you were ageing
Where is your magic disappearing
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
You’re so, so like a woman to me (so like a woman to me)
So, (so), so (so) like a woman to me ( like a woman to me)
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
People live and learn, but you’re still learning
You use my mind and I’ll be your teacher
When the lesson’s over, you’ll be with me
Then I’ll hear the other people saying
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
Hey Carrie Anne, what’s your game now, can anybody play
Carrie Anne
Carrie Anne
Carrie Anne
1.3 - King Midas In
Reverse
If you could only see me
I know exactly where I am
You wouldn't want to be me
Oh, I can assure you of that
I'm not the guy to run with
'Cause I’ll throw you off the line
I'll break you and destroy you
Given time
He's king Midas with a curse
He's king Midas in reverse
He's king Midas with a curse
He's king Midas in reverse
It's plain to see it's hopeless
Going on the way we are
So even though I’d lose you
You'd be better off by far
He's not the man to hold your trust
Everything he touches turns to dust
In his hands
Nothing he can do is right
He'd even like to sleep at night
But he can't
All he touches turns to dust
All he touches turns to dust
All he touches turns to dust
All he touches turns to dust
I wish someone would find me
And help me gain control
Before I lose my reason
And my soul
He's king Midas with a curse
He's king Midas in reverse
He's king Midas with a curse
He's king Midas in reverse
1.4 - The Day That
Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
Big tall man standing in the street
Gun hanging by his side
Just one man that he'd like to meet
That's when I began to hide
I recognised him from the face of his son
The hate in his eye didn't lie
Oh what I did can't be undone
Borrowed time there's none to buy
Well I hid round the back of a derelict shack
Ain't looking for a mad showdown
But he was smart, he'd already checked
A week in advance I’d paid down
Well the hotel clerk was a fun-loving man
The job he had it didn't pay
He told all about what happened that night
There he is, that's the one's all he'd say
Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping
On my bad neighbours doors
Crying Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
Let me in I gotta hide
Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee’s dying
No one to protect our town
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly,
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down
Big tall man standing in the street
Now a hand hovering waiting to slide
Drew out his gun it wasn't for fun
Let me in there's nowhere to hide
Well I made my play but it wasn't my day
I felt the ripping lead
That's when I knew my time was through
Rest in peace were the last words he said
Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping
On my bad neighbours doors
Crying Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
Let me in I gotta hide
Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee’s dying
No one to protect our town
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly,
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down
Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping
On my bad neighbours doors
Crying Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
Let me in I gotta hide
Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee’s dying
No one to protect our town
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly,
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down
1.5 - I’m Down
Shook my head out of dreams
Reality's calling
The early bird's been up all morning
But I’ve got no notion of moving from where I am
Though my legs won't move
I feel disabled
I'm on a shelf an article labelled
Waiting for someone to fetch me from lost and found
I'm down no one to hear me calling
I'm down no one to see me falling
I'm down
Had my ways
With days of sunshine
Life came easy it all fell in line
But then again I didn't realise
When you're used to one thing
It's hard to accept another
Like the woman who brought you up
Well she ain't your mother
How do you cope
With a thing like that
I'm down no one to hear me calling
I'm down no one to see me falling
I'm down
I always thought it was my dad who went to war
Thought it was my sister who fell off the wall
My pseudo-brother Billy emigrated long ago
Someone went through pain to have me
Someone I should know
I'm down
I'm down
To the folks who brought me up
I'm not ungrateful
Kept the secret from me
They thought it was shameful
It hurt me so
To be the last one to know
Maybe someone's out there
Looking for me
Left on their own
Couldn't afford to clothe me
And I I don't even know my real name
I'm down no one to hear me calling
I'm down no one to see me falling
I'm down
I'm down
I'm down
I'm down
1.6 - I Can't Tell The
Bottom From The Top
And every time I get to thinking
With every thought of you
I wanna shout aloud
And then I think about
The love I had inside me
And how you brought what's inside out
So now love's made it to the outside
I wanna to tell the world
Of everything I’ve found
Somehow your love released
A spring wound up inside me
You've turned my living upside-down
And I can't tell the bottom from the top
Am I standing on my head or on my heels
Is it cloudy is it bright
Is it day or is it night
Am I wrong or am I right
And is it real
Tell me where you learned the magic
The spell you used the day you made me fall
Baby now I know that love is no illusion
I'm upside-down but ten feet tall
And I can't tell the bottom from the top
Am I standing on my head or on my heels
Is it cloudy is it bright
Is it day or is it night
Am I wrong or am I right
And is it real
On and on I drifted with the tide
I didn't know that love could move me so
You filled my life with love and much more besides
And you showed me which way to go
And I can't tell the bottom from the top
Am I standing on my head or on my heels
Is it cloudy is it bright
Is it day or is it night
Am I wrong or am I right
And is it real
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2.1 - Write On
Write on, even though there's no one listening to your songs
Write on
Shine on, get it together, let your light break through
Shine on, baby, shine on
Write on, sitting on your own, waiting for the phone
Come on, come on, come on
Write on, for your fame and fortune will follow you, coming on strong
Coming on strong
Don't feel bad 'cos the radio ain't playing 'em
It won't be long til you're going out and slayin' 'em
Shine on
You're not the first, you won't be the last
To feel the frustration of a musical fast
Write on, baby, write on
Sing your rock and roll with a touch of soul
Ballads with feeling, send your audience reeling
Rock on, rock on
Find a man with a van, a back up band
Who'll give you a hand on your one night stand
Rock on, baby, rock on
Give 'em your licks, getting off on their kicks
Swaying in motion to a rhythmic potion
Rock on, baby, rock on
Music freaks and all those hustlers
Hangers on, trying to make a con
Rock on
Don't sign on the line till you know it's all fine
It's your life baby, you got to give it time
Rock on, baby, rock on
Write on, even though there's no one listening to your songs
Write on
Shine on, get it together, let your light break through
Shine on, baby, shine on
Don't feel bad 'cos the radio ain't playing 'em
It won't be long til you're going out and slayin' 'em
Shine on
You're not the first, you won't be the last
To feel the frustration of a musical fast
Write on, baby, write on
Sing your rock and roll with a touch of soul
Ballads with feeling, send your audience reeling
Rock on, rock on
Find a man with a van, a back up band
Who'll give you a hand on your one night stand
Rock on, rock on
Give 'em your licks, getting off on their kicks
Swaying in motion to a rhythmic potion
Rock on, baby, rock on
2.2 - Lucy
Got a call from the doctor
He said hold on my friend
You've gotta know what I’m knowing
Please come right away
He said Lucy’s been seeing me
And things just ain't right
You'll have to hold things together
'Cos Lucy ain't much time
Now should I tell her or keep it inside
Making her happy by feeding her lines
How am I gonna tell the children
That mama's goin' away
I couldn't love another woman
Oh Lucy please stay
If I’m gonna lose you
After all this time
I'm gonna make life more beautiful
I'm gonna make you make you feel fine
If we make tomorrow
We'll make it better every way
We'll keep on building
'Cause we're living day to day
Now should I tell her or keep it inside
Making her happy by feeding her lines
How am I gonna tell the children
That mama's goin' away
I couldn't love another woman
Oh Lucy please stay
I couldn't love another woman
Lucy please stay
Baby baby
Baby Lucy please oh won't you stay
I need you I need you
Please don't go please don't go
Lucy please please won't you stay
I want you to know that I love you
I love you
I'm gonna miss your sweet love
Lucy won't you stay
2.3 - He Ain't Heavy,
He's My Brother
The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I’m strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
So on we go
His welfare is of my concern
No burden is he to bear
We'll get there
For I know
He would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
If I’m laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another
It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share
And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy he's my brother
He's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
2.4 - Star
I was jiving along in my big Cadillac
Saw a thumb going up, I said driver go back
Played her a track from my latest LP
Getting bad vibes she hadn't recognized me
She said she didn't know me but my name's been in lights
Giant size neon’s on the strip every night
The camera man did the best that he can
Still she said I don't know you I just can't understand
I'm a star, yeah
I'm a star (baby bathe in my glow)
I'm a star, anyway
I was trying to be nice but I’m not into that
I usually make it without any chat
She was taking it easy, taking it slow
I said come on baby, I’m ready to go
I'm a star, yeah
I'm a star (baby bathe in my glow)
I'm a star, anyway
She said drop me off here and to my surprise
You wouldn't believe it, it was Beverly drive
Some sort of commotion, what's happening here
We've arrived at her premiere, I shouldn't be here
She's a star, yeah
She's a star, I didn't know it
She's a star anyway
2.5 - Hey Willy
Hey Willy your mother calls you Billy
Your father calls you silly
But you really are a pretty one
Hey baby you're dressing like a lady
The fellows call you Sadie
But you really are a pretty one
You don't care
What they say about your hair
'Cause the bad man's smiling
Every time he sees you comin' yeah
Willy is the singer in a rock'n'roll band
Every time he shows his face
Put away your
Oh yeah Willy's gonna show them now
No no no no Willy's gonna go somehow
My name's Willy gonna turn on the lights
Playing rock'n'roll music to early early night
Can't stop dancing to the rhythm in your feet
Listen to the drummer yeah listen to the beat
Oh yeah Willy's gonna show them now
No no no no Willy's gonna go somehow
Hey Willy your mother calls you Billy
Your daddy calls you silly
But you really are a pretty one
Hey baby you're dressing like a lady
The fellows call you Sadie
But you really are a pretty one
You don't care
What they say about your hair
'Cause the bad man's smiling
Every time he sees you comin' yeah
Willy is the singer in a rock'n'roll band
Every time he shows his face
Put away your
Oh yeah Willy's gonna show them now
No no no no Willy's gonna go somehow
2.6 - On A Carousel
Riding along on a carousel
Trying to catch up to you
Riding along on a carousel
Will I catch up to you
Horses chasing 'cause they're racing
So near yet so far
On a carousel, on a carousel
Nearer, nearer by changing horses
Still so far away
People fighting for their places
Just get in the way
Soon you'll leave and then I’ll lose you
Still we're going round
On a carousel, on a carousel
Round and round and round and round and round
And round and round and round with you
Up, down, up, down, up, down too
As she leaves she drops the presents
That she won before
Pulling ducks out of the water
Got the highest score
Now's my chance and I must take it
A case of do-or-die
On a carousel, on a carousel
Round and round and round and round and round
And round and round and round with you
Up, down, up, down, up, down too
Riding along on a carousel
Trying to catch up to you
Riding along on a carousel
Will I catch up to you
Now we take our ride together
No more chasing her
On a carousel, on a carousel
On a carousel, on a carousel
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3.1 - Sorry Suzanne
I can't make it if you leave me
I'm sorry Suzanne believe me I was wrong
And I knew I was all along
Forgive me
I still love you more than ever
I'm sorry Suzanne for ever hurting you
You know I never wanted to
I'm truly sorry Suzanne
I could never ever justify
All the tears I made you cry
But I do regret it my Suzanne
You gotta believe me
I was lookin' 'round for someone new
What a foolish thing to do
All the time I knew it
Heaven knows what made me do it girl
I can't make it if you leave me
I'm sorry Suzanne believe me I was wrong
And I knew I was all along all along
I'm truly sorry Suzanne
If you would only take me back again
Things would be so different then
What I wouldn't give for
One more chance to live for you Suzanne
I can't make it if you leave me
I'm sorry Suzanne believe me I was wrong
And I knew I was all along
Forgive me
I still love you more than ever
I'm sorry Suzanne for ever hurting you
You know I never wanted to
I'm truly sorry Suzanne
3.2 - The Air That I
Breathe
If I could make a wish
I think I’d pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound
Nothing to eat, no books to read
Making love with you
Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired
What more could I ask
There's nothing left to be desired
Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep
Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep
Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes to love you
3.3 - Listen To Me
Listen To Me I’ll Sing A Song To Change Your Mind
Have You Ever Wondered Why
When Everything Goes Wrong
Nobody Stops To Lend A Hand
Nobody Seems To Care
Then She Looks You In The Eye
And Suddenly You're Strong
And Very Soon You Realise
That You Didn't Care About Love
Listen To Me I’ll Sing A Song To Change Your Mind
Your Ears Are Deaf, Your Mouth Is Dumb, Your Eyes Are Blind
Listen To Me And Very Soon I Think You'll Find
Somebody Wants To Help You, Somebody Seems To Care
And Very Soon You've Forgotten That You Didn't Care About Love
Does It Hurt To Realise
You've Been Acting Very Strange
Refusing To Take The Love She Gives
Pretending You Don't Care
Did It Take You By Surprise
To Discover How You'd Changed
How You Forgot To Remember
That You Didn't Care About Love
Listen To Me I’ll Sing A Song To Change Your Mind
Your Ears Are Deaf, Your Mouth Is Dumb, Your Eyes Are Blind
Listen To Me And Very Soon I Think You'll Find
Somebody Wants To Help You, Somebody Seems To Care
And Very Soon You've Forgotten
That You Didn't Care About Love
Listen To Me I’ll Sing A Song To Change Your Mind
Your Ears Are Deaf, Your Mouth Is Dumb, Your Eyes Are Blind
Listen To Me And Very Soon I Think You'll Find
Somebody Wants To Help You, Somebody Seems To Care
And Very Soon You've Forgotten
That You Didn't Care About Love
3.4 - Jennifer Eccles
White chalk written on red brick
Our love told in a heart
It's there drawn in the playground
Love kiss hate or adore
I love Jennifer Eccles
I know that she loves me
I love Jennifer Eccles
I know that she loves me
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
I used to carry her satchels
She used to walk by my side
But when we got to her doorstep
Her dad wouldn't let me inside
One Monday morning found out I’d made the grade
Started me thinking had she done the same
One Monday morning found out I’d made the grade
Started me thinking had she done the same
I hope Jennifer Eccles
Is going to follow me there
Our love is bound to continue
Love kiss hate or adore singing
I love Jennifer Eccles
I know that she loves me
I love Jennifer Eccles
I know that she loves me
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
3.5 - Too Young To Be
Married
She wakes up early every morning
She get up long before the sunshine
Greets the milkman who's still yawning
And reads the paper for a short time
Calls the kids "get out of bed"
They never hear a word she says
Husband stands to leave the table
She says "I hope you have a good day"
He thinks "one day soon as I’m able
I'll get a job where I get good pay."
They find it hard to make ends meet
But they don't mention it because they have each other
An love is free while they're supposed to be ...
Too young to be married
Too young to be free
Too young to be married
But what could they do, they were going to have a baby
After the kids have had their breakfast
Now they're off to get some schooling
She cleans the house and makes the beds
She starts to dreams but knows she's fooling
She swears one day she'll stay in bed
But for now she knows she's got to keep on working
'Cos round and round inside her head
She hears the words her mother said ...
Too young to be married
Too young to be free
Too young to be married
But what could they do, they were going to have a baby
Too young to be married
Too young to be free
Too young to be married
But what could they do?
3.6 - Blowing In The
Wind
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man
How many seas must the white dove sail
Before she can sleep in the sand
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Well, how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
And how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
4.1 - Sandy (4th Of
July, Asbury Park)
Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight for I may never see you again
Hey Sandy girl my baby
Sandy the fireworks are hailin' over little Eden tonight
Forcin' a light into all those stony faces left stranded on this warm July
And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on
the shore
Chasin' all those silly New York virgins by the score
Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight and I promise I’ll love you forever
Oh I mean it sandy girl oh my baby
Hey sandy girl my baby
Sandy the waitress I was seein' lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night she said she won't set herself on fire for me
anymore
Did you hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes better
than they do
For me this boardwalk life is through you ought to quit this scene too
Sandy the aurora is risin' behind us
Those pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh love me tonight for I may never see you again
Hey sandy girl my baby
Hey Sandy girl oh my baby
Hey Sandy girl my baby
4.2 - Lonely Hobo
Lullaby
Heading out on my way to nowhere
Just a traveling man
Hitching rides along the highway
From who ever I can
Gotta stop someplace somewhere
And put some leather on my shoes
They're the only pair that get me there
Any horizon that I choose
I know when the cold wind blows
My coat will keep me warm
I've got no woman's love
To call my own
I saw you lying there
A cast-off from another man
So I picked you up took you home
And home is on my back
Lonely hobo lullaby is my song
Lonely hobo lullaby gets me along
My shoes my coat my jeans
And anything else I own
We're a family without a tree
No roots to hold us down
Heading out on my way to nowhere
Just a traveling man
Hitching rides along the highway
From who ever I can
Gotta stop someplace somewhere
And put some leather on my shoes
They're the only pair that get me there
Any horizon that I choose
4.3 - I’ll Be Your
Baby Tonight
Close your eyes, close the door
You don't have to worry anymore
I'll be your little baby tonight
Shut the light, shut the shade
You don't have to be afraid
I'll be your baby tonight
Well the mockingbird's gonna sail away
You won't regret it
The big fine moons gonna shine like a spoon
You won't regret, you won't forget
To get your shoes off
Do not fear
Bring that bottle over here
I'll be your baby tonight
Well the mockingbird's gonna sail away
You won't regret it
The big fine moons gonna shine like a spoon
You won't regret, you won't forget
To get your shoes off
Do not fear
Bring that bottle over here
I'll be your baby tonight
I'll be your baby tonight
4.4 - Long Dark Road
It's over, well over
In my mind and in my heart
It's over, well over
But then again it didn't have a good start
You'd tell me, try to sell me
It could have been all I asked
It's over, well over
It's there and flows away
A distant past
Now it's a long dark road
Yes, a long dark road
And you know I loved you
Yes, you know I loved you
Now it's a long dark road
Yes, a long dark road
And you know I loved you
Yes, you know I loved you
It's over, well over
And we can't revive what's past
It's gone now, moved on now
But then again it didn't have a chance to last
No, no, no, a chance to last
Now it's a long dark road
Yes, a long dark road
And you know I loved you
Yes, you know I loved you
4.5 - Daddy Don’t Mind
Sass
'e' frass and Joe 'd' glow
Headin' out to the picture show
Sweet innocence not yet 18
Daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
Heavy Chevy soft top down
One arm driver, the other arm around
Switched on hi fi rock'n'roll
Gunnin' the engine heading for the open road
Given strict instructions
Not to fall for no seductions
Daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
Joe had no such orders
Gonna try and cross the border
Daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
Sass makes the move she straightens her seams
Joe checks in the mirror he thinks he's James Dean
He pulls on over says he's got a flat
Sass is no fool she knows where he's at
Given strict instructions
Not to fall for no seductions
Daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
Joe had no such orders
Gonna try and cross the border
Daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
She's had love and she's had kissin'
Knows what she's been missin'
No turnin' back for little Sass 'e' frass
Will they be standin' side by side
If their love they cannot hide?
No turnin' back for little Sass 'e' frass
Sass 'e' frass and Joe 'd' glow
Never made it to the picture show
Sweet innocence thrown out the door,
She'll never be the same no more
Given strict instructions
Not to fall for no seductions
Daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
Joe had no such orders
Gonna try and cross the border
Daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
Ooh, daddy don't mind what daddy don't see
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4.6 - Boulder To Birmingham
I don't wanna hear your love song
I got on this aeroplane just to fly
And I know there's life below me
But all that you can show me
Is the prairie and the sky
And I don't wanna hear a sad story
Full of heartbreak and desire
The last time I felt like this
I was in the wilderness
And the canyon was on fire
And I stood on the mountain
In the night and I watched it burn
I watched it burn, I watched it burn
I would rock my soul
In the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life
In his saving grace
I would walk all the way
From boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see
I could see your face
Well, you really got me this time
And the hardest part is knowin I'll survive
I've come to listen for the sound
Of the trucks as they go down
Out on ninety-five
And pretend that it's the ocean
Comin down to wash me clean
To wash me clean
Baby do ya know what I mean
I would rock my soul
In the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life
In his saving grace
I would walk all the way
From boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see
I could see your face
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