Slade : Wheels Ain't Coming Down

Glam Rock / United-Kingdom
(1981 - Cheapskate Records)
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1. WHEELS AIN'T COMING DOWN

We were leaving L.A. airport
Me and Midland's misery
On an early morning plane flight out
To some radio XYZ
Was a 1950's prob job
That had seen much better days
When we came on into the last appoach
Saw the runway through a haze

[Chorus]
And the wheels ain't coming down
All in mind our lives passed before my eyes
And the wheels ain't coming down
And you realize you wanna stay alive
You wanna stay alive

Women weeping, children playing
As we roared into a climb
Men was praying, we was drinking lots
And it never cost a dime
Altered course for San Francisco
Standing by on a red alert
Gonna chance a landing on the sea
Hoping nobody gets hurt

[Chorus]
And the wheels ain't coming down
All in mind our lives passed before my eyes
And the wheels ain't coming down
And you realize you wanna stay alive
You wanna stay alive
Wanna stay alive
Stay alive

We aborted joked the captain
When our feet had touched the ground
And I won't forget the moment he said
"It's OK folks the wheels are coming down"

[Chorus]
And the wheels they're coming down
Did you realize it's good to be alive
And the wheels they're coming down
Did you realize you're gonna just survive
It's good to be alive
It's good to be alive
They're coming down
They're coming on down
They're coming on down
They're coming on down


2. NOT TONIGHT JOSEPHINE

Not tonight ya Josephine
Don't be so mean
I like the way you look
But now I've got a date with the Duke

Not tonight ya Josephine
Don't be so mean
I'll stand on my heels for you
But now I've got a date at Waterloo

[Chorus]
I wanna welcome home, a welcome home
I wanna welcome home, a welcome home
I wanna welcome home when I come home again
I wanna welcome home, a welcome home
A welcome home, a welcome home
A welcome home when I come home again

Not tonight ya Cleopatra
You know what I'm after
But wait until I get back home
And now I got a date in Rome

Not tonight ya Guinevere
You whisper in my ear
Be ready willing and able
But now I got a date at the table

[Chorus]
I wanna welcome home, a welcome home
I wanna welcome home, a welcome home
I wanna welcome home when I come home again
I wanna welcome home, a welcome home
A welcome home, a welcome home
A welcome home when I come home again

Go a-little queenie

[Break]

Oh you're gonna get it tonight
You're gonna get it tonight
You're gonna get it tonight
You're gonna get it tonight
Your all gonna be the Queens of the ball

Tonights the night ya for Josephine, Cleopatra, Guinevere
They're all gonna be the Queens of the ball

So keep it safe and keep it warm don't you let it stray
A little bit of loving goes a long long way
Cool, calm, collected, erected and injected
Have no fear my pretty one you'll get what is expected

[Chorus]
I wanna welcome home, a welcome home
A welcome home, a welcome home
A welcome home when I come home again
I wanna welcome, I wanna welcome, I wanna welcome
I gonna get you pretty one, I'm gonna get you all alone
I wanna welcome, I wanna welcome
I wanna welcome home when I come home again

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