Status Quo : The Essential - Volume Two
Teksty
1. ROLL OVER LAY DOWN
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
Roll over lay down
2. IS THERE A BETTER WAY
( Lancaster / Rossi )
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
3. DIRTY WATER
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Many's the times I've asked you to say
Why do you feel so bad day to day
Could it be you're wrong
To push yourself along
I say it's not a guess
You make yourself a mess
And get yourself in deeper water
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
Maybe it's in some things that you do
Baby it's allright
To stay out ev'ry night
If I could change your mind
I'd bring you back in line
To do the things you really oughta
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
And if I could then I'd come in
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, why do you think it's all wrong for you
Maybe it's in some things that you do
Baby it's allright
To stay out ev'ry night
If I could change your mind
I'd bring you back in line
To do the things you really oughta
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
If I could then I'd come in
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
4. WHATEVER YOU WANT
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
You're showing off
You're showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn't even say goodbye
I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can't refuse
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
You're showing off
You're showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn't even say goodbye
I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can't refuse
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
Whatever you want
5. 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
Guess I'm gonna stay a backstreet broken man
6. HOLD YOU BACK
How d'you know the music
When you don't know the score
Do you think that you can make it
When you don't need no more
Is it really the reason
When it is not a need
Are you trying hard to write it
Before you can read
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
Does the clock that you're watching
Ever tell you 'bout the time
Does the song that you're singing
Sound to you like a rhyme
Will there be an answer
When you stop askin why
Or because of the jigsaw that makes up a lie
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
How d'you know the music
When you don't know the score
Do you think that you can make it
When you don't need no more
Is it really the reason
When it is not a need
Are you trying hard to write it
Before you can read
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down
Hold you back hold you back slow you down
7. LIES
I had another drink after another drink and then I tried to crawl to the door
I had another smoke after another joke and then I couldn't take any more
It didn't change a thing, not any single thing, when someone tried to tell me for sure
I heard another voice that said I wasn't in a dream
I read a word or two about everything
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes they won't go away
And the times that I tried are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good
I woke up after four, still lying on the floor, and waiting to be carried away
I woke up once again, a little after ten, will things be any better today
It doesn't change you see, it only changes me, well someone tried to tell me I'm sure
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good
I'm going back to school, I'm gonna check the rule, and see if I get carried away
I'm going back again, I'm gonna try again, don't listen what the people might say
It doesn't change a thing, not any single thing, well someone tried to tell me for sure
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
8. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
I found out what I wanted, I found out when I needed to
You thought me kind-a-hearted, I heard that when I wanted you
Being wrong isn't easy, right's another way
Being wrong isn't easy, right's another way
A-when you want me, just think like you're ready to
Like me when I want to, why me does it have to be?
Everyone tried to tell me, right's another way
Everyone tried to tell me, right's another way
Trust me to fall apart, trust you to know
Just you and no-one else, just me alone
Why did it have to be? I should have known
Oh I should have known
I can't tell, did you mean it? Did you mean what I think you did?
I won't give less you need it, just a bit could be overhead
I won't wait for a minute, can't hesitate
I won't wait for a minute, can't hesitate
Trust me to fall apart, trust you to know
Just you and no-one else, just me alone
Why did it have to be? I should have known
Oh I should have known
9. LITTLE DREAMER
You're a dreamer
A pretty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever
Just listen while I'm talking to you
All night long
Right or wrong
Listen to me all night long
I'm never gonna waste time crying
All night long
Right or wrong
I won't be crying all night long
You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever
You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever
I've waited long enough I reckon
On my own
Tried to phone
Tried to phone, but you're not home
I'm thinking while I try and reason
what went wrong
Something's gone
Ain't no good in hanging on
You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme
You didn't gimme gimme
You didn't gimme gimme
10. 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
11. IN MY CHAIR (LIVE)
I saw her talking, now
My ears were burning
Her feet startet walking, now
They started turning
My eyes were half open
But she didn't see me there
We ran along, walking 'cross the roof-tops
In my chair
Had a car in my pocket
And we started moving
A man in a helmet said
"What's that you're using"
My eyes were half open
But we didn't see him there
Put the car back in my pocket
And I'm still here in my chair
My teeth were laughing, now
We couldn't stop smiling
We danced to the Mystery Band
Without even trying
My eyes were half open
But we didn't see them there
We ran along, walking 'cross the roof-tops
In my chair
12. NEVER TOO LATE
The world is in a mess
And finished more or less
It doesn't really matter
And it's maybe too late to change it
It's never too late to change it
Did you take a look
Any sort of look
I'm sure you would remember
'Cos it wouldn't need much explaining
'Cos it's never too late to change it
The world is in a mess
And finished more or less
It doesn't really matter
And it's maybe too late to change it
It's never too late to change it
It's never too late for changing
Never too late for changing
Now this old sea-dog's gonna get away across the water
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
But I don't think God thought we'd get out of order
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
But now it's getting late
Too late to hesitate
I can't wait any longer
So there's no use in you complaining
'Cos it's never too late for changing
Now did you take a look
Any sort of look
I'm sure you would remember
'Cos it wouldn't need much explaining
'Cos it's never too late to change it
I've told you once or twice
It could be paradise
So listen when I'm talking to you
It shouldn't take much expalining
The world is gonna need some changes
Never too late to change it
Never too late for changing
Never too late to change it
Never too late for changing
Now this old sea-dog's gonna get away across the water
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
But I don't think God thought we'd get out of order
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
13. FINE FINE FINE
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
14. 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
15. A MESS OF BLUES
I just got your letter baby, too bad you can't come home
I swear I'm going crazy, sitting here all alone
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a-rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I ain't slept a wink since Sunday, I can't eat a thing all day
And every day is just Blue Monday since you've been away
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I gotta get myself together before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
I gotta get myself together before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
16. OH! WHAT A NIGHT
Walking the tightrope
And losing my pole
I hang on by my teeth
One of those nights
It didn't feel too right
Gonna cry myself to sleep
Oh! What a night
Oh! What a flight it was
Oh! Oh! What a night
No telephone news
And I'm missing you
I can't afford to phone
There's a thousand people
Using my room
But I never felt so alone
Oh! What a night
Oh! What a flight it was
Oh! Oh! What a night
I picture your face
I keep on hearing your voice
I'm dying in the sheets
I daren't think too much
So I drink too much
I still can't get to sleep
Oh! What a night
Oh! What a flight it was
Oh! Oh! What a night
17. 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
18.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
Home is near, but such a long way
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
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
Roll over lay down
2. IS THERE A BETTER WAY
( Lancaster / Rossi )
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
3. DIRTY WATER
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Many's the times I've asked you to say
Why do you feel so bad day to day
Could it be you're wrong
To push yourself along
I say it's not a guess
You make yourself a mess
And get yourself in deeper water
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
Maybe it's in some things that you do
Baby it's allright
To stay out ev'ry night
If I could change your mind
I'd bring you back in line
To do the things you really oughta
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
And if I could then I'd come in
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, why do you think it's all wrong for you
Maybe it's in some things that you do
Baby it's allright
To stay out ev'ry night
If I could change your mind
I'd bring you back in line
To do the things you really oughta
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
If I could then I'd come in
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The water's getting deep
And I can't swim
Beacuse it's dirty dirty water
4. WHATEVER YOU WANT
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
You're showing off
You're showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn't even say goodbye
I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can't refuse
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
You're showing off
You're showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn't even say goodbye
I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can't refuse
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
Whatever you want
5. 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
Guess I'm gonna stay a backstreet broken man
6. HOLD YOU BACK
How d'you know the music
When you don't know the score
Do you think that you can make it
When you don't need no more
Is it really the reason
When it is not a need
Are you trying hard to write it
Before you can read
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
Does the clock that you're watching
Ever tell you 'bout the time
Does the song that you're singing
Sound to you like a rhyme
Will there be an answer
When you stop askin why
Or because of the jigsaw that makes up a lie
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
How d'you know the music
When you don't know the score
Do you think that you can make it
When you don't need no more
Is it really the reason
When it is not a need
Are you trying hard to write it
Before you can read
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down, you've gotta try
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
Slow you down
Hold you back hold you back slow you down
7. LIES
I had another drink after another drink and then I tried to crawl to the door
I had another smoke after another joke and then I couldn't take any more
It didn't change a thing, not any single thing, when someone tried to tell me for sure
I heard another voice that said I wasn't in a dream
I read a word or two about everything
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes they won't go away
And the times that I tried are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good
I woke up after four, still lying on the floor, and waiting to be carried away
I woke up once again, a little after ten, will things be any better today
It doesn't change you see, it only changes me, well someone tried to tell me I'm sure
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good
I'm going back to school, I'm gonna check the rule, and see if I get carried away
I'm going back again, I'm gonna try again, don't listen what the people might say
It doesn't change a thing, not any single thing, well someone tried to tell me for sure
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
8. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
I found out what I wanted, I found out when I needed to
You thought me kind-a-hearted, I heard that when I wanted you
Being wrong isn't easy, right's another way
Being wrong isn't easy, right's another way
A-when you want me, just think like you're ready to
Like me when I want to, why me does it have to be?
Everyone tried to tell me, right's another way
Everyone tried to tell me, right's another way
Trust me to fall apart, trust you to know
Just you and no-one else, just me alone
Why did it have to be? I should have known
Oh I should have known
I can't tell, did you mean it? Did you mean what I think you did?
I won't give less you need it, just a bit could be overhead
I won't wait for a minute, can't hesitate
I won't wait for a minute, can't hesitate
Trust me to fall apart, trust you to know
Just you and no-one else, just me alone
Why did it have to be? I should have known
Oh I should have known
9. LITTLE DREAMER
You're a dreamer
A pretty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever
Just listen while I'm talking to you
All night long
Right or wrong
Listen to me all night long
I'm never gonna waste time crying
All night long
Right or wrong
I won't be crying all night long
You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever
You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever
I've waited long enough I reckon
On my own
Tried to phone
Tried to phone, but you're not home
I'm thinking while I try and reason
what went wrong
Something's gone
Ain't no good in hanging on
You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme
You didn't gimme gimme
You didn't gimme gimme
10. 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
11. IN MY CHAIR (LIVE)
I saw her talking, now
My ears were burning
Her feet startet walking, now
They started turning
My eyes were half open
But she didn't see me there
We ran along, walking 'cross the roof-tops
In my chair
Had a car in my pocket
And we started moving
A man in a helmet said
"What's that you're using"
My eyes were half open
But we didn't see him there
Put the car back in my pocket
And I'm still here in my chair
My teeth were laughing, now
We couldn't stop smiling
We danced to the Mystery Band
Without even trying
My eyes were half open
But we didn't see them there
We ran along, walking 'cross the roof-tops
In my chair
12. NEVER TOO LATE
The world is in a mess
And finished more or less
It doesn't really matter
And it's maybe too late to change it
It's never too late to change it
Did you take a look
Any sort of look
I'm sure you would remember
'Cos it wouldn't need much explaining
'Cos it's never too late to change it
The world is in a mess
And finished more or less
It doesn't really matter
And it's maybe too late to change it
It's never too late to change it
It's never too late for changing
Never too late for changing
Now this old sea-dog's gonna get away across the water
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
But I don't think God thought we'd get out of order
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
But now it's getting late
Too late to hesitate
I can't wait any longer
So there's no use in you complaining
'Cos it's never too late for changing
Now did you take a look
Any sort of look
I'm sure you would remember
'Cos it wouldn't need much explaining
'Cos it's never too late to change it
I've told you once or twice
It could be paradise
So listen when I'm talking to you
It shouldn't take much expalining
The world is gonna need some changes
Never too late to change it
Never too late for changing
Never too late to change it
Never too late for changing
Now this old sea-dog's gonna get away across the water
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
But I don't think God thought we'd get out of order
This old sea-dog is waving you bye-bye
13. FINE FINE FINE
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
14. 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
15. A MESS OF BLUES
I just got your letter baby, too bad you can't come home
I swear I'm going crazy, sitting here all alone
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a-rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I ain't slept a wink since Sunday, I can't eat a thing all day
And every day is just Blue Monday since you've been away
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I gotta get myself together before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
I gotta get myself together before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
Since you gone I got a mess of the blues
16. OH! WHAT A NIGHT
Walking the tightrope
And losing my pole
I hang on by my teeth
One of those nights
It didn't feel too right
Gonna cry myself to sleep
Oh! What a night
Oh! What a flight it was
Oh! Oh! What a night
No telephone news
And I'm missing you
I can't afford to phone
There's a thousand people
Using my room
But I never felt so alone
Oh! What a night
Oh! What a flight it was
Oh! Oh! What a night
I picture your face
I keep on hearing your voice
I'm dying in the sheets
I daren't think too much
So I drink too much
I still can't get to sleep
Oh! What a night
Oh! What a flight it was
Oh! Oh! What a night
17. 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
18.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
Home is near, but such a long way
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
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