Lyric-Links
Jitterbug - Jitterbug - Jitterbug - Jitterbug
You put the boom-boom into my heart
You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts
Jitterbug into my brain
Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
But something's bugging you
Something ain't right
My best friend told me what you did last night
Left me sleepin' in my bed
I was dreaming, but I should have been with you instead.
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah)
You take the grey skies out of my way
You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day
Turned a bright spark into a flame
My beats per minute never been the same
'Cause you're my lady, I'm your fool
It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
Come on, baby, let's not fight
We'll go dancing, everything will be all right
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah, baby)
(Jitterbug)
(Jitterbug)
Cuddle up, baby, move in tight
We'll go dancing tomorrow night
It's cold out there, but it's warm in bed
They can dance, we'll stay home instead
(Jitterbug)
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight
Wake me up before you go-go, don't you dare to leave me hanging on like
a
yo-yo
Take me dancing
(Boom-boom-boom)
(Backing vocals to fade)
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
(Chorus)
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me baby
Do you recognize me?
Well
It's been a year
It doesn't surprise me
(Happy Christmas)
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you"
I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now
I know you'd fool me again
(Chorus 2x)
A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My god I thought you were
Someone to rely on
Me?
I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
(Chorus 2x)
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover buy you tore him apart
Maybe next year I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone special.
Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
there's no comfort in the truth
pain is all you'll find
Should've known better
I feel so unsure
as I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
as the music dies, something in your eyes
calls to mind the silver screen
and all its sad good-byes
I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
though it's easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
and waste the chance that I've been given
so I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you
Time can never mend
the careless whispers of a good friend
to the heart and mind
ignorance is kind
there's no comfort in the truth
pain is all you'll find
I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
though it's easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
and waste this chance that I've been given
so I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you
Never without your love
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But noone's gonna dance with me
Please stay
And I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
though it's easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
and waste the chance that I've been given
so I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you
(Now that you're gone) Now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrong
that you had to leave me alone
A long long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So
{Refrain}
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Did you write the Book of Love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so
Do you believe in rock 'n roll
Can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin'
{Refrain}
Now for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the King and Queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the King was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lennon [Lenin?] read a book of Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singing
{Refrain}
Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
The Byrds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul out on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the Sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died
We started singing
{Refrain}
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation Lost in Space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrifical rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singing
{Refrain}
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music woudn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singing
{Refrain}
They were singing bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
Unchain my heart, baby let me be
'Cause you don't care, well please set me free
Unchain my heart, baby let me go
Unchain my heart 'cause you don't love me no more
Everytime I call you on the phone
Some fella tells me that you're not at home
Unchain my heart, set me free
Unchain my heart, baby let me be
Unchain my heart 'cause you don't care about me
You've got me sewed up like a pillow case
But you let my love go to waste
Unchain my heart, set me free
I'm under your spell like a man in a trance, baby
Oh, but you know darn well that I don't stand a chance
Unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery?
When you don't care a bag of beans for me
Unchain my heart, oh please set me free, girl, all right
I'm under your spell just like a man in a trance, baby
But you know darn well that I don't stand a chance
Please unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery?
When you don't care a bag of beans for me
Unchain my heart, please set me free
Oh set me free
Oh why don't you do that for me?
You don't care
But you let me go
If you don't love me no more
Like a man in a trance
Let me go
I'm under your spell like a man in a trance
Baby you know darn well
Oh man, I don't stand a chance, no
Oh, you don't care, please set me free
Well if you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well it winds from Chicago to LA
More than two thousand miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
Won't? you get hip to this kind of trip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
If you get hip to this kind of trip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
Get your kicks on Route 66
{c:Guitar over E/Em}
[Em] Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
In whatever comes our way
{c:Chorus - part 1:}
{soc}
[G]Yeah, [A]darlin' gonna [E]make it happen
[G]Take the [A]world in a [E]love embrace
[G]Fire [A]all of the [E]guns at once and [G]expl[A]ode into [E]space
{eoc}
[Em]I like smoke and lightnin'
Heavy metal thunder
Wrestlin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
{c:Chorus - part 1}
{c:Chorus - part 2:}
{soc}
Like a [E]true nature's child
We were [G]born, born to be wild
We could [A]climb so high, [G]I never wanna [Em]die
[E]Born to be [D]wild, [E] [D]
[E]Born to be [D]wild, [E] [D]
{eoc}
{c:Solo, organ + guitar (in Em)}
{c:Repeat first verse}
{c:Chorus - total}
{c:Solo - fade out (in Em)}
Chorus:
Strumming my pain with his fingers
singing my life with his words
killing me softly with his song
killing me softly with his song
telling my whole life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song.
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
and so I came to see him
and listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy
a stranger to my eyes.
(Chorus)
I felt all flushed with fever
embarrassed by the crowd.
I felt he found my letters
and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish
but he just kept right on.
(Chorus)
He sang as if he knew me
in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me
as if I wasn't there.
And he just kept on singing
singing clear and strong.
(Chorus)
Dm
G C
The first time ever I saw your face
Am
Em F
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
C
And the moon and the stars were the gifts
you gave
Bb C
to the dark and the end of the skies
The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth move in my hand,
like a trembling heart of a captive bird,
that was there at my birth.
And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
and I knew our joy would fill the earth
and last till the end of time
Tonight I feel so weak
but all in love is fair
I turn the other cheek
And I feel the slap and the sting of
the foul night air
and I know you're only human
And I haven't got talking room
But tonight while I'm makinng excuses
Some other woman is making love to you
(Chorus)
Somebody bring me some water
Can't you see I'm burning alive
Can't you see my baby's got another
lover
I don't know how I'm gonna surive
Somebody bring me some water
Can't you see it's out of control
Baby's got my heart baby's got my mind
But tonight the sweet devil, sweet devil's
got my soul
when will this aching pass
when will the night be through
I want to hear the breaking glass
I only feel the steel of the red hot
truth
And I'd do anything to get it out of
my mind
I need some insanity that temporary
kind
tell me how will I ever be the same
when I know that woman is wispering
you name
Chorus
Oh, devil's got my soul
Chorus
Verse [first three lines over intro bass pattern]:
When the moon is in the seventh house
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius Aquarius
[2nd time: repeat "Aquarius... Aquarius"; to coda]
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more [unintelligible] derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelations
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius Aquarius
[repeat intro and verse as indicated]
Coda ("Let The Sunshine In") [repeat to fade, no lyrics first time]:
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine
The sunshine in
(hoooo) What you want (hooo) baby I got it
(hooo) what you need (hooo) you
know I got it
(hooo) All I'm asking (hooo) is for a little
respect
( Just a little bit) when you come home
(Just a little bit) Hey baby (
Just little bit)
When you come home ( Just a Little Bit)
Mister
I ain't gonna do you wrong
while you're gone
I ain't gonna do you wrong
cause I don't wanna
All I'm asking is for a little respect when
you come home
(Just a Little Bit) Baby
( Just a little bit )
When you come home ( Just a little Bit)
Yeah
I'm about to give you
all my money
And all I'm asking
in return honey
Is to give me my profits when you get home
(Justa Justa Justa) Yeah baby
When you get home
( Just a little Bit ) Yeah ( Just a little bit )
OOOO Your kisses sweeter than honey and
guess what so is my money
All I want you to do for me is give it to
me whn you get home
( Re re re re spect) Yeah baby
whip it to me
( Just a little bit) When you get home
now ( Just a little bit)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means
to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T take out the TCP ohhhh
( Sock it to me,etc.)
A little respect oh yeah ( Just a little bit)
A little respect ( Just a little Bit)
I get tired ( Just a little bit) but I keep on tring
Is it so hard to satisfy your senses
You found out to love me you have to climb some fences
Scratching and crawling along the floor to touch you
And just when it feels right you say you found someone else to hold
you
Does she like i do?
(CHORUS)
Tell me does she love you like the way I love you?
Does she stimulate you, attract and captivate you?
Tell me does she miss you, existing just to kiss you like the way I
do?
Tell me does she want you, infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how to shock you, electrify and rock you
Does she inject you, seduce you and affect you like the way I do?
Can I survive all the implications
Even if I tried could you be less than an addiction
Don't you think I know there's so many others
Who would beg, steal and lie, fight, kill and die
Just to hold you hold you like I do
(CHORUS)
Nobody loves you like the way I do
Nobody wants you like the way I do
Nobody needs you like the way I do
Nobody aches nobody aches just to hold you like the way I do
(CHORUS)
"There must be some kind of way out of here,"
said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion,
I can't get no relief.
Businessmen they drink my wine,
plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth"
"No reason to get excited,"
the thief, he kindly spoke
"There are many here among us
who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
and this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late"
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
Es war schon dunkel, als ich durch Vorstadtstrassen heimwaerts ging
Da war ein Wirtshaus, aus dem das Licht noch auf den Gehsteig schien
Ich hatte Zeit und mir kalt drum trat ich ein
Da sassen Maenner mit braunen Augen und mit braunem Haar
Und aus der Jukebox erklang Musik die fremd und suedlich war
Als man mich sah, stand einer auf und lud mich ein
(Refr.:)
Griechischer Wein
Ist so wie das Blut der Erde
Komm schenk dir ein
Und wenn ich dann traurig werde
Liegt es daran, dass ich immer traeume von daheim
Du musst verzeihn
Griechischer Wein
Und die alt vertrauten Lieder
Schenk noch mal ein
Denn ich fuehl die Sehnsucht wieder
In dieser Stadt werd' ich immer nur ein Fremder sein
Und allein
Und dann erzaehlten sie mir von gruenen Huegeln Meer und Wind
Von alten Haeusern und jungen Frauen, die alleine sind
Und vom den Kind, das seinen Vater noch nie sah
Sie sagten sich immer wieder: Irgendwann geht es zur?ck
Und das Ersparte genuegt Zuhause fuer ein kleines Glueck
Und bald denkt keiner mehr daran wie es hier war
(Refr.)
They Fight! And Bite!
And Bite and Bite and Fight!
Fight Fight Fight!
Bite Bite Bite!
The Itchy & Scratchy Show!
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thought the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Two, three, four, eins, zwei, drei
Es is nichts dabei
Wenn ich euch erzaehle die Geschichte
Nichts desto trotz, ich bin es schon gewohnt
Im tv-funk da laeuft es nicht, jah
Sie war so jung, das Herz so rein und weiss
Und jede Nacht hat ihren Preis
Sie sagt: "Sugar sweet, jah'got me rapp'in to the heat!"
Ich verstehe sie heiss
Sie sagt: Babe you know, I miss my Funky friends"
Sie meint, Jack und Jill
Mein funk Verstaendnis reicht zur Not
Ich ueberreiss' was sie jetzt will
Ich ueberlege bei mir, ihre Nase spricht dafuer
Waehrend dessen ich noch rauche
Die "special places" sind ihr wohlbekannt
Ich meine, sie faehrt ja U-bahn auch dort singen's:
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
Er wird dich anschauen, und du weisst warum
Die Lebenslust bringt dich um
Alles klar Herr Kommissar?
(Hey man, wanna buy some stuff man?
Did you ever rap that thing Jack, so rap it to the beat)
Wir treffen Jill und Joe und dessen Bruder hip,
Und auch den Rest der koolen gang
Sie rappen hin, sie rappen her
Dazwischen kratzen's ab die Waend'
Dieser Fall ist klar lieber Herr Kommissar
Auch wenn sie anderer Meinung sind
Den Schnee auf dem wir alle talwaerts fahren
Kennt heute jedes Kind
Jetzt das Kinderlied
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
Er hat die Kraft und wir sind klein und dumm
Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm
La, la, la, la, la
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
Wenn er dich anspricht und du weisst warum
Sag' ihm dein Leben bringt dich um
La, la, la, la, la
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
In the year 2525 if man is still alive
if woman can survive they may find
In the year 3535 ain't gonna need to tell the truth tell no lies
Everything you think and do and say is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545 you ain't gonna need your teeth won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew, nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555 your arms are hangin' limp at your side
Your legs got nothin' to do, some machines doin' that for you
In the year 6565 ain't gonna need no husband won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too, from the bottom of a
long glass tube
In the year 7510 if God's a-coming he oughta make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the judgement day
In the year 8510 God is gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say i'm pleased where man has been or tear it down and
start again
In the year 9595 I'm kind a wond'rin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give and he ain't put back
nothin'...
Now it's been tenthousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal light
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away - maybe it's only yesterday...
Pockets of hate
Rockets of love
It's never too late
For change in the color of
The color of her
The color of him
It really doesn't matter
What skin you're in
Big yellow taxi cab passed me by
Stop on the next corner to pick up a white guy
The color of you
The color of me
You can't judge a man
By looking at the marquee
Hail hail Rock 'n' roll
Comes from R&B and soul
Don't leave me standing in the cold
Used to think I never grow old
Hail hail Rock 'n' roll
Don't leave me standing on the beat
Leave me stranded on the street
I see the light, I feel the heat
Blame it on you
Blame it on me
Now let's erase the wound
That's in our history
Pain in my heart
Won't let me be
Take it from me
But don't you take away my liberty
Father of coal, mother of pearl
Never too black to blush to pick up a white girl
The color of you
The color of me
You can't judge a man
By looking at the marquee
Hail hail Rock 'n' roll
Comes from R&B and soul
Don't leave me standing in the cold
Used to think I never grow old
Hail hail Rock 'n' roll
Don't leave me standing on the beat
Leave me stranded on the street
I see the light, I feel the heat
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
Fats Dominos
Here comes Elvis
Gene Vincent
Buddy Holly
and Jerry Lee
Hail hail Rock 'n' roll
Comes from R&B and soul
Don't leave me standing in the cold
Used to think I never grow old
Hail hail Rock 'n' roll
Don't leave me standing on the beat
Leave me stranded on the street
I see the light, I feel the heat
In the dark deep jungle I hear the wild drum
My heart beats faster knowing my time's come
The voodoo master waiting for nightfall
Draws signs of magic on my white woman skin
Africa, charms me with her power
Takes my soul on the midnight hour
Africa, dancing till my body burns so hot
Crying to the voodoo god - Africa
I am dancing bare food under a red sun
My sense is high to feel like emotion
Gazel or panther - I hear a lion roar
The voodoo goddes fills me with all her force
In tribal dwelling I lie in cool shade
From heaven opened falling the sweet rain
From danger hiding between her sharp claws
A shadow is moving bow to the voodoo law
....draws signs of magic sacrifice woman...
Riding on the City of New Orleans,
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.
Passin' trains that have no names,
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
CHORUS:
Good morning America how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car.
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel.
Mothers with their babes asleep,
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
CHORUS
Nighttime on The City of New Orleans,
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee.
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea.
And all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.
The conductor sings his song again,
The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.
Good night, America, how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
©1970, 1971 EMI U Catalogue, Inc and Turnpike Tom Music (ASCAP)
Got on board a westbound seven forty-seven
Didn't think before deciding what to do
Ooh, that talk of opportunities, TV breaks and movies
Rang true, sure rang true ...
Seems it never rains in southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours
I'm out of work, I'm out of my head
Out of self respect, I'm out of bread
I'm underloved, I'm underfed, I wanna go home
It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours
Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it?
Had offers but didn't know which one to take
Please don't tell 'em how you found me
Don't tell 'em how you found me
Gimme a break, give me a break
Seems it never rains in southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love
People talk about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry, baby, don't worry
'Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
Whooo Whooooo!
[break]
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see
I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
[break]
People keep talking about me, baby
They say I'm doin' you wrong
Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry, mama
'Cause I'm right here at home
You're the cutest thing I ever did see
Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
A long time ago, when the Earth was green,
There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen.
And they ran about and played while the Earth was being born,
And the loveliest of all was the unicorn.
There was green alligators and long-necked geese,
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born,
The loveliest of all was the unicorn.
The Lord seen some sinning and it caused Him pain.
And He said, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain!"
He said, "Hey, Brother Noah, I'll tell you what to do,
Go and build me a floating zoo,"
"and take some".......
"Green alligators and long-necked geese,
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born.
Don't you forget My unicorns."
Old Noah was there to answer the call,
He finished up the ark just as the rain started to fall.
Then he marched in the animals two by two,
And he called out as they came through,
"Hey Lord,"
"I've got green alligators and long-necked geese,
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn,
I just can't find no unicorns!"
And Noah looked out through the driving rain,
Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games.
Kicking and splashing while the rain was pourin',
Oh, them silly unicorns!
There was green alligators and long-necked geese,
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
Noah cried, "Close the door because it's starting to storm,
And we just can't wait for those unicorns!"
The ark started moving, it drifted with the tide,
The unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried.
And the waters came down and sort of floated them away,
That's why you never see unicorns to this very day.
You'll see some green alligators and long-necked geese,
Lots of humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born,
You're never gonna see a unicorn!
(Aaaah)
(A-haa)
You've got a cute way of talkin'
You've got the better of me
Just snap your fingers and I'm walkin'
Like a dog hangin' on your lead
I'm in a spin, you know
Shakin' on a string, you know
You make me feel like dancin'
I wanna dance the night away
You make me feel like dancin'
I'm gonna dance the night away
You make me feel like dancin'
I feel like dancin'
Dancin'
Dance the night away
I feel like dancin'
Dancin'
(Aaaah!)
Quarter to four in the morning
Ain't feeling tired, oh, no, no, no, no
Just hold me tight and leave on the light
'Cause I don't wanna go home
You put a spell on me
Right where you want me to be
You make me feel like dancin'
I wanna dance the night away
You make me feel like dancin'
I'm gonna dance the night away
You make me feel like dancin'
I feel like dancin'
Dancin'
Dance the night away
I feel like dancin'
Dancin'
Dance the night away
I feel like dancin'
Dancin'
Dance the night away
I feel like dancin'
Dancin'
(Aaaah!)
[break]
And if you let me stay
We'll dance our lives away
You make me feel like dancin'
I wanna dance my life away
You make me feel like dancin'
I'm gonna dance my life away
You make me feel like dancin'
I wanna dance my life away
You make me feel like dancin'
Come as you are, as you were,
As I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is your, don't be late
Take a rest as a friend as an old memoria
Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend, as an old memoria
And I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
Big wheels keep on turning,
carry me home to see my kin
singing songs about the southland.
I miss ole bamy once again and I think it's a sin.
Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her.
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down.
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
a southern man don't need him around anyhow.
Chorus:
Sweet home Alabama
where the skies are so blue.
Sweet home Alabama,
Lord, I'm coming home to you.
In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor.
Now we all did what we could do.
Now Watergate does not bother me.
Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth.
[Chorus]
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
and they've been known to pick a song or two.
Lord, they get me off so much,
they pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how about you.
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You were always crazy like that
I watched from my window,
always felt I was outside looking in on you
You were always the mysterious one
with dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
besides some comment on the weather
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees
These foolish games are tearing me apart
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart
You were always brilliant in the morning
Smoking your cigarettes, talking over coffee
You philosophies on art, Baroque moved you,
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
You'd teach me of honest things
Things that were daring, things that were clean
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean
So I hid my soiled hands behind my back
Somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself
These foolish games are tearing me apart
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart
You took off your coat and stood in the rain
you were always like that
On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely place
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year
You can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany twisted
She's got the Mercedes bends
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain
Please bring me my wine He said
We haven't had that spirit here since 1969
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely Place, Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, Bring your alibies
Mirrors on the ceiling
Depict champaign on ice And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
to the place I was before
Relax said the nightman, We are
programed to recieve
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave
Mother
Tell your children not to walk my way
Tell your children not to hear my words
what they mean
What they say
Mother
Mother
Can you keep them in the dark for life
Can you hide them from the waiting world
Oh Mother
Father
Gonna take your daughter out tonite
Gonna show her my world
Oh Father
CHORUS:
Not about to see your light
But if you wanna fight hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Til your bleeding
Not about to see your light
But if you wanna fight hell with me
I can show you what it's
Mother
tell your children to hold my hand
Tell your children not to understand
Oh Mother
Father
Do you wanna bang heads with me
Do you wanna feel everything
Oh father
REPEAT CHORUS
yea! not about to see your light
But if you wanna fight hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Til your bleedin
Not about to see your light
But if you wanna fight hell with me
I can show you what it's like
wo-oh
Mother yea
