Status Quo

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status
Quo (1968)
Black Veils Of Melancholoy
( Rossi)
If I see you hiding in the night by a peppercorn tree
The tree it moves, lets me see what I wanna see
A poison gaze of your mind is all that's worrying me.
The pictures that I see are seen by no-one else but me
To cause the night to be in sight, a little point of me
I imagine nearly anything I want to see.
Black veils of melancholy falling on me
Black veils keep shadowing my mind
Black veils that make my mind seem small
Black veils of melancholy falling on me
Black veils keep shadowing my mind
Black veils that make my mind seem small
I see you with my eyes closed getting closer and closer to me
I open my eye up and you're not there
It's all in my mind
Black veils of melancholy falling on me
Black veils keep shadowing my mind
Black veils that make my mind seem small
Black veils of melancholy falling on me
Black veils keep shadowing my mind
Black veils that make my mind seem small

When The Mind Is Not Live
(Parfitt/Rossi)
When my mind is not live I see you there before me
Every night in my mind your face flies by me
Then the morning light comes to bring reality
But my dream lingers on a little while for me
Then I wake to see a world full of misery
Lots of people rushing by, never know what they wanna be
Soon the day draws to it's end and pretty soon I'll be
Back with you in my mind because I want to see
When my mind is not live I see you there before me
Every night in my mind your face flies by me

Ice In The Sun
(Wilde/Scott)
I'm not a little boy, I've lived alone and never loved so more
But when she touches me I'm on the way, I'm underneath the floor
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away
I sit down in a chair and read a book as if I couldn't there
But she is in a room and I must look I see her everywhere
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away
She opens up her eyes as if to speak
She looks at me and I am weak
Her eyes they seem much bigger than before
I cannot think anymore
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away

Elizabeth Dreams
(Wilde/Scott)
Elizabeth dreams of the day when the way
That I looked at her made her feel she was real
Elizabeth dreams of the time she was mine
When she didn't need any more, she was sure
She was sure
Out of sight, by candlelight
And sea green, and see green horses
I said she's out of sight by candlelight ??
And fairy, fairy stories
Elizabeth is not what she seems
Elizabeth dreams, Elizabeth dreams
Elizabeth dreams, holding fast through the past
When a morning was something new, flowers grew
Elizabeth dreams but it's late and she's waited too long
And tomorrow goes, now she knows
Now she knows
Out of sight by candlelight
And sea green, and sea green horses

I said she's out of sight, by candlelight
And fairy, fairy stories
Elizabeth is not what she seems
Elizabeth dreams, Elizabeth dreams
Elizabeth dreams
Elizabeth dreams, Elizabeth dreams
Elizabeth dreams

Genleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe
(Young)
Hey Joe
Would you please lend me your ear?
I've got to know if everything's all right.
Hey Joe, have you seen my baby here?
Oh we used to share a table every night.
Hey Joe, she's the only girl who's ever
Meant anything at all
If I lose her I lose all
Joe, if you've seen her won't you say,
Or point in the direction she did go.
Every night, under the light of the moon
Under a table we'd choose, she'd take off her shoes
And rub her feet against mine
Joe, have you seen my baby here?
Oh we used to share a table every night.
Hey Joe, she's the only girl who's ever
Meant anything at all
If I lose her I lose all
Joe, if you've seen her won't you say,
Or point in the direction she did go.
Every night, under the light of the moon
Under a table we'd choose, she'd take off her shoes
And rub her feet against mine
Joe, would you please lend me your ear?
I've got to know if everything's all right.
Hey Joe, have you seen my baby here?
Oh we used to share a table every night

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

I'm trying just to see what you're trying to do to me
Your trying to screw me down
Right through the ground oh yeah
In paradise flats there's rooms for hire,
No-one cares who you are
You won't come back, it's too late now
You've been seen too much
I know what you are
You won't come back, no you won't come back
Well I know she's made her mind up
That she don't need me around
Oh I'm trying just to see what you're trying to do to me
Your trying to screw me down
Right through the ground oh yeah

Technicolor Dreams
(King)
I see your face at the dawn of the day, gold as the sun begins to shine
I see your face now at the end of the day, purple shadows dancing in your eyes.
Technicolour dreams are all I see
Technicolour dreams of you and me
I see your shadow tripping through a silver glade, tiptoeing over crimson sand
Luring me onwards into a sea of jade, leading me gently by the hand
Technicolour dreams are all I see
Technicolour dreams of you and me
If I could escape through the windows of my mind
I would fly to your magic mountain land
There we would stay 'til the world had passed away
With a love only we could understand
Technicolour dreams are all I see
Technicolour dreams of you and me
I see your face at the dawn of the day, gold as the sun begins to shine
I see your face now at the end of the day, purple shadows dancing in your eyes.

Spicks And Specks
(Gibb)
Where is the sun that shone on my head
The sun in my life, it is dead, it is dead
Where is the light that would stay in my street
And where are the friends I could meet, I could meet
Where are the girls I left far behind
The spicks and the specks of the girls on my mind
Where is the sun that shone on my head
The sun in my life, it is dead, it is dead

Where are the girls I left far behind
The spicks and the specks of the girls on my mind
Where are the girls I left far behind
The spicks and the specks of the girls on my mind
Where is the girl I have loved all along
The girl that I love, she is gone, she is gone
All of my life I've tossed with the day
The spicks and the specks of my life gone away
All of my life I've tossed with the day
The spicks and the specks of my life gone away
Where is the sun that shone on my head
The sun in my life, it is dead, it is dead

Sheila
(Roe)
Sweet little Sheila, you'll know her if you see her
Blue eyes and a ponytail
Cheeks are rosy, she looks a little mosey
Man, this little girl is fine
Never knew a girl like little Sheila
Her name drives me insane
Sweet little girl, that's my little Sheila
Man, this little girl is fine
Me and Sheila go for a ride
Feel funny inside
Then little Sheila whispers in my ear
I love you Sheila dear
Sheila said she loves me, she said she'd never leave me
True love that will never die
We're so doggone happy, just being around together
Man, this little girl is fine
Never knew a girl like little Sheila
Her name drives me insane
Sweet little girl, that's my little Sheila
Man, this little girl is fine
Me and Sheila go for a ride
Feel funny inside
Then little Sheila whispers in my ear
Oh-oh-oh-oh
I love you Sheila dear
Sheila said she loves me, she said she'd never leave me
True love that will never die
We're so doggone happy just being aorund together
Man, this little girl is fine
Man this little girl is fine
Yeah, this little girl is fine

Sunny Cellophane Skies
(Lancaster)
Looking up to the cloud above my head
Your face concealed by purple mist that feels like lead
It slowly clears and at last my eyes are filled
Sunny cellophane skies
Silver writing my eyes
Bright sunny cellophane skies
I like the way you make me feel
Sensations I thought were unreal
Now you're life has gone
in this world I don't belong
Words are all I own
Now you're gone I'm all alone
Sunny cellophane skies
Silver writing my eyes
Bright sunny cellophane skies
I like the way you make me feel
Sensations I thought were unreal
Sunny cellophane skies
Silver writing my eyes
Bright sunny cellophane skies
I like the way you make me feel
Sensations I thought were unreal

Green Tambourine
(Leka/Pinz)
Drop your silver in my tambourine
Help a poor man fill a little dream
Give me pennies, I'll take anything
Now listen while I play my green tambourine
Watch the jingle-jangles start to chime
Reflections of the music that was mine
When I toss a coin you'll hear it sing
Now listen while I play my green tambourine
Rub-a-dub before I walk away
Anytime you want, I'll gladly play
Money feeds my music machine
Now listen while I play my green tambourine
Listen while I play my green tambourine

Pictures Of Matchstick Men
( Rossi )
When I look up to the skies
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow

I rush home to bed I soak my head
I see your face underneath my pillow
I wake next morning, tired, still yawning
See your face come peeping through my window
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
Windows echo your reflection
When I look in their direction now
When will this haunting stop?
Your face it just won't leave me alone
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you
You in the
you make
You in the
you make

sky, you with
men cry, you
sky, you with
men cry, you

this guy
lie
this guy
lie

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

Spare Parts (1969)
Face Without A Soul
(Rossi/Parfitt)
She's a face without a soul
This lady's heart is gold
She's a face without a soul
This lady's heart is gold
Though her hands are cool they'll burn
You may kiss her but you'll have to take your turn
In her life you're just another bird in the sky
When she says you must be ready to fly
Ready to fly, up and fly away
She's a face without a soul
This lady's heart is gold
She's a face without a soul
This lady's heart is gold
This lady has no love
Herself, perhaps, is who she puts above
Everything, and of course, everyone
Knows this lady thinks she's number one
Number one, yes the only one
She's a face without a soul

This lady's heart is gold
She's a face without a soul
This lady's heart is gold
She's gonna fall on her face someday
Find other men for her games to play
I'm gonna make sure everyone knows
What she is trying to do
She's a face without a soul
This lady's heart is gold
She's a face without a soul ...

You're Just What I Was Looking For Today
(Goffin/King)
Hey little woman
You’re just what I was lookin’ for today
I needed someone
And you’re just what I was lookin’ for today
Good things seem to happen to you
When you just happen to
Run across them in life
But if you wait too long you know that
When you turn around you
Find you have lost them in life
The sun may have to shine
But the visions in my eyes were painted grey
Now listen silver lining
You’re just what I was lookin’ for today
We could drift away together
Where you and I could be alone
Nothing that is real applies
neath the nothing matter skies
We could drift away and build a world of our own
Hey little woman
You’re just what I was lookin’ for today

Are You Growing Tired Of My Love
(Anthony King)
You never seem, seem to have the time to listen to what I say
How can I know just what goes on in your mind if you always walk away
So what's the good, what's the good of trying
And hanging around you begging for your love
When it seems there's someone else in your dreams
And I can't be sure of you anymore
Are you growing tired of my love?
Have you had too much of my love?
Are you growing tired of my love?

Where is the love you once gave me?
And when we meet, things are not the same now, you always hurry away
And all the friends that once you used to share with me are ignored now, and you're
bored now
I guess we are through, but still I go on hoping
Because you never put it into words
Can't you see you should be honest with me
And I've got to find what is in your mind
Are you growing tired of my love?
Have you had too much of my love?
Are you growing tired of my love?
Where is the love you once gave me?
Are you growing tired of my love?
Have you had too much of my love?
Are you growing tired of my love?
Where is the love you once gave me?
Are you growing tired of my love?
Have you had too much of my love?
Are you growing tired of my love?
Where is the love you once gave me?

Antique Angelique
(Lancaster/Young)
There's a grandfather clock in the corner
With a smile on it's face
Chairs and tables, expensive labels
Velvet curtains and lace
Every day when I go in there
I will buy a thing or two
But money can't buy everything
'Cos what I really want is you
Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me
Than everything I have
Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me
Than everything I have
Now my house is an empty garden
And the shop is so bare
All these things that I bought mean nothing
'Cos Angelique is still there
It's too late now to forget her
She means far too much to ignore
Now I'm haunted with memories
That I just can't stand anymore
Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me
Than everything I have
Oh, Antique Angelique, you mean more to me
Than everything I have
Take back the table, the velvet and lace
The chairs, and the clock with the smile on it's face
Take them all and stand them where they were before

Antique Angelique, you mean more to me
Than everything I have
Oh, Antique Angelique, close the door, and now
You're everything I have
Antique Angelique, you mean more to me
Than everything I have
Antique Angelique......

So Ends Another Life
(Lancaster)
In a world of education there's no time for compassion
Life's a fire, never ending, bringing pain and then befriending
And like a fire that burns no light
And drifts to heaven, so ends another life
Is there time to care, it's only fair that life goes on
And on and on and on 'til in the end you can't go on
So ends another life to let this world go on
Don't cry for pity my friend, you never gave none
There's a hunter with his gun pointing upwards to the sun
Thinks a bird can feel no pain, if it can it won't again
And like a fire that burns no light
And drifts to heaven, so ends another life
Is there time to care, it's only fair that life goes on
And on and on and on 'til in the end you can't go on
So ends another life to let this world go on
Don't cry for pity my friend, you never gave none
So ends another life to let this world go on
Don't cry for pity my friend, you never gave none
So ends another life to let this world go on
Don't cry for pity my friend .....

Poor Old Man
(Rossi/Parfitt)
He is in his room, men will be there soon
They come to smash the heaven he has known
Now he's sure to know soon that he must go
This backstreet dream he has to leave behind
Oh, what a shame, oh what a shame
He's a poor old man, poor old man
Poor old man, can we help you?
Things are at their worst, what should he do first?
He must wonder, no one wants to know
He must spread his wings, pack away his things
A sack is all he needs for all he owns
Tears they blind his eyes, tears blind his eyes

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

Mister Mind Detector
(King)
Hey Mr. Mind Detector
Use your power to find what's going on
Hey Mr. Mind Detetctor
Gonna blow my mind before too long
Gotta find a way to learn infinity
Gotta find a way to make you save my sanity
Look into my mind an you will
Find a world of magic mystical
Images of endless beauty
Hypnotising, motorising shadows
Gotta find a way to let her know I'm here
Gotta find a way to make her want to have me near
Hey Mr. Mind Detector
Use your power to find what's going on
Hey Mr. Mind Detetctor
Gonna blow my mind before too long
Gotta find a way to learn infinity
Gotta find a way to make you save my sanity

Clown
(Young/Lancaster/Nixon)
Now don't you feel sorry, oh no, for me now
There's no need to worry about a clown
She played it cool made me a fool
Now all over town they call me the clown
And I really thought she loved me, but now, I know
And I still can't believe, it just goes to show
She played it cool made me a fool
Now all over town they call me the clown
I'm
I'm
I'm
I'm
I'm
I'm

a
a
a
a
a
a

clown,
clown,
clown,
clown,
clown,
clown,

and they're laughing
I got nothing
and they're laughing at me
and they're laughing
I've got nothing
and they're laughing at me

Now don't you feel sorry, oh no, for me now
There's no need to worry about a clown

She played it cool made me a fool
Now all over town they call me the clown
I'm
I'm
I'm
I'm
I'm
I'm

a
a
a
a
a
a

clown,
clown,
clown,
clown,
clown,
clown,

and they're laughing
I got nothing
and they're laughing at me
and they're laughing
I've got nothing
and they're laughing at me

I'm a clown, and they're laughing
I'm a clown, I got nothing.....

Velvet Curtains
(King)
Velvet curtains draw the show to a close
Our scene is over and the whole world knows
Velvet curtains shut the light from my mind
I leave the stage, put my memories behind
How it started with a passing word
How you answered and I liked what I heard
Wasn't long before we fell in love
And we thought we'd never part
Velvet curtains draw the show to a close
Our scene is over and the whole world knows
Velvet curtains shut the light from my mind
I leave the stage, put my memories behind
How I started to depend on you
How you tried to be dependable too
But you found it hard to change your ways
And you merely broke my heart
Pretty soon I knew it had to end
Still I fool myself and try to pretend
But what's the good if there's another guy
And he's playing the leading part?
Velvet curtains draw the show to a close
Our scene is over and the whole world knows
Velvet curtains shut the light from my mind
I leave the stage, put my memories behind
Velvet curtains draw the show to a close
Our scene is over and the whole world knows....

Little Miss Nothing
(Rossi/Parfitt)
People all around they look at you, and I have seen them sneer
But they don't realise how much I need you, so let me make it very clear
That you won't have to worry just 'cos your clothes are torn

Your windows they need cleaning and the weeds are growing high
But Little Miss Nothing I won't pass you by
You have no daddy to tell your troubles to, but don't you worry I'll share
them with you
We won't worry about the stormy weather, if you have troubles we'll share
them together
Your house is nearly falling, but I'll change all that for you
Your windows they need cleaning and the weeds are growing high
But Little Miss Nothing I won't pass you by
Now I will clean your windows, cut the weeds from high to low
I will mend your rooftops, and the taps again will flow
But Little Miss Nothing I won't let you go

When I Awake
(Lancaster/Young)
There's an emerald sky
Silver birds flying by
Purple trees all around
Velvet grass on the ground
Then I see a face, of the girl who's calling me
And love is in my eyes for this girl was just a dream
When I awake she is gone
And I return to reality
When I awake she is gone
Because it's just a dream, a fantasy
Then the morning light
Slowly flows into night
And I close my eyes
And reality dies
Again I see the face of the girl who's calling me
And now she's in my arms but this love can never be
When I awake she is gone
And I return to reality
When I awake she is gone
Because it's just a dream, a fantasy
Again I see the face of the girl who's calling me
And now she's in my arms but this love can never be
When I awake she is gone
And I return to reality
When I awake she is gone
Because it's just a dream, a fantasy
When I awake.......

Nothing At All
(Lynes/Young/Lancaster)
There's a man sitting in a concrete room
In a place full of emptiness and gloom
With his head in his hands he's far away
It's a long time ago since yesterday
And now his hands, now his hands start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
And now his hands, now his hands start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
As a boy he had made so many friends
Now they're gone loneliness just never ends
And in that cold concrete room he trials the day
Yes, the price of a life is hard to pay
And now his hands, now his hands start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
And now his hands, now his hands start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
Close your eyes, there's nothing more to see
Close your eyes and thank the world you're free
There's a man sitting in a concrete room
In a place full of emptiness and gloom
With his head in his hands he's far away
It's a long time ago since yesterday
And now his hands catch the tears that start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
And now his hands catch the tears that start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
And now his hands, like the tears start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
Yes, now his hands, like the tears start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
And now his hands, now his hands start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
And now his hands, now his hands start to fall
In his world of nothing at all
Yes, now his hands.....

Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (1970)
Spinning Wheel Blues
(Rossi/Young)
Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night
Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night
Well, red twenty-seven didn't do me right
Well, I went in smiling but I came out feeling down

Well, I went in smiling but I came out feeling down
Well, now that I'm a poor man, I got no frends around
I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill
I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill
I need a whole lotta money so I can pay my bills
Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go
Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go
I had to leave my home town, 'cos they don't want me no more

Daughter
(Lancaster)
You and I can see what's going wrong
We know we don't like it going wrong
Daughter can you have sons for yourself
Daughter can you have some for yourself
All your whiskered friends their wings and life
Who knows what 'o' ever reason why
Daughter can you have sons for yourself
Daughter can you have some for yourself
Listen to the sounds of lowry pride
Seen her in the truth within her life
Daughter can you have sons for yourself
Daughter can you have some for yourself

Everything
(Rossi/Parfitt)
My eyes can see, my hands can feel
My ears can hear, my eyes can see
They can see everything, everything
A bird that flies, a bird that dies
And who knows why? But with my eyes
I can see everything, everything
And now the dawn is breaking
I see the dawn is breaking
And life seems very good to me
I see your face is smiling
Your bed looks warm, inviting
I feel your hand walk over me
I climb in bed beside you
The past is not behind you
You feel a little pain inside
And now our heads are whirring
It's done, there's no returning
You feel the little pain - it dies

My eyes can see, my hands can feel
My ears can hear, my eyes can see
They can see everything, everything
A bird that flies, a bird that dies
And who knows why? But with my eyes
I can see everything, everything
And who knows what it all means?

Shy Fly
(Rossi/Young)
Come let me take you, said tiger to the fly
You'll never make me, said fly, I'm rather shy
I'm gonna get you, said tiger with a glare
His eyes were a shining, but fly she was aware
Shy fly keep on smiling, yes, keep on smiling every day
Shy fly keep on smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day
Shy fly keep on smiling, you're gonna keep on smiling every day
Miss Fly and Tiger turn each other on
But teasing and back-biting makes loving much more fun
Fly gets him together, and Tiger thinks he's won
But Fly, she keeps on smiling, he's not the only one
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Shy fly keep on smiling, and keep on smiling every day
Shy fly keep on smiling, well you keep on smiling every day
Shy fly keep on smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day
Shy
Shy
Shy
Shy

fly
fly
fly
fly

keep
keep
keep
keep

on
on
on
on

smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day
smiling, you're gonna keep on smiling every day
smiling, gonna keep on smiling every day
smiling...

Spring, Summer and Wednesdays
(Rossi/Young)
i can't leave, but i won't stay here
if i stay, i still won't be here
i am the grass upon which she lays
april spring summer and wednesdays
i am the hand which feeds her always
iam the bed upon which she plays
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

nah-ah
nah
nah-ah
nah

i can't leave, but i won't stay here
if i stay, i still won't be here
i am the feathers in her pillow
anywhere i hide, she knows, i know

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

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

nah-ah
nah
nah-ah
nah

i can't leave, but i won't stay here
if i stay, i still won't be here
i am the grass upon which she lays
april spring summer and wednesdays
i am the hand which feeds her always
iam the bed upon which she plays
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

nah-ah
nah
nah-ah
nah

All night long

Junior's Wailing
( White / Pugh )
Love me baby, love me when I'm down
I said love me baby, love me when I'm down
Yeah you gotta love me baby
'cos there's no use hanging around
I said put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun
I said put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun
Yeah, you gotta love me woman
'cos my life has just begun
Love me baby, love me when I'm down
Oh, love, love me baby, love me when I'm down
Yeah you gotta love me baby
'cos there's no use hanging around
Put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun
I said, put your arms around me like a sunbeam round the sun
You gotta love me woman
'cos my life has just begun
Love me baby, love me when I'm down
Oh, love, love, love me baby, love me when I'm down
You gotta love me baby
'cos there's no use hanging around, around, around, yeah
Love me baby, love me when I'm down
Love me baby, love me when I'm down
Oh you gotta love me baby
'cos there's no use hanging around

Lakky Lady
(Rossi/Parfitt)
Ah well, I've got a woman and I love, love her so
She is big, fat and lazy but I want you all to know
That I love her and I need that woman so
She is my little lady and I'm glad that you all know
When she wakes in the morning and her figure tells no lies
My eyesight is broken when the light shines on her tights
But I love her and I need that woman so
Oh how can I tell you what I'd do if she should go
And I love her and I need that woman so
Oh well how can I tell you what I'd do if she should go
Ah well she is so lazy, how she moves I'll never know
She was so different eleven years ago
But I love her and I need that woman so
She's a big lakky lady but I love that woman so

Need Your Love
(Rossi/Young)
I
I
I
I

need
need
need
need

your
your
your
your

love every
love, need
love, need
love, need

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

I, I need your love
I, I see your love
And now I'm here to take it
I'm glad I've had your love
It's not the greatest love
But it's alright with me, alright with me
I
I
I
I

need
need
need
need

your
your
your
your

love every
love, need
love every
love, need

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

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

I, I need your love
I, I see your love
And now I'm here to take it
I'm glad I've had your love
It's not the greatest love
But it's alright for me, alright for me

Lazy Poker Blues
(Green/Adams)
Me and my baby don't do nothing but laze around all day long
Me and my baby don't do nothing but laze around all day long
Yeah, when I'm with my baby
Lazy pokin' going on
She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot
She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot
Yeah, when I'm with my baby
Lazy pokin' going on
She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot
She put some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot
Yeah, when I'm with my baby
Lazy pokin' going

Is It Really Me? / Gotta Go Home
(Lancaster)
Baby, the feeling that you give to me
Maybe I'm thinking your so good to me
Is it really, really me?
Is it really, really me?
Baby, the feeling, I can't stand the joy
Spare me some feeling if I wake up a boy
Is it really, really me?
Is it really, really me?
Baby, I'm feeling like a fire, I am
Am I still teething or could I be a man?
Is it? Is it?
Is it really, really me?
Is it really, really me?
I gotta get along 'cos it's a long, long ride now
I've been away too long, I gotta get on home now
I'm getting far too old to know my dream of fortune
But the time is flowing now, I know what I must do
I
I
I
I

gotta
gotta
gotta
gotta

go
go
go
go

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

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

gotta
gotta
gotta
gotta

go
go
go
go

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

Dog Of Two Head (1971)
Umleitung
( Lancaster / Lynes )
(Lancaster/Lynes)
I don't need you mama, I just need your love
I'm here for loving so take it while I'm good enough
I just need your love
Seems I've waited longer than I've ever done
My mind is getting evil and my body's numb
Woman can I come?
Woman can I come to you?
'Cos I need your love
Yes I need your love
I don't need you mama, I just need your love
I'm here for loving so take it while I'm good enough
I just need your love
Seems I've waited longer than I've ever done
My mind is getting evil and my body's numb
Woman can I come?
Woman can I come to you?
'Cos I need your love
Yes I need your love

Nanana
( Rossi/Young )
Writing songs that I think sound so strange
Writing words that I feel I should change
It's all right if they sound just like other songs
My guitar strums along just the same
If this song's underlined with my name
Nanana
Nanana
Nanana
Nanana

na
na
na
na

nana
nana
nana
nana

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na

na na
na
na na
na

Playing games that I think may be wrong

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

na
na
na
na
na
na

nana
nana
nana
nana
nana
nana

na
na
na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na
na
na

na
na
na
na
na
na

na na
na
na na
na
na na
na...

Something’s Going On In My Head
( Lancaster )
Something you’re saying now
Disturbing the way I feel
I don’t know what you’re about
I only know the way that I feel
I’m holding it here in my mind
So please don’t be unkind
Don’t talk just let me unwind
‘Cos something’s going on in my head Yeah, something’s going on in my head
And I’m not quite sure what you said
I can see the rain outside
It’s falling on everything
It’s making such a noise out there
But my ears they don’t hear a thing
I’m trying to get it over to you
Just what I want you to do
Don’t know what I’m going through
‘Cos something’s going on in my head
Yeah, something’s going on in my head
And I’m not quite sure what you said
Something you’re saying now
Disturbing the way I feel
I don’t know what you’re about
I only know the way I feel
I’m holding it here in my mind
So please don’t be unkind
Don’t talk just let me unwind
‘Cos something’s going on in my head Yeah,
something’s going on in my head
And I’m not quite sure what you said

Mean Girl
( Rossi/Young )
Now I'm a sad one, and she was a bad one
A mean, mean girl
I never had one as greedy as that one
A mean, mean girl

Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more
She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig once
A mean, mean girl
I felt a sick one, she was a quick one
A mean, mean girl
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more
Now I'm a sad one, and she was a bad one
A mean, mean girl
I never had one as greedy as that one
A mean, mean girl
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more
She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig once
A mean, mean girl
I felt a sick one, she was a quick one
A mean, mean girl
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she's not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more

Gerdundula
( Manston / James )
Love it seems I just can't find
Love it seems I just can't find
Seems that I'm the one love
The one love left behind
I've searched it just won't come my way
I've searched it just won't come my way
It's love that I want now
So what more can I say
Women seem to pass me by
Women seem to pass me by
If I could find the reason
I'd know the answer why
Love it seems I just can't find
Love it seems I just can't find
Seems that I'm the one love

The one love left behind

Railroad
( Rossi / Young )
Railroad she left me standing on a line
Railroad she's really leaving me this time
Leaving on the midnight train
Leaving never gonna come back again
I'm living alone
A place of my own
A bed a chair and one back door
Something went wrong
With the words to my song
And now she ain't around no more
It was something she said
As she laid on my bed
Six or seven hours ago
I guess I was wrong
I really didn't think she would go
Railroad she left me standing on a line
Railroad she's really leaving me this time
Leaving on the midnight train
Leaving never gonna come back again
Her face was always smiling
Guess she was always laughing at me
I said her face was always smiling
Guess she was always laughing at me
If I'd realised
I'd be less suprised
To find that she was laughing at me

Someone's Learning
( Lancaster )

All around an open fire, no-one’s got a name
The flame is getting higher and higher, nothing's quite the same
But someone's learning, the fire keeps burning
Someone's learning, the fire keeps burning
In the night three children died, now, all were under five
That's alright, God's on our side, now, our religious right
And someone&'s learning, someone's learning
The world keeps turning, and someone's learning
Someone made a big mistake, now, that will never do
Show him what we think about it, read it in the news
And someone's learning, someone's learning
The world keeps turning, and someone's learning

Piledriver (1972)
Don't Waste My Time
( Rossi / Young )
You spend my money
You drink my best red wine
You think it's funny
To see me all the time
Sitting with my head hanging down
Treating me just like a clown
You spend my money
But come on honey don't waste my time
When you get older
You'll see what you have done
You hung on my shoulder
And loved me just for fun
But some day when I'm older too
I'm gonna come and make fool out of you
You spend my money
And honey
You sure did waste my time
You spend my money
You drink my best red wine
You think it's funny
To see me all the time
Sitting with my head hanging down
Treating me like a clown
You spend my money
Come on honey don't waste my time

Oh Baby
(Rossi/Parfitt)
Oh baby, why don't you come home?
Oh baby, don't you leave me alone
Oh baby, been away for far too long
When you get home, gonna sing you this song
They're gonna know 'cos you've treating me wrong
Oh baby, been away for far too long
Oh baby, why don't you come home?
Oh baby, don't you leave me alone
Oh baby, been away for far too long
When you get home, gonna sing you this song
They're gonna know 'cos you've treating me wrong
Oh baby, been away for far too long

A Year
( Lancaster / Frost )
Standing by the wayside, begging for a ride
I been waiting so long, a year has gone
Look at all the people, strangers every one
I've been looking so long, a year has gone
You were all I lived for, I guess my life is through
I've been living so long, I can't go on
Lonely Sunday morning, rest in peace, my love
You been sleeping so long, a year has gone
How could I ever start to tell you
The end is almost here?
The song of love is ringing in my ears
Playing loud, playing clear
The song will never change
The memory will always be so near
Standing by the wayside, begging for a ride
I been waiting so long, a year has gone

Unspoken Words
(Rossi/Young)
If I could only share with you
Once more the fruits of yesterday
Could I forget unspoken words?
The change in colours of your way
I can still see you standing there
Clutching my hand and begging not to go
Don't hide the tears, I'm crying too
It doesn't matter too much, no
I'll always be with you by your side
Watching over you, feeling every pain
Hold your head high, think of me there
I'll still be with you once again
I'll always be with you by your side
Watching over you, feeling every pain
Hold your head high, think of me there
I'll still be with you once again

Big Fat Mama
( Rossi / Parfitt )
Say you need me, say you need me
Tell me that you want my love
Say you will be mine and I am yours
You think that you're way above me
I'm telling you that I can see

All those things that you might wanna be
I am yours tonight
You be mine tonight
You keep telling me you're not having me
I'm telling you that I can see
All the things that you might wanna be
Say you need me, say you need me
Tell me that you want my love
Say will be mine and I am yours
I am yours tonight
You be mine tonight
I got a big fat Mama
With a big fat boy
Really thinks she's something else
But I love that woman
Like fish loves the water
And there is nobody else
I'm gonna tell you woman better do as you're told
If you don't, I'm gonna bringing you down
I've got a big fat Mama
And there's no one else around
I said say you need me
Come on and say you need me
I said say you need me
Say you need me
Come on and say you need me
I said say you need me

Paper Plane
( Rossi / Young )
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

All The Reasons
(Parfitt/Lancaster)
When I find myself in trouble and I need someone to lean on
I only have to call and you're right there by my side
When I can't see all the reasons why you have to be so far away
I wonder if your love is really here to stay
And I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you
And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to
When you're telling me not to worry 'cos you're being there won't be long
I only live in hope that you just can't be wrong
Because I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you
And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to
And I can't help my feelings and I can't hide my love for you
And I'll always believe in all the things that you want me to

Roadhouse Blues
(Doors)
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse
We're gonna have a real good time
Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
Yeah, the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
That's sort of people like to go down slow
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, all night long
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse
We're gonna have a real good time
In the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
At the back of the Roadhouse they got someone to love
That's sort of people like to go down slow
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, all night long
You
You
You
You

gotta
gotta
gotta
gotta

roll, roll, roll
ease my soul, all right
roll, roll, roll
jump up and get me baby

I know you want me baby
You gotta roll, roll, roll
You gotta ease my soul, all right
I shoulda made you, I shoulda made you
Give up your vows, give up your vows
Save my city, save my city
Right now, oh baby, baby I woke up this morning,
I got myself a beer
I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer
The future's uncertain, and the end is always near
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll, let it roll
All night long

Hello (1973)
Roll Over Lay Down
( Parfitt / Rossi / Lancaster / Young / Coghlan )
When I got home that night early one morning
Seeing the note written in ink pinned to the door
Taking a drink cool from the fridge from the table
I drank a toast you were the most the night before
Roll
Roll
Roll
Roll

over
over
over
over

lay
it's
lay
lay

down and let me in
a long way where I've been
down and let me in
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
Roll
Roll
Roll

over
over
over
over

lay
it's
lay
lay

down and let me in
a long way where I've been
down and let me in
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
Roll
Roll
Roll

over
over
over
over

lay
it's
lay
lay

down and let me in
a long way where I've been
down and let me in
down

Claudie
( Rossi / Young )
It's so long since I sang songs to you
I forget all the words I once knew
I could look back
But I can't waste the time
Did it matter
They sometimes didn't rhyme
It's so long since I sang songs for you
It's so long since you smile just for me
Now your smile's just an old use to be
Does it matter
That I can take the time
Would you rather
I write you one more line
Can my songs once again be for you
Claudie made a fool out of me
Made me find another place to be
I've been living alone
In a house that wasn't my home
With Claudie is the place I want to be
When I left did you think of me crying
Did you care that I felt I was dying
I pretended
That I don't give a damn
All along
I've know what I really am
I'm a fool little Claudie just for you
Claudie made a fool out of me
Made me find another place to be
I've been living alone
In a house that wasn't my home
With Claudie is the place I want to be

Reason For Living
( Rossi / Parfitt )
I felt in need of some loving
So I sat down on a wall
I tried to find a reason for living
But I couldn't find a reason at all
So I owned up to my maker
And I started to say a prayer
I waited for an answer
But there wasn't anybody there
I thought there should have been someone
But I wasn't quite sure who
It finished me to find there was no-one
That I could take my troubles to

So I knelt down by my bedside
And I started to say a prayer
It was when I asked for nothing
I could feel that there was somebody there
I'm looking still, but it's easy
'cos I know which way to go
It doesn't matter how long it takes me
'cos there's someone there to help me who knows
All the things that I am after
All the loving that I want to share
It's so hard but I don't mind
'cos there really is somebody there
I felt in need of some loving
So I sat down on a wall
I tried to find a reason for living
But I couldn't find a reason at all
So I owned up to my maker
And I started to say a prayer
I waited for an answer
But there wasn't anybody there

Blue Eyed Lady
( Lancaster / Parfitt )
Little Blue eyed lady
How come you're all alone
I've been asking
No one seems to know
To whom do you belong
Little Blue eyed lady
The band are really moving
Everyone is grooving around
Little lady
You're still sitting down
Excuse me if you will
Little Blue eyed lady
The party's nearly over
Your eyes still read the same
Are you looking
For one who never came
Are you a passing cloud
Or a new found baby
Little new found baby
How come you're all alone
I've been asking
No one seems to know
Are you a passing cloud
Little Blue eyed lady

Caroline
( Rossi / Young )
If you want to turn me onto
Anything you really want to
Turn me onto your love sweet love
If the night-time is the right time
Anytime of yours is my time
We can find time for love sweet love
Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I want to take you
I've really got to make you
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand together we can rock-n-roll
When I'm thinking of you sleeping
I'm at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love sweet love
Do you still care when I'm not there
Do you really wish I was there
Can I come there for love sweet love
Come on sweet Caroline
You're my sweet Caroline
You know I want to take you
I've really got to make you
Come on sweet Caroline
Take my hand together we can rock-n-roll

Softer Ride
( Lancaster / Parfitt )
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Stay in bed
Til' I'm satisfied
And let my head
Take a softer ride
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Find me a schack
Where it's cool inside
Turn my back
On the cold outside

I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
I could go back
To the job I had
But the same old thing
Only drives me mad, so
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Never again
Will I have to be..down
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more
Stay in bed
Til' I'm satisfied
And let my head
Take a softer ride
I ain't gonna work
I ain't gonna work no more

And It's Better Now
( Rossi / Young )
Riding along on the words of a song in my head
Thinking all day of the thoughts in my mind never said
I have needed a friend, over and over again
Everyone sings of a God they have known
Now I have a God of my own
And it's better now, been a long, long time
And it's better now that the words can rhyme
Gotta
Now I
Gotta
Now I

have something to sing about, everyone
got something to sing about, everyone's
have something to sing about, everyone
got something to sing about, everyone's

must have a song
singing my song
must have a song
singing my song

Dreaming away, never wishing to be anyone
Never a question or reason to find right or wrong
When I looked at the end, over and over again
Riding along on the words of a song
Thinking my time had all gone
And it's better now, been a long, long time
And it's better now that the words can rhyme
Gotta
Now I
Gotta
Now I

have something to sing about, everyone
got something to sing about, everyone's
have something to sing about, everyone
got something to sing about, everyone's

must have a song
singing my song
must have a song
singing my song

Forty-Five Hundred Times
( Rossi / Parfitt )
There's nobody on the end of my line
I'm in time but somebody's missing
Maybe I can find a hand for my hand
If I find a well for my wishing
Be my friend, be my friend
It gets lonely on a table for two
Laughing on your own can be no fun
Even people that are talking to you
Remind you that you're really with no-one
Be my friend, be my friend
Take me over like a thing from the past
Lots of people wishing they'd been there
No-one knowing just how long it would last
But I'm sitting still here in my chair
Be my friend, be my friend
Forty-five hundred times I told you how much I care
Forty-five hundred times I told you how much I care
Problems halved are the problems that we can share
White lies in our eyes, together not really there
Forty-five hundred times I told you you can lean on me
Forty-five hundred times I told you you can lean on me
Though it's taken a long time for you to see
Where we're at is the right place for us to be
I sure want to stay here, it sure feels fine
I feel I could be here a long long time
Now that I've made it, I don't want to fade it
Now that I've made it with you
We came a long way, a slow way too
Up from the down way and back to you
Now that I've made it I don't want to fade it

Quo (1974)
Now that I've made it with you

Backwater
( Parfitt / Lancaster )

Down at Backwater junction
Rolling down the line
In the dark early morning
I heard the one-forty-nine
I was walking down the highway
Needed somewhere to go
A lady laid beside me
And she invited me home
She led me cold, tired and hungry
Down the backwater road
In a house on the corner
looking over the track
I woke up with a fever
And a pain in my back
She was lying there beside me
My fever started to grow
Had a funny feeling
But the lady said no
The lover needs a doctor
Down the Backwater Road
Whatcha' lookin' for
Whatcha' lookin' for
Lady do you know whatcha' lookin' for
Was I wrong to play along
Lady was I right or lady was I wrong
Backwater doctor
You've got me breathing in time
It's ten-thirty in the morning
And I'm feeling alright
I went back to my lady
But I wasn't to know
Lady left this morning
And she's not coming home
I was cold when she left me
Down the Backwater Road

Just Take Me
( Parfitt / Lancaster )
I am just a poor man, got nowhere to go
All my leaves have fallen, left me all alone
If I was a rich man, if I was a king
I would give you all I have, give you everything
If you'd just take me, just take me now
If you'd just take me
Never seen my daddy, died when I was two
Mama did the best she could, taught me all she knew
Said that love was everything, tears came to her eyes
Never knew the meaning, now I realise
Love is all you need, all you need now
If you just take me

I'm trying hard to get you, I'm not the only one
Never had a big car, but I'm not on the run
If love has got a meaning see it in my eyes
If you see the beginning, then you'd realise
Love is all you need, all you need now
If you just take me
I am just a poor man, got nowhere to go
All my leaves have fallen, left me all alone
If I was a rich man, if I was a king
I would give you all I have, give you everything
If you'd just take me, just take me now
If you'd just take me
Just take me
Just take me now
Won't you just take me
Just take me
Just take me now
Won't you just take me

Break The Rules
( Rossi / Young / Parfitt / Lancaster / Coghlan )
Spent a long, long evening
In a low down honky-tonk bar
Pulled a low down lady
With a long black honky-tonk car
I asked no questions
I got no lies
A one off winner
I didn't want any ties
And I knew it wasn't right
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Took me down on the highway
Doing too many miles an hour
By the way she motored
Thought we might have made the Eiffel Tower
She stopped the motor
By her own front door
I knew she'd done it
So many times before
But I was off of the floor
But, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
I woke up next moring
Feeling kind of up and down
'Cos I did not know
If I was in or out of the town
Then I saw the face
From the night before
My purse was empty
Lying there on the floor
But like I told you before

That, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
I spend a low down evening
Sitting high on a honky-tonk stool
And I spent my money
Like a low down honky-tonk fool
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules

Drifting Away
( Parfitt / Lancaster )
You can't see what you mean to me
I just can't get you out of my head
You move me more than I've ever been
Like a wild supersonic jet
But I can see your love drifting away
And I don't want your love d-d-d-drifting away
I got told by a friend of mine
That you don't want me anymore
Now my friend's got a broken nose
Sure and I got a broken jaw
So don't push me around, throw me away
And I don't want your love d-d-d-drifting away
Don't you know what I'm living for
Don't you know what I'm trying to say
Don't try to shove me outta that door
'Cos you're mine and it's staying that way
I'm giving you my love just throw it away
But I can see your love d-d-d-drifting away
Oh drifting away you got me drifting away
Oh drifting away

Don't Think It Matters
( Parfitt / Lancaster )
Maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong
I got to go on anyway
I'm finding it hard to try and play the right card
And woman you're getting in my way
Oh, you don't think it matters at all
No, you don't think it matters at all
No, you don't think it matters at all
I'm working all night, you know I'm working all night
Trying to get something out of my head
I live for the day when everybody will say
It's better than all of the rest
Oh, you don't think it matters at all
No, you don't think it matters at all
No, you don't think it matters at all

Maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong
I just do the best that I can
I been working all night, yeah I work through the night
Woman can't you understand
Oh, you don't think it matters at all
No, you don't think it matters at all
No, you don't think it matters at all

Fine Fine Fine
( Rossi / Young )
I never knew of heartache
'til I messed with you
I sure do sitting here
And feeling all the pain
I just can't sleep now
'cos I'm hoping that you'll keep
Another heartache for my heart again
My mama taught me
How to read from the good book
My papa taught me
How to win and lose a game
They went down smiling
'cos they left me all they had
Plus another heartache for my heart again
But now it's fine, fine, fine
'cos you're with me all the time
There to care and share the things I do
And now it's fine, fine, fine
'cos you're with me all the time
Everywhere and even nowhere too
I use to make the late nights
On a cheap weekend
But all the women there were
Just a crying shame
I heard them saying
That they didn't think I'd stop
For another heartache for my heart again
But now it's fine, fine, fine
'cos you're with me all the time
There to care and share the things I do
And now it's fine, fine, fine
'cos you're with me all the time
Everywhere and even nowhere too

Lonely Man
( Parfitt / Lancaster )
Lonely man upon the shore
What on earth are you looking for?

You're protection is quite clear
And you're never really near
Will you ever find what you are looking for?
Seeing others on the shelf
Only thinking of yourself
Will you ever start to learn?
Will your pockets ever burn?
Will you ever find what you are looking for?
Look at the sky, why do you cry?
What do you see? Your misery
Look at the sky, why do you cry?
What do you see? Your misery
Lonely man, you're on your own
Find someone to take you home
A friend is what you need
Would you mind if it was me?
Maybe then you'll find what you are looking for
Will you ever find what you are looking for?

Slow Train
( Rossi / Young )
I can't afford a ticket on an old Dakota airplane
I gotta jump a ride on a cattle-trucking slow train
I guess it doesn't matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun
I wrote a rockin' song, gonna sing it at the station
I'll finish all the words when I reach my destination
I guess it doesn't matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun
Hey mama, please now don't you fret none
Don't worry, but please don't you forget
Hey mama, please don't get upset none
I gotta leave to find me something better
Hey mama, things gonna work out fine now
Believe me, no need for you to write
Hey mama, things gonna work out fine now
I gotta friend who said that she'd invite me
I came here in the morning and I crept out in the middle of night
I gave nobody warning I was leaving and I felt it was right
Now I'm off again, it sure is feeling all right
Got a feeling that I'm leaving with a ticket and I won't jump a ride
It's no good you believing that my leaving was a wrong, it was right
Now I'm off again, it sure is feeling all right
I can't afford a ticket on an old Dakota airplane

I gotta jump a ride on a cattle-trucking slow train
I guess it doesn't matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun
I wrote a rockin' song, gonna sing it at the station
I'll finish all the words when I reach my destination
I guess it doesn't matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun
I guess it doesn't matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun
I guess it doesn't matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun

On The Level (1975)
Little Lady
( Parfitt )
Well I saw my little lady
Walking down the street
And I asked her Where you going to
Well I saw my little lady
Walking down the street
She said she'd found somebody new
Found myself all alone
Ain't no fun on your own
Now I'm like a rolling stone
So I made another lady
And so many more
Didn't really know wich way to go
So I made another lady
And so many more
But no-one did I get to know
Found myself all alone
Ain't no fun on your own
Now I'm like a rolling stone
Then I saw my little lady
Walking down the street
Didn't know where she was going to
So I told my little lady
Walking down the street
Now you know what I've been going through
Found herself all alone
Ain't no fun on your own
Living like a rolling stone
I was like a rolling
I was like a rolling stone

Most Of The Time
(Rossi/Young)

Walking alone, a street with no phone
Could I be younger most of the time?
Doing her wrong, taking so long
Should I do all things in my own time?
May I be wiser, yes, than most men will ever be?
May I be younger most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
May I be wiser, yes, than most men will ever be?
May I be younger most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time
Most of the time, most of the time

I Saw The Light
( Rossi / Young )
You made me love you
Now I can't say goodbye
You're way above me
But I'll never know why
And when I turn left
And then you turn right
And you say you're right
And yo're wrong
I know you're wrong
I saw the light in you
Wasn't much that I could do
I saw the light in you
I saw the light
You made me like you
No like you I am
I'm trying to stay me
But I don't know if I can
When I say it's black
And you say it's white
And I say it's black
And you're wrong
I known you're wrong
Keep standing on a platform
Watching all the trains go past
Keep on trying to catch one
But you know they're much to fast
Never seem to make it
But I know the reason why

I need to need to need to
Need to get away

Over And Done
( Lancaster )
I really didn't wanna break it
You know I'm sorry it's over and done
I really thought we would have made it
But now it's gone
Can you look into my eyes and tell me
That there's nothing wrong
I know you know it's not the same
It's not the same old song
It's over and over and over
I told you
It's over and done
None of us are getting younger
But we all want to be a millionaire
And when you stop to think about it
It seems unfair
But if you never stop to think at all
You'd never be aware
And never understand the meaning
Of the love we shared
I'ts over and over I told you
I'ts over
It's only fair
Oh it's over and over
I told you
I'ts over and done
It's no good trying to make it better
You know it's doesn't feel the right to do
Everything we shared together
Would break in two
Can you hear what I've been trying to say
I wouldn't do you wrong
We've got to get it over now and learn
To carry on
I'ts over and over and over
I told you
It's over and done
I'ts over and over and over
I told you
It's over and done
Oh it's over and over
I told you
It's over and done

Nightride
( Parfitt / Young )
Dreaming, going on a night ride

Hoping, it's gonna be the right ride
Feeling so well
I'm in tune cant' you tell
That I'm grooving
Can't you tell I'm in tune
And I'm moving so much closer to you
Leaning, hoping for a straight line
Meaning, hoping for the right rhyme
I'm in tune to the room
'Cos my head just went Boom
And I'm moving
Can't you tell I'm in tune
And I'm moving so much closer to you
Can't you tell I'm in tune
And I'm moving so much closer to you
You,
You,
You,
You,

you,
you,
you,
you,

you,
you,
you,
you,

you,
you,
you,
you,

you
you
you
you

move
move
move
move

me
me
me
me

Scheming, thinking of the right place
Beaming, laughing at my own face
We've got a long way to go
'Cos you make like you're so dissaproving
But can't you tell I'm in tune
And I'm moving so much closer to you
Can't you tell I'm in tune
And I'm moving so much closer to you
You, you,
You, you,
You, you,
You, you,
You......

you,
you,
you,
you,

you,
you,
you,
you,

you
you
you
you

move
move
move
move

me
me
me
me

Down Down
( Rossi / Young )
Get down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down
I want all the world to see
To see you're laughing
And you're laughing at me
I can take it all from you
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down

I have all the ways you see
To keep you guessing
Stop your messing with me
You'll be back to find your way
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down
Get down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down
I have found out you see
I know what you're doing
What you`re doing to me
I'll keep on and say to you
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down

Broken Man
( Lancaster )
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

What To Do
( Rossi / Young )
I found her in a nowhere and I lost her
And I found her and I lost her in a way
She told me of a life, of a great life
Of a fun life but a dumb life in a way
We took off to a somewhere, it was fun there
All along there but we left there in a way
I didn't know just what to do
I didn't know just what to do
I didn't know just what to do to do
We started talkin easy 'bout the sleazy
And the easy things that people do
I told her of a life, of a strange one
Pre-arranged one that I dreamt of anyway
I didn't know just what to do
I didn't know just what to do
I didn't know just what to do to do
I found her in a nowhere, and I lost her
And I found her and I lost her in a way
I told her of a life, of a strange one
Pre-arranged one that I dreamt of anyway
I didn't know just what to do
I didn't know just what to do
I didn't know just what to do to do

Where I Am
(Parfitt)
Let me know, let me see
What is this thing that is constantly happening to me, yeah
'Cos when you hold me tight, oh how it feels so right
Yeah and I know where I am
If I should cry, let me cry
My tears are crying a lullaby
'Cos when I hold you tight, oh how it feels so right
Yeah and I know where I am
Changes in me, learning to be
Everything that I just silently wanted to see
'Cos when I'm all alone, everything that I own
Lets me know where I am
Give to me what you can
I'll give you all I command

Bye Bye Johnny
( Berry )

Well she drew out all her money from the Southern trust
And put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus
Leaving Louisianna for the golden west
Down came the tears from her happiness
Her own little son, named Johnny B. Goode
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode
She remembered making money out from gathering crops
Buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop
As long as he would play it by the railroad side
And wouldn't get in trouble she'll be satisfied
Never thought there'd ever come a day like this
When she got to give her son a goodbye kiss
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode
Well she finally got the letter she was dreaming of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for them by the railroad track
Every time they heard a locomotiv roar
They'd be standing, a waiting by the kitchen door
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye
I said Bye Bye Johnny Bye Bye Johnny B. Goode

Blue For You (1976)
Is There A Better Way
( 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

Mad About The Boy
( Rossi / Young )
She never has to worry
And she never has to try
She's never in a hurry
And I know the reason why
She's got her Daddie's

And her fingers in some pies
She makes a double of a trouble with her lies
She says, Oh I'm mad about the boy
She says, Oh I'm mad about the boy
She says, Oh I'm mad about the boy
She's always late to meet me
And she always has to go
To make another entry
At another coolie show
She is a dirty little lady
But I know
She only has to say the chorus and I go
She says, Oh I'm mad about the boy
She says, Oh-oh-oh I'm mad about the boy
She says, Oh I'm mad about the boy
Don't tell me your troubles
I've got troubles that would make you scream and shout
Don't tell me your troubles
I've got troubles I will tell you all about
No I don't take a drink
No I won't take a drink
But I sure take some ups and some downs
She makes me so weary
She picks me up to put me down
Don't tell me your troubles
I've got troubles that would make you scream and shout
Don't tell me your troubles
I've got troubles I will tell you all about
No I don't take a drink
No I won't take a drink
But I sure take some ups and some downs
You makes me so weary
You pick it up and put me down
You never have to worry
And you never have to try
You're never in a hurry
And I know the reason why
You got your Daddie's
And your fingers in some pies
You makes a double of a trouble with your lies
You say, Oh I'm mad about the boy
You say, Oh-oh-oh I'm mad about the boy
You say, Oh I'm mad about the boy

Ring Of A Change
( Rossi / Young )

I look back and I open my eyes
I hear the words like they should be heard
And it feels like a ring of a bell echoing through me
I look back and its never the same
And that's the way it ought to be
What I feel is the sound of a change echoing through me
Move into the light
Come on into the light
Move into the light
I'll see you in the light alright
I think on and I think of today
And what today is gonna be for us
Will we find all the peace that is there and needs to taken
I think on and think its a must
That we slow down for just a while
And I think there's an ounce of a change echoing through me
Move into the light
Come on into the light
Move into the light
I'll see you in the light alright
I look back and I think of a song
I change the words around to make a rhyme
But the song is the same and the change is echoing through me
I look back and its never the same
I leave the song that it use to be
But I know there's a ring of a change echoing through me
Move into the light
Come on into the light
Move into the light
I'll see you in the light alright

Blue For You
( Lancaster )
When I get old and find the time
I'll paint a picture about my life
I'll paint it blue for you, I'll paint it blue for you
You gave me love, a love so strong
I treated you so bad, I treated you wrong
Now I want to show, I feel so low, I'm blue for you
When I was younger I tried so hard
To find a good woman and give her my love
I found a woman sweet as can be, I found a woman for me
I didn't know I had the world
I was still looking for ways to your love
Now that I know, I feel so low, I'm blue for you
Cheatin' and lyin', I played around
Livin' and dyin', you stood your ground
Cheatin' and lyin', you knew so well

There's no good denying, you know me too well
When I'm alone I realise
Your eyes were smilin' but deep inside
I saw the blue in you, everything blue for you
You gave me love, a love so strong
I treated you so bad, I treated you wrong
Now I want to show, I feel so low, I'm blue for you
Feel so low, I'm blue for you
I feel so low I'm blue for you

Rain
( Parfitt )
How can I see what I'm leaving for
How can I give what I gave before
How can you tell me that you want me to stay
How can I stay when I'm trying to say
That I can live without the rain
Yes I can live without the rain
How can I feel what I'm trying to feel
How can move when I'm heel to heel
You're always shouting about the doubt in my eye
But I can't answer 'cos my eyes are so dry
Now I can live without the rain
Yes I can live without the rain
I can live without the rain
That's falling on my head
Rain that's falling on my head
Rain that's falling
Rain that's falling
Rain that's falling on my head
I started thinking back to you know when
I'd like to send a line but then again
How can I write you when there ain't no light
I'm feeling thight tonight and that's alright
Now I can live without the rain
Yes I can live without the rain

Rolling Home
( Lancaster / Rossi )
Me and my lady love the way you're movin'
Me and my lady love
All night long you've got us up and groovin'
Reelin' and rollin' along
Saturday night you made it alright
And everyone liked your reelin' and rollin' along
Me and my lady love the way you're rollin' home
Late last night my motor broke a rotor

Broken down by the road
Even though I need it I just had to leave it
Head down to the show
There in the crowd my lady I found
Movin' around reelin' and rollin' along
Me and my lady love the way you're rollin' home
Don't you ever lose it don't you ever blues it
Don't you ever change your way
People try to ban you don't they understand you
Don't you think that's a shame
I was alone no where to go
Now I've a love and a lady to take me along
Me and my lady love the way you're rollin' home
Me and my lady love the way you're rollin' home
Me and my lady love the way you're rollin' home

That's A Fact
( Rossi / Young )
Sitting in a cornfield
Looking at the cob
Thinking of a long line
Waiting for a job
And I'm alone and that's a fact
I'm alone and that's a fact
Sitting in a full car
someone at the wheel
Going to a new stop
I wonder if it's real
And I'm alone and that's a fact
And I'm alone and that's a fact
I need to maybe talk to you
Said I need to and said I need you
I need to I need to be with you
I said I need to I gotta see you
Sitting at a new stop
Didn't get the job
Couldn't find a long line
Took another drop
And I'm alone and that's a fact
So I'm alone and that's a fact
Sitting at a new stop
Didn't get the job
Couldn't find a long line
Took another drop
And I'm alone and that's a fact
So I'm alone and that's a fact
So I'm alone and that's a fact

Ease Your Mind
(Lancaster)
I'm gonna ease your mind, I'm gonna write a line
And write a letter to you
I'm gonna let you know that I'll be coming home
And make it better with you
I sang a sad lullaby
I left you all alone to cry
Well I need you, oh my
Just to sing a lullaby
It won't be very long before I right my wrongs
And make it better with you.
It's such a crying shame I had to break away
To find the same old road
But now I'm getting wise, and I've realised
That that's the way that it goes
So put a smile upon your face
Let me know I've found my place
We've got no time to waste
'Cos all the time for heaven's late.
Now don't you be afraid, it's gonna be the same
I'll make it better with you
I'm gonna ease your mind, I'm gonna write a line
And write a letter to you
I'm gonna sign my name and send it straight away
And I'll be following through
I sang a sad lullaby
I left you all alone to cry
Well I need you, oh my
Just to sing a lullaby
It won't be very long before I right my wrongs
And make it better with you

Mystery Song
( Parfitt / Young )
I see that look on your face
I see that look on your face
I see that look on your face
The boys know what you're giving
You give the boys such a lot of fun
And by the way that you make a living
You've got the boys all on the run
S.T's showing, you really got me going
Maybe you can give me a price
I wanna try it, yeh I wanna buy it
Tell me would you treat me nice

Oh my legs are shaking
Oh my heart is breaking
I'm just feeling like a boy
Now I just can't slow down
Gotta get in go down
Have my share of pride and joy
Now I've got your name and number
I like to look upon your face
And now you know that I wanna take you
Give me the time you can name the place
Call me honey, you can take my money
Maybe we can make a deal
I really mean it, gotta get between it
Do you know the way I feel
Oh I'm feeling kinda
Like I've gotta find
A way to make you understand
Oh I know you're lying
And your love I'm buying
Oh I'm feeling like a man
The boys know what you're giving
You give the boys such a lot of fun
And by the way that you make a living
You've got the boys all on the run
S.T's showing, really got them going
You can even say the price
They'll wanna try it, even wanna buy it
If you really treat them nice
But I'd rather take you
Show that I can make you
Good enough for just one man
Oh I'm feeling kinda
Like I've gotta find
A way to make you understand

All Over The World (1977)
Hard Time
( Rossi / Parfitt )
Asked my girl what she wanted from me
She said ev'rything that I can see
I said baby what d'you thing of me
And she said nothing at all
So I sit here waiting patiently
To see if there will be a change or three
I think that baby she is using me
It doesn't matter at all
And now I'm wond'ring which way to go
So it's a hard time for us all 'til she gets it right

Yes it's a hard time for us all be som kind of fight
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again
Now I think of all the times we had
Yeah, of all the good and all the bad
I sometimes think that maybe I've been had
It doesn't matter at all
And now I'm wond'ring which way to go
So it's a hard time for us all 'til she gets it right
Yes it's a hard time for us all be som kind of fight
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again
Asked my girl what she wanted to be
She said ev'rything that I can be
I said baby what d'you think of me
And she said nothing at all
And so I'm wond'ring which way to go
So it's a hard time for us all 'til she gets it straight
Yes it's a hard time for us all, hope she's not too late
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again
Oh it's a hard time for us all 'til she gets it right
Yes, it's a hard time for us all be som kind of fight
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again
Oh, it's a hard time
Yes, it's a hard, hard time
Now, it's a hard time
Yes, it's a hard, hard time
Hard, hard time
Hard, hard time

Can't Give You More
( Rossi / Young )
Now you know this ain't the kind of life for you
It's not the way you thought that it would be
If I could change my way to you
If I could change, it wouldn't be me
And you see
I know I never tried the things I should have done
Oh and time is always passing by
I want to do the things I never done before
So I do try not to tell a lie
When I'm so low, when I'm so high
Yet you cry when I say I can't give you more
First you said you'd never try to slow me down
That ev'rything would work out really fine
But as those walls closed in on us
your words just fell right out of line
And behind

I know I never tried the things I should have done
And time is always passing by
I want to do the things I never done before
So I do try not to tell a lie
When I'm so low, when I'm so high
yet you cry when I say I can't give you more
Oh, oh, oh, can't give you more
Can't give any more
Oh, oh, oh, can't give you more
Ain't got any more
Did you figure ours would be an easy thing
Like lazy days of lying in the sun
I told you if you wanted me
That ev'ry day just wouldn't be fun
Now it's done
I know I never tried the thing I should have done
And time is always passing by
I want to do the things I never done before
So I do try not to tell a lie
When I'm so low, when I'm so high
Yet you cry when I say I can't give you more
Oh, oh, oh, can't give you more
Can't give you more
Oh, oh, oh, can't give you more
I ain't got any more
Oh, oh, oh, I ain't got any more
I ain't got any more
Oh, oh, oh, can't give you more
I ain't got any more

Let's Ride
( Lancaster )
It's such a very long time ago
And we were riding down the dusty road
I took a turn around the dusty track
And said I'm never ever coming back
Aw, but baby come and ride with me
Come on and ride like it used to be
I know you like the way it feels
Riding high on a pair of wheels
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride
Take me up and won't you come on, let's ride
It took me twenty-five thousand miles
A new starter and a pair of tyres
When at last I realised the end
Was coming up around the bend
I turned around and scraped my boots
And headed back again towards my roots

The wind was blowing through my hair
And the sun was shining everywhere
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride
Take me up and won't you come on, let's ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride
Take me up and won't you come on, let's ride
A little loving goes a long, long way
And it called me back again
Now I know which way to go
I'm never ever gonna ride alone
So baby come and ride with me
Come on and ride like it used to be
I know you like the way it feels
Ridng high upon a pair of wheels
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride
Take me up and won't you come on, let's ride
Let's ride, let's ride, let's ride
Take me up and won't you come on, let's ride

Baby Boy
(Rossi/Young)
When I was a little baby boy
Just to sit and play would be my joy
Now I'm oh so big and I'm oh so strong
How I wish to be where I once belonged
When I was an older baby boy
All the girls I wanted were my joy
I would drink my wine, wouldn't miss a night
How I wish that someone had put me right
When I was an older boy
When I was an older boy
When I was an older boy
When I was an older lady's toy
Thoughts of lust and wealth were now my joy
And the years gone by are so far behind
But the memories are still in my mind
When I was a lady's boy
When I was a lady's boy
When I was a lady's boy
When I was a little baby boy
Just to sit and play would be my joy
Now I'm oh so big and I'm oh so strong
How I wish to be where I once belonged
When I was a baby boy
When I was a baby boy
When I was a baby boy

You Don't Own Me
( Lancaster/Green )
You
You
Oh,
You

don't own me, don't hang around
don't own me no more
you don't own me, don't hang around honey
don't own me no more

You made your bed an now you're trying to hide it
You made a bed of nails
Although you pinned me down I never tried to fight it
You had me on the rails
And now your snakeskin colours are flying
You're trying to hide your poison disguise
So wipe the crocodile tears that are falling
They only make me realise
You
You
Oh,
You

don't own me, don't hang around
don't own me no more
you don't own me, don't hang around honey
don't own me no more

I can read the lines, the lines your face is showing
They say your time has come
And every single line your evil heart is scheming
Ain't gonna fool no-one
I'm gonna turn my back on the wild side
And take my rainfall way to the sun
Across the plains of a new horizon
Don't say goodbye, I'm already gone
And in the dreams of your fantasy love world
You tore the hole right out of your life
And got a one-way ticket to nowhere
And now at last I realise
You don't own me, don't hang around
You don't own me no more
Oh, you don't own me, don't hang around honey
You don't own me no more
You don't own me, don't hang around
You don't own me no more
Oh,
You
Oh,
You
Oh,
You
Oh,

you don't own me, don't hang around honey
don't own me no more
you don't own me, don't hang around
don't own me no more
you don't own me, don't hang around honey
don't own me no more
you don't own me no more...

Rockers Rollin'
( Parfitt/Lynton )

T-t-t-take us along on a mystery train that's going nowhere
Take us along on a mystery train that's going nowhere
Just let us ride, we don't want to be tied
Had enough of peeping and hiding
Rolling away, 'cos this is our day
And everybody's feeling alright
We wanna run on the 9:41 'til we're there
We wanna run on the 9:41 'til we're there
Taking our time and trucking the line
Everybody knows where we're going
Rolling away, 'cos this is our day
And everybody's feeling alright
Just let us ride, we don't wann be tied
Rolling our way back home
Taking our time, only trucking a line
Rolling our way back home
We're rockers rollin', yeah
We're rockers rollin', yeah
We're rockers rollin', yeah
We're rockers rollin'
N-n-n-nowhere to stay at the end of the day, but you're movin'
Nowhere to stay at the end of the day, keep on movin'
Nowhere to sleep and I'm out on my feet
Had enough of peeping and hiding
Oh what a day, what I'm trying to say
Is everybody's feeling alright
Just let us ride, we don't wann be tied
Rolling our way back home
Taking our time, only trucking a line
Rolling our way back home
We're rockers rollin', yeah
We're rockers rollin', yeah
We're rockers rollin', yeah
We're rockers rollin'

Rockin' All Over The World
( Fogerty )
Oh here we are and here we are and here we go
All aboard and we're hittin' the road
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
Well gidy up gidy up and get away
We're goin' crazy and we're goin' today
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go

Rockin' all over the world
I'm gonna tell your mama what you're gonna do
So come on out with your dancing shoes
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world
And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

Who Am I?
(Williams/Hutchins)
Am I to you a lover or a brother?
Am I the one you can rely upon?
Am I the one you can take home to your mother
And am I the one who is singing you this song?
Who am I? Who am I?
Who am I to you?
Am I the one who lies here in your bed?
Am I the one you made to dry out?
And am I the one who yesterday said
Am I the one you'd be better off without?
Who am I? Who am I?
Who am I to you?
Am
Am
Am
Am

I
I
I
I

the chain that keeps you from falling?
the thoughts going round in your head?
the night-time? Am I the morning?
a fool that you wish for dead?

Yes I am your lover and your brother
I am the one who lies here in your bed
I am the one who never did you wrong
I am the fool that you wish were dead
Who am I? Who am I?
Who am I to you?

Too Far Gone
( Lancaster )
You've been looking like a low down liquor drinking money grabber
I don't wanna see you looking this way
It's a crime the way you're carrying on
You'll keep it up till you're too far gone
Yeh yeh, yeh yeh
You took off with a no-good double dealing money maker
It's too bad your head was up in the clouds
It's a shame you didn't get what you want
Don't wait forever, it's too far gone
You said goodbye, you'd never listen
You couldn't be wrong
And now it's over it's not so easy
To say it's all gone
If you wanna play a bad game, you've got to be a good player
It don't matter if you win or you lose
No one cares if you're right of wrong
You only win when you're too far gone
You're running wild living out your fantasy life
And ev'rybody knows the game by the look in your eyes
If you wanna play a bad game, you've got to be a good player
It don't matter if you win or you lose
No one cares if you're right of wrong
You only win when you're too far gone
You're running wild living out your fantasy life
And ev'rybody knows the game by the look in your eyes
Too far gone, too far gone
Too far gone, too far gone

For You
( Parfitt )
Now I see the light that's shining from your eyes
Even brighter than before
Telling me something now that I believe is true
'cos I found the truth with you
I will take you with me everywhere I go
Flying higher than before
With a feeling that is meant for you and me
Every day a little more

If we see a way together as we go
We will never be alone
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
If I think of all the things that I have seen
And I look at you and me
When I think of all the things that I could do
I could do them all with you
I would do them all with you
I will do them all for you

Dirty Water
( Rossi / Young )
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

Hold You Back
( Rossi / Young / Parfitt )
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

If You Can't Stand The Heat (1978)
Again and Again
( Parfitt / Bown / Lynton )
Once upon a time not so very long ago
There wasn't such a thing as a rock'n roll show
You had to sit at home and listen to the radio
Then came a man with a rockin'guitar
Found himself a beat and he played it near and far
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll
Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again
Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again
He travelled round the world in a rock-n-roll band
He stood there like a giant with a guitar in his hand
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll
Nobody cared about the clothes he would wear
Nobody cared about the colour of his hair
Everybody came to see and let the good times roll
Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again
Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again
Now we've got the rhythm in us now we've got the rock
Time didn't matter never living by the clock
Everybody came to hear him playing his rock-n-roll
Then came a line when the music didn't rhyme
He couldn't find the rhythm cos he couldn't find the time
But still the people came to listen to the good times roll
Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again
Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again

Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again
Again again again again, again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again

I'm Giving Up My Worrying
( Rossi / Frost )
I'm giving up my worrying
It doesn't fit my way
I've had enough of worrying
And messing up my day
Somebody made me laugh today
It changed the way I am
He terrorised the neighbourhood
So I can take the blame
If I take a look - just a little look
I know I'll be too late
So shall I take a look - 'cos every time I look
Little, little, just a little late
I'm giving up my worrying
It doesn't fit my way
I've had enough of worrying
And messing up my day
It doesn't help me listening
To everything I hear
It doesn't make no difference
It never is too clear
I saw a look-alike today
He was a lot to see
He was familiar anyway
He looked a lot like me
Shall I take a look - just a little look
It isn't very clear
Oh every time I look - if I take a look
Little, little, just a little late
I'm giving up my worrying
It doesn't fit my way
I've had enough of worrying
And messing up my day
It doesn't help me listening
To everything I hear
It doesn't make no difference
It never is too clear

I'm giving up my worrying
I've had enough of worrying
I'm giving up my worrying
I've had enough of worrying
I'm giving up my worrying
I've had enough of worrying

Gonna Teach You To Love Me
( Lancaster / Green )
You're setting me up, you're turning me down
You're turning me over and spinning me round
You think you run the show and so you'd better get ready
I'm gonna read you the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm checking you out, I'm checking you in
I'm checking you over before I begin
I'm gonna show you how and baby you're gonna make it
Because I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me
You played around, you took me for a ride
I'm the one that always had to try
Now there's no more changing me, and baby can't you see
That all I want is no more changing you
I'm picking you up, I'm putting you down
I'm turning you over and spinning you round
Because I'm running the show, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm gonna even the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm picking you up and putting you down
I'm turning you over and spinning you round
Because I'm running the show, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm gonna even the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me
Because I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me
You know I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me

Long-Legged Linda
( Parfitt / Bown )
Well, if you're ever in Los Angeles
And you've got time to spare
Take a stroll up Sunset Boulevard
You'll find the Whiskey there
Gliding round the tables
With wounderous natural ease
Serving two-star brandy
Is the body you have to see...all belonging to
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
Tonight

Oh don't boogie-woogie with Linda
'Tho she dances like a dream
She acts like she's a thousand
But she's barely sweet sixten
She re-arranged my brain-cells
And took control of me
So if I miss my plain to Jacksonville
You can guess where I'll still be...I'll be diggin'
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
Tonight
She re-arranged my brain-cells
And took control of me
So if I miss my plain to Jacksonville
You can guess where I'll still be...I'll be diggin'
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
Tonight
Long-legged Linda
She sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the Whiskey
Tonight
Long-legged
Long-legged
Long-legged
Long-legged

Linda
Linda
Linda
.....

Oh! What A Night
( Parfitt / Bown )
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

Accident Prone
( Williams / Hutchins )
I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
They say the devil loves his own
And lady you just got the roll
He drives you modus-operandi
Well lady you don't get this soul
What you call love I can't take no more
Go knock on someone else's door
I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
'Cos you specialise your own kind of lies
Lady you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone
I try to love you my way
But lady you just wouldn't slow down
You drove a right on through me
When other guys came around
What you call love wouldn't give to a stray
I wouldn't treat a dog that way
I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run

Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
'Cos you specialise your own kind of lies
Lady you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone
One day you'll have to slow down
And lady it could be too late
You keep on acceleratin'
And lady I could see your fate
No-one wants a second-hand car
They know it been push too far
I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
'Cos you specialise your own kind of lies
Lady you just hit and run
You're draggin'me down with this riding around
And one day you will be undone
I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

Stones
( Lancaster )
I'm moving on, I don't know where
But, I've just gotta get me away, from here
So long gone, I'm lost in time
Looking for an answer, waiting for a sign
Stones in my head, stones in my head
I don't know how to break stones in my head
I'm reaching out, I don't feel a thing
The gloves, that I'm wearing are made of my skin
No-one knows what I'm tryin' to hide
But when I start breaking you'll see through my eyes
Stones in my head, stones in my head
I'm trying hard to break stones in my head
It's cold out here, still I'm feeling fine

'cos no one's gonna ask me to come on inside
I don't wanna know but I guess I do
'cos maybe these stones are made out of you
Stones in my head, stones in my head
I really wanna break stones in my head
I'm moving on, I don't know where
But, I've just gotta get me away, from here
So long gone, I'm lost in time
Looking for an answer, waiting for a sign
Stones in my head, stones in my head
I don't know how to break stones in my head
Stones in my head, stones in my head
I really want to break stones in my head

Like A Good Girl
( Rossi / Young )
As I looked across
To where she was before
I didn't have long
To wait around here anymore
We went to a place
That I hadn't seen before
She worked me over
Then she went away
She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exeption to the rule
As I carried on
Looking here and there
I couldn't believe
She worked it out
And it worked on me
I guessed early on
But it didn't click inside
She knew my weakness
And she knew my name
She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exeption to the rule
As I carried on
Looking here and there
I couldn't believe
She worked it out
And it worked on me

We went to a place
That I hadn't seen before
She worked me over
Then she went away
She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exeption to the rule

Whatever You Want (1979)
Whatever You Want
( Parfitt / Bown )
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