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Power to the.........
Good evening people welcome to my party
Bring on the night lets get it started
You want blood on the stage baby you got it
I welcome all the people who truly been my friends
Fuck all the bitches that broke my heart again
Love all the women who made my head spin baby
Because they love me ..
I can make the sun go down and I say give the power to the people, people
Boss man is someone who always try to break me
Sick mofos always gotta take me
In this arena only you can make me
Sex and violence hate love and rage
I'm pacing like a beast locked in a cage
I'mma comin I'mma comin I'mma comin of age
But I know you want me
I can make the sun go down and I say give the power to the people, people
I am the sound and I am the lights
You are the power that gives me the right
Together we own the night
So good evening people welcome to my party
Bring on the night we can get it started
You want my blood on the stage baby you got it.
Yes we know we love this
Yes we know we want this
I can make the sun go down and I say give the power to the people
I can make the sun go down and I say give the power to the......
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| Can't Bring Me Down | |
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My chick is driving me crazy
She thinks that I'm lazy
Just because I'm good at nothin all day
My baby don't get it
So my job I quit it
Bust my ass hell I barely get paid
People like to put me down
Just because I hang around
Don't they understand it’s my way
Say I say
CHORUS:
Everybody tries to break me
Say they love me when they hate me
Baby you just can't bring me down
I've seen long and lonely days
And I have lost and found my ways
Baby you just can't bring me down
Can't bring me down
Baby I'm leaving
You got my heart bleeding
So I'm taking the easy way out
The angel in my head's now the devil in my bed
If my walls could talk they would shout
Baby you can talk and talk
The hurt you cause it just don't stop
I think I'm going out of my brain
I say
CHORUS
CC get down
I got a car it goes fast
Keep fuzzy dice up on the dash
Got a bumper sticker
Just say PEACE
Keep a gun under my seat
To protect me from the pain
Should your words get in my brain
Can't you love me just the same
Can't you love me just the....
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| The Last Song | |
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When I lost my way you were my light
When the others wronged me you did me right
When I look in your eyes don't tell me lies
You tell me the truth your words they get me through
This is all I've got
This is all I'll say
If this were my last day
CHORUS:
This is my last song
It's all I've got
If bare my soul
Don't you break my heart
Won't you sing along
This is my last song
It's all I've got
So don't you break my heart
Wrote down these words put them in this song
I play it for you pray they don't come out wrong
Cause all I've got's my world
I give it to you
Now it may not be much
It's the best that I can do
This is all I've got
This is all I'll say
So please don't walk away
CHORUS
If this were my last breath of my last day
And my last chance
This is what I'd say:
I thank you for the laughter
Sorry for the tears
Time to say good-bye
I say good-bye
After all these years
CHORUS
CHORUS
You shouldn't have broke my heart
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| Strange | |
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I was heading down the highway and she's going my way
She climbed in next thing I knew
We started laughing, smoking, we got to talking
Yeah we've both been hurt a time or two
I knew she didn't love me
But I didn't think she'd want me no
Right there she took me
Underneath that sun we became one.
She said:
CHORUS:
Life's a little strange
We all need a little strange sometimes
I'm a little strange
A lot like you
Let's Ride
Half way to Boston she turned down the radio
Asked what I was looking for
Then I looked in her eyes
For the first time I realized I really didn't know anymore
Sometimes I think I want true love
But most times I feel like there's noone
But in the meantime hold me tight
Things will be all right.
I said:
CHORUS
I pulled along the highway
The time had come to go our way
She took my hand, looked my eyes and said
I want you to hold me one more time.
She said:
CHORUS
She said:
CHORUS
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| I Hate Every Bone In Your Body But Mine | |
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In one ear and out the other
Told myself this girl was trouble.
Yeah
Everyone that looks at her has tragically got struck in love
CHORUS
Wait a minute
The chick's got me addicted
I hate her so
Even though I wish she was my girl
I hate every bone in your body but mine
I can't wait till I can hate you tonight
Never thought I'd understand
But she's too good but not for just one man, yeah
Round and round and round she goes
And who she's with don't wanna know
CHORUS
I hate every bone in your body but mine
I can't wait till I can hate you tonight
In one ear and out the other
Told myself this girl is trouble
Round and round and round she goes
And who she's with don't wanna know
Yeah Yeah Yeah
CHORUS
I hate every bone in your body but mine
I can't wait till I can hate you tonight
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| | Crack A Smile | |
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| Best Thing You Ever Had | |
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Yeah, Blues
I won't ask where you're going
If you don't ask where I've been
'Cause if you're looking for an answer, baby
I wouldn't know where to begin.
I don't know what I want sometimes
But I sure know what I likes
You've got that thing about you
Gets me hot inside
Is wasn’t making no sense
When I wrote this song
Cause half way through it
You were turning me on
CHORUS #1
Lay me down
I just might be your kind
I'll show you a better way
We can do away the time
If you stop looking so hard
I think you just might find
I ain't finding it so bad
Might be the best thing you ever had
You know a little bout love
Well, I know a lot about hate
I believe you gotta make things happen
You believe in fate
But it won't be the first time that we didn't see eye to eye
You may not be religious
But I'll make you see God
If you give me a try
I know love can get me through it
If you give me that look we'll get down to it
CHORUS #2
Don't shoot me down
I'm not a social disease
You've got that thing about you
Bring a grown man to his knees
I'll teach you baby
Bout them birds and them bees
When you get around
To think about it ain't so bad
Might be the best thing you ever had
Best thing I ever had
Give me some of that
When I put out the dog
get them old ghosts out of bed.....
I ain't looking for a little to say
Baby some place to lay my head, dug
I'm the one to right your wrong
If you give me a chance, I'll turn you on
CHORUS #1
CHORUS #2
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| Shut Up, Make Love | |
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Shit piled up to your knees
Her old man thinks
You're a social disease
Dog pissed on the floor left a stain
Your old lady's naggin'
Driving you insane
She stopped taking the pill
Then left you
Sued you for a mil
You've got your problems, boy
So damn great
Can't find a good wife
Can't find a good job
Can't find the keys to my car
I lost my dog
I lost my brain
I lost my girl to a big movie star (whatever)
Now I'm standing at the crossroads
Trying to find my way home
But the truth is baby I'm so
Lonely, lonely, lonely
Sometimes I'd
CHORUS
Just like to jump in and
Get me some funky
When push comes to shove
You talk too much
And way too rough
How bout we both shut up and lets make love
I'm home hanging
The walls banging
It's the neighbors next door
They're talking trashy
Or doing the nasty
They keep me up until four
So they keep on going more and more
I hear and say
"Lord, I'm half crazy"
I gotta get me some of that
In and out, and in and out,
and in and out !
CHORUS
When the clothes start flying
There's no denying
Gonna get some funky
Good, good funky
Your blood starts pumping
Baby we're on to something
Here Oh right here, right here baby
All you did was give a little little bit of mine
It sounds so simple
I bring the ripple
What's your state of mind?
How bout we drink, get drunk
Fall down into a big flesh pie
CHORUS
I said fly a plan, yes indeed
You be the flower, I'll be the seed
When Push comes to Shove
I said skip you lip and all the politics
Just both shut up and lets make love
It would sound like this:
Yeah-Stop
Alright
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| Baby Gets Around A Bit | |
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I can't say I ain't been around
That I ain't done my time
Seems like this big old world
Has been one big shoe to shine
But I never ever took a dime
For what comes naturally
If I never knew the truth
Well she'd be fine with me
One night she stayed over here
And left her little black book behind
Well that little black book ain't little no more
And it wasn't too hard too find
She'd leave me in this lonely room
The thought just made me sick
It’s funny how the pieces fit
My baby gets around a bit
Yeah, my baby gets around a bit
Her pager would ring, its a funny thing
She'd have to go right away
She always has a wad of cash
Much more than her job could pay
I'd ask her where she's going to
And this is what she'd say
I’ve gotta meet someone for an interview
Who's only in town today
Always a little bit overdressed
Much more than thought he'd be
Her high heel shoes and day glow dress
Ain't seem strange to me
She'd leave me in this lonely room
While some stud got his fix
And then the thought occurred to me
My baby gets around a bit
Took her to the local bar
Where I like to hang
Every guy that passed her by
They all seemed to know her name
They all called her by a different name
And one of them winked at me
Some guy named Stan said "you're the man
I hear you get it for free"
She'd leave me in this lonely room
And the thought hit me like a brick
It's funny how the pieces fit
My baby gets around a bit
My baby gets around a bit
My baby gets around a bit
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| Cover of the Rolling Stone | |
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C’mon Bret
Don’t touch me. now
Tell’em!
I’m gonna tell’em who we are
We were big rock singers
We've got golden fingers
And we're loved everywhere we go (that sounds like us)
We sing about beauty
And we sing about truth
At ten million dollars a show (yeah sure)
We take all kinds of pills
That give us all kinds of thrills
But the thrill we've never known
Is the thrill that'll get you
When you get your picture on
The cover of the Rolling Stone
CHORUS
(Rolling Stone) Gonna get our pictures on the cover
(Stone) Gonna buy five copies for our mothers
(Stone) Gonna see my smiling face on the
Cover of the Rolling Stone
That sounds like a very very good idea
I got a freaky old lady
Named Cocaine Katie
Who embroiders all my jeans
I got my poor old gray haired daddy
Driving my limousine
Now It’s all designed
To blow our mind
But our minds won’ really be blown
By the blow that'll get you
When you get your picture on the
Cover of the Rolling Stone
CHORUS
Hey I know how- Rock and Roll
We got a lot of
little teenage, blue eyes groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine
Indian Guru
Who's teaching us a better way
I got all the friends
That money can buy
So we never have to be alone
And we keep getting richer
But we can't get our picture
on the cover of the Rolling Stone
CHORUS
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| Be The One | |
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So you want to talk about the pain
Talk to me, please explain
Maybe I know what your going through
You got so much pain to hide
You keep it locked up deep inside
In a room no one gets to
I can't feel the way you feel
Maybe I, I got those same scars
Same scars to heal
This you've got to understand
I want to be the only man to
Ever touch you baby, to ever
CHORUS
I'm be there should your sun go down
Lift you up to a higher ground
Let me in, let me be the one
I'll be there should you fall from grace
Wipe those tear drops from your face
I see no more damage done
Baby, baby, just let me be the one
I want to be the one to shelter you
Should the rains come down
Never let you drown
I'll pull you through
I want to heal you when you scream
Be your prince when you dream
Hold you close when you cry
I want to feel your love, your hate
I'll bear your cross of pain
Love seal your fate
I comfort you in fits of rage
I'll be the book you can turn the page
I'll still love baby
CHORUS
I gotta touch you
I see no more damage done
Oh sweet child, you gotta let me
Play on
I hear the hurt
I hear the scars
Yes I will, baby
You can lay your hand right down
Down upon my heart
Then you'll learn to understand
I want to be the only man to
Ever touch you baby, ever touch you baby
ever
CHORUS
I'll be calm in fits of rage
Hold you close in times of pain
I see more damage done
Baby, baby, you got to let me be the one
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| Mr. Smiley | |
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I heard a funny thing about me
Lately I've been living on the edge
I won't say that ain't true,
But who the hell are you
I don't recognize my own face or my friends.
CHORUS
Hey, Mr. Smiley
Read the writing, on the wall
Wake up, Mr. Smiley
Before you don't wake up at all
Today, I hired me a yes man
He simply agrees with anything I say
He does all my dirty deals
And feeds me my pills
As long as I'm still breathing he gets paid
CHORUS
Yesterday I had a conversation
With all them voices in my head
One said I was no good
One said I should quit
One said I'll be fine just as soon as I get myself a fix
CHORUS
Put on Mr. Smiley
And I'm feeling ten feet tall
Bye bye, Mr. Smiley
You got to go now, they just called, they just called
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| Sexual Thing | |
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Jam Blues Man
There you lay all by yourself
So please allow me to introduce myself
I welcome you to the house of sin
Open you mind let the games begin
I'm your lust and I'm your greed
I'm every sick thought that you ever done dreamed
Leave you baby now you want some more
Mmmm, where have I heard that before
CHORUS
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual thing
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual
Ain't nothing but a sexual
I'm just your sexual thing
Lying there you look so horny
Talk is cheap and starting to bore me
(Talk is cheap and starting to bore me)
Hold me close and tell me it feels so good
But damn girl, you know it would
CHORUS
Glad to have met you, so pleased that you've come
But I must moving on, my work here is done
Best believe me, you, child, the pleasures been all mine
If you’re in need please do indeed call me anytime
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual thing
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual thing
They got you medicated
It’s got you so frustrated
He caught you masturbating
You better be fornicating
Well then you come to me
I'm gonna set you free
It's just a sexual,
Ain't nothing but a sexual
It's just a sexual thing
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| Lay Your Body Down | |
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I spent my life waiting
For that famous final scene
I believe you know the one
Where she falls in love with me
As for you,
You've been faking your smile
Filling your time on small talk and cheap wine
Knowing in your heart
There was someplace you'd rather be
So right or wrong
I wrote you this song
To tell you how's I feel
Don't put up no fight
You just turn on the lights
Walk over here to me
CHORUS
Lay your body down on me
Down on me, tonight, oh yeah
Let your tears fall down on me
Down on me tonight, oh yeah
As for me,
I've lied, denied to,
fight with and tried to
Apologize for all my ways
To all the women
Yet they're fool enough to fall in love with me
You played your role, like a movie
Forgot your lines, who is, who was, who would be
Somehow you lost track while real love slipped away
So for tonight, lets turn off the lights
And let those real feelings show
There's no wrong or right, but until you try
You're never gonna know
CHORUS
Before you was mine
I was so lonely
Ain't it a shame,
That I must feel pain
Before you can get back on your feet again
So lets draw the blind
Forget wasted time
Let them old demons die
Take a hold of my hand
And you'll understand
Why love's worth one more try
CHORUS
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| No Ring, No Gets | |
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Lately boy, your head ain't right
And nothing seems to thrill you
Word on the street is
No sex no more cause, it'll kill you
You touch, she fights,
You push, she shoves
Then she yells in your ear
No glove, no love
Oh, it ruined the mood
But you know she's right
When the big head stop
And the little head talks
You better learn how to walk the walk
CHORUS
As far as I can see
It's really no big mystery
It's the same old story
No ring, no gets
It ain't the boat you float
It's the motion in the ocean
And I quote:
Before you start pumping that fuel without your jets
No ring, no gets
This feeling coming over you
It's ferry full of strength and emotion
You keep thinking your smooth
Start making you move
But your lady starts causing a commotion
You want to round the bases
She knows that's for sure
Cause miss palm and her five sisters
Don't cut it no more
You know tonight you’d like to fly her kite
But the wind ain't blowing
You got that right
CHORUS
Women hold the lock
A man's known that for years
You're journey up inside to persuade that key
Could bring a man to tears
Your gun is loaded
You got her right in sight
About to pull your trigger
When the girl pulls out the lights
But keep your cool
Don't make a scene
Cause a cool headed man Will keep it clean
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| That's The Way I Like It | |
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When it's boy meets girl and it starts a fire
Two hearts burn with pure desire
A candle burns a midnight oil
Lust the love and raise the spoil
CHORUS
When the girl goes down
That's the way I like it
When the wheel goes round
Neither one can fight it
Can't fight the lust
Can't find the truth
Ain't nothing you can do
When the girl goes down
Hollywood and Vine and a hundredth floor
All the wives there couldn't take it no more
Now standing on the ledge and faces truth
As she ate em up spit 'em up as time was through
CHORUS
Misery loves company
Nothing you can do
When the girl goes down
I woke up this morning found the paper and read
The Hollywood police found a young man dead
No name, no face and no ID just no different from you and me
Mystery arrives in her strange world
And the story goes its boy meets girl
CHORUS
CHORUS
Can't fight the lust
Can't find the truth
Ain't nothing you can do
When the girl goes down
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| Tragically Unhip | |
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I'm uneducated
My clothes outdated
I'm not politically correct
I still hate small talk
And fast cars and hard rock
Still adds up about 16, 18
I should be expressing
All my inner repression
I guess depression's now a cultural thing
My record company says
Blow my brains out my head
I make the cover of every magazine
CHORUS
Step inside my nightmare baby
Welcome to my trip
I cannot pretend and I will not defend
Why this good old boy's so tragically unhip
I still like bad girls
Who rock me hard in my world
Its monkey see and monkey do
When I'm around you
I got an old waterbed
I like trippin’ to the dead
I've keep a poster of Kiss on my wall
I still curse, smoke, drink and toke
and making love in the back of my car
CHORUS
I like that home grown
Mind blowing
You bringing
R rolling
They see strange talking
Mind stopping
Ass swinging
Street walking
Floozies
CHORUS
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When I was a child
Staring at the tube
I saw sex, violence
and death on the news
One day I saw the Duke kill someone
Daddy said don't worry boy
They're just acting son
All I want is attention from somebody
Somebody pay attention to me
Like them actors I got no shame
I want my fifteen minutes of fame
Doin' it as I seen on my TV
Doin' it as I seen on my TV
Can I get on the news if I kill my wife?
Would you respect me more if I took my life?
I tried to act and my career just flopped
So I beat up my neighbors and I got on Cops
All I want's a million from somebody
Somebody pay a million bucks to me
I could rope, shoot, rap and kill
And buy me a house in Beverly Hills, please?
Doin' it as I seen on my TV
Doin' it as I seen on my TV
I'd even do a porno flip
Like all them Hollywood chicks
I'm doin' it as I see on my TV
Took my girl to rent a porno movie
I thought that it'd be kind of groovy
I thought that'd this impress my lover
And there she was right on the cover!
All I want is attention from somebody
Somebody pay attention to me
I'm a man I got no shame
I want my fifteen minutes of fame
Doin' it as I seen on my TV
Doin' it as I seen on my TV
Hell I'd even do a porno flick
Like my hero Rocky did
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| One More For The Bone | |
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Well as she stepped into the room
Right then she got my eyes
She had an ass like a truck
and two amazing thumping thighs
She's big like no other
Just one big fat mother brick house
So impressed by those breasts
CHORUS 1
One more for the bone
She likes whips and chains and things
One more for the bone
She don't need no diamond rings
Couldn't get her through the door
So I did her on the floor
One more for the bone
Lets get naked baby
And roll under the sheets
I ask one favor baby
Don't roll on top of me
She's my Crisco queen
A non-stop love machine
On the scene like a sex machine
She ain't fakin' when we're makin' bacon
CHORUS 2
One more for the bone
Sparks may fly like the fourth of July
One more for the bone
Just don't get any in your eye
She's got me on a 2X4
So I don't fall in when she wants more
You got me all night baby
That other woman didn’t mean a thing.
Remember it ain’t over, baby
Until the fat lady sings
I got excited she through
Her ham hocks over me
One the size of a truck
The other the size of a tree
She whispered in my ear
Just more cushion for the pushin’ dear
Can't start a move when you get down to it
CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2
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| Set You Free | |
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When you was a child life’s a game
But you got all the rules all changed
Pray to a spiritual God for material things
Then wait by the phone but it don't ring
So if you feel like you fell behind
That mountain's got too big to climb
Want to hang your head and say screw it
Forget that shit lets get down to it
Come on, baby
CHORUS
Mind tripper
Dance sister
It'll set you free
Mind tripper
Dance sister
Keep the faith
forget the fame
Don't let your balls go down the drain
It'll set you free
The news man shoves it down our throats
The ratings sore, the victims choke
So your best stand clear
For a few of us who got no fear
So you feel like you sinned baby
You got nothing left, no no
Stop feeling like a number
You best forget that shit that you been told
Baby bring it on
CHORUS
Mind tripper
Dance sister
Bring her right here to me
Mind tripper
Dance sister
There ain't no way to change your past
Unless you get your head out of your ass
It'll set you free
That shit comes down for miles
And it really starts to stink
Then dump it in the ocean
Till the water is at the brink
And when that boat don't float no more
They're just gonna let it sink
Don't ask me no more questions, baby
You know what I think
Well, have heard about it
All the new talk on the streets
I'm coming on hard, baby
I hope you're ready for a brand new me
So get your head out of the gutter
That's no way to right that wrong
They'll be time enough for sleep
When your dead and gone I said
Bye bye, babe
CHORUS
Mind tripper
Dance sister
Bring her right here to me
Mind tripper
Dance sister
There ain't no way to change your past
Unless you get your head out of your ass
Mind tripper
Dance sister
Keep the faith
forget the fame
Don't let your balls go down the drain
It'll set you free
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Well, funky monkey’s in the jungle tonight
They got two by two don’t hear me right
Band playing loudly baby
Gone are the days when the days gone
I said gone
When the monkeys are gone
Gone or dead this is what they said
CHORUS
Lost Mary
Cries, cries, cries
Yeah yeah yeah, that is what she did
Lions sleeps, baby
Dies, dies, dies
I just want to funk you
That’s it
When the jungle sleeps
Is when the monkey shine
I said you do baby ? don’t mind
Back then deuces were wild
If the deuces left in than the deuces are wild
Can you dig it?
Oh that’s right
Yeah baby
When the monkey doesn’t shine
I said baby
CHORUS
Give me some of that
Well dime store cowboy shoot your gun
Knock them mother fuckers down, one by one
Money on up it’s in your face
Gimme no lip or get your face back here
When the monkey don’t sleep
And the monkey don’t shine
Well, the monkey don’t run on time
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Face The Hangman | |
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Friday night at midnight
Looking for what I need
I heard a tale that somewhere
That a dude had a real go at me
So like a rat race cowboy
I slipped into the human zoo
Headed down for trouble
Got myself a drink or two
Well I took to the streets
And I took to the falls
Marched right in but I didn’t get involved
Manager said hey boy there’s the door
But I didn’t leave until I evened the score
CHORUS
I gotta face the hangman
Gotta pay for what I done
I gotta face the hangman
Or by the noose I swing
In the morning sun
Like a tipsy gypsy
Looking like I’d been had
But like the story says
This wild-eyed boy is bad
I got a police squad car
Taxi to the local slammer
They said
Son you’re gonna pay for what you’ve done
I don’t give a damn
Just cause I like to drink and dance all night
Just cause I like cat brawling, an old fist fight
Give me no lip boy or I’ll kick you in the mouth
Watch you head fly open and your teeth fly out
CHORUS
Now the judge looked at me and said
That boy, he's definitely guilty
Ooooh let him swing
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Your Mama Don't Dance (Unplugged) | |
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CHOURS
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
But when evening comes around and it's time to hit the town
Where do you go--You gotta rock it
The old folks say that
You gotta end your date by ten
But if you're out on a date
Don't you bring her home late cause it's a sin
You know there's no excuse,
You know you're gonna lose, you never win
I'll say it again
And it's all because
CHORUS
Everyone gather round let me tell you all about it
You see I pulled into a drive-in and I found a place to park
We hopped into the backseat where it's always nice and dark
We're just about to move thinking "Bret, this is a breeze"
There's a light in my eye and a guy says
"Out of the car, long hair!"
Oowee--you're coming with me
Said the local police
CHORUS
Play me a little C.C.
Your Mama don't dance, no
She just don't dance, no
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Ah, yeah
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| Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Unplugged) | |
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We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside
Was it something I said or something I did
Did the words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
CHORUS
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does
I listen to our favorite song
playing on the radio
Hear the DJ say loves a game of easy come and
easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here somehow
If I could have let you know somehow
I guess
CHORUS
Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
but the scar, that scar remains
I know I could have saved a love that night
If I'd known what to say
Instead of makin' love
We both made our separate ways
But now I hear you found somebody new
and that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess
CHORUS
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| Unskinny Bop (Unplugged) | |
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What's got you so jumpy?
Why can't you sit still, yeah?
Like gasoline you wanna pump me
And leave me when you get your fill, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
Unskinny bop
Just blows me away
Unskinny bop, bop
All night and day
Unskinny bop, bop, bop, bop
She just loves to play
Unskinny bop nothin' more to say
You look at me so funny
Love bite got you acting oh so strange
You got too many bees in your honey
Am I just another word in your page, yeah, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
You're sayin' my love won't do ya
But that ain't love written on your face
Well honey I can see right through ya
We'll see whose ridin' who at the end of the race
What's right
What's wrong
What's left
What the hell is going on
CHORUS
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| Talk Dirty To Me (Unplugged) | |
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You know I never
I never seen you look so good
You never act the way you should
But I like it
And I know you like it too
The way that I want you
I gotta have you
Oh yes, I do
You know I never
I never ever stay out late
You know that I can hardly wait
Just to see you
And I know you cannot wait
Wait to see me too
I gotta touch you
CHORUS
Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Till I'm screaming for more
Down the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me
You know I call you
I call you on the telephone
I'm only hoping that you're home
So I can hear you
When you say those words to me
And whisper so softly
I gotta hear you
CHORUS
C.C. pick up that guitar and talk to me
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| | Greatest Hits 1986-1996 | |
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| Nothin' But A Good Time | |
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Now Listen
Not a dime, I can't pay my rent
I can barely make it through the week
Saturday night I'd like to make my girl
But right now I can't make ends meet
I'm always working slaving every day
Gotta get away from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
CHORUS
Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't looking for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this
They say I spend my money on women and wine
But I couldn't tell you where I spent last night
I'm really sorry about the shape I'm in
I just like my fun every now and then
I'm always working slaving every day
Gotta get away from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
CHORUS
You see I raise a toast to all of us
Who are breaking our backs every day
If wanting the good life is such a crime
Lord, then put me away
Here's to ya
CHORUS
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Talk Dirty To Me | |
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You know I never
I never seen you look so good
You never act the way you should
But I like it
And I know you like it too
The way that I want you
I gotta have you
Oh yes, I do
You know I never
I never ever stay out late
You know that I can hardly wait
Just to see you
And I know you cannot wait
Wait to see me too
I gotta touch you
CHORUS
Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Till I'm screaming for more
Down the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me
You know I call you
I call you on the telephone
I'm only hoping that you're home
So I can hear you
When you say those words to me
And whisper so softly
I gotta hear you
CHORUS
C.C. pick up that guitar and talk to me
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Unskinny Bop | |
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What's got you so jumpy?
Why can't you sit still, yeah?
Like gasoline you wanna pump me
And leave me when you get your fill, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
Unskinny bop
Just blows me away
Unskinny bop, bop
All night and day
Unskinny bop, bop, bop, bop
She just loves to play
Unskinny bop nothin' more to say
You look at me so funny
Love bite got you acting oh so strange
You got too many bees in your honey
Am I just another word in your page, yeah, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
You're sayin' my love won't do ya
But that ain't love written on your face
Well honey I can see right through ya
We'll see whose ridin' who at the end of the race
What's right
What's wrong
What's left
What the hell is going on
CHORUS
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| Every Rose Has Its Thorn | |
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We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside
Was it something I said or something I did
Did the words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
CHORUS
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does
I listen to our favorite song
playing on the radio
Hear the DJ say loves a game of easy come and
easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here somehow
If I could have let you know somehow
I guess
CHORUS
Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
but the scar, that scar remains
I know I could have saved a love that night
If I'd known what to say
Instead of makin' love
We both made our separate ways
But now I hear you found somebody new
and that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess
CHORUS
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| Fallen Angel | |
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She stepped off the bus out into the city streets
Just a small town girl with her whole life
Packed in a suitcase by her feet
But somehow the lights didn't
shine as bright as they did
On her mama's TV screen
And the work seemed harder
And the days seemed longer
Than she ever thought they'd be
But you know you got to stick to your guns
When it all comes down
Cause sometimes you can't choose
It's like heads they win
Tails you're gonna lose
CHORUS
Win big--Mama's fallen angel
Lose big--living out her lies
Wants it all--Mama's fallen angel
Lose it all, rolling the dice of her life
Now she found herself in the fast lane living day to day
Turned her back on her best friends, yeah
And let her family slip away
Just like a lost soul
caught up in the Hollywood scene
All the parties and the limousines
Such a good actress hiding all her pain
Trading her memories for fortune and fame
Just a step away from the edge of a fall
Caught between heaven and hell
Where's the girl I knew a year ago
CHORUS
Too much too soon
Or just a little too late
Cause when her ship came in
She wasn't there and it just wouldn't wait
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| I Won't Forget You | |
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Late at night I close my eyes
And think of how things could have been
And when I look back
I remember some words you had said to me
It's better to have lost at love
Then never to have loved at all
CHORUS
I won't forget you baby
Even though I should
I won't forget you baby
Even though I should, yeah
Sometimes in my head
I can still see pictures of you
And I laugh to myself
When I think of all those crazy things that we used to do
Although miles come between us
Just between you and me
CHORUS
I should let you fade away
But that just wouldn't be me
Oh, baby
Although miles come between us
Just between you and me
I won't forget you baby
Memories slowly fade
I won't forget you baby
And all the plans we made
I won't forget you baby
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| Stand | |
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We all carry the cross and speak what we're taughLie and money become the white man's god
We've burned all our bridges one too many times
The time has come now to draw the line
CHORUS
You know you've got to
Stand
Stand
Stand for what you believe
You know you've got to Stand
Stand
Stand for what you believe
Oh, you got to Stand for what you believe
Alright, alright
You got to listen now
Express yourself in the face of change
Repress yourself, you surely seal your fate
You got to look inside
The answer lies in wait
Resurrect before it's too late
CHORUS
Somebody rescue me
Come down and rescue me
I know the soul of a good man
Has got to be free
When you stand, stand for what you believe
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Ride The Wind | |
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Hearts of fire
Streets of stone
Modern warriors
Saddle iron horses of chrome
Taste the wild
Lick the wind
Like something they never saw before
Their jaws dropping to the floor
Steel made of soul and sin
Rebels born without a care
And the day he listens
Only to fly where eagles dare
And the night she whispers
CHORUS
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun
Ride the wind
Never coming back again
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun
Painted flesh
Loyalty
Humble pride
Just as far as the eye can see
Stories told
Two old friends
Of battle scars and lonely bars
And nights the rain wouldn't end
Here's to withered eyes wearing gypsy smiles
And the day he listens
Here's to lovely ladies and a million miles
And the night she whispers
CHORUS
Of all the truths and lies
And stories of riders in the sky
They say only the bravest try
Where eagles and angels dare to fly
CHORUS
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| Look What The Cat Dragged In | |
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I went to bed too late and got up too soon
My poor head still spinnin' from too much booze
I got a foot in the gutter a foot in the grave
I ain't seen home in the last three days
CHORUS
Oh my god look what the cat dragged in
Livin' my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and I do it again
Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in
No tell, motel, hotel bed
If it wasn't for the sunlight I'd swear I was dead
I got a girl on the left of me
a girl on the right
I know damn well I slept with both last night
CHORUS
I'm late for work on Monday and my boss is bitchin'
Can't get out of bed cause my head's still spinnin'
My hair's in a rat's nest, I look like hell
Half alive or half dead, I just can't tell !!
CHORUS
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| I Want Action | |
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I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
I grab my hat and I grab my shoes
Tonight I'm gonna hit the streets and cruise
Down the main strip and check it out
With those schoolgirls a hangin' around
Now I'm a sucker for a pretty face
I don't care if she's in leather or lace
cause I'm just lookin' for a little kiss
CHORUS
I want action tonight
satisfaction all night
You've got the love I need tonight
Long legs and short skirts
These girls hit me where it hurts
I can't wait to get my hands on them
I won't give up until they give in
Now I'm not lookin' for a love that lasts
I need a shot and I need it fast
If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her
CHORUS
Hey, sweetheart, slide on in here
No, not in the front, jump in the back
Why?
Cause there's something back there I want to show ya
I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
Ah, come on honey, I wasn't that bad!
Ah, well
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Life Goes On | |
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I felt this before
Now I feel it again
No matter how hard I try
This feeling won't end
So I pretend you're here by my side
Tonight on this lonely ride
I keep telling myself that
CHORUS
Life goes on while you're miles away
And I need you
Time goes on as night steals the day
There's nothing I can do
You heal up my wounds
I tasted your tears
You spilled out your heart
So I let out my fears
But one fear that I kept to myself
Was how I prayed that you'd love no one else
Like you're saying you love me
CHORUS
If you only knew how much I miss you
When my mind plays these tricks on me
It shows me things I don't want to see
That's why I tell myself
I keep telling myself
Just take another piece of me
CHORUS
And this last mile I travel with you
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| Flesh And Blood (Sacrifice) | |
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Like animals
Tonight we make it
You give me an inch,
I'm gonna take it
I'll steal your love
Like a thief
To be as one
is my belief
Don't look back and have no regrets
Like beasts of prey we must feed on it
I'll be your one, your one and only
To feel me burn come close and hold me
CHORUS
Flesh and Blood sacrifice
Melts the heart like fire and ice
Flesh and blood like fire to ice
Are you willing to sacrifice
There's no more time,
Don't think about
The flame will die
If you doubt
It's a game of
Love and hate
To lose it all's
a chance we take
Come to me and take my hand
It's in the fire that we must stand
I'll take you down under my gun
Our flesh and blood will be as one
CHORUS
Our blood runs deeper than a river
The less you need the more I'm gonna give you
And give you but good
CHORUS
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| Cry Tough | |
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Remember the nights we sat and talked about all our dreams
Well little did we know then
They were more distant than they seemed
Well I knew it you knew it too
The things w'd go through
We knew the things we had to do to make it, baby.
CHORUS
You gotta cry tough
Out on the streets
To make your dreams happen
You gotta cry out
Out to the world
To make them all come true.
Life ain't no easy ride at least that's what I am told
Sometimes the rainbow baby is better than the pot of gold
You've got to stick it out whether you're wrong or right
And you can't give in without a fight to make it baby
CHORUS
You gotta aim high, baby
whether you lose or win
And when you get to the top
You gotta get off or go right back down again
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Your Mama Don't Dance | |
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CHOURS
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
But when evening comes around and it's time to hit the town
Where do you go--You gotta rock it
The old folks say that
You gotta end your date by ten
But if you're out on a date
Don't you bring her home late cause it's a sin
You know there's no excuse,
You know you're gonna lose, you never win
I'll say it again
And it's all because
CHORUS
Everyone gather round let me tell you all about it
You see I pulled into a drive-in and I found a place to park
We hopped into the backseat where it's always nice and dark
We're just about to move thinking "Bret, this is a breeze"
There's a light in my eye and a guy says
"Out of the car, long hair!"
Oowee--you're coming with me
Said the local police
CHORUS
Play me a little C.C.
Your Mama don't dance, no
She just don't dance, no
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Ah, yeah
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| So Tell Me Why | |
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I'd like to put to rest the rumors
I'd like to put to rest the lies
I'd like to throw away the past
And show you how I feel inside
I'll be your taxi and your driver
I'll be your road if you need
I'd like to push and push and push
Just to make you pleased
But your river of emotion for me
flows like a dried up stream
CHORUS
So tell me why
Your satisfaction's like a heart of stone
So tell me why
Your love reaction chills me to the bone
You make my blood boil hot
And my heart beat like a drum
I'd like to do to you girl
Things that ain't never been done
From the rain I'll be your shelter
From the cold I'll be your heat
I'll push and push and push
just to make you pleased
CHORUS
So tell me your reason
for tearing me up inside
Girl you gotta tell me why
But your river of emotion for me
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| Something To Believe In | |
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Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land
He tells me to believe in Jesus
And steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man
But Lord I think he sinned, yeah
Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there
Cause I never meant the things I did"
CHORUS
And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise
My best friend died a lonely man
In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
And they told me the news
I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place
And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again
CHORUS
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me home
I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read JESUS SAVES
A mile away live the rich folks
And I see how they're living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose, so few win
CHORUS
You take the high road and I'll take the low road
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then
And give me something to believe in
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| Sexual Thing | |
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Jam Blues Man
There you lay all by yourself
So please allow me to introduce myself
I welcome you to the house of sin
Open you mind let the games begin
I'm your lust and I'm your greed
I'm every sick thought that you ever done dreamed
Leave you baby now you want some more
Mmmm, where have I heard that before
CHORUS
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual thing
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual
Ain't nothing but a sexual
I'm just your sexual thing
Lying there you look so horny
Talk is cheap and starting to bore me
(Talk is cheap and starting to bore me)
Hold me close and tell me it feels so good
But damn girl, you know it would
CHORUS
Glad to have met you, so pleased that you've come
But I must moving on, my work here is done
Best believe me, you, child, the pleasures been all mine
If you’re in need please do indeed call me anytime
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual thing
Why I am your
Why I am your
I'm just your sexual thing
They got you medicated
It’s got you so frustrated
He caught you masturbating
You better be fornicating
Well then you come to me
I'm gonna set you free
It's just a sexual,
Ain't nothing but a sexual
It's just a sexual thing
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| Lay Your Body Down | |
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I spent my life waiting
For that famous final scene
I believe you know the one
Where she falls in love with me
As for you,
You've been faking your smile
Filling your time on small talk and cheap wine
Knowing in your heart
There was someplace you'd rather be
So right or wrong
I wrote you this song
To tell you how's I feel
Don't put up no fight
You just turn on the lights
Walk over here to me
CHORUS
Lay your body down on me
Down on me, tonight, oh yeah
Let your tears fall down on me
Down on me tonight, oh yeah
As for me,
I've lied, denied to,
fight with and tried to
Apologize for all my ways
To all the women
Yet they're fool enough to fall in love with me
You played your role, like a movie
Forgot your lines, who is, who was, who would be
Somehow you lost track while real love slipped away
So for tonight, lets turn off the lights
And let those real feelings show
There's no wrong or right, but until you try
You're never gonna know
CHORUS
Before you was mine
I was so lonely
Ain't it a shame,
That I must feel pain
Before you can get back on your feet again
So lets draw the blind
Forget wasted time
Let them old demons die
Take a hold of my hand
And you'll understand
Why love's worth one more try
CHORUS
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| | Native Tongue | |
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| The Scream | |
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A verdict heard by the jury's word… they're lying
I watch as victims of our slave ships battle with the demons inside
But no wrong ever righted or proved by the innocent dying
I pray from the ashes of the ruins, the answer will rise
(The Scream)
Hear the screams as we rise from the ashes
(The Scream)
Lord save the soul who can hear the scream
A child is born to a world that is slowly dying
He chooses to march to the neat of a different drum
A man lays dead in the streets, his mama is crying
The people, they measure this man by the damage he's done
(The Scream)
Hear the screams as we rise from the ashes
(The Scream)
Lord save the soul who can hear the scream
Forgive us for our sins, I never meant the things I did
I never meant, I never meant, I never meant
(The Scream)
Hear the screams as we rise from the ashes
(The Scream)
Lord save the soul who can hear the scream
(The Scream)
Lord Save the soul, lord raise the soul, lord praise the soul
(The Scream)
Lord Save the soul, lord raise the soul, lord praise the soul
Lord Save the soul, lord raise the soul, lord praise the soul
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| Stand | |
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We all carry the cross and speak what we're taughLie and money become the white man's god
We've burned all our bridges one too many times
The time has come now to draw the line
CHORUS
You know you've got to
Stand
Stand
Stand for what you believe
You know you've got to Stand
Stand
Stand for what you believe
Oh, you got to Stand for what you believe
Alright, alright
You got to listen now
Express yourself in the face of change
Repress yourself, you surely seal your fate
You got to look inside
The answer lies in wait
Resurrect before it's too late
CHORUS
Somebody rescue me
Come down and rescue me
I know the soul of a good man
Has got to be free
When you stand, stand for what you believe
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Stay Alive | |
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Listen up, child, there's one thing I've got to make clear
Yeah I do
You don't see it coming, hear it coming
Acting like you know nothing
About that strange voodoo going on around here
Take me back
To the land of the living
Take me back
Where the sun do shine
Take me back
Things be different
You get it, got it, oooo - you better get it now
CHORUS
Stay alive
Let Your soul rise up from the bottom
Stay alive
Don't let it take you down for the very last time
Stay alive
It don't do you no good looking up from the bottom
Stay alive
Don't let it take you down for the very last time
You talk about lies and pain
Don't do you know good
With your face in the cocaine
Love, hat, watch that mother, she'll bring you down
Like no other I've seen
If you know what I mean
Take me back
Got to take that demon
Take me back
Don't play its fool
Take me back
Things be different
You get it, got it, oooo - you better get it now
CHORUS
No, I ain't seen nothin'
No, I ain't seen nothin'
No, I ain't seen nothin' like you before
CHORUS
CHORUS
Don't let it take you down
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| Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice) | |
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Lately I can tell that something ain't right
I don't' see the fire when I look in your eyes
One time up and the next time down
This may be the last time that you'll see me around…said
Well it sure seems to me nothing matter tonight
And all those things we worked out
They got lost in the fight
It's not enough, girl, that I gave you my soul
I just want to know if we've got
Anything left at all, and I say
CHORUS
Hold on now baby
This could be the last time we stand
This could be the last time that we say good-bye
The picture shatters
can't find the words to save it
Tell me what to do how can I make it right?
We will always be fire and ice
Well promises made, in the heat of the night
You could sure spit them out, girl
But they've long passed me by
Nobody knows about, the show you put me through
This could be the last time that I get through to you
CHORUS
Well I can't stand to see no more damage done
but you'll never understand until you suffer some
CHORUS
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| Body Talk | |
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Like this, I've never seen a woman baby
That looks quite the way you do
The way that you shake that thing now, honey
Can't take me eyes off you
The way you work it, honey
It bring me to my knees
You give me what I'm looking for
I'll give you what you need
And I said
CHORUS
I got the one thing you want
Get it all night long
You got the one thing I need, when your body talks
I hear it talking to me
Say, get it all night long
Woman, why can't you see
You're my one thing
I got a world of trouble, baby
It's going on inside my head
Playing your game, got me half insane
Trying to make sense of every word you said
Stop beating around the bush
You're just wasting time
Let's get down to the business baby,
And lay it on the line
And I Said
CHORUS
Tell me the news,
Lets here your story
You think you got nothing to loose
You better use it up
Before it gets old, baby
And becomes yesterday's news
You got the one thing I want… get it
You got the one thing I need
When your body talks
CHORUS
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| Bring It Home | |
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Stand and rise and before your eyes the lions will appear
And when they do, they will be filling you
With all the lies you need to hear
Mr. Politician, just keep on dishin' your shit for the TV screen
Turn off his camera, and he'll drop the propaganda
Faster than the poverty he just seen
Got to bring it home
We got to bring it home
See his campaign run the by power and funds
And making all the deals he can
Isn't it funny what greed and money
Can do to the soul of a man
We don't seen nothin' hear nothin'
Just get their news stuffed down our throats at ten
Makes it hard to conceive who the fuck to believe
When I don't see no means to an end
We got to bring it home
I don't know what to believe
Till we bring it home
Don't you think you're foolin' me
Got to bring it home
In this world that's grown so cold
Got to bring it home
We will never know till we bring it home
Watch the walls around come tumbling down
Like a house that's built on a hill
How can we change a thing
Or even get in the ring
If we're living our lives in guilt
We don't see it coming
Hear it coming
Acting like we know nothin
Chills me to the bone
Sure as hell, just foolin' ourselves
Till we bring it home
Got to bring it home
I don't know what to believe
We got to get it home
Don't you think you're foolin' me
We got to bring it home
In this world that's grown so cold
We got to get it home
Time has come now to bring it home
We got to get it home
Time has come now to bring it home
Got to get it home
The truth we will never find until we bring it home
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| Seven Days Over You | |
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Well it's Friday night and I'm waiting
On you call girl like I do
Am I wasting my time by this telephone
Waiting for your call to come through
Is should be already over you
Tell me mama what can I do
It's been a long hard road that you put me through
Seven days over you
Seven days, seven days over you
Seven days over you, kick it
I kick and I fight for you, baby
But that's never enough for you
You've been twisted and torn
Since the say you were born
You make a game of breaking hearts in two
Now I want to give up,
But I dig the rush too much
I guess that's what love will do
So drag your heart-stopping mind trip downtown girl
By Friday night, I'll find something new
CHORUS
Well I'm already over you
Tell me mama what can I do
It's been a long hard road that you put me through
Seven days over you
Seven days, seven days over you
Seven days, seven days over you
Lord know what you put me through
Already over you, tell me mama what can I do
Already over you, tell me mama what can I do
Already over you, tell me mama what can I do
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Ain't That The Truth | |
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Now pardon my personal demons, child
But if you do insist
Sit down and listen to me story awhile
Cause it goes something like this
The joint was small
But we was having a ball
At a place called the Blue Duck Inn
When I couldn't help but notice her
My future wife walked in
I needed me a dose of her,
So I a little closer
And this is what she said
My old man stand about six foot five
And if he catches you, you're dead
Now, I don't need none of that
Giving me the blues
The old man sitting next to me said
Son, let me tell you
CHORUS
Life, you just can't fake it
Love, you got to make it
Time, you better take it
Lord, ain't that the truth
Hear me out
Your heart will surely feel it
Women come and steal it
Time can only heal it
Lord, ain't that the truth
I save Friday nights for the ladies
Saturday nights for my gin
Come Sunday morning I'm asking the good Lord
To forgive me for my sins
Lately my heave-ho, get-up-and-go
Wouldn't get me out of bed
I felt like some big wrecking ball
Done hit upside my head
Now I don't need a preacher man
Telling me how to run my life
Until an angel sitting next to me
Said son, heed my advice
She said
CHORUS
You better get your story straight
What comes around goes around
CHORUS
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| Theatre Of The Soul | |
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On a cold night in a hotel in New Orleans
Came the final blow
And somehow somewhere we lost sight in our
Search for that pot of gold
And all that happened I don't understand
Could somebody here
Somebody here please explain to me
Because I'm dealin' so damn deceived
And I can't run, can't hide can't get nothing right lately
Theatre of my soul
Play on child
Ashes to ashes
Light the good lord lays us down
Dust to dust, oh no
The time has come to lay to rest the years
All the years it took this heart to trust
Maybe to much, too soon
I couldn't get my head on straight
All that worry just wasted time
And now it's much too late to save it
Long forgotten midnight dancer
Plays her final role
The curtain falls and I'm still standing
And the theatre of my should you left in vain
Could someone please explain
And I said
I know that nothing's the same
Riding blind on the winds of change
But in my head that scene keeps on playing
Long forgotten midnight dancer
Plays her final role
Oh yes she does
Can't run, can't hide, can't get nothing right lately
The curtain falls and I'm still standing
Can't run, can't hide, can't get nothing right lately
When, time it just keeps on passing
I got to let it go
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll
Can't run, can't hide, can't get nothing right lately
I keep searching for those long lost answers
In the theatre of my soul
Theatre of my soul
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| Strike Up The Band | |
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Living off the friends we made
Never ever getting paid
Kicking ass and paying dies
Lose our mind in self abuse
Loving ladies by the score
Waking up and wanting more
I hope my mama understands
When I strike up the band
Well I spit my anger, as the sweat do fly
Fifteen years of paying dues just to get me by
Now the barkeeps would pay us by the crowds we bring
But those son-of-bitches never paid us one damn thing
And my poor daddy, he just don't understand
Its balls out tonight
Watch the shit hit the fan
When we strike up the band
Now those drop dead ladies line the very first row
I do believe I'd like to spend some time after the show
Now them years gone by, the barkeeps pay in cash
And them lovely ladies feed me an earful of trash
And my old lady, show just don't understand
Why those floozies got their hands on her man
And my poor daddy, he still don't understand
Why it's balls out tonight watch the shit hit the fan
Give it all that we can
We don't give a good damn
When we strike up the band
Living like a gypsy, and air conditioned hippie
Who's never seen the light of day
Rode dog and cowboy
Don't know how, boy
I ever live this long this was, no no said
And my poor daddy, he still don't understand
Why it's balls out tonight watch the shit hit the fan
Give it all that we can
We don't give a good damn
When we strike up the band
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| Ride Child Ride | |
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Well, I'm sitting here this evening
I got some old friends on my mind, yeah I do
Yeah, me and Slick and Davy saluting Mr. Daniels
For the very first time
We was jamming to old Jimi, singing Purple Haze
No Doubt, no, no
I think between the weed and the whiskey
My head went north and man my feet went south
CHORUS
We had some good times
And man do I remember them well
Those days are long gone
But now I got to tell you just how we left some stories to tell
Ride child ride,
Hell we had some good times then
Ride child ride
sometimes I need those times again
Do you remember when?
Remember all our big talk
How we were going to be president
one day, baby
How we were going to save the whole world
But man I got to tell you lord
Didn't have a clue back then, no.
CHORUS
Ride child ride
Hell, we had some good times when
Ride child ride
Sometimes I need those times again
Ride child ride
Hell, we had some good times then
Ride child ride
Take me back there, man, do you remember when?
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| Blind Faith | |
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In a smoky room, could have been the devil's tomb
90 miles east of LA
Feeling desperate and cold, barely 19 years old
Searching for the light through the pouring rain
I visualize, the cold reality
But if I don't try
The answer dies inside of me
CHORUS
Blind faith, take me to the mountains
Blind faith leads me to the sea
Blind faith takes me to a higher ground
Come on, come on, come on and help me find my way
In a small town school
Caught between the liars and the fools
She spent her days thinking about her life
She was full of dreams and doubts
Searching for that one way out
Didn't want to spend the rest of her days being a small town wife
But deep inside, she didn't have the heart to leave
CHORUS
I just got to get myself out of here
We visualize the life we want to lead, but deep inside
Got to find a reason to believe
CHORUS
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| Bastard Sons Of A Thousand Blues | |
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Well it's four o'clock in the morning
And I'm knocking on your door
She says she's tired of me
Don't want me here no more
She said stop your pissin' and moanin' and groanin'
Go sleep outside with them dogs
Now, honey, let me please explain
Because I didn't mean you no wrong
I didn't mean to hurt you, baby
Wouldn't do that to you
She said bite your lip, now, sweet child
You're the bastard son of a thousand blues
Well my daddy was gone by the day I was born
And my mama I've never seen
I was born in the back of a black Cadillac
And raise by a gypsy queen
And as a child I was hell gone wild
Raise in the eye of the storm
By the time I was ten, I was doin' time again
Cause I knew what that gun was for
CHORUS
No, no, no, I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues
Oh, no, no didn't know what I'm going to do
No, no, no I'm the bastard son of a thousand blues
Oh, no, no tell me, mama, what I'm going to do
Ladies have come, ladies have gone
But there's on I remember quite well
Years have gone past, but her memory lasts
But the story I cannot tell
Well I've lived and I've lied
And I've loved and I've tried
To put my soul to good use
Guess I'm shit out of luck
Cause that name , it just sucks
I'm the bastard son of a thousand sons
CHORUS
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| | Swallow This Live | |
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| Look What The Cat Dragged In | |
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I went to bed too late and got up too soon
My poor head still spinnin' from too much booze
I got a foot in the gutter a foot in the grave
I ain't seen home in the last three days
CHORUS
Oh my god look what the cat dragged in
Livin' my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and I do it again
Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in
No tell, motel, hotel bed
If it wasn't for the sunlight I'd swear I was dead
I got a girl on the left of me
a girl on the right
I know damn well I slept with both last night
CHORUS
I'm late for work on Monday and my boss is bitchin'
Can't get out of bed cause my head's still spinnin'
My hair's in a rat's nest, I look like hell
Half alive or half dead, I just can't tell !!
CHORUS
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| Look But You Can't Touch | |
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Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to hell
The rest of them get rich and do just what they feel
Well rich boys live in houses and poor boys live in sin
The rest of them get married and are never seen again
Well let me tell a story explain the shape I'm in
The girl I had last night had never tasted sin
So I took her to my hotel where I tried to get my way
She said "Wait a minute, Bret, there's something I must say"
She said If you wanna talk that's fine with me
But if you want more you'd better let me be
CHORUS
Cause you can look but you can't touch
Cause the best things in life ain't cheap
You can look but you can't touch
Cause baby I ain't for keeps
Well maybe I'm a bad boy
OK, so I've been around the block
But I am good at one thing
And believe me it ain't talk
She says you must be kidding
I've heard this all before
Other girls might buy it
But I don't, that's for sure
Now wait a minute baby
I don't want you to go
She said "Don't get no closer
The answer still is no"
So I wined her, dined her, fancy talked
Acted cool and smooth
Got my hands around her shoulder
Two inches from the move
Well I guess I'm about as close as I could be
So I finally made my move, she just said to me
CHORUS
Let me show you something
Mmm, let me set the pace
Slid my hand up her leg
As she slapped me across my face
Can't blame a man for tryin'
Wantin' action ain't a crime
I didn't plan on spending money
Just to get a piece of mind
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| Let It Play | |
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Did you ever get up on the wrong side of bed
With an achin' head and just fall apart?
You're running late, the boss is bitchin',
It's cold outside, and the car won't start
Well I don't mean to bitch I swear
Cause we all got our cross to bear
CHORUS
But when I hear the music
All my troubles just fade away
When I hear the music
Let it play, let it play
When I hear the music
Sure as darkness I can see the day
When I hear the music
Let it play
Let it play
Life's just rented space getting laid to waste
When the lines on my face say I'm growing older
Just a stitch in time gonna save my mind
When the weight of the world lies on my shoulders
Soon I won't have a place to fit
But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it
CHORUS
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| Good Love | |
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Well, I calls my baby on the telephone
She says hurry home Bret cause I'm all alone
Oh now giddyap, hurry, and don't be late
Cause a b-b-b-b-baby I just can't wait
She starts talking dirty right in my ear
Making herself so perfectly clear
She needs some good love
So I roll her over in the middle of the night
and I rock my baby 'til the morning light
Getting hot....Good love, yeah.
Well the good people say I'm a sinning man
But if they knew my baby they would understand
The neighbors keep yelling bout all the noise
They say the things you're doin' ain't natural, boy
Well my baby she just loves to play
And I need my baby each and every day
Need some good love
We're hopping and a bobbin' in the old moonlight
Rocking and a rolling til the morning light
Getting hot....good love
Bring it home
Well my baby she just loves to play
And I need my baby each and every day
Need some good love
Well my daddy thinks that I've gone crazy
And my poor boss swears I'm losing my cool
But I just want to play with my baby
If you only knew what she could do
She starts talking dirty right in my ear
Making herself so perfectly clear
need some good love
Baby she just loves to play
and I need my baby each and every day
Start hoppin' bobbin' in the old moonlight
Rocking and a rolling til the morning light
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| Life Goes On | |
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I felt this before
Now I feel it again
No matter how hard I try
This feeling won't end
So I pretend you're here by my side
Tonight on this lonely ride
I keep telling myself that
CHORUS
Life goes on while you're miles away
And I need you
Time goes on as night steals the day
There's nothing I can do
You heal up my wounds
I tasted your tears
You spilled out your heart
So I let out my fears
But one fear that I kept to myself
Was how I prayed that you'd love no one else
Like you're saying you love me
CHORUS
If you only knew how much I miss you
When my mind plays these tricks on me
It shows me things I don't want to see
That's why I tell myself
I keep telling myself
Just take another piece of me
CHORUS
And this last mile I travel with you
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| Ride The Wind | |
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Hearts of fire
Streets of stone
Modern warriors
Saddle iron horses of chrome
Taste the wild
Lick the wind
Like something they never saw before
Their jaws dropping to the floor
Steel made of soul and sin
Rebels born without a care
And the day he listens
Only to fly where eagles dare
And the night she whispers
CHORUS
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun
Ride the wind
Never coming back again
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun
Painted flesh
Loyalty
Humble pride
Just as far as the eye can see
Stories told
Two old friends
Of battle scars and lonely bars
And nights the rain wouldn't end
Here's to withered eyes wearing gypsy smiles
And the day he listens
Here's to lovely ladies and a million miles
And the night she whispers
CHORUS
Of all the truths and lies
And stories of riders in the sky
They say only the bravest try
Where eagles and angels dare to fly
CHORUS
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| I Want Action | |
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I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
I grab my hat and I grab my shoes
Tonight I'm gonna hit the streets and cruise
Down the main strip and check it out
With those schoolgirls a hangin' around
Now I'm a sucker for a pretty face
I don't care if she's in leather or lace
cause I'm just lookin' for a little kiss
CHORUS
I want action tonight
satisfaction all night
You've got the love I need tonight
Long legs and short skirts
These girls hit me where it hurts
I can't wait to get my hands on them
I won't give up until they give in
Now I'm not lookin' for a love that lasts
I need a shot and I need it fast
If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her
CHORUS
Hey, sweetheart, slide on in here
No, not in the front, jump in the back
Why?
Cause there's something back there I want to show ya
I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
Ah, come on honey, I wasn't that bad!
Ah, well
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Something To Believe In | |
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Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land
He tells me to believe in Jesus
And steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man
But Lord I think he sinned, yeah
Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there
Cause I never meant the things I did"
CHORUS
And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise
My best friend died a lonely man
In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
And they told me the news
I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place
And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again
CHORUS
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me home
I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read JESUS SAVES
A mile away live the rich folks
And I see how they're living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose, so few win
CHORUS
You take the high road and I'll take the low road
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then
And give me something to believe in
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| Poor Boy Blues | |
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My daddy said
"Son, don't you come to me cryin'
Cause money don't make you a happy man"
He said the grass is always greener
Any place except where you stand
He said some are born to win
And some born to lose
And sing them poor boy blues
Watch out
I've lived uptown, downtown
Lord I've lived everywhere
Almost drowned in the puddle of my own sweat I swear
I believe it's due time I get my mansion in ole Bel Air
CHORUS
But I'm still singin' those poor boy blues
Poor boy blues
You don't know how I'm feeling baby
Until you're wearing my shoes
Sure as I'm standing here
I got them poor boy blues
Friday night I get tanked up
And tossed in the local slam
At least I get three square meals
Until someone gets me out of this jam
In the meanwhile all my green
Is going to Uncle Sam
CHORUS
Walk this dog
CHORUS
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| Unskinny Bop | |
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What's got you so jumpy?
Why can't you sit still, yeah?
Like gasoline you wanna pump me
And leave me when you get your fill, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
Unskinny bop
Just blows me away
Unskinny bop, bop
All night and day
Unskinny bop, bop, bop, bop
She just loves to play
Unskinny bop nothin' more to say
You look at me so funny
Love bite got you acting oh so strange
You got too many bees in your honey
Am I just another word in your page, yeah, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
You're sayin' my love won't do ya
But that ain't love written on your face
Well honey I can see right through ya
We'll see whose ridin' who at the end of the race
What's right
What's wrong
What's left
What the hell is going on
CHORUS
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| Love On The Rocks | |
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She goes down slow like a shot of gin
She's got an angel's face and a devil's grin
She kinda stared me down as I looked her up
She said "I'm your poison, now you drink a cup."
In the heat of the night is when she comes alive
She's gonna push you push you til she's satisfied
I watch the ice melt fast on her red hot lips
She whispers "If you wanna taste my love
why don't you swallow this."
CHORUS
Love on the rocks
Love on the rocks
She's my shot
Love on the rocks
Ooooh lick it up
She gets so close you can feel her breathe
Just the way she moves, so soft and slippery
She lives just around the corner, right down the street
All night we play the horizontal bop right between her sheets
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Every Rose Has Its Thorn | |
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We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside
Was it something I said or something I did
Did the words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
CHORUS
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does
I listen to our favorite song
playing on the radio
Hear the DJ say loves a game of easy come and
easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here somehow
If I could have let you know somehow
I guess
CHORUS
Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
but the scar, that scar remains
I know I could have saved a love that night
If I'd known what to say
Instead of makin' love
We both made our separate ways
But now I hear you found somebody new
and that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess
CHORUS
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| Fallen Angel | |
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She stepped off the bus out into the city streets
Just a small town girl with her whole life
Packed in a suitcase by her feet
But somehow the lights didn't
shine as bright as they did
On her mama's TV screen
And the work seemed harder
And the days seemed longer
Than she ever thought they'd be
But you know you got to stick to your guns
When it all comes down
Cause sometimes you can't choose
It's like heads they win
Tails you're gonna lose
CHORUS
Win big--Mama's fallen angel
Lose big--living out her lies
Wants it all--Mama's fallen angel
Lose it all, rolling the dice of her life
Now she found herself in the fast lane living day to day
Turned her back on her best friends, yeah
And let her family slip away
Just like a lost soul
caught up in the Hollywood scene
All the parties and the limousines
Such a good actress hiding all her pain
Trading her memories for fortune and fame
Just a step away from the edge of a fall
Caught between heaven and hell
Where's the girl I knew a year ago
CHORUS
Too much too soon
Or just a little too late
Cause when her ship came in
She wasn't there and it just wouldn't wait
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Your Mama Don't Dance | |
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CHOURS
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
But when evening comes around and it's time to hit the town
Where do you go--You gotta rock it
The old folks say that
You gotta end your date by ten
But if you're out on a date
Don't you bring her home late cause it's a sin
You know there's no excuse,
You know you're gonna lose, you never win
I'll say it again
And it's all because
CHORUS
Everyone gather round let me tell you all about it
You see I pulled into a drive-in and I found a place to park
We hopped into the backseat where it's always nice and dark
We're just about to move thinking "Bret, this is a breeze"
There's a light in my eye and a guy says
"Out of the car, long hair!"
Oowee--you're coming with me
Said the local police
CHORUS
Play me a little C.C.
Your Mama don't dance, no
She just don't dance, no
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Ah, yeah
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| Nothin' But A Good Time | |
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Now Listen
Not a dime, I can't pay my rent
I can barely make it through the week
Saturday night I'd like to make my girl
But right now I can't make ends meet
I'm always working slaving every day
Gotta get away from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
CHORUS
Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't looking for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this
They say I spend my money on women and wine
But I couldn't tell you where I spent last night
I'm really sorry about the shape I'm in
I just like my fun every now and then
I'm always working slaving every day
Gotta get away from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
CHORUS
You see I raise a toast to all of us
Who are breaking our backs every day
If wanting the good life is such a crime
Lord, then put me away
Here's to ya
CHORUS
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Talk Dirty To Me | |
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You know I never
I never seen you look so good
You never act the way you should
But I like it
And I know you like it too
The way that I want you
I gotta have you
Oh yes, I do
You know I never
I never ever stay out late
You know that I can hardly wait
Just to see you
And I know you cannot wait
Wait to see me too
I gotta touch you
CHORUS
Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Till I'm screaming for more
Down the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me
You know I call you
I call you on the telephone
I'm only hoping that you're home
So I can hear you
When you say those words to me
And whisper so softly
I gotta hear you
CHORUS
C.C. pick up that guitar and talk to me
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| So Tell Me Why | |
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I'd like to put to rest the rumors
I'd like to put to rest the lies
I'd like to throw away the past
And show you how I feel inside
I'll be your taxi and your driver
I'll be your road if you need
I'd like to push and push and push
Just to make you pleased
But your river of emotion for me
flows like a dried up stream
CHORUS
So tell me why
Your satisfaction's like a heart of stone
So tell me why
Your love reaction chills me to the bone
You make my blood boil hot
And my heart beat like a drum
I'd like to do to you girl
Things that ain't never been done
From the rain I'll be your shelter
From the cold I'll be your heat
I'll push and push and push
just to make you pleased
CHORUS
So tell me your reason
for tearing me up inside
Girl you gotta tell me why
But your river of emotion for me
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| Souls On Fire | |
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It takes two to tango
In the heat of the night
You're gonna give it in
No matter how you fight
Hot nights, pretty women
and a bottle of gin
Fine floozy sitting pretty
in the city of sin
I'm knocking on your back door
baby let me in
CHORUS
I'll take you down
light your fuse baby
Set your soul on fire
Make your body sweat
soaking wet
In the midnight hour
Step closer my seniorita
It's so nice to meet ya
I see your eyes say no
but your flesh is weak
Well sweet salt shaker
and rattle my bones
One more inch I'm gonna drive it home
Hate to see a pretty little woman all alone
CHORUS
She said are you gonna nibble baby
Or are you gonna take yourself a bite
You invite me closer honey
And I just might
I don't want money or a big black car
I just wanna know how I'm doing so far
So far I'm gonna do you just right
CHORUS
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| Only Time Will Tell | |
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I just needed someone to hold
When the bottle was empty
and the nights grew cold
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
You were my angel of mercy
And helped me to believe
You touched my soul when I was lonely
You held me up when I couldn't fly
There's no words could explain
How I feel inside and this I tell you
In a world full of anger
and times gone strange
You held me close
You held me close to you
Lay my head on your shoulder
I finally let it all out
It felt good for a moment
Not living in a shadow of doubt
But everybody needs a little something
To pull them through I gave one for the other
And God know that the other was you
CHORUS
Now only time will tell only time will tell
If our love is scratched in sand
Or if it's etched in stone
Only time will tell only time will tell
If our love will stand or walk the road along
My angel of mercy
Pulled me through somehow
I just hope you know
I need you now
You're the one
That touched my very soul
The one who held on tight
God knows you never let go
Angel of mercy
It's time we closed the door
Put out the lights and burn the fire
Burn the fire inside
Angel of mercy
You pulled me through
And this I tell to you
God know I'd tell it to you
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| No More Lookin' Back (Poison Jazz) | |
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My friend called just the other day
Packed it up he won't be back this way
It's not your heart but the spirit they break
There's only so much a small town boy can take
See the eyes of the countless masses
Drinking life from the empty glasses
CHORUS
No more victims
No more lies
No sheer heart attacks
No more empty promises
No more lookin' back
I came here loaded searching for the dream
But nothing is ever easy as it seems
I thought I got closer to it every day
But every day it just got so far away
See all the faces paled
Shot to hell when the system failed
CHORUS
I thought I could take all the shit in grind
And stand much more pain
But see all those dead end wishes
Eats away at the brain
CHORUS
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| | Flesh and Blood | |
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| Valley Of Lost Souls | |
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I hit the highway
Touch life barely sixteen
No angel of mercy
Coming down to save the soul of me
I took a Greyhound limousine
Straight to grand central NYC
It was ass, gas, or grass, living fast
Nobody rides for free
CHORUS
Living it up, giving it up
Living in the valley of lost souls
Wanting it all, taking the fall
Living in the valley of lost souls
Miss Misery come ride me
How I love her company
She did Boston justice
And wronged all the right out of me
The devil wears a black suit
He says I'm livin' like a bum
So what I'm looking like I'm half dead
A gypsy on the run
CHORUS
Feels like time's running out on me
But I wasn't born to play nobody's fool
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down to play nobody's fool
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down
I've gotta roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll
Somebody save me
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| Flesh And Blood (Sacrifice) | |
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Like animals
Tonight we make it
You give me an inch,
I'm gonna take it
I'll steal your love
Like a thief
To be as one
is my belief
Don't look back and have no regrets
Like beasts of prey we must feed on it
I'll be your one, your one and only
To feel me burn come close and hold me
CHORUS
Flesh and Blood sacrifice
Melts the heart like fire and ice
Flesh and blood like fire to ice
Are you willing to sacrifice
There's no more time,
Don't think about
The flame will die
If you doubt
It's a game of
Love and hate
To lose it all's
a chance we take
Come to me and take my hand
It's in the fire that we must stand
I'll take you down under my gun
Our flesh and blood will be as one
CHORUS
Our blood runs deeper than a river
The less you need the more I'm gonna give you
And give you but good
CHORUS
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| Unskinny Bop | |
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What's got you so jumpy?
Why can't you sit still, yeah?
Like gasoline you wanna pump me
And leave me when you get your fill, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
Unskinny bop
Just blows me away
Unskinny bop, bop
All night and day
Unskinny bop, bop, bop, bop
She just loves to play
Unskinny bop nothin' more to say
You look at me so funny
Love bite got you acting oh so strange
You got too many bees in your honey
Am I just another word in your page, yeah, yeah
Every time I touch you honey you get hot
I want to make love you never stop
Come up for air you push me to the floor
What's been going on in that head of yours
CHORUS
You're sayin' my love won't do ya
But that ain't love written on your face
Well honey I can see right through ya
We'll see whose ridin' who at the end of the race
What's right
What's wrong
What's left
What the hell is going on
CHORUS
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| Let It Play | |
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Did you ever get up on the wrong side of bed
With an achin' head and just fall apart?
You're running late, the boss is bitchin',
It's cold outside, and the car won't start
Well I don't mean to bitch I swear
Cause we all got our cross to bear
CHORUS
But when I hear the music
All my troubles just fade away
When I hear the music
Let it play, let it play
When I hear the music
Sure as darkness I can see the day
When I hear the music
Let it play
Let it play
Life's just rented space getting laid to waste
When the lines on my face say I'm growing older
Just a stitch in time gonna save my mind
When the weight of the world lies on my shoulders
Soon I won't have a place to fit
But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it
CHORUS
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| Life Goes On | |
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I felt this before
Now I feel it again
No matter how hard I try
This feeling won't end
So I pretend you're here by my side
Tonight on this lonely ride
I keep telling myself that
CHORUS
Life goes on while you're miles away
And I need you
Time goes on as night steals the day
There's nothing I can do
You heal up my wounds
I tasted your tears
You spilled out your heart
So I let out my fears
But one fear that I kept to myself
Was how I prayed that you'd love no one else
Like you're saying you love me
CHORUS
If you only knew how much I miss you
When my mind plays these tricks on me
It shows me things I don't want to see
That's why I tell myself
I keep telling myself
Just take another piece of me
CHORUS
And this last mile I travel with you
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| Come Hell Or High Water | |
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I've got no worries
I've got no regrets
Who they think they're kidding
They ain't seen nothing yet
You point my finger try to tell me I'm wrong
That never stopped me from singin' my song
I got the last laugh at the things they do
Eliminate them at the turn of a screw
I never lived by nobody's rules
I won't be sinking on that ship of fools
Can't push me no matter how hard they try
Stand back, it's my turn to fly
CHORUS
Come hell, hell or high water
Nothing's gonna hold me down
Come hell, hell or high water
Ain't no body messin' me around
I see their wicked ways and miles of endless lies
Their jaded lives couldn't erase my smile
But what's this shit that I just heard
Son of a bitch you're working on my nerves
I'll watch you choke on your last words
It's about time you got what you deserved
I never lived by nobody's rules
I won't be sinking on that ship of fools
Can't push me no matter how hard they try
Stand back, it's my turn to fly
CHORUS
I've got something that's been on my mind
Come close I'll tell you the problem that I find
I'm sick and tired of the damage you've done
Don't blame me I ain't the one
Blame yourself for the ghosts in your past
Kiss my ass
CHORUS
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| Ride The Wind | |
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Hearts of fire
Streets of stone
Modern warriors
Saddle iron horses of chrome
Taste the wild
Lick the wind
Like something they never saw before
Their jaws dropping to the floor
Steel made of soul and sin
Rebels born without a care
And the day he listens
Only to fly where eagles dare
And the night she whispers
CHORUS
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun
Ride the wind
Never coming back again
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun
Painted flesh
Loyalty
Humble pride
Just as far as the eye can see
Stories told
Two old friends
Of battle scars and lonely bars
And nights the rain wouldn't end
Here's to withered eyes wearing gypsy smiles
And the day he listens
Here's to lovely ladies and a million miles
And the night she whispers
CHORUS
Of all the truths and lies
And stories of riders in the sky
They say only the bravest try
Where eagles and angels dare to fly
CHORUS
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| Don't Give Up An Inch | |
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CHORUS
Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't take me for the mile
Don't give up an inch girl
If you won't take me for a mile
Miles from home and I'm all alone
And looking for a first time
We took a long ride
And there by your side
I did my first crime
Well Mary Mary quite contrary
Just how does your garden grow
She said you ring my bell
And rattle my shell
I'll be your pretty maid all in a row
Put me to the test
Lay me down to rest
While your nails cut me up like a knife
Put me in you like a flesh tattoo
And scarred this poor boy for life
CHORUS
It was a hot one
In the summer sun
And more than heat was rising
I remember that September
And just how you left me smiling
I left there shaken
Body was achin'
Like it never did before
Begged and pleaded
Swear I needed
Needed you a whole lot more
Put me to the test
Lay me down to rest
While your nails cut me up like a knife
Put me in you like a flesh tattoo
And scarred this poor boy for life
CHORUS
Made this boy's bell ring
And there I earned my wings
Left me there in sweet pain
Hell I'll never be the same
CHORUS
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| Something To Believe In | |
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Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land
He tells me to believe in Jesus
And steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man
But Lord I think he sinned, yeah
Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there
Cause I never meant the things I did"
CHORUS
And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise
My best friend died a lonely man
In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
And they told me the news
I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place
And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again
CHORUS
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me home
I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read JESUS SAVES
A mile away live the rich folks
And I see how they're living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose, so few win
CHORUS
You take the high road and I'll take the low road
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then
And give me something to believe in
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| Ball And Chain | |
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Come on, come on
Get on your dress and put on a smile
Lets lose this place
and get out awhile, awhile, awhile
You don't need nothin' fancy
Just a whole lot of attitude
I'll be your man now baby
If you're doing what I want you to do
I keep on tellin' ya
CHORUS
She's my ball and chain
My lock and key
And I'm liking it baby
She's my ball and chain
My lock and key
And I'm liking it good
I'll t-t-t-tell ya
Momma always said
There was plenty of fish in the sea
So I baited my hook but good
And caught one for me, just for me
She'll set you up with her body
And then knock you out with charm
She's just a little too nasty baby
But that never did me no harm, no
I keep on telling ya
CHORUS
And she'll always be wrapped tight around me
I t-t-t-tell ya
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| Life Loves A Tragedy | |
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Of all the words that I've spoken
And lies that I've told
Of all the hearts left broken
Begged for, bought, and sold
Lord I'm feeling lonely
Feel like I can't go on
The streets have all grown cold now
The mysteries all gone
She's all gone
She's all gone, gone, gone
All gone now
She's all...
Well I ain't getting any younger
Can't you see it in my eyes
She sweet has turned to sour
I think it's time for me to fly
Well my vices have turned to habits
And my habits have turned to stone
The lies chipped away at my smile now baby
While the truth ate me down to the bone
One more step and I swear
I'll be over the edge
I've gotta stop living at a pace that kills
Before I wake up dead
CHORUS
Good times, bad times
How life loves a tragedy
Heartbreaks, heartaches
How life loves a tragedy
The nights I spent in danger
With strangers I thought were friends only to wake in anger
For some pleasure they swore they'd send
I think it's time I move on like a rolling stone
Cause I got all the broken dreams I can buy
It's time to sell the ones I stole
CHORUS
Well I paid the price
For every thrill I got
Those thrills are all long gone baby
But I'm still paying for them like it or not
I think it's time I move on like a rolling stone
Cause I got all the broken dreams I can buy
It's time to sell the ones I stole
CHORUS
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| | Open Up and Say Ah! | |
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| Love On The Rocks | |
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She goes down slow like a shot of gin
She's got an angel's face and a devil's grin
She kinda stared me down as I looked her up
She said "I'm your poison, now you drink a cup."
In the heat of the night is when she comes alive
She's gonna push you push you til she's satisfied
I watch the ice melt fast on her red hot lips
She whispers "If you wanna taste my love
why don't you swallow this."
CHORUS
Love on the rocks
Love on the rocks
She's my shot
Love on the rocks
Ooooh lick it up
She gets so close you can feel her breathe
Just the way she moves, so soft and slippery
She lives just around the corner, right down the street
All night we play the horizontal bop right between her sheets
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Nothin' But A Good Time | |
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Now Listen
Not a dime, I can't pay my rent
I can barely make it through the week
Saturday night I'd like to make my girl
But right now I can't make ends meet
I'm always working slaving every day
Gotta get away from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
CHORUS
Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't looking for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this
They say I spend my money on women and wine
But I couldn't tell you where I spent last night
I'm really sorry about the shape I'm in
I just like my fun every now and then
I'm always working slaving every day
Gotta get away from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
CHORUS
You see I raise a toast to all of us
Who are breaking our backs every day
If wanting the good life is such a crime
Lord, then put me away
Here's to ya
CHORUS
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Back To The Rockin' Horse | |
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Like this
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Ain't got a hope in hell
Of putting my pieces back together again
I've seen things in my life that should never be seen
I'm talking things that'd make your skin crawl
I want to go back to a simpler time
Where nothin' really mattered at all
You see, I can't sleep all night long
Tossin' and a-turnin'
thoughts they keep a-churnin'
I can't sleep all night long
As a matter of fact
I just want to get back
CHORUS
Back to the rockin' horse
Back to where it all began
Take me back-back to the rockin' horse
And start all over again
My parents think I'm crazy
And the doctor says I cracked
But they don't understand me
Cause I just wanna go back
You see I can't sleep all night long
Tossin' and a-turnin
Thoughts they keep a-churnin'
I can't sleep all night long
As a matter of fact
I just want to get back
CHORUS
Like this
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| Good Love | |
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Well, I calls my baby on the telephone
She says hurry home Bret cause I'm all alone
Oh now giddyap, hurry, and don't be late
Cause a b-b-b-b-baby I just can't wait
She starts talking dirty right in my ear
Making herself so perfectly clear
She needs some good love
So I roll her over in the middle of the night
and I rock my baby 'til the morning light
Getting hot....Good love, yeah.
Well the good people say I'm a sinning man
But if they knew my baby they would understand
The neighbors keep yelling bout all the noise
They say the things you're doin' ain't natural, boy
Well my baby she just loves to play
And I need my baby each and every day
Need some good love
We're hopping and a bobbin' in the old moonlight
Rocking and a rolling til the morning light
Getting hot....good love
Bring it home
Well my baby she just loves to play
And I need my baby each and every day
Need some good love
Well my daddy thinks that I've gone crazy
And my poor boss swears I'm losing my cool
But I just want to play with my baby
If you only knew what she could do
She starts talking dirty right in my ear
Making herself so perfectly clear
need some good love
Baby she just loves to play
and I need my baby each and every day
Start hoppin' bobbin' in the old moonlight
Rocking and a rolling til the morning light
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| Tearin' Down The Walls | |
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You're my fatal attraction
Oh, no, I can't stop
You're my midnight fantasy
You're my cream of the crop
I'm coming home girl
I'm coming home
You're my soaking wet ecstasy
Like sex on the beach
I wanna take you home now girl
Gonna practice what I preach, dig
I'm comin' home girl
I'm comin' home now
I can taste your sweet emotion
I can feel it runnin' hot
Our veins of passion pumping so strong
We're like gas and fire
got a burnin' desire
Them sparks are gonna fly and we'll be
CHORUS
Shakin' shakin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Screamin' scratchin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
I just wanna eat you up like a lion in a cage
Just get a little bit closer girl
And that's all I'll need to say
I'm comin' home girl
I'm comin' home now
You're like a slave to the rhythm
I'm gonna put you to the test
You turn up the heat turn on the light
And I'll do the rest
I'm comin' home girl,
I'm comin home now
I can taste your sweet emotion
I can feel it runnin' hot
Our veins of passion pumping so strong
We're like gas and fire
got a burnin' desire
Them sparks are gonna fly and we'll be
CHORUS
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| Look But You Can't Touch | |
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Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to hell
The rest of them get rich and do just what they feel
Well rich boys live in houses and poor boys live in sin
The rest of them get married and are never seen again
Well let me tell a story explain the shape I'm in
The girl I had last night had never tasted sin
So I took her to my hotel where I tried to get my way
She said "Wait a minute, Bret, there's something I must say"
She said If you wanna talk that's fine with me
But if you want more you'd better let me be
CHORUS
Cause you can look but you can't touch
Cause the best things in life ain't cheap
You can look but you can't touch
Cause baby I ain't for keeps
Well maybe I'm a bad boy
OK, so I've been around the block
But I am good at one thing
And believe me it ain't talk
She says you must be kidding
I've heard this all before
Other girls might buy it
But I don't, that's for sure
Now wait a minute baby
I don't want you to go
She said "Don't get no closer
The answer still is no"
So I wined her, dined her, fancy talked
Acted cool and smooth
Got my hands around her shoulder
Two inches from the move
Well I guess I'm about as close as I could be
So I finally made my move, she just said to me
CHORUS
Let me show you something
Mmm, let me set the pace
Slid my hand up her leg
As she slapped me across my face
Can't blame a man for tryin'
Wantin' action ain't a crime
I didn't plan on spending money
Just to get a piece of mind
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| Fallen Angel | |
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She stepped off the bus out into the city streets
Just a small town girl with her whole life
Packed in a suitcase by her feet
But somehow the lights didn't
shine as bright as they did
On her mama's TV screen
And the work seemed harder
And the days seemed longer
Than she ever thought they'd be
But you know you got to stick to your guns
When it all comes down
Cause sometimes you can't choose
It's like heads they win
Tails you're gonna lose
CHORUS
Win big--Mama's fallen angel
Lose big--living out her lies
Wants it all--Mama's fallen angel
Lose it all, rolling the dice of her life
Now she found herself in the fast lane living day to day
Turned her back on her best friends, yeah
And let her family slip away
Just like a lost soul
caught up in the Hollywood scene
All the parties and the limousines
Such a good actress hiding all her pain
Trading her memories for fortune and fame
Just a step away from the edge of a fall
Caught between heaven and hell
Where's the girl I knew a year ago
CHORUS
Too much too soon
Or just a little too late
Cause when her ship came in
She wasn't there and it just wouldn't wait
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Every Rose Has Its Thorn | |
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We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside
Was it something I said or something I did
Did the words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
CHORUS
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does
I listen to our favorite song
playing on the radio
Hear the DJ say loves a game of easy come and
easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here somehow
If I could have let you know somehow
I guess
CHORUS
Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
but the scar, that scar remains
I know I could have saved a love that night
If I'd known what to say
Instead of makin' love
We both made our separate ways
But now I hear you found somebody new
and that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess
CHORUS
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| Your Mama Don't Dance | |
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CHOURS
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
But when evening comes around and it's time to hit the town
Where do you go--You gotta rock it
The old folks say that
You gotta end your date by ten
But if you're out on a date
Don't you bring her home late cause it's a sin
You know there's no excuse,
You know you're gonna lose, you never win
I'll say it again
And it's all because
CHORUS
Everyone gather round let me tell you all about it
You see I pulled into a drive-in and I found a place to park
We hopped into the backseat where it's always nice and dark
We're just about to move thinking "Bret, this is a breeze"
There's a light in my eye and a guy says
"Out of the car, long hair!"
Oowee--you're coming with me
Said the local police
CHORUS
Play me a little C.C.
Your Mama don't dance, no
She just don't dance, no
Your Mama don't dance and your Daddy don't rock and roll
Ah, yeah
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| Bad To Be Good | |
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There's an alley cat slowly walking down a dirty street
Watching a cop on the take marching to his city beat
You got five fingers Johnny stealing everything in sight
You gotta be bad to be good in the dead of the night
Wowowow, kick it
You're dancing in fire, baby
When you're taking it to the streets
Yeah to the streets
Baby better be better watch your back
Fast on your feet
Cause they're wheelin' dealin'
Cheatin' stealin'
Child you're gonna learn
CHORUS
You gotta be bad to be good
If you know what I'm talkin' about
What's that
So I say it again
You gotta be bad to be good
In the dead of the night
When you got nothin' baby
You got nothin' to lose, nothin' to lose
It's an eye for an eye baby
And a tooth for a tooth, ain't it the truth
If you got nine lives you might survive
Cause nothing's free on the other side
Chorus
Wheelin' dealin' cheatin' stealin'
Just to stay alive
They got love for sale, yes for sale
On the New York subway line
Watch the working girls hanging out
Turning tricks underneath the lights,
Oh the lights
One step from hell
The poor men sell their soul
for a taste of wine
CHORUS
When it's said and done
and you're on the run
And the only law comes under the gun
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| | Look What The Cat Dragged In | |
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| Cry Tough | |
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Remember the nights we sat and talked about all our dreams
Well little did we know then
They were more distant than they seemed
Well I knew it you knew it too
The things w'd go through
We knew the things we had to do to make it, baby.
CHORUS
You gotta cry tough
Out on the streets
To make your dreams happen
You gotta cry out
Out to the world
To make them all come true.
Life ain't no easy ride at least that's what I am told
Sometimes the rainbow baby is better than the pot of gold
You've got to stick it out whether you're wrong or right
And you can't give in without a fight to make it baby
CHORUS
You gotta aim high, baby
whether you lose or win
And when you get to the top
You gotta get off or go right back down again
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| I Want Action | |
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I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
I grab my hat and I grab my shoes
Tonight I'm gonna hit the streets and cruise
Down the main strip and check it out
With those schoolgirls a hangin' around
Now I'm a sucker for a pretty face
I don't care if she's in leather or lace
cause I'm just lookin' for a little kiss
CHORUS
I want action tonight
satisfaction all night
You've got the love I need tonight
Long legs and short skirts
These girls hit me where it hurts
I can't wait to get my hands on them
I won't give up until they give in
Now I'm not lookin' for a love that lasts
I need a shot and I need it fast
If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her
CHORUS
Hey, sweetheart, slide on in here
No, not in the front, jump in the back
Why?
Cause there's something back there I want to show ya
I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
Ah, come on honey, I wasn't that bad!
Ah, well
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| I Won't Forget You | |
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Late at night I close my eyes
And think of how things could have been
And when I look back
I remember some words you had said to me
It's better to have lost at love
Then never to have loved at all
CHORUS
I won't forget you baby
Even though I should
I won't forget you baby
Even though I should, yeah
Sometimes in my head
I can still see pictures of you
And I laugh to myself
When I think of all those crazy things that we used to do
Although miles come between us
Just between you and me
CHORUS
I should let you fade away
But that just wouldn't be me
Oh, baby
Although miles come between us
Just between you and me
I won't forget you baby
Memories slowly fade
I won't forget you baby
And all the plans we made
I won't forget you baby
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| Play Dirty | |
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The boys in the back room
Billy shooting pool
Trading dirty glances
with pretty boys playing cool
They're putting down their whiskey
Getting loaded tonight
It's gettin' kind of risky
They're lookin' to fight
If you want action
if you want a thrill
Then take it down to Jimmy's bar and grill
CHORUS
And play dirty
and dirty games too
Play dirty
like dirty boys do
Tattoo Willie's happenin'
He really makes a scene
He's got anything you like
If you know what I mean
Troubles up when the heat comes down
Cause down at Jimmy's
they don't mess around
CHORUS
Come on, man, let's take this right outside
Come on, sucker, hit it
The place is gettin' restless
There's trouble in the air
All hell's about to break loose
The dirty punks just don't care
If you want action, if you want a thrill
Then take it down to Jimmy's bar and grill
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Look What The Cat Dragged In | |
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I went to bed too late and got up too soon
My poor head still spinnin' from too much booze
I got a foot in the gutter a foot in the grave
I ain't seen home in the last three days
CHORUS
Oh my god look what the cat dragged in
Livin' my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and I do it again
Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in
No tell, motel, hotel bed
If it wasn't for the sunlight I'd swear I was dead
I got a girl on the left of me
a girl on the right
I know damn well I slept with both last night
CHORUS
I'm late for work on Monday and my boss is bitchin'
Can't get out of bed cause my head's still spinnin'
My hair's in a rat's nest, I look like hell
Half alive or half dead, I just can't tell !!
CHORUS
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| Talk Dirty To Me | |
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You know I never
I never seen you look so good
You never act the way you should
But I like it
And I know you like it too
The way that I want you
I gotta have you
Oh yes, I do
You know I never
I never ever stay out late
You know that I can hardly wait
Just to see you
And I know you cannot wait
Wait to see me too
I gotta touch you
CHORUS
Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Till I'm screaming for more
Down the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me
You know I call you
I call you on the telephone
I'm only hoping that you're home
So I can hear you
When you say those words to me
And whisper so softly
I gotta hear you
CHORUS
C.C. pick up that guitar and talk to me
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Want Some, Need Some | |
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All my friends have someone
I need someone too
Someone to hold the whole night through
I need a lover
someone like you
Someone to make my dreams come true
Maybe if I close my eyes
Everything will be alright
Cause I don't wanna be alone
No more, baby
CHORUS
I want some
I need some
anybody, somebody
Someone custom built for me
I want some
I need some
Whole lotta lovin' satisfaction guaranteed
I wake in the morning
And wrap my arms around no one
But that no one could be someone meant for me
So I jump out of my bed
And throw my hands on my head
And scream I need a lover just for me
Maybe if I close my eyes
Everything will be alright
Cause I don't wanna be alone
I know that baby
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Blame It On You | |
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She's got pizzazz
Like a razzmatazz
I'd like to slide it in
But where do I begin
Wastes all my money
Spends all my time
I ain't got no luck
Can't change her mind
CHORUS
Blame it on you
I can't stand up
Blame it on you
I'm keeping my mouth shut
Blame it on you
I can't see straight
Blame it on you
Uh-oh, too late
I want a little reaction
How 'bout a kiss or two?
She said, "Jump back honey,"
I said, "no can do."
Why do you always make a fool out of me?
I can't get no nookie
Just plain to see
Wastes all my money
Spends all my time
I ain't got no luck
Can't change her mind
CHORUS
Blame it on you
I can't get no sleep
Blame it on you
I'm in six feet deep
Blame it on you
well I guess it's true
Blame it on you
Yes, I do
I blame this whole damn mess, honey
right on you
Now listen little girl, let me explain
Why you got me in such a terrible way
FIRST VERSE
PRE CHORUS
CHORUS
CHORUS
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| #1 Bad Boy | |
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What you heard about me
Was probably right
I'm the boy next door
The one you were warned about
Oh yes, indeed
Well, I'm no upstanding citizen
but I'm standing up just the same
CHORUS
Number one bad boy
who's to blame
Number one bad boy
Ain't that a shame
Yeah, right
All my friends are two faced
And I'm a social disgrace
I got no morals
Don't belong in the rat race
Well, I'm no upstanding citizen
but I'm standing up just the same
Into a lonely world
Where I'm lost without a trace
Two faced
rat race
disgrace
Will I stand up on my own?
Will I fall on my face?
FIRST VERSE
PRE CHORUS
CHORUS
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| Let Me Go To The Show | |
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Mama, please let me go to the show
I dig those bad boys playing that rock and roll
No way, son, you can't go out tonight
So I got real upset, put up the biggest fight
CHORUS
Mama, let me go to the show
I dig those bad boys playing that rock and roll
Mama, let me go out tonight
Mama, please, before I lose my mind
Out the window
Shimmy down the tree
I take a look around
make sure no one's watching me
steal the keys and take
my old man's Chevrolet
I can hear my Mama scream
from ten miles away
CHORUS
Rock and roll rodeo
Rock and roll rodeo
CHORUS
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Power to the people
