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Once upon a time when I was in high school
I was in love with a lady she treated me so cool I was driving an Chevy '72 It had four on the floor, 120 it would do And I remember Marvin Gaye singing Let's get it on There was a war baby somewhere across the sea I didn't want to go to fight girl 'cause you were reall loving me But I remember Martin Luther King Lord he was the man baby who gave us all a dream And I remember Marvin Gaye singing Let's get it on Lord he made me so strong I remember Marvin Gaye singing Let's get it on We used to have sweet music in the park Way up in Monterrey they sang througout the dark And you used to wear girl that gypsy dress When you stroll on by all the boys they want a chance And I remember Marvin Gaye singing Let's get it on He made my love so strong I remember Otis Redding Sitting on the dock of the bay Oh lord he went away I remember Sam Cooke singing Bring it on home to me From your love I can be free I remember Elvis Presley and the blues suede shoes Lord they give me the blues I remember Marvin Gaye singing Let's get it on |
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I see the light in your eyes
It's getting dimmer everyday I feel the bitter cut of your tongue, so lacking in it' grace And the sadness on your tattooed face It seems to me my dear When we are face to face The truth is a rare prey No matter how many tears Are locked up inside you like pounding fear And contrary to desire, like the reverse of me and you Time never comes back And leaves us nothing, nothing left to pursue (chorus) Da da da dat dat da dat da da dat da da Turn off the waterworks baby, They don't move me no more You've got my boots but I'm already Standing out side your door And there's nothing left that we can repair anymore It's good that I remembered, before you forget I give you my heart, but you wanted my head And there's nothing, nothing we don't deserve And contrary to desire, like the reverse of me and you Time never comes back And leaves us nothing, nothing left to pursue Chorus Now there's a knucklehead, I had it painted red Standing alone in the yard We won't be riding together no more girl Believe me, I take it hard I take it hard, I take it hard, I take it hard And contrary to desire, Like the reverse of me and you Time never comes back And leaves us nothing, nothing left to pursue Chorus out |
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I closed the door on a Hong Kong man
He made his living selling heroin I checked the cactus it don't need no water TV set it was quite a salaughter Slam the hood down on the Plymoth Roadrunner Put the cigar out I don't like the smell or the flavor Check your mirror and then check your radiator Where we going, where we going Over the Border I caught a plane out of Cincinnati He was a third generation pimp kind of pretty He laughed as he asked me for a favor I put a 9mm in his ear and said I see you later Slam the hood down on the Plymoth Roadrunner Put the cigar out I don't like the smell or the flavor Check your mirror and then check your radiator Where we going, where we going Over the Border All you really needed was to be somebody They took the kindness from your eyes That's the break how you like them 30 years on the highway running I've got a trunk full of guns no love and no woman So I sleeped into this bar in downtown Miami There is a cocaine czar making lot's of money Check the safety on both your ouzi's 30 seconds later it's a kind of gooey Slam the hood down on the Plymoth Roadrunner Put the cigar out I don't like the smell or the flavor Check your mirrors and then check your radiator Where we going, where we going Over the Border Where we going, where we going Over the Border |
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I jused to watch you Jules LeBlanc
When you thought no one was around I watched you walk down to the bayou's edge And gently lay your body down Your secret was my secret And it was all that I could do to keep it Keep it to myself and the power that I felt But somebody must have seen And burned a sacred candle in my name Because now there's a spell on me And I'm caught up in your purgatory chain They found a body just this morning Out behind St. Genevieve That's the sacred place I won't let them desecrate The shrine you built for me Because your secret is still my secret And if it means I'll have to lose my life to keep it I'll take it to my grave for the love we never made Because somebody followed me and Spoke a lover's curse into our flame But now I can't runaway Because I'm caught up in your purgatory chain I'm on fire … I'm moanin' mmm….Yeah Your secret is still my secret And it have to lose my life to keep it I'll take it to my grave for the love we never made But somebody must have seen And burned a sacred candle in my name Because now there's a spell on me And I'm caught up in your purgatory chain I'm your slave you've got me chained No matter how far you go No matter where you're headed When you get there I will be there Waiting waiting in the rain Your secret is still my secret And if it means I'll have to lose my life to keep it I'll take it to my grave For the love we never made But somebody must have seen And burned a sacred candle in my name Because now there's a spell on me And I'm caught up in your purgatory chain I'm your slave You've got me chained |
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As I went out walking
One fine summer morning The birds in the bushes Did whistle and sing The lads and the lassies In couples were courting Going back to the factory Their work to begin I spied one among them She was fairer than most Her cheeks like the red rose That blooms in the spring Her hair like the lily Thet grows in yon valley She was only a hard working Factory Girl I steps up aside her more closely to feel her She says my young man Don't stare me so She said I've got gold in my pocket And silver as well No more will I answer That factory call Now the years have all passed From the days of our youth Our home is now teeming With children at play Life goes on in the village You can still hear the whistle Hey there goes the lad With his factory girl |
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58 in Paris in the pouring rain
I saw the sweet life going down the drain The Adonis of the horn standing in the door way Bayonet fixed waiting for the dealer And his current trick Chet was god and I was just 15 And he was already dead inside his dream (corus) Jazz man, Jazz man Blowing the blues away Jazz man, Jazz man Don't blow yourself away On Broadway New York When I was being re-burn At the Copper Rail With Philly Joe on the drums Rapping about how he could stop the war You know the one that's still going on Up in Harlem and Vietnam Nothing changed as far as I can see They just upped the tempo And changed the melody (chorus) Within the tiny room In which this child grew up The family we got our dreams From a silver cup Live from the Paladium Sunday night TV Billie I believe you were singing judt for me She was dying a little everyday You touched me in my solitude Lady Day Keep a talking (chorus x 2) |
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I'm a war child raised from the ashes radium
The sunlight burns my eyes so I pray for the night to come In the back row darkness I burst my bubble Because it's there that misfits like me can stay out of trouble (chorus) I live in a black and white world I love those black and white movies You see when you're not of this earth It's not so easy to move me Me Mike and Mickey were hiding from the daylight Salivating at the femme fatale her dress is so tight She whispers in my ear as we dance to white jazz You got a light baby when she knows that's all I've ever had (chorus) Precious white milk skin black and blue bruises In the backseat of a cab full of rhythem and blueses We go uptown downtown looking for Louis Galanka He's going to get us false passports man and we can Sail off to Casa Blanca (chorus) I'm not afraid of dying anymore Because it's the only chance I've got to meet my maker And it's the opportunity I've been waiting for To say hello and hats off to Josephine Baker That girl is living in a black and white world I love those black and white movies You see when you're not of this earth It's not so easy to move me Black white world black white movies You see when you're not of this earth It's not so easy to move me Late at night, black and white Black white black white Black and white |
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Everyone is trying to get to the bar
The name of the bar is heaven The band in heaven they play my favorite song They play it once again they play it all night long (chorus) Heaven is a place Where nothing ever happens Heaven is a place Where nothing ever happens There's a party everybody's there Everybody leaves at exactly the same time It's hard to imagine nothing could so exciting (chorus) Blue neon shines down on Edward Harper street Where from time to time those familiar faces they meet Why look over there there's the two Jimmie's and the Janis And upon a small stage a piano player plays And lady sings's the blues with a white gardenia in her blue black hair Her voice is like smoke drifting through the air And from time to time when I'm alone my mind drifts there Oh that this moment could last forever When the kiss is over it will start again It will not be any different it will be exactly the same It's hard to imagine that nothing at all Could be so exciting could be so much fun (chorus) |
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(oral intro)
You recall Big Red? He spent most of his life out on the road Searching for that enigmatic devil slide, but he could never forget What Muddy said. Glass is best. We was on that midnight train, driving to San Sebastian Spain When he took a dead bottle of Beaujolais, Slipped his ring finger into it's neck and broke off the remains. Then he looked at me with a gleam in his eyes and said, "Eric, look out here comes the devil slide". The devil's on the loose Waving his brand new pitch fork He's still looking good He's been polishing his horns In order to bleed souls Even those who have never been born The devil's on the loose Riding in a brand new car With a suit and tie and a Japanese cellular He goes to church and prays But he knows that faith don't come in jar (chorus) The devil's on the loose Stirring his cauldron of bliss And we taste the flavor Not knowing we're already a part of this At the doors of every house The dogs begin to bark The devil's on the loose and his eyes Can see in the dark He's going to give you double of everything You never asked for The devil's on the loose Excited to have a new start He preserves his tail And loans out his two big hearts One to keep you busy And the other to tear you apart (chorus) The devil's on the loose And we're stuck in the middle of his game We're talking it over But nobody knows what they're saying So let's make love baby I'll see you some old sunny day |
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Broken records on the ground
Paris traffic spinning round and round So I stood there with James Brown A king in a cape of Saturn He's the man with the golden voice And for him there can be no real choise And the years of all the screaming fans Within the years of gladness (chorus) For we are hungry for what is real There will always be a need for us to feel There will always be something beyond this Cold steel workaday world All computer systems go now And the beat is moving slower now But you stood there like a boxing pro And took off for the stars Cause there is one thing you should know now That your spirit can't be broken And the memory is so sweet To see you alive and kicking (chorus) For we are hungry for what is real There will always be a need for us to feel There will always be something beyond this Cold steel workaday world This Cold Steel World |
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Crazy lazy days back in The UK
Art school we wore a gang sweatshirt Guess what it said My political stance was to get people to dance And still stand by it today John Lee Hooker for president When I was 25 and so full of life John Lee took me by the hand In a GTO we did go into the fiery heart of a ghetto land Living in a land where a man is no man Until he's been to hell and back One thing you've got to understand You can't kill the boogieman They're placing bets on John but don't listen I tell everybody as long as you're around The blues will always be living Can't kill the boogieman Can't kill the boogieman Can't kill the boogieman No Lord his ever shaking hand a buzz around the room The power of a serpent in his finger Relax release and let your mind drift away You've got to be saved Boogie the night away Can't kill the boogieman (x3) You know what they're talking about John Your birthday I get to play I tell everybody as long as you're around The blues will be living that's what's coming down Can't kill the boogieman (x4) So I got down the road and that's my tale Nobody knows me but they all know John Healing hand one thing you've got to understand Can't kill the boogieman Boogie boogie all night long All night blues and this is what the boogie can do for you Can't kill the boogieman |
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(Spoken)
This is my confession it came to me late last night I want you to understand baby you are my secret life (Sung) I saw you this morning you where moving so fast Can't seem to loosen my grip on the past But I miss you so much and there's no one in sight And we're still making love In my secret life I smile when I'm angry and I cheat and I lie I do what I have to do get by But I know what is wrong And I know what is right And I die for the truth In my secret life I look in the papers it makes you want to cry Nobody cares if the people live or die And the dealer wants you thinking That it's either black or white Thank God it's not that simple In my secret life I bite my lip and I bite when I'm told From the latest hits to the wisdom of old But I'm always alone and my heart is like ice And it's so crowded and cold In my secret life In My Secret Life (In My Secret Life) In My Secret Life (In My Secret Life) Dream will come true (In My Secret Life) In My Secret Life (In My Secret Life) In My Secret Life |
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