JAMES GANG과 EAGLES의 기타리스트로 널리 알려진 JOE WALSH의 JAMES GANG 시절과 솔로 시절을 망라한 베스트 모음집. 그의 골수 팬들에게 좋은 평가를 받았던 2장짜리 베스트인 "LOOK WHAT I DID"에 비해 초심 팬들이 더욱 반겨할 만한 1장짜리 베스트 앨범으로 컨트리-웨스턴/로커빌리에 더욱 충실했던 EAGLES이전, 담백하고 블루지한 부기-락 사운드를 보여주었던 "숨겨진 달인"인 그의 재능에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 단순한 핑거스킬만이 아닌, 유머와 겸손함, 경제성까지 두루 살폈던 그의 참 모습을 만날 수 있는 작품. .... ....
Would you like to come home with me? I can think of things to show ya Thinkin' that I'd like to get to know ya, uh Mornin' milkman's comin' Get up, greet my day Evenin' brings the sun in Still I find my way - Change of plans, makin' a landin' to see ya And I do wanna be your man, oh, yeah Sunday, highway drivin'
It all looks about the same Nowhere, just arrivin' Still I play the game - I'm home grown, growin' my own and I need ya Need ya to beg my pardon, to tend my garden Flowers, she's sittin' for poses She wants me to sing my song Hours, she's like a stoned Moses Guess I'll sing along
Takin' my time, choosin' my lines Tryin' to decide what to do Looks like my stop, don't wanna get off Got myself hung up on you Seems to me you don't wanna talk about it Seems to me you just turn your pretty head and walk away
Places I've known things that I'm growin' Don't taste the same without you I got myself in the worst mess I've been And I find myself starving without you Seems to me talk all night here comes the morning Seems to me you just forget what we said and greet the day
I've got to cool myself down stompin' around Thinkin' some words I can't name ya Meet ya halfway got nothin' to say Still I don't s'pose I can blame ya Seems to me you don't wanna talk about it Seems to me you just turn your pretty head Walk Away
I'm the midnight man I do what I can To make sure that I am The midnight man Midnight man's on time Everthing is fine All the words in rhyme With everything
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Midnight man, you're pretty Midnight man, you're fine Midnight man, be careful Midnight man Midnight man, be mine
Mother says be careful And don't stay out too long Don't do things you shouldn't Miss me when I'm gone
Daddy says not now, son Well, just do the best you can And you'll make out somehow, son Be just like I am, just like I am
You won't need a reason She don't let you choose And so to make the game easy Mother makes the rules
We all know how the rules are Changin' from day to day That's the breaks, and I'm sorry Some of us must be going Some of us have to stay Some of us may be showing Some just fade away
It's sad to say it's the ending All the feelin's gone If you don't mind pretending You can come along
And mother says she's ready And if you have the time She'll help us all to get steady Make us all feel better, make us all feel fine Make us all feel better, make us all feel fine
Somewhere along the way I found the meaning, woke up dreamin' along the way. Never quite seems the same when you awakin', and makin' up for the time you've such a price to pay, and then they take the dream away, and it just ain't fair.
Help me thru the night Mama, help me to ease the pain. Tell me it's alright, help me thru the night once again.
That's the danger in petending, trying to defend yourself from someone else's war, don't know what they're fighting for, and they just don't care.
(Guitar Solo)
So help me see the light mama, open my eyes again. Tell me it's alright, help me thru the night once again
I'm just an ordinary average guy My friends all are boring And so am I We're just ordinary average guys
We all lead ordinary average lives With average kids And average wives We all go bowling at the bowling lanes Drink a few beers Bowl a few frames We're just ordinary average guys Ordinary average guys
And every Saturday we work in the yard Pick up the dog doo Hope that it's hard (woof woof) Take out the garbage and clean out the garage My friend's got a Chrysler I've got a Dodge We're just ordinary average guys Ordinary average guys
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