So they made you a star, now your head's in a cloud, Now you're walking down the street with your feet off the ground They read in the press all about your success, They believe every word they've been told. After all you've been through tell me what will you do, When you find yourself out in the cold?
When you appear on the stage there's a standing ovation, You really live out your performance, you're the biggest sensation. You breeze through the door and when you take the floor You expect to have it all to yourself. After all you've been through tell me what will you do When you find yourself back on the shelf?
You breeze through the door and when you take the floor You expect to have it all to yourself. After all you've been through tell me what will you do When you find yourself back on the shelf?
Late again, when I get home you'll be waiting. Still you know there ain't no use in you complaining. I know that I can show some respect, especially when I'm wrong. But when I get back I know you'll say, "You've been away too long."
Ooooh, la-la-la, oooh...
I wonder why I stay when everybody's gone, yeah, There's always something there, that keeps me hanging on.
Ooooh, la-la-la, oooh...
I wonder why I stay when everybody's gone away, There's always something there, that keeps me hanging on.
I know that I can show some respect, especially when I'm wrong. Late again, when I get home you'll be waiting.
Joe Egan: Vocals, Keyboard Gerry Rafferty: Vocals, Guitar Paul Pilnick: Lead Guitar Tony Williams: Bass Rod Coombes: Drums
Got to get back to the telephone, Make some money from a complete unknown. I know everything that I've got to say, I know 'cause I'm a good businessman.
I can make you rich, I can make you a name, Promise you the world if you'll play my game. If you don't want to play it, don't bother me. That's why I'm a good businessman.
A good businessman, a good businessman, A good businessman, a good businessman.
If I find that you ain't got no trust in me, Then it's time to use my psychology. I can change your mind, I can turn you around, I know 'cause I'm a good businessman.
Let me tell you now, I don't need your respect, Seems to me there's one thing that you forget: I ain't in this business to be friends with you, That's why I'm a good businessman.
A good businessman, a good businessman, A good businessman, a good businessman.
Got to get back to the telephone, Make some money from a complete unknown. I know everything that I've got to say, I know 'cause I'm a good businessman.
I can make you rich, I can make you a name, Promise you the world if you'll play my game. If you don't want to play it, don't bother me. That's why I'm a good businessman.
A good businessman, a good businessman, A good businessman, a good businessman.
Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar Chris Neale: Harmonica Corky Hale: Harp Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord Strings arranged by Richard Hewson Horns arranged by Mike Stoller
I woke up, remembered everything I said to you last night, But this time I sure won't worry about what I might have done, 'Cause I was out to please myself, right or wrong.
You came in, looking like a long-lost sheep, said I'd been using you. You got what you wanted, and that's all right, But you were out to please yourself, right or wrong. Yeah, you were out to please yourself, right or wrong.
Don't hang your head down, there ain't no shame In what we've both been through. Although I'd like to help you out, You know I've got to save myself, right or wrong. You know I've got to save myself, right or wrong.
When you go back, you know you're gonna have to look your best, You're gonna have to turn on the magic, make believe it's real. You're gonna have to save yourself, right or wrong. Yeah, we were out to please ourselves, right or wrong. Yeah, we were out to please ourselves.
Yeah, please yourself, please yourself. Right or wrong, yeah, please yourself.
Drums and Percussion: Andy Steele Bass: Dave Wintour Sax: Chris Mercer Harp: Chris Neill Guitar: Bernie Holland, Hugh Burns Piano & String Arrangement: David Briggs Piano, Guitar & Clavinet: Geraldine & Josephine
Kill a chicken, get it with a spike, You can cook it any way you like, Tell me now if you'd like a taste, On this old rooster nothing goes to waste.
Wishbone, wish for anything you want, That old wishbone, gives you anything you want.
I'll take the wings and you can have the breast, Never mind the feathers, think about the rest. We don't want the head, we can cut off the feet, Choke it by the neck and cut up the meat.
Wishbone, wish for anything you want, That old wishbone, gives you anything you want.
Drums and Percussion: Andy Steele Bass: Dave Wintour Sax: Chris Mercer Harp: Chris Neill Guitar: Bernie Holland, Hugh Burns Piano & String Arrangement: David Briggs Piano, Guitar & Clavinet: Geraldine & Josephine
Genuflect, show respect, don't forget it's a papal command, Take your seat, all you need is your rosary beads in your hand, Time to start, cross your heart, be a part of the mystical band.
Look at everybody trying to find their own place, Looking for a heaven up high, Working just to get into a state of grace, We know we're gonna need it when we die.
Say your prayers, feel your fears, shed your tears, you're afraid of hell's fire, As you sit there and pray you'll get carried away by the choir. And the incense is sweet, takes you right off your feet, makes you higher.
Look at everybody trying to find their own place, Looking for a heaven up high, Working just to get into a state of grace, We know we're gonna need it when we die.
Look at everybody trying to find their own place, Looking for a heaven up high, Working just to get into a state of grace, We know we're gonna need it when we die.
Drums and Perecussion: Andy Steele Bass: Dave Wintour Sax: Chris Mercer Harp: Chris Neill Guitar: Bernie Holland, Hugh Burns Piano & String Arrangement: David Briggs Piano, Guitar & Clavinet: Geraldine & Josephine
Each day you try on a different person, Trying to find out who you really are. Now I think I have a way of knowing When I'm very close I'm not too far.
I don't know just when I really found me, At times I wonder why it took so long. Only thing I know is deep inside me, When I'm there it makes me feel so strong.
Each day you try on a different person, Trying to find out who you really are. Now I think I have a way of knowing When I'm very close I'm not too far.
Joe Egan: Vocals, Keyboard Gerry Rafferty: Vocals, Guitar Paul Pilnick: Lead Guitar Tony Williams: Bass Rod Coombes: Drums
Looking for something, looking for one thing, Trying to find anything that makes you feel. Gotta keep goin', don't let it get you down, Now you've got nothing to lose.
You've been taking it so hard, taking it on the head, Don't you know life's as good as being dead? Gotta keep movin', don't let it get you down, Now you've got nothing to lose.
When everyone around you tells you you're doin' fine, They're gonna drive you crazy. So don't close your eyes and swallow all those lies, Don't believe what you've been told, 'Cause you'll wake up one day knowing nothing they say Can satisfy your soul.
Gotta keep movin', don't let it get you down, Now you've got nothing to lose.
When everyone around you tells you you're doin' fine, They're gonna drive you crazy. So don't close your eyes and swallow all those lies, Don't believe what you've been told, 'Cause you'll wake up one day knowing nothing they say Can satisfy your soul.
Looking for something, looking for one thing, Trying to find anything that makes you feel. Gotta keep goin', don't let it get you down, Now you've got nothing to lose.
Do you remember back in '64? You came a-knockin', knockin' on my door, Yeah, you really got me going, but you kept me on ice, I didn't care where I was going, no I didn't think twice.
I was just a young boy, yeah, I was so green, You were so experienced, you know what I mean, Still you really got me going, but you kept me on ice, I didn't care where I was going, no I didn't think twice.
Blind faith was all we had, Looking back it all seems kind of sad, We just sat around and watched it all go bad.
I said I never thanked you for everything you'd done, I had to do a lot of walking before I could run. Still you really got me going, but you kept me on ice, I didn't care where I was going, no I didn't think twice.
Blind faith was all we had, Looking back it all seems kind of sad, We just sat around and watched it all go bad.
(repeat and fade out)
Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan: Their songs, voices, guitars, pianos, mandolins and kazoos - and featuring their organs Peter Robinson: Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Pipe Organ, Synthesizer & Chimes Gary Taylor: Electric Bass and Mini-Moog Joe Jammer: Electric Guitar Andrew Steele: Drums, Tambourines, Congas, Triangle, Chimes, Maracas, Wood Blocks, Cowbell, Claves and Jawbones Bernie Holland: Electric Guitar Chris Neale: Harmonica Corky Hale: Harp Chris Mercer: Tenor Sax Steve Gregory: Tenor Sax Mike Stoller: Electric Harpsichord Strings arranged by Richard Hewson Horns arranged by Mike Stoller