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'Twas with no surprise I could feel his eyes
A-comin' straight through the back of my head So I took my flight by the pale moonlight No instinct to guide me, I fled "If I catch you still with my wife I'll kill you, boy" That's what he told me before I didn't pay no heed cause she said I'd need So I kept going back there for more Look out behind you, all right If you don't leave it alone He's gonna hound you all night Said slow down boy and they'll carry you home There could be no way I was going to stay With a man like that on my heel He was six foot four and could eat a door And his fists were like great blocks of steel But his wife was rude and it seemed so good To have fun while he was away While he lived in hope of the sale of soap Like the cat and the mouse we would play Look out behind you, all right If you don't leave it alone He's gonna hound you all night Said slow down boy and they'll carry you home It was late that night when he came inside I could see through the glass by the door For his key had stuck and I praised my luck As I dived from the bed to the floor When I heard him yell like a bat from hell I was out enough down the road Twas with no surprise I could feel his eyes And imagine the gun that he'd load Right up behind me all right Cos I couldn't leave it alone He will hound me all night Said, slow down boy and they'll carry you home |
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Better by some, better by far
Better to have tried than never Back of a bus, seat of a car Than never to have tried at all Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong Maybe I'm a fool about you Can tell there's no way I'm gonna stay With then what else was so long Oh, what I wanna do is just lay down with you tonight Set 'em up boy, wanna make love tonight Easily come, easily go Easy to believe in nothing Set 'em up fast, take 'em down slow Give it down and have a ball You can buy gin, you can by hymn And you can buy the world around you But you can get roughed, and you can get fluffed If you'd have no love at all Oh, what I wanna do is just a lay down with you tonight Set 'em up boy, wanna make love tonight Oh, I got a love and I just want to let it grow Oh, a gift from above, tellin' me, tellin' me to let it show Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong Maybe I'm a fool about you Maybe I'll fight, maybe I've flung it all around for too long Bet you I will be lovin' you still Well it's often bad around you You and I must take it on trust We're gonna carry on... So, what I wanna do is just a lay down with you tonight Set 'em up boy, wanna make love tonight |
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SILVER STRINGS
Oh, let me hear the silver strings Oh, hear those violins and things Oh, when the music starts to play You know it carries me away Oh, oh ? oh let me here the silver strings Oh, with a fiddle and a bow You know there's places you can go If you can just get there in tune You know you're spending that aloon Oh, oh ? oh let me hear the silver strings Silver strings You know they never used to Mean a thing You know they never used to Listen when the fiddler starts to play Now they clap their hands And they all shout "Yeah!" |
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I went out at night, taking the sights
Fell all in love with a lady She's got ill repute, and an over-size foot Bad breath and drives a Mercedes But oh, she had such style Looks that could kill you stone dead Though I tried not to stare at the parts that were bare She said: "Would you like to touch?", I said, "Very much" "Then why don't we go somewhere warmer? It's cold in the street, and it's hurting my feet Come with me down to the corner" Ooh, I could not tell you the thoughts that came into my head When she and the girl took money and all, and said: "Give me more, make me feel as though I was dying" "Give me more, give me so much that I'm crying" "Give me more, make me feel so much better" "Give me more", so I tried not to upset her It's not quietened the fact of that funds that I lacked Had to shop where I bought the equipment But the shape of the suit and the size of her boots Gave an impending sense of achievement But oh, to my surprise, she tied herself onto the bed And then with her toes, in an indecent pose, she said: "Give me more, make me feel as though I was dying" "Give me more, give me so much that I'm crying" "Give me more, make me feel so much better" "Give me more", so I tried not to upset her |
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I saw her flying on a rocket-fly moon
She was smiling like a wheeler at the races Come ride my rocket-fly moon And I'm sure you could see a lot of places But the man in a car is just dreaming Opening up his eyes Onl the suit must have seen me To fill up his tears with eyes Saw her rocking like a mother typhoon She could sway like the mother of a candle Oh no, she's going to rock on me soon And that's sure that's how a lot of men go I know I should have notified you But it's hard from a lot of different places My girl, I should have rocket-fly'd you But it's gone and I fear her at the graces And the man in a car is still dreaming Opening up his eyes Holding his heart that's still bleeding He couldn't believe his eyes |
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Went down to the corner, sunshine in my hand
I tried to sell the truth but I couldn't make it stand Ooh, come on, I cry, cause I'm feeling kinda low Let it shine, let it shine, let it grow And when you feel someone closing down on me I'm going to myself just to see what I can see And when the stars are right I'll come sailing right on by Where the sun won't go wrong, long as I... Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine on the road ahead Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine on the road Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine on the road ahead Cause it's carrying me home again So when all around you, I'm going down so fast That you can see on you averted they have passed Don't let them satisfy the need to tell you so Let it shine, let it shine, let it show And when the four winds blow and you're feeling kind of small Everything's wrong and nothing's right at all Ooh, you go into yourself and find a way ahead It's very clear to me you're better off Instead of feeling lonely, instead of feeling blue You come on with a smile that comes sailing right on through Wait till the stars above and the ground way down below Let it shine, let it shine, let it show Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine on the road ahead Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine on the road Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine on the road ahead Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine on the road... |
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Sat down, turn around boy, gotta let out of here
Silly little sod, you made me shed a tear Showing me minor roads of varying cold Making the world so young and me so old Time dime, time dime, doing what I could in the day Lazy little swine, I'm sure I heard you say "Sure I took a trip or two inside my head" Was there in the road he showed me, stone cold dead Yours was a face I remember very well See, touch and feel, even smell Imagine how I felt when the face I saw was me Crisics end down the line, set me free When the time is over ? oh, oh, oh And you're feeling somewhat colder ? oh, oh, oh And your face is on the run And your body's almost done Well, you won't have to notice anymore Come inside and tell me ? oh, oh, oh What you're tryin' to sell me ? oh, oh, oh Did it ever cross your mind? Did you ever read the sign? Well, you won't have to notice anymore Hear me a-callin', I've got a dream in my hand I close my eyes and realise, now I understand If you've got a problem ? Christ, you've got to unload The price you pay is that you may explode |
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