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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
In the middle of the road,
Is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me.But, I got a smile For everyone I meet. Long as you don't try dragging my bay, Or dropping a bomb on the street.Come on baby, Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road, yeah.In the middle of the road, You see the darnest things. Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city, Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits. Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery. But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world, The babies just come with the scenery.Come on baby, Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road, yeah.One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.In the middle of the road, Is my private cul de sac. I can't get from the cab to the curb, Without some little jerk on my back, Don't harass me kid, Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell, I'm not the cat I used to be, I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby. Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
You had hijacked my world at night To a place in the past we've been passed out of, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Now we're back in the fight We're back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang Circumstance beyond our control, o-o-oh, o-o-oh The phone, TV and the news of the world Got in the house like a pigeon from Hell, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies And put us back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang The powers that be That force us to live like we do Bring me to my knees When I see what they've done to you Well, I'll die as I stand here today Knowing that deep in my heart They'll fall to ruin one day For making us part I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Those were the happiest days of my life Like a break in the battle was your part, o-o-oh, o-o-oh In the wretched life of a lonely heart Now I'm back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Nobody's perfect
Not even a perfect stranger But oh what a gal She was such a perfect stranger And you're the best in your field In your office with your girls And desk and leather chair Thought that time was on your side But now it's time the avenger Nobody's permanent Everything's on loan here Even your wife and kids Could be gone next year And with what you have left You'll be forever under pressure To support her And a lover who looks strangely Like time the avenger Time, time, hear the bells chime Over the harbor and the city Time, one more vodka and lime To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick Nobody's perfect Not even a perfect gent When your property took the a train I wonder where your manners went You were standing at the station In your briefcase Was your aftershave and underwear Can you hear the whistle blow? Sounds like time the avenger Time, time, hear the bells chime Over the harbor and the city Time to kill another bottle of wine To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Oh, saturday night
Mmm, everyone's having fun I'm down at the laundromat Trying to get my washing done Like I done before Time and time again Watching the clothes go 'round Another week sees it's end Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Oh, I've been working hard Mmm, trying to make some money Would you like sour cream On your potato, honey? I been kissing ass Trying to keep it clean Serving the middle class Yeah, it's a clean routine Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round There go the whites Mmm, getting whiter There go the colors Getting brighter There go the delicates Through the final rinse There goes my saturday night I go without a fight Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it They say, "Hey, you can't live without it" Welcome to the human race With its wars, disease and brutality You with your innocence and grace Restore some pride and dignity To a world in decline Welcome to a special place In a heart of stone that's cold and gray You with your angel face Keep the despair at bay Send it away, and Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it I don't want to live without it I don't want to live without it Oh, I want love I want love I want love Welcome here from outer space The Milky Way is still in your eyes You found yourself a hopeless case One that's seeking perfection on earth That's some kind of rebirth, so Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it Don't make me live without it Oh, love I want love I want Love I want love |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Hush little baby, don't you cry
When we get to tucson you'll see why We left the snowstorms and the thunder and rain For the desert sun, we're gonna be born again What's important in this world A little boy, a little girl Hush little darling, go to sleep Look out the window and count the sheep That dot the hillsides and the fields of wheat Across america as we cross america What's important here today The broken line on the highway All the love in the world for you, girl Thumbelina in a great big scary world All the love in the world for you, girl Take my hand and we'll make it through this world Hush little baby, my poor little thing You've been shuffled about like a pawned wedding ring It must seem strange, love was here then gone And the oklahoma sunrise becomes the amarillo dawn What's important in this life Ask the man who's lost his wife |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY CITY WAS GONE THERE WAS NO TRAIN STATION THERE WAS NO DOWNTOWN SOUTH HOWARD HAD DISAPPEARED ALL MY FAVORITE PLACES MY CITY HAD BEEN PULLED DOWN REDUCED TO PARKING SPACES A, O, WAY TO GO OHIO WELL I WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY FAMILY WAS GONE I STOOD ON THE BACK PORCH THERE WAS NOBODY HOME I WAS STUNNED AND AMAZED MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES SLOWLY SWIRLED PAST LIKE THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO I WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
It's a thin line between love and hate
It's a thin line between love and hate It's five o'clock in the morning And you're just getting in You knock on the front door And a voice sweet and low says Who is it? She opens up the door and lets you in Never once asks where have you been She says are you hungry? Did you eat yet? Let me hang up your coat Pass me your hat All the time she's smiling Never once raises her voice It's five o'clock in the morning You don't give it a second thought It's a thin line between love and hate [2x] The sweetest woman in the world Could be the meanest woman in the world If you make her that way You keep hurting her She'll keep being quiet She might be holding something inside That'll really, really hurt you one day I see her in the hospital Bandaged from foot to head In a state of shock Just that much from being dead You couldn't believe the girl Would do something like this, ha You didn't think the girl had the nerve But here you are I guess action speaks louder than words It's a thin line between love and hate [2x] |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I been crying like a woman
Because I'm mad, mad, mad like a man If you'd been in the s.s. in '43 You'd've been kicked out for cruelty I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me I been wondering about your dependency Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery Arms and chest are cold When your back is on fire And the only time you come clean Is when you're talking to your buyer I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Forget our philosophies That we admired when we were young And our popular points of view They can't mean much or nothing Or something or anything 'cause we can't say I love you I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Happy birthday, darling and thank you for the schooling Your correction mistress warned me and she wasn't fooling Never trust a user with your television overnight When the show he wants to video is dallas on a tuesday night Don't try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
HE'S GONE 2000 MILES
IT'S VERY FAR THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY I MISS YOU THE CHILDREN WILL SING HE'LL BE BACK AT CHRISTMASTIME IN THESE FROZEN AND SILENT NIGHTS SOMETIMES IN A DREAM YOU APPEAR OUTSIDE UNDER THE PURPLE SKY DIAMONDS IN THE SNOW SPARKLE OUR HEARTS WERE SINGING IT FELT LIKE CHRISTMASTIME 2000 MILES IS VERY FAR THROUGH THE SNOW I'LL THINK OF YOU WHEREVER YOU GO HE'S GONE 2000 MILES IT'S VERY FAR THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY I MISS YOU I CAN HEAR PEOPLE SINGING IT MUST BE CHRISTMASTIME I HEAR PEOPLE SINGING IT MUST BE CHRISTMASTIME |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I drank tequila 'cause I can't have your lips tonight
I don't want to feel ya I don't want to feel sad tonight You make me suffer and you just don't know Estoy barrochos down in new mexico I want to remember but I try to forget That scene in the car park that I still regret Just like before, times I've even lost track I ran away crawling 'cause I fall everytime I look back Miles, baby, hundreds of highways and truck stops I've used Cars, baby, hundreds of cars have passed and refused I stood on the shoulder with tears in my eyes I drank tequila and watched the game in the bar I don' t care who loses, I don't know who the teams are We had our time, but the bell's finally tolled My ohio winter was finally too cold |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I been crying like a woman
Because I'm mad, mad, mad like a man If you'd been in the s.s. in '43 You'd've been kicked out for cruelty I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me I been wondering about your dependency Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery Arms and chest are cold When your back is on fire And the only time you come clean Is when you're talking to your buyer I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Forget our philosophies That we admired when we were young And our popular points of view They can't mean much or nothing Or something or anything 'cause we can't say I love you I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Happy birthday, darling and thank you for the schooling Your correction mistress warned me and she wasn't fooling Never trust a user with your television overnight When the show he wants to video is dallas on a tuesday night Don't try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
When i change my life
There'll be no more disgrace The deeds of my past Will be erased And you'll forgive me Then you will come back Hold my hand and say "i still love you" When i change my life When i change my life And all the scars have faded I'll be someone you look up to Not excused when your friends come around And you'll want me always to be there You'll be proud to say "i'm with her" When i change my life I want a place in the sun - i do I want to be in love with someone I want to forget every regret And all those rotten things that i put you through When i change my life And the idiot me Leaves this town forever Leaves us to be Together - for the rest of our lives Happily forever and ever When i change my life |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
I'm the adultress
But i didn't want to be and i'm convenient And i make good tea I stand accused Of the worst crime in history That's my mystery I'm the adultress I go to the park With a bag of crumbs for the birds That's where we meet without words He takes my hand And stares into the wood There's nothing to understand It's understood I'm the adultress Look at the fool Made up to go out She's desperate and lonely But she's puttin' it about Look at the spinster Comin' down off the shelf She's in love and she hates herself Don't try to stop me Don't get in my way It's too late I've made my play Does misery love company I'll be in the bar You'll find me |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
You're not supposed to do that
You know you're not allowed to But you seem to get some kind of kick Out of doing what you're not allowed to You deliberately defy the rules 'cause the law's upheld by fools Shit on that Bad boys get spanked You can look but don't touch But no you can't resist Don't you ever think about the consequence Guys like you never do That's the kind of stuff boys are made out of That's the kind of stuff girls are made out of Bad boys get spanked Bad boys get spanked You don't listen do you asshole Don't be a punk all your life Someone's gonna sort you out They'll try to make a man out of you Say yes sir, say no sir Say yes ma'am, say no m'am Shit on that Bad boys get spanked Bad boys get spanked Get spanked, get spanked Come here, get spanked Bad boys get spanked Come here, get spanked |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Now the reason we're here
As man and woman Is to love each other Take care of each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good, good Like brigitte bardot Now look at the people In the streets, in the bars We are all of us in the gutter But some of us are looking at the stars Look round the room Life is unkind We fall but we keep gettin' up Over and over and over and over and over and over Me and you, every night, every day We'll be together always this way Your eyes are blue like the heavens above Talk to me darlin' with a message of love Now the reason we're here Every man, every woman Is to help each other Stand by each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good good Say I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Talk to me darlin' |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
When I look up from my pillow
I dream you are there with me Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I look around me And feel you are ever so close to me Each tear that flows from my eye Brings back memories of you to me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I was wrong, I will cry I will love you till the day I die You were all, you alone and no one else You were meant for me When morning comes again I have the loneliness you left me Each day drags by Until finally my time descends on me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
I wrote a letter to you my friend
So many letters that I never send I think about you at the day's end The time that we had I laughed in my bed The stupid things you said We were two birds of paradise When I was a little girl With clay horses and lambs on the shelf I caught frogs in ditches, listened for elves My friends and I had a world unto ourselves No grownups could find us when we Made our plans so secretly To run away and fly to be With the two birds of paradise Now once upon a time my mind still there wanders Back in the room the things I remember One time when we took off our clothes But you were cryin', cryin' You said nothing lasts forever We were happy together I thought about you in stockholm and rome Me in my hotel room You in your home This is the life they say that Dreams are made of Don't forget Please do forgive me I still have something you did give me Come into my dream with me and dream Please don't forget Do forgive me I still have something you did give me Come into my dream with me and dream Oh dream of paradise |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Such A Drag To Want Something Sometime
One Thing Leads To Another I Know Was A Time Wanted You For Mine Nobody Knew You Arrived Like A Day And Passed Like A Cloud I Made A Wish, I Said It Out Loud Out Loud In A Crowd Everybody Heard 'twas The Talk Of The Town It's Not My Place To Know What You Feel I'd Like To Know But Why Should I? Who Were You Then, Who Are You Now? Common Labourer By Night, By Day Highbrow Back In My Room I Wonder, Then I Sit On The Bed, Look At The Sky Up In The Sky Clouds Rearrange Like The Talk Of The Town Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Someday Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Someday You've Changed Your Place In This World You've Changed Your Place In This World Oh But It's Hard To Live By The Rules I Never Could And Still Never Do The Rules And Such Never Bothered You You Call The Shots And They Follow I Watch You Still From A Distance Then Go Back To My Room, You Never Know I Want You, I Want You But Now Who's The Talk Of The Town |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
You guys are the pits of the world!
Oh, this is no place for me Burnin' down the interbelt, from jacuzzi to jacuzzi It's all right for you man Gettin' smashed, gettin' suntanned But i know my place Where's my suitcase? Pack it up or throw it away What i can't carry, bury Oh you remember me, i remember you But that was a long, long time ago When i was passin' through All my family, all my friends, my lover I got to find them My enemies, my new family, my new friends My future enemies, i got to flush them out Pack it all up, nothing goes in storage I'm burnin' every bridge Burn, baby, burn I see your dog got shot Well, hell, never mind That's show biz, big boy You've got to be cruel to be kind Oh, give over and admit it I've been tearing down the interstate Like some kind of bleeding cat It's all right for the boss His gain's my loss That gets me down, it really gets me down So pack it up and cut the crap When the clock starts talkin', i start walkin' When you pass in your porsche Please don't offer me a ride I may be a skunk But you're a piece of junk, and furthermore I don't like your trousers Your appalling taste in women And what about your mind Your insipid record collection That dumb home video center The usual pronography And all you scumbags around the world You're the pits of the world! |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Take, take, take, takin' what you don't need
You'll get, get, gettin' what you don't need Stand back, take a look and take heed All the children in god's kingdom bleed See the networks of concrete and steel They've no mystery but what they reveal Tells a story of a future that's void Of the beauty and the majesty that life on Earth is meant to be Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government And not a word about political favour Everything touched is my political choice The life you take is your political voice The sacred cows come crashing to their knees Golden harvest reaped without intelligence There's no chance between the heavens and the seas In a blood bath don't laugh Grab your piece of golden calf Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not Do unto others as you wish be done to you There's a million lies 'round everything true You slaughter when you feast You disrespect the beast Make our beds and lie there, take your share Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Pick it up and eat it Waste not want not |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Way up in the sky
Over the city, over tokyo Silver light, summer moon You'll be over somebody's winter this afternoon While the dolphins swim in the sea You're going grey, my baby Still the war is waging endlessly Day after day, day after day Way up in the sky Over the city and lake erie You remember the flats, you were there Out every night mr moonlight Round and round and round we go Just like yesterday Way up in the sky Over the city where you sleep tonight The light outside your window blinks Hotel, hotel, hotel Open the blind and dream in a moonbeam When the war's finally over We'll meet again And pick up where we left off |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Those jealous dogs, always on the alert
Tattle tale rights They'll take your back and leave your shirt Like that jealous bitch Always wanting more The courts have made her rich And the click of high heels down the corridor Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Those jealous dogs, detectives every one Don't be a sucker all your life She's gonna have you hung Evidence, evidence, evidence Suspicion invites treachery Oh you really got taken Bringing home the bacon Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Bow wow wow, here come the dogs Grrrrrr, here come the dogs Don't lay down, here come the dogs Stand straight don't slouch Get down off the couch You're gonna wet on the couch Get down, get down Those jealous dogs, they get worse and worse Everytime you turn around They're sniffin' at your purse Who do they think we are? What do they think we do? It's hard to get in the mood When you're treated like some kind of dog food Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Bow wow wow, here come the dogs Oh ruff ruff, here come the dogs Get down, here come the dogs Mind your leg, roll over and beg Happy birthday Merry christmas |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Just before it rains
The wind whips 'round the balcony And the sky closes on the english roses And she'll be pacin' 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round her room These storms always find here to remind her To the endless sky The pink over grey She looks for an answer But it's too late Maybe it's true Some things were just never meant to be Maybe not This is a story Fruit cut from the vine Forgot and left to rot Long before its time This is a story About the girl who lived next door Looking for someone to hold A wish made on a star Brought her here tonight At a courtyard she waits A thousand broken dates But she holds the hymnal Where so carefully pressed Is the english rose she laid to rest It's only a story Flowers in full bloom Bouquets in every room Ooh, this is a story Fruit cut from the vine Looking for someone to hold |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Shh...here they come
Now louie louie had his day Nothin' gonna change it now The rats and snakes will never fade away Not while I'm alive Hey! hey! hey! hey! There come the cossacks The road spiders The super gliders Burnin' trash, flickin' class, all the white trash Yeah! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Now louie louie had his time Seemed like only yesterday Sandy and harry got married and moved away 'cause they had nothin' left to say Yeah! You with the glasses, I'll see you later We'll find love I know Rockin', reelin', double dealin', one more time this time with feelin' Yeah! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Go boys, yeah! You move so fine Yeah what a scene I said Mmm, kinda aquiline Yeah baby saw through this now You smell so good Yeah, and your shirt's always pressed You'll be the best inside my baby Yeah, we're all under arrest now! Louie louie made his mark On this tender heart of mine The jamaican moon don't let it get dark Though we rock out in the night time Yeah! let's get on outta here now, let's go! |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I went out on the balcony in the middle of the night
The hotel was dark except for just one light Television burning in the other room I couldn't sleep so i put on some of your Hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony and looked across the way Some guy was shadow boxing, he looked like sugar ray I was feeling dizzy - began to swoon Was it his punch or was it just your Hollywood perfume? I feel like a fugitive escaped from my life Seeking refuge in the sensual heat These paper-thin walls make me party to calls Of love wafting through the room The night jasmine bloom Of your hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony to clear my head I was burning up in my queen-sized bed Down on the strip beneath the billboard moon Teenaged girls look for love in the Neon sex and doom Of your hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony with your photograph I dropped it in the pool and that made me laugh You like your tan but you don't like to swim Meanwhile i feel like i'm drowning in Neon sex and doom The night jasmine bloom Of your hollywood perfume |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I See Him Standing Silhouetted
In The Lamp-Light I Cross The Street And I Quicken My Pace He Cups His Hands And He Lights A Cigarette I Find Myself In The Bones Of His Face It's Just The Night In My Veins Oh Making Me Crawl In The Dust Again It's Just The Night Under My Skin Slipping It In He's Got His Hands In My Hair And His Lips Everywhere Oh Yeah It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins He's Got Me Up Against The Back Of A Pick-Up Truck Out Of Sight Of The Neon And Glare We Might As Well Be On A Beach Under The Moonlight Love's Language Reads The Same Anywhere Yeah It's Just The Night In My Veins Oh Making Me Crawl In The Dust Again It's Just The Night Under My Skin Slipping It In He's Got His Chest On My Back Across A New Cadillac Oh Yeah It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins I've Got My Head On The Kerb And I Can't Produce A Word Oh Year It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins It Feels Good It's Alright |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I'll come in your car to talk business,
No business, no money talk. Zero in on my full of intentions, I think you got it because you pulled up and stopped. If money is the root of all evil, I'm begging at the feet of the devil. Talk to me please, Money talk to me. Twenty gets you straight, Forty gets you other, Think of what a hundred could do. I've been gifted with the thing that you want, Who's better than who? Never underestimate a woman like me, The kids have got to eat, And man, that's reality, you see. Money talk to me. You're so deluded, You think that I'm real. You pass your hormones off as love, For five minutes you feel. You can buy a squeegy little silicone sack, But it won't feed the world like the ones that I pack naturally. Money talk to me. |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
Every Time I End Up Waking Up
In Some Hotel Without My Set Of Keys Coming To, Remembering The Way Your Turned Me Out When I Was On My Knees You Think That Was One Up For You But I Know I Scored Something Too When I See The Way You Have To Struggle Just To Do A Little Simple Thing I Feel Apologetic Just Because I'm Not Particularly Suffering So I Let You Take Me Down I'm Like Your Rent-A-Clown When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew That He Loved Me That Was Some Great Victory He Cried Because Of Me He Hit Me With His Belt But His Tears Were All I Felt When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew He Loved Me When You Try And Cut Me Down And Push Me Back If I Attack Your Attitude I Rise Up To The Challenge 'cause I Like To Taste The Sugar Of Your Violent Mood Just Like A Stormy Sea You're Natural Poetry To Me When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew That He Loved Me That Was Some Great Victory He Cried Because Of Me He Hit Me With His Belt But His Tears Were All I Felt When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew He Loved Me I Knew He Loved Me |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
Cats like me and you
Have got laws That they adhere to Laws outside the laws As laid down By those we don't subscribe to The world is getting stranger But we'll never lose heart We can't just wait for the Old guard to die Before we can Make a new start Bring on the revolution (keep the pressure on) I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I don't wanna die for nothing For every freedom fighter I wanna hold on tighter To the hope and will you gave You were the brave You were the brave And one day When i hear your children sing Freedom will ring Freedom! When we watch the children play Remember How the privileged classes grew And from this day We set out To undo what won't undo Looking for the grand In the minute Every breath justifies Every step that we take To remove what the powers that be Can't prove And the children will Understand why Bring on the revolution (keep the pressure on) I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I don't wanna die for nothing Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
STILL RELIVE YOU IF THIS IS WHAT YOU LEFT FOR ME I FORGIVE YOU NEVER DO I DESPAIR WHEN I KNEEL TO SAY MY PRAYERS WHEN SLUMBER FILLS MY HEAD I'LL BE VISITING YOUR BED ALL MY DREAMS RECOLLECT YOU AND SO DARLING IN A WAY OUR LOVE REMAINS NEW FUNNY LITTLE THINGS YOU TOUCH MY FINGERS AND FONDLE MY RINGS THEN TENDERLY WITHOUT VIOLENCE WE MAKE LOVE IN PERFECT SILENCE COME, COME INTO MY ROOM AGAIN COME, COME AGAIN OH COME, COME INTO MY GLOOM AGAIN END THIS SOLITUDE AGAIN I FINALLY TOOK THAT PICTURE DOWN I'D BEEN STARING AT IT FOR HOURS AND HOURS SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS BUT WHAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY DID YOU DO THAT? DISAPPEAR ON ME LIKE THAT? OH BABY PLEASE COME BACK WHERE I CAN TOUCH YOU RIGHT HERE WHERE I CAN SEE YOU COME, COME INTO MY ROOM AGAIN COME, COME AGAIN OH COME, COME INTO MY GLOOM AGAIN BREAK, BREAK THIS SOLITUDE AGAIN ALL OF MY DREAMS OF YOUR AFFECTION NEVER HAVE I KNOWN SUCH SWEET PERFECTION NO DRUG-INDUCED BLISS COULD EVER REACH THE HEIGHTS OF THIS ETERNAL AND SO PURE HELP ME TO ENDURE ALL MY DREAMS |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
oh, why you look so sad?
the tears are in your eyes come on and come to me now But don't be ashamed to cry Let me see you through Cause I've been in the dark side too When the night falls on you and you don't know what to do Nothing you confess could make me love you less I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you So, if you're mad, get mad, don't hold it all inside Come on and talk to me now Hey, what you got to hide? Iget angry too Well, I'm a lot like you, when youre standing At the ctossroads, but don't know, which path to choose Let me come along 'Cause even if you're wrong I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you Take me in to, your darkest hour And I'll never desert you, I'll stand by you And when, when the night falls on you, baby You're feeling all alone, you won't be on your own I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you Take me in to, your darkest hour And I'll never desert you, I'll stand by you I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I'm a mother
Treat me like a mother You wanna suck on my breast It's no surprise you do I'm the source and the force You owe your life to, brother Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother And I take like a mother I understand blood And I understand pain There can be no life without it Never doubt it I'm a mother I gave you all my money To help the family But what you do to me Don't humiliate me Remember I'm a life-long member Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother Treat me like a mother In the middle of the night I be deep in a dream You fancy little company You only have to scream Loud, brother Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother And I fake like a mother I understand time And it isn't on my side But to service mankind I have to suffer his pride Like a mother Oh Oh Oh You say your protection Is proof of your affection If I need security I'll keep a gun on me Oh Don't barter with me Don't barter with me Little sacrifices Go straight to heaven But hunting season's over This is the 20th century Oh Don't barter with me Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother And I ache like a mother If there's a terrible crash And bodies thrown everywhere I'll wrap 'em up and carry 'em If someone has to bury them Brother Oh Oh Oh Call upon mother I'm the vessel of life I got the trauma here to prove it When it's time for me to labour for you Everybody move it Like a mother-ac |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I drank tequila 'cause I can't have your lips tonight
I don't want to feel ya I don't want to feel sad tonight You make me suffer and you just don't know Estoy barrochos down in new mexico I want to remember but I try to forget That scene in the car park that I still regret Just like before, times I've even lost track I ran away crawling 'cause I fall everytime I look back Miles, baby, hundreds of highways and truck stops I've used Cars, baby, hundreds of cars have passed and refused I stood on the shoulder with tears in my eyes I drank tequila and watched the game in the bar I don' t care who loses, I don't know who the teams are We had our time, but the bell's finally tolled My ohio winter was finally too cold |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I was born with my hand in a fist
And my eyes shut tight Any wonder that I cannot resist Punchin' blindly in a fight The first time I saw swans flyin' to the sun I wanted to be one Like every mother's son When I saw my life had begun I wanted to be someone Like my brother and my one and only father And like every mother's son I was raised within a cause With a purpose to fulfill I was taught to defend what was mine And instructed not to kill My small mortal eyes can see eternity In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly Like every mother's son When a man showed me how to use a gun I wished I'd never need one Like my brother and my one and only father And like every mother's son Everything in domesticity Assumes it's role better than me I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town Like every mother's son I've lost some and some I've won Now I'm waiting for a new dawn Like my brother and my one and only father And like every mother's son |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I'm as solid as a rock
Throw me at the powers that be I'm as solid as a rock Throw me at the powers that be I'm as user friendly as a lead-filled glove Rebel rock me Hey! I've got money in the bank Come with me and you can have it for free I've got money earning interest in the bank Come with me and you can have it for free I've got assets big as holes up in the sky Rebel rock me Hey! I'm as heavy as a crowd in east l.a. Fling me at the oppressor and flee I'm as heavy as a crowd in east l.a. Fling me at the oppressor and flee I'm a seething burning moving mass of love Rebel rock me Hey! |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
The sun goes down
The sky turns black I can hardly wait for you I can't believe the madness In everything you do I used to dream in black and white Now I see the world in a different light Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Oh oh Now come in to me Fill me and fill me Show me your colours baby Your love colours I slept in fear And woke in pain Till you came in close to me I was cold Like frozen rain Your kiss melted me You speak your mind just like a child Won't be defined by when you smile Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Oh oh Now come in to me Fill me and fill me Show me your colours baby Your love colours Your love colours everything Your love colours everything Your love colours everything Your love colours everything |
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5:04 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
May God bless you and keep you always
May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder To the stars And climb on every rung And may you stay Forever young Forever young Forever young May you stay Forever young May you grow up To be righteous May you grow up to be true May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you May you always be courageous Stand up right and be strong And may you stay Forever young Forever young Forever young May you stay Forever young May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift May your heart always be joyful May your song always be sung May you stay Forever young Forever young Forever young May you stay Forever young |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Kid [single, live] (1995)
Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so I feel sad too I think I know some things we never outgrow You think it's wrong I can tell you do How can I explain When you don't want me to Kid my only kid You look so small you've gone so quiet I know you know what I'm about I won't deny it But you forgive though you don't understand You've turned your head You've dropped by hand All my sorrow, all my blues All my sorrow Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your face Kid gracious kid Your eyes are blue but you won't cry I know angry tears are too dear You won't let them go |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Kid [single, live] (1995) | |||||
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Kid [single, live] (1995) | |||||
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3:36 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
I like the way you cross the street 'cause your precious
Moving through the cleveland heat how precious Taking rides and all the kicks was so precious But you know I was shittin' bricks 'cause I'm precious Made me wanna, made me wanna, you made me make it Oh, you're so mean East 55th and euclid avenue was real precious Hotel sterling coming into view how precious It's a pity that you bruised my hip 'cause I'm precious You shouldn't let your manners slip you're too precious Made me wanna, made me wanna, you made me make it Oh, you're so mean We went around and round and round and round and round the Shoreway We was a duet duet duet duet do it on the pavement Oh maybe maybe I'm gonna have a baby We was a duet oh we do it all night I was feeling kind of ethereal 'cause I'm precious I had my eye on your imperial you're so precious Now howard the duck and mr stress both stayed Trapped in a world that they never made But not me baby I'm too precious I had to fuck off Made me wanna, made me wanna, you made me make it Oh, you're so mean |
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2:29 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
This is a mercy mission
From a faceless messenger who don't wanna see you hit Here's the word, listen to it Somebody that you used to know is back in town You better go This is a mercy mission A voice you'll never hear again from a southside call box Winged demons are the hardest to outfox The same one you lost on the run Gonna show you that it ain't no fun You better get out of town you're gonna get hit I didn't mean to get you... This is a mercy mission You'll find your schedule underneath the door All of the arrangements have been made Major expenses have been paid as you know Don't forget the last details Accept no parcels in the mail |
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4:27 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
Anger and lust my senses running amok
Bewildered and deluded, have I been hit by a truck? When my tongue lay inside his lip Felt like the time in the womb But I woke up with a headache that split my skull Alone in the room I got down on the floor with my head pressed between my knees Under the bed with my teeth sunk into my own flesh I said baby, oh sweetheart Lust turns to anger, a kiss to a slug Something was sticky on your shag rug, look at the tile I remember the way he groaned and moved with an animal skill I rubbed my face in the sweat that ran down his chest It was all very run of the mill But I noticed his scent started to change somehow His face went berserk and the veins bulged on his brow I said baby, oh sweetheart Bondage to lust, abuse of facility Blackmailed emotions confuse the demon and devotee I was sure his intentions were sweet And that mine was as well But a wish is a shot in the dark When your coin's down the well I got out in the hall with my teeth in my head Up to my neck and I said, said, said dead I said baby, oh sweetheart |
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2:59 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
Such a drag to want something sometime
One thing leads to another I know Was a time wanted you for mine Nobody knew You arrived like a day And passed like a cloud I made a wish, I said it out loud Out loud in a crowd Everybody heard 'twas the talk of the town It's not my place to know what you feel I'd like to know but why should i? Who were you then, who are you now? Common labourer by night, by day highbrow Back in my room I wonder, then i Sit on the bed, look at the sky Up in the sky Clouds rearrange Like the talk of the town Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday You've changed your place in this world You've changed your place in this world Oh but it's hard to live by the rules I never could and still never do The rules and such never bothered you You call the shots and they follow I watch you still from a distance then go Back to my room, you never know I want you, I want you but now Who's the talk of the town? |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
SAID THE WAIT CHILD MAGIC CHILD WORK IT ON OUT NOW WORK IT
THE WAIT CHILD PINBALL CHILD POOL HALL CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD PACING CHILD FORTH BACK NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD NEON LIGHT LATE NIGHT LIGHTS HURT OH GONNA HURT SOME CHILD CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY SAID THE WAIT CHILD BRUISED BALL CHILD PRIDE SLAPPED CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD CREST FELLED CHILD TEAR EYED CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD BUS STOP CHILD LATE COME CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD PLATFORM WALK IDLE TALK HURTS OH GONNA HURT SOME CHILD CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY I SAID CHILD, CHILD STARING INTO THE STREETLIGHT MESSED UP CHILD LONELY BOY TONIGHT KICK THE WALL TURN THE STREET AND BACK AGAIN OH BOY YOU'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN (REPEAT) I SAID THE WAIT CHILD PACING CHILD FORTH AND BACK NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD BUS STOP CHILD LATE COME CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD POOL HALL CHILD PIN TABLE NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD MAGIC CHILD WORK IT ON OUT NOW WORK IT OH GONNA HURT SOME, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY |
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2:38 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
It Is Time For You To Stop All Of Your Sobbing
Yes It's Time For You To Stop All Of Your Sobbing Oh Oh Oh There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It It Is Time For You To Laugh Instead Of Crying Yes It's Time For You To Laugh So Keep On Trying Oh Oh Oh There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It Each Little Tear That Falls From Y Our Eyes Makes, Makes Me Want To Take You In My Arms And Tell You To Stop All Your Sobbing There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You And There's One Thing You Gotta Know To Make Me Want You So Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It |
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3:07 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so I feel sad too I think I know some things we never outgrow You think it's wrong I can tell you do How can I explain When you don't want me to Kid my only kid You look so small you've gone so quiet I know you know what I'm about I won't deny it But you forgive though you don't understand You've turned your head You've dropped by hand All my sorrow, all my blues All my sorrow Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your face Kid gracious kid Your eyes are blue but you won't cry I know angry tears are too dear You won't let them go |
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6:23 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
Your private life drama baby leave me out [3x]
J'ai les glands with your theatrics Your acting's a drag It's ok on tv 'cause you can turn it off But don't try me Yes your marriage is a tragedy But it's not my concern I'm very superficial I hate anything official [Chorus:] Your private life drama baby leave me out [3x] [Backup Chorus:] You've been lying to someone and now me Stop [3x] Your sentimental gestures only bore me to death You've made a desperate appeal now save your breath Attachment to obligation through guilt and regret Shit that's so wet And your sex life complications are not my fascinations [Chorus] You asked me for advice I said use the door But you're still clinging to somebody you deplore And now you wanna use me for emotional blackmail I just feel pity when you lie, contempt when you cry [Chorus] |
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3:06 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
GOT BRASS IN POCKET
GOT BOTTLE I'M GONNA USE IT INTENTION I FEEL INVENTIVE GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE GOT MOTION RESTRAINED EMOTION BEEN DRIVING DETROIT LEANING NO REASON JUST SEEMS SO PLEASING GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE (CHORUS) GONNA USE MY ARMS GONNA USE MY LEGS GONNA USE MY STYLE GONNA USE MY SIDESTEP GONNA USE MY FINGERS GONNA USE MY, MY, MY IMAGINATION 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME GOT RHYTHM I CAN'T MISS A BEAT GOT NEW SKANK IT'S SO REET GOT SOMETHING I'M WINKING AT YOU GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE (CHORUS) 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL, SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL, SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME |
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5:50 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
I tried to talk to my baby
I said no no no no baby Please don't cry No no no baby please 'cause all of the leaves come down Every time babies cry All of the leaves come down I put my arms around my baby I said hush hush hush hush Baby sleep tight now Hush hush hush baby sleep 'cause all of the birds start to sing Every time babies dream All of the birds start to sing Nobody wants to see Lovers of today happy So assumed they're going to part Nobody wants to be with someone So afraid they'll be left with A broken heart I kissed the eyes of my baby I said dream dream dream dream Baby all night long Dream dream dream all the night 'cause all of the stars in the skies Twinkle on baby's eyes All of the stars in the skies I tried to talk to you baby No no No I'll never feel Like a man in a man's world |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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2:21 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
This is a mercy mission
From a faceless messenger who don't wanna see you hit Here's the word, listen to it Somebody that you used to know is back in town You better go This is a mercy mission A voice you'll never hear again from a southside call box Winged demons are the hardest to outfox The same one you lost on the run Gonna show you that it ain't no fun You better get out of town you're gonna get hit I didn't mean to get you... This is a mercy mission You'll find your schedule underneath the door All of the arrangements have been made Major expenses have been paid as you know Don't forget the last details Accept no parcels in the mail |
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3:06 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
SAID THE WAIT CHILD MAGIC CHILD WORK IT ON OUT NOW WORK IT
THE WAIT CHILD PINBALL CHILD POOL HALL CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD PACING CHILD FORTH BACK NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD NEON LIGHT LATE NIGHT LIGHTS HURT OH GONNA HURT SOME CHILD CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY SAID THE WAIT CHILD BRUISED BALL CHILD PRIDE SLAPPED CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD CREST FELLED CHILD TEAR EYED CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD BUS STOP CHILD LATE COME CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD PLATFORM WALK IDLE TALK HURTS OH GONNA HURT SOME CHILD CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY I SAID CHILD, CHILD STARING INTO THE STREETLIGHT MESSED UP CHILD LONELY BOY TONIGHT KICK THE WALL TURN THE STREET AND BACK AGAIN OH BOY YOU'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN (REPEAT) I SAID THE WAIT CHILD PACING CHILD FORTH AND BACK NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD BUS STOP CHILD LATE COME CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD POOL HALL CHILD PIN TABLE NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD MAGIC CHILD WORK IT ON OUT NOW WORK IT OH GONNA HURT SOME, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY |
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4:21 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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3:46 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
GOT BRASS IN POCKET
GOT BOTTLE I'M GONNA USE IT INTENTION I FEEL INVENTIVE GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE GOT MOTION RESTRAINED EMOTION BEEN DRIVING DETROIT LEANING NO REASON JUST SEEMS SO PLEASING GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE (CHORUS) GONNA USE MY ARMS GONNA USE MY LEGS GONNA USE MY STYLE GONNA USE MY SIDESTEP GONNA USE MY FINGERS GONNA USE MY, MY, MY IMAGINATION 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME GOT RHYTHM I CAN'T MISS A BEAT GOT NEW SKANK IT'S SO REET GOT SOMETHING I'M WINKING AT YOU GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE (CHORUS) 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL, SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL, SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME |
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4:03 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so I feel sad too I think I know some things we never outgrow You think it's wrong I can tell you do How can I explain When you don't want me to Kid my only kid You look so small you've gone so quiet I know you know what I'm about I won't deny it But you forgive though you don't understand You've turned your head You've dropped by hand All my sorrow, all my blues All my sorrow Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your face Kid gracious kid Your eyes are blue but you won't cry I know angry tears are too dear You won't let them go |
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2:22 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
It Is Time For You To Stop All Of Your Sobbing
Yes It's Time For You To Stop All Of Your Sobbing Oh Oh Oh There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It It Is Time For You To Laugh Instead Of Crying Yes It's Time For You To Laugh So Keep On Trying Oh Oh Oh There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It Each Little Tear That Falls From Y Our Eyes Makes, Makes Me Want To Take You In My Arms And Tell You To Stop All Your Sobbing There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You And There's One Thing You Gotta Know To Make Me Want You So Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It |
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5:20 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
I drank tequila 'cause I can't have your lips tonight
I don't want to feel ya I don't want to feel sad tonight You make me suffer and you just don't know Estoy barrochos down in new mexico I want to remember but I try to forget That scene in the car park that I still regret Just like before, times I've even lost track I ran away crawling 'cause I fall everytime I look back Miles, baby, hundreds of highways and truck stops I've used Cars, baby, hundreds of cars have passed and refused I stood on the shoulder with tears in my eyes I drank tequila and watched the game in the bar I don' t care who loses, I don't know who the teams are We had our time, but the bell's finally tolled My ohio winter was finally too cold |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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3:26 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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3:05 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980)
Such a drag to want something sometime
One thing leads to another I know Was a time wanted you for mine Nobody knew You arrived like a day And passed like a cloud I made a wish, I said it out loud Out loud in a crowd Everybody heard 'twas the talk of the town It's not my place to know what you feel I'd like to know but why should i? Who were you then, who are you now? Common labourer by night, by day highbrow Back in my room I wonder, then i Sit on the bed, look at the sky Up in the sky Clouds rearrange Like the talk of the town Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday You've changed your place in this world You've changed your place in this world Oh but it's hard to live by the rules I never could and still never do The rules and such never bothered you You call the shots and they follow I watch you still from a distance then go Back to my room, you never know I want you, I want you but now Who's the talk of the town? |
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3:51 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1980) | |||||
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3:59 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
I'm the adultress
But i didn't want to be and i'm convenient And i make good tea I stand accused Of the worst crime in history That's my mystery I'm the adultress I go to the park With a bag of crumbs for the birds That's where we meet without words He takes my hand And stares into the wood There's nothing to understand It's understood I'm the adultress Look at the fool Made up to go out She's desperate and lonely But she's puttin' it about Look at the spinster Comin' down off the shelf She's in love and she hates herself Don't try to stop me Don't get in my way It's too late I've made my play Does misery love company I'll be in the bar You'll find me |
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4:07 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
You're not supposed to do that
You know you're not allowed to But you seem to get some kind of kick Out of doing what you're not allowed to You deliberately defy the rules 'cause the law's upheld by fools Shit on that Bad boys get spanked You can look but don't touch But no you can't resist Don't you ever think about the consequence Guys like you never do That's the kind of stuff boys are made out of That's the kind of stuff girls are made out of Bad boys get spanked Bad boys get spanked You don't listen do you asshole Don't be a punk all your life Someone's gonna sort you out They'll try to make a man out of you Say yes sir, say no sir Say yes ma'am, say no m'am Shit on that Bad boys get spanked Bad boys get spanked Get spanked, get spanked Come here, get spanked Bad boys get spanked Come here, get spanked |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Now the reason we're here
As man and woman Is to love each other Take care of each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good, good Like brigitte bardot Now look at the people In the streets, in the bars We are all of us in the gutter But some of us are looking at the stars Look round the room Life is unkind We fall but we keep gettin' up Over and over and over and over and over and over Me and you, every night, every day We'll be together always this way Your eyes are blue like the heavens above Talk to me darlin' with a message of love Now the reason we're here Every man, every woman Is to help each other Stand by each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good good Say I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Talk to me darlin' |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
When I look up from my pillow
I dream you are there with me Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I look around me And feel you are ever so close to me Each tear that flows from my eye Brings back memories of you to me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I was wrong, I will cry I will love you till the day I die You were all, you alone and no one else You were meant for me When morning comes again I have the loneliness you left me Each day drags by Until finally my time descends on me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
I wrote a letter to you my friend
So many letters that I never send I think about you at the day's end The time that we had I laughed in my bed The stupid things you said We were two birds of paradise When I was a little girl With clay horses and lambs on the shelf I caught frogs in ditches, listened for elves My friends and I had a world unto ourselves No grownups could find us when we Made our plans so secretly To run away and fly to be With the two birds of paradise Now once upon a time my mind still there wanders Back in the room the things I remember One time when we took off our clothes But you were cryin', cryin' You said nothing lasts forever We were happy together I thought about you in stockholm and rome Me in my hotel room You in your home This is the life they say that Dreams are made of Don't forget Please do forgive me I still have something you did give me Come into my dream with me and dream Please don't forget Do forgive me I still have something you did give me Come into my dream with me and dream Oh dream of paradise |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Such A Drag To Want Something Sometime
One Thing Leads To Another I Know Was A Time Wanted You For Mine Nobody Knew You Arrived Like A Day And Passed Like A Cloud I Made A Wish, I Said It Out Loud Out Loud In A Crowd Everybody Heard 'twas The Talk Of The Town It's Not My Place To Know What You Feel I'd Like To Know But Why Should I? Who Were You Then, Who Are You Now? Common Labourer By Night, By Day Highbrow Back In My Room I Wonder, Then I Sit On The Bed, Look At The Sky Up In The Sky Clouds Rearrange Like The Talk Of The Town Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Someday Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Someday You've Changed Your Place In This World You've Changed Your Place In This World Oh But It's Hard To Live By The Rules I Never Could And Still Never Do The Rules And Such Never Bothered You You Call The Shots And They Follow I Watch You Still From A Distance Then Go Back To My Room, You Never Know I Want You, I Want You But Now Who's The Talk Of The Town |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
You guys are the pits of the world!
Oh, this is no place for me Burnin' down the interbelt, from jacuzzi to jacuzzi It's all right for you man Gettin' smashed, gettin' suntanned But i know my place Where's my suitcase? Pack it up or throw it away What i can't carry, bury Oh you remember me, i remember you But that was a long, long time ago When i was passin' through All my family, all my friends, my lover I got to find them My enemies, my new family, my new friends My future enemies, i got to flush them out Pack it all up, nothing goes in storage I'm burnin' every bridge Burn, baby, burn I see your dog got shot Well, hell, never mind That's show biz, big boy You've got to be cruel to be kind Oh, give over and admit it I've been tearing down the interstate Like some kind of bleeding cat It's all right for the boss His gain's my loss That gets me down, it really gets me down So pack it up and cut the crap When the clock starts talkin', i start walkin' When you pass in your porsche Please don't offer me a ride I may be a skunk But you're a piece of junk, and furthermore I don't like your trousers Your appalling taste in women And what about your mind Your insipid record collection That dumb home video center The usual pronography And all you scumbags around the world You're the pits of the world! |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Take, take, take, takin' what you don't need
You'll get, get, gettin' what you don't need Stand back, take a look and take heed All the children in god's kingdom bleed See the networks of concrete and steel They've no mystery but what they reveal Tells a story of a future that's void Of the beauty and the majesty that life on Earth is meant to be Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government And not a word about political favour Everything touched is my political choice The life you take is your political voice The sacred cows come crashing to their knees Golden harvest reaped without intelligence There's no chance between the heavens and the seas In a blood bath don't laugh Grab your piece of golden calf Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not Do unto others as you wish be done to you There's a million lies 'round everything true You slaughter when you feast You disrespect the beast Make our beds and lie there, take your share Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want not pick it up Pick it up and eat it Waste not want not |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Way up in the sky
Over the city, over tokyo Silver light, summer moon You'll be over somebody's winter this afternoon While the dolphins swim in the sea You're going grey, my baby Still the war is waging endlessly Day after day, day after day Way up in the sky Over the city and lake erie You remember the flats, you were there Out every night mr moonlight Round and round and round we go Just like yesterday Way up in the sky Over the city where you sleep tonight The light outside your window blinks Hotel, hotel, hotel Open the blind and dream in a moonbeam When the war's finally over We'll meet again And pick up where we left off |
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5:37 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Those jealous dogs, always on the alert
Tattle tale rights They'll take your back and leave your shirt Like that jealous bitch Always wanting more The courts have made her rich And the click of high heels down the corridor Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Those jealous dogs, detectives every one Don't be a sucker all your life She's gonna have you hung Evidence, evidence, evidence Suspicion invites treachery Oh you really got taken Bringing home the bacon Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Bow wow wow, here come the dogs Grrrrrr, here come the dogs Don't lay down, here come the dogs Stand straight don't slouch Get down off the couch You're gonna wet on the couch Get down, get down Those jealous dogs, they get worse and worse Everytime you turn around They're sniffin' at your purse Who do they think we are? What do they think we do? It's hard to get in the mood When you're treated like some kind of dog food Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Bow wow wow, here come the dogs Oh ruff ruff, here come the dogs Get down, here come the dogs Mind your leg, roll over and beg Happy birthday Merry christmas |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Just before it rains
The wind whips 'round the balcony And the sky closes on the english roses And she'll be pacin' 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round her room These storms always find here to remind her To the endless sky The pink over grey She looks for an answer But it's too late Maybe it's true Some things were just never meant to be Maybe not This is a story Fruit cut from the vine Forgot and left to rot Long before its time This is a story About the girl who lived next door Looking for someone to hold A wish made on a star Brought her here tonight At a courtyard she waits A thousand broken dates But she holds the hymnal Where so carefully pressed Is the english rose she laid to rest It's only a story Flowers in full bloom Bouquets in every room Ooh, this is a story Fruit cut from the vine Looking for someone to hold |
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3:29 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Shh...here they come
Now louie louie had his day Nothin' gonna change it now The rats and snakes will never fade away Not while I'm alive Hey! hey! hey! hey! There come the cossacks The road spiders The super gliders Burnin' trash, flickin' class, all the white trash Yeah! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Now louie louie had his time Seemed like only yesterday Sandy and harry got married and moved away 'cause they had nothin' left to say Yeah! You with the glasses, I'll see you later We'll find love I know Rockin', reelin', double dealin', one more time this time with feelin' Yeah! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Go boys, yeah! You move so fine Yeah what a scene I said Mmm, kinda aquiline Yeah baby saw through this now You smell so good Yeah, and your shirt's always pressed You'll be the best inside my baby Yeah, we're all under arrest now! Louie louie made his mark On this tender heart of mine The jamaican moon don't let it get dark Though we rock out in the night time Yeah! let's get on outta here now, let's go! |
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3:23 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
SAID THE WAIT CHILD MAGIC CHILD WORK IT ON OUT NOW WORK IT
THE WAIT CHILD PINBALL CHILD POOL HALL CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD PACING CHILD FORTH BACK NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD NEON LIGHT LATE NIGHT LIGHTS HURT OH GONNA HURT SOME CHILD CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY SAID THE WAIT CHILD BRUISED BALL CHILD PRIDE SLAPPED CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD CREST FELLED CHILD TEAR EYED CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD BUS STOP CHILD LATE COME CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD PLATFORM WALK IDLE TALK HURTS OH GONNA HURT SOME CHILD CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY I SAID CHILD, CHILD STARING INTO THE STREETLIGHT MESSED UP CHILD LONELY BOY TONIGHT KICK THE WALL TURN THE STREET AND BACK AGAIN OH BOY YOU'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN (REPEAT) I SAID THE WAIT CHILD PACING CHILD FORTH AND BACK NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD BUS STOP CHILD LATE COME CHILD HURTS THE WAIT CHILD POOL HALL CHILD PIN TABLE NOW HURTS THE WAIT CHILD MAGIC CHILD WORK IT ON OUT NOW WORK IT OH GONNA HURT SOME, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD, CHILD GONNA HURT SOME WHOA MY BABY |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
I'm the adultress
But i didn't want to be and i'm convenient And i make good tea I stand accused Of the worst crime in history That's my mystery I'm the adultress I go to the park With a bag of crumbs for the birds That's where we meet without words He takes my hand And stares into the wood There's nothing to understand It's understood I'm the adultress Look at the fool Made up to go out She's desperate and lonely But she's puttin' it about Look at the spinster Comin' down off the shelf She's in love and she hates herself Don't try to stop me Don't get in my way It's too late I've made my play Does misery love company I'll be in the bar You'll find me |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Now the reason we're here
As man and woman Is to love each other Take care of each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good, good Like brigitte bardot Now look at the people In the streets, in the bars We are all of us in the gutter But some of us are looking at the stars Look round the room Life is unkind We fall but we keep gettin' up Over and over and over and over and over and over Me and you, every night, every day We'll be together always this way Your eyes are blue like the heavens above Talk to me darlin' with a message of love Now the reason we're here Every man, every woman Is to help each other Stand by each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good good Say I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Talk to me darlin' |
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3:43 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Shh...here they come
Now louie louie had his day Nothin' gonna change it now The rats and snakes will never fade away Not while I'm alive Hey! hey! hey! hey! There come the cossacks The road spiders The super gliders Burnin' trash, flickin' class, all the white trash Yeah! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Now louie louie had his time Seemed like only yesterday Sandy and harry got married and moved away 'cause they had nothin' left to say Yeah! You with the glasses, I'll see you later We'll find love I know Rockin', reelin', double dealin', one more time this time with feelin' Yeah! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Go boys, yeah! You move so fine Yeah what a scene I said Mmm, kinda aquiline Yeah baby saw through this now You smell so good Yeah, and your shirt's always pressed You'll be the best inside my baby Yeah, we're all under arrest now! Louie louie made his mark On this tender heart of mine The jamaican moon don't let it get dark Though we rock out in the night time Yeah! let's get on outta here now, let's go! |
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3:18 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Such A Drag To Want Something Sometime
One Thing Leads To Another I Know Was A Time Wanted You For Mine Nobody Knew You Arrived Like A Day And Passed Like A Cloud I Made A Wish, I Said It Out Loud Out Loud In A Crowd Everybody Heard 'twas The Talk Of The Town It's Not My Place To Know What You Feel I'd Like To Know But Why Should I? Who Were You Then, Who Are You Now? Common Labourer By Night, By Day Highbrow Back In My Room I Wonder, Then I Sit On The Bed, Look At The Sky Up In The Sky Clouds Rearrange Like The Talk Of The Town Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Someday Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Someday You've Changed Your Place In This World You've Changed Your Place In This World Oh But It's Hard To Live By The Rules I Never Could And Still Never Do The Rules And Such Never Bothered You You Call The Shots And They Follow I Watch You Still From A Distance Then Go Back To My Room, You Never Know I Want You, I Want You But Now Who's The Talk Of The Town |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
I wrote a letter to you my friend
So many letters that I never send I think about you at the day's end The time that we had I laughed in my bed The stupid things you said We were two birds of paradise When I was a little girl With clay horses and lambs on the shelf I caught frogs in ditches, listened for elves My friends and I had a world unto ourselves No grownups could find us when we Made our plans so secretly To run away and fly to be With the two birds of paradise Now once upon a time my mind still there wanders Back in the room the things I remember One time when we took off our clothes But you were cryin', cryin' You said nothing lasts forever We were happy together I thought about you in stockholm and rome Me in my hotel room You in your home This is the life they say that Dreams are made of Don't forget Please do forgive me I still have something you did give me Come into my dream with me and dream Please don't forget Do forgive me I still have something you did give me Come into my dream with me and dream Oh dream of paradise |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Just before it rains
The wind whips 'round the balcony And the sky closes on the english roses And she'll be pacin' 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round her room These storms always find here to remind her To the endless sky The pink over grey She looks for an answer But it's too late Maybe it's true Some things were just never meant to be Maybe not This is a story Fruit cut from the vine Forgot and left to rot Long before its time This is a story About the girl who lived next door Looking for someone to hold A wish made on a star Brought her here tonight At a courtyard she waits A thousand broken dates But she holds the hymnal Where so carefully pressed Is the english rose she laid to rest It's only a story Flowers in full bloom Bouquets in every room Ooh, this is a story Fruit cut from the vine Looking for someone to hold |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Anger and lust my senses running amok
Bewildered and deluded, have I been hit by a truck? When my tongue lay inside his lip Felt like the time in the womb But I woke up with a headache that split my skull Alone in the room I got down on the floor with my head pressed between my knees Under the bed with my teeth sunk into my own flesh I said baby, oh sweetheart Lust turns to anger, a kiss to a slug Something was sticky on your shag rug, look at the tile I remember the way he groaned and moved with an animal skill I rubbed my face in the sweat that ran down his chest It was all very run of the mill But I noticed his scent started to change somehow His face went berserk and the veins bulged on his brow I said baby, oh sweetheart Bondage to lust, abuse of facility Blackmailed emotions confuse the demon and devotee I was sure his intentions were sweet And that mine was as well But a wish is a shot in the dark When your coin's down the well I got out in the hall with my teeth in my head Up to my neck and I said, said, said dead I said baby, oh sweetheart |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
You're not supposed to do that
You know you're not allowed to But you seem to get some kind of kick Out of doing what you're not allowed to You deliberately defy the rules 'cause the law's upheld by fools Shit on that Bad boys get spanked You can look but don't touch But no you can't resist Don't you ever think about the consequence Guys like you never do That's the kind of stuff boys are made out of That's the kind of stuff girls are made out of Bad boys get spanked Bad boys get spanked You don't listen do you asshole Don't be a punk all your life Someone's gonna sort you out They'll try to make a man out of you Say yes sir, say no sir Say yes ma'am, say no m'am Shit on that Bad boys get spanked Bad boys get spanked Get spanked, get spanked Come here, get spanked Bad boys get spanked Come here, get spanked |
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3:28 | ||||
from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
It Is Time For You To Stop All Of Your Sobbing
Yes It's Time For You To Stop All Of Your Sobbing Oh Oh Oh There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It It Is Time For You To Laugh Instead Of Crying Yes It's Time For You To Laugh So Keep On Trying Oh Oh Oh There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It Each Little Tear That Falls From Y Our Eyes Makes, Makes Me Want To Take You In My Arms And Tell You To Stop All Your Sobbing There's One Thing You Gotta Do To Make Me Still Want You And There's One Thing You Gotta Know To Make Me Want You So Gotta Stop Sobbing Now Yeah Yeah Stop It Stop It |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Your private life drama baby leave me out [3x]
J'ai les glands with your theatrics Your acting's a drag It's ok on tv 'cause you can turn it off But don't try me Yes your marriage is a tragedy But it's not my concern I'm very superficial I hate anything official [Chorus:] Your private life drama baby leave me out [3x] [Backup Chorus:] You've been lying to someone and now me Stop [3x] Your sentimental gestures only bore me to death You've made a desperate appeal now save your breath Attachment to obligation through guilt and regret Shit that's so wet And your sex life complications are not my fascinations [Chorus] You asked me for advice I said use the door But you're still clinging to somebody you deplore And now you wanna use me for emotional blackmail I just feel pity when you lie, contempt when you cry [Chorus] |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so I feel sad too I think I know some things we never outgrow You think it's wrong I can tell you do How can I explain When you don't want me to Kid my only kid You look so small you've gone so quiet I know you know what I'm about I won't deny it But you forgive though you don't understand You've turned your head You've dropped by hand All my sorrow, all my blues All my sorrow Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your face Kid gracious kid Your eyes are blue but you won't cry I know angry tears are too dear You won't let them go |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
Way up in the sky
Over the city, over tokyo Silver light, summer moon You'll be over somebody's winter this afternoon While the dolphins swim in the sea You're going grey, my baby Still the war is waging endlessly Day after day, day after day Way up in the sky Over the city and lake erie You remember the flats, you were there Out every night mr moonlight Round and round and round we go Just like yesterday Way up in the sky Over the city where you sleep tonight The light outside your window blinks Hotel, hotel, hotel Open the blind and dream in a moonbeam When the war's finally over We'll meet again And pick up where we left off |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981)
GOT BRASS IN POCKET
GOT BOTTLE I'M GONNA USE IT INTENTION I FEEL INVENTIVE GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE GOT MOTION RESTRAINED EMOTION BEEN DRIVING DETROIT LEANING NO REASON JUST SEEMS SO PLEASING GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE (CHORUS) GONNA USE MY ARMS GONNA USE MY LEGS GONNA USE MY STYLE GONNA USE MY SIDESTEP GONNA USE MY FINGERS GONNA USE MY, MY, MY IMAGINATION 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME GOT RHYTHM I CAN'T MISS A BEAT GOT NEW SKANK IT'S SO REET GOT SOMETHING I'M WINKING AT YOU GONNA MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU, MAKE YOU NOTICE (CHORUS) 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL, SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME 'CAUSE I GONNA MAKE YOU SEE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE NO ONE LIKE ME I'M SPECIAL, SO SPECIAL I GOTTA HAVE SOME OF YOUR ATTENTION GIVE IT TO ME |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Pretenders II [Reissue] [W/Interactive Booklet] (1981) |