Gerry Rafferty

You say that I am out of touch
To me that doesn't mean so much
You're tryin' hard to be so cool
But you will always be the fool.

All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.

You think you know just what to say
The words you use give you away
There's always something lets me know
That I'm up high and you're down low.

All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.

Why do you always just pretend
You're gonna lose out in the end
One day you'll wake up and you'll find
That I have left you far behind.

All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.

You say that I am out of touch
To me that doesn't mean so much
You're tryin' hard to be so cool
But you will always be the fool.

All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.

Don't you feel like talkin' to a man who's fed up walkin' all the time
Don't you feel like sayin' to a man who's fed up prayin' that you're mine
We fought a lot of battles from Nebraska to Seattle, I'm so tired
We hid in lonely places and we never seen the faces a€?til they fired.

Well hear me talkin' (blood and glory)
I'm fed up walkin' (blood and glory)
I'll tell a story (blood and glory)
About blood and glory.

When we threw away our sabers and we joined with Preston's Raiders for a while
We looted and we plundered while the Yankee cannons thundered, we just smiled
But now back home in Kentucky, and I know I've been lucky to survive
I never want to see another cannon aimed at me while I'm alive.

Well hear me talkin' (blood and glory)
I'm fed up walkin' (blood and glory)
I'll tell a story (blood and glory)
About blood and glory.

Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

Went to the movies and the movie broke down
The picture on the screen was going ‘round and ‘round
I'd spent all I had getting in to see the show
So I walked up to the man and I said I'd like to go.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

I heard a preacher man say his way was the best
So I took up his religion and forgot about the rest
Then I heard another one calling out my name
I went and took a closer look, he was just the same.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

Listen to the lies from the politician man
Saying that we live in a democratic land
One land for the rich, another for the poor
And if you try to change it, they'll nail you to the floor.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?



Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Raffery / Roger Brown
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Whistle: Tom Parker
Fiddle: John Van Derrick
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I?

When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

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Goin' down a dusty road, I turned my head a€?round
Looking for somewhere to go, a place to lay my head down
Check into a small hotel and there before my eyes
Stood a man with a trumpet in his hand
Trying to make the people understand, he stops and sighs and says

"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout a€?Hip hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"

Spoke about the well-known faces appearing in the show
Star attraction of the evening would be Billy with his big banjo
But first of all, a sweet little lady who'd have us all screamin' for more
Lily, the striptease queen with the biggest pair you've ever seen.

Down and down
Went her long black stockings and, as they hit the ground, the boys went mad
Everyone agreed
That it was the greatest time they'd ever had
On and on
Now the night was nearly over except for Billy and his big banjo
Billy sang a song called a€?The Truckdriver Man'
And we joined in for a chorus or two and then I went to bed.

"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout a€?Hip hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"

Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

I walk along the street and wonder what to do
I'd like to ease the pain in my troubled brain
But as to how, I haven't a clue
Should I shout at the people who pass me by
Hey folks look at me, I'm no ordinary guy
I had a love and she swore she was mine
But she only loved me when the weather was fine.

My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know
Keep it to yourself.

On a subway train, I hide from the rain
And take a seat right next to the door
There's a man with a case and as I look at his face
I'm sure I've seen him someplace before
He looks up and I look down
And then we both look away
The train slows down and my head spins ‘round
It's like scene from a one-act play.

My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know
Keep it to yourself.

I feel much better when the sun has lost its glow
When the light of day is fading away
And there are shadows wherever I go
Yes the light is fading and I'm masquerading
As a poet with something to say
The inspiration's gone and I can't turn it on
It's been the same since she went away.

My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know
Keep it to yourself.

Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.

Remember a holiday in a north-of-England town
You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown.

Mary Skeffington, when you wake
You mustn't be afraid to face another day
Think of what you have, you'll get by
You've always been a lady so hold your head up high.

Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your life
Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife.

Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.



Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Rab Noakes
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Rab Noakes

Mr. Universe, can you help me please?
I'm only seven stone two
When I'm on the beach, the girls stay out of reach
They all want someone like you.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

Mr. Universe, you know it's getting worse
I need your seven-day plan
I'm thinner every day, before I waste away
I need a muscle-bound man.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.



Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
Mystery Voices: Rab Noakes / Hugh Murphy

Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
While you're here tonight, we'll be as one
For tomorrow you will seek the sun.

Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
Just for the moment I'm asking you to stay
For tomorrow you'll be far away
For tomorrow you'll be far away.

Sing your song once more, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
While you're here tonight, we'll be as one
For tomorrow you will seek the sun
Yes tomorrow you will seek the sun.

"Do it on the microphone, thank you, Gerald" (you have to turn it up way loud to hear this)

Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.

Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.

Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.

About a year ago, I knocked on this door
I asked my friend if I could sleep on the floor
He took me in, said I was welcome to stay
I told him then that I was going to pay him back someday.

He took me in and all he asked was a song
It didn't sound me when I knew it was wrong
It got so bad that we were drunk every night
And I'd pretend that come tomorrow night things would be alright.

Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.

Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.

Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.

Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.



Electric Guitar: Roger Brown
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

To Rafferty's Bar in my old jaunting car
I took myself one Friday evening
To think on a son so deceiving
It's one drink down and another to go.

He was married in haste to a woman unchaste
Much to the shame of the father
His face still half-covered in lather
It's one drink down and another to go.

It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.

I'm not the kind to condemn out of hand
A woman whose virtue is easy
Just as long as she doesn't deceive me
It's one drink down and another to go.

Imagine a life with an unfaithful wife
Might wake up in the morning
And find that she's left without warning
It's one drink down and another to go.

It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.



Written By: Gerry Rafferty and John Patrick Byrne
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Fiddle: John Van Derrick
Harpsichord: Tom Parker
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jockie, Mally, and me.

The things that we have are all that we need
You have your painting, and I like to
Read books by people of feeling, someone sincere
They remind me of you and what we have here.

Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jockie, Mally, and me.

If in our lifetime we find peace of mind
We'll remember the bad days that we left behind
Thinking only of love and what it can bring
You paint songs for the children, a song we'll always sing.

Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jockie, Mally, and me.

Walk in, sit down, open up your case
Tune up, and turn ‘round to show your face to the crowd
Sing a song in a genuine bluegrass voice
About your big Dixie Darling, the banjo that's always in tune.

Please sing a song for us, play your guitar
There isn't one of us care who you are
But if the sound is good, you won't go wrong
Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long).

Stand up, stretch out to take the hand
Of a girl called Rosie who thought your performance was cool
Tune in, turn on, stop dead in your tracks
At a voice softly singing about some fool on a hill.

Please sing a song for us, play your guitar
There isn't one of us care who you are
And if the sound is good, you won't go wrong
Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long).



Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.

My father says that I must always work on the land
And I never disagreed when I'd see him lift his hand
Mother thinks that I should be a carpenter to trade
That I could fill my house with the things that I had made.

Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.

I look at the skies, see the birds that can fly, and I feel like cryin'
Like a bird on the tree I just want to free so I'll keep on tryin'.

Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.

My brother says that I must pay attention at the school
Because I've never won a prize, he thinks that I'm a fool
Teacher always asks me why I look so far away
It's just that I find nothing in the words he has to say.

Rick rack, rickety rack
I'm leaving home and I'm never coming back
I'm on my way to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.

Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' dowtown on Main Street
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day.

Shoeshine boy, don't have no ambition, just wants to be a kerbside boot black
Shoeshine boy, your daddy's getting older, gotta take the weight off his back
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day.

You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.

Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day.

You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.

Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' dowtown on Main Street
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day.



Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?'

‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.

Get on the phone (Played in Hamburg just to make me some money)
She says ‘I need some money back home' (Played the&nbsp;?? but never got honey)
Big money man says (Big fat money man, he wrote me a letter)
‘Don't you worry boy, you're not on your own' (‘Don't you worry boy, it's got to get better')

‘If I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.

I could have stayed at home forever
But big money man was much too clever
He said ‘Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.

Back playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?'

‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get myself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.



Written By: Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Steel Guitar: Rod King
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

My daddy was a miner, said there was nothing finer
Than an Irish man who worked an honest day
From Steamboat Row, in rain or shine, he'd make his way down to the mine
Along the dusty road he'd travel
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.

He used to tell about the time he got hurt down in the mine
He said he'd never go back down again
But in his heart he knew he would, he did the only thing he could
Kept on walkin' down that road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.

But when he took to drinkin' we knew that he was thinkin'
That his days were quickly coming to an end
He'd only speak of Steamboat Row, he said someday we ought to go
And walk along that dusty road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.

You said you spoke straight from the heart
But that was the one thing that kept us apart
'Cause when I read between the lines
I saw that the only heart speaking was mine.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.

When everything is said and done
Nothing's been lost and nothing's been won
I took from you, you took from me
But I suppose that's how it had to be.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.

Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Harmonium: Tom Parker
Harpsichord: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Percussion: Henry Spinetti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I don't think I'm winning the race
Whenever I think of the future
I just see the one thing that might bring a smile to my face.

To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.

Sometimes life seems to slow down
I try to move faster 'cause disaster is hot on my heels
Maybe I don't have to worry
Perhaps I'll keep learning concerning the way that I feel.

To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.

Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I hope that I'm winning the race.

I was lost on an endless sea
Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea
Sail with the wind, you weather the storm
You bring it all home, bring it all home, you bring it all home.

I was free in the dead of night
I want you, I want you, I want you in the dead of night
Give me your love, I'll sing you my blues
I bring it all home, bring it all home, I bring it all home.

I was blind in the light of day
I need you, I need you, I need you in the light of day
I still won't let go, hang on to this pride
I bring it all home, bring it all home, I bring it all home.

I was lost on an endless sea
Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea
Think to yourself as you're laughing it off
Bring it all home, bring it all home, bring it all home.

(fade)
Yeah you think to yourself as you're laughing it off
Bring it all home, bring it all home, bring it all home.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Guitars: Richard Brunton / Jerry Donahue
Piano/Polymoog: Billy Livsey
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Saxophone: Raphael Ravenscroft
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Can I Have My Money Back? version

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I?

When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?



Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Steel Guitar: Rod King
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan



Snakes and Ladders version

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

(fade)
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Betsy Cook

Don't close the door
Don't leave here alone tonight
I've been here before
Waiting for the cold daylight.

Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away.

Darlin' don't cry
You know my love belongs to you (baby)
Don't say goodbye
You know my love belongs to you.

Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away.

Don't turn away
But I'm feeling like a crazy man (baby)
So much to say
Tell me something I can understand.

Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Piano/Organ: Pete Wingfield
Slide/Lead/Chords: Bryn Haworth
Electric Guitars: Richard Brunton
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Rafferty

I was a boy scout in St. Mary's troop
I had my own patrol
I had a necktie and a monkey suit
'Til I heard rock and roll.

And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man.

I was around to see Columbus
I used to lie a lot
I had a Bible and a rosary
And one day I forgot.

And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man.

I sold the shoes, I had a great career
Down at the Main Street store
'Til I decided I should disappear
'Til I walked out the door.

And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man, yeah.

I was a boy scout in St. Mary's troop
I had my own patrol
I had a necktie and a monkey suit
'Til I heard rock and roll.

Now I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man.

I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free
I was singing like a reborn man, yeah, hey, mmm, hey
I was a boy scout, mmm
I had my own patrol, yeah.

Looking for something, looking for one thing
Trying to find anything that makes you feel
Gotta keep goin', don't let it get you down
Now you've got nothing to lose.

You been taking it so hard, taking it on the head
Don't you know life's as good as being dead
Gotta keep movin', don't let it get you down
Now you've got nothing to lose.

When everyone around you
Tells you you're doin' fine
They're gonna drive you crazy
So don't close your eyes and swallow all those lies
Don't believe what you've been told
'Cause you'll wake up one day knowing nothing they say
Can satisfy your soul.

Gotta keep movin', don't let it bring you down
Now you've got nothing to lose.

When everyone around you
Tells you you're doin' fine
They're gonna drive you crazy
So don't close your eyes and swallow all those lies
Don't believe what you've been told
'Cause you'll wake up one day knowing nothing they say
Can satisfy your soul.

Looking for something, looking for one thing
Trying to find anything that makes you feel
You gotta keep goin', don't let it get you down
Now you've got nothing to lose.

Written by: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty

Snakes and Ladders version

Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Keyboards: Ian Lynn
Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Oh darlin' do not cry
These clouds will soon pass by
The moon up in the sky
Is crying, he feels just like you.

The moonlight casts its spell
You know that all is well
Even the moon can tell
He's smiling, he feels just like you.

Keyboards: Ian Lynn
Strings Arranged By: Wil Malone
String Leader: Gavin Wright
Vixen barking: Vixen Barking&nbsp;:-)
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Rafferty

Way down south in the garden of England
We got a song to sing and we let it fill the air
We got it made, yeah, in the garden of England
Where the sun comes up to see us everyday.

We feel like strangers but still we call it home
We got no reason but still we feel alone
But when the night comes, we can roll away the stone
To each his own, to each his own
Yeah, the simple life.

We live at home in the garden of England
They got us on the run, we can feel it in the air
We got it made in the garden of England
Where we celebrate the English way of life.

They had an empire, they give it all away
Their finest hour seems only yesterday
They still remember when Britannia ruled the waves
She ruled the waves, she ruled the waves, yeah
Yeah, the simple life.

[We conservatives have always maintained the need]
[For an experiment with a tougher regime]
[For depriving young football hooligans of their leisure time]
[I can announce today]
[That the experiment promised in our election manifest]
[Is to begin in Surrey]
[These will be no holiday camps]
[We will introduce on a regular basis]
[Drill, parades and inspections]
[From 6:45 am 'til lights out at 9:30 pm]
[Life will be conducted at a brisk tempo]

Rafferty

I remember the sound of the passing train
As it rolled through the night in the pouring rain
And the touch of a hand and the way she said&nbsp;: 'Goodbye'.

And we walked in the sun down the royal mile
Saw the light in her eye and the way she smiled
And she cried in the night and I heard her say&nbsp;: 'Don't go'.

What can I do, sweet darlin'&nbsp;? I don't want to go away
Looking at you, sweet darlin', I know I want to stay
What can I do, sweet darlin'&nbsp;?

And the light of the day I was rolling home
I was thinking of you waiting on your own
And I wanted to call but they sudden said&nbsp;: 'Oh no'.

Yeah, but now it's a dream, it's a memory
But I'll never forget what you gave to me
I was lost and alone but you made feel OK.

What can I do, sweet darlin'&nbsp;? I don't want to go away
Looking at you, sweet darlin', I know I want to stay
What can I do, sweet darlin'&nbsp;?

I remember the sound of the passing train
As it rolled through the night in the pouring rain
And the touch of a hand and the way she said&nbsp;: 'Goodbye'.

What can I do, sweet darlin'&nbsp;? I don't want to go away
Looking at you, sweet darlin', I know I want to stay
What can I do, sweet darlin'&nbsp;?

I'm goin', yes I'm goin', yes I'm goin' away
I finally made up my mind
I'm leavin', yes I'm leavin', yes I'm leavin' today
Leavin' the good life behind.
I can never be the kind of man you want me to be
Don't cry, little darlin', don't cry
You don't know what this kind of life is doin' to me
Goodbye, little darlin', goodbye.
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' every day
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' every day
Once upon a time you would've asked me to stay
I know, little darlin', I know
Now I get the feeling you don't care anyway
It shows, little darlin', it shows.
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' every day
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' every day
I'm goin', yes I'm goin', yes I'm goin' away
I finally made up my mind
I'm leavin', yes I'm leavin', yes I'm leavin' today
Leavin' the good life behind.
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' every day
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Too much of nothin' every day
Wastin' away, wastin' away
Wastin' away, wastin' away

(Hollywood-sounding guy talking)
Hi man, do you like it here man?
It's really too much
Hey I know this great Mexican restaurant called Los Tacos
Can you say taco?
Sure I thought you could
Hey I know this great beach down in Santa Monica Boulevard
Do you like the sun?
It makes me feel real tingly all over
Hey, have you checked out Palm Springs?
What a place, Palm Springs
You'll love it, you'll absolutely love it!
Can you say love?
Sure, I know you're into it.

In El Padrino's at the happy hour
They've got a drink they say is made from passionflowers
So neat, so sweet.

They bring it all the way from Mexico
It's guaranteed to take you where you want to go
Oh boy, enjoy.

And you leave to see how the city feels
In the moonlight everything's so unreal
But when the sun shines everything tastes so good
And the sign says "Welcome to Hollywood".

They got a big house and a swimming pool
They sit around and everybody looks so cool
So bad, so sad.

Stuck in the middle with the blues again
You should know better, when you ever gonna learn
So long, so long.

And you leave to see how the city feels
In the moonlight everything's so unreal
But when the sun shines everything tastes so good
And the sign says "Welcome to Hollywood".

In El Padrino's at the happy hour
They've got a drink they say is made from passionflowers
So neat, so sweet.

They bring it all the way from Mexico
It's guaranteed to take you where you want to go
Oh boy, enjoy.

And you leave to see how the city feels
In the moonlight everything's so unreal
But when the sun shines everything tastes so good
And the sign says "Welcome to Hollywood".

(fade til end)
In Hollywood, in Hollywood
In Hollywood, in Hollywood

(a different Hollywood-sounding guy talking)
Yeah in Hollywood, hey in Hollywood baby
Gerry, love it! love it!
Get down Gerry, get down in Hollywood
Hey it's 80 degrees in Burbank,
85 Inglewood, 90 in the Valley
and 110 in my heart for Gerry Rafferty
Gerry get down baby
Heavy sounds, radio KRAP
You're gonna love it
I said in Hollywood
Gerry we're gonna hit the mountains
We're gonna hit the beaches
And hit you with this
Gerry baby you fry my brain and drive me insane!
Get down in Hollywood Gerry
Woooh! What'd I say baby!

Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Lead Guitar and Swells: Jerry Donahue
Other Guitar: Richard Brunton
Piano/Clavinet: Billy Livsey
Synthesizers: Ian Lynn
Saxophone: Raphael Ravenscroft
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Mystery Voice: Billy Livsey

Once I had a dream
I could lean upon
Nothin's what it seems
It was already gone.

Dreams I shared with you
On our way back home
Watched it all come true
It was already gone.

I was waitin' for the sun to shine
But every day would bring the rain
I was down, but you changed my luck
And the dream was still the same.

I watched it fly away
Like a bird across the sky
Miles and miles and miles away
Yes, it's already gone.

I was waitin' for the sun to shine
But every day would bring the rain
I was down, but you changed my luck
And the dream was still the same.

I watched it fly away
Like a bird across the sky
Miles and miles and miles away
Yes, it's already gone.

(fade)
Yes, it's already gone.
Yes, it's already gone.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Electric Guitars: Richard Thompson
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Synthesizers: Richard Harvey
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

You still got that light in your eye
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

The first time I set eyes on you, and I listened to you sing, yeah yeah
We didn't have to speak cause the words said everything
Yes you walked right into my life, and we were on our way, yeah
So long ago, but it feels like yesterday.

And I just wanna tell you...

You still got that light in your eye (yes you do)
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

Now some of my best memories are days I spent with you, yeah
Each time we hit the road it was always somethin' new
Spaced out rather drunk
And singin' in the sun, yeah yeah
One more bottle dead and a new day just begun.

I just wanna tell you...

You still got that light in your eye
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

Shinin' light, shinin' bright on the days gone down
Shinin' light, shinin' bright on the days gone down
Shinin' light, shinin' bright on the days gone down

We won't forget the days gone down, they're written in our hearts, yeah yeah
And we're as much in tune as we were right at the start
It all seems so much harder now, it seemed so easy then, yeah yeah
Well someday just for fun we might do it all again.

I just wanna tell you...

You still got that light in your eye (yes you do)
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

Yeah yeah still got that light in your eye
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin', travellin' (yeah yeah)
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Piano: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns / Richard Brunton
Rhythm/Solo Guitar: Hugh Burns
Lap Slide: Richard Brunton
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson / Betsy Cooke / Linda Thompson

When we were young we used to sing
And we could feel the harmony
You'd sit there waiting in the wings
How long have you been waitin' to let your light shine?

Many years have gone since then
Seen us go our different ways
But now we sit here once again
Tonight we're gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.

This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It's written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.

In all the years we had
As part of a family tree
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.

I know it's left its mark on you
I see the same things in myself
You know there's nothin' we can't do
We've been a long time waitin', but some things never die.

It's time to leave all that behind
It's time to lay that ghost to rest
We can't deny the ties that bind
Tonight we're gonna sing out, tonight our light will shine.

This is the time and place
To bring out our memories
It's written on every face
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.

In all the years we had (when we were young we used to sing)
As part of a family tree (we could feel the harmony)
We knew the good and bad
I can see it in you, you can see it in me.

When we were young we used to sing...



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Graham Preskett
Fiddle: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitars: Richard Thompson
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Solo Guitar: Richard Brunton
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Recorders: Richard Harvey
Pipe Organ: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson

Night Owl
Right Down the Line (Compilation)
One More Dream (Compilation)
Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right (Compilation)



Out on the street I was talkin' to a man
He said "there's so much of this life of mine that I don't understand"
You shouldn't worry yes that ain't no crime
Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

You need direction, yeah you need a name
When you're standing in the crossroads every highway looks the same
After a while you can recognize the signs
So if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

Life is a liar yeah life is a cheat
It'll lead you on and pull the ground from underneath your feet
No use complainin', don't you worry, don't you whine
Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

You gotta grow, you gotta learn by your mistakes
You gotta die a little everyday just to try to stay awake
When you believe there's no mountain you can climb
And if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

Next time, hmmmmm



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Electric Piano: Tommy Eyre
Synthesizers: Tommy Eyre
Guitars: Hugh Burns
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Starin' at the moon again
Yes you been out on the loose
You still feel like a haunted man
This kinda life just ain't no use.

It's gonna be a long night
Waitin' for the first light
It's gonna be a long night.

You sit around and talk awhile
You go stealin' like a thief
The silence kills and the talk is cheap
And you don't get no relief.

It's gonna be a long night
Waitin' for the first light
It's gonna be a long night.

She left her calling card
And said her last goodbyes
She found a way into your heart
And you lie there wondering why.

Gonna be a long night
Waitin' for the first light
It's gonna be a long night.

It's gonna be a long night
Waitin' for the first light
It's gonna be a long long long long lonely night.

You sit around and talk awhile
You go stealin' like a thief
The silence kills and the talk is cheap
And you don't get no relief.

It's gonna be a long night
Waitin' for the first light
It's gonna be a long night.

It's gonna be a long night
Waitin' for the first light
It's gonna be a long night.

It's gonna be a long night
Waitin' for the first light
It's gonna be a long night.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Piano: Graham Preskett
Mandolin: Graham Preskett
Guitars: Hugh Burns / Richard Brunton
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Lap Slide: Richard Brunton
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.

Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind
You stumble in with no thought of tomorrow.

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
No no no no

The lights are low and the Muzak is loud
You watch yourself as you play to the crowd
One more face in a palace of mirrors.

One more drink, you're sailing away
One more dream but it's looking ok
One more time to watch the flow of the river.

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
No no no no no no no oooooooh

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
No no no no

You've seen it all yeah you've seen it before
Like a fool you always come back for more
You live your life like there was no more tomorrow.

Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
Oh no no no
No no no no
No no no no
No no
No no
Oooooooooooh



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Electric Piano: Graham Preskett
String Machine: Graham Preskett
Guitars: Hugh Burns
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Lyricon Solo: Raphael Ravenscroft
Piano/Polymoog: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

I was caught up in a fever
In that summer of ‘69
And my heart was cryin' out for change
And I knew time was comin' when I'd get away.

So I moved down to that city
Where I met a friend of mine
And I must admit he tried to warn me well
With all those bad luck stories he could tell.

He said "Take the money and run,
Take the money and run
Believe it, in this town you can't trust anyone
You're gonna learn that lesson my son".

"Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don't be a fool, don't you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".

He was broken, he was wasted
He'd been brought down to his knee
And his heart was crying out for truth
You could see the whole world's sadness in his eyes.

So I took good care of business
At least as far as I could see
I could read the signs and I knew all the lines
But so many times his voice came back to me.

"Take the money and run,
Get it at the point of a gun
Believe it, in this town you can't trust anyone
You're gonna learn that lesson my son".

"Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don't be a fool, don't you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run".

I've been wanderin' through this wasteland
Where the blind go leading the blind
And the only sound on the money-go-round
Was the million voices waiting to be found.

I could only hear a whisper
It was comin' from the one I loved
And her heart was saying this can't be right
All my wasted days and all her lonely nights.

Take the money and run,
Get it at the point of a gun
Believe it, n this town you can't trust anyone
You're gonna learn that lesson my son.

Take the money and run,
Buy yourself a place in the sun
Don't be a fool, don't you trust anyone
You gotta take the money and run, take the money and run.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Keyboards: Graham Preskett
Fiddle: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Yes it's back on the road again
I just got me some new-found friends
And it's alright, yeah it's alright.

Flew away at the speed of sound
I threw up when we touched down
But I'm alright, I'll be alright.

New York's bakin' in the sun
Got the news it just made number one
Here we go for one more memory
Way back here in the twentieth century.

That night in Amsterdam
You saw me for what I am
And you found out, yeah you found me out.

And I knew what I saw in you
And I still can't believe it's true
But I'll find out, I'm gonna find out.

Meanwhile back down on Fifth Avenue
Raphael just bought some brand new shoes
Me, I'm wiped out, I'm dead on my feet
Come a long long way from Baker Street.

I'm watchin' a night come down
And we're headin' for one more town
But it's alright, yeah it's alright.

Who cares what the night might bring
Cause we're ready for anything
So it's alright, yeah it's alright.

Heading' out across the U.S.A.
California's still a long long way
Here we go for one more memory
Way back here in the twentieth century.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Rhythm/Solo Guitar: Hugh Burns
Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Synthesizers: Richard Harvey
Piano: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

You got a way of telling me I'm wrong
You got a way of coming on so strong
I can take it from you, yeah you know I always do
Cause you got a way that you do it
It's the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.

You got a way of leaving me no doubt
You got a way of telling me what I'm about
I couldn't take it from anyone else, yeah I really surprised myself
Cause you got a way that you do it
It's the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.

You help me (you help me when I feel alone)
You help me (you help me when I'm down and I'm stuck on my own)
You wake me up to all the little things that I don't see.

You help me (you help me, help me, help me out)
You help me (you help me see myself and what I'm all about)
You give me reason to believe that everything that can be.

You got a way of knowing just how I feel
You got a way of letting me know what's real
I don't get it from anyone else, though I try to fool myself
Cause you got a way that you do it
It's the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.

You help me (you help me when I feel alone)
You help me (you help me when I'm down and I'm stuck on my own)
You wake me up to all the little things that I don't see.

You help me (you help me, help me, help me out)
You help me (you help me see myself and what I'm all about)
You give me reason to believe that everything that can be.

You got a way of telling me I'm wrong
You got a way of coming on so strong
I can take it from you, yeah you know I always do
Cause you got a way that you do it
It's the way that you do it
The way that you do it just got to be right.

The way that you do it just got to be right.
The way that you do it just got to be right.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Piano: Tommy Eyre
Electric Guitar: Richard Brunton
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson / Betsy Cooke / Linda Thompson

Why won't you talk to me
I've done nothing wrong that I can see.

You know I can't take this silence, tell me what's wrong with you
If I'm supposed to feel guilty, tell me what did I do
It must be a reason for you acting this way
But I swear I won't know it ‘til you come out and say.

Why won't you talk to me
I've done nothing wrong that I can see.

I don't know why I'm trying to break down this wall
That you build up between us or nothing at all
It feels like a bad dream, it feels like a game
But I swear this is one time that I'm not to blame.

Why won't you talk to me
I've done nothing wrong that I can see.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Piano: Graham Preskett
Mandolin: Richard Thompson
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Brunton / Gerry Rafferty
Lap Slide: Richard Brunton
Accordion: John Kirkpatrick
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Well I don?t know why I came here tonight.
I?ve got the feeling that something ain?t right.
I?m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
and I?m wondering how I?ll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Her I am stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I?m stuck in the middle with you,
and I?m wondering what it is I should do.
It?s so hard to keep this smile from my face.
Losing control running all over the place.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Now you started off with nothing
and you?re proud that your a self-made man.
ooooo-ooo-oooh
and your friends they all come crawling,
slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Trying to make some sense of it all
but I see it makes no sense at all.
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
I don?t think that I can take anymore.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Now you started off with nothing
and you?re proud that your a self-made man.
ooooo-ooo-oooh
Now your friends they all come crawling,
slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Well I don?t know why I came here tonight.
I?ve got the feeling that something ain?t right.
I?m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
and I?m wondering how I?ll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Her I am stuck in the middle with you.
Yes I?m stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I?m stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I?m stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I?m stuck in the middle with you .

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well, another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're trying, you're trying now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're crying, you're crying now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep moving
You know he's never gonna stop moving
'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone
And when you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home

And when I take a look around me
I wonder how the sun's so sure
He knows the way

And why he doesn't stray
And if he spends the day
Looking for another meaning

Still don't know what I really believe in
Aha!
Will someone please put on the light
Make me feel all right
I've searched my head all night
Looking for another meaning

I've tried so hard to find
What I had on my mind
When I had no axe to grind
And everything was all right
All right!
All right!

And it looks like everyday
Gets a little bit harder
For me
Me
Me
Me

Do you remember back in '64
You came a-knockin', knockin' on my door?
Yeah you really got me going
But you kept me on ice
I didn't care where I was going
No I didn't think twice.

I was just a young boy, I was so green
You were so experienced, you know what I mean
Still you really got me going
But you kept me on ice
I didn't care where I was going
No I didn't think twice.

Blind faith was all we had (bop she bop)
Looking back it all seems kind of sad (bop she bop)
We just sat around and watched it all go bad (bop she bop).

I said I never thanked you for everything you'd done
I had to do a lot of walking before I could run
Still you really got me going
But you kept me on ice
I didn't care where I was going
No I didn't think twice.

(fade)
Blind faith was all we had (bop she bop)
Looking back it all seems kind of sad (bop she bop)
We just sat around and watched it all go bad (bop she bop).

I was alone,
I was so tired, down to my bones.
And you know everything,
Every little moment had lost its ring.

(chorus)
I found my way to you, you came right out of the blue,
And that was all you had to do, and I knew.
I couldn't get you out of my mind, you know I reached you just in time,
I found my way to you, and it's true.

Rise up everyday
It felt like you were a million miles away.
And I lie down every night,
I needed you beside me to make it right.

(chorus)
(sax solo)

I found my way to you (Found my way to you),
I found my way to you (Found my way to you),
I found my way to you (Found my way to you),
And it's true...

I found my way to you (Found my way to you),
I found my way to you (Found my way to you),
I found my way to you (Found my way to you),
And it's true...

Nothing is lost
And nothing's gained
It's the same old situation again
No I can't give or take anymore

Gets so lonely
There's really nothing left to say
Gets so lonely
And everything's so far away

No one is right
And no one's wrong
How can I say right now
Which side I'm on
No I can't give or take anymore

Gets so lonely
There's really nothing left to say
Gets so lonely
And everything's so far away

Written by: Joe Egan

We went round in school, wrapped up in cotton wool
Dreaming 'bout the day I'd leave
Couldn't wait to get out, I couldn't wait to let out
All of those bad memories.

Maybe I should mention I could never pay attention
To all those educated fools
Got to do it my way, forgettin' what they all say
Making up my own kind of rules.

Yeaaah, Yeaaah
Yeaaah, Yeaaah

Working at the desk at the local NEB
Worrying about my shirt and tie
Yeah I had to be clean, and you had to make it seem
So's the public wouldn't blink an eye.

In walks the boss, still carrying his cross
Saying 'You better get it right or else'
Yeah I had enough of it, me I'd rather rough it
I'm just gonna please myself.

Yeaaah, Yeaaah
Yeaaah, Yeaaah

You were walking when I found out that you're messing round with your mind
Know that made you mean and cruel
You got to do it your way, forgettin' what they all say
Making up your own kind of rules.

Got to do it your way, forgettin' what they all say
Making up your own kind of rules
Making up your own kind of rules.

Yeaaah, Yeaaah
Yeaaah, Yeaaah

Hearts run dry, something happens when two hearts run dry
That you can't explain, no you don't know why, oh no oh no
Love grows cold, meanwhile life goes on and the young grow old
And you've seen too many dreams unfold, oh yeah when hearts run dry.

The setting sun, fades away just like a love that's gone
You remember when two hearts were one, oh yeah, oh yeah
And in the night, you still want someone to hold you tight
But your medicine just won't come right, oh no, when hearts run dry.

I can't love you the way that I used to do, but don't tell me I'm using you, losing you
Through empty days and lonely nights, it's memorys that keep me here with you
There's no getting near to you, and I still don't know what to do, leaving you, loving you.

Each day's the same, you decide to play the waiting game
So you live a lie, but you feel no shame, oh no, oh no.

I can't love you the way that I used to do, but don't tell me I'm using you, losing you
Through empty days and lonely nights, it's memorys that keep me here with you
There's no getting near to you, but I still don't know what to do, leaving you, loving you.

Hearts run dry, something happens when two hearts run dry
That you can't explain, no you don't know why, oh no oh no
Love grows cold, meanwhile life goes on and the young grow old
And you've seen too many dreams unfold, oh yeah when hearts run dry.

whoa-oh, when hearts run dry
whoa-oh, when hearts run dry



Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Other Percussion: Maurice Pert
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Fretless Bass: Mo Foster
Electric Piano: Betsy Cook
Hammond Organs: Kenny Craddock
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Slide Guitar: Bryn Haworth
Accordion: Geraint Watkins
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Late again
When I get home you'll be waiting
Still you know there ain't no use in you complaining
I know that I can show some respect
Especially when I'm wrong
But when I get back I know you'll say
'You've been away too long.'

I wonder why I stay
When everybody's gone (yeah)
There's always something there
That keeps me hanging on.

ooooh, la-la-la
ooooh, la-la-la

I wonder why I stay
When everybody's gone (away)
There's always something there
That keeps me hanging on.

I know that I could show some respect
Especially when I'm wrong
Late again
When I get home you'll be waiting.



Written by: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty



Over My Head version

Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Mandolin: Bryn Haworth
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty

I like the trees and the birds and the bees
I'm a sucker for peace and quiet
But two weeks alone in this sweet little home
And I feel like starting a riot
I've been stuck in this old house too long
I need a little change of atmosphere
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.

I greet the day in my usual way
On my brow there's one more wrinkle
I can't speak, I ain't shaved in a week
And I look like Rip Van Winkle
We've got people in this neighbourhood
Who've been sleeping for a thousand years
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.

Let's take a train, or a boat and a plane
And go all the way to China
Let's stay alive till a hundred and five
Well nothing could be finer
I want to make sweet love to you, beneath a silver moon.

Same old scene on the T.V. screen
There's an inner city burning
It's dog eat dog, live high on the hog
But the lady's not for turning
We've got violence on the picket lines
And police in their riot gear
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.

Let's take a train, or a boat and a plane
And go all the way to China
Let's stay alive till a hundred and five
Well nothing could be finer
I want to make sweet love to you, beneath a silver moon.

I like the trees and the birds and the bees
I'm a sucker for peace and quiet
But two weeks alone in this sweet little home
And I feel like starting a riot
Let's take a trip up north, to Sauchiehall Street
And wish everyone a happy new year
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here.

Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here
Let's go little darlin', nothin' ever happens down here

(dog ate the dog, the cat ate the mouse)



Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Keyboards: Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Fiddles: Rick Sanders
Accordion: Geraint Watkins
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

On a night like this, I need your sweet kiss
Yeah it's only you that can heal me girl
Till there's no more rain, and there's no more pain
Oh yeah darlin' you take it all all away.

I've been out walkin' on those city streets
I've been so restless for so long
In those dark places where they keep the beat
You're missing nothing, it's the same old song.

When the beat goes on, when the music's playing
It's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swaying
I'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I miss
I know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.

On a night like this, I just can't resist
All the sweet love, you want to give to me girl
When I'm all at sea, you can rescue me
Yeah it's only you, that can turn this old heart around.

It's been so long since I went steppin' out
I went looking for something new
Then I remember what it's all about
And I bring it all home to you.

When the beat goes on, when the music's playing
It's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swaying
I'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I miss
I know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.

When the beat goes on, when the music's playing
It's raining in my heart yeah, and the room keeps on swaying
I'm sitting in this crowd, oh yeah, but you're the one I miss
I know how much I need you girl, on a night like this.



Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Keyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan Clark
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Accordion: Geraint Watkins
Piano Introduction: Gerry Rafferty
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Right or Wrong (Stealers Wheel) version

I woke up, remembered everything I said to you last night
But this time I sure won't worry about what I might have done
'Cause I was out to please myself,
Right or wrong.

You came in, looking like a long lost sheep,
Said I've been using you
You got what you wanted, and that's alright
But you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong.

Don't hang your head down, there ain't no shame
In what we've both been through
Although I'd like to help you out
You know I've got to save myself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm you know I've got to save myself
Right or wrong.

When you go back, you know you're gonna have to look your best
You're gonna have to turn on the magic
Make believe it's real
You're gonna have to save yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah we were out to please ourselves
Right or wrong
Yeah we were out to please ourselves.

(fade)
Yeah please yourself please yourself
Right or wrong yeah please yourself



Over My Head version

I woke up, remembered everything I said to you last night
But this time I sure won't worry about what I might have done
‘Cause I was out to please myself,
Right or wrong.

You came in, looking like a long lost sheep,
Said I've been using you
You got what you wanted, and that's alright
But you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah you were out to please yourself
Right or wrong.

Don't hang your head down, there ain't no shame
In what we've both been through
Although I'd like to help you out
You know I've got to save myself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm you know I've got to save myself
Right or wrong.

Shake me when you're leavin' in the morning
Pack up your bags while I open my eyes
I know you're gonna wake me in the morning
Say bye bye and I'll be loving you.

When you go back, you know you're gonna have to look your best
You're gonna have to turn on the magic
Make believe it's real
You're gonna have to save yourself
Right or wrong
Ummmmm yeah we were out to please ourselves
Right or wrong
Yeah we were out to please ourselves.

(fade)
Yeah please yourself please yourself
Right or wrong yeah please yourself



Words and Music By: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty
Published By: Baby Bun Music Ltd. / Polygram Songs
Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Piano/Bass: Pavel Rosak
Keyboards: Pavel Rosak
Guitars: Bryn Haworth
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Acoustic Guitars: Bryn Haworth / Rab Noakes / Gerry Rafferty
Synth Pad: Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Nicky Moore / Liane Carroll / Gerry Rafferty

In a dance hall by the river, I was singing in a travelling band
Just another small town night, with a silver moon shining
I remember when I saw you, that first moment when it all began
You looked across a crowded room, and stole my heart away.

And we stood out in the moonlight, in the shadow of a factory wall
Music playing soft and low, and a gentle breeze sighing
And the light on the river was magic, yes a magic that I still recall
Moments come and moments go, but these moments still remain.

Remember how we met, down by the waterside
How easily we forget, all the love that we knew.

So we married our fortunes together, and we sealed it with a golden band
But somewhere down along the road, we could see the flame dying
Now an exiled heart gets weary, like two strangers in a foreign land
We reached the point of no return, a long long time ago.

Remember how we met, down by the waterside
How easily we forget, all the love that we knew.



Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Keyboards: Alan Clark / Kenny Craddock
Hammond Organ: Kenny Craddock
Saxophone: Mel Collins
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

So they made you a star, now your head's in a cloud
Now you're walking down the street with your feet off the ground
They read in the press all about your success
They believe every word they've been told
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself out in the cold? (ah tell me, ah tell me)

When you appear on the stage there's a standing ovation
You really live out your performance, you're the biggest sensation
You breeze through the door and when you take a floor
You expect to have it all to yourself
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf? (ah tell me, ah tell me)

You breeze through the door and when you take a floor
You expect to have it all to yourself
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf? (ah tell me, ah tell me)

Well I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you
And I'm wondering what it is I should do
It's so hard to keep the smile from my face
Losing control, yeah I'm all over the place
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self-made man
And your friends they all come crawlin'
Slap you on the back and say 'Please, please.'

Trying to make some sense of it all
But I can see that it makes no sense at all
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor
Well I don't think I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Well you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self-made man
And your friends they all come crawlin'
Slap you on the back and say 'Please, please.'

Yeah I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

(Yes I'm) stuck in the middle with you
Stuck in the middle with you
(Here I am) stuck in the middle with you.

Big old moon and a sweet starry night
I think I'll go out walking
Wish I could change the way you're feelin' tonight
But I'm just tired of talkin'
You're still giving me that same old line
Like a bird that keeps on squawkin'
Sometimes I wonder what goes on in your mind
I'm just tired of talkin'.

Now little by little, and bit by bit, the truth is slowly dawning
I love you honey, but you just won't quit, let's leave it til the morning.

You lay the bait and I get caught in your trap
I'm the game you're stalkin'
Let's say good night and just leave it like that
I'm so tired of talkin' (yes I am)

Now little by little, and bit by bit, the truth is slowly dawning
We've got a puzzle but the pieces don't fit, let's leave it till the morning.

Same old blues at the end of the night
But you've got to keep on rockin'
Turn up the music, and turn out the light
I'm so tired of talkin' (yeah yeah yeah)



Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Keyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan Clark / Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Uilleann Pipes: Davy Spillane
Whistle: Davy Spillane
Fiddles: Rick Sanders
Accordion: Geraint Watkins
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

I've got a woman, and she's so good to me
She broke into my heart, and she still holds the key
She's the only one I know, who ever really gave to me
Unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.

I used to run around so fancy free
But all those crazy nights just drained my energy
Well I was thinking only of myself, like a fool I could not see
Her unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.

Now everybody wants to share real love and understanding
Life without it can seem tragic
But when there is someone you love
And they give you real love in return
Well you know life can be magic.

She can turn my whole world upside down (up, down, and around)
She's the one who keeps my feet on solid ground
I never knew just what I had before but now I know I've found
Unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love (yeah)

Now everybody wants to share real love and understanding
Life without it can seem tragic
But when there is someone you love
And they give you real love in return
Well you know life can be magic.

When I'm feeling low down negative (still runnin' away)
And I know I've got to change the way I live
She just shakes her head and wonders
If I'll ever learn to give
Unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love (yeah)

Unselfish love
(I've got a woman and she's so good to me)
(yes she broke into my heart, and she still holds the key)
(when I'm feeling low down negative from the way I live)
She gives me reason (she just shakes her head and wonders if I'll ever learn to give)
Unselfish love (I've got a woman and she's so good to me)
She never worries (yes she broke into my heart, and she still holds the key)



Drums/Percussion: Arran Ahmun
Bass Guitar: Ian Maidman
Keyboards: Kenny Craddock / Alan Clark
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue / Gerry Rafferty
Saxophone: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Here we go, time to start, if you're ready,
Just get on out there, don't look so serious,
Take that expression off your face, put a smile there in its place.

Now you know we're on your side, so don't worry,
You look the part with your faded Levi's shirt,
You've got a brand new Telecaster, what more could you want?

What am I doin' here?
What does it all mean to you?
If I could only disappear,
I wonder what you all would do?

Don't forget what we told you, it'll be all right
As long as you remember, there's so much at stake,
We can't afford to make mistakes, tonight of all nights.

What am I doin' here?
What does it all mean to you?
If I could only disappear,
I wonder what you all would do?

Here we go, time to start, if you're ready,
Just get on out there, don't look so serious,
Take that expression off your face, put a smile there in its place.

Now you know we're on your side, so don't worry,
As long as you remember, there's so much at stake,
We can't afford to make mistakes, tonight of all nights.

You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me

I could look out the windows
Or stare at the wall
But really it didn't matter
No I just didn't care at all

Could be sitting by the water
& counting every stone
Cause nothing means nothing
When you're empty and on your own

You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me

Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

Well I knew what I was doing
I was running away
Busy going nowhere
Just wasting the time of day
Walking down the road
Kicking up the stones

Nothing means nothing
When your empty and on your own

You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me

Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

You put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me

Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

Another World version

I love you

You put something better inside of me
You put something better inside of me
It's making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

(touch me with your heart of gold)

I could look out the window
Or stare at the wall
It really didn't matter
No I just didn't care at all

I could be sitting by the water
Counting every stone
Nothing means nothing
When you're empty and on your own (yeah but)

You put something better inside of me
You put something better inside of me
Making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

(You give me something that I'd never known before)

Well I knew what I was doing
I was running away
Busy going nowhere (nowhere)
Wasting the time of day
Walking down the road (yes I was)
Kicking up the stones (stones)

Nothing means nothing (means nothing)
When your empty and on your own (yeah but)

You put something better inside of me
You put something better inside of me
Making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

(You give me something that I'd never known before)

[Fade]
You put something better inside of me (put something better inside)
You put something better inside of me (put something better inside)
It's making me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
(and I love you)

Written by: Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

Went to the movies and the movie broke down
The picture on the screen was going ‘round and ‘round
I'd spent all I had getting in to see the show
So I walked up to the man and I said I'd like to go.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

I heard a preacher man say his way was the best
So I took up his religion and forgot about the rest
Then I heard another one calling out my name
I went and took a closer look, he was just the same.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?

Listen to the lies from the politician man
Saying that we live in a democratic land
One land for the rich, another for the poor
And if you try to change it, they'll nail you to the floor.

Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir?



Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Raffery / Roger Brown
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Whistle: Tom Parker
Fiddle: John Van Derrick
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Can I Have My Money Back? version

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I?

When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?



Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Steel Guitar: Rod King
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan



Snakes and Ladders version

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me?
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to?
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright?

Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I?

(fade)
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I love you?
Didn't I say that it would be alright?



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Pete Zorn
Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Frank Ricotti
Penny Whistle: Richard Harvey
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Betsy Cook

I sat down to cry
I heard a friend of mine say ‘My, oh my
What you doin' down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the ground?'
Hear me shout, don't count me out.

When the sun goes down
You'll find me sitting in a bar in the dark side of the town
And if you tell me that I drink too much and that it's going to be the death of me
Hear me shout, don't count me out.

You say you know me well
But you've only seen the outside, so brother, how can you tell?
I never listen to your advice 'cause it changes every single day
Hear me shout, don't count me out.

I sat down to cry
I heard a friend of mine say ‘My, oh my
What you doin' down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the ground?'
Hear me shout, don't count me out.



Electric Guitar: Mr. Z. Jenkins
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Andrew Steele
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Goin' down a dusty road, I turned my head a€?round
Looking for somewhere to go, a place to lay my head down
Check into a small hotel and there before my eyes
Stood a man with a trumpet in his hand
Trying to make the people understand, he stops and sighs and says

"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout a€?Hip hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"

Spoke about the well-known faces appearing in the show
Star attraction of the evening would be Billy with his big banjo
But first of all, a sweet little lady who'd have us all screamin' for more
Lily, the striptease queen with the biggest pair you've ever seen.

Down and down
Went her long black stockings and, as they hit the ground, the boys went mad
Everyone agreed
That it was the greatest time they'd ever had
On and on
Now the night was nearly over except for Billy and his big banjo
Billy sang a song called a€?The Truckdriver Man'
And we joined in for a chorus or two and then I went to bed.

"Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout a€?Hip hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say"

Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Piano: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

I stood and looked across the water
I had to get to the other side
Because I knew that you'd be waitin'
I didn't want to take the long way ‘round.

The captain said the ship was leavin'
And that we'd better get on board
I settled down to watch the sunrise
And wondered if I'd see the sun go down.

The sea was rough and the wind was howlin'
But I was laughing all the way
I didn't care about the weather
Because I knew that you'd be waitin'
I didn't want to take the long way ‘round

Then a stranger sat beside me
It was my brother in disguise
He said he knew where I was goin'
He asked me why I took the long way ‘round.

The sea was rough and the wind was howlin'
But I was laughing all the way
I didn't listen to the stranger
Because I knew that you'd be waitin'
I didn't want to take the long way ‘round

At last, I came to my destination
The stranger turned and walked away
He didn't know where he was goin'
He said he had to take the long way ‘round.

I stood and looked across the water
I thought of what I'd left behind
Because I knew that you'd be waitin'
I didn't want to take the long way ‘round.

Because I knew that you'd be waitin'
I didn't want to take the long way ‘round.



Organ/Piano: Tom Parker
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.

You started out saying that you knew me
But I've never known anyone like you
You said we thought the same, so I just played the game
I really didn't mind 'cause I knew that I was winning all the way.

It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that's who you really are.

Why don't you take a look around you?
Just try and see the other side
Maybe you'll find it strange, or maybe you'll like the change
At least you would know there were other people living in the world

You can't play the same old game forever
Someone will surely cut you down
So if you're going to stay around, get your feet back on the ground
Find your direction, follow it all the way.

It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that's who you really are.

Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.

You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.

It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell that's who you really are.

Electric Guitar: Mr. Z. Jenkins
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Piano: Tom Parker
Drums: Andrew Steele
Tambourine: Hugh Murphy
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.

Remember a holiday in a north-of-England town
You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown.

Mary Skeffington, when you wake
You mustn't be afraid to face another day
Think of what you have, you'll get by
You've always been a lady so hold your head up high.

Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your life
Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife.

Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.



Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Rab Noakes
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Rab Noakes

Mr. Universe, can you help me please?
I'm only seven stone two
When I'm on the beach, the girls stay out of reach
They all want someone like you.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

Mr. Universe, you know it's getting worse
I need your seven-day plan
I'm thinner every day, before I waste away
I need a muscle-bound man.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.

Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan
Mystery Voices: Rab Noakes / Hugh Murphy

"Do it on the microphone, thank you, Gerald" (you have to turn it up way loud to hear this)

Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.

Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.

Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.

About a year ago, I knocked on this door
I asked my friend if I could sleep on the floor
He took me in, said I was welcome to stay
I told him then that I was going to pay him back someday.

He took me in and all he asked was a song
It didn't sound me when I knew it was wrong
It got so bad that we were drunk every night
And I'd pretend that come tomorrow night things would be alright.

Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.

Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.

Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.

Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.



Electric Guitar: Roger Brown
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

To Rafferty's Bar in my old jaunting car
I took myself one Friday evening
To think on a son so deceiving
It's one drink down and another to go.

He was married in haste to a woman unchaste
Much to the shame of the father
His face still half-covered in lather
It's one drink down and another to go.

It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.

I'm not the kind to condemn out of hand
A woman whose virtue is easy
Just as long as she doesn't deceive me
It's one drink down and another to go.

Imagine a life with an unfaithful wife
Might wake up in the morning
And find that she's left without warning
It's one drink down and another to go.

It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.



Written By: Gerry Rafferty and John Patrick Byrne
Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Bass: Gary Taylor
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Fiddle: John Van Derrick
Harpsichord: Tom Parker
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan

Playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?'

‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.

Get on the phone (Played in Hamburg just to make me some money)
She says ‘I need some money back home' (Played the&nbsp;?? but never got honey)
Big money man says (Big fat money man, he wrote me a letter)
‘Don't you worry boy, you're not on your own' (‘Don't you worry boy, it's got to get better')

‘If I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.

I could have stayed at home forever
But big money man was much too clever
He said ‘Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.

Back playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?'

‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get myself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.



Written By: Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan
Electric Guitar: Alan Parker
Keyboards: Tom Parker
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Steel Guitar: Rod King
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.

You said you spoke straight from the heart
But that was the one thing that kept us apart
'Cause when I read between the lines
I saw that the only heart speaking was mine.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.

When everything is said and done
Nothing's been lost and nothing's been won
I took from you, you took from me
But I suppose that's how it had to be.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.

To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.

Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown
Harmonium: Tom Parker
Harpsichord: Tom Parker
Bass: Gary Taylor
Percussion: Henry Spinetti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I don't think I'm winning the race
Whenever I think of the future
I just see the one thing that might bring a smile to my face.

To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.

Sometimes life seems to slow down
I try to move faster 'cause disaster is hot on my heels
Maybe I don't have to worry
Perhaps I'll keep learning concerning the way that I feel.

To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.

Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I hope that I'm winning the race.

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well, another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're trying, you're trying now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're crying, you're crying now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep moving
You know he's never gonna stop moving
'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone
And when you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home

Now the night train is waitin' to take me away
And I'm still feelin' guilty cause you're wanting me to stay
Well I know, how I know, it's harder on you
But you said it yourself, there's nothing else we could do.

When the wheels start turnin', takin' me through the night
Out there in the darkness, there's a star shinin' bright
And it makes me feel better just to see it up there
I hope you're thinkin' about it, hope you know I still care.

So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home.

Now I know you've been waiting, but I'll be seeing you soon
Meanwhile I just lay here staring at the moon
And a light made of silver, through my window it creeps
And the train keeps on rollin', and it just rocks me to sleep.

So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home

So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home.
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home.

Now from city to city, it's four hundred miles
And I'm bound to wake up every once in a while
And it's then that I call out to some higher power
And then I'll go back to sleep cause I'll be home in an hour.

So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)
So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)
So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)
So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)

(fade)
I'm going home (ooooh) tonight...



Drums: Henry Spinetti
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Keyboards: Tommy Eyre
Harmonica: Paul Jones
Fiddles: Graham Preskett
Steel Guitar: Brian Cole
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Hugh Murphy
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Rab Noakes / Roger Brown / John McBurnie / Vivian McAuliff / Gary Taylor

This silver bird takes me ‘cross the sky
Just one more hour and I'll be home and dry
‘Cross the ocean, way above the clouds I come stealin'.

Feelin' tired, but I feel good
Cause I did everything I said I would
I think of you, and I know how you'll be feelin'.

I gotta see you, I gotta be with you
We'll make it better now in every way
It's gotta be you, it's gotta be you
Yes from now on I'll tell you everyday.

Way up here above this timeless sea
I realize just what it is you mean to me
You give me somethin' when I thought that everything we had was dyin'.

I need a reason just to make me carry on
Well I know better now, I know where I belong
I can't imagine how I ever let myself just give up tryin'.

I gotta see you, I gotta be with you
We'll make it better now in every way
It's gotta be you, it's gotta be you
Yes from now on I'll tell you everyday.

Oooooh, yes home and dry.

Ain't nothin' up here gonna slow me down
You know I never ever take the long way ‘round
I think of you, cause I know how you'll be feelin'.

This silver bird takes me ‘cross the sky
Just one more hour and I'll be home and dry
‘Cross the ocean, way above the clouds I come stealin'.

I gotta see you, I gotta be with you
We'll make it better now in every way
It's gotta be you, it's gotta be you
Yes from now on I'll tell you everyday.

Oooooh, yes home and dry.



Drums: Henry Spinetti
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Piano/Moogs: Tommy Eyre
Guitars: Hugh Burns
String Arrangement: Graham Preskett
Lead Guitar: Nigel Jenkins
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Wake up my love, the sun is shinin' out there, blue sky up above
It's a brand new day, let's walk outside and let that breeze blow all our cares away.

You know that way back there in that city life
We've been strangers for so long
Now that I feel like I know you again
I want to stay.

So long ago (yeah), we had a love so warm and bright when we had just begun
That was my last dream, since then I've watched the rest crumble one by one.

Since we've been runnin' silent yeah it's felt so right
It's gettin' closer now everyday
Now that I feel like I know you again
I want to stay.

(sha la la sha la la)

You know that on my own I don't make it alone
I need someone who needs me
I only know that wherever you are
I want to be.

But from now on, we won't worry about a thing, yeah the past is gone
This is our last day (yeah), we're gonna make sweet love before we sail away.

(fade)
sha la la sha la la



Drums: Glen Le Fleur
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Piano/Organ: Tommy Eyre
Saxophone: Raphael Ravenscroft
Steel Guitar: Brian Cole
Accordion: Willy Ray
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Oh Mattie open up the door, that's right I'm home again
You've got a big surprise in store, turn round and count to ten
Wait til you see what I got you, well you'll say it's a magic thing
It's like an old mandolin man, you just wind him up and he'll start to sing.

I've been away for quite a while, and I want to hear all your news
Speak to me, let me see you smile, cause I've had those homesick blues
When I go down to that city I just don't know wrong from right
When I go back to you Mattie, well you make me see the light.

Love is a singular thing, it can take you up or bring you down
Yes love is a song that I sing, so come on now Mattie listen to the sound
When you grow up we'll sit and talk of how things used to be
I'll be a grand old man of rock with all these memories.

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Written By GERRY RAFFERTY
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You know I need your love, you got that hold over me
Long as I got your love, you know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life, I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, woman, right down the line

I know how much I lean on you, only you can see
Changes that I've been through have left their mark on me
You've been as constant as a northern star, the brightest light that shines
It's been you, woman, right down the line

I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything I could never say before
Yeah, this is my way
Of telling you that every day I'm loving you so much more

'Cause you believed in me through my darkest night
Put something better inside of me, you brought me into the light
Threw away all those crazy dreams, I put them all behind
And it was you, woman, right down the line

I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything I could never say before
Yeah, this is my way
Of telling you that every day I'm loving you so much more

If I should doubt myself, if I'm losing ground
I won't turn to someone else, they'd only let me down
When I wanted you to share my life, I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, woman, right down the line

Stealin' time, I've been stealin' time
But I don't feel guilty, cause the time was mine
I kept down low, kept down low
I walked right out, I had to let it go.

Stealin' time, I've been stealin' time
Forgot about everything and eased my mind
Stealin' time, I was stealin' time
But now I know it's time to cross that line.


I watched the sky, watched the sky
Every day I let the world roll by
Sun and rain, sun and the rain
It felt so good to know that magic again.


Stealin' time, I've been stealin' time
Forgot about everything and eased my mind
Stealin' time, I was stealin' time
But now I know it's time to cross that line.


Wait my love, wait my love
You'll soon be brighter than the sun up above
Wait and see, wait and see
Forget about everything except you and me.


Stealin' time, I've been stealin' time
Forgot about everything and eased my mind
Stealin' time, I was stealin' time
But now I know it's time to cross that line.


(fade)
Roll on, cross that line, been so long, stealin' time
Roll on, cross that line, been so long, stealin' time.

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Written By GERRY RAFFERTY
<i>Lyrics &copy; Universal Music Publishing Group</i>

See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin' in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way.

The time has come to trust that guiding light
And leavin' all the rest behind
We'll take the road that leads down to the waterside
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way.

And we'll sail out on the water
Yes we'll feel the sea grow
Yes we'll meet out on the water
Where are all strangers are known.

If you travel blindly, if you fall
The truth is there to set you free
And when your heart can see just one thing in this life
We'll set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way.

And we'll sail out on the water
Yes we'll feel the sea grow
Yes we'll meet out on the water
Where are all strangers are known.

See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin' in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way.

And we'll sail out on the water
Yes we'll feel the sea grow
Yes we'll meet out on the water
Where are all strangers are known.



Intro: The Bushwhackers
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Piano: Tommy Eyre
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Electric Guitars: Jerry Donahue
Tambourine: Glen Le Fleur
Fiddles/Mandolin: Graham Preskett
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson

Well here I am, back in town
Just as the night is comin' down
Warm wind blowin' through the trees
I watch them swing, I watch them sway
Lie here waiting for the day.

Sleep won't come, I need a drink
Stop my head, don't wanna think
Wishing I could be with you
But I know you're so far away
And I'm here waiting for the day.

Water of life pour your light down on me
Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea
Water so sweet you can open my eyes
You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry.

Out on the street, shadows fall
Silence speaks, I hear it call
City of the living dead
Count the lights on the motorway
Lie here waiting for the day (alright).

Water of life pour your light down on me
Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea
Water so sweet you can open my eyes
You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry.

Yes here I am, back in town
Just as the night is comin' down
Warm wind blowin' through the trees
I watch them swing, I watch them sway
Lie here waiting for the day (alright)



Drums: Henry Spinetti
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Electric Rhythm: Andy Fairweather-Low
Lead/Rhythm: Hugh Burns
Piano/Organ: Tommy Eyre
Brass Arrangement: Tommy Eyre
Percussion: Glen Le Fleur
Fiddles: Graham Preskett
Piano: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Wakin' up here on a rainy day
I swore last time that I would stay away
I came down here to talk to you
I said this time I might get through.
I heard us speak but all the words were dead
We talked all night and left it all unsaid
So we agree to disagree
At least we got our memory.

Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
You'll find a way to say it all someday (yeah)
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
Yeah, night and day, night and day.

You've got your secrets yeah and I've got mine
We've played this game now for a long long time
You don't lean on anyone
You never had no place to run.

You never wanted me to get too close
We love and hate the ones we need the most
I tried to find a way to you
One thing I could say to you.

Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
You'll find a way to say it all someday (yeah)
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
Yeah, night and day, night and day.

Maybe I've always set my sights too high
You take the easy way and still get by
I know there ain't no special way
We all get there anyway.

I heard us speak but all the words were dead
Talked all night and left it all unsaid
So we agree to disagree
At least we got our memory.

Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
You'll find a way to say it all someday (yeah)
Whatever's written in your heart, that's all that matters
Yeah, night and day, night and day.

(fade)
Yeah, Night and day and day
Yeah, Night and day and day (whatever's written in your heart)

One life, and you're on your own, and you don't ever find a way back home
One road and you travel alone, you keep on even when your hope is gone
Now somethin' touches you with a different rhythm
But all your life, you've been playin'a part
And nothin's gonna make you have a change of heart.

Change of heart. Change of heart.
Change of heart. Change of heart.

A worried mind, and a heart full of pain, you drag it around just like a ball and chain
It doesn't matter where you go, there's no runnin' away from everything you know
The writing's on the wall, but still you won't surrender
You won't give up, you won't make a start
And nothin's gonna make you have a change of heart.

Change of heart. Change of heart.
Change of heart. Change of heart.

Rain clouds blowin' away, taking you back again to yesterday
Bad moon on the rise, now you're runnin' out of alibis
But somethin' touches you, with a different rhythm
All your life, you've been playin'a part
And nothin's gonna make you have a change of heart.

(fade)
Change of heart. Change of heart.
Don't let this cold world tear you apart.

Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass: Mo Foster
Electric Guitars: Kenny Craddock / Frank Bogie
Synthesizers: Kenny Craddock
Sequencer: Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Christopher Neil

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well, another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're trying, you're trying now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're crying, you're crying now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep moving
You know he's never gonna stop moving
'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone
And when you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home

I was lost on an endless sea
Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea
Sail with the wind, you weather the storm
You bring it all home, bring it all home, you bring it all home.

I was free in the dead of night
I want you, I want you, I want you in the dead of night
Give me your love, I'll sing you my blues
I bring it all home, bring it all home, I bring it all home.

I was blind in the light of day
I need you, I need you, I need you in the light of day
I still won't let go, hang on to this pride
I bring it all home, bring it all home, I bring it all home.

I was lost on an endless sea
Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea
Think to yourself as you're laughing it off
Bring it all home, bring it all home, bring it all home.

(fade)
Yeah you think to yourself as you're laughing it off
Bring it all home, bring it all home, bring it all home.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Guitars: Richard Brunton / Jerry Donahue
Piano/Polymoog: Billy Livsey
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Saxophone: Raphael Ravenscroft
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Now the night train is waitin' to take me away
And I'm still feelin' guilty cause you're wanting me to stay
Well I know, how I know, it's harder on you
But you said it yourself, there's nothing else we could do.

When the wheels start turnin', takin' me through the night
Out there in the darkness, there's a star shinin' bright
And it makes me feel better just to see it up there
I hope you're thinkin' about it, hope you know I still care.

So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home.

Now I know you've been waiting, but I'll be seeing you soon
Meanwhile I just lay here staring at the moon
And a light made of silver, through my window it creeps
And the train keeps on rollin', and it just rocks me to sleep.

So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home

So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home.
So goodnight, yeah goodnight
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home.

Now from city to city, it's four hundred miles
And I'm bound to wake up every once in a while
And it's then that I call out to some higher power
And then I'll go back to sleep cause I'll be home in an hour.

So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)
So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)
So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)
So goodnight (goodnight), yeah goodnight (goodnight)
Goodnight train is gonna carry me home (goodnight)

(fade)
I'm going home (ooooh) tonight...



Drums: Henry Spinetti
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Keyboards: Tommy Eyre
Harmonica: Paul Jones
Fiddles: Graham Preskett
Steel Guitar: Brian Cole
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Tambourine: Hugh Murphy
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Rab Noakes / Roger Brown / John McBurnie / Vivian McAuliff / Gary Taylor

You still got that light in your eye
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

The first time I set eyes on you, and I listened to you sing, yeah yeah
We didn't have to speak cause the words said everything
Yes you walked right into my life, and we were on our way, yeah
So long ago, but it feels like yesterday.

And I just wanna tell you...

You still got that light in your eye (yes you do)
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

Now some of my best memories are days I spent with you, yeah
Each time we hit the road it was always somethin' new
Spaced out rather drunk
And singin' in the sun, yeah yeah
One more bottle dead and a new day just begun.

I just wanna tell you...

You still got that light in your eye
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

Shinin' light, shinin' bright on the days gone down
Shinin' light, shinin' bright on the days gone down
Shinin' light, shinin' bright on the days gone down

We won't forget the days gone down, they're written in our hearts, yeah yeah
And we're as much in tune as we were right at the start
It all seems so much harder now, it seemed so easy then, yeah yeah
Well someday just for fun we might do it all again.

I just wanna tell you...

You still got that light in your eye (yes you do)
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin' this long road to be with you
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.

Yeah yeah still got that light in your eye
And our day is comin' by and by
I'm travellin', travellin' (yeah yeah)
We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Piano: Graham Preskett
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns / Richard Brunton
Rhythm/Solo Guitar: Hugh Burns
Lap Slide: Richard Brunton
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Barbara Dickson / Betsy Cooke / Linda Thompson

Don't close the door
Don't leave here alone tonight
I've been here before
Waiting for the cold daylight.

Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away.

Darlin' don't cry
You know my love belongs to you (baby)
Don't say goodbye
You know my love belongs to you.

Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away.

Don't turn away
But I'm feeling like a crazy man (baby)
So much to say
Tell me something I can understand.

Just wait a little longer
Just wait a little longer
Don't be running away.



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Piano/Organ: Pete Wingfield
Slide/Lead/Chords: Bryn Haworth
Electric Guitars: Richard Brunton
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Night Owl
Right Down the Line (Compilation)
One More Dream (Compilation)
Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right (Compilation)



Out on the street I was talkin' to a man
He said "there's so much of this life of mine that I don't understand"
You shouldn't worry yes that ain't no crime
Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

You need direction, yeah you need a name
When you're standing in the crossroads every highway looks the same
After a while you can recognize the signs
So if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

Life is a liar yeah life is a cheat
It'll lead you on and pull the ground from underneath your feet
No use complainin', don't you worry, don't you whine
Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

You gotta grow, you gotta learn by your mistakes
You gotta die a little everyday just to try to stay awake
When you believe there's no mountain you can climb
And if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

Next time, hmmmmm



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Gary Taylor
Electric Piano: Tommy Eyre
Synthesizers: Tommy Eyre
Guitars: Hugh Burns
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Sax: Raphael Ravenscroft
Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.

Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind
You stumble in with no thought of tomorrow.

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
No no no no

The lights are low and the Muzak is loud
You watch yourself as you play to the crowd
One more face in a palace of mirrors.

One more drink, you're sailing away
One more dream but it's looking ok
One more time to watch the flow of the river.

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
No no no no no no no oooooooh

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
No no no no

You've seen it all yeah you've seen it before
Like a fool you always come back for more
You live your life like there was no more tomorrow.

Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no.

Oh no no no
Oh no no no
No no no no
No no no no
No no
No no
Oooooooooooh



Drums: Liam Genockey
Bass Guitar: Mo Foster
Organ: Pete Wingfield
Electric Piano: Graham Preskett
String Machine: Graham Preskett
Guitars: Hugh Burns
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Lyricon Solo: Raphael Ravenscroft
Piano/Polymoog: Gerry Rafferty
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty

Driftin' along with the wind, telling yourself you can't win
It's over and now we begin, oh yeah we are on the way
Light shining down from the east, bringing a love that won't cease
Yeah now we are finally released, oh yeah we're on the way.

I used to think that I was doin' all right, but now I know that I was just hanging on
I used to wake up in the dead of night, and see the road that I was travellin' on.

Only one woman one man, just doing the best that we can
There's so much we don't understand, oh yeah but we're on the way
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah

I used to think that I was doin' all right, but now I know that I was just hanging on
I used to wake up in the dead of night, and see the road that I was travellin' on.

Only one woman one man, just doing the best that we can
There's so much we don't understand, oh yeah but we're on the way
Light shining down from the east, bringing a love that won't cease
Yeah now we are finally released, oh yeah we're on the way.

(fade)
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah



Drums: Pick Withers
Bass: Mo Foster
Hammond Organ: Alan Clark
Synthesizers: Alan Clark
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Synthesizer: Ian Lynn
Percussion: Frank Riccotti
Vocals: Gerry Rafferty