Ian Hunter

Hello

Well the times gettin' hard for you, little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You don't remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didn't know what rock n' roll was
Until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line

We're in the middle of the night on the open road
And the heater don't work and it's oh-so cold
You're gettin' tired, baby, lookin' kinda beat
The music of the street, drive you off your feet
You didn't know how rock n' roll looked
Until you caught your sister with a guy from the group
Half-way home in the parking lot
By the look in her eyes she was givin' what she got

You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe

Woman, you're a mess, gonna die in your sleep
All the blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
I can't leave you home 'cause you're runnin' around
My best friend told me you're the best lick in town
You didn't know that rock n' roll burned
So you bought a candle and you loved and you learned
You got the rhythm, you got the speed
Mama's little baby likes it short and sweet

You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe, hey, hey
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe

I didn't know you got a rock n' roll record
Until a saw your picture on another guy's jacket
You told me I was the only one
And look at you now, well it's dark as it's dumb

Ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe, ha, get up
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
Oh, you know,ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy

Bono

How can I be like any guy ?
Why do they have to make me run ?
What do they care about the clothes I wear ?
What do they get from making fun ?

We got a lot of space
So if you don't like my face
It ain't me who's going anywhere.

'Cause I don't care, let ‘em laugh at me
If that's so fair, I don't have to care
To be free until they laugh at me.

And I'll cry for you
And I'll pray for you
And I'll do everything that the man upstairs said to do
I'll do it all for you, babe, oh.

It's got to be sometime
It's got to be somewhere
I'm gonna make that achievement
Oh, maybe the next time
That you don't wear a silk tie
I can walk by and say hi
Say hi instead of why
Instead of why, babe
Instead of why
Instead of why, babe
Instead of why
Instead of why, babe
Instead of why
Instead of why, babe
Instead of why
What did I do, what did I say ?
What did I do, what did I say ?
What did I do, what did I say ?
What did I do, what did I say ?
What did I do, what did I say ?

{Ian Hunter}

== Forgot my six-string raiser, hit the sky
Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised
Well I rang the information, my axe was cold
They said she rides the train to Oreoles.

Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis.

Well I got to Oreoles you know, it took a month
And there was my guitar, electric junk
Some spade said: 'Rock and rollers, you're all the same'
'Man that's your instrument' - I felt so ashamed.

Now its a mighty long way down rock and roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
All the way from Memphis.

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock and roll
From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl
And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes
All the way from Memphis.

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock and roll
As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold
And you gotta stay young man, you can never be old
All the way from Memphis.

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock and roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
And you look like a star but you're really out on parole
All the way from Memphis. ==

Hunter

I scream at you for sharing
And I curse you just for caring
I hate the clothes you're wearing, they're so pretty.

And I tell you not to see me
And I tell you not to feel me
And I make your life a drag, it's such a pity.

And I watch your warm glow palin'
And I watch your sparkle fadin'
As you realise you're failin', 'cause you're so good.

Now I don't mean to upset you
But there's so much crime to get through
If only I could make it easier, then I would.

Oh I wish I was your mother
I wish I'd been your father
And then I would have seen you, would have been you as a child.

Played houses with your sisters
And wrestled with all your brothers
And then who knows, I might have felt a family for a while.

It's no use me pretendin'
You give and I do the spendin'
Is there a happy ending? I don't think so.

'Cause even if we make it
I'll be too far out to take it
You'll have to try and shake it from my head.

Oh I wish I was your mother
I wish I'd been your father
And then I would have seen you, would have been you as a child.

Played houses with your sisters
And wrestled with all your brothers
And then who knows, I might have felt a family for a while.

(Ian Hunter)

When I was just sixteen - I stood waiting for a dream -
at Barker Street bus station every night
When I tried to get it on - she just looked at me with scorn - my courage
turned to dust and I took flight

For those looks they seemed to say
You ain't nuthin' - Go away
You're just a face in the crowd so I went home and I vowed
I'm gonna be somebody - someday

Her name was Irene Wilde - Oh such beauty for a child
When she started dating boys - I nearly died
For I could not barely stand to see someone hold her hand
I felt I had to crawl away and hide
In my mother's living room I composed so many tunes
All the same - just a frame - for her name, and just to say
Gonna be somebody - someday

Wild as your name I soon left that country town
I been around, seen some fame, seen some ups and seen some downs
Smile through your shock when you hear your name aloud
It's that face in the crowd - didn't dig it - much too proud...

When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream
A Barker Street bus station non affair
At the time it seemed so sad, but it did not turn out bad
If you hadn't messed me up I'd still be there
And I think most folks agree, a little put-down makes them see
They ain't no chain - just a link and that's why you made me think
Gonna be somebody - be somebody - be somebody - someday

(Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson)

Oh no, the fuzz, all in a line
My oh my, I think I'm gonna die
And it's just another night
It's just another night

Got a long black face; Who goes there?
All the reefer madnessput a poor kid in jail
And it's just another night
Yeah, it's just another night

Oh take it easy boy or it's DOA
Chrome on my body and a lot of folks say
That it's just another night
Hey, It's just another night
Oh, it's just another night on the other side of life

Head one's a saw-bones and he wrecked my chair
Said "How'd you like to do it in a room downstairs"
And it's just another night
Oh, just another night

Hey now, Papa Joe, Don't you pull my hair
All this intrigue, it gets me out of my league
And it's just another night
It's just another night

His old man spent a fortune just to get him in
But baby boy growed up just as stupid as him
And it's just another night
It's just another night
It's just another night on the other side of life

Just another night, hung down slow
I don't like the hotel let me go
Hells bells! Give me a chance!
This rock 'n' roller don't wanna dance
Just another night
Just another night
Well, it's just another night on the other side of life

I never felt so bad; Where's my shades?
It's gonna be a long one getting crazed
A head spoutin' noodles said, "What do you plead?"
I said "You ain't got to touch a man to make a man bleed"

'N' it's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night (on the other side)
It's just another night!

[Ian Hunter]

3, 4
3, 4
3, 4

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

All this energy callin' me
Back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude
It's back where it belongs

All the little kids growing up on the skids go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Jumpin' Jane Jean moonin' James Dean, he's going
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

Mama knows, but she don't care
She got her worries, too
Seven kids and a phony affair
And the rent is due

All the little chicks with the crimson lips go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
She's livin' in sin with a safety pin, she's going
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

I got some records from World War II
I play 'em just like me granddad do
He was a rocker, and I am, too
Oh, Cleveland rocks
Yeah, Cleveland rocks
So find a place, grab a space
And never speed for more

Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

3, 4
3, 4
3, 4
Ohio

(Ian Hunter)

Well I finally found you out
All through your mess of dreams
You won't make it to the night
and your standing in my light
You know you've been bad for me
You ain't got the weight to hate
But you ain't no pretty sight
And your standing in my light

Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light (yeah)
Move over cause your standing in my light

Now when your old man beats the drums
Gotta run run run that's dumb
A little less ego A little more fight
Move over cause your standing in my light

Things go bad and the risks get high
Sweeping dead bodies 'cross an open sky
You took my pictures from your walls
Ain't gonna trade with the pain of the New York Dolls

Move over cause your standin in my
(Move over cause your standin in my)
Move over cause your standin in my
(Move over cause your standin in my)
Move over cause you standin in my
(Move over cause your standin in my)
Move over cause you standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light Yeah.......Alright
Move over cause your standing in my light

I wish you luck on your very last chance
Cause I knew you blew it at the song and dance
you froze my feelings, but thats alright
and your standing in my light

(Ian Hunter)

Vestal Virginia - ain't got a bad thought in ya - you're a bastard
Mean as a killer - instinct that's within ya - you're a bastard.
Laughs like a drain and it messes up my brain
Cos you know I like the pain of never knowing
Space cow I'll chew the bad blood running through ya
Kiss you as you hit the floor 'cos you don't even know that you're a bastard

There's a crisis in the kitchen
but that don't stop you bitchin' - you're a bastard
You got that Yellowjacket touch,
with the stings that hurt so much - you're such a bastard
Flirting in the shadows, aiming all those little arrows,
you're as shallow as the gallows you got me in to. (yeah)
Voodoo dolls gonna line the room, handcuffs glinting in the gloom,
one day you'll find that hidden door, inside everyone screams that you're a bastard.
(you're such a)

You twist me til I'm lame, then you spin the coin again - you're such a bastard
You're so naturally perverse, you ain't even gotta rehearse -you're such a bastard
Fly like a witch, without running in some pitch
Why don't you break the switch that takes me over
My prison is your brain, your prisoner's insane
Forgot all the keys, you can break the chains
but you don't even take the blame you bastard.

(Bastard, bastard) I'm enjoying that lately, you know just the beginnings

(bastard)
The agony and the ecstacy meeting at the middle of my mouth
The agony and the ecstacy can't spit it out.
Sometimes on a rainy day I draw you.
Hope for....love.

Bowie

Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he kick it in the head when he was twenty-five
Speed jive don't want to stay alive
When you're twenty-five.

And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
And Freedy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face
Funky little boat race.

Television man is crazy saying we're juvenile deliquent wrecks
Oh man, I need TV when I got T. Rex
Oh brother you guessed., I'm a dude dad.

(All the young dudes) Hey dudes
(Carry the news) Where are ya
(Boogaloo dudes) Stand up, come on
(Carry the news)
(All the young dudes) I want to hear you
(Carry the news) I want to see you
(Boogaloo dudes) And I want to talk to you all of you
(Carry the news).

Now Lucy looks sweet cause he dresses like a queen
But he can kick like a mule, it's a real mean team
But we can love, oh yes we can love.

And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
We never got it off on that revolution stuff
What a drag, too many snags.

Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine
Got to race some cat to bed
Oh is there concrete all around or is it in my head?
Yeah, I'm a dude dad.

(All the young dudes) Hey dudes
(Carry the news) Where are ya
(Boogaloo dudes) Stand up
(Carry the news)
(All the young dudes) I want to hear ya
(Carry the news) I want to see you
(Boogaloo dudes) And I want to relate to you
(Carry the news)

(All the young dudes) What dudes
(Carry the news) Let's hear the news come on
(Boogaloo dudes) I want to kick you
(Carry the news)
(All the young dudes) Hey you there with the glasses
(Carry the news) I want you
(Boogaloo dudes) I want you at the front
(Carry the news) Now you all his friends
(All the young dudes) Now you bring him down cause I want him
(Carry the news)
(Boogaloo dudes) I want him right here bring him come on
(Carry the news) Bring him here you go
(All the young dudes) I've wanted to do this for years
(Carry the news) There you go
(Boogaloo dudes) How do you fee
(Carry the news).

(Ian Hunter)

Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo
Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo

Sweet woman what's your name?
You smell as fresh as the rain
Instead of leaving you came
let me feel your hair

A light shines in your eyes
The hungry years are so nice
Shadows shake in the lamplight
No writer could explain

But when the daylight comes
But when the daylight comes
But when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo
Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo
Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo, yeah!

Please share my bed and I swear
That I won't touch you nowhere
Just need your warmth and your care
Don't wanna mess around

And when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Oh when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

Yeah when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

But there's a song in the air
and it knows that you're there
'cause it's making me share
you with my life
I know I know I know that
I want to weave you in words
want to paint you in verse
want to leave you in someone else's dreams
it seems the only way, Hey!
I can thank you, thank you baby

Some people say that we're sinners
Some people say that we're winners
We make good gossip at dinners
They try to pin us down

But when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Oh when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

Yeah when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Oh when the daylight comes
We'll be on my way

(Repeat and fade)

Hello

Well the times gettin' hard for you, little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You don't remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didn't know what rock n' roll was
Until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line

We're in the middle of the night on the open road
And the heater don't work and it's oh-so cold
You're gettin' tired, baby, lookin' kinda beat
The music of the street, drive you off your feet
You didn't know how rock n' roll looked
Until you caught your sister with a guy from the group
Half-way home in the parking lot
By the look in her eyes she was givin' what she got

You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe

Woman, you're a mess, gonna die in your sleep
All the blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
I can't leave you home 'cause you're runnin' around
My best friend told me you're the best lick in town
You didn't know that rock n' roll burned
So you bought a candle and you loved and you learned
You got the rhythm, you got the speed
Mama's little baby likes it short and sweet

You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe, hey, hey
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe

I didn't know you got a rock n' roll record
Until a saw your picture on another guy's jacket
You told me I was the only one
And look at you now, well it's dark as it's dumb

Ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe, ha, get up
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
Oh, you know,ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy

(Ian Hunter)

Vestal Virginia - ain't got a bad thought in ya - you're a bastard
Mean as a killer - instinct that's within ya - you're a bastard.
Laughs like a drain and it messes up my brain
Cos you know I like the pain of never knowing
Space cow I'll chew the bad blood running through ya
Kiss you as you hit the floor 'cos you don't even know that you're a bastard

There's a crisis in the kitchen
but that don't stop you bitchin' - you're a bastard
You got that Yellowjacket touch,
with the stings that hurt so much - you're such a bastard
Flirting in the shadows, aiming all those little arrows,
you're as shallow as the gallows you got me in to. (yeah)
Voodoo dolls gonna line the room, handcuffs glinting in the gloom,
one day you'll find that hidden door, inside everyone screams that you're a bastard.
(you're such a)

You twist me til I'm lame, then you spin the coin again - you're such a bastard
You're so naturally perverse, you ain't even gotta rehearse -you're such a bastard
Fly like a witch, without running in some pitch
Why don't you break the switch that takes me over
My prison is your brain, your prisoner's insane
Forgot all the keys, you can break the chains
but you don't even take the blame you bastard.

(Bastard, bastard) I'm enjoying that lately, you know just the beginnings

(bastard)
The agony and the ecstacy meeting at the middle of my mouth
The agony and the ecstacy can't spit it out.
Sometimes on a rainy day I draw you.
Hope for....love.

[Ian Hunter]

3, 4
3, 4
3, 4

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

All this energy callin' me
Back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude
It's back where it belongs

All the little kids growing up on the skids go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Jumpin' Jane Jean moonin' James Dean, he's going
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

Mama knows, but she don't care
She got her worries, too
Seven kids and a phony affair
And the rent is due

All the little chicks with the crimson lips go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
She's livin' in sin with a safety pin, she's going
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

I got some records from World War II
I play 'em just like me granddad do
He was a rocker, and I am, too
Oh, Cleveland rocks
Yeah, Cleveland rocks
So find a place, grab a space
And never speed for more

Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

3, 4
3, 4
3, 4
Ohio

(Ian Hunter)

It's such a small town rodeo
Such famous people here, with nowhere to go
Well it don't get to me, I think it's the pits
I got no friends, I wanna split.

The daily papers seek a desperate face
The television cameras join in the chase
It's much fun interviewing urban decay
I grab the microphone away

(dance) no! (dance) no! (dance) no! (dance) no!

We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now

Hey rock and roll feel the holes in my brain
I promise you I'll never come here again
It's all so sad, what a waste of a night
Cause nothing's wrong, but nothing's right (hey)

So don't get along, out of my way
I'm not a robot, I've got something to say
It's such a joke, are you ready to go
Here comes that beat again, oh oh oh oh



(dance) no! (dance) no! (dance) no! (dance) no!
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of, we gotta get out
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of, we gotta get out
We gotta get out of here right now
(repeat while ellen speaks)

(oh please I don't wanna go home yet
Come on, can't you do anything I wanna do?
Lets dance, come on please, just once for me
I never get to do anything like this
You're such a drag, you know that?
Everything for you, everything for you, nothing for me, right
What are we gonna do? go home and watch the super bowl
Re-runs of the mohammed ali uh marlene dietrich fight, what?
There must be somebody here who wants to dance with me
There must be a lot of people here who would like to dance with me, you know
That?
Come on, one, two, three, four - I'll jump right up and do the bump(? ), come on

Listen this place gets really good, this place gets really.....
I heard that the that the the spoon comes down and the moon comes down and
The stars and all sorts of great stuff happens in a little while).

(Ian Hunter)

You're just a stranger in the past
Just another mug that could never last
You came up slow but you burned out fast (didn't ya)

It ain't Silver Needles on the run
No it ain't Silver Needles on the run
It ain't Silver Needles on the run
Shh you make me feel so bad

You thought you was the only one that got messed up
Me 'n all the others never had it so rough
Well how come you're dead and I'm still stood up

Well it ain't Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
No it ain't Silver Needles on the run
Oh I remember....

All your plans were made on some PR floor
'N all your bags were packed, they never reached the door.
Out ordering (?) your thought exchange
All your brains were acting strange
You never lied in dreams before
There must be more to life than getting sore

(What do you think?)

I seen in some music paper that you was gone
And I went right out and wrote you a farewell song
Boy, they had you dead before you was born
And it's a shame - you were such a great mover

But it ain't Silver Needles on the run
No it ain't Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
Silver Needles on the run
(Next)

Hunter

The Gulf and Western Garbage just ain't the prettiest smell
When you're sleeping on the 4th floor up, it's like a living hell
New York's finest rounding up the bums, the firemen get no rest
And ambulances signal death on Central Park 'n' West.

Now there ain't no sheets upon my bed, just a mattress and some wine
The rain is pouring through the night and I'm glad my life is mine
When Frank Carillo plays guitar trying to get it off his chest
He gets the words he needs tonight on Central Park 'n' West.

And I think, I think, I think, I think, I think it's the best
When I'm locked in the middle of New York City on Central Park 'n' West
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know it's a mess
But you've got to be crazy to live in the city and New York City's the best.

We wait for someone just might be in the city we call home
She leaves me sometimes when I write 'cause I write better on my own
Bag ladies take my dollars, put my conscience to the test
But waitresses give me coffee free on Central Park 'n' West.

So sing soul woman, sing the songs, it's time to sing them now
I'm getting more than high from hearin' 'em, don't sing them quiet, sing them loud
For you sang with the best of them but now you're just a guest
I tell you we'll get a hotel room on Central Park 'n' West.

'Cause I think, I think, I think, I think, I think it's the best
When I'm locked in the middle of New York City on Central Park 'n' West
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know it's a mess
But you've got to be crazy to live in the city and New York City's the best.

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, oh yeah.

I think, I think, I think, I think, I think it's the best
When I'm locked in the middle of New York City on Central Park 'n' West.

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know it's a mess
But you've got to be crazy to live in the city ...

Hunter

There's a wango-tango at the peppermint inn
I'm gonna be there, shakin' my thing
Be bop a lula, little Peggy Sue
We both got company, don't know what to do.

But that's alright, yeah that's OK
In the middle of the night, here's Lisa.

Lisa likes rock 'n' roll, she plays it every day
Down by the drugstore, everybody say
She turnin' on the radio, she's shootin' up the stereo
Puttin' on a video, she's sayin' : 'Let's go, let's go'.

Lisa won't marry me, she says she's only four
Her mum don't like me, she says I'm too mature
Down at the disco, I go solo
And the girls don't wanna know, I've been too slow.

And that's alright, and that's OK
In the middle of the night, here's Lisa.

Lisa likes rock 'n' roll, she plays it every day
Down by the drugstore, everybody say
She turnin' on the radio, she's shootin' up the stereo
Puttin' on a video, she's sayin' : 'Let's go, let's go'.

And when you see her
You wish you could be her
Ain't no one can beat her.
She goes yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah (You're my daddy).

I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
I know Lisa likes rock 'n' roll
Yeah!

(Ian Hunter)

It was a cold, cold house,
I was a cold, cold room.
No one lived in me.
I was an empty tune.
Lovers came to view
'n' they looked all around.
But they couldn't see nothin',
nothin but the ground, they really put me down
and then someone broke
inside of me
and I found myself learnin'
how to fight free.

And it feels so good
when I can turn to you
'n' look you straight in the eye,
say I need you, need you, oh I need you
I need your love, baby,
I need your love, I gotta hear your name
over and over, over again.
I need your love, baby,
I need your love, I got you up my brain
over, over, over again.

You know it hurts so bad
when you have to say
you ain't got nobody
and then one day
it makes you feel so good
when I can turn to you
and look you straight in the eye,
say I need you, need you, oh I need you
I need your love, baby,
I need your love, I wanna hear your name
over and over, over again.
I need your love,
oh how I need your love, I gotta hear your name
over, over, over again, yeah.
I need your love, baby
I need your love, I gotta hear your name
over, over, over again.

sometimes you realize
That there is an end to life.
Yesterday I heard them say
a hero's blown away.
And it's so hard to lose
Someone who's close to you.
Oh me. I did not see
The danger every day.
So he can play it anywhere.
Old records never die.

Get you're healing from a song,
Just when everything goes wrong
Play it right
Through the night
till morning brings you light.
And if some folk laugh at you.
Let'em all laugh they never knew.
Oh all those scenes, to me it seems
soome folk never dream
I feel a force
Rebel with some other cause.
Old records never die.

Old records never die.
You can watch the waves roll by.
You can see it in their eyes.
Old records never die.
Old records never die.
You can watch the waves roll by
Old records never die.
I can hear you
and I know why
old records never die

(Ian Hunter/Tommy Morrongiello)

Noises are taking away my freedom.
Noises seem to rob me of myself.
Noises are the sound of mediocrity.
Noises ... to take that ... from out of myself.
Noises are taking away my casualness.
Noises are making me scared.
Big noises are made by big shots.
Some noises should never be heard.

Noises,
noises,
noises,
noises,
give me noises!

Noises are looking over my shoulder.
Noises are the sound of the herd.
Noises make the planet colder.
Noises are noises that should never be heard.

Noises,
noises,
noises,
noises will destroy me.
Noises ...

Why not join some junky jewels, who wreck the clines on canvas fools
Who take the vapours from the mind. Neo nothing. Shallow kind.
A ritzy Nazi owns the game, he plays at God but that was fame
And music masturbates his mind, and stones get rolled up in the slime
A New York butch becomes a blond, while changing gears while from beyond
Agree to consecrate the music makers have gotta take
Owls with trowels as big as spades, dig down among those sequined graves.
Work out their ages, turn the pages, caught in cages, locked in ages
Media momenta, who can prevent her.

Noises, Noises, Noises, Noises

Did you find a certain street, they're looking for thoughtless thoughts to preach
The street, the street, they're not your drain, while waiting in the pouring rain
For your old lady out of work, brought the baby, bet your shirt
Waiting for Godot did it, then what's happening the other end - Rewards
And gallant knights with blunted swords
Locked away in isolation, trying to figure out why they wanna die
And that's the state of the nation.

Noises,
noises,
noises,
noises, oh, oh, oh.
I love noises!

(Ian Hunter)

Billy said this town is dying,
it's dying just to be like me.
He was fighting everything in sight,
died when he was 23.
I used to meet him down at his cafe,
he had one eye on the door
and the other on the writing on the wall.
He'd get restless and angry and we'd all laugh
'cause we weren't really scared,
we was his friends, he wouldn't hurt us at all
And all he'd say was rain, rain, rain
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain.
We gotta leave this town.

And Glover was a dancer,
imitating Eddie Cochran by the jukebox.
In the corner of the room
'till he was lost.
Barry 'n me, we used to escape, playing I Go Ape
wearing Italian clothes drinking cider talking in the rain
Hey babe, come over here, let me buy you a beer, what's your name,
she said "Boy, it doesn't really matter, don't you see?
You ain't what I want, you ain't what I need,
you ain't what I fancy, you ain't what I dream of 'n I'd silently leave
?? you're ugly.
Rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain.
I gotta leave this place.

My history is a cop-out
Somewhere in the dark I got scared 'cause I knew I was gonna loose.
You know that feeling you get in your guts, all that frustration when you know
you're going nuts.
You gotta make a move.
There was Billy and Glover and Pacer and Taylor and Valerie and Barry
I remember what he said about that town.
He said "I went to London once, came back,
wiped the tears from my eyes, looked out the window,
and it was still pouring down,
more of that rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain."
I'm gonna get a train,
never coming back again.
'Cause if I did it would be the same.
Boy, you really messed up my brain.

All of that rain rain rain,
rain rain rain
rain rain rain
rain rain rain

Take your washing off the line.
Take your washing off the line.
Take your washing off the line.
Take the washing off the line.

It's gonna rain.
It's gonna rain.

(Ian Hunter)

All right
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control.

Stick to your guns, boys, stick to your guns.
We'll make a lot of money if we stick to the guns.
The president's with us boys, so join in the fun.
We can make a lot of money if we stick to our guns.

Yeah
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control, we don't want no
Gun Control.
Let the bullets go!

Step up the lobby, boys, down in Washington.
We can make a lot of money if you stick to your guns.
Tradition is with us boys, it's the constitution,
so stick to your guns, boys, the final solution.

Hey
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control.

Hey, and ain't it a shame we ain't got a war,
we'll just have to practice on the sick and the poor.

Assassinate presidents, and they ain't the only ones,
we can get them all, young and old, if we stick to our guns.
So stick to your guns, boys, fight for your life.
We'll all feel special on a Saturday night.

Yeah!
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control.
Let the bullets go.

Viva macho
Viva macho
Viva macho
Viva macho

Gun control, no, we don't want no
Gun control, no, we don't want no
Gun control, hey, I don't want no
Gun control, (I'm much too busy making...)
Gun control,
Gun control, (...Saturday Night Specials)
Gun control,

(Ian Hunter)

My tea turned seven shades darker
as I sit 'n' write these words
and London's gettin' paler
in my theatre of the absurd.
You figured for an evening
and you made it all worthwile.
It's seldom people have a job
and even rarer that I smile.

Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Teach your children to be them
and never ever ours.
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Someone took the park away
but they left a lonely flower.

And if your songs be classics,
throw them to the hurd.
Truth is where they came from
and not this theatre of the absurd.
Some say you wanted to play for me
but it's only what you've heard
that made you want to capture me
in your theatre of the absurd.
It was not me, I said myself
and you must do so, too.
I hope you have the strength to stay
when I'll be watchin' you.

So baby,
play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Teach your children to be them
and never ever ours.
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Someone took the park away
but they left a lonely flower.

Oh when I got here back home tonight
something within me stirred.
Oh it must have been a different kind of play
that touched my theatre of the absurd.
Now I'll be on my way alone
But an interesting thing occurred
See nobody ever shared too much
in my theatre of the absurd.
And there I was back in London,
thought about history.
It was just like being in school again
but I felt something movin' in me.
Hearin' just a bit of the future,
oh it's comin' and it's still blurred
and that's the only thing worth living for
in my theatre of the absurd.

Come on,
play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Teach your children to be them
and never ever ours.
Oh play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Someone took the park away
but they left a lonely flower.

(Beautiful)
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
(John, come on)
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Oh, play me some, (Come on, Eric) play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Oh, play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
...

(Ian Hunter)

I love your sulky eyes,
I love your raven hair.
I often fantasize
a beautiful affair,
a broken paradise
'cause you don't even care.
I love your sultry smile,
I love to see you dance.
Sometimes it drives me wild
to know I've got no chance.
Your boyfriend doesn't see
you're flirting, teasing me.

Why don't you leave me alone,
leave me alone?
Won't you leave me alone,
leave me alone.

Sometimes I'll act OK,
sometimes I'll try and hide.
But when you look at me,
I fall apart inside.
Across a broken sea
you took me for a ride.

Why don't you leave me alone,
leave me alone?
Won't you leave me alone,
leave me alone.

Other lovers go home
and I'm left here alone
with my heart in my hand.
I just can't understand
why you treat me this way.
I just got to say.

Why don't you leave me alone,
leave me alone?
Won't you leave me alone,
leave me alone.

Why don't you leave me alone,
leave me alone?
Won't you leave me alone,
leave me alone.

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
why don't you leave me,
leave me alone, oh)

(Ian Hunter)

Oh
Well there ain't no sense
in burning bridges.
No, there ain't no sense
in burning bridges.
If we're sorry
then it's our failure
so says the jailor,
fade? away.
Now there ain't no debts,
just destinations.
Like birds made out of steel,
they fly by.
Lost lovers in a moonlit night,
broken lovers in a starless night.
I lay my clothes down at your feet
'cause all I want is for you

to keep on burning.
Keep on burning, babe,
keep on burning.
Yeah, keep on burning (burning).

And when that flame dies
becomes an ember,
remember, keep on burning (keep on burning).

Can you feel my warmth
inside of you, babe.
Oh can you feel my blood
running through your vains.
Don't lay the blame on me, girl,
just like lovers often will
I lay my heart down at your feet
Oh all I want is for you

to keep on burning,
keep on burning (burning)
Keep on burning, babe (yeah),
keep on burning (burning).

'Cause when that flame dies
becomes an ember,
remember, keep on (burning, keep on burning) burning.
Yeah, (you gotta) keep on burning (burning),
ooh, keep on burning.
Keep on, keep on, keep burning, babe,
ah (you gotta keep on burning, burning) keep on burning (burning),
baby (yeah) you gotta keep on burning, burning.

Keep on burning,
keep ...

(ian hunter)

(transcribed by nicole apostola)

He used to ride through the streets, crying through the alleyway
Freezing cold in the early morning light
Out to get a salary
Detroit, detroit
Tv image ain't gonna pay the bills
Big big cars
Detroit, detroit
The fan


Detroit, detroit
Big big shots
Got their heads in the sand
The usual
(buzzing cars noises from ian)
You're late
Detroit, detroit
He's a working man
Ghost town
Ghost town
(indistinguishable sounds, laughs)
The loneliest man in the world

(Ian Hunter)

It was a cold, cold house,
I was a cold, cold room.
No one lived in me.
I was an empty tune.
Lovers came to view
'n' they looked all around.
But they couldn't see nothin',
nothin but the ground, they really put me down
and then someone broke
inside of me
and I found myself learnin'
how to fight free.

And it feels so good
when I can turn to you
'n' look you straight in the eye,
say I need you, need you, oh I need you
I need your love, baby,
I need your love, I gotta hear your name
over and over, over again.
I need your love, baby,
I need your love, I got you up my brain
over, over, over again.

You know it hurts so bad
when you have to say
you ain't got nobody
and then one day
it makes you feel so good
when I can turn to you
and look you straight in the eye,
say I need you, need you, oh I need you
I need your love, baby,
I need your love, I wanna hear your name
over and over, over again.
I need your love,
oh how I need your love, I gotta hear your name
over, over, over again, yeah.
I need your love, baby
I need your love, I gotta hear your name
over, over, over again.

(Ian Hunter)

Billy said this town is dying,
it's dying just to be like me.
He was fighting everything in sight,
died when he was 23.
I used to meet him down at his cafe,
he had one eye on the door
and the other on the writing on the wall.
He'd get restless and angry and we'd all laugh
'cause we weren't really scared,
we was his friends, he wouldn't hurt us at all
And all he'd say was rain, rain, rain
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain.
We gotta leave this town.

And Glover was a dancer,
imitating Eddie Cochran by the jukebox.
In the corner of the room
'till he was lost.
Barry 'n me, we used to escape, playing I Go Ape
wearing Italian clothes drinking cider talking in the rain
Hey babe, come over here, let me buy you a beer, what's your name,
she said "Boy, it doesn't really matter, don't you see?
You ain't what I want, you ain't what I need,
you ain't what I fancy, you ain't what I dream of 'n I'd silently leave
?? you're ugly.
Rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain.
I gotta leave this place.

My history is a cop-out
Somewhere in the dark I got scared 'cause I knew I was gonna loose.
You know that feeling you get in your guts, all that frustration when you know
you're going nuts.
You gotta make a move.
There was Billy and Glover and Pacer and Taylor and Valerie and Barry
I remember what he said about that town.
He said "I went to London once, came back,
wiped the tears from my eyes, looked out the window,
and it was still pouring down,
more of that rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain, rain."
I'm gonna get a train,
never coming back again.
'Cause if I did it would be the same.
Boy, you really messed up my brain.

All of that rain rain rain,
rain rain rain
rain rain rain
rain rain rain

Take your washing off the line.
Take your washing off the line.
Take your washing off the line.
Take the washing off the line.

It's gonna rain.
It's gonna rain.

(mick, I've got a...)

There must be one million stories in new york city, the naked city, and this is one of 'em

I live out on the island, and I got problems
My mom don't like me, cause she says I know sultan(? )
Sitting in the cark park, in my old buick skylark
Getting high, getting high,
Getting high on the eight track

Oh, listen to the eight track
Oh, listen to the eight track
Oh, listen to the eight track
Oh, listen to the eight track

Oh it ain't easy, when you gotta survive
Keep on giving death, just to survive
Oh get out into the car park, sitting in my own buick skylark in the dark
Oh, 'n I'll listen to the eight track
Oh, I'll listen to the eight track
Oh, listen to the eight track


Oh, listen to the eight track
Yeah, can't wind it back
Listen to the eight track
In between the seats, in the cracks
Listen to the eight track

Oh sometimes I get a woman in here
And I put on bruce springsteen's new double album
And then, just when everything's getting hot
I start turning the volume right down low
Baby, let me snuggle right next to you

You turned to me sweetly, you know what she said,
She said, turn up the eight track
Oh listen to the eight track
Oh listen to the eight track, ain't no winding it back
Listen to the eight track
Listen to the eight track
Listen to the eight track

There must have been about a million stories in new york city, the naked city, and this has been one of them!

(Ian Hunter)

(Transcribed by Colin Ford)

That's it baby, take one last look
We gotta go catch a plane
Then you won't die, and I won't die
But we won't ever be the same

Oh I can feel a mood coming down on me
Such a good thing disappears
I can sense the loss creeping up on us
And it's deeper than any tears I've known

You stepped into my dreams
You opened up the door
You stepped into my dreams
I want you back for more

You stepped into my dreams tonight

In the shadows of the night you're sorry
In the morning we was gone
Won't you blow a kiss to me baby
We both gotta be moving on

Sometimes you see a lover and she's made for love
But you let that lover slip by
You believe and yet she's so hard to get
And you never know the reasons why

She stepped into your dreams
She opened up your door
She stepped into your dreams
You want her so much more

She stepped into your dreams tonight yeah

Oh when you're doing what you're doing
What do you think of me babe
There ain't much else to say
In another time, in another place
Things might have turned out okay

I can feel a darkness I can never conceal
Sometimes I get just a little insane
I can feel emotions like the mighty oceans
They're driving me again, and I know

You stepped into my dreams
You opened up the door
You stepped into my dreams
I want you back for more

You stepped into my dreams
And I don't know what to do
I'm so scared of losing you.

(Ian Hunter)

My tea turned seven shades darker
as I sit 'n' write these words
and London's gettin' paler
in my theatre of the absurd.
You figured for an evening
and you made it all worthwile.
It's seldom people have a job
and even rarer that I smile.

Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Teach your children to be them
and never ever ours.
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Someone took the park away
but they left a lonely flower.

And if your songs be classics,
throw them to the hurd.
Truth is where they came from
and not this theatre of the absurd.
Some say you wanted to play for me
but it's only what you've heard
that made you want to capture me
in your theatre of the absurd.
It was not me, I said myself
and you must do so, too.
I hope you have the strength to stay
when I'll be watchin' you.

So baby,
play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Teach your children to be them
and never ever ours.
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Someone took the park away
but they left a lonely flower.

Oh when I got here back home tonight
something within me stirred.
Oh it must have been a different kind of play
that touched my theatre of the absurd.
Now I'll be on my way alone
But an interesting thing occurred
See nobody ever shared too much
in my theatre of the absurd.
And there I was back in London,
thought about history.
It was just like being in school again
but I felt something movin' in me.
Hearin' just a bit of the future,
oh it's comin' and it's still blurred
and that's the only thing worth living for
in my theatre of the absurd.

Come on,
play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Teach your children to be them
and never ever ours.
Oh play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Someone took the park away
but they left a lonely flower.

(Beautiful)
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
(John, come on)
Play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Oh, play me some, (Come on, Eric) play me some,
play me Brixton power.
Oh, play me some, play me some,
play me Brixton power.
...

(ian hunter)

(transcribed by nicole apostola)

He used to ride through the streets, crying through the alleyway
Freezing cold in the early morning light
Out to get a salary
Detroit, detroit
Tv image ain't gonna pay the bills
Big big cars
Detroit, detroit
The fan


Detroit, detroit
Big big shots
Got their heads in the sand
The usual
(buzzing cars noises from ian)
You're late
Detroit, detroit
He's a working man
Ghost town
Ghost town
(indistinguishable sounds, laughs)
The loneliest man in the world

(ian hunter)

(transcribed by colin ford

China, china, the evening's moving in
See you, soon now, the boat moves with the wind
China, china, I can see the harbour lights
Light your, fire, we'll be warm tonight

China, china, the thoughts drift from the sea
I'm dreaming, of you, wear your dress for me
China, china, the oceans on the wheel(? )
The seagulls flying lower now
China I can feel you by my side
Across the bay, across the tyne
Can you hear me say

China, china, wear your hair down low
Lady, lady, you're frozen to the bone


China, china, the catch was good today
The oilskins clinging to my back
And the lantern gently sways

Oh don't you cry, the kids to bed
Didn't mean the things I said

China, china, the years go rolling by
Laughter, sorrow, I will not make you cry
China, china, think before you speak
Always remember the ocean hauls as deep
And if I'm tired of feeling low
Don't let me sleep, you know

China, china, the men are on the quay
Drinking, smoking, talking quietly
The water's calmer now
All my work is done
So china, see ya.

sometimes you realize
That there is an end to life.
Yesterday I heard them say
a hero's blown away.
And it's so hard to lose
Someone who's close to you.
Oh me. I did not see
The danger every day.
So he can play it anywhere.
Old records never die.

Get you're healing from a song,
Just when everything goes wrong
Play it right
Through the night
till morning brings you light.
And if some folk laugh at you.
Let'em all laugh they never knew.
Oh all those scenes, to me it seems
soome folk never dream
I feel a force
Rebel with some other cause.
Old records never die.

Old records never die.
You can watch the waves roll by.
You can see it in their eyes.
Old records never die.
Old records never die.
You can watch the waves roll by
Old records never die.
I can hear you
and I know why
old records never die

How long 'fore you realise you swing
How long 'fore you realise you sting
From the good to the bad to the ugly change
How long 'fore you start to rearrange
How long how long 'fore you realise that all's strange

How long will it take to turn you around
How long will it take to bend you down
It makes you believe in the [real] exchange
How long will it take for me to rearrange
How long how long 'fore you realise that all's strange

Well i don't care what the people may say
I don't give a - anyway
I don't care what the people may say
I don't care what the people may say
I don't give a - anyway
I don't care what the people may say

How long 'fore you realise what you missed



How long 'fore we we get out and may get pissed
You get all the books from the corn exchange
Really mad at this outrage
How long how long 'fore you realise that all's strange
I don't care what the people may say
I don't give a - anyway
I don't care what the people may say
I don't care what the people may say
I don't give a - anyway
I don't care what the people may say

How long
How long
How long
How long
Won't you tell me how long
Won't you tell me how long
Won't you tell me how long
Won't you tell me how long
How long will it take
How long will it take
How long will it take (yeah)
How long will it take

I've been sitting here thinking
When i started out drinking
I went on to the dope surely just to change my life
I cried a tear and a beer for me
I lost everything near and dear to me
Namely my children and my wife
I've an idea of having a good time
Was sitting up there with my head between my knees
Well i knew everything there was to know
Everything except which way to go
I cried oh god please take me will you take me please

(yeah) many a time (well i) swore up and down
I don't need none of this junk that's a floating round
I could quit - let me finish what i've got
After all this stuff sure costs a lot
Then i get my feet back on the ground
Now i can't tell nobody how to live their life
Even though inside we're all the same
All these things are toys i was playing with
You know, you know we're all losers in the end

(well now) since i've been straight
I haven't been in my cups
I ain't shooting downs i ain't using ups



You know i'm still as crazy as a loon
Even though i don't run out and cop a spoon
Thank the good lord god well i've had enough
I've got a friend and his name is robertson
He told me "don't need to be stoned to know a friend
Believe me you're all beautiful people just the way you are
Tell me, what has that stuff done for you so far?"

I've been sitting here thinking i've been winking i've been blinking
Well i don't have to sit around no more on the nod
With my head in the air (you know)
I can do anything i can do it straight i can do it so much better now
Its gotta start
Right here in your own back yard
Yes it's gotta start back your own b

Darkness darkness be my pillow
Take my hand let me sleep
In the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep
Darkness darkness hide my yearning
For the things that cannot be
Keep my mind from constant turning
Toward the things that cannot see (no, no)

Darkness darkness long and lonesome
With the day that brings my happiness
I have found the edge of silence
Oh i am in depths of fear
Darkness darkness be my blanket



Cover me with the endless night
Take away take away the pain of your way
Fill the emptiness with light (na na na na)

Darkness darkness be my pillow
Take my hand let me sleep
In the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep
Darkness darkness hide my yearning
For the things that cannot be
Keep my mind keep my mind from constant turning
Toward the things that cannot see

All the changes they will take their time
In the morning dust they'll begin to rise
Halfway to a borderline
Well i can see the end
For the very first time

Well i know i lost just a little bit on the journey
When my mind's been split by little things that didn't fit on the way
Oh i know i lost just a little bit on the journey
'cos i'm trying so hard to get going

There's a man on a bridge called suicide
And he hides his head while the coast is dark
And the river drags and the water sways
Oh his rags've seen better days

And i guess he lost just a little bit on the journey
For his mind was split by little things that didn't fit on the way
(oh) yes i know he lost just a little bit on the journey

For every gift he had to give
For every life (yeah) he had to live
Well they meant nothing without her to guide him on his way

Well he told her he was a leader
Of a well respected [load]



But when he tried to leave her
Well she looked right down her nose
Many times he tried to make her believe in herself
But she wouldn't listen to a word he said

Well he followed her though the darkness
All the chances i take
He followed her though the wilderness
Her mystery to break
Many times he tried to make her believe in herself
But she wouldn't listen to a word he said

So for 40 days and for 40 nights
Well they tied my [ways] they can see the light
And the angel screamed in my nightmare ride
And the changes left (yeah) but they will take their time

And i guess i lost just a little bit on the journey
Yes i know i lost just a little bit on the way
I know i lost just a little bit on t

Oh angeline, i love you, your mouth is like a sting
And when i close my eyes each night, i often hear you sing
Imagination's hidden book, you wrote it on the wing
And when i vowed to comfort you, well you swallowed everything

Angeline, oh my angeline
My sweet angeline - you have rendered me unseen
I would cry a million smiles for my indian city queen

Well your body it is broken in so many different ways
And when i stoop to find your head, well it disappeared in haze.
Your blood flows like the finest juice - the kiss of burgundy
And where it comes from no one knows, but where it's going i can't see

Angeline, oh my angeline



My sweet angeline - (y'know) you have rendered me unseen
I would cry a million smiles for my indian city queen

Angeline, oh my angeline
You little angeline - you have rendered me unseen
I would cry a million smiles for my indian city queen

And your crystal-coloured cardboard bins - attack me from the paint
And i think that i am getting lost among the swollen states
Oh rescue me or bury me, for i care not what you do
There is just one thing that i want to say am i really you

Angeline, oh my angeline
My sweet angeline - you have rendered me unseen
I would cry a million smiles for my indian city queen

I know you have a second love
Another one you're thinking of
What is there now that i can do
I'll always feel the same for you

Why does it have to be this way
Maybe before we'll change some day
I only hope that you will stay
Can't keep going on this way

Well if you go away from me girl



Well i know that you're not the one to blame
When i see the tears come running from your eyes
It'll make you start
It'll make you start to realise

I'm crossed between your second love
It ain't just me you're thinking of
And what is there now that i can do
I'll always feel the same about you

Well my brother he was a drinking man
And i asked him for release
He said this won't do you no good
And sent for the police

Well they busted me for nothing
Cos they said i was insane
So they let my body go
But they locked away my brain

Well i wandered freely as a bird that had broken both its wings
And i hated them and they hated me and i hated everthing
And i realise that to survive well my body is not mine
And i feel neglected feel rejected



Living in the wrong time

And to those of you who always laugh
Let this be your epitaph

And my head is down and i'm called a clown by comedians that grace
The living stage of every page of worthless meaningless space
But i swear to you before we're though you're gonna feel our every blow
We ain't bleeding you we're feeding you but you're too f*cking slow

And to those of you who always laugh
Let this be your epitaph

This isn't a song in the true sense of the word - it is an end-of-session jam (sounds a bit like 'the journey'); but i have included it anyway.

This has been
The mott the hoople



Light orchestra, [who've] been
Playing some goodies
And some newies
And some oldies
And some filthies
And some weirdies
And some queries
Just for you

The willow in the wind is gently weeping
No city lights tonight for she is sleeping
But in a little while she will awake and gently smile
My angel of Eighth Avenue, Manhattan morning.

Somewhere a siren sounds and she is turning
She moves my arm around 'cause she is burning
She has so much to give but so little time to live
My angel of Eighth Avenue, Manhattan morning.

As I look down the streets are slowly forming
And the ladies of the night have start performing
And the trash-collectors horn salutes the dawning
And soon the workward bound will they wake up yawning
And soft warm hands behind that give no warning
Tell me, for just one hour have I been learning

I have so much to say but so little time to stay
With my angel of Eighth Avenue, Manhattan morning
With my angel of Eighth Avenue, Manhattan morning

I was born on the wrong side of the river
Where the sun never shone on my brass
Though the seasons were rapidly changing
Oh the best things were coming too fast

I was waving the flag of indifference
Never knowing the real reason why
Casting doubt on my uncertain future
It was time for a sudden goodbye

I was born on the wrong side of the river
Where the sun never shone on my breast
Though the seasons were rapidly changing
Oh the best things were coming too fast

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all caught the same disease
We all sang our songs of peace

Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown

Oh raise the candles high
'cos if you don't we can't stand black against the light
Oh raise them high again
'cos if you do we can stand dry against the rain

Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all caught the same disease
We all sang our songs of peace
Some came to sing some came to pray
Some came to keep the night away

Oh raise the candles high
'cos if you don't we can't stand black against the light
Oh raise them high again
'cos if you do we can stand dry against the rain

Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown

You can call on me whenever you need me
Hanging around never did any good
And I want you to know the way that I feel
Is good inside
Oh oh oh oh oh It must be love

I can see the garden of light all around me
Cursin' in songs from those evergreen trees (?)
And no one can say I'm a natural fool
For walkin' this way
Oh oh oh oh oh It must be love

Love love love
Love love love
Love love love
It must be love

When you smile at me I can see all the stars at night
Succulent moonlight is stroking your hair
And I want you to know the way that I feel
Is good inside
Oh oh oh oh oh It must be love

Love love love
Love love love
Love love love
It must be love

Love love love
Love love love
Love love love
It must be love

(That one's for you, Brian)

The original mixed-up kid
Sleeps with the ladies all night
Home in the morning light
To nothin'

Climbs in to an empty bed
Pillows around his head
Hide the tears he sheds
For no one

And Byron said Happiness is born its twin
In those who share, for they will always win
But what about the man who tries so hard
But his heart is locked within

The original mixed-up kid
Must have been at the end of the line
When they gave out the forms to sign
For someone

And he can't make up his mind where he wants to go
Ain't there a heaven ain't there a hell well he just don't know
For in a crowded street he can see the sleet
When the other men just see the snow

The original mixed-up kid be on your conscience bound (?)
For you turned him upside down for nothin'

Maybe I'm just a loser
Maybe it's because my boots ain't as clean as they could be
Came to town with an even chance
I'm feeling down the people I meet ain't fair to me

Gave it a try but now I'm ready to cry
And run back to the place where I was raised

Maybe I'm just unfortunate
Maybe I'm alone in thinking that I've got a lot to say
Too far in to be anywhere
Lost in the place where nobody seems to know the way

Gave it a try but now I'm ready to cry
And run back to the place where I was raised

Home is where I wanna be
Home is where you'll always see
Friendly faces that'll never turn you down
Or say goodbye

Maybe I'm just a loser
Maybe it's because my boots ain't as clean as they could be
Came to town with an even chance
I'm feeling down the people I meet ain't fair to me

Gave it a try but now I'm ready to cry
And run back to the place where I was raised

Home is where I wanna be
Home is where you'll always see
Friendly faces that'll never turn you down
Or say goodbye

You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night try it again
You say you love me but you can't come in
You say you love me but you can't come in
You say you love me but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night try it again
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night try it again

Ah
Yeah

Oh

You say you love me but you can't come in
You say you love me but you can't come in
You say you love me but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night try it again
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night try it again

Come on
Ohh ah
Yeah

Wah hey

Listen
Contrary to what various people say
This is the best pos-, this is the best possible form of music there
ever was
Just this

It's all a load of bullshit
You can, can play a guitar, you can ???
It's got nothing to do with it, this is what it's

???

Well I got a woman mean as she can be
I got a woman just as mean as she can be right
Sometime I'm thinking come over here with me

I said shake baby shake
I said shake baby shake
Come on
Now shake baby shake
I'm thinking there's a whole lot of shakin' goin' on

This is a number called 'What Did I Say', by Jerry Lee Lewis
And we'd like you to answer him, get into it you know-a

Will there come a time when sorrow's hard to find
And all those nursery rhymes will find a meaning
There's got to be a change, thoughts to rearrange
Does it seem so strange to try redeeming

Only time will show if the unrelenting blow
That's cast from down below does strike the ceiling
Life must still go on whatever's right or wrong
Realise what's gone and was never healing

No wheels to ride
No wheels to travel
No tracks to take on down
The road I walk is getting heavy
But I must still go on
And in the night
I hear the calling
As the train goes by
Then all I hear is my footsteps falling
Upon the tears I cry
(yeah)
If I could find a better way to get to you
You know that I would
No money lines my pockets now
But by the spring you know that it should
Well I just cant wait to catch that greyhound bus
That will take me back right to your side
(oh oh)
Can't get enough
Can't get enough
I can't get enough of your love
(baby)
(whoa)
(hey)
So I'll go on making time
'Til I can see a way
Maybe tomorrow I'll find a future
Baby all I can say
If I can find a better way to get to you
You know that I will
Nobody rides my pockets now
But by the spring you know yes you know that they will
And someday soon I'll see you there waiting at the station just for me
(oh)
I just can't wait
I just can't wait
I just can't wait
For you to get back
(home)
(oh please)

(ian hunter)

Well you know the way we go
And you know the way we see
Grateful for the chosen road
Nice to have the memories
And you know we won't forget you
And you know we'll always care
We won't follow no superstitions
We ain't running anywhere
(hey)
Thankyou for the way you've been
Each and every night
Thankyou for most everything
Thankyou baby, thankyou baby
Thankyou baby, thankyou baby



You are one of us yes you are
(hey hey you know you know)
You are one of us yes you are
(yes everywhere we go)
(and it's everywhere we've seen)
You are one of us yes you are
(ooo yeah)
(everything we do)
(thankyou)
(I said thankyou)
(I said thankyou)

A mountain train's coming down the track
She ain't wasting time
She's carrying me cause I'm going back
Right to the Delaware line
She knows well I ain't been anywhere
Because I crawl back every time to her
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain

Troubles and tears
I'll take it in years
I left so many behind
I may be a train rearranged
Who knows what I'll find
But everything's better in my life I know
I can face any grades that I'm on
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
(alright)
(hey hey hey)

(oh) I'm walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
When she talks to me I know she sees
Where I'm heading to
She sits winks takes it all in
Just admires the view
And if I had a choice in life
I'd take that mountain for my wife
I'm walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas

(ian hunter)

Well I know this life is real
If I close my eyes I see
All around mw worlds of a million ways
But still I feel
The truth is here in me
It does not matter what you see
For my face is living on borrowed time
But still I feel
I can feel (I'm telling you baby)
I can feel
I can feel

So bury me alone
You can take your flowers home


For there ain't no peace in this world that I know
But I can feel
Baby baby
I can feel (whoa)
I can feel (I'm telling you oh)
I can feel (whoa)
(oh yeah)
I can feel (whoa)
I can feel
I can feel
I can feel (come on)
I can feel (whoa)
I can feel

(mick ralphs)

Sitting here alone again
Wondering where it is
Can't begin to figure out
The reason for our mess
Maybe theres no cause or comfort
In the way we live
Forget about the way we got here
It's hard enough to live
And you are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are yes you are

You can see the answers all around


Any chosen day
Life is always what you make of it
Find a better way
Look to find the best in people
Do what you want to do
Treat yourself as any other
'cause everyone is you
And you are what you are
You are what you are
You are what you are yes you are
(oh oh hey hey)

When my mind's gone
All I do is sit and think
And the days go by
I don't remember anything
And yesterday becomes tomorrow
And I can see the day after tomorrow
I can even see next year
When my mind's gone
When my mind's gone

And the time goes fast
And the shadows fly away
If this feeling lasts
Then I won't have to find a thing to say
What once was clean is now unclean
What once was straight is now unstraight
What once was free is now unfree
What once was cold is now uncold
What once was me is now not me
When my mind's gone
When both my minds gone
When all of my mind's gone
When my mind's gone

So I'll take my secrets
I'll take them with me to my grave
And if I'm taking yours
Then I will try to make it safe
There ain't nothing going right
There ain't even nothing going wrong that's right
And day is day
And night ain't night
And night is day
And day is night
And spring is summer
And autumn's winter
When my mind's gone
When my mind's gone
When my mind's gone
Everything's gone
When my mind's gone
When my mind's gone
When my mind's gone
When my mind's gone

Hunter

If my wheel could take another turn
And if my life replaced itself again
I wouldn't want a single thing to change
Oh it's been good though it's been strange.

And if my dreams were willing to come true
I would not even try to ….. them through
I'm sure there's things I've missed that others preached
The goals they reached, they were not for me.

Rest in peace
Even though the worries let you down
Don't let them count, rest in peace.

Throw all those smiles and …. miles away
You will willow pattern pictures through the rain
And swallow when your heart begins to breathe
Just like a bird, do what it please.

'Cause I ain't gonna be here all that long
And when I go I want to know I sung
If there's a road ahead, I'll rock right in
Just got to win, this is my thing.

Rest in peace
Even though the worries let you down
Don't let them count, rest in peace.

Rest in peace.

(Ian Hunter)

Girl-things ain't been goin' too good for me
Girl-i'm living in the middle of a mystery
You're the only one that can turn me on

'n' now that you're gone I said
Girl-i'm livin' in the middle of your memory
Girl-you're still the figure in my favorite fantasy

I know you know
That's the way it goes
And still my love grows-i said

All o' the good, all o' the good ones are taken
All o' the good, all o' the good ones are taken

I'm hangin' around with my head in the air


Watchin' the lovers go by
I had a lover-but she never cared
All you could say was goodbye

Maybe I was mistaken
Maybe I got it wrong

But all of the good ones are taken from now on
'n' girl-i'm livin' in the middle of a broken dream
I said girl-all this fallin' in love ain't like it seems

Out in the rain-can't you feel my pain
Again 'n' again 'n' again 'n' again 'n' again

All of the good, all o' the good ones are taken
Maybe I was mistaken-maybe I got it wrong
But all of the good ones are taken in my song

Hunter

I scream at you for sharing
And I curse you just for caring
I hate the clothes you're wearing, they're so pretty.

And I tell you not to see me
And I tell you not to feel me
And I make your life a drag, it's such a pity.

And I watch your warm glow palin'
And I watch your sparkle fadin'
As you realise you're failin', 'cause you're so good.

Now I don't mean to upset you
But there's so much crime to get through
If only I could make it easier, then I would.

Oh I wish I was your mother
I wish I'd been your father
And then I would have seen you, would have been you as a child.

Played houses with your sisters
And wrestled with all your brothers
And then who knows, I might have felt a family for a while.

It's no use me pretendin'
You give and I do the spendin'
Is there a happy ending? I don't think so.

'Cause even if we make it
I'll be too far out to take it
You'll have to try and shake it from my head.

Oh I wish I was your mother
I wish I'd been your father
And then I would have seen you, would have been you as a child.

Played houses with your sisters
And wrestled with all your brothers
And then who knows, I might have felt a family for a while.

Hunter

Well, there ain't nothin' I can do
To take the pain away from you
Another one lost on the battlefield
of twisted steel, twisted steel

There ain't nothin' I can say
To help you take the (pain) away
I can't believe that this is real
Twisted steel, twisted steel

And if I cry, it makes no difference
And if I don't, I lose my innocence
I can't imagine how a mother must feel
(With) twisted steel, twisted steel

Can you hear your mother callin'?
Can you hear your mother callin'?
Can you hear your mother ca-- she kneels
Twisted steel, twisted steel

This wasn't sacred, this was profane
You took off and you took aim
I saw you laughin' on the newsreel
Twisted steel, twisted steel

Can you hear your mother callin'?
Can you hear your mother callin'?
Can you hear your mother, she kneels
Oh, twisted steel, twisted steel

Twisted steel, twisted steel
Twisted steel, twisted steel
Twisted steel, twisted steel

Twisted people, twisted minds
Twisted logic, twisted times
I can't imagine how a mother must feel
Twisted steel, twisted steel

Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme
After all you're still quite small you don't know where you've been
You was only swearing yesterday
Oh you want to win the world away
But now you got nothing to say-ay-ay

Boy you're getting out of hand
You've got to make a stand
So put the coke away
Boy you got the do the show
Got to let the people know
You've got the strength to stay

I can see you run
I can see you hide
Oh your heart is aching
Lost in a dream of what might have been
You're the guide
You're the number one
And your knees are shaking
Stand and deliver in an endless dream

Schizophrenic, photogenic, aggravates me so
Only yes-men
Have a guess man
Watch the spirit go
Batman zips the monster as he bleeds
And gets off on the buzz he needs
And a kid on the street just reads
and reads and reads and reads
and reads and reads and reads

Boy its them hard case city blues
Cagney is the news
Does "The Giant" ring a bell?
Boy its the Hudson East River cruise
Its the Empire State of booze
Oh you know the story well

Do you have to run
Do you have to hide
There's a new tomorrow
Yes you're a mess
But you're more than less
When this battle's won
You can look inside
All you did not borrow
Yes you're the best
But you still can't rest
You know you know
The carnival is closed
Your streets are lined with ghosts
But a princess don't look back
Don't look back don't look round
Your vision is your fight
Through long electric nights
When a woman helps you write
Na na na
Na na na
Na
Na na na
Na na na

Cheer up mate put the dramas in the past
See you did not have to fast
Euphemism lasts and lasts and lasts
And lasts and lasts and lasts
And lasts and lasts
Boy if you've got an axe to grind
Be thankful for this time
For it gives you what you need
Boy you've got an eighty-eight to play
It'll tell you what to say
It'll tell you when to breathe
Boy take a turnpike heading west
Turn the people on to Beau Geste
Cause that's what you did the best
Boy play the pipes till they're old and worn
Sing the words till they fall forlorn
Like the pieces of a jigsaw jet
Boy don't let the earth get in your face
its a middle-aged displace
Its the middle ages snide
Boy we're a million miles away
And to think its so insane
Take a chance on a one way ride
Boy shoot a rocket clean out of your mind
Oh these people ain't your kind
No they ain't your kind at all
Boy shoot a rocket clean out of your brain
No these people ain't the same
You can hear another call
Boy the (other book?) starts with (no?)
They don't show us how to grow
They only show us how to win
Boy the secret's in the bicycle shed
Ain't no answers now they're dead
To seek is a mortal sin
Hey you know boy let your madness be the clue

Hunter

I followed the night till the morning sunlight
And I thought of the changing times
And I followed the child with the evergreen smile
And the blue broken tears start to cry.

Blue broken tears hide away the years
And misty high rain seems colder today.

And I saw a Waterlow where the evergreen grows
And the wise man knows why he cries
And I heard a child call me away from this all
And the blue broken tears start to rise.

Blue broken tears, ain't nobody here
Lost in the sun my only young one.

Blue broken tears, our love disappears
The evergreen dies, drowned in my eyes.

Bowie

Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he kick it in the head when he was twenty-five
Speed jive don't want to stay alive
When you're twenty-five.

And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
And Freedy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face
Funky little boat race.

Television man is crazy saying we're juvenile deliquent wrecks
Oh man, I need TV when I got T. Rex
Oh brother you guessed., I'm a dude dad.

(All the young dudes) Hey dudes
(Carry the news) Where are ya
(Boogaloo dudes) Stand up, come on
(Carry the news)
(All the young dudes) I want to hear you
(Carry the news) I want to see you
(Boogaloo dudes) And I want to talk to you all of you
(Carry the news).

Now Lucy looks sweet cause he dresses like a queen
But he can kick like a mule, it's a real mean team
But we can love, oh yes we can love.

And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
We never got it off on that revolution stuff
What a drag, too many snags.

Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine
Got to race some cat to bed
Oh is there concrete all around or is it in my head?
Yeah, I'm a dude dad.

(All the young dudes) Hey dudes
(Carry the news) Where are ya
(Boogaloo dudes) Stand up
(Carry the news)
(All the young dudes) I want to hear ya
(Carry the news) I want to see you
(Boogaloo dudes) And I want to relate to you
(Carry the news)

(All the young dudes) What dudes
(Carry the news) Let's hear the news come on
(Boogaloo dudes) I want to kick you
(Carry the news)
(All the young dudes) Hey you there with the glasses
(Carry the news) I want you
(Boogaloo dudes) I want you at the front
(Carry the news) Now you all his friends
(All the young dudes) Now you bring him down cause I want him
(Carry the news)
(Boogaloo dudes) I want him right here bring him come on
(Carry the news) Bring him here you go
(All the young dudes) I've wanted to do this for years
(Carry the news) There you go
(Boogaloo dudes) How do you fee
(Carry the news).

(Ian Hunter)

When I was just sixteen - I stood waiting for a dream -
at Barker Street bus station every night
When I tried to get it on - she just looked at me with scorn - my courage
turned to dust and I took flight

For those looks they seemed to say
You ain't nuthin' - Go away
You're just a face in the crowd so I went home and I vowed
I'm gonna be somebody - someday

Her name was Irene Wilde - Oh such beauty for a child
When she started dating boys - I nearly died
For I could not barely stand to see someone hold her hand
I felt I had to crawl away and hide
In my mother's living room I composed so many tunes
All the same - just a frame - for her name, and just to say
Gonna be somebody - someday

Wild as your name I soon left that country town
I been around, seen some fame, seen some ups and seen some downs
Smile through your shock when you hear your name aloud
It's that face in the crowd - didn't dig it - much too proud...

When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream
A Barker Street bus station non affair
At the time it seemed so sad, but it did not turn out bad
If you hadn't messed me up I'd still be there
And I think most folks agree, a little put-down makes them see
They ain't no chain - just a link and that's why you made me think
Gonna be somebody - be somebody - be somebody - someday

Hello

Well the times gettin' hard for you, little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You don't remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didn't know what rock n' roll was
Until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line

We're in the middle of the night on the open road
And the heater don't work and it's oh-so cold
You're gettin' tired, baby, lookin' kinda beat
The music of the street, drive you off your feet
You didn't know how rock n' roll looked
Until you caught your sister with a guy from the group
Half-way home in the parking lot
By the look in her eyes she was givin' what she got

You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe

Woman, you're a mess, gonna die in your sleep
All the blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
I can't leave you home 'cause you're runnin' around
My best friend told me you're the best lick in town
You didn't know that rock n' roll burned
So you bought a candle and you loved and you learned
You got the rhythm, you got the speed
Mama's little baby likes it short and sweet

You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe, hey, hey
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe

I didn't know you got a rock n' roll record
Until a saw your picture on another guy's jacket
You told me I was the only one
And look at you now, well it's dark as it's dumb

Ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe, ha, get up
You know, ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy, babe
Oh, you know,ah-ah-ah
Once bitten twice shy

(Ian Hunter)

Just another day
When everything goes wrong
You know that feeling you get
When you're done
My best years are behind me
My future is in doubt
They keep on putting those fences up
Trying to keep me out
Trying to keep me out

I heard the rumors
I hope they're not true
There ain't no depths
That they wouldn't sink to

I've been told, after the corporate wars
Everybody's obsolete
'Cause there ain't no more
No there ain't no more
Rollerball
Rollerball
Rollerball

She's a good woman
But she's easily led
They led her up the garden path
Right out of her head
She's an academic
She's got trophies on the wall
She's got her P.H.D. in hypocrisy
She can't help herself
She's gonna do well

They took away music
They took away art
They took away everything
That was close to her heart

I've been told, after the corporate wars
Everybody's obsolete
'Cause there ain't no more
No there ain't no more
Rollerball
Rollerball
Rollerball

Too many people
Too many people
Too many people
Too many people

Just another loser
Washed up on the sand
Just another winner
With blood on his hands
Just another victim
At the alter of success
Just another victim of
Progress
Progress
Progress
Progress

They cut down the forest
They polluted the sea
They messed up the ozone
Now they're looking for me

I've been told, after the corporate wars
Everybody's obsolete
'Cause there ain't no more
No there ain't no more
Rollerball
Rollerball
Rollerball

You heard it here first
You heard it here first
You heard it here first
You heard it here first

We walked to the sea. Just my father and me.
아버지와 둘이서 바다로 걸어갔지.

And the dogs played around on the sand.
백사장에서는 개들이 뛰어놀고 있었어.

Winter cold cut the air.
Hangin’ still everywhere Dressed in gray,
바람을 에는 듯한
겨울의 추위가 어두워진 주위에 가득했을 때

did he say. Hold my hand.
아버지가 말했지. ″내 손을 잡으렴″

I said, love’s easier when it’s far away.
나는 말했어. ″사랑은 멀리 있을 때 더 잘할 수 있는 거예요.″

We sat and watched a distant light.
우리는 나란히 앉아 멀리 있는 등대 불빛을 바라보았지.

We’re two ships that pass in the night.
우리는 밤을 항해하는 두 척의 배

We both smile and we say it’s alright.
우린 웃으며 말했지. ″괜찮아.″라고.

We’re still here. It’s just that we’re out of sight.
우린 아직 여기 있는 거야. 다만 서로 볼 수 없을 뿐

Like those ships that pass in the night.
밤을 지나는 저 배들처럼 말야.

There’s a boat on the line Where the sea meets the sky.
수평선에 떠 있는 한 척의 배

There’s another that rides far behind.
또 그 뒤에 멀리 있는 다른 한 척

And it seems you and I are like strangers
우린 서로 낯선 사람들 같아

A wide ways apart as we drift on through time.
오랜 시간 험한 뱃길을 지나 온 것처럼.

He said, it’s harder now, we’re far away.
We only read you when you write.
아버지는 말했어. ″멀리 있으니까 더 힘들구나.
우린 오직 네 편지밖엔 읽을 수 없잖니.″

We’re two ships that pass in the night.
우리는 밤을 지나는 두 척의 배

And we smile when we say it’s alright.
우리는 웃으며 말했지. ″괜찮아.″

We’re still here. It’s just that we’re out of sight.
우린 아직 여기 있는 거야. 다만 서로 볼 수 없을 뿐

Like those ships that pass in the night.
밤을 지나는 저 배들처럼.

We’re just ships that pass in the night.
And we smile when we say it’s alright.
We’re still here. It’s just that we’re out of sight.
Like those ships that pass in the night.

Maschwitz-Sherwin

When true lovers meet in Mayfair
So the legends tell,
Song-birds sing winter turns to spring
Every winding street in Mayfair falls beneath the spell,
I know such enchantment can be
‘Cause it happened one evening to me

That certain night, the night we met,
There was magic abroad in the air
There were angels dining at the Ritz
And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

I may be right, I may be wrong
But I’m perfectly willing to swear
That when you turned and smiled at me,
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square.

The moon that lingered over London Town
Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown
How could he know we two were so in love
The whole darn world seemed upside down
The streets of town were paved with stars
It was such romantic affair
And we kissed and said “goodnight”
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

How strange it was how sweet and strange,
There was never a dream to compare
With that hazy, crazy night we met
When a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square.

When dawn came stealing up,
And gold, and blue, to interupt our rendezvous
I still remember how you smiled and said
“Was that a dream or was it true?”
Our homeword step was just as light
As the tap-dancing feet of Astaire
And like an echo far away
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square.

I know ‘cause I was there
That night in Berkeley square

(Ian Hunter)

(Transcribed by Justin Purington)

Once upon a time
not so long ago
people used to stand and stare
at the Spider with the platinum hair
they thought you were immortal

We had our ups and downs
like brothers often do
but I was there for him
he was always there for me
and we were there for you

How can I put into words
what my heart feels?
it's the deepest thing
when somebody you love dies

I just wanted
to give something back to you
gift to gift
Michael, Michael Picasso good night

You used to love our house
you said it was relaxing
now I walk in the places you walk
I talk in all the spaces you talk
it still hasn't sunk in

Are the words real
that come into my head
on a morning walk?
do the shadows
play tricks with my mind?

For it feels like
nothing has changed
but I know it has
Michael, Michael Picasso
good night

Heal me
won't you
heal me?
nothing lasts forever
set me free

Heal me
won't you
heal me?
I'm the one who's left here
heal me
heal me
heal me

You turned into a ghost
surrounded by your pain
and the thing that I liked the least
was sitting 'round Hasker Street
lying about the future

And we all sit
in a room full of tears
on a windy day
and I looked out
but none of these words seem right

I just wanted
to give something back to you
gift to gift
Michael, Michael Picasso
good night

(Ian Hunter)

On the very first decade that we got to dream in
Our fathers were angry, our mother's were screamin'
At the clothes we were wearin' and the music we got off on
Hitler was dead, welcome to Babylon

Carved our initials out across the sand
The heart and the arrow, no-one understands
Then the tide rolled in and everything ran
And washed us away, washed us away, washed us away

Up in the attic ambition was burning
Now my fingers were bleedin' but the tables were turning
Down in the city the future was beckoning
And I hated myself on the day of reckoning
(Oh yeah)
Carved our initials on top of the cake
The heart and the arrow - the rattle and the snake
How was I to know that the Earth was gonna break
And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

Everything's temporary in this world
Ain't it a shame when you lose someone
Here tomorrow, gone today
Wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

There was never a fool like a young fool alone in
A world without someone he can find a home in
And for all the wrong reasons we rescued each other
You bandaged my heart I never would recover
(ohhhh)
No river runs true, it always takes a twist
Hearts can be broken, arrows gonna miss
How was I to know that it was gonna come down to this
And wash us away

And we wrote our names on the Dead Sea Scrolls
The young and the restless, the brave and the bold
How was we to know it was gonna get outta control
And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away,wash us away, wash us away

Hunter

When you're school shy
and the world it ain't easy to find
And it's breakin' your heart
cos you know you were no good from the start

Don't let go, don't let go, don't let go, don't let go oh oh oh

When you're headin' nowhere
and those friends who you relied upon don't care
And your room is a cage
ain't nobody gonna help you ease your rage

Don't let go, don't let go, don't let go, don't let go oh oh oh, oh oh I know

That it's easy to advise
But I hear someone callin'
And I feel somethin' fallin'
through the money in your eyes
When all faith has gone
And you ain't got the strength to carry on
Like a child bathed in me
Hide away from the lovin that you seek

But don't let go, don't let go, don't let go, don't let go

{Ian Hunter}

== Forgot my six-string raiser, hit the sky
Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised
Well I rang the information, my axe was cold
They said she rides the train to Oreoles.

Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis.

Well I got to Oreoles you know, it took a month
And there was my guitar, electric junk
Some spade said: 'Rock and rollers, you're all the same'
'Man that's your instrument' - I felt so ashamed.

Now its a mighty long way down rock and roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
All the way from Memphis.

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock and roll
From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl
And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes
All the way from Memphis.

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock and roll
As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold
And you gotta stay young man, you can never be old
All the way from Memphis.

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock and roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
And you look like a star but you're really out on parole
All the way from Memphis. ==

[Ian Hunter]


Baby, if you'll just say you'll care
I'll follow you most anywhere
Roll away the stone, roll away the stone.

And in the darkest night
I'll keep you safe and all right
Roll away the stone, roll away the stone.

Won't you roll away the stone?
Why be cold and so alone?
Won't you roll away the stone?
Don't you let it die.

No matter if fools say we can't win
I know I'll fall in love again
Roll away the stone, roll away the stone.

So sing, ‘cause we still got a chance
Baby in love and sweet romance
Roll away the stone, roll away the stone.

Won't you roll away the stone?
Why be cold and so alone?
Won't you roll away the stone?
Don't you let it die.

Won't you roll away the stone?
Why be cold and so alone?
Won't you roll away the stone?
Don't you let it die.

Won't you roll away the stone?
Why be cold and so alone?
Won't you roll away the stone?
Don't you let it die.

Won't you roll away the stone?
Roll away the stone
Yeah, roll away the stone?
Come on, roll away the stone?

Sixty-nine was cheapo wine
Have a good time, what your sign?
Float up to the Roundhouse on a Sunday afternoon.

In Seventy we all agreed
A King's Road flat was the place to be
'Cause Chelsea girls are the best in the world for company.

In Seventy-one all the people come
Bust a few seats but it's just in fun
Take the Mick out of Top of the Pops, we play better than they do.

In Seventy-two we was born to lose
We slipped down snakes into yesterday's news
I was ready to quit but then we went to Croydon.

Do you remember the Saturday gigs?
(We do, we do)
Do you remember the Saturday gigs?
(We do, we do).

The tickets for the fantasy were twelve and six a time
A fairy tale on sale.

Oh, Seventy-three was a jambouree
We were the dudes, the dudes were we
Did you see the suits and the platform boots? Oh dear, oh boy

In Seventy-four in Broadway tour
We didn't much like dressing up no more
Don't wanna be hip but thanks for a great trip.

Do you remember the Saturday gigs?
(We do, we do)
Do you remember the Saturday gigs?
(We do, we do).

But now the kids pay a couple of quid
'Cause they need it just the same
It's all a game, a grown-up game.

And we got off on those Saturday gigs
(You did, you did)
And we got off on those Saturday gigs
(And we did, we did)
You got off on those Saturday gigs
(We did, we did)
You got off on those Saturday gigs
(We did, we did)

Standing on the corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his corset and Jane is in her vest
And me I'm in a rock and roll band
Riding in a Stutz Bearcat Jim
Those were different times
And the poets studied rules of verse
And all the ladies rolled there eyes
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane

Now Jack he is a banker
And Jane she is a clerk
And they're both saving up all their money
And when they come home from work
Sitting by the fire
Radios a-play
A little classical music for you kids
To the march of the wooden soldiers and you can hear Jack say
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane

Some people like to go out dancing
Other people they got to work
And there's always some evil mothers
I tell you life is just full of dirt
And the women never really faint
And the villains always blink their eyes
And children are the only ones that blush
And that life is just to die
But anyone who had a heart
He wouldn't want to turn around and break it
And anyone who ever played a part
He wouldn't want to turn around and hate it
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane Sweet Jane Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane Sweet Jane Sweet Jane Sweet Jane
Oh my sweet Jane

Momma's little jewel just out of school fresh from the nuns that made you

Don't know why but I'm going to try to re-in-celibate you
Momma's little jewel you got the rules but I'll be the one to educate you
Take what's mine take a little time and don't bite the hand that makes you

True when I hold you near well I'm
Caught even when I'm on the road well I'm
Wearing my scorpio faces when I
Come in the midnight sun

What you want I can't buy so why don't you try it my way
What you look for ain't in the book but I'm going to show you someday

Laugh in the evening when I
Catch you with my [w...?] when I
Wearing my scorpio faces when I
Come in the midnight sun

You won't rise you won't shine you won't even try boys
You've got brains if you love changes you'll have to play with my toys
Momma's little jewel such a little fool thinks she can learn all the answers

She don't want to feel she just want to steal don't want to take any chances


True when I hold you near well I'm
Caught even when I'm on the road when I'm
Wearing my scorpio faces when I
Come in the midnight sun when I
Laugh in the evening when I
Catch you with my watering gun when I
Wearing my scorpio faces when I
Come in the midnight sun when I
Come in the midnight sun when I
Come in the midnight sun when I
Come in the midnight sun when I
Come in the midnight sun when I

Well, Billy rapped all night about his suicide,
how he'd kick it in the head when he was twenty-five,
speed jive, don't want to stay alive
when you're twenty-five.
and Freddie's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face,
And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
funky little boat race.
The television man is crazy saying we're juvenile deliquent wrecks,
oh man, I need TV when I got T Rex
oh brother you guessed
All the young dudes (Hey dudes!),
carry the news (Where are ya?),
I'm a dude dad.
boogaloo dudes (Stand up, come on!),
All the young dudes (I want to hear you.),
carry the news.
carry the news (I want to see you.),
boogaloo dudes (I want to talk to you - all of you.),
carry the news.

Now Lucy looks sweet cause he dresses like a queen
but he can kick like a mule - it's a real mean team
but we can love, oh yes - we can love.
And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones,
we never got it off on that revolution stuff,
what a drag - too many snags.
Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine,
I've got to race some cat to bed,
is that concrete all around,
or is it in my head, yeah,
All the young dudes (Hey dudes!),
I'm a dude dad.
carry the news (Where are ya?),
All the young dudes (I want to hear ya.),
boogaloo dudes (Stand up!),
Carry the news
carry the news (I want to see you.),
boogaloo dudes (I want to relate to you.),
carry the news.
carry the news (Let's hear the news - come on!),
All the young dudes (C'mon dudes!),
boogaloo dudes (I want to kick you),
carry the news.
carry the news (I want you.),
All the young dudes (Hey you there - you with the glasses!),
carry the news (Are you all his friends?).
boogaloo dudes (I want you in the front!),
All the young dudes (Will you bring him down, 'cause I want him!),
carry the news
carry the news (There you go!).
boogaloo dudes (I want him right here, bring him come on - bring him!),
boogaloo dudes (How do you feel?),
All the young dudes (I've wanted to do this for years!),
carry the news (Sick!).carry the news (There you go!),

Hi there your friendly neighbourhood sadist want to take you for a ride
Come on tell me 'bout the nights that I make you cry
Two tiny purple hands crawling out across the floor
All I could hear was a voice 'give me more more more'
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
She knows its right in her heart I never fail
She's a sucker

God help the woman who's late for work I get a green light flashing red
Like a superstar [brass town?] queen who's crown I bled
Now I just ran out of aspirin for an aching head
So I guess I'll have to do it just one more time instead
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
She knows its right in her heart I never fail
She's a sucker

Good games play games no names well that's alright if you can stand the pain

You can smoke my cigar all night through the link in your chain
Stand up baby its time to go
Well look what's here maybe if we do it slow
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
My baby call me when she want a tale
(fade)

Old man Tyler had a crash in his car down on the fortune highway
Doctor said it was his cruel sick heart didn't go to church on Sunday
Oh your pace is going to knock you dead
Out of the race you got time to spare
Jerkin' Crocus is the cause of the cross y

Know that I grow my hair just to scare the teacher
My goodness gracious me ain't little Johnny a creature
And I lost count of the times when I never bathed
I'm one of the boys
One of the boys
I don't say much but I make a big noise
And it's growing alright its growing

I borrowed Gypsy's Gibson just to show them
And now I'm a rock and roll star I don't want to know them
If they want a stray they better go out a grow one
I'm one of the boys
One of the boys
I'm only human so I ain't got much choice
And I know it yeah I know it
Alright!
Hit it come on!

I'm just one of the boys
One of the boys
I don't say much but I make a big noise
And it's growing yeah its growing
I'm one of the boys
One of the boys
I'm only human so I ain't got much choice
And I know it yes I know it
One of the boys
I'm just one of the boys
One of the boys
I'm just one of the boys
One of the boys
I'm just one of the boys
One of the boys
I'm just one of the boys
Lets go! Alright!
Just just just just just
(fade)

Too many people about
Telling me what to do with myself
It's hard to get around
Walking on soft soft ground

Well they can say what they feel
Cause I'm completely foreign
I know it's clear
It's putting my mind my mind at ease
She's reliable but demanding
She orders me about
She often keeps on wanting
'Til the morning light is out

Too many mouths
Arguing over nothing
Its hard to get around
Walking on soft soft ground

On morning shadows you were ill-spent
";It's time";, you said, or is it time you went
I tried so hard to leave you
I tried to sleep
The hours you keep
Oh Lord I wish I could escape this iron veil
Ride on my son
Ride on my son
Ride until you fail

Something comes and something goes
And something dies before it grows
And I'm like a sea diver
Who's lost in space
[";Sweet";, said His Grace?]
Oh Lord I wish I could escape this iron veil
Ride on my son
Right on my son
Ride until you fail

Forgot my six-string raiser - hit the sky
Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised
Well I rang the information - my axe was cold
They said she rides the train to Oreoles
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail
All the way from Memphis
'N I look like a bum 'n I crawl like a snail
Well I got to Oreoles y'know - it took a month
Now its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
And there was my guitar, electric junk.
Some spade said "Rock'n'rollers, you're all the same.
Man that's your instrument." I felt so ashamed.
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
'N you look like a star but you're still on the dole
All the way from Memphis
Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl
'N you climb up the mountains 'n you fall down the holes
All the way from Memphis
As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold
'N you gotta stay young man, you can never be old
Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
All the way from Memphis
Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
'N you look like a star but you're really out on parole!
All the way from Memphis

Little whizz kid mystified me, she was a New York City beat
She came on flash - monster mash, motors in her feet
Now we moved out of Manhattan to her home on the Brooklyn Heights

Her dad's a street punk and her mum's a drunk, but we made out alright
Far far from home, oh I felt so alone
Could not spin to the speed of the city
Oh send me my ticket, I'm too scared to stick
She even hired a toy "rent-a-boy" straight from a Times Square stand
With my little whizz kid - such a pity

Oh thank you little whizz kid, but me and my friends gotta eat
Now she really tried her hardest just to make me leave the band
street
So get back to school or the tying pool, just get yourself out on the
Send you victorious, happy and glorious
You got the stardust, the sawdust, and the smile

Oh my little whizz kid you got such a style
Don't lose your sting, how I'd hate you to swing

Watch out for the auto-mite, quick or she's outta sight
She's a cute super sleeper, she don't dive in deeper
A natural leaper, she don't let people pass
Oh my whizz kid, you know you're such a gas
Such a gas

God ain't jive
'N one by one
For I can see his love
As it runs alive
Oh, cross over shame like the wise dove
Through fields of rusted wire
The war has just begun
Who cares not for fame just for shy love
'N rejoice for the king ain't lost his throne, oh no