Golden Gridiron Boy
In his football uniform
He looks ten feet tall
All the girls run after him
And my girl's in front of 'em all
'Cause he's a football hero
She's in love with him
In every game it's still the same
She talks of nothing but him
Aww, when he makes a touchdown
She goes wild with joy
With every score I lose more ground
To her golden gridiron boy
'Cause I'm too small to make the team
I can only play in the band
But I'm big enough to have a dream
That one day she'll understand
That I'm the one who loves her
And he loves the cheers of the crowd
One day she'll see what she means to me
And I know that she'll be proud
Yeah I'm too small to make the team
I can only play in the band
But I'm big enough to have a dream
That one day she'll understand
That he just loves the glory
That's all he'll ever enjoy
And that's the inside story of
Her golden gridiron boy
Yeah that's the inside story of
Her golden gridiron boy
(Yay! Yay team! Go go go! Touchdown! Come on!)
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Pretty Boy
Have we got a tough guy here?
Have we got a tough guy from the street?
And he looks just like that dancing wop
In those movies that we've seen
With his cute little chicken shit boots on
And his cute little chicken shit hat
And his cute little chicken shit girlfriends
Ridin' along in back
What's been happening with you boys?
Are you having a nice time on your trip?
All the way from Jersey City
And you look pretty as a picture
Please don't hurt no one tonight
Please don't break no woman's heart
How 'bout it, you little prick?
How 'bout it?
Hope we're gonna get the chance
To show you 'round
Hope we're gonna get the chance
To show you 'round
Talk tough to me, Pretty Boy
Tell us all about the mean streets of home
Talk tough to me
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Vine Street [Demo Version]
That's a tape that we made
But I'm sad to say
It never made the grade
That was me
Third guitar
I wonder where the others are
Sold a guitar today
I never could play much anyway
Vine Street
We used to live there on Vine Street
She made perfume in the back of her room
And me and my group
We'd sit out on the stoop
And we'd play for her
The songs she liked best to have us play
On Vine Street.
VIne Street
The crack of the backbeat on Vine Street
Swingin' along on the wings of a song
And (lyin'?) secure, self righteous and sure
While we'd things to say
That the people would pay to hear us play
On Vine Street
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Something To Sing About [Demo]
I've got
Six children
Four boys
Two little girls
I've got
A bit of money in the bank
Yeah
I've got
A house on Elm Street
My backyard got flowers all around it
I love that street
Got friends up and down it
They all get together when the sun goes down
Yes I've got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' here that's kind of special
I got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' to sing about
I got
A wife who loves me
That's the most important thing of them all
I know she'll always take good care of me
Stand beside me
Pick me up when I fall
Yes I've got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' here that's kind of special
I got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' to sing about
I got somethin' to sing about
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Love Is Blind [Demo Version]
They say that love's a sweet thing
And for lovers the sun will always shine
But in spite of what they say
I think of love this way
Love is bitter
Love is hopeless
Love is blind
I learned the hard and lonely way
That love can't last through the years
I spent a thousand empty yesterdays
Hiding behind a veil of tears
Now poets may write about love
And wise men may sing its praise
But I'll always remember
As I go through the empty days
Love is bitter
Love is hopeless
Love is blind |
The Ballad Of The Three Amigos [Demo]
One for each other and all for one
The three brave Amigos are we
Brother to brother and every one
A brave Amigo
We're fighting for justice and liberty
Wherever you find us is where we will be
For the three brave Amigos are we
We are the three Amigos
We are the three Amigos
Over the mountains, across the plains
The three brave Amigos are we
Stamping out evil 'til none remains
The brave Amigos
The three brave Amigos
Wherever they need us, our destinies lead us
Amigos we're always together
And wherever we go, we're three brave Amigos
And we'll be Amigos forever
We are the three Amigos
We are the three Amigos
We are the three Amigos
And Amigos forever we'll be
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Don't Ruin Our Happy Home [Demo Version]
You been comin' round here
Since you knew my baby's gone
Layin' round my house
Leadin' me on
Go away and leave me alone
'Cause I ain't gonna let you ruin our happy home
I been good to my baby
She been good to me
Ain't the same ol' mess around
The way I used to be
Go away and find someone of your own
'Cause I ain't gonna let you ruin our happy home
I'm so weak
I can't stand it
Can't go to sleep at night
Can you understand it
Got to be good and got to make it on my own
'Til my precious mama come home
'Til my precious...
I waited so long
For someone to love me
Lord sent me my baby
From heaven above
Go away and please leave us alone
'Cause I ain't gonna let you ruin our happy home
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My Little Buttercup [Demo]
My little buttercup has the sweetest smile
Dear little buttercup, won't you stay awhile
Come with me where moonbeams paint the sky
And you and I might linger in the sweet by and by, oh...
Dear little buttercup, with your eyes so blue
Oh little buttercup, you' re a dream come true
You and I will settle down in a cottage built for two
Oh, dear little buttercup, I love you...
Everybody !
My little buttercup, has the sweetest smile
Dear little buttercup won't you stay awhile
You and I will settle down in a cottage built for two, oh
Dear little buttercup
Sweet little buttercup,
My little buttercup
I love you
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The Goat
[Written by Sonny Boy Williamson.]
There was an animal called a goat
He butted his way into the Supreme Court
Let him go
Please please let him go
'Cause he butt so hard
'Til we can't use him in our court no more
Judge give him three hours to get out of town
He get five mile down the road
And commit another crime
When the High Sheriff come along
And catch the billy goat eating up an old farmer's corn
And the High Sheriff take the billy goat to the county jail
And they say we can't take him
Someone go his bail
Let him go
There was an animal called a goat
He butted his way into the Supreme Court
Let him go
Please, please let him go
'Cause he butt so hard
'Til we can't use him in our court no more
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Blue Shadows On The Trail [Demo]
Arizona moon keep shining
From the desert sky above
You know pretty soon
That big yellow moon
Will light the way back to the one you love.
Blue shadows on the trail
Little cowboy, close your eyes and dream
All of the doggies are in the corral
All of your work is done
Just close your eyes and dream little pal
Dream of someone
(Boom boom boom boom, etc.)
Blue shadows on the trail
Soft wind blowing through the trees above
All the other little cowboys
Back in the bunkhouse now, so
Close your eyes and dream
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Gone Dead Train
[Words and music by Jack Nitzsche & Russ Titelman.]
My engine was pumpin' steam and I was grindin' at you hard and fast
I was burnin' down the rail tryin' to heat the way
Haulin' ass and ridin' up the track
And I laughed at the conductor who was tellin' me my coal would never last
When the fire in my boiler up and quit before I came
Now ain't no empty cellar need a gone dead train
Once was at a time when I could Mama shave 'em dry
And raise a fever on ice-down chill
Waiting at the station with a heavy loaded sack
Savin' up and holdin' just to spill
Shootin' the supply from my demon's eye
'Stead of waitin' for a time, I hope I will
When the fire in my boiler up and quit before I came
Now ain't no empty cellar need a gone dead train
Yeah it's a gone dead train
You got to help it to burn
You know it's a gone dead train
You got to teach it to learn
There ain't no easy way when the daily run a downhill pull
And there ain't no easy day, wishin' for some jelly roll
There ain't no switch been made to let a juicy lemon find
A spring to run a dry well full
Then the fire in my boiler up and quit before I came
Ain't no empty cellar need a gone dead train
Yeah it's a gone dead train
You got to help it to burn
You know it's a gone dead train
You got to teach it to learn
You know it's a gone dead train
You got to help it to burn
You know it's a gone dead train
You got to help it to learn
Baby, it's a gone dead train
It's a gone dead train
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Happy [Demo]
I woke up this mornin' with a smile on my face
I had a great big hard-on for the whole human race
I love everybody and I want you to know
Got the world by the balls and I won't let it go
And I don't give a damn if they take me away
'Cause I'm so fuckin' happy
(He's so fuckin' happy)
I'm so goddamn happy
Today
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Tickle Me
What can you do to amuse me
Now that there's nothing to do
The TV set's busted and can't get a picture
The radio plays nothing but news
Why don't you tickle me
Gee whiz won't that be fine
What a great idea
What a perfect way to kill some time
Can't stop to think 'cause if we do we'll lose our mind
Why don't you tickle me
Don't we have fun every minute
Oh what a gay life we lead
One chocolate milkshake with two straws stuck in it
What else does anyone need
Why don't you tickle me
There's nothing else to do
You won't have to talk to me
And I won't have to talk to you
When we're done I'll think of something else to do
Why don't you tickle me
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The Longest Night [Demo]
Stand on the levee
And watch the river flow
Watch the storm come rollin' in
From the Gulf of Mexico
And I'll be cryin' my eyes out
'Cause you don't want me no more
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Where you gone so long
Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
Where you gone so long
We ain't had no fun here in New Orleans
Since the day that you have gone
Here come the lightnin'
Here come the rain
Seem like it's startin' all over again
Here come the dark clouds
Fall from the sky
Here come the tear
Fall from my eye
It's the longest night
The longest night for me
This is the longest night
It's the longest night I ever seen
Now if you don't come back to me
Drown in my own misery
Stand on the corner
Rampart and Dumain
It's past midnight and it's
Beatin' down rain
Boulevard (just?) broken mens
It's a wonder if they ever will be
Put back together again
This is the longest night
It's the longest night for me
It's the longest night for me
If you don't come back to me
I'll drown in my own misery
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Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
It just don't move me the way that it should
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
There ain't no book you can read
There ain't nobody to tell you
But I don't think I'm getting What everybody's getting Maybe I'm doing it wrong
Sometimes I throw off a good one
At least I think it is
No, I know it is
But I shouldn't be thinking at all
I shouldn't be thinking at all
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
It just don't move me the way that it should
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
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Days Of Heaven [Demo]
Mom and Dad have passed away
Didn't love you anyway
But you sat there in your room
And cried for hours
Life is short and time is too
And there's nothing you or I can do
But watch the little birds and smell the pretty flowers
Baby it's a long hard road
Sometimes it's too much to bear
As long as you want me beside you
Darlin' I'll be there
Though the sun is shinin' bright
Still it seems like darkest night
There's not enough of anything, anywhere
No matter what you do
You just can't seem to make it through
Can't find anyone who really cares
You know a better world awaits us baby
Angels singing up on high
'Cause life is just anticipation of the Days of Heaven
Everybody gather 'round
Pick up what I'm puttin' down
Got to dig this crazy sound
It won't hurt you
If you got music in your heart
You have made a real good start
And your love of music never will desert you
Baby it's a long hard road
Sometimes it seems it's just too much to bear
When your foolish friends have desert you
You know that I'll be there
When your foolish friends desert you
You know that I'll be there
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Yellow Man
Very far away in a foreign land
Live the yellow woman and the yellow man
He`s been around for many-a-year
They say they were there before we were here
Eatin` rice all day
While the children play
You see he believes
In the family
Just like you and me
Oh, yellow man, oh, yellow man
We understand, you know we understand
He keeps his money tight in his hand
With his yellow woman he`s a yellow man
Got to have a yellow woman
When you`re a yellow man
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What Have You Done To Me [Demo]
What have you done to me
Little girl what have you done to me
Made me leave my happy home
And now you've left me quite alone
What have you done to me
When our affair had barely started
I thought, this gonna be a short sweet romance
But when you left me, to my surprise I was broken-hearted
You refused to give me that one more (vital?)(vial?)
Little girl, you see my life is over
And to think like a fool, I thought that it had just begun
Now in the autumn of my year
I'm left to flick away the tear
What have you done
What have you done to me
Aww, I'll never make it
Baby what have you done to me
Aw, I guess you've had your fun
But look at what you've done
To me
Goddamn, what have you done to me
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Magic In The Moonlight
Can't help myself from searching
For a deeper hole
And I don't wanna take you with me
Can't you see I've lost control
There's somethin' 'bout a June night
There's a strangeness in the skies
There's magic in the moonlight
And there's madness in my eyes
I could hang myself
There's a tree out in the yard
I could drown myself
But baby that's so hard
There's no way out
Can't keep myself from (wanderin' ?)
For a deeper hole
And I don't wanna take you with me
Can't you see I've lost control
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Masterman And Baby J [Demo]
People tell me that I brag a lot 'cause I call myself the Masterman
And always talkin' 'bout how I got dynamite in every hand
Hit it
Me and my brother we live alone, got no television, no telephone
When we walk down the street people get out of the way
Say "Here come the Masterman and Baby J"
"Here come the Masterman and Baby J"
Hit it--hit it--hit it--hit it
Get on the mike, we'll be number one
We'll even top D.M.C. and Run
In front of everybody really gonna have some fun
'Cause we're takin' 'em all the way down
Takin' 'em all the way down
Gonna rap about this, gonna rap about this
Gonna tell everybody where it's at
All over the world people gonna say
You got to dig the Masterman and Baby J
You got to dig the Masterman and Baby J
Hit it--hit it--hit it--hit it
People tell me "Man you live in a dump"
"You won't never be nothin' but a pumped-up chump"
You got no money--you got no sense
You won't never be nothing, you won't never be nothing
I say well-well-well-well
When I look out my window, you know what I see
I don't see no whores in the fuckin' street
I don't see no drunks and junkies dying
I don't see no bums or garbage flyin'
I see me and J in the L.A. Coliseum
100,000 people on their feet
And they're laughin' and bumpin' and screamin' and cryin'
And jumpin' up on their seat
And then the band begins to play and then they hush up
And then the band begins to play and then they hush up
And it gets real quiet in the Coliseum with the stage all
dark and bare
Maybe a little rain begins to fall--yeah
But the people stayin' right there
Then you can hear that announcer say
Please welcome! (the crowd roars)
Please welcome! (the crowd roars)
L.A.'s own, the number one
The biggest, the best, the number one band in the USA
Please welcome the Masterman and Baby J!
Please welcome the Masterman and Baby J!
Please welcome the Masterman and Baby J!
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Beat Me Baby [Demo]
Beat me baby
Beat me all night long
Beat me baby
Honey you can't go wrong
I was bad to my mama
I was bad to my wife
I was bad to my little baby girl
I been bad all my life
Beat me baby
Beat me all night long
Beat me baby
Beat me all night long
You can have my money
If you play my game
Can't go on without you honey
Someday you'll share my name
Keep abeatin' me baby
Keep abeatin' me all night long
Keep abeatin' me baby
Keep abeatin' me all night long
It's not the perfume that you wear
It's not your lovely golden hair
But every time you hold me tight
And beat me baby
Everything's all right |
Lines In The Sand
Oh, sons and daughters
Sail 'cross the sea
Fight now for justice
And liberty
Fly 'cross the ocean
A friend needs a hand
You must try to defend their
Lines in the sand.
Deep in the desert
Evening draws nigh
Brave sons and daughters
Look to the sky
The blood of these children
A stain on the land
If they die to defend some
Lines in the sand.
We old men will guide you
Though we won't be there beside you
We wish you well
We wish you well.
Oh sons and daughters
Listen to me
March on to Glory
And Victory
The whole world will watch
As you make your brave stand
As you try to defend the
Lines in the sand.
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Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a coat to wear
Oh, I'd step out in style with my sincere smile and my dancing bear
Outrageous, alarming, courageous, charming
Oh, who would think a boy and bear
Could be well accepted everywhere
It's just amazing how fair people can be
Seen at the nicest places where well-fed faces all stop to stare
Making the grandest entrance is Simon Smith and his dancing bear
They'll love us, won't they?
They feed us, don't they?
Oh, who would think a boy and bear
Could be well accepted everywhere
It's just amazing how fair people can be
Who needs money when you're funny?
The big attraction everywhere
Will be Simon Smith and his dancing bear
It's Simon Smith and the amazing dancing bear
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Gainesville [Demo]
I was born in Gainesville, Florida
And my father was a tailor
And my mother ran a café near the university
I've a brother died a'borning
And another who's a sailor
I've a sister who is older, and living on her own
I have tried all my life to be kind to others
Even when others were unkind to me
I've been told all my life when I found someone
He would look at me and I'd know
Are you really mine?
Are you really mine?
Does your heart glow
When you see me walkin' down the street, boy?
Do your eyes shine
When you know that we're about to meet?
I don't think they do
I was born in Gainesville, Florida
And my father was a tailor
And my mother ran a café near the university
And she didn't raise a fool when she raised me
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Let Me Go
Maybe I'll write you a letter
Maybe I'll give you a call
Maybe I'll drop you a line
When I'm feelin' better
Maybe I won't after all
Somewhere a river is flowing
Rollin' on into the sea
Somewhere a flower is growing
That don't mean anything to me
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Don't give me the answer
'Cause I don't wanna know
Just let my heart go on beating a little bit longer
I'm so young
I'm so young
Don't pick me up
If you think you see me falling
I've been waiting so long to fall
Don't come to me
If you think you hear me calling
It won't be me that called
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Don't give me the answer
'Cause I don't want to know
Just let my heart go on beating a little bit longer
I'm so young
I'm so young
I'm so young
I'm so young
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Feels Like Home (Live)
There's something in your eyes
Makes me want to lose myself
Makes me want to lose myself
In your arms
There's something in your voice
Makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts
The rest of my life
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how low I've felt for so long
If you knew how I wanted someone
To come along
And change my life the way you've done
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
A window breaks
Down a long dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But that's alright 'cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see
Through the dark there's a light
If you knew how much this moment
Means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
If you knew how much I wanted someone to come along
I never thought I'd love anyone so much
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back
Where I come from
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong |
Jesus In The Summertime
We may not know all the answers
After all we're so very young
I only know that I go crazy when I love my baby
Jesus, can our love be wrong?
Jesus, can our love be wrong?
My baby loves the sun
And I love the moon
Someday we gonna get married
And be together real soon
Jesus died for you
Jesus died for you
Me and my baby went walkin'
Down by the old ice-skatin' rink
We looked up at the stars in the heavens above
You know it kinda almost made us stop to think
Jesus died for you
Jesus died for you
Bring him back
Bring him back
Bring him back
Please bring him back
Bring him back in the summertime
Bring him back in the summertime
Black clouds are (hung?) in (an Arabian?) sky
And Jesus stood there dignified
They stuck a thorn into his eye
And they began to crucify
Lord why did you let your son die?
Lord why did you let your son die?
Lord why did you let your son die?
Jesus died for you
Jesus died for you
Jesus died for you
They buried him in a poor man's grave
But he still had Mankind to save
So he rose from that poor man's grave
And he saved Mankind
He said
Forgive them, they know not what they do
He said
What fools these mortal be
And I say
Baby, I'll lay down my life for you
Just the way that Jesus died for me
Bring him back.
Bring him back.
Bring him back.
Please bring him back
Bring him back in the summertime
Got to have Jesus in the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
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My Name Is James [Demo]
My name is James
Thats what Mother called me
My name is James
So its always been
But sometimes I forget
When I'm lonely or afraid
So I go inside my head
And look for James
There's a city that I dreamed of
Very far from here
Very very far away from here
Very far away
There are people in the city
And they're kind to me
But it's very very far away you know
Very far
They'll say James, James, James how are ya?
Isn't it a lovely day
James, James, James
Were so glad you came here where we are
From so very very very far
My name is James, James, James
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Going Home (1918) [Demo]
Going home
Going home
Oh the dark night is over now
I'm going home
To the land I love
To the land I love
And the one girl who waits for me
I'm going home
I will cross the sea
I will cross the sea
I am going home forever
I'm going home
Going home
Going home
Going home
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Laugh And Be Happy [Demo]
I know what's going on here
Ain't no great mystery
Ya'll have lost faith in yourself
It's clear as it can be
You can whine all you want to
Drown in your misery
Or you can listen to me
Listen to me
Laugh and be happy
Don't you ever wear a frown
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Laugh and be happy
It's a simple thing to do
Believe in your dreams and your dreams will come through for you
There'll be a red sun shinin' in the sky so blue
Blackbirds be singing in the tree (thank you boys!)
There's a real silver lining up there for me and you
Listen to me
Listen to me
Now the country that we're living in
You mean the good old USA? That's right!
Has never been about keepin' you out
It's about invitin' you in and lettin' you play
So laugh and be happy
Don't you ever wear a frown
Get right back up on your feet whenever they knock you down
You've got to laugh and be happy
Smile right in their face
'Cause pretty soon you gonna take their place
Come a whack whack whackin' like old man trouble
Whackin' on their front door
You try to send us packin', on the double
But we ain't goin' away no more
So laugh and be happy
Don't you ever wear a frown
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Laugh and be happy
Now listen when I say
'Cause everything is gonna go our way
We'll be on top of the world |
Interiors
The trouble is
I can't say what I feel
Everything becomes a joke
You know how much I love you
First man says to the second man
What's that lump there in your sock?
Second man says to the first man
That ain't no lump...
I'm sorry
Honey I'm sorry
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