Best Of Rod Stewart

(j. hendrix)

Angel came down from heaven yesterday
Stayed with me long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
Then she spread her wings high over me
She said she's goin' now, come back tomorrow
And i said, "fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel tomorrow i'm gonna be by your side"

Fly away, high away, fly away

Sure enough this morning came unto me
Silver wings silhouetted against a child's sunrise
And my angel she said unto me
Today's the day for you to rise
Take my hand, you're gonna be my man, you're gonna rise
Then she took me high over yonder

And i said, "fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel forever i will be by your side"
And i said, "fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel forever i will be by your side"
Fly away, come back another day

(sam cooke)

Let me tell you about a place, somewhere up in new york way
Where the people are so gay, twistin' the night away
Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run
Oh man you'll find the old and young twistin' the night away

Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here i don't know
But oh man, you ought to see him go, twistin' the night away
He's dancing with a chick in slacks, she's moving up and back
Oh man, there ain't nothing like twistin' the night away

Feel much better

Here's a fellow in blue jeans, who's dancing with an older queen
Dolled up in her diamond rings, twistin' the night away
Man you ought to see her go, twistin' to the rock and roll
Here you'll find the young and the old twistin' the night away

They're twistin', twistin', everybody's doing great
They're twistin' man, twistin', they're twistin' the night away
Twistin', you know they're twistin', twistin' the night away
They're twistin', twistin', man twistin' the night away

Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run
Oh man you'll find young and the old twistin' the night away
Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here i don't know
I don't know but man you ought to see him go
Twistin' the night away

(rod stewart / martin quittenton)

Wake up maggie i think i got something to say to you
It's late september and i really should be back at school
I know i keep you amused but i feel i'm being used
Oh maggie i couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and that's what really hurt

The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age
But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything
I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax
Oh, maggie i couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul and that's a pain i can do without

All i needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
But you turned into a lover and
Mother what a lover, you wore me out
All you did was wreck my bed
And in the morning kick me in the head
Oh maggie i couldn't have tried anymore
You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone
You stole my heart i couldn't leave you if i tried

I suppose i could collect my books and get on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
Oh maggie i wish i'd never seen your face
You made a first-class fool out of me
But i'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart but i love you anyway

Maggie i wish i'd never seen your face
I'll get on back home one of these days

(michael d'abo)

Ever seen a blind man cross the road
Trying to make the other side
Ever seen a young girl growing old
Trying to make herself a bride

So what becomes of you my love
When they have finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your grandad had to sweat so you could buy
Baby

Once i was a young man
And all i thought i had to do was smile
You are still a young girl
And you bought everything in style
Listen
But once you think you're in you're out
'cause you don't mean a single thing without
The handbags and the gladrags
That your grandad had to sweat so you could buy

Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
And take a bottle full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake them all in a pie

They told me you missed school today
So what i suggest you just throw them all away
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy

They told me you missed school today
So i suggest you just throw them all away
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy ya

(rod stewart, ron wood)

I think i know now what's making me sad
It's a yearnin' for my own back yard
I realize maybe i was wrong to leave
Better swallow up my silly country pride

Going home, running home
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Going home, and i'm running home
Down to gasoline alley where i was born

When the weather's better and the rails unfreeze
And the wind don't whistle 'round my knees
I'll put on my weddin' suit and catch the evening train
I'll be home before the milk's upon the door

Going home, running home
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Going home, and i'm running home
Down to gasoline alley where i was born

But if anything should happen and my plans go wrong
Should i stray to the house on the hill
Let it be known that my intentions were good
I'd be singing in my alley if i could

And if i'm called away and it's my turn to go
Should the blood run cold in my veins
Just one favor i'll be asking of you
Don't bury me here, it's too cold
Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Take me back, won't you carry me home
Down to gasoline alley where i started from

Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from

(bernie taupin, elton john)

Soon the pines will be falling everywhere
Village children always fighting for fair share
And the six-o-nine goes roarin' down the creek
As parson lee prepares his service for next week

I saw grandma yesterday down at the store
Well she's really lookin' fine for eighty-four
And she asked me if some time i'd fix the barn
Poor old girl, she needs a man down on the farm

Chorus:
And it's good old country comforts in my bones
Just the sweetest sound my ears have ever known
Just an old fashioned feeling in my bones
Country comforts and the road that's going home

Down at the mill they've got a new machine
Foreman says it cuts manpower by fifteen
"oh, but that ain't natural" old man grayson says
'cause he's a horse-drawn man until his dying days

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