Mercury Anthology

(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

(sam cooke)

Well if you ever want to come home to me
I'll still be here waiting

If you ever change your mind
About leaving, leaving me behind
Baby bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me

I know i laughed when you left
But now i know that i only hurt myself
Honey bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Let me tell you all about it

I'll give you tulips and money too
That ain't all, that ain't all i'd do for you
If you'll bring it to me, bring you're sweet loving
Bring it on home to me

You know i'll always be your slave
Until i'm buried, buried in my grave
Oh honey bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me

I tried to treat you right
But you stayed out, stayed out late at night
But i forgive you
Bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me

Just remember this one thing darlin' that
You, you, you send me, you know this one
You, you know darlin' you send me
And i know that you, you thrill me
Honest you do, honest you do, honest you do
And i wanna tell you one thing that

And i know this one thing that
You send me honest you do, honest you do
Honest you do, let me tell you
When i get home you're always there for me
And i know that you're gonna send me
Honest you do, honest you do, honest you do
I know, i know, i know, i know, i know
Well you thrill me
Darlin' you're always gonna send me

(rod stewart)

Did you ever stand and shiver
While looking at a freezing river
Have you froze to the bone
With just a coat to keep you warm
To keep you from a howlin' wind
To keep you from a howlin' wind
Now listen

Have you perished in the drizzling rain
Tried to light ... a lift but all in vain
With your sock on your head
And that old coat on your back
To keep you from the drizzlin' rain
Oh to keep you from the drizzlin' rain
Goodbye

One more time

Did you sleep in a graveyard when it snowed
Laid your head on a .....
With the times on your face
And that old coat on your back
That kept you from a-withering away good god
It just kept you from a-withering away

I know

And did you ride a lift on a steam train
Now listen
Had the misfortune not to pay your fare
Thrown off the next stop
Thrown in the doorway of a shop
With that coat to keep you from the wind
Oh that old school coat to keep you from the wind
And that ain't all

Have you had some good friends on the road with ya
Who'd stand by you through thick and thin
Here's to kevin and ben, susie and len
And that coat which never lets you down
It never, never, never lets you down
It never, never, never lets you down
That old coat which never lets you down
That old coat which never lets you down
Kept me from the drizzlin' rain
And oh, kept me from the drizzlin' rain

(wood / stewart / mclagan)

B-side of the single oh! no not my baby
(uk) mercury 6052 371 [8/73]
(us) mercury 73426

Ooh hoo
Just a telegram
When your plane touches down
Are you sure that i ain't talking to myself ?
And when the seatbelt sign goes on,
You know you're not alone
'cause jodie i still love ya'
All the while

And i wish ya' all the best
With your current success
Don't let the flash boys turn your head
And i don't mind you havin' friends
But your love is not to lend

'cause jodie i still love ya'
Always thinkin' of ya'
Jodie i still love ya'
All the while

And i'm gonna have to get by anyway, hmmm
And you know with the winter comin' on, it's gonna be so hard
And i really really really really don't miss ya' anyway, not anyway
And you know how i lie
Hmm, oww

So i wish you all the best
With your current success
Don't let the flash boys turn your head
And i don't mind ya' havin' friends,
But your love is not to lend, remember

Jodie i still love ya'
I'm always thinkin' of ya'
Jodie i still love ya'
All the while
Jodie i still love ya'
I'm always thinkin' of ya'
Jodie i still love ya'
All the time

(paul mccartney)

In a couple of hours i'll be drivin' home to the one i love
So save your breath sweet painted lady it won't be me
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me

It was only an hour or so ago that i sang my song
Persuaded painted ladies that i could say i'd been free
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me

Mine is always, mine is grand
Don't you know that the woman that love me she understands
And can't you see that it's mine for me
And in a couple of hours i'll be driving home to the one i love
So save your breath sweet painted lady it won't be me
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me
You're for me

Mine is always, mine is grand
Don't you know that the woman that love me she understands
And can't you see that it's mine for me
They'll never be another one like mine for me
They'll never be another one like mine for me

They'll never be another one like you for me

(rod stewart)

When the rain came i thought you'd leave
'cause i knew how much you loved the sun
But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm
Through the darkest nights i've ever known
If the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
Then i know i love ya

Oh the snow fell without a break
Buffalo died in the frozen fields you know
Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years
I couldn't believe you kept a smile
Now i can rest assured knowing that we've seen the worst
And i know i love ya

Oh i never was good with romantic words
So the next few lines come really hard
Don't have much but what i've got is yours
Except of course my steel guitar
Ha, 'cause i know you don't play
But i'll teach you one day
Because i love ya

I recall the night we knelt and prayed
Noticing your face was thin and pale
I found it hard to hide my tears
I felt ashamed i felt i'd let you down
No mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
Couldn't change a thing no, no

The coldest winter in almost fourteen years
Could never, never change your mind

And i love ya
Yes indeed and i love ya
And i love ya
Lordy i love ya

(traditional, arr. by rod stewart)

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I'll say goodbye to colorado
Where i was born and prob'ly raised

Your mother says i am a stranger
My face you'll never see no more
But there's one promise darling
I'll see you on god's golden shore

Through this open world i'm about to ramble
Through ice, snow, sleet and rain
I am about to rob the mornin' railroad
Perhaps i'll die on that train

I'm goin' back to colorado
Place that i started from
If i'd knowed how bad you'd treat me
Honey i never would have come

(tim hardin)

If i listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while i cried
Still i look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without
Somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give
Never think about myself

If i gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way just to leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while i cried
Still i look to find a reason to believe

If i listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while i cried
Still i look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without
Somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give
Never think about myself

(ron wood/ rod stewart)

In the morning
Don't say you love me
Cause i'll only kick you out of the door

I know your name is rita
Cause your perfum smelling sweeter
Since when i saw you down on the floor
Guitar

Won't need to much pursuading
I don't mean to sound degrading
But with a face like that
You got nothing to laugh about

Red lips hair and fingernails
I hear your a mean old jezabel
Lets go up stairs and read my tarot cards

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you better stay with me

Stay with me
Stay with me
For tonight you better stay with me

So in the morning
Please don't say you love me
Cause you know i'll only kick you out the door

Yea i'll pay your cab fare home
You can even use my best colonge
Just don't be here in the morning when i wake up

Stay with me
Stay with me
Cause tonight you better stay with me
Sit down, get up, get down

Stay with me
Stay with me
Cause tonight your going stay with me
Hey, whats your name again
Oh no, get down, wooo

(gerry goffin, carole king)
[a side of mercury 6052 371, 1973]

When my friends told me you had someone new,
I didn't believe a single word was true
I told them all i had faith in you.
I kept a-right on sayin'

Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.
You're not like all those other girls
Who play with the men's hearts like they were toys.

My mama told me, "son when rumors spread
That there is truth somewhere,
And you should use your head."
But sure didn't listen to what she said,
Don't you know i kept a-right on sayin'

Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.

You're not like all those other girls
Who lead you on and tell you lies
No, no, my baby

Tell me, baby
I don't believe what they say, no

Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.
Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.
Not my baby, not my baby
Not my baby, not my baby
Not my baby, not my baby
Not my sweet sweet baby,
Not my baby, not my baby
Not my baby, not my baby
Not my baby, not my baby
No way, not my baby
Not my baby, not my baby
Not my sweet sweet baby
Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.
Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.
Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.
Oh, no, not my baby,
Oh no, not my sweet baby.

(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

(elton john / bernie taupin)

I may not seem your ideal
When you look into my eyes
I don't smoke, i don't tell jokes
I'm not the custom made size
But baby let me take you
Out on the highway for awhile
I'll show you where the man in me
Is when he doesn't hide
He's cruisin' in the fast lane
Stuck behind the wheel
Jekyll and hyde going on inside
When i'm your automobile

And let me be your car for awhile child
Shift me into gear and i'll be there
Fill me up with five star gasoline
I'll be your car i'll take you anywhere

Don't you know i can't dance
I don't dig it, i can't see it at all
You say i'm just a specimen
And baby i can crawl
My physique just don't look
The way the physiques really should
But then again i've got an engine
Underneath my hood
When i'm cutting up the road
With a sports car on my tail
Frankenstein's inside my mind
And the wind's inside my sails

(chuck berry)

Nineteen years old and as sweet as she could be
All dressed up like a downtown christmas tree
Dancin' and hummin' a rock 'n' roll melody
She's the daughter of a well respected man
Who taught her how to jerk and understand
Then she became a rock 'n' roll music fan

Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller
Her daddy doesn't have to scold her
Her partner can't hardly hold her
Because she never gets any older
Sweet little rock 'n' roller

Shoulda seen her eyes when the band began to play
And the famous singer sang and bowed away
When the stars were gone she screamed and yelled hurray
Ten thousand eyes were watchin' them leave the floor
Five thousand tongues are screaming out "more" and "more"
About fifteen hundred waiting outside the door

Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller
Her daddy doesn't have to scold her
Her partner can't hardly hold her
Because she never gets any older
Sweet little rock 'n' roller

(mick jagger / keith richards)

Everywhere i hear the sound
Of marching, charging feet boy
'cause the summer's here
And the time is right for
Fighting in the street boy

Hey think the time is right
For a palace revolution
Where i live the game to play
Is just to compromise my solution

What can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'cause you see bein' london town
There's just no other place
For a street fighting man

Hey did i tell you that my name
Was called disturbance
And i'll shout and scream
And i'll kill the king and
I'll rail at all his servants

What can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'cause you see bein' london town
There's just no place
For a street fighting man

Everywhere i hear the sound
Of marching, charging feet boy
'cause the summer's here
And the time is right for
Fighting in the street boy

What can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'cause you see bein' london town
There's just no other place
For a street fighting man

(rod stewart / martin quittenton)

I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon
But to settle down and write you a line
I've been meaning to phone you but from minnesota
Hell it's been a very long time
You wear it well
A little old fashioned but that's all right

Well i suppose you're thinking i bet he's sinking
Or he wouldn't get in touch with me
Oh i ain't begging or losing my head
I sure do want you to know that you wear it well
There ain't a lady in the land so fine

Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate
The all day rock and roll shows
Them homesick blues and radical views
Haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well
A little out of time but i don't mind

But i ain't forgetting that you were once mine
But i blew it without even tryin'
Now i'm eatin' my heart out
Tryin' to get a letter through

Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on
I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that i bought in town
When you sat down and cried on the stairs
You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth
You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well
Madame onassis got nothing on you

Anyway, my coffee's cold and i'm getting told
That i gotta get back to work
So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone
Think of me and try not to laugh and i wear it well
I don't object if you call collect
'cos i ain't forgetting that you were once mine
But i blew it without even tryin'
Now i'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you

After all the years i hope it's the same address
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on

(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