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(rod stewart, ronnie lane, 1973)

If i'm late, darling, don't hesitate
Just go without me and i'll see you there anyway

If i miss you at the station
I want you on that train
I don't want a sad sack
'cause i'll be there come what may

Leave a message with the porter
Or leave it at the gate
Just let me know that you're aboard her
Just a word to know that you're safe

I walk from maryland to silvertown
I hoped to catch you in the street
I must have missed you by a moment dear
I tried the place we alway meet

So if i'm late darling, don't hesitate, no no
Go on your ownsome and i'll catch you there anyway

I might lose sometime babe
But if i do i'll make amends in an hour
When i'm laying down beside you

(r. stewart)

Sixteen years old, looking for a hideaway
I'm a set designer, my mum and dad
Thinking i'm gay
I'm a lazy bugger, but i like my sport
Like girls and music, i'm happy, happy sort
(of a guy)

But there's one thing i'm lacking
It's sexual experience
So i ask you, my sweetheart
Save me from this wilderness

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

Where i come from, love is
Just a hole in the wall
And the steel mills ring out and generations
Heed the call
And the rain never stops and the skies are grey
And the chance of romance
Slim as a bright sunny day

This is partly the reason
I'm so overwhelmed and shy
Because your beauty, by contrast
Is gonna make a young man cry

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this
I've schemed, honey, of a night like this
You don't know what it means to a boy from
A suburban home
To be left with a woman like you
Completely alone

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

Nice place you've got here, babe
Never seen a house like this
Pool like an ocean, bed like a football pitch
All the guys at the boozer, won't believe my luck
But it couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke
(than me)

So here we are, the record's
Gotten stuck in the groove
My knees are trembling, c'mon baby, make a move

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this
I've schemed, honey, of a night like this
I've dreamed, i've schemed, honey
Of a night like this
I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

(r. stewart, j.cregan, k.savigar)

I met her in a little french cafe
Legs like a young giraffe
She was sitting reading baudelaire
Not exactly working class

She had a studio in st. michel
Crucifix around her waist
Che guevara all over the wall
She can't stand the sun on her face

Hey boys, what a look
Stop a train at fifty feet
Matching hair, matching clothes and eyes
Kinda like a tiger in heat
Red hot in black
Red hot in black

Revolution running through her veins
A radical from head to toe
The only record that she ever played
Was "just like a rolling stone"

We started talking by the candlelight
Her lips get closer to mine
We started dancing all around the room
Helped by a bottle of wine

Hey boys, mystery
Didn't even know her name
One night in paris, with a girl like that
Never going home again
Red hot in black
Red hot in black

Oh my, when i woke up
She'd already gone out to her work
My head was aching and my back was scratched
I've never, never, never known a night like that

Took a walk along the avenue
So in love and so confused
My plane was leaving in half an hour
What would you have done in my shoes?

Hey boys, so you see
Couldn't get her outa my head
My regards to the folks back home
Gonna spend some time with red
Red hot in black
Red hot in black

(barry mason)

[b side of columbia db 7766, 1965]
You know it ain't right to beat a man when he's down
Know it ain't right to eat when the hunger's around
It keeps on worryin' me, as all around i see
And still it goes on
Why does it go on ?
Why does it go on ?

You know it ain't right to take another man's life
You know it ain't right to take another man's wife
Keeps gettin' through to me, as everywhere i see
Why does it go on ?
Why does it go on ?
Why does it go on ?

They don't want love today
It's headin' all the way
They'll burn your book and pencil boy
Throw your mind away

A man don't steal, but has to work for his pay
(let me tell you one thing)
A poker man deals from the top when he plays
But all good things we take
We don't build, we just break
Why does it go on ?
Why does it go on ?
Why does it go on ?

They don't want love today
It's headin' all the way
They'll burn your book and pencil boy
Throw your mind away

A man don't steal, but has to work for his pay
(let me tell you one thing)
A poker man deals from the top when he plays
But all good things we take
We don't build, we just break
Why does it go on ?
Why does it go on ?
Why does it go on ? yeah

(traditional, arr. ron wood)

[instrumental]

(jimmy reed)
Know i love you baby
Know i love you baby
You know i love you baby
You don't even know my name

Let me tell you baby
I tell you what i would do
I would rather be a big somebody
And come home to you

Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
You don't even know my name

Let me tell you baby
Though it don't sound true
If you'd throw me in the ocean
I'd swim to the shore
And come home to you

Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
You don't even know my name, alright

Know i love you baby
Know i love you baby
You know i love you baby
You don't even know my name

Let me tell you baby
I tell you what i would do
I would rather be a big somebody
And come home to you

Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
You don't even know my name, alright

Four o'clock in the mornin'
You come walkin' home
I ain't got no consolation
But to ring you on the phone

Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
Ain't that lovin' you baby
You don't even know my name
You don't even know my name
You don't even know my name

Oh i, never thought i'd feel this way
And as far as i'm concerned
I'm glad i've got a chance to to say
That i do believe i love you

And if i, i should ever go away
Well than close your eyes
And try to feel the way we do today
And then if you can't remember

Keep smiling (smiling)
Keep shining (shining)
Knowing you can always count on me
For sure
That's what friends are for
For the good times (good times)
And the bad times (bad times)
I'll be on your side forevermore
That's what friends are for
Yeah

And i, though you heard it all before
Well i'll tell you one more time
So i can be completely sure
So you know how much i love
And if i should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we feel this day
And then if you can't remember

Keep smiling (smiling)
Keep shining (shining)
Knowing you can always count on me
For sure
That's what friends are for
Oh in good times (good times)
And in bad times (bad times)
I'll be on your side forevermore
That's what friends are for

(willie dixon and j.b. lenore)

You know you shook me,
You shook me all night long, yes you did.
You know you shook me,
You shook me all night long.
And the way that you love me baby, (you know what you do?)
You mess up my happy home.

(dig this)
You know you love me,
Just like a hurricane.
You know you love me,
Just like a hurricane.
And the way that you love me baby,
You mess up my happy home, (you're so bad).

Come on ...

Released on cd single have i told you lately, 1993
Mike reid, troy seals

Call me a fool
Send me away
I've got to say
It's you i adore
Alone and in love
Falling apart
I followed my heart
Straight to your door
Face to face
With all honesty
I would be greatful
If you'd give to me

One night, to lay in your arms
One night, could it be that i was born
To make every dream you never had come true
Oh oh oh oh
One night, just one night with you

Call me baby

Standing this close
The sound of your voice
Leaves me no choice
Am i so worng
To think ( )
'cause baby you're all
You're all i'm thinking of
Face to face
With all honesty
I would be greatful
If you'd give to me

One night, to lay in your arms
One night, could it be that i was born
To make every dream you've ever had come true
Oh oh oh oh
One night, just one night with you

One night, to lay in your arms
One night, could it be that i was born
One night with you
In all honesty
Just one night
To lay in your arms
Just one, just one night, that's all i want baby

Oh yeah

(stewart, brock, davis, stocker, savigar)

It's obvious darlin'
You've become allergic to me
Are my trousers to wide
Do i drink and get mean
Is my demeanor that embarrassing
Are my jokes obsolete
Or is it my sweat that's no longer sweet
I work hard in the factory
To keep you in luxury
To which you've grown accustomed and you love
Lately you don't light my fuse
Is my fan belt coming loose
Punch me in the bible baby please
Move me, move me, move me when i'm home
Why don't you move me, move me
Move me when i'm home

Sometimes baby i awake in the night
I reach out to touch you
But i'm scared you might bite
A little emotion wouldn't be out of place
Wake up and love me put a smile on my face
Otis redding said it best "try a little tenderness"
Aretha wanted more "respect"
Give me just a little touch
That ain't really asking much
Your dog gets more attention than i do
Move me, move me, move me when i'm home
Come on and move me, move me, move me when i'm home

Sometimes i wonder if you'll miss me at all
Emotionally independent, as hard as a wall
You're so wrapped up in your own little world
Your old time religion is your lunch with the girls
When i'm standing next to you even in a crowd
I might as well be on another planet
Tell me what i've done to you to justify this ridicule
If it's over why don't we forget it
Move me, soothe me, move me, rock me
Move me when i'm home
Why don't you move me, love me, move me, rock me
Move me when i'm home
Why don't you rock me, move me, love me, soothe me
Move me when i'm home
Why don't you rock me, rock me, move me, soothe me
Soothe me when i'm home

[instrumental]

(bonnie dobson and tim rose)

Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey.
Please walk me out in the morning dew, sometime.
Can't walk you out in no morning dew. i'm sorry, i'm sorry.
Can't walk you out in no morning dew.

Thought i heard a young man cryin'.
Thought i heard a young man cryin' today.
You didn't hear no young man cryin'.
You did not hear no young man cryin'.

Thought i heard a young girl cryin'.
Thought i heard a young girl cryin'.
You, you did not hear no young girl cryin'.
I'm sorry but you know it is [true].
You did not hear no young man cryin'.

Now there is no more morning dew.
Now there is no more morning dew.
What they've been saying all these god-darn' years has come true,
I knew it would too.
Now there's no more morning dew.

Now there is no more morning dew, at all, oh.
Now there is no more morning dew.
Because, because, because,
What they've been saying all these years has come true,
You know, and only you know,
That there's no more morning dew.

Now, now there is no more morning dew.
People, you know that there's no more morning dew.
Because, because,
What they've been saying all these years has come true,
It had to happen.
You know, that there's no more morning dew.

(roy hammond)

People were standing, all around
At a shot gun wedding, here in this town
And i'm a victim oh yea
Of a shotgun wedding
Cause your fathers got a gun
And there ain't no place to run
Shotgun wedding and oh listen to me

Well i got to find a job
You, me, baby makes three
Shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, wedding oh yea
Cause your fathers got a gun
And there ain't no place to run
Shotgun wedding
And all i could hear that day was
Do you take this woman
To be your lawful wedded wife
My my my my shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, shotgun wedding
I looked around
I looked around
And all i could see was a shotgun wedding....listen

But i tried to run from town
But her mother tracked me down
She said before i meet my maker,
Some mans gonna make an honest woman of my daughter
So it might as well be you
Oh daddy may be poor
But he owns a forty forty
Shotgun wedding
And oh i'm walking up the aisle right now

Here comes the bride singing
Shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, shotgun, shotgun.....yea yeaaaa
I could of run away oh no i could be living high
Nobody could stop me now oh shotgun, shotgun
Just give me one more chance
Let me hear that bass boys that bass boys
Breaking my heart
Breaking my heart
Breaking my heart........

(ronnie lane)

I left you on the debris
At the sunday morning market
You were sorting through the odds and ends
You was looking for a bargin

I heard your footsteps at the front door
And that old familiar love song
Cause you knew you'd find me waiting there
At the top of the stairs

I wouldn't of went back
Just to see how far it was
And you looked shocked to tell me
But i had to love her myself

Theres more trouble at the depot
With the general workers union
And they said they'll never change a thing
Well they won't fight and their not working

Oh you was my hero
Hell you are my good friend
(i've been there and back)
And i know how far it is

But i left you on the debris
Now we both know you got no money
And i wonder what you would have done
Without me hanging around

(oscar hammerstein ii and jerome kern)

Old man river, that old man river,
He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'
That old man river, he just keeps rolling along.

He don't plant tater's,
And we all know he don't pick cotton.
But them that plant 'em, are soon forgotten, that
Old man river, he just keeps rolling along, oh yes he does.

You and me, we sweat and toil,
Our bodies all achin' and racked with pain, now listen!
Lift that bar, you'd better, tote that bail,
And if ya' get a little drunk,
You'll land in jail.

I'm so weary, and sick of tryin',
I'm tired of livin', but afraid of dyin'.
That, that god-darn' old river, he just keeps rolling along.
Keep on rollin' along.

Keep on rollin' along.
Old man river don't you stop your way.
Keep on runnin' from the north, the south, the east or west,
You gotta roll it ...

(rafferty/egan)

I can look out my window
Or stare at the wall
It really didn't matter
Na, i just didn't care at all
Could be sitting by the water
Counting every stone
But nothing means nothing
When your empty and on your own

Cause you put something better
Inside of me
You put something better
Inside of me
Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

Well i knew what i was doing
I was running away
Busy going nowhere
Just wasting the time of day
I was walking down the road
Kicking at the stones
Nothing means nothing
When your empty and on your own

Know why?
You put something better inside of me
Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me
You put something better inside of me
Makes me so much stronger
I'm amazed at the change in me

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

Take me home

when i first saw you this strange kind of feeling set my head a-reeling
Like i hit the ceiling.
The same thing happened to me then, baby.
Something kind of crazy and everything went hazy.

Lightning and thunder shook the ground.
And i could feet the whole world turn round underneath me.
I could feet the whole world turn round.

My, have you never been set on fire?
Burning with desire growing higher and higher.
Like on a funny fair big wheel stopping when you are to topping,

The you feel it dropping

Rising and heaven falling down.
And i could feet the whole world turn round underneath me.
I could feet the whole world turn round.

I took my breath as though i've been running.
Quite completely stunning, holy, overcoming.
And in a funny way it seemed frightening.
Tension and a hardening

Thunder and the lightning
And i've grown the singer who wrote that song.
And i could feet the whole world turn round underneath me.

I could feet the whole world turn round when you're near me.
I could feet the whole world turn round.

I could feet the whole world turn round underneath me.
I could feet the whole world turn round when you're near me.
I could feet the whole world turn round.

(rod stewart, ron wood)
Sweatin' hard, i didn't get a shower
All i did was stand around and get too hot
Knowin' all the people walkin' on my side
Losin' all my money and i'm killin' time
Ol' bill he come a-runnin' like he's gettin' some
Makes you kind of jealous but it sure is fun
I don't mind but he wants my lady too

You know the crowd gets bigger
As the word goes 'round
Pool hall king was playin' back in town
Minnesota fats standin' up at the back
Tryin' to hide himself in a plastic mack
You ought to hear the silence
When the kid walks in
His reputation's bigger than gasoline
I don't mind but he's tryin' to fill my lady too, ha ha

Pool hall richard
You're far too wicked we know, ha
Pool hall richard
Kid you're wicked, we know
You broke my heart
Same as you ... could ever do

With your yellow carnation
And your pink satin shoe
You make me jealous, but i worship you
One day soon i'm gonna beat you clean
Wipe that smile right off your chin
Everybody gonna drive from miles around
Cuein' up to see me take away your crown
Then you'll never never ever take my lady then

Get out

Pool hall richard
You're far too wicked we know, ha
Pool hall richard
Kid you're wicked, we know
You broke my heart
Same as you ... could ever do

Dig this

Bam goes the brown, that's another one down
Know they play much better when the sun goes down
Bang goes the green, you're so obscene
Your hands are dirty but your scent is clean

Bam goes the blue, lock away your cue
The pool hall king is hustlin' you
Bam goes the 8-ball, didn't see it spin at all
This kid can play, oh yeah

Bam goes the brown, ooh another one down
Know they play much better when the sun goes down
Bang goes the green, you're so obscene
Your hands are dirty, your scent is clean

Damn the pink, one more to sink
Gonna beat you someday
'cause you're makin' me sick
Down on the black, at the back of the pack
Aw, you nearly missed, you ain't so hot

Pool hall richard
Kid you're wicked, we know
You broke my heart
Same as you ... could ever do

You're breakin' my heart
But you're stealin' my tart, no no no
Shut up

(rod stewart / chen, savigar, cregan, grainger, appice)

Call the girls and dress up fine
Tonight i felt like suicide
Roll them dice and pour the wine
Shuffle them cards and deal them fine
Got nobody to kiss tonight
Nothing to lose but my appetite

Wanna be silly and sing and shout
Gotta get legless and fall about
Turn the music up nice and loud
Cheer me up don't bring me down
Gonna lose my job next week
Getting replaced by a silicone chip

I might have been a hero
But i chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey i'm better off dead

I might have been a hero
But i chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey i'm better off dead

Don't like the scenery don't like the set
Tear it all down and start again
Man keeps talking on the radio
Telling me what i don't wanna know
Radiation wars and layatril
If tax don't get ya then cancer will

I might have been a hero
But i chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey i'm better off dead

I might have been a hero
But i chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey i'm better off dead

Better off dead, better off dead
Better off dead, better off dead

(rod stewart, ron wood, ronnie lane)

I'm flying across the ocean
And i'm soaring back home
To the place i was born and probably raised.
And i'm flying across the mountains and valleys,
Back home to the one that i love so happily.

Can ya' blame me for feeling homesick
'cause i've been away such a very long long time ?
I served a while in the county jail, five years for
For bein' hungry tired and poor, i got worried so.

On and on this i will follow with your buttons and bows.
On and on this i will follow, all alone,
You know i will follow with your buttons and bows,
With your buttons and your bows.
On and on i'm flying across the ocean, going home.

I'm flying across the ocean
Goin' home, hoo hoo

(the rise and fall of a budding gigolo)
(r. stewart, k. savigar, j. davis)

Well i arrived on time
My courduroy suit and me bottle of wine
There were women wall to wall
It's saturday night and i wanted them all
Everyone

Sidled up for a dance
I tried a new step and fell in the plants
I told a joke, about the pope
It wasn't as funny as i would've hoped

Nobody told me she was the daughter
Of the mayor
I was so embarrassed, i just wished the
Ground would swallow me up
Accidentally my elbow hit the record player
The rock 'n' roll stopped
And everybody just stared
(oh no)

Who's gonna take me home
I'm tired and i wanna go to bed
Who's gonna take me home
This party's gone right to my head

I didn't worry, not me
Panic ain't in my vocabulary
Smashed beyond reproach
Suddenly i wanted to take off my clothes

All hell broke loose
I started to take off my trousers and shoes
And so i tried to look cool
I stepped back and fell in the pool

The hostess helped me out
And asked for my dismissal
I said i was sorry, but i've been
Under so much pressure
Just lately, baby
I felt as popular as a russian guided missile
The last thing i remember, i left with a girl
On a motor bike
That weighed three hundred pounds and
What's wrong with that

Who's gonna take me home
I'm tired and i wanna go to bed
Who's gonna take me home
This party's gone right to my head
To my head

I woke up on the floor
Still in my suit and she told me i snored
I never felt so cheap
I had a good laugh at the size of her feet

Holy moses, i don't like this single living
I think i'll find me a nice local girl and
Settle on down, now
With a home and a garden
And a nature quite forgiving
Then again maybe i'll just hang around

Who's gonna take me home
I'm tired and i wanna go to bed, right now
Who's gonna take me home
This party's gone right to my head
To my head
Now who's gonna take me home
Hey brian could you give me a lift 'cos i don't live
Too far from you, boy
Mary c'mon i've known you so long please give
Me a lift home, oh c'mon
Jim oh c'mon boys would you just
Give me a lift home
I don't live too far from here and i'm so tired

(ron wood)

[instrumental]

(ron wood, ronnie lane)

Well i shake and i shudder and i shiver
In my bath while it's cold and my windows are broken,
As my poor dog lays a-chokin' on the floor.

Well i cried to my father and my mother,
There's no justice divine, i wonder when i get mine.
'cause i'm so sick and tired of waitin' for the lord.

I find just what it is i'm looking for

Ooh hoo hoo
Oh yeah

There's a man that wants to show me the river.
Hoofing at five i'll be more dead than alive.
I find a reason to survive when i'm too old.

Should i walk in the lightning and the thunder
On a hilltop so high and show my face to the sky ?
Will i find just what it is i'm looking for ?

I find just what it is i'm looking for
I find just what it is i'm looking for
I find just what it is

(leonard feather, 1946)
[a side of youngblood yb 1077, 1976]

I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the first day that we met
I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the first day that we met
Your love ain't nothing but the blues
Woman, how blue can ya' get ?

You're evil when i'm with ya'
And oh, you're jealous when we're apart
Good god, you're jealous when i'm with ya' honey
And you're evil when we're apart
Your love ain't nothing but the blues
Woman, how blue can ya', can ya' get ?

Oh
You're evil when i'm with ya'

I bought you a brand new car
You said "i want a cadillac"
I bought you a ten-dollar dinner
You said "thank you for the snack"
I let you live in my penthouse
You said "that ain't nothing but a shack"
I gave you seven children
And now you wanna give 'em back !

Oh, i've been downhearted baby
Good god, i've been downhearted since we met
And listen, your love ain't nothing but the blues
Woman, how blue can ya' get ?

Yeah, oh

(william robinson/robert rogers)

Some fellows look at the eyes
Some fellows look at the nose
Some fellows look at the size
Some fellows look at the clothes
I don't care if her eyes are red
I don't care if her nose is long
I don't care if shes underfeed
I don't care if her clothes are wrong
First i look at the purse.

Some fellows like the smiles they wear
Some fellows like the legs that talk
Some fellows like the style of their hair,
They want the waist line to be small.
I don't care if their legs all vein
I don't care if their teeth are big
I don't care if she wears a ring
Why waste time looking at the waist line
Cause first i look at the purse....yeah!

A woman can be as fine as can be
Kisses sweeter than honey
That don't mean a thing to me,
If you ain't got no money, baby.
Cause if the purse is fat, thats where it's at. yeahaa...

Some fellows like the way they walk,
The way they swing and sway.
Some fellows like the way they talk,
If they can talk talk all day.
I don't care if she waddles like a duck or talks with a lisp
I still think i'm in good luck if the dollar bills are crisp
Cause first i look at the purse....yeah yeah

Keep an eye on the money
Womans got to have some fine greenbacks hah
I ain't greedy guys,
Oh i don't wanna work no more

(ronnie wood, rod stewart)

Miss judy she was moody
Owned a sweaty farm in old alabam
I was just 18, crude and mean
All i needed was to get my own way
Get out of my way

Miss judy she could have me
Any hour of the working day
She'd send me in the corn field mid afternoon
Said son its all part of your job

Miss judy had a cross eyed poodle
That i would kick if i was given the chance
Never was amused by the kindness i used
I was whipped in the barn until dawn
It hurt me

Last summer we was restless
Were gonna make a stand and burn down your farm
But it was all in the head
Cause out in the yard
Miss judy had the national guard
We was beaten, before we started

Miss judy she was moody
And she always didn't get her own way
Just state the facts, get it right
Kick her when she's down

(porter)

Every time we say goodbye
I die a little
Every time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little
(why you guys above me
Who must be in the know)
Say so little to me
They allow you to go

When you're near
There's such an air
Of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere
Begin to sing about it
Theres no love song finer
But how strange the change
From major to minor
Every time we say goodbye

When you're near
Theres such an air
Of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere
Begin to sing about it
Theres no love song finer
But how strange the change
From major to minor
Every time you say

Theres no love song finer
But how strange
The change from major to minor
Every time we say goodbye

(rod stewart, steve harley / chen, savigar, cregan, grainger)

How can you say life's getting you down
Get yourself out go along with the crowd
You're all dressed up got nowhere to go
You feel left out cause nobody showed
Listen babe

When you think you're the only one
Who can't find love in this world
Tell yourself there's another one
Who's waiting for you, somewhere

Somebody special is thinking of you
Somebody special is dreaming of you
Somebody special is longing for you
Somebody special, special

Magazine dreams are easy stuff
But heaven knows they ain't good enough
Picture yourself from reel to reel
And get your hands on that driving wheel
And you know what

When it's hard to satisfy
A simple simple fantasy
Somebody somewhere is on your side
Waiting for you, crying

Somebody special, is looking for you
Somebody special, is searching for you
Somebody special, is waiting for you
Somebody special, somebody special

Maybe your heart's tormenting you
Why should it have any reason to
Wipe off that negativity
Put on some positivity

And when you think you're the only one
Who can't find love in this world
Tell yourself there's another one
Who's waiting for you, somewhere

Somebody special, is dreaming of you
Somebody special, is looking for you
Somebody special, is waiting for you
Somebody special, somebody special

(willie dixon)

Well don't you tell nobody
Well don't you tell nobody
Yeah, don't you tell nobody
Baby, what we gone and done

Well, you made me weak and you made me old
You make me do the things that i knew was wrong
You made me jump and then you made me shout
Early in the mornin', then ya' knocked me out

Well don't you tell nobody
Well don't you tell nobody
Yeah, don't you tell nobody
Baby, what we gone and done

Well, don't tell nobody

Well don't you tell nobody
Well don't you tell nobody
Yeah, don't you tell nobody
Baby, what we gone and done

Well, you made me happy then you made me sad
You made me feel good, then you made me bad
You made me jump and then you made me shout
Early in the mornin', then you knocked me out

Don't you tell nobody
Well don't you tell nobody
Yeah, don't you tell nobody
Baby, what we gone and done

Well, don't tell nobody

Well don't you tell nobody
Well don't you tell nobody
Yeah, don't you tell nobody
Baby, what we gone and done

Well, you made me happy then you made me sad
You made me feel good, then you made me bad
You made me jump and then you made me shout
Early in the mornin', then you knocked me out

Well don't you tell nobody
Well don't you tell nobody
Yeah, don't you tell nobody
Baby, what we gone and done, oh yeah

(ronnie lane)
[vocals by ronnie lane]

Thank you kindly for thinking of me
If i'm not smiling i'm just thinking

Glad and sorry, happy or sad.
When all is done and spoken
You're up or i'm down

Can you show me a dream,
Can you show me one that's better than mine
Can you stand it in the cold light of day
Neither can i

Can you show me a dream,
Can you show me one that's better than mine
Can you stand it in the cold light of day
Neither can i

(ian mclagan, ronnie lane)

My mom she likes you
She thinks your swell
Got the makings of a dance hall girl
Your lowcut frock and your birds nest hair
Stepping up heels and the way that you smell
She says to take you back
To see my folks again
On sunday

Why it looks as though theres nobody in
They've all went out to see my auntie renny
Don't you worry you just come right in
I'm sure we'll pass the time til they come home
Well let me take your coat
Take off your shoes, warm your toes
Try the sofa

Its getting dark we'll miss the late night bus
It's only eight but i'm not taking any chances
Whats that noise why'd they come back so soon
Straighten your dress you're really looking a mess
I'll wet my sox pretend we just got caught in the rain
Oh your so rude

I drifted into the notion
That you were looking for me
I told myself that devotion
Would flow from your heart to me

When i looked into your eyes
Still no reflection did i see
Of love light glowing within there
That i hoped there would be

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friend
A hard lesson to learn
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
'times you gonna get burned

I took a chance on emotion
Washing my heart out to see
A single wave on the ocean
You feel so distant from me
And there's a shadow dark upon your smile
A sadness living in your eyes
Storm clouds rolling in an outofdaught
Guess i been living alive

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friend
Hard lesson to learn
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friends
Hard lesson to learn
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned

I drifted into the notion
That you were looking for me
I told myself that devotion
Would flow from your heart to me
But when i looked into your beautiful eyes
Still no reflection did i see
Of love light glowing within there
That i kind o' hoped there would be

And it's a hard lesson to learn my friends
Hard lesson to learn
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned
Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned

Yeah, yeah,yeah
Yeah, yeah oh

Sometimes you gonna get what you want
Sometimes you gonna get burned

(rod stewart / chen, savigar, cregan, grainger)

Look at all the problems
That we've been through
How can you tell me
That there's somebody new
I don't believe that i'm hearing this
I don't really think that you're serious

Well you picked a fine time to hesitate
See it my way i've nothing left
You can take my heart but don't steal my pride
Think it over before i'm pushed aside
And tell me

Say it ain't true
That's all you gotta do, baby
Say it ain't true

Well i thought this one was bound to last
Together forever oh what a laugh
It's going to hurt when i set you free
I've been loving you too long
You're a part of me

So tell me
Say it ain't true, tell me baby
Say it ain't true

Put yourself in my place for a little while
Going out of fashion growing out of style
No one to laugh with nobody to share
No one to lean on nobody to care
Nothing left but a memory
I gave you my heart so stay with me
And tell me

Say it ain't true
Say it ain't true
Tell me baby
Say it ain't true
I love you baby
I love you baby
I just want to do right by you honey
Wouldn't do you no wrong

(ron wood, ronnie lane)

I'm waiting here in patience and i'm waiting all in vain
Will i see you, will i touch you, will i hear you call my name ?
Comin' comin' comin' make
Ten steps to every one step that i take

Nobody comes and nobody goes, no one is happy, and no one has woes.
Everything lasting, ever the same,
Nothing is ending, nothing can change.

The good lord always has been, always will be ever the same.
And confusion mixed with illusion are years only turn again
With one and one hundred names,
Had all the rooms, our key is to change.

Nobody comes and nobody goes, no one is happy and no one has woes,
Everything lasting, nothing can change,
Nothing is ending, ever the same

And nothing the same, it's never the same
Ooh hoo

(ian mclagan, ron wood, rod stewart)

Cell block five, how i hate bromide
With your coffee in the morning makes you so sterile
The corner gang never made a man of me boy

You know the walls are tall and the inmates scheme
There's no one here that's more than seventeen
Bet your life there's a riot tonight in the mess hall
Listen
A letter from your home town makes you sad
You read it when the wardens had a second laugh
He said sentimental rubbish ain't got no place in here boy

See the years roll on by
Such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform
Call out your number
Who's a nonconformer,
Not me baby, oh yeah

Shakey brown didn't hang around
When a molotow didn't do its stuff
You went back in there and said it with a sawed-off shotgun

You know poker sam couldn't lose a hand
If he did you were hit by a downtown tram
Or crushed in the path of a moving elevator, elevator

See the years roll on by
Such a senseless waste of time
What a way to reform
Call out your number
Who's a nonconformer,
Not me baby, oh yeah

When i get out, i'll get straight
If this old world gives me half a break
But, if you see me in the corner with a chip on my shoulder
Don't blame me, don't blame me baby, no, no
Got to make a break for the county line

(rod stewart / savigar, cregan, grainger)

Can i introduce myself
I'm a man of panache and wealth
Sound in mind, body, soul and health
Why i wanna kill my wife
I have the urge to take her life

Been planing for years to get rid of her
Not divorce i really do mean to kill her
She's so full of useless information and trivia
That's why i wanna kill my wife
I have a duty to take her life

Her stupid friends get right up my nose
They all wear annoyingly sensible clothes
They're all so bleeding grandiose,
You know why i should kill her friends
They're all driving mercedes benz.

He'll escape down into mexico
Sell the house and find a nice young girl
He'll laugh and sing and he won't work anymore.

Should i string her up or strangle her in bed
Suffocate that little venomous head
Or perhaps i'll just whip her to death
Listen do me a favor kill my wife

Do it for mankind take her life
Or should i act quite cold and deliberate
Or maybe blow out her brains with a bullet
They'll think suicide they won't know who done it
I'm gonna kill my wife i'm really gonna take her life.

He'll escape down into mexico
Sell the house and find a nice young girl
He'll laugh and sing and he won't work anymore

The moment of truth has come
I'm at the point of no return
I've got my hands locked round her throat
I'm about to kill my wife
Don't stop me now i'm gonna take her life

Too late now i'm gonna kill my wife
Can't help myself i'm gonna take her life

Telephone rang and he woke from his sleep
His wife snoring soundly next to him
It was all a very nasty dream

(rod stewart / chen, savigar, cregan, grainger, appice)

Miss you babe
Miss you babe

She's everywhere i go
She's everything i know
And now i think she's finally
Touched my soul
She's heaven here on earth
Much more than i deserve
And i don't wanna ever let her go
I'm getting used to all her ways
Everything she says
Her smiles, her frowns
Her ups and all her downs

She's every move that i make
She's every breath i take
She's got a hold on me
That i don't wanna break

I mean my girl bring her home to me
My girl can't wait for you to see
My girl means everything to me
My girl my girl

My friends keep coming round
Saying come out on the town
What's wrong, you ain't the guy
We used to know
And i tell them i say
Without her by my side
I'm only half alive
I love her so bad
And i don't care if it shows

I mean my girl
Bring her home to me
My girl, means everything to me
My girl, can't wait for you to see
My girl, my girl, my girl

At last my heart has found a home
This time i know where i belong
I mean my girl
Bring her home to me
My girl, can't wait for you to see
My girl, means everything to me
My girl, i just wanna see
My girl, my girl, my girl,my girl

(rod stewart, ron wood)

Wait a minute honey
I don't think the joke's so too funny, no
I stayed up all night
Checking out the doctor's guide
Wait a minute honey
Stop pretending you're a bunny
Well i might've guessed
You been to see a specialist.

I remember you said
That we gotta keep a breast of time
But obviously you don't know where to draw the line, well
Don't try to tell me it's a-what you been eating
Since when have you been forty-four around (get on with the song, yeah)

Dig this, at the moulin rouge tell you baby, we could knock'em dead
Just sign right here all i need is ten per cent.
Well, now you make me feel like a pimp in the white house
For a senator's daughter you're stealing all the headline news,
All the headline news.

Oh shake me, shake me, shake me up all night long
We all need a laugh and i guess you're just the one
Well you got more front than haig museum
Oh home grown silicone you really got the best of me
You got the best of me

(ronnie lane)

May the smile on your face
Come straight from your heart
Takes a lady like you
To write that for me

To wake up with you
Makes my morning so bright
Wipes the sleep from my eyes
When you tell me your dreams

And it goes on and on
Way beyond and out of reach
It's a well known old secret
Go and tell everyone
Tell everyone

The smile on your face
Comes straight from your heart
If you look you will find
And you wrote that for me

Ooh-hoo-hoo

(rod stewart / chen, savigar, cregan, grainger)

Seems like only yesterday
We were laughing like a couple of kids
Fun we had when first met
Ain't been around much since
Sharing every hour every day
Funny how time slips away
But there's no replacement, baby
When the good times fade away

Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Funny how soon we change
Oh how soon we changed

You remember casey's bar
And maxfields after dark
We were different people then
Inseparable never apart
But now the novelty is wearing thin
We spend most time arguing
It was all so easy then
It'll never be again

Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed

I thought i knew you inside out
But obviously i was wrong
Makes no difference what i say
We just don't get along
Face the facts it can never last
We're driffing apart real fast
I'd gladly give up everything
To start all over again

Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Funny how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Funny how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed
Oh how soon we changed

(jimmy page)

[instrumental]

(ronnie lane)

I close my eyes and ignore all the signs
I'm walking 'round in circles
I've closed my ears and believed my own lies
And break the silence always
I make a lot of words, big storm in the air
All 'round your hair it's blowing
Just leave it be and it will all blow away
The weather's always changing

You can go if you want to
I don't own you, go be wild
Leave my hand, it's wide open, so's the door evermore

It hurts me more to think i'll keep you in chains
Than if you were to leave me.
I am what you are and i'm running too,
All for the open prairie.

So you can go if you want to
I don't own you, go be wild
Leave my hand it's wide open, so's the door forevermore.

(paul mccartney)

All right, here's one you may well know, you may not know it
And if you don't know it, i really don't know where you've been,
So you should know the tune. here we go!
Maybe i'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe i'm afraid of the way i'll leave you
Baby, i'm amazed at the way you fool me all the time
You hung me on a line
Oh baby, i'm amazed at the way i really need you

Baby, i'm a man, oh baby, i'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Baby, i'm a man, oh baby, you're the only woman that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand

Baby, i'm a man, oh baby, i'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand - good god, hoo
Baby, i'm a man, oh baby, you're the only one that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand

Baby, i'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Baby, i'm afraid of the way i'll leave ya'
Baby, i'm amazed at the way you help me sing the song
You right me when i'm wrong
Baby i'm amazed at the way i really need ya'

Baby, i'm a man, oh baby, i'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand
Baby, i'm a man, oh baby, you're the only woman that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand

There you go, heh
Baby i'm amazed, the way i really need you
Alright. just about warming up and getting into it right about here.

(stewart, le mesurier)

On a boulevard in paris
I met a good old friend of mine
"come on over to my place
Bring yourself and a bottle of wine"
So i put on my leathers
And i tried to look my best
But i was apprehensive
I noticed i was the only guest
It was then i witnessed
Something i'd never seen
Some satisfaction
Dancin' alone
Dancin' alone
Listen

There's a white house in georgia
Down the mason-dixon line
They got kentucky derby winners there
They got a lear jet parked outside
Yeah but every friday weekend
When the big tom cat's away
You'll find the plantation shakin'
By the butler and the upstairs maid
Don't need no money, diamonds or cadillacs
To get all the satisfaction dancin' alone
Dancin' alone
Dancin' alone

Don't you worry
'bout the problems of the human race
Get some satisfaction dancin' alone
Dancin' alone baby
Listen to this
At a hot spot in texas
On an endless friday night
I was listenin' to waylon and willie
When a cowgirl passed my sights
And i took a look in the mirror
To make sure that my head was screwed on
I was feeling rejected
But i wasn't going home
In a moment of a rash decision
I threw myself right on the floor
I did a backflip and somersault
Yeah, the crowd called for more
So if you're tired of watching
Being left on the shelf
Get your satisfaction dancin' alone
Dancin' alone, dancin' alone
Dancin' alone, dancin' alone
Dancin' alone baby

(stewart, le mesurier)

You come to me with open arms
Trying to rectify my charms
You say tonight i'm to be your lover
And by the morning light i'm to discover
Everything that you've held inside of you
What's a man like me supposed to do
Sweet oh sweet surrender
Sweet, sweet surrender

You tell me that you're lonely and you're sad
And tonight i'm to be your only man
You wear those things that turn my head
You ruffle my ego but not my bed
Seems like summer when you're close at hand
If i seem eager then you'll understand
Sweet, sweet surrender
Sweet, sweet surrender

Heart is tired and full of doubt
Now you've sucked me in don't spit me out
Lay your head down next to mine
And in each others arms we'll entwine
Look me straight in the eyes and tell me
Between your heart and mind i see
Sweet oh sweet surrender
Sweet, sweet surrender
Surrender

(ron wood/rod stewart)

Too bad we was thrown downstairs
You never got a chance to sing
We were quite polite
With one invite
To keep us off the streeet
We mingled for a minute or two
With the high class clientele
And then somebody said who invited them
Them that crowd of refugees

What an insult to be shown the door
Before we could shake a leg
I was most intrigued by the colored queen
Bleeding on the kitchen door
Then i was ushered with my friends
By the butler who was twelve feet tall
Well let me please explain
That were not to blame
We just don't have the right accent
No, no

All we wanted to do was to socialize
Oh you know its a shame
I was always getting the pain

All we wanted to do was to socialize
Oh you know its a shame
How we always get the blame

Twenty girls, damp hotels
Is where i'm gonna stay
Cause now i see what it's all about
I didn't at the old school side
Don't worry we had more fun
Waiting for the all night bus
Too bad my regional tongue
Gave us away again

(stewart, taupin, cregan, savigar)

It's a common misconception
About a man's role in this world
A provider and survivor and
A winner who must never fail
But oh how he needs a woman
To reassure and give him strength
Through the darkest nights
And the hardest fights
When there's no other corner left
When the world outside is threatening
And all his dreams have been destroyed
Take him in your arms watch all his guards
Melt like a little boy

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you really care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied

And he may not find it easy
To say what's on his mind
When he's full of doubt
Say "we'll work it out"
God knows how hard he's trying
And he may never buy you roses
And forget to notice your hair
But as long as he says "i love you my dear"
That's all you need to hear

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll aways care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied

And they say the heart's a hunter
But it's truth you can't deny
He may never be everything you want
But for you he'd lay down and die
So friday night when the phone rings
And he's stuck in a downtown bar
Roll away the stone
Cause the last mile home
Is the longest mile of them all

Tell him you really need him
Tell him you'll always care
Tell him you'll never leave him
He'll be satisfied
Tell him you really want him
Tell him you understand
And tell him that you love him
He'll be satisfied

(j. rod)

I don't know much about love people,
But i sure think i've got it bad.
I don't know too much about love people,
But i sure think i've got it bad.
Some people say love is just a gamble,
But whatever it is, it's about to drive poor me mad.
Yes it is.

I'm sittin' here in my lonely room,
Tears flowin' all down my eyes.
Come on baby.
As i'm sittin' here, sittin' here, sittin' here in my lonely room,
You know the tears flowin' all down my god-darn eyes.
I wonder how you could treat me so low down and dirty, ha-ha,
You know what? your heart must be made out of iron.
And it ain't no lie. come on baby.

Don't you worry!
Oww! oh yeah!

Over here!
Sometime, i get so worried,
You know i could sit down and cry, ha-ha-ha, yea!
Dig this!
You know sometime i get so worried people,
You know, and only you know, i could sit down and cry.
And it ain't no lie.
Because, i don't know too much about love people,
But i,
But i,
Oww sure think i've got it bad.

Released on cd single have i told you lately, 1993
Cecil womack, linda womack

Love wars, love wars
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
But its taking me under
Since you're not here, oh baby
Its better when its harder to get
But this hide and go seek
Well it's making me weep, yeah
(oh we call over now baby)
I promise you to stop boxing you round
So don't scratch my face now
At the end of the eight
We need to get our act together
Take it off the street
Bring it on home and drop them guns on the floor
Stop them
Love wars (no, we don't need no)
Love wars, ha

Talks we had just don't change a thing
They only bring rain
On top of pain, it's hurts me
Flashbacks and uncover tracks
From when you left me
With my best friend,
Oh you left me all alone baby
(so sorry babe) hurts so bad
We need to get our act together
Take it off the street
Bring it on home and drop them guns on the floor
Make love in peace
And baby never cheat
Vow to be strong and let the band roll on
No more love wars (we don't need no)
Love wars
Love wars we don't want no
Love wars (i don't want no)
Love wars
We don't need no love wars
Get it off the street (love wars)
We don't need no (no more, no more)
Love wars

Absence makes the heart grow fonder
But its taking me under
Since you're not here, oh baby (oh baby)
I remember losing my head
And calling you things
Like dirty names oh i had ( ) enough (yes you did, boy)
We need to get our act together
And get if off the street
Bring it on home and drop them guns on the floor, yeah
Make love in peace
And baby ever cheat
Vow to be strong and let the band roll on
Stop them
Love wars (we don't need no)
Love wars
Love wars, we don't need no
Love wars (i don't want no love wars)
I don't need no, need no (love wars, i don't want no)
Love wars (talk to me, boy)
Love wars, ha
(wanna talk about it)
There'll be nothing for us ( ) between
(talk to me we don't need we don't want no)

(ron wood, rod stewart, ian mclagan, 1973)

Take me like you find me
Don't try to change me
You know better than that
Take me as you see me
Don't try to hide me
I ain't used to that
Shout it out loud
Put a bomb in a crowd
If i got something to say
There's nothing that can stop me
I can't let it lay

If i have to fall on my head
Every night of the week
It's gonna be my fault,
No one else
If everything goes wrong
When i'm singing my song
It's gonna be my fault
And no one else
There ain't nothing you can do about it
I've sat and thought it over,
Don't try to help me
I was just born this way,
Yes i was born this way
I ain't gonna change for nobody,
Never, never gonna change

So if everything goes wrong
And i drink all night
It's gonna be my fault
And no one else
People don't change just over night
It ain't natural, so don't
Break it kindly,
Don't hypnotize me
I just won't understand
Take me like you find me
Don't try to change me
You know better than that
Oh don't you know better than that
Oh don't you know better than that
Say i'm just a fool, that's alright
Never try to change me
Or rearrange me, oh yeah

Released on cd single have i told you lately, 1993
(michael been)

Here's to the babies in a brandnew world
Here's to the beauty and the stars
Here's to the travellers on open road
Here's to the dreamers in the bars
Here's to the teachers in the crowded rooms
Here's to the workers in the field
Here's to the preachers of the sacred world
Here's to the drivers on the wheel
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin, (let) the day begin, ha

Here's to the winners of the human race
Here's to the losers in the game
Here's to the soldiers of the bitter war
Here's to the war that bears their name
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin, the day begin, the day ( )

Here's to the doctors in the healing world
Here's to the loved ones in their care
Here's to the strangers on the streets tonight
Here's to the lonely everywhere
Here's to the wisdom from ( )
Here's to the lions in their cage
Here's to the struggle of the ( )
Here's to the clothing of the age

Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin, the day begin

Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin, let the day begin, let the day, oh yeah
Now let the day begin, oh yeah
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin, let the day begin, let the day, ( )
Oh yeah

Yeah
Come on
Come on

(stewart)

Hey pal, let me lean on you and talk awhile
Your planes been delayed by the rain
Or something
I wouldn't even fly away
If i had one good reason to stay
But you said
If you don't need my love
I'm gonna find someone who does
And i'm not hanging around
This old heart is far to proud

She got tired of me
Staying out late everynight
I'd fall up the stair
Thought she'd always be there
But suddenly i'm alone
And i'm not accustomed to sleeping alone

She said if you don't need my love
I'm gonna find someone who does
You've stripped me of everything
And you've torn down all my dreams

Its been two long weeks
Since shes been gone
Thought i had her in the palm of my hands
She said i'm through, don't try to call me
Cause you won't even find me
Cause if you don't need my love
I'm going to find someone who does
And the heartache you've give me
You'll get it back just wait and see

Well, well, well, well
I'd give anything to hold her in my bed again
I just wanna feel her breath on my back
She said my blood can't give her love
No way

She said if you don't need my love
I'm gonna find someone who does
And i'm gonna take our child
Cause i don't want him running wild

Hey pal, i think they just called out your flight
Put down your glass don't forget your boarding pass
And if your looking or you found love
Or sunshine thats enough
Don't play hard to get
Cause that ain't where its at
Give her all your love
Place her high above

I missed you baby
I missed you baby
Yea i missed

Baby take me
With steampacket
[produced by giorgio gomelsky, 1965]

[rod stewart, long john baldry, julie driscoll, all]

Baby take me
And if you want a love that can't be beat
Baby take me
And if you want a love that's oh so sweet
Baby take me

I can't get you off of my mind
Think about you all of the time
Don't you know you know my heart
All you gotta do is make a start

And if you want a love that can't be beat
Baby take me
And if you want a love that's oh so sweet
Baby take me

There's nothing i wouldn't do
Give me a chance to prove it to you
I would treat you oh so good
'cause i love you like i should

And if you want a love that can't be beat
Baby take me
And if you want a love that's oh so sweet
Baby take me

If you want a love that's true
That's what i'm offering you
It will be forever
We will part never
Baby can't you see
You're the one for me, oh

If you want a love that can't be beat
And if you want a love that can't be beat
And if you want a love that can't be beat
Baby take me

I can't get you off of my mind
Think about you all of the time
I want you all by myself
And i want some on no one else

And if you want a love that can't be beat
Baby take me
And if you want a love that's oh so sweet
Baby take me
And if you want a love that can't be beat
And if you want a love that can't be beat
And if you want a love that can't be beat
Baby take me
Baby take me