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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 ...

(traditional/arranged by a. jeffrey)

[instrumental]

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, 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

(stewart)

By the time i was home
I was feeling bad
Never the less i go mine
Straight out of bed
I was feeling my head
But i'm
So, tired i just got to get home
So, tired i just got to get home

Surely its time
You should face the facts
I'm not the one that you need
I don't need to feed you
Or need you or lead you im
So, tired i just want to get home
So, tired i just wanna get home

I've never been one
For just putting around
Keep it in my trousers all night
Surely i'm right
When you stay out all night
And i'm
So, tired i just wanna go home
So, tired i just wanna, wanna,
Wanna go home

And you know that your
Out of your depth my dear
When you take home
Someone like me
Its been such a long time
I can hardly stay out
And i'm
So, tired i just wanna go home
So, tired i just wanna go home
So, tired i just wanna go home
And i'm so

(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

(chuck berry)

Long distance information
Give me memphis tennesee
Help me find the party
Trying to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number
But i know what place to call
Because my uncle took the message
And he wrote it on the wall

Help me information
Get in touch with my marie
Shes the only one who'd phone me here
From memphis tennesee
Her house is on the south side
High upon the ridge
Just about a half a mile
From the mississippi bridge

Last time i saw marie
She was waving me goodbye
With hurry home drops on her cheeks
That trickeled from her eye
Marie is only six years old
Information please
Try to put me through to her
In memphis tennesee

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

(beck, stewart, wood)

I used to work and take a salary
In a hole up near a foundry
But it did not take me too long
To get my boots on a "so long!"
Long spanish boots on a "so long!"

I took a day job in bethlehem
I nearly threw in the towel then
But it did not take me too long
To get my boots on a "so long!"
High spanish boots on a "so long!"
Dig it

I took a spanish haberdashery
Restored with 15th century tapestry
But oh, mr. nesbitt got the best of me
So i strapped on my boots and said "so long!"
Laced up my high boots and "so long!"
Goodbye

... am on a job you see
'cause my old boots they mean too much to me
Leather boots are just a mystery
Put on my boots and said "so long!"
High spanish boots on and "so long!"
Put on my boots and said "so long!"

Those old spanish boots
Put on my boots and said "so long!"
High spanish boots

(rod stewart, ronnie lane, 1973)
[vocals by ronnie lane]

Last night i was woken by my cry
Had a dream just as plain as you and i
Saw the morning sun on a woodland in the spring
Still hear the echo crashing through the trees
Oh when i saw you down i fell upon my knees
You and i we were wearing southern grey
I called to you, but i used another name
I beat the ground and i cried out in your pain
But through a scarlet door i watched you slipping away
And your brothers' helpless prayers were all in vain
Last night i was woken by my cry

(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

(hopkins, wood, stewart)

I've woken up on mornings such as this
And thought exactly the same as i'm thinking now
Every night for a year i've slept alone
My cold damp room looks worse than me.

I got a fear of death that creeps on every night
I know i won't die soon but then again i might
Just like water down the drain i'm wasting away
And oh, doctors can't help. a ghost of a man, that's me.

I'm going far
Ah, ah, ah

And oh, water down the drain flows to the sea
The pattern of my life keeps a-hauntin' me
Like moisture from the ocean fills the sky
Comes on down to the ground as time goes by.

Ah, ah, ah
Please don't weep for me when i'm gone
Ah, ah, ah

I got a fear of death that creeps on every night
I know i won't die soon but then again i might
Please don't weep for me when i'm gone
Ah, ah, ah
A fear of death that creeps on every night

(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

(leiber, stoller)

The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there, and they began to wail
The band began to-jumping, they began to swing
You should have heard the knock down jailbird sing
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Oh everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock

Number forty-seven said to number three
You're the cutest jailbird i ever did see
I sure would be delighted with your company
So come and do the jailhouse rock with me
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Oh everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock, yeah!

Spider murphy played on the tenor saxophone
Little joe was blowin' on a slide trombone
Drummer boy from illinois was crash-a-bam boomin'
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock

Listen
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock, yeah!

Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

C'mon
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse ...

(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)

Sit right down if you can spare me a minute
I got a tale thats bound to break your heart
Concerns my brother who's thin and played violin
Got it in his head that an iq is all you need

He went his way i couldn't discover mine
I didn't worry if i ever saw him again
He's made a profit while i don't even own a pocket
And the last i heard he was sitting at the top of the tree
Wait a minute

Late last night reading my underground press
Came a knock on the door thought it was the third world war
Lord above i did not recognize him
I said have a cup of coke here maybe thats all you need
He said the smell of the city
Kid it's trying to kill me
My eyes are getting muddy
Christ i'm aging fast
My kind of music i knew it wasn't gonna to be simple
But have a quick listen kid maybe thats all you need

Don't stop you make me feel much better
Tell me my brother do you think that's all i need
Yea yea

Don't it make you happy
Well, well, well, well, well

That's all you need
That's all you need
That's all you need
That's all you need
(repeat and fade)

(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)

Released on cd single reason to believe, 1993
(s. climie, b. burnette, d. morgan)

Been hurt before, lost many wars
And you realize the danger you're in
You given your heart to make a new start
You're taking a chance you'll get hurt again

Don't be afraid, it don't have to be that way
Remember, that, love, love in the right hands
Is like sunlight burning through in the morning sky
I said, love, love in the right hands
Is such a powerful thing so put your hands in mine

I'll be there for you, i'll help you get through
When the pressures of this will surround you
You know it will rain but ( ) from the pain
You'll find shelter in my arms around you

But don't be afraid, you gotta have faith in me
Remember, i said, love, love in the right hands
Is like sunlight burning through in the morning sky
I said, love, love in the right hands
Is such a powerful thing so put your hands in mine

And i will always try
I promise you i'll never let you down
Will ever make you cry inside my heart
We'll always be together, i'll be true to you forever
All of my live

And i will always try
I promise you i'll never let you down
Will ever make you cry inside my heart
We'll always be together, i'll be true to you forever
All of my live

Love in the right hands
Like sunlight burning through in the morning sky
I said, love, love in the right hands
Such a powerful thing so put your hands in mine
Love, love in the right hands
Like sunlight burning through in the morning sky
I said, love, love in the right hands
Is such a powerful thing so put your hands in mine

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

(maborn)

[b side of columbia db 7892, 1966]
Well, i know y'all look as if you need some

But i just got some
I surely got some
The doctor prescribed some
I surely need some
Have to, have to have some, baby
Oh, i just went out and got some

My pockets ain't jinglin' and i'm gettin' fat
You know you can't hide it, i know where it's at
My pockets are as heavy as a chunk of lead
I just got a taste of her meat and veg

I had to have some
Sure did need some
Doctor prescribed some
Had to, had to, had to have some baby
Y'all know i look as if i need some
Oh, i just went out and got some, oh

Yeah

You would not help me when you really could
But right now baby, you can't do me no good
Cause i just got some
Had to, had to, have some
Doctor prescribed some
Had to, had to, had to have some baby
Y'all know i look as if i need some
Oh, i just went out and got some, oh

Yeah

You would not help me when you really could
But right now baby, you can't do me no good
Cause i just got some
Had to, had to, have some
Doctor prescribed some
You all know i look as if i need some

I just got some
Had to had to have some, baby, oh
I just got some
Everybody knows that i need some
The doctor even prescribed me some
Oh, yeah

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