Vol. 2-best Of Rod Stewart

(g. goffin / c. king / j. wexler)

Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel so uninspired
But when i knew i had to face another long, long day
Girl i used to feel so tired

Before the day i met you
Life had been so unkind
But you're the key to my peace of mind
'cause you made me feel, you made me feel
You made me feel like a natural man

When my soul was in the lost and found
You came along to claim it
I didn't know, i didn't know just what was wrong with me
Till your kiss helped me to name it
Now i'm no longer doubtful of what i'm living for
But if i make you happy i don't need to do more
'cause you made me feel, you made me feel
You made me feel like a natural man

Oo baby, baby look what you have done to me
Can't you see that you made me feel so good inside
Don't you know that i just want to be
Close to you, you made me feel so alive
'cause you made me feel, you made me feel
You made me feel like a natural man

Baby i ain't doubtful of what i'm living for
But if i make you happy i don't need to do more
'cause you made me feel, you made me feel
Well you made me feel like a natural man

(sam cooke)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(rod stewart)

North winds have made my face a little older
And my back is bent through trying too hard
My vest is torn so i make no perfect picture
To place upon your white-washed wall
I'd like to stay but you have not asked me
Still i don't really expect you to
Dusty boots would shame you now lady day
Are we really that far apart
I wish the world could see you now lady day
Laughing down at your oldest friend
The one who shared just about all he had
In a one-sided love affair
I get scared when i remember too much

Wasted time i suppose you could say that
Strange it don't seem that way to me
But wait a minute
I don't even think you're listening
Just let me tell you how i really feel
I've seen the inside of your heart lady day
When you wanted to be shown the way
I loved you then as i love ya now girl

(h. vanda / g. young)

My mama 'n' papa told me son that you're just a fool
When i told 'em i was leaving home i was leaving school
So then in a couple of hours i found myself
Heading down that southbound road
With everything i owned on my back
I carried such a heavy load

And it's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel down the line
And it's a hard, hard road down the line

Well i wanna tell ya friends
That it's good to be a traveling man
'cause i'm doing what i want to
Living just the best that i can
Nobody putting rings around my neck
To put me in a pigeon hole
I've got my dog and my radio
To listen to some rock 'n' roll

And it's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel down the line
And it's a hard, hard road down the line

(rod stewart / ron wood)

I've got two and more to show
I was dreaming of a mobile
That couldn't be mine not without lyin'
Was i feeling kind a silly
When i stepped in soakin' beer down the cola machine
Oh, stayin' seventeen
Well she claimed she was a killer
And she owned a flood lit villa
A little aways from the main highway
Oh take me way down yonder

She was tall, thin and tarty
And she drove a maserati
Faster than sound
I was heaven bound
Although i must have looked a creep
In my army surplus jeep
Was i being too bold
Before the night could get old
No, no, no, no
She proved me so wrong

Oh the italian girls sometimes hold their religious habits
In front of your eyes, just to get you tied
Ah but not my little bella

(rod stewart)

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

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

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

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

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

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

(steve marriott, ron lane)

I've been told it's just a matter of time
Before you meet someone who opens your eyes
But time's on my side so nevertheless
I know the pain of too much happiness

Chorus:
It's all part of my way of giving
And i'm giving it all to you
More than love it's a way of living
And what more would you have me do

Although i'm not a guy that means to hurt
And if at times it seems our love won't work
I tell you honey, you must surely realize
See all confusion in my cloudy eyes

(chorus)

Although i'm not a guy that means to hurt
And if at times it seems our love won't work
I tell you honey you must surely realize
See all confusion in my cloudy eyes

(chorus)

(tim hardin)

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

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

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

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

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

(rod stewart)

I was born and raised the only son of a lawyer
Till i was approximately the age of four or perhaps five
I lost both my mother and my father
Killed in a fire way up on the fourteenth floor
Struck down by the time i was ten by an illness
Which robbed me of the sight of the morning sun
And that ain't all

A homeless child for the next five years
With my dog clown by my side and my only friend
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I fought my way through school
Sound and touch the thing on which i could depend
And you know what the, the, the kids
Down my street weren't too playful
And right then it seemed like the whole world picked on me
And ah yeah

I worked my fingers to the bone
Stretchin' hide for a boot man in jersey town
But then, but then i lost the last thing i had
When fate reared its ugly head and took my dog clown
I wandered way up north found a girl that loved like a woman
Sixteen years old and felt like a woman
But, but, but, but, but what i'm trying to say is
God please don't take her away from me

I lost everything that i ever had
You kicked my name into the dirt
Tread my name into the dirt yeah

I lost everything that i ever had
You kicked my name into the dirt
What could i do

I never knew how much love could hurt me
But it never ever come my way before
No, no, no, no, no
I never knew how much love could hurt me
Good god it ain't never come my way before
Oh but, but you know what i'm trying to say
Really what i'm trying to say is
God please don't take her away from me

Ah turn it down

I lost everything that i ever had
You kicked my name into the dirt

You got a lotta lotta lost everything
That i ever had ever had

(sam cooke)

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

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

Feel much better

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

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

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