Force It

High flyers, wailing birds
I'm so far out to sea
Ships are passing every night
Oh, all my boyish dreams

* and your every melody
With the sea tides tossin' free
Never, never holdin' back
Rock and rollers drift by

(instrumental)

Turn to summer, goes so fast
Seems i'll never see you
One weekend and a photograph
Oh, all my boyish dreams

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Try to make some changes really on the line
Given your religion, never ever time
All the jokers laughing, queens upon the floor
Mothers understand it, baby needs some more

Head held up to ransom, by a quick hand and a gun
Just your education, hard to understand
Will the teenage legend make a mark on you
Make a big time status, with a pen we'll stab it through

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Mother mary could you ever really feel the same
And would you try to understand a wild colonial boy

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Was a fast tough woman loved to play the clown
You won't do nothin' about it
Break a good boy's resistance down
Know she's got a pistol
Laid it down on me
She said shoot, shoot, shoot it boy
You gotta shoot it for me
Convinced me that she was worth it
Never knew i was her kill
And two 45's would do the trick and pay the bills

*know she's got a pistol
Laid it down on me
And she said shoot, shoot, shoot it boy
You gotta shoot it for me

** i've really got to get a fast ride out of here
Gotta get a fast ride out of here
Gotta get a fast ride out of here
Gotta get a fast ride out of here now

--solo--

Holding out in my hotel room police they finally come
Had her as the prosecution, and my prints upon the gun

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Saturday night, we're all on the lookout for some thrills
Try to catch the band's last song
Backstage pass really showin' out
Feel that's where i belong

Sittin' down with all the big stars at the bar
I really have a rock vocation
From monopedemania to schizophrenia
Rise to any situation

* of old lost love, where will you go
When the show is over
Nobody wants to know

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We need to feel

Something that's real
'cause you're losin' from the start
So be careful with your heart

--solo--

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Partners in the next bed and they're dancing cheek to cheek
Can't understand their highbrow conversation
Yes, you're pretty, who needs a pretty face
With a hot lips reputation

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* in a dance band competition fox-trotting with my girl
Dance, dance, dance all night
Dance your life away
High geared razzle dazzle, recession is the trouble
Dance, dance, dance all night
Dance your life away

Thirty hours on the floor and twenty partners left
Dance, dance, dance all night
Dance your life away
Feel so tired it must be a week
Nearly on my knees
Dance, dance, dance all night
Dance your life away

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California, you always seem to have the sun
But i never really got near to it
And you try your hand at anything you know
Just to try and earn a dollar

--solo--

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