Backless (24k Gold Disc)

By eric clapton

He gave to you a golden ring;
It made you happy, it made you sing.
And i played for you on my guitar;
It didn't last long, we didn't go far.

And though the times have changed,
We're rearranged.
Will the ties that bind remain the same?

You came around after a while;
Everyone said that i made you smile.
It all went well, and suddenly then
You heard that he would marry again.

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Well i know that i have been here before;
I've trod on your wings, i've opened the door.
If i gave to you a golden ring
Would i make you happy, would i make you sing?

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By danny flowers

Well, i left oklahoma
Driving in a pontiac,
Just about to lose my mind.
I was going to arizona,
Maybe on to california
Where people all live so fine.

My mother says i'm crazy,
My baby calls me lazy,
But i'm gonna show them all this time
'cause you know i ain't no fool and
i don't need no more damn schoolin'.
I was born to just walk the line.

Living on tulsa time.
Living on tulsa time.
Gonna set my watch back to it
'cause you know that i've been through it.
Living on tulsa time.

So there i was in hollywood,
Thinking i was doing good,
Talking on the telephone line.
They don't want me in the movies
And nobody sings my songs;
My mama says my baby's doing fine.

So then i started winking,
Then i started thinking
That i really had a flash this time.
That i had no bussiness leaving,
And nobody would be grieving;
You see i'm on tulsa time.

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By eric clapton

Tell me that you love me as often as you can;
Let me know that i'm your one and only man.
Give me confirmation with every passing day.
A love as sweet as ours will never fade away.

Catch me when i'm falling, help me when i'm blue.
Don't you realize that i'd do the same for you?
Find me when i'm lonely, carry me back home.
Treat me gently and my heart will never roam.

Straighten me out, pull me through,
Let me know that i'm still in love with you.
Be my woman, be my friend,
Stick with me until the very end.

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When a girl reach the age of 18
She begins to think she's grown,
And hat's the kind of little girl
You can never find at home.

Come and see me early in the morning,
Just about the break of day.
Want to see me hug my pillow
Where my baby used to lay?

One drink of wine,
Two drinks of gin.
Pretty young got me
In the shape i'm in.

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I pass by the juke joint,
Look through the door.
She's doing the boogie-woogie
In the middle of the floor.

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By eric clapton

Now my friend bill was just a working lad
And he liked to have his fun.
He'd like to find a girl and get comfortable
When his working day was done.

He would spend all his money on a friday night,
Wake up in the morning broke,
But he had a run in with little lucy then;
Believe me that ain't no joke.

Watch out for lucy,
Though she may look frail.
Say excuse me, lucy,
Darling don't you use me;
I don't want to land in jail.

She started out working in a cafe,
Picking money up on the side.
She was free and easy, everybody's friend,
But she couldn't be satisfied.

So now in walks bill with his cash in his hand,
His heart upon his sleeve.
We tried to warn him about her ways,
We never did succeed.

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Well, the trap was sprung for poor old bill;
You should have heard little lucy sing
"i want a cadillac car, a beautiful home,
And a thousand dollar ring."

They found our hero in the gutter
With a diamond ring and a gun.
He'd done it for the love of lucy
And ended up on the run.

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