Shinin' On

Don't really want to fall out of love,
And baby i need a lovin' shove,
To get back in, lord, to get back in.
To get back in once again, baby.


Oooo, baby when times are good,
You know they couldn't get no better if they tried to.
But there's a question standing where i stood,
You know you act just like the person that's been lied to.


You ain't been treatin' me like you know you should,
There's been a change in your way.
Remember what it's like when love is good,
And remember the chorus 'cause i wrote it for us.


Don't really want to fall out of love,
And baby i need a lovin' shove,
To get back in, oh, to get back in.
To get back in once again.


You know i love that girl with all my heart,
And, like wine, with age it gets better.
But i don't like trouble, and when trouble starts,
It's the times i wish i could forget her.


If you give 'em an inch, boy, then they'll take a mile,
And gettin' it back's so hard to do.
They'll take advantage of your gentle style,
But you've got to forgive them, 'cause you're tryin' to live with them.


Woah ... woah
Woah, woah ... woah
To get back in, to get back in, to get back in once again.
To get back in, to get back in, to get back in once again, babe.


To get back in ...

We are winners and losers, bed fellow choosers,
Put here to pass by the times.
We are space-age sailors, all had our failures,
Now everybody gonna' shine.


Keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin' on.


See the fire within them burnin',
Touch the fire make me feel so fine.
Keep the fire within you livin'
Everybody gonna' shine, shine, shine.


Keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', shinin' on.
Keep it shinin' on.


Shinin' on.
Shinin' on.


What?
Well, alright.


Keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', shinin' on.
Keep it shinin' on.


Keep it shinin' on, shinin' on, shinin' on.


Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on.
(and so on, in rounds)

Oh, i'm gonna tell you a story 'bout a little boy.
Oh, a sad little boy.
I'm talkin' 'bout little johnny hooker.


Little johnny hooker was a sissy on the street all his life --
All his natural born life.
Until his daddy took him aside and said,
"son, now here's your switchblade knife boy."


He said "get out in the street boy,
Cut yourself some meat boy.
Get out on your own side of the road,
And lighten my load."


Johnny made a mistake and took his knife down to school one day.
Hey, yeah, yeah.
And, when the bell rang for lunch.
Freddie miller went and got in johnny's way boy.
He took his knife from his pocket, pushed a button on the side.
When he seen the queen steel,
You ought to seen the light in freddy's eyes.


Oh, yeah ...


Little johnny hooker learned his lesson from the knife now you see,
(yes he did.)
Because for what he done to fred he spent some time in a penitentiary.
It was a day in the courtroom, exhibit letter "a."
When the jury seen the knife they put little johnny's ass away.


Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Talkin' 'bout jooohhhnnny.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Oh, little johnny boy.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Talkin' 'bout jooohhhnnny.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Oh, little johnny boy.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
He was a young boy,
He's thinkin' the rest of his life,
For what he done with the knife.
Talkin' 'bout jooohhhnnny.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Jooohhhnnny.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Little johnny hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Jooohhhnnny.
(repeat to fade)

Hey, mr. pretty boy ...,
You sure been lookin' good. yeah.
Said, mr. pretty boy ...,
You lookin' like you should. mmmmm ...
Until you took the bottle and turned it up,
You didn't want to quit 'til you drank up all of that stuff.
Now, mr. pretty boy ...,
Now you don't look so good. no, noooo ...


Ahhhhhhh ... oh.
Mr. pretty boy ....


Sitting in the parlour,
You entertain your guests. mmmmm ...
Mr. pretty boy ....
That's what you do the best. that's what you do.
Until you told the butler to bring another round,
And no one else was drinkin' but you went and sucked them all down.
Now, mr. pretty boy ...,
Now you don't look so good. no ... you don't


Ahhhhhhh ... oh.
Mr. pretty boy ...,
Ahhhhhhh ... oh.
Mr. pretty boy ...,
Mist ... mr. pretty boy ...