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"Do it on the microphone, thank you, Gerald" (you have to turn it up way loud to hear this)
Sitting here is really bringing me down I think I'll get up and go downtown Have a drink and maybe look up a friend To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end. Look in my pockets to see what I've got I count my money, I don't have a lot The situation is always the same I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane. Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues. About a year ago, I knocked on this door I asked my friend if I could sleep on the floor He took me in, said I was welcome to stay I told him then that I was going to pay him back someday. He took me in and all he asked was a song It didn't sound me when I knew it was wrong It got so bad that we were drunk every night And I'd pretend that come tomorrow night things would be alright. Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues. Sitting here is really bringing me down I think I'll get up and go downtown Have a drink and maybe look up a friend To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end. Look in my pockets to see what I've got I count my money, I don't have a lot The situation is always the same I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane. Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues. Electric Guitar: Roger Brown Keyboards: Tom Parker Bass: Gary Taylor Drums: Henry Spinetti Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan |
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| 3:42 |
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Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true?
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me? Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to? Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright? Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I? Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I? When I was way down, taking the long way 'round There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in me? Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I? Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I? Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I? Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I? Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you true? Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me? Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to? Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright? Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I? Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I? ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By GERRY RAFFERTY <i>Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group</i> |
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| 2:45 |
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Mr. Universe, can you help me please?
I'm only seven stone two When I'm on the beach, the girls stay out of reach They all want someone like you. You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face. Mr. Universe, you know it's getting worse I need your seven-day plan I'm thinner every day, before I waste away I need a muscle-bound man. You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face. You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face. Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty Electric Guitar: Alan Parker Keyboards: Tom Parker Bass: Gary Taylor Drums: Henry Spinetti Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan Mystery Voices: Rab Noakes / Hugh Murphy |
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| 2:35 |
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Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again Go to sleep tonight, dream of days When you had something there to light the way. Remember a holiday in a north-of-England town You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown. Mary Skeffington, when you wake You mustn't be afraid to face another day Think of what you have, you'll get by You've always been a lady so hold your head up high. Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your life Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife. Mary Skeffington, close your eyes And make believe that you are just a girl again Go to sleep tonight, dream of days When you had something there to light the way. Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Rab Noakes Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty Backing Vocals: Rab Noakes |
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| 2:00 |
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Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
Can I have my money back, please sir? I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin' Can I have my money back, money back, money back? Can I have my money back, please sir? Went to the movies and the movie broke down The picture on the screen was going ‘round and ‘round I'd spent all I had getting in to see the show So I walked up to the man and I said I'd like to go. Can I have my money back, money back, money back? Can I have my money back, please sir? I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin' Can I have my money back, money back, money back? Can I have my money back, please sir? I heard a preacher man say his way was the best So I took up his religion and forgot about the rest Then I heard another one calling out my name I went and took a closer look, he was just the same. Can I have my money back, money back, money back? Can I have my money back, please sir? I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin' Can I have my money back, money back, money back? Can I have my money back, please sir? Listen to the lies from the politician man Saying that we live in a democratic land One land for the rich, another for the poor And if you try to change it, they'll nail you to the floor. Can I have my money back, money back, money back? Can I have my money back, please sir? I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin' Can I have my money back, money back, money back? Can I have my money back, please sir? Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Raffery / Roger Brown Bass: Gary Taylor Drums: Henry Spinetti Whistle: Tom Parker Fiddle: John Van Derrick Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan |
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| 2:35 |
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Playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?' ‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boy Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah Sign on the dotted line It's going to work out fine'. Get on the phone (Played in Hamburg just to make me some money) She says ‘I need some money back home' (Played the ?? but never got honey) Big money man says (Big fat money man, he wrote me a letter) ‘Don't you worry boy, you're not on your own' (‘Don't you worry boy, it's got to get better') ‘If I'm going to make you a star, boy Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah Sign on the dotted line It's going to work out fine'. I could have stayed at home forever But big money man was much too clever He said ‘Sign on the dotted line It's going to work out fine'. Back playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar Big money man says ‘Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band?' ‘But if I'm going to make you a star, boy Get myself a chauffer-driven car, yeah Sign on the dotted line It's going to work out fine'. Written By: Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan Electric Guitar: Alan Parker Keyboards: Tom Parker Drums: Henry Spinetti Steel Guitar: Rod King Vocals: Gerry Rafferty |
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| 3:30 |
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| 9. |
| 2:42 |
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To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu To each and all I say goodbye I know it's been fun but we're living a lie. You said you spoke straight from the heart But that was the one thing that kept us apart 'Cause when I read between the lines I saw that the only heart speaking was mine. To each and everyone of you I say goodbye, indeed I do If you should ask me why I go I wouldn't say 'cause you should know. When everything is said and done Nothing's been lost and nothing's been won I took from you, you took from me But I suppose that's how it had to be. To each and everyone of you I say goodbye, indeed I do If you should ask me why I go I wouldn't say 'cause you should know. To each and everyone of you I say goodbye, farewell, adieu To each and all I say goodbye I know it's been fun but we're living a lie. Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown Harmonium: Tom Parker Harpsichord: Tom Parker Bass: Gary Taylor Percussion: Henry Spinetti Vocals: Gerry Rafferty |
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| 2:49 |
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To Rafferty's Bar in my old jaunting car
I took myself one Friday evening To think on a son so deceiving It's one drink down and another to go. He was married in haste to a woman unchaste Much to the shame of the father His face still half-covered in lather It's one drink down and another to go. It's one drink down and another to go When I pass through the town I must hang my head low It's one drink down and another to go. I'm not the kind to condemn out of hand A woman whose virtue is easy Just as long as she doesn't deceive me It's one drink down and another to go. Imagine a life with an unfaithful wife Might wake up in the morning And find that she's left without warning It's one drink down and another to go. It's one drink down and another to go When I pass through the town I must hang my head low It's one drink down and another to go. Written By: Gerry Rafferty and John Patrick Byrne Acoustic Guitars: Gerry Rafferty / Roger Brown Bass: Gary Taylor Drums: Henry Spinetti Fiddle: John Van Derrick Harpsichord: Tom Parker Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan |
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| 3:56 |
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Goin' down a dusty road, I turned my head a?round
Looking for somewhere to go, a place to lay my head down Check into a small hotel and there before my eyes Stood a man with a trumpet in his hand Trying to make the people understand, he stops and sighs and says "Half a chance Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night Lend an ear, please And the band will play the things you'll want to hear There's no doubt That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout a?Hip hooray!' In the meantime There is only one more thing I'd like to say" Spoke about the well-known faces appearing in the show Star attraction of the evening would be Billy with his big banjo But first of all, a sweet little lady who'd have us all screamin' for more Lily, the striptease queen with the biggest pair you've ever seen. Down and down Went her long black stockings and, as they hit the ground, the boys went mad Everyone agreed That it was the greatest time they'd ever had On and on Now the night was nearly over except for Billy and his big banjo Billy sang a song called a?The Truckdriver Man' And we joined in for a chorus or two and then I went to bed. "Half a chance Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance through the night Lend an ear, please And the band will play the things you'll want to hear There's no doubt That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout a?Hip hooray!' In the meantime There is only one more thing I'd like to say" Electric Guitar: Alan Parker Piano: Tom Parker Bass: Gary Taylor Drums: Henry Spinetti Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Joe Egan |
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Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I don't think I'm winning the race Whenever I think of the future I just see the one thing that might bring a smile to my face. To be where I belong Is the force that keeps me going on. Sometimes life seems to slow down I try to move faster 'cause disaster is hot on my heels Maybe I don't have to worry Perhaps I'll keep learning concerning the way that I feel. To be where I belong Is the force that keeps me going on. Each day is harder to get through My head it is spinning, I hope that I'm winning the race. |
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| 3:43 |
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| 2:24 |
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Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart I will never cross water, never cross sea We will always be with you, Jockie, Mally, and me. The things that we have are all that we need You have your painting, and I like to Read books by people of feeling, someone sincere They remind me of you and what we have here. Patrick my primitive painter of art You will always and ever be near to my heart I will never cross water, never cross sea We will always be with you, Jockie, Mally, and me. If in our lifetime we find peace of mind We'll remember the bad days that we left behind Thinking only of love and what it can bring You paint songs for the children, a song we'll always sing. Patrick my primitive painter of art You will always and ever be near to my heart I will never cross water, never cross sea We will always be with you, Jockie, Mally, and me. |
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| 2:51 |
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Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track When I grow up I want to be an engine driver But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. My father says that I must always work on the land And I never disagreed when I'd see him lift his hand Mother thinks that I should be a carpenter to trade That I could fill my house with the things that I had made. Rick rack, rickety rack See the train go along the track When I grow up I want to be an engine driver But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. I look at the skies, see the birds that can fly, and I feel like cryin' Like a bird on the tree I just want to free so I'll keep on tryin'. Rick rack, rickety rack See the train go along the track When I grow up I want to be an engine driver But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. My brother says that I must pay attention at the school Because I've never won a prize, he thinks that I'm a fool Teacher always asks me why I look so far away It's just that I find nothing in the words he has to say. Rick rack, rickety rack I'm leaving home and I'm never coming back I'm on my way to be an engine driver But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver. |
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| 4:37 |
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| 2:45 |
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Walk in, sit down, open up your case
Tune up, and turn ‘round to show your face to the crowd Sing a song in a genuine bluegrass voice About your big Dixie Darling, the banjo that's always in tune. Please sing a song for us, play your guitar There isn't one of us care who you are But if the sound is good, you won't go wrong Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long). Stand up, stretch out to take the hand Of a girl called Rosie who thought your performance was cool Tune in, turn on, stop dead in your tracks At a voice softly singing about some fool on a hill. Please sing a song for us, play your guitar There isn't one of us care who you are And if the sound is good, you won't go wrong Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long). Vocals: Gerry Rafferty |
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| 2:33 |
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Don't you feel like talkin' to a man who's fed up walkin' all the time
Don't you feel like sayin' to a man who's fed up prayin' that you're mine We fought a lot of battles from Nebraska to Seattle, I'm so tired We hid in lonely places and we never seen the faces a?til they fired. Well hear me talkin' (blood and glory) I'm fed up walkin' (blood and glory) I'll tell a story (blood and glory) About blood and glory. When we threw away our sabers and we joined with Preston's Raiders for a while We looted and we plundered while the Yankee cannons thundered, we just smiled But now back home in Kentucky, and I know I've been lucky to survive I never want to see another cannon aimed at me while I'm alive. Well hear me talkin' (blood and glory) I'm fed up walkin' (blood and glory) I'll tell a story (blood and glory) About blood and glory. Vocals: Gerry Rafferty |
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| 4:44 |
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| 3:00 |
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You say that I am out of touch
To me that doesn't mean so much You're tryin' hard to be so cool But you will always be the fool. All the best people do it There ain't nothin' to it Just keep turning every little thing into a lie. You think you know just what to say The words you use give you away There's always something lets me know That I'm up high and you're down low. All the best people do it There ain't nothin' to it Just keep turning every little thing into a lie. Why do you always just pretend You're gonna lose out in the end One day you'll wake up and you'll find That I have left you far behind. All the best people do it There ain't nothin' to it Just keep turning every little thing into a lie. You say that I am out of touch To me that doesn't mean so much You're tryin' hard to be so cool But you will always be the fool. All the best people do it There ain't nothin' to it Just keep turning every little thing into a lie. |
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| 2:07 |
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My daddy was a miner, said there was nothing finer
Than an Irish man who worked an honest day From Steamboat Row, in rain or shine, he'd make his way down to the mine Along the dusty road he'd travel Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row. He used to tell about the time he got hurt down in the mine He said he'd never go back down again But in his heart he knew he would, he did the only thing he could Kept on walkin' down that road Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row. But when he took to drinkin' we knew that he was thinkin' That his days were quickly coming to an end He'd only speak of Steamboat Row, he said someday we ought to go And walk along that dusty road Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row. |
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| 3:18 |
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Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' dowtown on Main Street
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day. Shoeshine boy, don't have no ambition, just wants to be a kerbside boot black Shoeshine boy, your daddy's getting older, gotta take the weight off his back Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day. You know you feel so good when she comes to need you And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you. Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day. You know you feel so good when she comes to need you And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you. Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' dowtown on Main Street Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two feet Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away It won't be long ‘til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with your lady ‘til the break of day. Vocals: Gerry Rafferty |
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I walk along the street and wonder what to do
I'd like to ease the pain in my troubled brain But as to how, I haven't a clue Should I shout at the people who pass me by Hey folks look at me, I'm no ordinary guy I had a love and she swore she was mine But she only loved me when the weather was fine. My mind tells me what to do Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know Keep it to yourself. On a subway train, I hide from the rain And take a seat right next to the door There's a man with a case and as I look at his face I'm sure I've seen him someplace before He looks up and I look down And then we both look away The train slows down and my head spins ‘round It's like scene from a one-act play. My mind tells me what to do Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know Keep it to yourself. I feel much better when the sun has lost its glow When the light of day is fading away And there are shadows wherever I go Yes the light is fading and I'm masquerading As a poet with something to say The inspiration's gone and I can't turn it on It's been the same since she went away. My mind tells me what to do Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know Keep it to yourself. |
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Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard While you're here tonight, we'll be as one For tomorrow you will seek the sun. Sing your song to me, my singing bird Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard Just for the moment I'm asking you to stay For tomorrow you'll be far away For tomorrow you'll be far away. Sing your song once more, my singing bird Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard While you're here tonight, we'll be as one For tomorrow you will seek the sun Yes tomorrow you will seek the sun. |
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