Allan Clarke

It's been too long since I kissed you
Much too long since I held you tight
Tonight yes tonight
You'll be mine

I've been told about your kisses
And I've thought about you every night
Tonight yes tonight
You'll be mine

I've made up my mind
Not to be left on the shelf
Now I'm sure to find you
And keep you to myself
I just think about you every day
When you're near and when you're far away
Tonight yes tonight
You'll be mine

(Repeat)

(Hicks / Clarke / Nash)
When you love somebody that means a lot
And so you give the best of what you've got
It's a reason for living to have someone
Without a love in your life you can't go on

You need love I need love

When you're tired and worn out she'll run to you
And calm your restlessness and comfort you

You need love I need love

No wonder that I always say
I can't live another day without you
I tell my friends I'm feeling fine
then they know that I'm not lying about you

All your life you'll know that your trust was right
when you're holding her close to you at night

You need love I need love

(Sylvester / Clarke)
I look to the east and I look to the west
trying to find a place where there's rest
You know where I go, you know it's the same show
people turning their backs, not wanting to know

Look there son, you'll find hungry mouths
saying please feed me well I'm only a child
All around you'll find fallow ground
but you can't plow a field with a hundred missiles

You know the score
You know it's war
Death and destruction
We gotta change it now
Lord only knows how
to turn it into more

Where have all the rainbows gone
Where where where
My, oh God, says he's seen better days
Where, where, where

Speak to me, Lord Speak to me, Lord
Come on down with Your fiery sword
Rid this place of all its hate
Show Your face before it's too late

You know the score
You know it's war
Death and destruction
Death and destruction

Death and destruction
We gotta change it now
Lord only knows how

He made a fool of you
I said he would
You know he did
How many times did I say
He'd let you down
Well it's a sin
You're playin' a losin' game
Well you're a fool, you just can't win
It's gonna be hard for you
When you're alone and need someone

Need someone to hold you tight
Need someone when you're alone at night
Thinkin' of me, thinkin' of me

[Break]

Need someone to hold you tight
Need someone when you're alone at night
Thinkin' of me, thinkin' of me

I'm not gonna wait so long for you to call
'Cause I'll be gone
'Cause he's made a fool of you
I said he would
You know he did
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You know he did
Oh, you know he did
Oh yeah, yeah, baby
You know he did
Listen to me honey, well
You know he did

(Alexander Jr)
You ask me to give up the hand of the girl I love
You tell me I'm not the man she's worthy of
But who are you to tell her who to love
That's up to her, yes and the Lord above
You better move on

Well I know you can buy her fancy clothes and a diamond rings
I believe she'd be happy with me without those things
Still you beg me to set her free
But my friend that will never be
You better move on

I can't blame you for loving her
But can't you understand man, she's my girl
And I, I, I, I'm never gonna let her go
'Cause I, I, I, I love her so

Well let me tell you how

I think you better go now, I'm getting mighty mad
You ask me to give up the only love that I've ever had
Maybe I would, oh but I love her so
I'm never gonna let her go

You better move on

You better move on

You better move on

(Hicks / Clarke / Nash)
I press my nose against the pane
of the little toffee shop
Day after day I save my pennies
to spend at the toffee shop

Come Saturday morn at nine o'clock
I stand on the cold stone street
A penny every day that I have saved
to buy myself some sweets

The nice little lady old and grey
with glasses and shawl
Gives love away to good little boys
who do as they are told

She's always telling stories
of her childhood days
She couldn't buy the things that I can
for families in those days

Imagine the sweets that I can buy
with six pennies of my own
I always take my time to choose
the sweets that I'll be taking home

Gobstoppers in my pockets
brown sugar in my hand
lollies you suck that last all day
and sugar that looks like sand

Wishing, dreaming, wishing

Wishing that I could see you every day
Wishing that I could steal your heart away
Dreaming of the time I could hold you tight
Wishing that the time would come tonight

I've been hoping all along
Things would turn out right
If I could find a wishing star
Then I would spend the night

Wishing that I could see you every day
Wishing that I could steal your heart away

Then I could spend the night

Wishing that I could see you every day
Wishing that I could steal your heart away
Dreaming of the time I could hold you tight
Wishing that the time would come tonight

Wishing, dreaming,
Wishing, dreaming,
Wishing, dreaming,
Wishing, dreaming

(Holly)
What to do now that she doesn't want me?
That's what haunts me
What to do?
What to do to keep from feeling lonely?
Want her only.
What to do?

The record hops and all the happy times we had.
The soda shop, the walks to school now make me sad.
Oh, what to do? I know my heart is showing,
still not knowing
what to do.

(repeat)

What to do?
What to do? (to do, what to do, what to do) x8

(Charles)
What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I love you so
What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I love you so
What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I love you so
I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know
Ooh yeah, what about you

What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I need you so
What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I need you so
What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I need you so
I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know
Ooh yeah, what about you

Break

What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I love you so
What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I love you so
What kind of girl are you yeah
Why do I love you so
I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know
Ooh yeah, what about you

(Irwin)
I'd be a fool not to realize
just how much I needed your love
I'd be a fool not to realize
I'm the guy you're thinking of whoa

I don't want nobody new
In the future baby I'm gonna be true to you
What kind of boy do you think I am

I'd give you love and ecstasy
I ain't ever gonna break your heart
And you know and you know when I hold you close to me
You know it starts to tear me apart whoa

What kind of boy do you think I'd be
if I let other girls kiss on me
Oh can't you see
What kind of boy do you think I am

Here in your arms
I wanna be little girl
You give your love
so tenderly

verse 3

chorus

What kind of boy do you think I am
What kind of boy do you think I am
What kind of boy do you think I am

(Hicks / Clarke / Nash)
I've just come in from out of the rain
It's wet outside the water runs down a drain
I go to bed 'cause my head's full of pain

And drip drip it's driving me wild
Drip drip it's driving me wild

Outside the window there's a pipe wearing thin
It lets the water do a dance on a tin
I try to sleep but it's making a din

And drip drip it's driving me wild
Drip drip it's driving me wild

Water on the brain water on the brain
Water on the brain water on the brain

Drip drip it's driving me wild
Drip drip it's driving me wild

I toss and turn and my patience is weak
Go to the bathroom door and I take a peak yeah
The bath tap has started a leak

And drip drip it's driving me wild
Drip drip it's driving me wild
Drip drip it's driving me wild
Drip drip it's driving me wild

Runnin' to and fro
Hard workin' at the mail
Never fail with the mails
Still they get my posted bail

Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten

Someone talkin' to me
Tryin' to run me up a creek
Says you can buy it
C'mon try it
You can pay me next week

Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten

Blond haired good lookin'
Tryin' to get me hooked
Want me to marry get a home
Settle down write a book oh

Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten

Workin' in the fillin' station
Too many checks
Check the windows
Check the tires
Check the oil
Goin' again

Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten

I been to Yokohama
Been fightin' in the war
Army bunk army chow
Army crew army coat

Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten

Telephone something wrong
Dial gone will mail
Hours to the operator
Tellin' me a tale

Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten

Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten
Too much monkey business
For me to be in by ten

(Ransford)
Since you took my heart
I can give you everything
So I'll give my everything
to you my love

As we're far apart
I will send my all to you
and I'll send my whole life too
to you my love

Long to be near you and hold you and kiss you my sweet
When I am with you I know that my life is complete

Now I'm coming home
coming back to give my love
to the one I'm dreaming of
to you my love

chorus

verse 3

To you my love
To you my love

(Hicks / Lynch)
Next time I meet a girl, I won't ask her her name
Or where she's been, or where she came from
The last time I found love it only brought me pain
The problems almost took me over

I was washing up for mother, I was lighting pipes for papa
And fetching water
And that's got nothing at all, that's got nothing at all
To do with love

Next time I meet a girl
I won't tell her my name
Or where I've been
Or where I came from

I'll take a hold of her
And love her just the same
No need to mention past acquaintances

I just want someone to love me
And someone to like the presents
That I bought her
'Cause that's got something to do
Yes, that's got something to do
To do with love

Each girl I meet comes up wronger
And I can't take it all much longer
No, I can't no

verse 3

verse 4

verse 5

(Sylvester / Clarke / Hicks)
Time machine jive Time machine jive
Time machine jive Time machine jive

You better look out
look out your window tonight
There'll be a hot cat on your tin roof
layin' it loose

There'll be a full band
to give me a hand
The moon will be a spotlight
for this one-night stand

You better look out
look out your window tonight

chorus

You gotta reach out
and try to grab my glitter suit
Snatch your hand full of stars
take a trip in my seven league boots

Come silver surfin'
you'll know you had a ride
My star-treck music's gonna take me high
You better look out
look out your window tonight

Time machine jive Time machine jive

Dimensional intentional sensual
Immeasurable pleasurable hitch a ride

chorus x2

Don't leave it too late
or you won't get a ticket on my cruise
Don't be the last one
or else you'll have to light the fuse

You can't afford not
to be on board
Come on baby
hear the music that's calling
and look out look out your window tonight (Time machine jive Time machine jive)
You better look out look out your window tonight(Time machine jive Time machine jive)
Look out look out your window tonight(Time machine jive Time machine jive)
You better look out look out your window tonight (Time machine jive Time machine jive)

(Ransford)
Don't you know it's time for love
Don't you know it's time for love
It's time to tell them about our love

Secretly you won my heart
Secretly you won my heart
Now all the world knows we'll never part

What can I do
What can I say
We both know we love each other
We both know we love each other

It's time to tell them about our love

chorus

verse 1

It's time to tell them about our love
Don't you know it's time for love

Think it over what you just said
Think it over in your pretty little head
Are you sure that I'm not the one?
Is your love real or only fun?
Think it over, just think it over
My lonely heart grows cold and old

Think it over and let me know
Think it over and don't be slow
Just remember all birds and bees
Go by two's through life's mysteries
Think it over, yes just think it over
My lonely heart grows cold and old

Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over, just think it over
My lonely heart grows cold and old

All right, all right

Think it over and think of me
Think it over and you will see
The happy day when you and I
Think as one and kiss the blues goodbye
Think it over, just think it over
My lonely heart grows cold and old

Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over, just think it over
My lonely heart grows cold and old

Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over (over and over)
Think it over, just think it over
My lonely heart grows cold and old

(Hicks / Clarke / Nash)
My sadness it is growing
I'm sure it's started showing
This feeling's getting stronger
I can't hold back out much longer
It's swelling deep inside
emotions I can't hide

Then the heartaches begin
I'm telling you
The heartaches begin

I need someone to guide me
someone to reconcile me
to take away this pain
before it starts again
But no one listens to me
Can't control what's set in deeply

chorus

Four stone walls surround me
An empty shell's all you see
My former self's departed
A man who's broken hearted
Loneliness is what I fear
holding on to all that's dear

chorus

I'm telling you child

Words that were spoken in the anger
of youth only half truth.
Touched by the chilbride
while
deep inside her lie real truth.
He was the passion of the spring

he was the baby.

And half forgotten in the passing
of time.
The real crime brother and brother
with backs to each other
the war sign.
and in the passion of the spring
came the baby.

Come back
mama
mama sing him a song.
Tell him all that was wrong

tell him all that you had that was bad.
Tell him all that was good mama.
You know that you should mama

remember the good mama.

And with the light that you show
let him grow


let him go
let him go

let him go
let him
let him
let him go.
Words that were spoken in the anger
of youth only half truth.

Touched by the chilbride
while
deep inside her lie the real truth.
He was the passion of spring

he was the baby.
He was the passion of the spring

he was the baby.

And in the passion of the spring
came the baby.
And in the passion of the spring
came the baby.

The baby yeah
the baby yeah.

If I could make a wish
I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep
No light, no sound
Nothing to eat, no books to read

Making love with you
Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired
What more could I ask?
There's nothing left to be desired
Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

If I could make a wish
I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep
No light, no sound
Nothing to eat, no books to read

Making love with you
Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired
What more could I ask?
There's nothing left to be desired
Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

If I could make a wish
I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep
No light, no sound
Nothing to eat, no books to read

Making love with you
Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired
What more could I ask?
There's nothing left to be desired
Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Well, you give me all your lovin' and your turtle dovin'
All your hugs and kisses and your money too
Well, you know you love me baby, until you tell me, maybe
That some day, well, I'll be through, well

That'll be the day, when you say good-bye
Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry
Oh you say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie 'cos
That'll be the day when I die

When Cupid shot his dart he shot it at your heart
So if we ever part and I leave you
You say you told me and you told me boldly
That someday well, I'll be through

That'll be the day, when you say good-bye
Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry
Oh you say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie 'cos
That'll be the day when I die

Tell me how to keep your love
You know how I need your love
Tell me how you keep the love
Within your heart from me

Don't you know that I love you?
Let me show why I'm true blue
When I know our love is true
Don't keep your love from me

If you would say to me today
The time for love is now
Well could I sway your love my way
Then I'd say 'Tell me how'

Tell me how to keep your love
You know how I need your love
Tell me how you keep the love
Within your heart from me

If you would say to me today
The time for love is now
Well could I sway your love my way
Then I'd say 'Tell me how'

Tell me how to keep your love
You know how I need your love
Tell me how you keep the love
Within your heart from me

Tell me how to keep your love
You know how I need your love
Tell me how you keep the love
Within your heart from me

Tell me how you keep the love
Within your heart from me

(Holly / Petty)
Take your time, I can wait
All of our love I know will be mine
If you take your time

Take your time, though it's late
Heart strings will sing like a string of twine
If you take your time

Take your time and take mine too
I have time to spend
Take your time, go with me through
Times 'til all times end

verse 1

verse 3

verse 1

For our love, the love I know will be mine
If you take your time

(Holly / Petty)
Take your time, I can wait
All of our love I know will be mine
If you take your time

Take your time, though it's late
Heart strings will sing like a string of twine
If you take your time

Take your time and take mine too
I have time to spend
Take your time, go with me through
Times 'til all times end

verse 1

verse 3

verse 1

For our love, the love I know will be mine
If you take your time

(Clarke / Hicks / Nash)
Give her a hand 'cos she gave a good show
Her makeup was right for the occasion
She did what she had to do, she said what she had to say
She played her part to perfection

She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
acclaim's not the same
such a shame

The star of the show she was true to herself
and everything went as reported
Rumours about herself came along
That's when it all got distorted

chorus

What a good show she gave
Happy to go on the stage
Was she to know it would change
Can she go on feeling strange

chorus

(Hicks / Clarke / Nash)

And the power you have over
won't ever let me be
It's always holding me to you
And the strange things you say to me
Why do you play with me
It's just too sad to see

Stop right there
Tell me what you're doing to my mind in there
Tell me what you're doing Am I blind
Long ago everything about you was for me to hold
Now my thoughts about you won't stay cold

And in time I might slip away
into the light of day
But with you I must stay it's true
Wishful thinking will just bring me down
It's plain to see you own
the ground I'm standing on

chorus

verse 2

(Williams)
Well your mama don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
And your papa don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
If we have another dance, oh yeah,
Just one more time

Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer
Now please, please, please
Now hello, well are you going to

Well your mama don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
And your papa don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
If we have another dance, oh yeah,
Just one more time

Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer
Oh let me hear you say you will (say you will)

Won't you put your sweet lips to mine
Won't you say you love me, all of the time

Oh, oh, oh yeah just a little bit longer (whoa yeah)
Now please, please, please
Now hello, well are you going to

Break

Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer
Now please, please, please
Now hello, well are you going to

Well your mama don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
And your papa don't mind (bop-bop-shu-waddah-wah)
If we have another dance, oh yeah,
Just one more time

Oh won't you stay, yeah

Oh won't you stay, yeah

Oh won't you stay, yeah

Oh won't you stay

(Clarke / Sylvester / Hicks)
I was jiving along in my big cadillac
saw a thumb going up, I said Driver go back
Played her a track from my latest LP
Getting bad vibes she hadn't recognized me

She said she didn't know me but my name's been in lights
giant size neons on the strip every night
The camera man did the best that he can
Still she said I don't know you I just can't understand

I'm a star, yeah
I'm a star (Baby bathe in my glow)
I'm a star, anyway

I was trying to be nice but I'm not into that
I usually make it without any chat

She was taking it easy, taking it slow
I said Come on baby, I'm ready to go

I'm a star, yeah
I'm a star (Baby bathe in my glow)
I'm a star, anyway

She said Drop me off here and to my surprise
you wouldn't believe it, it was Beverly Drive
Some sort of commotion, what's happening here
We've arrived at her premiere, I shouldn't be here

She's a star, yeah
She's a star, I didn't know it
She's a star anyway

Head into the sun you ain't the only one
To miss the last train back to your life
Head into the sun all that the night has done
Will fade if you hang on really tight
There's always reasons for runnin' down the road
Every time it snows
You know it's so easy to take the time to grow
You know this flight is
Heading into the sun riding a little bit higher
We are one we are one

Just begun song of the sun

Head into the sun you ain't the only one
To blow the first few bars of the tune
Head into the sun all that the night has done
Will fade if you move on really soon
There's always reasons for puttin' on the wheels
Every time it's real
You know it's easy to get into the feel
You know this flight is
Heading into the sun
Riding a little bit higher
We are one we are one

Just begun song of the sun

There's always reasons for puttin' on the wheels
Every time it's real
You know it's so easy to get into the feel
You know this flight is
Heading into the sun
Riding a little bit higher
We are one we are one

Just begun song of the sun