Eric Burdon

I wore my 44 so long it made my shoulder sore
I wore my 44 so long it made my shoulder sore
Well I'm wondring everybody where did my baby go
Take this weapon as a gift son
May it serve you all your life
You know my blood is running cold
And my trigger finger is turning white
Cold as ice

I hold those fat brass bullets
Each one feels as cold as ice
I hold those fat brass bullets
Each one feels as cold as ice
I keeps it under my pillow
Just to get me thru the night

Well I'm so mad this morning
I don't know where in the world to go
Well I'm so mad this mornin'g
I don't know where in the world to go
And now I'm lookin' for mister money so I can get myself some dough
I'm lookin' for mister money
So I can get myself some dough

music is what we like to play
all day all day all day all day all day
to soothe your soul
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
to soothe your mind

down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling round till long after dark
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling round till long after dark
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around

best of war cd -lyrics all day music

lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling in the grass till long after dark
down at the beach

Music is what we like to play
All day all day all day all day all day
To soothe your soul, yeah
Down at the beach y'all parting down
Making love or lying around
To soothe your mind

Music is what we like to play
All day all day all day all day all day
To soothe your soul, yeah
Lets have a picnic go to the park
Rolling in the grass 'til long after dark
To soothe you soul, yeah

instrumental bridge

Down at the beach y'all partying down
Making love or just lying around

Lets have a picnic go to the park
Rolling in the grass 'til long after dark

Down at the beach y'all partying down
Making love or just lying around

Lets have a picnic go to the park
Rolling in the grass 'til long after dark

Down at the beach y'all partying down
Making love or just lying around

Repeat to fade

best of war cd -lyrics all day music

War All day music - original LP

music is what we like to play
all day all day all day all day all day
to soothe your soul
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
to soothe your mind

down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling round till long after dark
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling round till long after dark
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around

best of war cd -lyrics all day music

lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling in the grass till long after dark
down at the beach

Music is what we like to play
All day all day all day all day all day
To soothe your soul, yeah
Down at the beach y'all parting down
Making love or lying around
To soothe your mind

Music is what we like to play
All day all day all day all day all day
To soothe your soul, yeah
Lets have a picnic go to the park
Rolling in the grass 'til long after dark
To soothe you soul, yeah

instrumental bridge

Down at the beach y'all partying down
Making love or just lying around

Lets have a picnic go to the park
Rolling in the grass 'til long after dark

Down at the beach y'all partying down
Making love or just lying around

Lets have a picnic go to the park
Rolling in the grass 'til long after dark

Down at the beach y'all partying down
Making love or just lying around

Repeat to fade

best of war cd -lyrics all day music

War All day music - original LP

music is what we like to play
all day all day all day all day all day
to soothe your soul
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
to soothe your mind

down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling round till long after dark
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around
lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling round till long after dark
down at the beach or a party in town
making love or just riding around

best of war cd -lyrics all day music

lets have a picnic go to the park
rolling in the grass till long after dark
down at the beach

Angel came down from Heaven yesterday
Stayed with me long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
Then she spread her wings high over me
She said she's goin' to come back tomorrow
And I said, "Fly on, my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on, my sweet angel; tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side."

Fly away, high away, fly away
Sure enough this morning came unto me
Silver wings silhouetted against a child's sunrise
And my angel she said unto me
"Today's the day for you to rise
Take my hand, you're gonna be my man, you're gonna rise."
Then she took me high over yonder

And I said, "Fly on, my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on, my sweet angel; forever I will be by your side."
And I said, "Fly on, my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on, my sweet angel; forever I will be by your side."
Fly away, come back another day

For you, my friend, I'd do anything
Shine your shoes, anything
Lose your blues, make love to you
Take you under my wing, anything

For you, my hero, I'd do anything
Paint your picture, anything
Kiss your photograph even though I know you'd laugh
Stand beneath your wings, Oh, anything

And for you, my love, I would do anything
Kiss your feet and everything
Suffer your pain but I'd ride your train
Spread our tiny wings, baby, anything

And for you, my son, I'd do everything
Protect your mind from everything
I could read your lies, dry tears from your eyes
Spread your tiny wings, anything

'Cause everything is anything
And everything is anything

For you, my friend, I'd do anything
Shine your shoes, anything
Lose your blues, make love with you
Take you under my wing, anything

For you, my hero, I'd do anything
Paint your picture, anything
Kiss your photograph, even though I know you'd laugh
Stand beneath your wings, oh anything

And for you, my love, I would do anything
Kiss your feet, and everything
Suffer your pain, but I'd ride your train
Spread our tiny wings, baby anything

And for you, my son, I'd do everything
Protect your mind, and everything
I believe your lies, dry tears from your eyes
Spread your tiny wings, Anything

Cause everything is anything [Repeats]

Let?s go bare back ridin? baby, yes.Come on baby, let?s go bare back ridin? right now.Hat on your head, boots on your feet, spurs on your heels, you look so sweet,And this little pony rides so sweet, so sweet, so sweet, so sweet, so sweet!Get on that little pony right now, baby, yes.Get on that little pony, you?ve got to ride.Saddle on her back, bit in her mouth,I?ll head north, she heads south,And if she lose me, you know you?ve just blew it, you blew it,Don?t blow it, don?t blow it, don?t blow!Oh, blow baby. Ow!Yes, I wanna ride.Yea babe, I wanna ride.Come on baby, let me ride with you.Come on baby, let me ride with you.I don?t wanna ride, English-style.I don?t wanna ride, Western-style, oh no.I wanna ride, like Geronimo used to ride.Like Sittin? Bird used to ride. Like Apaches used to ride.I?m talkin? ?bout bare back, bare back ridin?.You can?t get any closer, talkin? ?bout bare back, yea.Talkin? ?bout skin-to-skin, Talkin? ?bout you and me,Talkin? ?bout ridin? in the sunset,Ridin? all night long, yea, all night long, all night long.Grab the pony and ride, Grab that pony and ride,Grab that pony and ride,Grab that pony and ride, Grab that pony, grab that pony, grab that pony, Grab that pony, grab that pony and ride.

Let’s go bare back ridin’ baby, yes.
Come on baby, let’s go bare back ridin’ right now.
Hat on your head, boots on your feet, spurs on your heels, you look so sweet,
And this little pony rides so sweet, so sweet, so sweet, so sweet, so sweet!
Get on that little pony right now, baby, yes.
Get on that little pony, you’ve got to ride.
Saddle on her back, bit in her mouth,
I’ll head north, she heads south,
And if she lose me, you know you’ve just blew it, you blew it,
Don’t blow it, don’t blow it, don’t blow!
Oh, blow baby. Ow!
Yes, I wanna ride.
Yea babe, I wanna ride.
Come on baby, let me ride with you.
Come on baby, let me ride with you.
I don’t wanna ride, English-style.
I don’t wanna ride, Western-style, oh no.
I wanna ride, like Geronimo used to ride.
Like Sittin’ Bird used to ride. Like Apaches used to ride.
I’m talkin’ ‘bout bare back, bare back ridin’.
You can’t get any closer, talkin’ ‘bout bare back, yea.
Talkin’ ‘bout skin-to-skin,
Talkin’ ‘bout you and me,
Talkin’ ‘bout ridin’ in the sunset,
Ridin’ all night long, yea, all night long, all night long.
Grab the pony and ride,
Grab that pony and ride,
Grab that pony and ride,
Grab that pony and ride,
Grab that pony, grab that pony, grab that pony,
Grab that pony, grab that pony and ride.

Stood with my kid on the lonely windswept beach
The winter sun was on the horizon, and we were both out of reach
She ran ahead of me looking for the next surprise.
Our souls were wet from the incoming tide.
She stopped and looked at me Lord, with tears in her eyes.
It's only a dead bird, and his soul has gone to the sky.
He's free, not like you and me.
He's free, not like you and me.

I never ever thought, that you would be so out of reach.
And the lonely times have been like poison, child.
I wish I could practice, what I preach.
Then I can release these feelings, that I've been holding deep inside.
Been missing you so much baby, the only healer can be time.
By then you will have forgotten the dead bird on the beach.
But please, don't forget your father, child, Cause he's out of reach.
Yeah, my dream is to be free, free, free, freedom for you and me.
Yeah free, free, free, freedom for you and me.

You'll hear my music in the wind,
Hearbeat like the rolling tide.
One thing, you can be sure of, my love.
Wherever you go, I'll hold your love inside.
And I take a look, don't cry,
Even if he was livin' and you had him in your hands,
You'd still have to open up and let him fly.
That bird must be free!

She stopped and looked at me Lord, with tears in her eyes.
It's only a dead bird, and his soul has gone to the sky.
He's free, not like you and me
He's free, not like you and me

Freedom
Freedom for you and me
Freedom
Freedom
Free
Freedom.....

I'm a war child raised from the ashes radium
The sunlight burns my eyes so I pray for the night to come
In the back row darkness I burst my bubble
Because it's there that misfits like me can stay out of trouble

(chorus)
I live in a black and white world
I love those black and white movies
You see when you're not of this earth
It's not so easy to move me

Me Mike and Mickey were hiding from the daylight
Salivating at the femme fatale her dress is so tight
She whispers in my ear as we dance to white jazz
You got a light baby when she knows that's all I've ever had

(chorus)

Precious white milk skin black and blue bruises
In the backseat of a cab full of rhythem and blueses
We go uptown downtown looking for Louis Galanka
He's going to get us false passports man and we can
Sail off to Casa Blanca

(chorus)

I'm not afraid of dying anymore
Because it's the only chance I've got to meet my maker
And it's the opportunity I've been waiting for
To say hello and hats off to Josephine Baker

That girl is living in a black and white world
I love those black and white movies
You see when you're not of this earth
It's not so easy to move me

Black white world black white movies
You see when you're not of this earth
It's not so easy to move me

Late at night, black and white
Black white black white
Black and white

Broken records on the ground
Paris traffic spinning round and round
So I stood there with James Brown
A king in a cape of Saturn
He's the man with the golden voice
And for him there can be no real choise
And the years of all the screaming fans
Within the years of gladness

(chorus)
For we are hungry for what is real
There will always be a need for us to feel
There will always be something beyond this
Cold steel workaday world

All computer systems go now
And the beat is moving slower now
But you stood there like a boxing pro
And took off for the stars
Cause there is one thing you should know now
That your spirit can't be broken
And the memory is so sweet
To see you alive and kicking

(chorus)

For we are hungry for what is real
There will always be a need for us to feel
There will always be something beyond this
Cold steel workaday world

This Cold Steel World

Crazy lazy days back in The UK
Art school we wore a gang sweatshirt
Guess what it said
My political stance was to get people to dance
And still stand by it today
John Lee Hooker for president

When I was 25 and so full of life
John Lee took me by the hand
In a GTO we did go into the fiery heart of a ghetto land
Living in a land where a man is no man
Until he's been to hell and back
One thing you've got to understand
You can't kill the boogieman

They're placing bets on John but don't listen
I tell everybody as long as you're around
The blues will always be living
Can't kill the boogieman
Can't kill the boogieman
Can't kill the boogieman No

Lord his ever shaking hand a buzz around the room
The power of a serpent in his finger
Relax release and let your mind drift away
You've got to be saved
Boogie the night away
Can't kill the boogieman (x3)

You know what they're talking about John
Your birthday I get to play
I tell everybody as long as you're around
The blues will be living that's what's coming down
Can't kill the boogieman (x4)

So I got down the road and that's my tale
Nobody knows me but they all know John
Healing hand one thing you've got to understand
Can't kill the boogieman
Boogie boogie all night long
All night blues and this is what the boogie can do for you
Can't kill the boogieman

Don't you cry for me mama, cause I can't stay,
I'm a circuit rider and I'm on my way,
I got to roll, down the highway,
I got to roll roll roll down the lonesome highway,
Well a bird got a nest and a fox got a hole,
Well the cc rider just got the roll,
With a beat up bible and a bottle of wine,
I'm travelling light and testifying,
I got to roll down the highway,
I got to roll roll roll down the lonesome highway,
I got a slow ass mule, and cold blue steel,
The sword of the spirit and, and a soul like the wheel,
I got to roll, I got to roll,
I got to roll roll roll, yeah I got to roll,
Don't you worry bout me mama, I'll be back in town,
Girls the cc rider got to spread the world around,
I got to roll down the highway,
I got to roll roll roll down the lonsome highway,
With a slow ass mule, and cold blue steel,
I got the sword of the spirit and, and a soul like the wheel,
I got to roll roll roll, I got to roll roll roll,
I got to roll down the lonsome highway

Como se llama mama
Baby whats your name
Mi vuelve loco baby
You driving me insane
A diga diga diga diga
Baby whats your name

Is it mary Lou is it Peggy Sue
Loretta, Marianna let mi get to you
What is your go by
Don't tell me no lie
I got it bad for you

Every Romeo in the barrio
Every Conio, Hermano and Lothano
They're all the same
Trying to run their game
I'm the one who's rap is true

Baby give me your 411
I ain't go nothin' but I'm nothin' but fun

Como se llama mama
Baby whats your name
Mi vuelve loco baby
You driving me insane
A diga diga diga diga
Baby whats your name

If misery is your best friend
And has gotten so you can't pretend
Your tears, your tears keep givin' you away
But you're prayin' for, for a better day

Tell me why should I
Go through these changes?
But they don't dig the urgency
That this is an emergency

So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word

Tell me why should I
Tell me why, why should I
Go through these changes?
But they don't dig the urgency
That this is an emergency

So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah, yeah
So make it heard, deliver, deliver, deliver
Deliver the word, yeah

When that feelin' gets to you, yeah, yeah
And that feelin' you ain't had
In a long, long, long, long time, yeah, yeah
And it's good for your mind

It's like a baby with a brand new
New, new. new, new toy
It makes you scream, scream full of joy
It makes you say, la la, la

If misery is your best friend
And has gotten so you can't pretend
Your tears, your tears keep givin' you away
But you're prayin' for, for a better day

Tell me why should I
Go through these changes?
But they don't dig the urgency
That this is an emergency

So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word

Tell me why should I
Tell me why, why should I
Go through these changes?
But they don't dig the urgency
That this is an emergency

So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah, yeah
So make it heard, deliver, deliver, deliver
Deliver the word, yeah

When that feelin' gets to you, yeah, yeah
And that feelin' you ain't had
In a long, long, long, long time, yeah, yeah
And it's good for your mind

It's like a baby with a brand new
New, new. new, new toy
It makes you scream, scream full of joy
It makes you say, la la, la

My Papa left and the war went on
Got no rest since he ain't come home
Bet the wind heard his mighty roar
I'm gonna kill you cause I can't go home

Damn devils are running
I can't shoot anymore

Devil run I can't shoot anymore
Go on home 'cause your asking for more
If the storm brings hell upon you
Blame yourself I won't let you through

Damn devils are running
I can't shoot anymore
Damn devils keep running
I won't let you through

Fires burn as you look away
You've been lying to use everyday
Still you follow the devil's run
You can't unite the world with a gun

It's no joke we're a mad universe
No one to trust to make it work
If the war don't make it alright
We burn in hell and we loose the fight

Damn devils are running
I can't shoot anymore
Damn devils are running
I won't let you through

(oral intro)
You recall Big Red? He spent most of his life out on the road
Searching for that enigmatic devil slide, but he could never forget
What Muddy said. Glass is best.
We was on that midnight train, driving to San Sebastian Spain
When he took a dead bottle of Beaujolais,
Slipped his ring finger into it's neck and broke off the remains.
Then he looked at me with a gleam in his eyes and said,
"Eric, look out here comes the devil slide".

The devil's on the loose
Waving his brand new pitch fork
He's still looking good
He's been polishing his horns
In order to bleed souls
Even those who have never been born

The devil's on the loose
Riding in a brand new car
With a suit and tie and a Japanese cellular
He goes to church and prays
But he knows that faith don't come in jar

(chorus)
The devil's on the loose
Stirring his cauldron of bliss
And we taste the flavor
Not knowing we're already a part of this

At the doors of every house
The dogs begin to bark
The devil's on the loose and his eyes
Can see in the dark
He's going to give you double of everything
You never asked for

The devil's on the loose
Excited to have a new start
He preserves his tail
And loans out his two big hearts
One to keep you busy
And the other to tear you apart

(chorus)
The devil's on the loose
And we're stuck in the middle of his game
We're talking it over
But nobody knows what they're saying
So let's make love baby
I'll see you some old sunny day

I've seen the kings
I've seen the queens
I've seen them riding in a big limousine
I've heard them talking
About they're gonna save the world
But dey don't

I've seen them up in their ivory towers
I've waited in the lobbies
For hours and hours
I knew they're talking Jane Mansfield
But dey don't

I've seen the chickies up in Beverly Hills
I've seeen them talking all their little bitty pills
I've heard them talking 'bout they're gonna get it on
But dey don't

No dey won't, dey won't
Dey don't know who they're screwing
No dey don't, dey don't
Dey don't knoe what they're doing
No dey don't, dey don't
Dey don't know when they're praying
And dey don't know when they're going
And dey don't know when they're saying

I've seen the man and I've seen his land
I've heard him talking 'bout he's gonna move the stand
He wears a pretty hat but he don't understand
No he don't

Yeah, I've seen them up at the BTU
And I've heard them talking in their petty little way
And I've heard them talking how they're
Gonna save our youth
But dey don't
No, dey don't

I've seen them up in the singles bars
I've seen them grooving in their big flashy cars
Telling all the little girls they're gonna make them stars
But dey won't

They talk about it all day long, but
You never get it on
Never get it on
Never get it on
Hey baby, how are you doin'
Hey, come here a minute
Hey, hey, let mr talk to you for a while
Oh, you won't
You mean you can't

ooooo...ooooo...ooooo...
ooooo...ooooo...ooooo...

Don't let no one, noooo one get you down...
cuz if they do, if they do
i'll be around...

I want you near, standing here by my side
So my dear wipe those tears from your eyes...

ooooo...ooooo...ooooo
ooooo...ooooo...ooooo

Dont let no one, noooo one get you down...
cuz if they do, if they do
i'll be around...

I want to see, you round me
all the time
I want you to know that i am yours
and you are mines...

Let nobody get you down...(heeeeeey....)
Let nobody get you down...
Let nobody get you down...
Let nobody get you down...
Let nobody get you down...
Let nobody get you down... (you keep me happy all the time)
Let nobody get you down... (you keep me happy happy all the time)
Let nobody get you down... (you you you you you you you you)

Don't let no one, no one get you down
Cause if they do, if they do I'll be around
I want you near standing here by my side
So my dear wipe those tears from your eyes

Don't let no one, no one get you down
Cause if they do, if they do, I'll be around
I wanna see you round me all the time
I want you to know that I am yours and you are mine

Don't let nobody get you down
Don't let nobody get you down

I'll keep you free
I'll bring you up, never down
You keep me happy all the time
You keep me happy, happy, all the time
You you you you you you, you blow my mind

Don't let no one, no one get you down
Cause if they do, if they do I'll be around
I want you near standing here by my side
So my dear wipe those tears from your eyes

Don't let no one, no one get you down
Cause if they do, if they do, I'll be around
I wanna see you round me all the time
I want you to know that I am yours and you are mine

Don't let nobody get you down
Don't let nobody get you down

I'll keep you free
I'll bring you up, never down
You keep me happy all the time
You keep me happy, happy, all the time
You you you you you you, you blow my mind

Don't let no one, no one get you down
Cause if they do, if they do I'll be around
I want you near standing here by my side
So my dear wipe those tears from your eyes

Don't let no one, no one get you down
Cause if they do, if they do, I'll be around
I wanna see you round me all the time
I want you to know that I am yours and you are mine

Don't let nobody get you down
Don't let nobody get you down

I'll keep you free
I'll bring you up, never down
You keep me happy all the time
You keep me happy, happy, all the time
You you you you you you, you blow my mind

As I went out walking
One fine summer morning
The birds in the bushes
Did whistle and sing
The lads and the lassies
In couples were courting
Going back to the factory
Their work to begin

I spied one among them
She was fairer than most
Her cheeks like the red rose
That blooms in the spring
Her hair like the lily
Thet grows in yon valley
She was only a hard working
Factory Girl

I steps up aside her more closely to feel her
She says my young man
Don't stare me so
She said I've got gold in my pocket
And silver as well
No more will I answer
That factory call

Now the years have all passed
From the days of our youth
Our home is now teeming
With children at play
Life goes on in the village
You can still hear the whistle
Hey there goes the lad
With his factory girl

Let's say you're livin in the inner city
You're angry young and male
They say you got a pretty good chance
My brother of winding up in jail
Incarcreation understand ia a lucrative industry
Whole towns are living on it
The 21st century slavery
Somewhere is there a solution
If there is we've got to find it
And get our heads and hearts behind it
But right now I don't know what to do
That's why I'm feeling blue

You see a lot of guys so frustrated
They just want to kick somebody's ass
It's not just a racial thing these days oh yeah
Privilege and class
Education's a factor you can't afford to ignore
It's still the best way my brother
To even up the score