Faces

thank you kindly for thinking of me
if I'm not smiling I'm just thinking

glad and sorry, happy or sad
when all is done and spoken
you're up or I'm down

can you show me a dream
can you show me one that's better than mine
can you stand it in the cold light of day
neither can I

can you show me a dream
can you show me one that's better than mine
can you stand it in the cold light of day
neither can I

In the mornin dont say you love me,
cause Ill only kick you out of the door
I know your name is rita cause your perfumes smellin sweeter
Since when I saw you down on the floor.

Wont need to much pursuadin
I dont mean to sound degradin,
But with a face like that you got nothin to laugh about.
Red lips, hair and fingernails,
I hear youre a mean old jezebel
Lets go up stairs and read my tarot cards

Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight youd better stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight youd better stay with me

So, in the mornin, please dont say you love me
cause you know Ill only kick you out the door
Yeah, Ill pay your cab fare home, you can even use my best cologne,
Just dont be here in the mornin when I wake up

Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight youd gonna stay with me
Sit down, get up, get out.

Miss Judy she was moody
Owned a sweaty farm in old Alabam
I was just 18, crude and mean
All I needed was to get my own way
Get out of my way

Miss Judy she could have me
Any hour of the working day
She'd send me in the corn field mid afternoon
Said son it's all part of your job

Miss Judy had a cross eyed poodle
That I would kick if I was given the chance
Never was amused by the kindness I used
I was whipped in the barn until dawn
It hurt me

Last summer we was restless
Were gonna make a stand and burn down your farm
But it was all in the head
'Cause out in the yard
Miss Judy had the National Guard
We was beaten, before we started

Miss Judy she was moody
And she always didn't get her own way

Just state the facts, get it right
Kick her when she's down

My mom she likes you, she thinks your swell
Got the makings of a dance hall girl
Your low cut frock and your birds nest hair
Stepping up heels and the way that you smell
She says to take you back
To see my folks again on Sunday

Why it looks as though there's nobody in
They've all went out to see my Auntie Renny
Don't you worry you just come right in
I'm sure we'll pass the time 'til they come home
Well let me take your coat
Take off your shoes, warm your toes, try the sofa

Its getting dark we'll miss the late night bus
It's only eight but I'm not taking any chances
What's that noise why'd they come back so soon
Straighten your dress you're really looking a mess
I'll wet my socks pretend we just got caught in the rain
Oh your so rude

It's hard to believe that this is the place
Where we were so happy all our lives
Now so empty inside and feeling no pain
Waiting for a hammer, and a big ball and chain

They can tear it all down and build something new
But only I remember what was here
Tomorrow comes easy, just another day gone
How long will I have to keep returning?

Now I look back think I've known all the time
I've been finding myself for so long
All the vows that we made
Count for old bags of lumber
Disappear on the cart down the road

Well, well, hello and how are you?
Fancy seeing you here.
Don't let it show.
No look, no one must know
Why! They're playing "Tracks Of My Tears"

Just pretend its all over,
Like you have for so long.
I thought time was a healer,
But I guess I was wrong.
I am to blame
But we were so young.
Oh, how was I to know?

But you said you still want me,
You opened up an old wound
Then you left me here bleeding.
And my minds black and blue.
Now you got yours, and I got mine.
And there's no debts or dues
Oh, what can we do?

In the mornin dont say you love me,
cause Ill only kick you out of the door
I know your name is rita cause your perfumes smellin sweeter
Since when I saw you down on the floor.

Wont need to much pursuadin
I dont mean to sound degradin,
But with a face like that you got nothin to laugh about.
Red lips, hair and fingernails,
I hear youre a mean old jezebel
Lets go up stairs and read my tarot cards

Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight youd better stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight youd better stay with me

So, in the mornin, please dont say you love me
cause you know Ill only kick you out the door
Yeah, Ill pay your cab fare home, you can even use my best cologne,
Just dont be here in the mornin when I wake up

Stay with me, stay with me
For tonight youd gonna stay with me
Sit down, get up, get out.

I left you on the debris
At the Sunday morning market
You were sorting through the odds and ends
You was looking for a bargain

I heard your footsteps at the front door
And that old familiar love song
'Cause you knew you'd find me waiting there
At the top of the stairs

I went there and back
Just to see how far it was
And you, you tried to tell me
But I had to learn for myself

There's more trouble at the depot


With the general workers union
And you said, "They'll never change a thing
Well, they won't fight and they're not working"

Oh, you was my hero
How you are my good friend
I've been there and back
And I know how far it is

But I left you on the debris
Now we both know you got no money
And I wonder what you would have done
Without me hanging around

Long distance information give me memphis tennesee
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number, but i know who placed the call
'cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall.

Help me information get in touch with my marie;
She's the only one who'd phone me here from memphis, tennesee.



Her house is on the south side, high up on a ridge
Just about a half a mile from the mississippi bridge.

Last time i saw marie, she was waving me goodbye
With hurry home drops on her cheeks that trickeled from her eye
Marie is only six years old, information, please
Try to put me through to her in memphis, tennesee

Too bad we was thrown downstairs
You never got a chance to sing
We were quite polite
With one invite
To keep us off the street
We mingled for a minute or two
With the high class clientele
And then somebody said who invited them
That crowd of refugees

What an insult to be shown the door
Before we could shake a leg
I was most intrigued by the colored queen
Leaning on the kitchen door
Then I was ushered with my friends
By the butler who was twelve feet tall
Well let me please explain
That were not to blame
We just don't have the right accent
No, no

All we wanted to do was to socialize
Oh you know its a shame
I was always getting the pain

All we wanted to do was to socialize
Oh you know its a shame
How we always get the blame

Twenty girls, damp hotels
Is where I'm gonna stay
Cause now I see what it's all about
I didn't at the old school side
Don't worry we had more fun
Waiting for the all night bus
Too bad my regional tongue
Gave us away again

Sit right down if you can spare me a minute
I got a tale that's bound to break your heart
Concerns my brother, who's thin and played violin
Got it in his head that an IQ is all you need

He went his way; I couldn't discover mine
I didn't worry if I ever saw him again
He's made a profit while I don't even own a pocket
And the last I heard he was sitting at the top of the tree
Wait a minute

Late last night, reading my underground press
Came a knock on the door; thought it was the third world war
Lord above, I did not recognize him
I said have a cup of coke here, maybe that's all you need

He said the smell of the city, kid - it's trying to kill me
My eyes are getting muddy, Christ; I'm aging fast
My kind of music I knew - it wasn't gonna to be simple
But have a quick listen, kid, maybe that's all you need

Don't stop; you make me feel much better
Tell me, my brother, do you think that's all I need?
Yeah, yeah

Don't it make you happy?
Well, well, well, well, well

That's all you need

Mother, don't you recognize your son?
Coming home 'cause I failed you, mother
I'll be there in the morning
If you'll have me back
The rent up here is much too high
For a room without a tap
I'll be early in the morning
And I'll find my way back home
Back home, bad 'n' ruin
With my tail between my legs
Tail between my legs
And I'll be so tired

I'll be early tomorrow morning
And I'll fall down off my plane
Don't be embarrassed, mother
By your ugly worn-out son
Your ugly worn-out son

Mother, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now

And I'll be down on Cannon street
Passport in my hand
Should you not recognize me
I've heavily made-up my eyes
Mama, you won't recognize me now
Brother, you won't recognize me now
Sister, you won't recognize me now
Mother, you won't recognize me now

So, mother, when you've seen me
Don't forget I'm your boy too
I know my brother has done you proud
He's one foot in the grave
Mother, don't you recognize me now?

I'm a burglar in the first degree
But it don't seem to worry me
I'll be so tired, so tired
I'll be so tired, so tired

So tired

May the smile on your face
Come straight from your heart
Takes a lady like you
To write that for me

To wake up with you
Makes my morning so bright
Wipes the sleep from my eyes
When you tell me your dreams

And it goes on and on
Way beyond and out of reach
It's a well known old secret
Go and tell everyone

The smile on your face
Comes straight from your heart
If you look you will find
And you wrote that for me

Sweet Lady Mary has to rest her poor head
Wakes in the morning with her breakfast in bed
I tried to help her, but I did not know how
I tried to love her, but it's all over now
Nothing left to comfort me, except a sunny day
Steal away, steal away

Over the stones along the dusty old road
With every footstep one more tale is told
With every turning one more side to see
Sweet Lady Mary's seen the last of me
A lesson is learnt, I'll never come this way again
I'll steal away, steal away

Her Spanish habits are so hard to forget
The lady lied with every breath, I accept
Was a matter of time before my face did not fit
I knew all along I'd have to quit.
Anyway now, I better not waste anymore of your time
I'll steal away, steal away

I think I'll go back home and start all again
Where the Gulf Stream waters tend to ease the pain
And on a new day when I've mended the wound
Sweet Lady Mary's gate I swear I'll be bound
But before I sit down again and waste anymore of your time
I better steal away, steal away

Ooh-hoo
Steal away-ay.

I wish I , I wish I was in Richmond
I do, I would I
I wish I, I wish I was back home

I'm waitin' here in New York City
the rain is falling
there's no one who cares
there's no one loves me here

the women, they may look very pretty
and some they know it


but some look good
they show a leg and smile

but they all look like the flowers
in someone else's garden
I'll not act on love
for anyone but you

Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I'll leave you
Baby I'm amazed at the way you fool me all the time
You hung me on a line
Oh baby I'm amazed at the way I really need you

Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
You're the only woman that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand

Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand, good God, hoo
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
You're the only one that could ever help me
Baby, won't you try to understand

Baby, I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Baby, I'm afraid of the way I'll leave ya'
Baby, I'm amazed at the way you help me sing the song
You right me when I'm wrong
Baby I'm amazed at the way I really need ya'

Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he does not really understand
Baby, I'm a man, oh baby
You're the only woman that could ever help me

Baby, won't you try to understand
There you go,
Baby I'm amazed, the way I really need you
Alright, just about warming up and getting into it right about here

Thought I was lookin' good
So I cycled 'cross the neighbourhood
Was invited by a skinny girl
Into her high class world

Left my bicycle under the stairs
Laid my coat across the kosher chairs
Made my way across the crowded room
I had nothing to lose

My reception wasn't very keen
So turning on a friendly grin,
Stood on the table with my glass of gin
And came straight to the point

I was glad to come
I'll be sad to go
So while I'm here
I'll have me a real good time

I was glad to come
I'll be sad to go
So while I'm here
I'll have me a real good time. Oh no

Dancin' madly 'round the room, yeah
Singing loudly and sorta' out of tune
Was escorted by a friendly slag
'Round the ... back

Wandered c-c-cross ...
Missed my step and I fell on the floor.
Said one word and was asked to leave
Kinda' wish I was dead.

I was glad to come
And I'll be so sad to leave,
But while I was here
I had me a real good time, oooh.

The skinny girl made it clear,
That she only came here for the beer - that's a fact, oh yeah
The vicar he simply reeked of gin - good God

On my way home I happened to fall off my bicycle, good party
Ooh hoo, ha ha, yeah

I was glad to come, but I was also glad to get home, yeah
Ooh hoo
Hoo, get in there
Ooh hoo

I don't care who is watching
don't mind what the surfing heads might say
and though I may not be no Charlie Atlas
gonna take my shirt off anyway

now skin and bones sits easy on the high tide
and I'm not one for castles in the sand
I've seen a girl I once knew from the East Side
I think I spy a bottle in her hand
I think I spy a bottle in her hand

I don't need to know your birthday
'cause what you tell her I don't claim to be


there's a place I know of called the Tick Tock
won't you come and take a walk with me
won't you come and take a walk with me

didn't take too much hard work to get her
melted like a chocolate in my arms
if you had ever seen it better
it never did the scenery no harm
never did the scenery no harm

all right, it's your turn to give something back
so let's hear a couple of chords
now where are ya', come on

I got a letter, it come to me by mail
my baby's a-comin' home, I hope that she won't fail
because I feel so good, I feel so good
you know I feel so good, feel like ballin' the jack

I drove into town to that old station, just to meet her old train
my baby said she's a-comin' home I hope that she won't fail
because I feel so good, I feel so good
you know I feel so good, feel like ballin' the jack

feel so good, I hope I always will
feel just like I just got out of jail
wherever I'm with you
because I feel so good, I feel so good.
you know I feel so good, feel like ballin' the jack

all right, I can see you
let's have you
are you with me up there
are you with me are you with me

feel so good, feel so good.
oh I feel so good, ah yeah

I want you to uh, shout as loud as you can
'cause were going to try and record this so you'll know

I feel so good, feel so good
feel so good, feel so good
so nice, so nice
so nice, so nice
so nice, so nice
oh, oh, oh, oh
oh, oh, oh, oh
oh, oh, oh, oh
wo-wo-wo-wo
wo-wo-wo-wo
wo-wo-wo-wo

woh I feel so good, oh yeah, let's hear you

feel, feel, feel, feel, feel so good ...

you know I feel so good
feel like ballin' the jack
you know I feel so good
feel like ballin' the jack
you know I feel so good

thanks for waking up for us