The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

I'm walking down the street mindin' my own affair
When two policemen grabbed me and I'm unaware
They said "Is your name Alexander?" and I said "Why, sure"
They said "You're the cat that we've been looking for"

But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
But now I was, I was framed

The cops took me to a little room where the bright light shines
There was ten poor souls like me standin' in that line
I knew I was the victim of somebody's evil plan
When a stool pigeon looked at me an' said
"There's your man!"

But I was framed, framed
I was framed, framed
I was framed, framed
I never did nothing
But I was framed, framed, framed
Oh yes, oh yes

Then the public prosecutor started prosecutin' me
That man wanted to find what was my pedigree
He said "Where were you on the third of June 1963?"
Then them cats with their rubber hoses started givin' me the third degree

But I was framed, framed
I was framed
Framed, framed, framed
Well I never did nothing
But I was framed, framed

I was framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed
I was framed, I was framed, I was framed
Framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed, framed
I was framed
Framed
Well I never did nothin'
But I was framed

"Oh please, don't sell me out",
said the man with the hammer,
hammering the anvil.
"I've been walking on the road of rocks
and I keep on hammering,
keep on hammering,
keep on hammering
hammering the anvil."

"Don't let the sun go down",
said the man with the fire,
firing the furnace.
"I've been buried in the snow
and I keep on firing,
keep on firing,
keep on firing,
firing the furnace."

"Don't talk to me",
said the man with the chisel,
chiseling the surface.
"I've been sleeping far too long,
and I keep on chiseling,
keep on chiseling,
keep on chiseling,
chiseling the surface."

"I don't know what you mean",
said the man with the shovel,
shoveling the ashes.
"I've been diggin' in the frozen ground
and I keep on shoveling,
keep on shoveling,
keep on shoveling,
shoveling the ashes."

Chiseling the surface
Firing the furnace
Hammering the anvil
Hammering the anvil

"Don't sell me out",
said the man with the hammer,
hammering the anvil.
"I've been walking on the road of rocks
and I keep on hammering,
keep on hammering,
keep on hammering,
hammering the anvil."

Shoveling the ashes
Chiseling the surface
Firing the furnace
Hammering the anvil
Keeping on, keeping on, keeping on
Hammering the anvil

I'm gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on hammering
I'm gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on hammering

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Underneath the green veranda
Singin' a song for mad Miranda
They call me the Midnight Moses
Everything I touch is comin' up roses

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Tell me where I'm goin'
I've got no way of knowin'
I wish I was a forest ranger
Danger, danger, danger

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey

I had an afternoon fever
When I flew off to Geneva
I just took me a notion
To fly right across the ocean

They call me the Midnight Moses
Everything I touch is comin' up roses
I had an afternoon fever
When I flew off to Geneva

There was a man selling bayonets, a razor and a chain
Sweating all over what they've got her on the game
He had the Buff's Bar Blues
He had the Buff's Bar Blues
He had the Buff's Bar Blues, he's got nothing to lose
He's got the Buff's Bar Blues

Drinking Aspumanti, reading John McLain
His sister in the grubber and his brother was the same
He got the Buff's Bar Blues
He got the Buff's Bar Blues
He got the Buff's Bar Blues, he's got nothing to lose
He's got the Buff's Bar Blues

Hangin' out the window waving ribbons and flags
Lying in the midden, he was readin' the mags
He got the Buff's Bar Blues
He got the Buff's Bar Blues
He got the Buff's Bar Blues, he's with nothing to lose
He's got the Buff's Bar Blues

He got the Buff's Bar Blues
He got the Buff's Bar Blues
He got the Buff's Bar - wookie, wookie, wookie, wookie, wookie, wookie - Buff's Bar Blues
He got the Buff's Bar Blues with nothing to lose
He's got the Buff's Bar Blues

I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to stay home always
I don't want you to be true
I just want to make love to you

I don't want you to cook my bread
I don't want you to make my bed
I don't want you to be sad and blue
I just want to make love to you

'Cause I can tell by the way you twitch and walk
Can tell by the way you baby talk
I know by the way that you hold my hand
That I can love you, baby, like nobody can

And I don't want you to cook my bread
I don't want you to make my bed
I don't want you to be sad and blue
'Cause I just want to make love to you

'Cause I can tell by the way you twitch and walk
By the way that you baby talk
By the way that you hold my hand
That I can love you, baby, like nobody can

And I don't want you to be no slave
I don't want you to stay home always
I don't want you to be true
I just want to make love to you

And nobody else, nobody else, nobody else
'Cause I just, I just want to make love to you
And nobody else, nobody else
'Cause I just want to make love to you
And nobody else, nobody else, nobody else
'Cause I, I just want to make love to you
And nobody else
'Cause I want to do just enough to you to make you
All I want to do is just make love to you
And nobody else, nobody else, nobody else
'Cause I just want to make love to you, baby
And nobody else, nobody else
'Cause all I really want to do is just to, I just want to make love to you
'Cause I, I just want to make love to you right now, right here
'Cause I just want to make love to you
And nobody else, nobody else

I got drunk last night, I got drunk the night before
Got the blues so bad I can't sing the blues no more
I woke up this morning - a pain going through my head
But I've got a baby that takes the pain away

She loves nobody but me
Sweet as a sweety can be
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin' my blues away
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin' my blues away
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin' the night away

I love my baby, love my baby, night and day
Shakin' and quakin' if my baby gets far to far away
And I have to write a letter
Come on home baby make me better
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin' my blues away

She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

She loves nobody but me
Sweet as a sweety can be
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

She loves nobody but me
She sweet as a sweety can be
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

She loves nobody but me
She as sweet as a sweety can be
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

She loves nobody but me
She as sweet as can be
She got hole in her stocking and she keeps on rockin'

Paper sir, paper sir, paper sir

The mobs in town
And the guns are out
And Louie knows what it's all about
He's gunning down the cops with machine-gun tops
Moving in a black sedan
A stickup worth a hundred grand
Headline sensation:
"A Payroll Grab in the Union Station"

Now there's no lights on the Christmas tree mother
They're burning Big Louie tonight
There's no electricity mother
They're burning Big Louie tonight

Across the state the bandits fly
Victims scream, gangsters die
And sirens in the night and armoured cars and dynamite
Now Peter is on the mob
And the FBI is on the job
And now the headlines say:
"Louie Bannassas On Trial Today"

Now there's no lights on the Christmas tree mother
They're burning Big Louie tonight
There's no electricity mother
They're burning Big Louie tonight

But they got him in the final chase
Louie was running in a loser's race
And on the day his case begun
He was Public Enemy Number One
And the jury's back, they all agree
It's murder in the first degree
Tie him down and shave his hair
Cause tonight Big Louie's gonna get the chair

Now there's no lights on the Christmas tree mother
They're burning Big Louie tonight
There's no electricity mother
They're burning Big Louie tonight
The baby's crying
They're burning Big Louie tonight
They're gonna fry him
They're burning Big Louie tonight

Ssss...

Let me be your swampsnake 'til the real one comes along
Let me be your swampsnake 'til the real one comes along
I wanna be the medicine man and I won't do you wrong
Ssss...

Let me brush your carpet bring you coffee in your bed
Let me brush your carpet bring you coffee in your bed
Let me shape your pillow, root it underneath your head

Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake

Let me wash the windows, let me clean away your sin
Ssss...
Let me wash the windows, let me clean away the sin
Float you in the water 'til your little ship comes in

Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake

Let me be your swampsnake 'til the real one comes along
Let me be your swampsnake 'til the real one comes along
I wanna be the medicine man and I won't do you wrong

Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake
Let me be your swampsnake

Ahhh...? ha ha ha
Swampsnake
Swampsnake
I wanna be your swampsnake
Ssss...

There once was a woman with wings
Happy with the simple things
She had silk suspenders and high heeled stockinged thighs
Helping me in my need
She was a friend, indeed
She was my baby until the day she died

Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues

Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues.

She was a woman who was twice my size
She looked into my eyes
She said "Only you can blow my blues away"
She said "I'll tell you what to do
Bring all your friends with you
And you can come up and see me any ol' time of day"

Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues

Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues

Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues

There was twenty-seven guys
An unexpected surprise
She just kept on rockin' 'til the night was gone
She was smilin' through the tears
For a hundred and fifty years
Just lickin' her lips and helpin' me along

Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues

Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues

There ain't nothin' like a gang, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ...
... ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, gang bang
Ain't nothin' like a gang bang
To blow away the blues

If your body's feelin' bad
And it's the only one you have
You want to take away the pain
Go out walkin' in the rain
You watch the flowers go to bed
Ask the man inside your head
Your spirit never has to grieve
All ya got to do's believe
The faith healer
The faith healer

All ya got to do is feel
Your body's going to start to heal
The fingertips in holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
It don't matter what the doctor said
The healer man will sail away
Immortality for two
The miracles, they'll come to you
The faith healer
The faith healer

Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?

Faith and hope and charity
The simple relativity
He can make you understand
All you've got to take his hand
It don't matter what somebody said
Ask the man inside your head
The fingertips in holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
The faith healer
The faith healer

Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?

Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?

Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?

The faith healer
The faith healer
The faith healer

Come on folks and get in the groove, we gotta move

I went ridin' the other night
Two colour horse, oh my what a sight!
The name of my horse was Ding Dong
While we was ridin' and singin' a song

Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up

We rode and we rode the whole night through
My horse was tired, I was too
I had a date with my girl at eight
Come on Ding Dong we can't be late

I said
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up

Got to her house and I got down
There was the toughest guy in town
If I went in, he might use force
Mounted up again and I said to my horse

Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up

Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up

You got to giddy up a Ding Dong
You got to giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up a Ding Dong
Giddy up, giddy up a Ding Dong

Naked a sin
An army towel, covering my belly
Some of us weep, some of us howl
Knees turn to jelly, but Next! Next!
I was just a child
A hundred like me
I followed a naked body
A naked body followed me, Next! Next!
I was just a child when my innocence was lost
In a mobile army whorehouse
A gift of the army, free of cost. Next! Next! Next!
Me, I really would have liked a little bit of tenderness
Maybe a word, maybe a smile, maybe some happiness, but Next! Next!
Oh, it was not so tragic
and heaven did not fall
But how much at that time
I hated being there at all, Next! Next!
I still recall the brothel trucks, the flying flags
The queer lieutenant slapped our arses
He's thinking we are fags. Next! Next! Next!
I swear on the wet head of my
First case of gonorrhea
It is his ugly voice that I forever fear, Next! Next!
A voice that stinks of whiskey, corpses and of mud
The voice of nations
The thick voice of blood, Next! Next!
Since then each woman I have taken into bed
They seem to lie in my arms
And they whisper in my head, Next! Next!
Oh, the naked and the dead
Could hold each others hands
As they watch me dream at night
In a dream that nobody understands
And though I am not dreaming in a voice grown dry 'n' hollow
I stand on endless naked lines of the following and the followed
The Next! Next!
One day I'll cut my legs off
I'll burn myself alive
I'll do anything to get out of life, to survive
Not ever to be next, Next! Next!
Not ever to be next, not ever

Hobo villa, Hobonee
Even dead, fear Ulandee
Even dead fear marble eye
He been living in a lullaby

Machinery overheat
Vambo teaching mastery
Overshaka, shaka fast
Even old marble eye go past

Vambo comin' to the rescue
Vambo comin' to the rescue
Vambo comin' to the rescue

Up the go-go river
Give away, lobster hobo, say OK
Long long lover
She say goodbye
He been living in a lullaby

Vambo comin' to the rescue
Vambo comin' to the rescue
Vambo comin' to the rescue

Vambo never show him face
Hold him head in no disgrace
Hobo villa over Hobonee
Even the dead fear Ullandee

Even dead fear marble eye
Ain't no way for he to die
Tell me no story, tell me no lie
He been living in a lullaby

Vambo comin' to the rescue
Vambo comin' to the rescue
Vambo comin' to the rescue
Vambo comin' to the ...

(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule) Vambo comin' to the rescue
(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule)
(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule)
(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule) Vambo comin' to the rescue
(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule)
(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule) Vambo rule, OK, OK
(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule) Vambo rule, OK
(Vambo rule OK, Vambo rule)

Naked a sin
An army towel, covering my belly
Some of us weep, some of us howl
Knees turn to jelly, but Next! Next!
I was just a child
A hundred like me
I followed a naked body
A naked body followed me, Next! Next!
I was just a child when my innocence was lost
In a mobile army whorehouse
A gift of the army, free of cost. Next! Next! Next!
Me, I really would have liked a little bit of tenderness
Maybe a word, maybe a smile, maybe some happiness, but Next! Next!
Oh, it was not so tragic
and heaven did not fall
But how much at that time
I hated being there at all, Next! Next!
I still recall the brothel trucks, the flying flags
The queer lieutenant slapped our arses
He's thinking we are fags. Next! Next! Next!
I swear on the wet head of my
First case of gonorrhea
It is his ugly voice that I forever fear, Next! Next!
A voice that stinks of whiskey, corpses and of mud
The voice of nations
The thick voice of blood, Next! Next!
Since then each woman I have taken into bed
They seem to lie in my arms
And they whisper in my head, Next! Next!
Oh, the naked and the dead
Could hold each others hands
As they watch me dream at night
In a dream that nobody understands
And though I am not dreaming in a voice grown dry 'n' hollow
I stand on endless naked lines of the following and the followed
The Next! Next!
One day I'll cut my legs off
I'll burn myself alive
I'll do anything to get out of life, to survive
Not ever to be next, Next! Next!
Not ever to be next, not ever

La la la la la la la ha ha ha ho ho

Come on in, make a little bit of magic with me
Come on Begin the Beguine together
Honey
Sugar
Baby

Come on in, I'm gonna teach you how to swim
Right up
The river of love
The river of

La la la la la la la ha ha ha ho ho

Come on down, we can paint the town together
Come on 'round, lay the roses down forever
Honey
Sugar
Baby

Come on in, I'm gonna teach you how to swim
Right up
The river of love
The river of love

Ohhh

When the water falls
We walk on the river
And if you believe
We can do it forever
By the thunder and rain
And the pleasure and pain
We can do it again and again and again
Swim right up, swim right up, swim right up
Right up the river of

La la la la la la la ha ha ha ho ho
La la la la la la la ha ha ha ho ho
The river of love
La la la la la la la ha ha ha ho ho
You can swim, swim right up her
La la la la la la la ha ha ha ho ho
Swimin' na na na

I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough of that long hair music

See me waltzin' with Matilda
She showed me how to make a guilder
And Tom Tom givin' me the evil eye
Can't get enough of that cherry pie

Wrap your brains around the sky
Keep on eating that cherry pie

I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough of that long hair music

I can't get enough of Lonely Lizzie
Oooo, baby baby she's too busy
She hold her hand up to the sky
I can't get enough of that cherry pie

Wrap your brains around the sky
Keep on eating that cherry pie

Eat that cherry pie
Eat that cherry pie
Eat that cherry pie
Eat that cherry pie

I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough of that long hair music

I gave my heart to Carmelita
She's so groovy when I eata
She be the apple of mine eye
But I can't get enough of that cherry pie

Wrap your brains around the sky
Keep on eating that cherry pie
Wrap your brains around the sky
Keep on eating that cherry pie

I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music
I can't get enough, I can't get enough
I can't get enough of that long hair music

I can't get enough
I can't get enough

I knew we had
To say goodbye
When I felt that warmth
Against my thigh
Ha ha ha ha
Hey!
Is that you pissing on my leg?

Give my regards to Sergeant Fury
He wanna be the judge and jury
He teach me every thing I know
Aha, aha

Say goodbye to Syracuse
She can dance away my blues
I was a big boy up 'til then
Aha, aha

I wanna be rich and famous
I wanna be just the same as
The stars that shine on a Christmas tree
Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa

Say hello to Mrs. Foster
She wanna know how much it cost her
She only lay and whispered "Why?"
Aha, aha

I wanna be rich and famous
I wanna be just the same as
The stars that shine on a Christmas tree
Ha ha

I wanna be rich and I wanna be famous
I wanna be just the same as
I wanna be rich and I wanna be famous
I wanna be just the same as

'Cause I wanna be (I wanna be), I wanna be (I wanna be) rich and famous (rich and famous)
I wanna be (I wanna be), I wanna be (I wanna be) just the same as (just the same as)
I wanna be (I wanna be), I wanna be (I wanna be) rich and famous (rich and famous)
I wanna be (I wanna be), I wanna be (I wanna be) just the same as (just the same as)

Ah, scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo, scooby da ha ha
Scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo, scooby da
Scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo, scooby da
Scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo (scooby doo), scooby doo

I got weights made of lead
And they're hangin' 'round my heart
Goin' tick tock
I got things on my mind
Make me feel I'm goin' blind
Goin' blick block
I got
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead

I got brains made of wool
And they're getting in my way
Goin' woo woo
I got snakes in my guts
And they're gonna drive me nuts
Goin' zoo zoo
I got
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead
And they're hangin' 'round my heart

Like the steeple
And the tower
Just reachin' for the power

I got weights made of lead
And they're hangin' round my heart
Goin' tick tock
I got things on my mind
Make me feel I'm goin' blind
Goin' blick block
I got
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead
Weights made of lead
And they're hangin' round my heart

Weights made of lead
Goin' blick block woo woo
Zoo zoo
Woo woo
Weights
Made of lead
Hangin'
Hangin' 'round my heart
Goin' tick tock blick block woo woo
Zoo zoo

Oh, the Tomahawk Kid, do you know what he did
On a cave on Treasure Island?
Sixteen men on a dead man's chest
He didn't know where to find them

When we set sail across the seven seas
There was Captain Dan and Billy Bones and me
And the Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid

Full fathom five, the Kid is alive
The crew was climbin' up the rigging
We was washed on land, on the silver sand
We got no time for digging

When we set sail across the seven seas
There was Captain Dan and Billy Bones and me
And the Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid

Yo ho ho
Yo ho ho
Yo ho ho
Yo ho ho

Let's be bold my captain
And I'll hold your hairy hand
And let's forget the treasure
And we'll skip across the sand

Ah, the Tomahawk Kid, do you know what he did?
He hung his head in sorrow
No treasure chest, but he did his best
He's gonna come back tomorrow

When we set sail across the seven seas
There was Captain Dan and Billy Bones and me
And the Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid

The Tomahawk Kid (Yo ho ho, yo ho ho)
The Tomahawk Kid (Yo ho ho, yo ho ho)
The Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid
The Tomahawk Kid (Yo ho ho, yo ho ho)
The Tomahawk Kid (Yo ho ho, yo ho ho)

If you don't put me on trial
Then why don't you turn me loose
You can throw the key away
Let me chase the wild goose
Your progress is my desire
You shouldn't do me wrong
Although it's true I'm worried now
I won't be worried long

Telling stories to the peacocks
Selling systematically
Just a counterfeit engraving
Of the way you used to be
Just another one-way number
Another two-way song
Although it's true I'm worried now
I won't be worried long

Don't encourage me to murder
'Cause it pays to advertise
Don't treat me with suspicion
Don't tell me no more lies
You know I love your company
You shouldn't do me wrong
Although it's true I'm worried now
I won't be worried long
Although it's true I'm worried now
I won't be worried long

I wanna take a walk, I wanna take a walk
I wanna take a walk along Action Strasse
(repeat)

Her eyes....telling lies...paradise
She said....words to me....tenderly

The man inside he was selling me a bride
Wake up in the morning on Action Strasse
A one eyed cat who was very fond of that
Cruising up the middle of Action Strasse
Everybody make for the peppermint shake
Everybody gonna have a good time

Her eyes....telling lies...paradise
She said....words to me....tenderly

I still remember cause I can't forget
The painted lady she got me yet
She look so neat and sound so sweet
When the light shines bright on midnite street
And everybody make for the peppermint shake
Wanna take a walk along Action Strasse

I wanna take a walk, I wanna take a walk
I wanna take a walk along Action Strasse
(repeat)

Did you read my letter published yesterday
Looking for a brand new piece of meat
to pass the time away
So if you've got the money
I certainly got the time
Just bring your baby with you
and I promise you I'll bring mine
You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You say you love me
but you don't even know my name.

You used to call me sweetheart and paid my rent
You blew me kisses when you shared my tent
I used to buy you tickets for the biggest gas in town
And tasted your tomato everytime you brought it 'round.

You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You say you love me
but you don't even know my name.

I called you baby I mixed your stew
I used to seal my lips and tie my hands for you
Up until the last time I sat you on my knee
You drove my brains into the wall, you tortured me

You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You say you love me
but you don't even know my name.

You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You freed my body
but you left my soul in chains
You say you love me
but you don't even know my name.

You freed my body, you freed my body, freed my body but you left my soul in chains.

Ribs and balls
Ribs and balls
We all send for ribs
They all send for balls
We all send for ribs
They all send for balls
Send out the roadies out for more
and more and more and more
chew 'em eat 'em
Chew 'em up

Mother dear, did you hear how they're teaching me to do the goose step?
Father mine, just in time, you give me a machine to wash my jeans in
The customer is always right, the girl is much too young to know the difference
The guitar hanging in the hall is calling me in all its magnificence

Give my compliments to the chef
Give my compliments to the chef

Leo sits behind the desk, he wanna see the women cooking gravy
Nobody sent no argument and I gotta go and join the Royal Navy
Mademoiselle you do so well, you know the meaning of salvation
But the General wants me on the phone and he's all alone and needs my consolation

Give my compliments to the chef
Give my compliments to the chef

He's crazy, got his head in a basket
She lazy, you don't understand
You know I'm running, you don't wanna hide me
I know a woman who's a man is a man
One night I was dreaming, I lay on my pillow
The train I was riding was ten coaches long
And in the village they was looking at freedom
In the beginning when I knew any old time

Any old time
Any old time
Any old time

Bad boys don't get no toys and everybody wants to get to heaven
The Salvation Army's asking and nobody ever thinks of giving
You know that major seven break my bones
I gotta go out and beg and borrow
You know I wish I could see yesterday
The way I can see tomorrow

Go and take a look in a history book
Oh, it's up to you to mix the stew
And when you do
Give my compliments to the chef

The chef
Any old time
Any old time
Any old time
Any old time
Any old time
Any old time
Any old time
Any old time
Any old time
I want to give my compliments...

Crying out loud said a face in the crowd
Can you hear me talkin'
The river was dry that was why
I'm on the road and walking
A man on a horse with a box on his head
He was sayin' to the Nation
He pay him dues the goodbye blues
Is simple syncopation
And then I told my story to the cannibal king
Said Shake That Thing
Go and see the frogman and tell him
All your troubles
Take your umbrella cause he
Keeps on blowing bubbles
Come up and let me analyse you
Said the monkey to the weasel
And I'll paint your picture on the wall
If you can buy the easel
And I told my story to the cannibal king
Said baby baby shake that thing

Once upon a sunshine
Before the final bell
I told my story to big boy
With connections straight from Hell
His fiddle was his sweetheart
He was her favourite beau
And hear me saying was all he playing
Them songs from long ago
I told my story to the cannibal king
Said baby baby shake that thing

Too late too late
Can be the cry
So take it if you need it
Theres no such thing as a dirty book
Its just the way you read it
So goodbye baby I'll see you soon
Its gotta be that way
So bury me not on the lone prairie
Coma Tiyi Yipee Yi A
Coma Tiyi Yipee Yi A

The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gathered together we'll meet the storm
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
The branch of the Linden is leafy and green
The rage has deserted the sea
The world holds a promise that shines unseen
Tomorrow Belongs To Me

The babe in his cradle is soundly asleep
The blossom embraces the bee
And love like a valley lies wide and deep
Tomorrow Belongs To Me

Oh father Oh father Oh show us a sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come when the world is mine
Tomorrow Belongs To Me

Father Oh father Oh show us a sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come when the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs, tomorrow belongs
Tomorrow belongs to thee

Tomorrow belongs, tomorrow belongs
Tomorrow belongs to thee

Tomorrow belongs, Tomorrow belongs, Tomorrow belongs to thee

The morning will come when the world is thine
Tomorrow Belongs To Me

"Oh please, don't sell me out",
said the man with the hammer,
hammering the anvil.
"I've been walking on the road of rocks
and I keep on hammering,
keep on hammering,
keep on hammering
hammering the anvil."

"Don't let the sun go down",
said the man with the fire,
firing the furnace.
"I've been buried in the snow
and I keep on firing,
keep on firing,
keep on firing,
firing the furnace."

"Don't talk to me",
said the man with the chisel,
chiseling the surface.
"I've been sleeping far too long,
and I keep on chiseling,
keep on chiseling,
keep on chiseling,
chiseling the surface."

"I don't know what you mean",
said the man with the shovel,
shoveling the ashes.
"I've been diggin' in the frozen ground
and I keep on shoveling,
keep on shoveling,
keep on shoveling,
shoveling the ashes."

Chiseling the surface
Firing the furnace
Hammering the anvil
Hammering the anvil

"Don't sell me out",
said the man with the hammer,
hammering the anvil.
"I've been walking on the road of rocks
and I keep on hammering,
keep on hammering,
keep on hammering,
hammering the anvil."

Shoveling the ashes
Chiseling the surface
Firing the furnace
Hammering the anvil
Keeping on, keeping on, keeping on
Hammering the anvil

I'm gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on hammering
I'm gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on hammering