Humble Pie

Red light mama looking for a ride
There's fire in your loins but you're cold inside
Quiet to the world that your nights are free
At 50 cents a time understandably, it don't make it.

Now, I don't expect you to take my advice
But you can make it easy, just review the price
'Cause you're looking awful pretty and twice as nice to know
Let's get it on, mmm peel it off.

Now, where's your cousin Ruby with her jet hot lips ?
She got life saver boobs and 42" hips, some kind of monster
Those alligator slippers and thigh-high boots
She works from East to West and deals in blue-veined flutes, it's boogity-boogity.

We know that she's a hustler and she's built like a tank
Wears hairnets on her armpits and her breath is rank
She gotta swelled belly and there's money in her bank.

Red light mama, red hot
Can't you see what you've got ?
Red light mama, red hot
Don't you know what you've got ?

Get it off.

I heard about your sister down in Tennessee
In between the sheets she's making history, and don't we want her
Your mother's still in Memphis on a cocaine farm
There's no place left to shoot it in that thing she calls an arm.

There ain't no backing out when you're born to lose
You take it as you find it and you pay your dues
She could've made her fortune if she'd stayed and played the blues.

Red light mama, red hot
Can't you see what you've got ?
Red light mama, red hot
Don't you know what you've got ?

You look to me like you know what you see
Every step that you take coming closer
Yes I can see underneath your I.D.
You're a woman, oh you're a woman.

On your hands are the rings that a bond of love brings
And your eyes tell a story of sorrow
Yes I have the love of an elf and a dove
And a woman, and a woman.

Love sings like a nightingale lantern show
I love you
Your light is in me, me.

If you held the key, would you share it with me ?
And take me to where you belong ?
Like a fly to a light, I'd be there every night
With my woman.

Feel a kiss from your soul here inside of me
I love you
Please say you want me, me
Please say you want me, me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
My woman yeah, oh be my woman.

Tell me what to say and I'll write a book today
About our love dear, oh
People try to talk to me and they tell me who I ought to be
Today dear, ooh-ooh.

Only you can see that I love you
That I love you, ooh.

Tell me what to think and I'll fix myself a drink
To drink to you dear, oh no no
Why am I so ill at ease ? Don't people get down on their knees
For me, dear.

Girl, only you understand, hold my hand
Hold my hand.

Oh, only you can see that I love you
Yeah that I love you.

Well, the show's all over, I'll just pack my guitar
Well, what am I doing here, girl ?
Get up, c'mon make for your car
Head on back to where the air is clear.

There's a young girl there who's part of my life
She says I'm her only, I call her my wife
I'm so glad to be back home again.

Well, let me sit down slowly, put my feet up somewhere
I let it all out of my head
Well a day-dreamin' guitar-pickin', nothin'-doin' pint of milk
Wakes up with the horrors of a hotel bed.

But it's alright, there's a hand on my cheek
And it belongs to the girl that makes my will power weak
I'm so glad to be back home again.

Oh, get on home.

Well, there's a young girl there who's part of my life
She says I'm her only but I call her my wife
I'm so glad to be back home again, ooh, ooh.

Get on home, yeah.

I'm so glad to be back home again
(I don't want your money but I just want your lovin')
Well, I'm so glad to be back home again
(I don't want your money but I just want your lovin')
I'm so glad to be back home again
(I don't want your money but I just want your lovin')
I'm so glad to be back home again
(I don't want your money but I just want your lovin')
I'm so glad I'm back home again
(I don't want your money but I just want your lovin')
...

Tell me, have you ever seen me sad before ?
With thought of more than just a laugh ?
You know that all I hope to do is make you understand
Just what I am and what I'm trying to say.

I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
To make you talk to me
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna cry
The hidden fear, you won't see.

And then if when I try, though I start to fall
Down along the way
Will you pick me up or would you put me down ?
Surely sir, I really could not say, oh yeah.

I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
To make you talk to me
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna cry
The hidden fear, you won't see.

And then I know I try to fly
Like bird with broken wing
And I'm running before I can walk
I need, I need someone to take my hand
Lead me through the wall.

I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
To make you talk to me
I'm gonna cry, I'm gonna cry
The hidden fear, the hidden fear, you won't see, yeah ..

I, I love you
And I love the sun too
They make bright my light
The light of love, the light of life
I know just how good it can be.

My past leaves a trail, bitter and sweet
Demands on my life were hard to meet
Didn't know how or the reason for
But when I found my love, I found much more
I know just how good it can be.

You're aware, what I ain't got
But what I got is yours to share.

My how it's good to see
The little things that never used to be
Now it's of some concern
Like the old man say : 'If you live you learn'
I know just how good it can be.

I, I love you
And I love the sun too
They, they make bright my light
With the light of love, the light of life
I know just how good it can be.

When I was just a kid back in Abeline
I had to use a gun, well for my own sake
I shot a man down when I was just eighteen
And from that day they call me Shaky Jake.

Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do ?
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
So get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.

Ma says I was born under bad sign
I was lookin' for the chance to make or break
I cut my teeth on a brandin' iron
I'm the devil's own son, I'm Shaky Jake.

Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do ?
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
So get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.

I keep on the run now
I travel by night
I don't need anyone
But someone, one day, somewhere's gonna see me right.

Dig a hole about six foot deep
Pray the Lord my soul to take
I don't want flowers and nobody's gonna weep
Here lies that outlaw, Shaky Jake.

Oh Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do ?
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
So get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.

Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake
Shakey Jake.

Oh Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do ?
Texas Rangers coming after you
Here's the price you pay for one mistake
So get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.

Take me back where I come from
All I need, feeling blue
Friends that I made in my youth
Now I'm older, I love them more.

Moon shines bright above never seems to change
Ever smiling face, no one asks why
Everyone wanted his soul
All he gave them was a smile.

People can change overnight
You most of all, yeah that's right
Find yourself on the ground
Where you been ? What have you found ?

Yeah, now you know the score, never want no more
Ooh keep yourself in your own mind
Can you believe what I say ?
That I'm glad, feeling sad ?

I'm feeling awful cold
I've just been bought and sold
In my eyes you'll see the sign of fear.

Mmm take me back to see what I left behind, yeah
Ooh superficial people told him where to go
Everyone wanted his soul
All he gave them was a smile, oh.

Tears fill my eyes when I hear that sweet love music
My heart starts to sway, oh that loving music
I think about love, think of love in that way
You know how I mean when I say love is real.

By the way yeah, by the way, I'm doing fine
By the way yeah, by the way, love is mine.

If some ache should get too much, she'll be there with her loving touch to ease my dawn
So I don't care enough about the world and all that fuss, my love is blind
I think about love in that way yeah
You know how I mean when I say love is real.

By the way yeah, by the way, I'm doing fine
By the way, by the way, love is mine.

Hoping that you'll find love someday, yeah
Hoping that you'll find love my way
It's no life without love, hear what I say
In this world of grab and shuffle, no time to play.

Let the world go waltzing by, we'll beat the devil by and by, in our way
Love gets deeper with each smile then together we'll ride high, all the way
Just think about love in that way
You know how I mean when I say love is real.

Tears fill my eyes when I hear that sweet love music
My heart starts to sway, oh that loving music
I think about love in that way
Think about love in that way
Think about love in that way
Think about, think about my love, oh yeah, in that way
Think about my love ..

When she turns away I cry
All I want to know is why
Shut the light out, close your eyes
When you wake her, say goodbye.

What does she do when I hide ?
When can I be by her side ?
Yes again, again, again.

Strap me in a ship that flies
Hit the ground, you breathe a sigh
Kiss the ground, she smiles hello
Time apart just makes love grow.

What does she say to make me feel good ?
Now that I'm here by her side
Once again.

I'll give you all I have
Don't you see I'll give my life ?

Autumn comes again so near
Leaves are falling fast I fear
Turn the heat on, wipe your eyes
What you have can never die.

Now is the time that I know why, know why
When can I be by her side ?
Yes again.

I'll give you all I have
Don't you see I'll give my life ?

I'll give my life for you
I'll give my life for you.

I have an axe and pistol, my graveyard train
Shoot tombstone bullets wearing balls and chain
I'm drinking TNT, smoking dynamite
I hope some screwball start a fight

'Cause I'm ready, yeah, ready as anybody can me
Hey babe, listen
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me

Oh, you pretty little chicks with your curly hair
I know that you feel that I ain't nowhere
Cause stop what you're doing and come down here
I'll prove to you mama, that I ain't no square

I'm ready, ready as anybody can me
Yeah
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me

Come on, take it
I been drinking gin like never before
Feeling good, I want you to know
One more drink, I wish you would
Take a whole lot of loving to make me feel good

I'm ready, ready, yeah, ready as anybody can me
Yeah, I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me

I said, I'm ready for you, but I hope you're ready for me
Oh yeah, yeah
Oh yeah, yeah

I'll take your word, if it rains I'll wear my coat
Don't tell me now what, what is to come.

I live from day to day
Who knows what tomorrow may bring ?
Love and fate run hand in hand
I know there must be a better land, ooh-ooh
Yeah, I know there must be a better land.

I'll take your word that a moonbeam can be heard
Time passes by but my heart still stays the same.

She came just like the sun
I know she's mine, I know
You see the stars and yet
I am the earth and she is my water, yeah
I am the earth and she is my water.

I'll take your word that your moon has moved away
Mmm don't look ahead for me, I'll wait my turn, mmm.

I am the earth and she is my water.

I've found all I need is my love
In the day, oh at night, in the morning
She can tell when I'm down
I'll sing this song when things are all wrong.

I live from day to day
Who knows what tomorrow may bring ?
Love and fate run hand in hand
I know there must be a better land
I know there must be a better land.

In a car, going home, getting wasted
Some cat stops and starts to make a crime
He said : 'Son, I'm afraid I must bust you'
'For getting spaced I just must waste your time'.

Only a roach
Won't keep us from crossing no ocean ?

So they hounded us down to the station
And said just how sorry they were
And they spoke of the good in just drinking
And drinking's all they're good for.

I said ..
Only a roach
Won't keep us from crossing no ocean ?

And the judge, well he just would not listen
But then listening ain't what he's paid for
'Cause he's paid for just gettin' his ass sore
Forever and ever more.

Said : 'You pay through the nose'
'For counsul and the clothes that you wore'
Ah, keep playing.

Only a roach
Won't keep us from crossing no ocean ?
I said ..
Only a roach
Won't keep us from crossing no ocean ?

In the midst of all my sorrow
The one I love has left my side
And for me there's no tomorrow
No time for laughing, if I could, I would have tried.

Live with me, yeah
Baby, will you live with me ? Yeah
Live with me, ooh
Baby, won't you live with me, live with me, yeah ?
I really, really need you
Live with me, live with me
Live with me, yeah, no more, no more, yeah.

I didn't really do you wrong when I lied, no
I didn't really say those words to make you wanna go
So come back baby, to my side
A love like yours, baby, I can't hide.

So won't you live with me ?
Oh yeah, won't you live with me ?
Live with me baby, live with me, yeah yeah
Live with me, live with me yeah
Live, won't you live with me, live with me ?
Well, you know you must, you must, oh oh
No more.

You know sometimes you make me feel so mad
Sometimes, you make me feel so sad
Oh oh, do you wanna be tied ?
All I wanna know, do you wanna be my bride ?

Oh won't you live with me, yeah ?
Ooh-ooh, yeah, ooh
Oh won't you live with me, yeah ?
Oh won't you live with me, oh mama ?
Oh won't you live with me, oh yeah ?
Won't you live with me, oh Lord ?
Well, you know you, you're still my baby
You're still my baby
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh.

When she turns away I cry
All I want to know is why
Shut the light out, close your eyes
When you wake her, say goodbye.

What does she do when I hide ?
When can I be by her side ?
Yes again, again, again.

Strap me in a ship that flies
Hit the ground, you breathe a sigh
Kiss the ground, she smiles hello
Time apart just makes love grow.

What does she say to make me feel good ?
Now that I'm here by her side
Once again.

I'll give you all I have
Don't you see I'll give my life ?

Autumn comes again so near
Leaves are falling fast I fear
Turn the heat on, wipe your eyes
What you have can never die.

Now is the time that I know why, know why
When can I be by her side ?
Yes again.

I'll give you all I have
Don't you see I'll give my life ?

I'll give my life for you
I'll give my life for you.