Greatest Hits 1980 |
1. Dream On |
Dream On |
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Everytime that I look in the mirror All these lines on my face gettin' clearer The past is gone It went by like dust to dawn Isn't that the way Everybody's got their dues in life to pay I know what nobody knows Where it comes and where it goes I know it's everybody's sin You got to lose to know how to win Half my life is in books' written pages Live and learn from fools and from sages You know it's true All the things come back to you Sing with me, sing for the years Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears Sing with me, if it's just for tofay Mabye tomorrow the good Lord will take you away Dream On, Dream On Dream yourself a dream come true Dream On, Dream On Dream until your dream come true Dream On, Dream On, Dream On... Sing with me, sing for the years Sing for the laughter and sing for the tears Sing with me, if it's just for today Mabye tomorrow the good Lord will take you away |
Same Old Song And Dance |
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Get yourself cooler Lay yourself low Coincidental murder With nothing to show With the judge's constipation Will go to his head And his wife's aggravation You'll soon end up dead It's the same old story Same Old Song And Dance, my friend It's the same old story Same Old Song And Dance, my friend Gotcha with the cocaine They found with your gun No smooth face laywer Could get ya undone Say love ain't the same On the south side of town You could look But you ain't gonna find it around It's the same old story Same Old Song And Dance, my friend It's the same old story Same old story Same Old Song And Dance Fate comes a-knockin' Doors start lockin' Your old time connection Change your direction You ain't gonna change it Can't rearrange it Can't stand the pain When it's all the same to you, my friend When you're low down and dirty From walkin' the street With your old hurdy gurdy No one to meet Said love ain't the same On the south side of town You could look But you ain't gonna find it around It's the same old story Same Old Song And Dance, my friend It's the same old story Same old story Same Old Song And Dance |
Sweet Emotion |
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Sweet Emotion Sweet Emotion You talk about things that nobody cares You're wearing out things that nobody wears You're calling my name but you gotta make clear I can't say baby where I'll be in a year Some Sweat Hog mama with a face like a gent Said my get up and go musta got up and went Well I got good news, she's a real good liar 'Cause the backstage boogie set your pants on fire Sweet Emotion Sweet Emotion I pulled into town in a police car Your daddy said I took it just a little to far You're telling me things but your girlfriend lied You can't catch me 'cause the rabbit gone died Yes it is You stand in the front just a shakin' your ass I'll take you backstage, you can drink from my glass I talk about somehting you can sure understand 'Cause a month on the road an' I'll be eating from your hand |
Walk This Way |
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Backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the cover Still I talked to your daddy he say He said you ain't seen noting Till you're down on a muffin Then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder All the times I can remaniesse 'Cause the best thing lovin' With her sister and her cousin Only started with a little kiss, like this! See-saw swingin' with the boys in the school And your feet flyin' up in the air Singin' hey diddle-diddle with the kitty in the middle You be swingin' like you just didn't care So I took a big chance at the high school dance With a missy who was ready to play Was it me she was foolin' 'Cause she knew what she was doin' And I know love was here to stay When she told me to Walk This Way, Walk This Way Walk This Way, Walk This Way Walk This Way, Walk This Way Walk This Way, Walk This Way Ah, just give me a kiss - like this! School girl Sadie with the classy kinda sassy Little skirt climbing way up her knees There was three young ladies in the school gym locker When I noticed they was lookin' at me I was a high school loser Never made it with a lady Till the boys told me something I missed Then my next door neighbour With a daughter had a favour So I gave her just a little kiss, like this! See-saw swingin' with the boys in the school And your feet flyin' up in the air Singin' hey diddle-diddle with the kitty in the middle You be swingin' like you just didn't care So I took a big chance at the high school dance With a missy who was ready to play Was it me she was foolin' 'Cause she knew what she was doin' When she told me how to Walk This Way She told me to Walk This Way, Talk This Way Walk This Way, Walk This Way Walk This Way, Walk This Way Walk This Way, talk This Way Just give me a kiss - like this! |
Last Child |
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(I'm dreaming tonight, I'm leaving back home) Right! Take me back to a south Tallahassee Down cross the bridge to my sweet sassafrassy Can't stand up on my feet in the city Gotta get back to the real nitty gritty Yes sir, no sir Don't come close to my Home sweet home Can't catch no dose Of my hot tail poon tang sweetheart Sweathog ready to make a skilk purse From a J Paul Getty and his ear With her face in the beer Home sweet home Get out in the field Put the mule in the stable Ma she's a cookin' Put the eats on the table Hate's in the city And my love's in the meadow Hands on the plow And my feets in the getto Stand up, sit down Don't do nothing Ain't no good when boss man's Stuffin' down their throats With paper notes As babies cry When you're rockin' in the street Home sweet home Mama, take me home sweet home I was the last child Just a punk in the streets (Repeat) |
Back In The Saddle |
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(Chorus) I'm back I'm back in the saddle again I'm back I'm back in the saddle again Ridin' into town alone By the light of the moon I'm looking for ol Sukie Jones She crazy horse saloon Barkeep gimme a drink That's when she caught my eye She turned to give me a wink That make a grown man cry (Chorus) Come easy, go easy All right until the rising sun I'm calling all the shots tonight I'm like a loaded gun Peelin' off my boots and chaps I'm saddle sore Four bits gets you time in the racks I scream for more Fools' gold out of their mines The girls are soaking wet Not tounge's drier than mine I'll come when I get back I'm back in the saddle again I'm back I'm back in the saddle again I'm riding, I'm loading up my pistol I'm riding, I really got a fistful I'm riding, I'm shining up my saddle I'm riding, this snake is gonna rattle (Chorus) Ridin' high Ridin' high Ridin' high already |
Draw The Line |
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Checkmate honey Beat you at your own damn game No dice honey I'm livin' on the astral plane Feet's on the ground Your head's going down the drain Heads I win, tails you lose To the never mind That's where I Draw The Line An indian summer Carrie was all over the floor She was a wet net winner And rarely ever left the store She'd sing and dance all night And wrong all the right out of me Pass me the vile and cross your fingers It don't take time Nowhere to Draw The Line You told Carrie And promised her you wouldn't be long Heads I win, tails you lose Lord it's such a crime No dice honey You're salt, you're the queen of the brine Checkmate honey You're the only one who's got to choose Where to Draw The Line Checkmate, don't be late Take another pull That's right Impossible When you got to be yourself You're the boss, the toss The price, the dice Grab yourself a slce Nowhere to Draw The Line (Repeat) |
Kings And Queens |
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Long ago in days untoled Were ruled by lords of greed Maidens fair, with gold they dared To bare their wombs that bleed Kings And Queens and guillotines Taking lives denied Starch and parchments laid the laws When bishops took the ride Only to decieve Oh I know I Lived this life before Somehow I know now Truths I must be sure Tossin' turnin', nightmares brunin' Dreams of swords in hand Sailing ships, the viking spits The blood of father's land Only to decieve Living times of knights and mares Raising swords for maidens fair Sneer at death, fear only loss of pride Living other centuries Deja v or what you please Follows true to all who do or die Screams of no reply They died Screams of no reply And died Lordy, Lordy, they died |
Come Together |
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Here come old flat top He come groovin' up slowly He got joo-joo eyeball He one holy roller He got hair down to his knees Got to be a joker He just do what he please He wear no shoeshine He got toejam football He got monkey finger He say I know you, you know me One thing I can tell you Is you got to be free (Chorus) Come Together Right Now Over me he bag production He got walrus gumboat He got oh, no sideboard He one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair You can feel his dicease (Chorus) He roller coaster He got early warning He got muddy water He one mojo filter He say one and one and one is three Got to be good lookin' 'Cause he's so hard to see (Repeat Chorus) |
Remember (Walking In The Sand) |
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Seems like the other day My baby went away She went away, 'cross the sea It's been two years or so Since I saw my baby go And then this letter came from me It said that we was through She found somebody new Oh, let me think, let me think What should I do (Chorus) Oh, no Oh, no Oh, no no no no no (Remember), Walking In The Sand (Remember), walking hand in hand (Remember), the night was so exciting (Remember), her smile was so inviting (Remember), the she touched me cheek (Remember), with her fingertips (Remember), softly Softly we met with a kiss Whatever happened to The gal that I once knew The girl that said, she'd been true Oh, whatever happened to The night I gave it to you What did I do with the night Oh... (Chorus) Whatever happened to That girl that I once knew That girl that said, she was true Whatever happened to That night I gave it to you What would you do with the night  |