RORY GALLAGHER: Deuce (1971)

1. I'm Not Awake Yet
2. Used to Be
3. Don't Know Where I'm Going
4. Maybe I Will
5. Whole Lot of People
6. In Your Town
7. Should've Learnt My Lesson
8. There's a Light
9. Out of My Mind
10. Crest of a Wave
11. Persuasion

I’M NOT AWAKE YET
I'm not awake yet, I haven't opened my eyes.
But I haven't been late yet, I'm gonna to be on time.
For today's the day that you are coming back.
And I can't wait to see you materialize.
How much can I take now before I break inside?
How long will it take now before I realize,
That I can't live without you by my side,
And nothing else will keep me satisfied?

I've looked at my heart now and I trusted my eyes.
I made that mistake now ain't gonna make it twice.
But time can put the man on the other side.
And I can't wait to see what's left behind.

I'm not awake yet, I haven't opened my eyes.
I haven't been late yet.
Gonna be on time, gonna be on time,
gonna be on, gonna be on time.
But today's the day that you are coming back,

And I can't wait to see you materialize.

USED TO BE
Baby I no longer wanna be, just a thorn in your side.
Tell me what you gave me baby, and I will give you back.
The troubles you gave me, gonna wrap em' up in a box,
Tie em' up with string, send em' back to you,
They no longer mean a thing to me.

Better get used to bein' my used to be.

Baby I no longer wanna be, just a cushion for your pride.
Here's my fastback baby, this man's got a ride away.

Before you make me change my mind,
I'll be gone before you notice, that I'm not around.
You'll look everywhere baby, but I just won't be found.

Better get used to bein' my used to be.

I used to be the hands of your clock baby,
But I always knew in time.
I'd no longer be the key to your lock baby,
And you would change your mind.
Owww...

I used to be the hands of your clock baby,
But I always knew in time.
I'd no longer be the key to your lock baby,
And you would suddenly change your mind.
Owww...

Baby I remember a time when you, really used to try.
But now-a-days baby, you can't even look me in the eye.
Your love is drifting with the tide.

Well I ain't gonna blame you, if you ain't gonna blame me.
I'll just move on down, I'm sure that you'll agree.

Better get used to bein' my used to be.

Well I ain't gonna blame you, if you ain't gonna blame me.
I'll just move on down the line, I'm sure that you'll agree.
Better get used to bein' my used to be.

DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
I don't know where I'm going,
Don't know where I've been.
'Cause I haven't seen my baby,
Since I don't know when.
I'm walking down that long road,
With a smile up on my face.
I'm broken hearted,
But you won't see a trace.

Feeling disconnected,
These blues are out to kill.
Sweep them in the corner,
Put 'em in the bin.

All right so you don't sympathise,
Don't expect that you should.
Walk right for one day you might,
Run into this patch of grey clouds too.

All right so you don't sympathise,
I don't expect that you should.
Stay bright for one day you might,
Run into this patch of grey clouds too.

Gravel in my pockets,
From the places I have been,
The soles of my shoes are paper thin.

I got sand here in my pockets.
From the place that I come from.
That's where I'm going,

So I'll say so long...yeah.

MAYBE I WILL
Running through a pool of rain
I think I’ll do it one more time again
I hope I always feel this way
maybe I will

Searching for a piece of ground
where I can lay my body down
with the earth for a pillow under my head

Wake up in the morning
it's a brand new day
And though it seems the same
it's different from yesterday
Then I read the leaves
and put my cup away

Running down a country lane
Looking on a a field of grain
Just to see you smile
makes me feel alive again

Opening another door
I'll see what I have not seen before
Maybe I’ll find what I’m looking for

Running through a pool of rain
I think I’ll do it one more time again
I hope I always feel this way
maybe I will maybe I will

WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE
A whole lot of people talking,
Trying to make sense.
Seems everybody's living on a barbed wire fence,
Whole lotta people too proud to call,
'Cause it won't get no help at all.
Everybody's waiting for the good news day,
But it seems so far away.
Wonder if it's ever gonna come,
'Cause the way it's been,
The restless one.

Lot of things have gotta change,
If it's not already too late.
But it is worth the wait,
So, let's not hang our heads,
The light will shine one day.

Yeahhhh...come on..

Lot of things have gotta change,
If it's not already too late.
But it is worth the wait,
So, let's not hang our heads,
The light will show through yet.

Yeahh...

Now listen baby, and listen well,
I've got only one thing to tell.
Don't you worry about people telling lies,
They're only catching flies.

Yeahhh..

A whole lotta people talking,
Trying to make sense.
Seems everybody's living on a barbed wire fence,
Whole lotta people too proud to call,
'Cause it won't get no,
'Cause it won't get no,
'Cause it won't get no,
Help at all,
Help at all.
Yeahhh...come on...

IN YOUR TOWN
Look out baby, your man is back in town
Look out baby, your man is back in town
Look out baby, I won't stand no messin'`round

The first man I wanna see is the Chief Police,
bring that man right over here
I wanna speak (?) my peace
I wanna 'cause no trouble, no fuzz, no fight,
but you look out man, you know this is Saturday night

The second man I wanna see is the old fire chief,
bring that man right over here
Stand him right in front of me
I wanna cause no trouble, no fuzz, no fight
see this match, I might set this place alight
So look out...

The third man I wanna see is the old D.A.,
he was the man who sent me away
Twenty two years, twenty three days, twenty four minutes
I was locked away

You come along baby, ask me where I've been,
up-the-river-holiday (?), up in Sing Sing
One cold floor, four bare walls,
that's all they gave me, nothing else at all
Sing Sing, Sing Sing, Sing Sing,
when I came out I could not feel a thing...

Now I'm back in your town,

in your town, in your town, in your town...

SHOULD’VE LEARNT MY LESSON
Should've learnt my lesson
long long time ago
Should've learnt my lesson
long long time ago
Bored like a mule
I've always learnt my lesson slow

Should have listened
taken my friends advice
Should have listened
to my best friends and to my eyes
They said "you must be prepared to lose"
If you choose to chance the dice

Well I'm feeling
about as tired as a bad pair of shoes
When you don't fit
then you know it's time to move
But if you had my troubles you'd be cryin too

My first mistake
was when I thought that you'd be true
My first mistake
was when I thought that you'd be true

now I realise that was a foolish thing to do

THERE’S A LIGHT
There's a light that shines on me
ever since you came to me
It won't go,it won't go away
Now i know that you're gonna stay
Now that I know
your love means so much more to me now

Come here now baby
Now look what you've done to me now
I don't pray for what could have been
I feel I'm flyin naturally

I can fly but I won't go away
In your sky that's where I wanna stay

Come here now baby
Now look what you've done to me now
If I don't show would you know
where to look for me now

I do not stare absently
Counting waves up on the sea
Now i know where I wanna stay
There ain't no hard decisions to make

Come here now baby
Now look what you've done to me now
If I don't show would you know
who to send for me now
There's a light

There's a light

There's a light

OUT OF MY MIND
Well you took me out of my mind baby
You took me out of my head
My friends have gone to look for me
I ain't been seen yet

No I ain't disappeared
I'm only over here

Well you found me out of my skull baby
staring at the stars
You will appear now just in time
to what I was looking for
I had no place to run
Did not have anyone

Well I wonder
why the day is so bright
What can the reason be
You light up the darkest night
like a pearl out of the sea

Hope it can always be
but I must wait and see
Give me some of your love baby
That is all I need
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what you see

Where have you been so long
My tears have dried and gone
Where have you been so long
all my blues have gone

Well you took me out of my mind baby
You took me out of my head
My friends have gone to look for me
I ain't been seen yet

No I ain't disappeared
i'm only over here

No I ain't disappeared

I'm only over here

CREST OF A WAVE
Well you can ride on the crest of a wave if that's where you want to be
But does the look on your face mean you're really feeling happy
Or do you feel like you're standing on a wooden leg
Or a poor man much to proud to beg
Or a page from a book that can't be read at all

Well you can see by the way that they are talking
That it's time for you to pick up your grip and start walking
'Cause they want to see your long ... legs flying
Go to the place where the earth meets the sky and
don't turn around and wave goodbye at all

They won't be satisfied, till you're out of their sight
But I wonder how will you feel
With a deck of cards and you're not around to deal
You're not around to deal , yeah

They won't be satisfied, till you're out of their sight
But I wonder how will you feel
With a deck of cards and you're not around to deal
You're not around to deal , yeah

You can say it's a lie, a joke that you are living
But you know one thing they don't,
You won't give in
'Cause you're like a cat chasin' its tail makes a million circles
But you're gonna fail

Sometimes you just don't understand

PERSUASION
Well, I don't need too much persuasion,
When I'm in your arms this way,
Well, I don't need a sense of occasion,
I'm ready any day,
Well, just tell me your location,
And I will get to you,
There will be no hesitation,
I'll be right there out of the blue.

Perfection, you seem to me,
This connection, we ought to seal,
My emotions, I can't conceal,
Your heart I'll steal away.

Ahhh...

I won't put up too much of a struggle,
When you look that way,
But, I know that I'm in trouble,
My defense just melts away.

Well, I think that I'm in heaven,
When you knock on my door,
Well, I start to seeing double,
My resistance is way down low,

Perfection, you seem to me,
This connection, we ought to seal,
My emotions, I can't conceal,
Your heart I'll steal away.

Heart I'll steal away.

Owwww...

Well, I don't need too much persuasion,
When I'm in your arms this way,
Well, I don't need a sense of occasion,
I'm ready any day.

Won't you tell me your location,
And I will get to you,
There will be no hesitation,
I'll be right there out of the blue.

Perfection, you seem to me,
This connection, we ought to seal,
My emotions, I can't conceal,
Your heart I'll steal away.

Heart I'll steal away.
That's right.