TEN YEARS AFTER: About Time (1989)

1. Highway of Love
2. Let's Shake It Up
3. I Get All Shook Up
4. Victim of Circumstance
5. Goin' to Chicago
6. Wild Is the River
7. Saturday Night
8. Bad Blood
9. Working in a Parking Lot
10. Outside My Window
11. Waiting for the Judgement Day

HIGHWAY OF LOVE
It was late, I was runnin' good, didn’t have a place to stay
I didn’t stop, I was feelin' so good, thought I'd try to make it to L.A.
There was a girl, she said "I’ll put you up,
any time you're passing through"
Got my book - and I looked her up,
she said "I'll be waiting here for you."

I was runnin' with the devil, he was by my side.
Runnin' with the devil, what a hell of a ride.
Keep your motor runnin', I'm a headin' for you.
Better move on over comin' through

I was hot, I was burnin' up the rubber,
I was hot ! I was thinking of my lover.
I was hot ! I was burnin' up the highway of love.

It was late, dawn was comin' up, California comin' into view.
Won't be long, and I'll wake you up,
I can't wait, I'll soon be there with you.

I was hot, I was burnin' up the rubber,
I was hot ! I was thinking of my lover.
I was hot ! I was burnin' up the highway of love.

I was hot, I was burnin' up the rubber,
I was hot ! I was thinking of my lover.
I was hot ! I was burnin' up the highway of love.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

LET'S SHAKE IT UP
Glad to see you made it to the show tonight,
know you like your rock and roll.
Rhythm gonna get 'cha make you feel alright,
move it to your very soul.
You're workin' hard, it's time to play, let your soul run free.
Music gonna get 'cha like the jungle drums,
won't you rock 'n roll with me?

It's a burnin' fever, that's burnin' up my soul,
Shake it up! Let's shake it up!

When I feel like workin' on some rock 'n roll,
sweat drippin' off of my face.
Get the fire burnin', shovel on some coal,
try to win the human race.
I see your body movin', I can feel the heat.
Say Lord, how I love that rock and roll,
feel it from my head to my feet.

It's a burnin' fever, that's burnin' up my soul,
Shake it up ! Let's shake it up ! Ow !

It's a burnin' fever, it's burnin' in my soul,

Shake it up! Let's shake it up

I GET ALL SHOOK UP
I get all shook up when you call my name,
I get all shook up when you call my name.
Get all shook up when you call my name,
You're the kind of woman drive a man insane.

I don't know what loving you will do,
'Cause I know what a jealous heart will do.
I don't know what to do, but I'll try to be true.
I don't know about you, but I know I love you.

Well, take this heart and soul of mine.
Well take this heart and soul of mine.
Well just take this heart and hang it on a line.
You can take this heart and soul of mine.

Wo, oh...wo, oh...don't break my heart.
Wo, oh...wo, oh...don't break my heart.
I get all shook up when you call my name.

I get all shook up when you call my name,
I get all shook up when you call my name.
Get all shook up when you call my name,
You're the kind of woman drive a man insane.

When you see what real good love can do,
Well, love makes a broken heart come through.
So I'm giving it all, now it's up to you
So let's see what real good love can do.

Wo, oh...wo, oh...don't break my heart.
Wo, oh...wo, oh...don't break my heart.
I get all shook up when you call my name.

VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE
This world is driving me crazy.
Things goin' on make me mad.
Waiting in the dole queue for money to come down.
No wonder this boy turned bad.
I'm gonna write my M. P.
Say what the fuck's goin on,
All my life I'm runnin' on empty,
Watchin' everybody else have fun.

I'm a victim of circumstance, a victim of circumstance.
This boy never ever stood a chance, I'm a victim of circumstance,
whoa - yea!

See the big fat rich man in his Rolls - Royce;
Squeaky clean kids by his side.
I get the shit, they get the chances.
I get to walk, they get to ride.
You know I'm your problem boy,
I never even stood a chance.
Pent up frustrations runnin' inside me now,
I'm a victim of circumstance.

I'm a victim of circumstance, a victim of circumstance.
This boy never ever stood a chance, I'm a victim of circumstance, ow!

What you doin' for the workers?
What you doin' for the unemployed?
Keep dishin' out money for all those jerkers,
Can’t say I'm over-joyed.
So don't mess with my life,
I've had to scrape and fight.
Just give me some hope it's gonna get better,
Maybe I can sleep at night.

I'm a victim of circumstance, a victim of circumstance.
This boy never ever stood a chance, I'm a victim of circumstance,
Ow ! Victim of circumstance, victim of circumstance,

This boy never ever stood a chance. Ah!

GOIN’ TO CHICAGO
Goin' to Chicago gonna play the blues,
Leavin' in the morning with my rock and roll shoes.
Ain't goin' to no airport ain't gonna get no plane,
Lookin' for my roots that's why I take the train.

Goin' down to Memphis, nothin' left to lose,
Take along my Gibson gonna play some blues.
String around my suitcase, pocket full of rye,
There's something 'bout the blues that aways makes me cry

Tired of getting nowhere workin' nine to five,
Got to get away so I can feel alive.
You've only got one life, that's what they say to me,
Time it is a wastin' when I should be free.

I've done a lot of talking, now it's time to make a stand.
Instead of playing safe, I should be playing with the band.
You've got to keep on moving, you've heard it all before.

This time I'm gonna make it, won't be back no more

WILD IS THE RIVER
I don't need a hurricane blowin', to tell me there's a storm around.
I don't need no chain around my neck, to tell me that I'm all tied down.
All I needed was a little satisfaction, tryin' to put me back on the track.
What I get is a typical reaction, for me there'll be no turnin' back.

Wild is the river, Wild and runnin' free
Wild is the river, the river of no return.
Wild is the river, Wild and runnin' free
Wild is the river, the river of no return.

I don't need a telegram to tell me, I got the message long ago.
I have seen the writing on the wall, telling me it's time to go.
I don't need it spelled out to the letter,
To tell me that I'm on the wrong track.
All I know is that a chance is for the better,
There'll never be no turnin' back.

Wild is the river, Wild and runnin' free
Wild is the river, the river of no return.
Wild is the river, Wild and runnin' free
Wild is the river, the river of no return.

I don't need a preacher here to show me,
Or tell me where I'm going wrong.
I don't need no money in my jeans,
"Cause I know that I'll get along.
All I know, a change is surely comin',
Gonna turn your world around.
Watching as the river is a -flowin',
Listen and you'll hear the sound.

Wild is the river, Wild and runnin' free
Wild is the river, the river of no return.
Wild is the river, Wild and runnin' free

Wild is the river, the river of no return.

SATURDAY NIGHT
I wanna rock tonight, and tell 'ya baby that I feel alright.
If you think that I'm down, take another look 'cause I've found
Another girl, She's cool! Nobody's claim, nobody's fool.
I'm gone, I'm sold, I wanna rock, I wanna roll!

Yeah, it feels so good,
Gonna love you baby like a loving man should.
Yeah, I'm feelin' alright,
That's the name of the game on a Saturday night!

Midnight late show, are you ready babe?
Let's go ! I wanna rock tonight
Live it up and do it right!

Yeah, it feels so good,
Gonna love you baby like a loving man should.
Yeah, I'm feelin' alright,
That's the name of the game on a Saturday night!

Yeah, it feels so good,
Gonna love you baby like a loving man should.
Yeah, I'm feelin' alright,
That's the name of the game on a Saturday night!

Name of the game on a Saturday night!


BAD BLOOD
I've been running, I've been wild so long
Don't know the difference between right and wrong
Last production of a long hard line
Being born was just the first of my crimes

Roll on river roll on
Nothing stops the flood
Some souls ain't for saving
Can't help being born with Bad Blood

Born in the jungle you've got to fight to survive
You'll never take me dead or alive
Life ain't about living, it's trying not to drown
Gonna rise up gonna tear you down

Roll on river roll on
Nothing stops the flood
Some souls ain't for saving
Can't help being born with Bad Blood

I can see round every corner open any door
I gave the touch to Midas I'll give you anything
To satisfy your greed there's just one thing I need
Everything
Take it

Listening to your conscience gets you nowhere fast
Want to see into the future better look to the past
'Cus I'll be rising when the sun goes down
You don't know me I've always been around

Roll on river roll on
Just can't stop the flood
Some souls ain't for saving

Can't help being born with Bad Blood

WORKING IN A PARKING LOT
Well I took this job when I moved to the city last year
There ain’t one thing I need, I’ve got it all right here
Porsches, Ferraris, Mercedes Benz
A lot of pretty women that I call friends
Wrote back home and said I’m doing real good
I’m working in a parking lot in Hollywood

Found a two room shack I guess you’d call it open plan
Got a yard out back that I share with a post-clean man
Sign read welcome to view, I got no view at all
Looking out the window, staring at the wall
If I could see ‘round corners things would look real good
I’m working in a parking lot in Hollywood

I got all I need to get my thrills
Don’t drink no booze – don’t take no pills
Drive fast cars with big wide wheels
I’m working in a parking lot in Beverly Hills

She was one in a million the kind that looks real nice
I thought I’d ask her for some good advice
I saw you getting out that limousine
Looking like you do on the movie screen
You know I’m an actor, people say that I’m good
But I’m working in a parking lot in Hollywood

I got all I need to get my thrills
Don’t drink no booze – don’t take no pills
Drive fast cars with big wide wheels
I’m working in a parking lot in Beverly Hills

I got all I need to get my thrills
Don’t drink no booze – don’t take no pills
Drive fast cars with big wide wheels
I’m working in a parking lot in Beverly Hills

I got all I need to get my thrills
Don’t drink no booze – don’t take no pills
Drive fast cars with big wide wheels

I’m working in a parking lot in Beverly Hills

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
Outside my window, rain fallin' down,
Call for my woman, no-where around.
I hear laughter, outside in the hall,
Outside my window, I see nothing at all.

There's a star in the night and it's shining so bright,
I could swear it was callin' to me.
There's a hope in my heart that is broken apart,
and the pain for a moment is free.

Outside my window, there's a light burning bright,
and it keeps on callin' me into the night.
Outside my window, something callin' me.
Outside my window, someone waits for me.

How long I wonder, can this go on?
I had it all, now it is gone.
So lonely, here with the blues,
I never knew I had so much to lose.

There's a star in the night and it's shining so bright,
I could swear it was callin' to me.
There's a hope in my heart that is broken apart,
and the pain for a moment is free.

Outside my window, there's a light burning bright,
and it keeps on callin' me into the night.
Outside my window, something callin' me.
Outside my window, someone waits for me.

I feel so lonely, life got me down,
I call all my friends, but they're all out of town.
I keep on searching, trying to find

Someone to love me, let me ease my worried mind.

WAITING FOR THE JUDGEMENT DAY
Can you hear the sound of thunder?
Well, there's a storm outside the door.
You can pretend this cloud you're under, is just a shadow on the floor.
Won't you tell me what you're doin', do you know what lies ahead ?
I can see there's trouble brewin', cause there's a storm inside your head.

Waiting for the judgement day to come !
Take a look around, it's just begun.
Nowhere you can hide, nowhere to run
Waiting for the judgement day to come.

It's the same old situation, slipping deeper down the hole.
Just a little aggravation, burning way out of control.
There's no room for speculation, no exception to the rule,
Don't exceed your expectation, 'cause there's no one left to fool.

Waiting for the judgement day to come !
Take a look around, it's just begun.
Nowhere you can hide, nowhere to run
Waiting for the judgement day to come.

Got to find a new solution, the problem stays the same.
Better fight to stop this world polution, ever flowing to your brain.
It's the same old situation, must've seen it all before.
We expect your resignation, but they're coming back for more.

Waiting for the judgement day, waiting for the judgement day,

Waiting for the judgement day to come.

TEN YEARS AFTER: Positive Vibrations (1974)

1. Nowhere To Run
2. Positive Vibrations
3. Stone Me
4. Without You
5. Going Back To Birmingham
6. It's Getting Harder
7. You're Driving Me Crazy
8. Look Into My Life
9. Look Me Straight Into The Eyes
10. I Wanted To Boogie

NOWHERE TO RUN
I read a lot of things I've seen in the papers
and they went right through my head.
Robbers and killers and midnight rappers
who will get you in your bed.

The world's not safe for living in;
There's too much hate and too much sin.
Got to get help from the new world shapers
or it might just be too late.
Gimme a line on the telephone;
Come on baby, don't make it alone.
No-where to run, no-where to hide

Can't stop you doping, you still think I'm joking; such a shame.
You know I love you, I'm thinking of you, you and me.

I heard a lot of tales about heavenly dopers
who are trying to make a break.
Know a lot of folk who are daily smokers
'Cause they just can't take it straight.

Reality can be a strain;
There's too much hate and too much pain.
Got to get some help or the air will choke us
or it might soon be too late.

Know we've got problems with the air,
Too many people who never care.
No-where to run, no-where to hide.

Can't stop you dying, I'm still gonna keep on trying; such a shame.

Hang on to your life.

POSITIVE VIBRATIONS
In the night - when you're all alone
With the one - that you call your own
Ask yourself - if you're doing good
Give yourself some positive vibrations,
Give yourself some positive vibrations.

Well, the skies - they look down on you;
And the stars, they will guide you through
On this plane - that we all live on
Give yourself some positive vibrations,
Give yourself some positive vibrations.

Too many wanderers are wandering;
Too many ponderers are pondering;
Too many squanderers are squandering.
All you've got to do - is let the sun come shining through.
Give yourself some positive vibrations,
Give yourself some positive vibrations.

You can do - what you want to do,
You can call the game you play.
You can go - where you want to go.
Give yourself some positive vibrations,

Give yourself some positive vibrations.

POSITIVE VIBRATIONS
In the night - when you're all alone
With the one - that you call your own
Ask yourself - if you're doing good
Give yourself some positive vibrations,
Give yourself some positive vibrations.

Well, the skies - they look down on you;
And the stars, they will guide you through
On this plane - that we all live on
Give yourself some positive vibrations,
Give yourself some positive vibrations.

Too many wanderers are wandering;
Too many ponderers are pondering;
Too many squanderers are squandering.
All you've got to do - is let the sun come shining through.
Give yourself some positive vibrations,
Give yourself some positive vibrations.

You can do - what you want to do,
You can call the game you play.
You can go - where you want to go.
Give yourself some positive vibrations,

Give yourself some positive vibrations.

WITHOUT YOU
Without you, couldn't start the day, babe;
Without you - I wouldn't stand a chance,
Without you - the sky would be so grey, babe.
I just want to be within you, close enough to feel within you.

Without you - I'm crawling on all fours;
Without you - the room has got no doors.
Without you - the stars don't seem to shine, girl;
Without you - it seems so hard to smile;
Without you - my life don't seem so fine, girl.
Just because I really love you, I want you to know I love you.

Without you - no reason I can see for living.
Without you - there's nothing left to me for giving.
Without you - I cannot smile no more;
Without you - I'm left flat on the floor
Without you - the days would be too sad to handle.
Without you - my life is just a burned out candle.

Without you - the days would be too sad for living.
Without you - there's nothing left for giving.
Without you - all the minutes pass me by like hours.
Without you - I'm just like a grave without the flowers.

Without you.

GOING BACK TO BIRMINGHAM
Goin' back to Birmingham
Way down in Alabam
Goin' back to Birmingham
Way down in Alabam
Gonna do some boppin' in that rock and rollin' town

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, little baby
Hey, now, now, now, now
Hey, yeah
Come on baby, come down the road

Sit bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye
So long
I said, baby, so long
Come on baby, won't do you no wrong

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, little baby
Now, now, now, now, now, now
Hey, yeah
Come on baby, come on down with me

Boom, boom, boom, boom
I said baby, boom, boom
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
With my baby, yeah, yeah
Come on baby, come on down the road

Goin' back to Birmingham
Way down in Alabam
Goin' back to Birmingham
Way down in Alabam

Gonna do some boppin' in a rock and rollin' band

IT'S GETTING HARDER
It's getting harder, babe, to love you,
It's getting harder all the while.
And if you want me, tell me; all you have to do is smile.
It's been a long time since I've seen you,
Looking straight into my eyes.
And if you want to leave me, it'll come as no surprise.
I tried to hard - to make a home for you.
Tell me straight now, what am I supposed to do ?

It's getting harder, girl, to love you,
'Cause you're treating me so cruel.
But if it's over, tell me; I don't want to be the fool.
I tried too hard - to work our problems out.
So if it's over, honey please don't drag it out.

It's getting harder, babe, to love you,
'Cause our lives have grown apart.
If you don't want me, tell me; I don't want to break your heart.
I tried too hard - to make a home for you.
Tell me straight now, what am I supposed to do?

It's getting harder, babe, to love you;
Tell Me what you want with me.
If you don't love me, tell me,

Honey, then I'll set you free.

YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY
You're driving me crazy, you're driving me mad;
You're making me lazy, you're making me bad.
You know you're no good to me,
But you're the best woman I've had.

You lose all my friends,
You scare them away;
It looks like the end, babe,
Of living my way.
You know you do me no good,
But then I hope that you're going to stay.

You ruin' my health, you use me too much.
You've blown all my wealth, you cripple my crutch.
I know I'm playing with fire,
But then I like what I feel when I touch.

My mama, she warned me - about your kind;
My friends all scorned me, they say I'm blind.
But then I know what I like, and,
Babe I like it with you all of the time.

They call you a witch, they say I'm a fool;
They call you a bitch, say you're really uncool.
But, babe, when I get on you,

It's just like getting a kick from a mule.

LOOK INTO MY LIFE
Come into my head, tell me what you see;
Just another dreamer trying to be free,
Look into my life and tell me what you see,
Just another schemer searching for the key.
Just another trucker, just another bum,
Just another jumper always on the run.

Come into my brain, tell me what you find;
Just another searcher scared of going blind,
Look into my life and tell me what you find,
Just another tripper blowing out his mind.
Just another joker, just another tramp,
Just another flyer heading up the ramp.

Come into my love life, tell me what you feel;
Just another hustler trying to be real,
Look into my life and tell me what you feel,
Just another trapper trying to break the seal.

Come into my mind, tell me what goes on;
Just another picker picking at a song,
Look into my life and tell me what goes on,

Just another gambler trying to hit the gong.

LOOK ME STRAIGHT INTO THE EYES
When you get through telling lies,
Look me straight into the eyes.
When you get down to the core,
Tell me what you want me for.

When you've played your little game,
I will still be just the same.
When you've got what you came for,
Don't forget to close the door.

If you like I'll nod my head and grin,
I'll pretend that I've been taken in.
Speak to me before it is too late,

Tell the truth and we can get it straight.

I WANTED TO BOOGIE
Well I wanted to boogie so we got in the car
Well I wasn't too choosy but then soon we got far
So we stopped in a club and we had us a drink
Well it wasn't too long and just what do you think

Well I wanted to boogie and the band they came on
They were both very pretty but I don't like the song
So I went for a walk and I followed the sound
And I came to a party and a lady I found

Well she smiled real sweet and she said you're a peach
So she wanted to take me for a walk on the beach
And she told me the breeze as it come from the sea
Keeps your hard on all night and you can meet it with me
Whew !

Well I wanted to boogie but I wasn't too sure
I f I wanted to do just what she wanted me for
So I said I'm with friends and I haven’t a dime
So she turned 'round and said, well come and see me some time

Well I wanted to boogie so we kept on the move
And we looked for a place, we could go in and groove
So we went to the Playboy and we hadn't got keys
So it cost thirty dollars just to go in and freeze

So I wanted to boogie but the hadn't come
We decided to sleep and then get up with the sun
So we headed for home and it didn't take long
So I sat on my bed and then I wrote out this song

Boogie, boogie - My,my,my,my - my,my - Wow !

Boogie, boogie, yeah ! - Wow ! - My,my,my,my,my,my

TEN YEARS AFTER: Recorded Live (1973)

1. One Of These Days
2. You Give Me Loving
3. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
4. Help Me
5. Classical Thing
6. Scat Thing
7. I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (Part 1)
8. Extension On One Chord
9. I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (Part 2)
10. Silly Thing
11. Slow Blues In 'C'
12. I'm Going Home
13. Choo Choo Mama
    
    
    ONE OF THESE DAYS
    (Ver letra en "A Space in Time (1971)")
    
    YOU GIVE ME LOVING
    (Ver letra en "Rock & Roll Music To The World (1972)")
    
    GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL
    Good morning little schoolgirl
    Can I go home, home with you?
    Good morning little schoolgirl
    Can I go home, home with you?
    Tell your mama and your papa
    Big be schoolboy, too
    
    I won't bore you, yeah
    Baby, I won't bore you all night long
    Yes, I do
    Baby, I wanna ball you
    I wanna ball you all night long
    Tell your mama and your papa
    Baby, baby, doing nothing wrong, child
    
    I'm doing nothing wrong, yeah
    
    I won't bore you, yea, yea, huh
    Baby, I wanna ball you all night long
    Yes, I do, child
    I won't bore you, darling, yea
    I won't bore you all night long
    Tell your mama and your papa
    Baby, baby, we're gonna do nothing wrong
    Wrong , wrong, wrong
    Baby, I wanna ball you every night
    Oh, yeah, come on now
    
    HELP ME
    (Ver letra en "Ten Years After (1967)")
    
    CLASICAL THING
    (Instrumental)
    
    SCAT THING
    (Instrumental)
    
    I CAN’T KEEP FROM CRYING SOMETIMES (PART 1)
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    Oh momma she's dead and gone
    And I know I'm all alone
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    
    Early in the morning
    About the break of day
    I fall down on my knees
    I fall down and I pray
    I think about my woman
    My woman who's long gone
    
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    Oh momma she's dead and gone
    And I know I'm all alone
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    
    Later in the evening
    I watch the sun go down
    I think about my woman
    But my woman Lord she ain't around
    My heart is filled with sadness
    And my eyes are filled with tears
    
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    Oh momma she's dead and gone
    And I know I'm all alone
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    
    EXTENSION ON ONE CHORD
    (Instrumental)
    
    I CAN'T KEEP FROM CRYING SOMETIMES (PART 2)
    Later in the evening
    I watch the sun go down
    I think about my woman
    But my woman Lord she ain't around
    My heart is filled with sadness
    And my eyes are filled with tears
    
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    Oh momma she's dead and gone
    And I know I'm all alone
    I can't keep from crying sometimes
    
    SILLY THING
    (Instrumental)
    
    SLOW BLUES IN 'C'
    Yes, I got the blues, and it hurts me deep inside;
    Yes, I get the blues, and it hurts me deep inside;
    That's why I'm gonna pack my bags,
    I'm gonna leave this town and ride.
    
    Last night I lay sleepin', I tell you babe, I was sleepin' by myself;
    Last night I lay sleepin', I tell you babe, I was sleepin' by myself;
    The one I really love with
    is on the other side of town sleepin' with somebody else.
    
    I love my baby, yeah, God only knows I do;
    I love my baby, I love my baby, gonna tell the world I know I do;
    That's why I'm gonna leave my woman,
    Yeah, and tell the world I know it's true.
    
    I'M GOING HOME
    (Ver letra en "Undead (1968)")
    
    CHOO CHOO MAMA
    (Ver letra en "Rock & Roll Music To The World (1972)")

TEN YEARS AFTER: Rock & Roll Music To The World (1972)

1. You Give Me Loving
2. Convention Prevention
3. Turned-Off TV Blues
4. Standing at the Station
5. You Can't Win Them All
6. Religion
7. Choo Choo Mama
8. Tomorrow I'll Be Out of Town
9. Rock & Roll Music to the World
   
   YOU GIVE ME LOVING
   You give me lovin' that I can't return,
   You give me money that you know I'll burn;
   I'll give you somethin' that you can't give back,
   Then I'm movin' right on down the track.
   You've given every-thing you've got to me,
   But still you cannot really set me free;
   My life is changin' and I'm on the run,
   I'll see you later when I've had some fun.
   
   I keep on runnin' 'cause I know the score,
   You'll never find me comin' back for more;
   I'll catch you later 'cause I'm gonna split,
   You give a lot, I only need a bit.
   You give me lovin' that I can't return,
   You give me money that you know I'll burn;
   You give me lovin' just for your own sake,
   You only give it so that you can take.
   
   You give me lovin' and it's plain to see
   You wanna give it to me all for free;
   But I can't take it 'cause you need it back,
   The art of givin' is the one I lack.
   You give me lovin' and you drive me mad,
   You give me money and it makes me sad;
   'Cause I need freedom more than I need gold,
   And so I'm leavin' 'fore I get too old.
   
   CONVENTION PREVENTION
   I'd like to reach out to you
   and learn just how do you do
   So we can still relate.
   I'd like to open my mind
   so you can come in and find
   How we communicate.
   There's a chemical reaction
   and it's causing an attraction
   From you to me.
   I am not one for convention
   but I have a good intention
   For you from me.
   
   Rain is fallin' and a thunderbolt is crashin' through my head,
   And there's people and pain all around me.
   Someone is callin' and electric sparks are everywhere I tread.
   My life it seems is a sequence of dreams,
   And there's people and pain all around me.
   
   I'm going down in a black elevator
   'cause the big masturbator's got his eye on me.
   I'm goin' down 'cause my brain is on fire
   and my soul is a liar 'cause I tried to be free,
   tried to be free, tried to be free.
   
   Freedom in your mind - you can have when you're dead,
   Freedom in your life just depends on you're head.
   Freedom in you're heart - can, alas, never be
   because no one on this earth has been born to be free,
   born to be free, born to be free.
   
   All of my life I have tried to be free,
   All of my life - I have learned all I see.
   All of my life - I have searched for a clue;
   All of my life I have tried to be true,
   tried to be true, tried to be true.
   
   TURNED OFF T.V. BLUES
   It's a cold and winter's night and the rain is fallin' down.
   It's so cold, so cold outside, snow is layin' all around.
   There is blackness in my window, and the silence is the only sound.
   
   Well I'm sittin' and I'm thinkin', though I'd like to watch T.V.
   It just fills my head with garbage that my eyes ain't supposed to see.
   Got the turned off T.V. blues now, but I'm lonely as you see.
   
   Well I've got a worried feelin', all the pain and misery.
   Well, it's happening' in the world now, even though I cannot see.
   Though my body is not with you, still my mind is runnin' free.
   
   There's just nothin' I can do now, though I search from day to day.
   But the truth's so hard to tell you, and you know it anyway.
   It's a cold and winter’s evenin', I wish my blues would go away.
   
   STANDING AT THE STATION
   Well I'm standin' at the station
   and the rain don't make a sound;
   Got a Bible in my pocket
   'cause my plane was just shot down.
   My mind is all confusion,
   I believe I'm in a play;
   Throw my bible out the window
   as the train goes on its way.
   
   Gonna leave my blues behind me,
   gonna find another town;
   Gonna try and find some people
   who this time won't bring me down.
   As I step outside of the carriage
   the station looks the same
   As the one I left behind me
   though it has another name.
   
   YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL
   You can't win them all
   'cause sometimes you fall flat on your face on the floor.
   You can't win them all;
   it's no good at all If you feel that your life is a bore.
   
   You've got to hang loose to keep from the noose,
   And you've got to learn to use your brain.
   You've got to live right and keep to the right,
   Then you're free if you don't go insane.
   
   Seen a lot of people, they've all blown it out;
   You can't win them all is what they all shout.
   You've got to keep tryin', got to stand up again;
   You can't lose them all, babe, 'cause one day you'll win.
   
   You've got to have taste or life is a waste,
   And you don't ever tune yourself in.
   You've got to keep on or they'll get you, my son,
   And they know that you just can't win.
   
   RELIGION
   I never really understood religion
   Except it seems a good excuse to kill.
   I never really could make a decision,
   I don't suppose I ever really will.
   
   I can't relate to any power structure
   Where ego is the driving energy;
   I let mine go a long, long time ago, now,
   When I decided that I would be free.
   
   The only thing I understand is living;
   The biggest sacrifice to make is death.
   And once you're dead there's nothing left for giving,
   So life means fighting for your every breath.
   
   CHOO CHOO MAMA
   Choo choo mama, won't you ride the train?
   My life without you is just misery and pain, come back to me;
   I'll treat you best I can.
   Choo choo mama, you should have a choo choo man.
   
   Choo choo mama, won't you ride a rail?
   I need your lovin', can't you hear me wail, come back to me;
   You know I love you so.
   Choo choo mama, won't you get a choo choo home?
   
   Choo choo mama, won't you ride a track?
   I need your lovin', won't you bring some back on home to me;
   I need your lovin' babe.
   Choo choo mama, don't you know you drive me mad?
   
   Choo choo mama, you're a cheery thing.
   I need you baby, can't you hear me sing, come back to me;
   I want you back again.
   Choo choo mama, won't you get a choo choo track?
   
   TOMORROW I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN
   You know tomorrow I'll be out of town,
   Babe before the sun goes down.
   There's an agent and he's made a bet
   That I'll be sitting on a jumbo jet.
   
   Babe, I'd like to stay here, babe I'd like to play here
   But I made a deal and though it don't seem real,
   Just another day, I'll be three thousand miles away.
   I got to pay my dues, you know I sing the blues;
   Got to do my thing, all I do is sing rock and roll.
   
   You know tomorrow I'll be on my way,
   Flyin' through another day.
   Places turn into a dream,
   I can't remember where I've been.
   
   Babe, I'd like to stop here, babe, I'd like to drop here
   But in a month or so then I will have to go,
   But it does no good, still it's in my blood.
   I got to pay my dues, you know I sing the blues;
   Got to do my thing, all I do is sing rock and roll.
   
   Man must do, what a man must do, no time to sit and wait;
   One day he's gonna realize that it is too late.
   
   You know tomorrow I'll be on my own,
   Flyin' through another zone.
   Faces turn into a dream,
   I can't remember who I've seen.
   
   Babe, I'd like to lay here, babe, I'd like to stay here
   But there's another show - and I just have to go;
   Still keep it comin' through, don't know how I'll do,
   I got to pay my dues, you know I sing the blues;
   Got to do my thing, all I do is sing rock and roll.
   
   ROCK & ROLL MUSIC TO THE WORLD
   We did some rock and roll up in Texas,
   and the folks from the coast towns said,
   "You better watch yourself up in Texas or you,
   you might just wind up dead, boy."
   But the people I found, they were groovin' to the sound
   of rock and roll music in the air.
   We all had a ball with no hassles at all;
   pretty soon I'm gonna go back there.
   
   I'm singin' rock and roll music to the world,
   Rock and roll music to the world.
   Ain't no relation to the United Nations,
   Keep rock and rollin' to the world.
   Give peace a chance, get up and dance
   when I sing rock and roll music to the world.
   I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna shout,
   Get my emotions and work them all right out.
   I wanna live just like I give;
   No need to fight, wait for tonight
   when I sing rock and roll music to the world.
   
   Rock and roll music to the world, rock and roll music to the world.
   Ain't got no callin' except for ballin',
   Rock and roll music to the world.
   Don't need no boost, just turn me loose,
   and I sing rock and roll music to the world.
   I tell the truth, I ain't no star,
   I only shout and leave the rest to my guitar.

TEN YEARS AFTER: Alvin Lee & Company (1972)

1. The Sounds
2. Rock Your Mama
3. Hold Me Tight
4. Standing at the Crossroads
5. Portable People
6. Boogie On
7. Spider in My Web
8. Hear Me Calling
9. I'm Going Home

THE SOUNDS
The sounds are in my head, I can't hear what is said
The sounds are all around, from the sky - from the ground
All I want is just to live, I have everything to give
But the sounds are on my mind, and the answer I can't find

Rhythm of rain, haunts my brain
Mowing of lawns, hooting horns
There's no silence I can find, to give me time to rest my mind

The sounds are in my head, I can't hear what is said
The sounds are all around, from the sky - from the ground
All I want is just to live, I have everything to give
But the sounds are on my mind, and the answer I can't find

The sounds, the sounds, the sounds, the sounds!
Baby the sounds, sounds on my mind, oh!
Mowing of lawns, hooting horns!
Telephone bell, the sounds of hell!
Trains and planes, rushin' and pushin'
Hustle and bustle, Sounds ! Sounds!
Babe, the sounds, the sounds, the sounds - sounds, sounds, sounds !Don't let the sounds in...telephone ringing...Stop!

ROCK YOUR MAMA

(Ver letra en "Undead (1968)")

HOLD ME TIGHT
Well love me baby, love for us all go down
Well love me baby, love for us all go down
Well want me love ya, goin' out of town

I said hold me baby, hold me good and tight
I said hold me baby, hold me good and tight
Well feel it now, tomorrow I'll be out of sight

Well kiss me baby good, and kiss me long - alright
Well kiss me baby, kiss me, kiss me long
Well love ya now, 'cause tomorrow I'll be gone

Hang-on.....hang on baby close, and hang on tight
Hang on baby close, and feel alright
Well hang on now, 'cause tomorrow I'll be out of sight

Oh baby...oh-ho, yeah...oooo-whooo-who-who!...
Ooooo-who baby... Come-on now!

Said love me baby, long-yeah, love me long
Gonna love ya baby, lovin', love ya long
Gonna love ya girl, 'cause tomorrow I'll be gone

How-how, how, how-How, Ooow!

STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS
(Nota: Esta letra es la que oficialmente se da como buena cuyo autor es Elmore James, pero escuchando el disco no se corresponde en absoluto. La que se oye es una versión del "Crossroads" de Robert Johnson)

(Ver letra en "Undead (1968)")

PORTABLE PEOPLE
See them at the airport with their cases in their hand
Got a ten day package in another land
They're the jet age gypsies with a super-sonic sound
They're the portable people, and they take themselves around

Portable people, flyin' in the air
Portable people, goin' everywhere
Por....ta....ble - Peo....ple!

See them at the window with a panoramic view
It's the only time they've noticed that the sky is colored blue
One will have a cloak and a pair of wooden clogs
He liked the avocado, but he didn't like the vase

Portable people, flyin' in the air
Portable people, goin' everywhere

Por....ta....ble - Peo....ple!

BOOGIE ON
I got home too late last night,
I wasn't feelin' too groovy
I went and done a terrible thing,
I forgot to boogie - huh!
I should've got it on,
get off on the blues
I'll show you how it goes,
I want you all to boogie!

All - right!
Boogie alright, boogie alright, boogie alright baby
Boogie all night baby, boogie all night baby

Boogie all night baby

SPIDER IN MY WEB

(Ver letra en "Undead (1968)")

HEAR ME CALLING

(Ver letra en "Stonedhenge (1969)")

I'M GOING HOME

(Ver letra en "Undead (1968)")

TEN YEARS AFTER: A Space in Time (1971)

1. One of These Days
2. Here They Come
3. I'd Love to Change the World
4. Over the Hill
5. Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N' Roll You
6. Once There Was a Time
7. Let the Sky Fall
8. Hard Monkeys
9. I've Been There Too
10. Uncle Jam

ONE OF THESE DAYS
One of these days, boys,
gonna see my baby,
Gonna see my baby
comin' down the road.
She'll have my pardon
Pardon in her apron, wo, Lord,
Gonna see the governor
who said, "Release my man."

She's comin' down the road, boy,
she's comin' down the road,
Red dress on, yeah,
she's got her red dress on.
She's comin' down the road, boy,
she's comin' down the road,
Her bags down low,
she's got her bags down low.

One of these days, boys,
gonna see my woman;
She'll have my children,
children on her knee.
I'll run up to my woman
and hold her in my arms,
Tears in her eyes,

she says, "I'm glad you're free."

HERE THEY COME
Here they come, and they fly with the power of the sun.
Here they come, and they're going to touch everyone.
Far, far have they come.

Here they come, and the fire on their wings doesn't burn.
Here they come, and they know everything we must learn.
Round, round we must turn.

Watch out you sinners, don't you know that your time has come?
watch out you winners, now it's the same for everyone.

Here they come, and the stars in their eyes seem to glow.
Here they come, and the fear in our hearts starts to go.

Now, now, now we all know

I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
Everywhere is freaks and hairies, dykes and fairies;
Tell me where is sanity?
Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more.
I'd love to change the world
but I don't know what to do,
So I'll leave it up to you.

Population, keeps on breeding, nation bleeding,
Still more feeding economy.
Life is funny, skies are sunny, bees make honey,
Who needs money? Monopoly!
I'd love to change the world
but I don't know what to do,
So I'll leave it up to you...
Oh yeah,

World pollution, there's no solution, institution, electrocution,
Just black and white, rich or poor, them and us,
We'll stop the war!

I'd love to change the world
but I don't know what to do,

So I'll leave it up to you...

OVER THE HILL
I got water on the brain, my mind is like a drain;
Here I go again
over the hill.
My eyes don't seem to clear, I'm not sure what I hear;
It seems I'm goin' clear
over the hill.

Like a cripple and his crutch,
I have leaned a bit too much;
Seems that I should never touch again.
Now it seems it's plain to see
that this stuff is killin' me;
Got to quit so I'll be free again.

I got too much to lose, no one can fill my shoes;
Think I'll leave the blues

over the hill

BABY WON'T YOU LET ME ROCK & ROLL YOU
Baby won't you let me, rock and roll you
Baby won't you let me, really stroll you
Baby won't you let me, rock and roll you now - ha!

Baby won't you let me, really shake you
Baby won't you let me, really break you
Baby won't you let me, really take you now !

Well you, remember baby how it used to be
I used to rock and roll you on my knee
Well I, tell you baby gonna be alright
I'm gonna rock and roll you all through the night

Baby won't you let me, really shake you
Baby won't you let me, really break you
Baby won't you let me, oh, really make you love, wow !

Yeah, well, I tell you baby gonna be alright
I'm gonna rock you all through the night
Tell you honey how it's gonna be
You're gonna rockin’, you around my knee
Oh won't you let me, sock it to you
Baby won't you let me, oh, drive it to you

Baby won't you let me, really roll you now !

ONCE THERE WAS A TIME
Once there was a time I'd rob my mama
For a good meal and a smoke.
Once there was a time I'd sell my brother
For a dollar when I was broke.

But I'd never sell my guitar
And my strings were always sharp.
'Cause if I don't have a guitar,
I'll be strummin' on some angel's harp.

And if I don't get to heaven
And I go down there below,
Better be a guitar when I get there
Or I will refuse to go

Once there was a time I was hungry
And I'd find my food in some bin.
But I'd never, never sell my guitar

'Cause that would, darlin', that would be a sin.

Once there was a time I was hungry

And I'd find my food in some bin.

But I'd never, never sell my guitar
'Cause that would, darlin', that would be a sin.

LET THE SKY FALL
Let the sky fall, let the sea sink;
Let the earth shake, let the sun blink.
Let the universe go spinning free,
If my darlin' ever leaves me.

Let the air freeze, let the moon cry;
Let the stars go out, let the world die.
Let my eyes go blind, let the grass turn blue,
If I ever think of leavin' you.

Let our love be, with our minds free;
Let our hearts beat, let our eyes see.
Let the universe share our love,

Let me be what you're thinkin' of.

HARD MONKEYS
Got no monkey on my back
and I'm never goin' to crack.
'Cause it's a good life,
too good to lose;
But it's a hard world
with the junkie blues.

Got no streetcar called Desire
and I'll never light the fire.
'Cause it's a good life,
too good to lose;
But it's a hard world
with the junkie blues.

Got no monkey on my back
and I'm never goin' to crack.
'Cause it's a good life,
too good to lose;
But it's a hard world

with the junkie blues

I'VE BEEN THERE TOO
There's someone somewhere
who can't go on;
Their life is cryin',
it's all gone wrong.
What can I say now
to help you get through,
Except to say that,
I've been there too?

Your soul is achin'
you can't see it through;
But time is healin',
each day you do.
Keep on lookin' forward
forget the past;
It's up to you now,
don't let it last.
You got to wake up, shake up, you got a right to live;
Shake up, don't break up, you've got a lot to give.

You'll wake up one morning'
you start to feel good;
The sun in the blue sky,
looks like it should.
'Cause time is a healer
it's strange but it's true;
So keep lookin' forward,
the sun will come through.
You got to wake up, shake up, you got a right to live;
Shake up, don't break up, you've got a lot to give.

You got to wake up, shake up, you got a right to live;
Shake up, don't break up, you've got a lot to give.

There's someone somewhere
who can't go on;
Their life is cryin',
it's all gone wrong.
What can I say now
to help you get through,
Except to say that,
I've been there too?

You got to wake up, shake up, you got a right to live;

Shake up, don't break up, you've got a lot to give.

UNCLE JAM

(Instrumental)

TEN YEARS AFTER: Watt (1970)

1. I'm Coming On
2. My Baby Left Me
3. Think About the Times
4. I Say Yeah
5. The Band With No Name
6. Gonna Run
7. She Lies in the Morning
8. Sweet Little Sixteen

I'M COMING ON
Maybe right or I may be wrong,
But I gotta do something 'fore the day is gone.
Could be small or it could be big,
But I gotta do something that I can dig.

May be good or it may be bad,
But I gotta do something or I'll go mad.
May be cool or it may be hot,
But I gotta do something I need a lot.

Oh, baby don't cry, don't cry, don't cry,
Shouldn't do that
Oh, baby don't cry, don't cry, don't cry,
Shouldn't do that

I'm coming on.
Babe, babe I'm coming on
Yeah, babe I'm coming on - Oh yeah

Maybe right or I may be wrong,
But I gotta do something 'fore the day is gone.
Could be small or it could be big,
But I gotta do something that I can dig.

Oh, baby don't cry, don't cry, don't cry,
Shouldn't do that
Oh, baby don't cry, don't cry, don't cry,

Shouldn't do that

MY BABY LEFT ME
My baby left me;
she wouldn't tell a lie.
'Cause she said she would, she did, and she left me high and dry.
My baby left me;
last night I heard her cry.
She wouldn't tell me why, she just said, "Bye bye."

I used to sing the blues;
I thought I sang for real.
Now I know the feel and it hurts too much.
My baby left me;
she left me all alone.
She's never comin' home and I want to die.

My baby left me;
she wouldn't tell a lie.
'Cause she said she would, she did, and she left me high and dry.
My baby left me;
last night I heard her cry.
She wouldn't tell me why, she just said, "Bye bye."

My baby left me;
she wouldn't tell a lie.
'Cause she said she would, she did, and she left me high and dry.
My baby left me;
last night I heard her cry.
She wouldn't tell me why, she just said, "Bye bye."

I used to sing the blues;
I thought I sang for real.
Now I know the feel and it hurts too much.
My baby left me;
she left me all alone.

She's never comin' home and I want to die

THINK ABOUT THE TIMES
Think about the times when you're happy,
Think about the times when you're sad.
Think about the life you are living,
Think about your life and be glad.

You are living, you are in the world,
And your life belongs to you.
You are living, you are of the earth,
And the earth is of you too.

There'll be times when you are lonely,
There'll be times when you are down.
They are times you remember,
With a smile or with a frown.

You are living, you are in the world,
And your life belongs to you.
You are living, you are of the earth,

And the earth is of you too.

Think about the times when you're happy,
Think about the times when you're sad.
Think about the life you are living,
Think about your life and be glad.

You are living, you are in the world,
And your life belongs to you.
You are living, you are of the earth,

And the earth is of you too.

I SAY YEAH
When I ask questions don't tell no lies, just look me in the eye.
Don't say no and don't say maybe and don't you ask me why.
Just say yeah, yes, yes is what you say.
Just say yeah, yes, and we'll go along away, oh baby now.

When you need me, well I'll come a runnin' and that's the way to be.
Just call on me if you need some lovin'; I'll give it all for free.
I'll say yeah, yes, yes is what to say.
I say yeah, yes, and we'll go along away, oh baby now.

Well we don't need no shove
'cause I just fall in love with you child.
Well, we don't need no push

'cause we just dig the rush with you.

When I ask questions don't tell no lies, just look me in the eye.
Don't say no and don't say maybe and don't you ask me why.
Just say yeah, yes, yes is what you say.
Just say yeah, yes, and we'll go along away, oh baby now.

THE BAND WITH NO NAME

(Instrumental)

GONNA RUN
Gonna run, runnin' from the city;
gonna run, runnin' to the country.
Gonna run, runnin' from the city;
gotta ease my achin' mind.

Gonna hide, hidin' from the smoke fumes;
gonna hide, sing myself some new tunes.
Gonna hide, hidin' from the smoke fumes;
gotta clean myself inside.

Gonna run, runnin' from the ego;
gonna run, find out where the free go.
Gonna run, runnin' from the ego;
I wanna free myself inside.

Run, run, run, I'm running
Yes, I'm running, baby
Running all night long
Baby, I'm running
Keep on running
Yeah, time is flying
Yeah, time is gone
Yes, I'm running, I'm running, I'm running
Gotta keep trying

SHE LIES IN THE MORNING
She lies in the morning;
Red sky is a warning.
She lies in the morning;
Red skies in her eyes.
She cries 'cause the morning is too long;
She tries but she still can't carry on.
She lies to escape the morning sun;
She dies and the world still carries on.

Where did you go?
Why did you fall?
She didn't know
there's nothing at all

You killed yourself, my love;
there's nothing left for me.
Life was a pain, but now you're free.
You shot your soul, my love;
blew all you had.
Now I am left here feeling bad.
You shot your life away
for the unreal.
Now there is nothing left to feel.
You made your tracks, my love;
you made them deep.

Now there is nothing left but sleep

SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN
They're really rockin' in Boston
Pittsburg, P.A.
Deep in the heart of Texas
And down in Frisco Bay
Way over in St. Louis
Down in New Orleans
The cats they wanna dance with
Sweet little sixteen

Little sixteen
Well, she's gotta have
About half a million
Half a million autographs
Oh, but tomorrow morning
She's got to change her trend
To be back in the classroom
She's gotta be back in school again

They're really rockin' in Boston
Pittsburg, P.A.
Deep in the heart of Texas
And down in Frisco Bay
Way over in St. Louis
Down in New Orleans
The cats they wanna dance with
Sweet little sixteen

Little sixteen
Well, she's gotta have
About half a million
Half a million autographs
Oh, but tomorrow morning
She's got to change her trend
To be back in the classroom

She's gotta be back in school again

...

TEN YEARS AFTER: Cricklewood Green (1970)

1. Sugar the Road
2. Working on the Road
3. 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain
4. Year 3,000 Blues
5. Me and My Baby
6. Love Like a Man
7. Circles
8. As the Sun Still Burns Away
   

SUGAR THE ROAD
Havin' a good time, baby, you're havin' a ball;
Your daddy don't dig what you look like, don't dig it at all.
Don't understand, what you're goin' through, no, no, no,
No, no - no, he don’t.

He says there's only one way that you can stay alive,
Keep workin' for your pension till you're sixty five,
Hey, no, no - don't dig it at all.

You've grown up a big girl, baby, you're doin' all right;
You sleep in the day time, baby now, you're leapin' all night.
You got your own scene, said you're doin' fine,
My, my, my - little darlin'.

Live like you want, let them call you a freak,
You'll be a baby factory when you're married a week,
Oh, no,no - they'll have you livin' in a box yeah. Get out, get out.

You're havin' a good time, baby, you're lovin' your life;
There's more things a-head now baby than, bein' a wife.
Well, I love your mind - 'cause you know it's free,
All night free, little darlin'

Don't worry 'bout the people who scream and shout,
Just give 'em fifty years and they might work it out, hey yeah,
I've gotta have me a good time, darlin', let it all hang out.

WORKING ON THE ROAD
I've been workin' on the road 'bout fifteen years,
Been blowin' my mind, I've been blasting my ears,
Don't you know, babe?
I've been sleepin' all day, and workin' all night,
I made a lot of money but it don't feel right.
Don't you know, babe?

Well I've got a feelin' for home,
Somewhere that I call my own.

Well, I seen the world and it's seen me;
Strange kind of way - I guess I'm free.
Don't you know, babe?
Well I've seen it bad and I've seen it good,
But now I want to clear my blood.
Don't you know, babe?

Well I've got a feelin' for home,
Somewhere that I call my own.
Take me home babe.

Well I tried to live the way I should,
I've shed some tears and sweated blood.
Don't you know, babe?
And I think it's time I took a break
'Cause I have took all I can take.
Don't you know, babe?

Well I've got a feelin' for home,
Somewhere that I call my own.
I'm comin' home, won't-cha come on home?

50,000 MILES BENEATH MY BRAIN
I want to know you, I want to show you,
I want to grow you inside of me.
I want to see you, I want to free you,
I want to be you inside of me.

Love me, fifty thousand miles beneath my brain.
Love me, fifty thousand times and then again.

Can you love me with a thousand eyes?
can you see right through my bones?
Can you kiss me with a thousand lips,
can you melt a solid stone?

Can you hear me from a thousand miles,
when I'm screamin' at the stars?
Can you pull me up to Jupiter,
when I'm all hung up on Mars?

Burn my eyes with your flame;
Let your world spin free.
Let it go babe, I'll do the same - all depends on me.
Let it go, it's all the same, what with jewels that you can't see.
Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me babe,
Bring it on home to me.

YEAR 3,000 BLUES
They took me down the grading station,
And they classified me zed'
Cause of over population
They told me that I would soon be dead

But I slipped out of the force field
And hid beneath the monorail
But the automatic blood hounds
Lord, they're soon hot along my trail

Now if I had been a scholar
With computer working hard
Then my molecular structure
Would not be on the grader's card

So, I know that they will get me
Put my index in the brain
Then, the atoms of my body
Will be disposed of, Lordy, down the drain

They took me down the grading station
And they classified me zed'
Cause of over population
They told me that I would soon be dead

ME AND MY BABY
Me and my baby never get the blues,
Me and my baby never get the blues,
Me and my woman got nothin' left to lose.

Me and my baby never get uptight,
Me and my baby never get uptight,
Me and my woman never do a damn thing right.

Me and my baby always feelin' good,
Me and my baby always feelin' good,
We love each other, sure no reason why we should.

Me and my baby really got it made,
Me and my baby really got it made,
I get her lovin' when the other man is paid.

Me and my baby livin' like we should,
Me and my baby livin' like we should,
We don't act sad 'cause we don't know what it's like to be good.

LOVE LIKE A MAN
You rolypoly
All over town
But you come on back to me
When things are down
Love like a man
Love all you can

Your satisfaction
Is growing less
If you come on back to me
Use my address and let you
Love like a man
Love all you can

You are the woman
You can't deny
You look so good to me, girl
You make me high

I'll tell you something
I think you know
When you flash those eyes at me
All systems go and let you
Love like a man
Love all you can

CIRCLES
Life is going 'round in circles, wonder will it ever end.
If I die babe will you miss me, or just find another friend.
Does it matter what I do, live life right or bear a grudge?
Does it matter what I do, is there anyone to judge?

I have been to many places, I have journeyed through the mind.
Though I've found some different faces, 'nother answer I can't find.
Does it matter what I do, is there anyone to say?
Does it matter what I do, is there any other way?

I have got what I once dreamed of, as a child so long ago.
But my life just goes in circles, 'cause one answer I don't know.
Does it matter what I do, who will hear me if I cry?
Does it matter what I do, does it matter if I die?

AS THE SUN STILL BURNS AWAY
A thousand cities in the night
Each one waiting for the light
Ten million people plan their day
As the sun still burns away

As the earth just spins in space
People plan their daily race
As the sun still burns away
Few say "Thank you for the day"
All the people in their ties
Forget to look up at the sky
they exist another day
As the sun still burns away

I wonder just how long we'll last
When the final die is cast
Every day brings forth the time
When the sun forgets to shine

TEN YEARS AFTER: Ssssh (1969)

1. Bad Scene
2. Two Time Mama
3. Stoned Woman
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
5. If You Should Love Me
6. I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name
7. The Stomp
8. I Woke Up This Morning

BAD SCENE
You ruin my day
You ruin my night
You ruin everything I do
You're killing in my way
You're killing in my life
You're killing in everything I do

You're hurting my heart
You're hurting my pride
You're hurting everything I own
You're choking my head
It's choking inside
Why don't you leave my life alone

I just want to do it like it used to be
So, why don't you leave it up to me
I want to tell you if you think it's right

Baby, won't you do it right?

TWO TIME MAMA
Two-time mama, don't you two-time me
Two-time mama, don't you two-time me.
'Cause if you need two, you can bet your life I'm usin' three.

Two-time woman, don't tell me your lies
Two-time woman, don't tell me those lies
I hear your voice, but I'm lookin' right in your eyes

STONED WOMAN
She gonna love him, stoned out of mind all the time
She gonna keep him, stoned out of his mind all the time
She don't see nothing
She just has loving and she keeps on puffing all the time
I keep on praying
She'll just have a flash
She'll hear what I'm saying all the time
Well, she's a stoned woman, baby, it's true
Well, she's a stoned woman
Baby, baby, baby, I don't know, really, what to do

She gonna love him, stoned out of mind all the time
She gonna keep him, stoned out of his mind all the time
She don't see nothing
She just has loving and she keeps on puffing all the time
All the time
I keep on praying
She'll just have a flash
She'll hear what I'm saying all the time
All the time
All the time

All the time

GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL
Good morning little schoolgirl
Can I go home, home with you?
Good morning little schoolgirl
Can I go home, home with you?
Tell your mama and your papa
Big be schoolboy, too

I won't bore you, yeah
Baby, I won't bore you all night long
Yes, I do
Baby, I wanna ball you
I wanna ball you all night long
Tell your mama and your papa
Baby, baby, doing nothing wrong, child

I'm doing nothing wrong, yeah

I won't bore you, yea, yea, huh
Baby, I wanna ball you all night long
Yes, I do, child
I won't bore you, darling, yea
I won't bore you all night long
Tell your mama and your papa
Baby, baby, we're gonna do nothing wrong
Wrong , wrong, wrong
Baby, I wanna ball you every night

Oh, yeah, come on now

IF YOU SHOULD LOVE ME
If you should love me
Then I cannot be to blame
For loving you the way I do
If you should want me
Then you cannot really say
You cannot say it to me, baby
Mmmm... won't you love me true
'Cause you got your way and, baby, I got mine
Darling, I love you
The only way I know
You know I know that It's gonna be good loving
For ever and a day
The way you want my love
You know you're gonna be my baby
And I'm feeling all
I'm feeling all right
Baby, love the way you walk
I love it when you're talking to me, darling
Yeah, won't you call my name
Now now now now
I wanna show you how to love
And loving should be good
'Cause darling, we got it made
Made by you and me
Now now now now
I wanna be your loving man
Wanna love you all I can
I wanna show you, baby, baby, baby...
How to love you right
Baby, make you feel so good tonight
Baby, make you feel, feel so right
I know I really would if I could
If you should love me
Love me every day
Love me all the way
Baby, I love you
Love you all the time
I love you it's only right
If I love you every night
Then, I'll buy a diamond ring
Buy a diamond ring for your finger
Yeah, yeah, now, now, now
Everybody's telling me
That I must be mad to think it's very bad
'Cause I love you and I know that you love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, now
Yeah, love is really good to me
Loving really sets me free
Baby, I'm feeling, I'm feeling
I'm feeling all night
Now yeah, loving is really good and fine
Loving really frees your mind
Darling, darling, I'm feeing all right
Yeah, yeah, now now...
Come on, come on, yeah, yeah...

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
Love is all around, I want you to see it from here
Love is just a sound, I want you to hear it from here
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name

Love is all around, I want you to live it from here
Love is just a sound, I want to sing it for here
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name

Peace is all around, I want you to need it from here
Peace is just a sound, I want you to hear it from fear
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name

You don't know that I don't know your name

THE STOMP
All right, oh, yeah
Come on, baby, yeah

Hey baby, sure love you fine
You got a way of moving, mama
Make me lose my mind
You know, mama, what you got
Something I need, sure need a lot
I got the rhythm, and you sure got the style
So, shake it, mama, please stomp around a while
Shake on

Hey, baby, yes, you're doing fine
You're stomping so good, mama
You got the boys in the line
Foxy mama
You sure got what it takes
And when you're stomping, darling
Boy, it really shakes
Foxy woman
You don't tell no lies
What you got, darling
Sure would like to advertise
Hear the boys say
Look at that, mama, don't she look fine
Love that woman, make her mine
And you know, baby, that's where it's at
Just stomp around, mama
Shake it, shake it out
Shake it, mama, oh, mama, mmm...
Shake it, mama
Mmmmm....., yeah, baby
Mmmmm....., oh, mama, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah
Do the stomp
Stomp around

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
I woke up this morning
My baby was gone
I woke up this morning, Lord
My baby was gone
I thought that she loved me
It seems that I'm wrong
Yes, I am wrong

I cried every night, darling
For you to come home, yes, I do
I cried every night, darling
For you to come home
I'm feeling so lonely, darling
I'm left all alone
Yes, I'm left all alone

I woke up this morning, Lord
The rain was falling down
I woke up this morning, Lord
The rain was falling down
I'm getting so lonely, darling
Oh, yeah, baby, I wish I could cry
Oh, yes, the rain is falling on the ground

TEN YEARS AFTER: Stonedhenge (1969)

1. Going to Try
2. I Can't Live Without Lydia
3. Woman Trouble
4. Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob
5. Hear Me Calling
6. A Sad Song
7. Three Blind Mice
8. No Title
9. Faro
10. Speed Kills

GOING TO TRY
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try,
I'm gonna try and get my feet out of the sand.
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try,
I'm gonna try and find out where's the Promised Land.

Where are you? How do I know you're true, know you're true?
Now I can find what I want out of life, out of life.

I wanna try, I wanna try,
I wanna try and find out where's the Promised Land.

I wanna try, I wanna try, I wanna try and get my feet out of the sand.

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT LYDIA

(Instrumental)

WOMAN TROUBLE
Woman trouble always in my life
Got a babe, but she'll never be my wife
'Cause I know, yes, I know
When she got you, man, you're never letting go

You see her in the street with the sparkling eyes
Don't forget that she knows how to cry
'Cause you know, yes, I know
When she got you, man, you're never letting go

She says, baby, that we'll never fight
I know I'm gonna treat you right
You won't be lonely, this I know
There's a time when women have got to go

Woman trouble always on my mind
My kind of woman I'll never find
'Cause I know, yes, I know
When she got you, man, you'll never let go

Woman trouble always in my life
Got a babe, but she'll never be my wife
'Cause I know, yes, I know

When they got you, man, they're never letting go

SKOOBLY-OOBLY-DOOBOB

(Scat Instrumental)

HEAR ME CALLING
Hear me calling, hear me call on you;
Hear me calling, hear me call on you.
If you don't come soon
I'll know your love ain't true.

Hear me calling, hear me calling loud;
Hear me calling, hear me calling loud.
If you don't come soon

I'll be wearin' a shroud.

A SAD SONG
The love that you gave me has gone with the rain
The joy that just filled me has turned into pain.

My face in the mirror reminds me of you
It's the one that you lied to when you said you'd be true.

The tears in my eyes are all that you'll find
The scars on my face just deepen my mind.

The love that you gave me has gone with the rain

The joy that just filled me has turned into pain.

THREE BLIND MICE

(Instrumental)

NO TITLE
Well, I got no worry, and I got no pain,
'Cause when I get rid of them, they come back again.
I just keep on doin' what I want to do
If I keep on tryin', I'm sure to come through.

Well, money's no problem, it comes and it goes;
It stops me from starvin', it keeps me in clothes.
There's a god and a devil, I'm sure it must be,
But why should I bother them, they don't bother me.

So I'll keep on playin' and do what I do
These strings on my fingers are all that is true.

FARO

(Instrumental)

SPEED KILLS
Get on the ball, boys. Let' catch that train and get on.

Well, run your Chevy down the highway, doing 95
Got his V-8 engine buzzing like a hive
Gotta catch that mail train, just to stay alive

Well, he wrote his baby a letter when he was in pain
Well, he told his little baby "Don't wanna see you again"
Well, he's gotta drop that letter, gotta catch that train

Gotta beat it to the crossing before he gets to town
Got to keep that whistle humming, keep it to the ground
Gotta catch that mail train, gotta flag it down
Roll on, boy

Well, he's squealing around the bend, tracks are getting near
Well, the roaring of the engine, passing in his ear

Well, he ain't gonna make it...