Love In Vain

Well I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Yeah, I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Whoa, it’s hard to tell, it’s hard to tell When all your love’s in vain When the train come in the station I looked […]


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Silver Train

Silver train is a comin’ Think I’m gonna get on now, oh, yeah Silver train is a comin’ Think I wanna get on now, oh, yeah, oh, yeah Silver rain is a fallin’ Fallin’ up around my house, oh, yeah Silver rain is a fallin’, fallin’ up around my house, […]


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Back To Zero

Back to zero So you wanna blow us all to pieces Go meet your maker, head hung down And give him all your explanations Go ahead, throw down Back to zero, back to nothing Straight to meltdown, back to zero That’s where we’re heading It’s a monkey living on my […]


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Feel On baby

Feel on baby Feel on baby Feel on baby Feel on baby Feel on baby Feel on baby Feel on baby When I travel coast to coast You’re the hook up I miss the most In the motel you’re the ghost Other women don’t come close Feel on baby Feel […]


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Lies

Lies, dripping off your mouth like dirt Lies, lies in every step you walk Lies, whispered sweetly in my ear Lies, how do I get out of here? Why, why you have to be so cruel? Lies, lies, lies I ain’t such a fool! Lies, lies in my papa’s looks […]


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Country Honk

I’m sittin’ in a bar tippling a jar in Jackson And on the street the summer sun it shines There’s many a bar-room queen I’ve had in Jackson But I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind It’s the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk […]


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She Smiled Sweetly

Why do my thoughts loom so large on me? They seem to stay, for day after day And won’t disappear, I’ve tried every way But she smiled sweetly She smiled sweetly She smiled sweetly And says don’t worry Oh, no no no Where does she hide it inside of her? […]


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Break The Spell

In the winter when the cold comes And the wind blows with a scornful spite And the hard ground feels barren And the forest is deathly quiet And the whole world lies sleeping There’s a gypsy all dressed in white Put my hand out, ask the question Here’s the silver, […]


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Monkey Man

I’m a fleabit peanut monkey All my friends are junkies That’s not really true I’m a cold Italian pizza I could use a lemon squeezer What you do? But I’ve been bit and I’ve been tossed around By every she-rat in this town Have you, babe? Well, I am just […]


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Luxury

I want a real fine car, fly Miami too All the rum, I want to drink it, all the whiskey too My woman need a new dress, my daughter got to go to school I’m working so hard, I’m working for the company I’m working so hard to keep you […]


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Rock And A Hard Place

The fields of EdenAre full of trashAnd if we beg and we borrow and stealWe’ll never get it backPeople are hungryThey crowd aroundAnd the city gets bigger as the country comes begging to town CHORUSStuck between a rockAnd a hard placeBetween a rock and a hard place This talk of […]


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No Expectations

Take me to the station And put me on a train I’ve got no expectations To pass through here again Once I was a rich man and Now I am so poor But never in my sweet short life Have I felt like this before You heart is like a […]


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She Said Yeah

Dam deedle dee dam dam Little girl, where did you come from Try a little bit to make my mouth dribble Come on baby, let’s ride away in the rain Baby you drive me crazy Drive my poor heart hazy Just a little bit A little while with you Come […]


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Hip Shake

I wanna tell you ’bout a dance That’s goin’ around, Everybody’s doin’ it From the grownups down. Don’t move your head, Don’t move your hands, Don’t move your lips, Just shake your hips. Do the hip shake, babe, Do the hip shake, babe, Shake your hip, babe, Shake your hip, […]


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Harlem Shuffle

You move it to the left And you go for yourself You move it to the right Yeah if it takes all night Now take it kinda slow With a whole lot of soul Don’t move it too fast Just make it last You scratch just like a monkey Yeah […]


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