song lyrics

Waitin' On You (Dammit) ~ single

Waitin' On You (Dammit)
Motion Pictures

Something for Everyone ~ album

Hold Me Girl
Talk Louder
Dreams Die Hard
Angelina
Kept Woman
Firewall
After You Left Me
Buick City Blues
'65 Tempest
Headlights
Punks

Waitin' On You (Dammit)

Can I tell a sorry story,
a bit of my past glory?
Such a lovely flower,
but in a needful hour,
She failed me, yeah,
she let me down.

I could see her with me,
thought in my arms she’d be
giv’in me a chance,
in a lovley romance.
But I feel a new man
comin’ around.

No, I didn’t plan it
(this soft spot for you, dammit).
The fool in my heart it
would trade this whole planet,
but you left me standing there...
waiting on you, (dammit).

I would change the past
to build a love that lasts.
Please to be my queen,
the world has never seen
a man who’ll love you like I do.
Now I’ll collect the parts
from my broken heart.
I’ll faithfully respect you,
no, never neglect you.
Nev’r again will I be such a fool.

No, I didn’t plan it
(this soft spot for you, dammit).
The fool in my heart it
would trade this whole planet,
Don’t leave me standing here...
waiting on you, (dammit).

My heart feels so giddy.
You’re so very pretty.
You filled all of my dreams,
I was smitten it seems,
lips sweeter than sweet.

Can I tell a sorry story,
a bit of my past glory?
Such a lovely flower,
but in a needful hour,
She failed me, yeah,
she let me down.

No, I didn’t plan it
(this soft spot for you, dammit).
The fool in my heart it
would trade this whole planet,
Don’t leave me standing here...
waiting on you, (dammit).
Well, I don’t want to talk about it.
I’ve got to live without it.
You left me standing here...
waiting on you, (dammit).

If you’d only come around,
I’d never let you down.

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Motion Pictures

She wants into those motion pictures,
Thinkin’ she could be a star.
It’s a Hollywood movie mystery,
She wants a chauffeur driven Jaguar.

Little darlin’ you look so fine.
I’ve got a proposition if you’ve got the time.
I can put you in the pictures, I swear it’s true.
Hollywood’s got a place for you.

On the stage where the lights are bright.
When film is rolling timing must be right.
Flash, flash, we’ll shoot some scenes,
"Move to the left darlin’, do it again".

In the pictures,
Motion pictures.
Million dollar pictures, starring you.
In the pictures.

They squeeze their shutters and they holler when
to wind you up, and tell you, "do it again"
Silk stockings and you can’t turn back.
All you thought you had to do was act.

They’re takin’ pictures of their favorite scenes.
Dirty Kodaks that would make you scream.
Shoot you with their Rollie’s and their Nikons too.
You’ve made the big time, what you gonna do?

In the pictures,
Motion pictures.
Million dollar pictures, starring you.
In the pictures.

In the pictures,
Motion pictures.
Dirty pictures, starring you.
In the pictures.

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Hold Me Girl

Spent a long time working like a field hand,
sweatin’ in Colombian sun.
I played a fast line, dealing with the big man’s
got me making one more run.

Search a long time lookin’ for my sunshine
ending up with cloudy days.
Send me flying lookin’ for a life line.
Always end up lost in space.
When the night time comes
and I’m rollin’ up one,
I look at the game and I think
it all seems funny, yeah, yeah.

Sha la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la.

Oooh, I had a lover, she’s unlike any other.
I wonder what she’s doing today.
I nearly smothered, it’s a wonder I’ve recovered,
enough to tell that girl this way.

We had some good nights and we had some rough flights.
Couldn’t make it work together.
In my heart she’s broken off a part,
a place she fit like no other.

The night time comes
and I’m with someone,
I look at the game and I think
it all seems funny, yeah, yeah.

Sha la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la.

Hold me girl, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me tighter, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me girl, keep me from runnin’ away.

Yeah, my man!

Such a long time searchin’ for my sunshine
lookin’ for a reason to stay.
Be a lover, be unlike any other,
keep me from runnin’ away.

When the night time comes
and I’m rollin’ up one,
I look at the game and I think
it all seems funny, yeah, yeah.

Sha la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la.

Hold me girl, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me tighter, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me girl, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me girl.
Hold me.
Ooh, hold me tighter.
Hold me girl.
Hold me girl, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me tighter, keep me from runnin’ away.
Hold me girl, keep me from runnin’ away.
Keep me from runnin’ away.
Keep me from runnin’ away.
Keep me from runnin’ away

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Talk Louder

Sittin’ in a Coney Island
Sippin’ my cup of tea
Best looking waitress I’d ever seen
danced right up to me.
She said, "Could I serve you please?
Would your coffee like some cream?"
I said I was drinkin’ tea
and you can give me some honey, please.

She told me,"Talk (talk) louder,
don’t you give me that mumbled jive".
She said,"Talk, talk louder,
now don’t you give me that mumbling jive".

I left that Coney Island
and I was sittin’ on Saginaw Street.
Prettiest motorist ever seen
pulled up beside ’a me.
She said, "Could you help me, please?
My engines running red!"
I said I could cool her off,
but it’d have to be in bed...

And she told me,"Talk (talk) louder,
don’t you give me that mumbled jive".
She said,"Talk, talk louder,
now don’t you give me that mumbling jive".

I told her I’d get her some water,
and I took off for the coast.
I made it out to New York City,
where (under a lamp post),
the sexiest girl I’d ever seen said,

"Can I help you please?,
you look like my kind of man
and I’m your kind of sleaze!"
And I told her,"Talk (talk) louder,
don’t you give me that mumbled jive".

I said,"Talk, talk louder,
now don’t you give me that mumbling jive".
"Talk (talk) louder,

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Dreams Die Hard

I want you here with me.
I need you by my side.
But it’s something you feel
that you can’t do just now.
Will there ever be a time?
Will I ever call you mine?
How long can I wait
for tomorrow?

You ask me to understand,
you’ve got a life of your own.
You’re comfortable, safe and secure.
and it wouldn’t feel right
to confront the unknown.
Not when everything now seems so sure.

Dreams die hard, it’s amusing to me
when your desire conflicts with your destiny.

I remember a time you didn’t resist.
When we shared the same crazy dream.
Sometimes now I wonder, did we ever exist?
I guess some things are not what they seem

It’s something you feel you can’t do just now.
The shadow of your love will always follow me
and I’ll keep your faded picture on my wall
and if time ever comes, you decide to fly free

I’ll be there to catch your heart if it falls

Dreams die hard it’s amusing to me
when your desire conflicts with your destiny.
Dreams die hard, it’s amusing to see
when your desire conflict with your destiny.

Remember the time you didn’t resist.
When we shared the same crazy dream.
Sometimes now I wonder, did we ever exist?
I guess some things are not what they seem
Mmmm, I need you by my side.
But you can’t do it just now.
Will I ever call you mine?
I wait for tomorrow.
You’ve got a life of your own.
You’re so safe and secure.
Won’t you confront the unknown.
You seem so sure.
Well, you’ll always follow me
I’ll keep you on my wall
If you decide to fly free.
I’ll be there
I’ll be by your side
I want you
I need You

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Angelina

Come out with me sweet Angelina,
I don’t want to go out all alone.
Pack a suitcase, put your shoes on,
fix your face when we’re in the car.
Flyin’ out under the street lights,
tonight there’ll be a shooting star.

I know that it’s not the first time I’ve ask you,
but this time I’m here all alone.
Come out with me my Angelina,
I don’t want to go out all alone.

The storm might be here by nightfall,
we’ve got to run while the way is still clear.
Climb in the car with me my Angelina.
Take our lives and we’ll get out of here.

I know that it’s not the first time I’ve ask you,
but this time I’m here all alone.
Come out with me my Angelina,
I don’t want to go out all alone.
We’re flyin’ out under the street lights,
tonight there’ll be a shooting star.

Nights in this town are getting harder.
Street kids paint pictures in the alleys.
I’m crying for you my Angelina,
the heat from the street burns right through me.

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Kept Woman

Livin’ in a big town,
he said he‘d treat you right.
Keeps you in a five room cage,
you’re steppin’ out Tuesday night

Kept woman.
You can’t keep on keepin’ on
Kept woman can’t tell your mama what you’re doing.

Keep your windows locked.
Keep your shades pulled down,
or his wife might come a knockin’
run you out of town.

Kept woman.
You can’t keep on keepin’ on
Kept woman can’t tell your mama what you’re doing.

Wasting all your time on a man who’s getting grey.
Just a private whore and he uses you for play.
Have to sit and wait for a phone call late at night
you’re dreamin’ little girl if you think money makes it right.
Lord, money don’t make it right.

I want you to be my baby,
won’t you come and stay with me.
Forget about your fancy toys,
living obligation free.

Kept woman.
You can’t keep on keepin’ on
Kept woman can’t tell your mama what you’re doing.

Give your lovin’ to me,
we can dine by candlelight.
What I lack in money, baby,
I can make up for at night.

Kept woman.
You can’t keep on keepin’ on
Kept woman can’t tell your mama what you’re doing.
Kept woman can’t tell your mama what you’re doing.
Kept woman can’t tell your mama what you’re doing.
My kept woman!

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Firewall

When it’s late at night,
and the air all around you is clear.
You roll down your window,
shift it into gear.

Feel the engine straining
as you are floating through the curve.
Lonely heart and heavy metal,
wondering if you’ve got the nerve.

Suicidal tendencies.
Push the pedal to the firewall.
Don’t burn out on the highway.
Do you really want to end it all?

The wheels in your head
are spinning like the wheels of your car.
The lines down the freeway
look like the strings on a guitar.

Then when you check the mirror
That’s when you check your eyes.
Well this life might be a tough life,
But you don’t want to die.

Suicidal tendencies.
Push the pedal to the firewall.
Don’t burn out on the highway.
Do you really want to end it all?
Against the firewall.
Don’t want to end it all.
Against the firewall.

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After You Left Me

There was a time
when your lips could hide nothing
from me.
You were mine,
but like a fool (like a fool) I let you slip away,
(like a fool) away from me

After you left me, I might just as well ’a died...yeah.
My life never was the same...

A painted smile
after all these years it appears you don’t
remember me...no.

After you left me, I might just as well ’a died...yeah, yeah.
My life never was the same...

You could’ve been mine, all mine.
But like a fool I let you slip away,
so far away from me...

’Cause after you left me, I might just as well ’a died...yeah.
My life never was the same...no, hell no.

Can’t you remember that night we almost made love?
But I just circled ’round your flame.
After you left me.
After you left me... yeah, yeah.
Don’t you remember?
Why can’t you remember me? yeah, yeah.
After you left me.
After you left me... yeah, yeah...
Don’t you remember?
We’re all made of love.
Don’t you remember? yeah, yeah.
After you left me,
I might just as well ’a died...yeah.
My life never was the same...
Don’t you remember that night we almost made love?
Yeah, but I just circled ’round your flame.

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Buick City Blues

I’ve got them Buick City blues.
Ain’t no cure for them Buick City blues.
Ooooh, my heart is achin’.
I’ve got them Buick City blues.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down.

Do you remember last summer?
Ooww, you made my motor hum.
But now I feel so lonely, just like an empty oil drum.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down, down, down.

Well that foreign sports job,
what was he?
Just a flash in your oil pan,
ahh, baby compared to me.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down.

You left me at the end
of a mass production line.
But, now I’m watching your tail lights
Ooow, fading down I-69.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down, down, down.

Well my heart was never
Mmmm, up for hock,
Until you chopped it, baby,
on that repo auction block.

I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down

Well I should have kicked your gear shifter
on into park.
Oooo, well, the moment I felt
that AC Delco spark.

I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down, down, down.
I’ve got them Buick City blues.
Ain’t no cure for them Buick City blues.
Ooooh, my heart is achin’.
I’ve got them Buick City blues.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down

Well what a cad, (Cadillac, Cadillac)
Hmmm, I think she was.
What an Electra (225) oh, fying cause.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down

She couldn’t afford (a pickup truck)
Oooh, to give me the scoop.
But I sure liked the headlights (honk, honk)
baby, on that little deuce coupe.
Well I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down

Well I got them Buick City blues.
Ain’t no cure for them Buick City blues.
my heart is achin’.
I’ve got them Buick City blues.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down

I got them Buick City blues.
Ain’t no cure for them Buick City blues.
Oooow, my heart is achin’.
I’ve got them Buick City blues.
I’ve got them Buick City blues,
since my baby drove me down

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’65 Tempest

I saw a ’65 Tempest with the white top down,
Out there, driven by a short haired clown.
Black convertible with a Jersey plate,
I must-a be wrong it must-a be some mistake.

Gotta catch him before he’s gone,
find out what’s going on.
All of the time I thought she was in school.
Out playing hookey, playin’ me for a fool.
"me for a fool", yeah, yeah
But I ain’t no fool.

It was a black Pontiac with a white top down.
I chased that sucker all over town.
Came up beside him at a traffic light
and he said, "You look-a familiar",
then his face turned white.

Gotta catch him before he’s gone,
find out what’s going on.
All of the time I thought she was at school.
Out playing hookey, playin’ me for a fool.
"me for a fool", yeah, yeah...
well I ain’t no fool.

’65 Tempest with a rag top down,
is proof my babys been out foolin’ round.
Traffic lights are red, yellow and green.
Now why’d my baby have to be so mean?

Gotta catch him before he’s gone,
find out what’s going on.
All of the time I thought she was at school.
Out playing hookey, playin’ me for a fool.
"me for a fool", yeah, yeah...
but I ain’t no fool.

Gotta catch him before he’s gone,
find out what’s going on.
All the time I thought she was at school.
Out playing hookey, playin’ me for a fool.
"me for a fool", yeah, yeah...
Lord, I ain’t no fool.

Saw somebody in my babys car.
No more for me know she’s gone too far.
Black convertible with a white top down.
White letter rubber runnin’ all around.
Lord, I ain’t no fool.
I ain’t your fool, no, no,
I ain’t no fool.

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Headlights

I can tell you something ‘bout me baby,
maybe that you don’t know.
I get on the freeway and on some days
I just let myself go.

Feel the engine start to unwind behind you,
like a speedboat on a concrete sea.
Check the mirror for headlights behind me
and I make my wake.

When you’re on the highway at night "headlights"
they come on in waves.
Throw your head back and forget about
your troublesome days, yeah.

Feel the engine start to unwind behind you,
Like a jet fighter in the lonesome blue.
Check the mirror for headlights behind you
and cut the night.

I like my isolation baby,
when things push me too hard.
Fire my imagination but don’t
go too far, don’t go too far.

I can tell you something about me baby
maybe that you don’t know.
I get on the freeway and on some days
I just let myself go.

Feel the engine start to unwind behind me,
like a speedboat on a concrete sea.
Check the mirror for headlights behind you
and cut the night.

Headlights behind you

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Punks

We were livin’ in the alleyways,
and banging on the street.
Act just like a derelict for the people that we meet.
Try to stay away from cocaine,
smoked a lot of dope.
Seemed like rock and roll
was gonna be my only hope, oh yeah...

She looked right, got tight
revvin’ up her car.
Ridin’ on a new wave and tearin’ up the bar.
They said that in the eighties anyone could be a star.

We were punks and the girls were livin’ in another world.
Punks and bad girls, outcasts of the world...

She said, "Come on baby, let’s go rollin' down the street,
come on baby, shock the people that we meet".
We’ll grab some wind, an "FLHE",
rockin’ down the highway on my Harley with me".

We were punks and the girls were livin’ another world.
The punks and the girls we’re livin’ another world.
Punks and bad girls, we’re outcast from the world...

The punk is on the street outside
revvin’ up his car.
His girl is in the bathroom,
she’s tearing up the bar.
If it looked like the real thing
anyone could be a star...

They were punks and the girls were livin’ in another world.
The punks and the girls were livin’ another world.
Punks and bad girls, outcasts of the world...

We were punks and the girls were in another world.
The punks and the girls were in another world.
Punks and bad girls, cast out from the world...
Punks and the girls were in another world.
Frustrated girls, outcasts of the world...

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