1. |
Burger Special
05:04
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BURGER SPECIAL
In a little lonely roadhouse out by Santa Fe
Everybody get together every Saturday
They be greasin up the grill there in a special way
Little redhead waitress works the nighttime
Comes in so sweet now wearin a special smile
Slowly cooking up the meat now warm and tender style
And all the people that you greet come drivin mile by mile
Knowing that the evening is the right time
And I'm here for a finger lickin cherry pickin neon light time
And it's gonna be hot, sweet and juicy
And it's gonna be cooked loosey goosey
It's gonna be rare, it's gonna be right
It's gonna explode like dynamite
Cause I'm havin the burger special tonight
All the boys and girls Ricky Portobello knows
Come dressed to the nines they smell just like a rose
Give a lady just a minute, she go
Powder her nose
Can I hit the fastball that she's pitchin
Take out your menu and read between the lines
Order up and then you can try to steal my signs
Can I get between you and your Calvin Kleins
Take it out the back door through the kitchen
Let me lay it on the line
Gotta make you mine
And it's gonna be hot, sweet and juicy
And it's gonna be cooked loosey goosey
It's gonna be rare, it's gonna be right
It's gonna explode like dynamite
Cause I'm havin the burger special tonight
Some special sauce ... special sauce
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2. |
Beautiful Lies
04:54
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BEAUTIFUL LIES
A moment it flows like water over glass
A moment it knows like the preacher
A moment it crawls like a snake through the grass
A moment is always the last
A woman once told me that she loved me the best
A star in the sky shone a little bit brighter
A word was written and it made me feel blessed
A moment is always so fast
Do you even know my name
Or is it better if I leave you just the same
Or should I take your face and paint it in the sky
Tell beautiful lies
I will believe your beautiful lies
I just can't leave your beautiful lies
Did you ever wonder how they get so high
Would you like to meet the teacher
And did they ever tell you on what you can rely
A moment erases the past
Do you even know my name
Or is it better if I leave you just the same
Or should I take your face and paint it in the sky
Tell beautiful lies
I will believe your beautiful lies
I just can't leave your beautiful lies
Have I become a memory?
A whisper game, a fantasy?
Do you believe
That love will save us all?
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3. |
Nadine
03:32
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NADINE
Tender whisper on a cool summer breeze
I shine like the morning sun
Am I worthy of all her pleasures
Or am I merely jumping the gun
Nadine, Nadine, are you gonna tell me
Are you gonna say what I wanna hear
Cause I love everything about you
Come and take hold and get out of here
The days are running, and the nights turn too cold
Need to have you by my side
Your voice is calling but your touch isn't with me
Come and make me feel alive
Nadine, Nadine, are you gonna tell me
Are you gonna say what I wanna hear
Cause I love everything about you
Come and take hold and get out of here
And everything will turn to roses (everything)
Then you may not throw your life away
Are you tired of second chances (second chances)
Maybe you'll find it someday, Nadine, Nadine
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4. |
Souvenir
03:16
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SOUVENIR
Have you ever seen an angel
Walking next to you?
Have you ever had a souvenir
With eyes electric blue?
I remember like yesterday
Riding in your car
We played together like millionaires
Two hands in the cookie jar
Times have changed, rearranged
We're not the same
And now I can't remember who you are
My shining star
I trip across the country
A hundred thousand years
All I ever wanted
Was just one souvenir
A souvenir
Half a mile from the county line
And my mission's not so clear
Waiting on the silver ship
But I don't think it's stopping here
I see your light from the top of the world
The one with the angel's glow
Won't you set me free from my memory
One that you don't know
I forgot to ask
For a picture from the past
And now I can't remember who you are
My shining star
I trip across the country
A hundred thousand years
All I ever wanted
Was just one souvenir
A souvenir, a little piece of you
A souvenir, a little piece of you
A souvenir
Have you ever seen an angel
Walking next to you?
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5. |
Slinky
05:22
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SLINKY
Everybody here is well dressed
The weekend crowd is always the best
The girls never need to bring a guest
Just someone to run things
Dolores is so refined
She never tries to get inside your mind
She just plays out the role she’s been assigned
Her slinky does the fun things
Yes it’s always take take take
For Saturday’s child
And yes it’s always smile smile smile
On the television, wet and wild
She likes to bounce, and pounce
She settles her accounts up with her slinky
She’s swaying, sashaying
She never gets tired of playing with her slinky, slinky
She’s so refined
Disco is coming back they say
So celebrate the sounds of yesterday
Listen to the kick drum play
Until we all get face down
She lights her cigarette up with a smile
She remembers when sex was in style
She thinks she’ll hang out here a little while
Until they turn the bass down
And yes it’s always take take take
From the uptown men
And yes it’s always smile smile smile
Drive you to the limit then she’ll do it again
She likes to bounce, and pounce
She settles her accounts up with her slinky
She’s swaying, sashaying
She never gets tired of playing with her slinky, slinky
She’s so refined
Hey everyone, she’s got a brand new toy
It’s so much fun for a girl and boy
Yes it’s always take take take
For Saturday’s child
And yes it’s always smile smile smile
On the television, wet and wild
She likes to bounce, and pounce
She settles her accounts up with her slinky
She’s swaying, sashaying
She never gets tired of playing with her slinky, slinky
She’s so refined
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6. |
8 Ball
04:36
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8 BALL
You move to a groove
You know that it's true
You do all the things
You're not supposed to do
You like to make noise
You play with the boys
You break all the toys
And when you're through you put the
8 Ball in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball in the corner pocket
Put me right back where I belong
You slip and you slide
You're making me high
You do all the things
I think I'd like to try
You lay it all down
And roll it around and round
You ride on the 9 Train uptown
And put the
8 Ball in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball (put put me right back) in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball (put put me right back) in the corner pocket
You're so strong
You put me right back where I belong
Rack 'em up, sh-shoot 'em down
Rack 'em up, sh-shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Rack 'em up, sh-shoot 'em down
Rack 'em up, sh-shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
You're just having fun
Shoot 'em down one by one
You smile as if to say
The night has just begun
The look in your eye
Is telling a lie
And I don't know why
It works on me when you put the
8 Ball in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball (put put me right back) in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball (put put me right back) in the corner pocket
You're so strong
You put me right back where I belong, put that
8 Ball (put put me right back) in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball (put put me right back) in the corner pocket
Put the 8 Ball (put put me right back) in the corner pocket
You're so strong
You put me right back where I belong
So strong
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7. |
When the Melody Plays
03:32
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WHEN THE MELODY PLAYS
A song came knockin at my door
And woke me up while I was sleeping
I never heard these words before
You could stay here for safekeeping
Now I walk these steets amazed
That no one hears the sound I do
A thousand drummers keeping time
To the rhythm of her rhyme
Shakes the ground beneath my shoes
I've got that tune stuck in my head
Drivin me crazy I lie awake in my bed
The telephone rings, I ain't answered in days
No one can reach me when the melody plays
I listen hard for harmony
But never heard a chord ring true
The one she struck inside my chest
Bounces back and forth the best
Of any song I ever knew
I've got that tune stuck in my head
Drivin me crazy I lie awake in my bed
The telephone rings, I ain't answered in days
No one can reach me when the melody plays
Looking throught the bars of her song
Hoping that the bridge ain't too long
Knowing that she's waiting on the other side
It's time I got the nerve to cross I know that I can't hide
I've got that tune stuck in my head
Drivin me crazy I lie awake in my bed
The telephone rings, I ain't answered in days
No one can reach me when the melody plays
When the melody plays
When the melody plays
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8. |
Spoonful Of Sugar
05:04
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A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR
You're a spoonful of sugar, OK in every way
Gimme that spoonful of sugar every day
I'll hypnotize your eyes and twisty-twist your hips
And you'll be a spoonful of sugar on my lips
I could be on your lips too in a side-by-side groove to the music we move
In every direction you are my top selection so shake me with your beat
Drinking beer or wine or just cola, dancing to your uncle's victrola
Dig the scratching of the needles and the jamming of the Beatles
And cover me with your sweet
You're a spoonful of sugar
You're a spoonful of sugar, OK in every way
Gimme that spoonful of sugar every day
Like a cat you're sweet so sweet
So tip your hat to God Streety Street
From my head to my feet you make me complete
So lay me down and love me again
I'll hypnotize your eyes and twisty-twist your hips
And you'll be a spoonful of sugar on my lips
On my lips
So we'll climb to the top of the very highest mountain
And we'll drink from the waters of the W. W. Fountain
And we'll lie among the flowers and we'll dream away the hours
And what we'll do then I can't say
You like to eat and so do I
You like it boiled and I like mine friend
You'll have the catfish with the bone inside
And me I'll have the filet
You're a spoonful of sugar, OK in every way
Gimme that spoonful of sugar every day
I'll hypnotize your eyes and twisty-twist your hips
And you'll be a spoonful of sugar on my lips
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9. |
My Good Side
02:28
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MY GOOD SIDE
Lay me down on my good side
Cause Honey I know I need some rest
Lay me down on my good side
Cause I'm tied up in knots and you undo me best
Crazy but true, honey there's only you, now what you gonna do
Are you gonna gonna make me forget all the tears I cried then
Before I got back up on my good side again
Lay me down on my good side
Cause Honey I know I need protection
Lay me down on my good side
Cause I'm feeling sleepy and you are perfection
Crazy but true, honey there's only you, now what you gonna do
Are you gonna gonna make me forget all the tears I cried then
Before I got back up on my good side again
Lay me down on my good side, cause I need some rest
Lay me down on my good side, cause you're the best
Some lessons are best left unlearned
I played with fire and got burned
But now the big wheel has turned
So give me the love that I earned
Give it to my good side, my good side, my good side, my ...
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10. |
All Systems Clear
06:00
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ALL SYSTEMS CLEAR
You say you don't know where we're going
Well it's time to make it plain
You say it's cold out and it's snowing
You're bending low beneath the pain
So leave it on the dark highway
There's no solutions anyway
Leave it all behind
Empty out your mind
Cause we will drive out across the Rocky Mountains
And we'll arrive at the Humboldt County shore
And we will dive in the cool Pacific Ocean
Wide awake, no fear
All systems clear
Tracy songs while she's driving
She won't let me take the wheel
She only worries about surviving
She's got nothing left to feel
And nothing left to cry about
No time to scream and shout
Stretched out in the sun
Her life just begun
And we will drive out across the Rocky Mountains
And we'll arrive at the Humboldt County shore
And we will dive in the cool Pacific Ocean
Wide awake, no fear
All systems clear
And we will drive out across the Rocky Mountains
And we'll arrive at the Humboldt County shore
And we will dive in the cool Pacific Ocean
Wide awake, no fear
All systems clear
All systems clear
All systems clear
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11. |
Straight Line
04:00
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STRAIGHT LINE
A car goes by reminds me
Of the time we shared a cup
You drank to forget me
A simple day is all that
I remember this day well
It snowed in November
Ooh it's just a straight line, do you ever wonder about me
Ooh and I feel fine, just a little longer
Ooh it's just a straight line, my vision grows stronger at night
Ooh for the last time why don't you put up a fight?
My life goes by, I watch it
I'm just a visitor you see
You can learn to forget me
I know the truth will scare me
So I will quickly look away
Into the future
Ooh it's just a straight line, do you ever wonder about me
Ooh and I feel fine, just a little longer
Ooh it's just a straight line, my vision grows stronger at night
Ooh for the last time why don't you put up a fight?
Visions fill the sky
I can learn to fly don't ask me why
I chose a straight line
You'll never lose me, why can't you see
I know it's time
I know it's time to set us free, to set us free
Ooh it's just a straight line, do you ever wonder about me
Ooh and I feel fine, just a little longer
Ooh it's just a straight line, my vision grows stronger at night
Ooh for the last time why don't you put up a fight?
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12. |
You Know Me Best
04:10
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YOU KNOW ME BEST (1998 version)
The wind was cold when we were on the mountainside
The night was dark do you remember how we cried
The cut was bleeding and the room was spinning round
You never made a sound
You helped me get undressed
You know me best
The miles of highway pass along into the night
Between the headlights and the neon shining bright
We never wake up and we never see the sun
So put me on the run
And put me to the test
You know me best
And I can’t stand the pain
And I can’t feel the rain
And I don’t know why I’m here again
You see more than you say
You say more than the rest
You know me best
You shoulda seen the look on your face
When I showed up one night at your place, and said
Baby baby, can I please stay here with you
It just don't matter what we say
It only matters what we do
You said some words to me then
But I don't what they meant
But I knew you were heaven sent
And we were heaven blessed
You know me best
And I can’t stand the pain
And I can’t feel the rain
And I don’t know why I’m here again
So put me on the run
And put me to the test
You know me best
So put me on the run
And put me to the test
You know me best
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13. |
Epiphany
06:26
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EPIPHANY
In the middle of the ocean
In a tiny boat
I try to sleep through another cloudy day
The salt water splashes
And I stay afloat
Nothing left to do and nothing left to say
And the sea rocks me, slowly
Gently bearing me away
Was I someone on the mainland?
Did I have a name?
Did I used to tie my shoes and play the game?
And in a faraway harbor
Looking out to sea
Does anybody remember who I used to be?
And the sea rocks me, slowly
Gently bearing me away
Wo, oh oh, bearing me away
And under the keel
Nine fathoms deep
In the land of mist and snow
I'll lay down to sleep
And I'll wait for the earth to shake
And I'll wait for the ice to break
Till the albatross flies
And I awake
Sunlight, coming through my window
From a thousand miles away
Rainbow, standing in the shower
Twinkling in the spray
And the bird will fly
So high
And till that day I say goodbye
And that moment of epiphany
It came to me so suddenly
Like a beam of information from the sun
So effortlessly I deciphered the computer code
And set out on the southern road
To do the penance I know must be done
And the bird will fly
So high
And till that day I say goodbye
Wo, oh oh, then I'll say goodbye
And under the keel
Nine fathoms deep
In the land of mist and snow
I'll lay down to sleep
And I'll wait for the earth to shake
And I'll wait for the ice to break
Till the albatross flies
And I awake
And I awake
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14. |
When She Go
06:06
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WHEN SHE GO
When she go
Steppin out through the night
Only she can know
If her path leads into darkness
Or into the light
And when she ride
Easy down the great highway
Only she can decide
If she will bring out her true heart's feelings
Or hide them away
Yeah yeah yeah
Now maybe there's a girl that you think you know
She come when she come
And she go when she go
And maybe sometimes you wonder what's she thinkin now
And you might like to speak with her
But you don't know how
Hey now, hey now
As the church bells are ringing is your heart disappearing
Hey now, hey now
Do you think that she's singing the song that you're hearing
And why is that melody clearing
So slow
When she go
Steppin out through the night
Only she can know
If her path leads into darkness
Or into the light
And when she ride
Easy down the great highway
Only she can decide
If she will bring out her true heart's feelings
Or hide them away
Yeah yeah yeah
Now maybe sometimes you love her like a little child
You need her when she's warm
And you want her when she's wild
And maybe sometimes you love her like the wind and the rain
Sometimes you love the pleasure
And sometimes you love the pain
Hey now, hey now
Can't you see she's returning the love that you're feelin
Hey now, hey now
Can't you see that you're burning the fire that you're stealin
And why are those battle scars healing
So slow
Oh, when she go
Steppin out through the night
Only she can know
If her path leads into darkness
Or into the light
And when she ride
Easy down the great highway
Only she can decide
If she will bring out her true heart's feelings
Or hide them away
Yeah yeah yeah
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15. |
Maybe I'm Amazed
06:30
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16. |
Faith On Parade
04:35
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FAITH ON PARADE
Faith on parade, always marching, never satisfied
Hey, who are you to run away,
When my back is turned, and my head's on fire
Come to me, the siren softly sang
Won't you come to me, take shelter from the rain
And it's one in a million
The music will be saved
And I will hold you tighter
As the rain runs down the blade
Just like faith on parade, faith on parade
Lord, lord above, are you watching, are you satisfied
Hey, who are you to save the day
When it's gone away, leaving just desire
Come to me, the siren softly sang
Won't you come to me, take shelter from the rain
And it's one in a million
The music will be saved
And I will hold you tighter
As the rain runs down the blade
Just like faith on parade, faith on parade
I never had a moment as clear as this
I never had a moment that I could not resist
I want to thank you for coming home
I want to thank you for coming ...
Home, at last, are you with me, are you satisfied
Hey, there goes that one hit parade
Let's just watch it go, watch it disappear
Come to me, the siren softly sang
Won't you come to me, take shelter from the rain
And it's one in a million
The music will be saved
And I will hold you tighter
As the rain runs down the blade
Just like faith on parade, faith on parade
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