NIGHT OF FEAR

FIRE BRIGADE

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN

WALK UPON THE WATER

WILD TIGER WOMAN

BLACKBERRY WAY

CURLY

LOOKING ON

WHAT

WHEN ALICE COMES BACK TO THE FARM

OPEN UP SAID THE WORLD AT THE DOOR

BRONTOSAURUS

MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY

ELLA JAMES

THE WORDS OF AARON

THE MINISTER

CALIFORNIA MAN

CHINATOWN

TONIGHT

DO YA

DOWN ON THE BAY

NIGHT OF FEAR

(R. Wood)

The silent night has turned to a night of fear

With windows howling wind into your ear

You listen to the spirits far behind

These things you hear are too much for your mind

The bell strikes and your spine chills like the grave

The chill that turns your blood from red to grey

You know that with these things you see and hear

The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall

Shadows marching in the hall

Just about to flip your mind

Just about to trip your mind

Just about to flip your mind

Just about to trip your mind

The green and purple lights affect your sight

Your mother cannot comfort you tonight

Your brain calls out for help that's never there

The silent night has turned to a night of fear

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FIRE BRIGADE

(R. Wood)

Cast your mind back ten years

To the girl who's next to me in school

If I put me hand upon her leg

She hit me with a rule

Though tomorrow won't be long

You're gonna have to play it cool

You get fascinated by her

She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

See the buildings start to really burn

Get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Friends all seem to laugh

I fear I'm apt to make a compromise

Try to reassure myself

My head must need some exercise

Half past ten in the morning

She just took me by surprise

True she set the place on fire

You get fascinated by her

Run and get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

See the buildings start to really burn

Get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

If you jump you've got to wait your turn

The lights across the street throw a rainbow

I'd love you all to meet her

I'll be there, I'll be there

Notice that my eyes have been

A misty place since Saturday

Brings a feeling we might lead

The fire engines anyway

Though tomorrow won't be long

You're gonna have to play it cool

You get fascinated by her

She could set the place on fire

Run and get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

See the buildings start to really burn

Get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

If you jump you've got to wait your turn

Run and get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

See the buildings start to really burn

Get the fire brigade

Get the fire brigade

If you jump you've got to wait your turn

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FLOWERS IN THE RAIN

(R. Wood)

Woke up one morning half asleep

With all my blankets in a heap

and yellow roses gathered all around me;

the time was still approaching four

I couldn't stand it anymore

Saw marigolds upon my eider down.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow,

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool.

So I lay upon my side with all the windows opened wide

Couldn't pressurize my head from speaking

Hoping not to make a sound I pushed my bed into the grounds

In time to catch the sight that I was seeking.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow,

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool.

If this perfect pleasure has the key

Then this is how it has to be

If my pillow's getting wet

I don't see that it matters much to me.

I heard the flowers in the breeze make conversation with the trees

Believed to leave reality behind me

With my commitments in a mess my sleep has gone away depressed

In a world of fantasy you'll find me.

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow,

I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain

Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool.

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WALK UPON THE WATER

(R. Wood)

My friends and I took a walk today

To a place we've been before

We flipped around like a wild machine

Till we stopped down by the store

Someone said

Let's go for a walk upon the water

Let's go for a stroll across the sea

First one, follow me

Amidst my thoughts didn't feel inclined

To drift into the bay

By now my friends, could see their minds

As I watched them drift away, all singing

Chorus:

Final boarding time

Now their souls are washed up

Faith destroyed their minds

Better get the Life inspector

Bring along his mind director

You know I'm innocent

I just didn't expect their trip to last

With the gale force that crossed their path

I could see them sinking fast, still singing

(chorus)

Final boarding time

Now their souls are washed up

Faith destroyed their minds

Better get the Life inspector

Bring along his mind director

This tale of common sense will end on

Please don't drink and drive

Especially when you're driving friends

Along the waterside, still singing

(chorus)

(chorus)

Follow me, follow me, follow me

(chorus)

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WILD TIGER WOMAN

(R. Wood)

She sparkle like my jean

she more than seventeen

seems keen in other words

she must have been

a former beauty queen

now shes a naughty girl

Chorus:

Wild Wild Wild Tiger Woman

(wild wild wild wild)

you move me very fast

but can you last another day

get out of the way

wild wild tiger woman

(wild wild wild wild)

you gonna break youre little fall

they call her the Wild Tiger Woman

Tied to the bed

Tied to the bed

shes waitin to be fed

no pay to sir aday (?)

cant see an ounce of reason in her head

dont laugh and turn away

(chorus)

Need another girl to come and grab her by the tail

as I was hoping that the ground would open up and take me in

life is so obscene and the remarks that go unseen

are being diminished to the earth

Ill never find another girl

All in the race

such a friendly face

Seems clean and upper-class

young indecisive

minds are in a maze

she lose me very fast

(chorus)

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BLACKBERRY WAY

(R. Wood)

Blackberry Way absolutely pouring down with rain,

it's a terrible day.

Up with the lark, silly girl I don't know what to say,

She was running away.

But now I'm standing on the corner,

lost in the things that I said.

What am I supposed to do now?

Goodbye Blackberry Way

I can't see you, I don't need you.

Goodbye Blackberry Way

Sure to want me back another day.

Flowers in the park overgrowing but the trees are bare

There's a memory there.

Boats on the lake, unattended now for all to drown

I'm incredibly down.

Just like myself they are neglected,

turn with my eyes to the wall

What am I supposed to do now?

Goodbye Blackberry Way

I can't see you, I don't need you.

Goodbye Blackberry Way

Sure to want me back another day.

Run for the train, look behind you for she may be there

said a thing in the air

Blackberry Way, See the battlefield of careless sins

cast to the winds

So full of emptiness without her,

lost in the words that I said.

What am I supposed to do now?

Goodbye Blackberry Way

I can't see you, I don't need you.

Goodbye Blackberry Way

Sure to want me back another day.

Goodbye Blackberry Way

I can't see you, I don't need you.

Goodbye Blackberry Way

Sure to want me back another day.

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CURLY

(R. Wood)

Mister Mackan was a practical man,

CURLY was his only son,

And he loved him like no other can,

Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum.

He discovered the world in a wonderful girl,

Though he played with more than one.

But he loved her like no other can.

Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Chorus:

Oh CURLY has she let you down and run?

Oh CURLY where's your girly? Where's she gone?

Ran all Over the town,

till he covered the ground,

Every inch of Liverpool,

In a way I feel so bad

That she let he be made a fool.

But remember she's right,

As we freeze in the night,

When the dawn took years to come,

Does he love her like no other can

Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

(chorus)

Now curse the day,

Yes it really shok you good.

Just broke away, no,

you didn't feel she would.

You didn't feel she would.

La-da-da, na- na- na- na-

Desolation tones play on

Though it breaks you CURLY

Can't you see what she has gone and done?

He discovered the world

Such a wonderful girl,

So he played with more than one,

But he loved her like no other can

Bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum

Oh CURLY, where's she gone?

You didn't feel she would.

Feel she would. La-da-da,

Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na

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LOOKING ON

(R. Wood)

Standing up in someones place looking down on thee

now I may behold your face as its supposed to be

Get you in but tried enough to keep you be

give you in to take a...that you will need

Chorus:

oh may it not be so

see me looking down

Im just looking on

Standing with their heads...

watching down on me

theres a...on my chest

where the soul should be

give you in but see who as they...by now

get you in that meet you as they all cry now

(chorus)

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WHAT

(J. Lynne)

What is that strang air in the sky.

Why should a strange star pass me by.

How can you congratulate the people who destroyed the piece of mind,

the silly people just like you and better too.

How can you keep turning when the overture is burning on the faces

of the people in the churches of the land.

That's all a way that I cut from the lives.

The day has come at last.

People that cry in the boulevard,

Their eyes are blind they cry so hard.

How can you congratulate the people who destroyed the piece of mind,

the silly people just like you and better too.

How can you keep turning when the overture is burning on the faces

of the people in the churches of the land.

That's all it seems, there is only one dream.

The day has come at last.

That's all it seems, there is only one dream.

The day has come at last.

What you have done makes me ashamed.

I'll blow it up and start again.

How can you congratulate the people who destroyed the piece of mind,

the silly people just like you and better too.

How can you keep turning when the overture is burning in the faces

of the people in the churches of the land.

That's all it seems, there is only one dream.

The day has come at last.

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WHEN ALICE COMES BACK TO THE FARM

(R. Wood)

Jenny had a bawl at me the other night

She threw it up an' drove away.

So I made a call completely outa sight

Hope to put it right today

When Alice comes back to the farm

I won't be in the cold tonight.

When Alice comes back to the farm

You know it's gonna be alright. yeah

Gimme an appointment put me in the light

That's a taste of what she needs.

Such a disappointment daddy's in the right.

Time for tearing out the weeds

When Alice comes back to the farm

I won't be in the cold tonight.

When Alice comes back to the farm,

You know it's gonna be alright, yeah.

Relax now baby that woman won't get past my door

I believe, I believe that woman won't pass my door

She won't be raisin' no alarm

Don't get around much any more

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OPEN UP SAID THE WORLD AT THE DOOR

(J. Lynne)

Can you believe no one has called anymore since the ball that was

thrown in the spring

Brother, beware,

Nobody dare anymore since the days back when balls were the thing

Open up said the world at the door

Swimming around out in the hall

In the ground til she finds what she lost years ago

In a nightdress, dirty old vest, she never rests,

But the old folks at home never know

Open up said the world at the door

What are (?) the heart, guess it's a part of the tale and the feeling

that's being with each (?)

Brother, beware,

Nobody dare anymore since the days back when balls were the thing

Open up said the world at the door

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BRONTOSAURUS

(R. Wood)

Well her sister used to hate it,

so I never thought she'd make it.

But she threw you all

supposing in a Spangle wrapper.

She will let you stroke her head,

but if you move away your dead.

She just break you up

before you realize it's happened.

Chorus:

But she can really do the Brontosaurus

and she can scream the Heeby Jeeby for us.

until you know what she's really got

'cos she can do it loud

Well, she can DO it, do it, do it!

Now her daddy's getting old

And he seemed to lose control

When the Brontosaurus

stormed into the house to trap her.

Well her sister used to hate it

So I never thought she'd make it.

Until she shook you up

exactly like a firecracker

Chorus:

really do the Brontosaurus

and she can scream the Hee-by Jee-by for us.

Well you know she can really rock

so do it, do it now.

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MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY

(J. Lynne)

Here the roar a coming

Here the roar a coming

Here the roar a coming now

Got news for your mother

Got news for your mother

Got news for your mother tonight

Sister I have touched the evergreen

And I promise that it's life should go unseen

Now it saves/says? the birds upon the fire

And the message from the country rises higher

Hear the birdie calling

Hear the birdie calling

Hear the birdie calling for life

Message from the country

Message from the country

Message from the country rising high

Sister I have touched the evergreen

And I promise that it's life should go unseen

Now it saves/says? the birds upon the fire

And the message from the country rises higher

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ELLA JAMES

(R. Wood)

Sweet little girls and your money

No she don't wanna know me at all ooh ooh

Who's she gonna use?

What's she gonna lose?

Been with Ella James too long

Time to get up but I can't afford a cab

To the job where I work not at all ooh ooh

Have you got a hand?

Give it to me man

Been with Ella James too long - alright!

Who's she gonna lose?

What's she gonna use now?

She was hasting to get me down

Will she ever pass to another class now?

And she's waiting to throw me down - alright!

Sweet little girls and your money

No you she don't wanna know me at all ooh ooh

Who's she gonna use?

What's she gonna lose?

Been with Ella James too long - alright!

Who's she gonna lose?

What's she gonna use now?

She was hasting to get me down

Will she ever pass to another class now?

And she's waiting to throw me down

Sweet little girl came a running to the door

When she told me he'd gone ooh ooh

I've just had a ball

Not too bad at all

thank you Ella James so long, so long

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THE WORDS OF AARON

(J. Lynne)

Maybe the years have told you

Do you remember when life was just a new day?

You know the story don't you?

The one they told you when life was slipping away

Aah! Look at the brand new day

Sitting here upon the milky way

Aah! Look at the dancing girls

Sitting holding hands across the world

You got a brand new lady

Just like the one you left down in some other place

Reading all the letters

Saw your face coming through on the ouija board

Aah! Look at the brand new day

Sitting here upon the milky way

Aah! Look at the dancing girls

Sitting holding hands across the world

You heard the words of Aaron

He spoke the truth in these things both great and small

You can throw away the ashes

You sweep them over the world on your own accord

Did you know the real answer?

You'd see the kind of mistakes that you can't afford

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THE MINISTER

(J. Lynne)

Played too hard and he died too young

To be certain of earning his burnt out/word of? love

He won a place in history

And his name will live eternally

Lived the life of a movie star

And he waved to the people from a big black car

Down in a book with the greatest names

As a lonely maid cried take in/the pain

Tell me a story minister

There ain't no time left to lose

Ten man tried in the dead of night

the great man's final words to right

In a room that was soft and red

The great man spoke outside my head

Tell me a story minister

There ain't no time left to lose

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CALIFORNIA MAN

(R. Wood)

Goin' to a party,

meet me out after school.

Well we go to a place

where the jive is really cool.

And if the band stops a playin'

There's a jukebox in the hall.

Well put your blue dress on,

And your folks all gone.

You'll sure give the guys a ball.

Chorus:

Get that real guitar boy shakin',

I'm a California man,

Dance right on till the floors are breakin'

I'm a California man.

Well I cross my mamma so bad

And this a woman's just a making me mad.

So I don't care if your legs start aching,

I'm a California man.

Oh my, I'm a California man.

Oh my legs start to shiver

When I hear you call my name.

Well, my knees keep a knocking,

And I'm feeling tired bugs me down.

An' when we take off fine,

An' my jeans are way down low.

When I waggle my hips

it's making me feel like a king of rock n' roll

(chorus)

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CHINATOWN

(R. Wood)

Bury a jar or shower sing

when the girl is born

surely you know the wine will age

till shes fully grown

dont fly into the night

soon enough the world will end

while the lantern is right

Chorus:

I could find a good time girl in Chinatown

Chinatown

dancing in my shoes

see the Eastern ladies walking Chinatown

Chinatown

chain me down

Chinatown

maybe Ill drink your jasmine tea

then Ill hurry home

surely you know the likes of me

should be left alone

why they like a me for

soon enough the world will end

if I answer the door

(chorus)

Look at the tall pagoda through

through your window pane

watching it by your dragon night

on a cocoa day

youll discover the white

orchids in my humble moon

while the lantern is right

(chorus)

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TONIGHT

(R. Wood)

That's the road, it's over there

And leading down to nowhere,

This is the age when your alowed to have your own care,

If you will have some pride to plan your life ahead

Instead of waiting till your old in your bed.

Chorus:

I'll be over tonight, if you say you might,

I'll be over tonight, indeed to put you right.

Well, I know you wrote on your overcoat,

But you don't want to take it too far, Oh I think you won't

But I know you don't, But you always say that you are right.

I'm so used to waiting that's entirely your decision

And don't be restricted by the weightless views your given.

If you will have some pride to fight and front a head

Instead of saving till your young heart is dead.

(chorus)

Never let riches that may ever be within you,

Show some concern for all the love that you have been through,

If you will have some pride to plan your life ahead,

Instead of waiting till your old in your bed.

(chorus)

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DO YA

(J. Lynne)

Ahhhhh . . .

In this life I've seen everything I can see woman,

I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand

I've seen babies dancing in the midnight sun,

And I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above

I've seen old men crying at their own grave sides

And I've seen pigs all sittin' watching, picture slides

But I never seen nothing like you.

Chorus:

Do ya do ya want my life

Do ya do ya want my love

Do ya do ya want my face

Do ya do ya want my mind

Well I, heard the crowd singin' out of tune,

As they, sat and sang Auld Lang Syne by the light of the moon

I heard the preachers bangin' on the drums,

But I never heard nothin' like you.

In the country where the sky touches down

On the field, she lay her down to rest

In the morning sun,

They come a'runnin' just to get a look, just to

Feel to touch her long black hair they don't give a damn

(chorus)

Well I think you understand what I'm trying to say woman,

That is I'd like to save you for a rainy day,

I've seen enough of the world to know, baby

That I've got to get it all to get it all to grow.

(chorus)

Look out baby there's a plane a commin'

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DOWN ON THE BAY

(J. Lynne)

Ah sweet little lady used to drive me crazy

had to stick around to play

Chorus:

Down on the bay

thats where I stay

the clouds are gray

down on the bay

and thats my home

cant leave my woman alone

Dont know what Im missing

but I wouldnt miss the kissing

with Lily cause she looks so fine

(chorus)

Walking with my Lily

down a road thats pretty chilly

but she makes it like a summer day

(chorus)

Sure look so delighted

and Im getting so excited

every time you start to play

down on the bay

Down on the bay

thats where I stay

A-sittin on the bay

thats where I stay

thats where I stay

Down on the bay

thats where Ill stay

Down on the...

thats where Ill...

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