DANCIN´ ALONE (ROD STEWART)
On a boulevard in Paris I met a good old friend of mine:
"come on over to my place, bring yourself and a bottle of wine".
So I put on my leathers and I tried to look my best,
but I was apprehensive, I noticed I was the only guest.
It was then I witnessed something I´d never seen,
some satisfaction dancin´ alone...
Listen! There´s a white house in Georgia down the Mason-Dixon line.
They got Kentucky Derby winners there,
they got a Lear jet parked outside.
Yeah! but every Friday weekend, when the big Tom cat´s away,
you´ll find the plantation shakin´
by the butler and the upstairs maid.
Don´t need no money, diamonds or Cadillacs to get all the...
...Don´t you worry ´bout the problems of the human race, get...baby.
Listen to this! At a hot spot in Texas on an endless Friday night,
I was listenin´ to Waylon and Willie when a cowgirl passed my sights
and I took a look in the mirror to make sure
that my head was screwed on.
I was feeling rejected, but I wasn´t going home.
In a moment of a rash decision,
I threw myself right on the floor, I did a backflip and somersault.
Yeah, the crowd called for more.
So if you´re tired of watching being left on the shelf, get your...
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BABY JANE (ROD STEWART)
Baby Jane, don´t leave me hanging on the line.
I knew you when you had no one to talk to.
Now, you´re moving in high society.
Don´t forget I know secrets about you.
I used to think you were on my side but now I´m no longer sure.
I wish I knew what I know now before.
When I give my heart again, I know it´s gonna last forever.
No one tell me where or when...don´t it make you feel sad,
just when I thought that we were winning.
You and I were so close in every way,
don´t time fly when you´re loving and laughing.
I´ve said goodbye so many times, the situation ain´t all that new.
Optimism´s my best defense, I´ll get through without you...
...I won´t be that dumb again...When I fall in love again...
...I´ve said all I want to say:
"go your own way, don´t think twice about me
´cause I´ve got ideas and plans of my own.
So long, darlin´, I´ll miss you, believe me".
The lesson learned was so hard to swallow,
but I know that I´ll survive.
I´m gonna take a good look at myself and cry...
...next time...I know it´ll last forever...
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MOVE ME (ROD STEWART)
It´s obvious darlin´: you´ve become allergic to me.
Are my trousers too wide? Do I drink and get mean?
Is my demeanor that embarrassing? Are my jokes obsolete?
Or is it my sweat, that´s no longer sweet?
I work hard in the factory to keep you in luxury,
to which you´ve grown accustomed and you love.
Lately, you don´t light my fuse. Is my fan belt coming loose?
Punch me in the Bible, baby, please, move me...when I´m home.
Why don´t you move me...? Sometimes, baby, I awake in the night,
I reach out to touch you but I´m scared you might bite.
A little emotion wouldn´t be out of place,
wake up and love me, put a smile on my face.
Otis Redding said it best: "try a little tenderness",
Aretha wanted more "Respect".
Give me just a little touch that ain´t really asking much.
Your dog gets more attention than I do...Come on and move me...
...Sometimes, I wonder if you´ll miss me at all,
emotionally independent, as hard as a wall.
You´re so wrapped up in your own little world,
your old time religion is your lunch with the girls.
When I´m standing next to you, even in a crowd,
I might as well be on another planet.
Tell me what I´ve done to you to justify this ridicule.
If it´s over, why don´t we forget it...?
...rock me...love me...soothe me...
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BODY WISHES (ROD STEWART)
The night closes in on another day
as the oldest game´s gettin´ underway
on the minds of a million people, body wishes.
So you climb on the carousel and take a chance,
the same old ritual, the same old dance,
the hardest thing to resist is...
...If the fire down below´s gettin worse and worse,
you´re so close to shootin´ that you want to burst.
Somebody´s sponge needs squeezin´...What do I say?
Nobody gonna tell ya. Where do I go? Somewhere someone´ll have ya.
Who do I tell? Anybody that´ll listen.
No one should know, won´t solve the problem...
...Away, in the distance, a baby cries
but you know somebody´s by her side.
The night drags on forever...
...You can hear the tickin´ of a lonely clock,
the howlin´ wind that just won´t stop.
Somebody´s cherries need pickin´...
...It´ll tear you apart like an angry sea,
keep you warm like a summer breeze.
It´s all we´ve got in a cold, cold world, is to love someone...
...Somethings happenin´ in the air,
it feels so close but you don´t know where.
The poorest people´s riches...
...And the cheatin´ hearts never learn.
Someday, somewhere, gonna be your turn.
Don´t start what you can´t finish...
...That won´t solve the problem. Where do I run?
Anywhere that´ll hide ya. Who´ll be the one? Yeah...
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SWEET SURRENDER (ROD STEWART)
You come to me with open arms, trying to rectify my charms.
You say tonight I´m to be your lover and by the morning light
I´m to discover everything that you´ve held inside of you.
What´s a man like me supposed to do? Sweet, oh! sweet surrender...
...You tell me that you´re lonely and you´re sad
and tonight I´m to be your only man.
You wear those things that turn my head,
you ruffle my ego but not my bed.
Seems like summer when you´re close, at hand.
If I seem eager, then you´ll understand...
...Heart is tired and full of doubt, now,
you´ve sucked me in, don´t spit me out.
Lay your head down next to mine
and in each others arms we´ll entwine.
Look me straight in the eyes
and tell me between your heart and mind I see...
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WHAT AM I GONNA DO -I´M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU- (ROD STEWART)
Can I tell you what you mean to me?
You’re as central as the air I breathe.
Almost impossible to believe that you’re mine.
You’re like weekends all year long under a hot Jamaican sun.
You are a winner at a hundred to one, yes, you are.
Something you’ve got is something I need right now.
You don’t have to prove it no more,
I’m down on my bended knees, honey.
What am I gonna do? I’m so in love with you!
What am I gonna say if ever you go away?
One in a million, oh! so rare, a nightengale in Berkeley Square
and, baby, I ain’t goin’ nowhere without you.
You are the goal that wins the game,
the very last bus home in the rain.
You’re like rock and roll and champagne, all in one...
...Let’s not mess around any more...
...I’ll be a sleek, one of a kind and so difficult to define.
I could drink a case of you any time.
The Sistine Chapel and the Eiffel Tower,
a national anthem, an April shower, tomorrow’s fashion,
and now I’ve found you I’m complete...
...I’m like a schoolboy in your hands,
I wanna get up, and sing, and dance.
You see one hell of a happy man standing here.
Individually, quite unique, you really swept me off my feet
and, baby, you look oh! so neat with nothing on...
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GHETTO BLASTER (ROD STEWART)
This song ain´t meant to be pretty, it...to make you dance.
There´s so many unsolved problems, too many empty, angry hands.
A little child in Ethiopia will die before this song is through,
poor eyes have only seen sadness, Oh, God! show us what to do!
I´m not preaching, I´m just singing,
trying to get a message through.
I´m not crazy, I think, maybe the answer´s with me and you.
Here they come, take us to your leader...
...Think about it: a billion dollars on the arms race,
billions floating round in space, OPEC´s counting out it´s money,
hunger stares us in the face.
The battlefield is little children caught in a cross fire of hate.
How can we call ourselves Christians?
How can we turn the other way...?
Listen to what they´re sayin´...Nostradamus gave us warning:
"You will never walk away.
One neutron bomb in the morning may just ruin your whole day"...
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READY NOW (ROD STEWART)
I gave trust like an innocent kid, I believed everything you said.
A parasite that fed on doubt yeah! it´s you that I´m talking about.
You rode heavy on my fame, then you scandalized my name,
you robbed me blind with a *, you lacerated your closest friend.
I don´t know how you sleep at night with your conscience.
Do they still kiss your feet? and is life as sweet in my absence?
I´m ready now...for what I gotta give...for how I want to live.
I don´t want no sweet revenge, it´ll come and get you in the end.
Laugh now, while the truth´s unknown,
´cause pretty soon it´ll be my turn.
One of these days, and it won´t be long,
I will find you, lock up your gates.
You´ll need all of your snakes to defend you...
...I´m bitter now, but wait and see,
you ain´t heard the last of me,
I´ll dance on your grave when they finally put you away.
What´d I do to deserve all this evil attention?
A thousand years will never buy you redemption.
Are you ready now...for what you gotta give?...
...for how you gotta give...?
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STRANGERS AGAIN (ROD STEWART)
Here we go, babe, putting each other down.
I don´t know how long this love will last
if we keep kicking it around.
We threaten each other with leaving,
neither one of us giving in.
We´re walking on thin ice, baby, I don´t wanna see its end.
And oh! I´ve never let any woman this close to me,
don´t let me down! put in some trust, don´t give up on us!
Strangers again. We should talk it over...
...Let´s make love and say we´re sorry...
...We both need a shoulder, don´t let it go!
I can´t stand the silence when we don´t get along.
Both of us believing that the other must surely be wrong.
So strange how two people can be so very cruel,
both of us should know by now neither one´s the other one´s fool...
...So...Why don´t ya put in some trust...?
...I don´t know what happened...Yesterday, was full of passion...
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SATISFIED (ROD STEWART)
It´s a common misconception about a man´s role in this world,
a provider and survivor and a winner who must never fail. But oh!
how he needs a woman to reassure and give him strength
through the darkest nights and the hardest fights.
When there´s no other corner left,
when the world outside is threatening
and all his dreams have been destroyed, take him in your arms,
watch all his guards melt like a little boy.
Tell him you really need him...you really care...
...you´ll never leave him. He´ll be satisfied.
And he may not find it easy to say what´s on his mind.
When he´s full of doubt say: "we´ll work it out".
God knows how hard he´s trying and he may never buy you roses,
and forget to notice your hair, but as long as he says:
"I love you, my dear", that´s all you need to hear...
...you´ll always care...
...And they say the heart´s a hunter,
but it´s truth you can´t deny.
He may never be everything you want
but for you, he´d lay down and die.
So Friday night, when the phone rings
and he´s stuck in a downtown bar, roll away the stone
´cause the last mile home is the longest mile of them all...
...you really want him...you understand and...that you love him...
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