BETTER OFF DEAD (ROD STEWART)
Call the girls and dress up fine, tonight I felt like suicide.
Roll them dice and pour the wine,
shuffle them cards and deal them fine.
Got nobody to kiss tonight, nothing to lose but my appetite.
Wanna be silly and sing and shout, gotta get legless and fall about.
Turn the music up nice and loud, cheer me up, don´t bring me down,
gonna lose my job next week getting replaced by a silicone chip.
I might have been a hero but I chose to stay in bed,
I might have been prime minister,
but right now, honey, I´m better off dead...
...Don´t like the scenery, don´t like the set,
tear it all down and start again.
Man keeps talking on the radio, telling me what I don´t wanna know:
radiation wars and layatril, if tax don´t get ya then cancer will...
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FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR (ROD STEWART)
Can I introduce myself? I´m a man of panache and wealth,
sound in mind, body, soul and health,
Why I wanna kill my wife? I have the urge to take her life,
been planing for years to get rid of her,
not divorce, I really do mean to kill her.
She´s so full of useless information and trivia,
that´s...I have a duty...
...Her stupid friends get right up my nose,
they all wear annoyingly sensible clothes.
They´re all so bleeding grandiose,
You know why I should kill her friends,
they´re all driving Mercedes Benz.
He´ll escape down into Mexico,
sell the house and find a nice young girl.
He´ll laugh and sing and he won´t work anymore.
Should I string her up or strangle her in bed?
Suffocate that little venomous head?
Or perhaps I´ll just whip her to death?
Listen! Do me a favor, kill my wife!
Do it for mankind! take her life!
Or should I act quite cold and deliberate?
Or maybe blow out her brains with a bullet?
They´ll think suicide, they won´t know who done it.
I´m gonna...I´m really gonna...
...The moment of truth has come, I´m at the point of no return.
I´ve got my hands locked round her throat, I´m about to...
...Don´t stop me now, I´m gonna...
...Too late now, I´m gonna...Can´t help myself...
...Telephone rang and he woke from his sleep,
his wife snoring soundly next to him.
It was all a very nasty dream...
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MY GIRL (ROD STEWART)
Miss you babe...
...She´s everywhere I go, she´s everything I know,
and now I think she´s finally touched my soul.
She´s Heaven here on Earth, much more than I deserve,
and I don´t wanna ever let her go.
I´m getting used to all her ways, everything she says,
Her smiles, her frowns, her ups and all her downs.
She´s every move that I make, she´s every breath I take,
she´s got a hold on me that I don´t wanna break.
I mean my girl, bring her home to me...
...can´t wait for you to see...means everything to me...
...My friends keep coming round, saying: "Come out on the town.
What´s wrong, you ain´t the guy we used to know!"
And I tell them I say: "without her by my side, I´m only half alive.
I love her so bad, and I don´t care if it shows..."
...At last, my heart has found a home.
This time I know where I belong...I just wanna see...
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SHE WON´T DANCE WITH ME (ROD STEWART)
Friday night, she´s dressed to kill:
Fishnet tights, wearing redhigh heels.
All the boys say she´s cold as ice,
I won´t sleep until I satisfied.
Keep on watching her across the room,
waiting for the band to play a faster tune.
I want her number, but I´m scared to ask,
I wanna dance and I want her ass.
Why the fuck is she ignoring me?
I don´t know what´s wrong with me!
Dance with me, she won´t dance with me.
Why won´t she dance with me...?
...Why won´t you dance with me? Come on...
...Here she comes, floating down the street,
sythesised eyed wearing cellophane jeans.
Practiced in the art of sexuality,
my tongue gets tied when I try to speak.
Got a hard on, honey, that hurts like hell.
If I don´t ask her, somebody else will dance with me,
-No, don´t wanna dance with you.
Why won´t you dance with me?
-Why should I dance with you?
Dance, dance, dance please dance with me, baby.
-I won´t dance with you...Why should I dance with you...?
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GI´ ME WINGS (ROD STEWART)
Driving in my car, there´s nothing on the air.
Play a song that´ll ease my pain.
D.J.´s telling me that this is what´ll be.
Help me, I´m depressed again,
my best friend disappeared with the girl I had for years.
My life´s going down the drain, the skies are crying,
everybody´s lying. Oh, God...!
...Give me wings, I´ll fly away, magnificent and free,
far away from the madding crowd there´s gotta be a place for me.
The boss is on my back, I know I´m gonna crack.
Looks like I´m paranoid again, can´t do nothing right,
see only black and white...
...How can I plan ahead with this hanging round my neck?
Looks like I´m coming down again.
Thought about it well, analysed myself, yeah...!
...I´m down, I´m coming down again...looks like...
...Looks like I´m pissed off again...
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SO SOON WE CHANGE (ROD STEWART)
Seems like only yesterday we were laughing like a couple of kids.
Fun we had when first met ain´t been around much since.
Sharing every hour, every day, funny how time slips away.
But there´s no replacement, baby, when the good times fade away.
Oh how soon we changed...!
...Funny...You remember Casey´s bar and Maxfields after dark.
We were different people then, inseparable, never apart,
but now the novelty is wearing thin, we spend most time arguing.
It was all so easy then, it´ll never be again...
...I thought I knew you inside out, but obviously I was wrong.
Makes no difference what I say, we just don´t get along.
Face the facts: it can never last, we´re driffing apart real fast.
I´d gladly give up everything to start all over again...
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SOMEBODY SPECIAL (ROD STEWART)
How can you say life´s getting you down?
Get yourself out, go along with the crowd.
You´re all dressed up, got nowhere to go,
you feel left out, ´cause nobody showed.
Listen, babe! When you think you´re the only one
who can´t find love in this world,
tell yourself there´s another one
who´s waiting for you, somewhere.
Somebody special is thinking of you...is dreaming of you...
...is longing for you...Magazine dreams are easy stuff,
but Heaven knows they ain´t good enough.
Picture yourself from reel to reel
and get your hands on that driving wheel. And, you know what?
When it´s hard to satisfy a simple, simple fantasy:
somebody, somewhere, is on your side, waiting for you, crying...
...is looking for you...is searching for you...
...Maybe your heart´s tormenting you,
why should it have any reason to wipe off that negativity?
Put on some positivity and...
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PASSION (ROD STEWART)
Somebody, somewhere, in the heat of the night
looking pretty dangerous, running out of patience.
Tonight in the city you won´t find any pity.
Hearts are being twisted, another lover cheated...
...In the bars and the cafes, passion,
in the streets and the alleys...
...A lot of pretending...everybody searching...
...Once in love you´re never out of danger,
one hot night spent with a stranger.
All you wanted was somebody to hold on to, yeah...!
...New York, Moscow...Hong Kong, Tokyo...
...Paris and Bangkok...a lotta people ain´t got...
...Hear it in the radio...read it in the papers...
...Hear it in the churches...see it in the school yards...
...Alone in your bed at night...it´s half past midnight...
...As you turn out your sidelight...something ain´t right...
...There´s no passion...I need passion, you...we...
...Can´t live without passion, won´t...
...Even the president needs...everybody I know needs some...
...Some people die and kill for...nobody admits they need...
...Some people are scared of...Yeah...!
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SAY IT AIN´T TRUE (ROD STEWART)
Look at all the problems that we´ve been through.
How can you tell me that there´s somebody new?
I don´t believe that I´m hearing this,
I don´t really think that you´re serious.
Well, you picked a fine time to hesitate.
See it my way, I´ve nothing left,
you can take my heart, but don´t steal my pride,
think it over before I´m pushed aside and tell me.
Say it ain´t true, that´s all you gotta do, baby...
...Well, I thought this one was bound to last.
"Together forever", oh, what a laugh!
It´s going to hurt when I set you free,
I´ve been loving you too long, you´re a part of me so...
...Put yourself in my place for a little while,
going out of fashion, growing out of style.
No one to laugh with, nobody to share,
no one to lean on, nobody to care, nothing left but a memory.
I gave you my heart so stay with me...
...I love you, baby...I just want to do right by you,
honey, wouldn´t do you no wrong...
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WISH I WAS HOME TONIGHT (ROD STEWART)
The rain poured down the wind swept avenue
on another dark wet December afternoon.
All my cherished memories are of you,
all my warmth and comfort stayed with you.
I would have wrote you a letter but the telephone calls are free
´cause the boys in the next apartment are working all day,
they´re a great bunch of guys, but I think they´re all gay.
What am I doing? Avoiding what I´m trying to say
Oh, God! I wish I was home tonight with you in my arms...
...Send me a naked picture by the U.S. mail,
write a pornographic letter, you know I won´t tell.
Keep your legs closed tight, keep your body under lock and key,
stay home at night and save all the best parts for me.
Yeah, baby...!...Yes, I do, baby...
...I could be home in time for Christmas if you want me to be.
There´s a plane, leaves here at midnight, arriving at three.
But I´m a bit financially embarrased, I must admit,
to tell you the truth, my honey, I haven´t a cent...
...Guess I´d better ring off before the boys get home.
My regards to all your family and everyone at home.
There´s a lump comes in my throat and a tear I can´t hide,
´cause I want to see you so badly I just may die.
And you know why, baby...?...With the ones that I love...
Oh, my God...!...I´ve been hearing voices out on the street.
They say you´ve found some one else who´s really quite neat.
But he doesn´t move you like I do, tell me what I wanna hear:
that it just ain´t true...
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