Artist: John Entwistle Album: Thunderfingers: The Best Of John Entwistle {1996}

Ever since I first saw you
I never seem to get you off my mind
When I tried to say, "Hello."
You tried to go, I made you stay behind
Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

Remember when I lost my cool
Shouted at you, you nearly hit the ceiling
Your trying to make me feel a fool
Ignoring me, you really hurt my feelings
Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

I'm gonna bring you down to my size
One of these days I'm gonna make you fall
I'm gonna bring you down to my size
Smash your head against the wall

Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

I'm gonna bring you down to my size
One of these days I'm gonna make you fall
I'm gonna bring you down to my size
Smash your head against the wall

Ever since I first saw you
I never seem to get you off my mind
When I tried to say, "Hello."
You tried to go, I made you stay behind
Now your always hangin' round
You never touch the ground
You make me feel so small 
Wish I was ten feet tall

Gather round the bar, let's have a race
Want to see how much beer I can pour into my face
Bottoms up, down it goes sending bubbles up my nose
Pick me up and lay me somewhere safe
Don't stand me up I'll fall, lean me up against the wall
Never touch the demon drink again
All I'll touch is tea, alcohol's destroying me

All I want to do is sleep
All I want to do is sleep

Everything is spinning round
Got to get up off the ground
Sorry if I've missed my round
This one's on me lads, here's a pound

Everything is spinning round
Got to get up off the ground
Sorry if I've missed my round
This one's on me lads, here's a pound

Take me out and put me in a taxi
Tell the driver where to go cos I don't think I know
See you all tomorrow in the bar
I've got to come back cos I've had to leave the car

All I want to do is sleep
All I want to do is sleep

What are we doing here
Such a long way away from home
We've been away so long
Away so long, away from home

So what are we doing here
In a place where we have no friends
All we can do is sit and cry
Let the time drag by and think of home

Home - what a day that will be
The faces of people we love that we'll see
The memories of what we had left will return
The present remains, the past is just burned

And there's only twenty-five days, six hours and ten minutes
And this'll all be five thousand miles away
Whoops, there goes another day
I'm wishing my life away

So what are we doing here
Such a long way away from home
We've been away so long
Away so long, away from home

What are we doing here
In a place where we have no friends
All we can do is sit and cry
Let the time drag by and think of home

Home - what a day that will be
The faces of people we love that we'll see
The memories of what we had left will return
The present remains, the past is just burned

And there's only twenty-five days, six hours and ten minutes
And this'll all be five thousand miles away
Whoops, there goes another day
I'm wishing my life away

Who'd drown a cat, who'd do a thing like that
If you would you're mine
Who'd whip a horse - a lost soul of course
Those who work are mine

They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine
They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine

Who'd rob an old woman, take her pension from her bag
Those who steal are mine
Who'd take a life - be it friend, foe or wife
Those who kill are mine

They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine
They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Who'd shoot a rabbit, a very nasty habit
Those who hunt are mine
Who'd go to war like countless times before
Those who war are mine

They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine
They're mine, mine, they're mine, mine

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Everybody's mine at sometime
Everybody's mine
You'll enjoy your stay till you're all reborn some day
Until you are you're mine

You're mine, mine, you're mine, mine
You're mine, mine, you're mine, mine

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Get behind me Satan - the devil takes all those that sin
Deliver us from evil - the devil takes all those that sin

Have you ever had the feeling that you've been this place before
But you haven't, not in this life
You've seen it, you've done it, you've heard it all before
But you haven't, not in this life

Do you believe in Santa Claus and loving at first sight
I hope you do, cos I do
Do you believe in ghosts that rattle chains at dead of night
I hope you do, cos I do

Cos I believe in everything
Cos that's the simplest way for me to be
I believe in everything
To believe in everything you hear and see
I believe in everything
Cos that's the simplest way for me to be
I believe in everything
To believe in everything you hear and see

Have you ever had the feeling that you've been this place before
But you haven't, not in this life
You've seen it, you've done it, you've heard it all before
But you haven't, not in this life

Do you believe in witchcraft, Heaven And Hell, King Kong
Reincarnation, fairies at the bottom of the garden
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, goblins, ghouls and witches
Things that go bump in the night
Telepathy, eternal youth, Mickey Mouse, Father Christmas
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it you would even say it glows
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names

The whole world is full of people living lives of worry
What's the hurry - who cares
The whole world is full of people wasting time just thinking
Thinking that they're sinking - who cares

Don't care was made to care, don't care was tried
Don't care was hung by his worries till he nearly died
Some people think I'm crazy, others just think I'm lazy
But I know that I'm stronger
People say that I neglect my responsibilities
But I don't mind cos I'll live longer

Everybody says they pay their bills the day they're sent
I don't even pay my rent - who cares
Everybody says they need their breakfast every morning
I'm satisfied with yawning - who cares

Don't care was made to care, don't care was tried
Don't care was hung by his worries until he nearly died
Some people think I'm crazy, others just think I'm lazy
But I know that I'm stronger
People say that I neglect my responsibilities
But I don't mind cos I'll live longer

Don't care was made to care, don't care was tried
Don't care was hung by his worries until he nearly died
Some people think I'm crazy, others just think I'm lazy
But I know that I'm stronger
People say that I neglect my responsibilities
But I don't mind cos I'll live longer

The whole world is full of people living lives of worry
What's the hurry - who cares
The whole world is full of people wasting time just thinking
Thinking that they're sinking - who cares

Whatcha gonna do when your wife finds another
Takes the kids and the car and half of the house
Whatcha gonna do, move in with your mother
And spend your time looking to find a new spouse

Thinking it over it ain't worth the worry
Starting over to make a new life
Thinking it over I decided not to bother
I decided to take my own life

I'm on the ledge outside my window
The ground is ten stories below
As I look down, the crowd look up
Wondering whether I'll jump or not

Whatcha gonna do, disappoint all those people
Or make a splash in the headlines next day
Whatcha gonna do, waste the time of those policemen
Or let your audience have their own way

Thinking it over I decided not to bother
I decided to take my own life
Thinking it over it ain't worth the worry
I decided to take my own life

Whatcha gonna do, disappoint all those people
Or make a splash in the headlines next day
Whatcha gonna do, waste the time of those policemen
Or let your audience have their own way

Thinking it over I decided not to bother
I decided to save my own life
Thinking it over I decided not to bother
It's too high price to pay for an unfaithful wife

I wonder what'd happen if my dog could talk
Would he look me in the eye and say, "Take me for a walk."
When I gave him his dinner would he shake his head
And say, "Take it away, I want caviar instead."

Thank you Mother Nature for the way you got things planned
Don't ever change a thing, I'm happy as I am
Imagine living in a place where the sea was red
And your legs were in the position now occupied by your head
Imagine living in a place where black was white
And white was black, even the night

I wonder what'd happen if my fish could fly
Would it leap from its tank and hit the cat in the eye
Out through the window and into the sky
I'm so glad that sharks can't fly

Thank you Mother Nature for the way you got things planned
Don't ever change a thing, I'm happy as I am
Imagine living in a place where the sea was red
And your legs were in the position now occupied by your head
Imagine living in a place where black was white
And white was black, even the night

I wonder what'd happen if the moon fell down
Would it leave a white circle where they painted around
I wonder what'd happen if the sun went out

Where am I gonna go, what am I gonna do
There's no one to guide me
Now that I'm on my own I make my own decisions
There's no one behind me

I do my own talking, do my own walking
Nobody on which to rely
Do my own lying, do my own trying
You never let your apron strings untie

If I said I'm sorry that you've gone I'd be lying
I feel more sorry for myself - I'm crying, I'm crying

Wish you'd have let me think, do for myself
Knowing one day you'd leave me
Knowing one day you'd die the least you could have done
Is make sure that I could live easy

That I could I do my own talking, do my own walking
Have a code that I could live by
Do my own lying, do my own trying
Make sure that I could get by

If I said I'm sorry that you've gone I'd be lying
I feel more sorry for myself - I'm crying, I'm crying

If I said I'm sorry that you've gone I'd be lying
I feel more sorry for myself - I'm crying, I'm crying

I'm waiting at the end of your garden
Waiting for you to turn on the light
I don't care if your husband's there
I'm hidden by the night

I can't afford to buy the kind of dirty books
That show naked ladies with big chests
I can't afford to pay a woman to keep we warm at night
That don't mean that I can't show no interest

There's no cause for alarm, I don't mean no harm
I'm just looking, I'm just hoping for a glimpse
Of something I've never had and never will
I'm just window shopping

That's why I'm waiting at the end of your garden
Waiting for you to turn on the light
I don't care if your husband's there
I'm hidden by the night

I can't afford to buy the kind of books
That show naked ladies with big chests
I can't afford to buy a woman to keep we warm at night
But that don't mean that I can't show no interest

There's no cause for alarm, I don't mean no harm
I'm just looking, I'm just hoping for a glimpse
Of something I've never had and never will
I'm just window shopping

That's why I'm waiting at the end of your garden
Waiting for you to turn on the light
Please don't draw the curtains
Or I won't sleep tonight

I can't afford to buy the kind of dirty books
That show naked ladies with big chests
I can't afford to buy a woman to keep we warm at night
But that don't mean that I can't show no interest

I can't afford to buy the kind of dirty books
That show naked ladies with big chests
I can't afford to buy a woman to keep we warm at night
But that don't mean that I can't show no interest

I found out this morning the uncle that I was mourning
Was living off the insurance in South America
I found out this morning, just as the day was dawning
When I saw his suntanned photograph in the paper
I found out this morning that I'd been led up the path again
Led up the path again

I found out tonight you're not the woman I want
You're not the woman I was looking for or thought I'd found
I found out tonight you're married with three little kids
And a great big husband who weight lifts
I found out tonight I'd been led up the path again
Led up the path again

She must have seen me coming
I must have looked as though I was running
Everybody takes me for a fool
She must have laughed until she cried
She must have laughed until she died
Everybody takes me for a fool, it's so uncool

I'll find out tomorrow that I was the cause of sorrow
That my mother and father had to get married the day after I was born
I'll find out tomorrow that just like the mark of Zorro
That I'll have a name that suits my personality
I'll find out tomorrow that I've been led up the path again
Led up the path again

I find out tomorrow that I've been led up the path again
Led up the path again, led up the path again

When I'm feeling blue I stick a pin in the picture of you
Beside my bed and I feel better
When I'm feeling sad I remember that you were the worst lay I ever had
And I feel better

Don't you try to tell me that I'm to blame
You're the one that ought to feel ashamed
You can't keep an animal that ain't been tamed
You didn't even know the fella's name

When I'm feeling down I just throw the clothes that you left here around
And I feel better
When I'm feeling great it's only because I'm consumed with hate
For you and I feel better

Don't you try to tell me that I'm to blame
When you're the one that ought to feel ashamed
You can't keep an animal that ain't been tamed
You didn't even know the fella's name

When I'm in the mood I shout all the swear words that you thought were rude
And I feel better
When I feel alone I make obscene remarks on the telephone
To you and I feel better

Don't you try to tell me that I'm to blame
When you're the one that ought to feel ashamed
You can't keep an animal that ain't been tamed
You didn't even know the fella's name

When I'm feeling blue I stick a pin in the picture of you
Beside my bed and I feel better
When I'm feeling sad I remember that you were the worst lay I ever had
And I feel better

Don't you try to tell me that I'm to blame
When you're the one that ought to feel ashamed
You can't keep an animal that ain't been tamed
You didn't even know the fella's name

I went down to my tailor to get myself a suit and to measure
It's been a long, long time since I looked like a gentlemen of leisure
He spent an awful lot of time on my inside leg
You don't get that kind of treatment when you buy stuff of the peg
When I finally picked it up and saw the label inside
I saw a sight that made my mouth gape open wide

It said made in Japan, made in Japan
Their ain't nothing made here in this country anymore
It's either made in Japan, Hong Kong or Singapore
Made in Japan

I went along to the showroom to buy myself a secondhand car
I didn't have much money so I knew I wouldn't get very far
The salesman said, "How much do you intend to spend
You only get what you pay for, in the end."
He said, "You can't afford a Bentley or a Cadillac
But take a look at this motor I've got out the back."

It was made in Japan, made in Japan
Their ain't nothing made here in this country anymore
It's either made in Japan, Hong Kong or Singapore
Made in Japan

Me and my girl, last week we went to church and got wed
I didn't buy the car so I decided I'd get married instead
We went to Miami for the honeymoon
I couldn't wait to get her into the hotel room
But when she came out of the bathroom my knees turned to jelly
When I saw what she had tattooed just below her belly

It said made in Japan, made in Japan
Their ain't nothing made here in this country anymore
It's either made in Japan, Hong Kong or Singapore
Made in Japan

Made in Japan, made in Japan, made in Japan, made in Japan

I had a girl, Kate was her name
We used to roller skate together
Now it'll never be the same
Now she's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone
To that great skating rink in the sky

I remember that day as if it were yesterday
We were skating side by side
In the fast lane on the motorway
Now she's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone
To that great skating rink in the sky

She was skating way too fast
She was far too daring
When she crashed into that truck
In a shower of ball bearings

They took her to the hospital but it was far too late
She died in the ambulance and, and that night
That night I, I burned my skates

Now she's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone
To that great skating rink in the sky

I had a girl, Kate was her name
We used to roller skate together
Now it will never be the same
Now she's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone
To that great skating rink in the sky

She's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone
To that great skating rink in the sky

You're in trouble, big trouble
Judy's boyfriend got out today
When he was in jail you took his girl away
When he gets back you're gonna have to pay him double

You'd better worry or you'll be sorry
He's at the edge of town and he's got a gun
Better get out fast, get up and run
Won't get no help from anyone here son, better hurry

Forget the romance, move your pants
If you don't get out now you won't get another chance

Cos he's a mad dog, don't get into a fight
He's a mad dog, better shoot on sight
Before he tries to bite

You'd better run till you drop, don't try to stop
Find a mountain and climb right up to the top

Cos he's a mad dog, don't get into a fight
He's a mad dog, better shoot on sight
Before he tries to bite

Use your head or you'll be dead
He's at the end of the street and he's shouting your name
He's lost his girl and you're to blame
Any second now that gun'll spit flame and lead

Anyhow, it's too late now
With a smile on his face he walks through the door
Fires his gun and your head hits the floor
Did you really think love was worth dying for, it's just trouble

You'd better run till you drop, don't try to stop
Find a mountain and climb right up to the top

Cos he's a mad dog, don't get into a fight
He's a mad dog, better shoot on sight
Before he tries to bite

Ba-buh-do-run, better run, run, ba-buh-do-run, better run, run
Ba-buh-do-run, better run, run, ba-buh-do-run, better run, run
Ba-buh-do-run, better run, run, ba-buh-do-run, better run, run
Ba-buh-do-run, better run, run, ba-buh-do-run, better run, run

I'm drowning in the fountain of your love
In the whirlpool of my mind you're all I'm thinking of
I'm sinking into the tear drops in your eyes
I'm floating on the cushion of your sighs

It's hard to write a love song
That has something new to say
It's hard to write a love song
Without using old clich�s

I love you, I need you, I want you for my own
Please don't ever leave me, I couldn't stand to be alone
I'm swimming in the ocean of your kiss
How could I have known your kiss would be like this

This is my first love song
And this is my last
I'm getting too choked up inside
Better finish it fast

I'm sailing through the stars up above
I'm drowning in the fountain of your love

Nobody loves the fallen angel once he's hit the ground
There's only one way to go and that's down
Nobody loves the prince of evil, don't need him around
So Lucifer's hiding underground

You aim high but you hit low
He stays and you go
Black sky, hello
Goodbye rainbow

Nobody loves a fallen idol, failure leaves a scar
And memories only go so far
Nobody cares but everyone stares as you stagger to the bar
That face is familiar, didn't he used to be a star

You aim high but you hit low
Blue skies, Acapulco
Dark eyes, incognito
You live fast, better spend slow
Or it's goodbye to the chateau
Hello Skid Row

You aim high but you hit low
You live fast, better spend slow
Black sky, hello
Goodbye rainbow

Too late the hero
It all comes to zero
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's the end of my movie
The bad guys beat me easy
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's easy to live in your imagination
If you can't control the situation
You just cut and start it again
It's easy to live in your imagination
You have to make an alteration
You just cut and start it again

How I wish I could live on the silver screen
Like the stars in the movie magazines
With a happy ending as the final scene

Too late the hero
It all comes to zero
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's the end of my movie
The bad guys beat me easy
And I, I wish I could stop and start it again

It's easy, the villains always wear black
They see your guns and turn back
It only happens in the movies
It's easy, the heroes always wear white
The ladies fall off the sight
It only happens in the movies

As the Viking ship drifts off to the sea
The black sail bursts into fire
I turn to kiss the princess
I have to pacify her
The arrows fall, the sky is red
The music gets higher and higher

The battle's done, I'm on my way home
A hero's welcome on the shore
Single handed, all by myself
I've just won the war

It was nothing, really