LOVE ON THE ROCKS GUITAR SOLO EVERY ROSE HAS IT'S THORN FALLEN ANGEL
YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE NOTHIN' BUT A GOOD TIME TALK DIRTY TO ME SO TELL ME WHY SOULS ON FIRE ONLY TIME WILL TELL
I went to bed too late
and got up too soon
My poor head still spinnin'
from too much booze
I got a foot in the gutter
a foot in the grave
I ain't seen home
in the last three days
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Oh my God! Look what the cat dragged in
Living my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and I do it again
Oh my God! Look what the cat dragged in
No tell, motel, hotel bed
If it wasn't for the sunlight
I'd swear I was dead
I got a girl on the left of me
a girl on the right
I know damn well,
I slept with both last night
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I'm late for work on Monday
and my boss is bitching
Can't get out of bed
'cause my head's still spinning
My hairs in a rat's nest
I look like hell
Am I half alive or half dead?
I just can't tell
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Good girls go to Heaven, bad girls go to hell
The rest of them get rich and do
just as they feel
Well rich boys live in houses
Poor boys live in sin
The rest of them get married and are
never seen again
Well let me tell my story, explain the shape I'm in
The girl I had last night had never tasted sin
So I took her to my hotel
where I tried to get my way
She said, "Wait a minute, Bret, there's
something I must say"
She said if you wanna talk that's fine with me
But if you want more, you better let me be
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'Cause you can look, but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap
You can look, but you can't touch
'Cause baby I ain't for keeps
Well maybe I'm a bad boy
Okay, so I've been around the block
But I am good at one thing
And believe me, it ain't talk
She says you must be kidding
I've heard this all before
Other girls might buy it
But I don't, that's for sure
Now, wait a minute, baby, I don't want you to go
She said don't get no closer
'cause the answer still is no
So I wined her, dined her, fancy talked
acted cool and smooth
Got my hands on her shoulder
Two inches from the move
Well I guess I'm about as close as I could be
'Cause when I finally made my move
She just said to me
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Woo, now let me show you something
Mmm, let me set the pace
Slid my hand up her leg
And she slapped me across my face
Can't blame a man for tryin'
Wantin' action ain't a crime
I didn't plan on spending money
just to get a peace of mind
Solo
So I started really thinkin'
And I got myself a plan
I opened up a cold beer and I handed her the can
She drank it down really fast
until she nearly choked
Jumped up on my bed
tore off all her clothes and said
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Did you ever get up on the wrong side of the bed
With an achin' head and just falling apart
You're running late and your boss is bitching
It's cold outside and the car won't start
Well I don't mean to bitch I swear
'Cause everybody's got their cross to bear
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But when I hear the music
All my troubles just fade away
When I hear the music
Let it play, let it play
When I hear the music
Sure as darkness I can see the day
When I hear the music got to let it play, let it play
Life's just a rented space getting laid to waste
When the lines on my face say I'm growing older
Just a stitch in time gonna save my mind
When the weight of the world lies on my shoulders
Soon I won't have no place to fit
But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it
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Solo
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Well I called my baby on the telephone
She said, "Hurry home, Bret, 'cause I'm all alone"
Oh now giddy up, hurry and don't late
'Cause a b-b-baby I just can't wait
She starts talkin' dirty right in my ear
Making herself so perfectly clear
She needs some, good love
So I rolled her over in the middle of the night
And rocked my baby til the morning light
Getting hot, good love
Yeah
Well the good people say I'm a sinnin' man
But if they knew my baby they would understand
And the nieghbors keep yelling 'bout all the noise
They say the things you're doing ain't natural boy
Well my baby she just loves to play
And I need my baby each and every day
Need some, good love
We're hoppin' and boppin' in the old moonlight
Rockin' and rollin' til the morning light
Getting hot, good love
Bring it home
Solo
Well my baby she just loves to play
And I need my baby each and every day
I need some, good love
Well my daddy thinks that I've gone crazy
And my poor boss swears I'm losing my cool
But I just want to play with my baby
If you only knew what she could do
She starts talking dirty right in my ear
Making herself so perfectly clear
I need some, good love
Baby she just loves to play
And I need my baby each and every day
Start hoppin' and boppin' in the old moonlight
Rockin' and rollin' til the morning light
Gettin' hot, hot, hot
So damn hot
I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
I grab my hat and I
grab my shoes
Tonight I'm gonna hit
the streets and cruise
Down the main strip and
check it out
With all those schoolgirls
a hangin' around
Now I'm a sucker for a pretty face
I don't care if she's leather or lace
'cause I'm just lookin' for a kiss
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I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
You've got the love I need tonight
Long legs and short skirts
These girls hit me where it hurts
I can't wait to get my hands on them
I won't give up til they give in
Now I'm not looking for a love that lasts
I need a shot and I need it fast
If I can't have her, I'll take and make her
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Solo
Hey Sweetheart, slide on in here
No, not in the front, jump in the back
Why?
'Cause there's something back there I wanna show ya
I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
Ah, come on honey, I wasn't that bad!
Oh well
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My daddy said son
don't you come to me crying
'cause money don't make you a happy man
He said the grass is always greener
any place except where you stand
He said some were born to win
Some born to lose
And sing them poor boy blues
Watch out
I've lived uptown downtown
Lord I've lived everywhere
Almost drown in puddle of my own sweat I swear
I believe it's due time I get my mansion on Bel Air
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But I'm still singing those poor boy blues
Poor boy blues
You don't know how I'm feeling baby 'til you wear my shoes
Sure as I'm standing here got them poor boy blues
Friday nights I get tanked up
and tossed into the local slam
At least I get three square meals
Until someone gets me out of this jam
In the meanwhile all my green
is going to Uncle Sam
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Let's walk this dog
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Well I see him on the TV
Preachin' 'bout the promised land
He tells me believe in Jesus
And steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man
But Lord I think he sinned, ya, ya
Twenty two years of metal tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country did not want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife, his kids no regrets
In a time I don't remember
In a war he can't forget
He cries forgive me for what I done there
Forgive me for the things I did
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And give me something to believe in
If there's a Lord above
Give me something to believe in
Oh Lord arise
My best friend died a lonely man
In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
and they told me the news
i tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
like a lost soul out of place
And the mirror, mirror on my wall
Sees my smile, it fades again
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Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
Things I didn't know then
Road you gotta take me home
Solo
I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
like bodies in an open grave
Underneath an old broken down neon sign,
use to read Jesus Saves
A mile away live the rich folk
And I see how they're living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich drink from the golden cup
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
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You take the high road and I'll take the low road
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You take the high road and I'll take the low road
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You take the low road and I'll take the low road
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Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
Things I didn't know then
And give me something to believe in
What's got you so jumpy
Why can't you sit still
Like gasoline you wanna pump me
Then leave me when you get your fill ya
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Every time I touch you, you get hot
I want to make love, you never stop
Come up for air you pull me to the floor
Just what's been going on in that head of yours
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Unskinny bop
Just blows me away
Unskinny bop, bop
All night and day
Unskinny bop, bop, bop, bop
She just loves to play
Unskinny bop nothin' more to say
You look at me so funny
Love bite got you acting oh so strange
You got too many bees in your honey
Am I just another word on your page, ya, ya
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You're saying my love won't do ya
But that ain't love written on your face
Well honey I can see right through ya
We'll see whose ridin' who at the end of the race
Solo
What's right, what's wrong, what's left, what the hell is going on
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She goes down slow like a shot a gin
She's got an angel's face and the devil's grin
She kinda stared me down as I looked her up
She says, "I'm your poison now drink a cup"
In the heat of the night is when she comes alive
She's gonna push you, push you, til she's satisfied
I watched the ice melt fast on her red hot lips
She whispers, "If ya wanna taste my love
why don't ya swallow this"
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Love on the rocks
Love on the rocks
She's my shot
Love on the rocks
Solo
She gets so close you can feel her breath
Just the way she moves, soft and slippery
She lives just around the corner
Just down the street
All night we play the horizontal bop
right between the sheets
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We both lie silently still in the
dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
we feel miles apart in sight
Was it something I said
or something I did
Did my words not come out right
Tho' I tried not to hurt you
Tho' I tried
But I guess that's why they say
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Every rose has it's thorn
Just like every night has it's dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has it's thorn
I listen to our favorite song
playing on the radio
Hear the DJ say love's a game of
easy come and easy go
But I wonder, does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here right now
If I could of let you known somehow, I guess
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Though it's been awhile now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
But the scar, that scar remains
Solo
I know I could have saved our love that night
if I'd only let you know
Instead of making love
We both made our separate ways
Now I hear you found somebody new
And that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see cuts me like a knife
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She step off the bus out into the city streets
Just a small town girl with her whole life
packed in a suitcase by her feet
But somehow the lights didn't shine as
bright as they did
on her mama's TV screen
And work seemed harder
the days seemed longer
then she ever thought they'd be
But you know you gotta stick to your guns
when it all comes down
'Cause sometimes you can't choose
It's like head they win, tails you're gonna lose
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Win big, mama's fallen angel
Lose big, livin' out her lies
What's it all, mama's fallen angel
Lose it all rollin' the dice of her life
Now she found herself in the fast lane
livin' day to day
Turned her back on her bestfriend, yeah
And watched her family slip away
Just like a lost soul
caught up in the Hoolywood scene
All the parties and the limousines
Such a good actress
Hiding all her pain
Trading her memories for fortune and fame
Just a step away from the edge of the fall
Caught between Heaven and hell
Where's the girl I knew a year ago?
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Too much too soon
or just a little too late
'Cause when her ship came in
she wasn't there
it just wouldn't wait
Solo
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Your mama don't dance
and your daddy don't rock-n-roll
Your mama don't dance
and your daddy don't rock-n-roll
But when evening rolls around
and it's time to hit the town
Where do you go?
You gotta rock it
The old folks say that you gotta end your
date by ten
But if your out on a date
don't ya bring her home late
'cause it's a sin
You know there's no excuse
You know you're gonna lose,You never win
I'll say it again
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You see I pulled into a drive-in
and I found a place to park
We hopped into the backseat
where it's always nice and dark
Just about to move
Thinking to myself
mmm, Bret this is a breeze
There was a light in my eye and a guy says
"Get out of the car long hair
Ooowee, you're comin' with me",
said the local police
And it's all because
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Play me a little C.C.
Solo
Chorus
Now listen
Not a dime, I can't pay my rent
I can barely make thru the week
Saturday night I'd like to make my girl
but right now I can't make ends meet
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I'm always workin', slavin' everyday
Gotta get a break from the same old, same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say
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Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't looking for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this
They say I spend my money on women and wine
I couldn't tell you where I spent last night
I'm real sorry 'bout the shape I'm in
I just like my fun every now and then
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Chorus
You see I raise a toast to all of us
who are breaking our backs every day
If wanting the good life is such a crime
Lord then put me away
Solo
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Oh Bret, I just can't wait to get my hands all over you
Hit it, C.C.
Solo
You know I never
I never seen you look so good
You never act the way you should
But I like it
And I know you like it too
the way that I want you
I gotta have you
Oh yes I do
You know I never
I never ever stay out late
You know that I can hardly wait
just to see you
And I know you cannot wait
wait to see me too
I gotta touch you
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'Cause baby we'll be
at the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
til I'm screamin' for more
Down in the basement
Lock the cellar door
And, baby
talk dirty to me
You know I call you
I call you on the telephone
I'm only hoping that you're home
so I can hear you
When you say those words to me
and whisper so softly
I gotta hear you
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C.C. pick up that guitar and talk to me
Solo
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I'd like to put to test the rumours
I'd like to put to rest the lies
I'd like to throw away the past
And show you how I feel inside
I'll be your taxi and your driver
I'll be your road if you need
I'd like to push and push and push
Just to make you pleased
But your river of emotion for me
Flows like a dried up stream
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So tell me why
your satisfactions like a heart of stone
So tell me why
your love reaction chills me to the bone
You make my blood boil hot
And my heart beat like a drum
I wanna do to you girl
Things that ain't never been done
From the rain I'll be your shelter
From the cold I'll be your heat
I push and push and push
Just to make you pleased
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So tell me your reason
For tearing me up inside
Girl you gotta tell me why
Solo
But your river of emotion for me
Flows like a dried up stream
Chorus
It takes two to tango
In the heat of the night
You're gonna give it in
No matter how you fight
Hot nights, pretty women
And a bottle of gin
Fine floozy sitting pretty
In the city of sin
I'm knocking at your back door
Baby let me in
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I'll take you down
Light your fuse baby
Set your soul on fire
Make your body sweat
Soaking wet
In the midnight hour
Step closer my senorita
It's so nice to meet ya
I see your eyes say no
But your flesh is weak
Well sweet salt shaker
And a rattle my bones
One more inch I'm gonna drive it home
Hate to see a pretty little woman
all alone
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She said are you gonna nibble baby
Or are you gonna take yourself a bite
You invite me closer honey
and I just might
I don't want money or a big black car
I just wanna know how I'm doing so far
So far I'm gonna do you just right
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I just needed someone to hold
When the bottle was empty
And the nights grew cold
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
You were my angel of mercy
And helped me to believe
You touched my soul
When I was lonely
You held me up
When I couldn't fly
There's no words could explain
How I feel inside
And this I tell you
In a world full of anger
And times gone strange
You held me close
You held me close to you
Lay my head on your shoulder
I finally let it all out
It felt good for a moment
Not living in a shadow of doubt
But everybody needs a little something
To pull them through
I gave one for the other
And God knows that the other was you
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Now only time will tell
Only time will tell
If our love is scratched in sand
Or etched in stone
Only time will tell, only time will tell
If our love will stand
Or walk the road alone
My angel of mercy
Pulled me through somehow
I just hope you know
I need you now
Solo
You're the one
That touched my very soul
The one who held on tight
God knows you never let go
Angel of mercy
It's time we closed the door
Put out the light and burn the fire
Burn the fire inside
Angel of mercy
You pulled me through
And this I tell you
God knows I'd tell it to you
