These are some of my favorite lyrics. 
Mostly older songs....









Hello Susie 

(The Move)

Everybody sat here waiting for the train to come 
Just lay down a bright red carpet for her to step on 
Lookin' to the bend I see her waving her hands at me 
Her looks were tanned and quite amazing as she ran to me 

Hello Susie, hello Susie 
Tell me the news about yourself 
Hello Susie, hello Susie 
Tell me that you've enjoyed yourself 
Frantically she knocked me over 
Causing such a scene 
Shook the crowd enough to sway 
The interest from the queen 
Her black transistor socked out 
One o'clock radio 
Completely drowned the band 
And loud enough to stop the show 

Chorus 
Yes sir rock 'n' roll the day away 
Come on everybody 
They all seem too keen to make the scene 
Come on everybody, come on everybody 
Got to dig me just a while 

I was... threw her bags into the car 
Susie took her bow and made her exit like a star 
The national news took films which... to make history 
Her looks were tanned and quite amazing as she ran to me 

Chorus 


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Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me 

(Crow)

I see the look of evil in your eyes
You've been filling me all full of lies
The morrow will not change your shameful deed
You will be someone else' fertile seed
Evil woman don't play your games with me
Evil woman don't play your games with me

Now I know just what your looking for 
You want me to claim this child you bore
But I know that it was he, not me
And you know just how it's got to be
Evil woman don't play your games with me
Evil woman don't play your games with me

Wickedness lies in your moistened lips
Your body moves just like the crack of a whip
Black cats lay atop your satin bed
You sure wish that you could see me dead
Evil woman don't play your games with me
Evil woman don't play your games with me


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Good Times 

(Nobody's Children)


Well I work all day from nine to five
Just grabbing enough to barely stay alive
Five 'o clock comes I crawl back in my crummy hole
I'm eating Wheat Cheapies from a cracked plastic bowl

Good Times ha ha ha ha...

Well I watch TV - till it goes on the blink
I spend all night listening to water dripping in the sink
Rusty old stove leaking gas everywhere
I strike a match, it blasts my face - and burns off my hair

Good Times ha ha ha ha...

Friends all tell me how lucky I am
Cause they're using dadddy's money, driving daddy's car
But they can't tell me how bad things are for them

I love good booze but I drink cheap wine
I love tough chicks but, ha ha, look at mine
I've got one good suit but it's wearing mighty mighty thin
I go out for entertainment - I park behind the twin

Thing's started bad from the day of my birth
Why it looks like I'm destined to be a scum of the earth
I'm growing bald and I'm getting fat too
If you don't like it, here's something for you!

Good Times ha ha ha ha...


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Pictures Of Matchstick Men
                                            
(Status Quo) 

When I look up to the skies 
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow
I rush home to bed I soak my head, 
I see your face underneath my pillow.
I wake next morning, tired, still yawning, 
See your face come peeping through my window
                                   
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Images of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you.

Windows echo your reflection 
When I look in their direction now
When will this haunting stop?
Your face it just won't leave me alone.

Pictures of matchstick men and you
Images of matchstick men and you
All I ever see is them and you.
You're in the sky and with the sky
You make men cry, you lie
You're in the sky and with the sky
You make men cry, you lie

Pictures of matchstick men and
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Pictures of matchstick men 


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I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

(The Electric Prunes)

Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room
I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume
Your eyes were filled with love the way they used to be
Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me
Then came the dawn
And you were gone
You were gone, gone, gone

I had too much to dream last night
Too much to dream
I'm not ready to face the light
I had too much to dream
Last night
Last night

The room was empty as I staggered from my bed
I could not bear the image racing through my head
You were so real that I could feel your eagerness
And when you raised your lips for me to kiss
Came the dawn
And you were gone
You were gone, gone, gone

I had too much to dream last night
Too much to dream
I'm not ready to face the light
I had too much to dream
Last night
Last night

I had too much to dream last night
Too much to dream
I'm not ready to face the light
I had too much to dream
Last night
Last night

Oh, too much to dream
Oh, too much to dream
Too much to dream last night
Oh, too much to dream       


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Heart Full Of Soul

(The Yardbirds) 

Sick at heart and lonely, deep in dark despair
If you want her only, where is she--tell me where
And if she says to you she don't love me 
Just give her my message, tell her of my plea
And I know if she would have me back again
Oh-I would never make her sad
I've got a heart full of soul

She's been gone such a long time, much longer than I can bear
But if she says she wants me, just tell her I'll be there
And if she says to you my Lord, she don't love me
Just give her my message, tell her of my plea
And I know if she would have me back again
Oh I would never make her sad
I've got a heart full of soul

And I know if she would have me back again
Oh I would never make her sad
I've got a heart of soul


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Don't Look Back
                   
(The Remains)  

You both made your bed and now
You're gonna have to sleep there
Old Man Blues is goin' to try
Try to find you everywhere

[Don't look back] oh, you better not look now
[Don't look back] he's coming for you
[Don't look back] keep on running
Running till the end of time, oh yeah

If you both have faith you'll find
A sunny day
Don't be bothered by what
Smaller minds have got to say, just

[Don't look back] oh, you better not look now
[Don't look back] he's coming after you
[Don't look back] you gotta keep running, yeah
Running till the end of time, yeah

[One thing I wanna say]
[One thing I wanna say] wanna say now
[One thing I wanna say] oh yeah
[One thing I wanna say]
Talk, talk, talk, talking trash
Talk, talk, talking trash
Truth is the light [truth is the light]
The light is the way [light is the way]
The less folk know [the less they know]
The more they've got to say [yeah, yeah]
And if you want me to [uh-huh]
Here's what I'll do for you [all right]
I'll light a candle and I'll pray
The Lord will bless you
I hope that someday He will understand
But till they do

[Don't look back] oh, you better not look now
[Don't look back] he's coming after you
[Don't look back] you gotta keep running, yeah
Running till the end of time, oh yeah
[Don't look back] oh, you better not look now
[Don't look back] he's coming after you
[Don't look back] you'd better keep running, yeah
Running till the end of time, oh yeah


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Green Tambourine

(The Lemon Pipers) 
    
Drop your silver in my tambourine 
Help a poor man fill a pretty dream 
Give me pennies, I'll take anything 
Now listen while I play 
My green tambourine 

Watch the jingle jangle start to shine 
Reflections of the music that is mine 
When you toss a coin you'll hear it sing 
Now listen while I play 
My green tambourine 

Drop a dime before I walk away 
Any song you want I'll gladly play 
Money feeds my music machine 
Now listen while I play 
My green tambourine 

Listen and I'll play . . .


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Talk Talk

(Music Machine)

I got me a complication
And it's an only child
Concernin' my reputation
As something more than wild
I know it serves me right
But I can't sleep at night
Have to hide my face
Or go some other play-ay-ay-ay-ay-ace

I won't cry out for justice
Admit that I was wrong
I'll stay in hibernation
'Til the talk subsides to gone
My social life's a dud
My name is really mud
I'm up to here in lies
Guess I'm down to size
To size

Can't seem to talk about
The things that bother me
Seems to be
What everybody has
Against me
Oh, oh, all right

Here's the situation
And how it really stands
I'm out of circulation
I've all but washed my hands
My social life's a dud
My name is really mud
I'm up to here in lies
Guess I'm down to size
To size


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Sky Pilot 

(Eric Burdon And The Animals)

He blesses the boys as they stand in life 
The smell of gun grease and their bayonets they shine 
He's there to help them all that he can 
To make them feel wanted he's a good holy man. 
Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly 
You'll never never never reach the sky. 
                                 
He smiles at the young soldiers 
Tells them it's all right 
He knows of their fears in the forthcoming fight 
Soon there'll be blood and many will die 
Mother and fathers back home they will cry. 
Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly 
You'll never never never reach the sky. 

He mumbles a prayer and it ends with a smile 
The order is given they move down the line 
But he'll stay behind and he'll meditate
But it won't stop the bleeding or ease the hate. 
As the young men move out into the battle zone 
He feels good - with God you're never alone 
He feels so tired and he lays on his bed
Hopes the men will find courage 
In the words that he said. 
Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly 
You'll never never never reach the sky. 

You're soldiers of God you must understand 
The fate of your country is in your young hands 
May God give you strength do your job really well 
If it all was worth in only time it will tell.
In the morning they returned with tears in their eyes 
The stench of death drifts up to the skies 
A young soldier so ill looks at the sky pilot
Remembers the words "thou shalt not kill" 
Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly 
You'll never never never reach the sky. 


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Green-Eyed Lady

(Sugarloaf)

Green-eyed lady, lovely lady
Strolling slowly towards the sun
Green-eyed lady, ocean lady
Soothing every ragin' wave that comes
Green-eyed lady, passions' lady
Dressed in love
She lives for life to be
Green-eyed lady feels life
I never see
Setting suns and lonely lovers free.

Green-eyed lady, wind swept lady
Rules the night, the waves, the sand
Green-eyed lady, ocean lady
Child of nature, friend of man
Green-eyed lady, passions' lady
Dressed in love
She lives for life to be
Green-eyed lady feels life I never see
Setting suns and lonely lovers free.


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Carry On Till Tomorrow 

(Badfinger)

In younger days, I told myself my life would be my own
And I'd leave the place where sunshine never shone
For my life's too short for waiting when I see the rising sun
Then I know again that I must carry on

Carry on till tomorow, there's no reason to look back
Carry on, carry on, carry on

Beyond the shadows of the clouds and onward to the sky
Carry on till I find the rainbow's end
For my life's too short for waiting when I see the rising sun
Then I know again that I must carry on

Carry on till tomorow, there's no reason to look back
Carry on, carry on, carry on

Drifting on the wings of freedom, leave this stormy day
And we'll ride to tomorrow's golden fields (we'll ride tomorrow's golden fields)
For my life's too short for waiting (a life's too short for waiting)
When I see the rising sun (see the rising sun)
Then I know again that I must carry on

Carry on, carry on, carry on

[guitar solo]

And when the heavy journey's done, I'll rest my weary head
For the world and it's colours will be mine
For my life's too short for waiting when I see the setting sun
Then I know again that I must carry on

Carry on till tomorow, there's no reason to look back
Carry on, carry on, carry on

[guitar solo]

Carry on
Carry on
Carry on
Carry on
Carry on
Carry on...


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Free Ride

(Edgar Winter Group)

The mountain is high, the valley is low
And you're confused on which way to go
So I've come here to give you a hand
And lead you into the promised land, so

Come on and take a free ride
Come on and sit here by my side
Come on and take a free ride

All over the country, I've seen it the same
Nobody's winning at this kind of game
We gotta do better, it's time to begin
You know all the answers must come from within, so

Come on and take a free ride
Come on and sit here by my side
Come on and take a free ride

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, free ride

Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on and take a free ride
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.


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Hangin' Around

(Edgar Winter Group)

Driving alone with the radio on
Feeling good
Ain't got no lady
But maybe I'm thinking I could
I slept all day nothing to do
And I don't see the world going by
And I don't even have to cry
I'm just hanging around
Oh yeah

Thought I was cool
When I dropped out of school
Could have gone crazy
But I was too lazy to wait
So I'm driving along all alone
I'm just hanging around

I'm driving along all alone yeah
And I don't see the world going by
And I don't even have to cry
No I don't see the world going by
And I don't even have to cry
I'm just hanging around ooh baby
Just hanging around


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Love Is The Drug

(Roxy Music)

T�ain�t no big t�ing
To wait for the bell to ring
T�ain�t no big t�ing
The toll of the bell

Aggravated - spare for days
I troll downtown the red light place
Jump up bubble up - what�s in store
Love is the drug and I need to score

Showing out, showing out, hit and run
Boy meets girl where beat goes on
Stitched up tight, can�t shake free
Love is the drug, got a hook on me

Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I�m thinking of
Oh oh can�t you see
Love is the drug for me

Late that night I park my car
Stake my place in the singles bar
Face to face, toe to toe
Heart to heart as we hit the floor

Lumber up, limbo down
The locked embrace, the stumble round
I say go, she say yes
Dim the lights, you can guess the rest

Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I�m thinking of
Oh oh can�t you see
Love is the drug, got a hook in me

Oh oh catch that buzz
Love is the drug I�m thinking of
Oh oh can�t you see
Love is the drug for me



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Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 

(Ian Drury And The Blockheads)
                    
In the deserts of Sudan
And the gardens of Japan
From Milan to Yucatan
Every woman, every man

Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me! Hit me!
Je t'adore, ich liebe dich,
Hit me! hit me! hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me slowly, hit me quick.
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!

In the wilds of Borneo
And the vineyards of Bordeaux
Eskimo, Arapaho
Move their body to and fro.

Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me! Hit me!
Das ist gut! C'est fantastique!
Hit me! hit me! hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
It's nice to be a lunatic.
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!

Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!

In the dock of Tiger Bay
On the road to Mandalay
From Bombay to Santa Fe
Over hills and far away

Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me! Hit me!
C'est si bon, mm? Ist es nicht?
Hit me! hit me! hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Two fat persons, click, click, click.
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!

Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me!
Hit me!
Hit me! Ow!
Hit me!
Hit me!
Hit me! hit me!
Hit me (x5)
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me


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Philby 

(Rory Gallagher)

Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby,  
There's a stranger in my soul, 
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city,  
I can't come in from the cold,  
I'm deep in action on a secret mission, 
Contact's broken down,  
Time drags by, I'm above suspicion,  
There's a voice on the telephone 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 
Yeah, yeah, yeah.  

Well it sure is dark in this clockwork city,  
Contact's never gonna show,  
I've got a code which can't be broken,  
My eyes never seem to close,  
Well, I'm standing here in the silent city,  
Shadows falling down,  
I'm disconnected but I don't need pity,  
The night's gonna burn on slow.  
Yeah, yeah, yeah.  
Yeah, yeah, yeah.  

Now ain't it funny that I feel like Philby,  
A stranger on a foreign shore, 
I've got my plans and I must move quickly,  
There's a knock upon the door, 
Still in transit and I'm close to danger,  
My cover can't be blown,  
It's getting strange and it's getting crazy,  
Tell me, what is going on? 
Yeah, yeah, yeah.  
Yeah, yeah, yeah.  

Four o'clock and nothing's moving,  
Six o'clock and the daylight's stirring,  
A Morning comes, must be moving on. 
All night long my mind's been burning,  
Makes me feel such a long, long way from home,  

Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby,  
There's a stranger in my soul  
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city 
I can't come in from the cold 


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One Day

(The Church)

Tell me, is everything unplanned?
Is all so unexpected that I just can't understand
We run so hard and always end up in the same place
"Glad that went so smoothly" - well that never is the case

One day - doubtless, cloudless, bright
We'll shake away the shadows of eternal night
It's just the storm before the calm
Like the life held in your palm - it's clay, one day

And you stand there, with ashes blowing past
Dipping into gilt-edged love that will be made at last
And the gold you spend and the hastening end
That you throw into the sea
Coming back a hundredfold, there's no guarantee

We'll walk and be like giants, we'll all be honest men
I go back to my blindness so that I may see again
A woman standing on a hill is gazing out to sea
Dreaming of a new age waiting there for me
I call her from a distance and she smiles into the sun
And men and gods begin their dance, for their time has begun
And holy wars extended and battlefields of pain
Are washed away, forgotten in the perfect rain
Princes, kings and humble things are well-worn and content
Messengers come everywhere, envoys have been sent
Na na na na, na na na na na
A palm tree nodded at me last night he said
"Hey you look so pale"


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Performance

(Tones On Tail)

A branch of cold flames
Hangs over your head
The one thing you could never burn
Its shadow's hanging over you
The shadow's never there
Explodes all over again

Shakes - we take control today
Shakes - give all your secrets away
Shakes - give us your soul today
Shakes - give it all away

To crush this foolish pride
I'm standing under glass
Trying to break through all the time
But deception never fails
Can't discover what's seen
What's seen behind these cold eyes

Shakes - give us your soul today
Shakes - give all your secrets away
Shakes - we take control today
Shakes - give it all away

Shadows over masses
Faces guncharge
It was too much fun all the time
She said your death must come first
To make this dream more real
You'll never be free again

Shakes - give us your soul today
Shakes - give all your secrets away
Shakes - we take control today
Shakes - give it all away

Shakes....



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The Sheep's A Wolf 

(Caterwaul)

When he calls out  
Oh when they go out
All the world stops and listens
I know I know what's wrong all around me
Oh this is all he's reckoned to be
This is all and when he ponders
He'll wait he'll breathe and know all around

Oh he waits there and he calls out
For the sheep and so they do come
And he waits there and he calls out
And they call back Oh they come home to him

On this day like all the others
All the world starts to wonder
He waits he looks and sees
And he'll know now that this is all
He ever wanted and he knows all
About them he looks and so they go
And he calls out

Oh he waits there and he calls out
For the sheep and all the bleating
And he waits there and he calls out
For the sheep now but the sheep have all gone

Oh he waits there and he calls out
For the sheep and all the bleating
And he waits there and he calls out
For the sheep now but the sheep is a wolf!


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The Prow

(Voivod)


There you are, you're with me
Protecting all my crew
I carved you, from a tree
My vision is you
Lorelei, I have thee
In front of my ship
Cutting waves, at full speed
Savouring the trip

Down the mirror of the waterline
Leaning over underwater life
Hidden treasures of the seven seas

I'm starboard to nowhere
On the milky way
Howling wind, salty air
Tearing at the sails
Looking down the crow's nest
Gliding in the sky
Without sound, going west
Boating on the fly

But some day
You'll go home
Far away
On your own

Dans la mer
You'll go down
Go down where
You belong