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Graceland (Hewerdine / Shepherd)
Would I give you money?
I don't know
the free-est things in life are best
and so, put me to the test
now...
And when I die
will you build the Taj Mahal?
wear black every day of your life?
I doubt it
You will never see Graceland...
All my wanting, all my waiting, all my working
all my wickedness
for all my yearning, inside I'm shutting down
You will never see Graceland...
So what am I doing
without you?
Love at second sight would see me through
but not this time
You will never see Graceland...
All my wanting, all my waiting, all my working
all my wickedness
for all my yearning, all my yearning, all my yearning
You will never see Graceland...
Mahalia (Hewerdine / Shepherd)
There are three steps to limbo
step one, a voice in my hand
I will sleep with my sadness
wake up before I hit the ground
Mahalia - sing my joyfulness
Mahalia, kissing like statues we will say
Mahalia - sing my joyfulness, my joyfulness
There are more things in heaven
hey, Robert, I hope you understand,
don't want to hear about that 'hellhound on your trail'
hey, Robert, I can't understand, won't understand
I can't understand
Mahalia - sing my joyfulness
Mahalia, kissing like statues we will say
Mahalia - sing my joyfulness, my joyfulness
Mahalia - I forgot who I was
just for a moment
I forgot who I was
who I was...
Walking The Ghost Back Home (Hewerdine / Shepherd)
Now I might be lying, and the names have been changed
but someone got wounded tonight by that wicked tongue of yours
And out in the world, I find there's life going on
have I been missing the point for so very long?
Looking like murder
I left here alone
walking the ghost back home
Am I a mouse or man
is it a kingpin or a clown I am?
I don't know
but I'm alone
walking the ghost back home
And all of these things, well they wouldn't matter at all
if I was half of the man that I claim, I claimed to be
Looking like murder
I left here alone
walking the ghost back home
Am I a mouse or man
is it a kingpin or a clown I am?
I don't know
but I'm alone
and walking the ghost,
walking the ghost back home
Walking...
Kid Galahad And The Chrome Kinema (Hewerdine / Shepherd)
You should have been there, you should have
empires fell down
for the price of a smile
and an hour alone
You should have seen us, you should have
we were magnificent
not since the last days of Rome
it doesn't matter now
No more, no more
Kid Galahad and you
in the clever shadows
no, no, no more, no more
kissing in a chrome kinema
You should have known me, you should have
I was the valentine boy
you don't believe me, do you?
are you laughing at me?
No more, no more
Kid Galahad and you
in the clever shadows
no, no, no more, no more
kissing in a chrome kinema
And now the world is upside down
I couldn't get arrested if I tried
everything is topsy-turvy
couldn't get arrested if I tried
No more, no more,
experiments in blue, with you
and the clever boy, who knew
how lucky he was, how lucky he was
You should have been there, you should have
King Chicago (Hewerdine)
Let's go driving in my new car
over a cliff onto the rocks below
you never know
we might live to tell the tale
Let's go smashing windows
watching the glass fly out at us
you never know
this tiny town might need the fuss
And I love you
a little bit more than I love myself
and that's scary
I've never really loved anyone else
King Chicago, King Chicago
Home of my heart
Now I'm running errands
you're ringing bells and running away
I'll never know
what makes me need to pay and pay
I'll meet you in summer
I'll meet you on the longest day
we'll remember the great big world
say I love you...
I love you
a little bit more than I love myself
and that's scary
I've never really loved anyone else
King Chicago, King Chicago
Home of my heart
Who's that sitting in my new car?
Who's that laughing on the rocks below
she'll never know
That I love her...
King Chicago...
Sweetness (Hewerdine / Shepherd)
And you want it so badly
you barely know how to stand
So you have to be strong
every step of the way
Bad money, wicked fun
cigarettes, it makes me want to holler
Now you have to be strong
every step of the way
Hey, so this must be the sweetness
and the weakness of decay...
Your twisting
days are over
better get out now
before time blows your cover
And you have to be strong
every step of the way
Yes you have to be strong
every step of the way
Hey, so this must be the sweetness
and the weakness of decay...
Put on your glad rags
Spend Spend Spend (The Bible)
Send him down a salt-mine
lose him, we don't need him
won't come back here again
these are ten, these are ten,
these are ten-a-penny days
Good things always come in threes
bad things, that was you
and I don't know what we have done
these are ten, these are ten,
these are ten-a-penny days
But until such time as you are mine
I'm going to spend, spend, spend
I'm going to spend, spend, spend
until such time as you are mine
I'm going to spend, spend, spend
You were always witty
you were always smart
here's one man who's eaten pride
tell him once, tell him once,
tell him once before it dies
So until such time as you are mine
I'm going to spend, spend, spend
I'm going to spend, spend, spend
until such time as you are mine
I'm going to spend, spend, spend
Send him down a salt-mine
lose him, we don't need him
won't come back here again
these are ten, these are ten,
these are ten-a-penny days
Shake it!
(Talk To Me Like) Jackie Kennedy (Hewerdine / Shepherd)
Still trying to pay the rent
this sets a precedent
with money that you're making
you've got to bring home bacon
Come on, come on...
You've got me on a string
hung up and everything
what message will you bring?
when you talk to me like Jackie Kennedy...
What's got into my head?
romance is in the red
what chances to be taken?
look at me bring home the bacon
What made the Georgia Peach
decide he had to preach?
what lesson could he teach?
talk to me like Jackie Kennedy...
Talk, talk, talk to me
speak words I can hear
in language plain and simple
talk to me like Jackie Kennedy
Come on, come on...
You've got me on a string
hung up and everything
what message will you bring?
when you talk to me like Jackie Kennedy...
Soothe me, move me
and talk to me like Jackie Kennedy
She's My Bible (Hewerdine)
Some girls are clever
straight out of school
some days are devils aren't they
a golden rule
some boys want to get you
to the church on time
this boy doesn't want to
oh no, not him
She's my bible
she has no rival
no other girl could steal her thunder
she's my bible, I'm her disciple
Some people know me
by another name
this girl don't know me know how
but all the same
I dream to get her
to the church on time
this boy isn't joking
oh no, not him
She's my bible
she has no rival
no other girl could steal her thunder
she's my bible, I'm her disciple
Can you trust a man
who has no masterplan
I need to have my fortune told
tell me tell me, tell me
Some girls are clever
straight out of school
this girl is more than clever
oh no, not now
She's my bible
High Wide And Handsome (Hewerdine)
Hey, is that Frank's car?
Are you going out with him
like you did with me?
Does he go as fast
as I used to go?
Are you leaning out the window
laughing, laughing?
And so, if you see me walking
turn to him and say
Now did you ever see, high wide and handsome?
Hey, do I know here?
Is this where you live now?
Do you live alone?
Do you notice days
when the world's on ice?
Are yuou looking out your back door
Laughing, laughing? Well, allright
And so, if you meet me one day
turn to me and smile
now did I ever see, high wide and handsome?
High wide, high wide
wide and hight and handsome
I'm going back to my roots
Red Flag (Hewerdine / Shepherd)
Oh yeah, got to make a killing
Everything starts to stop
Oh yeah, got to make a killing
Little black box 'n'all
Oh yeah, when you make a living
Everything starts to go
Oh yeah, got to make a living
You gotta make a killing if you wanna make a living
And
Nobody can make me angry
Nobody can make me sad
Shoot the shot for Uncle Sam
With your red flag
Nobody can make me angry (nobody)
Nobody can make me sad
Shoot the shot for Uncle Sam
With your red flag
Oh yeah...
Oh yeah, everything is cracking
Grinning from ear to ear
Oh yeah, everything is cracking
Slap that impulse down
Oh yeah, everything is slipping
Slipping like snake, snake, snake
Oh yeah, everything is slipping
You gotta feel it slipping if you wanna make a living
Oh..
Nobody can make me angry
Nobody can make me sad
Shoot the shot for Uncle Sam
With your red flag
Nobody can make me angry (nobody)
Nobody can make me mad
Shoot the shot for Uncle Sam
With your red flag
Oh yeah...
Oh yeah...
Nobody, nobody can make me
Nobody can make me angry
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody
Nobody can make me angry
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody can get me mad
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody can make me angry
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody can make me angry
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody can get me mad
With thanks to Dr Phil Mason
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