Garland Jeffreys

Why-O Lyrics

If I were a little black boy, say five years old
I'd ask my mommy please, what's goin' on?
And if I were a little white girl, say six years old
I'd beg my daddy, please, do I belong?

Tell me why-o
Tell me why, tell me, tell me why-o
Tell why-o, won't you tell me?

Oh, the governor tell me, sonny boy
If you want to stay with us
You must ride to school on Monday, son
In a big black bus

Oh, the governor tell me, girlie
You must stay in school, you must
You must ride to school on Tuesday
Now don't ja make a fuss

Tell me why-o
Tell me why, tell me, tell me why-o
Tell why-o, won't you tell me?

Oh, if I were a little black boy I'd be so confused

I'd feel a pain inside my heart, I'd feel so much abuse
And I were a little white girl I'd be so uptight
'Cause there's trouble in the U.S.A., it's as clear as black and white

Tell me why-o
Tell me why, tell me, tell me why-o
Tell me why, tell me, tell me why-o
Why-o, why-o, won't you tell me?
Tell me why-o
Tell me why oh, now oh now

Why there trouble down in Boston Town?
Why there trouble South in Louisville?
Why there trouble up in Detroit now?
Why there trouble out in L.A. now?
Why there trouble here in New York Town?

Trouble in my home town
Trouble in my home town
Trouble in my home town
Trouble in my home town

Keep On Trying Lyrics

I’m just a New York City kid

And I’m a’ lookin’ for love

Standin’ out here on the street

Streelight up above

I’m stranded in the night

Just as clear as Black and White

Gotta work it if you wanna’ do it right

You gotta’ keep on tryin’ baby

Keep on tryin’

Keep on tryin’ baby

Keep on tryin’ Ooooo

I’m just a hometown boy makes good

And I’m lookin’ for joy

Keep tryin’ the best I could

Like any ordinary city boy

Standin’ in the middle of the street

Dead tired on my feet

Pretty girl I’d love to meet

You gotta’ keep on tryin’ baby

Keep on tryin’

Keep on tryin’ baby

Keep on tryin’ Ooooo

But I don’t wanna hustle for love

No I don’t wanna hustle for love

I don’t wanna’ hustle for love

Jump Jump Lyrics

Here comes Victor Hugo
He follows me wherever I go
I'm walking Paris streets
Talking cobblestones
Feeling like I'm at home
And here comes Les Miserables
It's one of my favorite novels
But it's so serious
Hope I'm not too rude
But I'm not in the mood
Jump jump
Let's make the great escape
All due respect to art for art's sake
Jump jump
We're gonna have some fun
For you and me and everyone
Jump jump
To the rock 'n' roll Rimbauds
Jump jump
To the poets and verse
Jump jump
To the Venus de Milo
Jump jump
To the ones who came first
Here goes the ghost of V. Van Gogh
He follows me wherever I go
We pass Notre Dame
So much history
So much bigger than me
And here comes another museum
They pass so fast we hardly can see 'em
There goes a Claude Monet
And a Paul Cezanne
And I always been a fan
Jump jump...

Matador Lyrics

When the bull is in the ring
I need all the help you can
And the Mariachis sing
With the lonely mandolin
See those people shout out loud
Give me more and give me more
And I'm thinkin' to myself
Take me to the Matador
Take me to the Matador
He will fill and ease my soul
He will give me configence
When I think I've lost control
He will help me with my Muse
In the age of win and lose
With the ancient cup and swords
And a hundred Spanish lords
See one thousands violins
Golden trumpets soar on high
Waves and waves of joyful hymns
Silver sonnets reach the sky
Fight the battles and the blues
Wars of love and wars of art
Tonight the cape is what I choose
Goya's in my Spanish heart
He will help me with my love
Dance the dance that lovers do
Rhumba with the velvet glove
'Neath the Barcelona moon
See one thousands violins
Golden trumpets soar on high
Waves and waves of joyful hymns
Silver sonnets rech the sky
take me to the matador

R.O.C.K. Lyrics

All of the kids where I come from
Tell the same old story
They want to be in a rock 'n' roll band
Get them a piece of the glory

You can feel it in a heartbeat
You can feel it like a soul beat
You can hear it in the bass line
You can feel it in the backbeat

R.O.C.K. rock
It's sweeping across the nation
R.O.C.K. rock
It's coming from my generation
R.O.C.K. rock
It's giving me a great sensation
R.O.C.K. rock
Wanna hear it on the radio station

It rescued me from a fate
That's worse than death
Just like a destiny
It gives me new breath

You can feel it...R.O.C.K. rock...

Turn it up

Original Lust Lyrics

Touchin’ and a feelin’ or starin’ at the ceiling
The fan blows scents across the room
Overcome the crush of the monstro
And the blush of the bride and groom

Original lust, original sin
That’s where I came in
But where does it end
Original lust
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust
Original lust

In these times of passion violent crimes and fashion
A boy learns how to slap a girl
Everybody rush let’s kill the b-word
With a shot heard round the world

Original lust, original sin
That’s where I came in
But where does it end
Original lust
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust
But who can you trust

I don’t wanna ban the body
I just wanna ban the bomb
I don’t wanna hurt anybody
I just wanna sound the alarm

Touchin’ and revealin’ or starin’ at the ceiling
A man blows smoke across the room
Overcome the crush of the maestro
And the blush of a maid in bloom

Original lust, original sin
That’s where I came in
But where does it end
Original lust
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust

Original lust

Ooh lust, sin
Goes all the way back
To ashes and dust
Ooh trust
That’s where I came in
All the way back
But where does it end
Original lust
Original

Love Jones Lyrics

Slippery when wet
What you give is what you get
No more time for pillow talk
You gotta walk, the walk, the walk
Slippery when wet
What you give is what you get
No more time for pillow talk
You gotta walk, the walk, the walk

And when we first met
Romeo and Juliet
In my mind I picture the place and time
Just you and me, and how could we forget

I got the love jones, yeah
I got the love, love jones, gotta have it
I got the love jones, love jones, love jones
Got the love, love jones, ah, ah, ah, ah

Time will tell and the truth be told
All is fair in love and war
Like Samson and Delilah
Tell me babe what are, what are we fightin’ for

I got the love jones, yeah
I got the love love jones, gotta have it
I got the love jones, love jones, love jones
Got the love jones, ah, ah, ah, ah

For all your love I try
I’m moving every mountain
Reach across the river wide
Far’s the eye can see

I got the love jones, yeah
I got the love love jones, gotta have it
I got the love lones, love jones, love jones
Got the Love Jones, ah, ah, ah, ah
If you put your arms around me
Then I’ll break your heart of stone

That's My Lover Lyrics

Oh
Baby when I look at you
It’s clear to me
I plainly see
Emotions fly
All over me
Really what I want to do
It’s down to me
Inside of you
A heart is beating out to me
That’s my lover
That’s for certain
There’s no other
The final curtain
That’s my lover
The final curtain
There’s no other
That’s for certain
Baby it’s the thing in you
It blows my mind
So near to me
It’s meant to be
I see the sign
Maybe it’s the thing in me
That just reminds you
The part of me that touches you
Suddenly blinds you
That’s my lover
The final curtain
There’s no other
That’s for certain
That’s my lover
The final curtain
There’s no other
That’s for certain
Emotions fill an ocean
A number nine love potion
Just like a locomotion
On the love train
Every boom goes boom
Every boom goes boom
In the afternoon
In the afternoon
Every bride and groom
Every bride and groom
In your own bedroom
In your own bedroom
I love only you
I love only you
I love only you
I love only you
That’s my lover
Final curtain
There’s no other
That’s for certain
That’s my lover
The final curtain
There’s no other
That’s for certain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
That’s my lover baby
That’s my lover
That’s my lover baby
That’s my lover
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

True Confessions Lyrics

I think of you periodically

Underneath those city lights

Do you ever think of me

In the midst of sleepless nights

I think of you from time to time

You could always make me laugh, ha, ha

Baby you’re still on my mind

I still have your photograph

True confession

True confession

True confession

I think of you on winter nights

Underneath the quarter moon

Kisses tender, in the night

From my Parisian hotel room

I think of you and what you said

And then I go out onto the streets

You keep rollin’ around my head

Like a magnum that repeats

True confession

Passing slowly home from work

People think I’m in a dream

Passing slowly down the block

Breathing out the winter steam

Put the key inside the lock

Taking off my leather gloves

Hear the tick-tock of the clock

Darling you’re my, my one,

my one true love

True confession

New York Skyline Lyrics

Baby Jean
Vaudeville queen
She love to ragtime in the night
I know I?m gonna miss my baby Jean
Cause she treats me oh so right
But the New York Skyline
It?s calling me home tonight
Female, feline, feminine,
She?s been making my world so bright
Hindsight, foresight
Sometimes we?ve got no sight at all
New love, true love
Sometimes we?ve got no love at all
But the New York Skyline it?s
Calling me home tonight
Female, feline, feminine,
She?s been making my world so bright
New York Skyline, New York Skyline
I can see those city lights
And I can feel those neon signs
Bright lights, big city
Well it must be modern times
Yes it must be modern times
Well it must be modern times

Boys and Girls Lyrics

Boys and girls
Welcome to your world
How you find your vision
Where you get your wisdom
Everything you’re feeling
All you are revealing
All your friends and lovers
Lead you to discover
They won’t turn their back on you

Boys and girls
We’ve got to find a future in this world
Boys and girls
We’ve got to find a future in this world

Ordinary people
Extraordinary people
Some will come between us
Some will be deceivers
But even as we speak of
There will be believers
They won’t turn their back on you

Hey, hey, well, well
I don’t know what the morrow brings
Hey, hey, well, well
You looked into the future
And you don’t know what it is
And you don’t know what it is
You looked into the future
And you don’t know what it is
And you don’t know what it is

Hey, hey, well, well
I don’t know what tomorrow brings
Hey, hey, well, well
You looked into the mirror
And you don’t know who it is
And you don’t know who it is

Boys and girls
Welcome to your world

How you find your vision
Where you get your wisdom
Everything you’re feeling
All you are concealing
May all your friends and lovers
Lead you to discover
They won’t turn their back on you

Boys and girls
We’ve got to find a future in this world
Boys and girls
We’ve got to find a future in this world
Boys and girls
We’ve got to find a future in this world
Boys and girls

Ghost Writer Lyrics

Oh I used to stay up every night

I be so all alone

In my hand my trusty pen

I work it to the bone

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer

Everybody thinks I’m doing fine

Ghost writer, writer, writer

I’m gonna lay you down a line

I used to live down on Ludlow Street 1964

Then I was so innocent

But now I know the score

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer

That’s what they call me by name

Ghost writer, writer, writer

For fortune and for fame

We got Shakespeare, Spencer,

Sydney too

We all know what they do

I’m a poet of a kind

I know that you are too

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer

Just tryina’ make my way

Ghost writer, writer, writer

I’m gonna lay one down today

We got Chaplin with his funny face

Jolson with his mask

Movie stars all in a race

I’m going to Hollywood at last

Ghost writer, writer

Like a phantom on the trail

Ghost writer, writer, writer

Yesterday I paid back all of my bail

I got buffaloed down on Barrow Street

Everybody knows it’s true

Now I’m standing on my two feet

You’re with me and I’m with you

Ghost writer, writer

I’m a New York city son

Ghost writer, writer, writer

Just tryna’ have my fun

I’ve been writing down these old stories now

For ’bout eighteen years or so

People are startin’ to call me a genius

I gotta’ tell ’em no, no, no, no

Ghost writer, writer

Tell me what do you have to do

Ghost writer, writer, writer, writer

To get your story through

Livin' For Me Lyrics

I’ve been caught in a battle

Between love and hate

And all my friends

They tell me

It’s just my emotional state

But I know there’s a difference

Between love and war

‘Cause I am a first class veteran

And I been here once or twice before

I’m not livin’ for you baby

I’m livin’ for me

The wound it cuts so deep

And the hurt takes long to heal

And poets sing sweet the rhapsody

Everybody can feel

And lovers they will make-up

They will break-up they will make-up again

Some become such enemies

And some become such very best friends

I’m not livin’ for you baby

I’m livin’ for me

My love I got so much emotion

I’ll bet you know what it’s like

My tears could fill up the ocean

Gonna’ cut some loose like Wilhelm Reich

I’m not livin’ for you

I’m livin’ for me

Afrodiziak Lyrics

Baby, say you wanna spend the time
Say you wanna soon be mine
You say you wanna love divine

Ah, baby, you say you’re gonna cross the line
You say you wanna pass some time
You say you want a love divine

Tempest in a B-cup fillin’ me up
No jive talkin’ gonna beam me up
Movin’ round walkin’ in your wonderbra
Mojo working on a love bizarre
Afrodiziak, afrodiziak
Oh, oh, oh afrodiziak
Here we are together on a Saturday night
What you gonna do with your sex drive
Earthquake weather better hold on tight
Now or never this is sexual, sexual
Don’t forget to wear your new umbrella
And don’t forget to wear your raincoat baby
Afrodiziak, afrodiziak Afrodiziak, Afrodiziak oh, oh ,oh, baby

Baby, you say you wanna spend some time
You say you wanna soon be mine
You say you wanna cross the line
Oh, honey, you say you wanna pass the time
You say you wanna spend some time
You say you want a love divine

Make sure baby ‘fore you get undressed
Make sure baby got a love expressed
Make sure baby’fore you reach the crest
More than ever this is sex-sex-sexual
And don’t forget to wear your new umbrella
And don’t forget to wear your raincoat baby

Afrodiziak, afrodiziak
Afrodiziak, afrodiziak, oh, oh, oh
Baby

Baby, you say you wanna spend some time
You say you wanna pass the time
You say you wanna cross the line, oh, oh
Oh, honey, you say you wanna spend the time
You say you’re gonna soon be mine
You say you want a love divine
Afrodiziak

35 Millimeter Dreams Lyrics

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

And Greta Garbo’s here

Queen of the movie queens

She’s playin’ hard to get

She wants her tea and her toast

She hasn’t got none yet

She just flew in from the coast

But she loves Broadway best

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

John Garfield cries out loud

And Humphrey Bogart smiles

Bette Davis she weeps

She plays the pure white slave

There goes her Rolls Royce car

Her loyal fans all wave

Here comes a full blown star

But Brando’s still the rave

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

Bump into Orson Welles

Everybody says he’s workin’ on his script

They say it’s rated X

Mae West will never tell

It’s starring Cary Grant

And Valentino’s vamps

And Charlie Chaplin’s tramps

And Jolie Jolson he chants

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

Wet Money Lyrics

Walkin’ under Jones Walk
We’re gonna drop the dip
‘Cause she’s my giddy-up girl
Walkin’ on the asphalt
We’re steppin’ off the stroll
I’m with my giddy-up girl
Doin’ up a double whirl
Invention is a mother
She’s my lover of pearl
Walkin’ on a double fault
We’re gonna chalk a line
On the catwalk

Wet money
That’s what they say
Wet money
But love is not a cliche
Wet money
Sometimes it feels like braille
Wet money
But this love is not for sale

Talkin’ up a blue streak
We’re on the gravity train
And we’re travelin’ through the rain
Bumpin’ up a cup a Neptune
We’re in a rush
Don’t wanna crush that dream
Turnin’ on your searchlight
And let the world come in
And then accentuate the highlight
And let a mermaid bite
And when the mood is right
You gotta let the mermaid in, let your mermaid in
Now let her in

Wet money
And that’s what they say
Wet money
But love is not a cliche
Wet money
Sometimes it’s just like braille
Wet money
But our love is not for sale

Treat your love just like a symphony
Treat your love just like a rhapsody
Treat your love just like it’s meant to be
And let your mermaid in, let your mermaid in
Now let her in
This love is not for sale
This love is more than gold
This love is not for sale
This love is more than gold

Wet money
And that’s what they say
Wet money
But love is not a cliche
Wet money
Sometimes it’s just like braille

Wet money
But our love is not for sale

Sexuality Lyrics

Caught up in the rapture
Baby you're my capture
You're the gangster
And I'm your prisoner
Sexuality, sexuality
Mouth to mouth
Cheek to cheek
Baby you're my loving
And I cannot speak
Sexuality, sexuality
Sexuality, sexuality
And I want to believe you
And I want to receive you
And you want to believe me
And you want to receive me
Sexuality, sexuality
Sexuality, sexuality
Sexuality, sexuality
Sexuality, sexuality

Truth Serum Lyrics

Truth serum
Pour that liquid
Down a man’s throat
Truth serum
Get it down so fast
And that’s all she wrote
Truth serum
Sleepin’ up on the rooftop
There he go
Truth serum
Layin’ out on the corner
Bottle in his coat
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies
Lie, lies, lies, lies and alibis
Still don’t hear no truth
Lies and honesty
Take your choice
Your voice in the voting booth
Talkin’ bout alcohol
Ooh-hoo truth serum
Pour that liquid down a man’s throat
Truth truth truth serum
Bring it down so fast
And that’s all she wrote
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, more lies
More lies and alibis
Pour that liquid
Let it seep into his body so fast
Pour it all over his coat
That’s all she wrote
That’s all she wrote
Truth serum
Truth serum
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Truth serum

Ghost of a Chance Lyrics

They didn’t have a ghost of a chance

When they started this new romance

She had the heart of a Siamese cat

And he played the part of an acrobat

He was always so illusive

Whirling dervish in a trance

She compulsively intrusive

Didn’t like his batting stance

Ghost of a chance

Ghost of a chance

They didn’t have the slightest notion

How to fix up a bad situation

She relied on her old religion

He believed in reincarnation

When it came to love and sex

He was a fan of the quick sensation

Carbon copy of his ex

Masochistic love and sdex

They were both two nervous wrecks.

Ghost of a chance

Ghost of a chance

Everybody’s got the craze

Crazy for a true romance

In this so-called modern age

We could use a second chance

Ghost of a chance

Ghost of a chance

Ghost of a

Ghost of a chance

Is This The Real World Lyrics

Dry your eyes

Wipe away your tears

Blue your skies

Blues will disappear

Time and a dozen quarters

Will get you on a subway train

And the still waters

You don’t have to explain

It’s a new day

Coming round

New day

Comin’ to your town

Count your way to ten

Who knows where and

Who knows when

Is this the real world

Is this the real world

Is this the real world

First you’re blue

And then you’re here anew

World went through

In jubilation crew

Time and a dozen quarters

Will get you on a subway train

And the still waters

You don’t have to explain

It’s a new day

Coming round

New day

Comin’ to your town

Count your way to ten

Who knows where and

Who knows when

Is this the real world

Is this the real world

Is this the real world

Is this the real world

Is this the real world

Is this the real world

I can’t be your optimist

I won’t be your pessimist

When you live in a world like this

Something’s gotta pull you through

Is this the real world

Ship of Fools Lyrics

I’m sailin’ away

On the ship of fools

In this cafe

I’m gonna’ sing the blues

Some folks say that I’m here for them

That I’m here for you

But I’m here for me

And that’s true

On the ship of fools

My friends they lied

Behind my back

New ones come

I’m so confused

My mind’s made up

I won’t compromise

I’m all mixed up

And my eyes can’t see the truth

On the ship of fools

I know I’ve been here once before

Gonna’ see that ship again

From whence I don’t know when

I’m caught up here again

On the ship of fools

I may be right and I may be wrong

But right or wrong

You can bet that I’m gonna’ be

Strong, strong, strong

On the ship of fools

Streetwise Lyrics

All my relatives have gone

To their peaceful resting place

I’ve been left here to carry on

To do what’s right

Leave a smile on your face

And one thing my father said

I looked into his eyes

Then he turned his head and he said

You gotta be streetwise

See my little child she’s walking down the street

Coming home from school

Not knowing what kind of crazy fool she’s gonna meet

Some distraction happenin’ from the other side

Suddenly a man pulls up

And asks her if she wants to go for a little ride

And when I think of what my father said

Caught me by surprise

I looked up at him and he said

You gotta be streetwise

And when you’re out there on your own

In a crowd or all alone

You gotta be smart you gotta be tough

Cause it’s on the rise

And streetwise sometimes it ain’t enough

Black president on the White House lawn

I remember when there were two black jockeys there

When I was born

Now lock your cars shut your doors

And close your gate

Mind yourself you cannot ever try to hesitate

And when you’re working for the president of the United States

All you Secret Service guys

You gotta be streetwise

You gotta be streetwise

Bad Dream Lyrics

Everybody keeps puttin’ him down

Sayin’ this and a sayin’ that

Spreadin’ little rumors

Like the talk of the town

Talkin’ in shadows

Behind his back

But soon some day

They will say

I knew him well and I knew him when

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

One by one they stand in line

Open up their eyes to see

Two by two they find the time

Shake your hands

“Say hey can you use me?”

Soon some day

They will say

I knew him well and I knew him when

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

Soon come some day

Spanish Town Lyrics

Oh signorita
When the evening sun go down
I come to serenade you
From another part of town.

Rafaella is my mother's name.
She loves her Juan Jose
My mother is a matriarch
Oh what more can I say
Together they raised three children
Mario Carmen and Ray
They live near de Janeiro
on Mona da Vinci Bay

I'm gonna eat my rice and beans
I'm gonna suck on a chili dog
Way down in Spanish Town
In the Spanish fog

Oh I love you to meet my friend Don Juan
He loves to play the mandolin
Signoritas they gather 'round'
Cause they think that he's a Mexican
But I know so much better
I'm holding here the proof
Don Juan is a gringo boy
He's not telling us the truth

But he loves his rice and beans
He's gonna suck on a chili dog
Way down in SpanishTown
In a Spanish fog

I love you to meet Margarita

Margarita she is calling me
And I love to hear my name
Out the lights and bring on the wine
It's Fiesta time again
You know I love my Portugal
'cause she shows me what to do
All the roads lead to Mexico , Mexico, Mehico, Mexico,
Mehico
but they bring me back to you

She's gonna eat her rice and beans
She's gonna suck on a chili dog
Way down in Spanish Town
In the Spanish fog

Revolution is in the street
I can feel it in my blood
I can see Allende still crying out
But they nip him at the bud
Oh they're talking in the alleys
of Old San Juan, Old San Juan
All the soldiers gonna walk the trail
Big sombreros see them everywhere
Zapata lands in jail

Ain't gonna eat no rice and beans
Ain't gonna suck on nobody's chili dog
Way down in SpanishTown
In a Spanish fog
Way down in Spanish Town

Lift Me Up Lyrics

I'm the restless child
Of the underground
And I met a lot of people
Tryin' to keep me down

Oh, step by step
Your love is gonna lift me
Step by step, higher and higher
Step by step
Your love is gonna life me, higher

Lift me up, higher and higher
Lift me up off of my knees
Lift me up, higher and higher
Lift me up I'm begging you please

Down so long like the underdog
Oh no, no but you'll never
Never find me in the L.A. fog

I say step by step
Your love is gonna lift me
Step by step, higher and higher
Step by step
Your love is gonna lift me, higher

Lift me up, higher and higher
Lift me up off of my knees
Lift me up, higher and higher
Lift me up I'm begging you please

Oh, step by step
Your love is gonna lift me
Step by step, higher and higher
Step by step
Your love is gonna lift me, higher

Scream In The Night Lyrics

Well I’m a walkin’ down Hollywood Boulevard

Man it’s the strangest place

I just seen a Roman Polanski movie

He’s got the strangest taste

It was made in Black and White

And the plot moves along so right

Everything is quiet here in Beverly Hills

Suddenly a Scream In The Night

I hear a Scream In The Night

Oh I hear a Scream In The Night

I said

I hear somebody a cryin’

Oh I hear a Scream In The Night

I miss New York City baby

I miss “The Sheik” and Spanish Joe

Violence it ain’t so pretty

But that’s the place to go

For a Scream In The Night

Scream In The Night, oh

I hear a Scream In The Night

Scream In The Night

Everybody hears what they wanna’ hear

But I hear a Scream In The Night

Ooo-Ooo such a Scream In The Night

Ooo-Ooo such a Scream In The Night

Ooo-Ooo such a Scream In The Night

Ooo baby a lot a screamin’ tonight

Shake it shake it baby down

Just don’t break it

I’m gonna’ rip it up on

Saturday night

Ready Teddy to a ready

rock and roll

My baby’s on the case

And she’s right

Everybody Scream In The Night

Scream In The Night, oh

Scream In The Night

Scream In The Night

Everybody fears what they wanna’ fear

And I fear a Scream In The Night

Graveyard Rock Lyrics

They carried him away

In a Cadillac hearse

And what was worse

They showed no mercy

I remember that day

When he had the curse

After chapter and verse

He died an alcoholic

Graveyard rock

That’s what they call it in the neighborhood

Graveyard rock

That’s what they call it on the block

Graveyard rock

I bet you really never thought he would

Graveyard rock

I hear the ticking of the clock

It was so tragic

Another painful story

And just a-like magic

Out the 21st story

They say the deed was done

A when they sealed that coffin

It happened quite often

In the crash of ’80 of ’81

Graveyard rock

Mash it up

Now there was no glory

No ceremony

His epitaph told me

He was no phony

They buried that casket

It went six feet under

And rain nor thunder

Can hide nor mask it

There ain’t no laughter

No hereafter

There ain’t no big fun

In the crash of ’80 of ’81

Modern Lovers Lyrics

You gave me a red heart

On Valentine’s Day

You called me sweetheart

What more could you say

If that’s not loving

I don’t know of any other way

If that’s not loving

Well, then it must be a one-act play

Modern lovers, modern times

Times gettin’ tougher but

love’s not blind, no, no, no

Modern lovers, with their modern ways

So contemporary,

modern lovers

You gave me a big kiss

You were so sincere

I really couldn’t resist

When you held me near

If that’s not loving

Well then I’m not a man

If that’s not loving

Well, then we better

get a better understanding

Modern lovers, modern times

Times gettin’ tougher but

my love’s not blind, no, no, no

Modern lovers, with their

modern ways

So contemporary, modern lovers

L.O.V.E.R.S

One-Eyed Jack Lyrics

Here comes the One-Eyed Jack

So cool, he says he on the case

He loves the Queen of Hearts

The fool, she loves his friend, the Ace

She’s been working for a royal flush

She says she likes it plush

She says she’s in a rush

Fortunately she’s got two deuces wild

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here comes the Ace of Spades

Deep down you know he holds the trump

He says he’s got it made

Too bad you fold into a slump

You’re just a One-Eyed Jack

Sometimes White and sometimes Black

You say the cards are stacked

Unfortunately you’re caught between

diamonds and clubs

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here he comes

Here comes the One-Eyed Jack

He loves the Queen of Hearts

She loves the Ace of Spades

oh, no

The Ace he’s got it made

too bad

I'm Alive Lyrics

I strolled on down to the valley of death

I met the angel and the devil’s breath

I can tell you I was not alone

It was me and myself, and the bright lights on

Yes, yes, yes it ain’t no jive

Grateful I’m here and still alive

I stumbled all along my path

But I took down notes and I photographed

I’m Alive, I’m Alive, I’m Alive

I continue to tell you my story

Chapter and verse I did reverse the hearse

Now I’m standing here basking in the glory

Life can be a curse of pride and purgatory

But I didn’t do no crime

Shouldn’t have to do no time

Could be standing here between the judge and jury

Hanging from a loose noose like a serpentine

I’m Alive, I’m Alive, I’m Alive, not dead

Soldiers to the left

Soldiers to the right

Ain’t no reason

Is this treason or just the season

Not dead I’m Alive, I’m Alive, I’m Alive, not dead, I’m Alive, I’m Alive

I’m going for the sublime this time

Between the Divine and the humankind

I’m Alive, I’m Alive, I’m Alive, I’m Alive

Soldiers to the left,

Soldiers to the right

Ain’t no reason

Is this treason or hunting season

I’m Alive, I’m Alive, I’m Alive, I’m Alive

Bring Back The Love Lyrics

I can’t get no sleep

I got heartaches by the number

I keep countin’ sheep

Thinkin’ that you’ll be home

Wishin’ you were here

Postcard from Jamaica

My eye cry real tear

Yes I am so alone

Bring back the love, bring it on back

Bring back the love, bring it on back

Bring back your love, bring it on back

Bring back the love you have taken away from me

I can’t get no rest

I got nightmares in my slumber

I’ve give you my best

And all I get is bad dreams

Wishin’ you were here

I just received your letter

My days and nights

Are filled up with loneliness

Bring back the love, bring it on back

Bring back the love, bring it on back

Bring back your love, bring it on back

Bring back the love you have taken away from me