He was a most peculiar man
That's what Mrs. Reardon says, and she should know
She lived upstairs from him
She said he was a most peculiar man
He was a most peculiar man
He lived all alone within a house
Within a room, within himself
A most peculiar man
He had no friends, he seldom spoke
And no one in turn ever spoke to him
'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care
And he wasn't like them
Oh, no, he was a most peculiar man
He died last Saturday
He turned on the gas and he went to sleep
With the windows closed so he'd never wake up
To his silent world and his tiny room
And Mrs. Reardon says he has a brother somewhere
Who should be notified soon
And all the people said, "What a shame that he's dead
But wasn't he a most peculiar man?"
We met as soul mates On Parris Island We left as inmates From an asylum And we were sharp As sharp as knives And we were so gung ho To lay down our lives
We came in spastic Like tameless horses We left in plastic As numbered corpses And we learned fast To travel light Our arms were heavy But our bellies were tight
We had no home front We had no soft soap They sent us Playboy They gave us Bob Hope We dug in deep And shot on sight And prayed to Jesus Christ With all of our might
We had no cameras To shoot the landscape We passed the hash pipe And played our Doors tapes And it was dark So dark at night And we held on to each other Like brother to brother We promised our mothers we'd write And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together
Remember Charlie Remember Baker They left their childhood On every acre And who was wrong? And who was right? It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
We held the day In the palm Of our hand They ruled the night And the night Seemed to last as long as six weeks On Parris Island
We held the coastline They held the highlands And they were sharp As sharp as knives They heard the hum of our motors They counted the rotors And waited for us to arrive And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together
C'mon and hold me Just like you told me Then show me What I want to know
Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away Into the night I know it ain't right
Tease me, why don't you please me Then show me What you came here for
Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away
Into the night I know it ain't right Into the night babe Make it tonight, oh
I caught you glancing my way And I know what you're after (No second chances tonight)
Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away
Into the night I know it ain't right Into the night I know it ain't right Why don't we steal away I know it ain't right Into the night, babe Why don't we steal away Make it tonight Why don't we steal away
Sweet surrender on the quayside
You remember we used to run and hide
In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one time
And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline
Near misses on the dog leap stairways
French kisses in the darkened doorways
A foghorn blowing out wild and cold
A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder
Up comes a coaster fast and silent in the night
Over my shoulder all you can see are the pilot lights
No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn
Your hands are cold but your lips are warm
She can see him on the jetty where they used to go
She can feel him in the places where the sailors go
When she's walking by the river and the railway line
She can still hear him whisper, "Let's go down to the waterline"
Come on
C'mon and hold me Just like you told me Then show me What I want to know
Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away Into the night I know it ain't right
Tease me, why don't you please me Then show me What you came here for
Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away
Into the night I know it ain't right Into the night babe Make it tonight, oh
I caught you glancing my way And I know what you're after (No second chances tonight)
Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away Why don't we steal away
Into the night I know it ain't right Into the night I know it ain't right Why don't we steal away I know it ain't right Into the night, babe Why don't we steal away Make it tonight Why don't we steal away
Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood But I'm takin' a Greyhound on the Hudson River line I'm in a New York state of mind
I've seen all the movie stars In their fancy cars and their limousines Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens I know what I'm needin' And I don't want to waste more time I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy livin' day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, the Daily News
It comes down to reality And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide I don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside I don't have any reasons I left them all behind I'm in a New York state of mind Oh yeah
It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, the Daily News Who, oh, oh whoa who
It comes down to reality And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide I don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside I don't have any reasons I left them all behind I'm in a New York state of mind
I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line 'Cause I'm in a, I'm in a New York state of mind
You're looking kinda lonely girl Would you like someone new to talk to Ah-yeah, alright I'm feeling kinda lonely too If you don't mind, can I sit down here beside you Ah-yeah, alright
If I seem to come on too strong I hope that you will understand I say these things 'cause I'd like to know If you're as lonely as I am and if you mind
Sharing the night together, oh, yeah Sharing the night together, oh, yeah Sharing the night
We could bring in the morning, girl If you want to go that far And if tomorrow find us together Right here the way we are, would you mind
Sharing the night together, oh, yeah Sharing the night together, oh, yeah Sharing the night
Would you like to dance with me and hold me You know I want to be holding you Ah-yeah, alright 'Cause I like feeling like I do And I see in your eyes that you're liking it, I'm liking it too Ah yeah, alright
Like to get to know you better Is there a place where we can go Where we can be alone together And turn the lights down low
And start sharing the night together, oh, yeah Sharing the night together, oh, yeah Sharing the night together Sharing the night together
Sharing the night together Sharing the night together
Written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott
Performed by The Pretenders
Got brass in pocket
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it
Intention, I feel inventive
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Got motion, restrained emotion
Been driving, Detroit leaning
No reason, just seems so pleasing
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination
'Cause I'm gonna make you see
There's nobody else here, no one like me
I'm special (Special), so special (Special)
I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me
Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat
Got new skank, it's so reet
Got something I'm winking at you
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination
'Cause I'm gonna make you see
There's nobody else here, no one like me
I'm special (Special), so special (Special)
I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me
'Cause I'm gonna make you see
There's nobody else here, no one like me
I'm special (Special), so special (Special)
I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me
Give me a job, give me security
Give me a chance to survive
I'm just a poor soul in the unemployment line
My God, I'm hardly alive
My mother and father, my wife and my friends
You see them laugh in my face
But I've got the power, and I've got the will
I'm not a charity case
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my eye in the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
Make me an offer that I can't refuse
Make me respectable, man
This is my last time in the unemployment line
So like it or not, I'll take those
Long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my back to the wall
If it takes all night to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
Keeping my mind on a better life
When happiness is only a heartbeat away
Paradise, can it be all I heard it was?
I close my eyes and maybe I'm already there
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my back to the wall
All that to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
(You don't understand)
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my eye to the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just who I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar
Gotta be a blue collar-
Gonna be a blue collar man
I know just how to whisper And I know just how to cry I know just where to find the answers And I know just how to lie I know just how to fake it And I know just how to scheme I know just when to face the truth And then I know just when to dream
And I know just where to touch you And I know just what to prove I know when to pull you closer And I know when to let you loose And I know the night is fading And I know the time's gonna fly And I'm never gonna tell you Everything I gotta tell you But I know I gotta give it a try
And I know the roads to riches And I know the ways to fame I know all the rules And I know how to break 'em And I always know the name of the game
But I don't know how to leave you And I'll never let you fall And I don't know how you do it Making love out of nothing at all
Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all
Everytime I see you all the rays of the sun Are streaming through the waves in your hair And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes Like a spotlight
The beating of my heart is a drum and it's lost And it's looking for a rhythm like you You can take the darkness from the pit of the night And turn into a beacon burning endlessly bright
I've gotta follow it 'cause everything I know Well it's nothing till I give it to you
I can make the runner stumble I can make the final block And I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle I can make all the stadiums rock I can make tonight forever Or I can make it disappear by the dawn I can make you every promise that has ever been made I can make all your demons be gone
But I'm never gonna make it without you Do you really want to see me crawl And I'm never gonna make it like you do Making love out of nothing at all
Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all Making love, Out of nothing at all
Lady, when you’re with me I’m smiling Give me all your love Your hands build me up when I’m sinking Touch me and my troubles all fade. Lady from the moment I saw you Standing all alone You gave all the love that I needed So shy like a child who had grown
You’re my lady of the morning Love shines in your eyes Sparkling clear and lovely You’re my lady
Lady turns me on when I’m lonely Show me all your charms Evenings when you lay down beside me Take me gently into your arms
You’re my lady of the morning Love shines in your eyes Sparkling clear and lovely You’re my lady
Lady of the morning Love shines in your eyes Sparkling clear and lovely You’re my...LADY!
Babe, I'm leaving I must be on my way The time is drawing near My train is going I see it in your eyes The love, the need, your tears
But I'll be lonely without you And I'll need your love to see me through So please believe me My heart is in your hands And I'll be missing you
'Cause you know it's you, Babe Whenever I get weary And I've had enough Feel like giving up You know it's you, Babe Giving me the courage And the strength I need Please believe that it's true Babe, I love you
You know it's you, Babe Whenever I get weary And I've had enough Feel like giving up You know it's you, Babe Giving me the courage And the strength I need Please believe that it's true Babe, I love you
Babe, I'm leaving I'll say it once again And somehow try to smile I know the feeling We're trying to forget If only for a while
'Cause I'll be lonely without you And I'll need your love to see me through Please believe me My heart is in your hands 'Cause I'll be missing you
You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on
I just need your body, baby, from dusk 'til dawn
You don't need experience to turn me out
You just leave it all up to me, I'm gonna show you what it's all about
You don't have to be rich to be my girl
You don't have to be cool to rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss
You got to not talk dirty, baby, if you wanna impress me
You can't be too flirty, mama, I know how to undress me, yeah
I want to be your fantasy, maybe you could be mine
You just leave it all up to me, we could have a good time, oh
You don't have to be rich to be my girl
You don't have to be cool to rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss
Women, not girls, rule my world, I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama, not your shoe size, maybe we could do the twirl
You don't have to watch “Dynasty” to have an attitude, uh
You just leave it all up to me, my love will be your food
Yeah, you don't have to be rich to be my girl
You don't have to be cool to rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss
Written by Martha Sharron, Gary Paul Skardina and Stephen Mitchel
Performed by The Pointer Sisters
Your eyes tell me how you want me I can feel it in your heart beat I know you like what you see
Hold me, I'll give you all that you need Wrap your love around me You're so excited, I can feel you Getting hotter, oh baby
I'll take you down, I'll take you down Where no one's ever gone before And if you want more If you want more, more, more
Then jump For my love Jump in And feel my touch Jump, if you want to taste my kisses in the night then Jump (jump) for my love
Jump I know my heart can make you happy Jump in You know these arms can feel you up Jump if you want to taste my kisses in the night then Jump (jump) for my love
You told me, I'm the only woman for you Nobody does you like I do Then make a move before you try and go much further Oh baby
You are the one, you are the one And Heaven waits here at my door And if you want more If you want more, more, more
Then jump For my love Jump in And feel my touch Jump, if you want to taste my kisses in the night then Jump (jump) for my love
Jump I know my heart can make you happy Jump in You know these arms can feel you up Jump, if you want to taste my kisses in the night then Jump (jump) for my love
When you are next to me Oh, I come alive Your love burns inside Oh, it feels so right Come to me if you want me tonight
Jump Jump in If you want to taste my kisses in the night, then Jump, jump, jump You know my heart can make you happy You know these arms can feel you up If you want to taste my kisses in the night, then Jump, jump for my love
Come on and jump on in (Jump) You know I need you (Jump in)
I gotta have you, yeah (Jump, jump for my love) I got to, I got to, yeah Yeah, yeah (Jump) Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh yeah
C'mon and jump (Jump, for my love) Oh, yeah Ooh, baby Oh, baby yeah, yeah, yeah You know I gotta jump (Jump, jump, for my love)
How can I explain When there are few words I can choose How can I explain When words get broken
Do you remember There was a time ahaha When people on the street Were walking hand in hand in hand They used to talk about the weather Making plans together Days would last forever
Come to me, cover me, hold me Together we'll break these chains of love Don't give up, don't give up now Together with me and my baby Break the chains of love
Do you remember Once upon a time ahaha When there were open doors An invitation to the world We were falling in and out with lovers Looking out for others Our sisters and our brothers
Come to me, cover me, hold me Together we'll break these chains of love Don't give up, don't give up now Together with me and my baby Break the chains of love Together we'll break these chains of love
How can I explain When there are few words I can choose How can I explain When words get broken
We used to talk about the weather Making plans together Days would last forever
Come to me, cover me, hold me Together we'll break these chains of love Don't give up, don't give up now Together with me and my baby Break the chains of love Together we'll break these chains of love
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You've been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
(Let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you before it's too late
I had a friend, was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool, boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
Glory days
Well, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
Alright
Well, there's a girl that lives up the block
Back in school, she could turn all the boy's heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by and have a few drinks
After she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby, well, they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times
She says when she feels like crying
She starts laughing thinking 'bout
Glory days
They'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
rock it now
Think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm gonna drink 'til I get my fill
And I hope when I get old, I don't sit around thinking about it
But I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back
Trying to recapture a little of the glory of
Well, the time slips away
Leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of
Glory days
Yeah, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
Well, they'll pass you by, glory days
In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days
Glory days
Well, alright, ooh yeah
Well, alright (alright)
Come on now (oh, yeah)
Well, alright (it's alright)
Ooh, yeah (oh, yeah)
Alright (alright)
Come on now (oh, yeah)
Woo-hoo (alright)
Woo-hoo (oh, yeah)
Woo-hoo (alright)
Woo-hoo (alright)
Alright, boys, keep it rockin' now
Keep on goin'
We're goin' for home now
Bring it home, yeah
Bring it home, oh, oh-oh
Alright, well, alright
Well alright, well alright
Well alright, well alright
Alright, alright, let's go
I've had enough of danger
And people on the streets
I'm looking out for angels
Just trying to find some peace
Now I think it's time
That you let me know
So if you love me, say you love me
But if you don't then just let me go
'Cause teacher
There are things that I don't want to learn
Oh, the last one I had
Made me cry
So I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because it ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Whose teacher has told him good-bye
Told him good-bye
When you were just a stranger
And I was at your feet
I didn't feel the danger
Now I feel the heat
That look in your eyes
Is telling me no
So you think that you need me
That you'll never leave me
I know you're wrong
I wrote the song
Just let me go
'Cause teacher
There are things
That I still have to learn
But the one thing I had
Is my pride
So I don't want to learn to
Hold you, touch you
Think that you're mine
Because it ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Just as I'm willing to try
I'm so cold inside
I'm just not willing to try
Just one more try
I said maybe just one more try
Is it gonna be better baby?
Just one more try
I said maybe just one more try
Hmm, maybe just one more try, oh
(Thank you)
Shadows
Now curtain the moon
But faith swears
It will shine again soon
Shine with love
You've been hiding from me
Your kiss
Has hindered my day
A longing
That won't go away
You just keep knocking
And waking my heart
Like daylight chasing the dark
I can exist being caught by your kiss
Willingly
Or grant you control
Of my body and soul
Ask it and so it shall be
Shadows
Now curtain the moon
Still faith swears
It will shine again soon
Shine with love
You've been hiding from me
With that love
You've been hiding from me
I can exist being caught by your kiss
Willingly
Or grant you control
Of my body and soul
Ask it and so it shall be
Ask it and so it shall be
Let me tell you a secret Put it in your heart and keep it Something that I want you to know Do something for me Listen to my simple story And maybe we'll have something to show
You tell me you're cold on the inside How can the outside world Be a place that your heart can embrace Be good to yourself 'Cause nobody else Has the power to make you happy
How can I help you? Please let me try to I can heal the pain That you're feeling inside Whenever you want me You know that I will be Waiting for the day That you say you'll be mine
He must have really hurt you To make you say the things that you do He must have really hurt you To make those pretty eyes look so blue
He must have known That he could That you'd never leave him Now you can't see my love is good And that I'm not him
How can I help you? Please let me try to I can heal the pain Don't you let me inside? Whenever you want me You know that I will be Waiting for the day That you say you'll be mine
Won't you let me in Let this love begin Won't you show me your heart now I'll be good to you I can make this thing true Show me that heart right now
Who needs a lover That can't be a friend Something tells me I'm the one you've been looking for Oh, if you ever should see him again Won't you tell him you've found someone who gives you more Someone who will protect you Love and respect you All those things That he never could bring to you Like I do Or rather I would Won't you show me your heart Like you should
How can I help you? Please let me try to I can heal the pain That you're feeling inside? Whenever you want me You know that I will be Waiting for the day That you say you'll be mine
Won't you let me in Let this love begin Won't you show me your heart now I'll be good to you I can make this thing true And get to your heart somehow
Splish-splash, I was taking a bath
Long about a Saturday night, yeah
Rub dub, just relaxin' in the tub
Thinkin' everything was alright
Well, I stepped out the tub, put my feet on the floor
I wrapped the towel 'round me, and I opened the door
And then a splish-splash, I jumped back in the bath
Well, how was I to know there was a party going on?
They was a-splishin' and a-splashin', reelin' with the
feelin'
Movin' and a-groovin', rockin' and a-rollin', yeah
Bing-bang, I saw the whole gang
Dancin' on my living room rug, yeah
Flip flop, they was doing the bop
All the teens had the dancin' bug
There was Lollipop with-a Peggy Sue
Good golly, Miss Molly was-a even there, too
A-well-a, splish splash, forgot about the bath
I went and put my dancin' shoes on, yeah
I was a rollin' and a-strollin', reelin' with the feelin'
Movin' and a-groovin', splishin' and a-splashin', yeah
Yes, I was a-splishin' and a-splashin'
I was a-rollin' and a-strollin'
Hey, I was a-movin' and a-groovin'
Whoo, we was a-reelin' with the feelin', huh
It was a-rollin' and a-strollin', movin' with the groovin'
Splish-splash, yeah
Mmm, splishin' and a-splashin', one time
I was a-splishin' and a-splashin', woo-wee
I was a-movin' and a-groovin', yeah
I was a-splishin' and a-splashin', huh
Yeah-yeah-yeah
