On Every Street

[Chorus]

Calling Elvis - is anybody home

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

Did he leave the building

Or can he come to the phone

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

[Verse 1]

Well tell him I was calling just to wish him well

Let me leave my number - heartbreak hotel

Oh love me tender - baby don't be cruel

Return to sender - treat me like a fool

[Chorus]

Calling Elvis - is anybody home

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

Did he leave the building

Or can he come to the phone

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

[Verse 2]

Why don't you go get him - I'm his biggest fan

You gotta tell him - he's still the man

Long distance baby - so far from home

Don't you think maybe you could put him on

[Verse 1]

Tell him I was calling just to wish him well

Let me leave my number - heartbreak hotel

Oh love me tender - baby don't be cruel

Return to sender - treat me like a fool

[Chorus]

Calling Elvis - is anybody home

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

Did he leave the building

Or can he come to the phone

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

Calling Elvis - is anybody home

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

Did he leave the building

Or can he come to the phone

Calling Elvis - I'm here all alone

[Instrumental outro 2:53-6:23]

[Verse]

There's gotta be a record of you someplace

You gotta be on somebody's books

The lowdown a picture of your face

Your injured looks

The sacred and profane

The pleasure and the pain

Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete

And it's your face I'm looking for on every street

A ladykiller regulation tattoo

Silver spurs on his heels

Says "What can I tell you as I'm standing next to you"

She threw herself under my wheels

Oh it's a dangerous road

And a hazardous load

And the fireworks over liberty explode in the heat

And it's your face I'm looking for on every street

A three-chord symphony crashes into space

The moon is hanging upside down

I don't know why it is I'm still on the case

It's a ravenous town

And you still refuse to be traced

Seems to me such a waste

And every victory has a taste that's bittersweet

And it's your face I'm looking for on every street

Yeah it's your face I'm looking for on every street

[Instrumental outro 2:47-5:01]

[Verse 1]

If we can't get along we oughta be apart

And I'm wondering where'd you get that cold, cold heart

Set me free - sign my release

I'm tired of being the villain of the peace

[Chorus]

You been giving me a bad time

Tell me what I'd do

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

Sayin' things that you didn't have to

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

[Verse 2]

You only get one life - this I know

I wanna get my licks in now before I go

The fire of love is dead and cold

I gotta satisfy the hunger in my soul

[Chorus]

You been giving me a bad time

Tell me what I'd do

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

Sayin' things that you didn't have to

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

If we can't get along we oughta be apart

And I'm wondering where'd you get that cold, cold heart

Set me free - sign my release

I'm tired of being the villain of the peace

[Chorus]

You been giving me a bad time

Tell me what I'd do

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

Sayin' things that you didn't have to

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

How come I always get a hard time

Honey when it comes to you

[Verse 1]

Well I wonder where you are tonight

You're probably on the rampage somewhere

You have been known to take delight

In getting in somebody's hair

And you always had the knack

Fade to black

[Verse 2]

Bet you already made a pass

I see a darkened room somewhere

You run your finger round the rim of his glass

Run your fingers through his hair

They scratch across his back

Fade to black

[Verse 3]

Well maybe it's all for the best

But I wish I'd never been lassooed

And maybe it's some kind of test

But I wish I'd never been tattooed

Or been to hell and back

Fade to black

[Verse 1]

Well, it's a strange old game--you learn it slow

One step forward and it's back to go

You're standing on the throttle, you're standing on the brakes

In the groove 'til you make a mistake

[Chorus]

Sometime-a you're the windshield

Sometime-a you're the bug

Sometime it all come together, baby

Sometime-a you're a fool in love

Sometime-a you're the Louisville Slugger, baby

Sometime-a you're the ball

Sometime it all come together, baby

Sometime you're gonna lose it all

Groovy

(Groovy)

(Groovy)

[Verse 2]

You gotta know happy--you gotta know glad

Because you're gonna know lonely and you're gonna know bad

When you're rippin' and a-ridin'

And you're coming on strong

You start a-slippin' and a-slidin'

And it all go wrong, because

[Chorus]

Sometime-a you're the windshield

Sometime-a you're the bug

Sometime it all come together, baby

Sometime-a you're a fool in love

Sometime-a you're the Louisville Slugger, baby

Sometime-a you're the ball

Sometime it all come together

Sometime you're gonna lose it all

Groovy

(Groovy)

And again, groovy

(Groovy)

Break down

[Verse 3]

One day you got the glory, then you got none

One day you're a diamond and then you're a stone

Everything can change in the blink of an eye

So let the good time roll before we say goodbye

[Chorus]

Sometime-a you're the windshield

Sometime-a you're the bug, yeah

Sometime it all come together, baby

Sometime-a you're a fool in love

Sometime-a you're the Louisville Slugger, baby

Sometime-a you're the ball

Sometime it all come together, baby

Sometime you're gonna lose it all

I said

Sometime-a you're the windshield

Sometime-a you're the bug

Sometime it all come together, baby

Sometime-a you're a fool in love

Sometime-a you're the Louisville Slugger, baby

Sometime-a you're the ball

Sometime it all come together, baby

Sometime you're gonna lose it all

Groovy

(Do the bug)

(Do the bug)

(The bug, yeah)

(The bug)

The bug

[Instrumental intro 0:00-1:03]

[Chorus]

Will you and your friend come around

Are you and your friend gonna get on down

Will you and your friend come around

Or are you and your friend gonna let me down

[Verse 1]

If you talk to one another

I'm a hungry man

Let me know one way or the other

So I can make my plans

[Chorus]

Will you and your friend come around

Are you and your friend gonna get on down

Will you and your friend come around

Or are you and your friend gonna let me down

[Verse 2]

I relive the situation

Still see in my mind

You got my imagination

Working overtime

Baby, baby

[instrumental outro 3:22-5:59]

[Verse 1]

Last time I was sober, man I felt bad

Worst hangover that I ever had

It took six hamburgers and scotch all night

Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right

[Chorus]

'Cause if you want to run cool

If you want to run cool

If you want to run cool, you got to run

On heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

[Verse 2]

My life makes perfect sense

Lust and food and violence

Sex and money are my major kicks

Get me in a fight, I like the dirty tricks

[Chorus]

'Cause if you want to run cool

If you want to run cool

If you want to run cool, you got to run

On heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

[Verse 3]

My chick loves a man who's strong

The things she'll do to turn me on

I love the babes, don't get me wrong

Hey, that's why I wrote this song

[Instrumental]

Yeah

[Verse 4]

I don't care if my liver is hanging by a thread

Don't care if my doctor says I ought to be dead

When my ugly big car won't a-climb this hill

I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill

[Chorus]

'Cause if you want to run cool

If you want to run cool

If you want to run cool, you got to run

On heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

[Outro]

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Yeah

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel

Heavy, heavy fuel...

10 ContributorsIron Hand LyricsThis song was inspired by the attack on the striking miners –as a part of the UK Miners' strike in the 1980's– by the South Yorkshire police, popularly known as the Battle of Orgreave, likening the mounted… Read More With all the clarity of dream

The sky so blue, the grass so green

The rank and file and the navy blue

The deep and strong, the straight and true

The blue line they got the given sign

The belts and boots marched forward in time

The wood and the leather the club and shield

Swept like a wave across the battlefield

Now with all the clarity of dream

The blood so red, the grass so green

The gleam of spur on the chestnut flank

The cavalry did burst upon the ranks

Oh the iron will and the iron hand

In England's green and pleasant land

No music for the shameful scene

That night they said it had even shocked the queen

Well alas we've seen it all before

Knights in armour, days of yore

The same old fears and the same old crimes

We haven't changed since ancient times

[Verse 1]

I can see what you're looking to find

In the smile on my face

In my peace of mind

In my state of grace

I send what I can

To the man from the ministry

He's a part of heaven's plan

And he talks to me

Now I send what I can to the man

With the diamond ring

He's a part of heaven's plan

And he sure can sing

Now it's all I can afford

But the lord has sent me eternity

It's to save the little children

In a poor country

[Chorus]

I got my ticket to heaven

And everlasting life

I got a ride all the way to paradise

I got my ticket to heaven

And everlasting life

All the way to paradise

[Verse 2]

Now there's nothing left for luxuries

Nothing left to pay my heating bill

But the good lord will provide

I know he will

So send what you can

To the man with the diamond ring

They're tuning in across the land

To hear him sing

[Chorus]

I got my ticket to heaven

And everlasting life

I got a ride all the way to paradise

I got my ticket to heaven

And everlasting life

All the way to paradise

All the way to paradise

[Verse 1]

Well, this is my back yard - my back gate

I hate to start my parties late

Here's the party cart - ain't that great?

That ain't the best part baby - just wait

That's a genuine weathervane - it moves with the breeze

Portable hammock honey - who needs trees?

[Refrain]

It's casual entertaining - we aim to please

[Chorus]

At my parties, alright

Uh-huh

[Verse 2]

Check out the shingles - it's brand new

Excuse me while I mingle - hi, how are you

Hey everybody - let me give you a toast

This one's for me - the host with the most

[Verse 3]

It's getting a trifle colder - step inside my home

That's a brass toilet tissue holder with its own telephone

That's a musical doorbell - it don't ring, I ain't kiddin'

It plays "America the Beautiful" and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"

Boy, this punch is a trip - it's OK in my book

Here, take a sip - maybe a little heavy on the fruit

Ah, here comes the dip - you may kiss the cook

Let me show you honey - it's easy - look

You take a fork and spike 'em - say, did you try these?

So glad you like 'em - the secret's in the cheese

[Refrain]

It's casual entertaining - we aim to please

[Chorus]

At my parties, alright

Uh-huh

At my parties, alright

Uh-huh

[Verse 4]

Now don't talk to me about the polar bear

Don't talk to me about the ozone layer

Ain't much of anything these days, even the air

They're running out of rhinos - what do I care?

Let's hear it for the dolphin - let's hear it for the trees

Ain't running out of nothing in my deep freeze

It's casual entertaining - we aim to please

[Outro]

At my parties, alright

Uh-huh

Do what you please

At my parties, alright

Uh-huh

Yeah, at my parties

You do what you please

At my parties, alright

Uh-huh

Oh yes, at my parties

Yeah, I thought you'd like that

Hmm that's nice

At my parties, alright

Uh-huh

Yeah, at my parties

Oh yeah, at my parties, alright

Uh-huh

You do what you please

At my parties

[Instrumental intro 0:00-1:32]

[Verse 1]

Standin' on the corner

Of Toulouse and Dauphin

Waitin' on Marie Ondine

I'm tryin' to place a tune

Under a Louisiana moonbeam

On the planet of New Orleans

In a bar they call the Saturn

And in her eyes of green

And somethin' that she said in a dream

Inside of my suit I got my mojo root

And a true love figurine

For the planet of New Orleans

[Chorus]

New Orleans

With other life upon it

And everythin' that's shakin' in between

If you should ever land upon it

You better know what's on it

The planet of New Orleans

[Verse 2]

Now I'm trying to find my way

Through the rain and the steam

I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen

And then I heard her say

Somethin' in the limousine

'Bout takin' a ride across the planet of New Orleans

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

If she was an ace

And I was just a jack

And the cards were never seen

We could have been the king and the queen

But she took me back to her courtyard

Where magnolia perfume screams

Behind the gates and the granite

Of the planet of New Orleans

[Chorus]

New Orleans

With other life upon it

And everythin' that's shakin' in between

If you should ever land upon it

You better know what's on it

The planet of New Orleans

With other life upon it

And everything that's shakin' in between

If you should ever land upon it

You better know what's on it

The planet of New Orleans

11 ContributorsHow Long LyricsHow long, how long baby

How long has it been

How long you gonna keep me wondering

How long before you see

Stallin' me was wrong

How long

How long, how long you gonna keep

Slappin' my hand away

How long you gonna keep my love at bay

How long before you're sure

My love is strong

How long

How long, how long you gonna keep

Tellin' me you like me fine

How long until I'm gonna make you mine

How long before you wake up

And find your good man gone

How long