Road Food
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Star Baby
02 : 40
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Attila's Blues
04 : 52
3
Straighten Out
02 : 22
4
Don't You Want Me
02 : 19
5
One Way Road to Hell
05 : 24
6
Clap for the Wolfman
04 : 15
7
Pleasin' for Reason
03 : 18
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Road Food
03 : 38
9
Ballad of the Last Five Years
07 : 06
10
Those Show Biz Shoes
06 : 48
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Track Lyrics
Star Baby Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
Well I never been much for admitting things
That's why it's all so hard to say
That I'm head over heels in love with your kind of insanity
And if it please Your Highness on a sunny day sometime
Can I take your picture in the park with silk and satin on?
[Chorus:]
Star Baby, flashy little shiny little two-timin' mama
Star Baby, shiny little flashy little lovin' machine
[Verse 2:]
I never been much good at keepin' a secret
Now it's easy for me to say
That I'm head over heels shook up
About the way that you fool with me
And if it please Your Highness on a sunny day sometime
Can you take me ridin' babe, I'll tell you what I'm thinkin' 'bout you
[Chorus]
[Verse 3:]
Well I saw you last night on a Hollywood show
And now it's easy for me to say
That I'm head over heels shook up
About the way that you sang to me
And if it please Your Highness on a sunny day sometime
Can you take me drivin' baby, kissin' in your Cadillac
[Chorus]
Straighten Out Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
Well you asked me to be your escort baby
On Graduation Day
Wrote me a note and here's what you wrote
You cried boo hoo hoo
And your tears were killin' me babe
Wah wah wah
[Chorus:]
I think you better straighten out
[Verse 2:]
Gimme a break
Straighten out... if you can
I heard you knockin' but you couldn't come in
And we went walkin' down the road to the bin
That was when you were ten, now is now, then was then
Ha ha ha
Well I telephoned you
And I asked if I might just happen to be your chaperone
To the Highbridge comin'-out do
You said goodbye and I began to cry
I said boo hoo hoo
'Cause your leavin' was shakin' me up
Wah wah wah
[Chorus]
Clap for the Wolfman Lyrics
[Intro]
Clap for the Wolfman, he gonna rate your record high
Clap for the Wolfman, you gonna dig him till the day you die
Clap for the Wolfman, he gonna rate your record high
(Mmm... Yes, gracious!)
Clap for the Wolfman, you gonna dig him till the day you die
[Verse 1]
Doo-Ron-Ron and the Duke of Earl - they were friends of mine
I was on my moonlight drive
Snuggled in - say, baby, just one kiss - she said no, no, no
Romance ain't keeping me alive
Said, hey, baby, d'you wanna coo-coo-coo? - she said uh, uh, uh
So, I was left out in the cold
I said, you're what I've been dreaming of - she said I don't want to know
(Oh, you know - she was diggin' the cat on the radio)
[Chorus]
Clap for the Wolfman - he gonna rate your record high
(Yes, baby, I'm your doctor of love)
Clap for the Wolfman - you gonna dig him till the day you die
(Everybody talks about the Wolfman's Pompitous of Love)
[Verse 2]
Seventy-five or eighty miles an hour she hollered, slow, slow, slow
Baby, I can stop right on a dime
I said, hey, baby, give me just one kiss - she said no, no, no
But, how was I to bide my time?
Said, hey, baby, d'you wanna coo-coo-coo? - she said uh, uh, uh
I said, I'm about to overload
I said, you're what I've been living for - she said I don't want to know
(You thought she was diggin' you, but she was diggin me!)
[Chorus]
Clap for the Wolfman - he gonna rate your record high
(As long as you got the curves, baby, I got the angles)
Clap for the Wolfman - you gonna dig him till the day you die
(It's all according to how your boogaloo situation stands, you understand)
Clap for the Wolfman - he gonna rate your record high
(You ain't gonna get 'em, cause I got 'em)
Clap for the Wolfman - you gonna dig him till the day you die
(You might want to try, but I'm gonna keep em!)
(Ain't that right, girls?)
Clap for the Wolfman
Clap for the Wolfman
Clap for the Wolfman
Clap for the Wolfman
Clap for the Wolfman (and I got them all)
Clap for the Wolfman
Clap for the Wolfman
Clap for the Wolfman
Clap for the Wolfman
Pleasin' for Reason Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
Order some cash, we've got another tour to make
Workin' so hard, just to pass the time away
Connie my love, our movie was great and so was the taste
[Chorus:]
It was pleasin' for reason
[Verse 2:]
Tear me apart, like a river mad, polluted
Sad for a while, still it haunts and taunts me
My friend V.O. is keepin' me tight, and up every night
[Chorus]
[Verse 3:]
Should have stayed in bed this morning
Payin' much too bad
But when I think of you when I wake up
It makes me forget what I have to do
Think I'll stay in bed this morning
Payin' much too bad
So I guess I'll dream about you baby
And forget about where I am
And forget about who I am
I'll forget about what I am
Hello L.A., I hope Miss Dee is waiting
Lonely for a while, but she'll be round by midnight
Pickin' me up, and telling me tales of magic
[Chorus]
She is pleasin' for reason
[Outro:]
Try to remember just where you are
Try to remember just who you are
Try to remember just what you are
Road Food Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
ROAD FOOD
Jollywood, Jollywood, Chippa Chippa Chee Chee
ROAD FOOD
Drag queens, rhumba boogie, grabbin' for the prime time
ROAD FOOD
Bonafide, certified women in the washroom
[Chorus:]
ROAD FOOD
Better have a whiskey so I'll feel all right
[Verse 2:]
Each night smacks of new wonder
Catch her if you can, Kathy was a man
T.V. baby blue wires
Smile and nod your head, dead is live is dead
I hear you walkin' down the hallway
I hear you sneakin' up the stairway
I hear you in the elevator
I know my name is in the paper
Hey, tell me what's this stuff you're sellin'
And all the stories that you're tellin'
I hear you walkin' down the hallway
I hear you sneakin' up the stairway
ROAD FOOD
Appletown, Appletown, Chippa Chippa Chee Chee
ROAD FOOD
Hurricane wonder boy scratchin' for the scunge now
ROAD FOOD
Old Mark Mars is alive and well, Sir
[Chorus]
Ballad of the Last Five Years Lyrics
2 ContributorsBallad of the Last Five Years LyricsGary lives with Rosie
Be Bop got something old and something new
Mmm, baby darlin'
Gary lives with Rosie
Be Bop got something old and something new
Hey, watch 'em run away
I got something fine for you every minute now
If you wanna sit right down and stick it all right through
Hey, watch 'em run around
Gettin' tired of Johnny
And all the big boys from N.Y.C
Hey, hey, watch 'em run around
Gettin' tired of Johnny and Sally and Felix and Eddie
And all the big boys from N.Y.C
Hey, hey, watch 'em run around
They say "Jump on board, pretty baby"
And I don't know, but
It seem like it might be a pretty good buzz to me
Hey, here they go away
They'll help you and they'll hurt you
You're asked to leave so much behind
Hey, watch 'em run away
They'll help you and they'll hurt you and help you and hurt you
You're asked to leave so goddamn much behind
Hey, watch 'em roll away
They say forget about tomorrow
And concentrate on everything you know you're gonna find
Hey, hey, here they go away
So, move over, red robin
Have you got room for one more that just can't seem to win?
There's no sense denying
That's your best reason 'round for crying
Those days will never be 'round again
Oh, move over, red robin
Have you got room for one more that just can't seem to win?
There's no sense denying
That's your best reason on Earth for crying
Those days will never be 'round again
There's Jackie and there's Brian
Then there's four, then there's five and then a couple more
Hey, hey, watch 'em run around
There's Jackie and there's Brian
Then there's four, then there's five and then a couple more
Uh-uh, watch 'em run around
You be a good boy and don't drink too much
I'll show you something
Maybe one trick later on, maybe a couple more
Hey, hey, hey
So, step right up and put your music where your mouth is
Pretty boys can make room for one more that just can't seem to win
There's no sense denying
That's the reason they found ya' crying
Your chance will never come 'round again
Why don't ya' move over, red robin?
Have you got room for one more that just can't seem to win?
There's no sense denying
That's your best reason on Earth for crying
Those days will never be 'round again
But I'll, I'll help you in the meantime
Figure out just what how much they're worth when they're gone
Hey, hey, watch 'em run away
I'll help you out in the meantime
To total up just what they're worth when they're gone
Hey, watch 'em run away
You don't get it right the first time, pretty baby
I'll help you take one more crack at it much, much later on
Hey, now, hey, hey, yeah, you come right down
Gary lives with Rosie
Be Bop got something old and something new
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Gary lives with Rosie
Be Bop got something old and something new
Hey, watch 'em run away
I got something fine for you every minute now
You wanna sit right down and stick it all right through
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Gettin' tired of Johnny
And all the big boys from N.Y.C
Hey, hey, watch 'em run around
Gettin' tired, gettin' tired, gettin' tired, gettin' tired of Johnny
And all the big boys from N.Y.C
Hey, hey, watch 'em run around
Those Show Biz Shoes Lyrics
[Verse]
My girl's got some solution
That's excellent for removing
All the tuna and the oil
And though she laughs at the Constitution
At least she'd end up
Owning up to being just my goil
The theater is raging, destroy it
Ignorance is threatening, ignore it
For trees maybe a breeze
DC hauler baby, blow the whistle mama
Can't we get this
Aluminum woman off the ground
First class, coach, executive service
Now are the cakes and tarts
A-running freely all around
The citizen is crumbling, destroy him
Ignorance is threatening, ignore it
For trees, maybe a breeze
For trees, maybe a breeze
People coming on about the way I greet the dawn
And how I can often seem overly rehearsed
Talking trash-drivel-reason-beams down on me
Matching me up against King James, The First
And if only for an instant
Amid the hurly burly and rapid jive
I could look up at something I once thought I believed in
And thank it for the feeling of sometimes being alive
I could thank it for those show [x4]
Those show biz shoes
Thank you for my show biz shoes [x4]
Going to get to heaven in my show biz shoes
Walking over heaven in my show biz shoes
If there's a heaven then there's show biz shoes
A million dollars worth of show biz shoes
Thank you for my show biz shoes
I got respect for my show biz shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede show biz shoes
I'll never give away my show biz shoes
Bright lights, big city in my show biz shoes
Impress the women with my show biz shoes
Going dancing in my show biz shoes
Whoa, I love my show biz shoes
I'm going walking in my show biz shoes
I got respect for my show biz shoes
Polishing my show biz shoes
A million dollars worth of show biz shoes
Getting gold records in my show biz shoes