Shades
Shades
1980, Mercury
If life's little downs, they keep coming 'round Carry on, carry on With darkness all about, you want to scream and shout Carry on, carry on Don't cry baby, look at where you've been Everybody knows you just need a friend Please, please, please, go down on your knees Carry on, carry on Your head is full of doubt, you can't figure it out Carry on, carry on Between the time it takes with all those mistakes Carry on, carry on It don't matter what you say or do It just seems to work out if you want it to Let out all the slack, take it off your back Carry on, carry on Let me bend your ear, never shed a tear Carry on, carry on Carry on, carry on Carry on, carry onListe I knew a man, made a heavy move He shot his wife, his best friend too They put him away in a deep dark dungeon Where the sun don't never shine I knew a woman, had a jealous mind She got a man, she caught him lying They put her away in a deep dark dungeon Down where the sun don't never shine A friend of mine, he got five years For selling dope and bootleg beer They put him away in a deep dark dungeon Down where the sun don't never shine Oh, Sleepy John had one vice He liked to cheat at cards and dice They put him away in a deep dark dungeon Where the sun don't never shineListe Wish I Had Not Said That (J.J. Cale) You don't come here too often You make my day when you come around You know I lie it's something awful You're a diamond I have found Wish I had not said that, baby If I could only close you out of my mind Sunset passes oh so sweetly Gives a man just time to think Freeze the image of your body Fantasy is just a dream Wish I had not said that, baby If I could only close you out of my mind It don't matter what you're into If I could taste you once again Feel the pain and the pleasure We could make it to the end Wish I had not said that, baby If I could only close you out of my mind Wish I had not said that, baby If I could only close you out of my mindListe Yes, I've been moving to the highway, rambling man keeps rambling on Yes, I've been moving to the highway, rambling man keeps rambling on Well, you can't seem to see it my way, pack my jack and I'll be gone I said trouble, trouble follows easy, follow me everywhere I go Trouble, trouble follows easy, follow me everywhere I go I can't seem to shake off trouble, trouble got me down Lord, I woke this morning feeling hazy, my good gal she done left and gone Yes, I woke this morning feeling hazy, my good gal she done left and gone She said I was dumb and lazy, ain't no truth in that at allListe You don't love her like I love her You don't treat her like I do You don't tell her the things I tell her I can't see her walking with you Who you foolin', foolin' foolin' Who you foolin', with that jive You don't take her like I take her You don't care if she lives or dies I don't mean to talk in trouble I don't mean to bend your ear You just leave her standing lonely If you leave her, leave her here Leave her hereListe Mama Don't (Arrangement J.J. Cale) Yeah, Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here Yeah, Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here I don't care what mama don't allow I'll play my guitar anyhow Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here Hey, Mama don't allow no bass in this place Yeah, Mama don't allow no bass in this place I don't care what mama don't allow I'll play my bass anyhow Mama don't allow no bass in this place Yeah, Mama don't allow no drumming going on Yeah, Mama don't allow no drumming going on I don't care what mama don't allow Gonna play my drums anyhow Mama don't allow no drumming going on Yeah, Mama don't allow no piano players in here Mama don't allow no piano players in here I don't care what mama don't allow Gonna play my piano anyhow Mama don't allow no piano players in here Yeah, Mama don't allow no reefer-smoking round about Yeah, Mama don't allow no reefer-smoking round about Yeah, I don't care what mama don't allow I'm gonna smoke my reefer anyhow Mama don't allow no reefer in here Mama don't allow us all playing at the same time Mama don't allow us all playing at the same time I don't care what mama don't allow We're all gonna play all at the same time anyhow Mama don't allow us all playing at the same timeListe Yeah, you come home in the morning, your hair's all a mess You've been out all night, you've got wrinkles in your dress You give me the runaround All day long you give me the runaround When you say something here, you mean something there You give me the runaround Same thing yesterday, same thing the day before Woman, it does get pretty doggone old You give me the runaround All day long you give me the runaround You give me the runaround, woman, I'm getting tired of that Hey, you told me last Sunday you were gonna straighten it out You know, woman, it's time I started having my doubts Such a runaround You've been stepping on me, woman, running 'round like thatListe What Do You Expect (J.J. Cale) Well, I quit my high living just for you Made you number one, while I was number two Step or wait, love or hang near, to keep you satisfied Times you dogged around on me and lied, lied, lied What do you expect Caviar and candlelight What do you expect Champagne every night Well, you come home in the morning, quarter to two Slide into the bedroom, want me to make love to you I can take your jiving, can play it all cool But I can't keep from knowing you think I'm a fool, fool, fool What do you expect Santa Claus at Christmas time What do you expect Bouquet of roses for your time Yeah, now two days been gone since you been here You've been hanging out, I don't know, I don't care Change my way of living, gotta be stepping out that door You won't find me here when you come back for more What do you expect Cadillac and a chauffeur too What do you expect Just another fool for you Sometimes we do it and sometimes we don't I can't wait no longer just to get to the point What do you expect Beating my head against the wall What do you expect You want to take it allListe Love Has Been Gone (J.J. Cale) Love has been gone, gone so long there's nothing new I say our love has been gone, gone so long there's nothing new How does it feel Not too good It ain't real But it's understood That our love has been gone, gone so long there's nothing new It ain't the same, it's just a game we play Why do we keep on going through it every day The good Lord up above Only he knows what happened to our sweet love Love has been gone, gone so long there's nothing new How does it feel Not too good It ain't real But it's understood That our love has been gone, gone so long there's nothing new How does it feel Not too good It ain't real But it's understood That our love has been gone, gone so long there's nothing newListe (Instrumental)Liste |