Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

it comes here it comes, here it Here, here, here it comes again twice While you were sleeping the neighbors crept in Saw you were naked and called it a sin The next thing you know it's the next thing

Soultime Graham Parker

play Otis Redding Sam and Dave and Wilson Pickett Prince Buster The Skatelites and the Bees Would be buzzing their horns The boys would dance like robots The girls would walk a fashionable slink Now here

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

on you and you can put your weight on me And every man will get a chance to be what a man wants to be And every woman will look at her child and know that he's growing up free The sun is gonna shine again

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

Yesterday's Cloud Graham Parker

There's a man in my suitcase, a woman in your clothes Skeletons inside us that dance on hot coals Cannibals are outside following our trail All our information comes from junk mail Don't leave it among

Guardian Angel Graham Parker

They're going to stay on Earth their job to do The task is not too great When the cup slips from your hand And the world slips from your mind You can fall into a dream You don't have to know that they're here

Just Like Joe Meek's Blues Graham Parker

was dark as we made our arrival Waiting breathlessly for the Joe Meek revival But it didn't stand any chance of survival You know Joe had an American rival Poor old Joe, poor old Joe It takes a leap of

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

The world was stripped of beauty baby By the working man He was told it was his duty baby Again and again and again They took the slaves from Africa baby Along with sugar sacks To build the British Empire

Passion Is No Ordinary Word Graham Parker

It worked much better in a fantasy Imagination's one thing that comes easy to me Cause this is nothing else if not unreal When I pretend to touch you, you pretend to feel CHORUS Passion is no ordinary

Release Me Graham Parker

teethmarks in my neck your footprints on my back And the gris gris you sprinkled in my bed is starting to make me crack I can still hear your twang ringing in my ears, your perfume I still smell You bought it

Ten Girls Ago Graham Parker

Buster turned round to me And said hey kid you must be joking You got an attitude You think you're funny but you're choking hey hey Back every word that comes out of your mouth Ten girls ago You thought

Children And Dogs Graham Parker

She said she just wanted a friend And then she'd be good Something to play with now again And give lots of food We've got a yard that's big enough She says he's like a dream But they've got us running

Oasis Graham Parker

not to be your mirage I must be choked with emotion, I can't find the right words to say I'm not a pillar of devotion, but don't let that stand in your way And as the sun sinks blood red in the west it

Too Many Knots To Untangle Graham Parker

Does your daddy look down on us and say this is wrong Will your mother figure me out from the words in this song Did you prefer the guy who was hung like king kong Well I just wanna feel your curves again

Strong Winds Graham Parker

Have you seen her run through the wild things Dropping behind her the child's things that she'll no longer need Scattering like seeds they are discarded then Nothing can give them a life again they're

Fools` Gold Graham Parker

for that fool's gold, D A D A fool's gold Oh the world may be full of girls with their charms on show But the one that I seek will have much more than any I know People say heaven knows see what comes

Fools' Gold Graham Parker

world for that fool's gold, D A D A fool's gold Oh the world may be full of girls with their charms on show But the one that I seek will have much more than any I know People say heaven knows see what comes

White Honey Graham Parker

Intro C F C F C F C F C F C F C G F G C F C F C F C F White honey get it from the candy man C F C F C F C F White honey yeah any time I think I can.

Protection Graham Parker

over BRIDGE So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down I don't know myself, I don't you either You're full of disease it's something I discovered I know you've been mixing with Big Brother's brother It

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

some action better shoot them in the street Grab a gun before the police come, Don't tell me you're too sweet Down in the alley they are hitting harder Not as blown as a ball can be They're burnin flags here

Under The Mask Of Happiness Graham Parker

All the dirt's lying under the carpet He swallowed a drink and then checked her heartbeat Her wedding gown has been burned to ashes Fanned by the flutter of her false lashes One last chance to kiss again

Back In Time Graham Parker

Small and all the gardens that had trees and stolen apples Now have small businesses flourishing in cinder blocks Then they will call your name and hand you a gold watch Then they will call your name but it

That's Where She Ends Up Graham Parker

pull out the big knife Well you say that you love her You don't love her at all You don't love her at all One day she'll get wise and drop the big one And disappear in front of your face That's what comes

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

man on paper ooooh Big man on paper Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bop I look at a magazine designed for the successful woman And look for one designed for the unsuccessful man But I can't see it

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

I ain't stopping fingers keep bopping Swing band rocking from the street to the bar West Coast's dated music's overrated Here it on the radio in every car The heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem, yep The

OK Hieronymus Graham Parker

outside this window or inside this room Germans and turks and English nerks spew out of doorways going beserk Inside of everyone someone lurks, they don't even know Bring them all in, yeah, they're welcome here

Durban Poison Graham Parker

The Zulus are rising from their shanty towns The Injuns are launching a counter attack The funeral pyre's burning as I strike a match And everything goes up in smoke again, oh Durban Poison, oh oh oh oh

And It Shook Me Graham Parker

And it shook me, it shook me up, it shook me up, yeah I remember the way you looked when we first met There are some things in this world you can't forget You were standing underneath the light I lost

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

your hair One a sweet little angel That stuff's nowhere When the bombs go off on Oxford Street And the kids beat up old people It's just a soundtrack for your life It's just everyday evil But don't let it

You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

Did they tear it out, with talons of steel And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel And washed it away, as if it wasn't real It's just a mistake, I won't have to face Don't give it a name, don't

Saturday Nite Is Dead Graham Parker

just looks ugly now information don't compute A Bm I draw a blank every time I think E A the football crowd is going to give me a boot CHORUS D A E And Saturday night is dead Saturday night is dead G It

Weeping Statues Graham Parker

Weeping statues, Elvis sightings Visitations, man struck by lightning Everyday someone gets a sign It rips apart the fabric of their daily lives Is it fear of flying That keeps us rooted to the ground

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

story of somebody's life I had a few moments to spare He was a good man who lived with his wife With the usual kids in his hair There was happiness a lot of weirdness And a sprinkle of tragedy I pulled it

Museum Of Stupidity Graham Parker

this bullshit drug war full of hypocrisy The banning of 2 live crew They'll probably put 2 live crew in there, too A museum of stupidity, oh yeah One day there'll be a museum of stupidity We'll fill it

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

is dead I'm going to make the bed with that hotel chambermaid She'll bring the coffee in the morning with a smile She don't ask me where I come from I crept in and I soon be done I just want to hide here

Blue Highways Graham Parker

The kid's left home, the kid's got a kid of her own Don't knock that door, don't knock it, nobody's home The mystery sign, turn off and follow it blind The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust

Don't Get Excited Graham Parker

don't get excited I've been running round in circles and jump jump jumping out of cars They put animals in cages specimens in jars It's summer now there's no temptation and baby nails digging under skin It

When I Was King Graham Parker

Already melted my crown down to sell as scrap But they'd run the first run of stamps People had cashed in their post office savings To buy some and lick the back of my neck I just let them get on with it

The Girl Isn't Ready Graham Parker

The girl isn't ready, the girl isn't ready The girl isn't ready, is what her mother says We just put her toys away, it seems like yesterday She has seen something better through the window She will reach

Green Monkeys Graham Parker

gun like In a forest grows a sweet fruit filled with poison In a clear blue sky a plane bursts into flames high above us In an office blind machines blink out data in a rush Whatever they say they say it

Daddy's A Postman Graham Parker

We wake up every morning Rush downstairs to the car Jump inside it with mummy Her eyes are shining like stars The sun's like something that God sent The air's as fresh as our clothes We're going to the

Black Honey Graham Parker

This used to be capo at 2 but since I can't find my capo just now, I've put it in open chords. Intro G D F

Silly Thing Graham Parker

want me to write you a letter A E A E But the words just won't come the right way A E B My pen won't listen to a thing that I say E A E A E A E A Silly thing hey hey silly thing hey hey A B7 E A Well it

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Graham Parker

You think you've got it all set up, You think you've got a perfect plan But charm any man you see, And play with everything one that you can But I've got news for you baby, I hope it don't hit you too

I Was Wrong Graham Parker

I dreamed I was someone special In another life They gave me my fifteen minutes Then they pulled the knife It was just another deal It was just another reel On a tape that keeps on turning In the dark

You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) Graham Parker

Drinking money for tomorrow's flight As you count your loss or bet on a black horse Sit behind the wheel of a black Porsche Use your leather organiser with your name embossed The night is thick with frost It

Long Stem Rose Graham Parker

My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece She's not disposed to being one of a dozen she's A living thing that's bound to get tired She won't be content just being admired funny that's the way it

Long Stem Rose (BBC Session) Graham Parker

My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece She's not disposed to being one of a dozen she's A living thing that's bound to get tired She won't be content just being admired funny that's the way it

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

lie to you unless I had to of course Love is a burning, love is a burning love is a burning question Don't answer no Don't make me take a look just let me off the hook I've seen the future of rock and it