Love Gets You Twisted Graham Parker

E b e ac#m e a e Love gets you twisted, love gets you twisted all the way The hearts are enlisted, the hearts are enlisted to break each day G#m e I try to straighten out but Im too wrapped up to see C

Just Like Joe Meek's Blues Graham Parker

My head was swimming in a Bangkok joint You got paint on your coat like an arrow point I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow Fired into the night deep and slow to where I'll never know The hotel

You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

until it could say You can't be too strong You can't be too strong You can't be too strong You can't be too strong You decide what's wrong Well I ain't gonna cry, I'm gonna rejoice And shout myself dry

Durban Poison Graham Parker

The funeral pyre's burning as I strike a match And everything goes up in smoke again, oh Durban Poison, oh oh oh oh, Durban Poison Durban Poison, oh oh oh oh, Durban Poison A white man is talking in a twisted

Success Graham Parker

The dreams and hopes of men Are powered by addiction And who am I to say that This is an affliction When everybody gets Suckered in and lives their Lives like fiction Writing their own story Of success

Protection Graham Parker

Capo at 2 (intro D Em G Em D Em G G C So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed Am C D So Winston Churchill

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

down Don't let it break you down Don't let it break you down Some people are in charge of pens That shouldn't be in charge of brooms They have the nerve to rip up a man's life In a paragraph or two And

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

Too Many Knots To Untangle Graham Parker

I don't understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you Cos when the doors get locked and the windows are shuttered The oaths get broken

Don't Get Excited Graham Parker

There is always some advantage to be wielded and brought to bear It's a lonely occupation keeping others out of your hair Fingers on all the switches talk in whispers talking soft You know all my favourite

Wrapping Paper Graham Parker

speak to me, darling You're not a princess, I'm not prince charming Speak with your tongue, use body language And pull your skin like wrapping paper 'round my heart Sometimes I feel the kick has gone, it gets

Wrapping Paper (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

speak to me, darling You're not a princess, I'm not prince charming Speak with your tongue, use body language And pull your skin like wrapping paper 'round my heart Sometimes I feel the kick has gone, it gets

That's Where She Ends Up Graham Parker

It's not right the way that you deal with her She's not something you handle like cash To be undressed like Sunday's leftovers To be picked on Monday And Tuesday in the trash That's where she ends up It's

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

I'm not a page in history not something that bold I'm not the greatest mystery that was ever told I may not be who you wanna spend a whole life with alone I'm not that fascinating with features carved

I Want You Back (Live) Graham Parker

When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you Stand out in a crowd But someone picked you from the bunch One glance was all it took Now it's much too late for

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

is a burning, love is a burning love is a burning question On the tip of your tongue, baby baby I'll endlessly make you and endlessly become remade I'll endlessly search for your heart with a carnal switchblade

There’s A Ghost In My House Graham Parker

There's a ghost in my house The ghost of your memories The ghost of the love you took from me Well, our love used to be Only shadows from the past I see Time can't seem to erase The vision of your smiling

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

Worthy Of Your Love Graham Parker

If I had the slightest clue as to what you are and what's inside you I would know exactly what to do and be worthy of your love If a flower bloomed in the frozen wastes and the moon had a smiling face

Cupid Graham Parker

let your arrow flow Straight to my lover's heart for me Nobody else but me hey hey hey Cupid please hear my cry And let your arrow fly Straight to my lover's heart for me Listen I don't want to bother you

Mr. Tender Graham Parker

Mr tender is something I'm not I pulled too tight when we tied the knot Surrender is something I can't, I can't let go and I rave and I rant But I resolve to solve this problem and be the one you need

Long Stem Rose Graham Parker

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 goes When you're like a long stem rose My long stem rose were you

Long Stem Rose (BBC Session) Graham Parker

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 goes When you're like a long stem rose My long stem rose were you

Silly Thing Graham Parker

A E You want me be someone better A E I just wanna monkey 'round yeah A E You 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

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

When the lights are low you know I'm going to go to my hotel chambermaid I'm going to jump the garden and come on hard all right While the river's rolling outside the window Going to see her going to get

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

My Love's Strong Graham Parker

When the world's asleep And there's no one in your arms Raindrops hit the window Like distant alarms You don't have to worry Hey girl don't you cry My love beats adversity baby Eats it alive And I got

Guardian Angel Graham Parker

Your guardian angels are looking down on you As they fold your wings and collect your things And lift you into the blue Your guardian angels they can't just fly away They're going to stay on Earth their

I Don't Know Graham Parker

questions to no avail I don't know why there's empty shelves Empty books and silent bells I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know why it's not enough To feel moments of mighty love

Call Me Your Doctor Graham Parker

Call me your doctor if you want, I'll get the cure out To be administered before sleep Call out the thing you really want And I'll be there I'll make a housecall I'll find the problem's root No matter

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

Release Me Graham Parker

Na na nah I can still feel your 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

Dancing For Money Graham Parker

When I ask you for a light you don't turn the lights out When I'm looking for a fight you don't punch my lights out Sometimes they say love is invincible I wouldn't go as far as to say that One thing I

Local Girls Graham Parker

Sit by my window and look outside, wonder why the sun don't shine on me What's wrong with you, you stupid child, don't you think that I'm the one you're waiting to see?

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

Someday we will cross a bridge, someday we will see That I can lean 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

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

and I've travelled wide And I guess I'll be travelling on Fill another suitcase up with possessions And put on a Badfinger song I've got much more than most people have And a little less than a few But you

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

with a sing song voice G D she got her place in the human zoo D A I went to living on the boulevard G A now that the revolution's due G A She said I've been around from town to town G A and I learned to love

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

As you wash your hair and bathe in Perrier As you hit the bank machine at night 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

The Kid With The Butterfly Net Graham Parker

She walks through the field Walks in the heat through the field She swings with her arm But can what she catches be real And when you look into her eyes You see what you want When everything was undone

The Kid With The Butterfly Net (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

She walks through the field Walks in the heat through the field She swings with her arm But can what she catches be real And when you look into her eyes You see what you want When everything was undone

Back In Time Graham Parker

You stop in the old cafe where you used to play pinball And look for the air raid shelter but it's gone and the cafe seems so Small and all the gardens that had trees and stolen apples Now have small businesses

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

She wants so many things you can't give to her She wants so many things you don't have much She wants so many things you can't deliver to her She wants so many things all at once Like a brick wall that'll

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory in Jonjoping Fake glass baubles hang in the station Just like the passenger's imitation Then it hits you

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory in Jonjoping Fake glass baubles hang in the station Just like the passenger's imitation Then it hits you

Just Like Hermann Hesse Graham Parker

I took off my mask that night and bared my teeth in your face You saw something else living under my skin the wolf with no thought of disgrace I know I know some things you must never confess I drop to

Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

hold some bastard up for example Take his blood and a urine sample Feed him garbage and make him pick up the check Well, here it comes here it comes, here it Here, here, here it comes again twice While you

Sugar Gives You Energy Graham Parker

I believe every man has a chance to make good I'm convinced that this is so Equal opportunity for the king or the hood And everybody knows Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you

Discovering Japan Graham Parker

Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking The Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo

Blue Highways Graham Parker

, turn off and follow it blind The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust mist It only leads to somewhere you'll never miss You'll never miss Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways You

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