Not Here, Not Now Joe Jackson

These shattered dreams I try to build again But looks could kill again And I'm too young to die [Chorus] Smiling faces all around us You don't want to make a scene Not here, not now And I don't want to

So You Say Joe Jackson

So you say And I agree You're a prize, but not for me There'll be no more lies now So you say I'm a fool You're a sage Yes I'll try to act my age This is no surprise now So you say And I thought I knew

Blue Flame Joe Jackson

I've got some walls around me, too But they're not much compared to your house Fifty feet high, with barbed wire Guards on the top, aiming rifles at your lovers one by one And friends, too I've come with

A Slow Song Joe Jackson

"Music has charms they say But in some people's hands It becomes a savage beast Can't they control it Why don't they hold it back You see my friend and me Don't have an easy day And at night we dance not

Geraldine And John Joe Jackson

goodnight But tomorrow they'll be thinking All day long, all day long Geraldine and John See the happy couple, so inseparable And the beat goes on And for better or worse They are married but of course Not

Oh Well Joe Jackson

I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I ain't pretty, and my legs are thin Don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to Oh no, oh come on Oh well Stop Now

Fast Forward Joe Jackson

Desperate to live forever or lucky to live at all And if I could see myself from some other planet Would I be shaking my head sadly or Would I be laughing Saying it's always been the same But anyway Not

Bright Grey Joe Jackson

plan Someone around here's sane God only knows if it's you or me He says that she's jealous just like a female She says I caught you I went through your e-mail He says it getting so hard just to be male now

Breaking Us In Two Joe Jackson

No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls? (Don't give me love) No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls?

It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson

No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls? (Don't give me love) No, not love she said Don't you know that it's different for girls?

When You're Not Around Joe Jackson

lot of things to do But there's a reason why Some of them just seem to lose their flavor I feel like death warmed up I can't taste the coffee in my cup I feel so low I'm underground Every time you're not

Hit Single Joe Jackson

round I never miss one night I could be on the town I used to be another one like you Always running home to that special one or two And when I think of all the years of finding out What I already knew Now

It's Different For Girls (Album Ver.) Joe Jackson

sure you're feeling right Wanted to be sure we want the same thing She said I can't believe it You can't possibly mean it Don't we all want the same thing Don't we Well who said anything about love No not

T.V. Age Joe Jackson

Here we stand - (remote control buttons in our sweaty little hands) As one man - (we're lining up and waiting for someone's command) We don't move - (we send out for food, get the news on video) I can

T.V. Age (Album Version) Joe Jackson

"Here we stand - (Remote control buttons in our sweaty little hands) As one man - (We're lining up and waiting for someone's command) We don't move - (we sent out for food, get the news on video) I can

Sentimental Thing (Album Version) Joe Jackson

all the confrontations When it comes time for saying goodbye All that I can wonder Is what do I do with these flowers And what do I do with my evenings And what do you do with that ring I'm gonna go now

Man In The Street (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

I'm not a happy guy But I'm not always sad And I'm no millionaire But I don't do so bad But no matter who you think you are There's always someone with a different view There's always someone thinks

Wild West (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

and I'll take it all home Tell my kids about the Wild West And there's still beauty as the flowers bloom on desert sands And there's still hope as the sun rises over the Rio Grande But it's so crowded now

The Harder They Come Joe Jackson

a pie up in the sky Waitin' for me when I die But between the day you're born and when you die You know, they never seem to hear even your cry So as sure as the sun will shine I'm gonna get my share, now

The Other Me Joe Jackson

friends Guess we can talk at least But if we were seventeen Imagine the things we'd do I know that those days are over I'm glad that those games are won And the winners ride off into the sunset But it's not

Real Men Joe Jackson

Take your mind back, I don't know when Sometime when it always seemed To be just us and them Girls that wore pink And boys that wore blue Boys that always grew up better men Than me and you What's a man now

Be My Number Two Joe Jackson

And there is not much left of me. What you get is what you see; Is it worth the energy? I leave it up to you.

Good Bad Boy Joe Jackson

a good bad boy You're our kind of rebel It's your kind of crime 'Cause everyone gets one chance So scowl for the camera But don't howl at the moon Be a good bad boy We move it, we shake it And we're not

Drowning Joe Jackson

I don't love you But I'm lost Thinking of you And the ghosts Of so many special moments That passed so quickly at the time And now they come and track me down And echo round and round and round And time

Happy Ending (Feat. Elaine Caswell) Joe Jackson

Is there nothing we can do about it, anyone Anyone can be so hard hearted But everyone Still everbody wants a happy ending It's not so easy, it's '84 now How tough must we be to ask for more now?

Forty Years (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Here in berlin - people line up to get in To wait for the end - living in glorious sin They've looked around - and now there is no looking back To when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows black

Amateur Hour Joe Jackson

Don't make me sad Talking 'bout tomorrow It's not so bad We were doing fine just then You'll move on up, you'll move on out And you won't cry Cause your amateur hour is over You're only going where

The Verdict Joe Jackson

When I bared my soul it seems you did not hear Can this be true? Am I fool to fight?

Sea Of Secrets Joe Jackson

I'm sinking in To a sea of secrets Warm and green Down and down Back to times and places never seen Now and then I can wake and I remember Just one secret thing Through the rain I can keep a candle burning

Don't Wanna Be Like That Joe Jackson

like the done thing to do Some people get crazy Some people get lazy Some people get hazy Some people get out Take me away I said take me away I don't want to be like that Don't want to be like that Now

Home Town Joe Jackson

thought This was the worst I started to believe That I was born at seventeen And all the stupid things The letters and the broken verse Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer They'd always been And now

Home Town (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

thought This was the worst I started to believe That I was born at seventeen And all the stupid things The letters and the broken verse Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer They'd always been And now

If It Wasn't For You Joe Jackson

it wasn't for you my friend why should everything be such a fuss It's so difficult to pretend that the living is easy with us You tell me what to do And I tell you where to go One and one is two But not

Only The Future Joe Jackson

can't stand Dark as the ocean, secret and cruel Something I can't command Somethings waiting down a muggers' alley To see what's on my mind Take a deep breath, start walking faster It's dark, but I'm not

Tonight And Forever (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

You know you're gonna have to face up to the facts You're just another face in a big crowd You know we gotta try hard to relax We can laugh - but not too loud It's never like you see in a magazine And

Look Sharp! Joe Jackson

Big shot, tell you what, tell me what goes on around here Go on and get me in the corner, smoke my cigarettes and drink my beer Tell me that this world is no place for the weak Then you can look me in

Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson

There's a lady that I used to know She's married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told Is she really going out with him? Is she really gonna take him home tonight?

Out Of Style Joe Jackson

Well, I wear this leather jacket just to try and beat the cold Well, I know it's not the thing but then it's all of two years old Though I never was a punk - I'm sure you'll understand But a sixty-five

Fairy Dust Joe Jackson

Here See the little queer There's a volunteer Don't you think he should get a haircut now Like in the Marines All the magazines Got a way for everyone to shape up You don't want to fall behind Choking

The Best I Can Do (Album Version) Joe Jackson

behind you If you don't move too fast And I'll try to remind you That some things can last I'll love you forever Or at least many years If you know I'll never Take away all your fears And I'll never roam Not

Right And Wrong (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Piper of the TV screen Is gonna make it simple And he's got it all mapped out And illustrated with cartoons Too hard for clever folks to understand They're more used to words like: Ideology They're not

Cha Cha Loco Joe Jackson

It's out of mothballs once a year The good champagne; Tomorrow night it's back to beer, But now you're here. You'll dance at night, But never get the steps quite right. [Chorus]

Goin' Downtown Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson and Drew Barfield) I could cool out I could hang loose I could lay my head back in this comfortable noose I could watch the paint dry On these rented walls Or I could run wild with the first

Take It Like A Man Joe Jackson

You don't rule anymore Oh no - take it like she did before Oh no - take it like a man Strong, sexy, smart Slim, slassy, super-cool She gets the parts You get to play the fool Mean, drunk or dumb Were' not

A Little Smile Joe Jackson

With just a little smile We'll straighten it out Yeah, even a fight like this You gotta start somewhere And not with a kiss Maybe a little word Following on From another word or two Put them together Soon

Still Alive Joe Jackson

traveling than to arrive But then they said I couldn't live without you And I'm still alive In the beginning we were there till the end of time It isn't sinning to prepare for the kind of murder That's not

Friday Joe Jackson

smiled Pass the bottle Wash the pills down, what went wrong What went wrong She don't care no more She don't need to fight it She don't care no more She gets paid on Friday Cooler weather it's not

Wasted Time Joe Jackson

Maybe we could've done better, maybe, maybe not Maybe we could've made better use of time Maybe if anyone knew better how much time we've got They/It wouldn't be so hard to make the words up right So who's

King Pleasure Time Joe Jackson

and he shows it He rules the world, well, man, everybody knows it It's King Pleasure time So show respect, get on your knees You can't reject his right to praise King Pleasure is gonna get you He do not

Precious Time (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

burn to light our mission But it's just a million lonely hearts Strung out from never asking why We burn with blind ambition I heard somebody say I don't regret my wedding day But something's wrong It's not