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

Saturday Nite Is Dead Graham Parker

A Bm A D Everybody 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

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

"No-one can hide it anymore we know it's not imagining Even the skeptics are unsure when they stop to think People are not worth their life now they are obsolete We're dying to be invaded and put the blame

Heat Treatment Graham Parker

Robert's chart has the Em over the word

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

We work through the rituals and cover our poisonous tracks Making good use of weaknesses, horoscopes, rumors and facts Inspired by the needles and pins and the pains in the heart With no control over the

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

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 child and know that he's growing up free The sun is

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

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

got everybody, Got everybody under its spell Sit back and wonder stand or go under, Or feel the thunder starting to swell The heat in Harlem, The heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem punches then rolls No

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

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

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 love Going to shut the bellboy out tonight VERSE When the world is

Protection Graham Parker

Am C D I must get out at any price before the feeling gets too nice CHORUS Em C G D Just can't get, just can't get no

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

Soul Shoes Graham Parker

Intro G CG (4 times VERSE G CG G CG Well I ain't got no worry I ain't in no hurry You better tell your mother, That you're a real soul brother Hey hey!

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

Too Many Knots To Untangle Graham Parker

many knots to untangle I know there's a better world somewhere you've just got to take a look Yeah but unfortunately it's in the pages of a kid's storybook Does your daddy look down on us and say this is

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

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 Use your leather organiser with your name embossed The night is

I Don't Know Graham Parker

I don't know what's behind that veil I ask 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

You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

wrong Well I ain't gonna cry, I'm gonna rejoice And shout myself dry, and go see the boys They'll laugh when I say, I left it overseas Yeah babe I know it gets dark, down by Luna Park But everybody else, is

When I Was King Graham Parker

want it to be You'll have to dethrone me or have me decapitated I didn't want to be King anyway I always preferred to hang out With the servants, the servants When I was King When I was King there was no

Durban Poison Graham Parker

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, Durban Poison Durban Poison, oh oh oh oh, Durban Poison A white man is

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

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

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

REPEAT CHORUS Well all the cats said go see her it's only just down the road You go in with pneumonia come out with just a heavy cold She won't give you no jargon no medical how-do-you-do Well just get

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

jewels and gold While Atlas the Adonis Was holding up the globe Hey hey slash and burn Hey hey slash and burn Hey hey slash and burn That's how they feed the world That's how they feed the world America is

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

Back In Time Graham Parker

lapse photography Then they will call your name and hand you a medal Or something more practical like a whistling kettle And it'll test your metal Just try to keep grinning Knowing that this feeling is

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

Don't Ask Me Questions Graham Parker

Lead Guitar intro Em Bm A Em Bm D A Bm then Bm G Bm G Bm G Crimson autograph is what we leave behind, Everywhere man set foot. Em Bm F

Yesterday's Cloud Graham Parker

swirling and black I know we have tasted the fobidden ugly fruit Get it out of our system rip it by the root The rain came out of nowhere, a bad flashback Someone hit the switch and the sky turned black Why is

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Graham Parker

you too hard One of these days when you're at play, I'm gonna catch you off guard CHORUS I'm gonna tear your playhouse down, pretty soon I'm gonna tear your playhouse down, room by room You think love is

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

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

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

There’s A Ghost In My House Graham Parker

that's inside ghost in my house You're still such a part of me ghost in my house Still so deep in the heart of me ghost in my house I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs When I know there's no

I Was Wrong Graham Parker

turning In the dark in another world I thought I was right I was wrong I thought I had something I was wrong I must have been dreaming all along I was wrong I was wrong I had been replaced By a man who had no

White Honey Graham Parker

G C You wake up early in the morning G C A-playing on the clarinet G C Whole town down when the man comes around F G And no one pays their rent It's all spent on C F C F C F C F White honey get

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

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 she was just the dregs All you wanna do now is

Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

the flag you were burning that's what they swore Well, here it comes here it comes, here it Here, here, here it comes again twice They tell you the preacher was hypocritical What they don't tell you is

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

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 she was just the dregs All you wanna do now is

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

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

Local Girls Graham Parker

Don't talk too much 'cause she falls for the suckers, makes her feel everything is secure Don't ever leave a footprint on her floor Don't bother with the local girls Don't bother with the local girls Don't

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

kind of fool I'm made out to be But I love you yes I love you you can understand Hey Then you'll know what I am I'm just your man I'm just your man just your man that's all And if I can't be that I'm no

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

Under The Mask Of Happiness Graham Parker

to kiss again She looked so good he looked so sane Not forever could they last Under the mask under the mask Under the mask of happiness Under the mask of happiness She got colder with each incision No

And It Shook Me Graham Parker

underneath the light I lost my heart, It felt all right And it shook me, and I'm still shaking now I remember rainy nights I thought I'd drown Was it London New York Paris or Amsterdam I forget the details no

Everything Goes Graham Parker

worry baby Everything'll work out fine But everything goes don't worry daddy's on drugs Mummy's on the welfare line And the schoolgirl's books are found in the lane Not far from where she lived And a man is

Everything Goes (Single Version) Graham Parker

worry baby Everything'll work out fine But everything goes don't worry daddy's on drugs Mummy's on the welfare line And the schoolgirl's books are found in the lane Not far from where she lived And a man is

Guardian Angel Graham Parker

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 job to do The task is

Love Gets You Twisted Graham Parker

try to straighten out but Im too wrapped up to see C#m ab I dont know how its supposed to be Love gets you twisted love gets you twisted inside out I knew that it existed I knew that it existed I had no