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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Success Graham Parker

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 They say they want you

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Children And Dogs Graham Parker

I'm outside freezing to death Just walking the dog Instead of throwing myself at my wife I'm throwing a log We haven't slept for two nights He howls out at the moon The kid says sometimes he bites Can you

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

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!

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

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?

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

Little Miss Understanding Graham Parker

You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah When I've got a cloud over the sun You've got an umbrella And when I act like number one You

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

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

always sweating bricks The only time the world makes sense to us is when we come Love 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

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

sat on their heads They're ripping the horn from the Rhino tonight So some fat Sheik can fuck all night And watch out for Coco when he's had a drink He'll tickle the children right where they're pink You

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

Over The Border (To America) Graham Parker

nothin' but lonesome time A backyard and a religious shrine There must be something better over there Over the border to America There's a lot of versions of the honest truth One for them and baby one for you