The Band Wore Blue Shirts Joe Jackson

the old days I guess that I'll tell them that there ain't much to tell The waiters wore black dinner jackets and all that kind of thing And the band wore blue shirts And the music played on Then at the

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

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

The Blue Time Joe Jackson

You come to me in the Blue Time Between the night and the day Always too soon for the sunrise Always too late for a second chance Between an old and a new time Reaching out as you slip away Into the dream

Cha Cha Loco Joe Jackson

You tied the knot Don't bite the hand or it won't feed What she ain't got, Be sure to make sure you don't need. You can't go back. You've booked the band, So take your partner by the hand.

The Verdict Joe Jackson

I could do just what you say But I'm following my heart And that takes me another way It's not easy when there's no one One giving prizes at the end Waiting in the wings Wishing that the band would start

Dirty Martini Joe Jackson

Two in the morning there's a drink in my hand (Dirt, dirt, dirty Martini) Nothing moving the place but sweat I heard a rumour 'bout a Cajun band (Dirt, dirt, dirty Martini) The bartender says it's early

Five Guys Named Moe Joe Jackson

from way back Truck on down and dig me Jack There's Big Moe, Little Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, No Moe, Look at brother, look at brother, look at brother Eat Moe Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe Who's the

Mood Indigo Joe Jackson

You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh,

Steppin' Out Joe Jackson

"Now The mist across the window hides the lines But nothing hides the color of the lights that shine Electricity so fine Look and dry your eyes We So tired of all the darkness in our lives With no

Blue John's Blue Barclay James Harvest

orchestra starts playingGet down Joe You can see his face, you can feel his smileYeah, look down low and let the tears run wildWhen the orchestra starts playingBlue John's Blues Think about me, girl,

Steppin' Out (Album Ver.) Joe Jackson

Now The mist across the window hides the lines But nothing hides the colour of the lights that shine Electricity so fine Look and dry your eyes We So tired of all the darkness in our lives With no more

Sunday Papers Joe Jackson

Mother doesn't go out any more Just sits at home and rolls her spastic eyes But every weekend through the door Come words of wisdom from the world outside If you want to know about the bishop and

Steppin\' Out (Sight And Sound In Concert:Joe Jackson 2 22/01/1983) Joe Jackson

Mother doesn\'t go out anymore Just sits at home and rolls her spastic eyes But every weekend through the door Come words of wisdom from the world outside If you want to know \'bout the bishop and

Be My Number Two Joe Jackson

There won't be too much to do; Just smile when I feel blue. 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.

Steppin Out J.J. Jackson

Steppin' Out Jackson Joe (words and music by Joe Jackson) Now - The mist across the window hides the lines But nothing hides the colour of the lights that shine Electricity's so fine Look and

Real Men Originally Performed By 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

Marching Band Joe Brooks

It's you and me against the world now Take my hand, lets find a marching band That beats the rhythm of our hearts We're the fire the flames They can't put out A faith like oxygen So breathe it in Be with

A Place In The Rain Joe Jackson

Turn off the TV and turn off the light Turn off the street lamps as well Turn off the billboards that scream through the night And dream the policemen to hell Close all the windows and close all the doors

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

Stop everything I think I hear the President The Pied 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

King Of The City Joe Jackson

We were brought up in a boring town Watching our feet sink into the ground Never went up on a roof at night oh no On top of the city To look at the lights Remember the TV was on all day With so much silence

Summer In The City Joe Jackson

Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter

Invisible Man Joe Jackson

Maybe you'd like to know What I'd have to say If I was still around Now I'm made of smoke You see through to me It's the strangest joke You can't touch the invisible man Can't touch the invisible man Can't

I'm The Man Joe Jackson

Pretty soon now Why 'know I'm gonna make a comeback And like the birds and the bees in the trees It's a sure-fire smash I'll speak To the masses throughout the media And if you got anything to say to

Eleanor Rigby Joe Jackson

Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face that

The Human Touch (Album Version) Joe Jackson

Some say the world is spinning faster Some say it isn't fast enough Some people say they've got the answer And some are scared to say they can't keep up I read the paper but it still isn't clear The bombs

Fast Forward Joe Jackson

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 going back to the Age of Gold or the Age of Sin Fast forward till

Jumpin' Jive Joe Jackson

ball The jip-jam-jump is a jumpin' jive Makes you dig your jive on the mellow side The jip-jam-jump is a solid jive Makes you nine foot tall when you're four foot five Now, don't you be that ickeroo Get

King Of The World Joe Jackson

promised land There's a hole in the ground Where they used to grow Any man left on the Rio Grande Is the king of the world As far as I know I don't want your bread I don't need your helping hand I can't

Flying Joe Jackson

The older I get the more stupid I feel I don't know what's going on Tired of trying to be strong When I should be crying The further I go the less distance I see Leave behind another home The harder I

Good Bad Boy Joe Jackson

We hear you, we see it You do it like you wanna be it Come with a guise, we guarantee it Get in the line and be a good bad boy Get in the line and be a good bad boy We got it, we're loaded And we can write

Obvious Song Joe Jackson

It was a rock'n'roll millionaire from the USA Doing three to the gallon in a big white car And he sang and sang 'til he polluted the air And he blew a lot of smoke from a Cuban cigar And the stars are

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

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 he's got a right To say what's good for you So how do you know That the

The Other Me Joe Jackson

the sunset But it's not the same for you And I don't want to play Those nasty games that adults play But I can't let you go And I can't see another way And I know that she's the only one for me But you

Breaking Us In Two Joe Jackson

What the hell is wrong with you tonight?

It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson

What the hell is wrong with you tonight?

The Harder They Come Joe Jackson

Oh oh, well, they tell me I'm 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

Got The Time Joe Jackson

Wake up, got another day to get through now Got another man to see Got to call him on the telephone Got to find a piece of paper Sit down, got another letter to write Think I'll got to get the letter

Only The Future Joe Jackson

Somethings coming, something big Something I 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

The Old Songs Joe Jackson

There goes another one Another happy couple on the road to emptiness I think of my father and mother Can they imagine how two people can get in this mess But the old songs say, "Love's forever" And the

The Uptown Train Joe Jackson

If I stop and think about it I'm either stone cold certain Or more inclined to doubt it But when you jump into the darkness Well, I take off my hat You've changed, they say You can know when to play or

Home Town Joe Jackson

Of all the stupid things I could have 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

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

Of all the stupid things I could have 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

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

Out to the west there's a trail that leads somewhere And a call of the wild that takes some people there Through Monument Valley to California sun From New Amsterdam to the way the West was won Well years

The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy Joe Jackson

It happened one night At three in the morning The devil appeared In my studio room And he said I'm your pal And I'll make you a deal Blow away your struggle And I'll take your soul for a toy After rubbing

Shanghai Sky (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Strange How the world got so small I turned around and there was nowhere left to go So sad The dream always dies Each new arrival closes places in my mind But I can dream Until I go Of smells that I don't

Down To London Joe Jackson

Stop, what's that sound It's the death rattle of this rusty old town Stop, listen again It's the sound of laughter all along the Thames Hey, what's my line Do I have to stay here 'til the end of time I'm

Tomorrow's World (Album Version) Joe Jackson

Hey - did you ever see so many stars in the sky Yeah - and can you imagine how many we can't even see Imagine we're in the jiddle of the Galaxy Yeah - Imagine how many blazing stars there'd be We're gonna

Trying To Cry Joe Jackson

See the guy in the corner The one who's drinking another glass There's a look in his eye That I've seen so many times in the past I've seen it in the mirror And I've seen it in my friends When we realize

Far Away Joe Jackson

It's me, and me alone Against the night So easy to be scared Without the light Things under my bed try to shake me I listen to the trains Trains to take me Far away, far away Far away from England My dreams