Elton John - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Albüm Şarkı Sözleri (1973)
Bir Dönüm Noktası: İhtişamdan Köklere Dönüşün Hikayesi
1973 yılında dinleyiciyle buluşan bu çift albüm, sadece bir müzik projesi değil; aynı zamanda bir sanatçının yükselişinin, şöhretin ağırlığının ve kendi köklerini arayışının destansı bir anlatısıdır. Albüm, görkemli bir enstrümantal açılıştan, sade ve samimi kapanışa kadar, şöhretin getirdiği "sarı tuğlalı yolun" aslında ne kadar karmaşık ve bazen de yıkıcı olabileceğini sorguluyor.
### Funeral For A Friend
* **Ana Tema:** Yas, geçiş ve belirsizlik.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Albüm, enstrümantal bir ağıtla başlar. Bu parçanın varlığı, bir dönemin sona erişini ve yeni bir kimliğin doğuşunu simgeler. Sözsüz olmasına rağmen, tüm albümün üzerine inşa edileceği melankolik ve epik atmosferi mükemmel bir şekilde belirler.
### Love Lies Bleeding
* **Ana Tema:** İhanet ve kaybedişin yarattığı hüzün.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Şöhretin ve sahne ışıklarının özel hayat üzerindeki yıkıcı etkisini ele alır. "Aşk ellerimde kanıyor" metaforu, sanatçının hem bir müzisyen hem de kırılgan bir insan olarak yaşadığı çelişkiyi gözler önüne serer. Guitar ve sahne hayatının, kişisel ilişkileri korumaya yetmediği gerçeğiyle yüzleşilir.
### Candle In The Wind
* **Ana Tema:** Geçicilik, ikonlaşan bir yaşamın trajedisi.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Şöhretin baskısı altında ezilen bir ruhun portresidir. Rüzgarda savrulan bir mum metaforu, popüler kültürün yarattığı figürlerin ne kadar çabuk tükendiğini vurgular. *"Senin mumun, efsanen oluşmadan çok önce tükendi"* dizesi, hayranlık ile gerçek insan arasındaki derin uçurumu yansıtan oldukça vurucu bir tespittir.
### Bennie And The Jets
* **Ana Tema:** Şöhretin yarattığı yapaylık ve hayranlık kültü.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Müzik endüstrisinin yarattığı "yıldız" imgesini ve hayranların bu imgeye olan körü körüne bağlılığını hicveder. "Elektrikli botlar ve tiftik takım elbise" gibi detaylar, imajın müzikten daha ön planda tutulduğu o gösterişli dünyayı temsil eder.
### Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
* **Ana Tema:** Köklerine dönüş, özgürlük ve beklentilerden kopuş.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün ismini veren bu parça, tüm albümün manifestosudur. Sarı tuğlalı yol, şöhretin vaat ettiği sahte ihtişamı simgeler. *"Çiftliğe geri dönüyorum"* diyerek, modern dünyanın karmaşasından ve toplumun beklentilerinden uzaklaşıp huzuru arama kararını ilan eder.
### This Song Has No Title
* **Ana Tema:** Varoluşsal sorgulama ve belirsizlik.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Şarkıcının kendi kimliğini ve yaşamın anlamını anlama çabasıdır. Şarkının isminin "başlığı yok" olması, yaşamın bir tanıma sığmayacak kadar karmaşık ve sadece "bir söz ile bir melodiden" ibaret olduğunu savunan derin bir felsefeyi taşır.
### Grey Seal
* **Ana Tema:** Bilgelik ve doğanın rehberliği.
* **Lirik Analizi:** İnsanoğlunun kısıtlı algısının ötesinde bir "gerçek" olduğunu savunur. Gri fok, dünyayı sadece olduğu gibi, karmaşadan uzak ve "gerçek" olanla gören bir bilge figürüdür. Kendi iç dünyasındaki çizimlerin, okul sıralarında öğrendiklerinden daha derin bir hakikati barındırdığını ifade eder.
### Jamaica Jerk Off
* **Ana Tema:** Kaçış, haz ve gündelik yaşamın ritmi.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Şehrin boğucu atmosferinden egzotik bir atmosfere kaçışı betimler. Burada hayat, sorumluluklardan uzak, sadece dans ve müzikle ölçülen bir neşeye dönüşür.
### I've Seen That Movie Too
* **Ana Tema:** Hayal kırıklığı ve tecrübenin getirdiği savunma mekanizması.
* **Lirik Analizi:** İkili ilişkilerdeki oyunları ve sahte tavırları, defalarca izlenmiş bir senaryo gibi öngörülebilir bulur. *"Aşkın dört harfli bir kelime olduğunu söyleyenler"* ifadesi, aşka karşı gelişen sinizmi ve hayal kırıklığını net bir şekilde ortaya koyar.
### Sweet Painted Lady
* **Ana Tema:** Yalnızlık, geçici ilişkiler ve hayatın ticareti.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Denizin ortasında veya limanlarda geçen o "geçici" yaşamların hüznünü işler. "Sweet Painted Lady", aslında herkesin kullandığı ama kimsenin gerçekte tanımadığı bir figürdür. Burada aşk bir iş, bir hizmettir; geride sadece denizin kokusu kalır.
### The Ballad Of Danny Bailey
* **Ana Tema:** Kahramanlık mitinin yıkılışı ve adaletsiz sonlar.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Bir kanun kaçağının gözünden, düzenin ve otoritelerin zaferini anlatır. Danny Bailey karakteri, sistemin içinde eriyen "aç çocukların" sembolüdür. Onun ölümü, bir devrin ve bir yaşam tarzının sonunu temsil eder.
### Dirty Little Girl
* **Ana Tema:** Yargılama ve toplumsal dışlanma.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Oldukça sert bir dille, toplumun kenara ittiği figürlerin neden bu duruma düştüğünün eleştirisini yapar. İstiridyeyi temizleyerek içindeki inciye ulaşma metaforu, insanın özündeki iyiliği bulmak için dış katmandaki kirlilikle yüzleşmesi gerektiğini anlatır.
### All The Girls Love Alice
* **Ana Tema:** Trajik gençlik, uyumsuzluk ve toplumsal baskı.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Genç bir kadının toplumun belirlediği kalıplara sığamaması ve sonucunda gelen yalnızlık, hatta trajedi işlenir. Alice karakteri, kurallara uymayan bir "yoyo" gibi betimlenir ve onun trajik sonu, farklı olanın sistem tarafından nasıl yok edildiğini simgeler.
### Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock N Roll)
* **Ana Tema:** Saf enerji ve müzik tutkusu.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Kuralların ve disiplinin olduğu yerde, müziğin ve rock and roll ruhunun bir kaçış yolu sunduğunu savunur. Sister karakteri, teknik beceriden ziyade saf bir tutkuyu ve ruhu temsil eder.
### Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
* **Ana Tema:** İsyankar gençlik, sınıf çatışması ve deşarj olma ihtiyacı.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Çalışan sınıfın, hafta içindeki disiplinli ve yorucu yaşamından bir kurtuluş arayışıdır. Cumartesi gecesi, tüm "agresifliğin" ve enerjinin bir kavgaya veya dansa dönüştüğü, herkesin eşleştiği bir boşalma noktasıdır.
### Roy Rogers
* **Ana Tema:** Çocukluk anıları ve masumiyete duyulan özlem.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Modern hayatın rutininden ve yoruculuğundan kaçmak için geçmişin kahramanlarına, ekranlardaki o ebedi "kovboylara" sığınmayı anlatır. Çocukluk kahramanları, yaşlanmayan ve asla değişmeyen, gerçek dünyanın sıkıntılarından izole olmuş güvenli limanlardır.
### Social Disease
* **Ana Tema:** Kuralsızlık, kendini olduğu gibi kabul etme ve toplum dışı yaşama.
* **Lirik Analizi:** "Sosyal hastalık" kavramını, toplumun dayattığı düzenin dışında, alkol ve umursamazlıkla örülü bir hayatı seçmek olarak tanımlar. Bu bir tür başkaldırıdır; "kırık dökük ama kendisi olabilen" bir adamın dünyasıdır.
### Harmony
* **Ana Tema:** Huzur arayışı ve sadakat.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün sakinleştirici kapanışıdır. Kaosun içinden gelen bir çağrıdır. "Harmony" burada hem bir kişiyi hem de ulaşılabilecek bir içsel huzuru simgeler. Fırtınalı bir denizden sonra varılacak ada metaforu ile albüm, huzurlu bir notada noktalanır.
### Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)
* **Ana Tema:** Uzlaşma ve aidiyet arzusu.
* **Lirik Analizi:** İlişkilerdeki ayrılıkların geçiciliğini ve her zaman bir geri dönüş kapısı olduğu umudunu taşır. "Sakin bir limana" dönme isteği, büyük şöhret ve kavgalardan sonra aslında herkesin aradığı basit, huzurlu bir birlikteliği simgeler.
### Jack Rabbit
* **Ana Tema:** Hayatta kalma mücadelesi.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Avlanan bir tavşanın gözünden, hayatın beklenmedik ve bazen acımasız anlarını anlatır. Kaçmak ve hayatta kalmak arasındaki ince çizgiyi, doğanın sert döngüsüyle bağdaştırır.
### Screw You (Young Man's Blues)
* **Ana Tema:** Sisteme karşı öfke ve özgürlük arayışı.
* **Lirik Analizi:** Bir işçi çocuğunun, zorluklarla dolu geçmişine karşı isyanıdır. "Screw You" diyerek, otoritenin, öğretmenin ve patronun sunduğu dar kalıpları reddeder. Paranın veya statünün değil, özgürlüğün gerçek bir zenginlik olduğunu haykırır.
Bu albümü dinlemek, bir yolculuğa çıkmaktır. Başladığınız nokta ile vardığınız nokta arasındaki değişim, sanatçının ruhunun olgunlaşmasıyla doğrudan orantılıdır.
Elton John - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Albüm Şarkı Sözleri (1973)
Funeral For A Friend
(Instrumental)
☆☆☆☆☆
"Love Lies Bleeding"
The roses in the window box have tilted to one side
Everything about this house was born to grow and die
Oh, it doesn't seem a year ago to this very day
You said, "I'm sorry, honey, if I don't change the pace
I can't face another day"
And love lies bleedin' in my hands
Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playin' rock and roll, and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you, so I split the band
Love lies bleedin' in my hands
I wonder if those changes have left a scar on you
Like all the burnin' hoops of fire that you and I passed through
You're a bluebird on a telegraph line, I hope you're happy now
Well, if the wind of change comes down your way, girl
You'll make it back somehow
And love lies bleedin' in my hands
Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playin' rock and roll, and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you, so I split the band
Love lies bleedin' in my hands
And love lies bleedin' in my hands
Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playin' rock and roll, and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you, so I split the band
Love lies bleedin' in my hands
Oh!
Oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Love lies bleedin' in my hands
Ooh-hoo! Ooh-hoo! Ooh-hoo!
Ooh-hoo! Ooh-hoo! Ooh-hoo!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
☆☆☆☆☆
"Candle In The Wind"
Goodbye, Norma Jeane
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to know you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh, the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to know you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Goodbye, Norma Jeane
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
Goodbye, Norma Jeane
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to know you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
☆☆☆☆☆
"Bennie And The Jets"
Hey, kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound
Say, Candy and Ronnie. Have you seen them yet?
Ooh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie. She's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, oh
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Hey, kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who's right and who's wrong
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Ooh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie. She's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, Candy and Ronnie. Have you seen them yet?
Ooh, but they're so spaced out
B-B-B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh, Bennie. She's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets, the Jets, the Jets
Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets
☆☆☆☆☆
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
When are you gonna come down?
When are you going to land?
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny-back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah
What do you think you'll do, then?
I bet they'll shoot down the plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again
Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny-back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah
☆☆☆☆☆
"This Song Has No Title"
Tune me in to the wild side of life
I'm an innocent young child, sharp as a knife
Take me to the garrets where the artists have died
Show me the courtrooms where the judges have lied
Let me drink deeply from the water and the wine
Light colored candles in dark dreary mines
Look in the mirror and stare at myself
And wonder if that's really me on the shelf
And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere, let's get there soon
Oh, this song's got no title, just words and a tune
Take me down alleys where the murders are done
In a vast high powered rocket to the core of the sun
Want to read books in the studies of men
Born on the breeze and die on the wind
If I was an artist who paints with his eyes
I'd study my subject and silently cry
Cry for the darkness to come down on me
For confusion to carry on turning the wheel
And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere, let's get there soon
Oh, this song's got no title, just words and a tune
☆☆☆☆☆
"Grey Seal"
Why's it never light on my lawn?
Why does it rain and never say "Good day" to the newborn?
On the big screen, they showed us a sun
But not as bright in life as the real one
It's never quite the same as the real one
And tell me, grey seal
How does it feel to be so wise?
To see through eyes that only see what's real
Tell me, grey seal
I never learned why meteors were formed
I only farmed in schools that were so worn and torn
If anyone can cry, then so can I
I read books and draw life from the eye
All my life is drawings from the eye
And tell me, grey seal
How does it feel to be so wise?
To see through eyes that only see what's real
Tell me, grey seal
Your mission bells were wrought by ancient men
The roots were formed by twisted roots
Your roots were twisted then
I was reborn before all life could die
The phoenix bird will leave this world to fly
If the phoenix bird can fly, then so can I
And tell me, grey seal
How does it feel to be so wise?
To see through eyes that only see what's real
Tell me, grey seal
☆☆☆☆☆
"Jamaica Jerk Off"
When she gets up in the morning
It's enough to wake the dead
Oh she turning on the radio
And dancing on my head
It's no good living in the sun
Playing guitar all day
Boogalooing with my friends
In that erotic way
Come on, Jamaica
In Jamaica all day
Dancing with your darling
Do Jamaica jerk-off that way
Come on, Jamaica
Everybody say
We're all happy in Jamaica
Do Jamaica jerk-off that way
Let the ladies and the gentlemen
Be as rude as they like
On the beaches, oh in the jungle
Where the people feel alright
So do it in Jamaica
Got plenty for you and me
Honky-tonking with my baby
In that deep blue sea
Come on, Jamaica
In Jamaica all day
Dancing with your darling
Do Jamaica jerk-off that way
Come on, Jamaica
Everybody say
We're all happy in Jamaica
Do Jamaica jerk-off that way
Come on, Jamaica
In Jamaica all day
Dancing with your darling
Do Jamaica jerk-off that way
Come on, Jamaica
Everybody say
We're all happy in Jamaica
Do Jamaica jerk-off that way
☆☆☆☆☆
"I've Seen That Movie Too"
I can see by your eyes you must be lying
When you think I don't have a clue
Baby, you're crazy
If you think that you can fool me
Because I've seen that movie too
The one where the players are acting surprised
Saying love's just a four letter word
Between forcing smiles, with the knives in their eyes
Well, their actions become so absurd
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
That I've seen that movie too
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
I've seen that movie too
It's a habit I have, I don't get pushed around
Stop twinkling your star like you do
I'm not the blueprint for all of your B-films
Because I've seen that movie too
The one where the players are acting surprised
Saying love's just a four letter word
Between forcing smiles, oh, with the knives in their eyes
Oh, their actions become so absurd
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
That I've seen that movie too
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
I've seen that movie too
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
I've seen that movie too
So keep your auditions for somebody
Who hasn't got so much to lose
'Cause you can tell by the lines I'm reciting
I've seen that movie too
☆☆☆☆☆
"Sweet Painted Lady"
I'm back on dry land once again
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain
We're all hunting honey with money to burn
Just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned
If the boys all behave themselves here
Well, there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear
You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight
Oh, the prices I charge here will see you alright
So she lays down beside me again
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name
Many have used her and many still do
There's a place in the world for a woman like you
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game
Forget us, we'll have gone very soon
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds
Where love's just a job and nothing is said
So as she lays down beside me again
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name
Many have used her and many still do
There's a place in the world for a woman like you
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game
☆☆☆☆☆
"The Ballad Of Danny Bailey"
Some punk with a shotgun killed young Danny Bailey
In cold blood, in the lobby of a downtown motel
Killed him in anger, a force he couldn't handle
Helped pull the trigger that cut short his life
And there's not many knew him the way that we did
Sure enough he was a wild one, but then aren't most hungry kids?
Now it's all over, Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
Dillinger's dead, oh
I guess the cops won again
Now it's all over, Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
We're running short of heroes back up here in the hills
Without Danny Bailey, we're gonna have to break up our stills
So mark his grave well 'cause Kentucky loved him
Born and raised a proper, I guess life just bugged him
And he found faith in danger, a lifestyle he lived by
A running gun youngster in a sad restless age
Now it's all over, Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
Dillinger's dead
I guess the cops won again
Now it's all over, Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
☆☆☆☆☆
"Dirty Little Girl"
I've seen a lot of women who haven't had much luck
I've seen you looking like you've been run down by a truck
That ain't nice to say sometimes I guess I'm really hard
But I'm gonna put buckshot in your pants if you step into my yard
When I watch the police come by and move you on
Well, I sometimes wonder what's beneath the mess you've become
Well, you may have been a pioneer in the trade of women's wear
But all you got was a mop-up job washing other people's stairs
I should tell (I should tell)
I should tell (I should tell)
I should tell (I should tell)
Oh! (oh!)
I'm gonna tell the world you're a dirty little girl
Someone grab that bitch by the ears
Rub her down, scrub her back, and turn her inside out
'Cause I bet she, I bet she
I bet she, oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in a year
Here's my own belief about all the dirty girls
That you have to clean the oyster to find the pearl
And like rags that belong to you I belong to myself
So don't show up around here 'til your social worker's helped
I should tell (I should tell)
I should tell (I should tell)
I should tell (I should tell)
Oh! (oh!)
I'm gonna tell the world you're a dirty little girl
Someone grab that bitch by the ears
Rub her down, scrub her back, and turn her inside out
'Cause I bet she, oh, I bet she, let me tell you now
I bet she, oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in a year
Oh ho
Ah ho!
'Cause I bet she, oh, I bet she
I bet she, oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in a year
Dirty little girl (girl)
Oh ho (oh ho)
Dirty little girl (girl)
Dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty little girl (girl)
Dirty, dirty, dirty little girl (girl)
Dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty little girl (girl)
Girl, girl, girl, dirty, dirty little girl (girl)
Oh, oh, dirty, dirty little girl (girl)
Girl, girl, girl, dirty, dirty little girl
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"All The Girls Love Alice"
Raised to be a lady by the golden rule
Alice was the spawn of a public school
With a double barrel name in the back of her brain
And a simple case of mummy-doesn't-love-me blues
Reality it seems was just a dream
She couldn't get it on with the boys on the scene
But what do you expect from a chick who's just sixteen
And hey, hey, hey (hey, hey, hey)
You know what I mean
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice, they say
Come over and see me
Come over and please me
Alice, it's my turn today
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice they say
If I give you my number
Will you promise to call me?
Wait 'til my husband's away
Poor little darling with a chip out of her heart
It's like acting in a movie when you got the wrong part
Getting your kicks in another girl's bed
And it was only last Tuesday
Oh, they found you in the subway dead
And who could you call your friends down in SoHo
One or two middle-aged dykes in a go-go
But what do you expect from a 16-year-old yo-yo?
And hey, hey, hey (hey, hey, hey)
Oh, don't you know?
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice, they say
Come over and see me
Come over and please me
Alice, it's my turn today
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice, they'd say
If I give you my number
Will you promise to call me?
Wait 'til my husband's away
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"Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock N Roll)"
I could really get off being in your shoes
I used to be stone sold on rhythm and blues
A heard of a place at the back of town
Where you really kick the shit when the sun goes down
I really got buzzed when your sister said
"Throw away them records 'cause the blues is dead
Let me take you, honey, where the scene's on fire"
And tonight I learned for certain that the blues expired
Oh, your sister can't twist but she can rock and roll
She out-bucks the broncos in the rodeo-do
She's only sixteen but it's plain to see
She can pull the wool over little old me
Your sister can't twist but she can rock and roll
Your sister can't twist but she got more soul than me
Somebody help me because the bug bit me
Now I'm in heaven with the aching feet
But I'll be back tonight where the music plays
And your sister rocks all my blues away
I really got buzzed when your sister said
"Throw away them records 'cause the blues is dead
Let me take you, honey, where the scene's on fire"
And tonight I learned for certain that the blues expired
Oh, your sister can't twist but she can rock and roll
She out-bucks the broncos in the rodeo-do
She's only sixteen but it's plain to see
She can pull the wool over little old me
Your sister can't twist but she can rock and roll
Your sister can't twist but she got more soul than me
Oh, your sister can't surf but she can rock and roll
She out-bucks the broncos in the rodeo-do
She's only sixteen but it's plain to see
She can pull the wool over little old me
Your sister can't twist but she can rock and roll
Your sister can't twist but she got more soul than me
Oh, your sister can't twist but she can rock and roll
She out-bucks the broncos in the rodeo-do
She's only sixteen but it's plain to see
She can pull the wool over little old me
Your sister can't twist but she can rock and roll
Your sister can't twist but she got more soul than me
☆☆☆☆☆
"Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"
It's getting late, have you seen my mates?
Ma, tell me when the boys get here
It's seven o'clock and I wanna rock
Wanna get a belly full of beer
My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady, she don't care
My sister looks cute in her braces and boots
A handful of grease in her hair
Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Oh, Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright, alright, alright, ooh
Well, they're packed pretty tight in here tonight
I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right
I may use a little muscle to get what I need
I may sink a little drink and shout out, "She's with me!"
A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass
Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright, alright, alright, ooh
Oh, don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
'Cause Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright, alright, alright, ooh
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday night's alright
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday night's alright
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!
Saturday! Saturday! Saturday night's alright, whoo
☆☆☆☆☆
"Roy Rogers"
Sometimes you dream, sometimes it seems
There's nothing there at all
You just seem older than yesterday
And you're waiting for tomorrow to call
You draw to the curtains and one thing's for certain
You're cozy in your little room
The carpet's all paid for, God bless the TV
Let's go shoot a hole in the moon
Oh, and Roy Rogers is riding tonight
Returning to our silver screens
Comic book characters never grow old
Evergreen heroes whose stories were told
Oh, the great sequin cowboy who sings of the plains
Of roundups and rustlers and home on the range
Turn on the TV, shut out the lights
Roy Rogers is riding tonight
Nine o'clock mornings, five o'clock evenings
I'd liven the pace if I could
Oh, I'd rather have a ham in my sandwich than cheese
But complaining wouldn't do any good
Lay back in my armchair, close eyes and think clear
I can hear hoof-beats ahead
Roy and Trigger have just hit the hilltop
While the wife and the kids are in bed
Oh, and Roy Rogers is riding tonight
Returning to our silver screens
Comic book characters never grow old
Evergreen heroes whose stories were told
Oh, the great sequin cowboy who sings of the plains
Of roundups and rustlers and home on the range
Turn on the TV, shut out the lights
Roy Rogers is riding tonight
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"Social Disease"
My bulldog is barking in the backyard
Enough to raise a dead man from his grave
And I can't concentrate on what I'm doing
Disturbance going to crucify my days
And the days they get longer and longer
And the nighttime is a time of little use
For I just get ugly and older
I get juiced on Mateus and just hang loose
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinnertime and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
My landlady lives in a caravan
Well, that is when she isn't in my arms
And it seems I pay the rent in human kindness
But my liquor also helps to grease her palms
And the ladies are all getting wrinkles
And they're falling apart at the seams
Well, I just get high on tequila
And see visions of vineyards in my dreams
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinnertime and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
And the ladies are all getting wrinkles
And they're falling apart at the seams
Well, I just get high on tequila
And see visions of vineyards in my dreams
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinnertime and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and I have a heart of gold
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
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"Harmony"
Hello, baby, hello
Haven't seen your face for a while
Have you quit doing time for me
Or are you still the same spoiled child?
Hello, I said hello
Is this the only place you thought to go
Am I the only man you ever had
Or am I just the last surviving friend
That you know?
Harmony and me, we're pretty good company
Looking for an island in our boat upon the sea
Harmony, gee, I really love you and I wanna love you forever
And dream of never, never, never leaving harmony
Hello, baby, hello
Open up your heart and let your feelings flow
You're not unlucky knowing me
Keeping the speed real slow
In any case I set my own pace by stealing the show
Say hello, hello
Ah!
Harmony and me, we're pretty good company
Looking for an island in our boat upon the sea
Harmony, gee, I really love you and I want to love you forever
And dream of never, never, never leaving harmony
Never leaving harmony
Harmony
Harmony
Harmony
Harmony
Harmony
Harmony
Harmony
Ah-ah!
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"Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady Again)"
I lived in a tenement six floors above
I lent you my records and I lent you my love
But you left me on the weekend without a by-your-leave
That's a dirty and a low-down trick
My folks all think you're mean
But I don't mind, that's kind of nifty
You always set those break-ups in the movies
And just like a light honey you put me out
Now I'm gonna do my best
To get you back in the nest you came from
You can erase me if you want to
Turn your back in other men
But whenever you're ready
Honey, we'll go steady again
It's nasty without you in my little room
I miss you like crazy, please come back soon
I was joking with those things I said
I couldn't have been thinking
If you don't come back I think I'll crack just like my old ceiling
You can erase me if you want to
Turn your back on other men
But whenever you're ready
Honey, we'll go steady again
You can erase me if you want to
Turn your back on other men
But whenever you're ready
Honey, we'll go steady again
Honey, we'll go steady again
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"Jack Rabbit"
Go jack-rabbit running through the wood
You had a good night and you feel real loose
Heard they got you going 'round the goose creek shed
Trying to fill your belly full of buckshot lead
Go jack-rabbit get the cabbage patch
Farmer left the back porch door on the latch
Heard you coming and he got his gun
You better go jack-rabbit better start to run
Go jack-rabbit running through the woods
You had a good night and you feel real loose
Gunfire breaking up the peaceful night
Jack-rabbit lying in the cold daylight
Go jack-rabbit running through the wood
You had a good night and you feel real loose
Heard they got you going 'round the goose creek shed
Trying to fill your belly full of buckshot lead
Go jack-rabbit get the cabbage patch
Farmer left the back porch door on the latch
Heard you coming and he got his gun
You better go jack-rabbit better start to run
Go jack-rabbit running through the woods
You had a good night and you feel real loose
Gunfire breaking up the peaceful night
Jack-rabbit lying in the cold daylight
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"Screw You (Young Man's Blues)"
When I was a boy I had a lot of fun
I lived by the sea, I was a fisherman's son
My mother she was a fisherman's wife
She was scrubbing floors most of her life
They said screw you
I ain't got nothing to lose
I could paper a matchbox
With the money I use
Screw you
I ain't got nothing to lose
I could paper a matchbox
With the money I use
At the school I attended I got into fights
I was beaten in an alley on a cold winter night
The teachers cared less for the blood in our veins
They got most of their thrills out of using a cane
They said screw you
Oh you bloody young fools
I could get more sense
Out of the back end of a mule
Screw you
Oh you bloody young fools
I could get more sense
Out of the back end of a mule
So you see there's men who get paid for being slaves
And men who get paid for being free
And there's men behind bars who pray for the light
And men in the suburbs who pray for the night
And they're all trying to climb to the top of the mine
And all of them say most of the way
Screw you
I worked in the mill from seven 'til nine
Tears in my eyes nearly drove me half-blind
Trying to make wages that weren't even there
Taking hell from a foreman with the build of a bear
He said screw you
This is all you'll ever do
It's the only existence
For someone like you
Screw you
This is all you'll ever do
It's the only existence
For someone like you
Screw you
Screw you
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