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Five Man Acoustical Jam
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3.5000
Five Man Acoustical Jam Lyrics
Lyrics
Disc
Track
Title
- (Keith, Skeoch)
- You know I'm on a slick trip, I'm always ready to kick ass
- Up on the stage I'm in a rage, I'm havin' the time of my life
- Yes, indeed, what a sweet, sweet life it is
- Until some loco two-bit floosie with a Louie Le-Strange
- Ain't good for nothin' but trouble
- They're just two fools livin' up to their names
- And now it's startin' to rain on my parade
- You know there's nothin' like the real world to get me down
- There's nothin' like the world outside that turns me upside down
- It makes me feel like I'm headin' down a one-way, dead-end street
- [Chorus:]
- There's no way out, no way out of this living hell
- No way out, no way out, unless you walk heaven's trail
- No way out, no way out of this living hell, livin' hell
- You know I had it made in the shade, thinkin' that it's not so bad after all
- That's when I woke up, smelled the coffee, I'm back where I started again, yes
- And now it's pourin' rain on my parade
- No there's nothin' like the real world to get me down, no
- One is there to lift you up, one to drag you down
- Now, don't you see that we're heading down a one-way, dead-end street
- [Chorus]
- [Solo]
- There's no way out, no way out of this living hell
- No way out, no way out, unless you walk heaven's trail
- No way out, no way out of this living hell - I guess I'll live in hell
- [Chorus]
- Yes, it's a beautiful thing
- You know, I'm on a slick trip, I'm always ready to kick ass
- (Keith, Luccketta, Skeoch, Hannon)
- Doesn't matter who gets the best of who, or who can hurt who the most, no
- It never was meant for it to be that way, never should be that way at all
- [Chorus:]
- The way it is, that's the way that it goes, happenin' day after day, yes
- That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes
- Workin' in the strangest ways
- Even though we could never seem to work things out
- I still love you just the same, I do
- I miss your smile and that sparkle in your eyes
- You're so beautiful, never change!
- [Chorus]
- What it is, and what it was, what shall be shall be, yeah
- Sometimes it happens in the strangest ways
- Sometimes it's hard to believe (do you believe?)
- Do you believe, can you believe?
- The way it is, that's the way that it goes
- Workin' in the, workin' in the strangest ways
- [Solo]
- Now it really don't matter who, who gets the best of who
- It never did and it never will, no
- It never was meant for it to be that way, why must it be that way at all?
- The way it is, that's the way that it goes, happenin' day after day, yeah yeah
- That's the way it is, that's the way that it goes
- Workin' in the, workin' in the strangest ways
- That's the way it is, that's the way it is
- That's the way it is, that's the way it goes, yeah
- Yeah, that's the way it is, that's the way it goes
- That's the way it is, that's the way it goes
- I see it happen day after day, yeah, yeah
- Now I'm workin' in the strangest ways
- Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
- [Solo]
- Can you believe, do you believe? Do you believe, can you believe?
- That's the way it is, that's the way it is, yeah yeah yeah
- That's the way it is, that's the way it goes, yes it do
- Alright!
- "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Tommy Skeoch"
- (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- [Originally by The Beatles]
- Try to see it my way, do I have to keep on talkin' 'til I can't go on
- Wanna see it your way, at the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
- We can work it out, we can work it out
- Think of what you're saying
- You can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right
- Think of what I'm saying
- We could work it out and get it straight or say goodnight
- We can work it out, we can work it out
- Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend
- I have always thought that it's a crime, so I will ask you once again
- Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
- Wanna see it your way, at the chance that we might fall apart before too long
- We can work it out, we can work it out
- Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend
- I have always thought that it's a crime, so I will ask you once again
- Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
- Wanna see it your way, at the chance that we might fall apart before too long
- We can work it out, we can work it out
- (Arthur Thomas)
- [Originally by The Five Man Electrical Band)
- And the sign says "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
- So I put my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
- He said you look like a fine outstanding young man, I think you'll do
- So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that, huh, me working for you"
- [Chorus:]
- Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs
- Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind
- Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign
- And the sign says "Anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight"
- So I jumped the fence and I yelled at the house
- Hey! What gives you the right!
- To put up a fence and keep me out, or to keep Mother Nature in
- If God was here, he'd tell it to your face, man, you're some kind of sinner
- [Chorus]
- Oh, say now mister, can't you read
- You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
- You can't watch, no you can't eat, you ain't supposed to be here
- And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" - uh!
- [Solo]
- And the sign says "Everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray"
- But then they passed around a plate at the end of it all
- And I didn't have a penny to pay
- So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own fuckin' sign
- I said, "Thank you Lord for thinking 'bout me, I'm alive and doing fine", oh
- [Chorus 2x]
- Yes! Some old song, called "Signs Signs", I wish we did write that one, but
- We didn't - wow!
- Alright
- (Keith, Hannon)
- All that rain outside my window, it goes on and on, I know
- It's gettin' better every day
- Soon the sun will shine outside my window, when it's gonna come
- No I really, I couldn't say
- No no no no no no, it's gettin' better every day - thank you
- Can you hear it? Oh, it's gettin' better now, every day, yeah yeah yeah yeah
- I'm a hard workin' man, doin' all that I can, tryin' to make ends meet
- Just a-makin' my way through the jungle today, it's gettin' the best of me
- But it's only gettin' better, and a change is gonna come my way
- Yes it's only gettin' better, better every day, aha yeah
- I've been changin' the scene, if you know what I mean
- Good things are comin' my way
- And now I'm livin' my life, and I try doin' it right
- Sun shinin' every day
- Well it's only gettin' better, and a change is gonna come my way
- Yes it's only gettin' better, better every day
- [Solo]
- Now it's only gettin' better, and a change is gonna come my way
- Yes it's only so much better, oh, gettin' better every day, yeah
- I can feel it, feel it gettin' better, whoa, day and night
- I feel it, feel it gettin' better every day
- Gettin' better, it's gettin' better, it's gettin' better
- (Keith, Skeoch, Hannon, Luccketta)
- She comes on softly as she moves across the room before me
- I can't resist, I'm hypnotized, I'm surrounded by her
- I can't, I can't forget that face, and I will, I will go back to that place
- She stands before my eyes, right before my eyes
- I can see the colours are coming one after another for me
- I see the words, I hear the sound, going round in my head
- But I know there's something out there, please tell me, is this reality
- Right before my eyes, right before my eyes
- [Solo]
- She comes on softly as she moves across the room before me
- I can't resist, I'm hypnotized
- I can see the colours are coming one after another for me
- I see an image of myself
- Before my eyes, right before my eyes
- Before my eyes, before my eyes
- That was nice, whoo! Typical nice, right Philadelphia? Right?
- Yeah, I mean, you know (can you turn on the air conditioning, please?)
- Can you turn on the air conditioner, please? It's fuckin' hot!
- Turn on the air conditioner, or these people are gonna kill you!
- Wait a minute, here. Oh! Oh, hey! (Oh, hey, we got a...)
- Oh, Brian, you tried to give this play bass, didn't you, oh, hell no
- Let's go jam a little Ebony and Ivory
- Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
- Maybe I'm afraid of the... well, we don't know that song
- But, anyway, right, we got mr. Brian Wheat...
- Thank you, that's just what I was... oh, and old Ted Tulsa hat
- Well shit, goddamn, hell-puh - alright!
- And anyway, we got mr. Brian Wheat on the piano for ya on this one and
- It's a tune of our second album (hit it!)
- Hit it
- (Keith, Wheat, Hannon)
- Hold me close now, hold me tight, don't let go of me tonight
- You're all I want, you're all I need
- Hold me close now, hold me tight, and don't let go of me tonight
- Sweet paradise, yeah
- How I love all of those crazy little things you've said and done for me
- You're the one for me
- Darlin', dry your eyes, I can't stand to see you cry
- Now just turn and walk away, don't look back when I say goodbye paradise
- Days go by and life goes on, I feel I've been away too long
- What I would give to be with you, days go by and life drags on
- Feel I've been away too long, for much too long, yeah
- And all the while that I'm away, don't let our love fade away
- Don't you fade away
- Now as sure as the sun is gonna shine, the day will come
- Now I'm waitin' for the day, there'll be no more sayin' goodbye paradise
- My sweet paradise, you are the reason why it tears me up inside
- And I break down and cry, didn't wanna say goodbye paradise
- I'm comin' home to you tonight, comin' home to you tonight
- So hold on tight, tonight I'm on my way back home to paradise
- I'm so lost without you, I can't live without you
- I've been away too long, now, tonight I'm on my way back home to you
- My my paradise, my my paradise
- To hold you in my arms, you're all that I adore
- To see your smilin' face as I walk through the door
- I'll never say goodbye again, no
- [Solo]
- Hey, we're Pogo! Oh, okay. Here we go
- As a matter of fact, this song was wrote about a town that is not part of
- where we're from (Freebird!) No, we're not from Alabama, man
- We're from California (Californ-I-A. We like Philadelphia though, I mean)
- Oh yeah, we like ya a whole bunch (yeah, we're ready)
- (J.C. Fogerty)
- [Originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival]
- Just about a year ago, I set out on the road
- Seekin' my fame and fortune, I'm lookin' for a pot of gold
- Things got bad and things got worse, I guess you know the tune
- Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again
- I boarded on the Greyhound, and I'm walkin' there, by the road
- I was just passin' through, it must be seven months or more
- I ran out of time and money, it looks like the two were friends
- Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again
- [Solo]
- Man from a magazine, who said I was on my way
- But somewhere I lost connection, I ran out of songs to play
- I planned many times of one-night stands, it looks like my plans fell through
- Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again
- If I had a million dollars for every song I've sung
- Or every time I had to play while people slapped their tongue
- I know I'll catch the next train, back to where I live
- Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again
- Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again
- There we go, get ready!
- (Mick Jagger, Keith Richard)
- [Originally by The Rolling Stones]
- What a drag it is, getting old
- "It's so different today", I hear every mother say
- They just need something today, for confidence
- And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill
- She goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
- And the kids are all away, it's a blue and busy day
- "Things are different today", I hear every mother say
- Couldn't crash before her husband, such a drag
- So she buys a [risen] cake and she burns a frozen steak
- And goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
- And the kids are all away, it's a blue and busy day
- Oh doctor, please, I'm [on my knees], outside the door she took for more
- What a drag it is, getting old
- When you stop and save today, I hear every mother say
- They just don't appreciate that you've retired
- They're so hard to satisfy, lookin' tranquil at your mind
- And goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
- And forgets her through the night, helps to minimize her flight
- Oh doctor, please, I'm [on my knees], outside the door she took for more
- What a drag it is, getting old
- When you stop and save today, I hear every mother say
- That this mood of happiness is such a bore
- If you take some more of those, you will get an overdose
- You'll go running for the shelter of your mother's little helper
- And forget to run away
- Hey!
- Uh-oh! I fucked up there a little bit, please don't tell Mick!
- Alright! Now it's time to play something a little different
- It's a song of our first album (surprise 'em)
- And it's gonna be rocking (surprise 'em)
- Yeah, surprise, this is called "Surprise for you"
- Surprise 'em, surprise 'em
- Surprise, surprise (okay, tell 'em what it is)
- (Wanna tell 'em what it is, or should I just start it?)
- Start it, Frank! Hey, right on...
- Yeah, ow, alright!
- (Keith, Hannon, Skeoch)
- Stormy night under dead black skies, he pulls into town
- Thunder rolls and the lightning bolts come crashin' to the ground
- Cold as ice, hard as stone, as he walks into the room
- With another man who was feeling the same way, all hell is breakin' loose
- [Chorus:]
- I said bang bang, shoot 'em all, I said bang bang, blow you away
- It's a showdown in the no man's land, for the cowboy of the modern day
- Come sundown, don't be hangin' round, 'cos the cowboy'll blow you away
- [I could blow and the bad boy jones], on the wrong side of the law
- Johnny and his company, always fast to the draw, yeah
- Get so lean, feelin' so mean, I try to take my lucky share
- 'Cos all I saw was ruin, oh, the smell of blood was in the air
- [Chorus]
- [Solo]
- Ole!
- So here we are and we've come this far, but it's only getting worse
- Foreign lands with their [terrace] demands, only cost, they get hurt
- The U.S.A., the U.S.S.R., wearin' six-guns to the side
- I see the message, it's written on the wall, to my chain-gun deep inside
- [Chorus]
- It's a showdown, yeah yeah yeah, ohh
- (Keith, Hannon)
- Alright! Now this next song, I'm gonna leave the stage, I'm gonna leave
- you people with the man on the acoustic guitar, mr. Frankie Hannon
- [Solo]
- So you think that it's over, say your love has finally reached the end
- Any time you call, night or day, I'll be right there for you
- If you need a friend
- It's gonna take a little time, I know, time is sure to mend your broken heart
- But don't you even worry, Philadelphia, 'cos I know you'll find love again
- Love is all around you, love is knockin' outside your door
- Waitin' for you is this love made just for two
- Keep an open heart and you'll find love again, I know
- Love is all around you, yeah yeah, love is knockin' outside your door
- Waitin' for you is this love made just for two
- Keep an open heart and you'll find love again, I know
- [Solo]
- It's all around
- It's all around
- Love will find a way - darlin', love is gonna find a way
- Find its way back to you
- Love will find a way - so look around, open your eyes
- Love is gonna find a way - love is gonna, love is gonna
- Love is gonna, love is gonna find a way, yeah
- Love will find a way - love is gonna find a way back to you, yeah yeah yeah
- [Solo]
- Love will find a way - darlin', love is gonna find a way
- Find its way back to you
- Love will find a way - oh just look around, look around
- Open up your eyes now, honey
- Love is gonna find a way - love is gonna, love is gonna
- Love is gonna, love is gonna find a way, yeah
- Love will find a way - love is gonna find a way back to you, yeah, I know
- You know what Philadelphia?
- I know, I know, I know, I know
- Whoo! Thank you very much, Philadelphia!
- Whoa, wait a minute, wait a minute! Remember that song we were gonna sing now?
- Okay, yeah
- Tear 'em up, cowboy!
- We're gonna go back there with drums from our heads
- So tonight's as good a night as any to try. Help us out
- I don't smoke marihuana, I don't take LSD
- 'Cos I'm a country boy from Nashville, with my boots up to my knees
- I like to sit around and be lazy, I like to drink a lot of beer
- 'Cos I'm a country boy from Nashville, with my hair cut to my ears
- I'd like to cut the balls of a long-haired hippy, and tie them up to a tree
- 'Cos I'm a country boy from Nashville, that's Nashville, Tennessee
- Well I'm a country boy from Nashville, Tennessee, don't fuck with me
- That's right, they made me do it
- Well a hail from Oklahoma, and I don't care who you be...
- You see, we didn't write that song, in case you didn't know
- But we wrote this one, way back in the club days matters
- When this was where it's at.
- You know, fuck all that 15,000, this was it, you know
- And we just love it, and this is the kind of shit we was writin' on the side
- 'Cos we love to get down fo' boogie
- Oh take it away, Frankie, baby!
- I wanna ride all around, into the sun
- And I won't be back 'til the morning comes
- I'm gettin' down fo' boogie, all night long
- I said come what come, all gather round, 'cos we're all gonna put it down
- Get down fo' boogie, all night long, ow!
- [Solo]
- Mr. Skeoch
- [Solo]
- I wanna ride all around, into the sun
- And I won't be back 'til the morning comes
- I'm gettin' down fo' boogie, all night long
- I'm gettin' down fo' boogie, down fo' boogie
- I'm gettin' down fo' boogie, all night long, yes I do
- I'm gettin' down fo' boogie, all night long, tell me, how 'bout you
- I'm gettin' down fo' boogie, all night long
- That's all folks!
- Philadelphia, thank you very much for puttin' up with us tonight
- Thank you
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