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The Way She Holds Me
02:58
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It's like cream swirling round in my coffee
Beneath the warmth of the neon glow by the highway in the morning
She's got the soul of a V8 Ford
I'm riding on her running boards
Wherever she goes oh lord
Cause I like the way she holds me
Yeah I like the way she holds me
It's like a dream but I wish that I could wake up
I know I should be moving on but I just can't seem to shake her
She's at the motel with her makeup on
I'm the guy she's waiting on
We've been at this just a little too long
But I like the way she holds me
Yeah I like the way she holds me
Gasoline keeps my motor running
I can tell by the way she speaks she knows that I'm coming
She's a double edged switchblade knife
it's always the same old game
she gets the handle and I get the blade
because I like the way she holds me
Yeah I like the way she holds me
I like the way she holds me
Yeah I like the way she holds me
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2. |
Need Your Love
03:06
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I've been holding it in
I've been holding out
I've been biting my tongue
Inside of my mouth
I know it ain't proper
I know it ain't right
For a girl like you
To stay out all night
My heart don't beat
It rattles and hums
Tell your mama and your sister that I'm gonna be your mister alright
Your daddy thinks
That I ain't no good
He don't need no trash
In his neighbourhood
Well his inclination
It ain't wrong
But girls on bikes
Have a lot more fun
Got a leather jacket
You'll never take off
Tell your daddy and your cousin time to get your motor running come on
Wrap your legs around me baby, come and hold on tight
We're gonna go for a ride
Shine a tail light on this old town, and leave it all behind
Cause I need your love
I need your love
I need your love tonight
The lord above
Died for our sins
He signed a cheque babe
I wanna cash it in
If Saint Peter says
At the pearly gates
You ain't on this list son
You're in the wrong place
Thanks for the wine
I'll head downstairs
Tell the saints and the preachers that I found another teacher alright
Wrap your legs around me baby, come and hold on tight
We're gonna go for a ride
Shine a tail light on this old town, and leave it all behind
Cause I need your love
I need your love
I need your love tonight
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3. |
Drugstore Dreamin'
02:57
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I'm up in the morning I wake at the dawn
My hedges are trimmed and I mow my lawn
At night I'll be listening to my favourite song and I dream
I'd like to have a nice automobile
a convertible model with chrome on the wheels
I imagine how driving around would feel and I dream
I ain't got no plans
I'm an Auqua Velva man
you better believe I'll be drugstore dreamin’
dreaming all that I can
I'd like to have a nice automobile
a convertible model with chrome on the wheels
I imagine how driving around would feel and I dream
I ain't got no plans
I'm an Auqua Velva man
you better believe I'll be drugstore dreaming
dreaming all that I can
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4. |
Cruel
03:40
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I don't wanna know if you're alright
I don't wanna sleep with you at night
I don't wanna know who you're with now
I don't wanna be with no one else
If I have to see you at the bar
If I have to see you in his arms
If I have to put myself through hell
I don't wanna see nobody else
So I'll play it cool
Try to fool myself
I tried my best
Didn't go so well
I could lie again
That I don't need no help
That I won't be Cruel
To no one else
To no one else
Sun's up new day
Wish that it would go away
Shines on the black top
Of the empty motel parking lot
Lock the door close the blinds
Pretend I'm gonna close my eyes
I stay awake so I don't dream of you
Tell me how a love can be so cruel
So Cruel
I tried my best
Didn't go so well
And I fall to the floor
Like an empty shell
And I won't be Cruel
To no one else
To no one else
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5. |
Be Happy!
02:59
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I been waiting for the sun to shine
It's been raining all the time
Wish the wind would come and free my mind
Feel so lonely all the time
I been holding out my empty hand
I been begging on my knees
I keep hearing bout a promised land
Must be just beyond my reach
I wanna be happy
I wanna be happy
I wanna be happy
I wanna be happy
Days are drifting like the smokestack clouds
Time ain't always on my side
Watch the clock and it just laughs out loud
Tell me is there more to find?
I wanna be happy
I wanna be happy
I wanna be happy
I wanna be happy
Is there a spirit in the sky
Can he take away the pain
Is there a kingdom in the clouds
Will they call me out by name
Will they save us from everything
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Caroline
04:08
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Ain't it something when you taste it
Ain't it sweet as summer rain
You wanna throw your arms around it
And then they take it all away
They're closing in around us
They've got us all surrounded
They've got ol' Caroline and they're putting her down tonight
Caroline, Caroline
Rolling down the river just one more time
Lord I can't believe my eyes
They're putting her down to the bottom tonight
Now we slip away to bar rooms
Where we hide amongst the noise
Where we sip a glass of bitter
But a glass of beer won't fill the void
In bouts of drunken sorrow
You'll say we'll win tomorrow
But you better pack it in just drink up and go home
Caroline, Caroline
Rolling down the river just one more time
Lord I can't believe my eyes
They're putting her down to the bottom tonight
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7. |
Queen of the Midnight
02:50
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Well she moved on out of her daddy's house
got a little apartment way downtown
yeah she moved on out of her daddy's house
got a little apartment way downtown oh yeah
yeah
She got herself a job in a rock n roll bar
pouring up the beer for the rock n roll stars
yeah she got herself a job in a rock n roll bar
pouring up the beer for the rock n roll stars oh yeah
yeah
when her paycheque comes around
she's gonna get them hot pants on
she's gonna make her little way downtown
she's the queen
queen of the midnight
and when the band starts playing she's gonna
she's gonna feel alright
alright
Well she plays the part she's got it note for note
With her cha-cha heels and a big fur coat
Yeah she plays the part she's got it note for note
with her cha-cha heels and her big fur coat oh yeah
yeah
With her perfume on and her hair up high
tonight she's gonna go and touch the sky
with her perfume on and her hair up high
tonight she's gonna go and touch the sky oh yeah
yeah
When her paycheque comes around
she's gonna get them hot pants on
she's gonna make her little way downtown
she's the queen
queen of the midnight
and when the band starts playing she's gonna
she's gonna feel alright
alright
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Chasing Rabbits
03:17
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Well the springtime has come
all the hares on the run
as the boys chase them over the hill
as I sit and I stare
I smell the sparkling spring air
and I think of the old times and you
How I wish I could lay
in your arms far away
maybe I'm just a game you outgrew
but I'm still chasing rabbits
trying to break these old habits
trying to fall for somebody new
The seasons they change
other things stay the same
like a stone unaffected by time
you put wind in your sails
I'm still chasing my tail
am I only what you left behind
Are there traces of me
tied like invisible strings
will I always be tangled in you
I'm still chasing rabbits
trying to break these old habits
trying to fall for somebody new
So wherever you roam
wherever you call your home
I hope you find another love
just as true
I'm still chasing rabbits
Trying to break these old habits
trying to fall for somebody new
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