First Cuts

Cat Stevens First Cuts Lyrics
1.Here Comes My Baby

In the midnight moonlight
I'll be walkin' a long and lonely mile
And every time i do
I keep seein' this picture of you

Here comes my baby here she comes now
And that comes as no surprise to me with another guy
Here comes my baby here she comes now
Walkin' with a love with a love that's all so fine
Never could be mine no matter how i try

You never walk alone
And you're forever talkin' on the phone
I've tried to call you names
But every time it comes out the same

Here comes my baby here she comes now
And that comes as no surprise to me with another guy
Here comes my baby here she comes now
Walkin' with a love with a love that's all so fine
Never could be mine no matter how i try

I'm still waitin' for your heart
'cause i'm sure that some day it's gonna start
You'll be mine to hold each day
But till then this is all that i can say

Here comes my baby here she comes now
And that comes as no surprise to me with another guy
Here comes my baby here she comes now
Walkin' with a love with a love that's all so fine
Never could be mine no matter how i try

Here comes my baby here she comes now
And that comes as no surprise to me with another guy
Here comes my baby


2.Come On And Dance

I take you out all over town
But you always start sittin' down
You never move baby whats wrong with me?
When we go dancin' you're just there like a tree

Baby come on and dance you're holding me back
I've gotta get out this feeling before i go mad
You gotta let me in the music's getting me now
You gotta come on and dance stop hangin' around

I don't care if you twist or jive just as long as you're lookin'
alive
You'll make me glad baby you'll make me rise
I wanna see that twinkle in your eyes

Baby come on and dance you're holding me back
I've gotta get out this feeling before i go mad
You gotta let me in the music's getting me now
You gotta come on and dance stop hangin' around


3.I Love My Dog

I love my dog
As much as i love you
But you may fade
My dog will always come through

All he asks from me
Is the food to give him strength
All he ever needs
Is love and that he knows he'll get

So i love my dog
As much as i love you
But you may fade
My dog will always come through

All the pay i need comes
Shining through his eyes
I don't need no cold water
To make me realize that

I love my dog
As much as i love you
But you may fade
My dog will always come through

Na na na na na na nana

I love my dog
As much as i love you
But you may fade
My dog will always come through

Na na na na na na nana

I love my dog baby
I love my dog na na na
I love my dog baby
I love my dog na na na


4.Matthew & Son

Up at eight you can't be late
For matthew & son he won't wait
Watch them run down to platform one
And the eight thirty train to matthew & son

Matthew & son the work's never done
There's always something new
The files in your head you take them to bed
You're never ever through
And they've been workin' all day all day all day

There's a five minute break and that's all you take
For a cup of cold coffee and a piece of cake

Matthew & son the work's never done
There's always something new
The files in your head you take them to bed
You're never ever through
And they've been workin' all day all day all day

He's got people who've been workin' for fifty years
No one asks for more money 'cause nobody dares
Even though they're pretty low and their rent's in arrears

Matthew & son matthew & son
Matthew & son matthew & son
And they've been workin' all day all day all day

Matthew & son
Matthew & son
Matthew & son
Matthew & son


5.Granny

You were always were so nice
When it came to problems you knew
I never did think twice
About ever coming to you

So granny what on earth can i do?
Granny granny what on earth can i do?
'cause this little girl this little girl
She's a driving me wild she's a driving me wild
So wild so wild so wild

You always straightened me out
When i was feeling rough
But this one i really doubt
'cause this one's really tough

Oh granny what on earth can i do?
Granny granny what on earth can i do?
'cause this little girl this little girl
She's a driving me wild she's a driving me wild
So wild so wild so wild

So granny what on earth can i do?
Granny granny what on earth can i do?
'cause this little girl this little girl
She's a driving me wild she's a driving me wild
So wild so wild so wild


6.I've Found A Love

Baby i've never had a single thing in my life
That i could call my own
There you were holding a love so true
Now i've got a home now i've got a home

I found a love hidden in a backstreet
I found a love baby
I found a love hidden in a backstreet
Hidden away from the world baby

Baby you really make me feel like a king
A king without a crown
But darlin' promise me one little thing
That you won't let me down you won't let me down

I found a love hidden in a backstreet
I found a love baby
I found a love hidden in a backstreet
Hidden away from the world baby

Don't ever tell me lies baby
Don't take it for a ride baby
Just stay here by my side baby
We won't ever stop

I found a love hidden in a backstreet
I found a love baby
I found a love hidden in a backstreet
Hidden away from the world baby

I found a love hidden in a backstreet
I found a love baby


7.Baby Get Your Head Screwed On

Well if you're feelin' low take it slow
Baby get your head screwed on
I know he's left but don't be depressed
Baby let your favorite daddy see you through

Oh baby you'll be out of your mind
Baby you'll be out of your mind
Baby you'll be out of your mind

You know you're nice you're sugar and spice
And i know what you're going through
But if you're hot hot and even if you're not
Baby let your favorite daddy see you through

Oh baby you'll be out of your mind
Baby you'll be out of your mind
Baby you'll be out of your mind

You were so neat ever so sweet
And overnight you've seemed to change
Since you kissed your psychiatrist
Baby you've never been the same

Well if you're feelin' low take it slow
Baby get your head screwed on
I know he's left but don't be depressed
Baby let your favorite daddy see you through

Oh baby you'll be out of your mind
Baby you'll be out of your mind
Baby you'll be out of your mind


8.Lady

I was cold and so alone so i couldn't help but moan
When the life that i had known started crumbling
Then this crazy world that i live in started giving more to me

Oh i've never known a lady like yourself
Oh i've never known a lady

I was searching all the world looking for a girl
Then a lady made an earl of this poor boy
Now this crazy world that i live in started giving more to me

Oh i've never known a lady like yourself
Oh i've never known a lady

Now this crazy world that i live in
Started giving more to me

Oh i've never known a lady like yourself
Oh i've never known a lady
Oh i've never known a lady


9.I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun

I've been demoralized too many times
But now i realize ah ah no more

I'm gonna get me a gun
I'm gonna get me a gun
And all those people who put me down
You better get ready to run
'cause i'm gonna get me a gun

I know my destiny is like the sun
You see the best of me when i have got my gun

I'm gonna get me a gun
I'm gonna get me a gun
And all those people who put me down
You better get ready to run
'cause i'm gonna get me a gun

So you think you can push me around
And make me run well i'm gonna tell you now

I'm gonna get me a gun
I'm gonna get me a gun
And all those people who put me down
You better get ready to run
'cause i'm gonna get me a gun

Gonna get me a gun
Gonna get me get me get me a gun
Gonna get
I'm gonna get me a gun
I'm gonna get me a gun


10.Kitty

I work in the mornin' i work in the night
The men on the block they just laugh at me
I work in the mornin' i work in the night
The men on the block they just laugh at me

But when they're wiping their silver spoons
Palming the men for some bread
I'll be laughing
Way way out of my head

When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party a party no doubt
When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party

And if my mind isn't coming so fast
The men on the block say i'm on the brink
And if my mind isn't coming so fast
And i ain't so dumb as some people think

'cause when they're wiping their silver spoons
Palming the men for some bread
I'll be laughing
Way way out of my head

When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party a party no doubt
When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party

I'll be laughing
Way way out of my head

When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party a party no doubt
When my little kitty gets out
There's gonna be a party


11.Northern Wind

There is a wind my billy and it's awful strong
Come for you and anyone who's helped you along
But i want to live live live and let the stars shine bright
Yes i want to live live live and let it on alright

And when that bird sings from over that silver wall
I don't want to fight it billy 'cause i want to go

There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

And with this gun goes everything i want to say
Not for you but for anyone who takes it away
Let it fill his life life life until there's nothing left
Let it kill his wife wife wife until he goes to bed

And when that bird sings from over that silver wall
I don't want to fight it billy 'cause i want to go

There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change
And a northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange
There's a northern wind billy blowin' up a southern change


12.Blackness Of The Night

In the blackness of the night
I seem to wander endlessly
With a hope burning out deep inside
I'm a fugitive community has driven me out
For this bad bad world I'm beginning to doubt
I'm alone and there is no one by my side
In the blackness of the night
I see a shadow passing by
From the heels of an old soldier boy.
There's no comprimising
And his eyes are black as the sky
For this bad bad world he is going to die.
He's alone and there is no one by his side
In the blackness of the night
I see a sparkle of a star
From the sweet silver tear of a child
And she's clutching at a photograph of long long ago
When her parents were happy she was too young to know
She's alone and there is no one by her side
I'm alone and there is no one by my side
In the blackness of the night
I seem to wander endlessly
With a hope burning out deep inside
I'm a fugitive community has driven me out
For this bad bad world I'm beginning to doubt
I'm alone and there is no one by my side


13.I'm So Sleepy

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
And imagine it was a springy bed
'cause i'm sleepy sleepy

Soon i'm gonna slip away
In the night i feel it creeping creeping creeping

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
And imagine it was a springy bed
'cause i'm sleepy sleepy

I can't keep my mind away from my dreams
I hear them calling calling calling

Soon i'm gonna slip away
Soon i'm gonna slip away
Soon i'm gonna slip away
In the night i'm gonna slip away
I wont fight it i'll just ride it

I'm so sleepy yeah
I'm so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
And imagine it was a springy bed
'cause i'm sleepy sleepy yeah


14.Come On Baby(Shift That Log)

Why don't you come over?
It's lonely at the wooden lodge
Why don't you come and see our baby?
You haven't seen her for so long

Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me
Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me

There in the back woods
We had our little piece of land
But everything wasn't so groovy
Not when you had to dirty your hands

Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me
Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me

It's lonely at the wooden lodge
So why don't you share my bed?

Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me
Come on baby shift that log
Come on baby wash that dog
Give me all the love you've got to me


15.A Bad Night

Baby you're cool
And even though you've never been to school
I know you're fine
But then you change your mind
Then you start on driftin'
And fall on behind

You've been my girl
You've been mine
All of the time

A bad night
Its gonna be
A bad night
I guarantee
Tonight i'll have
A bad night
I know i shall

Ah 'cause you left me waiting in the corner
And i know you're never gonna come back for me
And though you said you loved me
And said you needed all of my love
A bad bad bad bad bad night
Its gonna be

A bad night
It's gonna be
A bad night
I guarantee
Tonight i'll have
A bad night
I know i shall

Maybe if the weather was just a little better
It might not have happened that way
But the situation was gettin' pretty bad bad
A bad bad bad bad bad night it's gonna be

A bad night
It's gonna be
A bad night
I guarantee
Tonight i'll have
A bad night
I know i shall
I know i shall


16.Lovely City(When Do You Laugh ?)

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?

Well you ride around on a bright shiny cloud
And you think that you've found true happiness
There's no method in your mind and your tempers are kind
Is it too much to ask to give it a rest?

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?

I'm a part of you you don't wanna be
I'm an unexpected visitor who's dropped in for tea
But i'm not so low you don't even know that i'm here
You can't even see

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?

Lovely city when do you laugh?
Stony people what do you have?


17.Here Comes My Wife

Well here comes my wife
And that's the story of my life
She haunts me
Though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise
But it's not hard to recognize her
'cause she's cryin'
She looks like dyin' on me

Her father's rich i think a millionaire
But money doesn't make him better
It just makes him better to be there
So you can tell him that its quite alright
No no it's quite alright with me

Well here comes my wife
And that's the story of my life
She haunts me
Though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise
But it's not hard to recognize her
'cause she's cryin'
She looks like dyin' on me

See that shadow dancin' on the floor
She's coming up behind me
How i'd love to tell her she's a bore
But what i tell her that it's quite alright
No no it's quite alright with me

Well here comes my wife
And that's the story of my life
She haunts me
Though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise
But it's not hard to recognize her
'cause she's cryin'
She looks like dyin' on me


18.Where Are You

I know i think a lot
But somehow it just doesn't help
It only makes it worse
The more i think
The more i know
The more it hurts

With only solitude
To meet me like a friend
Oh where are you?
Where are you?
Where are you?

Maybe she sits alone
Beyond the storm
Across the raging torrent of the sea
She knows i want her
And she knows i'll always be

How can i live without the love
I cannot see
Oh where are you?
Where are you ?
Where are you?

I know there's someone there
I hear her breathe
Behind the silence of the dark
But i know that i won't see
'til we open up our eyes together
She'll look at me
What a moment that moment will be

And she looks so light
I could fly her through the night

I know i think a lot
But somehow it just doesn't help
It only goes to show
That what you never miss
You never know

But i have loved you from the moment
That we knew
Oh i love you
I love you
But where are you?


19.The View From The Top

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely
And you can be missing such a lot that could be yours

Why can't i stop forgetting myself?
Why am i always trying to be like somebody else
Why can't i love you?
Why bother flying high above you
I know where you are

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely
And you can be missin' such a lot that could be yours

And who's going to miss me?
There'll only be myself to blame
You know i'd love to hold you tight
And love you all the night
But i don't even know my name

La la la
La la la
La la la

Why can't i stop forgetting myself?
Why am i always trying to be like somebody else?
Why can't i love you?
Why bother flying high above you
I know where you are

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely
And you can be missin' such a lot that could be yours


20.The First Cut Is The Deepest

I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's takin' almost all that i've got
But if you want i'll try to love again
Baby i'll try to love again but i know

The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to bein' lucky she's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me she's worse
But when it comes to bein' loved she's first
That's how i know
The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that i've cried
'cause i'm sure gonna give you a try
And if you want i'll try to love again
But baby i'll try to love again but i know

The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to bein' lucky she's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me she's worse
But when it comes to bein' loved she's first
That's how i know
The first cut is the deepest baby i know
The first cut is the deepest

Baby i know the first cut is the deepest
Baby i know the first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to bein' lucky she's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me she's worse
But when it comes to bein' loved she's first
That's how i know
The first cut is the deepest baby i know