1.New Street Blues
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.
Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
About a year ago, I knocked on this door
I asked my friend if I could sleep on the floor
He took me in, said I was welcome to stay
I told him then that I was going to pay him back someday.
He took me in and all he asked was a song
It didn't sound me when I knew it was wrong
It got so bad that we were drunk every night
And I'd pretend that come tomorrow night things would be
alright.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
Sitting here is really bringing me down
I think I'll get up and go downtown
Have a drink and maybe look up a friend
To talk the hours away and hope the night will never end.
Look in my pockets to see what I've got
I count my money, I don't have a lot
The situation is always the same
I've got to get out of here, this place is driving me insane.
Hold on, I'm getting the new street blues.
2.Didn't I ？
Didn't I tell you？ Didn't I tell you true？
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me？
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to？
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright？
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I？
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I？
When I was way down, taking the long way 'round
There were times when you told me we'd never make the other side
I asked you to understand, lend me a helping hand
Didn't I tell you we could make it as long as you believed in
me？
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I？
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I？
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I？
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I？
Didn't I tell you？ Didn't I tell you true？
Didn't I say the words that meant so much to me？
Didn't I love you, just like you wanted me to？
Didn't I say right then everything was going to be alright？
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I？
Didn't I, didn't I, now didn't I？
3.Mr Universe
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Mr. Universe, can you help me please？
I'm only seven stone two
When I'm on the beach, the girls stay out of reach
They all want someone like you.
You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.
Mr. Universe, you know it's getting worse
I need your seven-day plan
I'm thinner every day, before I waste away
I need a muscle-bound man.
You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.
You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe
I'm sick of getting sand thrown in my face.
4.Mary Skeffington
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.
Remember a holiday in a north-of-England town
You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown.
Mary Skeffington, when you wake
You mustn't be afraid to face another day
Think of what you have, you'll get by
You've always been a lady so hold your head up high.
Look back on a home where you spent the best years of your life
Remember the man who asked you if you would be his wife.
Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
And make believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way.
5.The Long Way Round
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
I stood and looked across the water
I had to get to the other side
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
The captain said the ship was leaving
And that we'd better get onboard
I settled down to watch the sun rise
And wondered if I'd see the sun go down
The sea was rough and the wind was howling
But I was laughing all the way
I didn't care about the weather
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
Then a stranger sat beside me
It was my brother in disguise
He said he knew where I was going
He asked me why I took the long way round
The sea was rough and the wind was howling
But I was laughing all the way
I didn't listen to the stranger
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
At last I get to my destination
The stranger turned and walked away
He didn't know where he was going
He said he had to take the long way round
I stood and looked across the water
I thought of what I'd left behind
Because I knew that you'd be waiting
I didn't want to take the long way round
6.Can I Have My Money Back ？
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
Went to the movies and the movie broke down
The picture on the screen was going 'round and 'round
I'd spent all I had getting in to see the show
So I walked up to the man and I said I'd like to go.
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
I heard a preacher man say his way was the best
So I took up his religion and forgot about the rest
Then I heard another one calling out my name
I went and took a closer look, he was just the same.
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
Listen to the lies from the politician man
Saying that we live in a democratic land
One land for the rich, another for the poor
And if you try to change it, they'll nail you to the floor.
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
I don't hear what you're sayin', don't care what you're doin'
Can I have my money back, money back, money back？
Can I have my money back, please sir？
7.Sign On The Dotted Line
Lyricist：Gerry RaffertyJoe Egan
Writer(s)：Gerry RaffertyJoe Egan
Playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says 'Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band？'
'But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.
Get on the phone (Played in Hamburg just to make me some money)
She says 'I need some money back home' (Played the ？？ but never
got honey)
Big money man says (Big fat money man, he wrote me a letter)
'Don't you worry boy, you're not on your own' ('Don't you worry
boy, it's got to get better')
'If I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get yourself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.
I could have stayed at home forever
But big money man was much too clever
He said 'Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.
Back playing guitar Friday night in Sally's club bar
Big money man says 'Won't you join my rock 'n' roll band？'
'But if I'm going to make you a star, boy
Get myself a chauffer-driven car, yeah
Sign on the dotted line
It's going to work out fine'.
8.Make You Break You
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
You started out saying that you knew me
But I've never known anyone like you
You said we thought the same, so I just played the game
I really didn't mind 'cause I knew that I was winning all the
way.
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself
away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell
that's who you really are.
Why don't you take a look around you？
Just try and see the other side
Maybe you'll find it strange, or maybe you'll like the change
At least you would know there were other people living in the
world
You can't play the same old game forever
Someone will surely cut you down
So if you're going to stay around, get your feet back on the
ground
Find your direction, follow it all the way.
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself
away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell
that's who you really are.
Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time you try to act like a lady, you give yourself
away
It takes so long to make you, but a whole lot less to break you
'Cause every time I see you look into a mirror, I can tell
that's who you really are.
9.To Each And Everyone
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.
You said you spoke straight from the heart
But that was the one thing that kept us apart
'Cause when I read between the lines
I saw that the only heart speaking was mine.
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.
When everything is said and done
Nothing's been lost and nothing's been won
I took from you, you took from me
But I suppose that's how it had to be.
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, indeed I do
If you should ask me why I go
I wouldn't say 'cause you should know.
To each and everyone of you
I say goodbye, farewell, adieu
To each and all I say goodbye
I know it's been fun but we're living a lie.
10.One Drink Down
Lyricist：Gerry RaffertyJohn Byrne
Writer(s)：Gerry RaffertyJohn Byrne
To Rafferty's Bar in my old jaunting car
I took myself one Friday evening
To think on a son so deceiving
It's one drink down and another to go.
He was married in haste to a woman unchaste
Much to the shame of the father
His face still half-covered in lather
It's one drink down and another to go.
It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.
I'm not the kind to condemn out of hand
A woman whose virtue is easy
Just as long as she doesn't deceive me
It's one drink down and another to go.
Imagine a life with an unfaithful wife
Might wake up in the morning
And find that she's left without warning
It's one drink down and another to go.
It's one drink down and another to go
When I pass through the town I must hang my head low
It's one drink down and another to go.
11.Don't Count Me Out
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
I sat down to cry
I heard a friend of mine say 'My, oh my
What you doin' down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the
ground？'
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
When the sun goes down
You'll find me sitting in a bar in the dark side of the town
And if you tell me that I drink too much and that it's going to
be the death of me
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
You say you know me well
But you've only seen the outside, so brother, how can you tell？
I never listen to your advice 'cause it changes every single day
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
I sat down to cry
I heard a friend of mine say 'My, oh my
What you doin' down there, boy, with your nose stuck on the
ground？'
Hear me shout, don't count me out.
12.Half A Chance
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Goin' down a dusty road, I turned my head 'round
Looking for somewhere to go, a place to lay my head down
Check into a small hotel and there before my eyes
Stood a man with a trumpet in his hand
Trying to make the people understand, he stops and sighs and
says
'Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance
through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout 'Hip
hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say'
Spoke about the well-known faces appearing in the show
Star attraction of the evening would be Billy with his big banjo
But first of all, a sweet little lady who'd have us all
screamin' for more
Lily, the striptease queen with the biggest pair you've ever
seen.
Down and down
Went her long black stockings and, as they hit the ground, the
boys went mad
Everyone agreed
That it was the greatest time they'd ever had
On and on
Now the night was nearly over except for Billy and his big banjo
Billy sang a song called 'The Truckdriver Man'
And we joined in for a chorus or two and then I went to bed.
'Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and they'll sing and dance
through the night
Lend an ear, please
And the band will play the things you'll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over you'll scream and shout 'Hip
hooray!'
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say'
13.Where I Belong
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I don't think I'm winning the race
Whenever I think of the future
I just see the one thing that might bring a smile to my face.
To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.
Sometimes life seems to slow down
I try to move faster 'cause disaster is hot on my heels
Maybe I don't have to worry
Perhaps I'll keep learning concerning the way that I feel.
To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.
Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I hope that I'm winning the race.
14.Look Over The Hill And Far Away
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Look over the hill and far away
We'll see the start of a brand new day
Heaven help us when it arrives
One more day with tears in our eyes
For the only one, lonely one
Lonely one, where can she be？
The figure stands at the windowpane
Up to the hill he looks again
Thinking back, he knows he was wrong
How could he leave his home for so long
And he's back to find no change of mind
He was blind, where can she be？
Why does he stand just outside the door
It does no good, he's stood there before
And just waved his hand, I don't understand
There's no one there, so who can explain？
Look over the hill and far away
We'll see the start of a brand new day
Heaven help us when it arrives
One more day with tears in our eyes
For the only one, lonely one
Lonely one, where can she be？
15.Patrick
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jock Connolly, and me.
The things that we have are all that we need
You have your painting, and I like to
Read books by people of feeling, someone sincere
They remind me of you and what we have here.
Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jock Connolly, and me.
If in our lifetime we find peace of mind
We'll remember the bad days that we left behind
Thinking only of love and what it can bring
You paint songs for the children, a song we'll always sing.
Patrick my primitive painter of art
You will always and ever be near to my heart
I will never cross water, never cross sea
We will always be with you, Jock Connolly, and me.
16.Rick Rack
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.
My father says that I must always work on the land
And I never disagreed when I'd see him lift his hand
Mother thinks that I should be a carpenter to trade
That I could fill my house with the things that I had made.
Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.
I look at the skies, see the birds that can fly, and I feel like
cryin'
Like a bird on the tree I just want to free so I'll keep on
tryin'.
Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.
My brother says that I must pay attention at the school
Because I've never won a prize, he thinks that I'm a fool
Teacher always asks me why I look so far away
It's just that I find nothing in the words he has to say.
Rick rack, rickety rack
I'm leaving home and I'm never coming back
I'm on my way to be an engine driver
But if I can't be that I'll be a deep sea diver.
17.Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
The book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn't like me anyway.
She always wanted more than I could give
She wasn't happy with the way we lived
I didn't feel like asking her to stay
Her father didn't like me anyway.
Daddy never knew just what she'd seen in me
Daddy didn't like my hair
Perhaps if we had talked, he'd have seen something in me
But Daddy didn't really care.
To tell the truth I didn't have the nerve
I know I only got what I deserved
So now she's taken leave of me today
Her father didn't like me anyway.
Daddy never knew just what she'd seen in me
Daddy didn't like my hair
Perhaps if we had talked, he'd have seen something in me
But Daddy didn't really care.
The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
The book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn't like me anyway.
18.Please Sing A Song For Us
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Walk in, sit down, open up your case
Tune up, and turn 'round to show your face to the crowd
Sing a song in a genuine bluegrass voice
About your big Dixie Darling, the banjo that's always in tune.
Please sing a song for us, play your guitar
There isn't one of us care who you are
But if the sound is good, you won't go wrong
Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long).
Stand up, stretch out to take the hand
Of a girl called Rosie who thought your performance was cool
Tune in, turn on, stop dead in your tracks
At a voice softly singing about some fool on a hill.
Please sing a song for us, play your guitar
There isn't one of us care who you are
And if the sound is good, you won't go wrong
Please sing a song for us and we will sing along (so long).
19.Blood And Glory
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Don't you feel like talkin' to a man who's fed up walkin' all
the time
Don't you feel like sayin' to a man who's fed up prayin' that
you're mine
We fought a lot of battles from Nebraska to Seattle, I'm so
tired
We hid in lonely places and we never seen the faces 'til they
fired.
Well hear me talkin' (blood and glory)
I'm fed up walkin' (blood and glory)
I'll tell a story (blood and glory)
About blood and glory.
When we threw away our sabers and we joined with Preston's
Raiders for a while
We looted and we plundered while the Yankee cannons thundered,
we just smiled
But now back home in Kentucky, and I know I've been lucky to
survive
I never want to see another cannon aimed at me while I'm alive.
Well hear me talkin' (blood and glory)
I'm fed up walkin' (blood and glory)
I'll tell a story (blood and glory)
About blood and glory.
20.I Can't Stop Now
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Every time I'm away I think about you
I wish that you were near me
Gets so bad at times I talk to myself
I wish that you could hear me.
I get to thinking how it all started out, and I know, oh I know
It may not last forever
But in the meantime when the goin' is good, I know, oh I know
That we should be together.
You gave me everything and then some more
When I was cold you opened up the door
Don't want to stop I couldn't anyhow
You know I'm in too deep and I can't stop now.
When I come home I know I don't ever have much to say
I'm just glad to be there
You ask about the people I've met and the places I've been
You ask me what I see there.
I see you, I see you everywhere I go
I see you all around me
On a ship, on a train, on a plane, no matter where I am
I feel your love surround me.
You gave me everything and then some more
When I was cold you opened up the door
Don't want to stop I couldn't anyhow
You know I'm in too deep and I can't stop now.
You gave me everything and then some more
When I was cold you opened up the door
Don't want to stop I couldn't anyhow
You know I'm in too deep and I can't stop now.
21.All The Best People Do It
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
You say that I am out of touch
To me that doesn't mean so much
You're tryin' hard to be so cool
But you will always be the fool.
All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
You think you know just what to say
The words you use give you away
There's always something lets me know
That I'm up high and you're down low.
All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
Why do you always just pretend
You're gonna lose out in the end
One day you'll wake up and you'll find
That I have left you far behind.
All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
You say that I am out of touch
To me that doesn't mean so much
You're tryin' hard to be so cool
But you will always be the fool.
All the best people do it
There ain't nothin' to it
Just keep turning every little thing into a lie.
22.Steamboat Row
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
My daddy was a miner, said there was nothing finer
Than an Irish man who worked an honest day
From Steamboat Row, in rain or shine, he'd make his way down to
the mine
Along the dusty road he'd travel
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.
He used to tell about the time he got hurt down in the mine
He said he'd never go back down again
But in his heart he knew he would, he did the only thing he
could
Kept on walkin' down that road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.
But when he took to drinkin' we knew that he was thinkin'
That his days were quickly coming to an end
He'd only speak of Steamboat Row, he said someday we ought to go
And walk along that dusty road
Fifteen miles to get there, fifteen miles to go
Fifteen miles back home again, home to Steamboat Row.
23.Shoeshine Boy
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' dowtown on Main
Street
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two
feet
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with
your lady 'til the break of day.
Shoeshine boy, don't have no ambition, just wants to be a
kerbside boot black
Shoeshine boy, your daddy's getting older, gotta take the weight
off his back
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with
your lady 'til the break of day.
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with
your lady 'til the break of day.
You know you feel so good when she comes to need you
And when you're dancin' together, you just can't beat you.
Shoeshine boy, he's makin' his money workin' dowtown on Main
Street
Shoeshine boy, I know it ain't funny cleanin' everything on two
feet
Get down, get down upon your knees and brush your blues away
It won't be long 'til Saturday night and you'll be dancin' with
your lady 'til the break of day.
24.Keep It To Yourself
Lyricist：Gerry Rafferty
Writer(s)：Gerry Rafferty
I walk along the street and wonder what to do
I'd like to ease the pain in my troubled brain
But as to how, I haven't a clue
Should I shout at the people who pass me by
Hey folks look at me, I'm no ordinary guy
I had a love and she swore she was mine
But she only loved me when the weather was fine.
My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know
Keep it to yourself.
On a subway train, I hide from the rain
And take a seat right next to the door
There's a man with a case and as I look at his face
I'm sure I've seen him someplace before
He looks up and I look down
And then we both look away
The train slows down and my head spins 'round
It's like scene from a one-act play.
My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know
Keep it to yourself.
I feel much better when the sun has lost its glow
When the light of day is fading away
And there are shadows wherever I go
Yes the light is fading and I'm masquerading
As a poet with something to say
The inspiration's gone and I can't turn it on
It's been the same since she went away.
My mind tells me what to do
Keep it to yourself, tell nobody else
Just how you loved her so, they don't want to know
Keep it to yourself.
25.My Singing Bird
Lyricist：Traditional
Writer(s)：Traditional
Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
While you're here tonight, we'll be as one
For tomorrow you will seek the sun.
Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
Just for the moment I'm asking you to stay
For tomorrow you'll be far away
For tomorrow you'll be far away.
Sing your song once more, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
While you're here tonight, we'll be as one
For tomorrow you will seek the sun
Yes tomorrow you will seek the sun.
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