Rocking All Over The Years

Status Quo Rocking All Over The Years Lyrics
1.Anniversary Waltz Part One

let's dance

Hey baby won't you take a chance
Say that you'll let me have this dance
Oh let's dance, let's dance
We'll do the twist and stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dancing that you wanna do, let's dance, let's dance

Hey baby if you're all alone
Say that you'll let me walk you home
Let's dance, let's dance
We'll do the twist and stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dancing that you wanna do, let's dance, let's dance

Red river rock

No particular place to go

Riding along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity's running wild
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go

Riding along with my collar loose
Still trying to get her belt a-loose
All the way home i held a grudge
But the safety belt it wouldn't budge
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go

The wanderer

Well i'm the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are well you know that i'm around
I kiss 'em and i love 'em 'cos to me their all the same
I hug 'em and i squeeze them, they don't even know my name
They call me the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around and round and round and round and round
They call me the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around and round and round and round and round

I hear you knocking

You went away and left me long time ago
And now you're knocking on my door
I hear you knocking but you can't come in
I hear you knocking go back where you been

I begged you not to go but you said goodbye
Now you're tellin' all your lies
I hear you knocking but you can't come in
I hear you knocking go back where you been

Lucille

Lucille you don't do your daddy's will
Lucille you don't do your daddy's will
Ain't nothing to you but i love you still

I woke up this morning, lucille was not in sight
Asked my friends about her, all their lips were tight
Lucille you don't do your daddy's will
Ain't nothing to you but i love you still

Great balls of fire

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, it feels good
Hold me baby, well i wanna love you like a lover should
You're fine, so kind
I gotta tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine

I chew my nails and i twiddle my thumbs
I feel embarrassed but it sure is fun
Come on baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness gracious great balls of fire.


2.Break The Rules


3.Burning Bridges

( rossi / bown )

Building dreams has always been my way
Making time and living for the day
Burning bridges never made me cry
I could walk away with no goodbye
Easy take or easy leave them all
'til you scratch the writing on the wall

It's on and off and on again
Going on and then
Taking all i got again
Bleeding me leaving me dry
You're hanging on for what you can
Dragging out the pain
Taking all i give again
Fakin it making me cry

One day someday i may slide away
Turn around and call it all a day
Even though i fooled myself for years
I can't escape this ringing in my ears

It's on and off and on again
Going on and then
Taking all i got again
Bleeding me leaving me dry
You're hanging on for what you can
Dragging out the pain
Taking all i give again
Fakin it making me cry


4.Caroline

( rossi / young )

If you want to turn me onto
Anything you really want to
Turn me onto your love sweet love

If the night-time is the right time
Anytime of yours is my time
We can find time for love sweet love

Come on sweet caroline
You're my sweet caroline
You know i want to take you
I've really got to make you
Come on sweet caroline
Take my hand together we can rock-n-roll

When i'm thinking of you sleeping
I'm at home alone and weeping
Are you keeping your love sweet love

Do you still care when i'm not there
Do you really wish i was there
Can i come there for love sweet love

Come on sweet caroline
You're my sweet caroline
You know i want to take you
I've really got to make you
Come on sweet caroline
Take my hand together we can rock-n-roll


5.Dear John

( gustafson / macauley )

Everybody was talking to me
Like i was a child
In their words i could hear them saying
It's just a matter of time
Anyway it's a long long race been run
Anyway it's a sad sad song been sung

Dear john goodbye she said
Sometimes it's hard she said
Dear john i've broken away

Vanity is hard old lady
You can't read her mind
I'm a fool but i don't fool easy
While you're foolin' around
Anyway i can hold my own tonight
I admit i was wrong and you where right

Dear john goodbye she said
Sometimes it's hard she said
Dear john i've broken away

Dear john goodbye she said
Sometimes it's hard she said
Dear john i've broken away

Dear john goodbye she said
Sometimes it's hard she said
Dear john i've broken away

Everybody was talking to me
Like i was a child
In their words i could hear them saying
It's just a matter of time
Anyway it's a long long race been run
Anyway it's a sad sad song been sung

Dear john goodbye she said
Sometimes it's hard she said
Dear john i've broken away

Dear john goodbye she said
Sometimes it's hard she said
Dear john i've broken away

Dear john goodbye she said
Sometimes..


6.Down Down

( rossi / young )

Get down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down

I want all the world to see
To see you're laughing
And you're laughing at me
I can take it all from you
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down

I have all the ways you see
To keep you guessing
Stop your messing with me
You'll be back to find your way
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down

Get down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down deeper and down

I have found out you see
I know what you're doing
What you're doing to me
I'll keep on and say to you
Again again again again again again again
Deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Down down deeper and down
Get down


7.Ice In The Sun


8.In The Army Now

a vacation in a forreign land
Uncle sam does the best he can
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

Now you remember what the draftman said
Nothing to do all day but stay in bed
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

You be the hero of thw neiborhood
Nobody knows that you left for good
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

Smiling faces as you wait to land
But once you get there no one gives a damn
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

Hand grenades flying over your head
Missiles flying over your head
If you want to survive get out of bed
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

Shots ring out in the dad of night
The sergant calls (stand up and fight)
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

You've got your orders better shoot on sight
Your finger's on the trigger
But it don't seem right
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

Night is falling and you just can't see
Is this illusion or reality
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now
You're in the army now
Oh, oh, you're in the army now

Oh, oh, you're in the army now


9.Marguerita Time

( rossi / frost )

Captured my heart
Captured my memory
Captured a time for me
I could see
A time for me
Is gonna be

Deep in my heart
Deep in my memory
Deep in a part of me
Heart of me
Meant to be history
Could it be that i'm still wondering

I never knew what had happened to me
I didn't think it was true
That i could be just like anyone else
I'll take my chance with you

Picture a dream
Picture a fantasy
Picture a mood of me
Mystery you and me a mystery

Lost in a dream
Lost in a fantasy
Lost in what seemed to be
Dreams to be
Seemed to be
Had to be
Couldn't find no other reason

I never knew what had happened to me
I didn't think it was true
That i could be just like anyone else
I'll take my chance with you

Lets have a drink
It's marguerita time
It's marguerita time
After nine
Summer time
Any time
You'll still always find me wondering

I never knew what had happened to me
I didn't think it was true
That i could be just like anyone else
I'll take my chance with you


10.Ol' Rag Blues

( lancaster / lamb )

When you look into a mirror tell me what do you see?
Is it pictures of lily crying, you know what i mean?
I've been livin' high, i've been livin' low
Like a bird in the sky this is the way to go

What you gonna do with those faded blues you wear?
What you gonna do with those ol' rag blues?
What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues

Did you think it was forever? well now you know
The summer sun keeps shining, shine through the blue
I've been livin' high, i've been livin' low
Never give up tryin', oh no, no, no

What you gonna do with those faded blues you wear?
What you gonna do with those ol' rag blues?
What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues

I can hear you callin' somewhere in the blue
Can you hear me callin' for you? for you?

What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues


11.Paper Plane

( rossi / young )

Riding on a big white butterfly
I turned my back away towards the sky
I closed my eyes to look for something
Saw myself as really nothing
Then i realised my butterfly
Wasn't really up there with me
We all make mistakes, forgive me
Would you like to ride my butterfly

Riding on a long blue paperplane
Getting seasick, sorry once again
Landing strip is getting nearer
Hope the foglifts, make it clearer
Then i realised my paperplane
Wasn't really up there with me
We all make mistakes, forgive me
Would you like to ride my paperplane

Riding in a three grand deutche car
A to b is often very far
Home is near, but such a long way
Legs and heads all feel the wrong way
Then i realised my deutche car
Is only there to get me somewhere
Even so i really do care
Would you like to ride my deutche car


12.Pictures Of Matchstick Men

( rossi )

When i look up to the skies
I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow
I rush home to bed i soak my head
I see your face underneath my pillow
I wake next morning, tired, still yawning
See your face come peeping through my window

Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All i ever see is them and you

Windows echo your reflection
When i look in their direction now
When will this haunting stop?
Your face it just won't leave me alone

Pictures of matchstick men and you
Mirages of matchstick men and you
All i ever see is them and you

You're in the sky and with the sky
You make men cry, you lie
You're in the sky and with the sky
You make men cry, you lie

Pictures of matchstick men and
Pictures of matchstick men and you
Pictures of matchstick men ....


13.Rain

( parfitt )

How can i see what i'm leaving for
How can i give what i gave before
How can you tell me that you want me to stay
How can i stay when i'm trying to say
That i can live without the rain
Yes i can live without the rain

How can i feel what i'm trying to feel
How can move when i'm heel to heel
You're always shouting about the doubt in my eye
But i can't answer 'cos my eyes are so dry
Now i can live without the rain
Yes i can live without the rain

I can live without the rain
That's falling on my head
Rain that's falling on my head

Rain that's falling
Rain that's falling
Rain that's falling on my head

I started thinking back to you know when
I'd like to send a line but then again
How can i write you when there ain't no light
I'm feeling thight tonight and that's alright
Now i can live without the rain
Yes i can live without the rain


14.Rock 'n' Roll


15.Rockin' All Over The World

( fogerty )

Oh here we are and here we are and here we go
All aboard and we're hittin' the road
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

Well gidy up gidy up and get away
We're goin' crazy and we're goin' today
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

And i like it, i like it, i like it, i like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

I'm gonna tell your mama what you're gonna do
So come on out with your dancing shoes
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

And i like it, i like it, i like it, i like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

And i like it, i like it, i like it, i like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

And i like it, i like it, i like it, i like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world

And i like it, i like it, i like it, i like it
I li-li-li-like it, li-li-li-like it
Here we go
Rockin' all over the world


16.Roll Over Lay Down

( parfitt / rossi / lancaster / young / coghlan )

When i got home that night early one morning
Seeing the note written in ink pinned to the door
Taking a drink cool from the fridge from the table
I drank a toast you were the most the night before

Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over it's a long way where i've been
Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over lay down

When i get home tomorrow night after this morning
Show me the care you showed in the note the night before
Maybe i won't take a drink from the table
Reckon i'll lay me straight down the floor

Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over it's a long way where i've been
Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over lay down

When i get home tomorrow night after this morning
Show me the care you showed in the note the night before
Maybe i won't take a drink from the table
Reckon i'll lay me straight down the floor

Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over it's a long way where i've been
Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over lay down


17.Rollin' Home

( david )

I left my home one day
For the sake of better pay
In a forreign land 12 centuries back in time
Where the sun keeps burning down
On the hole drilled in the ground
And i dream of the girl i left behind

Well i signed the dotted line
And i thought in a few years time
I'd be home and we can start a brand new life
But everything went wrong
And i just don't know how long
They will make me stay to pay for my crime

And i wish i was
Rollin'home, rollin'home
Home to the place i long to be
Oh, oh, oh, rollin'home, rollin'home
There's someone waiting there for me

There's a law that rules this land
That i just didn't understand
I didn't know that i was doing wrong
But they don't seem to care
And they all do it when they're over there
But here your face is justice of their god

And i wish i was
Rollin'home, rollin'home
Home to the place i long to be
Oh, oh, oh, rollin'home, rollin'home
There's someone waiting there for me

All the money that i've saved
To pay for better days
Just can't make up for how i miss you so
There's no consolation prize
Oh, but when i close my eyes
I'm dreaming of you in our new home

And i wish i was
Rollin'home, rollin'home
Home to the place i long to be
Oh, oh, oh, rollin'home, rollin'home
There's someone waiting there for me

Rollin'home there's somone waiting for me
Rollin'home there's somone waiting for me


18.Something 'bout You Baby I Like

( supa )

I see you every day
Walking down the avenue
I'd like to get to know you
But all i do is smile at you
Oh baby when it comes to talking
My tongue get so thight
This sidewalk love affair
Has got me high as a kite
Yeah yeah, there's something 'bout you baby i like

Well i'm a slow walker
But girl i'd race a mile for you
Just to get back in time
For my peek-a-boo rendezvous
Well baby maby it's the way
You wear you're blue jeans so tight
I can't put my finger
On what you're doing right
Yeah yeah, there's something 'bout you baby i like

Yeah yeah, there's something 'bout you baby i like

Well i'm standing on a corner
Smiling by a telephone
I'd like to check you over
Get to know you with a fine tooth comb
Oh baby when i get home, i turn out the light
And then you come a strolling through
My dreams every night
Yeah yeah, there's something 'bout you baby i like
Yeah yeah, there's something 'bout you baby i like


19.The Wanderer

i'm the type of guy who never settles down
Where pretty girls are, you'll know that i'm around
I kiss 'em and i love 'em 'cause to me they're all the same
I hug 'em and i squeeze 'em, they don't even know my name
They call me the wanderer, yeah, wanderer
I roam round and round and round and round

There's flo on my left and there's mary on my right
And janie is the girl
That'll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one i love the best
I tear open my shirt and show
Rosie on my chest

'cause i'm the wanderer, yeah, wanderer
I roam round and round and round and round

(bridge)
Well, i roam from town to town
Live life without a care
I'm as happy as a clown
With my 2 fists of iron but i'm goin' nowhere

I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place;
I roam from town to town
And when i find myself a-fallin' for some girl
I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the world
'cause i'm the wanderer, yeah, wanderer
I roam round and round and round and round


20.What You're Proposin'

( rossi / frost )

It sounds so nice, what you're proposin'
Just once or twice, and not disclosin'
And not disclosin' how we're really really feelin'

What you're proposin' the other night
As i was leavin', i looks left and right
And not believin'
And not believin' that i'd finally be leavin'

What you're proposin', now get it right
If i'm composin', but then i might
Be runny nosin'
I might be runny runny runny runny nosin'
But you're supposin'

Don't be so sure, and just supposin'
We yell for more, and compromisin'
And compromisin' leads to really really feelin'

And just supposin', don't get me wrong
I'm only dreamin', it can't be long
I must be dreamin'
I must be dreamin', dreamin', only only dreamin'
Am i just supposin'

It sounds so nice, what you're proposin'
Just once or twice, and not disclosin'
And not disclosin' how we're really really feelin'

What you're proposin' the other night
As i was leavin', i looks left and right
And not believin'
And not believin' that i'd finally be leavin'
What you're proposin'
And not believin' that i'd finally be leavin'
What you're proposin'
What you're proposin'
What you're proposin'


21.Whatever You Want

( parfitt / bown )

Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choise
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose

You're showing of
You're showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn't even say goodbye

I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can't refuse

Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choise
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose

You're showing of
You're showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn't even say goodbye

I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can't refuse

Whatever you want
Whatever you like
Whatever you say
You pay your money
You take your choise
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose

Whatever you want


22.Wild Side Of Life

( warren / carter )

Well, you wouldn't read my letters if i wrote you
You ask me not to call you on the phone
Well, there's something i've been waiting for to tell you
So i wrote it in the words of a song

The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquer flow
Well, you went to be some body else's baby
And forget the truest love you ever know

I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, i might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

Now the glamour of the gay that life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquer flow
Well, you went to be some body else's baby
And forget the truest love you ever know

I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, i might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, i might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life