Thirsty Work

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1.Back On My Feet

( rossi / frost )

I'm back on my feet again i'm flying high
Watching my back again or i could die

When we're up there flying
And it all seems fine
Half the time we're trying
Trying hard what a fool
Saying anything to raze it all

But i'm back on my feet again i'm flying high
Watching my back again or i could die

Is it down to timing
Get it right first time
'cos it's so exciting
Keeping on with the flow
Giving everybody such a show

But i'm back on my feet again, i'm flying high
Watching my back again or i could die
Out on the street again i'm riding high
Worried 'bout anything that passes by

It's not a nightmare or a dream
It's not the first time that it's been

I'm back on my feet again i'm flying high
Watching my back again or i could die

So it's time to work out
What is going on
So you'd best not freak out
Lose your mind lose your cool
It's the quickest way to end it all

But i'm back on my feet again i'm flying high
Watching my back again or i could die
Out on the street again i'm riding high
Worried 'bout anything that passes by
Back on my feet again i'm flying high
Watching my back again or i could die


2.Ciao-ciao

( rossi / bown - copyright control )

You messed up all of my plans
You gave zip, took with both hands
You play down whatever i do
I got stuffed dealing with you, oh

You don't hear half what i say
You break off, turning away
I make moves, keeping in tune
You make waves, always too soon, oh-oh

Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town,pick on another sucker
Ciao-ciao show me how you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, clean him out, run him round
Ciao-ciao baby now, you'd better find another
You'll find another sucker

You played nights, sleeping all day
You played all the money away
Your first love is living like this
Those shoes, and look at that dress, oh

You wind up all of my friends
You burn them off at both ends
I don't think i can recall
Your being humble at all, oh-oh

Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town, we got another sucker
Ciao-ciao show me now you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, meany-mouthed, running round
Ciao-ciao baby now, you'd better find another
You'll find another sucker

She's all right, dance all right
She's cool, she's all right

You played nights, sleeping all day
You played all the money away
Your first love is living like this
Those shoes, and look at that dress, oh-oh

Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town, we got another sucker
Ciao-ciao show me now you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, meany-mouthed, running round
Ciao-ciao baby now, you'd better find another
You'll find another sucker
Ciao-ciao baby now, run around anyhow
Break down, leave town, we got another sucker

Ciao-ciao show me now you can make it anyhow
I won't be around, you'll have to follow up
Another clown, next town, meany-mouthed, running round


3.Confidence

( bown )

All she needs is a little confidence
All she knows is to run and hide
Through a lifetime of knocking back
Oh don't do this you can't do that
But she never learned to interact
All she needs is confidence

All she learned was a little self-defence
Looking out over number one
She's been diving and ducking round
In and out the lost and found
But it never laid her to the ground

All she needs is something to believe
Sweet security
All she needs tries so hard to please
But all she really all she really needs
Is confidence

No chance of keeping her close to me
No sense abusing her liberty

Through a lifetime of knocking back
Oh don't do this you can't do that
But she never learned to interact
All she needs is something to believe
Sweet security
All she needs tries so hard to please
All she really all she really needs
Is confidence


4.Didn't Mean It


5.Goin' Nowhere

( rossi / frost / macannany )

I'm tired out, my head is aching
I wanna shout, but i feel i'm goin' nowhere
Yeah, i feel i'm goin' nowhere
I've run about in a fit of madness
To work it out in the hope of goin' somewhere
Yeah i hope i'm goin' somewhere

And i know it must be time for me making up my mind
Does it matter if i'm fine? it'll change my tune in time
If i'm really goin' nowhere

I'm better now, i've thought about it
Can't figure out, but i'm looking for it somewhere
All i know is that it's somewhere
It's closer now than i've ever had it
Much closer now, so i must be getting somewhere
Yeah, i hope i'm getting somewhere

'cos you never know, in time with the changing of my mind
I could turn around and say that was just another day
Am i really goin' nowhere?

I've run about in a fit of madness
To work it out in the hope of goin' somewhere
Yeah i hope i'm goin' somewhere

'cos you never know, in time with the changing of my mind
I could turn around and say that was just another day
Am i really goin' nowhere


6.Like It Or Not


7.Lover Of The Human Race


8.Point Of No Return

( bown / edwards )

Is it another day
Is there another way
Nothing at all to say
It's just another day without you
Long way without you
Should i be holding back
Should i be holding out
Should i be keeping quiet
When i could scream and shout about you
All out about you
You, you give me everything but love
Shall i hold on, has it all gone

This is the way it is
This is the point of no return
We get the messages
Still we have everything to learn
Telling it like it is
This is the point of no return

Am i the last to learn
Am i the last to know
Is it a parting shot
Is it the final blow without you
To go without you
You, you give me everything but love
Shall i hold on, has it all gone

This is the way it is
This is the point of no return
We get the messages
Still we have everything to learn
Telling it like it is
This is the point of no return

Always too long, always too far
Always too strong for me to defend
Is it a fade, is it an end

You, you give me everything but love
Shall i hold on, has it all gone

This is the way it is
This is the point of no return
We get the messages
Still we have everything to learn
Telling it like it is
This is the point of no return

This is the way it is
This is the point of no return
We get the messages
Still we have everything to learn
Telling it like it is
This is the point of no return
This is the way it is

The point of no return
The point of no return
The point of no return
The point of no return
The point of no return
The point of no return


9.Queenie

( rossi/frost )

A long time ago i saw you there
Sitting in a corner chair
I was looking for a place to stay
You were only hanging out and hanging around
I didn't see what i was looking for
I guess i never really knew
I was looking for a private eye
You never knew what i was talking about

Queenie, queenie, queenie
Won't you come along and make a home with me
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could settle down and make some history
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could never stop it if we wanted to
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could be so happy with a family

The next time i saw you was the summertime
I'm just a little older now
Things seemed to get a little better then
You went out and got a ticket taking you home
It really was a shame i didn't follow you
It would have saved a lot of time
I had to come around eventually
And ask you if you want to maybe marry me

Queenie, queenie, queenie
Won't you come along and make a home with me
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could settle down and make some history
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could never stop it if we wanted to
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could be so happy with a family

Queenie, queenie, queenie
Won't you come along and make a home with me
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could settle down and make some history
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could never stop it if we wanted to
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could be so happy with a family

Queenie, queenie, queenie
Won't you come along and make a home with me
Queenie, queenie, queenie
We could settle down and make some history


10.Restless

restless
Warnes - leosong copyright services

There are words to say but i swear i just can't find them
Though in my heart i know fools
May hesitate from the memories behind them
While the angels laugh and say, i told you so
Oh, i'm restless, darling i'm restless
Waiting for you to look my way
I don't think that i can wait another day

I cry when the feeling overtakes me
'cos the love i give seems so little in your eyes
The test of time always breaks me
With nothing tried, and nothing realised
Oh, i'm restless, darling i'm restless
Waiting for you to look my way
I don't think that i can wait another day

No man is an island but you do that very well
It sure takes a fool to find another

But i believe for every heart that's broken
There's a stranger's smile to put it on the mend, then
Those old familiar feelings seldom spoken
Out of nowhere come back again
And i'm restless, darling i'm restless
Waiting for you to look my way
I don't think that i..., the hour is getting late
I can't wait another day


11.Rude Awakening Time


12.Sail Away

( rossi / frost )

Sail away to the place across the sea
Leave today so you cannot bother me
And you cannot fail to see
That it doesn't really matter much to me
No it doesn't really matter that much to me

Blown away any time i wanted you
Played away so i thought i'd try it too
Just to see what i could do
But it didn't really matter much to me
No it didn't really matter that much to me

Living on the east side, looking to the west side
Looking on the bright side, bright side
Stepping over that line, checking out the birth-sign
Making up for lost time, lost time

Sail away, don't believe i give a damn
Go today, go and leave me as i am
I'll remember when i can
And it doesn't really matter much to me
No it doesn't really matter that much to me

Living on the east side, looking to the west side
Looking on the bright side, bright side
Stepping over that line, checking out the birth-sign
Making up for lost time, lost time

Sail away, could it be i've found away
For today is the day i'm gonna write
'bout the story of my life
Will it ever really matter much to me
Will it ever really matter that much to me

Living on the east side, looking to the west side
Looking on the bright side, bright side
Stepping over that line, checking out the birth-sign
Making up for lost time, lost time
Living on the east side, looking to the west side
Looking on the bright side, bright side...


13.Sherri Don't Fail Me Now

( bown / edwards )

Got a mess in my backyard
I'm gonna clean it all up
Stop a-doing things backwards
Start struttin 'my stuff
Oh now the time has come to change
Strawberry fields
Kicking my heels
Losing my place
And forgetting my name

There's a cupboard in my room
I got a skeleton key
Gonna crack it wide open
Stop 'em following me
Oh now it's time to change it all
The gohst's still there
I'm tearing my hair
Chewing my nails
And i'm climbing the walls

But it's alright
If i got a problem
You got all the answers
Stay this night
I'll make it up to you
In some way somehow
Oh but sherri don't fail me now

Gonna get a black spotlight
Gonna stage a new plan
Gonna wash away the bloodstains
Stop scrubbing my hands
Oh no but here it comes again
A dirty sea
Is swallowing me
I'm fighting for air
On the dangerous bends

But it's alright
If i got a problem
You got all the answers
Stay this night
I'll make it up to you
In some way somehow
Oh but sherri don't fail me now

But it's alright
If i got a problem
You got all the answers
Stay this night
I'll make it up to you
In some way somehow
Oh but sherri don't fail me now
Oh but sherri don't fail me now


14.Soft In The Head


15.Sorry


16.Tango