Unreleased Songs

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Tuff Enuff

Lyricist:Kim Wilson

I would walk ten miles on my hands and knees
Ain't no doubt about it baby, it's you I aim to please
I'd wrestle with a lion and a grizzly bear
It's my life baby but I don't care

Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?

For you baby I would swim the sea
Nothin' I'd do for you that's too tough for me
I'd put out a burnin' building with a shovel and dirt
And not even worry about getting hurt

Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?

I'd work twenty four hours, seven days a week
Just so I could come home and kiss your cheek
I'll love you in the mornin' and I'll love you at noon
I'll love you in the night and take you to the moon

Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?

I'd lay in a pile of burnin' money that I've earned
And not even worry about getting burned
I'd climb the Empire State, fight Muhammad Ali
Just to have you baby close to me

Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
Ain't that tough enough?
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2.Rock This Place

Lyricist:Jerry Lynn Williams

Well, I was sitting in my room playing on my old guitar
Thinking about you, baby acting like a movie star
When the telephone rang
They said you're at the local bar

So I jumped and ran as fast as a man can run
Don't know where but the night was made for fun
'Cause if I ever loved a woman, baby
You're the only one

So, let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
Till everybody says it's alright

Let's rock this place, let's rock this place
I want a whole lot of gimme, gimme
'Til the whole room shakes and shimmies
Let's rock this place, rock this place tonight

When I saw you in the corner
I knew you was waiting for me
Well, you had the look about you
You surely make a blind man see

And if you froze a million dollars
You'd give it to me all for free

So, let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
Till everybody says it's alright

Come on let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
I want a whole lot of gimme, gimme
Till the whole room shakes and shimmies

Let's rock this place
Rock this place tonight

Come on let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
If everybody says it's alright

Let's rock this place
Let's rock this place
I want a whole lot of gimme, gimme
Till the whole room shakes and shimmies

Let's rock this place
Rock this place tonight
Yeah, let's rock this place
Rock this place tonight


3.Wrap It Up

Lyricist:Isaac Hayes, David Porter

I've been watchin' you for days now baby
I just love your sexy ways now baby
You know our love will never stop now baby
Just put your lovin' in my box now baby

Well wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it

Well no more will I shop around now baby
I know I got the best thing in town now baby
I've seen all I want to see now baby
Bring your lovin' straight to me now baby

Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it

Well I'm gonna treat you like the queen you are
Bring you sweet things from my candy jar
You've got tricks you ain't never used
Give it, give it to me, it won't be abused

I've been watchin' you for days now baby
I just love your sexy ways now baby
You know our love will never stop now baby
Just put your lovin' in my box now baby

Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it

Wrap, wrap, wrap, wrap, wrap
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it

Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it


4.Powerful Stuff

Lyricist:Robert Field, Michael Henderson, Wally Wilson

She walks down the street a-knockin' 'em dead
Store window dummies even turn their heads
Sure enuff
Powerful stuff

When I saw her I burned my black book
Made a blind man take a, a second look
Sure enuff, I think I'm in love
And that's powerful stuff

Naugahyde skirt, black stack heels
Red copper hair, dig the wig is unreal
Sure enuff
Powerful stuff

Ole man Atlas holding up the world
He dropped everything for that girl
Sure enuff, I think I'm in love
And it's powerful stuff

A hip shakin' whip snakin' cooked my goose
I tell you that babe she's a fine papoose
I love her mind, but here's the deal
She's got the kind of groove like the bat mobile

She opens her eyes and turns on the juice
Pullin' like a magnet and she don't turn loose
Sure enuff
Powerful stuff

When she starts rockin', don't touch that dial
She's a hummin' but a givin' what a woman child
Sure enuff, I think I'm in love
I think I'm in love
I think I'm in love
And it's powerful stuff


5.Wait On Time

Lyricist:Kim Wilson

Well, I don't live like a king and I don't drive a big car
The gypsy woman was right when she said I would go far
Just wait on time baby, I'll be there someday
Yeah and until I get there baby, all I can do is hope and pray

Well, you say you'll stick with me, baby
Stick with me through thick and thin
I know someday baby, my bad luck has got to end
Just wait on me baby, I'll be there someday
Yeah and until I get there baby, all I can do is hope and pray

Well, you say you'll stick with me, baby
Stick with me through thick and thin
I know someday baby, my bad luck has got to end
Just wait on me baby, I'll be there someday
Yeah and until I get there baby, all I can do is hope and pray

Well, I live the life I love and I love the life I live
The life I lead baby, is all I have to give
Just wait on me baby, I'll be there someday
Yeah and until I get there baby, all I can do is hope and pray

Yeah, you just got to wait on time, baby
Yeah, just wait on time now, baby
Yeah, yeah, be good to me baby
Because until I get there baby, all I can do is hope and pray


6.Full-Time Lover

Lyricist:F Jones, F Scott

Well, I found me
Lord, I found me a full-time lover
Yes, I found, I found me
Lord, I found me a full-time lover
Well, she used to be my part-time woman, man
But she's my full-time lover now

Well, I work the graveyard shift
Seven days a week
I'm so downhearted
I can't hardly even speak

I'll tell you the reason
The reason why I feel this way
I can't find a full-time love
Yes, but I think I found her today

Yes, I found me
Lord, I found me a full-time lover
Well, she used to be my part-time girl, man
But she's my full-time lover now

Well, people, you don't know
You don't know the shape I'm in
I ask her where's she goin'
She tell me where she's been

She came home last night
Thought she was goin' back outdoor
Then she told me, 'Daddy
I ain't leavin' you no more'

Yes, I found me
Lord, I found me a full-time lover
Well, she used to be my part-time woman, man
But she's my full-time lover now


7.She's Tuff

Lyricist:Jerry Mccain

You oughta see my baby when she walk down the street
Upsettin' everybody she meet
She's twenty-three in the waist, thirty-eight in the hips
She got long black wavy hair and ruby-red lips

She's tuff
Ooh, she's tuff
My baby's tuff, she ruff and tuff
And that's tuff enough

She walk past a clock
The clock won't tell time
She walk through the college
Professor lose his mind

'Cause she's tuff
Ooh, she's tuff
My baby's tuff, she ruff and tuff
And that's tuff enough

The President said to my baby, 'Come here, sweetheart
You can stop a world war even before it start
We know the enemy won't pull the trigger
When they walk out on the front line and they see your fine
figure'

'Cause you tuff
Ooh, she's tuff
My baby's tuff, she ruff and tuff
And that's tuff enough

And that's tuff enough
And that's tuff enough
And that's tuff enough


8.Twist Of The Knife

Lyricist:Rick Giles, Chuck Jones, Kim Wilson

It's a shame when you got me where you want me
But you want me somewhere else
And it's a shame the way you take my love
And baby on and off the shelf

It's a shame, shame, shame, the way you run my life
But you always insist on another little twist of the knife

Tell me how many times can I believe you
When you're out with your best friend
When you don't even care if the whole town sees you
Out with another man?

It's a shame, shame, shame, the way you run my life
But you always insist on another little twist of the knife

Your lips, I can't resist, your eyes, they hypnotize
With an endless supply of bullets to bite
So every day I can take another little twist of the knife

Your lips, I can't resist, your eyes, they hypnotize
With an endless supply of bullets to bite
So every day I can take another little twist of the knife

Well, a man takes an ounce of dignity
And a pound of foolish pride
And he gives it up for a woman like you
To keep her satisfied

It's a shame, shame, shame, the way you run my life
But you always insist on another little twist of the knife

Baby, it's a shame, shame, shame, the way you run my life
But you always insist on another little twist of the knife

It's a shame, it's a shame, shame, shame
It's a shame, it's a shame, shame, shame, shame, shame
Oh baby, don't do me like that


9.Mathilda

Lyricist:G Khoury, H Thierry

My love for you will always
Be just a faded memory
Guess I'll cry and cry for you
Yes, no matter what you do

You gave me love when there was none
You know you're the only one
Yes, I'll cry and cry in vain
I want my baby back again

Oh, Mathilda
I'll cry and cry for you


10.The Crawl

Lyricist:Shuler Edward Wayne Jr

Brand new dance they call the crawl

East to West, North to South
Brand new dance people shoutin' about
It's called the crawl, aw, the crawl
The cats on the corner
Everybody's doin' the crawl

Well, Jimmie got Jean
Bobbie got Tommy, I got Shirley
Everybody's got a girl
They do the crawl, aw, the crawl
Cats on the corner
Everybody's doin' the crawl

And let your hip shake left
Little to the right, wiggle in the middle
And you in to right then you fall, aw you crawl
Cats on the corner
Everybody's doin' the crawl

East to west, north to south
Brand new dance, people shoutin' about
It's called the crawl, aw, the crawl
Cats on the corner
Everybody's doin' the crawl

And let your hip shake left
Little to the right, a wiggle in the middle
And you in to right then you fall, aw you crawl
Cats on the corner
Everybody's doin' the crawl


11.Tuff Enough

Lyricist:Kim Wilson

I would walk ten miles on my hands and knees
Ain't no doubt about it, baby, it's you I aim to please
I'd wrestle with a lion and a grizzly bear
It's my life, baby, but I don't care

Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?

For you, baby, I would swim the sea
Nothing I'd do for you that's too tuff for me
I'd put out a burning building with a shovel and dirt
And not even worry about getting hurt

Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?

I'd work twenty-four hours, seven days a week
Just so I could come home and kiss your cheek
I love you in the morning and I love you at noon
I love you in the night and take you to the moon

Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?

I'd lay in a pile of burning money that I've earned
And not even worry about getting burned
I'd climb the Empire State Building, fight Muhammad Ali
Just to have you, baby, close to me

Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?

Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?

Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?
Ain't that tuff enuff?


12.Two-Time My Lovin'

Lyricist:Kim Wilson

Baby, baby you put the hurt on me
'Cause I was blind and just couldn't see
But all these rumors that are floating around
Make this big city a very small town

I found out, you've got somebody else
But I love you baby and I just can't help myself
I can't let you go, it's plain as day to see
I'm gonna have to let you two time me

You can, two time my lovin'
Second hand love is better than none
You can, two time my lovin'
Just come home when you've had your fun

You can, two time my lovin'
Second hand love is better than none
You can, two time my lovin'
Just come home when you've had your fun

After all everybody has their fun
Nobody feels like there beholdin' anyone
They don't feel there's no more lessons to be learned
But when you rub two people together, somebody's got to burn

But if you love somebody with all your might
You might have to fuss, you might have to fight
Resign yourself, there's nothing you can do
You're gonna have to let 'em two time you

You can, two time my lovin'
Second hand love is better than none
You can, two time my lovin'
Just come home when you've had your fun

But if you love somebody with all your might
You might have to fuss, you might have to fight
Resign yourself, there's nothing you can do
You're gonna have to let 'em two time you

You can, two time my lovin'
Second hand love is better than none
You can, two time my lovin'
Just come home when you've had your fun

You can, two time my lovin'
You can, two time my lovin'
You can, two time my lovin'
You can, two time my lovin'
Two time my lovin'
You can, two time my lovin'


13.Why Get Up

Lyricist:William Carter, Ruth Ellsworth

Why get up?
Why get up?
How can I get up?
Why should I get up?

This whole world's gone crazy
Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever
Why get up?

Phone keeps ringing
Right off the hook
Some bill collector
I know what cooks

Think I'll stay in bed
And dream all day
The world outside
Bugs me anyway

When I get things going
The going gets rough
So I ask myself
Why get up?

Why get up?
Why get up?
How can I get up?
Why should I get up?

This whole world's gone crazy
Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever
Why get up?

Went to the doctor
He said lose some weight
If you don't do it quick
We'll have to operate

I talked to my lawyer
He said case is closed
That woman got it all
Even the garden hose

Staring at the ceiling
Thinking just my luck
I better roll back over
Why get up?

Why get up?
Why get up?
How can I get up?
Why should I get up?

This whole world's gone crazy
Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever
Why get up?

Well, I can't quit drinking
I'm nervous all the time
When I wake up
It's like a ton of lead on my mind

What was it, I said
To that girl last night?
She really got upset
I best stay out of sight

I remember a gun
Callin' somebody's bluff
I better duck under cover
Why get up?

Why get up?
Why get up?
How can I get up?
Why should I get up?

This whole world's gone crazy
Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever
Why get up?

Why get up?
Why get up?
How can I get up?
Why should I get up?

This whole world's gone crazy
Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever
Why get up?