Rockin'

The Guess Who Rockin' Lyrics
1.Get Your Ribbons On

Lyricist:Burton Cummings, Kurt Winter

Get your ribbons on, honey
Get your ribbons on
We're gonna stomp, honey, all night long

I don't want your Rothschild ways
I don't want to be brand spankin' new
And if I said goodbye to the things I've known
I would never even say to you

You gotta get your ribbons on, honey
You gotta get your ribbons on
We're gonna stomp, honey, all night long

My best girlfriend, Angela
Last week up and joined the football team
And as I wiped my feet out in the vestibule
Mommy, daddy, sister all come clean
I told them gotta get your ribbons on


2.Smoke Big Factory

Lyricist:Burton Cummings, M.j. Kale, Kurt Winter

Lookin' through a pair of sad eyes
Never feelin' glad eyes
Wantin' things they never had eyes
In the middle of up stream

Want the pictures in the green frame
Reputation with a clean name
Sing a tune without the dream fame
For a hundred maybe two

So smoke big factory
Smoke big factory

Now they're blowin' up the islands
And they're shootin' in the highlands
Soon I know they'll be on my lands
â~Tis a bitter tale for true

So smoke big factory
Smoke big factory

Smoke big factory
Smoke big factory


3.Arrivederci Girl

Lyricist:Burton Cummings

You know that you're steppin' on me, draggin' my bone to bed
You know that you're real polite, kickin' me right in my head

But I won't move, so leave me alone, distress me
Give somebody else your own kind of lovin', you're kind of
movin'

You're kinda thinkin' about the wrong things too
Goodbye my baby once, arrivederci, girl to you

You trying to distress me, leave me alone, impress me
And give somebody else your own kinda lovin', you're kinda
movin' baby

You're kind of thinkin' about the wrong things too
Goodbye my baby once, arrivederci, girl to you

You gotta shake it, leave it woman once
Arrivederci, girl to you


4.Running Bear

(J P Richardson)

On the banks of the river
Stood Runnin' Bear, young Indian brave
On the other side of the river
Stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was-a her name
Such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other
So their love could never be

Runnin' Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Runnin' Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die

He couldn't swim the raging river
'Cause the river was too wide
He couldn't reach Little White Dove
Waiting on the other side
In the moonlight he could see her
Throwing kisses 'cross the waves
Her little heart was beating faster
Waiting there for her brave

Runnin' Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Runnin' Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die

Runnin' Bear dove in the water
Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other
Through the swirling stream they came
As their hands touched and their lips met
The ragin' river pulled them down
Now they'll always be together
In that happy hunting ground

Runnin' Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Runnin' Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die


5.Back To The City

Lyricist:Burton Cummings, Kurt Winter

Beware of lies
They'll always take you by surprise
Bringin' pieces of pain
You'll maybe never sleep again

Me and sailor workin' on a secret relation
Down in the soda sunlight
Picked up on a jug and my calendar sweetheart
And we were rockin' lightly

We really got to rockin' lightly
Deep, deep down that's where I belong
Sweet street light never done me no wrong
I'm goin' back, back, back to the city

So beware of man
He'll never tell you where you stand
Bringin' pieces of pain
You'll maybe never sleep again

Tinker, tailor, sailor, mailer
Bows and buttons
Thank you all for reason
Meet me in the alley where the road gets dark

And we'll be rockin' lightly
Deep, deep down that's where I belong
Sweet street light never done me no wrong
I'm goin' back, back, back to the city


6.Your Nashville Sneakers

Lyricist:Burton Cummings

I dig your suspenders
I get it on for your jeans
But your Nashville sneakers
Always drag me down

I like your blue Cougar
And your bona fide keys
But your Nashville sneakers
Always drag me down

One by one, the sneakers they will fade, dear
Left out in the sun to dry
Sketching shots of good dates that we've played, dear
Never to be forgotten but remembered


7.Herbert's A Loser

Lyricist:Greg Leskiw, Kurt Winter

It sure was scary when I met Mary
I didn't understand myself
I was a fool when we were in school
And she understood me better

I guess I had passion, it startled her fashion
She thought it a small price to pay
For fiery nights under northern lights
Helps the snow slowly melt away

Herbert's a loser, his father's a boozer
He didn't like himself
He lost his cool and he drowned in a pool
After writing a classic love letter

I guess too much passion had startled his fashion
It started and ended that day
He wrote the letter, there wasn't one better
One reading turned millions his way

Now there's Mary, it isn't so scary
Now that I like myself
I'm no fool and we're not in school
The water can't get any wetter

Now I'm in fashion, I'll warm up her passion
She'll think it a small price to pay
For fiery nights under northern lights
Helps the snow slowly melt away


8.Hi, Rockers!

(Winter)

Heaven only moved once yesterday
Before the moon and stars were born
Angels makin' love
And all along the coast of fear
Devil come screamin' and tear them down

Heaven only moved once yesterday
In a neon jungle far below
Bargain basement prayer
A mother mourns her dying child
Never people takin' the time to care

Heaven only moved once yesterday
Half the time they're tryin' to take 'em away
Everybody once we knew
Pay a dollar at the gate
A dead man gonna be comin' on through
Heaven only moved once yesterday