Unreleased Songs

The Hooters Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.And We Danced

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman

She was a be-bop baby on a hard day's night
She was hangin' on Johnny, he was holdin' on tight
Oh, I could feel her coming from a mile away
There was no use talking, there was nothing to say
When the band began to play, play

And we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
And we danced, danced, danced

I met my be-bop baby at the Union Hall
She could dance all night and shake the paint off the walls
But when I saw her smile across a crowded room, yeah
Well, I knew we'd have to leave the party soon
As the band began to play out of tune

And we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
And we danced, danced, danced, yeah
And we danced

The endless beat, she's walkin' my way
Hear the music fade when she says
'Are we getting too close, do we dare to get closer'
The room is spinning as she whispers my name

And we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
And we danced, danced

And we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
And we danced, danced, danced
Danced, danced, danced

And we danced. and we danced
And we danced, and we danced
Danced, danced, danced
Danced, danced, danced

Yeah, oh, and we danced


2.Day by Day

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman

Give me what you can tonight
Time is all we have to play
Tell me you can't live without me

Tell me every day by day, by day
Day by day
Nothing lasts forever, only fades away
Day by day

Give me what you can tonight
I'm back tomorrow anyway
Show me some appreciation

Show me every day by day, by day
Day by day
The chance you gotta take's the price you gotta pay
Day by day

And if you break down, I will remind you
Of what you were yesterday
You can break down, I'll be behind you
Every, every, every, every day by day

Day by day
Day by day
Nothing lasts forever, only fades away
Day by day, day by day

Show me some appreciation
I can't stand the dissapation

Day by day
Day by day
The chance you gotta take's the price you gotta pay
Day by day

Day by day
Day by day
Day by day
Day by day
Day by day


3.Nervous Night

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman

Nervous night, time on my hands
Private invasion of promised land
Two on the run, yeah that's you and me
Maybe we can make it through this emergency, yeah

Oh, nervous night, African queen
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, oh nervous night

Right outside, shiny and clean
A million vegetables I must be dreaming
On my window ledge, can I crawl through
Look out, look out below baby, coming for you

Oh, nervous night, African queen
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, oh nervous night, oh, oh nervous night
Nervous night

Yeah, I try to speak, my senses fail
But you're just laughing while the sirens wail
All around the world in the globe hotel
If Isabella has her way, it's gonna be a nervous day as well

Oh nervous night, African queen
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, oh nervous night, oh, oh

Oh nervous night, African queen
We said so many things we didn't mean
Maybe another day, maybe it'd be alright
Oh, oh nervous night, oh, oh nervous night
Oh, oh nervous night, oh, oh nervous night
Oh, oh nervous night, no no no oh, oh nervous night

Nervous, nervous, oh, oh nervous night
Oh, oh nervous night, and oh, oh nervous night
Nervous, nervous, night
Nervous, nervous, night, hey, oh


4.Heaven Laughs

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Robert Andrew Hyman

See the stars that shine and give us light
One less star is in the sky tonight
Words alone won't keep our tears away
But I know that star will shine again someday

And Heaven laughs when we say goodbye
It ain't so far to the other side
Someday soon we will meet again
Say it over and over and over til' then

Dream tonight about a last embrace
Close my eyes and I will see your face
Dreams alone won't keep our tears away
But in my heart I know we'll meet again someday

And Heaven laughs when we say goodbye
It ain't so far to the other side
Someday soon we will meet again
Say it over and over and over til' then

And so we laugh when we say goodbye
It ain't so far to the other side
And Heaven knows we will meet again
Say it over and over and over again

From everlast to everlasting
From sea to shinin' sea
How much did we take from each other?
Here's one from the heart and one more for free

And Heaven laughs when we say goodbye
It ain't so far to the other side
Someday soon we will meet again
Say it over and over and over til' then

And so we laugh when we say goodbye
It ain't so far to the other side
And Heaven knows we will meet again
Say it over and over and over again

Say it over and over and over again
Say it over and over and over again


5.'Brother, Don't You Walk Away'

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Robert Andrew Hyman

Well I pass him by on the street each day
Brother, don't you walk away
He's about my size and about my age
Brother, don't you walk away
Down a different road might've been my friend
Brother, don't you walk away
But you never know how the road will bend

Brother, don't you walk
Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?
Ooh

When you sleep all night on a pillow of stone
Brother, don't you walk away
Do you dream of finding your way back home?
Brother, don't you walk away
Well some might say these are better days
Brother, don't you walk away
But a cardboard box is your home these days

Brother, don't you walk
Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?

Now the wind blows hard through the holes in your cap
Brother, don't you walk away
While I'm safe inside here in luxury's lap
Brother, don't you walk away
So you walk this land in your worn out shoes
Brother, don't you walk away
Well if this land's mine, is it your land too?

Brother, don't you walk
Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?
Walk away, walk away

So you look at me with a look so real
Brother, don't you walk away
As I turn away from the things I feel
Brother, don't you walk away
Even here and now as I lie awake
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me how much difference can one man make?

Brother, don't you walk
Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?

Brother, don't you walk away
Brother, don't you walk away
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?

Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?
Tell me why is it so hard to say
Brother, don't you walk away?


6.Johnny B.

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman

It's a sleepless night, she's callin' your name
It's a lonely ride, I know how you want her
Again and again, you're chasin' a dream, yeah
But Johnny my friend, 'cause she's not what she seems

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see? Oh Johnny B

And when you drive her home, is she sittin' real close
Does she make you weak? Well that's the way that she wants you
You're strung out again, she's taken you over
You've been here before, why can't you let go?

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see? Oh Johnny B

And when she calls your name, my sweet Johnny B
You can drive all night and you know she'll be waiting
To love you again, her kiss is her poison
Forever inside you, wherever you go

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see? Oh Johnny B

Johnny B, how much there is to see
Just open your eyes and listen to me
(Just listen to me)
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
Oh why can't you see? Oh Johnny B

Oh, can't you see? Oh Johnny B
Oh, can't you see?


7.Karla With a K

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman, Andy King, John Lilley, David
Uosikkinen

Freedom has its ups and downs
Walk the streets of lonesome town
Try to find some company
Somebody who will talk to me

Well I'm here all alone a wind blows home
We'll find it someday
There's no reason to cry for days gone by
Oh, Karla, we can make it if we try

Hurricanes and Cadillacs
They run you down and don't look back
Oh where can my salvation be
A tender touch to comfort me

But I'm here all alone a wind blows home
We'll find it someday
There's no reason to cry for days gone by
Oh, Karla, we can make it if we try

No matter how the wind may blow, you belong to me
Like the mountains to the sky
And you know when I close my eyes, you're the one I see
Oh, Karla, we can make it if we try

Old man river's on the rise
Wash the circles from my eyes
Hurricane is on its way
Oh you can call it Karla, Karla with a K

No matter how the wind may blow, you belong to me
Like the mountains to the sky
And you know when I close my eyes, you're the one I see
Oh, Karla we can make it if we try

Oh, Karla we can make it if we try
C'mon, Karla we can make it if we try
Oh, Karla we can make it if we try


8.Beat Up Guitar

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman

You lived on Vine Street
I lived at home
The music was all that we had of our own
No satisfaction, no dance in my car
But I had the keys to the world in my beat up guitar

With my beat up guitar
You and I will ride away
From the town that rocked the nation
Philadelphia, PA

Kensington station, we sat on the tracks
I wrote you a song
The one you knew it was flat
You laughed when they told me
You won't get too far
If you spend the rest of your life with that beat up guitar

With my beat up guitar
You and I will ride away
From the town that rocked the nation
Philadelphia, PA

And I may leave this place tomorrow
But my soul is here to stay
In the town that rocked the nation
Philadelphia, PA

You can't get to Heaven on the Frankford L
You can't get to Heaven on the Frankford L
You can't get to Heaven on the Frankford L
You can't get to Heaven on the Frankford L
Oh, you can't get to Heaven on the Frankford L
'Cause the Frankford L goes straight to Franklin
It's just another stop till I find my destination

With my beat up guitar
You and I will ride away
From the town that rocked the nation
Philadelphia, PA

And with that beat up guitar
We're comin' home again someday
To the town that rocked the nation
Philadelphia, PA

Na na na, na na na na
Na na na, na na na

And I may leave this place tomorrow
But my soul is here to stay
In the town that rocked the nation
Philadelphia, PA
In the town that rocked the nation
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA


9.Graveyard Waltz

Lyricist:Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman

I was walkin' real fast, I was too scared to run
Past this lonesome graveyard where the highway meets the sun
Well, that old graveyard's been around since the civil war
I had a funny feelin' that I'd been here before

I heard a voice, it was talkin' real slow
She said, 'It's time to make a choice, is it yes or is it no?'
I said, 'Okay, do what you wanna do'
Then she took me to a world, a world I never knew

Where we danced so close, we were teenage ghosts
We were doin' that graveyard waltz
After all is said and done, we were just too young
To be doin' that graveyard waltz, graveyard waltz

Next thing I knew the first dance was done
But this magic carpet ride had just begun
And Heaven only knows where she learned to drive
Right between the tombstones and the ones still left alive

And then that old soul band began to play
In triple time, she was begging me to stay
And when the masquerade had started up again
She said this is the night, the night that never ends

Where we danced so close, we were teenage ghosts
We were doin' that graveyard waltz
After all is said and done, we were just too young
To be doin' that graveyard waltz, graveyard waltz
Doin' that graveyard waltz

Where we danced so close, we were teenage ghosts
We were doin' that graveyard waltz
After all is said and done, we were just too young
To be doin' that graveyard waltz, graveyard waltz

Where we danced so close, we were teenage ghosts
We were doin' that graveyard waltz
After all is said and done, we were just too young
To be doin' that graveyard waltz, graveyard waltz
Doin' that graveyard waltz
Doin' that graveyard waltz

We were just too young
To be doin' that graveyard waltz, graveyard waltz

I was walkin' real fast, I was too scared to run


10.Washington's Day

Lyricist:Eric M Bazilian, Richard E Chertoff, Willie Nile, Andrew
Robert

Did you think I could ever forget
The night by the Arlington flame
In the silence I heard it through streets so deserted
You whispered and called me by name

Did you think I could ever forget
That powerful look in your eye
Where Lincoln stood strong there
You held me so long there that night on the fourth of July

I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way
Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day

Now when this world and that world collide
And the powers that be hit you low
When you're feeling so small in the face of it all
And you're lost on eternity row

When the wars that men wage are all through
And their monuments put on display
Tell the hungry and stranded the poor empty handed
We'll meet them on Washington's day

I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way
Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day, yeah

Did you think I could ever forget
The night by the Arlington flame
Where the monuments laugh over thousands of years
You whispered and called me by name

When that sun goes down at the end of the day
You know I'll always remember
You who were tender to me on Washington's day

I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way
Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day, yeah

Well I hope and I'll pray that you'll be here with me
When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
And the visions that come are the visions that stay
Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day
Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day

Home on Washington's day


11.Time after Time (Live)

Lyricist:R Hyman, Cyndi Lauper

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick and think of you
Caught up in circles confusion is nothing new
Flashback warm nights, almost left behind
Suitcases of memories time after

Sometimes you picture me, I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear what you've said
Then you say go slow, I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting
Time after time

After my picture fades and darkness has turned to gray
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay
Secrets stolen from deep inside, the drum beats out of time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time, I'll be waiting

You say go slow, I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting
Time after time, time after time, time after time
Time after time, I will be waiting

Time after time, time after time
Time after time, time after time
Time after time, time after time
Time after time, time after time
Time after time, time after time


12.She Comes in Colors

Lyricist:Arthur Lee

A thought in my head, I think of, of something to do
Expressions tell everything, I see one on you
When I was invisible, I needed no light
You saw right through me, you said, was I out of sight?

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears

When I was in England town, the rain fell right down
I looked for you everywhere, I could not be found
A thought in my head, I think of something to do
Expressions tell everything, I see one on you

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears

My love, she comes in colors
You can tell her from the clothes she wears
You can tell her from the clothes she wears