LET ME IN

Open up and let me in
Can't you see about the shape i'm in
i need your loving, it must be soon
I know you really can be so cruel

I could be wrong and i could be right
You're gonna keep me waiting all the night
I'm breaking up now, can't you tell
i've been awake since i don't know when

I may be right and i may be wrong
You're gonna leave me waiting all night long
That's not the way it ought to be
Come on, baby, won't you see by me

I have waited, what's it gonna be
In your world then, who's replacing me
Can't you see just where you're placing me

Open up and let me in
DO something about the shape i'm in
I need your loving and it must be soon
I know you really can be so cruel

CROSS ME OFF YOUR LIST

You can't rub me out and cross me off your list
Try to clean the slate just like i don't exist
Till it seems that i am nowhere to be seen
If you wanna talk about it baby
You'll know just where i'll be

You can freeze me out but you'll never win
You think you won't melt but the ice is thin
Sometimes i sit down and try to work it out
But i keep on holding, baby
And you keep on holding out

I could be so free, that's the way i ought to be
I'll just wait and see
'Cos you've passed that jinx on me

First you freeze me out and then you freeze me in
I try to sort it out but where do i begin
But today i think that i've got used to you
If you're looking for me, baby
You will know where i'm going to

You can freeze me out and cross me off your list
Try to clean the slate just like i don't exist
Till it seems that i am nowhere to be seen
If you wanna talk about it,baby
You'll know just where i'll be

I could be so free, that's the way i ought to be
I'll just wait and see
'Cos you've cast your spell on me

AIN'T TOO GOOD

Well, it ain't too good
The way you treat your man
It's less than good
It sure ain't kind
It's your mistake
You'll see in time
When i'm gone, when i'm gone

Well, it's been so long
Since i felt that glow
The flame was bright
But it's burning low
I should be gone
But i'm slow to go
Serves me right,serves me...

It doesn't seem clear
What happens from here and now
You've called the tune, but maybe soon
Someone must pay for the piper

Well, it ain't too late
To change your mind
for it's time you know
just where i stand
Well, let me know
'Cos i got plans
From now on, from now on, from now on

SOUPED- UP FORD

Take your foot off the brakes
But you won't stop my souped-up Ford
Well, you can set your watch 'cos i won't stop
I've got my foot to the floor
Well, this greedy jeep don't need no sleep
Eats all the gas that you can pour
It's a front-wheel drive and it sounds like a bee-hive
Good lord, that's for sure

I'm blowing town, not breaking down
Can't you hear that sound, those wheels on the ground
I'm on my way, i can't stay
Make no mistake, i'm pulling out today

Hit that spot on the dial and wait for a while
Till those tubes are all a-glow
Got to be nice to the wheel, you need nerves of steel
But you know that is no joke

Well, i guararntee you'll feel higher
On those pneumatic tyres
'Cos they sure grip the road
Keep that engine clean, feed it good gasoline
Good Lord that's for sure

I'm blowing town, i won't be breaking down
I'm moving down, hear those wheels hitting the ground
I'm on my way, i sure can't stay
Make no mistake, I'm leaving this town today

No highway cop's gonna make me stop what i've started
'Cos i won't be free till i get up
and go where my heart is

You know what it takes to try
To catch up to my souped-up Ford
Well, make no mistake by applying the brakes
When i say "All aboard"
Well, you can roll up the sidewalk
And end all the small talk
When i shift them gears
'Cos i won't be back till i head down the track
A thousand miles from here

BOUGHT AND SOLD

I'm feeling bought and sold
You're just a 3 card trickster
That's something i should've known
All the good's sure gone bitter
Hear me now, hear me right

You think you've got it made
You think you've got my number
You'd better check again
You don't intend to stay here
Hear me now, hear me right

It's time wasting checking upon you
You're high-flying, you'll be crash-landing soon

Repeat

You want your world my friend
I think those days are numbered
I've had it up to here
Everything's come asunder
Hear me now, hear me right
I'm feeling bought and sold
you're just a 3 card trickster
That's something i should've known
All the good's sure gone bitter
Hear me now, hear me right

I TAKE WHAT I WANT
(Porter/Hodges/Hayes)

Well, i take what i want, i'm a bad go-getter
Yeah, that's what i am
I never lose and i ain't no quitter
'Cos i take what i want
And baby, i want you

Well, i've been watching you walk by
And i haven't said one word, not one word
But now i'm out to get you, baby,
And i'm gonna make you my girl, my loving girl
'Cos i take what i want

Gonna pick you up now, baby, and carry you away
So you'd better pack up now, baby, pack it up today
Well here i am, i'm just a big bad man
When i walk away, baby, you'll be holding my hand

I take what i want
Well, i'm a bad go-getter
Yeah, that's what i am
I never lose and i ain't no quitter
'Cos i take what i want
And baby, i want you

Gonna pick you up now, baby, and carry you away
So you'd better pack up now, baby, pack it up today
Well here i am, i'm just a big bad man
When i walk away, baby, you'll be holding my hand

I take what i want
Well, i'm a bad go-getter
That's what i am
I never lose and i ain't no quitter
'Cos i take what i want
And baby, i want you

LOST AT SEA

Lost at sea like a sailor
You found me, you were my saviour

Tossed about, like a coaster
The reef was near but you came closer
Reaching out, i don't know how
Raise the sails and leave and take me straight home
I can almost see the distant shoreline

Caught in tides, friends of no-one
Winds which lie drove me straight on
Who knows when but i was spared

ALL AROUND MAN
(Bo Carter)

I ain't no doctor, i ain't no doctor's son
But i'll fill your prescription
Till the real doctor comes, till the real doctor comes
I ain't no sailor, ain't no sailor's son
But i'll be your navigator
Till the marines hit town, till the marines hit town

I'm a handyman, an all around man
I'm a handyman, all around man
And when your husband comes
That's when the handyman's gonna scram

I ain't the DA, ain't the DA's son
But i'll talk to the jury
And i'll see justice done,I'll see justice done

Handyman, i'm a handyman
An all around man, all around man
I ain't no astronaut, from Cape Kennedy i don't come
Just step inside my rocket ship
I''ll take you circling round the sun
We'll head off for Pluto, Venus and Mars
Step inside, baby, i'll take you very far

I'm a handyman, an all around man
An all around man, an all around man
And when your husband comes
That's when the handyman is gonna scram

OUT ON THE WESTERN PLAIN
(H.Ledbetter)

When i was a cowboy, out on the Western Plain
When i was a cowboy, out on the Western Plain
Well, i made half a million
Working hard on the bridle reins

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

What was the greatest battle ever on the Western Plain
What was the greatest battle ever on the Western Plain
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

Now when me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James
Well, the bullets were a-flying just like a shower of rain

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

What was the greatest battle ever on Bunker Hill
What was the greatest battle ever on Bunker Hill
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Buffalo Bill

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky,yicky yea

AT THE BOTTOM

Takes a fool to know how i feel
Feel like a fish running out a spinning reel
Bite on a hook and you'll know just what i mean
That's what it's like at the bottom
That's what it's like at the bottom

It took time to come and make you see
Life ain't what it appears to be
It's the luck of the draw and the old spinning wheel
Like a message in a bottle
Like a message in a bottle

Watching the sky with, tears in my eyes
I feel lonely
Time's flying by, but i start to smile
It's not easy

Takes a fall to land you on your knees
Kick that ball if it lands right at your feet
Watch it fly, high above the trees
Till it lands in tomorrow
Till it lands in tomorrow
Till it lands in tomorrow