Shinin' On  1974

 

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Shinin' On

We are winners and losers, bed fellow choosers,
Put here to pass by the times.
We are space-age sailors, all had our failures,
Now everybody gonna' shine.

Keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin' on.

See the fire within them burnin',
Touch the fire make me feel so fine.
Keep the fire within you livin'
Everybody gonna' shine, shine, shine.

Keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', shinin' on.
Keep it shinin' on.

Shinin' on.
Shinin' on.

What?
Well, alright.

Keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', shinin' on.
Keep it shinin' on.

Keep it shinin' on, shinin' on, shinin' on.

Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on.
Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on.
(and so on, in rounds)

To Get Back In

Don't really want to fall out of love,
And baby I need a lovin' shove,
To get back in, Lord, to get back in.
To get back in once again, baby.

Oooo, baby when times are good,
You know they couldn't get no better if they tried to.
But there's a question standing where I stood,
You know you act just like the person that's been lied to.

You ain't been treatin' me like you know you should,
There's been a change in your way.
Remember what it's like when love is good,
And remember the chorus 'cause I wrote it for us.

Don't really want to fall out of love,
And baby I need a lovin' shove,
To get back in, oh, to get back in.
To get back in once again.

You know I love that girl with all my heart,
And, like wine, with age it gets better.
But I don't like trouble, and when trouble starts,
It's the times I wish I could forget her.

If you give 'em an inch, boy, then they'll take a mile,
And gettin' it back's so hard to do.
They'll take advantage of your gentle style,
But you've got to forgive them, 'cause you're tryin' to live with them.

Woah ... woah
Woah, woah ... woah
To get back in, to get back in, to get back in once again.
To get back in, to get back in, to get back in once again, babe.

To get back in ...

The Loco-motion

Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
My little baby sister can do it with ease,
It's easier than learnin' your ABCs.
So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me.

You've got to swing your hips now,
Oooo ...
Come on,
Oooo ...
Come on.
Jump up,
Oooo ...
Jump up.
Jump back,
Oooo ...
Jump back.
Oh, well, I think you've got the knack.
Oooo ...

Woah ... woah.
Now that you can do it, well, let's make a chain now.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
A chuga-chuga motion like a railroad train, now.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
Do it nice and easy now, and don't lose control,
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul,
So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me.

Woah ... woah.
Move around the floor in a loco-motion.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
Do it holdin' hands if'n you get the notion.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do,
It even makes you happy when you're feelin' blue.
So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me.

Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion.
(repeat to fade)

Carry Me Through

Time has come,
To start my search for tomorrow.
On and on,
There's just no end to the sorrow.
But I designed a way,
To see my life through pity.
I don't have too much to say,
And the tears won't let me be.

So,
CHORUS
Carry me through the hard part.
Help me find a new start.
Carry me through the hard part.

Far too long,
I've thought of all the excuses.
Try to go on,
And stay my time to an end.
Dreams in my head,
All turning dark and useless.
Help me find the hand,
That knows where I've been.

Please,
CHORUS

Ahhhhhh ...
Ahhhhhh ...

Carry me through ...
Carry me through ...
Carry me through ...
Carry me, carry me, carry me ...

Please Me

Five million guys have tried to reduce her,
To another girl out in the street.
All those pretty eyes, have lied to seduce her,
But they come crawlin' back at her feet.

Too many times, I've seen them abuse her,
Just like the times I've been deceived.
The touch of her starlight makes me happy,
I can see her shinin' through in my dreams.

And I wake up cryin' ...
CHORUS
Please me ...
Please me, baby.
Please me ...
Please me out of my he...eaeaea...ad.
Please me, baby.

Everybody's been a toy for someone,
So take me if you want to play.
Tease me even if it's only for fun,
And let me play the game on another day.

CHORUS

Please me, baby.
Please me, baby.
Please me, baby.
Please me baby, please me baby ... yeah,
Please me, baby.
Please me baby, please ...
Please me, baby.
Please me, baby.

Suck it.

Mr. Pretty Boy

Hey, Mr. Pretty Boy ...,
You sure been lookin' good. Yeah.
Said, Mr. Pretty Boy ...,
You lookin' like you should. Mmmmm ...
Until you took the bottle and turned it up,
You didn't want to quit 'til you drank up all of that stuff.
Now, Mr. Pretty Boy ...,
Now you don't look so good. No, noooo ...

Ahhhhhhh ... oh.
Mr. Pretty Boy ....

Sitting in the parlour,
You entertain your guests. Mmmmm ...
Mr. Pretty Boy ....
That's what you do the best. That's what you do.
Until you told the butler to bring another round,
And no one else was drinkin' but you went and sucked them all down.
Now, Mr. Pretty Boy ...,
Now you don't look so good. No ... you don't

Ahhhhhhh ... oh.
Mr. Pretty Boy ...,
Ahhhhhhh ... oh.
Mr. Pretty Boy ...,
Mist ... Mr. Pretty Boy ...

Gettin' Over You

Lover, let's get it straight.
Somthin's passin' much too late,
To discover on down the line,
It's fallin' apart. I just might be gettin' ...

CHORUS
O ... over you.
I'm gettin' o ... over you.

Oh, we really ...
Oh, we really ... oh, we really tried,
Oh, we really ...
Had that look in our eye.
Ain't it crazy ...
That I let you go.
I don't understand I just don't know. Gettin' ...

CHORUS

You, look with the love that surrounds me.
Blue, darkest I've ever seen.
We take the cost of the time going through changes.
What's the loss gettin' over you. You!

You, look with the love that surrounds me.
Blue, darkest I've ever seen.
We take the cost of the time going through changes.
What's the loss gettin' over you.

I'm gettin' over you.
I'm gettin' over you.
I'm gettin' over you.
I'm gettin' over you.

Little Johnny Hooker

Oh, I'm gonna tell you a story 'bout a little boy.
Oh, a sad little boy.
I'm talkin' 'bout Little Johnny Hooker.

Little Johnny Hooker was a sissy on the street all his life --
All his natural born life.
Until his daddy took him aside and said,
"Son, now here's your switchblade knife boy."

He said "get out in the street boy,
Cut yourself some meat boy.
Get out on your own side of the road,
And lighten my load."

Johnny made a mistake and took his knife down to school one day.
Hey, yeah, yeah.
And, when the bell rang for lunch.
Freddie Miller went and got in Johnny's way boy.
He took his knife from his pocket, pushed a button on the side.
When he seen the queen steel,
You ought to seen the light in Freddy's eyes.

Oh, Yeah ...

Little Johnny Hooker learned his lesson from the knife now you see,
(Yes he did.)
Because for what he done to Fred he spent some time in a penitentiary.
It was a day in the courtroom, Exhibit letter "A."
When the jury seen the knife they put little Johnny's ass away.

Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Talkin' 'bout Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Oh, Little Johnny boy.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Talkin' 'bout Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Oh, Little Johnny boy.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
He was a young boy,
He's thinkin' the rest of his life,
For what he done with the knife.
Talkin' 'bout Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Jooohhhnnny.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't.
Jooohhhnnny.
(Repeat to fade)

Destitute And Loosin'

I'm destitute and loosin', all that I got.
I got too much booze in me, oh, and I've been smokin' a lot.
Sometimes I wish my memory, didn't serve me so good.
Maybe then I wouldn't think of the world, but you know that I would.
'Cause I'm ...

Destitute and loosin', all of my mind.
But I know I got to meet my maker children, at the end of the line.
Nothing good lasts forever, not on this earth.
I'm a victim of circumstance, my mistake was my birth.
'Cause I'm ...

CHORUS
Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin'.
Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin'.

I'm destitute and loosin', I'm loosin' my way.
There will be no more choosin', come the judgment day.
There's no place for me to go, but, I know darn well.
When it comes time for me to leave here, I'm going straight, straight down to hell
'Cause I'm ...

I'm destitute and loosin', I'm losin' my mind.
Said, I'm destitute and loosin', children, loosin' all the time.
I've never been a winner, at nothing I've done.
I know that I'm a sinner, and you know my time is come.
'Cause I'm ...

CHORUS

CHORUS

I've been soooo ... low children, I just don't know which way to go.
Lord, you know I just don't give a fuu ...

     

 

   
   

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