Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Blacker than black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWR7DkVmz4

Death is a pony that's waiting for me
His name is Luigi, he's tied to the black tree
I will decide when that day is gonna be
No bureaucrats are making these decisions for me
Pleasing, displeasing, there is only one way
There is the bomb and there is a baby

Pleasing, displeasing, you fight for your lifestyle
Return from the war, don't relate to your own child

You know the way I feel
It's blacker than black
It's no big deal
I fought my war now, blacker than black

For my home, I fought for my ties
Now all that is coming about your eyes
Fought for my living, I fought for my station
Gambled my life on irksome affection

Hey, not that anyone should mind
Hey, not that anyone will cry
Hey, I love somebody but I let that go by
Hey, honey don't you cry

You know the way I feel
It's blacker than black
It's no big deal
The way I feel is blacker than black
Show me the easy way
So I can fly from here
Show me the easy way
I can get far from here
If you show me the easy way

You know the way I feel
It's blacker than black
If you can't go forwards
Then you must go back

The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

[Verse 1]
A teenage dream's so hard to beat
Every time she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

[Chorus]
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

[Verse 2]
I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over cos I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh I need it bad
And it's the best I've ever had

[Chorus]
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

[Verse 1]
A teenage dream's so hard to beat
Every time she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good

[Chorus]
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

[Verse 2]
I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over cos I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh I need it bad
And it's the best I've ever had

[Chorus]
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

Robert Palmer - She makes my day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xZeNueckzg


Verse 1]
I feel so lucky loving her
Tell me what else is magic for?
She thinks it's better left unsaid
She makes her mind up at a glance
It really made a difference
I seem to be unconditionally hers

[Bridge]
She's like a new girl everyday
And all the rest don't bother me
I'm far too busy loving her

[Chorus]
I'll never be lonely now I know her (She trusts her intuition)
She fills my heart with joy (That's in our best interest)
She makes my day
She just has to smile (She make a difference)
To blow my cares away
She just has to touch my hand (She had a smiling face)
To make me stay
She's all good lovin' at once
She's all good lovin' at once
She's all good lovin' at once
She's all good lovin' at once

[Verse 2]
Our love was unintentional
She says we're not responsible
She thinks with her chin up
She always makes uncommon sense
Always knows just what to say
She always takes me unawares

[Bridge]
In less time than it takes to fall
I'm here and there you are
We never fought it anyway

[Chorus]
I'll never be lonely now I know her (She trusts her intuition)
She fills my heart with joy (That's in our best interest)
She makes my day
She just has to smile (She make a difference)
To blow my cares away
She just has to touch my hand (She had a smiling face)
To make me stay

[Verse 1]
I feel so lucky loving her
Tell me what else is magic for?
She thinks it's better left unsaid
She makes her mind up in a glance
It really made a difference
I seem to be unconditionally hers

[Bridge]
She's like a new girl everyday
And all the rest don't bother me
I'm far too busy loving her

[Chorus]
I'll never be lonely now I know her (She trusts her intuition)
She fills my heart with joy (That's in our best interest)
She makes my day
She just has to smile (She make a difference)
To blow my cares away
She just has to touch my hand (She had a smiling face)
To make me stay

[Outro]
She's all good loving at once (x15)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrjHz5hrupA

Don't start me talking
I could talk all night
My mind goes sleepwalking
While I'm putting the world to right

Called careers information
Have you got yourself an occupation?

Oliver's army is here to stay
Oliver's army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
But here today

There was a checkpoint Charlie
He didn't crack a smile
But it's no laughing party
When you've been on the murder mile

Only takes one itchy trigger
One more widow, one less white nigger

Oliver's army is here to stay
Oliver's army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
But here today

Hong Kong is up for grabs
London is full of Arabs
We could be in Palestine
Overrun by a Chinese line
With the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne

But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear

If you're out of luck or out of work
We could send you to Johannesburg

Oliver's army is here to stay
Oliver's army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
But here today
And I would rather be anywhere else
But here today
And I would rather be anywhere else
But here today, oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Deacon Blue - "Wages Day"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVhm8qT8RQ

There he stood and there we left
Outside the flashing neon sign
With the smell of cheap cigars
And the hope of sweet perfume
And his heart it was reeling
With the thrill of it all
All to do and only hours
He said all this is all yours

You can have it all
You can take it all away
From where we left off
Living it all
Your way
If you'll stand in my shoes
If you'll do what I do
On a wages day
On a wages day

And the cap from Disneyland
That his cousin she brought back
Stays open in his hand
From one week to another
And this long narrow land
Is full of possibility
All to do and only hours
He said all this is all yours

You can have it all
You can take it all away
From where we left off
Living it all
Your way
If you'll stand in my shoes
If you'll do what I do
On a wages day
On a wages day

And you can have it all
You can take it all away
From where we left off
Living it all
Your way
If you'll stand in my shoes
If you'll do what I do
On a wages day
On a wages day

On a wages day
On a wages day
On a wages day
On a wages day
If you'll do what I do
On a wages day

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - "The Rattler"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F23SoNYjEwI

[Verse 1]
I'm coming down the line
I'm a rattling boy
(He's a rattling boy)
Rattling through the countryside
I'm a rattling boy
(He's a rattling boy)
Yeah, I just live from day to day
I'm a rattling boy
(He's a rattling boy)
Eating them, cheating them, on my way
I'm a rattling boy
(He's a rattling boy)

[Chorus]
I'm going down the line
I'm going to a better time
I'm going to a better place
I don't like people to know my face
I can help get those feet out of that clay
But I can't take you all the way

I'm as stationary as a stream
I am aimless in extreme

[Verse 2]
I hold what I need in my right hand
I'm a rattling boy
(He's a rattling boy)
I do the work my gut demands
I'm a rattling boy
(He's a rattling boy)

[Chorus]
I'm going down the line
I'm going to a better time
I'm going to a better place
I don't like people to know my face
I can help get those feet out of that clay
But I can't take you all the way

[Bridge]
If I could hold you
If I could love you
Then I would do

[Chorus]
I can help get those feet out of that clay
But I can't take you all the way
Cause I'm a rattling boy
I'm a rattling boy
Rattling boy
I'm a rattling boy

Rattling boy, rattling boy
I can't take you all the way
Rattling boy, rattling boy
I can't take you all the way
Rattling boy, rattling boy
I can't take you all the way
Rattling boy, rattling boy
I won't take you all the way

Thin Lizzy - "Whiskey in the Jar"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c0riyYFd2I

As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains.
I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was countin'.
I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier.
I said stand o'er and deliver or the devil he may take ya.

Musha ring dumb a do dumb a da.
Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o.
There's whiskey in the jar-o.

I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny.
I took all of his money and I brought it home to Molly.
She swore that she'd love me, never would she leave me.
But the devil take that woman for you know she tricked me easy.

Musha ring dumb a do dumb a da.
Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o.
There's whiskey in the jar-o.

Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber.
Takin' my money with me and I never knew the danger.
For about six or maybe seven in walked Captain Farrell.
I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels.

Musha ring dumb a do dumb a da.
Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o.
There's whiskey in the jar-o.

Now some men like the fishin' and some men like the fowlin',
And some men like ta hear a cannon ball a roarin'.
Me? I like sleepin' specially in my Molly's chamber.
But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain, yeah.

Musha ring dumb a do dumb a da.
Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o.
There's whiskey in the jar-o.

And I got drunk on whiskey-o
And I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love my Molly-o. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Q-LY_x8tM 

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
We've been cast out of? oh oh oh oh
Now we're back in the fight
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
The phone, the tv and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart
Now we're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

Talking Heads – Psycho Killer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O52jAYa4Pm8

I can't seem to face up to the facts.
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire

Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run run run run run run run away oh oh
Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, away
Oh oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah!

You start a conversation you can't even finish it
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
Say something once, why say it again?

Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run run run run run run run away
Oh oh oh
Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, away
Oh oh oh oh! Yeah yeah yeah yeah!

Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir la
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir la
Realisant mon espoir Je me lance, vers la gloire,
OK Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
We are vain and we are blind
I hate people when they're not polite

Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run run run run run run run away
Oh oh oh
Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, away
Oh oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah oh!

Darling Violetta - I Want to Kill You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c72kRV03_vE

I... want... to... kill... you
When you least expect it
I'll bash your brains in
When you least expect it

You're afraid of flying
Afraid of losing your mind
But I don't want to know you
Now there's no time

It's both a lovely and a fearful thing
To be captured by all of your feelings
(CHORUS)
I breathe into you
Into you

You run to me and
Don't even know my name
Desire's slowly becoming
Your great escape

You let me wonder
Now I'll let you burn
I promise nothing
But still you return to me
(CHORUS)
I breathe into you
I breathe into you
You are real

I am walking through the morning
Dandelion stares in my eyes
I wish you were caught by now
I'm afraid of what they'll find
Take the box of magic
Lay it in the back of your mind
Can we wash in the morphine
After we eat we'll be fine
You're the lonely lovers
I've only known a few
Take me within and you'll know what love is... easy
Let me watch you dance
Let me watch you sleep
Kiss her with your tongue
And you'll crawl to me again
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
(CHORUS)
I breathe into you
I breathe into you
You are real
I breathe into you
I breathe into you
You are real

Dire Straits - "Telegraph Road"

                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4E_924b9SU

A long time ago came a man on a track
Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
And he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Made a home in the wilderness
He built a cabin and a winter store
And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
And the other travellers came walking down the track
And they never went further, no, they never went back
Then came the churches, then came the schools
Then came the lawyers, then came the rules
Then came the trains and the trucks with their load
And the dirty old track was the Telegraph Road
Then came the mines, then came the ore
Then there was the hard times, then there was a war
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Telegraph Road got so deep and so wide
Like a rolling river
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
People driving home from the factories
There's six lanes of traffic
Three lanes moving slow
 I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
Yes, and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
All the way down the Telegraph Road
Well, I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights
Yeah, life was just a bet on a race between the lights
You had your hand on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
But just believe in me baby and I'll take you away F
rom out of this darkness and into the day
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
'Cause I've run every red light on memory lane
I've seen desperation explode into flames
And I don't wanna see it again
From all of these signs saying "sorry but we're closed"
All the way down the Telegraph Road

Mark Knopfler & James Taylor - "Sailing to Philadelphia"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrLdKYRBOEE

I am Jeremiah Dixon
I am a Geordie boy
A glass of wine with you, sir
And the ladies I'll enjoy
All Durham and Northumberland
Is measured up by my own hand
It was my fate from birth
To make my mark upon the earth

He calls me Charlie Mason
A stargazer am I
It seems that I was born
To chart the evening sky
They'd cut me out for baking bread
But I had other dreams instead
This baker's boy from the west country
Would join the Royal Society

We are sailing to Philadelphia
A world away from the coaly Tyne
Sailing to Philadelphia
To draw the line
A Mason-Dixon Line

Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon
But I swear you'll make me mad
The West will kill us both
You gullible Geordie lad
You talk of liberty
How can America be free
A Geordie and a baker's boy
In the forests of the Iroquois

Now hold your head up, Mason
See America lies there
The morning tide has raised
The capes of Delaware
Come up and feel the sun
A new morning has begun
Another day will make it clear
Why your stars should guide us here

 

We are sailing to Philadelphia

A world away from the coaly Tyne
Sailing to Philadelphia
To draw the line
A Mason-Dixon Line

The Byrds - "8 Miles High"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Il9q397lL0

Eight miles high
And when you touch down
You'll find that it's
Stranger than known

Signs in the street
That say where you're goin'
Are somewhere
Just being their own

Nowhere is
There warmth to be found
Among those afraid
Of losing their ground

Rain gray town
Known for its sound
In places
Small faces unbound

Round the squares
Huddled in storms
Some laughing
Some just shapeless forms

Sidewalk scenes
And black limousines
Some living
Some standing alone

 

Songwriters: Daivd Crosby / Gene Clark / Jim Mcguinn