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Hello Operator, get me Ottawa on the line They've got lots of money there Make the call collect this time Well let's find me a millionaire Who'll send me 'bout a hundred grand Well, I'm a little short of cash I could sure use a helping hand Send...

Don't seem like so long ago It's a night dream I said the feeling would grow For a lifetime There were blue skies 'Til it started to rain We were on the right track But we got hit by the train Musta been the wrong time It's been a long time,...

3 Dressed Up As A 9 Hey wait a minute Who do you think you are Comin' on, comin' on Like you're some kinda movie star Wearing twelve hundred dollars D'ecollet'e You looked a whole lot better to me From twenty feet away You're just a 3 dressed...

I'm sorry Is such a simple lie I'm trying Can't get it out this time There's nothing you can do You finally got me to the wall Doncha know that You can't push me For an apology 'Cause my feelin's Have got a hold of me You can make me bow...

I'm not content to be with you in the daytime Girl, I want to be with you all of the time The only time I feel alright is by your side Girl, I want to be with you all of the time All day and all of the night I believe that you and me last forever Oh...

Oh my darlin' Where have you been I sure have missed ya Glad you're home again Oh good gracious Why'd you go away I got sick when you left me I'll get better if you stay I just about went crazy Wonderin' where you were Uh... uh... uh... All...

Maybe you feel fine Right now Ain't ya got no heart What's wrong with you It's a hit and run You left me reeling Ain't ya got no feelin' Doncha feel nothin at all Any minute now Any minute now Any minute now You're gonna be sorry It's n...

If it weren't for bad luck, kid Guess you'd have no luck at all The man said "Take it or leave it" And here you are What do you want me to say You know there's nothin' I can do There's nothin' I can do about it But here you are And I can comfort...

Come home Baby woncha please come home I'm sitting here lonely I'm going up the wall Come home Baby woncha please come home I can't do nothin' I can't feel nothin' I can't be nothin' Without you Come home Baby woncha please come home Thi...

How can I get from here to where you are tomorrow How can I see you there if I'm still here in Chicago What's a poor boy, such a lonely boy, what's a poor boy to do Sittin' in a hotel all confused, there's no telling what to do I gotta get right back t...

He kinda struts when he walks He st .. st .. stutters when he talks But the girls don't seem to care They'll follow him anywhere He say, 'hey, how are you' They say 'oh my God' He say 'whatcha wanna do' {whatcha wanna do} They say 'any damned thing tha...

There's a cold wind blowin' and I'm feelin' Like I'm banging my head on the wall I've been around (I've been around) And still I've been nowhere at all Cold, cold Toronto Is getting on my nerves 'Cause it feels like this Knob Hilton boy Ain't get...

I was thinkin' all night Before I started to write Congratulations Hope it works out alright Maybe I could come to see you Catch a Greyhound, only take a day or two It ain't no big production Hey, we've been friends forever It's the least that...

I know you think we've come a long, long way And though it's gettin' better every day You still got a long way to go To find the part of me that never shows You've got to dig a little deeper down To find the part of me that no one's ever found I'm...

I got too much trouble today Reality crashin' down And it's too late to stop I can't run away So what do I do now What do you want from me My time, my money or my heart 'Cause you don't get nothin' for free And it's pullin' me apart But I don't...

Nothin' scares me anymore I don't believe the news Too many people in charge Nobody wants to lose Too many promises broken Too many backs to the wall And too much information To make any sense of it all Don't let nothin' bring you down In cas...

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah... Three sheets to the wind Two days without sleep The boy cut loose one night And drove up to Dawson Creek Took up with a dancer That liked the way he smiled The boy kinda slid through the cracks for awhile {Don't...

No, no, no... I was sittin there all alone when you smiled at me I wasn't ready for a love affair but I was startin' to be So I looked you in the eye until I felt the electricity I started changing my plans for the night When you walked over to me...

Standing all alone in the parking lot light Nobody knows what we're doin' tonight There's gas in the car, we'll hitch it to a star And I'll take you far from home We'll drive away, leave the lonely days behind Don't worry 'bout a thing No one's gon...

Mindin' my own business on a Friday afternoon Don't know where I'm goin' but I'm gonna be there soon I don't care about tomorrow And I'm better off this way Drivin' crazy Singing with the radio, blazing like the sun Banging on the dashboard, passing...

Well I guess it's none of my business But I hear people talkin' 'bout you They're saying that you're tryin' it again This time you're tryin' it with someone new Well I guess it's none of my business But where did you find this guy I've seen you wit...

Well it's good to see ya, Eddy How you doin', where ya been We'll find you a place in the thick of it So sit back, and drink it in And maybe we'll go out later Eat some pizza, drink some beers And talk about Mr. Nixon It's good to see ya here E...

Take it easy You're drivin' me crazy again Try to believe me It's gonna pay off in the end All the teenage fantasies Oh yeah It's gonna be alright You're gonna get what you want Everything you want Everything you want Everything you want Ta...

Shouting, swearing, and laughing Tin can, Michael, Seaweed, and me Hot sun celebratin' Seven million people on the beach We got the world on our shoulders We got our lives in our hands We got that fire in our fingers Oh, we got the plans Maybe...

All the young adolescents with their phony ID And the best dressed out looking for someplace to be Are all listening to the gambler Who's too far gone to feel any pain He says next to drinking, gambling is his only vice Then it takes him half an hour...

Good old General Hand Grenade Ridin' in a motorcade Sippin' on a lemonade And waving at his fans Isabella Band Aid Wavin' at the Shrine parade Eatin' toast and marmalade And getting sticky hands Good old General Hand Grenade Ridin' in a motor...

There you go Ain't it the same old story Start out as friends Winds up differently And you know Nobody's saying sorry It's too late for talking You pay the price for walking Oh... go ahead and sue me Oh... go ahead and put it to me I'm not...

I get up in the morning Turn on the radio Got to listen to the news Can't find the rock and roll I hear the news guy say there's going to be a war tonight Nobody's sure who started the fight Both sides are wrong Both sides are right Getting har...

I always will remember Gypsy Wheeler I used to see him ride by every day Gypsy was a small town wheeler dealer 'Til he gave it up and just rode away Gypsy had some trouble at the station Teachin' some guy not to fool around It led to a little more...

I don't wanna be here I would sooner be Somewhere else but here I don't wanna be here I don't wanna be here I would sooner be Somewhere else but here I don't wanna be here Chain smokin' cigarettes Fightin' with the telephone Nobody's home a...

Sometimes there's so much light in my eyes That I can just barely see Sometimes it gets so damned lonely Those lights don't mean nothin' to me Sometimes it gets so lonely Sometimes it hurts so bad My body starts achin' And I cry 'cause I feel so...

Oh man I'm in trouble again Oh man It's got me worryin' I don't like worryin' I don't like worryin' I don't like to worry It gets me all confused Oh man I'm in trouble again Oh man It's got me hurryin' Feels like I'm always hurryin' I don't like hur...

If I never see your face again I won't be sad, I won't be sad 'Cause I will always Remember what we had We had love Oooh, we had love Nobody will ever love Quite like we loved No one will ever know Nobody could ever take away The love we ma...

It comes and it goes To an old familiar beat And these old shoes I used to wear Are starting to hurt my feet I'm gonna leave at midnight And I won't wear no shoes Maybe I'll go to New Orleans What have I got to lose You stand up You fall down...

She's sitting on the corner of her bed In a small rented room in Montreal Long curly hair, hands between her knees, with her head hung down She hasn't said a word since morning I don't understand She talks like a little bird Today she hasn't made a soun...

Up against the door Sheltered from the rain She's the only one he'll ever want She'll never feel this way again Kids in love Kids in love Leave them alone Kids in love He's in love with her She loves him too It's the only thing they've ever...

I know where you 'bin lately Standin' all alone on the line Don't worry... it doesn't pay to worry You're gonna knock 'em dead this time Knock 'em dead, kid Go ahead, kid Take a shot, kid Take a shot with all you got, kid Knock 'em dead I can...

Baby, I get sick and tired of hearing you Talking 'bout the things you never get to do You say that nothin's really wrong, it's just that nothin's right You're on automatic pilot nearly every night No, I don't wanna hear no more Why don't you do some...

Well someone find his manager He's doin' it again He's stumbled to the lobby With his little Pepsi friend There's no use trying to talk to him It's drivin' round the bend Just say Piss off I was hopin', after Friday, we'd be spared another bout...

It was clear in the morning and faded by noon All the colours were different and I'd forgotten the tune You know sometimes I feel like I'm live from the moon And sometimes I don't feel at all I've been waiting for something at 5th and despair Holding...

They say the boy's gone crazy, the boy's gone bad They can say what they like, but it's makin' me mad 'Cause I'm a curious boy Not a desperate man They're saying that I'm trouble Baby, I am Lookin' for trouble Lookin' for trouble Lookin' for tro...

She's got a phony ID but it's plain to see She's not quite seventeen goin' on twenty-three The boys in her school all leave her alone A night with Loretta means you won't make it home Loretta Makes me feel ten feet tall Little Loretta Makes me fee...

Used to be a lonely thinker Sit at home and think all day But ever since the day I met ya I'd go crazy if you went away You're the love of my life The love of my life The love of my life Yeah... Ever since the day I met ya My life will never...

I don't need your sympathy I need some money Here I am busted in the land Of milk and honey I wanna be somebody And I'd have to be crazy not to know by now Money talks Money talks I hear it callin' I'm not changin' my mind I need some paydays...

Standing in a doorway counting taxis Waitin' for a ride to Disneyland I'm gettin' just a little tired of Portland Stayed a little longer than I planned Waving at the ladies in their caddies Showing off to girls who look away My thumb is turning blu...

You try much harder when you're number two You'll stop at nothing 'til you get on through And if you make it you know how to stay Don't let new number two get in your way Hey Mr. Big, wouldn't wanna be you Though there is nothing you cannot do Mr....

He never said he loved her And she never said she cared Now he's out on a ship somewhere And she's still running scared She never thought to ask him And he never thought to say Now they're both out somewhere looking for The love that got away S...

Pretty lady Here I am With my heart on my sleeve Hat in my hand You said you could help me Help me now Change my life Please show me how A face of clay And yet so warm I feel like I've weathered Eternal storm You said you could help me...

You just sit there talking like there's something left to say So I guess I'll be walking 'cause there's better games to play I'm in love with you but I've got things to do If you're looking for attention that's not hard to understand But I can't stand...

Called you up on the telephone Friday night and you're not alone You're not alone Well that's fine for you What am I supposed to do Hang around and wait for you I'll wait for you Like so many times before Only a fool would let ya get away Wit...

Started the day at 5:30 this morning Still half asleep, reached toward her pillow No one there, she left before daybreak A brief kiss on the cheek introducing heartache A flip of her hair as she walked out the door I won't see her anymore She wants...

...2 3 4 Raise a little hell, raise a little hell, raise a little hell! Raise a little hell, raise a little hell, raise a little hell! Raise a little hell, raise a little hell, raise a little hell! Raise a little hell, raise a little hell, raise a littl...

I was down so long Everything was goin' wrong And the people all around me Got the news Lord and everything I tried Fell to pieces and slowly died My soul was going broke From paying dues I was very nearly beat When I crawled back to my feet...

Listen to me Hey, listen to me very carefully We don't have to be Anything we don't wanna be Just say the word, and we'll be free Just relax And head out on the highway There ain't nothin' to worry about at all Where anything we do is gonna be...

It was a cold night in a hot town When the alderman's wife pulled her shirt down She was on to Tommy like a cheap suit She thought his hair was cute or something It was a cold night in a hot town When the alderman's wife let her guard down She was s...

I know who I'm fooling When I'm only fooling myself When the things that drive me crazy Wouldn't bother no one else But I know I've got to roll with it Can't torture my soul with it And maybe I can grow with it And be a better man When I'm down...

You hurt me like a punch in the mouth You didn't have to hurt me so bad You coulda left me something to live for But you took the only love that I had I'm gonna go on down to the roller rink And roll my blues away Gonna strap on a pair of roller sk...

Oooooh, darlin' darlin' It's your style to change your mind But darlin' darlin' Each time you do I rearrange to suit you In and out Round and round again Oooooh, darlin' darlin' Life was all glitter Everything just a game But darlin' darlin...

With only fear and good judgment holding us back We sailed out on the Northern Sea With a boat load of crazy people Including the shotgun and me Does somebody know how to drive this thing Yelled the captain as he fell to his knees I think I mighta...

Get out of bed and look at me Before you throw the book at me I'm out of my mind But not out of control That's how it is, that's show biz You gotta look both ways at crossings I'm taking my leave With nowhere to go So I'll say goodnight With...

I'm here to tell the world about my baby The best looking woman in the world I can't believe she loves me But she's my girl Believe me, I'm crazy about her body I'm impressed by her mind She's got a heartful of love And a face that's custom desig...

It's a simple thing No big deal Nothin' to it, it's the way I feel It's a simple thing Simple and true Hey baby, I love you It's not a complicated thing It's not a big idea Nothin' new, it's been around for years It's a simple thing It's a...

Stop, don't think, relax, take it easy You're all wound up so tight, gonna make yourself crazy You can think too much, think too hard, think too long Yeah The more I learn the less I know My heart says stop but my mind says go You can think too much...

Well I was there in memphis The day after Elvis died But I never went to graceland Cause I didn't want to miss my ride I've been down in Louisiana Spent a night in New Orleans But I never did sleep well enough To dream the american dream I flew into N...

Don't you worry, babe There's nothin' more to say How many times have I told you that you don't have to worry Yeah, you don't have to be So damned good to me And you don't have to worry The best way To hold a man Is in your arms So hold me...

Here they come The boys in the bright white sports car Waving their arms in the air Who do they think they are And where did they get that car There they go The boys in the bright white sports car Honking at all the girls It's jack-of-all-trades Stan And...

She's not a modern girl She's not a woman of the world She's got a pretty face She knows her place She's an old fashion girl She don't need to wiggle when she walks She don't need to giggle when she talks She don't know that she don't need to be...

He woke up in the back of the van Five in the mornin' With the rest of the band Waitin' for sunrise He picked up his old guitar With five hundred miles left to go He started playin' soft and low He didn't play no rock n' roll He sang a gypsy so...

I've been trying to call you tonight No one home, guess I lose And I've been dying to see you again Don't know where, can't say when And in the moment that it takes To come between us Time lifts a hand to wave good-bye And in the moment that it t...

Some people feel so bad Try so hard, get so sad Some people never had The breaks, the luck, the timing They watch their dreams get bought and sold Their hearts get hard but they don't grow cold Somewhere between love and gold They choose the silv...

Once upon a time, you were a friend of mine We used to sing songs, all night long And I trusted you, everything you said was true Now I can't get through to you, something's wrong There's a thin white line, separating yours and mine You want me to bel...

Well, I heard the word when the club closed down That they're still wide awake on the north side of town Yeah And I hopped in my car, put the pedal to the floor And I drove to the bar and I knocked down the door This must be the place This must be t...

This ain't no movie This ain't no video Don't be confused This ain't no TV show There ain't no ending Except the big one Real life goes on and on from day to day Don't ever count on resolution No solution comes without a price Don't be disapp...

We sat in the parking lot, watching the planes Pouring our hearts out in the pouring rain You said be careful, I want this to be right I said don't worry, we got all night How could we ever know Where this all would go Somethin' hit me and it hit m...

Two for the show And my mother wants to go It'll break her heart when I tell her She's too old I'm in my place I got makeup all over my face I think I know my lines But I dunno One for the money Two for the show Three for the lady on the ra...

People say it's my attitude They say my attitude is poor They say I don't wanna care about Anybody else any more They don't listen when I tell them That I've been staying the same Holding my ground Watchin' them slippin' away Somebody else, can...

Waitin', waitin' on your love Waitin', waitin' on your love Starin' at the telephone, hopin' for a call Hearing only silence, looking at the wall Need some consolation, I'm left talking to myself Like an unread novel growin' dusty on the shelf Save...

A very good friend of mine Told me something the other day I'd like to pass it on to you 'Cause I believe what he said to be true He said we're here for a good time Not a long time (not a long time) So have a good time The sun can't shine every...

Friday, Saturday, Friday What day is this There is absolutely nothing wrong Listen to me sing my song Wham bam, hit things with your hand Push me people, we will do this together Friday, Saturday, Friday What day is this I want to sing Listen...

Telephone operator sounded like you When I tried to call you on the phone Everywhere I turn there's another little clue Convinces me I'm not alone How come every woman looks just like you Before they turn and walk away Tell me, what the hell's a gu...

Everybody's doin' what everybody's doin' Same old thing going down all the time Waiting for messiahs, waiting for the changes to show me the way to die Everybody's sayin' what everybody's sayin' Prime-time grapevine is still in control Eight years to...

You don't need me to tell you You've got a hold on me You know I'm not tell you Here's how it's gonna be Come on, take it easy Easy's how it's gonna be No need to get heavy Whatcha gonna do about me Whatcha gonna do about me I don't know how...

People say hey Ra, whatcha been up to Whatcha wanna do, let's have some fun I say no (say no), I can't go I'm over a barrel and I'm under the gun Well Monday, Friday go so slow (hey) Saturday, Sunday something's wrong I can't sleep (can't sleep) I...

It's a 3 AM rendezvous At a little table for two The camera zooms in on me and you You're an actress in disgrace I'm a famous flying ace In some secret after hours place And you look so good Look so good tonight You look so good, I'm blinded by...