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<blockquote data-quote="Floyd" data-source="post: 808" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Mean Street</strong></p><p>At night I walk this stinkin' street past the crazies on my block</p><p>And I see the same old faces and I hear that same old talk</p><p>And I'm searching for the latest thing, a break in this routine</p><p>I'm talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen</p><p>This is home, this is Mean Street</p><p>(This is) Yes-ah home, the only one I know</p><p></p><p>An' we don't worry 'bout tomorrow 'cause we're sick of these four walls</p><p>Now what you think is nothin' might be somethin' after all</p><p>Now you know this ain't no through street, the end is dead ahead</p><p>The poor folks play for keeps down here, they're the living dead</p><p></p><p>Come on down, (Huh! Ow!) down (This is) to Mean Street</p><p>They're dancin' now, look! Out on Mean Street</p><p>Dance baby!</p><p></p><p>(Guitar Solo)</p><p></p><p>It's always here and now my friend, it ain't once upon a time</p><p>It's all over but the shouting, I come to take what's mine</p><p>We're searchin' for the latest thing, a break in this routine</p><p>Talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen</p><p></p><p>This is home, (Ooh) this is Mean Street</p><p>(This is) Yes-ah home, only one I know</p><p></p><p>(This is home) See, a gun is real easy</p><p>(This is Mean Street) in this desperate part of town</p><p>(This is home) Turns you from hunted into hunter (Yeah)</p><p>(This is Mean Street) You go an' hunt somebody down</p><p>Wait a minute, ah (This is home) Somebody said "Fair warning", Lord</p><p>(This is Mean Street) Lord, strike that poor boy down!</p><p><strong>Dirty Movies</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ow, yeah</p><p>Oh, oh. Oh!</p><p>La!</p><p>Now, who's that babe with the fabulous shadow-ah?</p><p>Oh oh! A "so what?" scene, but to me it don't matter</p><p></p><p>Ow! Her movies get down like you won't find in my hometown</p><p>(Oh, no!) They won't believe it when they</p><p>(Oh, no!) See what they're seein'</p><p>Go see baby now!</p><p></p><p>Pictures on the silver screen</p><p>Greatest thing you've ever seen</p><p>Now her name is up in lights</p><p>Everything turns out all right</p><p></p><p>Daddy's little sweety after some damn rainbow</p><p>Oh, oh! Got the big deal in the back of a limo, uh hey</p><p></p><p>Now show biz is so thrilling</p><p>The camera rolls, she's willing</p><p>(Oh, no!) They won't believe it when they</p><p>(Oh, no!) See what they're seein'</p><p>Go see baby now-ah!</p><p></p><p>Hey, you remember when that girl was prom queen? (Oh, wow)</p><p>Take it off! Take it all off!</p><p>Whooo! Ow! Woo! Aw, yeah!</p><p>Woo! Woo! Ow! Yeah!</p><p></p><p>Pictures on the silver screen</p><p>Greatest thing you've ever seen</p><p>Now her name is up in lights (Woo!)</p><p>Everything turns out all right</p><p></p><p>Now they believe it</p><p>Now that they've seen it</p><p>Go see baby now! Ah, ha-ha!</p><p></p><p>Pictures on the silver screen</p><p>Greatest thing you've ever seen</p><p>Now her name is up in lights</p><p>Everything turns out all right</p><p></p><p>Lights, camera, action!</p><p><strong>Sinner's Swing</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>All right, you sinners, swing!</p><p>Danger in the rearview mirror</p><p>There's trouble in the wind</p><p>Badness bringing up the rear</p><p>The menace's loose again</p><p>She looks so fuckin' good</p><p>So sexy and so frail</p><p>Something got the bite on me</p><p>I'm goin' straight to hell</p><p>And now we're wasting time</p><p>Same old pickup lines</p><p>And you keep trying</p><p>Don't waste time</p><p>Come back to your senses, baby</p><p>We can come to terms</p><p>I can almost taste it</p><p>It burns</p><p>You'd be sitting pretty</p><p>But you try to take the fifth</p><p>Wearin' out my welcome</p><p>Guess I better say my prayers</p><p>And now we're wasting time</p><p>Same old pickup lines</p><p>And you keep trying</p><p>Don't waste time</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Soon you'll see my silhouette</p><p>Darkenin' your door</p><p>I can almost taste it</p><p>I want more</p><p>No one's above suspicion</p><p>No one's got it wired</p><p>I'll eat with my fingers</p><p>Want my iron in that fire</p><p>And now we're wasting time</p><p>Same old pickup lines</p><p>And you keep trying</p><p>Don't waste time</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p>Get, get, get, get, get out and push</p><p><strong>Hear About It Later</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ain't got no money, got no house on the hill</p><p>Tell me, honey, will your lovin' pay my bills?</p><p>Neighbors gettin' crazy 'bout the noise next door</p><p>It's a major violation, carried away for sure</p><p>See, I've been tried and convicted, it's winner take all</p><p>I want a run for my money, that's all</p><p>I don't wanna hear about it later</p><p>I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna</p><p>I don't wanna hear about it later</p><p>I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna</p><p>Yeah, I'm walking, don't need no ride</p><p>No explanation, just wasting time, yeah</p><p>I've been tried and convicted, it's winner take all</p><p>I want a run for my money, that's all</p><p>I don't wanna hear about it later</p><p>I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna</p><p>I don't wanna hear about it later</p><p>I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna</p><p>You can try me at home, if it feels all right</p><p>But I ain't home at night</p><p>You can try me at home, if it feels all right</p><p>But I ain't home at night</p><p>I don't wanna, I'll do what I please</p><p>I don't wanna, I'll maybe do a look 'n move</p><p>Yeah, don't look at me baby</p><p>Yes, I better take my chances</p><p>I, I been dreaming 'bout tomorrow</p><p>I don't, I don't, I don't</p><p>I don't wanna hear about that, no</p><p><strong>Unchained</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>You said</p><p>I cannot get there from here, baby</p><p>And I don't care where I'm goin'</p><p>Here's to your thin red line</p><p>I'm stepping over</p><p>Thought you'd never miss me</p><p>'til I got a fat city address</p><p>Non-stop talker, what a rocker!</p><p>Blue eyed murder in a size 5 dress</p><p>Change, nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah you hit the ground running</p><p>Change, and nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah you hit the ground running</p><p>No, I don't ask for permission</p><p>This is my chance to fly</p><p>Maybe enough ain't enough for you</p><p>But it's my turn to try</p><p>Thought you'd never miss me</p><p>'til I got a fat city address</p><p>Non-stop talker, what a rocker!</p><p>Blue-eyed murder in a side-swiped dress</p><p>Change, nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, and ya hit the ground running</p><p>Change, and nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running</p><p>Change, nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, and ya hit the ground running</p><p>Change, and nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running</p><p>Take a look at this!</p><p>Hey, man, that suit is you!</p><p>You'll get some leg tonight for sure!</p><p>Tell us how you do!</p><p>(come on, dave, give me a break.)</p><p>Hey, hey, hey, hey, one break coming up!</p><p>Change, and nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running</p><p>Change, and nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running</p><p>Change, and nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running</p><p>Change, and nothing stays the same</p><p>Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running</p><p><strong>Push Comes To Shove</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Does it seem cold in here to you?</p><p>What's there to do tonight, anything?</p><p>Give me another cigarette</p><p>Is there anything left in that bottle?</p><p>Yeah-give it here</p><p>Some people live apart;</p><p>They break your heart so damn easy</p><p>And then one night in sunny victory</p><p>She decides and you agree, she's leaving</p><p>Will you ever be the same?</p><p>Will you ever be the same?</p><p>That's when push comes to shove</p><p>I believe it was inevitable</p><p>That's when push comes to shove</p><p>Could this be the one that got away?</p><p>I get the message</p><p>Guess I knew it all along</p><p>Says you're a stranger</p><p>Here in paradise, you fool</p><p>Seems like forty days and forty nights</p><p>Since someone used my first name</p><p>Including you</p><p>Will you ever be the same?</p><p>Is this the one that got away?</p><p>Now I'm ahead of the game</p><p>Driving me insane</p><p>It's a small change</p><p>Ooh, I'm just a pushover</p><p>Over and over</p><p><strong>So This Is Love?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh, yeah</p><p>Check me out on the good side here</p><p>Well, my baby's on the corner and she's lookin' so fine</p><p>Put one and one together and it blowed my mind</p><p>A man needs love to live, I'm the living proof</p><p>Catch that smile and I hit the roof</p><p>We'd double check but you keep on walking</p><p>I'm in love</p><p>Once over</p><p>I'm overdone</p><p>So this is love?</p><p>Ooh, I need your lovin'</p><p>Come on baby, take me home</p><p>So this is love?</p><p>Ooh, I need your lovin'</p><p>I'm just skin and bones</p><p>Goin' out my way, knowin' my way around</p><p>The grass is never greener and there's plenty around</p><p>All other girls, they'd be put to shame</p><p>Over the edge and here I'll stay</p><p>Got me on pins and needles</p><p>And she knows she's mine and ain't lettin' go</p><p>So this is love?</p><p>Ooh, I need your love</p><p>Baby, take me home</p><p>So this is love?</p><p>Ooh, I need your lovin'</p><p>I know</p><p>Got me on pins and needles</p><p>Yes, she knows she's mine and ain't lettin' go</p><p>So this is love?</p><p>Ooh, I need your love</p><p>So this is love?</p><p>Ooh, I need your love</p><p>Baby, got to have your love</p><p>Ooh, i--ooh I need, got to have that love</p><p>Baby, baby, still love</p><p>So this is love?</p><p>So this is love?</p><p><strong>Sunday Afternoon In The Park</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(instrumental)</p><p><strong>One Foot Out The Door</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>I grabbed that telephone</p><p>I thought we were alone</p><p>Telling me there's company</p><p>Your husband's comin' home</p><p>I've been thinking about this saturday night with you</p><p>I've been thinking about it all week long</p><p>And now I'm gonna lose it 'cause that</p><p>Son-of-a-bitch got me singin' that same old song</p><p>Got one foot out the door</p><p>Tryin' to hit the road</p><p>Ain't no match for your mean old man</p><p>I think it's time to roll</p><p>Got one foot out the door</p><p>Got one foot out the door</p><p>Think I'm gonna fight him?</p><p>Don't you let him put down</p><p>Put that to the floor</p><p>Put the pedal to the metal</p><p>And you beat it out of town</p><p>No comin' back, back for more</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floyd, post: 808, member: 1"] [B]Mean Street[/B] At night I walk this stinkin' street past the crazies on my block And I see the same old faces and I hear that same old talk And I'm searching for the latest thing, a break in this routine I'm talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen This is home, this is Mean Street (This is) Yes-ah home, the only one I know An' we don't worry 'bout tomorrow 'cause we're sick of these four walls Now what you think is nothin' might be somethin' after all Now you know this ain't no through street, the end is dead ahead The poor folks play for keeps down here, they're the living dead Come on down, (Huh! Ow!) down (This is) to Mean Street They're dancin' now, look! Out on Mean Street Dance baby! (Guitar Solo) It's always here and now my friend, it ain't once upon a time It's all over but the shouting, I come to take what's mine We're searchin' for the latest thing, a break in this routine Talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen This is home, (Ooh) this is Mean Street (This is) Yes-ah home, only one I know (This is home) See, a gun is real easy (This is Mean Street) in this desperate part of town (This is home) Turns you from hunted into hunter (Yeah) (This is Mean Street) You go an' hunt somebody down Wait a minute, ah (This is home) Somebody said "Fair warning", Lord (This is Mean Street) Lord, strike that poor boy down! [B]Dirty Movies[/B] Ow, yeah Oh, oh. Oh! La! Now, who's that babe with the fabulous shadow-ah? Oh oh! A "so what?" scene, but to me it don't matter Ow! Her movies get down like you won't find in my hometown (Oh, no!) They won't believe it when they (Oh, no!) See what they're seein' Go see baby now! Pictures on the silver screen Greatest thing you've ever seen Now her name is up in lights Everything turns out all right Daddy's little sweety after some damn rainbow Oh, oh! Got the big deal in the back of a limo, uh hey Now show biz is so thrilling The camera rolls, she's willing (Oh, no!) They won't believe it when they (Oh, no!) See what they're seein' Go see baby now-ah! Hey, you remember when that girl was prom queen? (Oh, wow) Take it off! Take it all off! Whooo! Ow! Woo! Aw, yeah! Woo! Woo! Ow! Yeah! Pictures on the silver screen Greatest thing you've ever seen Now her name is up in lights (Woo!) Everything turns out all right Now they believe it Now that they've seen it Go see baby now! Ah, ha-ha! Pictures on the silver screen Greatest thing you've ever seen Now her name is up in lights Everything turns out all right Lights, camera, action! [B]Sinner's Swing[/B] All right, you sinners, swing! Danger in the rearview mirror There's trouble in the wind Badness bringing up the rear The menace's loose again She looks so fuckin' good So sexy and so frail Something got the bite on me I'm goin' straight to hell And now we're wasting time Same old pickup lines And you keep trying Don't waste time Come back to your senses, baby We can come to terms I can almost taste it It burns You'd be sitting pretty But you try to take the fifth Wearin' out my welcome Guess I better say my prayers And now we're wasting time Same old pickup lines And you keep trying Don't waste time Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Soon you'll see my silhouette Darkenin' your door I can almost taste it I want more No one's above suspicion No one's got it wired I'll eat with my fingers Want my iron in that fire And now we're wasting time Same old pickup lines And you keep trying Don't waste time Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push Get, get, get, get, get out and push [B]Hear About It Later[/B] Ain't got no money, got no house on the hill Tell me, honey, will your lovin' pay my bills? Neighbors gettin' crazy 'bout the noise next door It's a major violation, carried away for sure See, I've been tried and convicted, it's winner take all I want a run for my money, that's all I don't wanna hear about it later I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna I don't wanna hear about it later I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna Yeah, I'm walking, don't need no ride No explanation, just wasting time, yeah I've been tried and convicted, it's winner take all I want a run for my money, that's all I don't wanna hear about it later I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna I don't wanna hear about it later I don't wanna, baby I don't wanna You can try me at home, if it feels all right But I ain't home at night You can try me at home, if it feels all right But I ain't home at night I don't wanna, I'll do what I please I don't wanna, I'll maybe do a look 'n move Yeah, don't look at me baby Yes, I better take my chances I, I been dreaming 'bout tomorrow I don't, I don't, I don't I don't wanna hear about that, no [B]Unchained[/B] You said I cannot get there from here, baby And I don't care where I'm goin' Here's to your thin red line I'm stepping over Thought you'd never miss me 'til I got a fat city address Non-stop talker, what a rocker! Blue eyed murder in a size 5 dress Change, nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah you hit the ground running Change, and nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah you hit the ground running No, I don't ask for permission This is my chance to fly Maybe enough ain't enough for you But it's my turn to try Thought you'd never miss me 'til I got a fat city address Non-stop talker, what a rocker! Blue-eyed murder in a side-swiped dress Change, nothing stays the same Unchained, and ya hit the ground running Change, and nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running Change, nothing stays the same Unchained, and ya hit the ground running Change, and nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running Take a look at this! Hey, man, that suit is you! You'll get some leg tonight for sure! Tell us how you do! (come on, dave, give me a break.) Hey, hey, hey, hey, one break coming up! Change, and nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running Change, and nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running Change, and nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running Change, and nothing stays the same Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground running [B]Push Comes To Shove[/B] Does it seem cold in here to you? What's there to do tonight, anything? Give me another cigarette Is there anything left in that bottle? Yeah-give it here Some people live apart; They break your heart so damn easy And then one night in sunny victory She decides and you agree, she's leaving Will you ever be the same? Will you ever be the same? That's when push comes to shove I believe it was inevitable That's when push comes to shove Could this be the one that got away? I get the message Guess I knew it all along Says you're a stranger Here in paradise, you fool Seems like forty days and forty nights Since someone used my first name Including you Will you ever be the same? Is this the one that got away? Now I'm ahead of the game Driving me insane It's a small change Ooh, I'm just a pushover Over and over [B]So This Is Love?[/B] Oh, yeah Check me out on the good side here Well, my baby's on the corner and she's lookin' so fine Put one and one together and it blowed my mind A man needs love to live, I'm the living proof Catch that smile and I hit the roof We'd double check but you keep on walking I'm in love Once over I'm overdone So this is love? Ooh, I need your lovin' Come on baby, take me home So this is love? Ooh, I need your lovin' I'm just skin and bones Goin' out my way, knowin' my way around The grass is never greener and there's plenty around All other girls, they'd be put to shame Over the edge and here I'll stay Got me on pins and needles And she knows she's mine and ain't lettin' go So this is love? Ooh, I need your love Baby, take me home So this is love? Ooh, I need your lovin' I know Got me on pins and needles Yes, she knows she's mine and ain't lettin' go So this is love? Ooh, I need your love So this is love? Ooh, I need your love Baby, got to have your love Ooh, i--ooh I need, got to have that love Baby, baby, still love So this is love? So this is love? [B]Sunday Afternoon In The Park[/B] (instrumental) [B]One Foot Out The Door[/B] I grabbed that telephone I thought we were alone Telling me there's company Your husband's comin' home I've been thinking about this saturday night with you I've been thinking about it all week long And now I'm gonna lose it 'cause that Son-of-a-bitch got me singin' that same old song Got one foot out the door Tryin' to hit the road Ain't no match for your mean old man I think it's time to roll Got one foot out the door Got one foot out the door Think I'm gonna fight him? Don't you let him put down Put that to the floor Put the pedal to the metal And you beat it out of town No comin' back, back for more [/QUOTE]
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