Boz Scaggs

[fox69]

"Slowly In The West"

"Slowly In The West"


There was nobody left
Just a burnout nothing had been done
It was hard to believe
We had started out that morning having fun

But with people always running into walls
Like they didn't even see them there at all
Got so tangled
Thanks again for your moonlight generousness
Left me strangling
Slowly in the west

Don't worry mama your sweet daughter
Who lived inside this mess
Though I tried to protect her
Cool her and ease her restlessness

Grew so used to the sound of her alarm
Didn't mean to do her any harm
Got so tangled
Please forgive me for my constant uselessness
Got me strangled
Slowly in the west

Let me loose let me hear the sound of someone
Through this haze
Take me there I don't care anywhere it's all the same

So honey don't hold your breath
You may never get to feel this way again
Who was crying when she left
Lying to you now about the pain
Our baby can't be gotten back no
It was an end to her madness I've been told

Got so tangled
Please just show me to the ending
Forget the rest
Got me strangled
Slowly in the west

 

[fox69]

"Small Town Talk"

"Small Town Talk"


It's all small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else doing what they like to
It's all small town talk, you mustn't pay no mind
Don't believe a word, they try to do it everytime

You can't believe everything you hear
And only half of what you see
And if you're gonna believe in anyone
You gotta believe in me

It's all small town talk, it's well known fact
You don't ever know, how one might react to what you're thinking
And it's small town talk, they tell alot of lies
Make some people crazy never realize that they're sinking

We're only two people, trying to live together
Trying to make something work
Who are we to judge one another?
That could cause alot of hurt

It's all small town talk, you know how people are
They can't stand to see, someone else doing what they want to
It's all small town talk, you mustn't pay no mind
Don't believe a word, they try to do it everytime

 

[fox69]

"So Good To Be Here"
(originally by Al Green)

"So Good To Be Here"
(originally by Al Green)



Now... now it's over baby
I can come home to you
Just as I should do

And you're... waiting there for me
Just as you should be
Hope to see you soon

Now that you've got all the things
That you need
And you're still waitin' for me

So good to be here
So good to see your face
So good to be loved by you
And we are both here waiting

All I can say or do, yeah
Is give my love to you
Just as I should do

I can't imagine me leaving you
Wasting my time
When I wanna be with you baby

So good to be here
So good to see your face
So good to be loved by you

Everyday it's hard to make you stay
Stealing your heart
You're gonna run away from me, baby

So good to be here
So good to see your face
So good to be loved by you
Every day in every way
I want to keep you girl in every way

 

[fox69]

"Some Change"

"Some Change"


Some change comes down for the better
You feel it move
Then some come around like the weather
You take that in too
But like some change in your pocket
Sometimes it seems to be too little too late

I guess it's time to break out a few pesos
Cause I'm getting to where I like the view
And if you're feeling lucky and
You aint just passing through
You might change some too

There was a time I was lowdown for action
Red hot as a rule
Certified guaranteed satisfaction
One happening fool
And now I know I was missing the boat
Now I know I was missing it by a country mile

Like Noah said you'd better wake up
You don't want to get stuck in this zoo
Cause when he leaves the dock
He aint waiting round for you
Be prepared to change some too

Some change comes down for the better
You feel it move
Then some come around like the weather
You take that in too
Well well
You take that in too

And if you're feeling lucky
Be prepared to change some too
mmm hmmm

Yeah well
Alright
Yeah well

Some change...some don't
Yeah well

 

[fox69]

"Some Other Time / We're All Alone"

"Some Other Time / We're All Alone"


Where has the time all gone to
Haven't done half the things we want to
Oh well
We'll catch up some other time

This day was just a token
Too many words are still unspoken
Oh well
We'll catch up some other time

Just when the fun is starting
Comes the time for parting
But lets be glad for what we've had
And what's to come

There's so much more embracing
Still to be done but time is racing
Oh well
We'll catch up some other time

Outside the rain beings
And it may never end
So cry no more
On the shore a dream
Will take us out to sea
Forever more, forever more

Close your eyes Ami
And you can be with me
Beneath the waves
Through the caves of hours
Long forgotten now
We're all alone, we're all alone

Close the window calm the light
And it will be alright
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
Learn how to pretend

There's so much more embracing
Still to be done but time is racing
Oh well
We'll catch up some other time

 

[fox69]

"Some Things Happen"

"Some Things Happen"


You best let some things happen
On their own
You better leave them alone
Cause when they happen naturally
It's like standing in the rain
You're gonna get wet
It's gonna get all over you
So when it happens like that
Don't bother asking where its from
You just take it as it comes

It was a great year for a fall
Yeah it happened like that
With no direction there to give
Didn't matter much at all
Bells didn't ring
There was nothing calling me out there
Yet I was kinda grooving like that
Until it hit me like a shot
You're part of everything I've got

I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me

It's that sensation when you're falling
And you stop in time
And in that moment you will hear
Just a matter of fact
It's gonna get wet
Gonna get all over you
Sometimes it happens like that
Now don't be asking where its from
You just take it as it comes

I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me

Bells didn't ring
There was nothing calling me out there
Yet I was kinda grooving like that
Until it hit me like a shot
You're part of everything I've got

I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me

I felt the sun coming through
And it happened to be you
I had to look away to see
That you happened to be happening to me

 

[fox69]

"Sophisticated Lady"

"Sophisticated Lady"


They say... into your early life romance came
And in this heart of yours burned a flame
A flame that flickered one day
And died... away

Then... with disillusion deep in your eyes
You learned that fools in love soon grow wise
The years have changed you somehow
I see you now

Smoking and drinkin'
Never thinking of tomorrow
Nonchalant...
Diamonds shining dancing dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want to know

Sophisticated lady... I know
You miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry

Smoking and drinkin'
Never thinking of tomorrow
Nonchalant...
Diamonds shining dancing dining
With some man in a restaurant
Is that all you really want to know

Sophisticated lady... I know
You miss the love you lost long ago
And when nobody is nigh you cry

 

[fox69]

"Soul To Soul"

"Soul To Soul"


It was great the look the eye it didn't show
I was cool I was I think you never know
You got to watch for the ones with soul

In a flash I saw what I was dreaming of
Couldn't think I took the look I fell in love
You got to watch for the ones with soul yeah

The one with the kiss in her eye
She's holding the perfect surprise yeah
All those longing lovely looks
Just can't tell it all

So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul

At the club you're on you're keen you gotta dance
Don't you know you're mean you're hot to take a chance
They've got to watch for the man with soul

There she is the one the look you want to swing
There you go you like a bit of mystery
You got to watch for the ones with soul

The one with her kiss on your mind
You might be surprised what you find yeah
All those longing lovely looks
Just can't tell it all

So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul

So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul

It's one thing she's kissing your mind
You might be surprised what you find yeah
All those longing lovely looks just can't tell it all

So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul

So if you want to
Love her at all
You've got to want to
Look at her soul to soul

 

[fox69]

"Speak Low"

"Speak Low"


Speak low
When you speak love
Our summer day
Withers away
Too soon.. too soon

Speak low
When you speak love
Our moment is swift
Like ships adrift
We're swept away too soon

Speak low
Darling speak low
Love is a spark
Lost in the dark
Too soon.. too soon

I feel
Wherever I go
That tomorrow is near
Tomorrow is here
And always too soon

Time is so old
And love so brief
Love is pure gold
And time a thief

We're late
Darling we're late
The curtain descends
Everything ends
Too soon.. too soon

I wait
Darling I wait
Will you speak low to me
Speak love to me
And soon

[Bridge]

Time is so old
And love so brief
Love is pure gold
And time a thief

We're late
Darling we're late
The curtain descends
Everything ends
Too soon.. too soon

I wait
Darling I wait
Will you speak low to me
Speak love to me
Speak love to me
Speak low to me
Speak low to me
But speak to me
Speak to me soon

 

[fox69]

"Steamboat"

"Steamboat"


You know I talked to my captain this morning
He said we're 500 miles off shore
And if you don't get a telegram or letter
You'll know your baby don't love you no more

Whoah...steamboat
C'mon now...steamboat
Steamboat...
Mmmm...steamboat
Please carry me on home to my love

Well I gotta find out pretty baby
Tell me do you want your daddy back
I got a whole lot of water to burn up
And its not the dead end of this track

Whoah...steamboat
C'mon now...steamboat
Steamboat...
Mmmm....steamboat
Please carry me on home to my love

Well Jonah lived a while
In the belly of a whale
The Bible says its true
Well I'd jump right in the ocean
Get eat up by a whale
To get back home to you

Whoah...steamboat
C'mon now...steamboat
Steamboat....
Mmmm....steamboat
Please carry me on home to my love

Well I gotta find out pretty baby
Tell me do you want your daddy back
I got a whole lot of water to burn up
And its not the dead end of the track

Whoah...steamboat
C'mon now...steamboat
Steamboat...
Mmmm....steamboat
Please carry me on home to my love
Please carry me on home to my love