Boz Scaggs

[fox69]

"Still Falling For You"

"Still Falling For You"


Ever since the day I saw your face
I've been making plans
Seemed kind of absurd when
There wasn't much for you
So I put a little word in
Just for you
Started making strategies
To get you for myself

I love your eyes
Your crazy sighs
Were tantalizing me
Push some pride aside
Mmmm too bad
I could run and hide
But I'd rather be had
Mostly it's just lonely
Only being lonely by myself

And I'm still falling for you
The thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do
It all begins and ends with you

He's hearing voices
Seems the choices
Really are but few
Hey he makes a break
Get out of there
Me act like a fool
Stand and stare
See the jokers actin'
Like there's nothin' happenin'
He just ate his cocktail napkin

Summer breezes
Through the trees
As on and on it goes
They begin to reminisce
He walks her home
And then a kiss
The rest is known
And so we leave our hero
No longer batting zero
He's in the majors now

And I'm still falling for you
The thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do
It all begins and ends with you
Baby

Cause I'm still falling for you
And the thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do
It all begins and ends with you

And I'm still falling for you
The thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do
It all begins and ends with you
Oh

Cause I'm still falling for you
The thrill is still brand new
No matter what I do
It all begins and ends with you

 

[fox69]

"Stormy Monday Blues"

"Stormy Monday Blues"


They call it Stormy Monday
But Tuesday's just as bad
They call it Stormy Monday
But Tuesday's just as bad
And Wednesday's worse
And Thursday's oh so sad
The eagle flies on Friday
And Saturday I go out to play
The eagle flies on Friday
Saturday I go out to play
On Sunday I go to church
And I kneel down and pray

Whoah... lord have mercy
lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy my soul's in misery
You know I'm crazy 'bout my baby
Please send her home to me

Whoah....lord have mercy
Lord please have mercy on me
Lord have mercy my soul's in misery
You know I'm crazy 'bout my baby
Oh send her home to me

 

[fox69]

"Sunny Gone"

"Sunny Gone"


Crazy to remember that frozen winter
Snow-bound by a lovely face
The quiet grace soothed me
The dark wine, the warm gaze
An otherworldly spell conspired to amaze
But like those winter days it wasn't made to last forever
And Sunny gone that way

Wiled to remember Stockholm December
A drunken choir
The ancient fire cooled me
Suddenly the spark flew off into the dark and left me there
As if she never knew me

A dark smile on a grey page
Like some faded photograph that someone tossed away
Someone tossed away
The silence still amazes me and Sunny gone that way

You ignored my letters, ignored my calls
Till there was nobody left for you to ignore at all
The only thing there was you and your prayers
And your silence says it all

The choir sang, guitars played
Fallen angels all across our universe that way
Like the Milky Way, its beauty still amazes me
And Sunny gone that way

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Release (aka Desolation Avenue)"

"Sweet Release (aka Desolation Avenue)"


I was born
On a side road far from here
While the town was burning
Out my dark window

I was crowned
With a cage of cold barbed-wire
And my bottle
I keep with me
Even till now

Curse my pain
Curse the sunrise every dawn
Oh yeah
Oh those sidewalks ran me ragged
Yeah those cracks my only guide.. oh

Long for midnight
Long for darkness sweet release..oh yes
Beg the alleys
For your endless time to cease

Screaming blackbird on my shoulder
Mark my nearness to his youth.. oh
Left my senses reeling
As he cried "I understand you".. oh

Try the handle
Try the doorway try the path
Try to enter.. to enter
And to find some solace there
Oh there

In this clearing
You'll find nothing but a song
Give it breath give it sunshine
And with you it will belong.. oh belong

It will whisper
It will stir a gentle breeze
It's hands are your hands
They will take you where you please
If you please

Will you choose to be gentle
Its just your life whatever you feel
Are we blind for a reason
Or is it just to make it real.. oh real

Show me do
Give me seashells for my ears
Tell your neighbours.. oh
And forgive them for their fears

 

[fox69]

"T-Bone Shuffle"

"T-Bone Shuffle"


Let your hair down baby
Let's have a natural ball
Let your hair down baby
Let's have a natural ball
Cause when you ain't happy
Aint no fun at all

You can't take it with you
That's one thing for sure
No you can't take it with you
That's one thing for sure
There ain't nothing wrong with you girl
The T-bone shuffle can't cure

Have fun while you can
Fate's an awful thing
Have fun while you can
Fate's an awful thing
You can't tell what might happen
That's why I love to sing

 

[fox69]

"Take It For Granted"

"Take It For Granted"


Take it for granted
You're making a mistake
Take it for what it is
But take it for Gods sake

Take it from me
Lonely as can be
I'd love to
But I never dared to
If only I could make you see

Once a man stood by a wall
And watched his love across the beach
And though her loveliness could warm his heart
Her lips he could not reach

And nothing would he do
Nothing would he say
He just keeps it all inside himself
And saves it for another day

Then he heard a song
Sweetly over the wall
Singing its better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all

Take it for granted
Oh don't make that mistake
Take it for what it is
But take it for Gods sake mmm

Take it from me
Lonely as can be
I'd love to but I never dared to
But if only I.. I could make you see

Once a girl gazed out her window
At the moon above the sea
And as the breeze touched her face
The thought of him wouldn't let her be

Will he pass by
Or will this feeling just pass away
How am I to try and understand
What is this price I have to pay

Shall I turn my back to my pillow
Let the moon fall to the sea
And keep it all and not sleep at all
Or maybe I'll just dream

Take it for granted
You're making a mistake
Take it for what it is
But take it for Gods sake oh

Take it from me
Lonely as can be
I'd love to but I never dared to
But if only I could make you see

 

[fox69]

"Thanks To You"

"Thanks To You"


Thanks to you
I've got a reason to get outta bed make a move or two
Thanks to you
There's a net below cause otherwise well I don't know
And thanks to you
There are promises of laughs and loves and labyrinths
And reason to suspect that I'm meant for this
A smile a song a tender kiss
Thanks to you

Thanks to you
There's a thing I think I know
I really mean or variations on that theme
Thanks to you
I have time to turn time to cool and time to burn
And thanks to you
There's something suddenly too good to miss
In other words a way through this
And just when one might feel so perfectly alone
There's someone else's stuff to trip on besides ones own
Thanks to you

One can only guess what happens next
As it is I balk and stumble through a world gone quite absurd
Dodging shadows lurching through the rain
I'm not complaining but I'm caught
With or without you I'd have to get through this anyway

So where does the genius go when business is slow
And even dreaming has a way of scheming to get you down
Likely off at some chateau so how would he know
It gets as lonely up there as anywhere
Where moving over to make room once seemed impossible
It's not impossible
That one handed applause
That unspoken word
That treefall in the forest someone finally heard
Thanks to you

 

[fox69]

"That's All Right"

"That's All Right"


Well now that's all right mama
That's all right for you
That's all right mama
Just anyway you do
That's all right
That's all right
That's all right by mama
Anyway you do

Well your mama she done told me
Papa done told me too
Son that gal you're fooling with
She ain't no good for you
That's all right
That's all right
That's all right by mama
Anyway you do

Well I'm leaving town baby
I'm leaving town for sure
Then you won't be bothered
With me hanging round your door
Coz that's all right
That's all right
That's all right by mama
Anyway you do

Dee dee dee dee dee dee
dee dee dee dee dee dee
dee dee dee dee dee dee
I need your loving... aha
That's all right
That's alright by mama
Any way you do
That's all right by mama
Anyway you do

 

[fox69]

"The Night Of Van Gogh"

"The Night Of Van Gogh"


Eyes
Eyes chasing eyes
There you were taking your chances
With daredevil glances in the night
Stunned by the moon
Drawn by the flame
Caught in the act
Of love's oldest game

And warm
Suddenly warm
I felt the heat of the night
The rhythm of light across your face
Kissed by the wind
Won by your hand
Two shot the moon
So it began
Yes

That was the night of Van Gogh
The dazzling dancer of promise
I left the clouds far below
To return once again
To the lips of delicious madness
As you came
To me

Love
Unended love
Yours is the nature of giving
The true art of living on the line
You are with me my dear
More than you know
I touch your lips
You touch my soul
Yes

This is the night of Van Gogh
The dance through the cosmos he promised me
I leave the clouds far below
To return once again
To those lips of delicious madness
You smile as you come
To me

There you were taking your chances

With daredevil glances in the night

 

[fox69]

"Then She Walked Away"

"Then She Walked Away"


Then she walked away
Quietly so afraid
Smiling but no doubt
Crying her heart out
She really just wants to stay

Then she walked away
Leading her own parade
Nobody's cheering
The voices she's hearing
Are empty remarks she made

How was she to know
That it would come to this
Sorry Miss
They forgot to tell you it was just a game
Just a sad illusion
Now you're on your own
Really on your own
It's still a long way home

Then she walked away
Quietly so afraid
Smiling but no doubt
Crying her heart out
She really just wants to stay

How's she ever gonna face it after this
Emptiness
Got her feeling like she don't exist
Who were you expecting
Now you're on your own
Really on your own
And it's still a long way home

Now you're on your own
Really on your own
And it's still a long way home

Then she walked away
Quietly so afraid
Smiling but no doubt
Crying her heart out
She really just wants to stay

Then she walked away
Leading her own parade
Nobody's cheering
The voices she's hearing
Are empty remarks she made