Hall & Oates

[fox69]

"Fall In Philadelphia"

"Fall In Philadelphia"



There's a thunder storm 'a brewin'
And the day is turning gray
There ain't much to say about the weather
The shower stall is leakin'
And the ceiling's fallin' in
And I'm getting twenty bills to every letter

I've got to move myself out to the country
I'm lookin' out for any place at all
I'm gonna spend another Fall In Philadelphia

A roving band of youths beat up on Johnny
Everybody's gettin' richer sellin' that dope
Say, the stolen bikes are gathering by the thousands
Along with seven million people without a hope

I guess I have to face the fact as real
I think I feel my back up against the wall
I'm gonna spend another Fall In Philadelphia

 

[fox69]

"Falling"

"Falling"



Start anyway you can in the
Company of gifted and mad man
Some vote to go on and some fall away
Maybe growing past the pain, maybe going insane
Or maybe it's just that you don't feel
Like singing again
And you know but you go on
Falling

I'm down on the ground
But I'm falling
Allez...
Allons...
Floating through the clouds, going down
It seems a strange point of calm
With no past, no future, just the wing and the wind
When the wheels touch the ground
A flood of feeling sweeps around
And the wheels of my life start turning again
If l could stay
In the sky
Suspended in time

 

[fox69]

"Family Man"

"Family Man"



She had sulky smile
She took her standard pose
As she presented herself
She had sultry eyes
She made it perfectly plain
That she was his for a price

But he said, leave me alone
I'm a family man
And my bark is much worse
Than my bite
He said, leave me alone
I'm a family man
But if you push me too far
I just might

She wore hurt surprise
As she rechecked her make-up
To protect herself
Dropped her price and pride
She made it totally clear
That she was his for a night

But he said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
And my bark is much worse
Than my bite
He said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
But if you push me too far
I just might

She gave him her look
It would've worked
On any other man around
He looked her up and down
She knew he couldn't decide
If he should hold his ground

But he said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
And my bark is much worse
Than my bite
He said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
But if you push me too far
I just might

She turned, tossed her head
Unlike her opening move
Her final exit line
He waited much too long
But by the time he got his courage up
She was gone

Then he screamed (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
And my bark
Is much worse than my bite
He said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
But if you push me too far
I just might

He said (leave me alone)
I'm a (family man)
And I don't think I want tonight
And he said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
But if you push me too far
I just might
He said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
And my bark is much worse
Than my bite
He said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
If you push me too far
I just might
He said (leave me alone)
I'm a family man
Leave me alone
'Cause I've got to go home

 

[fox69]

"Forever For You"

"Forever For You"



Does anyone know what love can cost
It'll take you so high then leave you lost
Is it a mystery
That runs too deep
For such a simple heart
Can anyone stop the hands of time
And put back the loving in your eyes
Though it's his name I hear when you are sleeping
I'll pretend it's mine

When they ask me how long I'm gonna love you
If the road to my heart will always stay true
I'll say forever
I'll say forever for you
When they ask will I stand right there beside you
And they don't see you and me the way that I do
I'll say forever
I'll say forever for you

A rose is a rose by any name
But a thorn will still cut you just the same
I'm losing your love I know
So sad the feeling
I can tell somebody's stealing
Stealing away your heart

When they ask me how long I'm gonna love you
If the road to my heart will always stay true
I'll say forever
I'll say forever for you
When they ask will I stand right there beside you
And they don't see you and me the way that I do
I'll say forever
I'll say forever for you

I don't know if I should tell you
How you live in my heart
There's no room for another
If you leave me now
My heart would not recover

When they ask me how long I'm gonna love you
If the road to my heart will always stay true
I'll say forever
I'll say forever for you
When they ask will I stand right there beside you
And they don't see you and me the way that I do
I'll say forever
I'll say forever for you

 

[fox69]

"Friday Let Me Down"

"Friday Let Me Down"



Dial your number
Tape reply:
"I'm not at home right now, but leave your name
And I will call you Friday Night. Call you Friday good bye."
Hearing you and waiting make the days drag slowly
On the phone, oh no the tape again
Don't say not at home, no way

Friday let me down tonight

Weekend comes I try again
I hear the same recording
Hasn't changed
"I'm not at home right now. Leave your name and I will call you."

Friday let me down tonight.

 

[fox69]

"Georgie"

"Georgie"



Georgie was a skinny kid
Fond of angling, fonder of dangling his feet in the cool
brook water
While the Reverend's daughter
Sat at his side and fluttered his face with the fuzz of a
dandelion.

Long about noontime
Floating 'cross the field, Georgie heard the peel of a bell
being rung by the parson
Time for his lesson
As much as he hated it, the preacher was teachin' him to
play the accordion.

"Don't go Georgie!" said the Reverend's daughter
"When Daddy comes lookin' we can duck in the water."
They both went out and dipped down to hide
But the girl caught her locket on an underwater branch
And the next thing she knew... she died

Preacher was a sorry mess
He was cryin', shoutin' 'bout her dyin' and livin' the
eternal life
Should 'a seen his wife
Sobbin' on the ground as the wind rustled round
And tickled the keys
Made Georgie's accordion give an awful dyin' wheeze

 

[fox69]

"Getaway Car"

"Getaway Car"


Remembering when we first met
We had that adventure in our eyes
But something got away I guess
In the everyday of our lives

And I don't know what keeps us here
Let's disappear and start all over again

[Chorus:]
We can run away
Baby come as you are
You can look at my heart
As your Getaway Car
We can drive all night
It'll be alright
Love can take us so far in my Getaway Car

All we need is the open road
More fuel for the fire inside us
Steer onto lands unknown
We can leave this world behind us

[Chorus]

Turn up the radio and don't look back again
Let me put the pedal down, gonna leave this town
Don't be afraid to ride

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Gino (The Manager)"

"Gino (The Manager)"



You've got Sicilian imagination
Second generation
And a long way from the family crime
But you've got your own way
Sign on the line, sign on the line, on the line

You're a patent leather lover
With you're Gucci-Pucci pointed shoes
And you're swearing on your mother
That "all this could be yours"
Sign on the line, sign on the line, on the line

Remember hard work means something
Live fast, die laughing
No hurt in asking
Nothing for nothing

Gino no no no no no no no no no no
No no no no no no no no no no no
No no no no no no no no no no no no!

You've got Contractual Agitation
Transcendental meditation works fine
But now you're paying off the Guru
Get to Heaven "on time"
Sign on the line, sign on the line, on the line

Remember hard work means something
Live fast, die laughing
No hurt in asking
Nothing for nothing

You couldn't live without little Gino, no
That's what he tells me, little Gino, no
You couldn't live without little Gino, no
That's what he tells me, little Gino, no no

 

[fox69]

"Give It Up (Old Habits)"

"Give It Up (Old Habits)"


There's no decision
You look my way
I know that expression and what it says
It'd be so easy
The light is right
Forget in the moment who we are tonight
My body's singing and the music's strong
No coscience speaking ain't nothing wrong

[Chorus:]
Give it up
That's the way it starts
You've got to know old habits die hard
Give it up
Remember what I said
That kind of lovin' used to happen every day
Temptation makes a fool out of us all

I made my up
It had to end
But I've got this indecision when you're close again
I want you so bad baby
I can't deny
And those old fantasies are stealing across my mind
I thought by now that the flame had gone
I realize that it's still holding on

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Go Solo"

"Go Solo"



You need to make it on your own
You wanna shake it go it alone
Whatever happened?
I did alright by you
I can feel the passion girl
Its still as strong
Though the places have turned around
Oh I can be the one to wait
You take the easy way out
I'm no one to doubt
(If that ain't enough)
Ain't enough for you
Go Solo
(You can take the lead)
Play a brand new part
Go Solo, solo

You say there's trouble in Paradise
I'm only joking but you better be right
Oh, whatever happens, there ain't no turnin' 'round
I can understand you need to find yourself
Make a way without any help
Oh I can be the one who waits
To take the only way out
I'm no one to doubt
(If that ain't enough)
Ain't enough for you
Go Solo
(You can take the lead)
Play a brand new part
Go Solo, solo

I don't mind your flying blind
Just shake it up and take it to the break this time
Shake it up and take it to the break this time
This time, oh
Shake it up and take it, shake it up and take it girl
(If that ain't enough)
Ain't enough for you
Go solo, go solo
(You can take the lead)
Play a brand new part
Go solo

I could do good somehow
(If it ain't enough)
Ain't enough for you
Go solo, oh girl
(You can take the lead)
Play a brand new part
Go solo

Oh, shake it up and take it, shake it up and take it
(If that ain't enough)
Ain't enough for you
Go solo
How could you go solo
(You can take the lead)
Play a new part
Go solo ooh
Shake it
(If that ain't enough)
Ain't enough for you
Go solo, solo