Joe Jackson

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"Oh Well"
(originally by Fleetwood Mac)

"Oh Well"
(originally by Fleetwood Mac)

I can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to

Oh well

And when I talk to God I know he'll understand
He says, "Stick by me, I'll be your guiding hand
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to"

Oh well

fox69 · 06.05.2015

"On Your Radio"

"On Your Radio"

Ex-friends, ex-lovers and enemies
I've got your case in front of me today
All sewn up
Ex-bosses you never let me be
I got your names and your numbers filed away
I've grown up

See me
Hear me
Don't you know you can't get near me
You can only hope to hear me on your radio
On your radio
You're gonna hear me on your radio

Ex-teachers still coming through to me
Tough kids don't stop trying to kick me to the ground
I don't care
Go on just do what you do to me
You look so sick when you're pushing me around
You're nowhere

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"One More Time"

"One More Time"

Tell me one more time, as I hold your hand, that you don't love me
Tell me one more time as teardrops start to fall
Shout it to me and I'll shout it to the skies above me
That there was nothing after all

Baby, baby, tell me that you never wanted my loving
Baby, baby, tell me that you never, tell me, tell me
One more time, one more time, say you're leaving, say goodbye
One more time, one more time, say you're leaving, say goodbye

Tell me one more time we never had a thing in common
Tell me one more time as you turn and face the wall
Tell me I should know you never were my kind of woman
And tell me we were fools to fall

Baby, baby, tell me that you never wanted my loving
Baby, baby, tell me that you never, tell me, tell me
One more time, one more time, say you're leaving, say goodbye
One more time, one more time, say you're leaving, say goodbye

Tell me one more time your tears are only sad confusion
And tell me it's just been so long and that is all
Tell me one more time that love was only my illusion
You never answered to my call

Baby, baby, tell me that you never wanted my loving
Baby, baby, tell me that you never, tell me, tell me
One more time, one more time, say you're leaving, say goodbye
One more time, one more time, say you're leaving, say goodbye
One more time, one more time, say you're leaving, say goodbye
One more time

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"One To One"

"One To One"

Tried to call you yesterday
But you were at the Monday Club
Or a Communist demonstration
Who cares
You're going somewhere everyday
Vegetarians against the Klan
Every Woman Against Every Man
Never

One to one
What's wrong
What's wrong with one to one
Just once
Just me and you
'Cause one to one is real
And you can't hide, just feel
That three's a crowd

I agree with what you say
But I don't wanna wear a badge
I don't wanna wave a banner like you
Though I don't mind it if you do
You're beautiful when you get mad
Or is that a sexist observation
Or

One to one
What's wrong
What's wrong with one to one
Just once
Just me and you
'Cause one to one is real
And you can't hide, just feel
That three's a crowd

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"Only The Future"

"Only The Future"

Something's coming
Something big
Something I can't stand

Dark as the ocean
Secret and cruel
Something I can't command

Something's waiting
Down a mugger's alley
To see what's on my mind

Take a deep breath
Start walking faster
It's dark, but I'm not blind

You never know
If I push at this wall
My hand could pass through

So

This cloud of unknowing
Could disappear too

It's only the future

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"Out Of Style"

"Out Of Style"

Well, I wear this leather jacket just to try and beat the cold
Well, I know it's not the thing but then it's all of two years old
Though I never was a punk - I'm sure you'll understand
But a sixty-five pound leather, you just cannot throw away
So I'll wear it just from A to B but not on Saturdays
At the meeting of the cult - I'll be a different man

Out of style
That's what I hear them saying - inside my head
Oh yes, it looks real cool but is it out of style this week?

All the world's so full of problems I just don't know what to do
Should my jacket have three buttons? - am I out of style with two?
Is my hair too long? - 'cause I think I feel a change
I guess I should be ready for it, I look younger than my age
And I think there's something stirring in the corner of the page
Of the NME - and I let them lead the way

Out of style
That's what I hear them saying - inside my head
Oh yes, it looks real cool but is it out of style this week?

Out of style
That's what I hear them saying - inside my head
Oh yes, it looks real cool but is it out of style this week?

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"Passacaglia / A Bud And A Slice"

"Passacaglia / A Bud And A Slice"

Give me a bud and a slice
And leave me alone
If I want your advice, I'll ask ya
They tell me caviar's nice, but I wouldn't know
So what's it to you
Who needs your airs
And your micro-brew

Look at the sun
See how it hangs
So still in the sky

Give me the new TV Guide
And get off the phone
Go on and take sides, its not my problem
Waiting for worlds to collide in the comfort of home
They say Lucifer's free
What shall we do
Don't ask me

But it's not like I never go beyond these walls
I've got culture
I go to the movies
Last week, saw the new Tarantino
Starring shit what's that guy's name again
You know the scene where they
Put the blowtorch to his balls
Bloody brilliant
My daughter threw up, she didn't understand
I told her it's just like the Beano
It's not real
And if it was...well, so what?!
Come on, lighten up!
Let's all lighten up

Give me a bud and a slice
And leave out the book
I've got one of those, thank you
As for that guru you prize, he might be a crook
And L.A.'s so hot
Still, I might go
Or
Might
Not

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"Precious Time"

"Precious Time"

A million tiny lights are strung across the western sky
They burn to light our mission
But it's just a million lonely hearts
Strung out from never asking why
We burn with blind ambition

I heard somebody say
I don't regret my wedding day
But something's wrong
It's not the same
I'm lonely and I'd start again
If I had the time
Precious time

But I don't ask much
Just to keep in touch
And waste a little of your precious time
Waste a little of your precious time

A million dollars never justified a million lies
To jockey for position
And if two hearts can't beat as one
How can a million souls survive
In this world of suspicion

I heard somebody say
I dream about my wedding day
Through lonely nights
I dream of you
A lover though a friend would do
I'd find him if I had the time
Precious time

But I don't ask that much
Just to keep in touch
And waste a little of your precious time
Waste a little of your precious time

And just a smile's enough
Just some of that human stuff
And waste a little of your precious time
Precious time

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"Pretty Boys"

"Pretty Boys"

Pretty boys - on my TV screen
Teeth so white and hair so clean
Pretty boys - sing and play guitars
Pretty boys get to be big stars

How do you rate my sex appeal from one to ten
Is my image just a bit confusing
Maybe I should get a facelift, start again
Maybe I should trade my pointed shoes in
'Cause talent don't count
For Pretty Boys

Those promo people got a lot to answer for
You can take your face and see just where it fits
Be a pretty pawn in someone else's war
Your baby blue eyes - somebody else's wits
Equals success
For Pretty Boys

I wanna see a human being on my TV set
Want some action for the fat and thin man
They're getting closer but they ain't got robots yet
Just a hero with a smile like a tin man
No brains and no heart
Just Pretty Boys

fox69 · 07.05.2015

"Pretty Girls"

"Pretty Girls"

Here she comes just a-walk just just a-walkin' down the street
Singin' down do be do do wop a do do wop
Singin' down do be do do wop a do do wop

See the pretty pretty pretty girls in the street
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their feet
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop

I took a walk round the market down town
Taking it easy just to see what I could find
I found the girls there, long legs and blond hair
All getting set to make a mess out of my mind

Hey! Eyes left!

See the pretty pretty pretty girls in the street
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their feet
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop

I got my heart burnt, you know where I hurt
They say the miniskirt is coming back in style
I say it's not fair but what do they care
When you've got power then you use it for a while

Hey! Eyes right!

See the pretty pretty pretty girls in the street
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their feet
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop

God, if you're up there, listen to my prayer
In future man should have a different design
Give him a switch so he can turn off his libido now
Give him a tranquilizer built into his mind

Hey! Eyes right!

See the pretty pretty pretty girls in the street
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their feet
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop

Don't talk to me about Women's Liberation
They already got their right just where it hurts
Now here she comes just a-walk just a-walkin' down the street
Singin' down do be do do wop a do do wop
Singin' down do be do do wop a do do wop

See the pretty pretty pretty girls in the street
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their feet
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop