Rory Gallagher

[fox69]

"No Peace For The Wicked"

"No Peace For The Wicked"


No peace for the wicked
No way, no how If you've gone and did it
You gotta pay somehow
No use complaining
'Bout the hand that feeds
Now you know it's raining
How come you talk to me
How come you talk to me,
Well your friends in high places
Won't bail you out this time
With all your social grace
It's like a pantomime
Feeling so uneasy
You can't tell friend from foe
Your always looking back
To see who's coming through the door
You're like aloaded heater
Just about to go off the street
You need a baby-sitter
To pick you up if you can't stand the heat
You sold protection
Fed the common fear
Took yes for an answer
You didn't see the tears
Collecting from the loanshark

 

[fox69]

"Nothin' But The Devil"

"Nothin' But The Devil"


Well you know yourself little girl,
You ain't treating your daddy right.
Leave home in the morning,
Ain't back till late at night.

That's nothin' but the devil,
Make you treat me the way you do.
I'm gonna break out like the measles,
I'm gonna be all over you.

Went out early this morning baby,
You dressed up like a queen.
Saying you going to see your sister,
But your sister, you've never seen.

That's nothin' but the devil,
Make you treat me the way you do.
I'm gonna break out like the measles,
Gonna inject you with the Asian flu.

Well you know yourself little girl,
Doing your daddy wrong.
You go out in the evening,
You're never coming home.

It's nothin' but the devil,
Make you treat me the way you do.
Break out like the measles,
Inject you with the Asian flu.

Well you know yourself little girl,
Treating your daddy wrong.
Go in the mornin',
Come back alone.

Nothin' but the devil,
Make you treat me the way you do.
I'm gonna break out like the measles,
I'm gonna be all over you.

I'm gonna break out like the measles,
Gonna be all over you.

 

[fox69]

"Off The Handle"

"Off The Handle"


Well I fly off the handle
A little too quick
Guess you could call me a nervous man
For the last week or two
It don't take too much
To make me wanna raise my hand
Well it's one of those days
When you'd rather not be
So low down and dirty
Your luck's out to sea
Well I fly off the handle
A little too fast
You know friends think I look like an angry man
Like bad memory turned up again
I find it hard not to raise my hand
Well it's one of those towns
Where you'd rather not stay

Come back and see it
Some other day
Well it's one of those nights
when you know you're alone
Feeling half crazy
Just body and soul
Well my cat won't scratch
Or show its claws
It just prowls around the house all day
For the last night or two
I can't eat or drink
I think I'm gonna fade away
Well it's one of those days
When you'd rather not be
So low down and lonesome
your luck's out to sea

 

[fox69]

"Out Of My Mind"

"Out Of My Mind"


Well you took me out of my mind baby
You took me out of my head
My friends have gone to look for me
I ain't been seen yet

No I ain't disappeared
I'm only over here
Well you found me out of my skull baby
staring at the stars
You will appear now just in time
To what I was looking for
I had no place to run
Did not have anyone

Well I wonder
why the day is so bright
What can the reason be
You light up the darkest night
like a pearl out of the sea

Hope it can always be
but I must wait and see
Give me some of your love baby
That is all I need
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what you see

Where have you been so long
My tears have dried and gone
Where have you been so long
All my blues have gone

Well you took me out of my mind baby
You took me out of my head
My friends have gone to look for me
I ain't been seen yet

No I ain't disappeared
I'm only over here

No I ain't disappeared
I'm only over here

 

[fox69]

"Out On The Western Plain"

"Out On The Western Plain"


When I was a cowboy out on the Western Plain.
When I was a cowboy out on the Western Plain.
Well, I made a half a million,
Working hard on the bridle reins.

Come a cow-cow yicky. come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.

What was the greatest battle ever on the Western Plain?
What was the greatest battle ever on the Western Plain?
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James.

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.

Now me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Jesse James.
When me and a bunch of cowboys rodc into Jesse James.
Well, those bullets were a-flying just like a shower of rain.

Come a cow-cow ylcky come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
Come a cow-cow ylcky come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.

What was the greatest battle ever on Bunker Hill?
What was the greatest battle ever on Bunker Hill?
When me and a bunch of cowboys rode into Buffalo Bill.

Come a cow-cow yicky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.
Come a cow-cow ylcky, come a cow-cow yicky, yicky yea.

 

[fox69]

"Overnight Bag"

"Overnight Bag"


Packed my things in an overnight bag,
A toothbrush and guitar, got no tail to drag.
Gonna leave, on the next passing breeze.
My heart is heavy, as a sky full of rain,
Mind full of notions, that I just can't explain.
The reasons why, just can't be supplied.
Trapped by a heartache, and freed by my will,
Sentenced to wander, so much time to kill,
Hear my plea, and rescue me.
Packed my sorrows in an overnight bag,
But I'll be gone much longer than that,
Who knows when, we'll meet again?
Too many sleepless nights, put my soul on edge,
And so many restless moods, lay heavy in my head.
Too many sleepless nights, put my soul on edge,
And so many restless moods, lay heavy in my head.
Wrote down my thoughts, and I sealed them in hope,
Sent them to you in a blue envelope,
Not received, it seems to me.
I had some things that I wanted to say,
But my chance, well it just blew away,
On the breeze, like some mystery.

 

[fox69]

"Persuasion"

"Persuasion"


Well, I don't need too much persuasion,
When I'm in your arms this way,
Well, I don't need a sense of occasion,
I'm ready any day,

Well, just tell me your location,
And I will get to you,
There will be no hesitation,
I'll be right there out of the blue.

Perfection, you seem to me,
This connection, we ought to seal,
My emotions, I can't conceal,
Your heart I'll steal away.

Ahhh...

I won't put up too much of a struggle,
When you look that way,
But, I know that I'm in trouble,
My defense just melts away.

Well, I think that I'm in heaven,
When you knock on my door,
Well, I start to seeing double,
My resistance is way down low,

Perfection, you seem to me,
This connection, we ought to seal,
My emotions, I can't conceal,
Your heart I'll steal away.

Heart I'll steal away.

Owwww...

Well, I don't need too much persuasion,
When I'm in your arms this way,
Well, I don't need a sense of occasion,
I'm ready any day.

Won't you tell me your location,
And I will get to you,
There will be no hesitation,
I'll be right there out of the blue.

Perfection, you seem to me,
This connection, we ought to seal,
My emotions, I can't conceal,
Your heart I'll steal away.

Heart I'll steal away.

That's right.

 

[fox69]

"Philby"

"Philby"


Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby, there's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city, I can't come in from the cold
I'm deep in action on a secret mission, contact's broken down
Time drags by, I'm above suspicion, there's a voice on the telephone
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Well it sure is dark in this clockwork city, contact's never gonna show
I've got a code which can't be broken, my eyes never seem to close
Well, I'm standing here in the silent city, shadows falling down
I'm disconnected but I don't need pity, the night's gonna burn on slow
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Now ain't it funny that I feel like Philby, a stranger on a foreign shore
I've got my plans and I must move quickly, there's a knock upon the door
Still in transit and I'm close to danger, my cover can't be blown,
It's getting strange and it's getting crazy, tell me, what is going on?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Four o'clock and nothing's moving, six o'clock and the daylight's stirring
Morning comes, must be moving on
All night long my mind's been burning, makes me feel such a long, long way from home, home
Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby, there's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city, I can't come in from the cold

 

[fox69]

"Pistol Slapper Blues"

"Pistol Slapper Blues"


Well I'd know my dog
Anywhere hear him bark
Well I know my rider, if I see her in the dark

Ain't it cold for your mother
When you don't say that you love me?
We'll, that's alright, woman
You gonna need my help someday

You didn't say you loved me
When you where stretched out across my bed.
You drinkin' moonshine whiskey
And talkin' all outta your head

Ain't but to kind of people
In this world that I can't stand.
That a lying woman, and a cheatin', knockin' man

We'll I feel like slapping
My pistol in your face
I'm gonna let the grave yard be your resting place

Well I know my dog
Any Where I hear him bark
I'd know my rider, if I seen her in the dark

 

[fox69]

"Public Enemy (B-Girl Version)"

"Public Enemy (B-Girl Version)"


Well she's nothing much,
But she looks like a gangster's moll.
Well there ain't no doubt about it,
I know she ran with Mad Dog Coll.

She's the driver of the getaway car,
Public enemy number 1.

Well, she's fact and she's fiction,
All wrapped up into one.
Sound, lights and vision,
Street car collisions and all.

We got the G-men on a mission,
They can't catch up at all.
Well, won't you have that motor twitchin',
For public enemy number 1, number 1.

Well the marked man unmarked car,
Waiting out in the cold got his work cut out,
Well a travel guide to a shooting star,
Is the only clue we left about.

It's a battle of wits, a psyche-out,
Synchronised tension's taking hold,
It's a battle of wits, a psyche-out,
Synchronised tension's taking hold, taking hold.

B-girl oh B-girl,
Be my permanent alibi.
Well you got to keep your eyes peeled,
Stay alert at the wheel tonight.

Keep the key in the ignition,
We won't get no remission this time.
Won't you have that motor twitchin',
When I come running by.
I come running by...yeah.