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[fox69]

"No More Letters"

"No More Letters"


Gotta rubber stamp on my jumbo,
Gotta rubber stamp on my brain,
Gotta rubber stamp on my jumbo,
Hey - got to get, I got to get, I got to get away.

Ain't got no grease on my finger,
Ain't got no dirt on my glove,
Ain't got no grease on my finger,
Hey - got to get, I got to get, I got to get away.

[Chorus:]
Long time you say,
No more letters,
No more letters,
No more letters,
No more letters,
No more letters,
Get away.

Long legged man in the corner,
Watching the time pass away,
Long legged man in the corner,
Hey - got to get, I got to get, I got to get away.

[Chorus:]
Long time you say,
No more letters,
No more letters,
No more letters,
No more letters,
No more letters,

Oooh dirty dog on the night flight,
Oooh dirty dog see the door,
Oooh dirty dog on the night flight,
Hey - got to get, I got to get, I got to get away.

Oooh dirty dog don't give a damn if you're wrong or right,
Oooh dirty dog sitting there looking at me all night,
Oooh dirty dog,
Oooh dirty dog,

 

[fox69]

"Northern Soul"

"Northern Soul"


Well, it's a no good complain
and the things are the same as they used to be
When the cut of the close cut sharper than a knife
Darlin' back for days mean so much to me
It was more than a dancehall, more a way of life

Cause all them voisler dancing all through the night
Fresh from working down on the cold
And those pretty faces in the flashing lights
They put the magic into my Northern Soul
Ohhh...

Well I went back of London and looked at the heart of a nation
But I spent my time looking over my shoulder and freedom
Everyone tells me that this is the right situation
Ohhh, but the hearts of the nation is missing whenever I need them

Cause all them voisler dancing all through the night
Fresh from working down on the cold
And those pretty faces in the flashing lights
They put the magic into my Northern Soul
Ohhh...

 

[fox69]

"Now It's Too Late"

"Now It's Too Late"


Morning came so quickly
On the summer nights in june
I often love so easily
Like riding on the moon
And I can still remember
It'd last until September
Ain't it funny how the autumn wind blows cold
Times were good though times were hard
We could take it all
I never gave it too much thought
To the writing on the wall
Tried so hard to mend it
To fake it and pretend it
But ain't it funny how love can slip away
Now it's too late my love
Now that we're saying goodbye
And it's too late my love
Can't say that we didn't try
We had it all my friend
What good is living if we pretend
Never forgiving and in the end
It's gone and it's too late
They way you walked the way you talked
The way you smiled at me
The way you laughed the way you cried
Still haunts my memory
We felt our love come and go
When the feelings gone it hurts you so
The words you can't believe in anymore
Now it's too late my love...
Now it's too late my love...

 

[fox69]

"Oh Carol"

"Oh Carol"


Well I was out cruisin', getting late and I was losin',
When I saw you walking my way,
So nonchalant, I bet you get what you want,
But so do I and I ain't losing today.
Well your hips were swinging and your jeans were clinging,
You were driving me out of my mind,
On a hot afternoon when there's nothing to do,
Your not the sort of thing a fellow should find,
So I pulled on over, tossed your hair off your shoulder,
When you turned and you looked my way,
Oh you would have died or you'd have skinned me alive,
If I'd have said what I wanted to say,
So being polite said what you doin' tonight,
You said just so happens I'm free,
You got all the right curves and all the right words,
And that's alright by me.

[Chorus:]
Oh Carol you got me eatin' my heart away,
You got me countin' my nights and days,
Oh I am floatin' on the milky way,
Oh Carol nobody's done it before,
Oh baby you've opened the door,
Oh Carol you can do it some more.

Well if you're ready for this when we started to kiss,
She said hold on a minute or two.
Well naturally I knew it couldn't be me,
I said baby what's troublin' you,
She said I'm just sixteen if you know what I mean,
So we sat and we talked for a while,
And when we finally kissed you know she didn't resist,
And I must say she did it with style.

[Chorus]

Well I was out cruisin', getting late and I was losin',
When I saw you walking my way,
So nonchalant, I bet you get what you want,
But so do I and I ain't losing today.

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Oh Well, Oh Well"

"Oh Well, Oh Well"


Oh well, oh well,
you're on your own again yes
And who can tell,
Maybe this time, that's how you'll stay
Too bad too bad,
He's gone and left you but it's
So sad so sad
I warned you about the things you say

You wonder why
You lose every guy
You don't even try
It's just the things you say

Hello hello,
Who's this you're talking to now
and so, and so
looks like you've found another day

You wonder why...

Now you've gone and brought him down
and he says he ain't hangin' around
you have told him that he's n good
He doesn't do the things he should
No wonder he has gone away
all that's left for
Oh well, oh well,
you're on your own again yes
And who can tell,
Maybe this time, that's how you'll stay
Too bad too bad,
He's gone and left you but it's
So sad so sad
I warned you about the things you say me to say is,

You wonder why...

 

[fox69]

"One More Dance"

"One More Dance"


First time I caught your eyes
I saw something in you
A world of warmth and tenderness inside
First time you smiled you smiled
I fell in love with you
Yes I lost my heart to you
On that night
So let's dance one more dance
Before I take you on home
And on the way we'll pull off the road all alone
And we will make love until the breaking of dawn
And I will show you all the love so strong
Come on and dance
Come n let's dance
Celebrate this good romance
Tonight I still see in you
What I saw before
And I know that my feelings are still true
Yes I know nobody else
Who could satisfy me more
Cause no one else makes love
The way you do
So let's dance...

 

[fox69]

"One Night In Vienna"

"One Night In Vienna"


I was walkin the streets of Vienna
Just a shootin' my mind
when an angel of the night
She stopped, said are you looking
for a good time
Well I'd had me a whisky or two
and I had nothing else better to do, so
I said come on let's get down
and she blew my - mind
One night in Vienna
I was your lover, you were my friend
One night in Vienna
One night I never wanted to end
wanted to end
Oh, oh, oh
Said I'd meet her on the corner
Same time, same place
Lots of street girls passed me by- but
No sign of my angel's face
then another one stopped me
And I couldn't resist
But she just left me standing
with a keepsake and a kiss
One night in Vienna...
I often wonder whatever happened
to my angel
One night in Vienna...

 

[fox69]

"Only You"
(originally by Yazoo)

"Only You"
(originally by Yazoo)



Looking from a window above
It's like a story of love
Can you hear me
Came back only yesterday
I'm moving further away
Want you near me

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

Sometimes when I think of her name
When it's only a game
And I need you
Listen to the words that you say
It's getting harder to stay
When I see you

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

This is going to take a long time
And I wonder what's mine
Can't take no more
Wonder if you'll understand
It's just the touch of your hand
Behind a closed door

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

 

[fox69]

"Pass It Around"

"Pass It Around"


Well do you know how it feels
To be walkin' around
with your run down heels
and do you know just how it looks
to be left outside with your college books
And the great thing bout being you
Is you can do whatever you want to do

So if you turn on to something good
and by the way you're going
God knows you should
If you turn on to something good
If you turn on to something good
Pass it around

Well do you know what it's like
To be locked inside nearly every night
And do you know how people talk
when you ain't got a car
so you walk, walk, walk
and the great thing about being you
Is you're free to do what you want to do

So if you turn on to something good...

don't keep it to yourself cos I ain't got nothin' else
Don't keep it to yourself cos I need your help

So if you turn on to something good...

 

[fox69]

"Petesey's Song"

"Petesey's Song"


Monday morning was a V.I.P.
Tuesday night they didn't wanna know me,
Wednesday night drank sour grapes,
Must'a smoked near on fifty straights a-huh-huh.

Friday wondered where Thursday went,
Saturday failed to pay my rent,
Sunday found me in the church to say,
If you got a little heaven won't you send it my way.

[Chorus:]
Remember me, I'm Petesey,
Feeling like sixty, more like thirty-five,
Remember me, I'm Petesey,
Feeling like sixty, more like thirty-five,
Remember me.

Took a trip way across the sea,
Right through Holland and Germany,
Played the tourist at Frankfurt Zoo,
The monkeys said "Who the hell are you?"
(Who the hell are you).

[Chorus]

I was sailing along yes I was singing my song,
Yes I was singing my song to you,
He was sailing along yes he was singing his song,
Yes he was singing his song to you,
Remember me.

Well I wouldn't say that I was overproud,
But it seems to me I've gotta shout out loud,
No-one ever seems to recognise me,
I think I'll become one of the other three,
(Oh no you won't).

Chorus