Status Quo

[fox69]

"Going Down For The First Time"

"Going Down For The First Time"


I wake up every morning and that's my first mistake
From thereon in it's downhill all the way
I used to have a problem but now you want to leave
My new problem's getting through the day

Going down for the first time
Guess I've yet to learn loves ain't blind
I could use a little help, I can't stay here by myself
And I can't work you out of my mind

Now I don't mind admitting that maybe you were right
The more we try the less it seems to work
We get so used to banging our heads against the wall
It's only when we stop it starts to hurt

Going down for the first time
Guess I've yet to learn loves ain't blind
I could use a little help, I can't stay here by myself
I'll step right out of line, I'll go clean out of time
Yes I could use a little help, know I'd lose it by myself
If you fall out of sight, you know you'll turn out the light.

Going down for the first time
Guess I've yet to learn loves ain't blind
I could use a little help, I can't stay here by myself
I'll step right out of line, I'll go clean out of time
Yes I could use a little help, know I'd lose it by myself
If you fall out of sight, you know you'll turn out the light.
And I'll quietly go out of my mind

 

[fox69]

"Going Down Town Tonight"

"Going Down Town Tonight"


I'm going down town tonight, I'm gonna find myself a dream
I'm gonna dress up right, and be the best they've ever seen
You can tell from their eyes, you can tell from their eyes
That they're never impressed, that they're never impressed
From the way they walk round, from the way they walk round
They are used to the best, they are used to the best

Going down town tonight, going down town tonight
Going down town tonight, going down town tonight

Why let them break you in with self-sophisticated praise
'Cos when the cards are low you see the smile come on their face
If you speak the right words, if you speak the right words
They will hear what you say, they will hear what you say
They will take your attention, just take your attention
And then turn away, and then turn away

Just one thing before you go my ladies of the night
Just one thing I have to say I've got you, and you're
Confident and debonair you move between the stars
Hungry for those staring eyes that fill your waking hours

Going down town tonight, going down town tonight
Going down town tonight, going down town tonight
Going down town tonight, going down town tonight

Your face is all run dry with all the echoes of the night
And so I'm home alone, I wash my head and hold on tight.
If you speak the right words, if you speak the right words
They will hear what you say, they will hear what you say
They will take your attention, just take your attention
And then turn away, and then turn away

 

[fox69]

"Gone Thru The Slips"

"Gone Thru The Slips"


Same old weekend, she pays off her hairdresser
Then she buys a hat
I never complain 'cos I feel like a martyr
I kind of like it like that
New hi-fi, she says it could be louder
The same familiar scene
Over-reacting, she's taking a powder
Laying the blame on me

She's gone thru the slips again
Gone like a kiss
Gone thru the slips again
She didn't have to cheat me
Didn't have to treat me like this

Back next morning, pretend she's never happened
She's all over me
I look to her side when she runs to the bathroom
To the vanishing cream

She's gone thru the slips again
Gone like a kiss
Gone thru the slips again
She didn't have to cheat me
She didn't have to treat me like this

She's gone thru the slips again
Gone like a kiss
Gone thru the slips again
She didn't have to treat me
She didn't have to treat me like this

Every day now it's just another showdown
I won't take much more
Chews me up, and spitting out the pieces
Walk out the door

She's gone thru the slips again
Gone like a kiss
Gone thru the slips again
She didn't have to cheat me
Didn't have to treat me like this

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go

She's gone thru the slips again
Gone like a kiss
Gone thru the slips again
She didn't have to cheat me
Didn't have to treat me like this

 

[fox69]

"Gonna Teach You To Love Me"

"Gonna Teach You To Love Me"


You're setting me up, you're turning me down
You're turning me over and spinning me round
You think you run the show and so you'd better get ready
I'm gonna read you the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me.

I'm checking you out, I'm checking you in
I'm checking you over before I begin
I'm gonna show you how and baby you're gonna make it
Because I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me

You played around, you took me for a ride
I'm the one that always had to try
Now there's no more changing me, and baby can't you see
That all I want is no more changing you

I'm picking you up, I'm putting you down
I'm turning you over and spinning you round
Because I'm running the show, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm gonna even the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me.

I'm picking you up and putting you down
I'm turning you over and spinning you round
Because I'm running the show, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm gonna even the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me.
Because I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me
You know I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me

 

[fox69]

"Good Golly Miss Molly"

"Good Golly Miss Molly"


Good golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin'
Can't hear your mamma call

From the early early mornin' till the early early night
You can see Miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue lights
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your mamma call

Well, now mamma, papa told me: "Son, you better watch your step."
If you hear my mamma talking you'll remember what she said
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call

Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call

Yeah, I'm going to the corner, gonna buy a diamond ring
Would you hug me and a-kiss me, make me ting-a-ling-a-ling
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call

 

[fox69]

"Good Sign"

"Good Sign"


Nice to see you, I've been feeling so blue
Owning up now 'cos you change my point of view
It's funny how you do what you do
It's a very good sign, a really good line for you

I've been waiting for the heat of the night
Warming up now, and you've got me in your sights
So tell me what you want me to do
It's a very good time to tell you I've been thinking of you

Because you're wonderful baby, and you're beautiful, baby
It's a very good sign, a very good time of life

Let me tell you, you're a woman with style
I've been waiting, but you made it all worthwhile
And all you had to do was to smile
You're a very good sign, and everything's fine, my child

'Cos you're wonderful baby, and you're beautiful, baby
It's a very good sign, a very good time of life

Set in my ways I live from day to day happy to be free
Needing for nothing, always looking for someone who could make me see
But baby, I was so wrong, I sat here waiting too long to have you here with me

Oh, 'cos you're wonderful baby, and you're beautiful, baby
It's a very good sign, a very good time of life
'Cos you're wonderful baby, and you're beautiful, baby
It's a very good sign, a very good time of life
Oh it's a very good sign, oh yeah a very good sign
Yeah it's a very good time, a very good time
Yeah a very good sign, a very good sign
Yeah it's a very, very good sign, yeah a very good sign

 

[fox69]

"Goodbye Baby"

"Goodbye Baby"


I hear a car out the back
I see a full moon rising
It's my red cadillac
My baby's leaving me
Now thing's are getting harder
'cos she's gone from a to b

She's on a long dusty track
Sure ain't surprising
My days are looking black
Ain't no way to be
See I don't care about my baby
But my cadillac is all to me

So goodbye baby baby goodbye
Goodbye baby baby goodbye
If you come running
Gonna have to ask you why

When I'm back in the sack
And I'm realising
I know she ain't coming back
It's so plain to see
Don't wanna hear about my baby
Just want my caddy back with me

I'm sitting here out the back
And I'm still surviving
Guess she ain't coming back
So plain to see
Now things are getting harder
Since she's gone away from me

So goodbye baby baby goodbye
Goodbye baby baby goodbye
If you come running
Gonna have to ask you why

Don't wanna hear about my baby
Just want my caddy back with me

 

[fox69]

"Gotta Get Up And Go"

"Gotta Get Up And Go"


Sitting outside on a chair in the summer
Not a lot on my mind
I can do lots or not if I wanna
Even if then I find

I've gotta get up
Gonna be back I know
I've gotta get up
Better get up and go
Better get up and go
I gotta get up and go

Taking my time 'cos I ain't in a hurry
Not a lot else to do
I can lay back and I don't have to worry
Leaving that up to you

I've gotta get up
Gonna be back I know
I've gotta get up
Better get up and go
Better get up and go

Wait just a minute
There's something in it
That I need I know

Walking the dog gets me up in the morning
Johnny don't like me late
Radio news and the sun stops me yawning
Everything else can wait

I've gotta get up
Gonna be back I know
I've gotta get up
Better get up and go
I've gotta get up
Gotta go do a show
I've gotta get up
Gotta get up and go
Better get up and go
Gonna get up and go

Wait just a minute
There's something in it
I know how to win it
There's something in it
That I need I know

Gotta get up and go
Gotta get up and go
Gotta get up and go
I gotta get up and go

I've gotta get up
Gonna be back I know
I've gotta get up
Better get up and go
I've gotta get up
Gotta go do a show
I've gotta get up
Gotta get up and go
Better get up

 

[fox69]

"Gravy Train"

"Gravy Train"


I'm on the Gravy Train, riding into the night
On the Gravy Train, it's all gonna be alright
Put my last on the spinning wheel
Ship came in, one big deal
I'm on the Gravy Train- Let it roll

Gonna live it up, moving to easy street
Yeah live it up, I landed on my feet
Gonna live it up, you can't keep me down
Buy myself a big new car, drive it all over town
I'm on the Gravy Train- Let it roll

Gonna lose my mind, take leave of my senses
Don't give me no bill, put it down to expenses
No more work, no more worry
I signed on the line and collected my easy money

I'm on the Gravy Train, heading into the light
Yeah on the Gravy Train, it's all gonna be alright
The Gravy Train rollin' down that hill
Last I heard it was going still
Na na na na na na

I'm on the Gravy Train
On the Gravy Train
Let it roll- let it roll

 

[fox69]

"Green"

"Green"


So the the sky turned weird
And the sun went down
But it weren't two hours before it came around
It was a midnight feast
Such a sheer delight
I saw the Northern Lights, then I hit the ground

Green, green, keep it clean
Stick all your money up your money machine
Green, green, perfect scene
Oh, it's very, very nice here
But I wouldn't want to live here

You got your balzing red
You got your frozen breath
Watch the countryside just bleed to death
And then the ground turns white
And the sky turns brown
And the whole damn world looks upside down

Brown, brown, dead end town
Just like living in a hole in the ground
Brown, brown, upside down
Oh, it's very, very nice here
But I wouldn't want to live here