Todd Rundgren

[fox69]

"Honest Work"

"Honest Work"



I'm not afraid to bend my back
I'm not afraid of dirt
But how I fear the things I do
For lack of honest work
My family is lost to me
They could not bear the hurt
To see the state their boy is in
For lack of honest work

I hold no blame for anyone
'twas I who did arrange
To pay my union dues so I'd
Not have to learn or change
And when I was replaced, 'twas I
Who started down the hill
And drank away my savings 'til
I couldn't stop myself

The prophets of a brave new world
Captains of industry

Have visions grand and great designs
But none have room for me
They see a world where everyone
Is rich and smart and young
But if I live to see such things
Too late for me they come

I know I'm not the only one
To fall beneath the wheel
Such company can not assuage
The loneliness I feel
So many are resigned to be
Society's debris
But I will be remembered for
The life life took from me

For I'm not afraid to bend my back
I'm not afraid of dirt
But how I fear the things I do
For lack of honest work

 

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"Hope I'm Around"

"Hope I'm Around"



Some happy day, after I'm long gone away
Someone will make you see
You were in love with me
And know what it's like to be
Where I'm standing now
And then you'll find me somehow

You better hope I'm around when you need me
You know I won't be around when you need me
You better know what to do when you need me
No one told me what to do when I needed you

I was a man, now I'm just a bird sitting in your hand
You tell me that it's through

But when it comes to you
That I was in love with you
You'll wonder where to fly
When someone tells you goodbye

Maybe now you cannot see
But I know just what you need
'cause you're looking for someone like me
And after I leave you here
You'll spend some lonely years
And you won't need my tears
To know what I've been through
And need me like I needed you

 

[fox69]

"How About A Little Fanfare?"

"How About A Little Fanfare?"


How about a little fanfare, fanfare?

 

[fox69]

"Hungry For Love"

"Hungry For Love"



Mom's old fashion cooking
Caviar and champagne
A meal at mcdonald's
Nothing fills a man when he's hungry for love
Give him love, make him feel all right
Give him love, help him sleep at night
Give him love, give him one more bite
He's hungry for love (give him that)

An ounce of sweet jamaican
A snowy spoon of powder
A half a pint of bushmill's
Nothing gets you high when you're hungry for love
Give me love, make me feel all right
Give me love, help me sleep at night
Give me love, give me one more bite
I'm hungry for love (give me love, give me love)

 

[fox69]

"Hurting For You"

"Hurting For You"



Yesterday
I just saw the one you left behind, yesterday
I could tell that he was hurting for you
Sad, but he can't deny it
There was nothing else he could do
He was one of the many struck by it

Hurting for you
Finish before it started
It's the only thing left to do
'cause the last of the broken-hearted
Is hurting for you

Day to day

That's how you should learn
To live your life, day to day
Put aside those dreams that keep hurting for you
Don't let the pain remind you
There is nothing else you can do
Better not ever let the day find you

Sympathy
I don't want to sound like what I feel
Seems like pity at all
Destiny
But in the great design of life
We are all so pitifully small

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Take It"
(originally by Cheap Trick)

"I Can't Take It"
(originally by Cheap Trick)



Well I saw you today and realized
How I missed my peace of mind
I feel your breath in my ear
But late at night it's you I always think about
That little girl inside of you I once knew
I should have known better
Still the smell of you was on my face
But you were too busy
To notice me last night

Now I can't take it alone
I can't make it alone
I can't take it, I can't make it alone
Oh no, oo, oh no

Then I tell myself I'll put you down
Don't wanna see your face around
Don't call me up anymore
When I hear your voice it's in my ear
You're kissin' on the phone
It makes it all come clear

Now I can't take it alone
I can't make it alone
I can't take it, I can't make it alone
Oh no, oh, oh no

I try to tell myself, don't need you anymore
Don't want you hangin' around my door
Oh no

Now I can't take it alone
I can't make it alone
I can't take it alone
I can't make it alone
I can't take it, I can't make it alone
Wrong or right
I can't take it, I can't make it alone
You know how I tried
I can't take it, I can't make it alone
I try to tell myself, don't need you anymore
I can't take it, I can't make it alone
Oh baby, my pretty baby
I can't take it, I can't make it alone

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Want To Tie You Down"

"I Don't Want To Tie You Down"



Sometimes it's hard to look up under
The times we're going through
I scratch my head and stare and wonder
How to face the day anew
But it gives my life a bit more meaning
To feel in love with you, so heavy
I don't want to weigh you down, oh baby
I don't want to tie you down
I don't want a thing to mar this ever

The picture that we make
The balance of our minds together
The perfect give and take
For me to let my love possess you
Would be the worst mistake, I'm sorry
I don't want to bring you down, oh baby
I don't want to tie you down, oh jesus
I don't want to nail you down

 

[fox69]

"I Hate My Frickin' I.S.P."

"I Hate My Frickin' I.S.P."



The reason that I signed up
Is the reason that I hate it
I know she's made her mind up
I just don't know how she's made it

And my dial-up screen has locked me
Into a touch tone tune monotony
Because some snot-nosed pube has blocked me out
And I wait
And I wait

And I hate my frickin isp
He ain't got go bandwidth left for me
And I'll never get back
Never get back the time that I waste
That's what I hate

My job's so hard to swallow
But it's got me by the collar
In some motel 6 squalor
Where every local call's a dollar

I got no time left to jack off
I got a deadline that won't back off

I'm about to chew my own leg off
Cause it's so late
And I'm late

And I hate my frickin isp
I get bumped for inactivity
And I'll never get back
Never get back the time that I waste
That's what I hate

It rained cd roms that gave me
Twenty hours free
I let my service provider
Make a junky outta me
And then he cut me off
From my online community
And now I hate, I hate it
I hate I hate I hate I hate

I hate my frickin isp
His domain name lookup takes eternity
And I'll never get back
Never get back the time that I waste
That's what I hate

Na na na na na

 

[fox69]

"I Love My Life"

"I Love My Life"



Every day I hear the news
Seems like people worship pain
All your oprahs and donahues
They just can't explain

As you reap you shall sow
I looked high I looked low
Now I know that I love my life
I love my life

I said me and my creator
We got a funny love thing
It's happenin' now and not later
Yeah, that's why I sing

First came thought then came deed
I got caught now I'm freed
All I need is to love my life
I love my life

Time, the topic of the sermon tonight is time
Time, the thief of hope
Time, the ameliorator of all our endeavors

What will we do with time off our backs?
We would make this world a perfect place
We would make our lives a perfect thing, if not for time
But I tell you now, time is an illusion
Time is an illusion, time is not real
Time is the dividing line between what is true and what is not true
Between what is real and what is not real
Between what is so and what is not so
But who, I said who, who stands for time?
Who stands at the threshold of time?
Who decides what is true and what is not true?
We do, you and I
You and I decide what is true and what is not true
What shall be our guiding light?
Happiness, I say happiness
But in a world, I see people in a world of misery
I see a world full of sorrow
Why should we be happy?
Tell me why should we be happy?
We need a message from above
Look over there, look over here
I can see it, there is beauty in the world

 

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"I Saw The Light"

"I Saw The Light"



It was late last night
I was feeling something wasn't right
There was not another soul in sight
Only you, only you

So we walked along
Though I knew that there was something wrong
And a feeling hit me, oh so strong
About you

Then you gazed up at me
And the answer was plain to see
'Cause I saw the light
In your eyes, in your eyes

Though we had our fling
I just never would suspect a thing
Till that little bell began to ring
In my head, in my head

But I tried to run
Though I knew it wouldn't help me none
'Cause I couldn't ever love no one
Or so I said

'Cause my feelings for you
Were just something I never knew
Till I saw the light
In your eyes, in your eyes

But I love you best
It's not something that I say in jest
'Cause you're different, girl, from all the rest
In my eyes

And I ran out before
But I won't do it anymore
Can't you see the light in my eyes
In my eyes
In my eyes
In my eyes