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[fox69]

"My Best Girl"
(originally by The Paragons)

"My Best Girl"
(originally by The Paragons)



I'm gonna tell my friends about you
Tell them about the things that you do to me
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're everything that's good so good to me

I want to be always close to you
To give a helping hand if ever you're in need
I want to be always close to you
Don't have to try you out for size
You fit my heart so comfortable and warm
The only one I have no doubt no fear about
Without you what would my life be

I want to be always close to you
To give a helping hand if ever you're in need
I want to be always so close to you
I want to be always close to you
To give a helping hand if ever you're in need
I want to be always close to you
Don't have to try you out for size
You fit my heart so comfortable and warm
The only one I have no doubt no fear about
Without you what would my life be
Without you what would my life be

Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be
Tell them you're my best girl and best you'll always be

 

[fox69]

"Never Let You Go"

"Never Let You Go"


[Chorus:]
I will never let you go
I will never
I will never let you go
I will never

I've got to hold on, every day
In every way, but the things you will say
Just couldn't be that way
You'll never, ever reach
If you don't try
Instead you keep on telling all
Those dreadful lies

Just wait and see
How things could be
When I am free
Don't worry 'bout me
Don't worry 'bout me 'cus

[Chorus]

I've got to hold on, every day
In every way, but the things you will say
Just couldn't be that way
You'll never, ever reach
If you don't try
Instead you keep on telling all
Those dreadful lies

Just wait and see
How things could be
When I am free
Don't worry 'bout me
Don't worry 'bout me 'cus

I've never let you go
I'll always try
And I've got so much soul
You'll wonder why
It's just because
I'm so true
You'll be feeling blue
When I get through
There is nothing you can do

[Repeat last verse]

 

[fox69]

"Nothing Without You"

"Nothing Without You"



When I'm with you I'm valuable
Original and fashionable
I'm totally formidable
When I'm with you

When you're with me invincible
I'm bullet-proof unsinkable
A one off individual
That's why you're with me

When I caught you unmissable
So loveable and kissable
Completely irresistable
That's why I caught you

Without you I am miserable
Unconfortable in principle
I think that we're inseperable
I'm nothing without you

Now you got me reliable
Flexible and pliable
You see its undeniable
That's where you got me

I'm nothing without you
A man without a goal
The last one waiting
A lost and lonely soul

 

[fox69]

"Now And Then"

"Now And Then"



Now and then
I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be

To never wait in driving rain
For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody else's misery

Now and then
I contemplate a different way around this day
With nothing more than simple words, so I can say
I'm quite content and happy being me

Walking tall with peace of mind
To leave no childhood dreams behind
Arriving home to always find
Things just as I know they ought to be

Now And Then
I must admit I wonder if I had the chance
To vanquish foes with nothing more than just a glance
How perfect every single day would be
To never wait in driving rain
For the bus that never came
Not to be the one to blame
For anybody else's misery

Now and then
I wake up, when it hits me like a ton of bricks
I realise it's me who has to take the licks
No angels up there looking after me
No rainbow with a pot of gold
No cloak to shield me from the cold
No pill to stop me growing old
Dreams fading into stark reality

 

[fox69]

"Oh America"
(with One Love & Rasta Don)

"Oh America"
(with One Love & Rasta Don)



[Chorus:]
Oh America, land of the free
Your flag is flying, but it looks dirty to me
Oh America, home of the brave
Anywhere you go you're leaving too many graves

The chest is so big but the brain is too small
The whole world's crying out 'just stop the wars'
Don’t care about the climate, don’t care about the poor
You don’t seem to care about too much at all

You say you're with God but you wield Satan’s sword
With kangaroo courts you just make up your laws
No human rights oh yes we know the score
The bogey man is close, he may live next door

When the floods came down it showed all your old traits
Condemned your own people on the basis of race
Why leave vulnerable people in a vulnerable place?
Its a crying shame, it’s a freaking disgrace

I say the government man, them seem to get it wrong
Them seem to make a whole heap of bad decision
Time fe good Americans to stand up strong
Like the friends over there we know for so long
Stand up firm, me say, stand up strong
Time fe mek a new day, we no love Babylon
Me say, stand up firm, me say, stand up strong
Time fe mek a new day, we no love Babylon

 

[fox69]

"Once Around"

"Once Around"


[Chorus:]
Once around was all I ever needed
And in my dreams you take me by the hand
And I know that you will be with me forever
As the wheel takes us both once more around

Once around the wheel begins revolving
Our bodies slowly lifted from the crowd
The hustle of the city’s slowly fading
And the heartbeat is the only living sound

[Chorus:]
Once around was all I ever needed
And in my dreams you take me by the hand
And I know that you will be with me forever
As the wheel takes us both once more around

We slowly watch the night give way to morning
And hope we can suspend ourselves in time
And some I'll make these moments last forever
And leave the ones who need us for behind

Once around is all I have to give you
Close your eyes you don’t have to make a sound
By the time it takes this wheel to stop revolving
There’s something that you need to understand

[Chorus:]
Once around was all I ever needed
And in my dreams you take me by the hand
And I know that you will be with me forever
As the wheel takes us both once more around

 

[fox69]

"One In Ten"

"One In Ten"


[Chorus:]
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don`t exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I`m always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn`t care

My arms enfold the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I`m the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I`m the child that never learns to read
`Cause no-one spared the time

[Chorus]

I`m the murderer and the victim
The licence with the gun
I`m a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I`m a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I`m another teenaged suicide
In a street that has no trees

[Chorus]

I`m a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I`m a house wife hooked on Valium
I`m a Pensioner alone
I`m a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I`m another hungry baby
I`m an accident of birth.

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"One Woman Man"

"One Woman Man"


I'm a one woman man after all these years
I've sailed with the tide on a sea of tears
Any port in a storm, I'd make my home
Any arms that were warm, when I was alone

[Chorus:]
When the moon was high, I would drift away
Into the night, until another day
When the sun comes up, I just wanna see
The woman that I love, lying next to me

I'm a one woman man I've got to say
You know that it hasn't always been this way
But that's all changed, I can say at last
I've waved goodbye to my chequered past

[Chorus]

I'm a one woman man & that's no lie
I've got no use for no alibi
Ain't got no time, cause time can fly
And when I'm not with her, then I can't get high

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Oracabessa Moonshine"

"Oracabessa Moonshine"



Oracabessa moonshine
Is washing over me
The Jacaranda tree
And bathing in the sea
Oracabessa sun up
Will chase the night away
Across the Lada bay
And back to yesterday

A warm Blue Mountain raincloud, welcomed by the land
Made the morning cooler, left a rainbow in the sand
Sweet Hibiscus lingers in my own backyard
With a million different colours of a Hummingbird

Orocabessa sunshine
Is washing over me
The Jacaranda tree
And bathing in the sea
Oracabessa sun up
Will chase the night away
Across the Lada bay
And back to yesterday

The Firefly's romance ignites the evening shade
Makes the twilight dance a moonlight serenade
The smoke sends out a signal above the golden sea
Another day in Ladda Bay is waiting there for me

Oracabessa moonshine
Is washing over me
The Jacaranda tree
And bathing in the sea
Oracabessa sun up
Will chase the night away
Across the Lada bay
And back to yesterday

 

[fox69]

"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
(originally by Winston Tucker)

"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
(originally by Winston Tucker)



You say you are going to leave me
I'm begging you to stay
My baby I can't get through any way
No I can't
And when I wake up in the morning
You are gone
Little pretty thing
You know I'll be all alone

[Chorus:]
You'll hear me crying (mmmmmmm)
Please don't make me cry (mmm mmmm)
'cos I can't say good-bye (mmmmm)
Please don't make me cry
Because I know
There will be nothing left for me

All them good good times
We spent together
You said it was me and no other (yeah)
And now you want to make me pain inside
Darlin' I Know you are going to make me cry

[Chorus]

All this pain I can't stand it
You're going to leave
You're going to leave this poor man on his own
Yes you are (mmmmm)

[Chorus]

All this pain I can't stand it
You're going to leave
You're going to leave this poor man on his own
Yes you are
Please don't make me cry
Baby I'm Pleading