Vaya Con Dios

[GKZ]

Nah Neh Nah

I got on the phone
and called the girls said
meet me down at curly pearls
for a ney nah neh nah
in my high heeled shoes and fancy fads
i ran down the stairs halled me a cab going
ney nah neh nah nah neh nah

When I pushed the dorr i saw eleanor
and mary lou swinging on the floor
going ney nah neh nah sue came in
in a silk sarong
she walzed across as they played that song
going ney nah neh nah nah neh nah

It was already half past three
but the night was young
and so we were dancing
ney nah neh nah
oh lord did we have a ball
still singing walking down that hall
that ney nah neh nah nah neh nahh ...

 

[GKZ]

Don't Cry For Louie

Don't Cry For Louie

I gave up all my friends
My girls from out of town
Bought her what she wanted
Yet she let me down
When she saw me crying
She said I had no heart
When my heart was bleeding
She turned around and laughed
Girls don't cry for Louie
Louie wouldn't cry for you
When you walk the streets for Louie
You better do what Louie tells you to
I met Louie on a hazy morning
When the bars where closing down
He said honey I really like your prancing
You and I we'll burn this town
This woman, sir, mislead me
Hurt me in my pride
Who are you to judge me?
Who are you to take her side?
She cheated on me mister
Told me nothing but lies
I just had to teach her
Not to overstep the line
Girls don't cry for Louie
He wouldn't waste a tear on you
When you walk the streets for Louie
You ain't walking down no avenue
I met Louie on an early morning
In a sleazy part of town
I was tipsy and feeling kind'a lonely
Louie offered me his arm
He said: you and I we'll burn this town
He said: you and I we'll burn this town

 

[GKZ]

Just a friend of mine

Just a friend of mine

He said baby, what's your name
Are you new in this town?
Since you walked in things don't look the same
How about sticking around?
The place was dark and the band played loud
His voice sounded kind of dry
He said: who's that guy with the funny smile?
She said:
He's just a friend of mine (x 3)
They talked a little, drank a lot
As the evening went by
The place got crowded and the air too hot
He said: Lets go out for a while
The night was clear and the wind was soft
As they walked side by side
He said: who's that guy following us about?
She said:
He's just a friend of mine (x 3)
He was nice and gentle, still rough enough
To keep her satisfied
She said: hold it baby, it gets too much
I feel like I'm gonna die
He took her home in the early mornin'
She said: please do come inside
He said: who's that guy in the dressing gown?
She said:
He's just a friend of mine (x 3)
He said who's that guy in the dressing gown
She said baby don't you mind
He's just a friend, just a friend,
He's just a friend of mine

 

[GKZ]

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Wake up Angelita, your mama just turned off the light
Manolo is already waiting by the old water-pipe
Her shoes in one hand she carefully walks down the stairs
Holding her breath 'cause there's danger and love in the air.
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico
Your papa will beat him if he ever finds out
Begging the Virgin won't help when you hear Manolito shout,
Manolito shout
He's already standing under the starlit sky
You run to his arms and you laugh and you cry as he holds you tight
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico
He says he'll be leaving you soon still you beg him to stay
But he wants to make it somewhere in the U.S.A.
And though he'll be far he promises he'll write every day
When time will be right, he'll come back and he'll take you away
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico
Your papa don't like him, he says he's no good
He steals and he fights and he never behaves, like a young man should
Angelita she knows, he's not that bad inside
She takes the medal, she wears on a chain, and presses it into his palm.
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico
Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico

 

[GKZ]

Mothers And Daughters

Mothers And Daughters

She thinks she knows you
She thinks she owns you
She wants everything to be
The way she told you
Of course she loves you
Worries about you
She'll smother you 'till you're chokin'
Tell me, don't you
Say Mama, tell me why
Has pleasure got to rhyme with sacrifice?
You had your ways
I have mine
Your little girls a woman
Don't you realize?
Of course she loves you
She adores you
She'll smother you 'till you're chokin'
Tell me, don't you?
She'll try to cage you
She'll enrage you
Walking 'round your life
Deciding for you
Sometimes she'll praise you
Sometimes she'll scorn you
Her dreams from yesterday
Could have destroyed you
Now Mama, tell me why?
Has pleasure got to rhyme with sacrifice?
You had your days
I have mine
Your little girl's a woman now ...
For quite some time

 

[GKZ]

I Don't Want To Know

I Don't Want To Know

You've seen him on the street today
Heading for some sleaze caf'{e}
He wasn't alone
He wasn't alone
Some beauty hung onto his arm
I shouldn't need to be alarmed
He's done it before
He's done it before
Where and how?
I don't want to know
You think she's one of his old flames
Some firey-looking kind of dame
You found her dull but just the same
She stole the show
I don't want to know
You've seen him on the downtown side
Drinking hard and acting wild
He was not alone
Not on his own
You say he looked a sorry sight
You know he's had another fight
He's done it before
Yes, he's done it before
Where and how?
I don't want to know
A smile breaks on your poker face
Tells me you're gonna throw the Ace of Spades
Drop it, and watch me fall on evil days
And let me go
I don't want to know
Why don't I try to understand
He's just as weak as any other man
He'll come back to me in the end
Isn't that so?
I don't want to know

 

[GKZ]

What's A Woman

What's A Woman

What's a woman when a man
Don't stand by her side?
What's a woman when a man
Has secrets to hide?
She'll be weak
She'll be strong
Struggle hard
For so long
What's a woman when a man
(What's a man without a woman?)
Don't go by the rule?
What's a woman when a man
(What's a man without a woman?)
Makes her feel like a fool?
When right
Turns to wrong
She will try
To hold on to the ghosts of the past
When love was to last
Dreams from the past
Faded so fast
All alone
In the daek
She will swear
He'll never mislead her again
All those dreams from the oast
Faded so fast
Ghosts of the past
When love was to last
All alone
In the dark She will swear cross her heart
Never again
Cross my heart
Never again

 

[GKZ]

Sold My Soul

Sold My Soul

I sold my soul to the devil
The first time you kissed me
I mistook hell for heaven
The first time I let you touch me
Now I'm just a litte toy in your hands
Like many before me
Feels like I'm walking on a rope of sand
Somebody save me
I even cancel all my secret rendez-vous
To sit alone by the phone
Waiting to hear from you
My friends don't call me no more
Say I'm no fun
Ignore me when I'm round
Talk about me when I'me gone
I don't know what's gonna happen
To my poor soul, Lord help me
Mama, your little girl is crying
Night and day, do something for me
If you can

 

[GKZ]

At the parallel

AT THE PARALLEL

He stands by the doors of the Rex all night
Chain-smoking Celtas
His eyes trouble more than one woman
His voice is heavy and deep
There's dirt on the sidewalk
And the newsboy yell
Nothing ever changes at the Parallel
Nothing ever changes at the Parallel
There 's a girl at the Molino
She wears a leather coat
The dust of Barcelona
Sticks to her heals as she walks
Trough the door
And he thinks: "What the hell
does she come here for?
Maybe she wants me, and that's
her way to say it?
Maybe she wants me, and that's
her way to say it?
Maybe she wants me, but who am I to tell?
He bites his fingernails
Scratches his eyebrows
Lights another cigarette
Watching the queens of the street
Acting their parody of love
And he feels like he stands by the gates of hell
Nothing ever changes at the Parallel
Nothing ever changes at the Parallel
That girl from the Molino
Who wears the leather coat
Sits there rockin' slowly on a chair
Gazing dreamly at the door
And he thinks: What the hell
is she looking for?
Maybe she wants me, and that's
her way to say it?
Maybe she wants me, and that's
her way to say it?
Maybe she wants me, but who am I to tell

 

[GKZ]

Night Owls

Night Owls

See all the Night Owls when they gather 'neath the neon lights
They've been sleeping all day long, now they come alive
See all the Night Owls when they gather, dressed up to the nines
They're out to party and they'll keep it going 'til the morning light

Sundown girls are posing coolly, looking so divine
Trying to excite and mustify
Sharing juicy secrets 'bout some man to hypnotise
Merry-making sisters, flashing smiles that hold the sharpness of a knife

See all the Night Owls when they gather 'neath the neon lights
They've been sleeping all day long, now they come alive
See all the Night Owls when they gather, dressed up to the nines
They're out to party and they'll keep it going 'til the morning light

Heavy Boys are watching from the corner of their eyes
Talking of some hero's lates crime
Then they leave the circle one by one, once in a while
If you want to keep it going, 'ain't it time that we all had another line

See all the Night Owls when they gather 'neath the neon lights
They've been sleeping all day long, now they come alive
See all the Night Owls when they gather, dressed up to the nines
They're out to party and they'll keep it going 'til the morning light

Blue-eyed boy is taking Cinderella for a ride
Promising a glimpse of paradise
>, says the spider to the fly
> 'Til the morning light