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"After The Fall"
Sad songs, sad eyes
Tender ribeyes
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners.
"After The Fall"
Same old sad eyes
Take no business.
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners.
"Any Way You Want It"
She loves eleven things.
She loves the lovin' things.
"Any Way You Want It"
She loves to move, she loves to groove
She loves a lot of things.
She loves to move, she loves to groove
She loves the lovin' things.
"Any Way You Want It"
She loves to move, she loves to groove
She loves eleven things.
She loves to move, she loves to groove
She loves the lovin' things.
"Any Way You Want it"
That's the way you eat it
That's the way you need it
"Anytime"
Moo anytime that you want meat
Moo anytime that you need meat.
Ooh, anytime that you want me
Ooh, anytime that you need me.
"Ask The Lonely"
When you're fearing Lucifer
When you're feeling love's unfair
"Ask The Lonely"
When your feeling loads of hair
When you're feeling love's unfair
"Ask The Lonely"
You just ask bologna.
You just ask the lonely.
"Ask the Lonely"
You've been in Manitoba.
You've been picked and it's over.
"Be Good To Yourself"
I want a little piece of Margaret Thatcher.
I want a little piece of mind to turn to.
"Be Good To Yourself"
I want a little piece of Mike's potential.
I want a little peace of mind to turn to.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
A singer in a smokey room
Snow White and sleep with you.
A singer in a smokey room
Smell of wine and cheap perfume.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Brain damage wastin'
Up and down the boulevard.
Strangers, waitin'
Up and down the boulevard.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Brain damage, wasted
Comin' down the boulevard.
Strangers, waitin'
Up and down the boulevard.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Don't stop Felipe
Don't stop Believin'
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Don't stop! Believe it!
Don't stop believin'.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Don't stop, Fillipe.
Don't stop believin'.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Everyone wants a grill.
Everybody wants a thrill.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
He took a midnight drink of it anyways.
He took a midnight train going anywhere.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Heaven is defined a moose
Living just to find emotion
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Heaven is to find devotion
Livin' just to find emotion
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Heaven must have found emotion.
Livin' just to find emotion.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Heaven's just a fine emotion.
Living just to find emotion.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Heaven's just a fond emotion.
Livin' just to find emotion.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Heaven's just a funky moose
Living just to find emotion
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Heaven's just a funky motion
Living just to find emotion
"Don't Stop Believin'"
I see her in a smoky room
I smell-a wine and cheap perfume.
A singer in a smoky room
(The) smell of wine and cheap perfume.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
I see her in a smoky room
I smell her wine and cheap perfume.
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
I sing up in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a small, they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on.
A singer in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile, they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
I sit here in a Spokane room.
A singer in a smoky room
"Don't Stop Believin'"
I smell of wine and cheap perfume.
The smell of wine and cheap perfume.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
I've seen her in a smoky room
A singer in a smoky room
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Just a city boy,
born and raised and softly trothed
Just a city boy,
born and raised in South Detroit
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Just a city boy
Born an' raised in self- control.
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Just a small time girl.
Just a small town girl.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Just a small town boy
Barney raced in south Detroit.
Just a small town boy
Born and raised in south Detroit.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Livin' just to fight a notion.
Living just to find emotion.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Livin' just to find devotion.
Livin' just to find emotion.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Smell of wine and cheese perfume
Smell of wine and cheap perfume
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Smell of wine and sheep perfume
Smell of wine and cheap perfume
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Some will win, some will lose, some are going to drink some booze
Some will win, some will lose, some were born to sing the blues
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to bring the booze.
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Streetlife people
Living with profound emotion.
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Streetlife people
Streetlight people
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Streetlight peole
Living with profound emotion.
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Summer win, summer lose
Summerboy you sing the blues
Some'll win, some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Summer wind, some wheel loose
Some are going to sing the blues.
Some will win, some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
They do anything but roll the dice
Just one more time.
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
They'll do anything but roll the dice
Just one more time.
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time.
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Working hard to get my feel,
Everybody wants a grill
Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Working hard to get my meal
Everybody wants a grill
Working hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
"Don't Stop Believin'"
oh the music never ends it goes on and on and on
oh the movie never ends it goes on and on and on
"Escape"
They're making laws, but they don't understand
What turns a boy into a farting man
They're making laws, but they don't understand
Turns a boy into a fighting man
"Escape"
They’re makin’ laws, but they don’t understand
Turns a boy in to a farting man
They’re makin’ laws, but they don’t understand
Turns a boy in to a fightin’ man
"Faithfully"
Circus life under the beach of yore
Circus life under the big-top world
"Faithfully"
Circus life
Under the big top whoa-oa
We all need the clowns
To make us cry.
Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile.
"Faithfully"
I'm forever yours, gracefully. or I'm forever yours, tastefully.
I'm forever yours, faithfully.
"Faithfully"
I'm forever yours, hatefully.
I'm forever yours, faithfully.
"Faithfully"
I'm forever yours, if you leave.
I'm forever yours, faithfully.
I never knew I had been mishearing the lyrics until I heard a cover version sung by Arnel Pineda (who is currently the lead singer of Journey now).
"Faithfully"
I'm forever yours, wait for me.
I'm forever yours, faithfully.
"Faithfully"
They say that the road ain't no place to start a fling.
They say that the road ain't no place to start a family.
"Faithfully"
Tuesdays at nine
Through space and time
"Faithfully"
Wheels go 'round and 'round, on my mind.
Wheels go 'round and 'round, you're on my mind.
"Feelin' That Way"
When the summer's gone she'll be there
Turnin' on the light.
When the summer's gone she'll be there
Standin' by the light.
"Feeling That Way"
What she's been through?
Where she's gone to?
Once she's been to
Where she's gone to
"Feeling That Way"
When the sun is gone, she'll be there.
When the summer's gone, she'll be there.
"Girl Can't Help It"
Girl caught up in machine needs more.
The girl can't help it, she needs more.
"Girl Can't Help It"
Ooh, there's a b**** in his eyes for you.
Ooh, there's a fire in his eyes for you.
"I'll Be Alright Without You"
I'll need a ride without you.
There'll be someone else,
I keep telling myself
I'll be alright without you.
They'll be someone else,
I keep telling myself
"Just The Same Way"
Every day we will f**k, yeah.
Every day we will fly, yeah.
"Just The Same Way"
Oh, yeah just like the slut you want to do.
Oh, yeah just like, just like you want to do.
"La Do Da"
Something about you sweetheart
Brings this schoolboy to his knees.
Something about you sweetheart
Brings this poor boy to his knees.
"Lights"
I wanna be back in my city.
I wanna be there in my city.
"Lights"
I wanna be bad in my city.
I wanna be there in my city.
"Lights"
When the lights go down in the city
And the sun shines on the bed.
When the lights go down in the city
And the sun shines on the bay.
"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
Oh, he's having some fun.
Oh, he hasn't come home.
"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
You make me live
I wanna die.
You make me weep
And wanna die.
"Message of Love"
And here . . . here I stand, the king of . . . booze
And here . . . here I stand, the king of . . . fools
"Mother Father"
I'm your servant son.
I'm your Seventh Son.
"Open Arms"
And now I come to you and open up
So now I come to you with open arms
"Open Arms"
And now that you've come back
Tonight and today
And now that you've come back
Turned night into day
"Open Arms"
And now that you've come back to my little game
And now that you've come back, turned night into day
"Open Arms"
And now that you've come back
To my litle place.
And now that you've come back
Turned night into day.
"Open Arms"
And now that you've come back
Turned light into day.
And now that you've come back
Turned night into day.
"Open Arms"
Broken Arms
Open Arms
"Open Arms"
Hoping to hide the mean words I said.
Nothing to hide, I mean what I say.
"Open Arms"
How could I live in a group home?
How much I wanted you home.
"Open Arms"
I need you Tuesday.
I need you to stay.
"Open Arms"
Now that you've come back
Tonight, if you dare
I need you to stay.
Now that you've come back
Turned night into day
I need you to stay.
"Open Arms"
So now I come to you with melted arms.
So now I come to you with open arms.
"Open Arms"
So now I come to you
With leprechauns.
So now I come to you
With open arms.
"Open Arms"
So now I come to you
With velvet on.
So now I come to you
With open arms.
"Open Arms"
So now I undo you with broken arms
Wanting to die, bleed what I spray.
So now I come to you with open arms
Nothing to hide, believe what I say.
"Open Arms"
Tonight if you dare, I need you to stay.
Turned night into day, I need you to stay.
"Positive Touch"
Miles of blue, couldn't I ask for.
Eyes of blue, good-bye yesterday.
"Raised On Radio"
Jambalaya sleeps tonight.
Jungle lion sleeps tonight.
"Remember Me"
Feel on Guard?
The horny toad
Remember me.
Feel I'm gone
My heart lives on
Remember me.
"Send Her My Love"
Center my love
Send her my love
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Both of our hearts broken in two
Worlds apart, hearts broken in two
RJSchex adds: "When Marilyn McCoo sang this on "Solid Gold" in 1983, she used the wrong line."
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Congress says we labor in vain
Promises we made were in vain
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Feeling that it's cold
To change your mind
If we can't go on
Survivor time will be mine.
Feeling that it's gone
Can change your mind
If we can't go on
To survive the tide, love divides.
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Fish stick eyes
Distant eyes
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Fistula
Missed you, love.
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Great ghosts chase and blind you.
Break those chains that bind you.
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
If the others hurt you
If he ever hurts you
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Love will find you
Great ghost, she can't find you.
Love will find you
Break those chains that bind you.
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
True love, one dessert chew
True love won't desert you.
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
You know Ike still loves you.
You know I still love you.
"Separate Ways"
Great balls chase and find you
Break those chains that bind you
"Separate Ways"
Great clothes dress that find you.
Break those chains that bind you.
"Separate Ways"
Great ghosts chase and find you.
Break those chains that bind you.
"Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
if he ever f*cks you
If he ever hurts you
even in 1983 I didn't think FM radio would play a song with a word like that, at least without "editing" it. Things are quite different now.
"Still They Ride"
Jesus rides through the night.
Jesse rides through the night.
"Stone In Love"
Fallin' in love
Stone in love
"Stone In Love"
In the heat with a preteen girl
In the heat with a bluejean girl
"Stone In Love"
She pulled me down
Ooh, I need closure, we'd go brown.
She pulled me down
Ooh, and in clover, we'd go 'round.
"That's The Same Way"
You seem to me the key to my life.
You're free to leave the key to my life.
"That's The Same Way"
You're free to leave the key in my pie.
You're free to leave the key to my life.
"Wheel In The Sky"
It's kissing the derrière.
It's kissing the day.
"Wheel In The Sky"
When will I see ya again, Oh Lord
Winter is here again, Oh Lord
"Wheel In The Sky"
Where is she at again, oh Lord?
Winter is here again, oh Lord.
"Wheel In The Sky"
Will I be here again, oh Lord?
Winter is here again, oh Lord.
"When You Love A Woman"
I hope the threads unite.
I hope and pray tonight.
"Who's Crying Now"
Hoobie, the lonely one.
Who'll be the lonely one?
"Who's Crying Now"
One dove feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
One dove is crying now.
One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder, who's crying now?
"Who's Crying Now"
One large pizza pie
One love feeds the fire
"Who's Crying Now"
One love, pizza pie
One love feeds the fire.
"Who's Crying Now"
One who reeks of fire.
One love feeds the fire.
"Who's Crying Now"
Some minestrone nights
So many wrong or rights.
So many stormy nights
So many wrong or rights.
"Who's Crying Now"
The fightin' is worth the love they say.
The fightin' is worth the love they save.
"Who's Crying Now"
The fire is worth the love they gave
The fightin' is worth the love they save
"Who's Crying Now"
The fire is worth the love, they say.
The fightin' is worth the love they save.
"Who's Crying Now"
Who'll be the lucky one?
or
Who'll be the lovely one?
or
Who'll be the lovely one?
Who'll be the lonely one?