Back In Time Graham Parker

You stop in the old cafe where you used to play pinball And look for the air raid shelter but it's gone and the cafe seems so Small and all the gardens that had trees and stolen apples Now have small businesses

I Want You Back (Live) Graham Parker

When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you Stand out in a crowd But someone picked you from the bunch One glance was all it took Now it's much too late for

Ten Girls Ago Graham Parker

Buster turned round to me And said hey kid you must be joking You got an attitude You think you're funny but you're choking hey hey Back every word that comes out of your mouth Ten girls ago You thought

Strong Winds Graham Parker

again they're comfort only when she bleeds And strong winds are blowing through her hair I reach out to touch it but it's not there Strong winds are beating at her door Even with it locked they come back

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

And a system of worship like a powerful magnet That'll draw in the heathens pick them up in a dragnet And pull them underwater till they all go stagnant She wants so many things beamed in on a satellite

Soultime Graham Parker

their horns The boys would dance like robots The girls would walk a fashionable slink Now here I am like some old man Trying to recall the way the way it was Then suddenly that boy is me And I'm right back

Just Like Joe Meek's Blues Graham Parker

My head was swimming in a Bangkok joint You got paint on your coat like an arrow point I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow Fired into the night deep and slow to where I'll never know The hotel

Cupid Graham Parker

Cupid draw back your bow And let your arrow flow Straight to my lover's heart for me Nobody else but me hey hey hey Cupid please hear my cry And let your arrow fly Straight to my lover's heart for me Listen

Yesterday's Cloud Graham Parker

There's a man in my suitcase, a woman in your clothes Skeletons inside us that dance on hot coals Cannibals are outside following our trail All our information comes from junk mail Don't leave it among

Just Like Hermann Hesse Graham Parker

I took off my mask that night and bared my teeth in your face You saw something else living under my skin the wolf with no thought of disgrace I know I know some things you must never confess I drop to

Short Memories Graham Parker

They took their kids in their teenage years Fitted them out with combat gear Filled their hearts with mortal fear and sent them away Some came home their pants in creases Some came home in bits and pieces

White Honey Graham Parker

Intro C F C F C F C F C F C F C G F G C F C F C F C F White honey get it from the candy man C F C F C F C F White honey yeah any time I think I can.

Release Me Graham Parker

Na na nah I can still feel your teethmarks in my neck your footprints on my back And the gris gris you sprinkled in my bed is starting to make me crack I can still hear your twang ringing in my ears, your

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

concrete Waiting for the UFOs Waiting for the UFOs We are waiting for the UFOs We know that they're there We're just a joke they sometimes crack, they'll get away with anything The government is holding back

Long Stem Rose Graham Parker

one of a dozen she's A living thing that's bound to get tired She won't be content just being admired funny that's the way it goes When you're like a long stem rose My long stem rose were you cut down in

Long Stem Rose (BBC Session) Graham Parker

one of a dozen she's A living thing that's bound to get tired She won't be content just being admired funny that's the way it goes When you're like a long stem rose My long stem rose were you cut down in

Success Graham Parker

The dreams and hopes of men Are powered by addiction And who am I to say that This is an affliction When everybody gets Suckered in and lives their Lives like fiction Writing their own story Of success

Museum Of Stupidity Graham Parker

stupidity Where we can hang ourselves and throw away the key Along with the attitudes of the pmrc And this bullshit drug war full of hypocrisy The banning of 2 live crew They'll probably put 2 live crew in

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bop I look at a news cast being broadcast and Try to connect with the events in front of my eyes But I can't see any further than the bills on the table Or my kids

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

Street And the kids beat up old people It's just a soundtrack for your life It's just everyday evil But don't let it break you down Don't let it break you down Don't let it break you down Some people are in

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

D A Manhattan baby with a sing song voice G D she got her place in the human zoo D A I went to living on the boulevard G A now that the revolution's due G A She said I've been around from town to town

There’s A Ghost In My House Graham Parker

There's a ghost in my house The ghost of your memories The ghost of the love you took from me Well, our love used to be Only shadows from the past I see Time can't seem to erase The vision of your smiling

That's Where She Ends Up Graham Parker

It's not right the way that you deal with her She's not something you handle like cash To be undressed like Sunday's leftovers To be picked on Monday And Tuesday in the trash That's where she ends up It's

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

the pavement that's where it happens Feel like fire in the midnight air The heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem, yep The heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem and the heat of the soul The heat in Harlem The

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

When I Was King Graham Parker

I was like anyone sitting on a throne made out of china When I was king I had already abdicated Already melted my crown down to sell as scrap But they'd run the first run of stamps People had cashed in

Over The Border (To America) Graham Parker

A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works and a kid kvetches I'm ridin' on a road that stretches Over the border to America Over the border to America I got nothin' but lonesome time A backyard and

Local Girls Graham Parker

They got the walk, they got the talk, right down without a flaw At six o'clock, I got to stop my dreaming at the counter of the store Don't bother with them Without a doubt I got to intercept, must be time

Fools` Gold Graham Parker

A D A D I been doing my homework now for a long long time A D A D And everything that I look for I know I will one day find E D E D I'm a fool so I'm told I get left in the cold E D A Cause I will

Fools' Gold Graham Parker

A D A D I been doing my homework now for a long long time A D A D And everything that I look for I know I will one day find E D E D I'm a fool so I'm told I get left in the cold E D A Cause I will search

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

looked a bit pasty and down Dying as he was to get out of town The lions and the tigers had gnawed at his feet But the lion tamer's whip hurt much more than their teeth The Giovanni Sisters performed in

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

We work through the rituals and cover our poisonous tracks Making good use of weaknesses, horoscopes, rumors and facts Inspired by the needles and pins and the pains in the heart With no control over the

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

end of a rope And the sun is gonna shine again We'll make it around that bend We'll walk together, I swear Cos you're my friend The sun is gonna shine again I have had my mind made up and I have been in

Saturday Nite Is Dead Graham Parker

A Bm A D Everybody just looks ugly now information don't compute A Bm I draw a blank every time I think E A the football crowd is going to give me a boot CHORUS D A E And Saturday night is dead Saturday

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

I once read the story of somebody's life I had a few moments to spare He was a good man who lived with his wife With the usual kids in his hair There was happiness a lot of weirdness And a sprinkle of

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

baby By the working man He was told it was his duty baby Again and again and again They took the slaves from Africa baby Along with sugar sacks To build the British Empire baby And break everybody's back

Green Monkeys Graham Parker

In a distant street a distant beat repeats machine gun like In a forest grows a sweet fruit filled with poison In a clear blue sky a plane bursts into flames high above us In an office blind machines blink

Discovering Japan Graham Parker

a halt And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo She knows how hard her heart grows under the nuclear shadows She can't escape the feeling repeating in

Guardian Angel Graham Parker

stay on Earth their job to do The task is not too great When the cup slips from your hand And the world slips from your mind You can fall into a dream You don't have to know that they're here all the time

Protection Graham Parker

off this sound I'm ready to go down I don't know myself, I don't you either You're full of disease it's something I discovered I know you've been mixing with Big Brother's brother It ain't the knife in

The Kid With The Butterfly Net Graham Parker

She walks through the field Walks in the heat through the field She swings with her arm But can what she catches be real And when you look into her eyes You see what you want When everything was undone

The Kid With The Butterfly Net (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

She walks through the field Walks in the heat through the field She swings with her arm But can what she catches be real And when you look into her eyes You see what you want When everything was undone

Oasis Graham Parker

I am a lucky man that's what I think I might come close to the edge but I never sink And I notice that vulnerable look in your eyes tonight And in the desert that passes for my heart, Sweet rain is falling

Wrapping Paper Graham Parker

I've broken your glass, called someone a dirty name Made a nuisance of myself in front of friends I've dug my own grave, please don't let me lie in it Instead let's bury everything that caused us pain

Wrapping Paper (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

I've broken your glass, called someone a dirty name Made a nuisance of myself in front of friends I've dug my own grave, please don't let me lie in it Instead let's bury everything that caused us pain

Everything Goes Graham Parker

Another schoolgirl disappears She's the twenty third one this year They're gonna search on the river bank And in the disused water tank But everything goes don't worry don't worry baby Everything'll work

I Was Wrong Graham Parker

I dreamed I was someone special In another life They gave me my fifteen minutes Then they pulled the knife It was just another deal It was just another reel On a tape that keeps on turning In the dark

You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) Graham Parker

As you wash your hair and bathe in Perrier As you hit the bank machine at night Drinking money for tomorrow's flight As you count your loss or bet on a black horse Sit behind the wheel of a black Porsche

Everything Goes (Single Version) Graham Parker

Another schoolgirl disappears She's the twenty third one this year They're gonna search on the river bank And in the disused water tank But everything goes don't worry don't worry baby Everything'll work