Don't Get Excited Graham Parker

excited I've been running round in circles and jump jump jumping out of cars They put animals in cages specimens in jars It's summer now there's no temptation and baby nails digging under skin It don't

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

eyes But I can't see any further than the bills on the table Or my kids first Halloween disguise ooooh Then I drive into town And go to the Hudson Valley Mall And look at the youth in their White snake T

Get Started. Start A Fire Graham Parker

started, start a fire Get started, start a fire Get started, start a fire Get started, start a fire Marilyn was lying all alone with an empty bottle by the phone Kennedy was not around she was cold when

Protection Graham Parker

Churchill said I could have smacked his head Em G G C And all of those infected waiting to be collected Am C D I must get

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

Now don't get bent out of shape Don't start tearing out your hair One a sweet little angel That stuff's nowhere When the bombs go off on Oxford Street And the kids beat up old people It's just a soundtrack

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.

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

When the lights are low you know I'm going to go to my hotel chambermaid I'm going to jump the garden and come on hard all right While the river's rolling outside the window Going to see her going to get

Too Many Knots To Untangle Graham Parker

I don't understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you Cos when the doors get locked and the windows are shuttered The oaths get broken

Blue Highways Graham Parker

door, don't knock it, nobody's home The mystery sign, turn off and follow it blind The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust mist It only leads to somewhere you'll never miss You'll never miss Get

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

they just keep herding through that gate CHORUS D A And do the New York shuffle, baby New York scuffle, G D Going to stay awake all night D A Do the New York shuffle, baby New York scuffle, G A D D A D Get

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

Someday we will cross a bridge, someday we will see That I can lean on you and you can put your weight on me And every man will get a chance to be what a man wants to be And every woman will look at her

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

till they all go stagnant She wants so many things beamed in on a satellite Served up on a silver tray a wasp and parasite She wants so many things where you gonna find them all She wants so many things get

Yesterday's Cloud Graham Parker

over us, cos that was yesterday's cloud Still hanging over us There's an elephant of memory, a monkey on a back A poisonous whirlpool, swirling and black I know we have tasted the fobidden ugly fruit Get

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

to be invaded and put the blame on something 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

Long Stem Rose Graham Parker

My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece She's not disposed to being 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

Long Stem Rose (BBC Session) Graham Parker

My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece She's not disposed to being 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

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

REPEAT CHORUS Well all the cats said go see her it's only just down the road You go in with pneumonia come out with just a heavy cold She won't give you no jargon no medical how-do-you-do Well just get

Release Me Graham Parker

belle I said release me, but please don't let me know I said release me, but please don't let me go Ah my blood's still boiling, like a snake you come coiling Ready to strike When the night comes down I get

Call Me Your Doctor Graham Parker

Call me your doctor if you want, I'll get the cure out To be administered before sleep Call out the thing you really want And I'll be there I'll make a housecall I'll find the problem's root No matter

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

what I am I'm just your man I'm just your man just your man that's all And if I can't be that I'm no man at all I'm not a burnin comet that fell out of the sky I know I'm just like the next clown when I get

That's Where She Ends Up Graham Parker

her a slice of the good life But you're buying time that's all One day she'll pull out the big knife Well you say that you love her You don't love her at all You don't love her at all One day she'll get

Love Gets You Twisted Graham Parker

wrapped up to see C#m ab I dont know how its supposed to be Love gets you twisted love gets you twisted inside out I knew that it existed I knew that it existed I had no doubt When shes in my arms I get

Little Miss Understanding Graham Parker

Understanding Understanding When I get mad I'm really a drag, tear down walls start losing my rag Like a bunch of cats tied up in a bag, how come I make your tail wag You're little miss understanding yeah

Soultime Graham Parker

When I was a boy I never felt The weight I'm feeling I had a crowd around me And that was that I'd get on the bus and go to the Ata every weekend And feel the ultraviolet show the fluff up on my collar

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

Over The Border (To America) Graham Parker

Order everyone a triple decker We're gonna buy a thousand pair of nylons Come and live on Staten Island Oh Liberty let me walk in there Where law and justice are always fair There's only one place to get

When I Was King Graham Parker

abdicated Already melted my crown down to sell as scrap But they'd run the first run of stamps People had cashed in their post office savings To buy some and lick the back of my neck I just let them get

Ten Girls Ago Graham Parker

girls ago I kicked it but I ended up in pain But it was just a crazy thing Flying an airplane made of string Sweet pain of a needle's sting Ten girls ago Wrap it up in a paper cup Put it in a bag for me Get

Back In Time Graham Parker

back in time Back in time You head down to the local try to find a focal point A scratch in the wallpaper but it's all been wallpapered over Down at the newsagents it's all pornography And you try to get

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

thrash in the heat in an effort to beat up the world Then we loose our identities replace them with diamonds and pearls Don't be as hard as hard as nails You might be born to win and then your heart fails Get

Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

the fence You'll wind up a victim of zero tolerance Let's hold some bastard up for example take his blood and a urine sample Remind him that man belongs down a man hole three times and then Ah yeah, get

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

The ringmaster 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

There’s A Ghost In My House Graham Parker

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 face Though you found someone new I can't get

Soul Shoes Graham Parker

Intro G CG (4 timesVERSEG CG G CGWell I ain't got no worry I ain't in no hurryYou better tell your mother, That you're a real soul brother Hey hey!I have to say it's all right About five past midni...

Heat Treatment Graham Parker

Thanks to Robert Watson for a complete revision of this chart. Robert's chart has the Em over the word

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Graham Parker

You think you've got it all set up,You think you've got a perfect planBut charm any man you see,And play with everything one that you canBut I've got news for you baby,I hope it don't hit you too h...

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

I ain't stopping fingers keep boppingSwing band rocking from the street to the barWest Coast's dated music's overratedHere it on the radio in every carThe heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem, yepThe ...

Saturday Nite Is Dead Graham Parker

A Bm A DEverybody just looks ugly now information don't computeA BmI draw a blank every time I thinkE Athe football crowd is going to give me a bootCHORUSD A EAnd Saturday night is dead Saturday ni...

You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

Did they tear it out, with talons of steelAnd give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feelAnd washed it away, as if it wasn't realIt's just a mistake, I won't have to faceDon't give it a name, don't ...

Silly Thing Graham Parker

A EYou want me be someone betterA EI just wanna monkey 'round yeahA EYou want me to write you a letterA E A EBut the words just won't come the right wayA E BMy pen won't listen to a thing that I sa...

Local Girls Graham Parker

Sit by my window and look outside, wonder why the sun don't shine on meWhat's wrong with you, you stupid child, don't you think that I'm the one you're waiting to see?Don't talk too much 'cause she...

Don't Ask Me Questions Graham Parker

Lead Guitar intro Em Bm A Em Bm D A Bm then Bm G Bm G Bm G Crimson autograph is what we leave behind, Everywhere man set foot. Em Bm F

Black Honey Graham Parker

for his corrections. This used to be capo at 2 but since I can't find my capo just now, I've put it in open chords. Intro G D F

Discovering Japan Graham Parker

Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quakingThe Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a haltAnd there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays youAnd every kiss enslaves you-oo...

Passion Is No Ordinary Word Graham Parker

It worked much better in a fantasyImagination's one thing that comes easy to meCause this is nothing else if not unrealWhen I pretend to touch you, you pretend to feelCHORUSPassion is no ordinary w...

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...

My Love's Strong Graham Parker

When the world's asleepAnd there's no one in your armsRaindrops hit the windowLike distant alarmsYou don't have to worryHey girl don't you cryMy love beats adversity babyEats it aliveAnd I got a re...

Dancing For Money Graham Parker

When I ask you for a light you don't turn the lights outWhen I'm looking for a fight you don't punch my lights outSometimes they say love is invincibleI wouldn't go as far as to say thatOne thing I...

Everything Goes Graham Parker

Another schoolgirl disappearsShe's the twenty third one this yearThey're gonna search on the river bankAnd in the disused water tankBut everything goes don't worry don't worry babyEverything'll wor...