Silly Thing Graham Parker

A E You want me be someone better A E I just wanna monkey 'round yeah A E You want me to write you a letter A E A E But the words just won't come the right way A E B My pen won't listen to a thing that

Ten Girls Ago Graham Parker

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 you had something to laugh about But it was just a crazy thing

Dancing For Money Graham Parker

When I ask you for a light you don't turn the lights out When I'm looking for a fight you don't punch my lights out Sometimes they say love is invincible I wouldn't go as far as to say that One thing I

Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

make him pick up the check Well, here it comes here it comes, here it Here, here, here it comes again twice While you were sleeping the neighbors crept in Saw you were naked and called it a sin The next thing

The Girl Isn't Ready Graham Parker

leave us make no mistake The wounds won't be healing The girl isn't ready sure, she thinks she is She walks like a grown up but talks just like a kid She wants to take on the world and his brother Next thing

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

Guardian Angel Graham Parker

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 Your guardian angels are not a distant thing

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

Passion Is No Ordinary Word Graham Parker

It worked much better in a fantasy Imagination's one thing that comes easy to me Cause this is nothing else if not unreal When I pretend to touch you, you pretend to feel CHORUS Passion is no ordinary

Don't Get Excited Graham Parker

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 give me the right sensation it's just another thing

Strong Winds Graham Parker

walk into the early morning Somewhere inside you an early warning bell begins to ring And in the darkest night she takes a telescope Looks through the wrong end and loses hope pointing at the nearest thing

The Kid With The Butterfly Net Graham Parker

want to And all the chains around you cannot keep you prisoner They haven't been made yet For the kid with the butterfly net The kid with the butterfly net And when you close your eyes You don't see a thing

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

want to And all the chains around you cannot keep you prisoner They haven't been made yet For the kid with the butterfly net The kid with the butterfly net And when you close your eyes You don't see a thing

Just Like Joe Meek's Blues Graham Parker

know Joe had an American rival Poor old Joe, poor old Joe It takes a leap of faith To pull the trigger on the world you're accustomed to You might as well take out the landlady too It's only a small thing

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

I read that book for an hour or two And then I looked up at the night sky I saw the Big Dipper and then the Big Bopper And I realised how much time had gone by Every page had something to say But one thing

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 ...

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. G C You wake up early in the morning G C A-pla...

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...

Protection Graham Parker

Capo at 2 (intro D Em G Em D Em G G C So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammedAm C DSo Winston Churchill...

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

"No-one can hide it anymore we know it's not imaginingEven the skeptics are unsure when they stop to thinkPeople are not worth their life now they are obsoleteWe're dying to be invaded and put the ...

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...

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...

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

G C G CI've got a lady doctor She cure da pain for freeG C Bb F GI've got a lady doctor Oh there ain't nothing wrong with me.G C G CI went in with a heart burn into the surgeryTo my surprise two pr...

Heat Treatment Graham Parker

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

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

When the lights are low you know I'm going to go to my hotel chambermaidI'm going to jump the garden and come on hard all rightWhile the river's rolling outside the windowGoing to see her going to ...

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...

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

D AManhattan baby with a sing song voiceG Dshe got her place in the human zooD AI went to living on the boulevardG Anow that the revolution's dueG AShe said I've been around from town to townG Aand...

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...

Love Gets You Twisted Graham Parker

E b e ac#m e a eLove gets you twisted, love gets you twisted all the wayThe hearts are enlisted, the hearts are enlisted to break each dayG#m eI try to straighten out but Im too wrapped up to seeC#...

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 ...

Fools' Gold Graham Parker

A D A DI been doing my homework now for a long long timeA D A DAnd everything that I look for I know I will one day findE D E DI'm a fool so I'm told I get left in the coldE D ACause I will search ...

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

Little Miss Understanding Graham Parker

UnderstandingUnderstandingWhen I get mad I'm really a drag, tear down walls start losing my ragLike a bunch of cats tied up in a bag, how come I make your tail wagYou're little miss understanding y...

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...

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bopI look at a news cast being broadcast andTry to connect with the events in front of my eyesBut I can't see any further than the bills on the tableOr my kids ...

Soultime Graham Parker

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

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...

Sugar Gives You Energy Graham Parker

I believe every man has a chance to make goodI'm convinced that this is soEqual opportunity for the king or the hoodAnd everybody knowsSugar gives you energy Sugar gives you energySugar gives you e...

Daddy's A Postman Graham Parker

We wake up every morning Rush downstairs to the carJump inside it with mummy Her eyes are shining like starsThe sun's like something that God sentThe air's as fresh as our clothesWe're going to the...

Green Monkeys Graham Parker

In a distant street a distant beatrepeats machine gun likeIn a forest grows a sweet fruit filled with poisonIn a clear blue sky a plane burstsinto flames high above usIn an office blind machines bl...

I Was Wrong Graham Parker

I dreamed I was someone specialIn another lifeThey gave me my fifteen minutesThen they pulled the knifeIt was just another dealIt was just another reelOn a tape that keeps on turningIn the dark in ...

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

As you wash your hair and bathe in PerrierAs you hit the bank machine at nightDrinking money for tomorrow's flightAs you count your loss or bet on a black horseSit behind the wheel of a black Porsc...

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

The world was stripped of beauty baby By the working manHe was told it was his duty baby Again and again and againThey took the slaves from Africa baby Along with sugar sacksTo build the British Em...

Everything Goes (Single Version) 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...

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

Now don't get bent out of shapeDon't start tearing out your hairOne a sweet little angelThat stuff's nowhereWhen the bombs go off on Oxford StreetAnd the kids beat up old peopleIt's just a soundtra...

Under The Mask Of Happiness Graham Parker

All the dirt's lying under the carpetHe swallowed a drink and then checked her heartbeatHer wedding gown has been burned to ashesFanned by the flutter of her false lashesOne last chance to kiss aga...