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

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

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

Local Girls Graham Parker

Sit by my window and look outside, wonder why the sun don't shine on me What's wrong with you, you stupid child, don't you think that I'm the one you're waiting to see?

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

OK Hieronymus Graham Parker

into his mouth She takes a rope and ties up the house, with the kids inside; They just want to curl right up and die Them and us are only passing by Hey Hieronymous I know where your garden grows I know

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

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

Blue Highways Graham Parker

The kid's left home, the kid's got a kid of her own Don't knock that 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

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

performed in a sweat Someone cut holes in the safety net The Ritzo Brothers cancelled at the last minute But no one missed their act there wasn't much in it And after the show that night The clowns had

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

You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

Did they tear it out, with talons of steel And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel And washed it away, as if it wasn't real It's just a mistake, I won't have to face Don't give it a name, don't

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

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

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

And It Shook Me Graham Parker

And it shook me, it shook me up, it shook me up, yeah I remember the way you looked when we first met There are some things in this world you can't forget You were standing underneath the light I lost

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

dishes Like an army of lieutenants all standing to attention And a book about you where YOU don't get a mention With her hand on a Bible she's right in your face She's a living example of God's bad taste

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

G C G C I've got a lady doctor She cure da pain for free G C Bb F G I've got a lady doctor Oh there ain't nothing wrong with me.

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

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem and the heat of the soul Ring that number hear that timbre Watch my senses go right out the door Born on the pavement that's where it happens Rocking the apartment on

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

in Jonjoping Fake glass baubles hang in the station Just like the passenger's imitation Then it hits you she was just the dregs All you wanna do now is break her legs Kick that brunette into a pond Replace

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

in Jonjoping Fake glass baubles hang in the station Just like the passenger's imitation Then it hits you she was just the dregs All you wanna do now is break her legs Kick that brunette into a pond Replace

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

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

Soul Shoes Graham Parker

Intro G CG (4 times VERSE G CG G CG Well I ain't got no worry I ain't in no hurry You better tell your mother, That you're a real soul brother Hey hey!

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

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

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

When I Was King Graham Parker

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 on with it arrange the coronation I just didn't turn up, I just

My Love's Strong Graham Parker

When the world's asleep And there's no one in your arms Raindrops hit the window Like distant alarms You don't have to worry Hey girl don't you cry My love beats adversity baby Eats it alive And I got

Sugar Gives You Energy Graham Parker

I believe every man has a chance to make good I'm convinced that this is so Equal opportunity for the king or the hood And everybody knows Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you

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

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

sweating bricks The only time the world makes sense to us is when we come Love is a burning, love is a burning love is a burning question On the tip of your tongue, baby baby I'll endlessly make you and

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

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

Children And Dogs Graham Parker

She said she just wanted a friend And then she'd be good Something to play with now again And give lots of food We've got a yard that's big enough She says he's like a dream But they've got us running

Little Miss Understanding Graham Parker

in a bag, how come I make your tail wag You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah I know I got

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

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

Museum Of Stupidity Graham Parker

One day there'll be a museum of 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

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

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

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

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 plan But charm any man you see, And play with everything one that you can But I've got news for you baby, I hope it don't hit you too

Get Started. Start A Fire Graham Parker

The mona lisa's sister doesn't smile She tried to pose but only for a while Leonardo sent her home since then she has lived alone With her few belongings and a copy of a painting of herself unhappy She

The Girl Isn't Ready Graham Parker

The girl isn't ready, the girl isn't ready The girl isn't ready, is what her mother says We just put her toys away, it seems like yesterday She has seen something better through the window She will reach

Discovering Japan Graham Parker

Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking The Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

The world was stripped of beauty 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

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

tragedy I pulled it by chance from a second hand bin But it could've been written just for me Because the words came out Not twist and shout Cause that's not what a grown man writes about That chapter's