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Released: May 1979
Recorded: Jan 4, 1979 - 1979
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- Company Man
Company Man
It seems you’ve been living on your own
Lonely and free
Looking to make yourself known
Same as me
Well I see you in the public eyes
I see you’re looking fine
The boy would be a businessman
And he signs the bottom line(Chorus)
Singing company man, do what you can with my name
Rock’n’roll, man here I am
I’m stacking my claim to fameHe’s got the smiling face of a friend
Still you’re not quite certain you know him
The smile turns into a grin
What do you owe him
You know you owe himSo if there’s something you do well
Something you’re proud of
Better to save some for yourself
If that’s allowed
The crowd will never know you
You’ll hardly know yourself
They’ll turn you ’round and blow you up
‘Til you think you’re someone else– Chorus –
He can turn your time to gold
You better make as much as you can my friend
‘Cause his money will turn you old
And they need a young man
The job takes a young man - Johnnie Comes Back
Johnnie Comes Back
All last week and half of today
Johnnie has been a good little girl
Trying to keep her devils at bay
Watching her health return
But she always comes back for more
Hanging her head and banging my door
Johnnie comes back again(Chorus)
I said, Johnnie remember
Oh Johnnie be good
“Please give me some medicine man”
Oh Johnnie comes back againWhere’d she get that tear in her eye
Whoever said she could leave me
Where’d she learn to say good-bye
She’s been watching too much T.V.
She only shows up for meals
My medicine chest and my automobiles
Johnnie comes back again– Chorus –
Me, I’m just an evil demon
I’m playing on her weakness
Counting on her sickness
To bring her home againTo use me up and to rob me blind
I guess it shouldn’t surprise me
Fighting and flashing like a fish on a line
My God, she must despise me
But she always comes back again
Now it won’t be long ’til she’s gone again
Johnnie comes back again– Chorus –
- Day Tripper
Day Tripper
I’ve got a good reason
For taking the easy way out
I got a good reason
For taking the easy way outShe was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah
It took me so
So long to find out but I found outNow she’s a big teaser
She took me half the way there
She’s a big teaser
She took me half the way thereIt was a day tripper
Sunday driver now
It took me so
So long but you know I found outYou can try to please her
She only plays one night stands
You can try just to please her
She only plays one night standsShe was a day tripper
One way baggage, yeah
It took me so
So long, well you know that I found out
(When I found out, when found out)I got a good reason
For taking the easy way out
Yes, I got a good reason
For taking the easy way outShe was a day tripper
One way driver, yeah
It took me so long to find out
But I found outWell, I got a good reason
For taking the easy way out
Yes, I got a good reason
Girl, for taking the easy way outShe was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah
It took me so
So long to find out but I found out - I Will Not Lie For You
I Will Not Lie For You
I will not lie
I will not lie
I will not lie
I will not lie for youEverytime I see you fooling around on him
I can’t help but remember
That he calls me his friend
It’s only right for me to tell you
When it’s the wrong thing to do
It’s only right that you should know
If he comes to me
I will not lie for you
No, I won’t lie for youIt’s hard enough to see him stumbling blind
I refuse to see him lose you and me at the same time
It’s only right for me to tell you
When it’s the wrong thing to do
It’s only right that you should know
If he comes to me
I will not lie for you
No, won’t lie for youTo come here as your friend and have you come on like my lover
Like to bring things to an end
Between myself and my brother
If it was any other man I would not interfere
But if you come on to me again
I don’t see how to stand clearIt’s only right for me to tell you
When it’s the wrong thing to do
It’s only right that you should know
If he asks me
I will not lie for you
Mama, I won’t lie for youIf it was any other man I would not interfere
When you come on to me again
I don’t see how to stand clearIt’s only right for me to tell you
When it’s the wrong thing to do
It’s only right that you should know
If he asks me
I will not lie
I Will not lie
I will not lie
I Will not lie for youNo, I won’t lie for you
Little girl, I won’t lie for you
No, I won’t lie to him for you
I will not lie for you - Brother Trucker
Brother Trucker
Breaker number nine big buddy
Put your ears on me now
This trucker got to have a big lie tonight
Come on sucker
Come back brother trucker
I keep seeing double
unless I close one eyeAnd I’ve got to roll, roll, roll brother trucker
Sure enough a shame ’bout the shape I’m in
Roll, roll, roll brother trucker
I’m back on my wheels again
Roll, roll, roll brother trucker
Someone to love the truck driving man
Roll, roll, roll brother trucker
I’m back on my wheels againI’m a driving fool
I make my own rules
One part man and one part mule
One part fossil fuel
I got the heart of steel
I pull eighteen wheels
Mister nine to five in his Coup de Ville
No, never know how it feelsTo really roll, roll, roll brother trucker
Holding my own just the best as I can
Roll, roll, roll brother trucker
I’m back on my wheels againRoll, roll, roll brother trucker
Outward bound from South Bend
Roll, roll, roll brother trucker
I’m back on my wheels againMoon over New Jersey
Big state police
Well, I’m in a hurry
Could you let me go in peace
I’m an independent
I don’t make no teamster dough
‘Cause the A.F.L. and the C.I.O.
Still don’t own the road
And the only man telling me where to go
Is the man who owns my loadAnd he says roll, roll, roll brother trucker
I say where and you say when
Roll, roll, roll brother trucker
Get back on your wheels again
Turn the Goddamn thing around and do it again
Roll, roll, roll brother trucker
I’m back on my wheels again
Fat bucket, I’m back on my wheels again - Is That The Way You Look?
Is That The Way You Look?
Excuse me? Excuse me, yes?
Is that the way you look? Is that the way you look?
Is that the way you look? Is that really the way that you look now?
Oh darling, darling, is that the way you look?Is that really your eyes, is that really your hair?
Is that really the way you walk on by, are those the clothes you wear?
Oh darling, darling, is that the way you look?Woh, baby, oh baby. Woh, baby, baby, baby, I got the question for you
Woh, baby, oh baby. Woh, baby, baby, baby, tell me now is it true?
Is that the way you look? No, no I mean is that the way you really look?
Is that the way you look, is that the way you look?Baby, maybe I’m dreaming, but I’ll be bound-
whoever wakes me up, I’m going to knock him down.
Oh darling, darling, is that the way you look?Well I rubbed my eyes and I pinched my leg.
And I asked my friend and I shook my head,
But baby, is that the way you look? - B.S.U.R.
B.S.U.R.
She’s been holding on too long
Hoping I’m gonna change
Giving it up just a little bit more
Each time I come home
Looking and acting strange
Putting her down for putting up with me(Chorus)
Be as you are
As you see as I am I am
Be as you are
As you see as I am I amDo you think you might improve me
Trying to take control
Watching every little thing I do
Just like a bleeding movie
Just like a leading role
Mama, this ain’t me and I don’t
Believe that’s you– Chorus –
First you make believe
I believe the things
That you make believe
And I’m bound to let you down
Then it’s I who have been deceiving
Purposely misleading
And all along you believed in meSo we circle around one another
Playing I guessing game
Strangers at this masquerade
Pretending to know each other
We strain to catch a name
And never see the mistakes we must have made– Chorus –
- Rainy Day Man
Rainy Day Man
What good is that happy lie
All you wanted from the start was to cryIt looks like another fall
Your good friends they don’t seem to help at all
When you’re feeling kind of cold and small
Just look up your rainy day manIt does you no good to pretend child
You’ve made a hole much too big to mend
And it looks like you lose again, my friend
Call on your rainy day manNow rainy day man he don’t like sunshine
He don’t chase rainbows
He don’t need good times
Grey days rolling
Then you’ll see him
Empty feeling
Now you need himAll those noble thoughts they just don’t belong
You can’t hide the truth with a happy song
And since you knew where you stood all along
Just look up your rainy day manNow simple pleasures they all evade you
Store-bought treasures none can save you
Look for signs to ease the pain
Ask again
Go on and pray for rainIt looks like another fall
Your good friends they don’t seem to help at all
When you’re feeling kind of cold and small
Just look up your rainy day man
All I need to do is look up my rainy day manNow what good is that happy lie
All you wanted from the start was to cry - Millworker
Millworker
Now my grandfather was a sailor
He blew in off the water
My father was a farmer
And I, his only daughter
Took up with a no good millworking man
From Massachusetts
Who dies from too much whiskey
And leaves me these three faces to feedMillwork ain’t easy
Millwork ain’t hard
Millwork it ain’t nothing
But an awful boring job
I’m waiting (on) a daydream
To take me through the morning
And put me in my coffee break
Where I can have a sandwich
And rememberThen it’s me and my machine
For the rest of the morning
(and) the rest of the afternoon
And the rest of my lifeNow my mind begins to wander
To the days back on the farm
I can see my father smiling at me
Swinging on his arm
I can hear my granddad’s stories
Of the storms out on Lake Eerie
Where vessels and cargos and fortunes
And sailors’ lives were lost(Yeah), but it’s my life has been wasted
And I have been the fool
To let this manufacturer
Use my body for a tool
(I’ll) ride home in the evening
Staring at my hands
Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl
Ought to stand a better chanceSo may I work the mills just as long as I am able
And never meet the man whose name is on the label(still it’s)me and my machine
For the rest of the morning
And the rest of the afternoon (and on and on and on…)
for the rest of my life - Up On The Roof
Up On The Roof
When this old world starts a getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I’m gonna climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into spaceOn the roof it’s peaceful as can be
And there the world below, it don’t bother meNo no no
So when I come home feeling tired and beat
I’ll go up where the air is fresh and sweet for me now
I’get far away from the hustling crowd
And all that rat race noise down in the streetOh on the roof, that’s the only place that I know
Look at the city baby
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Lets go up on my roofAnd at night the stars, they put on a show for free
And darlin’ you can share it all with meHear what I say
Keep on tellin’ you thatRight smack dab in the middle of town
I’ve found a paradise just about trouble proof
And if this old world starts a getting you down
Well there’s room enough for two up on my roofUp on the roof
Up on the roof
Up on the roof, ohh
Everything is alright
Everything is alright
Come onPut down what your doing tonight
And climb up the stairs and then you’ll see me
We got the stars up above us and the city lights below
ohh ohhh ohhh
Up on the roof - Chanson Française
Chanson Française
J’ai trouvé cette chanson française
Mise dans un coin,
Tout au fond de mon crâne
Pas encore exprimée.Et donc je manque des idées anglaises,
Paraître, peut-être, quelque chose, je n’ai pas pensé.
Si je dis que je t’aime,
Ce n’est pas tout à fait
La vielle même chose,
Car les mots que je dis
Ne viennent pas du même éspritEt me voici, baby
Etranger nouveau
J’essaye et j’essaye mais je sais
Que je n’ai pas assez de françaisMais qu’est ce qu’on peut dire?
Il me faut finir
Suffisant à dire
Je ne vais jamais écrire
Encore une chanson françaiseAu revoir, mes amis,
Je vous aime beaucoup.———-
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
I found this French song
That had been left somewhere
At the bottom of my skull
Not yet expressedAnd since I’m missing English ideas
Let there appear, maybe, something I hadn’t thought.
If I say I love you
It’s not at all
The same old thing
Since the words that I say
Don’t come from the same mindAnd here I am, baby
New foreigner
I try and I try, but I know
That I don’t have enough French.But what can I say?
I need to finish
Suffice it to say
That I will never again
Write another French songGoodbye, my friends
I love you very much. - Sleep Come Free Me
Sleep Come Free Me
Well, I’ve been lying in this dungeon
Since I was eighteen
Ten lonely years of my life taken
I’ve been living in the pages of a magazine
It breaks my heart to awaken(Chorus)
Set me free
Sleep come free me (please, please, please)
Set me free
Set me freeNow the state of Alabama says I killed a man
The jury reached the same conclusion
I remember I was there
With a tire iron in my hand
The rest is all confusion– Chorus –
More like an animal and less like a man
What they leave you ain’t worth keeping
Brother let me tell you
I got a clock with no hands
The only way out is through sleeping– Chorus –
You get to where you used to be
Whoever you claim
It’s open to interpretation
Just remember your number
And abandon your name
And hold on to your imagination
Oh no no– Chorus –