Sammy Hagar Album

Tried to be your paper boy
Tried to be your boy scout
Tried to be your ice cream man
I could not be your soldier
Or even drive your bus
My skills weren't always that obvious

Yeah, but I hope you understand
I'll do the best I can
I ain't no perfect man but Sam I am

I'm a back-talkin' fighter
A silver bullet biter
I'm a flip flop slider
And a guitar moonlighter
I'm your prove it all nighter
Your holy ghost writer
Pale of shade whiter
I'm your rock n roll driver oh yeah oh yeah
That's all I am

I Tried to be your oil man
Tried to be your big boss
Tried to be your broker but you took a loss
It's just a hopeless case
And I ain't no lawyer
I only got a few tricks I can show ya

And I hope you understand it
I'll do the best I can
I ain't no Superman but Sam I am..and I'm

A feel good doctor
A big bad talker
After midnight walker
Sittin on the bay docker

I'm a sunshine stalker
Hodaddy wave watcher
Heaven's door knocker
Blue, white, and red rocker oh yeah oh yeah
That's all I am

I tried to be everything to you
Yeah, but it would not would not do
I got nothin on my resume
But I can rock you and roll you each and every day
Have mercy on me
I am not sorry
Believe me, it's easy
I'll do my best to be a

Straight shot shooter
A bad motor scooter
Sunny honeymooner
Your heavy metal crooner
Make you wanna holler
Shirt with no collar
Wish I was a couple inches taller
White, blue, and red rocker oh yeah oh yeah

Uh I say yeah, yeah, yeah

That's all I am...
That's all I am...
Baby, baby, baby...Sam I Am.

Here we go

Well, I'm ridin' down the beach on my ATV
(Living on a coastline)
I'm just chasin' the sun, she's goin' down on me
(Living on a coastline)

We got a lil bit o sun, a lil bit o beach
A whole lotta fun in everybody's reach
Just step right up, we got another fine day
Don't let the big one get away, yeah

We're livin' on a coastline
(Living on a coastline)
Come on down here, now

(Livin' it up) Yeah
(Livin' it up) Yes we are
We're livin' it up, lovin' it up
Livin' on a coastline

We got a styrafoam chest full of ice cold beer
(Living on a coastline)
We ain't goin' nowhere we got it all right here
(Living on a coastline)

Yeah, stone guaranteed to kill the summertime blues
Put your feet in the sand and throw away your shoes
You just step right up, we got another fine day
Got a nice cool breeze, blow your cares away
Don't take much to have alot to say
Don't let the big one get away

We're livin' on a coastline
(Living on a coastline)
Come on down, yeah

(Livin' it up)
(Livin' it up)
Yeah, we lovin' down here
(Livin' it up)
We're alive down here
Living on a coastline, come on

(Livin' it up)
(Livin' it up)
Wooh, I got your drink right here baby
(Livin' it up)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Living on a coastline

We got North Beach, South Beach, tryin' to find the perfect beach
So come on down, come on down
East West Southwest, nothing but the very best
So come on down, come on down
Before the big one gets away, yeah

Come on down here
I'm waitin' for ya baby
We're just livin', lovin', livin', lovin', livin', lovin'

Uh, hey
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Step right up, we got another fine day
Got a nice cool breeze, blow your cares away
It don't take much to have alot to say
Don't let the big one get away, yeah

(Livin' it up) Hey
(Livin' it up) I'm in love down here
(Livin' it up) Livin' on a beach
Just livin' it, lovin' it, livin', lovin', livin', lovin'

(Livin' it up)
(Livin' it up) Wooh, ice cold brews just wating for you
(Livin' it up) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Living on a coastline

(Livin' it up) Yeah I got your drink right here
(Livin' it up) We waitin' for you baby, come on down
(Livin' it up) Yeah, we livin', lovin', livin', lovin'
Living on a coastline, yeah
Come on down

I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico

A dusty road made of coblestone
The sun goes down, you're here alone
The day is hot, the night gets hotter
Don't you quench your thirst on the local water, oh no

Yeah, the music suite like a cool ((Santana))
You wring your sweat from your red bandana
Like a flash from the past to the pale green coast
This ain't Hollywood, this is Mexico

I think I'm going down

I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
There's a time to stay, there's a time to go home
I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
You cross the borderline with your best fandango

(Oh.....I wanna, oh oh go away oh, Mexico)
I really wanna go now
(Oh.....I wanna, oh oh go away oh, Mexico)

I wanna, I wanna, go to Mexico
I wanna, I wanna, go to Mexico
I wanna, I wanna, go to Mexico
I wanna, I wanna, go to Mexico

(Oh.....I wanna, oh oh go away oh, Mexico)
I really wanna go now

A smokey room señorita
Spinning around on straight tequila
It's all too fast when you're moving slow
This ain't Hollywood, this is Mexico

And my head is spinning 'round

I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
There's a time to stay, there's a time to go home
I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
You cross the borderline with your best fandango

I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico

I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
I really wanna go now
I wanna, I wanna (oh oh)
Go to Mexico
Cross the borderline

I work hard for the money
Wish I didn't have to work at all
Sacrifice some things
Can't live without another
But we goin' to Cabo in the Fall

Get my feet way up high off the ground
Let my hair hang on down

When we party we wanna party (ooh, ooh, ooh)
When we chill we gotta chill
We beach all day, then we dance all night
Then if I can get me some I will
Yeah, 'cause that's the way we live

(Live it up)
(Live it up)
Uh

We don't like sleepin' on the sidewalk
Don't like standin' in lines
But we do what we do
'Cause we gotta do what we wanna do when we wanna do it
Each and every time

Keep our sights way up high
Kiss your trouble goodbye

And when we party we wanna party (ooh, ooh, ooh)
When we chill we gotta chill
Beach all day and then we dance all night
Hey, and if I can get me some I will
Yeah, 'cause that's the way we live

(Best years of our lives)
Oh that's the way we're gonna live
(Next half of our lives)
I wanna live, I wanna live
(Best years of our lives)
Oh, that's the way we live our lives
(Next half of our lives)
Yeah, that's the way we live

(Live it up)
(Live it up)
Live it up
Live it up

Live it up
(Live it up)
Live it up
Live it up, hey

(Get down on the beach)
(Get down on the beach)
(Get down on the beach)
(Get down on the beach)

Listen up
Get down on the beach
We gettin' down on the beach
Get down on the beach
Everybody get down on the beach
Yeah, we got down on the beach

(Live it up)
(Live it up)
Here we go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Live it up)
Live it up
Live it up
Come on
'Cause when we party we wanna party

Beach all day
And we dance all night
And if I can get me some I will
That's the way we live

(Best years of our lives)
That's the way we're gonna live
(Next half of our lives)
Well that's the way we live
(Best years of our lives)
Hey, that's the way we're gonna live
Gonna live, gonna live, we gonna live our lives

(Best years of our lives)
Live it up, live it up
(Next half of our lives) Hey
(Best years of our lives)
(Next half of our lives)
We gonna live our lives
(Best years of our lives)
Come on, come on, live it up, live it up
(Next half of our lives)

Well, we got winners
We got losers
Chain smokers and boozers
And we got high-techs
We got bikers
And plenty of thirsty hitchhikers

And the girls next door dress up like movie stars
Hmm, hmm, hmm
I love this bar

We got divorcees
And a big ol' bouncer man
We got dancing girls
We got a damn good band
We got waitresses
Yeah, we got bar flies
We got a dumb ass
We got a wise guy

And if we get too drunk you can sleep out in your car
Uh huh, huh
I sure love this bar

I love my bar
My kind of place
Where just walking through that front door
It puts a big smile on my face

No cover charge
Come as you are
Uh huh, huh
Whoo, I love this bar

I like my truck (I like my truck)
I like my old lady (I like your girlfriend)
I like to take her out to dinner
Take in a movie now and then

But I love my bar
It's my kind of place
We just strolling around the dance floor
Keeps a big smile on my face

It ain't too far
So come as you are
Uh huh, huh
I sure love this bar

'Cause we got ((Sammy Hagar:Red|Red))heads
We got ((Grateful Dead|Dead))heads
We got a bunch of juicers and potheads
And we got ((Van Halen:Cabo Wabo|Cabo))
Now we got Tahoe
Come on baby, the whole world's gonna ((Van Halen:Cabo Wabo|Wabo))

And we all know just exactly who we are, don't we now
Uh huh, huh
I love this bar, well
Uh huh, huh
I love this bar, whoo yes I do
Yeah man, uh

(Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay)

Yeah man, here we go

One sip and you'll surrender
One taste and you will fall
My love won't hurt you in the morning
My love will never hurt at all

Just two ounces of commitment
Now shake it up and pour it tall
One sip and you'll surrender
One taste and you will fall

And high and dry martinis
And fine vintage red wine
With a couple shots of ((Van Halen:Cabo Wabo|Cabo))
With a salt shake and a lick o' lime

Get your mind of that barstool
Before you spend your last dime
And that little buzz you're feelin'
Will be right there every time, that's right

(Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay)

And one sip and you'll surrender
One taste and you will fall
My love won't hurt you in the morning
My love will never hurt at all

Take two ounces of commitment
Now shake it up and pour it tall, mmm
One sip and you'll surrender
And one taste and you will fall

Baby, one sip and you'll surrender
And one taste and you will fall, yeah
(Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay)
Come on baby, hey
Uh huh

(Everybody must get stoned)

Well, they'll stone you when you're trying to be so good
Hey, and they'll stone you just like they said they would
Well, then they'll stone you when you're tryin' to go home
And they'll stone ya when you're left all alone
But I would not feel so all alone, talk to me
Everybody must get stoned, tonight we will

Yeah, wooh
Oh, Lord have mercy now
Uh huh, just like that
Come on, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Over here now, give it up, you over there

Well, they'll stone you when you're walkin' down the street
And they'll stone you when you're tryin' to find your seat
Hey, I've seen people stoned when they're walkin' through the door
Hey, hey, I've seen 'em stoned, and they'll come back for more
But I would not feel so all alone
Not tonight, 'cause everybody must get stoned

Right now, uh huh, yeah
Oh, that's what I'm talkin' about
Bring it on home
Wooh, ow, ow, ow
I said right now, right now

Well, hell I would not feel so all alone
'Cause everybody must get stoned

Yeah, wooh
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout
I could use some of that
(Another one of those)

Halfway to Memphis, drivin' in the rain
Self confidence slippin', still runnin' away
From the face in the mirror, the lines on the face
From New York City to the San Francisco Bay

From the ghost in the closet
The monkey on your back
From the one that really knows you
Been there watchin' your back
But the fire in your belly still burns

Just be yourself
You're like no one else
There's nobody like you
You can't find it on the shelf

Just let the world know
That you're ready for show
Count three and let go
Before you turn around and go home
Turn around, baby

Down by the lilikoi near the old stone wall
There time stands still, yet the water still falls
There nothing much changes but the seasons still change
Just wishin' and hopin' to break even again

You take these things with you
You take 'em to the heart
But take nothing for granted
Well, there's a good place to start
Until you feel light circle again

Just be yourself
You're like no one else
There's nobody like you
You can't find it on the shelf

Just let the world know
That you're ready for show
Count three and let go
Before you turn around and go home

There ain't no sanctuary
Young ((Jeff Buckley)) blood
You're halfway to Memphis
In the Mississippi mud

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Be yourself
You're like no one else
There's nobody like you
You can't find it on the shelf

Just let the world know
That you're ready for show
Count three and let go
Before you turn around and go home

Turn yourself around and get back home
Just turn around and go home

I've been up and down this highway
Feelin' washed up on the shore
But I can see the sun slowly risin' out there
And I count down one more

And with the world up off my shoulders
Hey, I can stand up straight and tall
And slip my feet back in those worn out shoes
And still make last call

And we go (sailin')
Mmm hmm, (sailin')
I wanna go (sailin')
On that magic ship we're on
((The Beach Boys:Sail On, Sailor|Sail on sailor)), sail on

To that place in my head
That simple place I've never been, no
They say the sun never goes down there
Raise the canvas to the wind

And we'll go (sailin')
I wanna go (sailin')
Hey, I wanna go (sailin')
Sailin' from the sunset till dawn
((The Beach Boys:Sail On, Sailor|Sail on sailor)), sail on
Mmm, sail on

I wanna go (sailin') (Cortez)
I wanna go (sailin') (Magellan)
Baby, let's go (sailin') (Christopher Columbus)
Oh, I wanna go sailin' (sailin') (Sir Francis Drake)
We gotta go sailin' (sailin')
I wanna go (Jacques Couteau) (sailin')
Have that wind in my face (((Jimmy Buffet)))
Oh we go sailin', sailin' (sailin')
((The Beach Boys:Sail On, Sailor|Sail on sailor))
Let's go sailin'
'Cause I wanna go sailin'

I know a place
Ain't nobody cryin'
There ain't nobody lyin'
Lyin' to the races
Big ol' smile upon their faces
Oh help me, oh help me now

'Cause I know a place
There ain't nobody worryin'
Ain't nobody hurryin'
Like their time is wastin'

They're slowin' down their paces
Smilin' to the races (I'll take you there)
Oh, everybody happy now (I'll take you there)
Everybody workin', oh workin' (I'll take you there)
Oh, we'll take you there, yeah (I'll take you there)
Now let me take you (I'll take you there)
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna take you there (I'll take you there)

Oh, I said let me take you down, oh
(Let me take you down) I wanna, I gotta
(Let me take you down) Down in ((Van Halen:Cabo Wabo|Cabo))
We'll be kissin' the ground

Come on, hey

Uh huh, I know a place
Where everybody happy
And everybody's laughing
Laughin' at that rat race

Got big ole smile upon their faces (I'll take you there)
Lyin' in the sun, lovin' everyone
Down there havin' fun come on, come on (I'll take you there)
Oh, I wanna take you (I'll take you there)
Yeah let me take you (I'll take you there)
Uh huh, you got to let me (I'll take you there)
Come on now come on a, come on a (I'll take you there)

Oh yeah, let me take you down, I wanna
(Let me take you down) Ow, I gotta
(Let me take you down) Hey, face down in ((Van Halen:Cabo Wabo|Cabo))
Cabo!

I said now let me take you down
(Let me take you down) Come on now, come on now
(Let me take you down) Woah
(Let me take you down) Ow, I wanna take you there
(Let me take you down) I gotta take you
(Let me take you down) Give it, uh uh uh
(Let me take you down) I take you there
(Let me take you down) Ow
(Let me take you down)

Dim the lights when you're not sleeping
Lay the book down on the floor
Spread the dream across your pillow
Unlock the door

And make a wish, love will find you
Cuddled safely in your room
Close your eyes, go to sleep now
If you're to ((Sammy Hagar:Young Girl Blues|rise before noon))

Guardian angels come back to me
Bring me visions like I've never seen
Inspiration in my dreams
Can let your love light shine down on me

Love, wherever you are
Come and find us, no matter how far away
Teach us the way to our soul
That hollow feeling ever no more