Status Quo Album

Once upon a time not so very long ago
There wasn't such a thing as a rock'n'roll show
You had to sit at home and listen to the radio
Then came a man with a rockin' guitar
Found himself a beat and he played it near and far
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll

Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?

He travelled round the world in a rock-n-roll band
He stood there like a giant with a guitar in his hand
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll
Nobody cared about the clothes he would wear
Nobody cared about the colour of his hair
Everybody came to see and let the good times roll

Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?

Now we've got the rhythm in us now we've got the rock
Time didn't matter never living by the clock
Everybody came to hear him playing his rock-n-roll
Then came a line when the music didn't rhyme
He couldn't find the rhyme 'cos he couldn't find the time
But still the people came to listen to the good times roll

Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Again again again again again again again again
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again?
Why don't you do it, why don't you do it again

I'm not a little boy, I've lived alone and never loved so more
But when she touches me I'm on the way, I'm underneath the floor

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away

I sit down in a chair and read a book as if I couldn't there
But she is in a room and I must look I see her everywhere

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away

She opens up her eyes as if to speak
She looks at me and I am weak
Her eyes they seem much bigger than before
I cannot think anymore

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away

You're setting me up, you're turning me down
You're turning me over and spinning me round
You think you run the show and so you'd better get ready
I'm gonna read you the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me.

I'm checking you out, I'm checking you in
I'm checking you over before I begin
I'm gonna show you how and baby you're gonna make it
Because I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me

You played around, you took me for a ride
I'm the one that always had to try
Now there's no more changing me, and baby can't you see
That all I want is no more changing you

I'm picking you up, I'm putting you down
I'm turning you over and spinning you round
Because I'm running the show, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm gonna even the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me.

I'm picking you up and putting you down
I'm turning you over and spinning you round
Because I'm running the show, I'm gonna teach you to love me
I'm gonna even the score, I'm gonna teach you to love me.
Because I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me
You know I told you before, I'm gonna teach you to love me

Down by the side of the hotel all-nighter
Is your old grey door
Men gather round with the fear that a lawman
Will come to clean up the floor
One a week it all begins
10:15 for sure

Smoke fills the room, they arrive in a hurry
Bring the tears to my eyes

Someone show me outta here
Someone show me home
Someone show me, I can't stay
To see you act that way

Out on the street people moving in closer
I take the lift nineteen floors
Right to the top to the edge set for falling
I look down to see you there

Someone show me outta here
Someone show me home
Someone show me, I can't stay
To see you act that way

Someone show me outta here
Someone show me home
Someone show me, I can't stay
To see you act that way

Well, if you're ever in Los Angeles and you've got time to spare
Take a stroll up Sunset Boulevard, you'll find the whisky there
Gliding round the tables with wondrous, natural ease
Serving two-star brandy is the body you have to see, all belonging to

Long-legged Linda, she sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the whisky tonight

Oh, should boogie-woogie with Linda, though she dances like a dream
She acts like she's a thousand but she's barely sweet sixteen
She re-arranged my brain-cells and took control of me
So if I miss my plain to Jacksonville you can guess where I'll still be, I'll be digging

Long-legged Linda, she sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the whisky tonight

She re-arranged my brain-cells and took control of me
So if I miss my plain to Jacksonville you can guess where I'll still be, I'll be digging

Long-legged Linda, she sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the whisky tonight

Long-legged Linda, she sure was worth the flight
Long-legged Linda is playing the whisky tonight
Long-legged Linda, long-legged Linda
Long-legged Linda, long-legged Linda...

When you look into a mirror tell me what do you see?
Is it Pictures of Lily crying, you know what I mean?
I've been livin' high, I've been livin' low
Like a bird in the sky this is the way to go

What you gonna do with those faded blues you wear?
What you gonna do with those ol' rag blues?
What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues

Did you think it was forever? Well now you know
The summer sun keeps shining, shine through the blue
I've been livin' high, I've been livin' low
Never give up tryin', oh no, no, no

What you gonna do with those faded blues you wear?
What you gonna do with those ol' rag blues?
What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues

I can hear you callin' somewhere in the blue
Can you hear me callin' for you? For you?

What you gonna do with those ol' blue jeans you wear?
Ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues, ol' rag blues

I'm a lay-by lover and you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you're on your own 'cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

They say the devil loves his own and lady you just got to roll
He drives your modus-operandi, well lady you don't get this soul
What you call love I can't take no more
Go knock on someone else's door

I'm a lay-by lover and you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you're on your own 'cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
'Cos you specialise in your own kind of lies
Baby, you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone

I tried to love you my way but lady you just wouldn't slow down
You drove right on through me when other guys came around
What you call love wouldn't give to a stray
I wouldn't treat a dog that way

I'm a lay-by lover and you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you're on your own 'cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
'Cos you specialize in your own kind of lies
Baby you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone

One day you'll have to slow down and lady it could be too late
You keep on accelerating and lady I can see your fate
No one wants a second-hand car
They know it's been pushed too far

I'm a lay-by lover and you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you're on your own 'cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
'Cos you specialize in your own kind of lies
Baby you just hit and run
You're dragging me down with this riding around
And one day you will be undone

I'm a lay-by lover and you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you're on your own 'cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

I'm moving on, I don't know where
But, I've just gotta get me away, from here
So long gone, I'm lost in time
Looking for an answer, waiting for a sign

Stones in my head, stones in my head
I don't know how to break stones in my head

I'm reaching out, I don't feel a thing
The gloves, that I'm wearing are made of my skin
Nobody knows what I'm tryin' to hide
But when I start breaking you'll see through my eyes

Stones in my head, stones in my head
Trying hard to break stones in my head

It's cold out here, still I'm feeling fine
'Cos no one's gonna ask me to come on inside
I don't wanna know but I guess I do
'Cos maybe these stones are made out of you

Stones in my head, stones in my head
I really wanna break stones in my head
Stones in my head, stones in my head
I don't know how to break stones in my head

I've been so lonely, I can't find any way
So long since I lost my way
I've got a feeling you're gonna run away anyday
Why does it always seem to be me?

So let me fly, let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly away
I wanna climb really high all the time in the sky
Wanna stay up there all day
So let me fly, let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly, getting away
Laugh at the day, let me fly, fly, fly away

You say you're all right, you don't care anyway
I'm listening, you're trying to say
You think I'm crazy, you're thinking you've got everything right
But you're fooling no-one else but yourself

So let me fly, let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly away
I wanna climb really high all the time in the sky
Wanna stay up there all day
Oh let me fly, let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly, getting away
Laugh at the day, let me fly, fly, fly away

If you get lonely, you can't get along by yourself
You're finding you're needing me
Don't wait forever for me to come a-following you
I'll wait here, you come back by yourself

And we can fly, we can fly like a bird in the sky
We can fly away
And we can climb really high all the time in the sky
Gonna stay up there all day
Oh let me fly, let me fly like a bird in the sky
Let me fly, getting away
Laugh at the day, let me fly, fly, fly away

As I looked across to where she was before
I didn't have long to wait around here anymore
We went to a place that I hadn't seen before
She worked me over then she went away

Well, she looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exception to the rule

As I carried on looking here and there
I couldn't believe she worked it out and it worked on me
I guessed early on but it didn't click inside
She knew my weakness and she knew my name

Well, she looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exception to the rule

As I carried on looking here and there
I couldn't believe she worked it out and it worked on me
We went to a place that I hadn't seen before
She worked me over then she went away

Well, she looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She's no exception to the rule