You're always dancing down the street
With your suede blue eyes
And every new boy that you meet
He doesn't know the real surprise

Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Oh she'll make you flip
Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
I kinda like the way she dips
Well she's my best friend's girl
She's my best friend's girl-irl
But she used to be mine

You've got your nuclear boots
And your drip dry glove
Oh when you bite your lip
It's some reaction to love, o-ove, o-ove
Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Yeah, I think you'll flip
Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Here she comes again
I kinda like the way
I like the way she dips
'Cause she's my best friend's girl
Well she's my best friend's girl-irl
And she used to be mine
She's so fine

You're always dancing down the street
With your suede blue eye-eyes
And every new boy that you meet
Doesn't know the real surprise

Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Here she comes again
Oh she'll make you flip
Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Here she comes again
I kinda like the way, I like the way she dips
'Cause she's my best friend's girl, uh
She's my best friend's girl-irl-u-irl
She used to be mine
She so fine

My best friend's girlfriend
Oh
My best friend's girlfriend
She used to be mine
My best friend's girlfriend
Yeah yeah
My best friend's girlfriend
Said she used to be mine
My best friend's girlfriend
Oh yeah yeah yeah
My best friend's girlfriend
She used to be mine
My best friend's girlfriend

Oh no, honey what have you done?
Oh no no, it's the sound of my gun
Oh no, honey, honey what have you done?
Oh no no, it's the sound

Janie got a gun
Janie got a gun
Her whole world's come undone
From lookin' straight at the sun

What did her daddy do?
What did he put you through?
They say when Janie was arrested
They found him underneath the train
But man, he had it comin'
Now that Janie's got a gun
She ain't never gonna be the same

Janie got a gun
Janie got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run

Tell me now it's untrue
What did her daddy do?
He jacked a little bitty baby
The man has got to be insane
They say the spell that he was under
The lightning and the thunder
Knew that someone had to stop the rain

Run away, run away from the pain
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away from the pain
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away, run, run away

Janie got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run

What did her daddy do?
It's Janie's last I.O.U
She had to take him down easy
And put a bullet in his brain
She said 'cause nobody believes me
The man was such a sleaze, he ain't
Never gonna be the same

Run away, run away from the pain
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away from the pain
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away, run, run away

Janie's got a gun
Janie got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Everybody is on the run

Janie got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run (Honey, honey, what's the problem?)
Because Janie's got a gun (Tell me it ain't right)

Janie's got a gun (Was it daddy's cradle robbin' that)
Her dog day's just begun (Made you scream at night?)
Now everybody is on the run
Janie got a gun

Janie got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run (Honey, honey, what's the problem?)
Because Janie's on the run (Tell me it ain't right)

Just a castaway
An island lost at sea
Another lonely day
No-one here but me
More loneliness
Than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair

I'll send an sos to the world
I'll send an sos to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle

A year has passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life
But love can break your heart

I'll send an sos to the world
I'll send an sos to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle

Ooh... message in a bottle
Message in a bottle

Walked out this morning
Don't believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles
Washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone in being alone
A hundred billion castaways
Looking for a home

I'll send an sos to the world
I'll send an sos to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle

Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle

Sending out an sos
Sending out an sos
I'm sending out an sos
I'm sending out an sos...

Just as I thought it was going alright
I find out I'm wrong, when I thought I was right
S'always the same, it's just a shame, that's all
I could say day, and you'd say night
Tell me it's black when I know that it's white
Always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

I could leave but I won't go
Though my heart might tell me so
I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes
But why does it always seem to be
Me looking at you, you looking at me
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

Turning me on, turning me off,
Making me feel like I want too much
Living with you's just putting me through it all of the time
Running around, staying out all night
Taking it all instead of taking one bite
Living with you's just putting me through it all of the time

I could leave but I won't go
Well it'd be easier I know
I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes
Why does it always seem to be
Me looking at you, you looking at me
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

Truth is I love you
More than I wanted to
There's no point in trying to pretend
There's been no-one who
Makes me feel like you do
Say we'll be together 'till the end

I could leave but I won't go
It'd be easier I know
I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes
So why does it always seem to be
Me looking at you, you looking at me
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

But I love you
More than I wanted to
There's no point in trying to pretend
There's been no-one who
Makes me feel like you do
Say we'll be together 'till the end

But just as I thought it was going alright
I find out I'm wrong when I thought I was right
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all
Well I could say day, and you'd say night
Tell me it's black when I know that it's white
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all

That's all

(Ooh!)

Girl, you really got me now
You've got me so I don't know what I'm doin'
Girl, you really got me now
You've got me so I can't sleep at night

Girl, you've really got me now
You've got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You've got me so I can't sleep at night

You really got me (Oh!)
You really got me (Whoa oh!)
You really got me

Please, don't ever let me be
I only want to be by your side
Please, don't ever let me be
I only want to be by your side

Girl, you really got me now
You've got me so I don't know what I'm doin', yeah
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You've got me so I can't sleep at night

You really got me (Ah ah!)
You really got me (Ah ah!)
You really got me

(Oh, no, no!)

(Ahh uh uh uh ahhh...)

Girl, you really got me now
You've got me so I don't know what I'm doin' (Oww!)
Girl, you really got me now
You've got me so I can't sleep at night

Girl, you really got me now
You've got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You've got me so I can't sleep at night

You really got me
You really got me (Ohh!)
You really got me
(Oh! Oh! Oh!)

(Woo-hooa-a-woo-ooh!)
(x4)

The middle of the road ... is trying to fine me,
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me.
Well I got a smile ... for everyone I meet,
As long as you don't try dragging my bay, or dropping the bomb on my street.

Now come on baby,
Well get in the road.
Oh, come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.

(Woo-hooa-a-woo-ooh!)
(x2)

In the middle of the road ... you see the darnedest things,
Like fat guys driving 'round in Jeeps through the city,
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits,
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids --
Oh man, I don't mean a Hampstead nursery --
When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world,
The babies just come with the scenery.

Now come on baby,
Mmmm, get in the road.
Oh, come on now,
In the middle of the road, ye-eah!

One ... Two ... Three ... Four ...

(Woo-hooa-a-woo-ooh!)
(x6)

The middle of the road ... is no private cul-de-sac,
I can't get from the cab to the curb without some little jerk on my back.
Don't harass me, can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell,
I'm not the cat I used to be, I got a kid, I'm thirty-three --

Baby,
Get in the road,
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, ye-eah!

The problem is all inside your head
She said to me
The answer is easy if you
Take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle
To be free
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover

She said it's really not my habit
To intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning
Won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself
At the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

CHORUS:
You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

She said it grieves me so
To see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do
To make you smile again
I said I appreciate that
And would you please explain
About the fifty ways

She said why don't we both
Just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning
You'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me
And I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

CHORUS

We had broken up for good just an hour before
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh
Now I'm staring at the bodies as there's dancin' 'cross the floor
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh
And then the band slowed the tempo and the music gets me down
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh
It was the same old song with the melancholy sound
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

They don't write 'em like that anymore
They just don't write 'em like that anymore

We'd been living together for a million years
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh
But now it feel so strange (out in the atmospheres?)
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh
And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh
Now I'm staring at the bodies as they dancin' so slow


Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

They don't write 'em like that anymore
They just don't write 'em like that anymore

Now I wind up staring at an empty glass
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh
Cause its so easy to say that you'll forget your past
Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

They don't write 'em like that anymore, no!
They just don't write 'em like that anymore

They don't write 'em like that anymore
They just don't write 'em like that anymore

No matter what you are
I will always be with you
Doesn't matter what you do, girl
Ooh girl, with you

No matter what you do
I will always be around
Won't you tell me what you found, girl
Ooh girl, want you

Knock down the old grey wall
Be a part of it all
Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do
If you would give me all
As I would give it to you
Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be

No matter where you go
There will always be a place
Can't you see it in my face, girl
Ooh girl, want you

Knock down the old grey wall
Be a part of it all
Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do
If you would give me all
As I would give it to you
Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be

No matter what you are
I will always be with you
Doesn't matter what you do, girl
Ooh girl, with you
Ooh girl, you girl, want you
Ooh girl, you girl, want you

Couldn't stop moving when it first took hold.
It was a warm spring night at the old town hall.
There was a group called 'The Jokers' they were layin' it down.
Don't ya know I'm never gonna lose that funky sound.

Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Lordy mama, light my fuse (Light my fuse)
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Drop on out and spread the news.

Skeeters start a buzzin' 'bout this time a year.
I'm goin' 'round back, said she'd meet me there.
We were rollin' in the grass that grows behind the barn.
When my ears started ringing like a fire alarm.

Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Lordy mama, light my fuse (Light my fuse)
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Drop on out and spread the news.

Yeah, did somebody say keep on rockin'?

Hope you all know what I'm talkin' about.
The way they wiggle that thing really knocks me out.
Gettin' high all the time, hope you all are too.
C'mon little closer gonna do it to you.

Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Lordy mama, light my fuse (Light my fuse)
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Drop on out and spread the news.

Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Lordy mama, light my fuse (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Jump on out and spread the news.
That I'm tired of payin' dues (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Done said goodbye to all my blues (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo)
Lordy mama, light my fuse.

I wanna run, I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside
I want to reach out and touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust-cloud disappear without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name

We're still building and burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

The city's a flood and our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust
I'll show you a place high on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name

We're still building and burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
See our love turn to rust
I'll be beaten and blown by the wind

And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Whenever I see your smiling face
I have to smile myself
Because I love you
And when you give me that pretty little pout
It turns me inside out
There's something about you, baby
I don't know

Isn't it amazing a man like me
Can feel this way
Tell me how much longer
If it grows stronger every day
Oh, how much longer

I thought I was in love a couple of times before
With the girl next door
But that was long before I met you
Now I'm sure that I won't forget you

And I thank my lucky stars
That you are who you are
And not just another lovely lady
Sent down to break my heart

Isn't it amazing a man like me
Can feel this way
Tell me how much longer
If it grows stronger every day, yeah
How much longer?

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today
Whenever I see you smile at me
No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today
Whenever I see your smiling face my way

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today
No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today

Would I lie to you?
Would I lie to you honey?
Now would I say something that wasn't true?
I'm asking you sugar
Would I lie to you?

My friends - know what's in store.
I won't be here anymore.
I've packed my bags
I've cleaned the floor.
Watch me walkin'.
Walkin' out the door.

(Believe me - I'll make it make it)

Tell you straight - no intervention.
To your face - no deception.
You're the biggest fake.
That much is true.
Had all I can take.
Now I'm leaving you

(Believe me - I'll make it make it)

Chorus repeats.

(Watch me - watch me! Ooh yea)

Rumour spreadin' 'round
In that Texas town
About that shack outside La Grange
And you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know
If you wanna go
To that home out on the range.
They got a lot of nice girls.

Have mercy.
A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.
A haw, haw, haw.

Well, I hear it's fine
If you got the time
And the ten to get yourself in.
A hmm, hmm.
And I hear it's tight
Most every night,
But now I might be mistaken.
hmm, hmm, hmm.

Ah have mercy.

Oh, Suzie Q,
Oh, Suzie Q,
Oh, Suzie Q,
Baby, I love you, Suzie Q.

I like the way you walk.
I like the way you talk.
I like the way you walk,
I like the way you talk, Suzie Q.

Well, say that you'll be true.
Well, say that you'll be true.
Well, say that you'll be true
And never leave me blue, Suzie Q.

Well, say that you'll be mine.
Well, say that you'll be mine.
Well, say that you'll be mine,
Baby, all the time, Suzie Q.

(Who... do... true... two... you... blue... who...)

Oh, Suzie Q,
Oh, Suzie Q,
Oh, Suzie Q,
Baby, I love you, Suzie Q.

I like the way you walk.
I like the way you talk.
I like the way you walk,
I like the way you talk, Suzie Q.

Oh, Suzie Q,
Oh, Suzie Q,
Oh, Suzie Q,
Baby, I love you, Suzie Q.

(Fine... mine... while... mile... real... deal... ring... sing...)