Love Without Greed Graham Parker, The Rumour

in secret in a long sedan I can hear you laugh at all his jokes Taking everything that's offered until it chokes And it makes me want to get a lock and key Hold you down in one place for me Can't own the

Stupefaction Graham Parker, The Rumour

way Everyday stupefaction, oh yeah Drive out on sunset But nothing's moving The lights are green Or is that my imagination The people sit there Cameras without action I can't see the point But I see the

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

There’s A Ghost In My House Graham Parker

There's a ghost in my house The ghost of your memories The ghost of the love you took from me Well, our love used to be Only shadows from the past I see Time can't seem to erase The vision of your smiling

Local Girls Graham Parker

bother with the local girls She's probably half-wit, she must be straight Or bound to have a mother who knows nothing but hate Don't want her love, I'd rather knock her down Standing at the bus stop where

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

she's right in your face She's a living example of God's bad taste And with him for an ally she can't be a heretic But her heart's from a laboratory spun from a synthetic She wants so many things brought without

The Beating Of Another Heart Graham Parker, The Rumour

She comes from the hardest town They build you up to let you down and Leave you with an armour hard as steel It's not the chaos or the heat Or the noises from the street but Something inside she has to

Don't Get Excited Graham Parker

There is always some advantage to be wielded and brought to bear It's a lonely occupation keeping others out of your hair Fingers on all the switches talk in whispers talking soft You know all my favourite

Women In Charge Graham Parker, The Rumour

You might believe that you're running the world But you're running the risk of being just another girl Lashing out viciously at the competition, it's just an admission, a nervous Condition It's more than

Love Gets You Twisted Graham Parker

E b e ac#m e a e Love gets you twisted, love gets you twisted all the way The hearts are enlisted, the hearts are enlisted to break each day G#m e I try to straighten out but Im too wrapped up to see C

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

We work through the rituals and cover our poisonous tracks Making good use of weaknesses, horoscopes, rumors and facts Inspired by the needles and pins and the pains in the heart With no control over the

Empty Lives Graham Parker, The Rumour

I'm just a tick in a box on a questionnaire another moment that flashes into nowhere a brand name on a pill that get's you there, ah ah ah ah I'm getting nothing and expecting oblivion the past aint even

Jolie Jolie Graham Parker, The Rumour

There's no remedy I just keep yearning for the sound of your voice I don't use teardrops as a weapon by choice They're just a fall out of my eyes Keep reminding me Every last touch is buried under my skin

Worthy Of Your Love Graham Parker

If I had the slightest clue as to what you are and what's inside you I would know exactly what to do and be worthy of your love If a flower bloomed in the frozen wastes and the moon had a smiling face

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

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

I'm not a page in history not something that bold I'm not the greatest mystery that was ever told I may not be who you wanna spend a whole life with alone I'm not that fascinating with features carved

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

Mr. Tender Graham Parker

Mr tender is something I'm not I pulled too tight when we tied the knot Surrender is something I can't, I can't let go and I rave and I rant But I resolve to solve this problem and be the one you need

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

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

Endless Night Graham Parker, The Rumour

I had the time but I blew it I had the power and I knew it Had the energy, but outgrew it The identity but saw through it, yeah I had the walk, but got trampled Had the taste, it was sampled I had the

Devil's Sidewalk Graham Parker, The Rumour

Took a walk down Hell's pavement Took a walk down pulled by the tide I had to make some new arrangement Oh I thought I'd reach the other side Then someone opened up their mouth to talk They said You ain't

No Holding Back Graham Parker, The Rumour

Someone called me from across the ocean To find a weak link in my devotion They can shoot hot knives down the line I just slam it down every time I got the telephone jammed in my ear They're still talking

Manoeuvres Graham Parker, The Rumour

You let me in and I'll help you win This chance must be heaven sent You buy the time I sold you all mine No one knows the D J's bent I don't care if someone gets hurt When I lose it feels like dirt Other

Hold Back The Night Graham Parker, The Rumour

Hold back the night, turn on the light

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

Guardian Angel Graham Parker

Your guardian angels are looking down on you As they fold your wings and collect your things And lift you into the blue Your guardian angels they can't just fly away They're going to stay on Earth their

Paralyzed Graham Parker, The Rumour

to please so I just freeze Nailed down by whispers, looks and sighs And I'm so paralysed, I am so paralysed I wait for you to disown me when you leave I won't look I wait for someone to phone me with the

Cupid Graham Parker

hey Cupid please hear my cry And let your arrow fly Straight to my lover's heart for me Listen I don't want to bother you but I'm in distress There's danger of me losing all of my happiness 'Cause I love

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

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

D A Manhattan baby with a sing song voice G D she got her place in the human zoo D A I went to living on the boulevard G A now that the revolution's due G A She said I've been around from town to town

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 Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

will see That I can lean on you and you can put your weight on me And every man will get a chance to be what a man wants to be And every woman will look at her child and know that he's growing up free The

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

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

I once read the story of somebody's life I had a few moments to spare He was a good man who lived with his wife With the usual kids in his hair There was happiness a lot of weirdness And a sprinkle of

Protection Graham Parker

his head Em G G C And all of those infected waiting to be collected Am C D I must get out at any price before the

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

I’m Into Something Good Graham Parker

Woke up this mornin' feelin' fine There's somethin' special on my mind Last night I met a new girl in the neighbourhood, whoa yeah Somethin' tells me I'm into something good Somethin' tells me I'm into

I Don't Know Graham Parker

questions to no avail I don't know why there's empty shelves Empty books and silent bells I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know why it's not enough To feel moments of mighty love

The Kid With The Butterfly Net Graham Parker

, every field was open Nothing was impossible yet For the kid with the butterfly net The kid with the butterfly net There's a stream runs through this land Runs through the heart of this land There's a

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

I ain't stopping fingers keep bopping Swing band rocking from the street to the bar West Coast's dated music's overrated Here it on the radio in every car The heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem, yep The

The Kid With The Butterfly Net (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

, every field was open Nothing was impossible yet For the kid with the butterfly net The kid with the butterfly net There's a stream runs through this land Runs through the heart of this land There's a

Under The Mask Of Happiness Graham Parker

She looked so good he looked so sane Not forever could they last Under the mask under the mask Under the mask of happiness Under the mask of happiness She got colder with each incision No one knew he

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

The ringmaster looked a bit pasty and down Dying as he was to get out of town The lions and the tigers had gnawed at his feet But the lion tamer's whip hurt much more than their teeth The Giovanni Sisters

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

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

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

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

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