You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

Did they tear it out, with talons of steel And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel And washed it away, as if it wasn't real It's just a mistake, I won't have to face Don't give it a name, don't

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

Strong Winds Graham Parker

Have you seen her run through the wild things Dropping behind her the child's things that she'll no longer need Scattering like seeds they are discarded then Nothing can give them a life again they're

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

"No-one can hide it anymore we know it's not imagining Even the skeptics are unsure when they stop to think People are not worth their life now they are obsolete We're dying to be invaded and put the blame

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

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Graham Parker

You think you've got it all set up, You think you've got a perfect plan But charm any man you see, And play with everything one that you can But I've got news for you baby, I hope it don't hit you too

Success Graham Parker

of men Are powered by addiction And who am I to say that This is an affliction When everybody gets Suckered in and lives their Lives like fiction Writing their own story Of success They say they want you

Cupid Graham Parker

let your arrow flow Straight to my lover's heart for me Nobody else but me hey hey 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

Protection Graham Parker

Capo at 2 (intro D Em G Em D Em G G C So all of you be damned we can't have heaven crammed Am C D So Winston Churchill

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

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

I’m Into Something Good Graham Parker

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 somethin' She's the kind of girl who's not too

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

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

New York scuffle, G A D D A D Get yourself uptight, get uptight Stick around kids you're going to see some action better shoot them in the street Grab a gun before the police come, Don't tell me you're too

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

Someday we will cross a bridge, someday we 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

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

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

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

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

Too Many Knots To Untangle Graham Parker

I don't understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you Cos when the doors get locked and the windows are shuttered The oaths get broken

The Kid With The Butterfly Net Graham Parker

She walks through the field Walks in the heat through the field She swings with her arm But can what she catches be real And when you look into her eyes You see what you want When everything was undone

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

She walks through the field Walks in the heat through the field She swings with her arm But can what she catches be real And when you look into her eyes You see what you want When everything was undone

Local Girls Graham Parker

Sit by my window and look outside, wonder why the sun don't shine on me What's wrong with you, you stupid child, don't you think that I'm the one you're waiting to see?

The Girl Isn't Ready Graham Parker

mother says We just put her toys away, it seems like yesterday She has seen something better through the window She will reach for it even though she doesn't know if she's Ready, the girl isn't ready We can

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

eyes But I can't see any further than the bills on the table Or my kids first Halloween disguise ooooh Then I drive into town And go to the Hudson Valley Mall And look at the youth in their White snake T

Children And Dogs Graham Parker

She said she just wanted a friend And then she'd be good Something to play with now again And give lots of food We've got a yard that's big enough She says he's like a dream But they've got us running

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

Oasis Graham Parker

close to the edge but I never sink And I notice that vulnerable look in your eyes tonight And in the desert that passes for my heart, Sweet rain is falling tonight You're my oasis, You're my Oasis, Oasis Be

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

White Honey Graham Parker

Intro C F C F C F C F C F C F C G F G C F C F C F C F White honey get it from the candy man C F C F C F C F White honey yeah any time I think I can.

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

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

When I Was King Graham Parker

run of stamps People had cashed in their post office savings To buy some and lick the back of my neck I just let them get on with it arrange the coronation I just didn't turn up, I just didn't turn up You

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory in Jonjoping Fake glass baubles hang in the station Just like the passenger's imitation Then it hits you

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory in Jonjoping Fake glass baubles hang in the station Just like the passenger's imitation Then it hits you

Passion Is No Ordinary Word Graham Parker

It worked much better in a fantasy Imagination's one thing that comes easy to me Cause this is nothing else if not unreal When I pretend to touch you, you pretend to feel CHORUS Passion is no ordinary

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

always sweating bricks The only time the world makes sense to us is when we come Love is a burning, love is a burning love is a burning question On the tip of your tongue, baby baby I'll endlessly make you

Just Like Joe Meek's Blues Graham Parker

My head was swimming in a Bangkok joint You got paint on your coat like an arrow point I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow Fired into the night deep and slow to where I'll never know The hotel

Sugar Gives You Energy Graham Parker

I believe every man has a chance to make good I'm convinced that this is so Equal opportunity for the king or the hood And everybody knows Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you

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

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

Blue Highways Graham Parker

, turn off and follow it blind The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust mist It only leads to somewhere you'll never miss You'll never miss Get on the blue highways, follow the blue highways You

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

down Don't let it break you down Don't let it break you down Some people are in charge of pens That shouldn't be in charge of brooms They have the nerve to rip up a man's life In a paragraph or two And

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

Over The Border (To America) Graham Parker

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 a religious shrine There must be

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

Said now be a patient patient stretch right out on that couch Help yourself to the pills cure your ills Bb F G I'm never gonna square it on out.

Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

hold some bastard up for example Take his blood and a urine sample Feed him garbage and make him pick up the check Well, here it comes here it comes, here it Here, here, here it comes again twice While you

Ten Girls Ago Graham Parker

Buster turned round to me And said hey kid you must be joking You got an attitude You think you're funny but you're choking hey hey Back every word that comes out of your mouth Ten girls ago You thought

Short Memories Graham Parker

in Nicosea, Egypt and North Korea He came back to a good career, shovelling coal I was just the village lout I never got my finger out I never wanted for anything still I broke and entered and stole You