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That's The Biz
05:00
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Flame Trees
05:44
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Kids out driving saturday afternoon just pass me by
And I'm just savoring familiar sights
We share some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her
Try to book a room and stay tonight
Number one is to find some friends to say "you're doing well"
After all this time you boys look just the same
Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels
Settle in to play "do you remember so and so?
Number three is never say her name
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
But oh who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway
Takes more than just a memory to make me cry
And I'm happy just to sit here a table with old friends
And see which one of us can tell the biggest lies
And there's a girl falling in love near where the pianola stands
With a young local factory auto worker just holding hands
And I'm wondering if he'll go or if he'll stay
Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field
In our day
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
Songwriters: Steve Prestwich / Don Walker
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3. |
I Love The Life I Live
03:02
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See you watching me like a hawk
I don't mind the way you talk
But if you touch me somethin's got to give
I live the life I love and I love the life I live
So if you see me and think I'm wrong
Don't worry 'bout me just let me go
My sweet life ain't nothing but a thrill
I live the life I love and I love the life I live
My diamond ring and my money, too
Tomorrow night these may belong to you
These girls move me at their will
I live the life I love and I love the life I live
I may bet a thousand on a bet this time
One minute later I can't cover your dime
Tomorrow night I might be over the hill
I just want you to know, baby, the way I feel
Oh, I'm rockin' when you pass me by
Don't talk about me because I could be high
Please forgive me if you will
I live the life I love and I love the life I live
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Sun goes down and things fire up
On Frenchman St in New Orleans
It’s not just the girls having fun
And every night hear great bands play
At the Spotted Cat and DBA
It’s not just the girls having fun
It’s been that way since Louis blew his horn
Now New Orleans parties till the first light of dawn
The band strikes up all brass and drums
But only till the coppers come
It’s not just the girls having fun
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Have you tried the etouffee
It’s jacomo fi na ne
It’s not just the girls having fun
The local folk ain’t hard to please
Remember just be nice or leave
It’s not just the girls having fun
That Southern hospitality’s so warm
In New Orleans everyone’s happy to crawl home
Once your there you’ll want to stay
Et lassey le bom temp rouler
ce ne sont pas que les filles qui s’amusent
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From Decatur up to St Claud
For these six sweet blocks well praise the Lord
It’s not just the girls having fun
And as the Mississippi sways
They know down in the Marignay
It’s not just the girls having fun
As cable cars go rattlin’ down the street
In New Orleans the locals cry
Just shut up and eat
This Southern city blessed with soul
Is where they let the good times roll
It’s not just the girls having fun
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6. |
Big City
03:35
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There's no place on Earth that I'd rather be
Give me the bright lights
Big cities for me
Don't live in the country
All those hippies running free
All I want are the bright lights
Big cities for me
Now come on, come on, to the city
Big cities for me
I got a woman and she's waiting there for me
And I met her in the city
Big cities for me
Night-time is the right time
Shock town is my town
I got a woman and she's waiting there for me
I met her in the city
Big cities for me
Night-time is the right time
Shock town is my town
New York, New York, New York, New York
New York, New York, oh
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Angel
06:49
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8. |
My Best Mistake
03:50
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I never throw, caution to the wind
When trouble calls I never let her in.
If I’ve cause to walk
The straight and narrow path I keep
I will go where only angels tread
I look before I leap.
I never leave any stone unturned
I’m careful not to get my fingers burned
Though I take great care
To make sure each thing’s in it’s place
When it comes to you I lose my way
‘Cause you are my best mistake.
I always leave well enough alone
I act before I know the bird has flown
I never put off a task
That I can do today
And while others sit out in the sun
I’m busy making hay
I only speak when I have the need
And always try again if I don’t succeed
I’m careful to take the time
To bend and not to break
But when it comes to you I lose control
‘Cause you are my best mistake
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9. |
Feelin' Sorry
05:11
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FEELING SORRY
You’re feeling sorry, sorry for yourself
You’re feeling lonely and left upon the shelf
You ever wonder how these things come to pass?
Perhaps you’re better off getting off your arse
‘Cause truth be known you’re boring with your whinging and your crying
If people tell you that they care they’re probably just lying
Perhaps I’m being a little rough
Then again maybe you have got it tough
‘Cause I forget you had a great education
A family that loves you, universal admiration
A house, good food, fine wine, and a pet
I’d call you underprivileged if that’s what you get!
And so you’re healing the wounded child within
But it’s the outer one that’s causing all the din
And you’re professing all the things you think you should
Don’t be so humble – you’re really not that good
‘Cause God knows you’re annoying with your bitching and your moaning
It’s hardly any wonder then that nobody is phoning
I can see why it is that you’re so disaffected
That’s why you need your head inspected
Opportunity is knocking, you’re still looking for the stocking
You hope that Santa left behind
Or could it be I’m being just a little too unkind?
Sorry!
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It’s not a plan
It’s not a dream
It’s not something that some clever someone once schemed
It’s here and it’s and it’s now and it happened some how
I guess you could say that it’s love
It isn’t plain
It isn’t clear
I know things may not always be as they appear
Believing it’s true when you haven’t a clue
I guess you could say that it’s love
Though it seems clear you’re determined to ignore it
Still in the end you’ll find there’s not answer for
It’s not the place
It’s not the time
To be taking a chance without reason or rhyme
You’re here and it’s now and it happened somehow
I guess you could say that it’s love
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11. |
Mambo For Mike
05:09
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