Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed

Whatever colours you have in your mind
I show them to you and you see them shine

Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
Stay with your man a while
Until the break of day
Let me see you make him smile

His clothes are dirty but his, his hands are clean
And you are the best thing that he’s ever seen

Stay lady stay
Stay with your man a while

Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it, too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he’s standing in front of you

Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
Stay while the night is still ahead

I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night

Stay lady stay
Stay while the night is still ahead

You say I’m the greatest bound for glory
Well the word is out and I learned
I got the latest side of the story
You’re pulling out before you get burned

Well your hands are squeezing me down to the bone
I never saw you breaking no law
Stands to reason I’ve got to leave you alone
What you take me for

You’re setting me up to put me down
You’re making me out to be your clown
You’re just setting me up to put me down
You better give it up
Quit your messing around

You think I care about your reaction
You think I don’t understand
All you wanted was a piece of the action
Now you talk about another man

As I walk along I wonder a-what went wrong
With our love, a love that was so strong
And as I still walk on, I think of the things we’ve done
Together, a-while our hearts were young

I’m a-walkin’ in the rain
Tears are fallin’ and I feel the pain
Wishin’ you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder
Why
Ah-why-why-why-why-why she ran away
And I wonder where she will stay
My little runaway, run-run-run-run-runaway

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I’m a-walkin’ in the rain
Tears are fallin’ and I feel the pain
Wishin’ you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder
Why
Ah-why-why-why-why-why she ran away
And I wonder where she will stay
My little runaway, run-run-run-run-runaway
A-run-run-run-run-runaway

Out of touch, out of reach, yeah
You could try to get closer to me
I’m in luck, I’m in deep, yeah
Hypnotized, I’m shakin’ to my knees
I gotta know tonight
If you’re alone tonight
Can’t stop this feeling
Can’t stop this fight

Oh, I get hysterical, hysteria
Oh can you feel it, do you believe it?
It’s such a magical mysteria
When you get that feelin’, better start believin’
‘Cos it’s a miracle, oh say you will, ooh babe
Hysteria when you’re near

Out of me, into you yeah
You could hide it’s just a one way street
Oh, I believe I’m in you, yeah
Open wide, that’s right, dream me off my feet
Oh, believe in me

I gotta know tonight
If you’re alone tonight
Can’t stop this feeling
Can’t stop this fire

Repeat bridge
Repeat chorus

Oh, I get hysterical, hysteria
Oh can you feel it, do you believe it?
It’s such a magical mysteria
When you get that feelin’, better start believin’
‘Cos it’s a miracle, oh say you will
Ooh babe
Hysteria when you’re near
Come on

Repeat bridge
Repeat chorus

Don’t leave now
Not yet
There were time we regret
And I’m sorry
Somehow
I only
Wanted to make you proud

If I could only let you know
I’d give up everything I own
For just one more day with you
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do
I could not let it pass me by
If I make every sacrifice
To bring me back your love
If only we could live twice
If only we could live twice

When you told me
I froze
It still echoes
In my soul
Please forgive me
If I didn’t say
I love you
Every single day

If I could only let you know
I’d give up everything I own
For just one more day with you
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do
I could not let it pass me by
If I make every sacrifice
To bring me back your love
If only we could live twice
If only we could live twice

Nobody told me we’d only get one chance
I didn’t know that our tide would turn so fast
Why we have to say goodbye I don’t understand

If I could only let you know
I’d give up everything I own
For just one more day with you
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do
I could not let it pass me by
If I make every sacrifice
To bring me back your love
If only we could live twice

I could not let it pass me by
Nothing I give to sacrifice
To bring me back your love
If only we could live twice
If only we could live twice
We’ll meet in another life
If only we could live twice

I knew this girl named Detroit Cool
That lived up in my block
At 6 foot 2 her knee socks high
The class of 80 rocks
She got hips that sway for you
She got legs that never really stop

She asked me if my mama dressed me
And I do like I should
From East Delror and fifty first
I’m on this neighbourhood
She just smiles and says to me
I just want to know if we are good

She said. Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?
Because I’ve got everything you want.
Take me back to yours cause that’s the best I want

You can’t trust me
You won’t make if I put you in the mood
She said no, no I’ve been there before you’ve got that attitude
You sold me out before all this
And now I’m fabulous without you

Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?
Because I’ve got everything you want.
Take me back to yours

Why it takes so long
It’s all gone wrong
And I can’t say what
Cause I’ve got everything you need….
Who says I could use the time for you to believe

Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?

Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?

I hope that you miss me
Put me down on history
I feel such a reject now
Get yourself a life
I hope that you’re sorry
For not accepting me
For not adoring me
That’s why I’m not your wife

People are stranger
People in danger
People are stranger
People deranged or

I remember there was
Nothing I could ever do
Never could impress you
Even if I tried
Tell somebody who cares
Fill the room with empty stares
Go to bed and say my prayers
Keep them satisfied

People are stranger
People in danger
People are stranger
People deranged

Loud and clear I make my point my dear

I hope that you never
Get the things you wanted to
Now I cast a spell on you
Complicate your life
Hope you get a puncture
Everywhere you ever drive
Hope the sun beats down on you and
Skin youself alive

Ra la la la la la la la - Ra la la la la la la la [x4]

Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom
Well who am I to keep you down
It’s only right that you should play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness

Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost

Yeah, thunder only happens when it’s raining
Players only love you when they’re playing
Yeah, women they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean you’ll know, you’ll know…

Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself
Well It’s only me that wants to wrap around your dreams and
Have you any dreams you’d like to sell
Dreams of loneliness

Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
(Drives you mad,) and what you lost, (remember what you had)

Thunder only happens when it’s raining
(Thunder only happens when it’s…)
Players only love you when they’re playing
(Players only love you when they’re…)
Yeah, women they will come and they will go, (they will go…)
When the rain washes you clean you’ll know…

Yeah, thunder only happens when it’s raining
(Thunder only happens when it’s…)
Players only love you when they’re playing
(Players only love you when they’re…)
Yeah, women they will come and they will go, (they will go…)
When the rain washes you clean you’ll know…

You’ll know, (the heartbeat drives you mad,) you’ll know, (remember what you had)
You’ll know…

[Fade out]

I saw a man today who said he’d talked to you
Not so long ago I think a month or two
As my mind goes back in time I pray
Oh lord don’t let it show
He thinks I forgot you fifteen years ago

Fifteen years ago and I still feel the same
Why did he have to mention your name
I’m as broken up inside as if it’s been a week ago
It takes a mighty long time
To get a real love off your mind
I know I’ve tried since fifteen years ago

I’ve got a lovely wife who thinks the world of me
Promised her my love through all eternity
I’ve tried hard to make her happy
But so far she doesn’t know
I can’t shake this thing frome fifteen years ago

Fifteen years ago and I still feel the same
Why did he have to mention your name
I’m as broken up inside as if it’s been a week ago
It takes a mighty strong love
To keep a man thinking of a girl
He hasn’t seen since fifteen years ago

It takes a mighty long time
To get a real love off your mind
I know I’ve tried since fifteen years ago

When I was a little bitty boy
my grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hangin’ on a string
she told me it was my ding a ling

My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want to play with my ding a ling
My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want to play with my ding a ling

And then mother took me to Grammer School
But I stopped all in the vestibule
Every time that bell would ring
catched me playin’ with my ding a ling

Once I was climbing the garden wall
I slipped and had a terrible fall
I fell so hard I heard bells ring
but held on to my ding a ling

Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek
many snappers all around my feet
Shure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holdin’ my ding a ling

This here song it ain’t so sad
the cutest little song you ever had
those of you who will not sing
You must be playin’ with your own ding a ling
My ding a ling Your ding a ling, your ding a ling
We saw you playin’ with your ding a ling
My ding a ling everybody sing
I want to play with my ding a ling