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50,000 MILES BENEATH MY BRAIN
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
I want to know you
I want to show you
I want to grow you
Inside of me
I want to see you
I want to free you
I want to be you
Inside of me
Love me 50,000 miles beneath my brain
Love me 50,000 times and then again
Can you love me with a thousand eyes?
Can you see right through my bones?
Can you kiss me with a thousand lips?
Can you melt a solid stone?
Can you hear me from a thousand miles
When you're screaming at the stars?
Can you pull me up to Jupiter
When I'm all hung up on Mars?
Burn my eyes with your flame
Let your world spin free
Let it go, baby
I'll do the same
All depends on me
Let it go
It's all the same
What with jewels that you can't see
Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, babe
Bring it on home to me...
AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS
(Alvin Lee, Steve Grant)
Alvin Lee
Too many people, running to and fro
Trying to make a buck, and never let it go
I'll never find that game, to satisfy my soul
I just wanna play that good old rock and roll
Don't worry about the future, never mind the news
I just want my freedom, so I can play the blues
I'm minding my own business, ain't nobody's business but my own
Wake up in the morning, pick up my guitar
Never read a paper, doesn't get me very far
Never mind the future, just livin' for today
Whatever's gonna happen, gonna happen anyway
Don't worry about your life, it will get you in a state
You're gonna be dead my friend, and then it is too late
So I'm takin' care of business, Ain't nobody's business but my own
Don't want a Ferrari, as long as I've got wheels
Don't need those kind of trappin's Lord, you know that stuff ain't real
You know none of those goods can do no good for you when you go
I only need my freedom, to satisfy my soul
Don't worry about those stocks and shares
The money you make in pounds
The money you got to lose boy, will only bring you down
I'm mindin' my own business, Ain't nobody's business but my own
So many people, they're running to and fro
Tryin' to make a buck, and never let it go
I'll never find that game, to satisfy my soul
I just wanna play that good old rocka and roll
Don't worry about the future, never mind the news
I just want my freedom, so I can sing the blues
I'm mindin' my own business, Ain't nobody's business but my own
Ain't nobody's business but my own
Ain't nobody's business but my own
A SAD SONG
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
The love that you gave me has gone with the rain
The joy that just filled me has turned into pain
My face in the mirror reminds me of you
It's the one that you lied to when you said you'd be true
The tears in my eyes are all that you'll find
The scars on my face just deepen my mind
The love that you gave me has gone with the rain
The joy that just filled me has turned into pain
AS THE SUN STILL BURNS AWAY
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
A thousand cities in the night
Each one waitin' for the light
Ten million people plan their day
As the sun still burns a-way
As the Earth just spins in space
People plan their daily race
As the sun still burns a-way
Few say thank you for the day
All the people in their ties
Forget to look up at the sky
They exist another day
As the sun still burns a-way
I wonder just how long we'll last
When the final die is cast
Every day brings forth the time
When the sun forgets to shine
BABY WON'T YOU LET ME ROCK'N ROLL YOU
Ten Years After
Baby won't you let me rock'n roll you
Baby won't you let me, let me stroll you
Baby won't you let me rock'n roll you now
Baby won't you let me, let me shake you
Baby won't you let me, let me breke you
Baby won't you let me really take you now
Well, you remember baby, how it used to be
I used to rock'n roll you around my knee
Well, I tell you, honey, gonna be alright
Gonna rock'n roll you all through the night
Baby won't you let me, let me shake you
Baby won't you let me, let me breke you
Baby won't you let me really take you now
I tell you baby, gonna be alright
I'm gonna rock you all through the night
Well, you remember how it used to be
I used to rock'n roll you around my knee
Baby won't you let me sock it to you
Baby won't you let me sock it to you
Baby won't you let me rock'n roll you now
BAD SCENE
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
You ruin my day
You ruin my night
You ruin everything I do
You're killing in my way
You're killing in my life
You're killing in everything I do
You're hurting my heart
You're hurting my pride
You're hurting everything I own
You're choking my head
It's choking inside
Why don't you leave my life alone
I just want to do it like it used to be
So, why don't you leave it up to me
I want to tell you if you think it's right
Baby, won't you do it right?
CHOO CHOO MAMA
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Choo choo mama won't you ride the train?
My life without you is just misery and pain,
come back to me
I'll treat you best I can.
Choo Choo mama, you should have a choo choo man
Choo choo mama, won't you ride a rail?
I need your lovin', can't you hear me wail,
come back to me
You know I love you so
Choo choo mama, won't you get a choo choo home?
Choo choo mama, won't you ride a track?
I need yoiur loving, won't you bring some
back on home to me.
I need your lovin' babe
Choo choo mama, don't you know that you drive me mad?
Choo choo mama you're a cheery thing
I need you baby, can't you hear me sing
come back to me.
I want you back again.
Choo choo mama, won't you get a choo choo track?
CIRCLES
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Life is going 'round in circles, wonder will it ever end?
If I die babe will you miss me, or just find another friend?
Does it matter what I do, live life right or bear a grudge?
Does it matter what I do, is there anyone to judge?
I have been to many places, I have journeyed through the mind
Though I've found some different faces, 'nother answer I can't find
Does it matter what I do, is there anyone to say?
Does it matter what I do, is there any other way?
I have got what I once dreamed of, as a child so long ago
But my life just goes in circles, 'cause one answer I don't know
Does it matter what I do, who will hear me if I cry?
Does it matter what I do, does it matter if I die?
CONVENTION PREVENTION
Ten Years After
I'd like to reach out to you
And learn just how do you do
So we can still relate
I'd like to open my mind
So you can come in and find
How we communicate
There's a chemical reaction
And it's causing an attraction
From you to me
I am not one for convention
But I have a good intention
For you from me
Rain is falling and a thunderbolt is crashing through my head
And there's people and pain all around me
Someone is calling and electric sparks are everywhere I tread
My life, it seems, is a sequence of dreams
And there's people and pain all around me
I'm going down in a black elevator
'Cause the big masturbator's got his eye on me
I'm going down 'cause my brain is on fire
And my soul is a liar 'cause I tried to be free
Tried to be free, tried to be free....
Freedom in your mind you can have when you dead
Freedom in your life just depends on your head
Freedom in your heart can alas never be
'Cause no one on this earth has been born to be free
Born to be free, born to me free....
All of my life I have tried to be free
All of my life I have learned all I see
All of my life I have searched for a clue
All of my life I have tried to be true
Tried to be true, tried to be true....
DETROIT DIESEL
(Alvin Lee)
Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
Late at night I was driving home
Feeling tired, I was all alone
I pulled in at the first truck stop motel
There she stood like a dream in the night
Hair was long and her dress was tight
Just one smile and I knew I was under her spell
You got me running like a Detroit Diesel
Got me humming like a Detroit diesel
Hear me coming like a Detroit diesel
Like I'm in overdrive
She took my hand, checked me in for the night
She said "Honey don't you put up a fight
I want some loving and to you it's all for free"
She got me blowing like a hurricane
So much good loving driving me insane
Can't believe that you really happened to me
You got me running like a Detroit Diesel
Got me humming like a Detroit diesel
Hear me coming like a Detroit diesel
Like I'm in overdrive
You turn me on like an electric light
You burn me up like a missile site
You got me running like a turbo nine forty four
You move my soul like an original sin
You detonate me like a firing pin
When I leave you I'll be coming back for more.
You got me running like a Detroit Diesel
Got me humming like a Detroit diesel
Hear me coming like a Detroit diesel
Like I'm in overdrive
GOING TO TRY
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
I'm gonna try and get my feet out of the sand
I'm gonna try, I'm gonna try
I'm gonna try and find out where's the promised land
Where are you?
How do I know you're true, know you're true, know you're true?
Now I can find what I want out of life, out of life
I wanna try, I wanna try
I wanna try and find out where's the promised land
I wanna try, I wanna try
I wanna try and get my feet out of the sand
GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL
(Williamson)
Ten Years After
Good morning little schoolgirl
Can I go home, home with you?
Good morning little schoolgirl
Can I go home, home with you?
Tell your mama and your papa
Big be schoolboy, too
I won't bore you, yeah
Baby, I won't bore you all night long
Yes, I do
Baby, I wanna ball you
I wanna ball you all night long
Tell your mama and your papa
Baby, baby, doing nothing wrong, child
I'm doing nothing wrong, yeah
I won't bore you, yea, yea, huh
Baby, I wanna ball you all night long
Yes, I do, child
I won't bore you, darling, yea
I won't bore you all night long
Tell your mama and your papa
Baby, baby, we're gonna do nothing wrong
Wrong , wrong, wrong
Baby, I wanna ball you every night
Oh, yeah, come on now
HARD MONKEYS
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Got no monkey on my back
And I'm never goin' to crack
'Cause it's a good life too good to lose
But it's a hard world with the junkie blues
HEAR ME CALLING
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Hear me calling
Hear me call on you
Hear me calling
Hear me call on you
If you don't come soon
I'll know your love ain't true
Hear me calling
Hear me calling loud
Hear me calling
Hear me calling loud
If you don't come soon
I'll be wearing a shroud
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Love is all around, I want you to see it from here
Love is just a sound, I want you to hear it from here
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name
Love is all around, I want you to live it from here
Love is just a sound, I want to sing it for here
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name
Peace is all around, I want you to need it from here
Peace is just a sound, I want you to hear it from fear
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name
I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I WON'T BE WRONG ALWAYS
(A.Lee, R.Lee, Lyons, Churchill)
Ten Years After
Tell me baby, tell what's on your mind
Tell me baby, tell what's on your mind
Love you, baby, but I hate your hurtin' kind
Baby, baby, I've got news for you
Baby, baby, I've got news for you
Love you, baby, I don't know what to do
Baby, baby, what's on your worried mind
Baby, baby, what's on your worried mind
Love you, darlin', but I hate your hurtin' kind
Well, the moon looks lonesome, shining through the tree
The moon looks lonesome, shining through those trees
How do you look sad, when your baby packs up to leave
Baby, baby, what's on your worried mind
I say, baby, baby, what's on your worried mind
I don't cheat you, baby, I love you all the time
Love to hear my baby call my name
Love to hear my baby call my name
'Cause now you've got a man, but I call those rings, call me
Tell me baby, tell what's on your mind
Tell me baby, tell what's on your mind
Love you, baby, but I hate your hurtin' kind
Baby, baby, what's all that wrong with you
Baby, baby, what's all that wrong with you
Love you baby, I don't know what to do
I may be wrong, but I won't be wrong always
I may be wrong, but I won't be wrong always
I love you, baby, love you in my own sweet way
I WANTED TO BOOGIE
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Well I wanted to boogie so we got in the car
Well I wasn't too choosy but then soon we got far
So we stopped in a club and we had us a drink
Well it wasn't too long and just what do you think
Well I wanted to boogie and the band they came on
Yellow Bird very pretty but I don't like the song
So I went for a walk and I followed the sound
And I came to a party and a lady I found
Well she smiled real sweet and she said you're a peach
So she wanted to take me for a walk on the beach
And she told me the breeze as it comes from the sea
Keeps your hard on all night and you will need it with me
Well I wanted to boogie but I wasn't too sure
That I wanted to do just what she wanted me for
So I said I'm with friends and I haven't the dime
So she turned round and said, well come and see me sometime
Well, I wanted to boogie so we kept on the move
And we looked for a place where we could go in and groove
So we went to the Playboy and we hadn 't got keys
So it cost thrity dollars just to go in and freeze
So I wanted to boogie but the time hadn't come
We decided to sleep and then get up with the sun
So we headed for home and it didn't take long
So I sat on my bed and then I wrote out this song
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
I woke up this morning
My baby was gone
I woke up this morning, Lord
My baby was gone
I thought that she loved me
It seems that I'm wrong
Yes, I am wrong
I cried every night, darling
For you to come home, yes, I do
I cried every night, darling
For you to come home
I'm feeling so lonely, darling
I'm left all alone
Yes, I'm left all alone
I woke up this morning, Lord
The rain was falling down
I woke up this morning, Lord
The rain was falling down
I'm getting so lonely, darling
Oh, yeah, baby, I wish I could cry
Oh, yes, the rain is falling on the ground
I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Everwhere is freaks and hairies, dykes and fairies
Tell me where is sanity?
Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more
I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you
Population - keeps on breeding, nation bleeding
Still more feeding - ecomomy
Life is funny, skies are sunny, bees make honey
Who needs money? Monopoly!
I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you
World pollution, there's so solution, institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor, them and us
We'll stop the war!
I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you
I'M COMING ON
Ten Years After
May be right, or may be wrong
But I gotta do something before the day is gone
Could be small, or could be big
But I gotta do something that I can dig
May be good, or may be bad
But I gotta do something or I'm going mad
May be cool, or may be hot
But I gotta do something I need a lot
Oh baby, don't cry, don't dry, don't cry
You shouldn't do that
I'm coming on
Babe, baby, I'm coming on
Yeah, babe, I'm coming on
Babe, babe, I'm coming, I'm coming...
I'M GOING HOME
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Goin' home, my baby
Goin' home, my baby
Goin' home, to see my baby
Our baby, how good
My baby, be good
I'm goin' home, my baby
Home to see my girl
Oh baby, baby, I'm coming home
Baby, baby I'm coming home
Tell me Mama, baby, I'm coming home
Gonna see my baby, see my baby fine
Gonna take my baby, wanna take my baby mine
Gonna take my woman treats me real kind
I'm goin' home, my baby
I'm goin' home, to see my baby
Goin' home, my baby
Gonna see my baby, see my baby fine
Take my baby, take my baby mine
Gonna tell your mama how good that love of ours
I'm goin' home, to see my baby
I'm goin' home, to see my baby
Oh, baby ooh
Wanna take you back, take where love belong
Treat me baby, treat, don't treat me wrong
Oh, baby, I'm rollin'
Baby, baby, I'm rollin'
Baby, baby, I'm rollin'
Won't you shake me, baby, well get you rollin' down
Won't you shake me, baby, well get you rollin' down
Oh, baby, we're gonna have some fun
Baby, please don't go, baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go, baby, please don't go
Please don't go, she's cold, I need you
Comin' home, ooh, hey
Come on over baby, whole lotta shakin' goin' on
I'm goin' home, to see my baby
Home, to see my girl, ooh
I'm goin' home, take my baby
I'm goin' home, see my baby
Gonna take me back, I'll take her where I belong
I'm goin' home, to see my baby
I'm goin' home, to see my baby
Come on, Take me, Yeah
I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, hey, hoo
Gonna take me back right where I belong
I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
Hoo, hoo....., right where I belong
LET'S SHAKE IT UP
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Glad to see you made it to the show tonight,
know you like your rock and roll
Rhythm gonna get ya make you feel alright
Move it to your very soul
You're working hard, it's time to play
Let your soul run free
Music gonna get ya like the jungle drums
Won't you rock and roll with me
It's a burning fever, thqt's burning up my soul
Shake it up; Let's shake it up
When I feel like workin' on some rock 'n roll
sweat drippin' off of my face
Get the fire buring, shovel on some coal
Try to win the human race
I see your body movin', I can feel the heat
Say Lord, how I love that rock and roll
Feel it from my head to my feet
It's a burning fever, that's burning up my soul
Let's shake it up, Let's shake it up.
LET THE SKY FALL
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Let the sky fall
Let the sea sink
Let the earth shake
Let the sun blink
Let the universe
Go spinning free
If my darling
Ever leaves me
Let the air freeze
Let the moon cry
Let the stars go out
Let the world die
Let my eyes go blind
Let the grass turn blue
If I ever think
Of leaving you
Let our love be
With our minds Free
Let our hearts beat
Let our eyes see
Let the universe
Share our love
Let me be
What you're thinking of
LOVE LIKE A MAN
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
You rolly poly
All over town
But you come on back to me
When things are down
Love like a man
Love all you can
Your satisfaction
is growing less
If you come on back to me
Use my address and let you
Love like a man
Love all you can
You are the woman
You can't deny
You look so good to me, girl
You make me high
I'll tell you something
I think you know
When you flash those eyes at me
All systems go
Chorus and fade
Love like a man
Love all you can
ME AND MY BABY
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Me and my baby never get the blues
Me and my baby never get the blues
Me and my woman got nothing left to lose
Me and my baby never get uptight
Me and my baby never get uptight
Me and my woman never do a damn thing right
Me and my baby always feeling good
Me and my baby always feeling good
We love each other, sure no reason why we should
Me and my baby really got it made
Me and my baby really got it made
I get her loving when the other man is paid
Me and my baby living like we should
Me and my baby living like we should
We don't act bad 'cause we don't know what it's like to be good
NO TITLE
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Well, I got no worry, and I got no pain
'Cause when I get rid of them, they come back again
I just keep on doing what I want to do
If I keep on trying, I'm sure to come through
Well, money's no problem, it comes and it goes
It stops me from starving, it keeps me in clothes
There's a God and a devil, I'm sure it must be
But why should I bother them, they don't bother me
So, I'll keep on playing and do what I do
These strings on my fingers are all that is true
ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM
(Alvin Lee)
Alvin Lee & Mylon Le Fevre
I'm on the road to freedom
On the road to love
Yonder can you see them
Who they're thinking of
I met a rich man on the road, he told me where to go
To get my hands upon some gold, but I still answered no
'Cause freedom waits for me ahead, your gold will slow me down
I smiled as I walked on my way, and left him with a frown
I met an old man on the road, his eyes were clear and wise
Can you direct me on my way, to where the answer lies?
I'm looking for the road to freedom so I can be free
He said 'keep thinking as you walk, and one day you will see
I'm on the road to freedom, on the road to truth
Yonder can you see them wasting precious youth
I thought as I walked down the road of what the man had said
It seems to me that what he meant is freedom's in your head
The road I walk along is time, it's measured out in hours
And now I need not rush along, I stop to see the flowers
Stop to smell the flowers
ONCE THERE WAS A TIME
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Once there was a time I'd rob my mama
For a good meal and a smoke
One there was a time I'd sell my brother
For a dollar, when I was broke
But I'd never sell my guitar
And my strings are always sharp
'Cause if I don't have a guitar
I'll be strumming on some angel's harp
And if I don't get to heaven
And if I go down there below
Better be a guitar when I get there
Or I will refuse to go
Once there was a time, I was hungry
And I'd find my food in some bin
But I'd never, ever sell my guitar
Cause that would darling, that would be a sin.
ONE OF THESE DAYS
Ten Years After
One of these days, boy
Gonna see my baby
Gonna see my baby
Coming down the road
She'll have my pardon
Pardon in her apron, oh, Lord
Gonna see the governor
who said release my man
She's coming down the road, boy
She's coming down the road
Red dress on, yeah
She's got her red dress on
She's coming down the road, boy
She's coming down the road
Her bags down low
She's got her bags down low
One of these days, boy
Gonna see my woman
She'll have my children
Children on her knee
I'll run up to my woman
And hold her in my arms
Tears in her eyes
She says I'm glad you're free
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Outside my windown, rain falling down
Call for my woman - no where around
I hear laughter, outside in the hall
Outside my window, I see nothing at all
There's a star in the night and it's shining so bright
I could swear it was callin' to me
There's a hope in my heart that is broken apart
and the pain for a moment is free
Outside my window, there's a light burning bright
and it keeps on callin' me into the night
Outside my window, somethin' callin' me
Outside my window, someone waits for me
How long I wonder, can this go on?
I had it all, now it is gone
So lonely, here with the blues
I never knew I had so much to lose
There's a star in the night and it's shining so bright
I could swear it was callin' to me
There's a hope in my heart that is broken apart
and the pain for a moment is free
Outside my window, there's a light burning bright
and it keeps on callin' me into the night
Outside my window, somethin' callin' me
Outside my window, someone waits for me
I feel so lonely, life got me down
I call all my friends, but they're all out of town
I keep on searching, trying to find
Someone to love me, let me ease my worried mind.
OVER THE HILL
Ten Years After
I got water on the brain
My mind is like a drain
Here I go again
Over the hill
My eyes don't see too clear
I'm not sure what I hear
Seems I'm goin' clear
Over the hill
Like a cripple and his crutch
I have leaned a bit too much
Seems as I shall never touch
Again
Now it seems it's plain to see
That the stuff is killing me
Got to quit so I'll be free
Again
I've got too much to lose
No one can fill my shoes
Think I'll leave the blues
Over the hill
RELIGION
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
I never really understood religion
Except it seems a good excuse to kill
I never really could make a decision
I don't suppose I ever will
I can't relate to any power structure
Where ego is the driving energy
I let mine go a long long time ago now
When I decided that I would be free
The only thing I understand is living,
The biggest sacrifice to make is death
And once you're dead, there's nothing left for giving
So life means fighting for every breath
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC TO THE WORLD
Ten Years After
We did some rock and roll up in Texas
And the folks from the coast towns said
You better watch yourself up in Texas
Or you, you might just end up dead, boy
But the people I found
Grooving to the sound
Of rock and roll music in the air
We all had a ball
With no hassles at all
Pretty soon I'm gonna go back there
I'm singing
Rock and roll music to the world
Rock and roll music to the world
Ain't no relation
To the United Nations
Keep rock and rolling to the world
Give peace a chance
Get up and dance
When I sing
Rock and roll music to the world
I'm gonna scream
I'm gonna shout
Get my emotions
And work them all right out
I wanna live
Just like I give
No need to fight
Wait for tonight
When I sing
Rock and roll music to the world
Rock and roll music to the world
Rock and roll music to the world
Ain't got no calling
Except for balling
Rock and roll music to the world
Don't need no boost
Just turn me loose
And I sing
Rock and roll music to the world
I tell the truth
I ain't no star
I only shout
And leave the rest to my guitar
Rock and roll music to the world
Rock and roll music to the world
Ain't no relation
To the United Nations
Keep rock and rolling to the world
Don't need no boost
Just turn me loose
And I sing
Rock and roll music to the world
SPEED KILLS
(A.Lee, Vernon)
Ten Years After
Get on the ball, boys. Let' catch that train and get on.
Well, run your Chevy down the highway, doing 95
Got his V-8 engine buzzing like a hive
Gotta catch that mail train, just to stay alive
Well, he wrote his baby a letter when he was in pain
Well, he told his little baby "Don't wanna see you again"
Well, he's gotta drop that letter, gotta catch that train
Gotta beat it to the crossing before he gets to town
Got to keep that whistle humming, keep it to the ground
Gotta catch that mail train, gotta flag it down
Roll on, boy
Well, he's squealing around the bend, tracks are getting near
Well, the roaring of the engine, passing in his ear
Well, he ain't gonna make it...
SPIDER IN MY WEB
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
I'm a spider in my web, I'm just waiting to catch a fly
Spider in my web, baby, sitting and waiting to catch a fly
Sitting in my web, darlin', just waiting for you to pass me by
Sitting here, darlin', sitting here all alone
I'm sitting here, baby, sitting all alone
Baby, when I catch you, I'm gonna take you to my home
My web isn't very sticky
Pretty soon, you should know
Baby, when I catch you, I will never let you go
Spider in my web , darlin', I'm waiting to catch a fly
Sitting in my web, baby, waiting for you to pass me by
I said I'm a spider in my web, I'm just waiting to catch a fly
Spider in my web, and I'm waiting to catch a fly
Sitting in my web, darlin', waiting for you to pass my by
Don't you know the spider
Oh, baby, pretty soon, you're sure to find
Well, I'm a spider, pretty soon, you're sure to find
I'm a spider in my web, baby
But baby, spider can be kind
STANDING AT THE STATION
Ten Years After
Well, I'm standin' at the station
And the rain don't make a sound
Got a Bible in my pocket
Cause my plane was just shot down
My mind is all confusion
I believe I'm in a play
Throw my Bible out the window
As the train goes on i'ts way
Gonna leave my blues behind me
Gonna find another town
Gonna try and find some people
Who this time won't bring me down
As I step out of the carriage
The station looks the same
As the one I left behind me
Though it has another name
STONED WOMAN
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
She gonna love him, stoned out of mind all the time
She gonna keep him, stoned out of his mind all the time
She don't see nothing
She just has loving and she keeps on puffing all the time
I keep on praying
She'll just have a flash
She'll hear what I'm saying all the time
Well, she's a stoned woman, baby, it's true
Well, she's a stoned woman
Baby, baby, baby, I don't know, really, what to do
She gonna love him, stoned out of mind all the time
She gonna keep him, stoned out of his mind all the time
She don't see nothing
She just has loving and she keeps on puffing all the time
All the time
I keep on praying
She'll just have a flash
She'll hear what I'm saying all the time
All the time
All the time
All the time
SUGAR THE ROAD
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Having a good time, baby
You're having a ball
Your daddy don't dig what you look like
Don't dig it at all
Don't understand
What you're going through
No, no, no, no, no, no, he don't
He says there's only one way that you stay alive
Keep working for your pension till you're sixty five
Hey, No, no, don't dig it at all
You've grown up a big girl, baby
You're doing all right
You sleep in the daytime, baby now
You're leaping all night
Got your own scene
Said you're doing fine
My, my, my, doing fine, girl
Live like you want, let them call you a freak
You'll be a baby factory when you're married a week
Oh, no, no, no, can you live in a box? Get out, get out...
You're having a good time, baby
You're loving your life
There's more things ahead now, baby
Than being a wife
Well, I love your mind
'Cause you know it's free
Little darlin
Don't worry about the people who scream and shout
Just give them fifty years and they might forget it out
Hey, yeah, I've gotta have me a good time
Darling, let it all hang out
SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN
Ten Years After
They're really rockin' in Boston
Pittsburg, Pa.
Deep in the heart of Texas
And down in Frisco Bay
Way over in St. Louis
Down in New Orleans
The cats they wanna dance with
Sweet little sixteen
Little sixteen
Well, she's gotta have
About half a million
Half a million autographs
Oh, but tomorrow morning
She's got to change her trend
To be back in the classroom
She's gotta be back in school again
THE BLUEST BLUES
(Alvin Lee)
Alvin Lee
I couldn't wait to see you, waiting by the door
There's no one there to meet me, and your clothes are on the floor
Sorry if I hurt you - and I made you cry
Couldn't stand to see you with another guy
It's the bluest blues, and it cuts me like a knife
It's the bluest blues - since you walked out of my life
Couldn't really tell you how you hurt my pride
Something broke within me, down inside
I never knew I loved you, until you went away
Now the loneliness surrounds me, everyday
It's the bluest blues, since you walked out of the door
It's the blues blues, 'cause I won't see you no more
I'm sorry if I failed you, if somehow I'm to blame
It's the bluest blues I'm feeling, it's a cryin' shame
I just can't live without you - face another day
It's the bluest blues I'm feeling, and it's here to stay
It's the bluest blues, and it cuts me to the bone
It's the bluest blues, when you can't find your way home
THE STOMP
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
All right, oh, yeah
Come on, baby, yeah
Hey baby, sure love you fine
You got a way of moving, mama
Make me lose my mind
You know, mama, what you got
Something I need, sure need a lot
I got the rhythm, and you sure got the style
So, shake it, mama, please stomp around a while
Shake on
Hey, baby, yes, you're doing fine
You're stomping so good, mama
You got the boys in the line
Foxy mama
You sure got what it takes
And when you're stomping, darling
Boy, it really shakes
Foxy woman
You don't tell no lies
What you got, darling
Sure would like to advertise
Hear the boys say
Look at that, mama, don't she look fine
Love that woman, make her mine
And you know, baby, that's where it's at
Just stomp around, mama
Shake it, shake it out
Shake it, mama, oh, mama, mmm...
Shake it, mama
Mmmmm....., yeah, baby
Mmmmm....., oh, mama, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah
Do the stomp
Stomp around
TIME AND SPACE
(Alvin Lee)
Alvin Lee
As you sit there is the country,
do you ever think of me?
As I travel cross the ocean,
always searching to be free
Will I cry this night for you babe
As I stare out at the storm
Time and space has come between us
Might as well be up and gone
Will I need so much to hold you
As I lie here all alone
Time and space has come between us
Wish that I was comin' home
Seems that I was born to wonder
Seems the devil's on my mind
So I've got to keep on searching,
'Til the answer I can find
Seems that I just need you
'cause I love you deep inside
Time and space has come between us,
Wish that I was by your side
TOMORROW I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN
Ten Years After
You know, tomorrow I'll be out of town
Baby, before the sun goes down
There's an agent and he's made a bet
That I'll be sitting on a jumbo jet
Baby, I'd like to stay here
Baby, I'd like to play here
But I made a deal
And though it don't seem real
Just another day
I'll be three thousand miles away
I got to pay my dues
You know I sing the blues
Got to do my thing
All I do is sing rock and roll
You know, tomorrow I'll be on my way
Flying through an other day
Places turn into a dream
I can't remember where I've been
Baby, I'd like to stop here
Baby, I'd like to drop here
But in a month or so
Then I will have to go
But it does no good
Still it's in my blood
I got to pay my dues
You know I sing the blues
Got to do my thing
All I do is sing rock and roll
Man must do what a man must do
No time to sit and wait
One day he's gonna realise
That it is too late
You know, tomorrow I'll be on my own
Flying through an other zone
Faces turn into a dream
I can't remember who I've seen
Baby, I'd like to lay here
Baby, I'd like to stay here
But there's an other show
And I just have to go
Still keep coming through
Don't know how I'll do
I got to pay my dues
You know I sing the blues
Got to do my thing
All I do is sing rock and roll
TURNED OFF TV BLUES
Ten Years After
It's a cold and winter's night and the rain is falling down
It's so cold, cold outside, snow is laying all around
There is blackness in my window, and the silence is the only sound
Well I'm sitting and I'm thinking though I like to watch T.V.
It just fills my head with garbage that my eyes ain't surposed to see
Got the turned off T.V. blues now, but I'm lonely as you see
Well I've got a worried feeling, all the pain and misery
Well, it's happenning in the world now, even though I cannot see
Though my body is now with you, still my mind is runnning free
There's just nothing I can do now, though I search from day to day
But the truth is so hard to tell you, and you know it, anyway
It's a cold and winter's evening, I wish my blues would go away
TWO TIME MAMA
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Two time mama, don't you two time me
Two time mama, don't you two time me
'Cause if you need two
You can bet your life I'm using three
Two time woman, don't tell me your lies
Two time woman, don't tell me those lies
I hear your voice, but I'm looking right in your eyes
WOMAN TROUBLE
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
Woman trouble always in my life
Got a babe, but she'll never be my wife
'Cause I know, yes, I know
When she got you, man, you're never letting go
You see her in the street with the sparkling eyes
Don't forget that she knows how to cry
'Cause you know, yes, I know
When she got you, man, you're never letting go
She says, baby, that we'll never fight
I know I'm gonna treat you right
You won't be lonely, this I know
There's a time when women have got to go
Woman trouble always on my mind
My kind of woman I'll never find
'Cause I know, yes, I know
When she got you, man, you'll never let go
Woman trouble always in my life
Got a babe, but she'll never be my wife
'Cause I know, yes, I know
When they got you, man, they're never letting go
WORKING ON THE ROAD
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
I've been working on the road about fifteen years
Been blowing my mind, I've been blasting my ears
Don't you know, babe?
I've been sleeping all day and working all night
I made a lot of money, but it don't feel right
Don't you know, babe?
Well, I've seen the world and it's seen me
In a strange kind of way I guess I'm free
Don't you know, babe?
Well, I've seen it bad and I've seen it good
But, now, I want to clear my blood
Don't you know, babe?
I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own
Well, I tried to live the way I should
I've shed some tears and sweated blood
Don't you know, babe?
And I think it's time I took a break
'Cause I have took all I can take
Don't you know, babe?
I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own
Take me home, babe
YEAR 3,000 BLUES
(Alvin Lee)
Ten Years After
They took me down the grading station
And they classified me zed
'Cause of over population
They told me that I would soon be dead
But I slipped out of the force field
And hid beneath the monorail
But the automatic blood hounds
Lord, they're soon hot along my trail
Now if I had been a scholar
With computer working hard
Then my molecular structure
Would not be on the grader's card
So, I know that they will get me
Put my index in the brain
Then, the atoms of my body
Will be disposed of, Lordy, down the drain
They took me down the grading station
And they classified me zed
'Cause of over population
They told me that I would soon be dead
YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL
Ten Years After
You can't win them all
'Cause sometimes you fall flat on your face on the floor
You can't win them all
It's no good at all if you feel that your life is a bore
You've got to hang loose to keep from the noose
And you've got to learn to use your brain
You've got to live right and keep to the right
Then, you're free if you don't go insane
I've seen a lot of people
They've all blown it out
You can't win them all is what they all shout
You've got to keep tryin'
Got to stand up a gain
You can't lose them all, babe
'Cause one day you'll win
You've got to have taste or life is a waste
And you don't ever tune yourself in
You've got to keep on or they'll get you, my son
And they know that you just can't win
YOU GIVE ME LOVING
Ten Years After
You give me loving that I can't return
You give me money that you know I'll burn
I'll give you something that you can't give back
Then I'm moving right on down the track
You've given everything you've got to me
But still you cannot really set me free
My life is changing and I'm on the run
I'll see you later when I've had some fun
I keep running, 'cause I know the score
You'll never find me coming back for more
I'll catch you later 'cause I'm gonna split
You give a lot, I only need a bit
You give me loving that I can't return
You give me money that you know I'll burn
You give me loving just for your own sake
You only give it so that you can take
You give me loving and it's plain to see
You wanna give it to me all for free
But I can't take it 'cause you need it back
The art of giving is the one I lack
You give me loving and you drive me mad
You give me money and it makes me sad
'Cause I meed freedom more than I need gold
And so I'm leavin' 'fore I get too old
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