L.A. WOMAN

 
THE CHANGELING
LOVE HER MADLY
BEEN DOWN SO LONG
CARS HISS BY MY WINDOW
L.A. WOMAN
L'AMERICA
HYACINTH HOUSE
CRAWLING KING SNAKE
THE WASP
RIDERS ON THE STORM

 


 

The Changeling

 

Uh!

Uha!

Gedu!

 

I live uptown

I live downtown

I live all around

 

I had money, and I had none

I had money, and I had none

But I never been so broke

That I couldn't leave town

 

I'm a Changeling

See me change

I'm a Changelin'

See me change

 

I'm the air you breath

Food you eat

Friends your greet

In the sullen street, wow

 

See me change

See me change, you

 

I live uptown

I live downtown

I live all around

 

I had money, yeah, and I had none

I had money, yeah, and I had none

But I never been so broke

That I couldn't leave town

 

Well, I'm the air you breath

Food you eat

Friends your greet

In the sullen street, wow

 

Ew ma!

Uh, ah!

 

You gotta see me change

See me change

Yeah, I'm leavin' town

On a midnight train Gotta see me change

Change, change, change

Change, change, change

Change, change, change

Change, change, change

Woa, change, change, change

 

 Love Her Madly

 

Don't ya love her madly

Don't ya need her badly

Don't ya love her ways

Tell me what you say

 

Don't ya love her madly

Wanna be her daddy

Don't ya love her face

Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door

Like she did one thousand times before

 

Don't ya love her ways

Tell me what you say

Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door

 

All your love

All your love

All your love

All your love

 

All your love is gone

So sing a lonely song

Of a deep blue dream

Seven horses seem to be on the mark

 

Yeah, don't you love her

Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door

 

All your love

All your love

All your love

 

Yeah, all your love is gone

So sing a lonely song

Of a deep blue dream

Seven horses seem to be on the mark

 

Well, don't ya love her madly

Don't ya love her madly

Don't ya love her madly

 

Been Down So Long

 

Well, I've been down so Goddamn long

That it looks like up to me

Well, I've been down so very damn long

That it looks like up to me

Yeah, why don't one you people

C'mon and set me free

 

I said, warden, warden, warden

Won't you break your lock and key

I said, warden, warden, warden

Won't ya break your lock and key

Yeah, come along here, mister

C'mon and let the poor boy be

 

Baby, baby, baby

Won't you get down on your knees

Baby, baby, baby

Won't you get down on your knees

C'mon little darlin'

C'mon and give your love to me, oh yeah

 

Well, I've been down so Goddamn long

That it looks like up to me

Well, I've been down so very damn long

That it looks like up to me

Yeah, why don't one you people

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon and set me free

 

Cars Hiss By My Window

 

The cars hiss by my window

Like the waves down on the beach

The cars hiss by my window

Like the waves down on the beach

I got this girl beside me

But she's out of reach

 

Headlight through my window

Shinin' on the wall

Headlight through my window

Shinin' on the wall

Can't hear my baby

Though I called and called

 

Yeah, right

Woo!

 

Windows started tremblin'

With a sonic boom

Windows started tremblin'

With a sonic boom, boom

A cold girl'll kill you

In a darkened room

 

Yeah, woo

Ride

Ride on

Weooooo!

Wawa, eooo!

Oooo, owa, owaaa!

Wa, waaaaea!

Ooo, wa, wa, wa, wa, waa!

Uh-huh

 

L. A. Woman

 

Well, I just got into town about an hour ago

Took a look around, see which way the wind blow

Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows

 

Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light

Or just another lost angel...City of Night

City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woo, c'mon

 

L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

Drive thru your suburbs

Into your blues, into your blues, yeah

Into your blue-blue Blues

Into your blues, ohh, yeah

 

I see your hair is burnin'

Hills are filled with fire

If they say I never loved you

You know they are a liar

Drivin' down your freeways

Midnite alleys roam

Cops in cars, the topless bars

Never saw a woman...

So alone, so alone

So alone, so alone

 

Motel Money Murder Madness

Let's change the mood from glad to sadness

 

Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'

Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'

Got to keep on risin'

Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'

Mojo Risin', gotta Mojo Risin'

Mr. Mojo Risin', gotta keep on risin'

Risin', risin'

Gone risin', risin'

I'm gone risin', risin'

I gotta risin', risin'

Well, risin', risin'

I gotta, wooo, yeah, risin'

Woah, ohh yeah

 

Well, I just got into town about an hour ago

Took a look around, see which way the wind blow

Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows

Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light

Or just another lost angel...City of Night

City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woah, c'mon

 

L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman

L.A. Woman, your my woman

Little L.A. Woman, Little L.A. Woman

L.A. L.A. Woman Woman

L.A. Woman c'mon

 

 L'America

 

Yeeeaahh I took a trip down to L'America

To trade some beads for a pint of gold

I took a trip down to L'America

To trade some beads for a pint of gold

L'America, L'America, L'America

L'America, L'America, L'America

 

C'mon people, don't ya look so down

You know the rain man's comin' ta town

Change the weather, change your luck

And then he'll teach ya how ta...find yourself

L'America

 

Friendly strangers came to town

All the people put them down

But, the women loved their ways

Come again some other day

Like the gentle rain

Like the gentle rain that falls

 

I took a trip down to L'America

To trade some beads for a pint of gold

I took a trip down to L'America

To trade some beads for a pint of gold

L'America, L'America, L'America

L'America, L'America, L'America

L'America

 

Hyacinth House

 

What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?

What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?

To please the lions in this day

 

I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me

I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me

I need someone and who doesn't need me

 

I see the bathroom is clear

I think that somebody's near

I'm sure that someone is following me, oh yeah

 

Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?

Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?

It was the only card in the deck that I had left to play

 

And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend

And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend

And I'll say it again, I need a brand new friend, the end

 

CRAWLING KING SNAKE

 

Well, I'm the Crawlin' King Snake

And I rule my den

I'm the Crawlin' King Snake

And I rule my den

Yeah, don't mess 'round with my mate

Gonna use her for myself

 

Caught me crawlin', baby, window

Grass is very high

Keep on crawlin' till the day I die

Crawlin' King Snake

And I rule my den

You better give me what I want

Gonna crawl no more

 

Caught me crawlin', baby

Crawlin' 'round your door

Seein' everything I want

I'm gonna crawl on your floor

Let's crawl

And I rule my den

C'mon, give me what I want

Ain't gonna crawl no more

 

Alright, crawl a while

 

C'mon crawl

C'mon crawl

Get on out there on your hands and knees, baby

Crawl all over me

Just like the spider on the wall

Ooo, we gonn' crawl, one more

 

Well, I'm the Crawlin' King Snake

And I rule my den

Call me the Crawlin' King Snake

And I rule my den

Yeah, don't mess 'round with my mate

Gonna use her for myself

 

THE WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)

 

I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat

Comes out of the Virginia swamps

Cool and slow with plenty of precision

With a back beat narrow and hard to master

 

Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance

Others, mean and ruthful of the Western dream

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft

We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping

This is the land where the Pharaoh died

 

The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered

They are saying, "Forget the night.

Live with us in forests of azure.

Out here on the perimeter there are no stars

Out here we is stoned - immaculate."

 

Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache

I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the lose of God

I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night

The meager food for souls forgot

I'll tell you 'bout the maiden with raw iron soul

 

I'll tell you this

No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn

 

I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat

Soft drivin', slow and mad, like some new language

 

Now, listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the Texas

I'll tell you 'bout the Texas Radio

I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night

Wandering the Western dream

Tell you 'bout the maiden with raw iron soul

 

RIDERS ON THE STORM

 

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Into this house we're born

Into this world we're thrown

Like a dog without a bone

An actor out alone

Riders on the storm

 

There's a killer on the road

His brain is squirmin' like a toad

Take a long holiday

Let your children play

If ya give this man a ride

Sweet memory will die

Killer on the road, yeah

 

Girl ya gotta love your man

Girl ya gotta love your man

Take him by the hand

Make him understand

The world on you depends

Our life will never end

Gotta love your man, yeah

 

Wow!

 

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Into this house we're born

Into this world we're thrown

Like a dog without a bone

An actor out alone

Riders on the storm

 

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

 


ATRAS