1. LONG BLOND ANIMAL

Get out of my parlour, won't you
Get out of my life
Put on that crazy raincoat
You're gonna need it tonight

Get out of my parlour
For I cut you with a knife
Don't want your disease
Don't need your silly jive

I was an innocent by-stander
I was middle of the roadman for you
Then you took me for a ride, now baby
Showed me all the things you could do
I always listen to the good looking lady
A mistake I won't make no more
'Cause you might be a good-looking lady
You're rotten to the core
You're all fucked up

I've been under your influence
Under your spell too long
Now people keep me at a distance
Everything I do is wrong
My brain's disintegrating
Devil's singing my song
This cannot continue
This cannot go on
You're nothing but a long blond animal


2. NO FOR AN ANSWER

Hey operator, get me Valerie on the phone
Hey operator, I want Valerie on the phone right now
Mister navigator, I want location exact
Of where my Valerie's at
I see dials turnin'
I see a lighthouse burning
Nothin' happenin' yet, nothin' happenin' so far

Revelator, do your thing for me
Divine oracle, do your thing for me and my gal
I've been around the world

Yeah, hey operator, what's that you said to me
Hey operator, you can't say that to me
I see dials turnin'
I see a lighthouse burning
Nothin' happenin' yet, nothin' happenin' so far
I won't take no for an answer
Valerie is gonna say yes to me
Sweet, sweet Valerie,
She's gonna say yes to me


3. MY TOWN

My town, is sittin' on the ocean
My town, paradise livin'
My town, my town is alright
I've got fine friends, livin' 'round the corner
Crazy friends, party every night
My friend, my friend, is alright

I'll give you some time to make up your mind
Give you some time to pack a samsonite
Gotta start lookin' for the signs
The signs leadin' to my town

We've got big girls sittin' in the red light
Pretty girls bakin' in the sunlight
Our girls, our girls are alright
I got no fear for the cops and the robber
I drink beer with the drunks and the dealer
Our town, my town is alright

Give me some time to make up your mind
Give me some time to pack a samsonite
We're all gonna set this city on fire
Come alive, down in my town
How about your town, baby
How about your town, baby
How about, how about......
My town, is floatin' down the river
My town, lies dreamin' in the valley
My town, my town is alright
We've got nightclubs, discotheques, theatres
Shoeshine and cheap parking meters
We've got hotels, motels, a line

Give you some time to make up your mind
Give you some time with a samsonite
We're gonna set this city on fire
We're on fire, down in my town
Get down to my town


4. PRISONER OF THE NIGHT

Shortcomings I can't explain
Of body and brain
I feel I'm caught inside a bubble
I suggest we're in trouble
Let's be optimistic, pessimistic makes me sick
C'mon optimistic, get up, get up, get up, make it big
I can't fight 'cause I'm a prisoner of the night
I can't fight 'cause I'm a prisoner of the night
Mean wheel, prisoner of the night
No deal, for a prisoner of the night
Runnin' real, prisoner of the night
Escape, when daylight strikes yeah
And you won't come down no more

Mean wheel, prisoner of the night
No deal, for a prisoner of the night
Runnin' real, prisoner of the night


5. I DON´T WANA BE NOBODY ELSE

Somebody asked me funny questions
If you could do it all over again
Would you go for the same thing
And if you could be somebody else
Would you hesitate, would you go ahead and change
You're not an animal
But if you could choose from all the zoo's
Which beast would you be
I don't wanna be nobody else
I don't wanna be nowhere else
I wouldn't be with you
I wanna be with you
If you could be livin' in a different age
A different time in history
Would you buy a time machine
And if they vote you for president
Would you go to walk
A bigger walk or would you make amends


6. CUT ´EM DOWN TO SIZE

He's got a room at the top and a jag at the bottom
Looks real pleased inside his boredom
Out on the stretch he's a big time roller
But the dames keep gettin' colder and colder
He thinks inch by inch monopolize
But that little girl over there
If he got the guts, if he dares
He's gonna cut 'em down to size

Sheila's gettin' rude and hungry for t he first prize
Sheila's gettin' rude and hungry aimin' at the eyes
She's gonna cut 'em down to size

There's a whole lotta pretty things going 'round
So don't let one bad break bring you down
I know a guy who swears he won't find another
Girl like the one that dated him for his brother
Now she's waitin' for him to apologize
She just wants to cut him down to size

Sheila's gettin' rude and hungry for t he first prize
Sheila's gettin' rude and hungry aimin' at the eyes
She's gonna cut 'em down

Cut 'em down to size, cut 'em down to size


7. WILL & MERCY

Will's a broken down lover
Who's never been outside the city he lives in
He's got memories of better days
And he's floatin' in his dream
But tonight's the night that's gonna change his life
Gonna change the whole situation
Mercy just got off the train
Gets a cab at the station

Time and time ahead, coming in the clear
Lonely hearts, disappear
Cause Mercy's on her way and Will don't have to wait
Time and time for the day, anymore

Mercy's got enough of the now and then
Of her strait jacket existence
So she packs her bags and cuts her hair
And throws away the ribbons
Cause tonight's the night that's gonna change her life
Gonna change the whole situation
Will just turned the free sign off
Baby where can I take you

Time and time ahead, coming in the clear
Lonely hearts, disappear
Cause Mercy's on her way and Will don't have to wait
Time and time for the day

Who, who will stop the rain again
We will stop the rain and then....

Time and time ahead, coming in the clear
Lonely hearts, disappear
Cause Mercy's on her way and Will don't have to wait
Time and time for the day, anymore


8. COME IN OUTERSPACE

Few things really get me mad
Disappointed or truly sad
I'm out on the beach lookin' for a light
Shootin' through the summer night
And when the sun comes up, I'm going blind
From stretch and strainin' my minds eye

I don't know why I keep it up
Twenty five years gone down on luck
Everybody's seen 'em by now
I feel like I am bein' left out

Come on in outerspace
I do wanna see you too
Losin' all my money on the books
They wrote about you
Tune in outerspace
Something gotta give you face
Maybe it's vanity
Don't you think that you owe it to me

When I'm at home, insecure
They scrutinize me, for sure
I take a pill and I fall asleep
Can't shake it off, I'm in the deep
And when the sun goes down, I'm up all right
From the stretch and strainin' my minds eye

I don't know why I keep it up
Twenty five years gone down on luck
Everybody's seen 'em by now
I feel like I am bein' left out

Come on in outerspace
I wanna see you too
Losin' all my money on the books
They wrote about you
Tune in outerspace
Something gotta give you face
Maybe it's vanity
Don't you think that you owe it to me


9. GOING CRAZY AGAIN

I saw a black cat in a blind alley way
The way bad luck runs, it could be here any day
The Landlord raises rent, just about all my money spent
The lady's on her way comin' but I know she can't
Ten empty bottles on the floor
Matching ten notches on someone's door
I think you'd better turn me in

I'm going crazy again
It's outa my hands
Got nothin' to lose, got nothin' to win
I'm goin' insane
The whole thing is caving in
Going crazy again
Nobody really cares, it's bad timing
And the way I'm livin'

Everybody's tryin' to act surprised
About the way I get myself revived
Couple a stitches and a light head
Coming around the bend
A ninety buck treatment on gettin' myself analyzed
Who's that snake in the corner
Talkin' bout disorder
I'm gonna crush it before it gets me alive

I think you better turn me in
I'm going crazy again
It's outa my hands
Got nothin' to lose, got nothin' to win
I'm goin' insane
The whole thing is caving in
Going crazy again
Nobody really cares, it's gotta be bad timing
And the way I'm livin'