1. THIS GUITAR NEVER LIES

Hear me talkin' to you, hear me sing my song
Can you tell if it's really me, if I'm right or if I'm wrong.

If I was telling the truth, could you see it in my eyes
Whatever I tell you now, this guitar never lies.

It's just a wooden box with holes in, and wires fastened on
Made by a man in Nazareth, Tijuana or Taiwan.

And as for the man who plays it, he might be real or otherwise
The only thing you need to know it is, this guitar never lies

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Never says forever never lies
However long you pick it, the same old thing applies

There was a man before me, and he was the living proof
Of just how far a boy can go with three chords and the truth

Sure he had his share of lowdown ways you might despise
But everywhere you played they all said, this guitar never lies

[Chorus]

The boys are back in town with the stories and the spin
The PR man has made his pitch, so let the show begin

It's the song you've heard before, it's a tale you'll recognize
But anyway you choose to tell it, this guitar never lies.

Never lies, never lies.


2. WHEN JONES GETS BACK TO TOWN

The bar is open but the seat ain't taken
Looks a little god-forsaken
Kinda quiet since he ain't been around

He used to throw around a lot of money
And everything he said was funny
And we'll be laughing when Jones gets back to town.

I bet he's got a lot of things to bring us
Got a lot of songs to sing us
Bet they're saying he's the biggest thing around

So take a beater to the old red carper
Clear the decks and we can all get started
We'll have a party when Jones gets back to town.

[Chorus]
Ever since he went away, we've been staring at our beer
Just wondering why things ain't the same around here.

Bet he's gonna have a tale to tell us
Better hurry up and get there fellas
It's gonna happen when Jones gets back to town.

[Chorus]

But you can talk about your heh big spenders
You can talk about your great pretenders
Me I'm talking 'bout the boy who wears a crown.

He'll set 'em up and there'll be no last orders
We'll be waking up across the border
It won't matter when Jones gets back to town
It won't matter when Jones gets back to town
It won't matter when Jones gets back to town


3. THIS TOO WILL PASS

Call this a stepping stone, call it, sand through the glass
Things change and though it hurts now, this too will pass.

Leaves fade, stars fall, time slips away
Waves break walls shake, each hour, each day.

[Chorus]
And all through the ages, the sages maintain, nothing good ever last
What's true for the sun must be true for the rain, and you know
This too will pass.

Dark days strong words, meant for the best
It only took one look, you know the rest.

Good times they fly by, how soon they go
But pain too is washed away, by the river's flow.

[Chorus]

A knock on the door in the dark of the night, a paper kite in the grass
Shadows may fall but the world turns to light, and you know
This too will pass.


4. COMING GOOD

Pinch me now I think I may be dreaming
Wake me up and let me see it's true
Everything I feel, just one day to be real
Seems like I'm finally coming through.

Shadows used to fall across my footsteps
Whispered voices telling me I'm wrong
Got them on the run, I'm walking in the sun
I'm going back where I belong.

[Chorus]
Some say that it never would, some say if it only could
I'm doing what I know I should, feel it now, I believe it's coming good.

Clear blue water right to the horizon
The early morning breeze has hit my sail
I'm gonna with the tide, i've finally hit my stride
Time's on my side and I won't fail.

[Chorus]

Watch me now, I believe it's coming good.


5. CANDLELIGHT

Don't ask me what I'm doing here, I don't know
Don't ask me if I'm getting near, so far to go
I got a station on the medium wave just about to fade
I got a pistol in my sleeping bag, so I won't feel afraid
I saw a sign in the empty night, a place i've known
I'm hoping there'll be candlelight when I get home.

I guess i've done some wicked things since i've been round
I caught an angel and I clipped her wings, left her on the ground
I never thought of going back again, but I'm feelin' so alone
I'm hoping there be candlelight when I get home.

Every time I check my rear view mirror, what do I see
I see the face of the original sinner looking back at me
He's riding with me every night in the dark and the unknown
I'm hoping there'll be candlelight when I get home.


6. FREEDOM SQUARE

Please Captain, let me go down town
It's Sunday and my friends will be around
I've been to church like I'm supposed to do
And I prayed that my girl is gonna be there too
Cos Jesus said to me,
One day you'll be free,
But for now every Sunday, there's dancing in the square,
We'll sing our fathers' songs and there'll be freedom in the air
We'll plant a seed and maybe it'll grow
So please Captain, let me go

And that's right, that's right, going down to Freedom Square
That's right, that's right, that's right
And that's right, that's right, gonna meet my people there
That's right, that's right, that's right

Well I slaved all week and the day has come around
When I can slip these chains and lay my burden down
On Freedom Square, Old Hannah shine on bright
On the working man and make him feel alright
Today we're on our own,
We're taking it back home
And up from the plantation, the line is coming through
Like they're dancing in their shackles, the way they used to do
And every step they take is gonna be
One further down the road for you and me

And that's right, that's right, going down to Freedom Square
That's right, that's right, that's right
And that's right, that's right, gonna meet my people there
That's right, that's right, that's right


7. UNDER THE PROMENADE

Whenever my demons come calling, to ask if I'm coming out to play
The answer is in the affirmative,'cos I know it feels better that way
They'll ask me to do what I don't wanna do, and i'll do it without regret
I'll swallow my pride to the letter down under the promenade
Down under the promenade.

Sometimes the darkness comes over and I can't see the trees for the wood
Evil abounds in the sights and the sound and nothing behaves as it should
Well I can escape from the outside without overpowering the guard
'Cos I'm safe in my cell down under he promenade
Down under the promenade.

When there's no hope of salvation I can easily turn things around
'Cos inside my head i've got jam on my bread I'm a regular man-about-town
My fortunes just could not be better got a right-royal full-house of cards
I'm an entrepreneurial go-getter down under the promenade
Down under the promenade

I'm an entrepreneurial go-getter down down under the promenade

Down under the promenade.

Down under the promenade.

Down.


8. ROCK 'N' ROLL PHONE

When you're goin' down faster than in an elevator
Your breathin' so hard that you need a respirator
Thinkin' 'bout the nights when you did the mashed potato
You better do it now cos you'll never do it later.

You used to paint the town but you ain't in a condition
You're livin' in a one man state of prohibition
Got to shake a leg got to make it your ambition
To go and get your hands around a pint of exhibition

[Chorus]
You know you're own out there and you're entering the funny zone
You better get connected to the Rock 'n' Roll phone
I'm making this connection so you'll never be alone.

Well a little shot of rhythm gonna set your heart pumpin'
A whole mess of blues gonna really tell you somethin'
I ain't no doctor but I got your medication
A bit of Rock 'n' Roll put you in communication.

[Chorus]

Don't ever surrender, never give up at all
Don't forget to remember, you got the number to call

When you're goin' down faster than in an elevator
Breathin' so hard that you need a respirator
Thinkin' 'bout the nights when you did the mashed potato
You better do it now cos you'll never do it later.

Oh you know you're own out there and you're entering the funny zone
It's time you get connected to the Rock 'n' Roll phone
I'm making this connection so you'll never be alone.

[Chorus]


9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Well hello friend it's so long since I saw you
Was it back in '69
We filled our days with talk about the revolution
And our nights with cheap red wine
We missed our chance to say goodbye, so we got
Unfinished business, you and I.

Do you recall the man who sang of freedom
And how we thought we could all join in
When for a while it seemed to be so easy
It felt so good it didn't change a thing
We beat the drum we nailed the sound, but there was
Unfinished business still around.

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Whatever we knew then, we ought to know it now
We've got to catch that train and ride while we still remember how

Well we could meet up for a cappuccino
We could talk about the days gone by
You could wear your denims from Moschino
I could wear my Homer Simpson tie
We've been around, that much is true, and we got
Unfinished business, me and you.

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And now they've closed my job down at the union
I got a silver handshake, how about you?
But I got pride and I still got my values
And I hear they're hiring down at B&Q
That's the thing about life, just gets in the way
And I think about unfinished business every day
And I think about unfinished business every day
And I think about unfinished business every day


10. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAY

I had a birthday and my friends all came
They brought a cake, some remembered my name
Some young kids called me dad
Never seen 'em in my life before.

I felt their tears when they kissed my face
Said "don't be sad no more"
Told stories 'bout me younger days
And life before the war.

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I got no mirror so I see no pain
I'm happy as can be
The lines in my face will hold two days of rain
Nine-teen going on ninety three

They keep me here to make the nurses smile
Think i'll head home in a little while
My young bride she's waiting for me
In our love nest by the sea.


11. WALKING BACK TO BLUEBERRY HILL

First saw him on a TV screen, little box black and white
He made a sound I never heard before, didn't sleep that night
He brings joy into my lonely life like flowers on my window sill
And it ain't over till the fat man sing so I'm walkin' back to Blueberry Hill.

The way he sang about New Orleans the way the band could play
Didn't go to work went to the record store and I played that song all day
It's hard to love a cheatin' wife I feel i've been through the mill
But it ain't over til' the fat man sing so I'm walking back to Blueberry Hill.

[Chorus]
Ain't that a shame, she don't tingle when those cultured fingers
Lingers on those ivory keyes
You're the one to blame, came home early from the money makin'
There's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on with Jerry Lee.

Well I take a bus to Louisiana, get back on my feet
I play guitar in a crackers bar and I live down Bourbon Street
Maybe i'll ring that Southern bell, maybe i'll find my thrill
'Cos it ain't over till the fat man sing so I'm walking back to Blueberry Hill.

She says she'll change her cheatin' ways, but I know she never will
It ain't over till the fat man sings, so I'm walkin' back to Blueberry Hill.


12. SIGNIFICANT OTHER

I was standing on the corner, I was waiting for a ride
I saw Tom Cruise coming with a lady by his side
I said "Hey Tom, is that your wife or your mother?"
He said "Step up and meet my significant other"

He said "Folks like me, we're not like you,
We got more money, we got better things to do,
We don't say friend, we don't say lover,
The name of the dame is significant other".

Hey junior mister living on your own
They're whispering in the corridors, raking up old bones
Storm's gonna break, you're gonna need some cover
Better find yourself a significant other

'Cos the red-top rags and the glossy magazines
And the files on the walls are gonna wanna peep behind the scenes
And they'll decide who gets between the covers
See, there's me and there's you and there's significant others.

Who you with when you go down town?
Who you with when the word gets round?
Who's that keeping you out all night?
Who's that making you feel alright?

A a man needs a maid and a heart needs a home
Like Peters and Lee, like Robson and Jerome
Lenin and the Beatles, Marx and the Brothers
Everybody needs their significant others.

Who you with when you go down town?
Who you with when the word gets round?
Who's that keeping you out all night?
Who's that making you feel alright?

Well Clark needed Lois and Janet needed John
And what you don't know is you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
And someday soon you're gonna wake up discover
Everybody needs a significant other.

Everybody needs a significant other

Everybody a significant


13. REMEMBER TOMORROW

Don't come to me reminiscing, don't drag the past to my door
Don't tell me what you're missing, what is it you take me for
'Cos when you start on about the old days, that's when i'll be moving on
When you cry into your beer, then that's me straight out of here
Just remember tomorrow when I'm gone.

Sure we've all got a history, sure we've got a tale to tell
I'd sooner yours stayed a mystery, 'cos to me it's just hell
But past's not a bad place to visit, but to stay here don't seem right
So come on and raise your glass, to whatever still the past
And remember tomorrow tonight.

Here comes that song you keep picking, here comes that look on your face
Just like a needle that's sticking, you're always stuck in the same old place
So open your eyes to the future, when it all comes new once again
And dedicate your days to the changing of the ways
And remember tomorrow now
And dedicate your nights to the raising of your sights
And remember that tomorrow now and then.