Slade : Beginnings

Glam Rock / United-Kingdom
(1969 - Fontana)
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1. GENESIS

(Instrumental)


2. EVERYBODY'S NEXT ONE

She's all alone she's lost another one
Letting yesterday be now he's already gone

And though tonight she'll swear it was the last time
Find it pays will come there goes the right line
Then she'll do all the right things at the wrong guy
And when he's gone next day she'll say I wonder why

She doesn't know why she's everybody's next one
Cos she's afraid of the truth it's gonna hurt some
All the pay in the world ain't gonna help none
She has to realise that to keep on her ways have to change some

She tries too hard and she comes on too strong
Thinks herself too much and thinks she can't be wrong

She's doing first the things that do not matter
To be the queen of hearts is what she's after
Then she'll do all the right things at the wrong guy
And when he's gone next day she'll say I wonder why

She doesn't know why she's everybody's next one
Cos she's afraid of the truth it's gonna hurt some
All the pay in the world ain't gonna help none
She has to realise that to keep on her ways have to change some


3. KNOCKING NAILS IN INTO MY HOUSE

This house is mine but the men they say it's not
You see this house is the only place I've got
Running round they work so hard and fast
But they don't know my house is built to last

Here comes a man, in a van
He's looking very angry at me

They're knocking nails into walls, hoho, my walls
They run and hide as the only ceiling falls
Glee for leave they gather in my shed
They gone for now so I can ease my head

They're knocking nails into my house
They're knocking nails into my house
They work so hard, all it's left is my sunroof
There goes a wall, oh I think I spoke too soon

They're knocking nails into my house
They're knocking nails into my house
They're knocking nails into my house
Look out!


4. ROACH DADDY

Whatever the roach daddy
Whatever the roach daddy
Let's take this time daddy
Whatever the roach daddy
Daddy's getting high, tied to the fly, daddy

Der der-der der der der-der
Der der-der der der der-der
Der der-der der der der-der
Der der-der der der der-der

Oh that's nice

Get yourself together daddy
Get yourself together daddy
Let's take this time daddy
Get yourself together daddy
Pauses at the door, there's nowhere to crawl, daddy


5. AIN'T GOT NO HEART

Ain't got no heart
I ain't got no heart to give away

I said about those fools in love
There ain't no such thing as love
No angels singing up above today

Girl I don't believe
Girl I don't believe in what you say

I say you, you must be mine
I say you, you must be blind
What makes you think that you're so fine?

That I should throw away
The groovy life I lead
Baby what you got yeah
Sure ain't what I need

Girl you better
Girl you better go away

I said that life with you must be
Just not quite the thing for me
Why is it hard to see my way?

Why should I be stuck with you?
It's just not what I want to do
Why should an embrace or two
Make me such a part of you?

I ain't got no heart to give away


6. PITY THE MOTHER

She's left to rear a child because of war
Sadly alone
Works hard to clothe and feed her little son
Give him a home

She works all night into the early morn
Streets cold and damp
Stands at the corner near the Pig and Gun
Lit by a lamp

Break

She has to work hard to scrimp and save
Or he will go
Go to a home somewhere far away
She loves him so

Tired but she knows that it's the only way
She wanders home
Home to the child that's sleeping sound and warm
Never a moan


7. MAD DOG COLE

(Instrumental)


8. FLY ME HIGH

I'm up to my eyes
And I love everyone
I reach for the sky
And then reach for the sun
Walking on air
And I'm here and I'm there
Travel the sky
But for a while I don't care

Fly me straighter
Fly me high
Fly me straighter
Fly me high

I'm moving around
And I'm up and I'm down
Travelling along
My wheels on the ground
And locked to me tight
Cos it doesn't last long
A few hours more
And It'll be gone

Fly me straighter
Fly me high
Fly me straighter
Fly me high

I'm driving along
On the streets of the moon
Up here alone
Plenty of room
You won't see me
I'll see you I'm too fast
There you go
It's gone - now it's past

Fly me straighter
Fly me high
Fly me straighter
Fly me high

Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah

I'm driving along
On the streets of the moon
Up here alone
Plenty of room
You won't see me
I'll see you I'm too fast
There you go
It's gone - now it's past

Fly me straighter
Fly me high
Fly me straighter
Fly me high

Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah


9. IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE

If this world were mine
I would place at your feet
All that I own
You've been so good to me

If this world were mine
I'd give you the flowers
The birds and the bees
And with your love inside me
It would be all I'd need

If this world were mine
I'd give you anything

If this world were mine
I would make you a queen
With wealth untold
You could have anything

If this world were mine
I'd give you each day
So sunny and blue
If you wanted the moonlight
I'd give you that too

If this world were mine
I'd give you anything

Oh baby you're my consolation
And there's no hesitation
When you want me
Baby just call me

Oh you are my inspiration
I feel so much sensation
When you're in my arms
When you're near me Woah woah
The sky would be blue
Long as you're loving me

Woah woah
When you're here in my arms
Life is so wonderful

Woah woah
Gimme pretty loving baby
Gimme pretty loving honey
Keep on loving me

Woah woah
You know I need you baby
I really really need you honey
Keep on loving me
Woah woah


10. MARTHA MY DEAR

Martha my dear
Though I spend my days in conversation
Please remember me, Martha my love
Don't forget me, Martha my dear.

Hold your head up you silly girl
Look what you've done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you.

Silly girl, take a good look around you
Take a good look you're bound to see
That you and me were meant to be
For each other, silly girl.

Hold your hand out you silly girl
See what you've done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you.

Silly girl.

Martha my dear
You have always been my inspiration
Please be good to me, Martha my love
Don't forget me, Martha my dear


11. BORN TO BE WILD

Get your motor running
Head out on the highway
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes our way

You're not gonna make it happen
All the world is a loving place
Fire all of your guns at once then
Explode into space

I like streaking lightning
A heavy metal thunder
Wrestling with the wind
And the feeling that I'm under

Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We were flyin' so high,
I never wanna die

Born to be wild
Born to be wild

I like streaking lightning
A heavy metal thunder
Wrestling with the wind
And the feeling that I'm under

You're not gonna make it happen
All the world is a loving place
Fire all of your guns at once then
Explode into space

Like a true nature's child


12. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND

Leave your cares behind,
Come with us and find
The pleasures of the journey to the centre of your mind

Come along if you care,
Come along if you dare,
Take a ride to the land inside of your mind

Beyond the seas of thought,
Beyond the realm of what,
Across the streets of hopes and dreams where things are really not

You must please realise
You'll prob'bly be surprised
For it's a land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact
So if you can, please understand
You might not come back

Come along if you care,
Come along if you dare,
Take a ride to the land inside and you'll see

How happy life could be
If all of mankind
Would take the time to journey to the centre of your mind
Centre of your mind,
Your mind, Your mind, Your mind, ...

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