The Sweet : Poppa Joe

Glam Rock / United-Kingdom
(1972 - RCA Records)
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1. POPPA JOE

In the midday sun
They beat on their drums
When Poppa Joe comes to town
With his coconut-rum
They can all have fun
They can drink it
'Till the sun goes down
Poppa Joe just smiles politely
With the money he takes he might be
Very rich one day as he hears them say
Poppa rumbo rumbo
Hey Poppa Joe coconut
Poppa Joe, hey Poppa Joe
Poppa rumbo rumbo
Hey Poppa Joe coconut
Poppa Joe, hey Poppa Joe
Poppa rumbo rumbo
Hey Poppa Joe coconut
hey Poppa Joe, hey Poppa Joe
Hey Pop-, Poppa, Poppa Joe
Never see a sad face
in the market place
When Poppa Joe comes around
For his coconut taste
You can see them race
Through the streets
You can hear the sound
All of the ladies are laughing gaily
Poppa Joe's still thinking maybe
He'll always hear the people say
Poppa rumbo rumbo
Hey Poppa Joe coconut
Poppa Joe, hey Poppa Joe
Poppa rumbo rumbo
Hey Poppa Joe coconut
Poppa Joe, hey Poppa Joe
Poppa rumbo rumbo
Hey Poppa Joe coconut
Hey Poppa Joe, hey Poppa Joe
Hey Pop-, Poppa, Poppa Joe


2. LITTLE WILLY

North side , east side
Little Willy, Willy wears the crown, he's the king around town
Dancing, glancing
Willy drives them silly with his star shoe shimmy shuffle down
Way past one, and feeling allright
'Cos with little Willy round they can last all night
Hey down, stay down, stay down down
'Cos little Willy, Willy won't go home
But you can't push Willy round
Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Willy, Willy won't go home
Up town, down town
Little Willy, Willy drives them wild with his run-around style
Inside, outside
Willy sends them silly with his star-shine shimmy shuffle smile
Mama done chase Willy down through the hall
But laugh, Willy laugh, he don't care at all
Hey down, stay down, stay down, down
'Cos little Willy, Willy won't go home
But you can't push Willy round
Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Willy, Willy won't go home
Little Willy, Willy won't
Willy won't, Willy won't
Little Willy, Willy won't
Willy won't, Willy won't
Little Willy, Willy won't
Willy won't, Willy won't
Little Willy, Willy won't
Willy won't, Willy won't
Little Willy, Willy won't go home
But you can't push Willy round
Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Willy, Willy won't go home
Little Willy, Willy won't go home
But you can't push Willy round
Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Willy, Willy won't go home


3. DONE ME WRONG ALLRIGHT

I woke up this morning
My girl was not inside
Not inside my billfold
She's done me wrong allright
We've been all night a rockin'
At the house of blue night
Ah, ah, ah...
The band was really groovin'
With the shades of Jerry Lee
Somehow jiving, yeah she was taking me
Now she's gone and left me
Oh, baby let it be
Ah, ah, ah...
I didn't understand her
You know I mean her scene
Sleeps around for money
Or kick's that's twice as mean
But if I cross with her again
She'll find that I'm not green
Ah, ah, ah...
This woman's a hooker
I can't stand her
She's doing me wrong
This woman's a hooker...


4. SANTA MONICA SUNSHINE

I'm traveling fast on a south down highway
Into the sun where I know that I can with my way
Movin' down the highway
A ticket to rise way down across the border
Into the sunshine of South California my way
Straight down the highway
Well, I'll drive, drive, drive
Soon I'll arrive
In that Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman
Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman
I'm taking the road straight to Sacramento
Over the long I'll soon in San Francisco
That's the way you gotta go
My way leaves Golden Gates far behind me
You look all alive I'm sure gonna find Miano
That's the way you gotta go
Well, I'll drive, drive, drive
Soon I'll arrive
In that Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman
Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman
Well, that's Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman
Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman
With that's Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman
Santa Monica sunshine
Santa Monica, San Jeroman


5. CHOP CHOP

If you walk down through the woods today
You won't believe your eyes
There's an old log cabin on the Greatway River
Underneath the rolling skies
A man called Woodrow all alone
You can hear the woodchop's cry
He swings his axe all day and chops the trees away
Chop chop chop you can hear him singing
Chop chop chop, as his axe is swinging
Chop chop chop through the woods it's ringing
Timber! Timber!
Chop chop chop, give it all you can
Chop chop chop sang the woodchop man
Chop chop chop through the woods it rang
Timber! Timber!
It's a bright light shines through the towering pines
You can hear the woodman's call
Through the raging rapids of the Greatway River
You can see the pine trees fall
As the sun goes down you can hear the sound
That echoes Woodrow's call
He puts his axe away until another day
Chop chop chop you can hear him singing
Chop chop chop, as his axe is swinging
Chop chop chop through the woods it's ringing
Timber! Timber!
Chop chop chop, give it all you can
Chop chop chop sang the woodchop man
Chop chop chop through the woods it rang
Timber! Timber!
Timber! Timber!
Chop chop chop you can hear him singing
Chop chop chop, as his axe is swinging
Chop chop chop through the woods it's ringing
Timber! Timber!
Chop chop chop, give it all you can
Chop chop chop sang the woodchop man
Chop chop chop through the woods it rang
Timber! Timber!...


6. CO-CO

Co-Co
Co-Co would dream of dancing
At midnight beneath the stars
'Cos when it comes to dancing
Co-Co's a star!
He danced in a ring of fire
That circled the island shore
And as the flames got higher
They'd all call for more and more
Ho-chi-ka-ka-ho Co-Co
Ho-chi-ka-ka-ho Co-Co
Ho-chika-ka-ho go go Co-Co
Ho-chi-ka-ka-ho Co-Co
Ho-chi-ka-ka-ho Co-Co
Ho-chi-ka-ka-ho go go Co-Co
Across the silver water
The sound of the island drums
Echoing Co-Co's laughter
Yeah, Co-Co's the one
He moves with the cool of moonlight
Under a tropic sky
Then into the morning sunlight
he'd still hear them cry and cry
Ho-chi-ka-ka-ho Co-Co
Ho-chi-ka-ka-ho Co-Co
Ho-chika-ka-ho go go Co-Co


7. FUNNY FUNNY

Tell me is it really true
This feelin' that I feel for you
Your own kind of lovin'
That makes me think
Nothing could ever take the place of you
And it's so funny, funny
What you do, honey, honey
What you do, what you mean to me
And you know, honey, honey
Though it's so funny, funny
That you mean all the world to me
Ever since you came my way
I knew it was my lucky day
The Sun started shinin'
When you started smiling
And I know it's gonna stay that way
And it's so funny, funny
What you do, honey, honey
What you do, what you mean to me
And you know, honey, honey
Though it's so funny, funny
That you mean all the world to me
Can't imagine lovin' anyone but you (Honey, honey, so funny funny)
Every minute lovin' everything you do (Honey, honey, so funny funny)
Couldn't see my way without you
Now I gotta tell the world about you
Tell me is it really true
This feelin' that I feel for you
Your own kind of lovin'
That makes me think
Nothing could ever take the place of you
(2x)
And it's so funny, funny
What you do, honey, honey
What you do, what you mean to me
And you know, honey, honey
Though it's so funny, funny
That you mean all the world to me
And it's so funny, funny
What you do, honey, honey
What you do, what you mean to me


8. MAN FROM MECCA

Take a black grab
I think of what you'll had
Here's a wildcat
Take a white mouse
He's hiding in a house
Here's a coloured love
Pay, pay, pay
You can get it if you
Say, say, say
That you wanna, but
Hey, hey, hey
Just remember it's the way
Day- or nighttime
You can really shine
With your groupy clothes
If the inside
Is on the outside
Everybody knows
Pay, pay, pay
You can get it if you
Say, say, say
That you wanna, but
Hey, hey, hey
Just remember it's the way
Take a black grab
I think of what you'll had
Here's a wildcat
Take a white mouse
He's hiding in a house
Here's a coloured love
Pay, pay, pay
You can get it if you
Say, say, say
That you wanna, but
Hey, hey, hey
Just remember it's the way


9. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

A candle flickers in a window
Two thousand miles away she waits there
There's a young man thinking by a window
How was she to know just how much he cared
He always knew just what he could do
He always knew that his dream would come true
Alexander Graham Bell
Well, he knew darned well
That he could find the only way
To talk across the USA
Telephone, telephone
Never be on your own
Many many years ago
He started something with his first "Hello, hello"
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham, Alexander Graham
Alexander Graham Bell
The sun rises early in the morning
Millions of people still unaware
Of something he discovered without warning
So he could show a girl just how much he cared
He always knew just what he could do
He always knew that his dream would come true
Alexander Graham Bell
Well, he knew darned well
That he could find the only way
To talk across the USA
Telephone, telephone
Never be on your own
Many many years ago
He started something with his first "Hello, hello"
Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Well, he knew darned well
That he could find the only way
To talk across the USA
Telephone, telephone
Never be on your own
Many many years ago
He started something with his first "Hello, hello"...











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