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PHILIP LYNOTT LYRICS
"Live in Sweden 1983" (2002 Live album)
1. Yellow Pearl
2. Old Town
3. Sarah
4. A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer
5. Look into These Eyes
6. Parisienne Walkways
7. Solo in Soho
8. King's Call
9. Baby Drives Me Crazy
10. The Boys Are Back in Town
11. Still in Love with You
1. Yellow Pearl
"We all must beware of the yellow pearl"
The Yellow Pearl control, attack, attack, attack, attack
Yellow Pearl, it is foolish to venture into strange enchanted places if they aren't the places you want to be
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack
We will arise, we will control, we will command, we will patrol
It is foolish under the guise of love and liberty that we should capitalize and rob and fell, the poor for the socialistic tree
We will arise, we will control, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack, that's what you lack
We shall arise, they will arise, we shall control, they will control, we shall command, they will command
We shall patrol, they will patrol
We must fight back, we will arise, they will arise, we will control
We are now living in a situation, where that self same situation depends on the Yellow Pearl
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack
We will arise, they will arise, we will control, they will control, we will command, they shall command
We will patrol, they will patrol
Arise, Yellow Pearl's upon us now, we must fight back
We will arise, they will arise, we will control
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, is what we lack, iIs what we lack
Don't trust in Liberty to save your soul, it is genocide to let liberty lose control
Control, we must decide, control, we the Yellow Pearl we will control
2. Old Town
The old covent garden, I remeber only too well
The girls a fool, she broke the rule, she hurt him hard, this time you will break down
She's lost his trust and so she must, all is lost, the system has broke down
Romance has broke down, this boy is crackin' up, this boy has broke down
She plays it hard, she plays it tough, but that's enough
The love is over, She's broken his heart and that is rough
But in the end you'll soon recover
The romance is over
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broken down
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broken down
I've been spending my money in the old town, it's not the same honey, when you're not around
I've been spending my time in the old town
I sure miss you honey, now you're not around, now you're not around, this Old Town
Ola, ola
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broken down
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broke down
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broken down
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broke down
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broken down
This boy is crackin' up, this boy has broke down
3. Sarah
One, two
One, two, three, four
When you came in my life you changed my world, my Sarah
Everything seemed so right my baby girl, my Sarah
You are all I want to know, you hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live, my love to you I'll give
My Sarah
When you begin to smile you change my style, my Sarah
When I look in your eyes I see my prize, my Sarah
You are all I want to know, you hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live, my love to you I'll give
You are all I want to know, oh my Sarah
Don't let go oh no, my Sarah
You are all I want to know, you hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I need to live, my love to you I'll always give
You are all I want to know, you hold my heart so don't let go
You are all I want to know, oh my Sarah
Yes you changed my style with your baby smile, Sarah
Childlike charms keep me warm hold you in my arms, Sarah
Change my world my baby girl, Sarah
All I want to know don't let go
No, no, no, no, no, no
Sarah, Sarah, be mine
4. A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer
In the old days I could sing the blues
I had nothin' to live for and nothin' to lose
And all the time, I was paying my dues, like an old blues singer
And I had no troubles then, but I had lots of friends
Friends they come and go and sometimes friendship ends
All the time, I've had a friend on whom I depend
So blues singer, oh
Oh mama, mama, mama, this is your boy
Oh mama, mama, mama, mama, my soul's been destroyed
Oh mama, mama, your pride and joy, is a blues singer
An old blues singer
And the party's over now, everybody's goin' home
The band is packin' up and I'm on my own
Oh, but I miss you now you're gone
Mama, your boy's a blues singer, such an old blues singer
Nothin, oh but nothin's changed
Oh, sometimes you win sometimes you lose
I lost ya mama, I lost ya mama
In the old days I could sing the blues
Had nothin' to live for and nothin' to lose
But all the time you must chose
I'm an old blues singer, oh
5. Look into These Eyes
6. Parisienne Walkways
I remember Paris in '49, the Champs Elysee, San Michelle
And old Beauolais wine, and I recall that you were mine
In those Parisienne days
Looking back at the photographs, those summerdays spent outside corner cafes
Oh, I could write you paragraphs about my old Parisienne days
7. Solo in Soho
Stop this lying, stop this cheating, stop treating me like I am some
Kind of fool over whose eyes you can pull the wool, you're not so cool
Remember it's to me you are speaking
Stop cutting, stop hurting, stop this dirt about you lifting up your skirt
To any man dressed in pants with shirt buttons undone and flirting
When you are so low down in Soho, there is no hope no how, no place to go
You will go alon, some people say I'm a crazy kind of fool
But be that as it may, you always treat me cruel, Solo In Soho
Stop talking, stop eating, we can't go on meeting and greeting
Meeting and cheating and meeting, and sleeping you know that's deceiting
And that's only repeating
When you are so low, down in Soho, there is no hope no how
There is no place to go, but you will go along
Some people say I'm a crazy kind of fool
But be that as it may you always treat me cruel, Solo In Soho
8. King's Call
It was a rainy night the night the king went down
Everybody was crying it seemed like sadness had surrounded the town
Me I went to the liquor store and I bought a bottle of wine and a bottle of gin
I played his records all night, drinking with a close, close friend
Now some people say that that ain't right, and some people say nothing at all
But even in the darkest of night, you can always hear the king's call
You can always hear the king's call
Well they put him away in Memphis, six feet beneath the clay
Everybody was crying, everybody said it was a plain grey day
Me I went to the liquor store and I bought another bottle of wine and another bottle of gin
I played his records all night and I got drunk all over again
Now some people say that that ain't right, that ain't right
And some people say nothing at all, I say nothing
But even in the darkest of night, you could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight and I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than to go on living without you
Now some people say that that ain't right and some people say nothing at all I say nothing
But even in the darkest of night, you could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
You could always hear the king's call
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing here, they might as well bring the curtain down
I cried the night the king died
9. Baby Drives Me Crazy
I said, "Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, ooh baby, baby, baby..."
Baby drives me crazy, Baby drives me crazy, crazy about you baby
Baby drives me crazy, we're a little bit crazy, aren't we baby?
Sugar with the sweet night, sugar with the midnight, sweet on you sugar
Love a little true love, sweet on you honey
I said, "Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, b-b-b-baby, b-b-b-b-b-b-b-baby"
I said, "Baby! Baby!"
10. The Boys Are Back in Town
Guess who just got back today?
Those wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think those cats are great
They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
I told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy
The boys are back in town
You know the chick that used to dance a lot
Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got
Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot
I mean she was steaming
That night over at Johnny's place
Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
Man we just fell about the place
If that chick don't want to know, forget her
Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them
That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song
The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long
It won't be long till summer comes
Now that the boys are here again
The boys are back in town
11. Still in Love with You
Think I'll just fall to pieces
If I don't find something else to do
This sadness never ceases
I'm still in love with you
My head, it keeps on reeling
It's got me in a crazy spin
Darling, darling, darling
Is this the end?
Still in love with you
They say time has a way of healing
Dries all the tears from your eyes
But darling it's this empty feeling
My heart can't disguise
After all that we've been through
I try my best but it's no use
I guess I'll keep on loving you
Is this the end?
Now that it's all over, woman
There's something I think you should know
Baby, baby, think it over
Just one more time before you go
Call on me baby
If there's anything I can do for you
Call on me baby
Help me see it through
I'm still in love with you
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