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THIN LIZZY LYRICS
"Hero & The Madman" (2003 Best of/Compilation)
1. Little Girl in Bloom
2. Chatting Today
3. Randolph's Tango
4. Remebering Part 2 (New Day)
5. A Song for While I'm Away
6. Gonna Creep up on You
7. Baby Face
8. Brought Down
9. Honesty is No Excuse
10. Clifton Grange Hotel
11. The Hero and the Madman
12. Things Ain't Workin' out Down at the Farm
13. Diddy Levine
14. I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive
15. Ray-Gun
16. Call the Police
17. Slow Blues
18. The Friendly Ranger at Clontar Castle
1. Little Girl in Bloom
Little girl in bloom
With happy heart you wipe aside
Any sadness, sorrow or gloom
Tomorrow you'll be a blushing bride
That loves her blushing groom
Little girl in bloom
You watch the men play cricket
From the window in your room
See the ball go from bat to wicket
Pass away the afternoon
Little girl in bloom
Carries a secret
The child she carries in her womb
She feels something sacred
She's gonna be a mammy soon
When your daddy comes home
Don't tell him till alone
When your daddy comes back
Go tell him the facts
Just relax and see how he's gonna react
Little girl in bloom
All the clouds will go drifting by
So sing your lullabying tune
Every word is in your eyes
As you sit and softly croon
Little girl in bloom
Your love it fills the air
With the scent of the sweetest, sweet perfume
You feel so good you just don't care
You're gonna be a mammy soon
When your daddy comes home
Don't tell him till alone
When your daddy comes back
Go tell him the facts
Just relax and see how he's gonna react
2. Chatting Today
I worked for the union and on my very first communion, you know,
it never ever, ever, ever worked out right
So I spent the night sleepin' on the railway
I worked for the foundry and man my mind it nearly drowned
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
It never, it could never work out right
So I said "So long, amigo. Good night" and slept on the railway
The railway, there's no better way, ooh the railway
And it's nice to talk to you today
I worked for the miller, a very, very nice type of fell-a {fellow}
but I could see that it was never gonna work out right
So I split and spent the night sleeping on the railway
I worked in the subway arc, oh yeah, yeah
You know it never, no no never, no never no, ever no, worked out right
So I said "So long" and spent the night on the railway
The railway, give me a bottle of whiskey, ooh the railway
Ooh, there's nothin' like the railway
And I'd like to thank someone for mascara and good things that I done
And for the time ya spent and the friendship begun
And most of all starry nights on the railway
Ooh, I don't know no better way
than just, ooh, lyin' back an' drifting away
I can hear it, I can hear it
3. Randolph's Tango
The senorita took off her bobby socks
She said she's gonna wear a skirt that shocks
She's pulling out all the stops
To get her Randolph back again
Meanwhile Randolph, he's back at the ranch
He's getting ready for tonight's song and dance
He's doesn't know he doesn't stand a chance
His last affair will be his last romance
The senorita will be there waiting
Don't go my Randolph slow tango with me
Underneath the Latin moonlight
The danced and seen a falling star in flight
To the strum of guitars she held him tight
She wants her Randolph back again
Meanwhile it's worthwhile for Randolph to wait
'Till he gets the nerve then he won't hesitate
He doesn't know but he's just bit the bait
He just asked if he could make a date
The senorita will be there waiting
Don't go my Randolph slow tango with me
The senorita's heart is in love
She wearing white tonight, looks as pure as a dove
She's thanking God and all the heavenly stars above
Randolph's romance is back again
Meanwhile Randolph smiles and says he'll give her ten
She doesn't come so he just counts again
And he's been there since he does not know when
He's thinks she's stood him up but in the end
The senorita won't keep him waiting
Don't go my Randolph slow tango with me
ooh la-la...
Senorita dance cheek to cheek
ooh la-la...
We will dance off into the sky
4. Remebering Part 2 (New Day)
I could wait and watch you
See it all unwind
I could wait and look at you
See you change your mind
Well, even though i'd enjoyed it
The truth to tell
Kid, i've got to leave
Those scenes behind
Here i go into a new day
Here i go into a new way
When you stood in that shady doorway
You winked your wicked eye
I looked at you in wide eyed wonder
Smiled, and said "hi"
Just like you did woman with
That groovy guy that just passed by
Well, even though i adored you the truth to tell
Kid, i've got to leave those scenes behind
Here i go into a new day
Here i go into a new way
I guess i could call you my woman
But freedom i need
So down that road i'll be walking
Got to have time and space to breathe
Even though i loved you
The truth i've got to tell
I enjoyed every moment
But kid, you know darned well i've got to leave
Here i go into a new day
Here i go into a new way
5. A Song for While I'm Away
These words I wrote, play and sing to you
Do not convey the love I brought and bring to you
For this is a song for while I'm away
To say all the things I'd love to say
You are my life, my everything, you're all I have
You are my hopes, my dreams, my world come true
You're all I have
Please heed me now these words I have to say
Now I'm headed for the border
You see this song it ends right at the start
I swore when I was younger
No one would win my heart
And far away hills look greener still
But soon they'll all slip away
It's then I'll be returning
And I'll be coming home to stay
You are my life, my everything, you're all I have
You are my hopes, my dreams, my world come true
You're all I have
Please heed me now these words I have to say
6. Gonna Creep up on You
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna gonna
The writing on the wall showed the scandal
Pointed out the victim of the vandal
The lady was upset by the angle
Scratch your back and hot to handle
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna gonna
You're sly, you're slick, you're sleek, you're outstanding
My legs are week, my heart, it beats, it's pounding
Soon you're gonna weep in your sleepless surrounding
`Cause I'm the one taking you down for grounding
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna creep up on you
I'm gonna gonna
Little lady let me take a little bit of your love
7. Baby Face
Put up, Baby Face
I love your lipstick, Baby Face,
it makes me all shades of red
Give me wild while you do to me one,
make me hot when I should be sleeping in my bed
I love your big eyes, Baby Face,
they seem to suggest much more than you say
I love the mark in your secret place, oow Baby Face
Love is like a peppermint machine, that's green, it's green
I love your hair down, Baby Face,
and I can picture ya as you do, oow, with your fingers running through
I love ya, Baby Face,
the way you bite your lips, ooo...ow!
How 'bout (the) Baby Face? {repeat 17 times}
8. Brought Down
I was seldom sober in nineteen hundred and fifthy-four
Hey baby, maybe 'cause my baby had a baby by me
And I was still drinking dry gin
while you cried "No, no more"
And you were lyin' and a-cryin',
and your tears fell dying on the floor
And I'm brought down,
and I don't think I can get up again
Brought down,
my heart is hurt again
You were the fine lady in the early mornings
that always painted her toes
And lookin' towards the east
you'd say hello to the early dawn before they rose
And you were the love lady
that always hung up her finely pressed clothes
And sayin' so long to the western sundown,
you taught me how it grows
And I'm brought down,
and I don't think I can get up again
Brought down,
and you just hurt my heart again
Brought down
Brought down
I'm brought down
Brought down
Brought down
Brought down
Down
I'm brought down,
and I don't think I can get up again
I'm brought down,
I'm hurt, it's bad
[Brought down]
God, it's a shame there's no more Dr. Strangely Strange {DSS=1960/70's band}
[Brought down]
And I'm Brou.....[Brought down]......ught down
[Brought down]
And there must be more to life than this
9. Honesty is No Excuse
Up till now I used to pass my time
Drinking beer so slowly, sometimes wine
No God, air, water or sunshine
And honesty was my only excuse
I took your love and I used it
Up till now my youthful stage
A useless rage, a torn out page, a worn out gauge
A dirty shade, a big charade, a has been made
And honesty was my only excuse
I took your love and I used it
I never, I never, I never
Up till now my love life
A few sweet kisses, a little missus, a fork and knife
a happy home, a hand to hold, a land to roam
And honesty was my only excuse
I took my life in my own hands and I abused it
Up till now I used to tap dance
Take a girl by the hand saying I need your , I need your romance
Oh I had so many chances
And honesty was my only excuse
I took your love and abused it
Up till now the path of life was fair enough
Enough was fair, all was right
And now I know, I see the light
And honesty was my only excuse
10. Clifton Grange Hotel
Pack up your bags
Leave family society
Oh come with me
Where they treat you well
At the door
Old Lou the jew
Will welcome you
In the corner lies the hotel
At this refuge of mercy
Head of the table
King of laughter
Percy
And if you speak too much
In company
You'll soon be heard
By that mynah bird and whiskey
At the top
You'll find another brother
Go ask my mother
She knows them all very well...hotel
11. The Hero and the Madman
The hero he rode a white horse
Across the desert to where his woman was
He'd been riding for four days
When he saw the tower where she was locked
In the moonlight he left his old steed
Near the drawbridge that he crossed
And by way of a rope ladder
He tip-toed to where his woman was
If I recall you're the actor
Who followed the stars
Searching for
The lost city of Mars
Hoping time would heal the scars
Knowing fate held no bars
Are you the one
That I think you are?
Are you the hero or are you the madman?
The madman climbed
The steeple spire
"Go higher" said the crowd
From down below
"But...the world's on fire" cried the madman
From the steeple spire
"You're a liar" cried the crown
From down below
The madman climbed the steeple spire
And let a crystal ball tear
Fall on the crown
From down below
If I recall you're the actor
Who took to the stage
Set the world ablaze
With your anger and your rage
With every new leaf
You turned and wrote a new page
Cleverly concealing
Your real age
Those that knew you
Were always quite amazed
Are you the one
Who can take this praise?
Are you the hero or are you the madman?
"You're the only one"
"who can save us"
Said the wizard
"Or all is lost"
12. Things Ain't Workin' out Down at the Farm
There goes Moses carrying his bible book
Never has a problem, just has a cup
It's good clean alcohol and it fills you up
And here I go laughing like a fool, yeah
Things ain't working out down at the farm
Got no bag or baggage or love to keep me warm
And I ain't been in trouble since the day I was born
Things ain't working out down at the farm
I used to spend my sunny days supping aways
Along came Gogarty and he put me away
Down at the station was kept for strays
And I went laughing, geez he like busting me, he liked busting me
He caught me unawares and he made me strip naked
Oh I was scared, oh I was scared, I was shaking
And he said
It's you and me
And me and you
And me and me
And you and you
And me and me
And I just kept laughing like a fool, yeah
Things ain't working out down at the farm
13. Diddy Levine
In the later forties
When Diddy Levine lived with Eunice King
He gave her the ring that she wore
Janice the smiling daughter
Who came from a marriage way before
But Eunice was the father that she always saw
Though they never never never never told her
She always knew the score
You see kids were so much wiser after the wars
But Diddy hadn't have enough
She had to get some more
On a ration piece of paper, she wrote "Eunice, I'm not sure"
And with her child in her arms
She went looking for a fling
Besides, she didn't like the name Mrs. King
The first time that she heard Damper Dan
Was on the radio
Crooning at a volume that was way, way down low
Diddy was surprised to hear that Damper's name was Dan
Soon after he was a calling
And he asked, begged and pleaded for her hand
Damper's heart was dampened
When Diddy answered "no, no, no, no, no"
But if she changed her mind, she said "Dan, I'll let you know"
With her child in her arms
She went looking for man
Besides, she didn't like the name Damper Dan
Janice the smiling daughter grew up to be a teenage queen
Through all of her mother's lovers
She kept the name Levine
Behind the picture house she first made her scene
With a boy called Allister
Who was dating a friend called Celine
And Celine wasn't mad when Janice came in between
But Allister got scared when he heard
And he joined the USA Marines
Inheritance, you see, runs through every family
Who is to say what is to be is any better
Over and over it goes, goodness and badness winds blow
Over and over, over and over
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over
The good and the bad winds blow
14. I Don't Want to Forget How to Jive
I don't wanna forget how to jive
Get my mookie, keep 'em alive, baby
Don't wanna lose ya
Goodbye, a-huh, huh, yeah
I don't wanna forget how to rock
Lose, wearin' toll
Well, it show ya, oh yeah, oh well, well
I don't wanna forget how to jive
I just wanna keep 'em alive
I don't wanna forget how to die
I just cold shower
Don't wanna forget how to jive
Went bobbin' with a bip-bop
bop bop bop bop bop
billy bop, a-billy a-bop, a-billy a-bop bop bop bop bill bop
Uh-huh, oh yeah
I don't wanna lose ya
I don't want you
Shush my dragon
You got new chil'
Ow!
I don't wanna fotget how to jive
I just wanna feel alive
I don't wanna forget how to rock
No child
Don't wanna forget how to jive
Went boppin'...{fade}
15. Ray-Gun
I know someone
Who doesn't believe in God
Someone I know doesn't even know God
He came from a planet three thousand miles away
Just a short trip
A kind of brief holiday
Can you give someone somewhere to stay
I gotta warn you, he's gotta gun
I gotta warn you, he's gotta gun
I know someone who came on a short trip
Travelling lightly
Travelling by spaceship
He came from a planet three thousand miles away
Can you give someone somewhere to stay
I gotta warn you, he's gotta gun
Please look out woman
A ray gun!
16. Call the Police
Uh
Betty was worried about the lover that she has married
and she didn't know what to do
He'd been hit by a hammer on the head and he lay dead
an' all her worst fears had come true
{Chorus}
Call the police
Call the police
Call the police
Call the police
Johnny was a joker and a very heavy smoker
and he never ever broke the law
Thin Miss Lizzy was a-kept very busy
and sometimes very dizzy, we knew what for
{repeat chorus}
And take 'em all away
Lock 'em up
{repeat chorus}
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{repeat chorus}
{repeat chorus}
Louie was a loner and a big time Al Capone-er
doin' all his dipping from the door
He knew a shady dealer who had done a dirty DJ,
the sooner he could even the score
{repeat chorus}
And lock 'em up
Help ya have a birthday, say
Take 'em all away
17. Slow Blues
My baby don't love me
My baby's gone and made me sad
My baby don't love me
My baby's gone and made me sad
A hard hearted woman
A hard hearted woman true
My baby don't love me
My baby don't love me
Oh baby, let the flags fly at half mast
Let this darkened hour drift past
Oh baby, you don't know
How much I'm missing you
All my tears are falling
Slow blues is calling
Oh baby, you don't know
How much I'm missing you
Oh baby, baby, baby, go tell this crazy world the true tale
Please let loose this lover's ship to sail
Oh baby, you don't know
How much I'm missing you
You don't know how much I love you
Oh no no no no no
My baby don't love me
My baby's gone and made me sad
My baby don't love me
My baby's gone and made me sad
18. The Friendly Ranger at Clontar Castle
The friendly ranger paused
And scooping a bowl of beans
Spreading them like stars
Falling like justice on different scenes
"I'm damned"
"Indeed, comrade"
"I'm being bombed"
And all the people's faces turned strawberry blonde
By the morning gate the friendly ranger waits
For the sun making sure it's not late
"Just in time" "No need to fear" "Well, just in case"
And all the people are happy for another year
And in the evening shade he climbs upon the sun
Getting it's glow
He goes on
Singing this song
To feel the goodness glowing inside
To walk down a street with my arms about your hips, side by side
To play with a sad eyed child till he smiles
To look at a starry sky at night, realize the miles
To see the sun set behind the steeple
Clontarf Castle, no King, Queen or knightly people
A coal fire and it's pouring rain
To wave goodbye to a very good friend, never meet again
Little thoughts bring little memories of you to me
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