ROCKS OFF
NICKY HOPKINS LYRICS
The Tin Man Was A Dreamer 1973
SIDE 1
1. SUNDOWN IN MEXICO
Instrumental
2. WAITING FOR THE BAND
The night was black it was the blackest that I've ever seen
I stopped a stranger and asked which way to go
He slapped me on the back, and then
He laughed and then he looked at me
Then he said, Sir, you can't get there from here,
no, no, no, no
Without a road I cannot make it back to you
Without a light above 1 cannot find the way
Turn on your love light,
Let it shine like a peek and wait, you see me through
Cause baby how can I be happy without you.
Faster my heart is beating, faster and I'm all alone
Strangers are all around me , no one will tell me where to find a phone
lt's like sitting in the studio waiting for the band to come
Sitting in the studio waiting for the band to come
And if the band don't come by early in the moming
l' II have to find a way to have myself survive
Cause if the band don't show by early in the moming
Then l' II be over darling, waiting for the band to come
Slower, l'm getting 5lower
l've heard these songs so much before
Lower, I'm sinking lower, pretty soon you'll find me on the floor
Under the piano waiting for the band to come
Sittin' waitin' for the band to come
3. EDWARD
Instrumental
4. DOLLY
Dolly where are you
Dolly, come see me through
Dolly, l'm so in love with you
Can't you see, there's no one else for me
Womed, how we worry for so long
Hurried, by the minstrels of the sun
I just can't wait to get you in my arms
All the love with me that's when our love can be
That's when I feel like our love is really real
It's so true, I think so much of you
And if I start to cry, you come down from the sky
On your wings
There aren't any words that can describe
The way that I feel for you inside
In my life there is no other sun
Hold me tigh, I gotta have you tonight
Believe me, believe me
When 1 say I love you more each day
Won't you believe me
Please believe me now
That's when I feel like our love is really real
It's so true, I think so much of you
And if I start to cry, you come down from the sky
On your wings
Dolly where are you
Dolly, come see me through
Dolly, l'm so in love with you
Can't you see, there's no one else for me
5. SPEED ON (Click for MP3)
Driving along in ole London town
Cat in front a'weaving and swaying around But we gotta keep driving
Keep on trying to speed on
We were there for a session now and stoppin', in the road
Suddenly decided they gonna dig up the road
But we gotta keep driving
Keep on trying to speed on
Sittin' in the backseat
Screamin' at the driver to go
He's tellin' me that we're doin' a hundred and four
Hurryin' and fussin' we made the date
Nobody complain we were a few minutes late
That was a little bit wet
Running into that reservation
Now we will work out the base out,
raise such a jag
Drive such a gentle with his head in a bag
Trying to sell'em pictures
Trying to light'em up on the door
l'm in the control room shouting for the band not to stall
We ran like a Spider and pinned everyone to the wall
Well speed on, speed on, speed on
Everyody likes to be up and gone
Speed on, speed on
Don't ya ever borrow papers while I'm singing my song
Speed on, speed on
Long before ya know it, you'll be up and gone
Speed on, speed on
Sittin' in the backseat
Screamin' at the driver to go
He's tellin' me that we're doin' a hundred and four
Speed on, speed on
Don't ya ever borrow papers while l'm smging my song
Speed on, speed on
Long before ya know it, you'll be up and gone
Speed on, speed on
SIDE 2
1. THE DREAMER
Lord it's awful, Geez it's ugly
Just hanging around
I have always been a dreamer
Thinking of you, but what can I do
I had nothing, you had nothing
But we had a dance, such a dance
Since l've always been a dreamer
I took a chance then I watched you dance away
What can I say
It always ends this way
When 1 thought that l' d found something
It seemed to just slip away, slip away
1 have always been a dreamer
So I'll try again I just can't, let it end
Oh, what would I do
But live in my dreams with you
Stars above
The world seems to push and shove you away from me
Darling, darling, can't you see
This is my plan, 1 want to be your man
I really hope you understand
God I'm tired, Man it's useless
Just waiting around
I have always been a dreamer
Wasting my time, dreaming that I'm with you
lt's useless, it seems
But I live here in my dreams with you
2. BANANA ANNA (Click for MP3)
She used to sell' em and stand there on the cor-ner
She made a whole lot of money on the side
Well, she could really feel ' em big bananas
She leamed to do the bo banana slide
She bought 'em with the apples at the market
She bought a bunch of green ones on the side
While she was watching the green bananas ripen
She leamed to do the bo banana slide
Honey, honey,
Let me be your partner tonight
You can make it sunny, we don't need no money
Please take me down tonigh,
Darlin' ain't no fun in it, lord she keep me run-nin'
When you throw me through your strides
Well all the monkies in town were swinging
Swinging like a moon in the tide
Well she was a speedy Anna Banana
Because they do the bo banana slide
Well she walked into the room wearing yellow
She had a big hat with a feather on the side
She said, Honey come with me, you're the fellow
I gotta teach you this banana slide
Banana Anna
Slips and slides across the floor
Anna, Can I
Come and wake you up until dawn, yeah
Banana Anna
Slips and slides across the floor
Anna sweet Anna now can I baby
Come and wake you up until dawn
Now all the rocking till dawn was ringing
Swinging like crazy on the vine
Well she came in wearin' a sweet yellow bandana
We're gonna do the bo banana slide
Well she walked into the room wearing yellow
She had a big hat with a feather on the side
She said, Honey come with me, you're the fellow
I gotta teach you this banana slide
3. LAWYER'S LAMENT
When you find you can't go on
Wearing down what you have
Call on me and if I'm free
I'll try and add up the amount
Don't you think 1 won't be fair
I can see you're on the bridge of despair
I'm gonna help you all I can,
You can feel more things than the average man
I'll try to itemize all your bills
Try to cure all your ills
But please don't ask too much of me
Yesterday you called and said,
Will you see me through
I said, Sure my friend, I'd love to help
'cause I'm watchmg after you
Whatever it is you may need
be it large or be it small
There's nothing 1 won't do if you'll only call me
Come and tell me about your plans all about your dreams
I'll try more than I shall float those rivers into streams
And if I go too fast for you, stop me for a while
'cause all I want now in return is just to see you smile
Now it seems so long ago
That you were lost, just a part of the show
But then again we may never know
That is as the old winds fly past our eyes
we feel the new winds blow
Please believe me when I tell you that
these are brand new days
All our plans are working well
if you'll say you'd give me a break
And if you don' t believe that all of this is free , well
Come and take a look in the baoks
and you'll see I have the fee
4. SHOUT IT OUT
I've been waiting for a long long time
Just to tell you, oh the things on my mind
But the way you see things bringin' me down
And anti-night socialites hangin' around
Think that I've got nothing better to do
Than play all the social games with you, no
Seems to me you're running towards that limb
And I've got better things to do my friend
And the phases you have been through them all
You live only for the next curtain call
You've been standing in the spotlight so damn long
You're blind and you can't see where you're going wrong
Clinging to the neares fame
You won't let it go and it's really a shame, no
Trouble's all you find around each bend
And I have better things to do my friend
Shout it out,
Tell all the. world now that you're not who you pretend to be
Look around,
Where are your friends now?
they've all seen what you refuse to see
Tried to help you, tried to make you know clear
Tried to tell you, but you just wouldn't hear
I see ya strugglin' in the dark
And like the pushes and shoves no more
If only you would try to see the new light
Thcrc I'm heading for now
Seems to me you're running towards the end
And I've got better things to do my friend
5. PIG'S BOOGIE
Instrumental
Mo More Changes 1975
Under construction, in the meantime we have something done... the instrumental songs :) and some others
The following lyrics were transcribed by Ed Stephan, thanks a lot Ed!!!
SIDE 1
1. SEA CRUISE
Chorus
Woo-ee, woo-ee baby
Woo-ee, woo-ee baby
Woo-ee, woo-ee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Old man rhythm is in my shoes
It's no use sittin' here singin' the blues
So be my guest, you've got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
[chorus]
I feel like jumpin', baby, won't you join me, please?
I don't like beggin', but now I'm on my bended knees
I gotta keep a-rockin', get my hat off the rack
I gotta boogie-woogie like a knife's in my back
So be my guest, you've got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
II got to get to movin baby I ain't lyin
My heart is beatin rhythm and it's right on time
So be my guest, you got nothin to lose
Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?
I gotta keep rockin', moma, I ain't lyin'
My heart is beatin' rhythm and it's right on time
So be my guest, you've got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
[chorus]
I feel like jumpin', baby, won't you join me, please?
I don't like beggin', but now I'm on my bended knees
[chorus]
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
3. HANNA
Ooh, oh
I want to help you, Hannah
I want to help you get home
I want to help you, Hannah
Don't want to see you alone
I don't hit my baby
Right between the eyes
She can't get right down next to you
I can sympathize
Somethin sweet about you
Everbody knows
No need to blame your sorrows
For the future comes and goes
I want to help you, Hannah
I want to see you do your best
I want to help you, Hannah
Don't think think that I'm like the rest
I been thinkin it over
Something I'd like to do
Put myself right in a box
Send me off to you
Mister, you made be different 201
Seems like real cool
To do somethin' to get her to give me a smile
To get myself right back in line
I want to help you, Hannah
Dust off your heart and feel the change
When the wind blows my bandana
I love to ride the open range
I want to help you, Hannah
I want to see you do your best
I want to help you, Hannah
Don't think think that i'm like the rest
I want to help you, Hannah
I want to help you get home.... (fade)
5. NO TIME
Got no time to waste my life
Got no time to play the game
Life can be such a tragedy
And to you all players are the same
I Got no time to live in dreams
That's all you've left me with it seems
Wasted too much time in doing things for you
I don't believe that you know lies from truth
Now that it's gone
Just how long
Until I find
A place in life
Where I can find myself
And rest my weary mind
You know that music says it all
Some hasty climbers have to fall
In admiring greatness we can rise again
The world can't see its greatest men
Can't play it alone
Been too long
Now I must find
Another key
To help me say the things I feel
And hope it helps someone to see
This time the band should get it on
We've played in shadows far too long
It's time for us to believe in what we do
If we want everyone else to
Consider every day as the first day of life
Admiring greatness there's the chance to rise
SIDE 2
1. REFUGEE BLUES (Click for MP3)
You say this city got two zones
Some live in mansions, some live in homes
We want to feel that we're free
But we feel like refugees
We want to wander, we want to roam
We'd like to go just where we please
We'd like to know somewhere is home
But we're just like refugees
Went to immigration, they turned and said
Without a passport, you're officially dead
Saw a smartly dressed dude with a badge walk in
He's all right, he's got a security pin
When the United Nations they turn and say
You become you're officially "gread" (?)
It isn't always easy, we're always burden on the street
Telling you lies, treat you like refugees
We want to wander, we want to roam
We'd like to go just where we please
We'd like to know somewhere is home
But we're just like refugees
We're always on the streets
When you're refugees
1. MORNIN' I'LL BE MOVIN' ON
I'm not the type to hang around chasing shadows
When the sun has gone, once again I'm leavin'
Mornin' I'll be movin' on
I'll make mmyself a way of life for tomorrow
Holding something new, try to understand me
Deep inside I'm much like you
Long as I can touch somebody
Make 'em laugh instead of cry
Save a hit until tomorrow
Help them by
I've got to try, got to try
I've had my share of broken dreams
And I notice that you've had yours too
You should understand me
Deep inside I'm much like you
Long as I can touch somebody
Make 'em laugh instead of cry
Save a hit until tomorrow
Help them by
I've got to try, got to try
I'm not the type to hang around chasing shadows
When the sun has gone, once again I'm leavin'
Mornin' I'll be movin' on, movin' on, movin' on,
Movin' on, movin' on, movin' on, movin' on .... fade
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