1. Intro

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2. Obscured

Well, I love my freedom...
And speaking out of my mind
I can see how that could get somebody down
Tho' you can't always see them...
You can feel their vicious vibes
They somehow seem to find their way around

And you'll never see me fail
You can't make me disappear

Been obscured by too much darkness
Overcome with so much sadness
But I'm still shining bright as ever

Well, well, well
Nobody can touch me
It's a Universal Law
My kind of spirit just can't be controlled
I can only win...
Even if I lose
I always find out something I can use

No use tryin' to stop me now...
To overshadow me somehow
Hey!

The best kept secret in rock'n'roll
Harder they come harder they fall
They couldn't mess with my gang
Can't suss our lingo and our slang
They couldn't mess with my gang
My gang's a rock'n'roll band

Watch it, man!

3. Bad News

оригинал: Moon Martin

Baby, you ain't a man
Cause my heart's carried in your hand
Any fool can see... I love my misery

Bad news
It's born in our blood
Bad news
Some live to undo, some live to be undone
My gray sky is growing dark
I feed on my own heart

Mama tell me what is wrong
That every time I sing this song you know I find... you... on my mind

Bad news

Whispers of what you've done
Crazy I bought a gun
My fingers to your window
Whiskey's on my clothes

I'm bad news
It's born in our blood
Bad news

4. New York City

Took myself outta New York City
But New York won't leave me alone
I found everything I needed there
In a Deli right down the street
It's always in my blood
The last place I felt at home
Chewing up the great Big Apple
You learn to love the smell of the streets

There's rock'n'roll in New York City
And lost of things to get on down
Life can get hard in New York City
But I'll be back to rock that town
Just stick around

Either I had nails for breakfast
Or the day just wasn't right
Face to face with sheer brutality
Concrete cold reality
Part of me just couldn't stay
Part of me just can't break away
Survivin' New York City
Is an impressive fact indeed

5. Delirious

оригинал: Heavy Metal Kids

Alright

No one in the world likes me
No one gets it right with me
No one knows what I'm about
That's why I just scream and shout
No one stands up... for the real me

You don't take me serious
Say I'm just delirious
I'm not responsible
I'm just impossible
I'm just delirious

Well I hope someone up there loves me
Don't know where I've been lately
Close my eyes and I see red
Was it something I just said
Maybe I'm going out of my head

No one knows what I'm about
That's why I just scream and shout
I'm going out of my head

6. A Day Late, A Dollar Short

Late at night as I lay down to sleep
I think of all the secrets people keep
Like how I feel for you, do you feel it too...
Or is it something we have to resume

We're just two people watching time fly by...
In a world in its obvious decline
But we are young and strong, we can carry on
Find a little paradise of our own

'Cos no one saves the day
It's no one else's fault...
If you're a day late or a dollar short
Hey!

Just think about what lovely life could be...
Excluding all the man-made misery
If we're too far behind... and really out of time
Is there another planet they plan to find?

Too many dreams of youth... that we never caught
Just a day late or a dollar short

We're all just lonely people, only dyin' to fall in love
Feelings that we thought, dreams we never caught
Just a day late or a dollar short
Hey!

The loneliness, the blues
Feeling so distraught
When you're a day late or a dollar short

7. In My Darkest Moment

In the real dark night of the soul
It's always 3 a.m.
It's always darkest before the dawn
It never dawned on me

At my weakest I'm pretending to be strong
Sometimes the demons are too hard to control

In my darkest moment – someone takes me over, makes me turn a cold shoulder
In my darkest moment – I need a revelation, divine illumination to come my way
Come my way

Just when I thought I was me...
It just wasn't me t-talkin'
And the last one that I'd ever wanna hurt...
Stood right in my way

Hating is easy and loving takes real character
Love ain't in fashion in this hard-stone-cold-hearted world

Yeah
In my darkest moment – something takes me over and I don't know why
In my darkest moment – I pray for revelation, divine illumination to come my way

The pain, the grief, the agony...

In my darkest moment – someone takes me over, makes me turn a cold shoulder
In my darkest moment – in my blackest hour I need someone to come and help to light my way

Let the light come my way...

8. People Like Me

Hey!

You need someone to point your finger at
Well yeah, I'm your man, I'm everything you lack
Someone to kick around when I'm down
Maybe steal my credit where success is found

Yeah, one once might've had a hit
But that's yesterday's news, now no one gives a shit
In the void of my depression time... I fought my way back to a better life

But I'm – so jaded, dreams faded
It's harder than you think
Loved, hated, frustrated
I'm the missing link
Radio and MTV – you need people like me!
You'll like me

I never did pussy-foot around... or trade king for a day for a lifetime clown
I don't look back or before I leap... I get my kicks and I take the heat

I say
So jaded, dreams faded
It's harder than you think
Loved, hated, frustrated
I'm the missing link
Radio and MTV – you need people like me!

So jaded, frustrated
Livin' on a brink
You spit off me, you lean on me
I'm the beat you missed

So jaded, dreams faded
It's harder than you think
Loved, hated, frustrated
I'm the missing link
Radio and MTV – you need people like me!
I said, radio and MTV – you need people like me!

You'll like me!

9. Whatcha Want?

Yeah yeah yeah

Knockin' on my shoulder's in some liquor stinkin' jerk to bother me
Even rock'n'rollers need some peace and quiet and their privacy
God knows this is not a friend
Just someone tryin' to use me in the end
It's just my situation, my frustration tries to get the best of me

Who are you and whatcha want?

Money can buy freedom but no love, maybe some false security
You can try to work me, you can't hurt me, you can't fake sincerity
No need to live up to what you expect
Of course I'll give you equal respect
But I don't waste my time with no slime, I don't burn my bridges, maybe just one lane

Locked up with a complete stranger
In a bathroom, lost in an eight-ball
With great plans for the world's salvation
Down the drain... by the pain of the morning light

10. Moonlite Dance

Drop off your load and come with me
We're gonna do the moonlite dance
We'll dance all night across wide open fields
'Til we fall into a trance
Don't ask me why
It's a secret of mind
No one knows the secret of this groovy
Moonlite dance

We surf all night on cosmic brainwaves
Throughout the universe
Falling inwards in slow motion
Forward in reverse
Don't ask me why
You get your soul satisfied
Take this chance and take your stance
Let's do the moonlite dance

Step by step we do the dance
'Til the moon begins to wane
We get dressed and feel obsessed to
Do it over again
Come back again
When the full moon glows again
We'll dance until the cows come home
To the brand new moonlite dance

Moody moonlite dance
Groovy moonlite dance

11. Gypsy Boots

I'm just a white boy... lived like a gypsy all my life
One in a billion born with a baby-face like mine
Got these boots made for rockin', kickin' ass and steppin' over lines
Passed down to me from my daddy's daddy's dad
In my family tree the fruit is bitter, bold and bad
Got real deep roots, these gypsy boots of mine

Struttin' the fine line, steel-toes sharp just like my mind
My reputation preceeds me, I always get what's mine in time
You can't spike me with the evil seed of doubt
You can't tell me what my life could be about
'Less you've walked in these gypsy boots of mine

These gypsy boots, they don't wear down
It's in my blood, I roam around and around

I'm the original rock'n'roll cliche
Gypsy pirate cowboy
You wouldn't last a minute in my boots
'Cos baby, I'm the real McCoy
Can't decide if it's a blessing or a curse
Can't see how it could be getting any worse
Can't shake loose these gypsy blues of mine
All tied down to these gypsy boots sublime
Better make good use of these gypsy boots of mine

12. Lucky

I've always been a lucky kind of guy

Hey!

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I'm lucky, lucky, lucky... when it comes to friends and love
I'm lucky, oh so lucky... when it comes to push and shove

I can walk under ladders brave
No black cat ever crossed my trail
No kind of curse could get to me
Only good's gonna come my way

I was born in a video arcade
Graduated to a poolhall shark
Then I was off betting on horse races
Always been a winner, always been a star

I'm lucky, lucky, lucky... when it comes to friends and love
I'm lucky, oh so lucky
Someone loves me up above

I was lucky for quite a while
But then again I only played with dimes
Mistaken once, but never twice
I never lose when I roll the dice

I'm blessed... but I'm a mess
My best friend could be the Roulette
Some sink and some grow wings
You know, we all got the answers deep within

I'm lucky – lucky
So lucky – lucky
Lucky when it comes to friends and love
Someone really loves me up above
Yeah!

I'm lucky, lucky, lucky... when it comes to friends and love
We're lucky, oh so lucky... when it comes to push and shove

We're lucky – lucky
So lucky – lucky
Lucky when it comes to friends and love
Someone really loves me up above
I'm lucky!..
When it comes to friends and love

13. Watch This

Everything... I see I haven't seen this way before
It's not just you and me
Others do agree for sure

Everyone I know... is so afraid and quite confused
What becomes of us... should be known to me and you

All that we have found, the infrastructure's breaking down
I see no saviour coming 'round, the final days have come and gone
And more lies become exposed beyond the ones we already know
No nice surprise

Watch this, you think you've seen it all
Watch this, the best is yet to come
Some real fun
Watch this, I watch it all flow by...
And let nothing phase me out

Everything's a mess... but my mind is pure and clean
I can only guess... have they brainwashed, programmed me?

Almost everyone... is scared of what they might become
Some already have... made a nightmare from a dream

All that we have found the infrastructure's breaking down
But all this chaos calms me down, disorder comes as safe and sound
I'm detached from the outcome but I still believe in miracles
Some nice surprise

14. Designs On You

Goodbye
So now you're leaving
I hope you're feeling... real good about it
And will not doubt it
When you're without me... and the pain hits back

So it's no more, no more new music
No more tapes I'll make... to help share this lonely heartache
If that's you want
It's only you I want
As it's only human... if your mind should change... in the end

You find out about your friends when you're out on the leap
It's hard to socialize when of you is all they speak
Can't find no place to hide when I'm trying to be discreet... with my designs on you

So wrong...
But it just feels so right
When we hold tight... everything is alright
And this with all my might
I try believing...
If that's deceiving... then I'd rather lie

You could go surfing on the tears that I have cried
No matter how I try I can't say the last goodbye
Can't stop the love in my heart, can't deny... to hide my designs on you

No harm
I meant for no one
And I don't owe one... to myself or no one
I'm on my own now
You might be alone now
Well, I'm still here with designs on you

15. L. A. C. U.

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16. Are You Lonely Tonight

оригинал: Willie De Ville

My little girl, you know she's real smart
The only thing in the world that could break my heart
And it can get pretty hard in this lowdown world
My little girl, she's nobody's fool
She taught me things that you can't learn in school
And it can get real hard in this merciless world
Oh no, I can't help worrying about my little girl

I worry about you baby
Is everything alright?
I'm worried 'bout you baby
Are you lonely tonight?
And if I was with you... I'd be holding you tight

There's no beginning, there's just no end
You're my mama and you're my best friend
You must always promise to stay my little girl
Oh no, I can't help worrying about my little girl

Give me something to hold on to
Give me something I can cling to
So when I look in the mirror the only face I see
Oh no, you're not as tough as you pretend to be

I worry about you baby
Are you lonely tonight?

17. Winged Bull

(инструментал)Hall And Oates[/track-instrumental]

Well I'm looking at her... from a rock'n'roll tower
With the windows its eyes... and its black stained sides
That can't be climbed... 'cause they're as slick as wet glass
And the gate let's the force out, but thru 'none shall pass'

But when I'm with you... it's just me in my time
Guess I've taken some form, who knows which time around
But one of the reasons... is to unite me with you
I'm sure of that baby... if a heart tells the truth
Heart tells the truth

Is it the winged bull... or the horns of old pan
There's Ra unto Isis, there's woman to man
Sun and the moon, minus and plus
Zero equals two... in love and in us

Wings of fire... and me in my time
Taking this form, making this sound
It's all of the reasons... that unite me with you
I'm sure of that baby... if a heart tells the truth
Heart tells the truth
Heart tells the truth
Heart tells the truth...

18. Check Out The Girl

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Hey check out the girl
She looks so good
A brand new sight in the neighborhood
If she let me kiss her
Oh sure I would

Hey guys check out the girl
In a dress so tight
She was fine, she puts casts of loving fire in a young man's mind
Her legs are long and heels are high

She's got the rhythm
I got the blues
I am on the hoes so what do I got to lose
So guys check out the girl
Check out the girl
Check out that...
Maybe she knows her whirl
Hey guys check out that girl

Hey guys check out the girl
Looks so fine
You know that you're going to asking for the prime on Friday night
We'll party till first daylight

Yeah check out the girl
The way she smiles
So you resist, you better lay her naked in a rock'n'roll bed
Under that glowing moonlight

Because...
She's got the rhythm
I got the blues
I am on the hoes so what do I got to lose
So guys check out the girl
Check out the girl
Check out that...
Maybe she knows her whirl
Hey guys check out that girl

Check her out, check her out, check her out