STRAIGHT UP - 1971

TAKE IT ALL (Pete Ham) In a way, the sun has shone on me Makes it easy, to make it hard Take an inch, take a yard Take it all I don't need it at all Any day, the sun could shine on you Makes it silly, to make it bad Take it good, take it glad Take it all Don't you know there's a stronger thing Keeping us together Don't you know there's a song to sing Sing on, let the feeling take you high Don't you know there's a stronger thing Keeping us together Don't you know there's a song to sing Sing on, let the feeling take you high Any day, the sun will shine on you Makes it silly, to take it bad Make it good, take it glad Take it all I don't need it at all I don't want it at all No no no BABY BLUE (Pete Ham) I guess I got what I deserved Kept you waiting there to long my love All that time without a word Didn't know you'd think that I'd forget That I'd regret The special love I had for you My baby blue All those days become so long Did you really think I'd do you wrong Dixie when I let you go Thought you'd realize that I would know I would show The special love I have for you My baby blue What can I do What can I say 'Cept I want you by my side How can I show you Show me the way Don't you know the times I tried Guess that's all I have to say 'Cept the feeling just grows stronger every day Just one thing before I go Take good care baby Let me know Let it grow The special love you had for me My Dixie dear MONEY (Tom Evans) Money, stole my lady Fools, have a way of making me crazy Money, buy you freedom Fools, have a way of making me lazy So we grow a little older With another tale to tell So we grow a little colder With another tale to tell Money, make you feel unhappy Fools, have a way of making me crazy So we grow a little older With another tale to tell So we grow a little colder With another tale to tell FLYING (Tom Evans / Joey Molland) Feel like I'm flying I'm dying to say Want you forever and easy Be where you are where I want you to stay Don't you know what I'm saying believe me Feel like I'm falling it's all I can do Lying and dying is lonely Deeper and darker no way to forget No way to believe what you told me Way to believe what you told me Way to believe Kings in their castles wound up in the wine Drinking their confidence daily Wish I could be; too bad piece of mind Wish I could; being to crazy Wish I could; being to crazy Wish I could be I'D DIE BABE (Joey Molland) You give me loving like crazy You make my daisies grow high You treat me good so I'm lazy You make me feel so alive You get me feeling I'm okay And I got nothing to hide And if you leave me awhile babe You know I'd die, babe Babe, I'd die I tell you I love you I'll tell you no lies I tell you I need you and I want you By my side Used to be cold and lonely You came along with your smile And if you leave now I'll cry babe You know I'd die babe Babe, I'd die I tell you I love you I'll tell you no lies I tell you I need you and I want you By my side Used to be cold and lonely You came along with your smile And if you leave now I'll cry babe No, I'd die babe Babe, I'd die THE NAME OF THE GAME (Pete Ham) I saw the railway master, and I looked him in the eye Said "Would you go much faster if you thought that you would die?" He said "Not me sir, I could not care, in fact I would not try For protest would not take me far it's different me not being a star." I lock my feelings in a jar, until another day Oh comfort me dear brother, won't you tell me what you know For somewhere in this paper world is a place where I can go Oh long-awaited mother, is it time to make a show? And take your babies to your breasts you know we never passed the test And all our sins should be confessed before we carry on. Oh, don't refuse me if you choose me, you'll follow my shame No, don't confuse me for I know it's the name of the game I got up off my pillow and I looked up at the sun Said "You can see quite clearly now the things that we have done. We've burned your sacred willow and our battles, we have won. But did we get so very far? It's different me not being a star." I lock my feelings in a jar, until they go away Oh, don't refuse me if you choose me, you'll follow my shame No, don't confuse me for I know it's the name of the game SUITCASE (Joey Molland) Suitcase suitcase, follow me round Bootlace bootlace, tie me down Money for fun yeah, golden crowns It's all inside a game we've been playing For so long Driver driver, go too fast Miser miser, make it last Pusher pusher, on the run And it's all inside a game we've been playing For so long I'm sorry to be leaving, it's all I get to say I'm sorry to be leaving today I'm sorry to be leaving, it's all I get to say I'm sorry to be leaving today Driver driver, go too fast Miser miser, make it last Pusher pusher, on the run It's all inside a game we've been playing For so long So long So long So long SWEET TUESDAY MORNING (Joey Molland) Sweet Tuesday morning Came on your smile All of my fears, they have left me Sweet Tuesday morning Came on your smile Love is the answer you gave me I've been to places all around, astound me Seen the breaking of the souvenir In a brightness I can feel Surround me It's the first time I felt it for years Sweet Tuesday morning, came on your smile Love is the answer you gave me I've been to places all around, astound me Seen the breaking of the souvenir In a brightness I can feel Surround me It's the first time I felt it for years DAY AFTER DAY (Pete Ham) I remember finding out about you Everyday my mind is all around you Looking out from my lonely room, day after day Bring it home baby make it soon I give my love to you I remember holding you while you sleep Everyday I feel the tears that you weep Looking out from my lonely gloom, day after day Bring it home baby make it soon I give my love to you Looking out from my lonely room, day after day Bring it home baby make it soon I give my love to you I remember finding out about you Everyday my mind is all around you Looking out from my lonely room, day after day Bring it home baby make it soon I give my love to you SOMETIMES (Joey Molland) Sometimes I'm only waiting for your smile Sometimes I'll only wait a while Sometimes the feeling makes me wanna cry Tell me why Sometimes I'm fooling playing for my time Sometimes the days are always fine Sometimes a copper wants me on a line It's a crime It's always tomorrow Ain't no sorrow and pain There's always a reason Always believe in my soul It's always tomorrow Ain't no sorrow and pain There's always a reason Always believe in my soul Sometimes I'm only waiting for your smile Sometimes I'll only wait a while Sometimes the feeling makes me wanna cry Tell me why PERFECTION (Pete Ham) There is no real perfection There'll be no perfect day Just love is our connection The truth in what we say There's no good revolution Just power changing hands There is no straight solution Except to understand So listen to my song, of life You don't need a gun, or a knife Successful conversation, will take you very far There is no real perfection There'll be no perfect man Just peace is our connection For giving all you can There's no good kind of killing Just power taking life It's all good blood that's spilling To make a bigger knife So listen to my song, of life You don't need a gun, or a knife Succesful conversation, can take you very far So listen to my song, of life You don't need a gun, or a knife Succesful conversation, can take you very far Succesful conversation, will take you very far Succesful conversation, will take you very far IT'S OVER (Tom Evans) Pack my bag, I'm going away It's over Going home Thank you people but it's too much to stay It's done now, I'm going home Now I feel like I'm warm Now I feel like I'm tuned Spent my time and some fun And for that I thank you It's over, it's over It's over. I'm going home It's over, it's over And for that I thank you Now I feel like I'm warm Now I feel like I'm tuned Spent my time and some fun And for that I thank you It's over, it's over It's over. I'm going home It's over, it's over And for that I thank you