Now I don't want
To be your slave
You're trying to drive me
To an early grave
All I ever hear
Is that you live an' breath for me
But all you ever do, babe,
Is shake my tree...

'Cos you  keep on pushing, baby,
Like you never, ever been in love before...

I told you once, 
An' I told you twice
I ain't no schoolboy
You can sacrifice...
You want my love 
An' you want it now,
You try to love me, baby,
But, you don't know how...

So, you keep on pushing, baby,
Like you never, ever been in love before...

I need love, an' I need time
An' a little bit of both
If you wanna be a friend of mine...
I don't want no woman,
Drive me outa my head,
An' you're the kind of girl
Garented to wreck my bed...
Love... is what you need
But, you cut down the bone
An' make me bleed...
I give you everything
An' still you cry,
Ooh, mama, the price of loving you
Is way too high...

But, you keep on talking, baby,
I've heard it all before
Now, I don't want you hanging around
Or kicking at my door...

But, you keep on pushing, mama
Like you never, ever been in love before...

I know love, an' I know shame
An' I ain't gonna get caught up
In your game...
It took a little time
To make me see,
I ain't looking for a woman like you
To shake my tree...

So keep on talkin', baby,
keep on hangin' around,
Everything you do to me
Is sure to drag me down...

An' you keep on pushin', mama
Like you never, ever been
In love before...

Shake my tree...

I don't want
To be your slave,
You're trying to drive me 
To an early grave...
So keep on talkin',
No matter what you say,
I have enough of your kind of love
to last me all my days...

so keep on pushing, baby,
I've heard it all before...
I don't want you hanging around,
Or kicking at my door...
 Now, I don't want your loving, baby,
I can't take it anymore...
I don't want you hanging around,
Kicking at my door...
if i see your face again,
i'll give you what's in store...
But, you'll keep on pushing, baby,
'Cos, you've never, ever
Been in love before
				

My heart is breaking,
My whole life is shaking...
Every way I turn
I know this love is gonna burn me,

But I'm waiting on you...
No matter what you do...

Ever since you went away,
I suffer each an every day
An' I can't hide the heartache anymore...
You left me alone,
Just waiting by the telephone,
Too scare to step outside this prison door...

An' I'm waiting on you...

No matter what yousay,
Nomatter what you do,
This heart is dedicated to you...
'Til the rivers  run dry
And the sun no longer shines,
I'm stoll gonna make you mine...

I'm waiting on you... waiting on you...

Ever since I started drinking
My ship's been slowly sinking,
So tell me what a man supposed to do...
When people stop and stare
And see me drownig in despair,
'Cos it's writtten on my face
What I've been going through...

An' I'm waiting on you...

No matter what you say,
Nomatter what yoiu do,
This heart is dedicated to you...
'Til the rivers run dry
And the sun no longer shines,
I'm still gonna make you mine...

I'm waiting on you... waiting on you...

My heart is breaking, 
My whole life is shaking...
Every day I turn
I know this love is gonna burn...

Ever since you went away
I've suffured each an every day
An' I can't hide the loneliness no more...
All the tears I've cried,
All the love I've been denied
An' still you'll find me waiting on you...

No matter what you say,
No matter what you do,
This heart is dedicated to you...
'Til the rivers run dry
An' the sun no longer shines
I'll be waiting on you... waiting on you
				

Now my days are growing cold
all the memories unfold...
Thinking about the friends we lost,
Wondering how to count the cost
Now my days are growing cold...
I can hardly wait any longer,
Now the feeling's growing stronger...
Thinking about the time we had,
Good times allways turn into bad...
Now my days are growing cold...

Why don't you take me
For a little while,
Sing me songs, you know
Will make me smile...
Why don't you ever take me
For a little while...

As I watch the rising sun
I see a new day just begun...
Thinking about the sacrifice,
Wondering how to pay the price
Now my world is growing cold...

Why don't you take me
For a little while,
Sing me songs, you know
Will make me smile...
Why don't you ever take me
For a little while...

So now my days are growing cold
all my memories been told...
Thinking about the dreams we lost,
Wondering how to count the cost
Now my days are growing cold...

Why don't you take me
For a little while,
Sing me songs, you know
Will make me smile...
Why don't you take me
For a little while,
Sing me songs, you know
Will make me smile...
				

Take me to your river, baby,
Take me to your sea,
Purify my soul
An' pour your ocean over me...
Lead me to your chamber,
Where you sleep at night,
Scratch your name accross my back,
Make me feel alright...

You're the best time I ever had,
You look so good,
Ooh, baby, you must be bad...

Diamonds on your ankles,
Sapphires on your shoes,
Your little gems of wisdom
Chase away my blues...
Mama's little princess,
Daddy's pride and joy,
I'm a kid at christmas
Playing with your toys...

You shake me in the morning,
I wake up black and blue,
Ooh, child, you act so wild
I'll name a hurricane after you...
Scarlet fever kisses,
Little Miss Dynamite,
Youngblood, you look so good
I'm gonna leave on all the lights...

So I can see where I'm goin', baby...

So take me to your river, baby,
Take me to your sea,
Purify my soul
An' pour your ocean over me...
Lead me to your chamber,
Where you sleep at night,
Scratch your name accross my back,
Make me feel alright...

I have never felt this good before,
If you want I'll sleep outside your door...
You're the best time I ever had,
You look so good,
Oh baby, you must be bad...
				

You said you'd give me love,
Instead you cause me pain...
you made me curse an' slam the door
An' hang my head in shame...

But, it's over now... it's over now...

You talked to me of virtue
An' sang a song so sweet,
But, all I know is I could smell
The perfume of deceit...

An' it's over now... it's over now...

You told me of your innocence
An' I believe it all,
but, your best friend is your vanity
An' the mirror on the wall...

It's over now...

I turned away from what I heard
An' everything I saw,
But, now I see the light of day
I release the dog of war...

so watcha gonna do
When the truth pays you a call,
How you gonna feel

When you finaly lose it all...
How you gonna look
Standing up against the wall,
Watcha gonna do, watcha gonna say,
when you feel the hammer fall...
I'm gonna see you crawl...

You took your pills
An' washed them down,
Then you talked for hours...
I tried to build a garden,
But, you trampled all the flowers...

An' it's over now...

Wanting this, needing that,
Always after more,
Now that it's all over
I release the dog of war...

So watcha gonna do
When the truth pays you a call,
How you gonna look
Standing up against the wall,
Watcha gonna do, watcha you gonna say
When you feel the hammer fall...
				

Hey, gypsy woman, roll your dice for me,
Read my Tarot cards, so I can see...
I razor sharp, cool sunglasses,
Pocket full of backstage passes...
Lady luck, roll your dice for me...

The boys are feeling hot, tonight,
Finger crossed they get it right...
Women to the left... women to the right...
The boys are feeling hot, tonight...

I ain't too proud to beg for what you got,
You'd melt a heart of ice, babe, you're so hot...
So pump it up, raise the dead,
Sqeeze it, honey, 'til it's cherry red...
I ain't too proud to beg for what you got...

The boy's are feeling hot, tonight,
Finger crossed they get it right...
Women to the left... women to the right...
The boys are feeling hot, tonight...

Feeling hot... feeling hot... feeling hot...
Feeling hot, hot, hot, hot...

Now I just wanna make sweet love to you,
i'll do anything you'll want me to...
So rip me up, slip an' slide,

'Scuse me if my tongue gets tired,
An' I will make some sweet love to you...

The boy's are feeling hot, tonight,
Finger crossed they get it right...
Women to the left... women to the right...
The boys are feeling hot, tonight...
				

You said you needed love
Too warm you in the night,
So you gave yourself to strangers
Who left you crying at the first light...

you think the world you live in
Doesn't notice you,
But, don't worry, baby,
I'll be there to comfort you...

So take it easy... easy...

Easy does it, baby, nice and slow,
I'll take you anywhere
The four winds blow...

So sweep no more, my Lady,
Don't you cry,
I can't paint your portrait
With those tears in your eye...

But, I can give you love
Every night and day,
and we will walk together
The sun and the moon
Will light our way...

So take it easy... easy...

Easy does it, baby, nice and slow,
I'll take you anywhere
The four winds blow...

i'll tell you something,
You'll understand,
Grab a hold now, baby,
And I'll lead you to
The promised land...

I'll make you so good,
Make you feel alright...
Chase away the shadows
And keep you warm at night...

Take it easy... easy...

Easy does it, baby, nice and slow,
I'll take you anywhere
The four winds blow...

Gonna keep you smiling
And satisfied,
Nothing but blue skies
On a magic carpet ride...

Take it easy... easy

Easy does it, baby, nice and slow,
I'll take you anywhere
The four winds blow...

Anywhere the four winds blow,
I'll take you there...

No more worry,
No more pain,
The sun is always shining
And it never, ever rains
				

The first thing in the morning,
The last thing at night
I just wanna hold you, babe,
and make you feel alright...
When the sun is shining
Or the sky is filled with rain,
Wherever we may be
I'm gonna make love with you again...

Now I don't need a crystal ball
To tell me it's true
'Cos I've crossed too many rivers,
On my way to finding you...
Your smile, like a summer sun,
Can brighten my day,
And when I'm feeling down
You chase the dark clouds away...

There ain't no doubt about it, baby,
I'm gonna shout about it...

Take a look at yourself
Can't you see why I want you
And nobody else,
'Cos the first thing in the morning,
The last thing at night
I just wanna hold you, babe,
And make you feel alright...

Sometimes I feel it in my bones
When the cold northwinds blow,
But when you put your arms around me
I can feel it no more...
I've been guilty of a thousand crimes
In matter of the heart,
But, just thought of losing you
Tears me apart...

There ain't no doubt about it, baby,
I'm gonna shout about it...

Take a look at yourself
Can't you see why I want you
And nobody else,
'Cos the first thing in the morning,
The last thing at night
I just wanna hold you, babe,
And make you feel alright...

There ain't no doubt about it, baby,
Gonna shout about it...

Take a look at yourself
Can't you see why I want you
And nobody else,
'Cos the first thing in the morning,
The last thing at night
I just wanna hold you, babe,
Make you feel alright...
				

I'm sick and tierd
And lonely,
Sitting in my room,
Staring at the shadows,
Blowing smoke rings at the moon...
Every night I try,
But, every night I cry,
Trying to work out why,
Ijust wanna know, got to know,
Why you keep on pushingme, baby...

You love me when ypou want
And take me when you need,
whatever you say to me, baby,
Makes my pour heart bleed...
Now I don't wanna win,
But, I don't wanna lose
An' I don't wanna be alone no more... no more...
I just wanna give you love...
I just gotta give you love...

But, you keeep on giving love,
you give another man your love...
Ooh, baby, don't you leave me this way...

I never want to hurt you,
Don't wanna tie you down,
But, every time I take a look in the mirror
I can see the heartache hangin' round...
I'm going down to the ground,
Why you always wanna bring me down...
Baby, baby, why do you always bring me down...

'Cos you keep on giving love,
You give another man your love...
Baby, baby, don't leave me this way...

Don't you leave me, baby,
My heart is aching,
My heart is breaking for you...

And I can't take it anymore...

I'm sick and tired
And lonely,
Nothing left to say,
Just thinking 'bout you, baby,
takes all my night and day...
All my nights... all my days...
Baby, you take my breath away...

'Cos you keep on giving love,
You give another man your love...
Baby, baby, don't leave me this way...

I can't stop my love from falling down...
I wanna love you in hthe morning,
Wanna love you in the evening time...
Don't you leave me, baby,
Don't you ever leave me, baby...
				

Bless me, father, I have sinned,
i've broken hearts, got drunk on gin,
An' still I lust for sweet young things...
On the day that I was born,
Bells rang out in Babylon,
Still I can't tell right from wrong
No matter what the Good Book says...

Now I can see the sun is shining,
But, I can feel the rain,
Falling down to wash my tears away...

Holy Mother, save your tears,
You've cried for me a thousand years,
But, I was blind to all your fears...
Now, I can't stop the tears from falling down...
Come the dawn of judgement day
I'll get down on my Knees and pray
St. Peter, don't you send me away...

Now I can see the sun is shining,
But, i can feel the rain,
Falling down to wash my tears away...

Bless me, father, I have sinned,
I've broken hearts and drink on gin,
An' still I lust for everything...
Every little thing...
Come the dawn of judgement day
I'll get down on my knees and pray
The good Lord don't send me away...

Now I can see the sun is shining,
But, I can feel the rain,
Falling down to wash my tears away...
				

I hear the sound of distant thunder
Echo all around,
I see the tragedy of young ones
Lying on the ground...
I see the fathers' sons and daughters,
I hear the mothers crying,
Nothing left for me to do
But, whisper a prayer for the dying...

Oh, a prayer for the dying...

The suffocating heat the jungles,
And burning desert sands,
Where everything reminds you
You're a stranger in a strange land...
The soothing words of politicians,
Those bodyguards of lie,
While guardian angels waste their time
And every mother cries...

Oh, a prayer for the dying...

Machine gun, battle cry,
You pray to God when the bullets fly...
The bombs fall like black rain
An' all your dreams take you home again...

Nothing but bad dreams...

You can't read, you can't write,
You're so scared, you cant sleep at night...
You try to carry the heavy load
Walking down Armageddon road...

Oh, Armageddon road...

I hear the sound of distant thunder
Echo all around,
I see the tragedy of young ones
Lying on the ground...
I see the fathers' sons and daughters,
I hear the mothers crying,
Nothing left for me to do
But, whisper a prayer for the dying...

Oh, a prayer for the dying...

You can't run, you can't hide,
You can't show what you feel inside...
You're going crazy, going insane
You know you'll never be the same again...