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Grand Funk Lives
July 1981
Full Moon / Warner Bros
Line up:

Mark Farner: Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Don Brewer: Drums, Vocals
Dennis Bellinger: Bass, Vocals
Lance Duncan Ong: Synthesizers, Organ


 
Side A:
  1. Good Times - 2:05
  2. Queen Bee - 3:13
  3. Testify - 2:58
  4. Can't Be with You Tonight - 3:29
  5. No Reason Why - 4:47
Side B:
  1. We Gotta Get out of This Place - 3:55
  2. Y.O.U. - 2:53
  3. Stuck in the Middle - 3:09
  4. Greed of Man - 5:00
  5. Wait for Me - 4:52

Good Times

Good times, good times,
I'm goin out tonight just to ease my mind
I worked all day I'm gonna' play all night,
I ain't gonna' stop 'till it feels alright
You gotta' take time for what you wanna' do,
And if you had the chance I know you would too, baby

Are you gonna' meet me on the moon tonight?
Can't guarantee I won't touch you, girl, 'cause I just might

Good times, good times,
I watched you wiggle, baby, from behind, hey
Skin tight pants and I watched you dance,
I asked you, honey, and you took a chance
I'm kinda' outspoken 'cause my mind is broken,
I love you, baby, I sure ain't jokin', now

Are you gonna' meet me on the moon tonight?
Can't guarantee I won't touch you, girl, 'cause I just might

Good times, good times
Good times, good times
Good times, good times
Good times, good times

Queen Bee

I'm gonna steal you from your hive,
Steal you away from every man alive
They can't see what you mean to me queen bee
They can't see what you mean to me
What you mean to me
What you mean to me my queen bee

I'm gonna follow every where you go oh
Cause girl there's somthing i want you to know heeyyy ohhh
They can't see what you mean to me my little queen bee yeah
They can't see what you mean to me
What you mean to me
What you mean to me my queen bee

They can't see what you mean to me
What you mean to me
What you mean to me my queen bee

What you mean to me
What you mean to me my queen bee
My little queen bee
My little queen bee
Bzzzzzzzz!!!!!

Testify

I loved ya' baby,
From the start
Loved ya' baby,
Baby, with all of my heart
I need ya' baby,
Can't ya' see
I love that little girl,
Lord, you put a spell on me

I just want to testify,
That I can't get by without your love

I told ya' baby,
I's gonna' love you
I said it girl,
Now that's what I'm gonna' do
Turn down the lights,
I'm gonna' show ya how
Turn down your lights little mama,
'Cause I'm gonna show ya how, right now

I just want to testify,
That I can't get by without your love

Ohhh, baby
I said baby, baby
Would you do the same,
Hey, baby, if I treat you right?
I don't mean maybe,
When I tell you baby,
If you're after me,
I'm givin' up without a fight

I just want to testify,
That I can't get by without your love

No, no, no, no, no, no
I just want to testify,
That I can't get by without your love

Ohhh, baby
I said baby, baby
I just want to testify,
That I can't get by without your love, baby
Oh I, I just want to testify,

I just want to testify,
That I can't get by without your love

Can't Be with You Tonight

I can't be with you tonight
It couldn't be right
And the further from sight the better

I can't be with you tonight
And there ant no use pretendin
Cause it couldn't be right
At least not from this end girl
And the further from sight the better

Girl there's somthin that won't let me be
And it's tryin to hide inside of me
There are some things that you'll never see
Never see baby ever
It's not that i'm so clever
It's just that it's better

I can't be with you tonight
And there ant no use pretendin
Cause it couldn't be right
At least not from this end girl
And the further from sight the better

Get this feeling cause i never knew
Girl what you had deep inside of you
Now it looks as though i was a fool
Cause it was me not you baby
You had to do what you had to do baby
Now it looks like we're through baby

I can't be with you tonight
Oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo

Can't be with you tonight
I can't be with you

It couldn't be right
I can't be with you
The further from sight the better

I can't be with you tonight
And there ain't no use pretendin
Cause it couldn't be right
At least not from this end girl
And the further from sight the better

I can't be with you tonight
Oooo oooo
It couldn't be right
Oooo oooo
The further from sight the better

No Reason Why

You ain't gonna live as long as you figure
Cause somebodys got a gun and their fingers on the trigger
You gave e'm a bad line and you went down for the very last time
You wanted to live somebody wants you to die and there's no reason why

Life ain't as long as you want it
Cause sombodys got a bullet with your name written on it
You gave e'm a bad line and you went down for the very last time
You wanted to live somebody wants you to die and there's no reason why

I'm not afraid of what you might do to me
Cause if the back turns the tide will turn as they will see
But in the meantime they got their eye on you
And when the shots fired there's nothin you can do ooo

You wanted to live they want you to die
There's no reason why no reason why
You ain't gonna live no reason why
No reason why no reason why
No reason why no reason why

We Gotta Get out of This Place

In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refuse to shine
People tell me there ain't no use in tryin
My little girl you're so young and pretty yeah
And one thing i know is true
You're gonna die before your time is through

You see my daddy in bed a dyin
You see his hair is turnin gray
He's been workin and slalvin his life away
My daddy's been workin workin every day
Workin slavin his life away
Workin oh yeah my daddy's been work work work oh yeah

We gotta get outta this place if it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get outta this place girl there's a better life for me and you
Me and you, babe

My daddy's been workin workin slavin his life away
Workin ah workin every day work work work oh yeah
We gotta get outta this place if it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get outta this place girl there's a better life for me and you
For me and you babe

We gotta get outta this place if it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get outta this place girl there's a better life
I said girl there's a better life girl there's a better life for me and you
There's gotta be a better life for me and you

Y.O.U.

You said it wouldn't bother you but i know better than that
You told me that your love was true but your love was not a matter of fact
And honey when you get home i won't be here tonight
You hurt me i know
That's why i'm lettin you go

But i been thinking of you babe
I been thinking of Y-O-U
Cause i been thinking of you lady
Thinkin of only you
Cause i been thinking of you now baby
Thinking of Y-O-U

Oh girl i can't believe that you did the nasty things that you did
And the way that you played with me well you must think that i'm just a kid
Oh but i'm not your boy and i won't be nobodys toy
You hurt me i know
That's why i'm lettin you go

But i been thinking of you babe
I been thinking of Y-O-U
Yes i been thinking of you lady
Thinkin of only you
Well i been thinking of you now baby
Thinking of Y-O-U

You hurt me i know
That's why i'm lettin you go

But i been thinking of you babe
I been thinking of Y-O-U
Well i been thinking of you baby
I been of Y-O-U
Well i been thinking of you now baby,
You now baby, you now baby Y-O-U
Yeah you babe, i been thinking of Y-O-U
I been thinking of you yeah yeah, thinking of Y-O-U
Thinking of you baby, thinking of Y-O-U

Stuck in the Middle

True love won't pass you bye
Must you eye every boy that passes
Why can't you be satisfied
You hurt my pride
Running between classes

Cause you're stuck in the middle
Yeah stuck in the middle
My baby's stuck in the middle again

I never thought i'd find a better love
She had plenty of all the love that he'd arrived for
But blessings come from up above
You wanna be loved but you're better off a wise boy

Cause she's stuck in the middle
Yeah stuck in the middle
My baby's stuck in the middle again

Boy she's stuck in the middle
Yeah stuck in the middle
My baby's stuck in the middle again

My baby's stuck in the middle

Ah stuck in the middle
Yeah stuck in the middle
My baby's stuck in the middle again

My baby's stuck in the middle

Greed of Man

Tell me how you're doing in your eyes now
Well tell me what you see tell me why now
Do you see what's happening in your home land
Do you feel do you hear do you know man
Well i don't understand there's no rhyme or reason
I know the greed of man has no season
He never stops to think about the outcome
He don't look back to see the damage he's done
And if it's gonna be that you don't realize
Got you hypnotized must be mesmerized
He cut you down to size yeah yeah

Tell me that you're livin for the future
Tell me you're gonna do what ever suits you
Well i don't understand there's no rhyme or reason
I know the greed of man has no season
He never stops to think about the outcome
He don't look back to see the damage he's done
And if it's gonna be that you don't realize
Got you hypnotized must be mesmerized
He cut you down to size hell yeah yeah yeah

Well i don't understand there's no rhyme or reason
I know the greed of man has no season
He never stops to think about the outcome
He don't look back to see the damage he's done
And if it's gonna be that you don't realize
Got you hypnotized must be mesmerized
He cut you down to size hell

You must be hypnotized
Got you mesmerized
He cut you down to size

You must be hypnotized
Got you mesmerized
You must be you must be
You must be
You must be hypnotized
You must be you must be
You must be you must be

Wait for Me

Now that your love is left behind
For your neighbor
That's why i remind you
Of the words
That he spoke for everyone
And those who believe them
Are anointed by the son
Oh yeah
All you got to do is believe
And go on to heaven
And there you'll be received
By the arms
Of a love you've never known
And nobody forced you
Because you did it on your own

And wait for me
Cause i'll meet you there
When these rags are gone
And my body's dead

Oh wait for me
And i'll meet you there
When these rags are gone
And my body's dead

Wait for me
And i'll meet you there
When these rags are gone
And my body's dead