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Shinin' On
March 1974
Capitol
Line up:

Mark Farner: Guitar, Guitaron, Harmonica, Organ, Vocals
Mel Schacher: Bass
Don Brewer: Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Craig Frost: Organ, Clavinet, Moog, Piano, Mellotrone, Vocals
Todd Rundgren: Guitar


 
Side A:
  1. Shinin' On - 5:59
    (Don Brewer / Mark Farner)
  2. To Get Back In - 3:56
    (Mark Farner)
  3. The Loco-Motion - 2:46
    (Gerry Goffin / Carole King)
  4. Carry Me Through - 5:34
    (Don Brewer / Craig Frost)
Side B:
  1. Please Me - 3:37
    (Don Brewer / Mark Farner)
  2. Mr. Pretty Boy - 3:08
    (Don Brewer / Mark Farner / Craig Frost)
  3. Gettin' Over You - 3:59
    (Don Brewer / Craig Frost)
  4. Little Johnny Hooker - 4:59
    (Mark Farner)
  1. Destitute and Losin' - 7:03 (Bonus Track)
    (Mark Farner)

Shinin' On
Don Brewer / Mark Farner We are winners and losers, bed fellow choosers, Put here to pass by the times We are space-age sailors, all had our failures, Now everybody gonna' shine Keep it shinin' on Keep it shinin' on See the fire within them burnin', Touch the fire make me feel so fine Keep the fire within you livin' Everybody gonna' shine, shine, shine Keep it shinin' on Keep it shinin', shinin' on Keep it shinin' on Shinin' on Shinin' on What? Well, alright Keep it shinin' on Keep it shinin', shinin' on Keep it shinin' on Keep it shinin' on, shinin' on, shinin' on Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on Keep it shinin', keep it shinin', keep it shinin' on

To Get Back In
Mark Farner Don't really want to fall out of love, And baby I need a lovin' shove, To get back in, Lord, to get back in To get back in once again, baby Oooo, baby when times are good, You know they couldn't get no better if they tried to But there's a question standing where I stood, You know you act just like the person that's been lied to You ain't been treatin' me like you know you should, There's been a change in your way Remember what it's like when love is good, And remember the chorus 'cause I wrote it for us Don't really want to fall out of love, And baby I need a lovin' shove, To get back in, oh, to get back in To get back in once again You know I love that girl with all my heart, And, like wine, with age it gets better But I don't like trouble, and when trouble starts, It's the times I wish I could forget her If you give 'em an inch, boy, then they'll take a mile, And gettin' it back's so hard to do They'll take advantage of your gentle style, But you've got to forgive them, 'cause you're tryin' to live with them Woah ... woah Woah, woah ... woah To get back in, to get back in, to get back in once again To get back in, to get back in, to get back in once again, babe To get back in ...

The Loco-Motion
Gerry Goffin / Carole King Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion My little baby sister can do it with ease, It's easier than learnin' your ABCs So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me You've got to swing your hips now, Oooo ... Come on, Oooo ... Come on Jump up, Oooo ... Jump up Jump back, Oooo ... Jump back Oh, well, I think you've got the knack Oooo ... Woah ... woah Now that you can do it, well, let's make a chain now Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion A chuga-chuga motion like a railroad train, now Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion Do it nice and easy now, and don't lose control, A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul, So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me Woah ... woah Move around the floor in a loco-motion Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion Do it holdin' hands if'n you get the notion Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion There's never been a dance that's so easy to do, It even makes you happy when you're feelin' blue So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion So, come on, come on, and do The Loco-Motion with me Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion

Carry Me Through
Don Brewer / Craig Frost Time has come, To start my search for tomorrow On and on, There's just no end to the sorrow But I designed a way, To see my life through pity I don't have too much to say, And the tears won't let me be So, Carry me through the hard part Help me find a new start Carry me through the hard part Far too long, I've thought of all the excuses Try to go on, And stay my time to an end Dreams in my head, All turning dark and useless Help me find the hand, That knows where I've been Please, Carry me through the hard part Help me find a new start Carry me through the hard part Ahhhhhh ... Ahhhhhh ... Carry me through ... Carry me through ... Carry me through ... Carry me, carry me, carry me ...

Please Me
Don Brewer / Mark Farner Five million guys have tried to reduce her, To another girl out in the street All those pretty eyes, have lied to seduce her, But they come crawlin' back at her feet Too many times, I've seen them abuse her, Just like the times I've been deceived The touch of her starlight makes me happy, I can see her shinin' through in my dreams And I wake up cryin' .. Please me ... Please me, baby Please me ... Please me out of my he ... yeah ... ad Please me, baby Everybody's been a toy for someone, So take me if you want to play Tease me even if it's only for fun, And let me play the game on another day Please me ... Please me, baby Please me ... Please me out of my he ... yeah ... ad Please me, baby Please me, baby Please me, baby Please me, baby Please me baby, please me baby ... yeah, Please me, baby Please me baby, please ... Please me, baby Please me, baby Suck it

Mr. Pretty Boy
Don Brewer / Mark Farner / Craig Frost Hey, Mr. Pretty Boy ..., You sure been lookin' good. Yeah Said, Mr. Pretty Boy ..., You lookin' like you should. Mmmmm .. Until you took the bottle and turned it up, You didn't want to quit 'til you drank up all of that stuff Now, Mr. Pretty Boy ..., Now you don't look so good. No, noooo .. Ahhhhhhh ... oh Mr. Pretty Boy ... Sitting in the parlour, You entertain your guests. Mmmmm ... Mr. Pretty Boy ... That's what you do the best. That's what you do Until you told the butler to bring another round, And no one else was drinkin' but you went and sucked them all down Now, Mr. Pretty Boy ... Now you don't look so good. No ... you don't Ahhhhhhh ... oh Mr. Pretty Boy ... Ahhhhhhh ... oh Mr. Pretty Boy ... Mist ... Mr. Pretty Boy ...

Gettin' Over You
Don Brewer / Craig Frost Lover, let's get it straight Somthin's passin' much too late, To discover on down the line, It's fallin' apart. I just might be gettin' ... O ... over you I'm gettin' o ... over you Oh, we really ... Oh, we really ... oh, we really tried, Oh, we really ... Had that look in our eye Ain't it crazy ... That I let you go I don't understand I just don't know. Gettin' ... O ... over you I'm gettin' o ... over you Oh, we really ... Oh, we really ... oh, we really tried, Oh, we really ... Had that look in our eye Ain't it crazy ... That I let you go I don't understand I just don't know. Gettin' ... You, look with the love that surrounds me Blue, darkest I've ever seen We take the cost of the time going through changes What's the loss gettin' over you. You! You, look with the love that surrounds me Blue, darkest I've ever seen We take the cost of the time going through changes What's the loss gettin' over you I'm gettin' over you I'm gettin' over you I'm gettin' over you I'm gettin' over you

Little Johnny Hooker
Mark Farner Oh, I'm gonna tell you a story 'bout a little boy Oh, a sad little boy I'm talkin' 'bout Little Johnny Hooker Little Johnny Hooker was a sissy on the street all his life -- All his natural born life Until his daddy took him aside and said, Son, now here's your switchblade knife boy He said get out in the street boy, Cut yourself some meat boy Get out on your own side of the road, And lighten my load Johnny made a mistake and took his knife down to school one day Hey, yeah, yeah And, when the bell rang for lunch Freddie Miller went and got in Johnny's way boy He took his knife from his pocket, pushed a button on the side When he seen the queen steel, You ought to seen the light in Freddy's eyes Oh, Yeah ... Little Johnny Hooker learned his lesson from the knife now you see, (Yes he did.) Because for what he done to Fred he spent some time in a penitentiary It was a day in the courtroom, Exhibit letter A When the jury seen the knife they put little Johnny's ass away Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Talkin' 'bout Jooohhhnnny Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Oh, Little Johnny boy Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Talkin' 'bout Jooohhhnnny Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Oh, Little Johnny boy Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't He was a young boy, He's thinkin' the rest of his life, For what he done with the knife Talkin' 'bout Jooohhhnnny Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Jooohhhnnny Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Little Johnny Hooker, he ain't a bad looker, he ain't a bad man, he ain't Jooohhhnnny

Destitute and Losin'
Mark Farner I'm destitute and loosin', all that I got I got too much booze in me, oh, and I've been smokin' a lot Sometimes I wish my memory, didn't serve me so good Maybe then I wouldn't think of the world, but you know that I would 'Cause I'm ... Destitute and loosin', all of my mind But I know I got to meet my maker children, at the end of the line Nothing good lasts forever, not on this earth I'm a victim of circumstance, my mistake was my birth 'Cause I'm ... Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin' Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin' I'm destitute and loosin', I'm loosin' my way There will be no more choosin', come the judgment day There's no place for me to go, but, I know darn well When it comes time for me to leave here, I'm going straight, straight down to hell 'Cause I'm .. I'm destitute and loosin', I'm losin' my mind Said, I'm destitute and loosin', children, loosin' all the time I've never been a winner, at nothing I've done I know that I'm a sinner, and you know my time is come 'Cause I'm ... Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin' Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin' Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin' Destitute and Loosin', sure can't be choosin' I've been soooo ... low children, I just don't know which way to go Lord, you know I just don't give a fuu ...