Telegram:

Sent a telegram today 
Tomorrow you'll be on your way 
Could be Memphis or L.A. 
No questions just get out and play. 

Wake up call to catch the plane 
You know you're on the road again 
Someone's bangin' in your head 
Why did you get so late to bed. 
Runnin' late and feelin' bad 
That breakfast was the worst you've had 
Make the gate no time to spare 
Before you know you're in the air. 

747 flies us high 
Much higher than we're meant to be 
You're six miles high but feelin' down 
You wish you could be on the ground. 

Find your bags and walk for miles 
The customs man is waitin' there 
Immigration cause delay 
You wonder if you'll ever play. 
Limousine is standin' by 
We get inside and drive a while 
F.M. station soundin' good 
And gettin' better every mile. 

Hotel lobby looks the same 
With all the same old girls in town 

Press reception takes the day 
With all the same old things to say 
Need your picture smile this way 
And will you tell me what you play 


So you wanna be a rock'n'roll star 
Just listen now to what I say 
Get yourself an electric guitar 
And take some time and learn to play. 


Your roadies call to say ok 
The soundcheck can get underway 
Soundcheckover, had some fun 
A waste of time for everyone 
Time has come to start the show 
It's boogie time for everyone 
Check guitars before you go 
They're close enough for rock'n'roll 
The lights are low, 
The crowd is high, much higher than 
They're meant to be 
We take the stage and start to play 
The lights come up for all to see 

Here we are again, singin' the same old songs 
Lookin for someone who will sing along 
Here we are again playin' the same old scenes 
Lookin' for someone who will share our dreams 
Here we are again facing the same old sights 
Lookin' for someone who will share our nights

Homesick Again:
	 
Sad to be alone 
Your only comfort is the telephone 
Homesick again 

Thoughts of far away 
Silence is the only way to say 
Ain't it a shame 

What's goin' down, she don't understand 
Can't you be with her every night 
Why must it be, you're away so long 
But she plays along, and it's alright 

People all around 
You don't see or hear them make a sound 
It's not the same 

What's goin' down, she don't understand 
Can't you be with her every night 
Why must it be, you're away so long 
But she plays along, and it's alright 

Countin' out the days 
That don't help to ease the days away 
The price you pay 
Homesick again

Vancouver Shakedown:
	 
We only came here to play rock'n'roll 
Share some times with some people we know 
Drink some wine 
Give us some time 

We aint no wise boys we aint no fools 
We tried to play clean and keep to the rules 
We take and we give, 
just playin' our gig 

But we got laid over 
Ya we was done over 
Somebody tell us what's goin' down 
Don't need another Vancouver shakedown 

Six miles high, six miles along 
Chasin' the sun we've come to sing you a song 
Deliver our goods 
We're just rock'n'roll dudes 

All these behind us, and one more to go 
Fly to Vancouver, to do the last show 
It's got to be good, like we know that it should 

But we got laid over 
Ya we was done over 
Somebody tell us what's goin' down 
Don't need another Vancouver shakedown 

We only came here to play rock'n'roll 
Share some times with some people we know 
Drink some wine 
Give us some time 

But we got laid over 
Ya we was done over 
Somebody tell us what's goin' down 
Don't need another Vancouver shakedown

Born Under The Wrong Sign:

Born under the wrong sign 
Trouble is my middle name 
Born under the wrong sign 
Every day turns out the same 
But it's so hard to see the light 
When you're born under the wrong sign 
Wrong sign 
Wrong sign 

Cast out'a the wrong mold 
Sorry is no way that I feel 
Cast out'a the wrong mold 
Singin' my blues is for real 
But it's so hard to see the light 
When you're born under the wrong sign 

Born under the wrong sign 
Trouble is my middle name 
Born under the wrong sign 
Every day turns out the same 
But it's so hard to see the light 
When you're born under the wrong sign 
Wrong sign 
Wrong sign

Loretta:

Lovely Loretta I'd like to know you better 
Sure would like to know what's 
Goin' on in your head 
Sweet juicy Lucy go crazy if you chose me 
Sure would like to help you 
Stop fallin' out'a your bed 

Lovely Loretta you know I'm scared to bet ya 
I don't know if I went if I'd win or I'd lose 
Stronger than whiskey, ya got to be a frisky 
But ya got something I'd really, like to use 

Lovely Loretta 
I saw ya in a magazine 
Set my details to the gettin' scene 
Lovely Loretta you're lookin' so good to me 
Helps to make my dreams reality 

Lovely Loretta, you know I've got to get ya 
You know that its only a simple matter of time 
Save my sanity, oh, girl you gotta use me 
Loretta come and help me stop goin' out'a my mind 
Loretta come and help me stop goin' out'a my mind 
Lovely Loretta 
Lovely Loretta 
Lovely Loretta

Carry Out Feelings:	 
	 
I'm not just something you can pick up or put down 
Entertainment value, like some circus clown 
Don't give green stamps 
With my emotions 
Don't have a cut price soul 
Don't do, 
Carry out feelings 
Or take away love 

Carry out feelings 
You take away love 
Carry out feelings 
You take away love 

Don't have the kind of heart 
You reap and you take away 
Keep in your cold store to use at some future date 
Don't give a refund on my emotions 
No discounting on my soul 
Don't do, 
Carry out feelings 
Or, take away love 

Carry out feelings 
You take away love 
Carry out feelings 
You take away love 

I'm not just someone you can pick up and throw away 
Someone to join you in a recycled love affair 
Don't give green stamps with my emotions 
Don't have a cut price soul 
Don't do, 
Carry out feelings 
Or take away love 

Carry out feelings 
You take away love 
Carry out feelings 
You take away love

Lift The Lid:
	 
Here I am, sitting on my porch 
Thinkin' my life has got to be beyond reproach 
Have I forgot some friends close to me 
Real ones that don't use me 
And does my woman love me now 
Like she loved me then 
Here I am, my defenses are down 
Will she remember me when I'm not around 
Will she still dream by me 
Or will she find a new life 
Will I ever get used, to being alone at night 
I'll never know, but would it do me any good if I did 
Life is a strange brew, maybe we should not lift the lid 
Lift the lid 
I'll never know, but would it do me any good if I did 
Life is a strange brew, maybe we should not lift the lid 
Lift the lid

You're The Violin:
(Jeff Barry)
	 
Some beat me like a drum 
Some stroke me like a guitar 
Some shake me like a tambourine 
Some beat me into the wall 
In the song of my life 
Baby, you're the violin 

Some blow me like a horn 
Some slide me like a trombone 
Some smoke me like a tuba dude 
Some cut me like a saxophone 
In the song of my life 
Baby, you're the violin 

When you touch me like you touch me 
Don't it feel like a summer breeze 
When you lay down in my lonely soul, ya 
It brings me to my knees 
Think I'm makin' love to you 
Sweet baby, ya 

When you touch me like you touch me 
Well, don't it feel like a summer breeze 
When you lay down in my lonely soul, ya 
It brings me to my knees 
Think I'm makin' love to you 
Sweet baby, ya 

Some beat me like a drum 
Some stroke me like a guitar 
Sh-sh-sh-shake me like a tambourine 
Some beat me into the wall 
In the song of my life 
Baby, you're the violin 
In the song of my life 
Baby, you're the violin