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Expect No Mercy - 1977


Released: 1977
Length: 35:51
Label: A & M
Producer: Manny Charlton


Line up:

- Dan McCafferty (vocals)
- Manny Charlton (guitars, producer)
- Pete Agnew (bass guitar, vocals)
- Darrell Sweet (percussion, drums)

Additional musicians & other credits:

- Nick Blagona (engineer)
- Mike Brown (remastering)
- Mick Carpenter (project coordinator)
- Robert M. Corich (liner notes, coordination, remastering, research)
- Joseph Geesin (liner notes)
- Hugh Gilmour (reissue design)
- Bill Sosin (photography)
- Frank Frazetta (cover painting)
Track Listing:

1. Expect No Mercy - 3:44
2. Gone Dead Train Girl - 3:58
3. Shot Me Down - 3:29
4. Revenge Is Sweet - 3:04
5. Gimme What's Mine - 3:45
6. Kentucky Fried Blues - 3:08
7. New York Broken Toy - 3:37
8. Busted - 3:40
9. Place In Your Heart - 3:01
10. All The King Horses - 4:23

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Expect No Mercy:

If you're ready for the street 
You wanna mix it in some fight 
Let me tell you somethin' 
Now I don't wanna get you uptight 
But if you're in a corner 
And you can't find no way out 
Don't look around for no help 
No,no there won't be any around 

Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 

So you think you got a case 
And you think you know the score 
No you don't wanna listen 
You can't be told no more 
But wait'll you get out there 
You better do it right 
'cause the streets are lined with things that kill 
And they're hidin' in the night 

Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 

Feel that you can cut it 
You think you got the time 
They'll only give you one chance 
Better get it right first time 
And the game you're playing 
If you lose you gotta pay 
If you make just one wrong move 
You'll get blown away 

Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy 
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy

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Gone Dead Train:
(Jack Nitzsche, Russ Titelman)
	 
It's a gone dead train 
Yes,it's a gone dead train 

My engine was pumpin' steam 
And I was grindin' at you hard and fast 
Burnin' down the rails, tryin' to heat the way 
Haulin' ass and ridin' up the track 
And I laughed at the conductor who was tellin' me my coal 
It would never last 

But then the fire in my boiler 
Up and quit before I came 
Ain't no empty cellar 
Like a gone dead train 

Once was at a time when I could 
Mama shave 'em dry 
And raise a fever ice-down chill 
Waitin' at the station 
With a heavy loaded sack 
Savin' up and holdin' just to spill 
Shootin' my supply through my demon's eye 
Instead of holdin' my time, I hope I will 

But then the fire in my boiler 
Up and quit before I came 
There ain't no empty cellar 
Needs a gone dead train 

Yes it's a gone dead train 
I'm gonna teach it to learn now, now 
It's a gone dead train 
Yes it's a gone dead train 
I'm gonna teach it to learn now, now 
It's a gone dead train 
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to learn 

There ain't no easy day 
When your daily run's a downhill pull 
And there ain't no easy way 
Wishin' for some jelly roll 
There ain't no switch been made 
To make your juicy lemon find 
A spring to run a dry well full 

But then the fire in my boiler 
Up and quit before I came 
Ain't no empty cellar 
Needs a gone dead train 

Yes it's a gone dead train 
I'm gonna teach it to learn 
You know it's a gone dead train 
Gonna teach it,gonna teach it to burn 
It's a gone dead train 
It's a gone dead train,you gotta learn 
It's a gone dead train 
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn

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Shot Me Down:
	 
I was feelin' good,kinda high and cruisin' 
I was tryin' to forget someone I had been losin' 
Then you came along, surprise, surprise 
You shot me down 
I was lyin' crashed out on the ground 
You shot me down 

I was feelin' fine, mellowed out and easy 
I was comin' back down kinda slow and lazy 
Then you came along and fired the flame 
You shot me down 
I was lyin' burned out on the ground 
You shot me down, you shot me down 
You shot me down 

I was feelin' good, kinda high and cruisin' 
I was tryin' to forget someone I had been losin' 
Then you came along, surprise, surprise 
You shot me down 
I was lyin' crashed out on the ground 
You shot me down, you shot me down 
You shot me down

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Revenge Is Sweet:

Revenge is sweet and I can't wait 
Walk down the street, girl don't be late 

Now I don't want your sympathy 
So don't go sheddin' no tears 
For ev'ry wrong that you did to me 
I'll give you back in fear 

Now it's too late for apologies 
You've been thru this trick before 
A million lies that you laid on me 
You knocked me down on the floor 

I'm gonna get you back 
It's just a matter of time 
It's a grudge I'll nurse 
I'll pay you back in kind, you'll find 

You had the chance to put things right 
But you preferred to be cruel 
I'm sick of pleadin' on my knees 
I'm tired of watchin' you drool 

I'm gonna get you back 
It's just a matter of time 
This is one grudge I'll nurse 
I'll pay you back in kind, you'll find 

Revenge is sweet and I can't wait 
Walk down the street, girl don't be late 

I'm gonna get you back 
It's just a matter of time 
This is one grudge I'll nurse 
I'll pay you back in kind, you'll find 

Revenge is sweet, revenge is sweet

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Gimme What's Mine:

Well only you know what your thinkin' 
Come on say what's on your mind 
Tell me one way or the other 
I ain't got much time 
Gimme what's mine, gimme what's mine 

Well I don't want you to be wastin' 
All my lovin' or my time 
So I got to know the story 
I know we can be so fine 
Please gimme what's mine, gimme what's mine 

How can I get through to you woman 
I think your lovin' is fine 
Only want what's given 
Only give you what's mine 

Yeah sometimes when I see you 
I'm scared to state my case 
Got to take my chances 
Will you leave or will you stay? 
Got to know the way, got to know the way 

Well I'm so tired of waitin' 
Somethin' that I got to know 
If there's one chance that you love me 
Then we got to let it grow 
We got to let it grow, we got to let it grow 

I just got to get through to you woman 
I want your lovin' so bad 
I'll take all that you give me 
I'll give you all that's mine

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Kentucky Fried Blues:
	 
I got no time to eat 
I got no time to sleep 
I got a truck full of stuff 
Should've been there last week 
I've been livin' in truck stops 
My body feels used 
Got the hamburger that's right,yeah 
The kentucky fried blues 

Flyin' high in my cab 
Got my foot on the gas 
Got to get there tonight 
Showin' nothin' but a pass 
Tired of livin' in truck stops, have mercy 
My body feels used 
Got the hamburger, that's right,yeah 
Kentucky fried blues 

Even in the fast lane 
Seems to slow down my brain 
Got one hell of a deadline 
Riggers do not complain 
Tired of livin' in truck stops 
Lord my body feels used 
Got the hamburger that's right yeah, yeah, yeah 
Kentucky fried blues

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New York Broken Toy:
	 
She came from New York 
Seems like a bright spark 
Knew all the answers to the game 
Moved to a new town 
Soon pushed her way around 
But you're a lady just the same 

She went the wrong way 
Tryin' to catch that boy 
He only used her 
Then broke her like a toy 
Like a New York broken toy 

Moved with the wrong pack 
Hard headed, well stacked 
Drop her guard if you drop her name 
Made all the wrong moves 
Knew all the lines to use 
Too many got burned in her flame 

She went the wrong way 
Tryin' to catch that boy 
He only used her 
Then he broke her like a toy 
Like a New York broken toy 

Since the news got around 
Someone I brought up town 
Needed a friend but no one came 
She tried to change her views 
But still she wasn't bad news 
Don't ever lose at your own game 

She went the wrong way 
Tryin' to catch that boy 
He only used her 
Then he broke her like a toy 
Like a New York broken toy

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Busted:
(Harlan Howard)
	 
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes 
And I'm busted 
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound 
But I'm busted 
I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay 
A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day 
The county's gonna haul my belongings away 
'cause I'm busted. 

I went to my brother to ask for a loan 
'cause I was busted 
I hate to beg like a dog without his bone 
But I'm busted 
My brother said there ain't a thing I can do 
My wife and my kids are all down with the flu 
And I was just thinking about callin' on you 
And I'm busted. 

Well I am no thief but a man can go wrong 
When he's busted 
The food that we packed that last summer is gone 
And I'm busted 
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow 
Me and my fam'ly got to pack up and go 
But I'll make a living just where I don't know 
'cause I'm busted

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Place In Your Heart:
	 
Is there a place in your heart left for me? 
Is there some space where the parkin' sign says free? 
Maybe there's just one little spot 
Maybe some corner that you forgot 
Is there a place in your left for me? 

Well I know you got so many you can choose from 
There's always flowers lyin' by your door 
I betcha your phone it never stops 
Bet you're the queen at the local hops 
I bet you get valentines down but never keep the score. 

Is there a place in your heart left for me? 
Is there some space where the parkin' sign says free? 
Maybe there's just one little spot 
Maybe some corner that you forgot 
Is there a space in your heart left for me? 

I betcha your phone it never stops 
I know your the queen at the local hops 
I bet you get valentines down but never keep the score 

Is there a place in your heart left for me? 
Is there some space where the parkin' sign says free 
Maybe there's just one little spot 
Maybe some corner that you forgot 
Is there a place in your heart made for me? 

Is there a place in your heart made for me? 
Is there a place in your heart made for me?

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All The Kings Horses:
	 
I know you 
You always rode so tall in the saddle 
You are the answer 
But I know that you are only causin' trouble 
Take all you want, leave me the rest behind 
You're a user 
A winnin' no new friends, just make one small step 
You're a user 
You never came to anyone's call 
Spent all your life head on the wall 
While you're up there,there's only one way to fall 

All the king's horses and all the king's men 
Will never put you together again 

You still got your chances 
The one thing the whole world loves is a winner 
You can't walk on water 
With your heat the ice you're on is gettin' thinner 
You used to be so wise 
But you are fooled by your own lies 
And I see right through your disguise 

All the king's horses and all the king's men 
Will never put you together again 
All the king's horses and all the king's men 
Will never put you together again

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