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Hair Of The Dog - 1975


Released: 1975
Recorded: 1974-1975
Length: 40:20
Label: A & M (USA), Vertigo (Europe)
Producer: Manny Charlton


Track Listing:

1. Hair Of The Dog - 4:09
2. Miss Misery - 4:40
3. Guilty (Randy Newman) - 3:38
4. Changin' Times - 6:03
5. Beggar's Day / Rose In The Heather (Nils Lofgren) - 6:31
6. Whiskey Drinkin' Woman - 5:29
7. Please Don't Judas Me - 9:48

Line up:

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

Additional musicians & other credits:

- Max Middleton (piano on Guilty)
- Vicki Brown, Liza Strike, Barry St. John (backing vocals on Guilty)
- Vicky Silva (backing vocals on Please Don't Judas Me)

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Hair Of The Dog:

Heart breaker, soul shaker 
I've been told about you 
Steamroller, midnight stroller 
What they've been saying must be true 

Red hot mama 
Velvet charmer 
Time's come to pay your dues 

Now you're messin' with a 
Son of a bitch 
Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch 
Now you're messin' with a 
Son of a bitch 
Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch 

Talkin' jivey, poison ivy 
You ain't gonna cling to me 
Man taker, born faker 
I ain't so blind I can't see 

Red hot mama 
Velvet charmer 
Time's come to pay your dues 

Now you're messin' with a 
Son of a bitch 
Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch 
Now you're messin' with a 
Son of a bitch 
Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch

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Miss Misery:
	 
Since you came into my life 
It's the same old situation 
Empty days and lonely nights 
Filled with bitterness and frustration. 

Walking lonely in the cold 
Tryin' to find the answer 
Spend my money on a crystal ball 
And the charms of a gypsy dancer. 

Tryin' to break the spell you hold on me 
 
You're miss misery 
That song you lay on me 
Set me free,set me free 
Please, please, please 

Everyday is filled with shame 
My nights are filled with anger 
All lies up till now 
If you told the truth I can't remember. 

You know I've got to find my way 
Got to find a reason 
Got to find your weakness 
So I can end your witchin' season. 

Got to break the spell you hold on me 

You're miss misery 
That song you lay on me 
Set me free,set me free 
Please, please, please 

Can't think how I got myself 
Caught up in this nightmare 
Evil schemes, midnight screams 
Come on somebody listen to my prayer 

I'd give all I've got to give 
Just to find my way out 
Got it going but I can't let go 
I'm trapped on this crazy 'round about 

Tryin' to break the spell you hold on me 

You're miss misery 
That song you lay on me 
Set me free,set me free 
Please, please, please

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Guilty:
(Randy Newman)
	 
Yes baby, I've been drinkin' 
Shouldn't come by anymore 
But I found myself in trouble darlin' 
And I have no place else to go. 

I got some whiskey,from a bottle 
Got some cocaine,from a friend 
And I had to keep on movin' darlin' 
Till I was back in your arms again. 

And I'm guilty, I am guilty 
And I'll be guilty for the rest of my life 

How come I'm never gonna do 
What I'm supposed to do 
Seems like everything I do 
Never turns out right 

That's how it is with me darlin' 
You know I just can't stand myself 
But it takes a whole lot of medicine darlin' 
For me to pretend that I'm somebody else

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Changin' Times:

When I was younger I used to understand 
That when you're with a girl, you gotta act like a man 
Mama told me that's the way it should be 
And I know my mama never lied to me. 

What do you think about you're changin' times 
'cause when I'm with you I just can't make up my mind 
Since I met you don't know right from wrong 
Somebody tell me just what's goin' on 

Just can't get myself thinkin' straight 
I'm all shook up and in a terrible state 
Sometimes I think I got it all figured out 
Then you do something new and it just knocks me right out 

Someday baby I'm going to have to make a stand 
The way that you treat me baby 
Don't make me feel to much like a man 
And baby, baby, the changes you're goin' through 
You're drivin' me half crazy 
Can't make up my mind what to do about you. 

Tellin' myself that time is on my side 
You're gettin' this feelin' that my mind's on the slide 
Dumped on the floor, I feel I'm trapped in a spin 
Don't know how to end, can't think of where to begin 

She don't care I know she don't even try 
But when she turns it on 
You know she gets me so high. 

She's a lady that's making my life a sin 
You know that I'm runnin' in a losin' race 
There ain't no way I can win 
Baby,baby,the changes you're goin' through 
They're drivin' me half crazy 
Can't make up my mind what to do about you

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Beggar's Day:
(Nils Lofgren)

If this is heaven, then I'm in hell 
If trust is misfortune, then wish me well 

While I think of sadness baby 
Your light shines through, your light shines through 
Your light shines through 
 
Because it's beggar's day 
Because it's beggar's day 
Because it's beggar's day 

I've lost control of my darker side 
I'm runnin' for free on the heels of the wise 

And I have crossed myself in anger 
All your mercy can't save me, all your mercy can't save me 
All your mercy can't save me 

Because it's beggar's day 
Because it's beggar's day 
Because it's beggar's day 

It's beggar's day 
You know it's beggar's day 
Because it's beggar's day 

See this love, I've stored for you 
Wheel it and deal it, but our feelin's are true 

And I have crossed myself in anger 
All your mercy can't save me, all your mercy can't save me 
All your mercy can't save me 

Because it's beggar's day 
Because it's beggar's day 
Because it's beggar's day

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Whiskey Drinkin' Woman:	 
	 
Close up the bar you know the gates of the prairie 
She's out there every night 
And she sure ain't drinkin' tea 
I love that woman, she's the best one that I had 
But she's got this habit now and it sure is gettin' bad 
 
That whiskey drinkin' woman 
Is makin' a poor man out of me 

She's got bottles in the kitchen 
Even got them in my bed 
Most times I see her now 
She's three parts out her head 
Don't know where I went wrong 
I sure try to treat her right 
But it sure upsets me 
Seein' her juiced up every night. 

That whiskey drinkin' woman 
Is makin' a poor man out of me 

Got to solve this problem 
Won't you help me find the key 
The way that things are going 
I'll have to buy the distillery 
She just stands there smilin' 
With a whiskey in each hand 
Got to think of something 
Don't know how much I can stand 

That whiskey drinkin' woman 
Is makin' a poor man out of me 

Got to get myself together, start workin' something out 
Maybe if I tried some booze, I'd know what it's about 
I love that woman, she's the best one that I had 
But she's got this problem now 
And it sure is gettin' bad. 

That whiskey drinkin' woman 
Is makin' a poor man out of me

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Please Don't Judas Me:
	 
Please don't judas me 
Treat me as you like to be treated 
Please don't blacklist me 
Leave me as you'd wish to find me 
Don't analyze me, sacrifice me 
Please don't judas me. 

Please don't chastise me 
Show me just one shred of kindness 
Try to help me see 
Guide me in my eyes of blindness 
Don't despise me, categorize me 
Please don't judas me. 

No, no don't judas me 
No, please don't judas me 

Please don't headshrink me 
Don't disguise your innuendos 
Make no lies to me 
I can see the way the wind blows 
Don't deface me, annihilate me 
Please don't judas me. 

Please don't number me 
Don't betray my trusted promise 
Please don't anger me 
I find it hard to bear no fairness 
Don't frustrate me, manipulate me 
Please don't judas me 

No no don't judas me 
No, please don't judas me

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