Slow motion

Slow motion, slow motion baby

We want our love to last

Everything's so right

Why try to go so fast

And it's easy to lose sight

And then the moment's passed

 

Go easy, go easy baby

You know there's time for us

Even though this world seems to be speeding up

Maybe we can try to slow things down

 

Because we need to draw the line

Because we need to make the time

Because we need to sip the wine 

Because the, the clock is running

It's going so fast

The future's coming but it's soon the past

It's here today and there's no turning back

 

Go lightly, go lightly baby

In time we'll find a way

It's never over, till it's over

Why rush it through?

Never pausing to admire the view

 

Slow motion, if we get tired

Then we can rest awhile

If we're gonna go, we're gonna go in style

Isn't that what life is all about?

Oh I don't know any more

Oh Just don't know any more



Think of what you're saying

I really think you should

You'd better stop complaining

It won't do you any good

You know you should have done the right thing

When you drew your master plan

But little by little

I try to make you understand

Little by little

I try to make you understand



Oh You don't know anymore

You got so far from the shore



You're one in a million

If you could only see

You're less than perfect vision

Can't see the woods before the trees

Gonna shake you till your bell rings

You're like a ship that's lost at sea

But little by little

I'm going to bring you back to me

Little by little

I'm gonna to bring you back to me



You gotta get back home

Cos you got to change your ways

You can't do it all alone

Cos you got too much as stake

So get to it right away



I'm going to set out on a rescue

Until this mission is complete

Oh yes you know I'm gonna get you

I'll make you listen to my plea

You thought the grass was greener

But then it didn't prove to be

You make me nervous when you're flying around

The secret service couldn't track you down

You tell me no then you kiss me

You say hello then you ditch me

You try to run when you see me



I never knew what this dream was about

You say let's go then you're lost in the crowd

I don't know where you're going 

You won't show then youìre showing

I don't know then I'm knowing



You're always busy when I call on the phone

I'm broken hearted are you made out of stone

Snakes alive why you grievin'

It's 6 to 5 and I'm leavin'

I can't stand no more teasin'



I wrote a letta, I couldn't gedda

Some otha fella, was gonna tella

This kind weatha, you need a sweatta

It's geting wetta, drink amaretta

Lite as a fetha, Ain't no one bedda

You wearing leatha, Ain't nothing betta

I'm gonna renta, spiffy lambretta 

I wanna weddda, the day I medda



Love me hug me shove me blow me away

bug me snub me club me you fill me with with praise

You tell me this way or that way

But take it thin way or fat way

I say it's my way or highway

Trouble is my calling card that's my middle name

Ever since you walked away

Things are not the same

Now my life is misery, don't know what to do

Yes your gone, your history

But I can't get over you



Used to be in Shang-Gri-la

Life used to be so good

You and me were going so far

That was understood

Ever since you walked away

My world has turned so blue

Now I live from day to day

Cos I can't get over you 



Give our love another chance 

You could make it so 

Just how this can go so wrong

I will never know...



Well I want you right next to me

And that's all I can say

I've been calling ever since you drove me away

You were on my mind so long

It's hard for me to take

Now my heart is not so strong

And it might break over you



You can wear a wig

And some elevator shoes

Make yourself twice as big

And I'm still coming after you

Well now how you doin'

Do I know you

Are you living round here

Or just passing through

Seems like I met you before

how do you do

Take care while you're in there

The lights are low

Though the gals look good

They're not the kind you wanna know

Just sit back, drink a stiff one - enjoy the show



"They got nothing on me

Nothing I can see

Nothing that could do me wrong

Cos I'm in my disguise

They'll never get wise

There's nothing that could cause alarm"



One hit that'll do you

You won't look back

You'll be feeling no pain

Put you right on track

Why don't you do it again

Ah now you're getting the knack

Let's go to a new place

The lights look good

Reflecting the rain across the neighbourhood

Who's that over there

Looks like he's up to no good



"Hey what cha' doin' to me

Is that a knife that I see

Well are you trying to bring me down



I'm a tryin' to run

But my legs are all numb

I'm messin' with the wrong side of town"



You're on the wrong station

You're on the wrong track

You've lost your reservation

Now you can't get back

You're getting a shake down

Unlucky for you

10th Avenue breakdown



"It's getting rough, Yes too tough, I'm all abused, And so confused

I gotta go, Feel so low, Just can't wait, It's gettin' late"



"Don't know who came

He just set upon me

It's kind vague

And I'm kinda groggy

But you must believe me

He just stopped breathing

I didn't do it, It wasn't me

I know it wasn't me



Gettin' late

We can't afford to wait

It's gettin' late 

We can't afford to wait 



You're on the wrong station

You're on the wrong track

You lost your reservation

And you can't get back

You're getting to shake down

Unlucky for you

10th Avenue breakdown



"It's getting rough, Yes too tough, I'm all abused, And so confused

I gotta go, Feel so low, Just can't wait, It's gettin' late"

I don't care about the summer rain

I know it's good for the garden

Don't care when blue skies

They turn to grey 

But when you come around

And try to run me down

The storm clouds darken



I don't get down when the leaves go brown

It's just the charm of the season

Things in nature have their reason

But when you come along and try to do me wrong



Well the first time I'll ignore it

But don't you push me beyond the pail

But then you're gonna find there's no more water in the well

You may think you're gonna walk right all over me

But there's a sting in the tail of this honey bee



The wind blows cold as the year grows old

That's just the natural way it goes

I feel the chill from my head down to my toes

Each time you call my name 

And tell me I'm to blame



The cold winds gonna blow

Let it rain, let it snow

But don't give me your grief

I can't take it any more...

I keep on churning away, but pay no mind

You don't know nothing 'bout me, but that's alright



I Tell you true

And I'll be there

And that's for sure

You got to let me go everywhere

Let me through that door

Let me through that door



You say you gotta bee in your bonnet

You know for every sting there's a cure

But don't you put your finger right on it

You'll only make it hurt all the more



I doubt if you'll be liable

To read it in the bible

I ain't gonna say any more



You can't build enough in a row

Don't kid yourself

You gotta know they're all insane

They're goin' ridin' on the range

I don't need no high fly strutter

Go babe, you're driving me crazy



You got a new shiny beau

It don't pay to love

It don't pay to love



You say you gotta bee in your bonnet ...



Well there you go blaming yourself

There you go hiding so deep in your shell

You better not cry when your baby comes home

You know she's gonna find out somehow

You're having a breakdown right here and now

I guess you don't know where you're headed for now

It's OK..... you'll live to see another day



Lie, cheat, beg, borrow, steal

You gotta find a way to be real

Show me something I ain't seen before

Gonna make it through that door

May be in love it's true

But it's a romance you can't use

Give me something and take it away

You're gonna get it right some day

Gonna get it right some day



You say you gotta bee in your bonnet....

Bless my heart and soul

I've discovered gold

Spread the news around

Get the ship afloat

Rock and roll the boat

Let's get into town



I am living down by the creek

Getting mired in the mud

No liquor for a week

I feel the cold in my blood

Here's a very busy lady 

On her knees in the sludge

Well I do believe she's crazy

You know she's working like a drudge 



Bless my heart and soul

She's discovered gold

Spread the news around

Get the ship afloat

A rock and roll the boat

And let's get into town



Even though she smells like a drain

She's an angel to me

Her intentions are plain

And the whiskey is free

Breaking out another bottle

Keep it cool in the dirt

Well it's a water baby heaven

I got the papers in my shirt



Bless my heart and soul

We've discovered gold

Spread the news around

Get the ship afloat

A rock and roll the boat

And let's get into town 



You work hard all your life little honey

But you can't afford to save any money

You lay it down you leave the town

To see what you could find

For more than 20 years you're a diggin'

then you can't believe what you are a pickin'

It's a piece of change just like a mountain range

Well fever gonna lay it down.

Goin' through my life

Day by day

Wonderin' why

And what road it'll take

Sometimes low

And sometimes high

I gotta find a reason

To live by



Well I've been seaching

Far and wide

Over the water 

Beyond the sky

And I've been watching the moon above

Smiling down at me

What's he thinkin' of



What's he thinkin'

Way up in the sky

but he could tell me

Where my future lies



There ain't no promise

or guarantee

Ain't no wisdom

Being layed on me

And it's a low down dirty shame

But I gotta find the answer just the same



Well I've been playin' the Dead Man's Blues

And now I need a drink

It's gonna be on you

The day of judgement ain't far away

But who'll be the judge

It's hard to say...