Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

first Halloween disguise ooooh Then I drive into town And go to the Hudson Valley Mall And look at the youth in their White snake T shirts They're wearing a poor man's version of the haircut Man they might

Wrapping Paper Graham Parker

let's bury everything that caused us pain Speak to me now, speak to me, darling You're not a princess, I'm not prince charming Speak with your tongue, use body language And pull your skin like wrapping paper

Wrapping Paper (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

let's bury everything that caused us pain Speak to me now, speak to me, darling You're not a princess, I'm not prince charming Speak with your tongue, use body language And pull your skin like wrapping paper

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

I once read the story of somebody's life I had a few moments to spare He was a good man who lived with his wife With the usual kids in his hair There was happiness a lot of weirdness And a sprinkle of

That's Where She Ends Up Graham Parker

It's not right the way that you deal with her She's not something you handle like cash To be undressed like Sunday's leftovers To be picked on Monday And Tuesday in the trash That's where she ends up It's

Sugar Gives You Energy Graham Parker

I believe every man has a chance to make good I'm convinced that this is so Equal opportunity for the king or the hood And everybody knows Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you energy Sugar gives you

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

Someday we will cross a bridge, someday we will see That I can lean on you and you can put your weight on me And every man will get a chance to be what a man wants to be And every woman will look at her

White Honey Graham Parker

Intro C F C F C F C F C F C F C G F G C F C F C F C F White honey get it from the candy man C F C F C F C F White honey yeah any time I think I can.

Everything Goes Graham Parker

Another schoolgirl disappears She's the twenty third one this year They're gonna search on the river bank And in the disused water tank But everything goes don't worry don't worry baby Everything'll work

Everything Goes (Single Version) Graham Parker

Another schoolgirl disappears She's the twenty third one this year They're gonna search on the river bank And in the disused water tank But everything goes don't worry don't worry baby Everything'll work

Burning On A Higher Flame Graham Parker

twist inside me and I scream for a doctor or a nurse But I'm just dyin' for morning, watch the sun rise like a pearl Just to feel the breath of your life as your smile lights up the world And I'm burnin' on

Ten Girls Ago Graham Parker

sting Ten girls ago, ten girls ago Eddie and Burt sneaked out the back And threw up before every scene The camera rolled and my life Flashed before me just as if in a dream A dog was leading me round on

Yesterday's Cloud Graham Parker

There's a man in my suitcase, a woman in your clothes Skeletons inside us that dance on hot coals Cannibals are outside following our trail All our information comes from junk mail Don't leave it among

Release Me Graham Parker

Na na nah I can still feel your teethmarks in my neck your footprints on my back And the gris gris you sprinkled in my bed is starting to make me crack I can still hear your twang ringing in my ears, your

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

I ain't stopping fingers keep bopping Swing band rocking from the street to the bar West Coast's dated music's overrated Here it on the radio in every car The heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem, yep The

Over The Border (To America) Graham Parker

A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works and a kid kvetches I'm ridin' on a road that stretches Over the border to America Over the border to America I got nothin' but lonesome time A backyard and

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

not be who you wanna spend a whole life with alone I'm not that fascinating with features carved like stone But I'll tell you everything before you run away Hey I'll tell you what I am I'm just your man

I Was Wrong Graham Parker

I dreamed I was someone special In another life They gave me my fifteen minutes Then they pulled the knife It was just another deal It was just another reel On a tape that keeps on turning In the dark

Oasis Graham Parker

I am a lucky man that's what I think I might come close to the edge but I never sink And I notice that vulnerable look in your eyes tonight And in the desert that passes for my heart, Sweet rain is falling

When I Was King Graham Parker

When I was King I was not really the man I am now I was like anyone sitting on a throne made out of china When I was king I had already abdicated Already melted my crown down to sell as scrap But they'd

Weeping Statues Graham Parker

Weeping statues, Elvis sightings Visitations, man struck by lightning Everyday someone gets a sign It rips apart the fabric of their daily lives Is it fear of flying That keeps us rooted to the ground

Soultime Graham Parker

When I was a boy I never felt The weight I'm feeling I had a crowd around me And that was that I'd get on the bus and go to the Ata every weekend And feel the ultraviolet show the fluff up on my collar

Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

write poetry it's an offense Unless it falls to the right of the fence You'll wind up a victim of zero tolerance Let's hold some bastard up for example take his blood and a urine sample Remind him that man

Durban Poison Graham Parker

launching a counter attack The funeral pyre's burning as I strike a match And everything goes up in smoke again, oh Durban Poison, oh oh oh oh, Durban Poison Durban Poison, oh oh oh oh, Durban Poison A white man

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

The world was stripped of beauty baby By the working man He was told it was his duty baby Again and again and again They took the slaves from Africa baby Along with sugar sacks To build the British Empire

Don't Ask Me Questions Graham Parker

Lead Guitar intro Em Bm A Em Bm D A Bm then Bm G Bm G Bm G Crimson autograph is what we leave behind, Everywhere man set foot. Em Bm F

Little Miss Understanding Graham Parker

your tail wag You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah I know I got a kink somewhere A chip on

Local Girls Graham Parker

Sit by my window and look outside, wonder why the sun don't shine on me What's wrong with you, you stupid child, don't you think that I'm the one you're waiting to see?

Children And Dogs Graham Parker

She said she just wanted a friend And then she'd be good Something to play with now again And give lots of food We've got a yard that's big enough She says he's like a dream But they've got us running

Get Started. Start A Fire Graham Parker

Or where the angel's hearts are beating Get started, start a fire Get started, start a fire Get started, start a fire Get started, start a fire Joan of arc was burning at the stake somebody had made a big

I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Graham Parker

You think you've got it all set up, You think you've got a perfect plan But charm any man you see, And play with everything one that you can But I've got news for you baby, I hope it don't hit you too

Protection Graham Parker

Am/C which repeats over BRIDGE So turn off this sound I'm ready to go down I don't know myself, I don't you either You're full of disease it's something I discovered I know you've been mixing with Big

There’s A Ghost In My House Graham Parker

of your smiling face Though you found someone new I can't get over you There's a ghost in my house I can't hide ghost in my house From the ghost of your love that's inside ghost in my house It keeps on

You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) Graham Parker

As you wash your hair and bathe in Perrier As you hit the bank machine at night Drinking money for tomorrow's flight As you count your loss or bet on a black horse Sit behind the wheel of a black Porsche

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

Said now be a patient patient stretch right out on that couch Help yourself to the pills cure your ills Bb F G I'm never gonna square it on out.

OK Hieronymus Graham Parker

Right outside this window or inside this room Just taste the odor of burning skin, the pitchfork tongues and the rot within The torture victim's wiped out grin nothing can erase Somebody's pouring salt on

Just Like Joe Meek's Blues Graham Parker

My head was swimming in a Bangkok joint You got paint on your coat like an arrow point I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow Fired into the night deep and slow to where I'll never know The hotel

Blue Highways Graham Parker

don't knock it, nobody's home The mystery sign, turn off and follow it blind The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust mist It only leads to somewhere you'll never miss You'll never miss Get on

Guardian Angel Graham Parker

Your guardian angels are looking down on you As they fold your wings and collect your things And lift you into the blue Your guardian angels they can't just fly away They're going to stay on Earth their

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

herself in And a system of worship like a powerful magnet That'll draw in the heathens pick them up in a dragnet And pull them underwater till they all go stagnant She wants so many things beamed in on

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

always running and don't know what we're running from We're always sweating bricks The only time the world makes sense to us is when we come Love is a burning, love is a burning love is a burning question On

I Want You Back (Live) Graham Parker

Yes I do now I want you back Ooh ooh baby Yeah yeah, naw Trying to live without your love Is one long sleepless night Let me show you girl That I know wrong from right Every street you walk on

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

When the lights are low you know I'm going to go to my hotel chambermaid I'm going to jump the garden and come on hard all right While the river's rolling outside the window Going to see her going to get

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

D A Manhattan baby with a sing song voice G D she got her place in the human zoo D A I went to living on the boulevard G A now that the revolution's due G A She said I've been around from town to town

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

Now don't get bent out of shape Don't start tearing out your hair One a sweet little angel That stuff's nowhere When the bombs go off on Oxford Street And the kids beat up old people It's just a soundtrack

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

grin right off his face They murdered the clown Still the world's not a funnier place Funnier place first and last time only The kids rode the elephant heavy as lead I think he'd much rather have sat on

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

No-one can hide it anymore we know it's not imagining Even the skeptics are unsure when they stop to think People are not worth their life now they are obsolete We're dying to be invaded and put the blame on

The Girl Isn't Ready Graham Parker

what she's feeling She's going to leave us make no mistake The wounds won't be healing The girl isn't ready sure, she thinks she is She walks like a grown up but talks just like a kid She wants to take on