Rock Album

(r. stewart / r. wood)

You ain't gonna get me honey no way
Tearing down the highway in the pouring rain
Escaping from my wedding day
I heard the bells ringing in the local church
The ceremony's nearly under way
Telegrams came and the cheap champagne
Was driving everybody out of their brains
But i convinced my best friends i lost my nerve
And i pleaded i was being framed

"sailor show me which way to go"
I screamed out loud
"sailor show me which way to go"

Such a deadly silence
Due to my defiance
The wedding ground to a halt
Said i changed my mind
Ain't no use in your trying
So her brother punched me in the throat
Her mother got hysterical
The bitch was cynical
Father's in the corner drunk
Picking myself off the floor
I ran to the door
Damned if i was skippin' on my way

"sailor show me which way to go"
You should have heard the noise
Said "sailor show me which way to go"

So keep clean girlie
Find a man that's truly
Gonna love you from dusk till dawn
Keep your front door key
Don't give him up for me
'cause tomorrow i may be gone
You see, your wouldbe keepers
( ) all night creepin'
Nobody gonna change in there
Who thinks a marriage life should be like a dog's life
So let's renew it when the year runs out

Sailor show me which way to go
Sailor show me which way to go

She had a belly full of lust but she had no bust

(h. vanda / g. young)

My mama 'n' papa told me son that you're just a fool
When i told 'em i was leaving home i was leaving school
So then in a couple of hours i found myself
Heading down that southbound road
With everything i owned on my back
I carried such a heavy load

And it's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel down the line
And it's a hard, hard road down the line

Well i wanna tell ya friends
That it's good to be a traveling man
'cause i'm doing what i want to
Living just the best that i can
Nobody putting rings around my neck
To put me in a pigeon hole
I've got my dog and my radio
To listen to some rock 'n' roll

And it's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel
It's a hard, hard road that i travel down the line
And it's a hard, hard road down the line

(a. croup)

That's all right my mama, that's all right for you
That's all right my mama any old way you do
But that's all right, well that's all right
Well that's all right my mama
Any way that you wanna do

My mother she did tell me
Papa did tell me too
Son, that woman that you're foolin' with
She ain't no good for you

I'll be leaving here tomorrow
Leaving here for sure
You ain't gotta be bothered with me
Hangin' 'round your door

(chuck berry)

Nineteen years old and as sweet as she could be
All dressed up like a downtown christmas tree
Dancin' and hummin' a rock 'n' roll melody
She's the daughter of a well respected man
Who taught her how to jerk and understand
Then she became a rock 'n' roll music fan

Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller
Her daddy doesn't have to scold her
Her partner can't hardly hold her
Because she never gets any older
Sweet little rock 'n' roller

Shoulda seen her eyes when the band began to play
And the famous singer sang and bowed away
When the stars were gone she screamed and yelled hurray
Ten thousand eyes were watchin' them leave the floor
Five thousand tongues are screaming out "more" and "more"
About fifteen hundred waiting outside the door

Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller
Her daddy doesn't have to scold her
Her partner can't hardly hold her
Because she never gets any older
Sweet little rock 'n' roller

(marijohn wilkin, wayne p. walker)

Now a country boy named shorty
And a city boy named dan
Had to prove who could run the fastest
To wed miss lucy's hand

Now dan had all the money
And he also had the looks
But shorty musta had that something boys
That can't be found in books

Chorus:
"cut across shorty, shorty, cut across"
That's what miss lucy said
"cut across shorty, shorty, cut across
You know it's you that i wanna wed"

Wait a minute
Now dan had been in training
About a week before the race
He made up his mind old shorty
Would end in second place
You know dan with his long legs flying
He left shorty far behind
Shorty heard him holler out
Miss lucy that you'll soon be mine

(chorus)

But shorty wasn't worried
There was a smile upon his face
'cause old lucy had fixed the race
And just like that old story
About the turtle and the hare, you know that thing
When danny crossed over the finish line
He found shorty waiting there

(chorus)

It's you that i wanna wed, no no
And oh lord it's you i wanna wed
It's you that i wanna wed

(rod stewart / ron wood)

Spent some time feelin' inferior
Standing in front of my mirror
Combed my hair in a thousand ways
But i came out looking just the same

Daddy said, "son, you better see the world
I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave
But remember one thing don't lose your head
To a woman that'll spend your bread"
So i got out

Paris was a place you could hide away
If you felt you didn't fit in
French police wouldn't give me no peace
They claimed i was a nasty person
Down along the left bank minding my own
Was knocked down by a human stampede
Got arrested for inciting a peacful riot
When all i wanted was a cup of tea
I was accused
I moved on

Down in rome i wasn't getting enough
Of the things that keeps a young man alive
My body stunk but i kept my funk
At a time when i was right out of luck
Getting desperate indeed i was
Looking like a tourist attraction
Oh my dear i better get out of here
'for the vatican don't give no sanction
I wasn't ready for that, no no

I moved right out east yeah!
On the peking ferry i was feeling merry
Sailing on my way back here
I fell in love with a slit eyed lady
By the light of an eastern moon
Shangai lil never used the pill
She claimed that it just ain't natural
She took me up on deck and bit my neck
Oh people i was glad i found her
Oh yeah i was glad i found her

I firmly believe that i didn't need anyone but me
I sincerely thought i was so complete
Look how wrong you can be

The women i've known i wouldn't let tie my shoe
They wouldn't give you the time of day
But the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet
God i was glad i found her
And if they had the words i could tell to you
To help you on the way down the road
I couldn't quote you no dickens, shelley or keats
'cause it's all been said before
Make the best out of the bad just laugh it off
You didn't have to come here anyway
So remember, every picture tells a story don't it