Unplugged & Seated

(public domain / rod stewart)

Oh, yeah
Let the band play one time now

It was early one morning,
I was on my way to school
Early one morning,
I was on my way to school
Got lost on monday morning,
I broke my teachers rule

I was in love with you, baby,
Before i learned to call your name
I was in love with you, baby,
Before i learned to call your name
Now you're in love with someone else
You're bound to drive poor me insane

Oh, yeah ( )

I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye bye
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
Ha ha
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
Bring it down here
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
Bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
Yeah,
Bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
Bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...
I said bye, bye bye, baby, bye, bye ...

(curtis mayfield, 1964)
[with jeff beck, flash, 1985]

People get ready
There's a train a-coming
You don't need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Don't need no ticket
You just thank the lord

People get ready
For the train to jordan
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
Faith is the key
Open the doors and board them
There's room for all
Among the loved the most

There ain't no room
For the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just
To save his own
Have pity on those
Whose chances are thinner
Cause there's no hiding place
From the kingdom's throne

So people get ready
For the train a-comin'
You don't need no baggage
You just get on board !
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Don't need no ticket
You just thank, you just thank the lord

Yeah
Ooh

Yeah
Ooh

I'm getting ready
I'm getting ready
This time i'm ready
This time i'm ready

(cat stevens)

I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's taken just all that i had
But if you want i'll try to love again
Baby i'll try to love again but i know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby i know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that i've cried
And i'm sure going to give you a try
And if you want i'll try to love again
Baby i'll try to love again but i know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby i know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that i've cried
But i'm sure gonna give you a try
'cause if you want i'll try to love again
Baby i'll try to love again but i know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby i know the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst

(sam cooke)

Yeah, clap your hands

We're having a party,
Dancing to the music
Played by the d.j.
On the radio
The cokes are in the icebox,
Popcorn's on the table
Me and my baby, yeah,
We're out here on the floor, oh yeah

So, mister, mr. d.j.
Keep those records playing
Coz i'm having
Such a good time,
Dancing with my baby

Everybody's swinging,
Sally's doing that twist now
If you playrequests now,
I've got a few for you
Play that one called "soul twist".
Play that one called "i know"
Don't forget them "mashed potatoe"
No other songs will do

So, mister, mr. d.j.
Keep those records playing
Coz i'm having
Such a good time,
Dancing with my baby

Having a party

So, mister, mr. d.j.
Keep those records playing
Coz i'm having
Such a good time,
Dancing with my baby

Having a party
Everybody's swinging
Dancing to the music
On the radio
Yeah
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
Dancing to the music
Yeah
On the radio

Bring it way down now
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
Dancing to the music
On the radio
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
Dancing to the music
Where is it
On the radio
Just two more times
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
Dancing to the music
On the radio
We're having a party
Everybody's swinging
Dancing to the music
On the radio
Yeah, yeah, oh oh

(rod stewart)

Stay away from my window
Stay away from my back door too
Disconnect the telephone line
Relax baby and draw that blind

Kick off your shoes and sit right down
Loosen off that pretty french gown
Let me pour you a good long drink
Ooh baby don't you hesitate cause

Tonights the night
It's gonna be alright
Cause i love you girl
Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

C'mon angel my hearts on fire
Don't deny your man's desire
You'd be a fool to stop this tide
Spread your wings and let me come inside

Tonights the night
It's gonna be alright
Cause i love you girl
Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

Don't say a word my virgin child
Just let your inhibitions run wild
The secret is about to unfold
Upstairs before the night's too old

Tonights the night
It's gonna be alright
Cause i love you woman
Ain't nobody gonna stop us now

(michael d'abo)

Ever seen a blind man cross the road
Trying to make the other side
Ever seen a young girl growing old
Trying to make herself a bride

So what becomes of you my love
When they have finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your grandad had to sweat so you could buy
Baby

Once i was a young man
And all i thought i had to do was smile
You are still a young girl
And you bought everything in style
Listen
But once you think you're in you're out
'cause you don't mean a single thing without
The handbags and the gladrags
That your grandad had to sweat so you could buy

Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
And take a bottle full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake them all in a pie

They told me you missed school today
So what i suggest you just throw them all away
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy

They told me you missed school today
So i suggest you just throw them all away
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy ya

(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