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

(rod stewart)

Who's that knocking on my door
It's gotta be a quarter to four
Is it you again coming 'round for more
Well you can love me tonight if you want
But in the morning make sure you're gone
I'm talkin' to you
Hot legs, wearing me out
Hot legs, you can scream and shout
Hot legs, are you still in school
I love you honey

Gotta most persuasive tongue
You promise all kinds of fun
But what you don't understand
I'm a working man
Gonna need a shot of vitamin e
By the time you're finished with me
I'm talking to you
Hot legs, you're an alley cat
Hot legs, you scratch my back
Hot legs, bring your mother too
I love you honey

Imagine how my daddy felt
In your jet black suspender belt
Seventeen years old
He's touching sixty four

You got legs right up to your neck
You're making me a physical wreck
I'm talking to you
Hot legs, in your satin shoes
Hot legs, are you still in school
Hot legs, you're making me a fool
I love you honey

Hot legs, making your mark
Hot legs, keep my pencil sharp
Hot legs, keep your hands to yourself
I love you honey
Hot legs, you're wearing me out
Hot legs, you can scream and shout
Hot legs, you're still in school
I love you honey

(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 / martin quittenton)

Wake up maggie i think i got something to say to you
It's late september and i really should be back at school
I know i keep you amused but i feel i'm being used
Oh maggie i couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart and that's what really hurt

The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age
But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything
I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax
Oh, maggie i couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul and that's a pain i can do without

All i needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
But you turned into a lover and
Mother what a lover, you wore me out
All you did was wreck my bed
And in the morning kick me in the head
Oh maggie i couldn't have tried anymore
You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone
You stole my heart i couldn't leave you if i tried

I suppose i could collect my books and get on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
Oh maggie i wish i'd never seen your face
You made a first-class fool out of me
But i'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart but i love you anyway

Maggie i wish i'd never seen your face
I'll get on back home one of these days

(tom waits)

Wasted and wounded
And it ain't what the moon did
I got what i paid for now
See you tomorrow
Hey frank can i borrow
A couple of bucks from you
To go waltzing matilda waltzing matilda
You'll go waltzing matilda with me

I'm an innocent victim
Of a blinded alley
And i'm tired of all these soldiers here
No-one speaks english
And everything's broken
And my strength is soaking away
To go waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll go a waltzing malitda with me

Now the dogs they are barking
And the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me
You tore my shirt open
And i'm down on my knees tonight

Old bushmills i staggered
You buried the dagger
Your silhouette window light
To go waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll go a waltzing matilda with me

Now i've lost my st. christopher
Now that i kissed her
And the one-arm bandit knows
And the maverick chinaman
With the cold-blooded sigh
And the girls down by the striptease shows go
Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll go a waltzing matilda with me

No i don't want your sympathy
Fugitives say
That the streets aren't for dreaming now
Manslaughter dragnet
And the ghost that sells memories
Want a piece of the action anyhow
Go waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll go waltzing matilda with me

And you can ask any sailor
And the keys from the jailor
And the old men in wheelchairs know
That matilda's the defendant
She killed about a hundred
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
You'll go waltzing matilda with me

And it's a battered old suitcase
In a hotel someplace
And a wound that would never heal
No prima donnas the perfume is on
And old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
And goodnight to the street-sweepers,
The night watchmen flame-keepers
And goodnight matilda too
Goodnight matilda too.

(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