A New World Record
Album - 11 september 1976 - Debaser id 13214

They say some days you're gonna win,
They say some days you're gonna lose.
I tell you I got news for you
Your losin' all the time you never win
If you believe that's how it's gonna be I'd better put you down
Get off your tightrope up there come down on
The ground you gotta save me now,
You better turn around.
When I looked around, I was heading down.
Won't somebody throw me down a line.

They say some days you gotta give--
They say some days you gotta take--
If that's the way it's gotta be,
Roll it over and you will see.
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time.
The change from night to day is really only hours,
It's just along the line can't you see the sign
When I looked around, I was heading down,
Won't somebody throw me down a line.

I want to look you straight in the eye,
I want to tell you how I really feel,
I can feel the wheels turnin' round,
Won't somebody throw me down a line
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time,
The change from night to day is really only hours
It's just along the line, can't you see the sign
When I closed my eyes, I was so surprised
Somebody had thrown me down the line--stopped me drownin'
Somebody had thrown me down a line.

*ring*ring*
Hello, How are you?
Have you been alright?
Through all those lonely lonely lonely lonely nights?
That's what I'd say,
I'd tell you everything,
If you'd pick up that telephone.
Yeah...
Hey, how you feelin?
Are you still the same?
Don't you realize the things,
we did we did we did.
Were for real, we had a dream.
I just can't believe.
I faded out of view.

Do-Wop Doobie Do Do-Wop Do Wa Do Wang
Blue days,
Black Nights,
Do Wa Do Wang

I look into the sky,
The Love you need ain't gonna see you through,
And I wonder why?
The little things are finally comin true.
Oh, Telephone line, gimmie some time,
I'm living in twilight,
Oh, Telephone line, gimmie some time,
I'm living in twilight.
*ring*ring*

Okay, so no one's answering
Can't you just let it ring a little longer longer longer?
I'll just sit tight,
In Shadows of the night,
Let it ring for evermore.
Yeah Yeah Yeah!

Do-Wop Doobie Do Do-Wop Do Wa Do Wang
Blue days,
Black Nights,
Do Wa Do Wang

I look into the sky,
The love you need ain't gonna see you through,
And I wonder why?
The little things are finally
comin true.
Oh, Telephone line, gimmie some time,
I'm living in twilight,
Oh, Telephone line, gimmie some time,
I'm living in twilight.
Oh, Telephone line, gimmie some time,
I'm living in twilight.
Oh, Telephone line, gimmie some time,
I'm living in twilight.

Just got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
I'm ready
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm ready
And I'm really gonna rock tonight

Sweet little lady sings, like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
And she ain't gonna rock & roll

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over over, you got nothin' to lose
Are you ready
Hey, hey, hey, are you ready
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready
I wanna show you how to rock and roll

Now listen here baby she , said to me
Just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three
Cause I'm ready
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

Oh far far away
The music is.....
playin'

Well we were reelin' and rockin' all through the night
Ya we were rockin at the opera house until the break of light
And the orchestra was playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
And the singers in the chorus all got off on them singin' blues
And as the night grew older everybody was as one
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure
I thought I saw the mayor there
But I wasn't really sure
But it's all right

Two drifters on the morning sky,
Two drifters sailing wide and high,
When summer breezes blow across your mind,
With you, I will walk the line

I want it so fine
I want it so fine
I want it so fine

People walking hand in hand,
Everybody's singing to the band,
I want to be where the stars shine bright,
And hear sweet music on a summer night

I want it so fine
I want it so fine
I want it so fine

Sundowners we'll go on and on,
We'll find the land of the midnight sun,
And when you look you'll see for miles around,
You'll see the world is in your hand

I want it so fine
I want it so fine
I want it so fine

Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & sliding
It's magic

CHORUS
And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, ohhh higher and higher baby,
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.

I'm takin' a dive. (echo)

Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day, I'm takin a dive
Moving in line when you look back in time
To the first day, I'm taken I'm taken

And you and your sweet desire,
Don't you do it , don't you do it,
Taking me ohh,higher and higher baby
It's a living thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose,
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose

I'm takin a dive.

Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream, I'm takin a dive
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream, I'm takin' , I'm takin'

And you and your sweet desire
Don't you do it , don't you do it
Taking me higher and higher baby

It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.(x2)

I came along to see your face,
But the only thing I got from you,
was telling me it's fantasy,
That you would always be with me,
I can tell you that's it's true,
I'm waiting here, but it's alright,
It's alright with me, you better believe me now.

I guess it's like a mountain side,
You've got to climb it to the top,
Floating in a sea of dreams,
The only thing that you can see,
Is the view above the clouds.

I'm waiting here, but it's alright,
Still it's alright with me,
You better believe me now.

Well, in this life, I've seen everything I can see, woman
I've seen lovers flying through the air, hand in hand
I've seen babies dancing in the midnight sun
And I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above
I've seen old men crying at their own gravesides
And I've seen pigs all sitting watching picture slides
But I never seen nothing like you

Do ya, do ya want my love, woman
Do ya, do ya want my face, I need it
Do ya, do ya want my mind, I'm saying
Do ya, do ya want my love

Well, I heard the crowd singin' out of tune
As they sat and sang ''Auld Lang Syne'' by the light of the moon
I heard the preachers banging on the drums
And I heard the police playing with their guns
But I never heard nothing like you

In the country where the sky touches down on the field
She lay her down to rest in the morning sun
They come a-running just to get a look, just to feel
To touch her long black hair, they don't give a damn

But I never seen nothing like you

Do ya, do ya want my love, woman
Do ya, do ya want my face, I need it
Do ya, do ya want my mind, I'm saying
Do ya, do ya want my love

Well I think you know what I'm trying to say, woman
That is, I'd like to save you for a rainy day
I've seen enough of the world to know
That I've got to get it all to get it all to grow

Do ya, do ya want my love, c'mon now
Do ya, do ya want my face, I need it
Do ya, do ya want my mind
Do ya, do ya want my love
Oh lookout
Do ya, do ya want my love
Do ya, do ya want my love, oh