Too Many Knots To Untangle Graham Parker

I don't understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you Cos when the doors get locked and the windows are shuttered The oaths get broken

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

She wants so many things you can't give to her She wants so many things you don't have much She wants so many things you can't deliver to her She wants so many things all at once Like a brick wall that'll

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

You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

Did they tear it out, with talons of steel And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel And washed it away, as if it wasn't real It's just a mistake, I won't have to face Don't give it a name, don't

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

Protection Graham Parker

heaven crammed Am C D So Winston Churchill said I could have smacked his head Em G G C And all of those infected waiting to

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

I Want You Back (Live) Graham Parker

When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you Stand out in a crowd But someone picked you from the bunch One glance was all it took Now it's much too late for

Long Stem Rose Graham Parker

My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece She's not disposed to being one of a dozen she's A living thing that's bound to get tired She won't be content just being admired funny that's the way it

Long Stem Rose (BBC Session) Graham Parker

My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece She's not disposed to being one of a dozen she's A living thing that's bound to get tired She won't be content just being admired funny that's the way it

Mr. Tender Graham Parker

Mr tender is something I'm not I pulled too tight when we tied the knot Surrender is something I can't, I can't let go and I rave and I rant But I resolve to solve this problem and be the one you need

Museum Of Stupidity Graham Parker

Where we can hang ourselves and throw away the key Along with the attitudes of the pmrc And this bullshit drug war full of hypocrisy The banning of 2 live crew They'll probably put 2 live crew in there, too

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

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

Love Gets You Twisted Graham Parker

E b e ac#m e a e Love gets you twisted, love gets you twisted all the way The hearts are enlisted, the hearts are enlisted to break each day G#m e I try to straighten out but Im too wrapped up to see C

I’m Into Something Good Graham Parker

somethin' special on my mind Last night I met a new girl in the neighbourhood, whoa yeah Somethin' tells me I'm into something good Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin' She's the kind of girl who's not too

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?

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

a hero or even someone who does good I'm not made of iron or steel or stone, gold or bronze or wood I may not notice the little things sometimes I can't see But I'm not the kind of fool I'm made out to

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

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

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

Saturday Nite Is Dead Graham Parker

A Bm A D Everybody just looks ugly now information don't compute A Bm I draw a blank every time I think E A the football crowd is going to give me a boot CHORUS D A E And Saturday night is dead Saturday

Passion Is No Ordinary Word Graham Parker

It worked much better in a fantasy Imagination's one thing that comes easy to me Cause this is nothing else if not unreal When I pretend to touch you, you pretend to feel CHORUS Passion is no ordinary

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

Back In Time Graham Parker

You stop in the old cafe where you used to play pinball And look for the air raid shelter but it's gone and the cafe seems so Small and all the gardens that had trees and stolen apples Now have small businesses

Discovering Japan Graham Parker

Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking The Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo

Cupid Graham Parker

Cupid draw back your bow And let your arrow flow Straight to my lover's heart for me Nobody else but me hey hey hey Cupid please hear my cry And let your arrow fly Straight to my lover's heart for me Listen

Wrapping Paper Graham Parker

broken your glass, called someone a dirty name Made a nuisance of myself in front of friends I've dug my own grave, please don't let me lie in it Instead let's bury everything that caused us pain Speak to

Wrapping Paper (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

broken your glass, called someone a dirty name Made a nuisance of myself in front of friends I've dug my own grave, please don't let me lie in it Instead let's bury everything that caused us pain Speak to

Soul Shoes Graham Parker

I have to say it's all right About five past midnight And we don't stop a-rollin' Until the floor board cave in.

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 Girl Isn't Ready Graham Parker

her toys away, it seems like yesterday She has seen something better through the window She will reach for it even though she doesn't know if she's Ready, the girl isn't ready We can never tell her how to

Daddy's A Postman Graham Parker

We wake up every morning Rush downstairs to the car Jump inside it with mummy Her eyes are shining like stars The sun's like something that God sent The air's as fresh as our clothes We're going to the

My Love's Strong Graham Parker

When the world's asleep And there's no one in your arms Raindrops hit the window Like distant alarms You don't have to worry Hey girl don't you cry My love beats adversity baby Eats it alive And I got

Strong Winds Graham Parker

that she'll no longer need Scattering like seeds they are discarded then Nothing can give them a life again they're comfort only when she bleeds And strong winds are blowing through her hair I reach out to

Silly Thing Graham Parker

A E You want me be someone better A E I just wanna monkey 'round yeah A E You want me to write you a letter A E A E But the words just won't come the right way A E B My pen won't listen to a thing that

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

Just Like Hermann Hesse Graham Parker

I took off my mask that night and bared my teeth in your face You saw something else living under my skin the wolf with no thought of disgrace I know I know some things you must never confess I drop to

I Don't Know Graham Parker

I don't know what's behind that veil I ask questions to no avail I don't know why there's empty shelves Empty books and silent bells I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know why

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

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

Don't Get Excited Graham Parker

There is always some advantage to be wielded and brought to bear It's a lonely occupation keeping others out of your hair Fingers on all the switches talk in whispers talking soft You know all my favourite

Under The Mask Of Happiness Graham Parker

All the dirt's lying under the carpet He swallowed a drink and then checked her heartbeat Her wedding gown has been burned to ashes Fanned by the flutter of her false lashes One last chance to kiss again

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

as hard, as hard as nails Laugh at the butterfly that's just been impaled We're always running and don't know what we're running from We're always sweating bricks The only time the world makes sense to

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

The ringmaster looked a bit pasty and down Dying as he was to get out of town The lions and the tigers had gnawed at his feet But the lion tamer's whip hurt much more than their teeth The Giovanni Sisters

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

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

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bop I look at a news cast being broadcast and Try to connect with the events in front of my eyes But I can't see any further than the bills on the table Or my kids

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