Status Quo

This is my favourite song of Status Quo.



Status Quo- Whatever you want

Whatever you want
Whatever you like
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
You`re showing off
You`re showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn`t even say goodbye
I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can`t refuse
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
You`re showing off
You`re showing out
You look for trouble
Turn around, give me a shout
I take it all
You squeeze me dry
And now today
You couldn`t even say goodbye
I could take you home
On the midnight train again
I could make an offer you can`t refuse
Whatever you want
Whatever you like
You pay your money
You take your choice
Whatever you need
Whatever you use
Whatever you win
Whatever you loose
Whatever you want

This is my favourite song of Status Quo.



A vacation in the foreign land
uncle sam does the best he can
you're in the army now
oh, oh you're in the army - now
Now you remember what the draft man said
nothing to do all day but stay in bed
you're in the army now
oh, oh you're in the army - now
You'll be a hero of the neighbourhood
nobody knows that you left for good
you're in the army now
oh, oh you're in the army - now
Smiling faces on the way to 'nam
but once you get there no one gives a damn
you're in the army now
oh, oh you're in the army - now

hand grenades flying over your head
The sun's flying over your head
if you wanna survive you're out of bet
you're in the army now
oh, oh you're in the army - now
Shots ring out in the dead of night
the sergeant calls : "stand up and fight!"
you're in the army now
oh, oh you're in the army - now
You've got your orders to shoot on sight
your finger's on the trigger but it don't seem right
you're in the army now
oh, oh you're in the army - now

night is falling and you just can't see
is this illusion or reality
you're in the army now
oh, oh you

I'm not a little boy, I've lived alone and never loved so more
But when she touches me I'm on the way, I'm underneath the floor

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away

I sit down in a chair and read a book as if I couldn't there
But she is in a room and I must look I see her everywhere

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away

She opens up her eyes as if to speak
She looks at me and I am weak
Her eyes they seem much bigger than before
I cannot think anymore

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like in in the sun I melt away

Like ice in the sun I melt away
Whenever she comes I melt away
Like ice in the sun I melt away

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If you want to turn me onto
anything you really want to
turn me onto your love sweet love
If the night-time is the right time
anytime of yours is my time
we can find time for love sweet love
Come on sweet caroline
you're my sweet caroline
you know i want to take you
i've really got to make you
come on sweet caroline
take my hand together we can rock-n-roll
When i'm thinking of you sleeping
i'm at home alone and weeping
are you keeping your love sweet love
Do you still care when i'm not there
do you really wish i was there
can i come there for love sweet love
Come on sweet caroline
you're my sweet caroline
you know i want to take you
i've really got to make you
come on sweet caroline
take my hand together we can rock-n-roll

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Get down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
get down deeper and down
I want all the world to see
to see you're laughing
and you're laughing at me
i can take it all from you
again again again again again again again
deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
get down deeper and down
I have all the ways you see
to keep you guessing
stop your messing with me
you'll be back to find your way
again again again again again again again
deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
get down
Get down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
get down deeper and down
I have found out you see
i know what you're doing
what you`re doing to me
i'll keep on and say to you
again again again again again again again
deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
down down deeper and down
get down

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Spent a long, long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar
Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car
I asked no questions, I got no lies
A one off winner, I didn't want any ties
And I knew it wasn't right
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules

Took me down on the highway doing too many miles an hour
And by the way she motored thought we might have made the Eiffel
Tower
She stopped the motor by her own front door
I knew she'd done it so many times before
But I was off of the floor
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules

I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down
'Cos I did not know if I was in or out of the town
Then I saw the face from the night before
My purse was empty lying there on the floor
But like I told you before
That, everybody has to sometimes break the rules

I spend a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules

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The boys know what you're giving, you give the boys such a lot of fun
And by the way that you make a living you've got the boys all on the run
S.T.'s showing, you really got me going maybe you can give me a price
I wanna try it, yeah I wanna buy it, tell me would you treat me nice
Oh my legs are shaking, oh my heart is breaking
I'm just feeling like a boy
Now I just can't slow down, gotta get in, go down
Have my share of what a joy

Now I've got your name and number, I like to look upon your face
And now you know that I wanna take you, give me the time you can name
the place
Call me honey, you can take my money, baby we can make a deal
I really mean it, gotta get between it, do you know the way I feel?
Oh I'm feeling kinda like I've gotta find a way to make you understand
Oh I know you're lying and your love I'm buying
Oh I'm feeling like a man

The boys know what you're giving, you give the boys such a lot of fun
And by the way that you make a living you've got the boys all on the run
S.T.'s showing, really got them going, you can even say the price
They'll wanna try it, even wanna buy it if you really treat them nice
But I'd rather take you, show that I can make you
Good enough for just one man
Oh I'm feeling kinda like I've gotta find a
Way to make you understand

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Riding on a big white butterfly
i turned my back away towards the sky
i closed my eyes to look for something
saw myself as really nothing
then i realised my butterfly
wasn't really up there with me
we all make mistakes, forgive me
would you like to ride my butterfly
Riding on a long blue paperplane
getting seasick, sorry once again
landing strip is getting nearer
hope the foglifts, make it clearer
then i realised my paperplane
wasn't really up there with me
we all make mistakes, forgive me
would you like to ride my paperplane
Riding in a three grand deutche car
a to b is often very far
home is near, but such a long way
legs and heads all feel the wrong way
then i realised my deutche car
is only there to get me somewhere
even so i really do care
would you like to ride my deutche car

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Easy when you're number one
Everybody say you're having fun
Smiling for the public eye
When your body say you wanna die
Living on an island
Looking at another line
Waiting for my friend to come
And we'll get high

Hugh he got a real nice place
Cruxie gonna be there soon
And I just want to see his face
I'm getting lonely in my empty room
Living on an island
Working at another line
Waiting for my friend to come
And we'll get high

Passing time away in blue skies
Thinking of the smile in her eyes
Easy, it's easy

Living on an island
Oh boy, we're having fun
Living on an island
Thinking 'bout the things I've done
Living on an island
Searching for an other line
Waiting for my friend to come
And we'll get high
Waiting for my friend to come
And we'll get high
I said we're gonna get high
Yeah, we're gonna get high
We're gonna touch the sky
sky...sky...sky...sky...sky...sky...

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I saw her talking, now
my ears were burning
her feet startet walking, now
they started turning
my eyes were half open
but she didn't see me there
we ran along, walking 'cross the roof-tops
in my chair
Had a car in my pocket
and we started moving
a man in a helmet said
'what's that you're using'
my eyes were half open
but we didn't see him there
put the car back in my pocket
and i'm still here in my chair
My teeth were laughing, now
we couldn't stop smiling
we danced to the mystery band
without even trying
my eyes were half open
but we didn't see them there
we ran along, walking 'cross the roof-tops
in my chair

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I was out on the highway
I was out on my feet
I was tired and hungry
I was late for the meet.

I had a red sky behind me
I had the bad guys on my tail
I had a hundred different reasons
To keep me falling awake
I had a red sky behind me
With the stars coming into view
And the thought that kept me going
Was soon I'm gonna make it with you

I had the desert on both sides now
I had the lights in my eyes
Of the town I remember
Up ahead in the cold black sky

I had a red sky behind me
I had the bad guys on my tail
I had a hundred different reasons
To keep me falling awake
I had a red sky behind me
With the stars coming into view
And the thought that kept me going
Was soon I'm gonna make it with you

Well I remember that old saying 'bout how good tomorrow will be
But will I be lucky to see with a red sky's lucky for me

In my dreams there is a picture of me in a big gold frame
And the poeple that I've never seen are pointing at my name

I had a red sky behind me
I had the bad guys on my tail
I had a hundred different reasons
To keep me falling awake
I had a red sky behind me
With the stars coming into view
And the thought that kept me going
Was soon I'm gonna make it with you

I had a red sky behind me
With the stars coming into view
And the thought that kept me going
Was soon I'm gonna make it with you

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Once upon a time not so very long ago
There wasn't such a thing as
a rock'n roll-show.
You had to sit at home and
listen to the radio.
Then came a man with a rockin' guitar

Found himself a beat and he
pkayed it near and far.
Everybody danced and sang and
let the good times roll.

Again and again
and again and again and again
And again and again.
Why don't you do it -
Why don't you do it again.
Again and again and again...

Travelled round the world in
a rock and roll band
He stood like a giant with a
guitar in his hand.
Everybody danced and sang and
let the good times roll.
[Nobody cared about the clothes he would wear -
Nobody cared about the colour of his hair.
Everybody came to see and let
the good times roll.

Again and again
...

Now we've got the rhythm in us
now we've got the rock -
Time didn't matter
never living by the clock.
Everybody came to hear him
play his rock and roll.
Then came a line when the music didn't rhyme.
He couldn't find a rhythm
'cos he couldn't find the time
But still the people came to listen
to the good times roll.

Again and again
...
Again and again
...

Again and again and again and again
And again and again.
Why don't you do it -
Why don't you do it again.
Why don't you do it -
Why don't you it again.
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How can i see what i'm leaving for
How can i give what i gave before
How can you tell me that you want me to stay
How can i stay when i'm trying to say
That i can live without the rain
Yes i can live without the rain

How can i feel what i'm trying to feel
How can move when i'm heel to heel
You're always shouting about the doubt in my eye
But i can't answer 'cos my eyes are so dry
Now i can live without the rain
Yes i can live without the rain

I can live without the rain
That's falling on my head
Rain that's falling on my head

Rain that's falling
Rain that's falling
Rain that's falling on my head

I started thinking back to you know when
I'd like to send a line but then again
How can i write you when there ain't no light
I'm feeling thight tonight and that's alright
Now i can live without the rain
Yes i can live without the rain

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When i look up to the sky
i see your eyes, a funny kind of yellow
i rush home to bed, i sunk my head
i see your face underneath my pillow
i wake next morning, tired still yawning
see your face come peeking through my window
Pictures of matchstick men and you
images of matchstick men and you
all i ever see is them and you
Windows echo your reflection
when i look in their direction gone
when will this haunting stop
your face, it just won't leave me alone
Pictures of matchstick men and you
images of matchstick men and you
all i ever see is them and you
You in the sky, you with the sky
you make me cry, your eyes
You in the sky, you with the sky
you make me cry, your eyes
Picture of matchstick men and
picture of matchstick men and
picture of matchstick men and

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Heading down the back turnpike, signposts are pointing west
Fell into the lonely dustpipe, hope my pick-up can stand the test
But I'm doing all right now
Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na

Rolling down the dustpipe now, got a ten dollar bill in my jeans
Because there ain't no room for a kosher cowboy in a town like New Orleans
But I'm doing all right now
Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na

Guess I didn't make it in the city, but that's just the way that it goes
'Cos there's a lotta lunatics, crazy ghostmen, baby, don't like the shape of my nose
But I'm doing all right now
Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na

Rolling down the dustpipe now, got a ten dollar bill in my jeans
Because there ain't no room for a kosher cowboy in a town like New Orleans
But I'm doing all right now
Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na

Rolling down the dustpipe now, got a ten dollar bill in my jeans
Because there ain't no room for a kosher cowboy in a town like New Orleans
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Well, you wouldn't read my letters if i wrote you
you ask me not to call you on the phone
well, there's something i've been wanting to tell you
so i wrote it in the words of a song
The glamour of the gay night life has lured you
to places where the wine and iquor flow
well, you went to be some body else's baby
and forget the truest love you ever know
I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
oh, i might have know you never make a wife
you gave up the only one that ever loved you
and went back to that wild side of life
Now the glamour of the gay night life has lured you
to places where the wine and liquor flow
well, you went to be some body else's baby
and forget the truest love you ever know
I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
oh, i might have know you never make a wife
you gave up the only one that ever loved you
and went back to the wild side of life
I never knew there were honky-tonk angels
oh, i might have know you never make a wife
you gave up the only one that ever loved you
and went back to the wild side of life.

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I heard you cry tonight while you were sleeping tight
What were you dreamin'?
Was it another guy and did he make you cry
While you were dreamin'?
I don't find it easy to say
But I think it's right that you have to know

Why won't you understand you're being underhand
About your dreamin'?
I love you more and more, of that you can be sure,
Even your dreamin'.
I don't mind if you just say
You dream of us both but I have to know
You've got to understand you're being underhand about your dreamin'

Dreams, dreams, dreams, some are never long enough
Dreams, dreams, dreams, some are never good enough
I wonder do, do, do you ever get to sleep at night?
Who, who, who is it gonna be tonight?

You've been a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
I do believe it
You know you can be sure I want you more and more
Can you believe it?
I don't find it easy to say
But I think it's right that you have to know
You've been a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
I do believe it
You are a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
Can you believe it?
You've been a naughty girl, you've got me in a whirl
About your dreamin'
About your dreamin'
About your dreamin' ....
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I had another drink after another drink and then I tried to crawl to the door
I had another smoke after another joke and then I couldn't take any more
It didn't change a thing, not any single thing, when someone tried to tell me for sure
I heard another voice that said I wasn't in a dream
I read a word or two about everything
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes they won't go away
And the times that I tried are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good

I woke up after four, still lying on the floor, and waiting to be carried away
I woke up once again, a little after ten, will things be any better today
It doesn't change you see, it only changes me, well someone tried to tell me I'm sure
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good

I'm going back to school, I'm gonna check the rule, and see if I get carried away
I'm going back again, I'm gonna try again, don't listen what the people might say
It doesn't change a thing, not any single thing, well someone tried to tell me for sure
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
But you make me feel so good

I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between
I never knew the way that it oughta have been
They never told me a thing about it
I never did know a thing about it
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the times that I tried, are the times that I find they don't show today
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes, they won't go away
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When you say those words, those three little words
You're in at the deep end
Give up the night times, give up the high times
Give up the weekend
Give up the chance to be your own man
Let the feeling take over
The only way out is to lie if you can
But you don't have the knack
And you'll come crawling back, saying
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said when I said I didn't mean it
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said it was only a game
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to tell you in so many words, I didn't mean it
I felt tied down, my pride down
That I put that lie down
The prize now for you is me
Well I was like you and all I could do was
Give up and surrender
The people can trace what they did in my face
But they're just pretenders
They told me mercenary action today
Is a line as simple and pure
But what if you found you made a mistake
The medicine's worse than the cure
And you'll be back for sure, saying
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said when I said I didn't mean it
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said it was only a game
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to tell you in so many words, I didn't mean it
I felt tied down, my pride down
That I put that lie down
The prize now for you is me
Give up the chance to be your own man
Let the feeling take over
The only way out is to lie if you can
But you don't have the knack
And you'll come crawling back, saying
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said when I said I didn't mean it
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to say what I said it was only a game
I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it
I didn't mean to tell you in so many words, I didn't mean it
I felt tied down, my pride down
That I put that lie down
The prize now for you is me

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If you wake up and don't wanna smile
If it takes just a little while
Open your eyes, look at the day
You'll see things in a different way

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

Why not think about the times to come
And not about the things that you've done
If your life was bad to you
Just think what tomorrow will do

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

All I want is to see you smile
If it takes just a luttle while
I know you don't beieve that it's true
I didn't mean any harm to you

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

Oooh, don't you look back
Oooh, don't you look back
Oooh, don't you look back
Oooh, don't you look back

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I just got your letter baby, too bad you can't come home
I swear i'm going crazy, sitting here all alone
Since you gone i got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a-rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I ain't slept a wink since sunday, i can't eat a thing all day
And every day is just blue monday since you've been away
Since you gone i got a mess of the blues
Whoops there goes a tear drop, a rolling down my face
And if you cry when you're alone it's surely no disgrace
I gotta get myself together before i lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone i got a mess of the blues
I gotta get myself together before i lose my mind
I'm gonna catch-a the next train going, and leave my blues behind
Since you gone i got a mess of the blues
Since you gone i got a mess of the blues
Since you gone i got a mess of the blues

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Now I’m a sad one, and she was a bad one
A mean, mean girl.
I never had one as greedy as that one
A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she’s not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more
She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig once
A mean, mean girl.
I felt a sick one, she was a quick one
A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she’s not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more
Now I’m a sad one, and she was a bad one
A mean, mean girl.
I never had one as greedy as that one
A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she’s not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more
She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig once
A mean, mean girl.
I felt a sick one, she was a quick one
A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
I guess she’s not the kind that I was looking for
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl
She said I was the first but there were many more

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I'm the type of guy who never settles down
Where pretty girls are, you'll know that I'm around
I kiss 'em and I love 'em 'cause to
me they're all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em, they
don't even know my name
They call me the Wanderer, yeah, Wanderer
I roam round and round and round and round

There's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right
And Janie is the girl
that'll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one I love the best
I tear open my shirt and show
[Rosie on my chest

'Cause I'm the Wanderer, yeah, Wanderer
I roam round and round and round and round

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Well, I roam from town to town
Live life without a care
I'm as happy as a clown
With my 2 fists of iron but I'm goin' nowhere

I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place;
I roam from town to town
And when I find myself a-fallin' for some girl
I hop right into that car of mine
and drive around the world
'Cause I'm the Wanderer, yeah, Wanderer
I roam round and round and round and round
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Status Quo - Burning Bridges

Building dreams has always been my way
making time and living for the day
burning bridges never made me cry
i could walk away with no goodbye
easy take or easy leave them all
'til you scratch the writing on the wall
It's on and off and on again
going on and then
taking all i got again
bleeding me leaving me dry
you're hanging on for what you can
dragging out the pain
taking all i give again
fakin it making me cry
One day someday i may slide away
turn around and call it all a day
even though i fooled myself for years
i can't escape this ringing in my ears
It's on and off and on again
going on and then
taking all i got again
bleeding me leaving me dry
you're hanging on for what you can
dragging out the pain
taking all i give again
fakin it making me cry

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