Sunday Papers Joe Jackson

papers, Sunday papers Mother's wheelchair stays out in the hall Why should she go out when the TV's on Whatever moves beyond these walls She'll know the facts when Sunday comes along If you want

Steppin\' Out (Sight And Sound In Concert:Joe Jackson 2 22/01/1983) Joe Jackson

papers Sunday papers Mother\'s wheelchair stays out in the hall Why should she go out when the TV\'s on?

King Of The World Joe Jackson

ruins of Santa Fe No marigolds in the promised land There's a hole in the ground Where they used to grow Any man left on the Rio Grande Is the king of the world As far as I know I'm reading last year's papers

Tilt Joe Jackson

Sunday evening down the penny arcade I see your face in the pinball game Put in a quarter and it starts to fade Tell myself it won't appear again But this is just another game I've played so badly Right

A Place In The Rain Joe Jackson

We'll go to our place in the rain Take down the pictures and take out the trash Take up the tattered old rugs Take up the mattress and count all the cash And laugh with the last of the drugs Burn all the papers

The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy Joe Jackson

his kind employ Then I thought I could hear A great sound in the distance Of whiskey-soaked singing And laughter and cheers And they're saying That song could bring tears to a glass eye So pass me the papers

Song Groove (A/K/A Abortion Papers) Michael Jackson

Signed in your name against the words of God Those abortion papers Think about life I’d like to have my child Those abortion papers Hoo Signed in your name against the words of God Those abortion papers

Sunday Morning Madness

Sunday morning silence, curtain stay closed late No one thinks of kitchens mornings in a filthy state Dishes cups and beer stains, ashtrays on the floor Sunday morning papers are left outside the front

Eleanor Rigby Joe Jackson

Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face tha...

Summer In The City Joe Jackson

Hot town, summer in the cityBack of my neck getting dirty and grittyBeen down, isn't it a pityDoesn't seem to be a shadow in the cityAll around, people looking half deadWalking on the sidewalk, hot...

Obvious Song Joe Jackson

There was a man in the jungle, trying to make ends meetFound himself one day with an axe in his handWhen a voice said "Buddy can you spare that treeWe gotta save this world - starting with your lan...

Another World Joe Jackson

I was so lowPeople almost made me give up tryingAlways said noThen I turned around saw someone smilingChorus:I stepped intoI stepped intoInto anotherInto anotherI stepped intoI stepped intoInto ano...

Mood Indigo Joe Jackson

You ain't been blue; no, no, no. You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh,

Home Town Joe Jackson

Of all the stupid things I could have thoughtThis was the worstI started to believeThat I was born at seventeenAnd all the stupid thingsThe letters and the broken verseStayed hidden at the bottom o...

You Can't Get What You Want Joe Jackson

From: Todd & Sharon Peach ----- Another Version: You Can't Get What You Want Joe Jackson Written and arranged by Joe Jackson (#15 in 1984) - Original version on A&M Records Body & Soul by Joe Jackson (

One More Time Joe Jackson

Tell me one more time, as I hold your hand that you don't love meTell me one more time, as teardrops start to fallShout it to me and I'll shout it to the skies above meThat there was nothing after ...

Happy Ending Joe Jackson

When you're fixing your make-up You know you take too long And when you mix me a drink up You know you mix it too strong And when you fix me a breakfast You know you fix it too late With the ...

Breaking Us In Two Joe Jackson

What the hell is wrong with you tonight? I can't seem to say or do the right thing Wanted to be sure you're feeling right Wanted to be sure we want the same thing She said, I can't believe it ...

Be My Number Two Joe Jackson

Won't you be my number two? Me and number one are through. There won't be too much to do; Just smile when I feel blue. And there is not much left of me. What you get is what you see; Is it wo...

It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson

What the hell is wrong with you tonight? I can't seem to say or do the right thing Wanted to be sure you're feeling right Wanted to be sure we want the same thing She said, I can't believe it...

Amateur Hour Joe Jackson

Don't make me sad Talking 'bout tomorrow It's not so bad We were doing fine just thenYou'll move on up, you'll move on out And you won't cry Cause your amateur hour is over You're only going where ...

Get That Girl Joe Jackson

Hey youI'm dancin' with your girlHer head is in a whirlShe don't know who to turn toAlrightI'll leave her just this timeBut she'll could soon be mineAnd I could soon be hers tooOne nightSoon if I'm...

Friday Joe Jackson

Lazy Gilly was a flower child All the summer Calmly running wild She'd be silly and her friends just smiled Pass the bottleWash the pills down, what went wrong What went wrong She don't care no mor...

On Your Radio Joe Jackson

Ex-friends, ex-lovers and enemies I've got your case in front of me today All sewn up Ex-bosses you never let me be I got your names and your numbers filed away I've grown up See me Hear me Don't y...

Geraldine And John Joe Jackson

See the bright red sports car, See the happy coupleSee their clothes so white and their skin so pinkSee them playing squash Gotta keep their bodies suppleHow they kiss goodnight But tomorrow they'l...

Kinda Kute Joe Jackson

Ya make a guy feel humbleI make a fool of myself againYa make me trip and stumbleJust go dance by yourself againI'll just watchCause that's all I want to doBut rememberThat I'm here with your drink...

I'm The Man Joe Jackson

Pretty soon nowWhy 'know I'm gonna make a comebackAnd like the birds and the bees in the treesIt's a sure-fire smashI'll speak To the masses throughout the mediaAnd if you got anything to say to me...

The Band Wore Blue Shirts Joe Jackson

I don't know why they come here?I'm only glad they doThey're gonna pay the bills for me and youPeople out for an evenin'They have a real good timeBut when I play, I feel just like I'm mimingI made ...

Tomorrow's World (Album Version) Joe Jackson

Hey - did you ever see so many stars in the skyYeah - and can you imagine how many we can't even seeImagine we're in the jiddle of the GalaxyYeah - Imagine how many blazing stars there'd beWe're go...

Sentimental Thing (Album Version) Joe Jackson

We always were the kind of peopleTo take it hard when things would go wrongLittle things would bother meAnd little things would make you cryAnd after all the confrontationsWhen it comes time for sa...

Blaze Of Glory (Album Version) Joe Jackson

Johnny was a young boyWith nothing much except a certain kind of look in his eyeHe was discovered one day - you see he had a certain kind of appealFor a certain kind of guyWho gave him some advice ...

Rant And Rave Joe Jackson

I'm gonna rant and raveI'm gonna lose control if they get me madI'm staring at the TV screenThey're staring right backI got a bottle in my handI think I'll blow them upI'm gonna weep and wailI'm go...

Nineteen Forever Joe Jackson

Sometimes I feel so aliveSometimes I see so clearJust like the way we always wereSo young and free from fearI lose my fear of war and dyingAnd all the clouds just disappearOnly my mirror sees me cr...

The Best I Can Do (Album Version) Joe Jackson

I'll try to protect youIf I don't get too scaredI'll never neglect youIf my feelings are sharedI'll be right behind youIf you don't move too fastAnd I'll try to remind youThat some things can lastI...

Evil Empire (Album Version) Joe Jackson

There's a country where no one knowsWhat's going on in the rest of the worldThere's a country where minds are closedWith just a few asking questionsLike what do their leaders sayIn sessions behind ...

Discipline Joe Jackson

Discipline can stop my hungerDiscipline can quench my thirstDiscipline can make me strongerIf it doesn't kill me firstI'm gonna pump it upGotta keep my body from falling apartI gotta keep it upDisc...

The Human Touch (Album Version) Joe Jackson

Some say the world is spinning fasterSome say it isn't fast enoughSome people say they've got the answerAnd some are scared to say they can't keep upI read the paper but it still isn't clearThe bom...

Wild West (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Out to the west there's a trail that leads somewhereAnd a call of the wild that takes some people thereThrough Monument Valley to California sunFrom New Amsterdam to the way the West was wonWell ye...

Right And Wrong (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Stop everythingI think I hear the PresidentThe Pied Piper of the TV screenIs gonna make it simpleAnd he's got it all mapped outAnd illustrated with cartoonsToo hard for clever folks to understandTh...

Precious Time (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

A million tiny lights are strung across the western skyThey burn to light our missionBut it's just a million lonely heartsStrung out from never asking whyWe burn with blind ambitionI heard somebody...

Tonight And Forever (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

You know you're gonna have to face up to the factsYou're just another face in a big crowdYou know we gotta try hard to relaxWe can laugh - but not too loudIt's never like you see in a magazineAnd y...

Shanghai Sky (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

StrangeHow the world got so smallI turned around and there was nowhere left to goSo sadThe dream always diesEach new arrival closes places in my mindBut I can dreamUntil I goOf smells that I don't ...

Fifty Dollar Love Affair (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Oh the romance of these harbour townsLights that shimmer on canalsAnd in the bottom of your glassThe air buzzing with foreign tonguesAnd the occasional criesOf sailors, tramps and rock 'n' rollers ...

We Can't Live Together (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

In distant landsThere's no such luxuryYou'd give your handIn pre-arranged matrimonyYou'd wear the veilI'd sit in some cafe somewhereInstead of this running aroundAnd this right to be freeSo pleased...

Forty Years (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Here in berlin - people line up to get inTo wait for the end - living in glorious sinThey've looked around - and now there is no looking backTo when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows bla...

Survival (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

words and music by Joe Jackson) Take what you want But just what you need For survival Take what you want But just what you need For survival Survival Life's a bitch and then you die Nothing you can do

Soul Kiss (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Every time I turn on the TV it's always the same old teaseSee everything you ever dreamed that you could wantBut nothing that you needAnd every gorgeous girl in Hollywood could soon be mineI got th...

The Jet Set (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Hey palCan I take your picture for the people back homeThey won't believe it when they see this stuffYou see the camera that I got in Hong KongCompletely duty freeThis really is a pretty sceneCould...

Tango Atlantico (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

It's Xmas time againHas it really been a yearAnd a soldier sighs againAnd thinks about his kids and English beerPulls on his boots againAnd steps into the pissing rainAnd the clouds look just like ...

Home Town (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Of all the stupid things I could have thoughtThis was the worstI started to believeThat I was born at seventeenAnd all the stupid thingsThe letters and the broken verseStayed hidden at the bottom o...