TIGHTEN UP VOLUME `88 The Lyrics
ROCK NON STOP (ALL NIGHT LONG) (Jones/Letts/Donovan)
We`re gonna rock
Stomp
Get psyched up
We`re gonna swing do your thing all night long
We`re going out wanna shout get niced up
You`re beautiful stay cool all night long
Throw down go to town get dressed up
Pour that wine feel fine all night long
What we`re about move `em out roll `em up
Get free o.d. all night long
We`re gonna rock till we drop all night long
We`re gonna rock non stop all night long
Slow down girl and make it easy
Bugging out hangin` in get it on
Don`t you know you`re driving me crazy
All night long
Check your coat dreamboat if you give it up
We`ll have a time cloud nine all night long
If you thought life is short ya gotta live it up
Improvise socialise all night long
Easy pal thats my gal gonna mess you up
You`re alone so find your own ya got all nigh long
We`re gonna rock till we drop all night long
We`re gonna rock non stop all night long
Wanna try before you buy cos they set you up
Getting high it`s kinda fly all night long
Wanna flirt grab a skirt gonna rip it up
I like to get intimate all night long
We`re gonna rock till we drop all night long
We`re gonna rock non stop all night long
Slow down girl and make it easy
Bugging out hangin` in get it on
Don`t you know you`re driving me crazy
All night long
Slow down girl and make it easy
Bugging out hangin` in get it on
Don`t you know it`s driving me crazy
All night long
Slow down girl and make it easy
Bugging out hangin` in get it on
Don`t you know you`re driving me crazy
All night long
OTHER 99 (Jones/Letts)
Everythings not always great
Sometimes it`s just fine
No one gets ten out of ten
Lucky if it`s nine
No I ain`t the greatest
Sure there`s imperfections
And if you gave me a test
Might not pass the inspection
Everythings not always great
Sometimes it`s just fine
I ain`t with the 100 crowd
I`m with the 99
Nobody is perfect
Of this I am sure
I looked into the mirror
And I saw the floor
You can draw your own conclusion
But I`ll tell you mine
I ain`t with the 100 crowd
I`m with the 99
Nobody is perfect
That ain`t no jive
No one gets ten out of ten
You gotta strive for five
I won`t say that I`m the best
That you ever had
But the bit that has been good
Sure outweights the bad
Nobody is perfect
Tell you I don`t mind
If you ain`t in the 100 crowd
Join the 99
Got me some ambition
Just like all the rest
And I got a mission
But I`d settle for less
You can draw your own conclusion
But I`ll tell you mine
I ain`t with the 100 crowd
I`m with the 99
I ain`t with the 100 crowd
I`m with the 99
Hey hey now
Everythings not always great
Everythings not always great
Sometimes it`s just fine
Sometimes it`s just fine
No one gets ten out of ten
Lucky if it`s nine
Everythings not always great
Everythings not always great
Sometimes it`s just fine
Sometimes it`s just fine
No one gets ten out of ten
Lucky if it`s nine
Hey hey now
Everythings not always great
Everythings not always great
Sometimes it`s just fine
Sometimes it`s just fine
No one gets ten out of ten
Lucky if it`s nine
Everythings not always great
Everythings not always great
Sometimes it`s just fine
Sometimes it`s just fine
No one gets ten out of ten
Lucky if it`s nine
FUNNY NAMES (Jones/Letts)
A stranger`s a friend
You just don`t know
With a shake of the hand
We could give it a go
I look kinda pale
They call me gringo
You got funny hair
They call you negro
Under the skin say we`re all the same
How come when I turn my back
You call me funny names
How come when I turn my back
You call me funny names
Funny names
I`m not like you
You`re not like me
Don`t think that will ever change
It`s obvious to see
You`re not like me
I`m not like you
Don`t mean that we can`t get along
And like each other too
`Cos under the skin say we`re all the same
How come when I turn my back
You call me funny names
How come when I turn my back
You call me funny names
Funny names
Recognise the difference
Give thanks we ain`t the same
Variety`s the spice of life
Hey fella what`s your name
Some live in the city
Some come from ghettoes
Eat funny food
Speak funny lingo
Yes a stranger`s a friend
You just don`t know
Forever by your side
Just like a shadow
`Cos under the skin say we`re all the same
How come when I turn my back
You call me funny names
How come when I turn my back
You call me funny names
Funny names
How come you call me funny names
Funny names
APPLECART (Jones/Roberts)
She goes down to make breakfast
The machine spins round
He reads the morning paper
On the bus to town
Although they live together
And they are counterparts
Don`t rock the boat
Upset the applecart
Dreams seems so exciting
When you`re duty bound
Working for the company
Trying to earn a pound
Lousy English weather
Together yet apart
Don`t rock the boat
Upset the applecart
Freedom
Once upon a moment
Flashes of sensations
Thrill of inspiration
Time stands still for no one
Age is just a number
Pages in your story
Liaisons con amore
So it is no wonder
Watch the days just fly by
Point me at the highway
Have to do things my way
Blowing chances bye bye
Everything is allright
Once upon a moment
Aaaaah aaaaah
The silence between them
Makes the loudest sound
Thinking it`s the wavelength
Turns the radio down
They hardly know each other
And they don`t know where to start
Don`t rock the boat
Upset the applecart
Freedom
Once upon a moment
Flashes of sensations
Thrill of inspiration
Time stands still for no one
Age is just a number
Pages in your story
Liaisons con amore
So it is no wonder
Watch the days just fly by
Point me at the highway
Have to do things my way
Blowing chances bye bye
Everything is allright
Once upon a moment
Don`t rock the boat
Upset the applecart
Don`t rock the boat
Upset the applecart
Don`t rock the boat
Upset the applecart
Don`t rock the boat
Upset the applecart
ESQUERITA (Jones)
Out of Greeville South Carolina
From the Road House Owl Club Him and Sister Rosa
Down to Dallsa and the Dew Drop Inn
The farthest a man can go and back again
It was in Macon at an all night diner
Trying to catch some it was me he took a shine`ta
Said I better give him some of my old clothes
He`s in the wrong place wrong time and nobody knows
His real name was S.Q.Reeder
Everybody knew him as Esquerita
Black Flash Gordon Rocket `58
The rock around was busting out interstate
Thru the green door there`s a gospel sound
Dressed in sequins war paint listen to him holler
I guess the Georgia peach came a little too late
The rock around`s busting out interstate
Houlaaa
His real name was S.Q.Reeder
Everybody knew him as Esquerita
Black Flash Gordon Rocket `58
The rock around was busting out interstate
Been a long time here in California
Western Union I heard from Sister Rosa
The telegram said S.Q. had passed away
Well now preacher what you gotta say
His real name was S.Q.Reeder
Everybody knew him as Esquerita
Black Flash Gordon Rocket `58
The rock around was busting out interstate
His real name was S.Q.Reeder
Beat up on his woman with a vacuum cleaner
Black Flash Gordon Rocket `58
The rock around was busting out interstate
CHAMPAGNE (Jones/Donovan)
She won`t touch one drop of Scotch
She loves champagne
Brandy wine lager and lime
Nope it`s champagne
Put that gin in the bin
She wants champagne
Vodka juice ain`t no use
Champagne
Drinking
She can drink it in the morning
She likes it in the morning
Beat the blues out of bed
Disturbing
It`s quite disturbing
To see how much she`s absorbing
But she never has a sore head
Pleasing
Mmm sure it`s pleasing
Serve chilled not freezimg
She`ll be delighted
Leaving
I was thinkin` about leaving
Before it gets to be evening
Might stick around instead
She won`t touch one drop of Scotch
She loves champagne
Brandy wine lager and lime
Nope it`s champagne
Put that gin in the bin
She wants champagne
Vodka juice ain`t no use
Champagne
Smoking
Standing in the rain smoking
And my clothes are all soaking
Saturated
Joking
I was hoping she was joking
When she asked me I was choking
If I`d be wed
Coping
Admirably coping
At my attempts at groping
On the bedspread
Weddings
All this talk of weddings
Honeymoons and feather beddings
Gonna end in bloodshed
She won`t touch one drop of Scotch
She loves champagne
Brandy wine lager and lime
Nope it`s champagne
Put that gin in the bin
She wants champagne
Vodka juice ain`t no use
Champagne!
She won`t touch one drop od Scotch
She loves champagne
Brandy wine lager and lime
Nope it`s champagne
Put that gin in the bin
She wants champagne
Vodka juice ain`t no use
Champagne!
Champagne!
Champagne!
Champagne!
Champagne!
Champagne!
Champagne!
Champagne!
MR. WALKER SAID (Jones/Letts/Roberts)
Hey girl I know you well
I know when you were born
Walker say we`re heaven made
Cause I`m a Capricorn
The sun the moon and stars
Predict what lies ahead
So Mr. Walker said
So every move I make
He says is prordained
Just when I think I`m free
He says I`m bound in chains
But when the night is clear
Signs are easy found
My feet are on the ground
Some people read the stars
For answers yet unknown
Some people read the stars
I think I`ll write my own
So Mr. Walker said
Some look in Tarot cards
And others cups of tea
This modern voodoo spaceman
Looks in the Galaxy
And everything he sees
Is beamed in from the med
So Mr. Walker said
Do I do what I`m supposed to do
Or what my fate spells out for me
Do I do what I`m supposed to do
Or is it in my destiny
He looks into the sky
And like a book it`s read
So Mr. Walker said
Some people read the stars
For answers yet unknown
Some people read the stars
I think I`ll write my own
So Mr. Walker said
THE BATTLE OF ALL SAINTS ROAD (Jones/Letts and Battle of New Orleans traditional)
A couple of years ago down Ladbroke Grove
The Dreads uptight sitting on a treasure trove
A skinny white dude came in and took a chair
He had a black leather jacket and greased back hair
Well they ain`t seen nothing like it down the Mangrove
Plugged his guitar into a flat iron stove
Now all the brothers they began to stare
Hillybilly cat blew `em on their derriere
It`s the booze that picks you up
And throws you against the wall
Sometimes there`s a drought
Can`t get no sense at all
Now they had the grass he had the song
The Rocker and the Ras began to get along
Looking around for something to bang
They all joined in and this is what they sang...
We fired our guns and the coppers kept a coming
There wasn`t quite as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began a running
Over Vauxhall Bridge and Via Pimlico
Cow foot curry herbage and macheté
`57 Chevy in a Rondolet
Red stripe BM a game of dominoes
Zebra serenade the honky`s and negros
Well it ain`t Mozart
Nowadays all quiet on the All Saints Road
Cops and yups come in by the truckload
A condo stands where the grass used to grow
Race attacks filofax and nobody goes
It`s the booze that picks you up
And throws you against the wall
Lost my vallet and my mind at the carnival
Seven Eleven McDonalds and Ho-Jo`s
Gettys` on the jetty watch the river flow
The Lambeth walk`s like 42nd Street
Folks I gotta tell you this town can`t be beat
Wadda dem-dem-dem.......
HIP NECK AND THIGH (Jones/Letts)
You rock I roll
Crazy love affair
I rock you roll
Baby I don`t care
Gratify and satisfy
I wanna captivate
Delighting inviting
Girl let`s make a date
Get loose get close
Busy or lost
I`m that path you gotta cross
Pleasure and a little pain
Let`s go there and back again
I rock you roll
Baby I don`t care
You rock I roll
Stay and make a pair
Believe it or not
I got feelings too
Ain`t nothing like the one
When I`m feeling you
Get loose get close
Busy or lost
I`m that path you gotta cross
Pleasure and a little pain
Let`s go there and back again
I rock you roll
Baby I don`t care
Can`t dance we`ll stroll
Just stay and make a pair
You rock I roll
Crazy love affair
I rock you roll
Baby I don`t care
"God I love it when you`re domineering..."
You rock I roll
Crazy love affair
I rock you roll
Baby I don`t care
2000 SHOES (Letts/Roberts/Donovan)
Phillipine star greedy girl
Took the money to buy the world
First a little then the lot
Others` needs where soon forgot
Heard you like a love song
This here one is just for you
In keeping with your taste we hope
It`s called 2000 shoes
Never had a consience
Or any moral views
Even any kins of taste
Just 2000 shoes
If I had the world to sell
Could strike a deal with you
I know you haven`t got the cash
Just 2000 shoes
Catwalk at the embassy
Supplied by human rights
Qadahafi and George Hamilton
Mao Tse Tung and disco lights
Never had a consience
Or any moral views
Even any kins of taste
Just 2000 shoes
If I had the world to sell
Could strike a deal with you
I know you haven`t got the cash
Just 2000 shoes
2000 shoes
Phillipine star greedy girl
Took the money to buy the world
First a little then the lot
Others` need where soon forgot
Heard you like a love song
This here one is just for you
In keeping with your taste we hope
It`s called 2000 shoes
So here it is Imelda
Sorry it`s the blues
Would have done it different
If I were in your shoes
Never had a consience
Or any moral views
Even any kins of taste
Just 2000 shoes
If I had the world to sell
Could strike a deal with you
I know you haven`t got the cash
Just 2000 shoes
2000 shoes
TIGHTEN UP VOL. `88 (Jones/Letts/Roberts/Williams)
A windmill stands
In the city of spades
The Effra River flows
Under Granville Arcade
Old dogs in cold harbour
Have fond memories
Remember the days
This was Viking country
Natives blacks and werewolves
Yeah got it all
Every kind of exotic friut
On the market stall
Those drums keep on pounding
Since they moved in down the street
Cold wet surroundings
The cops don`t like the beat
The cost of bread is rising
The area`s run down
They painted up the brickwork
They painted up the town
While my brother dug the ramjam
I got flea-pit matinees
And we`d catch the number 2
Go up West for the day
Tighten up volume two
Sound system bon marché
Roits on Jebb Avenue
Down Marcus Garvey Way
Those drums keep on pounding
Since they moved in down the street
Cold wet surroundings
The cops don`t like the beat
A windmill stands
In the city of spades
The Effra River flows
Under Granville Arcade
There`s Christmas lights on Railton Road
It looks like Oxford Street
If Santa`s got electric goods
He`d better have receipts
Got no airs n`graces
Always been this way
After all I come from Brixton
What else can I say
JUST PLAY MUSIC! (Jones/Letts/Roberts)
Move my feet
And touch my sole
Bass sound drum beat
Rock`and roll
Just play that music
I don`t care what key it`s in
Where it`s come from
Where it`s been
Just play that music
I don`t need to see your face
I don`t need no autographs
I can`t play your interviews
Can`t hear your photographs
You don`t need to be profound
In fact don`t speak
Just play that sound
Just play that music
I`ll turn on my radio
If you`ve got a great live show
Just play that music
If it`s hitting make it stick
Do your job just play music
Critics mags and interviews
Who cares about bad reviews
Does it have to be so tame
Do I have to twist and shout
Do we have to play this game
Or be down and out
It don`t have to look the same
I keep trying to tell `em
It don`t have to all sound lame
I sing the song you sell `em
If it`s hitting make it stick
Do your job just play music
If you need an ear to lend
I`ve got the cash to spend
Move my feet
And touch my sole
Bass sound drum beat
Rock and roll
Just play that music
I don`t care what key it`s in
Where it`s come from
Where it`s been
Just play that music
Does it have to be so tame
Do I have to twist and shout
Do we have to play this game
Or be down and out
It don`t have to look the same
I keep trying to tell `em
It don`t have to all sound lame
I sing the song you sell `em
Does it have to be so tame
Do I have to twist and shout
Do we have to play this game
Or be down and out
It don`t have to look the same
I keep trying to tell `em
It don`t have to all sound lame
I sing the song you sell `em
Just play that music!
Just play that music
I won`t refuse it
I`d like to tell ya
Just play that music!
Stay on that feeling
Don`t you loose it
Stay on the stageing
Just play that music!
Don`t you loose it
Just play that music!
Some like theYankee sound
Just play that music!
Sometimes from London town
Just play that music!
I`ve seen the that alley ground
Just play that music!
Sometimes from London town
Just play that music!