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

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

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangleOn ferries from Denmark to HelsingborgThe band strikes up but they're out of timeOn synthesiser and washboardWooden tulips grow by the roadsideMade in a fac...

Wrapping Paper Graham Parker

your tongue, use body language And pull your skin like wrapping paper 'round my heart Sometimes I feel the kick has gone, it gets mundane So I team up with the devil and make hell But I'll hang on in as long

Wrapping Paper (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

your tongue, use body language And pull your skin like wrapping paper 'round my heart Sometimes I feel the kick has gone, it gets mundane So I team up with the devil and make hell But I'll hang on in as long

Fools` Gold Graham Parker

A D A D I been doing my homework now for a long long time A D A D And everything that I look for I know I will one day find E D E D I'm a fool so I'm told I get left in the cold E D A Cause I will

Fools' Gold Graham Parker

A D A D I been doing my homework now for a long long time A D A D And everything that I look for I know I will one day find E D E D I'm a fool so I'm told I get left in the cold E D A Cause I will search

I Want You Back (Live) Graham Parker

heart Oh darlin' I was blind to let you go But now since I see you in his arms I want you back Yes I do now I want you back Ooh ooh baby Yeah yeah, naw Trying to live without your love Is one long

Don't Get Excited Graham Parker

of me My attention span is dropping rapidly It's all excuses baby all a stall We just don't get excited Don't get excited No Don't get excited Don't get excited Talk about it talk about it all night long

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

boys seem such colourful characters But you wouldn't want them moving in next to you And after the whole lot has pulled out of town The ringmaster still looks like he's going to drown He pulls out a long

Protection Graham Parker

not really laughng honey Your love letters are confetti I ripped them up my hands were sweaty And then those ghastly faces recur in nightmare places Happy hours come and go much too short and much too long

SWLABR (BBC Session) Cream

Coming to me in the morning, leaving me at night.Coming to me in the morning, leaving me alone.You've got that rainbow feel but the rainbow has a beard.Running to me a-cryin' when he throws you out...

White Honey Graham Parker

Intro C F C F C F C F C F C F C G F G C F C F C F C F White honey get it from the candy man C F C F C F C F White honey yeah any time I think I can. G C You wake up early in the morning G C A-pla...

Discovering Japan Graham Parker

Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quakingThe Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a haltAnd there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays youAnd every kiss enslaves you-oo...

Passion Is No Ordinary Word Graham Parker

It worked much better in a fantasyImagination's one thing that comes easy to meCause this is nothing else if not unrealWhen I pretend to touch you, you pretend to feelCHORUSPassion is no ordinary w...

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

"No-one can hide it anymore we know it's not imaginingEven the skeptics are unsure when they stop to thinkPeople are not worth their life now they are obsoleteWe're dying to be invaded and put the ...

Soul Shoes Graham Parker

Intro G CG (4 timesVERSEG CG G CGWell I ain't got no worry I ain't in no hurryYou better tell your mother, That you're a real soul brother Hey hey!I have to say it's all right About five past midni...

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

G C G CI've got a lady doctor She cure da pain for freeG C Bb F GI've got a lady doctor Oh there ain't nothing wrong with me.G C G CI went in with a heart burn into the surgeryTo my surprise two pr...

Heat Treatment Graham Parker

Thanks to Robert Watson for a complete revision of this chart. Robert's chart has the Em over the word

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

When the lights are low you know I'm going to go to my hotel chambermaidI'm going to jump the garden and come on hard all rightWhile the river's rolling outside the windowGoing to see her going to ...

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 planBut charm any man you see,And play with everything one that you canBut I've got news for you baby,I hope it don't hit you too h...

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

D AManhattan baby with a sing song voiceG Dshe got her place in the human zooD AI went to living on the boulevardG Anow that the revolution's dueG AShe said I've been around from town to townG Aand...

The Heat In Harlem Graham Parker

I ain't stopping fingers keep boppingSwing band rocking from the street to the barWest Coast's dated music's overratedHere it on the radio in every carThe heat in Harlem The heat in Harlem, yepThe ...

Saturday Nite Is Dead Graham Parker

A Bm A DEverybody just looks ugly now information don't computeA BmI draw a blank every time I thinkE Athe football crowd is going to give me a bootCHORUSD A EAnd Saturday night is dead Saturday ni...

Love Gets You Twisted Graham Parker

E b e ac#m e a eLove gets you twisted, love gets you twisted all the wayThe hearts are enlisted, the hearts are enlisted to break each dayG#m eI try to straighten out but Im too wrapped up to seeC#...

You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker

Did they tear it out, with talons of steelAnd give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feelAnd washed it away, as if it wasn't realIt's just a mistake, I won't have to faceDon't give it a name, don't ...

Silly Thing Graham Parker

A EYou want me be someone betterA EI just wanna monkey 'round yeahA EYou want me to write you a letterA E A EBut the words just won't come the right wayA E BMy pen won't listen to a thing that I sa...

Local Girls Graham Parker

Sit by my window and look outside, wonder why the sun don't shine on meWhat's wrong with you, you stupid child, don't you think that I'm the one you're waiting to see?Don't talk too much 'cause she...

Don't Ask Me Questions Graham Parker

Lead Guitar intro Em Bm A Em Bm D A Bm then Bm G Bm G Bm G Crimson autograph is what we leave behind, Everywhere man set foot. Em Bm F

Black Honey Graham Parker

for his corrections. This used to be capo at 2 but since I can't find my capo just now, I've put it in open chords. Intro G D F

Little Miss Understanding Graham Parker

UnderstandingUnderstandingWhen I get mad I'm really a drag, tear down walls start losing my ragLike a bunch of cats tied up in a bag, how come I make your tail wagYou're little miss understanding y...

My Love's Strong Graham Parker

When the world's asleepAnd there's no one in your armsRaindrops hit the windowLike distant alarmsYou don't have to worryHey girl don't you cryMy love beats adversity babyEats it aliveAnd I got a re...

Dancing For Money Graham Parker

When I ask you for a light you don't turn the lights outWhen I'm looking for a fight you don't punch my lights outSometimes they say love is invincibleI wouldn't go as far as to say thatOne thing I...

Call Me Your Doctor Graham Parker

Call me your doctor if you want, I'll get the cure outTo be administered before sleepCall out the thing you really want And I'll be thereI'll make a housecallI'll find the problem's root No matter ...

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bopI look at a news cast being broadcast andTry to connect with the events in front of my eyesBut I can't see any further than the bills on the tableOr my kids ...

Soultime Graham Parker

When I was a boy I never felt The weight I'm feelingI had a crowd around me And that was thatI'd get on the bus and go to the Ata every weekendAnd feel the ultraviolet show the fluff up on my colla...

Everything Goes Graham Parker

Another schoolgirl disappearsShe's the twenty third one this yearThey're gonna search on the river bankAnd in the disused water tankBut everything goes don't worry don't worry babyEverything'll wor...

Sugar Gives You Energy Graham Parker

I believe every man has a chance to make goodI'm convinced that this is soEqual opportunity for the king or the hoodAnd everybody knowsSugar gives you energy Sugar gives you energySugar gives you e...

Daddy's A Postman Graham Parker

We wake up every morning Rush downstairs to the carJump inside it with mummy Her eyes are shining like starsThe sun's like something that God sentThe air's as fresh as our clothesWe're going to the...

Green Monkeys Graham Parker

In a distant street a distant beatrepeats machine gun likeIn a forest grows a sweet fruit filled with poisonIn a clear blue sky a plane burstsinto flames high above usIn an office blind machines bl...

I Was Wrong Graham Parker

I dreamed I was someone specialIn another lifeThey gave me my fifteen minutesThen they pulled the knifeIt was just another dealIt was just another reelOn a tape that keeps on turningIn the dark in ...

You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) Graham Parker

As you wash your hair and bathe in PerrierAs you hit the bank machine at nightDrinking money for tomorrow's flightAs you count your loss or bet on a black horseSit behind the wheel of a black Porsc...

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

The world was stripped of beauty baby By the working manHe was told it was his duty baby Again and again and againThey took the slaves from Africa baby Along with sugar sacksTo build the British Em...

Everything Goes (Single Version) Graham Parker

Another schoolgirl disappearsShe's the twenty third one this yearThey're gonna search on the river bankAnd in the disused water tankBut everything goes don't worry don't worry babyEverything'll wor...

Don't Let It Break You Down Graham Parker

Now don't get bent out of shapeDon't start tearing out your hairOne a sweet little angelThat stuff's nowhereWhen the bombs go off on Oxford StreetAnd the kids beat up old peopleIt's just a soundtra...

Under The Mask Of Happiness Graham Parker

All the dirt's lying under the carpetHe swallowed a drink and then checked her heartbeatHer wedding gown has been burned to ashesFanned by the flutter of her false lashesOne last chance to kiss aga...

Back In Time Graham Parker

You stop in the old cafe where you used to play pinballAnd look for the air raid shelter but it's gone and the cafe seems soSmall and all the gardens that had trees and stolen applesNow have small ...

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

I'm not a page in history not something that boldI'm not the greatest mystery that was ever toldI may not be who you wanna spend a whole life with aloneI'm not that fascinating with features carved...

OK Hieronymus Graham Parker

I break a heart in a thousand places, she makes a slur against other racesHe rejects all of the unpretty faces, sticks them full of knivesI take a shot at birds flying south, he takes the gun barre...

Get Started. Start A Fire Graham Parker

The mona lisa's sister doesn't smileShe tried to pose but only for a whileLeonardo sent her home since then she has lived aloneWith her few belongings and a copy of a painting of herself unhappyShe...