NONKINSENSE
Adventures of an Analog Man in the Digital Universe, with a little help from my friends and relations.
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Here's a list everybody will want to participate in and send me an e-mail or leave a comment, top five reasons I want to chop off the head of Nonkinsense or for that small minority with the highly evolved brains, who get it, the top five reasons I enjoy what's in the head of Nonkinsense.
posted by NONKINSENSE @ 10:17 PM 
Hey wise ass, did you pay for your drinks, I don't remember, and I don't think you performed that night, you idiot!
Diet Coke, and a Ginger Ale that's all?
House of Blues, New Orleans had a good idea, you eat seperate from the theatre/stage, so you're not fighting with a guy putting his MEAT in your face...I'm still waiting on the fried chicken and french fries from the Bottomline, it's been how many fuckin' years? I'm still in debt over the BB's tab for the Max Weinberg 7 on my Dec. birthday and Ian and the Rant Band, the next night...What great shows, though, all time, great!
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
Written by: Raymond Douglas Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.
Chord file
Lyrics:
I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door,
They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war,
I've been to my local head shrinker,
To help classify my disease,
He said it's one of the cases of acute schizophrenia he sees.
Well the milkman's a spy, and the grocer keeps on following me,
And the woman next door's an undercover for the K.G.B.,
And the man from the Social Security
Keeps on invading my privacy,
Oh there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia disease.
I've got acute schizophrenia, paranoia too,
Schizophrenia, schizophrenia,
I've got it, you've got it, we can't lose,
Acute schizophrenia blues.
I'm lost on the river, the river of no return,
I can't make decisions, I don't know which way I'm gonna turn,
Even my old dad, lost some of the best friends he ever had,
Apparently, his was a case of acute schizophrenia too.
I got acute schizophrenia, paranoia too,
Schizophrenia, schizophrenia,
I've got it, you've got it, we can't lose,
They're watching my house and they're tapping my telephone,
I don't trust nobody, but I'm much too scared to be on my own
And the income tax collector's got his beady eye on me,
No there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia disease.
No there ain't no cure for
Schizophrenia disease.
Albums this song can be found on:
Another Great Lost Kinks Album
Everybody's In Show-biz
The Kinks (RCA compilation from France)
Kinks On Holiday
Muswell Hillbillies
Second Time Around
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
All Day And All Of The Night
Written by: R. Davies
Published by: Kassner Music Co. Ltd
Chord file
Lyrics:
I'm not content to be with you in the daytime
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
Oh, come on...
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night time
All day and all of the night
Albums this song can be found on:
Another Great Lost Kinks Album
Another One For The Road
BBC Kronikles
BBC Sessions 1964 - 1977
Chicago Really Got Me
The Complete Collection
Dave Davies Anthology - Unfinished Business (Castle, UK)
Dave Davies Kronikles (1963-1998) - Unfinished Business (Velvel, US)
Dave Davies - I'm Not Like Everybody Else (bootleg)
Dead End Street - Greatest Hits
Death Of A Clown - 20 Greatest Hits
The Early Years
The EP Collection Vol. One
Fab Forty
Golden Hour Of The Kinks
Greatest Hits (Reprise)
Greatest Hits (Rhino)
Hit Singles
Kinda Kinks
The Kinks (US: You Really Got Me)
The Kinks (aka "the black album")
The Kinks (Australian compilation CD)
The Kinks Are Well Respected Men
The Kinks File
Kinks Kontraband
Kinks On Holiday
Kinks-Size
Kinky Boot (tribute)
Kinky Music - The Larry Page Orchestra (tribute)
Kollektable Kinks
Kontrasts
Kristmas Koncert
Kulled From The Arkives
Legends Series Volume 38 - The Kinks (Karaoke)
Lola/You Really Got Me/Tired Of Waiting For You
One For The Road
One More For The Road
Rainy Day In June
The Ray Davies Songbook (tribute)
Remastered
Rock Bottom - Live At The Bottom Line (Dave Davies)
Secret Sessions (bootleg)
The Singles Collection/The Songs of Ray Davies' Waterloo Sunset
To The Bone (UK)
To The Bone (US)
US Jive (bootleg)
Waterloo Sunset (bootleg)
You Really Got Me (bootleg)
You Really Got Me (compilation)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Afternoon Tea
Written by: R. D. Davies
Published by: Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI
Chord file
Lyrics:
Tea time won't be the same without my Donna
At night I lie awake and dream of Donna
I think about that small cafe
That's where we used to meet each day
And then we used to sit a while
And drink our afternoon tea
I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
If you take it with me (afternoon tea)
You take as long as you like
'Cause I like you, girl
I take sugar with tea (afternoon tea)
You take milk if you please (afternoon tea)
Like you talking to me
Because you ease my mind
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Tea time still ain't the same without my Donna
At night I lie awake and dream of Donna
I went to our cafe one day
They said that Donna walked away
You'd think at least she might have stayed
To drink her afternoon tea
I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
If you take it with me (afternoon tea)
You take as long as you like
'Cause I like you, girl
I take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
Every day of the week (afternoon tea)
Please come along if you like
Because I like you, girl
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Albums this song can be found on:
Kinky Boot (tribute)
Lola, Percy And The Apeman Come Face To Face With The Village Green Preservation Society... Something Else
Missing Links
The Singles Collection/The Songs of Ray Davies' Waterloo Sunset
Something Else
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Celluloid Heroes
Written by: Raymond Douglas Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.
Chord file
Lyrics:
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star,
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are.
There are stars in every city,
In every house and on every street,
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete!
Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard,
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne,
But she turned her back on stardom,
Because she wanted to be alone.
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by.
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
'Cos he's liable to turn and bite,
But stand close by Bette Davis
Because hers was such a lonely life.
If you covered him with garbage,
George Sanders would still have style,
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
He would still turn round and smile,
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
'Cos she's not very tough,
She should have been made of iron or steel,
But she was only made of flesh and blood.
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.
And those who are successful,
Be always on your guard,
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard.
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.
You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh celluloid heroes never really die.
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.
Albums this song can be found on:
Another One For The Road
BBC Sessions 1964 - 1977
The Best Of The Ballads (Feat. Ray Davies)
Celluloid Heroes - Greatest Hits
Chicago Really Got Me
Come Dancing With The Kinks
Couch Potatoes
Everybody's In Show-biz
The Kinks (RCA compilation from France)
The Kinks Acoustic Songbook (tribute by Monti Beton)
Kinks Kontraband
Kinky Boot (tribute)
The Kover Kontroversy (Internet tribute tape)
Kristmas Koncert
One For The Road
One More For The Road
Razor & Tie promo
Second Time Around
Secret Sessions (bootleg)
The Singles Collection/The Songs of Ray Davies' Waterloo Sunset
To The Bone (US)
US Jive (bootleg)
Waterloo Sunset (bootleg)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Baby Face
Written by: Davis/Akst
Published by: Warner Brothers Music
Lyrics:
I never knew why I loved you so much
Maybe it's the way you look at me when you get up in the morning
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love,
With your little baby face
Baby face,
You got the prettiest little baby face
There isn't another one to take your place
Baby face
You got my heart a jumpin'
You sure have started something
Baby face,
I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face
You got my heart a-jumpin'
You sure have started something
Baby face,
I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face,
Pretty little baby face,
Pretty little baby face.
Albums this song can be found on:
Everybody's In Show-biz
The Kinks (RCA compilation from France)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Back In The Front Room
Written by: Ray Davies
Published by: ?
Lyrics:
Got back to the frontroom, Dave was plugged in to the green amplifier
Pete was on the bass, they sounded great
Dave had this great way of playing the guitar
The way Dave played was very individual
I'd been overwhelmed by all the culture
Art School prays the life I'd never really understand
I sat down and started to jam,
was astounded by the speed of Dave's hands
The way Dave played guitar was very similar to the way he spoke
Exactly
I thought to myself "This is the way it's gonna be.
I'm gonna join this band, leave college behind.
Forget culture, rock 'n' roll is where it's at"
And daytime was dawning
We were up all night, we were all yawning
But we were playing, raving
Sometimes so loud, to the early morning
Our friends keep knocking at the door
The neighbours shouted out "No more"
They even sent the police around to hear us play
And this is the way we played
We thought "If we could annoy all of the neighbours with the green amp
think of what we could do with a four piece band"
But there was no doubt Dave was the star,
a connoisseur of the old twelve bar
And even dad said "That boy is bloody marvelous"
As I said Pete was on the bass,
so the only way I could SLY my way into the band
was to become the rhythm guitar player
While we were bouncing up and down
the house was shaking to the sound
of the full distortion from the gramophone
We had stayed up playing all night long
ran out of other people's songs
so we started making music of our own
And dawn was breaking, my mind was calculating
This time there's no more waiting
I was awake, my mind was clear
I could see a way out of here
And then the cops knocked at the door
with letters from solicitors
We'd disturb the peace and woke up all the neighbours
But dad says "Forget the neighbours.
Keep playing, boys, keep playing"
Albums this song can be found on:
Storyteller
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Black Messiah
Written by: R.D. Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.
Chord file
Lyrics:
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes
But if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that
I bet you wouldn't believe it
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
He said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free
He looked at me with his evil eye and prophesied
And he really believed it
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
And he no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word
Everybody talk about racial equality
But I'm the only honky living on an all black street
They knock me down 'cos they brown and I white
Like you wouldn't believe it
They say a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
Everybody talk about racial equality
Everybody talk about equal rights
But white's white, black's black and that's that
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
You hear everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black and that's that
And that's the way you should leave it
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
Everybody got to show a little give and take
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Albums this song can be found on:
Misfits
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Post a Comment
Diet Coke, and a Ginger Ale that's all?
House of Blues, New Orleans had a good idea, you eat seperate from the theatre/stage, so you're not fighting with a guy putting his MEAT in your face...I'm still waiting on the fried chicken and french fries from the Bottomline, it's been how many fuckin' years? I'm still in debt over the BB's tab for the Max Weinberg 7 on my Dec. birthday and Ian and the Rant Band, the next night...What great shows, though, all time, great!
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
Written by: Raymond Douglas Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.
Chord file
Lyrics:
I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door,
They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war,
I've been to my local head shrinker,
To help classify my disease,
He said it's one of the cases of acute schizophrenia he sees.
Well the milkman's a spy, and the grocer keeps on following me,
And the woman next door's an undercover for the K.G.B.,
And the man from the Social Security
Keeps on invading my privacy,
Oh there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia disease.
I've got acute schizophrenia, paranoia too,
Schizophrenia, schizophrenia,
I've got it, you've got it, we can't lose,
Acute schizophrenia blues.
I'm lost on the river, the river of no return,
I can't make decisions, I don't know which way I'm gonna turn,
Even my old dad, lost some of the best friends he ever had,
Apparently, his was a case of acute schizophrenia too.
I got acute schizophrenia, paranoia too,
Schizophrenia, schizophrenia,
I've got it, you've got it, we can't lose,
They're watching my house and they're tapping my telephone,
I don't trust nobody, but I'm much too scared to be on my own
And the income tax collector's got his beady eye on me,
No there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia disease.
No there ain't no cure for
Schizophrenia disease.
Albums this song can be found on:
Another Great Lost Kinks Album
Everybody's In Show-biz
The Kinks (RCA compilation from France)
Kinks On Holiday
Muswell Hillbillies
Second Time Around
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
All Day And All Of The Night
Written by: R. Davies
Published by: Kassner Music Co. Ltd
Chord file
Lyrics:
I'm not content to be with you in the daytime
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
Oh, come on...
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night time
All day and all of the night
Albums this song can be found on:
Another Great Lost Kinks Album
Another One For The Road
BBC Kronikles
BBC Sessions 1964 - 1977
Chicago Really Got Me
The Complete Collection
Dave Davies Anthology - Unfinished Business (Castle, UK)
Dave Davies Kronikles (1963-1998) - Unfinished Business (Velvel, US)
Dave Davies - I'm Not Like Everybody Else (bootleg)
Dead End Street - Greatest Hits
Death Of A Clown - 20 Greatest Hits
The Early Years
The EP Collection Vol. One
Fab Forty
Golden Hour Of The Kinks
Greatest Hits (Reprise)
Greatest Hits (Rhino)
Hit Singles
Kinda Kinks
The Kinks (US: You Really Got Me)
The Kinks (aka "the black album")
The Kinks (Australian compilation CD)
The Kinks Are Well Respected Men
The Kinks File
Kinks Kontraband
Kinks On Holiday
Kinks-Size
Kinky Boot (tribute)
Kinky Music - The Larry Page Orchestra (tribute)
Kollektable Kinks
Kontrasts
Kristmas Koncert
Kulled From The Arkives
Legends Series Volume 38 - The Kinks (Karaoke)
Lola/You Really Got Me/Tired Of Waiting For You
One For The Road
One More For The Road
Rainy Day In June
The Ray Davies Songbook (tribute)
Remastered
Rock Bottom - Live At The Bottom Line (Dave Davies)
Secret Sessions (bootleg)
The Singles Collection/The Songs of Ray Davies' Waterloo Sunset
To The Bone (UK)
To The Bone (US)
US Jive (bootleg)
Waterloo Sunset (bootleg)
You Really Got Me (bootleg)
You Really Got Me (compilation)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Afternoon Tea
Written by: R. D. Davies
Published by: Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI
Chord file
Lyrics:
Tea time won't be the same without my Donna
At night I lie awake and dream of Donna
I think about that small cafe
That's where we used to meet each day
And then we used to sit a while
And drink our afternoon tea
I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
If you take it with me (afternoon tea)
You take as long as you like
'Cause I like you, girl
I take sugar with tea (afternoon tea)
You take milk if you please (afternoon tea)
Like you talking to me
Because you ease my mind
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Tea time still ain't the same without my Donna
At night I lie awake and dream of Donna
I went to our cafe one day
They said that Donna walked away
You'd think at least she might have stayed
To drink her afternoon tea
I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
If you take it with me (afternoon tea)
You take as long as you like
'Cause I like you, girl
I take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
Every day of the week (afternoon tea)
Please come along if you like
Because I like you, girl
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Albums this song can be found on:
Kinky Boot (tribute)
Lola, Percy And The Apeman Come Face To Face With The Village Green Preservation Society... Something Else
Missing Links
The Singles Collection/The Songs of Ray Davies' Waterloo Sunset
Something Else
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Celluloid Heroes
Written by: Raymond Douglas Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.
Chord file
Lyrics:
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star,
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are.
There are stars in every city,
In every house and on every street,
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete!
Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard,
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne,
But she turned her back on stardom,
Because she wanted to be alone.
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive,
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by.
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
'Cos he's liable to turn and bite,
But stand close by Bette Davis
Because hers was such a lonely life.
If you covered him with garbage,
George Sanders would still have style,
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
He would still turn round and smile,
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
'Cos she's not very tough,
She should have been made of iron or steel,
But she was only made of flesh and blood.
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.
And those who are successful,
Be always on your guard,
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard.
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.
You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh celluloid heroes never really die.
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.
Albums this song can be found on:
Another One For The Road
BBC Sessions 1964 - 1977
The Best Of The Ballads (Feat. Ray Davies)
Celluloid Heroes - Greatest Hits
Chicago Really Got Me
Come Dancing With The Kinks
Couch Potatoes
Everybody's In Show-biz
The Kinks (RCA compilation from France)
The Kinks Acoustic Songbook (tribute by Monti Beton)
Kinks Kontraband
Kinky Boot (tribute)
The Kover Kontroversy (Internet tribute tape)
Kristmas Koncert
One For The Road
One More For The Road
Razor & Tie promo
Second Time Around
Secret Sessions (bootleg)
The Singles Collection/The Songs of Ray Davies' Waterloo Sunset
To The Bone (US)
US Jive (bootleg)
Waterloo Sunset (bootleg)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Baby Face
Written by: Davis/Akst
Published by: Warner Brothers Music
Lyrics:
I never knew why I loved you so much
Maybe it's the way you look at me when you get up in the morning
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love,
With your little baby face
Baby face,
You got the prettiest little baby face
There isn't another one to take your place
Baby face
You got my heart a jumpin'
You sure have started something
Baby face,
I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face
You got my heart a-jumpin'
You sure have started something
Baby face,
I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove,
I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face,
Pretty little baby face,
Pretty little baby face.
Albums this song can be found on:
Everybody's In Show-biz
The Kinks (RCA compilation from France)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Back In The Front Room
Written by: Ray Davies
Published by: ?
Lyrics:
Got back to the frontroom, Dave was plugged in to the green amplifier
Pete was on the bass, they sounded great
Dave had this great way of playing the guitar
The way Dave played was very individual
I'd been overwhelmed by all the culture
Art School prays the life I'd never really understand
I sat down and started to jam,
was astounded by the speed of Dave's hands
The way Dave played guitar was very similar to the way he spoke
Exactly
I thought to myself "This is the way it's gonna be.
I'm gonna join this band, leave college behind.
Forget culture, rock 'n' roll is where it's at"
And daytime was dawning
We were up all night, we were all yawning
But we were playing, raving
Sometimes so loud, to the early morning
Our friends keep knocking at the door
The neighbours shouted out "No more"
They even sent the police around to hear us play
And this is the way we played
We thought "If we could annoy all of the neighbours with the green amp
think of what we could do with a four piece band"
But there was no doubt Dave was the star,
a connoisseur of the old twelve bar
And even dad said "That boy is bloody marvelous"
As I said Pete was on the bass,
so the only way I could SLY my way into the band
was to become the rhythm guitar player
While we were bouncing up and down
the house was shaking to the sound
of the full distortion from the gramophone
We had stayed up playing all night long
ran out of other people's songs
so we started making music of our own
And dawn was breaking, my mind was calculating
This time there's no more waiting
I was awake, my mind was clear
I could see a way out of here
And then the cops knocked at the door
with letters from solicitors
We'd disturb the peace and woke up all the neighbours
But dad says "Forget the neighbours.
Keep playing, boys, keep playing"
Albums this song can be found on:
Storyteller
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kinks Web Site
E-mail Dave Emlen
Black Messiah
Written by: R.D. Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.
Chord file
Lyrics:
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes
But if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that
I bet you wouldn't believe it
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
He said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free
He looked at me with his evil eye and prophesied
And he really believed it
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
And he no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word
Everybody talk about racial equality
But I'm the only honky living on an all black street
They knock me down 'cos they brown and I white
Like you wouldn't believe it
They say a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
Everybody talk about racial equality
Everybody talk about equal rights
But white's white, black's black and that's that
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
You hear everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black and that's that
And that's the way you should leave it
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
Everybody got to show a little give and take
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Albums this song can be found on:
Misfits
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