Lyrics Ian Hunter - Sons N' Lovers

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Sons N' Lovers

(ian hunter)

I was your baby-you were my girl
When I asked you to marry me- the tears fell

Sons n' lovers, sons n' lovers, waving
My childhood goodbye-it seems so sad
Well how long have you been my best friend
This won't be the end of
Sons n' lovers-sons n' lovers--she won't wanna talk anymore about it

You were my lady- I was your number one
When I said I was leaving- tears run

Sons n' lovers-sons n' lovers, breakin'
Tryin' not to hurt each others hearts
Well how long can we exist- I know
We can't go on like this
Sons n' lovers-son's and lovers--i don't wanna lie anymore

Was that you I saw--walkin' out along the shore
Was that you I saw-talkin' to him
Was that you I saw-puttin' his hands in yours
That's alright ma- you can still love him
That's alright ma- you can still love
And through the years-you know- we will remember
Time will never take old times away
How long for you to discover that- there still some strings attached to
Sons n' lovers-sons and lovers
But I don't wanna play anymore
Sons n' lovers

Lyrics Ian Hunter - I Ain't No Angel

Lyrics Ian Hunter - I Ain't No Angel

I told my baby girl
That I live by all the rules
She laughed and said to me
Don't you take me for a fool
Then she ran me down
People saw me over town
Then word got back to her
That I was fooling round

[Chorus]
I, I ain't no angel
I, I ain't no angel
So good, goodbye love
Good, goodbye love

Now I'm living on my own
Since my baby set me free
Seems I hurt her pride
And caused her misery
She never understands
To keep me satisfied
I got to live this life
The only way I can

[Chorus]

All right then, come on

[Chorus]

Now they say there is no doubt
That the question in their minds
That I'll be down and out
And the days I'll never find
But you'll never understand
To keep me satisfied
I got to live my life
The only way I can

[Chorus]

Lyrics Ian Hunter - My Revolution

Lyrics Ian Hunter - My Revolution

You were just a twinkle in your teenage mother's eyes
I was squeezing brylcreem on my hair
No one taught us how to be politically correct
And no one told our winkles what to wear
I've been there, I've done it
I've seen it all
That was my contribution oh, oh
So much for the revolution
When someone said, "Let's go to bed" nobody was scared
We were up to no good all the time
(We were up to no good all the time)
Judging by those freckles and the shades upon your nose
It's possible you could be one of mine
(Possible you could be one of mine)
Yeah
I've been there, I've done it
I've seen it all
That was my revolution
On the road again, back at number ten
Underneath the lights a thousand and one nights
A revolution for fun
Oh, you better lock up your mum
I've been there, I've done it
Well, I've seen them come and go
That's for you to guess
And that's for me to know, oh baby
And that's for you to guess and that's for me to know
Ah, so much for revolution, ah so much for revolution
And that was my revolution, oh revolution
That was my revolution

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Truth Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Truth Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth

Lonely days lonely nights
Hoping thing's gonna turn out right
You had me hanging on a string
For you I did most anything
You don't give me no
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Its a blind mans eye baby ain't no youth
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Don't need your lies I got my proof

Put your face up to my window
Ask me baby what did I see
Well I know I know you ain't right
I know you ain't right for me
You don't give me no
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Gods little baby's got nothing to shoot
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Get your kicks on a different route
All I want is the truth
All I want is the truth

All I want is
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Blind mans eye baby ain't no use
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Don't need your lies I got nothing to prove
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Gods little baby's got nothing to shoot
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Get your kicks on a different route
Don't hurt ya
Don't hurt ya
The truth don't hurt ya
The truth don't hurt ya
Don't hurt ya don't hurt ya
The truth don't hurt ya

Lyrics Ian Hunter - It Ain't Easy When You Fall

Lyrics Ian Hunter - It Ain't Easy When You Fall

You used to float just like a boat upon the tide
You used to run when things were done you used to hide
You talk of ships you talk of boats you talk of games
And now you're down you ain't around its such a shame

'Cause you got something to give
Something to hold onto
Why don't you live
And you just forget about fixing up fate
Maybe you'd stop pick yourself up
Now its too late Oh
It ain't easy when you fall
It ain't easy when you fall
It ain't easy when you fall
No it ain't no good at all

You didn't know this world ain't slow you gotta move
You made no sound I watched you drown I watched you loose
Your loneliness you knew it best but its a drag
'Cause in the end I lost a friend I feel so sad

'Cause you had something to give
Something to hold onto
Why did you live
If you just forgot about fixing up fate
You'd be here you'd be near
Now it's too late Oh
It ain't easy when you fall
It ain't easy when you fall
It ain't easy when you fall
No it ain't no good at all

Oh, oh hey
It ain't easy when you fall

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Another Fine Mess

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Another Fine Mess

Well, you rang me up you say you wanna get high
Now I'm underpaid and I'm overtired
Riding shotgun 'round the world
I'm too young to die, too old for the girls
You wanna know something, I've had it with you
Another fine mess you got me into
Well, you're always in one hole or another
And I come runnin' just like a brother
When are you ever going to get yourself cleared
You'll keep on running 'til we disappear
I can't believe the things you do
Another mess you got me into
Another fine mess, another fine mess, another fine mess
Well, that's what you get when you settle for less
Another fine mess yeah, another fine mess
Look on the bright side, smile, smile, smile
Relive our childhood just for a little while
Can't you see it's catching it up on you? Hit me, Darrell
Well, that's another mess you got me into
How many more times are you gonna get pissed?
How many more asses have we gotta kiss?
How many more songs have I gotta write?
How many more sessions into the night?
For some dumb fuck who don't got a clue
Another fine mess you got me into
Well you say I'm kicking up too much fuss
Twenty-four hours is too long on the bus
The band's all moan and the driver's slow
There's not enough people, too many shows
Down in the bus with the birthday blues
Another fine mess you got me into
Another fine mess, another fine mess, another fine mess
Well, that's what you get when you settle for less
Another fine mess, another fine mess
Oh, I said another fine mess, another fine mess, ohh
I said another fine mess, another fine mess
Another fine mess, another fine mess
Another fine, another fine, another fine, another fine
Another fine, another fine, another fine mess

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Outsider

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Outsider

Death be my mistress, guns be my wife
Breath is my witness and roads are my life
Just give my future's clean as a knife
Far on the way from L.A.

The sun heats the saddle, sand in my hair
Looking for water and there's sweat everywhere
Know that I'm nearer I smell damp air
I ain't tasted coffee for days

When the leaves are down I'll be southward bound
Hunters hunt the outsider.
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old,
Nothing holds the outsider

Just killed a man in a town called Nightfall
Damned if I can't remember it all
My hand it was shaking but his talk it was tall
I paid for the funeral crew
And it seems like I never reach Mexico
They're heading me off every place that I go
I'm sick of the fact that I've got to lay low
What else can an outsider do

I know they're near to me, I don't have to see
Just let me be the outsider
They ain't far behind, they're always on my mind
They won't find the outsider
The outsider

When the leaves are down I'll be southward bound
Hunter's haunt the outsider.
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old,
Nothing holds the outsider
The outsider. The outsider.

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Death 'n' Glory Boys

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Death 'n' Glory Boys

Get your son - young 'n' dumb
Give him a gun - make him run
Hot stuff - on a Saturday night
Wait a minute - this ain't right

It's that same old story
Talkin' 'bout the death 'n' glory boys
When your head is on the scaffold
'N your ass is on the line
You gotta give it that old religion
One mo' time
Get the death 'n' glory boys

Midnight - no light
Cool sand - like mud in my hands
Got this feelin' - in my hair
What's that movin' - I ain't a scared

It's that same old story
Freak out with the death 'n' glory boys
When it's down to stealing apples
'N you been doin' time
They can buy the hero in you
For a dime
You're a death 'n' glory boy

You'd better pack up your troubles
In your old kit bag
Say goodbye to your mother
She's the only friend you have

Long live the leaders
Long may they reign
May they live long enough
To feel every single pain

They don't care about the widows
They don't give no reasons why
They just keep on making medals
You can buy

From the death 'n' glory boys

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Cool

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Cool

You might be a celebrity, everybody sits up and begs
You might be the sexiest thing since God invented legs
You might be a dictator, a dealer or a saint
Cool is here to tell you when you're cool and when you ain't
If you lose your cool, if you lose your cool, if your cool don't work
If your cool gone fishin' you ain't nothing but a cool jerk
Now you might be a Nazi, lookin' for a friend
You might be a beginning, looking for an end
Some folks go for the ice and snow, some like it Florida hot
Cool is here to tell you what is cool and what is not
If you lose your cool, if you lose your cool, if your cool don't work
If your cool gone fishin' you ain't nothing but a cool jerk
Or you can write a book about the money you took
You can pose on the cover nude
You can only flip on an ego trip, time'll do the cover on you
But don't you ever cross me, dude
'cause that ain't cool, that's an attitude
I'm so cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool
I'm so cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool
I'm so cool, I'm so cool, cool
I'm so cool, cool, I'm so cool, cool
I ain't nobody [Incomprehensible]
You might be a macho man, 50 million sit-ups a day
Or you might be an expert with something important to say
You might be an evangelist, livin' on the wages of sin
Cool is here to tell you what is out and what is in
If you lose your cool, if you lose your cool, if your cool don't work
If your cool gone fishin' you ain't nothing but a cool jerk
Well, if you lose your cool, if you lose your cool
You ain't nothing but a cool jerk
If you lose your cool, if you lose your cool
You ain't nothing but a cool jerk
If you lose your cool, if you lose your cool
You ain't nothing but a cool jerk
If you lose your cool, if you lose your cool
You ain't nothing but a
I'm cool, I'm cool, I'm cool, I'm cool
I'm cool, I'm cool, cool, cool

Lyrics Ian Hunter - You Nearly Did Me In

Lyrics Ian Hunter - You Nearly Did Me In

See lonely shadows - silver needles
Abandoned in the evening war
Lost children of the night - come catch the candle bright
I hear a hollow sound - falling to the ground - she's lost before she's found

Sad broken angels takin' rainbows
Out on the street for all to see
If we are the chosen few - what ever happened to
All those things we knew, if this is being free -
I'd rather search for me

You nearly did, you nearly did, you nearly did
You nearly did me in, you nearly did me in
And I need some place to hide - my weary anger down

Out on some misty distant highway
Feel like I though a million miles
Is my search nearly done - I think I see someone
I get the urge to run on blindly through the rain,
and I fool myself again

You nearly did, you nearly did, you nearly did
You nearly did me in, you nearly did me in
And I need some place to hide - my weary anger down

What ever happened to dignity
What ever happened to integrity
What ever happened to honesty
Well I'll tell you something baby - I feel the pain just like the sea

You nearly did, you nearly did, you nearly did
You nearly did me in, you nearly did me in
And I need some place to hide - my weary anger down

Lyrics Ian Hunter - God

Lyrics Ian Hunter - God

(ian hunter)

God said to me "gonna kick your ass - 'cos all you do is ask ask ask
All that energy looking for me when I'm sitting here inside you - plain to see
How I built you cell for cell gave you sights to see - gave you tales to tell
Even let you help yourself for a while - to take some weight off this busy
child"

I said to God "i found you out - I know what this world is all about!"
God said "stop - don't scramble your brain - my opponent's been messing you
around again
See him and me are enemies and we play little games for galaxies
And he's inside you - 'n I am too - so here we are - just the three of you"

"oh we made mistakes - too many cards - but making human beings can be hard
A God gets tired of playing so much chess - he wishes his God would get him
out of his mess"
I said to God "what's it like to die" he said "it's as plain as the sea and
sky
Conception was him and me and you - when your batteries fade we all just move
on"

I said to God "who's winning this game - is the devil in front" he said "is
that his name
You know I've been so busy I never asked - I never looked up from this awesome
task"
I said to God "what's good 'n bad" he said "it's just something you've got to
have
It don't mean nothing to us up here - but your primitive people - you gotta
have fear"

I said to God "do I think for myself" he said I told you once you just help
yourself
Don't forget you're composed of three, your thinking comes from him and me"
I said to God "how big are you, is there a religion - is it true
How big's the universe - is time - the same for you as my life is to mine"


God said "if all the things that made worlds float - were all to part - then
you would note
The size of him and the size of me - and that's how big we both shall be"

He said "the universe is small - just like some fortune-teller's ball
And we both sit down - and we play the game - when somebody wins it all starts
again"

"there's no religion - you did that - it helps to keep your little leaders fat
Like faith 'n superstition stay - to help you pass the time away
But when you talk of time and life - it makes me think of circles, heights
Expansion is the clue - your dreams - are nearer than you've ever been"

"you see my little toy to think - is from two bowls of wine to drink
Don't take too much or you may drown - behave yourself - see you around..."

Lyrics Ian Hunter - American Music

Lyrics Ian Hunter - American Music

I have a dream its only one dream
But I know dreams can come true
And I have a wish its only one wish
But I know wishes can too

I want to be-faraway from here
With those honky tonk heroes burnin' my ears oh

Love American music I play it all night long
Just me n' records n' a vivid imagination
I love to dance in the mirror I practice every single word
And it seems to me American music is all I've ever heard
Oh oh oh-oh oh oh its lonely on the underground
I sit and watch my world go round n' round n' round n' round n' round
I sit and watch the world go round

I hear the sons of Memphis I hear the brothers or Harlem
I hear the Nashville Cats n' the rag time mamas outta New Orleans
I hear the Windy City I hear a gospel singers hymn and it seems to me
American music is all there's ever been

C'mon baby oh oh oh oh-oo-oo
I love the names of the cities I hear the echo echoing
And it seems to me American music is all there's ever been

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Lounge Lizard

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Lounge Lizard

Well I picked her up on a Saturday night
Pool hall poison but she felt alright
Oh dear what a sight when I saw her in the light of day
She was a speakeasy sleazer of the highest degree
Oh you should hear the stories she was laying on me
We really got it on as she held my point of view

[Chorus:]
Oh! She's a lounge lizard
Coming on strong
Who you fooling
It's me you're with
Lounge lizard
Come on come on
You got to be joking
Give give give yeah

Well I don't care if your sister's a john
I don't mind where your momma come for
Just give it to me
Just pull it through me
Alright

Golly is a dolly got makeup on
I don't mind just keep your raincoat on
No hesitation, no reputations to scale us

[Chorus]

Hey hey hey hey hey hey

[Chorus x 2]

I said give give give
Give give give [Repeat x 4]

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Other Man

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Other Man

I forgive you when you can't look straight into my eye
I forgive you when you never want to hold my hand
I forgive you 'cause you're all I've got and I love you
But I'll never forgive the other man

I forgive you even though I know the secret you keep
I forgive you even though you don't give a damn
I forgive you 'cause deep inside you're part of me
But I'll never forgive the other man

Somewhere in the night he's calling
And somewhere in your heart you're falling

I'll forgive you when you stay out late and you never phone
I'll forgive you even though I'll never understand
I'll forgive you 'cause you're all I've got and I love you
But I'll never forgive the other man

Somewhere in the night he's calling
And somewhere in your heart you're falling

I'll forgive you when you stay out late and you never phone
I'll forgive you even though I'll never understand
I'll forgive you 'cause you're all I've got and I love you
But I'll never forgive the other man
No, I'll never forgive as long as I live
No, I'll never forgive the other man
I said I'll never never never forgive
No, I'll never forgive the other man

Lyrics Ian Hunter - You Stepped Into My Dreams

Lyrics Ian Hunter - You Stepped Into My Dreams

(Ian Hunter)
(Transcribed by Colin Ford)
That's it baby, take one last look
We gotta go catch a plane
Then you won't die, and I won't die
But we won't ever be the same
Oh I can feel a mood coming down on me
Such a good thing disappears
I can sense the loss creeping up on us
And it's deeper than any tears I've known
You stepped into my dreams
You opened up the door
You stepped into my dreams
I want you back for more
You stepped into my dreams tonight
In the shadows of the night you're sorry
In the morning we was gone
Won't you blow a kiss to me baby
We both gotta be moving on
Sometimes you see a lover and she's made for love
But you let that lover slip by
You believe and yet she's so hard to get
And you never know the reasons why
She stepped into your dreams
She opened up your door
She stepped into your dreams
You want her so much more
She stepped into your dreams tonight yeah
Oh when you're doing what you're doing
What do you think of me babe
There ain't much else to say
In another time, in another place
Things might have turned out okay
I can feel a darkness I can never conceal
Sometimes I get just a little insane
I can feel emotions like the mighty oceans
They're driving me again, and I know
You stepped into my dreams
You opened up the door
You stepped into my dreams
I want you back for more
You stepped into my dreams
And I don't know what to do
I'm so scared of losing you.

Lyrics Ian Hunter - I Am What I Hated When I Was Young

Lyrics Ian Hunter - I Am What I Hated When I Was Young

Well I don't follow any trend
I don't sulk for hours on end
I don't wanna reach out 'n' punch someone
I am what I hated when I was young
I don't wear designer clothes
I ain't got pins in my nose
I ain't got a tattoo on my bum
I am what I hated when I was young

Poverty was a wonderful thing everyone enjoyed
We were eatin' grass not smokin' it
Wasn't like this when I was a boy
Wasn't like this when I was a boy

I don't rob old people's homes
I don't steal no cellular phones
I kinda like my Dad and Mom
I am what I hated when I was young
I don't holler, I don't hoot
I don't act like a nincompoop
I don't hide when the police come
I am what I hated when I was young

I'm slowin' down, I'm getting old
N' my back is getting bad
I just sit 'n' moan all day
Wasn't like this when I was a lad
Wasn't like this when I was a lad

Comb my hair, brush my teeth
Wash my feet more than once a week
N' I never leave my flies undone
I am what I hated when I was young
I'm the original mixed up kid
I ain't proud of what I did
Now I'm older, calmed down some
I hate what I used to be when I was young
I hate what I used to be when I was young
I hate what I used to be when I was young

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Wild 'n Free

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Wild 'n Free

Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Oh! I'd never known what it was like to free
I always thought it was never true
I got a feeling I was lost in space
Did not like my face
Just wanted to be
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Like a hurricane
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Oh insanity's so insane
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
I ain't got no got no got no name
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Don't want no ball and chain

Damn people telling me that I was thinking bad
Had me believing they was right
All they wanted was another slob
In some stinking job
That just ain't me I just want to be
W w w wild 'n free wild 'n free
Like a hurricane
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Oh insanity's so in so insane
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
I ain't got no name
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
I don't I don't want to know a ball and chain

Just then I found out I was too broke to get out
So I took to the road no one was having me
I said don't want no handouts
Cause I'm making out
You ain't like me I just want to be
Uh uh uh wild 'n free

I tried to tell you babe but you never understood
I always tried to make you see
But you believed just what your old man said
He had you chained to his head
And its on tv tv tv tv
Want to be want to be want to be
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Like a hurricane
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Oh insanity's so insane
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
I ain't got no got no got no name
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Don't want no ball and chain
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Just like a ball a ball a ball of fire
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Like it high its getting higher
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Like some bolt from out the sky
Wild 'n free wild 'n free
Like some bullet
Say goodbye

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Ballad Of Little Star

Lyrics Ian Hunter - The Ballad Of Little Star

You don't look a day over ten so why be
Do you have to pretend to be older than you are
Beads and mirrors by your body
And in some roadside bar you feel the pain
Little star

Lost on a merry go round, on the game
You can never be found cause you don't know who you are
The reservation killed your nation
And in some tourists car you feel the pain
Little star

You know you know
We grow and grow
We never slow
We always win
And you feel lost
And you feel crossed
And you feel tossed
Just like the wind
Your father will have told you of the wind

Bowed those fine heads that, once proud, roamed the plains
They sought nothing to gain 'til our fathers civilised
And broken hearted arrows roamed the skies
Then you were born to feel the pain
Little star

You know you know
We grow and grow
We never slow
We always win
And you feel lost
And you feel crossed
And you feel tossed
Just like the wind
You know you know
We grow and grow
We never slow
We always win
And you feel lost
And you feel crossed
And you feel tossed
Just like the wind
Your father will have told you of the wind

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Soap And Water

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Soap And Water

(Ian Hunter)

I can't believe what you did, you know - you just can't let it go
I'm sick 'n' tired of listening to your innuendo
I can't believe what you did, you know - you sawed me in half
When I was at the end of my endurance
All you did was bite the hand that fed you from the start

Oh - oh - oh - oh - a little soap 'n' water, na na na na na na - would not
come amiss
Oh - oh - a little soap 'n' water - a little soap 'n' water, a little soap 'n'
water

I can't believe what you did, why - why you stoop so low
Why am I the target for your slings and arrows
I can't believe what you did, when - you showed me no class
Every mirror tells a different story
Who gave you the right to be the keeper of my past

Oh - oh - oh - oh - a little soap 'n' water, na na na na na na - would not
come amiss
Oh - oh - a little soap 'n' water - a little soap 'n' water, we're gonna have
to wash your mouth out if you persist

You know, I was never loyal to you - you were never loyal to me
We were both loyal to the cause
That cause died - there was nothing left inside
It ain't my fault, let it - it ain't your fault - let it ride

I can't believe what you did, you know - you know how to hurt
All you do is drag old memories through the dirt
I can't believe what you did - you show no mercy
Yesterday don't last until tomorrow
My oh my, what a pitiful cry - you're your own worst enemy

Oh - oh - oh - oh - a little soap 'n' water, na na na na na na - would not
come amiss
Oh - oh - a little soap 'n' water - a little soap 'n' water, we're gonna have
to wash your mouth out if you persist

I got just what you need, I got just what you need
I got just what you need, I got just what you need
I got just what you need, I got just what you need
I got just what you need

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Life After Death

Lyrics Ian Hunter - Life After Death

Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death?
Do you believe? Oh yeah!
Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death?
Do you believe? Oh yeah!

Do you stop take another roller coaster ride
Do I beg, steal, cheat or lie? Oh my is there life after death?
Oh I wish I'd never smoked so much
I wish I'd never felt the Devil's touch
All that passes through my eyes so fast. Oh my.
Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death?
Do you believe? Oh yeah!
Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death?
Do you believe? Oh yeah!

It's such a sad sad song
Mother Nature ain't never wrong
She always tells you when you're getting on
Oh my, is there life after death?

I can hardly wait to see my face
Will I still have one in a different place
Oh you'll forgive me if I hesitate, but oh my
Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death? Do you believe? Oh yeah!
Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death? Do you believe? Oh yeah!

Is it any wonder, I feel just a little bit under
I hear choirs filled with Fenders say return to sender
Jumping information, I've got hyperventilation
Will it help me if I walk the streets
I gotta get down search around feel the ground by my feet

Oh no I never knew just how long this could go
If only I could go down slow
I'm gonna shake it, shake it, shake it, is there life after death
I can't remember when I felt so sick and rough
And now they're gonna legalize the stuff
It sure tells you when you've had enough, off the cuff

Is there life, is there life? Is there life after death? Do you believe? Oh
yeah!

Is there life, is there life? Is there life after death? Do you believe,
I've run out of breath.