@ALBUM: ROCKINGHORSE By Alannah Myles Released 1992 * transcribed by Frantic Freddy * @SONG: OUR WORLD OUR TIMES Little tramp comin' up the strip with a hundred dollar smile Sparks flyin' off her fingertips, drive the young cop wild Some nights are wound so tight like a storm about to break Better stand in your doorway when everything starts to shake You get restless like a cat waking up at midnight, Hungry, never quite satisfied Chorus: This is our world and these are our times This is our world and these are our times Little brother like a street god with a drop dead attitude Say he's looking like a shadow now, runnin' low on green and food Some lives are wound up tight like a wave about to crash Hard times seem to multiply while the joy runs out so fast You get restless like a kid crawling out of a bad dream Hungry, never quite satisfied chorus repeats 2x (Solo) Make way for the son of a rebel wired to a bottle of flame He's got two black eyes and a purple heart and a bone hangin' on a chain These times are like dynamite, a head-on with history Some fool's bound to burn it all down, don't care about you and me He'll get desperate like a child in the eye of a nightmare Hungry, never quite satisfied chorus repeats 2x... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: MAKE ME HAPPY Nothin' in your pocket, something up your sleeve You look right up my alley, coming down my street The gun goes off at midnight, whistle blows at dawn Give me half the morning and we'll carry on Straight from your hip, make a backbone slip Right in front of my eyes like a sweet surprise - hey hey hey-yeah Chorus: Bet you're gonna find a little foolin' on your mind Soon you're gonna feel a little tuggin' on your line Bet you're gonna be a little nervous boy Run for cover and jump for joy You make me happy without even trying, you make me happy every time, oh yeah Gotta roll with the punch, stagger with the kiss Follow what you feel on a night like this Gotta raise up your flag, holler in the street Someone's throwing roses all around your feet Straight from your lips, you're gonna let it slip It's there in your eyes so don't apologize - hey hey hey-yeah chorus You make me happy without even trying, you make me happy every time, oh yeah (Solo) Hey hey hey-yeah Bet you're gonna find a little foolin' on your mind Soon you're gonna feel a little tuggin' on your line Bet you're gonna be a little nervous boy, oh You make me happy every time, you make me happy without even trying You make me happy every time, oh yeah... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: SONNY SAY YOU WILL Sonny say you will, take me strolling with you out on the boardwalk 'Cause you know you always make me feel Like we are lovers on parade with your sweet talk You look so cool but I know that you care The way you run your fingers through my hair You make me feel like I'm a star on your sleeve The way you hold me it's so wild and sweet And Sonny say we will, go walking down by the ocean 'Cause the night can get so still, and lovers they can get the notion The street is crazy with the summer heat Lost souls collide and try to land on their feet You make me feel like I'm no ordinary girl Why don't we walk out of this every day world And Sonny say we will, spend the night all alone together This is some kinda wonderful, Sonny let it last forever Oh Sonny say you will, Sonny let it last forever and ever and ever Sonny say you will, I know you will I know you will ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: TUMBLEWEED Just a stray little Gypsy boy, trying on the highway for size A cowboy kid cracking 105, crossing the New Mexico line (I believe) I believe we got a live one here, (hey hey) no inhibitions no fear Chorus: Hey you wanna play your hand Or are you just playing for the girls in the grandstand Don't you wanna roll them bones Are you a tumbleweed or a rolling stone Tag along with my little vagabond, as long as you got something to burn We'll slide on over to old Antone's There's a little game I think you should learn (Hey hey) There's a big shot of the owner hanging over the bar (Hey hey) Shaking hands with some rock and roll star chorus Well I'm glad I let you find me boy, I been waitin' for you Won't you be my brand new pride and joy I've been savin' up all my good luck until tonight (Solo) On a roll he was on top of the world Till he laid it all on seven and nine Lost his shirt and his keys to the highway Looks like I'll be driving tonight (Hey hey) Ten to one we'll take the long way home (Hey hey) We've got ignition, so let's go chorus repeats 2x Are you a tumbleweed or a rolling stone Are you a tumbleweed or a rolling stone... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LIVIN' ON A MEMORY The street light crawls into a bare bulb hotel Where dead eyes shine there's a story to tell It's a life of crime on a bed of stone When the devil calls you're better off alone Chorus: And now I'm hiding from the light, running from my destiny Haunted by a flame, lying low, livin' on a memory The bugs still bite and the breezes blow Between your dreams right through your clothes The days roll by like cars on a train And the August sky still looks like rain chorus Haunted by a dream, I can't escape this reverie Trying to break away, lying low, livin' on a memory I'll be walking behind you, I'm a face on the wind I'll be watchin', still payin' for my sins I'm drifting down the river so slow As the lights of town are beginning to glow chorus Haunted by a dream, I can't escape from this reverie Trying to break away, lying low, livin' on a memory... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: SONG INSTEAD OF A KISS Song instead of a kiss, baby this is a song instead of a kiss For all of you who ache, who long for nights like this Song instead of a touch, darlin' this is a song instead of a touch To all of you who wait so long and need so much It is for those who like to cling, it is to those, to those I sing Here is a song instead of a clutch, instead of a moon Instead of a soothing touch in the afternoon It is for those who like to cling, it is to those, to those I sing Here is a song instead of a clutch, instead of a moon Instead of a soothing touch in the afternoon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LOVE IN THE BIG TOWN This is the place where nobody comes from Perfect strangers in this desert town Just out of flame and looking for favours Hungry players when the deals go down You get a hollow heart from shallow breathing And a see-through smile like the ones on T.V. This is the land of thrills and money where you Hit the edge and you drift out to sea It seems so real, looks so good But you'd give it all up and you'd start again if you thought you could And it sounds so sweet, feels so right But it leaves you cold in the middle of the night Step right up, lay your money down If you're looking to buy love in the big town Lift you up, tear you down Leave you begging for more love in the big town Down in the street with the waiters and mystics When you got faith in nothing, you just fantasize You look for a flame but you'd fall for a flicker In those angel faces and those cowboy eyes They seem so real and they look so good And with a bit of persuasion you really believe you know you could Tastes so sweet, feels so right But it leaves you cold in the heart of the night Chorus: Step right up, (lay your) money down If you're looking to find love in the big town Lift you up, tear you down They'll leave you begging for more love in the big town Oh you learn to use all your desperation Till it works its way into your soul Then you find out that you slowly lose control chorus repeats 2x... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: THE LAST TIME I SAW WILLIAM The last time I saw William, he was as good as gone He'd packed up all his poetry and his hurtin' songs Well they say that he died, but the papers lied About our long lost favourite song And the last time I saw William, he was all undone He'd lost his bag of thunder, and his brave disguise He was trying to find some kind of peace of mind with brand new eyes But it all came back in shades of black, like a past that's just begun And the last time I saw William, he was a man on the run He said Chorus: It's better to fly than to hold on to shaky ground It's better to let the feelings die, when they're holding you down I saw a long line of loneliness in the corner of his eye But I never did see William cry Now the years run down the boulevard, and the marquee is long gone There's a troubadour in an empty bar, playin' hurtin' songs All the gold and praise from the glory days cannot save our souls tonight And the last time that I saw William He was walking away, walking away from the light chorus The last time I saw William, he was all undone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LIES AND RUMOURS You're playin' with my thunder, heavens knows I sometimes wonder who you are You're so sweet but on the street, who do you meet when we're apart I see trouble rollin' off you like rain But I look up and I see lightning again Chorus: Between the lies and rumours, there's a world of mystery But I believe in you, do you believe in me I fell in love with danger, now I'm going through all these changes by myself You're too cool to play by the rules, but I can't fool with someone else People saying things I don't wanna hear But something tells me we've got nothing to fear chorus Too many heartaches, too little love, so many reasons for breaking us up We've got something nobody knows, we got it good, you know I can't let it go (Solo) With all the lies and rumours, sometimes you gotta roll the dice But I believe in you, and your cool blue eyes, baby chorus... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: ROCKINGHORSE I wonder what would happen if I fell Would you pick me up and be my wishing well If I shared my secrets would you promise not to tell I wonder what would happen if I fell I wonder what would happen if I smiled Would you be the mystery in my eyes I'll consent to marry you if you never lie And I wonder what would happen if I smiled Looking for a sign in the eyes of love Waiting for an answer from the stars above Would you be my story when there's nothing left to tell I wonder what would happen if I fell Would you be the rockinghorse I ride If I showed no fear and held you like a child Running through the darkness till there's morning in the sky Would you be the rockinghorse I ride Then I ride, ride, you can be my rockinghorse, so giddy-up I said ride ride, ride ride, I said ride ride ------------------------------------------------------------------------------