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| Album: Toys in the Attic (April, 1975) Tracks: 1. Toys in the Attic 2. Uncle Salty 3. Adam's Apple 4. Walk This Way 5. Big Ten Inch Record 6. Sweet Emotion 7. No More No More 8. Round and Round 9. You See Me Crying |
| Toys in the Attic (Perry/Tyler, 3:05) In the attic lies Voices scream Nothing's seen Real's the dream Leaving the things that are real behind Leaving the things that you love from mind All of the things you learned from fears Nothing is left for the years Voices scream Nothing's seen Real's the dream Chorus: Toys, toys, toys in the attic Toys, toys, toys in the attic Toys, toys, toys in the attic Toys, toys, toys in the attic In the attic lies Voices scream Nothing's seen Real's the dream Leaving the things that are real behind Leaving the things that you love from mind All of the things you learned from fears Nothing is left for the years Voices scream Nothing's seen Real's the dream Repeat chorus Uncle Salty (Hamilton/Tyler, 4:10) Uncle salty told me Stories of the lonely Baby, we can only come alive to me Her man he was lusted Daddy he was busted They left her to be trusted To the orphanage But when she cried at night No one cared And when she cried at night Went insane Uncle salty told me When she was just a baby That she could buy a maybe Someday she'd see Soon she found that money Is love for all the others The pushers and the shovers Was the life to me But when she cried at night No one cared And when she cried at night Went insane Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, oh yeah Oh, oh yeah Now she's doin' many For money and the penny Sell her for a penny or two or three Hers is the cunnin' For men come a runnin' They all come for fun and it seems to me That when she cried at night No one cared And when she cried at night Went insane Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Oh, it's a sunny day outside my window Adam's Apple (Tyler, 4:34) Back when Cain was able Way before the stable Lightning shot right out from the sky A mothership with fifth said Let's give it a try Conscience was related Man, he was created Lady luck took him by surprise Her sweet and bitter fruit It surely opened his eyes Well, she ate it Lordy, it was love at first bite Well, she ate it Never knowin' wrong for right, right, right, right Even Eve in Eden Voices tried deceivin' With lies to show the lady the way At first she stopped and turned And tried to walk away Man, he was a believer Lady was a deceiver So the story goes, but you see The snake was he and she just climbed right up his tree So, she ate it Lordy, it was love at first bite She ate it Never knowin' wrong for right, right, right Science was related Man, he was created When lady luck took him by surprise Her sweet and bitter fruits Surely opened his eyes Evil came like rain And who knows who's to blame And something tried to lay her to waste And all she want to need was just a little taste So, she ate it Lordy, it was love at first bite Yeah, she ate it Never knowin' wrong for right, right, right, right Well, she ate it Lordy, it was love at first bite Yeah, she ate it Never knowing wrong from right, right Well that's right Walk This Way (Perry/Tyler, 3:40) Backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers Gonna talk to you my daddy say He said, You ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin Then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder All the times I could reminisce Cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin Only started with a little kiss, a-like this Seesaw swinger with the boys in the school And your feet flyin' up in the air Singin' Hey diddle diddle with your kitty in the middle Of the swing like you didn't care So I took a big chance at the high school dance With a missy who was ready to play Was a-me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin' Then I know'd love was here to stay When she told me to walk this way, walk this way Walk this way, walk this way Walk this way, walk this way Walk this way, walk this way Uh, just gimme a kiss Like this! School girl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy Little skirt's climbin' way up her knee There was three young ladies in the school gym locker When I noticed they was lookin' at me I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady Till the boys told me somethin' I missed Then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor So I gave her just a little kiss, a-like this Seesaw swinger with the boys in the school And your feet flyin' up in the air Singin' Hey diddle diddle with your kitty in the middle Of the swing like you didn't care So I took a big chance at the high school dance With a missy who was ready to play Was a-me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin' When she told me how to walk this way She told me to walk this way, talk this way Walk this way, walk this way Walk this way, walk this way Walk this way, talk this way Uh, just gimme a kiss Like this! Big Ten Inch Record (Weismantel, 2:16) Got me the strangest woman Believe it, this chick's no cinch When I wanna get her goin' Then I whip out my big ten inch Record of the band that plays the blues Well the band that plays the blues She just loved my big ten inch Record of her favorite blues Last night I tried to tease her I gave my love a little pinch But she said now stop that jivin' And whip out your big ten inch Record of the band that plays the blues Well the band that plays the blues She just loved my big ten inch Record of her favorite blues I'll cover her with kisses And when we're in a lover's clinch She gets all excited When she puts on my big ten inch Record of the band that plays the blues Well the band that plays the blues She just loved my big ten inch Record of her favorite blues My gal don't got smokin' And liquor just makes her flinch Seems she don't go for nothin' 'Cept for my big ten inch Record of the band that plays the blues Band that plays the blues She just loved my big ten inch Record of her favorite blues Sweet Emotion (Hamilton/Tyler, 4:34) Sweet emotion Sweet emotion You talk about things and nobody cares You're wearing other things that nobody wears You're calling my name but you gotta make clear I can't say baby where I'll be in a year Some sweet talkin' mama with a face like a gent Said my get up and go must a got up and went Well I got good news, she's a real good liar Cuase the backstage boogie set your pants on fire Sweet emotion Sweet emotion I pulled into town in a police car Your daddy said I took it just a little too far You're telling me things but your girlfriend lied You can't catch me 'cause the rabbit done died Yes it is You stand in the front just a shakin' your ass I'll take you backstage, you can drink from my glass I talk about something you can sure understand Cause a month on the road an' I'll be eating from your hand No More No More (Perry/Tyler, 4:34) Blood stains the ivories Of my daddy's baby grand I ain't seen no daylight Since we started this band No more, no more No more, no more Store-bought clothes Fallin' apart at the seams Tea leaf readin' gypsies Fortune tellin' my dreams No more, no more No more, no more Holiday Inns, lock the door with a chain You love it then you hate it But to me they're all the same No more, no more No more, no more Baby I'm a dreamer Found my horse and carriage Stalemate jailbait Ladies can't refuse You love 'em then you leave 'em With your sold out reviews No more, no more No more, no more Sweet talkin' barroom ladies disease Slippin' with her lips Slidin' down your knees No more, no more No more, no more Me and my life a screamer Bound to a wife and a marriage Baby, I'm a dreamer Found my horse and carriage Ladies hold the aces And their lovers call it passion The men call it pleasure But to me it's old fashioned Times they are a-changin' Nothin' ever stands still If I don't stop a-changin' I'll be writin' out my will ?It's the same old story Never get a second chance For a dance at the top of the hill Baby I'm a dreamer Found my horse and carriage Round and Round (Tyler/Whitford, 5:03) If you believe in me Like I believe in you You wouldn't be tellin' me things That weren't exactly true Now everything changes Ain't got nothing to say I'm having the strangest feeling, baby I can't remember my name Cause the life that I've been livin' And the love that I've been givin' Will be sure to send you spinnin' With your feet never touching the ground Goin' round 'n' round When it was one for all And it was all for one And everything we did Never bothered anyone Now everything changes Ain't nothing the same I'm having the strangest feeling, baby I can't remember my own name Cause the life that I've been livin' And the love I've been givin' Will be sure to send you spinnin' With your feet never touching the ground Goin' round 'n' round Can you remember the days When you were sweet sixteen And always followed the ways Of someone else's dream Now everything changes Ain't nothing the same I'm having the strangest feeling baby I can't remember my name Cause the life I've been livin' And the love I've been givin' Will be sure to send you spinnin' With your feet never touching the ground Goin' round 'n' round Goin' round 'n' round 'n' round 'n' round... You See Me Crying (Solomon/Tyler, 5:12) You see me crying Don't let it get you down You see me crying I'm back to the lost and found Honey, what you done to your head Honey, what's the words that I said Honey, what you done to your head Honey, what's the words that I said You see me crying Say you a ladies man You see me crying I'm so hard to understand Honey, what you done to your head Honey, what's the words that I said Honey, what you done to your head Honey, what's the words that I said You see me crying Please say you stick around And I got to be your lover, honey Lovin' time after time And I show everything around And I never even let you down Cause my love is like a madder round Honey, what you done to your head Honey, what's the words that I said Honey, what you done to your head Honey, what's the words that I said Return to Top |
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