Lyrics From Night In The Ruts

No Surprize

   (Tyler, Perry)

   1971
   We all heard the starters gun
   New York was such a pity but at Max's Kansas City we won

   We all shot shit at the bar
   With Johnny O'Toole and his scar
   And then old Clive Davis said he's surely gonna make us a star
   I'm gonna make you a star
   Just the way you are

   But with all his style
   I could see in his eyes
   That we is goin' on trial
   It was no surprize

   The boys kept kickin' ass
   As usual time will tell
   But some bitch in the choir threw water on the fire of Hell
   She loved to show and tell
   Lord she loved to tell

   But with all our style
   You could see in our eyes
   That we is still on trial
   It was no surprize, no surprize, no surprize, no surprize

   Midnight lady
   Situation fetal
   Vaccinate your ass with your phonograph needle

   I say lookie here 
   Friend of mine
   Scratch like you need calomine
   Flamingo boots
   Soles a creakin'
   Still in love and Puerto Rican too

   Ridin' on the wheels of Hell
   Smokin' up our axle grease
   Oh the backstage is rockin' and we're coppin' from the local police
   That's right the local police
   Or the justice of peace

   But with all our style
   You could see in our eyes
   That we is still on trial
   Baby it's no surprize, no surprize, no surprize, no surprize

   Rock and roll
   Junkie whore
   Got my foot inside the door
   Knock knock, knock knock, knock
   Nobody's keepin' score

   Bad times go away
   Come again some other day
   Topaz and sassafraz
   Will keep the blues away

   Candy store rock and roll
   Corporation jelly roll
   Play the singles it ain't me
   It's programmed insanity
   You ASCAP if BMI
   Could ever make a mountain fly
   If Japanese can boil teas
   Then where the fuck's my royalties

Chiquita

   (Tyler, Perry)

   Ooh, on the beach at Cartegena
   She, salty baby with the name-a
   Oh, chiquita
   Oh, love chiquita

   She, takes to walkin' in the sunshine
   She, she'll be lovin' till the moon shine
   Love chiquita
   Oh, love chiquita

   She, got the poppy-eyed desire
   Tease, till the boys put out the fire
   Love chiquita
   Oh, love chiquita

   Oh no no
   Now don't you wake me up i'm dreaming
   No no no
   If you shake me I'll be screaming
   Love chiquita
   Oh, love chiquita

Remember (Walking In The Sand)

   (Morton)

   Seems like the other day
   My baby went away
   She went away 'cross the sea
   It's been two years or so
   Since I saw my baby go
   And then this letter came for me
   It said that we was through
   She found somebody new
   Oh, lemme think, lemme think, what shall I do
   Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no

   Chorus:
      Remember
      Walking in the sand
      Remember
      Walking hand in hand
      Remember
      The night was so exciting
      Remember
      Her smile was so inviting
      Remember
      Then she touched my cheek
      Remember
      With her fingertips
      Remember
      Softly, softly we met with a kiss

   Whatever happened to
   That girl that I once knew
   The girl that said she'd be true
   Oh, whatever happened to
   That night I gave it to you
   What will I do with it now

   Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no

   Chorus

   Whatever happened to
   That girl that I once knew
   The girl that said she'd be true
   Whatever happened to
   That night I gave it to you
   What will you do with it now

Cheese Cake

   (Tyler, Perry)

   I met a babe in a backseat drive-in
   Back in the saddle she'd sit
   Pulled on the reins just to keep me risin'
   She loved to chomp at the bit

   Chorus:
      Daddy do it, ooh, just do it
      Daddy do it, please let me see
      Do it, please just do it daddy
      Do it, do it, drivin' me crazy

   She always walks with her eyes down on her bootlace
   She lives to give it away
   She don't believe in the right time or the wrong place
   She's always liable to say

   Chorus

   Cheese cake
   Looser than her sister
   Cheese cake
   Mmm, her sugar gets me high
   She knows I can't resist her
   Cheese cake
   Got my fingers in her pie
   Cheese cake

   Cheese cake
   Sneakin' out the back door
   Cheese cake
   Strollin' down the lawn
   Everybody's kissed her
   Cheese cake
   At the crack of dawn
   Cheese cake

   Daddy do it, ooh, just do it
   Daddy do it, please let me see
   Daddy do it, please just do it daddy
   Do it, do it, do it, drivin' me crazy

   Cheese cake
   Looser than her sister
   Cheese cake
   Mmm, her sugar gets me high
   She knows I can't resist her
   Cheese cake
   Got my fingers in her pie
   Cheese cake

   Cheese cake
   Cheese cake
   Cheese cake
   Cheese cake
   Cheese cake
   Cheese cake
   Cheese cake
   Cheese cake

Three Mile Smile

   (Tyler, Perry) 

   Take a walk in the warm New England sun
   Ain't no time to look for clues
   You get the point from Uncle Sam's loaded gun
   Who be the hand that light the fuse

   Take a look, take a look at my old billy goat
   He used to raise all kinds of Hell
   He took a dose of radiation dope
   Back in the barn is where he fell, like Hell

   Lucy, chromosome
   Lucy, superdome

   What makes you think you patronizin' my old friends
   After you ride in my cop car
   What you do with your oil Mexican
   OPEC boys you went too far, too far

   Lucy, chromosome
   Lucy, superdome
   Lucy, papadum
   Lucy, sing the song

   Ah, dig it up
   Ah, live it up
   Ah, dig it up
   Ah, live it up
   Look out

Reefer Head Woman

   (Melrose, Bennett, Gillum)

   I got a reefer headed woman
   She fell right down from the sky
   I got a reefer headed woman
   She fell right down from the sky
   Well, I gots to drink me two fifths of whiskey
   Just to get half as high

   When the good Lord made that woman
   He sure went to town
   Ooh, when the good Lord made that woman
   He sure went to town
   Well, when he was feelin' high
   Ooh, he sure shoulda been feelin' low

   Oh, Mr. Perry

   I got a reefer headed woman
   Lord, she fell right down from the sky
   I got a reefer headed woman
   She fell right down from the sky
   Lord, I got to drink me two fifths of whiskey
   Just to get, just to get half as high

Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)

   (Tyler/Perry)

   Flatbush boy cruisin' sheepshead bay
   His boardwalk mama just a sniff away
   Underground DMT ridin' thunder train
   The coney island whitefish boy is on the run again
   Ooh, runnin' with the pack
   Ooh, never lookin' back
   Ooh, knows just where he's been
   That coney island whitefish boy's been there and back again

   Sixteen years with his boardwalk queen
   N' at steeplechase she used to wet his dreams
   She combs her hair, that flaming jewel, streaked with clorox bleach
   Coney gettin' down and dirty, snortin' up the beach
   She'd be screamin'
   Coney
   She'd be dreamin'
   Coney
   Go get 'em coney

   Coney
   Bone to bone screamin'
   Coney
   She'd be screamin'
   Coney

   Get back in town
   Get back in town
   Get back, get down
   Get back in town

   Coney
   She'd be screamin'
   Coney
   Best believin'
   Coney

   She, she bone to bone to bone to bone

Think About It

   (Relf, McCarty, Page) 

   When will the clouds all blow it away
   When will the good people have their say
   Now, I hope you're still around to see the day

   Chorus:
      Take a while, think about it
      Take a while, think about it
      Take a while, think about it

   Who can tell what is up or down
   Who can believe a king or be the clown
   Then climb your tree, take a look around

   Chorus

   Take nobody out, if in the tame
   That which is now, will be again
   Who can decide, who is insane

   Chorus

Mia

   (Tyler)

   Hush-a-bye my baby soft and new
   Ooh, her loveliness, gypsy dance in the rain
   Hush-a-bye my baby what you do
   Ooh, the baby cried, the wind she's callin' your name

   Chorus:
      Mia
      Ooh
      Mia
      Ooh
      Mia
      Ooh
      Mia
      Ooh

   Where you came from you ain't alone
   Live and loved from the old jaw bone
   Ah don't you cry, you're home sweet home

   Rock-a-bye sweet lady gypsy blue
   Ooh, the nightingale singin her song in the rain
   Hush-a-bye sweet lady soft and new
   Ooh, don't you cry, the wind she's a screamin' your name

   Chorus

   Come too soon that sunny day
   You give your heart away
   No divorcee, or repouise

   Chorus
   Mia
   Ooh
   Mia
   Ooh
   Mia
   Mia