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The Gods

Siogo (1983)
Vertical Smiles (1984)
KBFH presents Blackfoot Live 1983 (1998)

Blackfoot
"Vertical Smiles"

Genesis

Players:

Rick Medlocke - lead vocals, guitars, guitar synth
Jackson Spires - drums, backing vocals
Ken Hensley - keyboards, vocals, slide guitar
Greg T. Walker - bass guitar

Sherri Jarrell - extra backing vocals

Songs:

• Morning Dew (Dobson/Rose) 5.24
• Living In The Limelight (Cetera) 3.59
• Ride With You (Medlocke/Spires/Barth/Osborne) 3.30
• Get It On (Medlocke/Spires/Hensley) 4.26
• Young Girl (Medlocke/Spires/Walker) 4.22
• Summer Days (Medlocke/Spires) 3.18
• A Legend Never Dies (Johnson/Gendel/Maher) 3.01
• Heartbeat And Heels (Medlocke/Spires) 3.15
• In For The Kill (Hensley/Medlocke/Spires) 3.52

Lyrics:

MORNING DEW

Walk me out in the morning dew
Walk me out in the morning dew today
Can't walk you out in the morning dew
My baby
I can't walk you out
In the morning dew today

I thought I heard a young girl cry
Like a baby
I thought I heard a young girl cry today
You didn't hear no young girl cry
My baby
You didn't hear no young girl cry today

Thought I saw a flash in the sky
This morning
Thought I saw a flash in the sky
Oh today
The earth it trembles and
The sky is no longer blue
Now there is no more morning dew

Now there is no more morning dew
Now there is no more morning dew
Now there is no more morning dew
What they've been sayin'
All these years has come true
Now there is no more morning dew

LIVIN' IN THE LIMELIGHT

Everybody wanna be a star
Livin' in the limelight
A big house and a fancy car
Livin' in the limelight
Everybody's gonna know your name
Should it be to reach ya
Ask you for your autograph
See your latest feature

In the middle of a midnight dream
Livin' in the limelight
See yourself on the silver screen
Livin' in the limelight
Claim you'll keep them
Down on the farm
Never make them happy
Claim you'll keep them close to home
Everybody's leavin', headin' for Hollywood

Everybody has a fantasy
Livin' in the limelight
A personality
Livin' in the limelight
Hypnotized in the roar of the crowd
Never had a stage fright
First one back for the curtain call
Fall in love with a spotlight

On the cover of a magazine
Livin' in the limelight
In your limousine
Livin' in the limelight
How you gonna keep them
Down on the farm
Never make 'em happy
How you gonna keep 'em
Close to home
When everybody's leavin'
Headin' for Hollywood

Headin' for Hollywood
Lookin' for something good
Headin' for Hollywood

RIDE WITH YOU

I'm dyin' to get out of this town
I'm never comin' back
Gonna take you just as far as we can go
No use in pretendin'
We done all we can do
Gonna live our dreams
Just like a picture show

I wanna ride, ride, ride with you
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you
I wanna keep on ridin'
Till my dreams come true
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you

Well the road is never ending
Like a line that's ever bendin'
And the white lines on the road
Can hypnotize
I've been here forever
And I know I'm going nowhere
I wonder why it took so long to realize

I wanna ride, ride, ride with you
I wanna ride, ride, ride with you

Gonna live like no tomorrow
Beg steal or borrow
We'll take everything we've never had

Oh oh ride, ride, ride with you

GET IT ON

When they left me out
Said they'd give me back my brain
Said you'll be alright
But you'll never be quite the same
The human mind is sophisticated
I think the treatment was
Completely over-rated
I'm mad but I'd do it all again

You're runnin' round
You don't know what to do
Better leave your monkey
Sittin' at the zoo
Your dad don't like it
But your mama do
I've got something that is good for you

Why don't we get it on
Get it on and rock, get it on
Get it on tonight and rock

Man machine, take they keys
And start it up
Get it on, sit on it
I'm looking for a loving cup
Six foot three or five foot two
Been so long, anything will do, I'm hot
Let's don't waste a single drop

I don't know if I can take it
It's just a case of eccentricity
Doesn't look that serious to me
All these doctors and pretty nurses
It's such a shame
His mama used to be so proud
Then turned his stereo up far too loud

There's a red light in my mirror
I know it's almost over
Now, little men in white coats
are gonna take me back somewhere
I've enjoyed this little bit of freedom
Don't kill the maniacs
One day you'll need 'em, I'm mad
They're gonna take me back again

YOUNG GIRL

I've seen her in Cosmopolitan
Seen her in Seventeen
Don't you know she turned my head
In all those magazines
I hold her in my dreams at night
As close as I can get
Even though she's unreachable
I just can't give up yet

I know she's gonna be the end of me
But I love you so, love you so
Young girl, young girl

Late at night she drives me mad
When I pull down the shade
Then reality hits me hard
In the light of the day

There's nothing more that I can do
Nothin' left to say
I tried and tried and wished so hard
Still she's so far away

I know she's gonna be the end of me
But I need her so can't let go, no, no
And I know she's got me blind
And I can't see but I love ya so
Love ya so
Young girl, young girl, don't take me
Love's lost and found, girl

You're the one for you're my fantasy
Just got to have you young girl
Oh you know it's right
For you and me tonight
Just got to have you young girl

SUMMER DAYS

Summertime's here, everybody's happy
Another Winter's come and gone
Give me, some baby moons
For my '55 Chevy
Oh these crazy Summer days
Well I stopped by the market, yes I did
Had a peach or two well they taste
So good I forgot where I was goin'
Oh these crazy Summer days
Don't you love these lazy Summer days

Now up in the north they're sailin'
Out in the west they're doin' fine
Yes they are, oh in the south
They're holdin' onto memories
Of all these lazy Summer days

Well I feel so good
Think I'll keep singin'
Of a time that's come and gone, yeah
Don't you just wish this could last
Forever, all these crazy Summer days
Don't you love these lazy Summer days
All these crazy Summer days
Oh I love these lazy Summer days
Don't you need these
Crazy Summer days
All these lazy Summer days

A LEGEND NEVER DIES

You know we could last forever
Togethet till the end of time
An everlasting love
Just like the story goes
We'll make history you and I
A legend never dies

Tonight is the beginning
Our once upon a time
Like the stars we'll always light the sky
Like the heavens you and I
A legend never dies
A legend never dies

Somethings were meant
To live on and on
That's how a legend survives
A legend never dies

Yeah we'll spread pur wings and fly
Forever 'cause a legend knows no time
And just like stars
We'll always light the sky
We'll make history you and I
A legend never dies

Somethings were meant
To live on and on
That's how a legend survives
We'll live on and on
Oh, a legend never dies
We'll live on and on
That's how a legend survives
A legend never dies

HEARTBEAT AND HEELS

Sound of my bootheels
Against the street
I'm on my way back to you
Across the city
Hear the sound of my heartbeat
Oh baby I hope that you do

I'm through with the talkin'
It's time I started walking
To where you are

I don't care how far
I hope you're in your bed tonight
I know it's far, I wish I had a car
Our love is right but money's tight

Heels against the sidewalk
I sure don't need no bad talk
From the street

Heartbeat and heels, all night and day
Heartbeat and heels, baby
Heartbeat and heels
Comin' back today to stay

IN FOR THE KILL

I've been standing on the edge
A little too long
Waiting for the door to be opened
Hanging on the brink biding my time
Wonderin' if the spell would be broken
Seen a million words of wisdom lost
In the wind heard the voices
Of the desperate and the dreamers
And I knew that any moment
They'd be callin' my name
To see if I was ready for the game

So I'm movin' movin' in the for kill
Got a date with a man
Who says he'll watch me fall
Gotta take this chance
I'm movin' in for the kill
This time I'm gonna have it all

The title's in my pocket
The ideas in my head
I'm lookin' for a little inspiration
It isn't just the money
That gets me outta bed
I've got to have a little motivation
I ain't got no brand illusions
I'm better than the rest
There's a fire in my heart
That makes me wanna be the best
My finger's on the trigger
Know what I wanna be
And everything is ready
As far as I can see

Movin' in for the kill
Movin' in for the kill
Ah, I'm movin' in for the kill
Movin' in for the kill
Movin' in for the kill
This time I'm gonna have it all
I'm movin' in