GEMS
1-RATS IN THE CELLAR (Tyler/Perry) goin' under - rats are in the cellar goin' under - skin is turnin' yella nose is runny - losin' my connection losin' money - gettin' no affection New York City blues east side, west side blues throw me in the slam catch me if you can believe that you're wearin', tearin' me apart * safe complainin' - 'cause everything's rotten go insanin' - and ain't a thing forgotten * feelin' cozy - rats are in the cellar cheeks're rosy - skin's turnin' yella *** - lookin' rather lazy see my body - pushin up a-daisies 2-LICK AND A PROMISE (Tyler/Perry) Johnny come lately on a Saturday night singin' how-de-do backstreet boogie in the house of delight where they steal the show the money come sour but the ladies are sweet and it's a love affair whole place rockin', people stompin' their feet when the gang's all there he gets his lovin' every night for free he's out there rockin' like you wouldn't believe I sing na na na na na na na na na na Johnny liked to gamble with his lady Louise she was a blackjack deuces are wild he got to thinkin' 'bout his nose in the breeze Johnny looked and he smiled he started thinkin' bout the fortune and fame and the young girls down at his knees he dug the money but forgot all the names so he knew just how to appease lick and a promise lick and a promise lick and a promise he gave the ladies a lick and a promise loose change clover in his early early years had his poor mama pacin' the floors he grabbed a guitar and a couple of beers now the crowd keeps screamin' for more 3-CHIP AWAY THE STONE (Supa) you act like a prima donna playing so hard to get sittin' so cool and nonchalant draggin' on a cigarette you keep a wall all around ya 'n I'll get through some day 'n I want your love babe, if push comes to shove gonna chip that wall away chip away chip away at the stone I won't stop 'til your love is my very own chip away that's what I'm gonna do sweet little mama I wanna get next to you you stand like a marble statue trying to look so hard all decked out in your antique dress while the boys all promenade even a rock will crumble if you strike it night and day if hammer I must, I'm gonna get through your crust gonna chip that stone away chip it, I'm gonna nip it, all night long 4-NO SURPRIZE (Tyler/Perry) nineteen seventy one we all heard the starters gun New York is such a pity but at Max's Kansas City we won we all shot the 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 and it was no surprize the boys kept kickin' ass as usual time will tell but some bitch in the choir threw waters on the fires 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 baby it's 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 chorus 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 mountian fly if Japanese can boil teas then where the fuck's my royalties? 5-MAMA KIN (Tyler) It ain't easy, livin' like a gypsy. Tell ya, honey, how I feel. I've been dreaming, Floatin' down stream and Losin' touch with all that is real. Whole earth lover, keepin' under cover Never knowin' where ya been. You've been fadin', always out paradin. Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. Well you've always got your tail on the wag. Shootin' fire from your mouth just like a dragon. You act like a perpertual drag. You better check it out, Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon. It ain't easy, livin' like ya wanna, And it's so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is. The way I see it, you've got to say shit. But don't forget to drop me a line. Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen. And workin' for you dad is just a drag. He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams. You better check it out, Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon. Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. Tell her where you've gone and been. Livin' out your fantasy, Sleeping late and smoking tea.(2x) It ain't easy, livin' like ya wanna, And it's so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is. The way I see it, you've got to say shit. But don't forget to drop me a line. Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen. And workin' for you dad is just a drag. He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams. You better check it out, Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon. Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. Tell her where you've gone and been. Livin' out your fantasy, Sleeping late and smoking tea.(2x) 6-ADAM'S APPLE (Tyler) back when Cain was able way before the stable lightning struck right down from the sky a mother ship with fate said let's give it a try conscience was related man he was created lady luck took him by surprise a 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 from right, right, right even Eve in Eden voices tried deceiving with lies that showed the lady the way at first she stopped and turned and tried to walk away man he was believer lady was deceiver so the story goes but you see that snake was he and she just climbed right up his tree so she ate it lordy it was love at first bite well she ate it never knowin wrong from right, right, right conscience was related man he was created lady luck took him by surprise a sweet and bitter fruit it surely opened his eyes evil came like rainin' who knows who's to blamin' something tried to lay her to waste and all she want and need was just a little taste well she ate it lordy it was love at first bite yeah she ate it never knowin wrong from right, right, right oh she ate it lordy it was love at first bite yeah she ate it never knowin wrong from right, right, oh that's right 7-NOBODY'S FAULT (Tyler/Whitford) lord I must be dreamin' what else could this be everybody's screamin' runnin' for the sea holy lands are sinkin' birds take to the sky the prophets are all stinkin' drunk I know the reason why eyes are full of desire mind is so ill at ease everything is on fire shit piled up to the knees out of rhyme or reason everyone's to blame children of the season don't be lame sorry you're so sorry don't be sorry man has known and now he's blown it upside-down and hell's the only sound we did an awful job and now they say it's nobody's fault old St. Andres seven years ago shove it up their richter scale redlines stop and go noblemen of courage listen with their ears spoke but how discouraging when no one really hears one of these days you'll be sorry too many houses on the stilt three million years or just a story four on the floor up to the hilt man has known and now he's blown it upside-down and hell's the only sound we did an awful job and now we're just a little too late eyes are full of desire mind is so ill at ease everything is on fire shit piled up in debris california showtime five o'clock's the news everybody's concubine was prone to take a snooze 8-ROUND AND ROUND (Tyler/Whitford) if you believe in me like I believe in you you wouldn't be tellin' me things that weren't exactly true now everythin' changes ain't nothin' the same I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' baby I can't remember my name cause the life I been livin' and the love I been givin' would be sure to set you spinnin' but you ain't never touchin' ground and I'm round and round well it was one for all and it was all for one and everything that we did never bothered no one can you remember the days when you were sweet sixteen and always caught in the blaze of someone else's dreams I'm goin' round and round ( x 16 ) I'm goin' round and round 9-CRITICAL MASS (Tyler/Hamilton/Douglas) arriving in boats, black hooded coats tormentors climbed into my room i crawled under my bed, covered my head but they're flushin' me out with a broom the leader, she's small, pinned my ass to the wall for my seeds or she'd be losin' her past time after time, she'd be readin' my mind but she never got the feelin' to last celebrate, celebrate, celebraid it this is the critical mass so far so good, I heard the other say so good so far, they're takin' me away I drink to you, your mind, her ass we'll take a drink and break the glass celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it this is the critical mass now the tallest of two, with a brush full of blue paints surrealist scenes on the wall so I tell her for fun, that it's really well done but she just ain't listenin' at all she points to my heart, tellin' me if I'm smart I'll practice and phase out and admit, when the shoe doesn't fit and I went screaming out down the hall need it need your love just then I heard a poundin' on the door we're all here, sang the voice of twenty more I drink to you alas, we'll take a drink and break the glass celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it we are the critical mass time and space, is takin' me away time erase, don't know the time of day 10-LORD OF THE THIGHS (Tyler) Down to who knows who, just to socialize. I'm waiting for my girls, when you call my eyes. You got no way to make a man honey, You got to understand. I'm your man, child. Lord of the Thighs. Well, well, Lordie my God, What do we got here? She's flashin' 'cross the floor, Make it perfectly clear. You're the bait, and you're the hook, Someone 'bound to take a look. I'm your man, child. Lord of the Thighs. You must of come here to find it, You've got the look in your eyes. Although you really don't mind it - I am the Lord of your Thighs! You must of come here to find it baby, You've got the look in your eyes. Although you really don't mind it I am the Lord of your Thighs! 11-JAILBAIT (Tyler, Crespo) take me (3x) as I maybe baby take me take it or leave it on a Saturday night if what you see is what you get then gimme a bite here comes the ladies, they're so insecure leave it to the boys and the fool on the hill hello baby yeah its me, feel no jut no 3rd degree, jailbait play the foolin', play the pawn wake up baby I'm out the door, jailbait I'm believin', someone talkin can't let go, got the hold, oh jailbait what it is that you believe what you got, got up your sleeve, oh jailbait(4x) take it, leave it, roll the dice you're hot as hell, I'm cold as ice, jailbait tell your daddy how you do me put the woodshed, do it to me, jailbait whatchya see in daddy's eyes check the voice, ain't no surprise jailbait(6x) do me, do you, tell me, would you see me, me too, do me, do you I ain't complainin' bitch's brew girls in love I never knew she jailbait steep the chase, cold sweatin stick your feet up grace go back on jailbait(6x) 12-TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' (Bradshaw, Mann, Kay) well, on a train, I met a dame, she rather handsome, we kind looked the same she was pretty, from New York City I'm walkin' down that old fair lane, I'm in heat, I'm in love, but I just couldn't tell her so I said, train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long with a "heave!", and a "ho!" but I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no well, get along, sweet little woman get along on your way, get along, sweet little woman get along on your way, I'm in heat, I'm in love, but I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no well, on a train, I met a dame, she rather handsome, we kind looked the same she was pretty, from New York City I'm walkin' down that old fair lane, I'm in heat, I'm in love, but I just couldn't tell her so I said, train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long with a "heave!", and a "ho!" but I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no well, get along, sweet little woman get along on your way, get along, sweet little woman get along on your way, I'm in heat, I'm in love, but I just couldn't tell her well, we made a stop in Albequerque she must'a thought I was a real cool jerk got off the train, and put her hands up lookin' so good I couldn't let her go but I just couldn't tell her so I said, train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long train kept a-rollin' all night long I'm in heat, I'm in love, but I just couldn't tell herVolver a la página principal