
Boogie like a baby, dance like a dog,
I'm a Rock 'n' roll bandit when I'm Doin' My Job
Well I've benn workin' from 9 to 5
Just like all of you, I gotta stay alive
Hard times comin' down on me,
Fightin' my way back to the top,
Everyday of the week,
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I'm here to testify, there's another way
I won't be satisfied till the weekend's
Here to stay
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Boogie like a baby, dance like a dog,
I'm a Rock 'n' roll bandit when I'm
Doin' My Job
Well I start drivin' on down the street,
I got a girl on the edge of town,
Made just for me.
Feelin' good is the name of the game,
I may not be no man of the world but
She loves me just the same
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Well I'm still workin', and I'm doin' fine,
Right or wrong gonna sing my song
till the day I die
I'm here to testify, there's another way,
I won't be satisfied till the weekends here to stay,
Sun goes down I can't stand still,
Got a flamin' little love, I can't get my fill,
Boogie like a baby, dance like a dog,
I'm a Rock 'n' roll bandit when I'm Doin' My Job
I went down to the center of town,
Where my feet were turnin' brown,
She stood on the corner, pretty as could be,
I said hey good lookin', why don't you come with me.
She said, yeah, I'm the Stealer, come to steal your love
The sun was shinin', and the weather was bright,
I said tell me baby, what ya doin' tonight,
I'm goin' down to the corner where the music's loud,
I'm tired of the city, baby, won't you come around.
I said yeah, Ah yes,I'm the Stealer, come to steal your love.
I come to steal your love, steal your love,
Steal your love baby, Ah yeah.
Goin' down to the corner, where the music's loud,
Tired of the city baby, won't you come around,
She said,yeah, Ah yes, I'm the Stealer,
Come to steal your love,
Well I come to steal your love,
Steal your love, steal your love, Ah yeah,
Well I've come to steal your love, steal your love baby,
Steal your love
Low down, I've got those rhythum and blues,
I've been sitting here all night,
staring at the TV news,
Shakedown on the city street today,
A gunshot fired at the crack of dawn,
pusherman got away.
Can't stop livin', don't you think we'd ever learn,
It's nothing but a Sleazy World.
Hot child, up on the movie screen,
Tell us what happened to daddy's girl, doing things
I've never seen,
Young boy, in another life, a boozer, a loser,
another abuser, living on the edge of a knife,
Slap those politicians, if you don't your money won't
Can't stop givin', never getting in return,
ready or not, never gonna stop, rockin' in a
Sleazy World.
Can you hear them, listen to the children cry,
What's the price,
a human life, take another piece of the pie.
Well you can slap those politicians,
cause if you don't,
your money won't, Ah no, Oh no,
Let me sing you one more.
Can't stop livin', don't you think we'd ever learn,
It's just nothing but a Sleazy World,
Can't stop givin', never getting in return,
ready or not, I'm never gonna stop.
Rockin' in a Sleazy World,
Lock up your sons and daughters, save'em from
the slaughterhouse, and you'll get along
just well and fine,
If you don't mind livin' in a Sleazy World.
Well I've been up, I've been down,
I've been jilted, jacked around,
Treated bad by my best friend.
So close to tears again, Not Gonna Cry Anymore,
I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore, Oh no, Ah yes,
Tried so hard to make it right,
But you wont take no one's advice,
And you'll be sorry that you made all the hurt,
I'm turnin' round to you and sayin' goodbye,
I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore,
I've gone all to pieces before,
I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore, Oh, no,
Standing here, I watch you laughing at me
tell me why?
I think it's time, I'm ready to leave,
start a new life,
Leave all the sadness behind, yeah, yeah,
So close to tears again, I'm Not Gonna Cry
Anymore, I've gone all to pieces before, yeah, yeah,
I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore, and I believe
in my heart I'll walk out that door,
Not Gonna Cry,
Not Gonna Cry Anymore
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Music by: Rick MedlockeLate at night when I'm alone,
I think about the life I've known,
and all the miles that I've left behind me
With every day that comes to pass,
I gotta try and make it last,
all my dreams are coming back to haunt me.
I live on borrowed time,
I know the reasons why,
That I ride on, ride on, I'm the Soldier Blue,
Ride on, ride on, I'm the Soldier Blue,
Well, that's all I can do.
I woke up with the sun today,
hopin' the light would show me the way,
down the road that's never ending.
Everything I own,
won't mean nothin' when I'm gone,
Here I stand, I don't need defending
And I've got everything I need,
I hear voices telling me-
I gotta ride on, ride on, Soldier Blue,
Ride on, ride on, ride on Soldier Blue,
Well, that's all I can do.
Night time comes, I can feel thunder
from those drivin' wheels.
Now I need something to remimd me-
that a long time ago,
when I was on the run, I found my home
in the setting sun-
I gotta ride on, ride on, ride on Soldier Blue,
I gotta ride on, ride on, ride on Soldier Blue.
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O, ain't that funny, things we do for love,
Things we do for passion, well I'm feelin' kind of rough.
Too many woman, too many games,
A million faces and a million names,
Don't have much time, ain;t got the patience,
To sit around and think about this hopeless situation
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I'm runnin' into the night, Runnin', Runnin',
I've got the power of the moonlight,
Still runnin', can't slow me down, Runnin', Runnin,
Follow my feelings till love comes around.
My, my, my, my baby, you want to catch a falling star,
You wanna catch a falling star,
You wanta put it in your pocket, thinking maybe you'll
go far,
Oh, but I won't be around to save you, when you take a
fall from grace,
I can't take all this madness, it's time to go,
I'm in the race.
Too many cities, Oh so bright,
Too many towns, all neon lights,
I've got to ramble, I can't stay too long,
I'm searchin' for the right one to keep me goin' strong.
It happens over and over again, Oh,
Another night is closin in.
Still a runnin', runnin' baby, I'm tryin' to find you.
Too many cities, Oh so bright,
Too many towns, all neon lights,
I've got to ramble, I can't stay too long
I'm searchin' for the right one
to keep me goin' strong
Shame, shame, shame, on you baby,
Turn around and see what you have done,
You've taken my time, drug it down the line,
Don't be so sure now that you've won,
Oh, you teased me, sometimes you pleased me,
but now I'm gone, gone, gone.
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Took me, shook me, see what you've found,
I'm not gonna take no more foolin' around,
Rolled me, sold me, left me alone,
I'm here to tell you, I'm cold baby, I'm cold baby,
I'm Chilled to d'Bone.
Pain, pain,pain me baby, well it's just like cold steel
through my heart,
Whoa, you took your time, to twist it, now I find,
Never knew love could be so sharp,
Oh, you teased me, sometimes you pleased me,
but now I'm gone, gone, gone.
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Took me, shook me, see what you've found,
I'm not gonna take no more messin' around,
Rolled me, sold me, left me alone, I'm here to tell you,
I'm cold baby, I'm cold baby, gettin' colder all the time,
Cold baby, I'm cold baby,
I'm Chilled to d'Bone.
Why are you doin' me wrong I want to know,
Why is your vengence so strong?
You turned your back on me so many times,
How could you think I could be so blind?
Took me, shook me, see what you've found,
I'm not gonna take all this foolin'' around,
Rolled me, sold me, left me alone, I'm here to tell
you,
I'm cold baby, I'm cold baby, I'm Chilled to d'Bone.
Well I'm Cold baby, yeah I'm gettin' chilly,
Ah, chilly, chilly to the bone
One more day, well it seems so long,
Voices out there say sing your song,
But all they ever see is the spotlight shinin',
Never to know I stand here on my own
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Come on now won't you take a chance on a Guitar
Slingers Song and Dance,
Cry at night there's no romance in a Guitar Slingers
Song and Dance.
I know you don't think I've got much to lose,
By the cut of my hair and the look of my shoes,
Oh, but I just keep on rollin', while the wheels keep on
turnin'
And by the way, have you heard the news?
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Now everyday don't come up roses, well
It's not easy baby,
Oh, it just gets harder day by day,
And sometimes I get this feelin',
It's my life they're stealin, oh, can you feel it?
Take these words I say to heart,
Can you feel the highway from my guitar?
And if you see me standin',
in the spotlight shinin',
These six strings will play my part
Chorus
Words and music by: Rick Medlocke, and Doug Bare