Nobody’s Perfect   (1988)   Album


  1.   Highway star
  2.   Strange kind of woman
  3.   Perfect strangers
  4.   Hard lovin' woman
  5.   Knocking at your back door
  6.   Child in time
  7.   Lazy
  8.   Black night
  9.   Woman from Tokyo
10.   Smoke on the water
11.   Hush
 





Highway star

Nobody gonna beat my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Ooh, it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power
Big fat tyres and everything

I love it and I need it, I feed it
Yeah, it turns me on
Alright, hold tight
I'm a highway star, yeah

Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna take my girl
She stays close on every bend
Ooh, she's a killing machine
She got everything
Like a moving mouth
Body control and everything

I love it, I need it, yeah
Yeah, she turns me on
Alright, hold tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my head
Now that I'm on the road again
Nobody gonna take my head
I gonna beat my..., yeah, yeah
Ooh, I'm in heaven again
I got everything
Like an open road
All my friends and everything

I love it and I need it, I feed it
Yeah, it turns me on
Alright, hold tight
I'm a highway star

Oh, my soul

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna take my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Ooh, it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Oh, a moving mouth
Big fat tyres and everything

I love it and I need it, I bleed it
Yeah, it turns me on
Alright, hold tight
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
Oh, yes I am, you mothers


Strange kind of woman

There once was a woman
A strange kind of woman
The kind that gets written down in history
Her name was Nancy
Her face was nothing fancy
She left a trail of happiness and misery

I loved her
Everybody loved her
She loved everyone and gave them good return
I tried to take her
I even tried to break her
She said, I ain't for takin' won't you ever learn

I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman, yes I have

She looked like a raver
But I could never please her
On Wednesday mornings boy you can't go far
I couldn't get her
But things got better, she said
Saturday nights from now on, baby, you're my star

I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman

Ooh, my soul, I love you

I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman, yes I have

She finally said she loved me
I wed her in a hurry
No more callers and I glow with pride
I'm dreaming
I feel like screaming
I won my woman just before she died

I want you, I need you, I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you, I need you, ha ha ha
Ooh, I had a strange kind of woman, yeah

She was so fat
She was the worst thing you've ever seen

Ooh, my soul, I love you, baby


Perfect strangers

Can you remember
Remember my name
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown
And cold, cold spirits of ice
All my life, I am the echo of your past

I am returning
The echo of a point in time
Distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known
And laughing, as the spirits appear
All your life, shadows of another day

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers

I know I must remain
Inside this silent well of sorrow

A strand of silver
Hanging through the sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind
Is aching, with the dead of the night
Precious life, your tears are lost in
falling rain

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers



Hard lovin' woman

She walked into the room
Her hand upon her hip
Said 'look out boy
I'll make your backbone slip'
She looked straight at me
The devil in her eye
I knew what I was getting but took it by surprise
No fooling, she really knocked the stuffing out of me
Some woman
A hard lovin' woman
She chewed me up and spat me out

Some woman
She's a hard lovin' woman
Some woman
A hard lovin' woman

She didn't wear nothing
But a smile upon her face
Licking her lips but I had the taste
Her temperature was rising
I was coming to the boil
Her fires were burning
She was pouring on the oil
I do not jest, she really took me to the cleaners
Some woman
A hard lovin' woman
It felt just great when she pulled her 38s

Some woman
She's a hard lovin' woman
Some woman
A hard lovin' woman

It started with a smile
It turned into a laugh
It ended with a scream
I said 'enough's enough'
Never heard a word
She wouldn't let go
A man's a man and every woman ought to know
And there I was
And she was dancing
Some woman
Here we go again

Some woman
She's a hard lovin' woman
Some woman
A hard lovin' woman



Knocking at your back door

Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a Samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And none of us could reach that high
She came on like a teaser
I had to touch and please her
Enjoy a little paradise
The log was in my pocket
When Lucy met the Rockett
And she never knew the reason why

I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
It's not the kill
It's the thrill of the chase

Feel it coming...
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law
The point of no return...
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door

Sweet Nancy was so fancy
To get into her pantry
Had to be the aristocracy
The members that she toyed with
At her city club
Were something in diplomacy
So we put her on the hit list
Of a common cunning linguist
A master of many tongues
And now she eases gently
From her Austin to a Bentley
Suddenly she feels so young

I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
It's not the kill
It's the thrill of the chase

Feel it coming...
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law
The point of no return...
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door

Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a Samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And none of us could reach that high
She came on like a teaser
I had to touch and please her
Enjoy a little paradise
The log was in my pocket
When Lucy met the Rockett
And she never knew the reason why

I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
It's not the kill
It's the thrill of the chase

Feel it coming...
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law
The point of no return...
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door


Child in time

Sweet child in time, you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and
the bad
See the blind man, he's shooting at the
world
The bullets flying, they're taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord, I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes
You'd better bow your head
Wait for the ricochet

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I'm cryin' for you day and night
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
A-a-ah, a-a-ah
I wanna hear you say
A-a-ah, a-a-ah

Sweet child in time, you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good of us
and the bad of us
See the blind man, shooting at the world
The bullets flying, they're killing everyone
If you've been bad, Lord, I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes
You'd better bow your head
Wait for the ricochet

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I wanna be inside of you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
A-a-ah, a-a-ah
I gotta hear you sing
A-a-ah, a-a-ah


Lazy

You're lazy, you just stay in bed
You're lazy, you just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread

If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
You don't want to live
You don't want to cry no more

Well my trying ain't done no good
I said my trying ain't done no good
You don't make no effort
No, not like you should


Lazy you just stay in bed
Lazy you just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread




Black night

Black night is not right
I don't feel so bright
I don't care to sit tight
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
that I'm free
Free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

I don't need a dark tree
I don't want a rough sea
I can't feel, I can't see
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
that I'm free
Free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

Black night, black night
I don't need black night
I can't see, dark night
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
that I'm free
Free to be me
Black night is a long way from home



Woman from Tokyo

Fly into the rising sun
Faces smiling everyone
Yeah, she is a whole new tradition
I feel it in my heart

My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me

Talk about her like a Queen
Dancing in an eastern dream
Yeah, she makes me feel like a river
That carries me away

My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me

But I'm at home and I just don't belong
So far away from the garden we love
She is what moves in the soul of a dove
Soon I shall see just how black was my night
When we're alone in her city of light

Rising from the neon gloom
Shining like a crazy moon
Yeah, she turns me on like a fire
I get high

My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me



Smoke on the water

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time, no

Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground, now

Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
But burning down

You know
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
He was pulling kids out of ground

When it all was over
We had to find another place
Swiss time was running on
It seemed that we would lose the race

Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
It was burning
Smoke on the water
Down to the ground, it was

You know
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just
outside
Making our music there

A few red lights, a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know, I know we'll never forget

Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Everywhere
It was tumbling down
Everybody was crying



Hush

Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na

I got a certain little girl she's on my mind
No doubt about it she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometime she's gonna make me feel so bad

Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na


Hush, hush, I thought I heard her calling my
name, now
Hush, hush, She broke my heart but I love her
just the same, now
Hush, hush, I thought I heard her calling my
name, now
Hush, hush, I need her loving and I'm not to
blame, now

(Love, love) You got it early in the morning
(Love, love) You got it late in the evening
(Love, love) Well, I want it, I need it
(Love, love) Oh, I gotta gotta have it
She got lovin' like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
Blown my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat y'all and I can't sleep

Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na

Listen! Hush, hush, I thought I heard her
calling my name now
Hush, hush, She broke my heart but I love her
just the same now
Hush, hush, I thought I heard her calling my
name now
Hush, hush, I need her loving and I'm not to
blame now

(Love, love) You got it early in the morning
(Love, love) You got it late in the evening
(Love, love) Oh, I want it, I need it
(Love, love) Hey, I gotta gotta have it

Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
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