Release Date: 1982
Duration: 48:52
Label: Rhino/Bearsville
Catalog Number: R2 70713
The original LP was released on 3 sides, the second LP contained the last five songs on each of its sides.
When she walked in the room You could faint from the strong perfume And she said her name was Libertine In my ear, a voice said don't be a fool stay clear, Better stay away from Libertine Stay away from Libertine Stay away from Libertine Stay away from Libertine So I stayed out of view But my eyes couldn't come unglued I was hypnotized by Libertine So in time I broke down and I lost my mind Then I made a move on Libertine Stay away from Libertine Made a move on Libertine Stay away from Libertine I made my move on Libertine And I waited all night 'Til the timing was right For another man was reaching for her hand But he went to the phone And when I got her alone It just wasn't the same Tell me what's in a name? She made me drunk with her charms Then she left on her husband's arm And I got the shaft from Libertine I was weak and I know just from whence I speak, Better stay away from Libertine Stay away from Libertine
I can't carry on This play is too long I must be going Extend my regrets I gave it my best But now I'm going This is too much for me to take Something tells me that she's faking it She says she don't care She wants to be fair She must be joking It's simple she said Let's not lose our head Tell me she's joking This is too much for me to take But somebody isn't faking Someone's heart is breaking And if you see her give her my critique She's a bad little actress Gets no curtain call But the worst of all When the curtain falls There's no one at the backstage door I'm more than her friend 'Cause I knew her when She was no sensation She's wasting our time Repeats all her lines What's her motivation? Now she won't share her stage with me Her performance was outrageous Put me through some changes So if you see her give her my critique She's a bad little actress Her delivery don't come naturally Anyone could see she doesn't mean a word she says Her mascara ran And the show was panned But I'm still her biggest fan So when you see her give her my critique She's a bad little actress Gets no curtain call But the worst of all When the curtain falls There's no one at the backstage door
Can't you see, she don't want you around no more Can't you see, that her hand's pointing at the door Feet don't fail me now How could anyone stay Anyone could see it's time to go away Time to take a powder Open up your eyes But it feels like my legs have been paralyzed Feet don't fail me now Begging please don't make a fool of me Feet don't fail me now Please don't keep me where I should not be Feet don't fail me now Stop pretending that you've gone to sleep Feet don't fail me now Begging please don't make a fool of me See your things piled in the hall Turn around, there's a new picture on the wall Feet don't fail me now We're the last ones to know Anyone could see it's time for us to go Time to hit the highway Nothing left to do But it feels like my shoes have been crazy glued
I gave the girls the eye I've given lust a try I'm just an average guy From the neck on down I used to have my fun When all was said and done I only wanted someone From the neck on down Maybe it's one too many mornings after Maybe I'm sick of my own nervous laughter Now I'm looking for heaven From the neck on up For a perfect eleven From the neck on up I was a typical man I had a master plan I thought that heaven began From the waist on down And I had always said That I could use my head But I was thinking instead From the waist on down Maybe it's one too many frozen shoulders or Maybe I haven't noticed getting older Trapped in a dream Something has to change in this endless stream Of ships that pass in the night Is this what I want out of life? I want to know what this game is about I want someone to try and figure me out I can't determine why But I'm a different guy Your modus operandi Turned me inside out It's not that I don't care About your fine hardware But you've got something else there I can't figure out Maybe I just can't finish what I've started or Maybe it's simply that I've been outsmarted Now I've found my heaven From the neck on up You're a perfect eleven From the neck on up
I didn't call this meeting and I never heard such beating around Around the bush and You can't commit to something so You won't come up with nothing at all Unless you're pushed But I wanna get this straightened out I'm getting tired of waiting When I say when will you lay your love down for me, Don't say what When I say why won't you put out something for me, Don't say what, say yeah We had a good thing going but We never did quite know what it was But it was good so Why don't we just start over and Maybe I can help you lower your guard I think we should But you gotta stop resisting me I wanna get some kissing I don't believe in magic but You could avert a tragedy here I got to say that I think you've got the power and You know the final hour has come So don't delay 'cause I wanna get this straightened out I'm getting tired of waiting
You can call it anything you want But a rose is a rose and a thorn is a thorn Tell me white is black and black is white You can say anything but that don't make it right You can tell me that the world is flat If I didn't know any better, I might go for that And the sky is falling on my head I believe the sky is falling on my head I've been such a fool Don't you agree? I let you call all my shots for me Don't you know how it feels When you've got high ideals? Call it what you will - don't call it love Call it what you will - don't call it love Call it what you will - don't call it love Call it what you will - don't call it love, not in front of me I think I'm old enough I can handle myself when the going gets tough You don't have to hide it anymore Why bother sparing me now when you didn't before? You can save that line for someone else That's your own can of beans and I swear I won't tell Now is the sky is falling on my head I believe the sky is falling on my head I've been such a fool But don't cry for me You are the one who needs sympathy Tell me how many times Can you play the same line? Now the sky is falling on your head Look out baby, now the sky is falling on your head Yes the sky is falling on your head I believe the sky is falling on your head You've been such a fool Now can't you see? You lost your best opportunity You passed up a prize For some pie in the sky
I'm looking at you but I'm talking to myself Looking straight at you but I'm talking to myself Talking to myself 'Cause I still can remember Words that didn't sound so well planned What is wrong with me? You don't have to pretend to understand Every moment, I am thinking to myself It seems so different, I am thinking to myself Thinking to myself And I don't want to face it Why is everything so past tense? What is wrong with me? This just don't seem to make any sense And I'm looking at you but I'm talking to myself Looking straight at you but I'm talking to myself It wasn't over, I was hoping to myself We've got forever, I was hoping to myself Hoping to myself And for a shred of a second I thought we could still change our fate What is wrong with me? I can see it's already way too late 'Cause you're looking at me but you're talking to yourself Looking straight at me but you're talking to yourself And I'm looking at you but I'm talking to myself Looking straight at you but I'm talking to myself
There's a hammer in my heart Pounding out your name There's a hammer in my heart Here it comes again I hear a certain sound And it just won't go away It sends a message out What's it gonna be today? It wakes me up at dawn And as the day goes on I try to turn it off but the beat goes on It never lets me rest I can't get a minute's peace I lay awake in bed Wondering will it ever cease? It's like a top ten song I hear it all day long I try to turn it off but the beat goes on
Burn burn burn Burn burn burn Burn burn burn Burn burn burn I'm cookin' up somethin' Cookin' up somethin' Cookin' up somethin' special for you It's on the back burner On the back burner On the back burner waiting for you I'm no burger king, I'm no pizza pie spinner Don't come sniffin' 'round here for something to eat It's a gourmet thing, not a TV dinner So stay out of the kitchen if you can't take the heat It's gonna Burn burn burn - you might get burned Burn burn burn - 'cause it's so hot Burn burn burn - that you might get burned Burn burn burn I've got a hot number Got a hot number Got a hot number bearing your name It's such a big order Such a big order Such a big order turn up the flame It's a champagne kiss with a surprise in the middle I hope you're hungry, I've been cookin' all day Got a love so strong you couldn't squish it with a griddle Call out the volunteers 'cause my heart's a flambe' I gotta time it right so it's warm when you get it Turn up the heat just a little bit higher It was a good idea but I think I overdid it I can't reach the oven and the kitchen's on fire
They say pain can bring out the artist's best But since you've been gone, I just can't care less Common sense doesn't realize It can hurt so bad Everyday I sit in my garret staring at the floor But my heart isn't in it anymore There goes my inspiration My reason for creation There goes my inspiration I felt it fly away when you said goodbye Me and Gaugin used to party down I was hung in the Louvre, I was Renoir's pal Vincent Van Gogh used to joke with me Now they don't come 'round It's all over town that the master's lost his touch I'm so lost I can hardly hold a brush And now my palette is a sorry mix of grey and brown And all the other art lovers stay away 'cause I'm bringing them down Now I wander the left bank every day Searching for my muse in sad cafes Peddle my oils to the galleries But they turn me down Everybody says I'm a master of technique But the style and the sentiment is weak
Well, I wanna shake that thing wit'cha all night long Yeah, you're a princess baby, you can do no wrong Said you're a beacon of light when the sun is gone Yeah, you're a princess baby, you can name that song Well, they just couldn't touch you with a ten foot pole And they just couldn't catch you, 'cause you're on a roll You got so much juice, you make the telephone ring You make me jump right up, I wanna shake that thing Wit'cha all night long You're the princess of the universe You're a princess baby, you can do no wrong You're the princess of the universe Well, I ain't seen nothing like it since the Sha got the rope You got a legion of liggers that would shame the Pope You just say the word and they run like hell You gotta take a cold shower, so your head don't swell But you can do no wrong You're the princess of the universe You're a beacon of light when the sun is gone You're the princess of the universe Well, you ain't got a man who can touch what you got But you're looking for a subject that can fill that slot When the count is down, I want to step in time And when your fingers pop, I want to tow that line
Take a look At the things that you can't see All the mystic treasury And you'll get them for free Infrared and ultraviolet Check it out Like a secret waterfall Like a rainbow on the wall Costs you nothing at all Infrared and ultraviolet There is nothing to buy Why not give it a try While you're waiting for your ship to come in Pass it on Let the ancient song survive Make it fun to be alive Throw it in overdrive Infrared and ultraviolet For it's something in your mind That will let you see behind Cross the border and find Infrared and ultraviolet Infrared and ultraviolet
She's been good to me She's been as kind as a girl can be But I get the feeling She thinks that certain something is gone It's the little things Like the words to the songs she sings Are a little different And I can tell that I'm not the one It's just a matter of time Forgotten but not gone I'm the invisible guy Forgotten but not gone It was my mistake 'Cause I gave less than I could take And I never noticed She wanted something I didn't have And my roving eye Drove her off to another guy Now she doesn't see that To keep from crying I've got to laugh And it's so hard to believe When I call her she turns away Like she don't see me at all And it's so hard to believe All that water under the bridge Don't count for nothing at all It's the same old line Out of sight and you're out of mind But I never thought that I'd see the day when she didn't care But the joke's on me I came home yesterday to see Them in bed together And making love like I wasn't there It was a matter of time Forgotten but not gone I could have rolled up an died Forgotten but not gone I'm the invisible guy Forgotten but not gone
Ah, what happened to our little girl? She doesn't sing like she used to do Ah, why won't she say it to the world? She doesn't want us anymore. She is gone In a private heaven They may try But nobody can find you In a private heaven Close your eyes It's waiting right behind you Ah, when did her laughter fly away? She doesn't smile like she used to do Ah, where is her happy yesterday? She doesn't want us anymore. She is gone In a private heaven They may try But nobody can find you In a private heaven Close your eyes It's waiting right behind you You can't take our love away - no you can't You can't take our love away - please don't take You can't take our love away - no you can't now You can't take our love away - please don't take it You can't take our love away - no you can't You can't take our love away - please don't take You can't take our love away - can't take it away You can't take our love away - can't take it away You can't take our love away - you can't take it away Ah, will you be coming home again? She doesn't have somewhere else to go Ah, who will become your special friend? I will be taking her away. She is gone In a private heaven They may try But nobody can find you In a private heaven Close your eyes It's waiting right behind you
I got the dictionary in my hand But I can't seem to find the word I'm looking for I've checked every letter, now I'm up to Z There just ain't anymore I've got a million choices in my head If I could only chose the one that says it best I shelled out a quarter for a greeting card Now I can't seem to get my pen to do the rest But I know it all by heart, chapter and verse I'll quote you any part, every word But it's so deep inside it can't be heard I've got the Sunday paper in my hand And I've been working on the weekly cryptogram I know there's a message in between the lines That's the same way I am I got the crossword puzzle half complete But now I need another word four letters long It's just like the way I want a perfect fit I can settle for less but all of them are wrong There could be no jealousy over my poetry It's my weakest quality, no vocabulary I got the scrabble letters in a pile But there could never be enough to say it all I know you don't wanna hear the same old line So you'll just have the read the writing on the wall
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