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SPOOKY TOOTH

Album released in 1976

Producered by various
(See each album, from which the song is)

Spooky Tooth are:

Gary Wright: Vocals, organ, keyboards
Mick Jones: Guitars, background vocals
Chris Stainton: Organ, keyboards, piano, guitar
Luther Grosvenor: Guitars
Henry McCullough: Guitars
Val Burke: Guitars, background vocals
Mike Harrison: Vocals, keyboards, harpsichord
Mike Kellie: Drums and percussion
Bryson Graham: Drums and percussion
Alan Spenner: Bass, Guitar
Chris Stewart: Bass, Guitar
Greg Ridley: Bass, Guitar
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Tobacco Road 

I was born in a dump
Mama died and my daddy got drunk
He left me there to die or grow
In this place called Tobacco Road

I grew up in a rusty shack
All I own was hangin' on my back
Lord knows how I loathe
This place called Tobacco Road

But it's home, yeah
The only life that I've ever known
I used to livin' that way, baby, and it's price of you
But I Love you 'cause you're my own

I'm gonna leave get a job
With the help and grace from above
Save my money get rich I know
In this place called Tobacco Road

Bring Dynamite and a crane
Blow it up and start all over again
Build a town I'll be proud to show
And keep the name of Tobacco Road

But it's home
The only life that I've ever known
I used to livin' that way, and it's price of you
But I Love you 'cause you're my own

Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road

CHORUS

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Better By You Better Than Me 

You can find a way to be my passion 
You listen to the blood flowin' in my vein 
You hear the teaching of the wind 
Tell her what I'm like within 
I can't find the words my mind is dim 
It's better by you better than me 

Guess you'll have to tell her how I tried 
To speak the thoughts of hell so long inside 
Tell her now I've got to go 
Fight in the streets and guide the sword  
Tell her the world's not much fallin' for 
It's better by you better than me 

It's better by you better than me 
You can tell her what I want it to be 
You can say what I only can see 
It's better by you better than me 

Guess I'll have to change my way of livin' 
Only really know the way I've been  
Guess I'll lean to fight and kill 
Tell her not to wait until 
Finds my blood upon her window sill 
It's better by you better than me 

It's better by you better than me 
You can tell her what I want it to be 
You can say what I only can see 
It's better by you better than me 
It's better by you better than me 
You can say what I can see 
You can tell her what I want it to be 
It's better by you better than me 
It's better by you 
You know better than me 
Yeah you can say what I only can see

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It's All About Roundabout

Lyrics missing!!!
If you have them send them to me, please!
email: lyrics@spookytooth.sk
Thanks, LUKI!!!

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Waitin' For The Wind

Lonely is the night
Now that darkness has fallin'
Nothing seems right
And the world is callin'

Everybody's looking back
As the wind comes whispering by
The're waitin' for the answers then
Like the time they heard a cry

Hang on
Don't ever go
Life's here
I know

Wind called on me
How it took me by surprise
Cause night come upon me
Creeping through the distant skies

Wind tell me what you can
'Bout the life - what I came from
A breeze blew and whispered then
In a voice rich as the sun

Hang on
Don't ever go
Life's here
I know

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Last Puff

instrumental

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Evil Woman

Woman, when I saw you comin'
Should've started  runnin'
Evil woman

Woman, I offered to you my soul
You ran it over hot coals
You evil woman

Woman, thought you were a blessin'
Then I caught you messin'
Evil woman

Woman, you ain't got no feelin'
You're just a dirty dealin'
Yeah 

Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' rack up 
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'
Evil woman, the devil is a-callin' 

Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' rack up 
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin'
Evil woman, the devil is a-callin'-You 


Woman, when you whisper to me
All the hurt you do me
Evil woman

Woman, the way you went your way
Gettin' under my skin
You evil woman

Woman, when you laugh at my pain
When you step on my brain, yeah
Evil woman

Woman, if there were other choices
How I didn't hear the voices - cryin'  

Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' rack up 
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin' 
Evil woman, the devil is a-callin' 

Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' rack up 
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin' 
Evil woman, the devil is a-callin'-You 

Woman, when you whisper to me
All the hurt you do me
Evil woman

Woman, the way you went your way
Gettin' under my skin
You evil woman

Woman, when you laugh at my pain
When you step on my brain
Evil woman

Woman, if there were other choices
How I didn't hear the voices - cryin'  

Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' rack up 
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin' 
Evil woman, the devil is a-callin' 

Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' rack up 
Evil woman, the Lord's gonna' beckon you
Evil woman, can't you see where you're fallin' 
Evil woman, the devil is a-callin'-You 

Evil Woman!
Evil Woman!

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That Was Only Yesterday

Guess I'll have to get out of this town 
No sense in my waiting around 
Only thing left for me here is pain 
She's gone for sure now why pretend 
Left last night with a friend 
Leaving not a word that would explain 

That was only yesterday 
But will I ever face tomorrow 
She took away what I'd had 
And returned it full of sorrow 

That was only yesterday 
Will I ever face tomorrow 
She took away what I'd had 
And returned it full of sorrow 

I think I better find somewhere 
A place where I won't care 
I need some time to hide my shame 
Was only just one day ago 
Found what I'd been searching for 
Had left town on a late night train 

And that was only yesterday 
But will I ever face tomorrow 
She took away what I'd had 
And returned it full of sorrow 

That was only yesterday 
Will I ever face tomorrow 
She took away what I'd had 
And returned it full of sorrow 
That was only yesterday 
Will I ever face tomorrow 
She took away what I'd had 
And returned it full of sorrow!

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I Am The Walrus

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together 
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly 
I'm crying 

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come 
Corporation T-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday 
Man you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long 

I am the eggman
We are the eggmen
I am the walrus 

Mr. City policeman sitting pretty little policeman in a row 
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run 
I'm crying

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye 
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess 
Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down 

I am the eggman 
I am the eggman  
I am the walrus 

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun 
If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain 

I am the eggman 
We are the eggmen 
I am the walrus 

Expert texpert choking smokers 
Don't you think the joker laughs at you? 
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied 
I'm crying 

Semolina pilchard; climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna,
man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe
 
I am the eggman 
We are the eggmen
I am the walrus

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Self Seeking Man

If there's any justice in the world
Then there's something I've got to say
For all the fools who fend for themselves
For you it's dying day
I've been done out of my money and wealth
And I'm sitting on square one
Trying to get my head together
Waiting for the sun

I tried so hard to win
Sometimes I'd gamble  my own life
And anyone who crossed my path
Would never cross it twice
I'd take until there was nothing left
But the odds turned on me
Now I'm down and out again
Deep in misery

I've been a self-seeking man
Self-seeking man
Self-seeking man
Who lived for himself
Who wound up the fool
And got nothing for it


I've been done out of my money and wealth
And I'm sitting on square one
Trying to get my head together
Waiting for the sun

I've been a self-seeking man
Self-seeking man
Self-seeking man
Who lived for himself
Who wound up the fool
And got nothing for it

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All Sewn Up

We got it all sewn up
Takin' it easy
We got it all worked out
Don't have to please me
We got it all sewn up

Take my hand, lead me
Feed my heart with your love
Take my mind, believe me
Nothin' you could ever do could deceive me

Don't you know we got it all sewn up
Takin' it easy
We got it all worked out
Don't have to please me
We got it all sewn up

Right or wrong, we're together
It feels like it's workin' out long
We can go on forever
Every day is feeling so much better

Don't you know we got it all sewn up
Takin' it easy
We got it all worked out
Don't have to please me
We got it all sewn up
   
We don't depend on nuthin' to get by
What we do we see eye to eye
We live for the day our love we survive
And I'm gonna to both till the day that we die

We got it all sewn up
Takin' it easy
We got it all worked out
Don't have to please me 

We got it all sewn up
Takin' it easy
We got it all worked out
Don't have to please me 

We got it all sewn up
Takin' it easy
We got it all worked out
Don't have to please me

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Times Have Changed

Times have changed,
It's plain to see
Things just aren't like they used to be
Blink your eyes
and life may pass you by
Too much happening to wonder why.

The past has gone
and future's come
Like a stranger at your door
Yet all the people carry on
Their ways of living
And the sins they left behind
All seem forgiven.

Times have changed
It's plain to see
Things just aren't like they used to be
Never ending changes near and far
Makes you wonder really who you are
They've changed it all
We're not so small
Like we used to be. 
Yesterday the future was a dream
Now that dream is just a passing thing
Your spirit cries you must realise (sic)
There are greater things to come
All the people carry on their ways of living
And the sins left behind
All seem forgiven.

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As Long As The World Keeps Turning

You said I've been waiting outside your door
Biding my time hoping soon I might be recognized
Sometimes you leave without even a glance
Passing me by like I don't set a chance
Only a smile would make all of my waiting worthwhile

Chorus:
For as long as the world keeps turning
My fire will keep on burning
For your love
For your love

Maybe I'm searching for what I can find
Maybe your difference and what's in my mind
Oh, but nevertheless a feeling just can't be denied

Chorus

I can't sleep at night
No, I can't eat a bite
I can't run
I can't hide
Without you I might die

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The Weight

I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead 
I just need some place where I can lay my head 
Hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?
He just grinned and shook my hand, No was all he said

Take a load off, Fanny 
Take a load for free 
Take a load off, Fanny 
And you put the load right on me 

Go down Miss Moses, there's nothing you can say 
It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting on the judgement day 
``Well, Luke my friend, what about young Anna-Lee?'' 
He said ``Do me a favour son, won't you stay and keep Anna-Lee company?''

Take a load off, Fanny 
Take a load for free 
Take a load off, Fanny 
And you put the load right on me 

Catch a cannonball now to take me down the line 
My bag is sinking low and I do believe it's time 
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one 
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone

Take a load off, Fanny 
Take a load for free 
Take a load off, Fanny 
And you put the load right on me


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