Fusion / The Reg Webb Band
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A02.01 Till I Hear From You (I Ain't Signing Nothin')
Written by Reg Webb
No, I ain't signing nothing, till I hear from you
Girl, I'm in line with nothing, if I'm not in line with you
Oh, there's a lot of people in this state
Who believe they've got my future on a plate
But I ain't signing nothing, till I hear from you
You know to find good loving, that can be hard to do
What may be fine for me, it may not be fine for you
Oh, there's a lot of ladies in this town
Who can do it standing up and upside down
But I ain't signing nothing, till I hear from you
No, babe, till I hear from you
I've got to keep on trying
Chasing up the breaks
And trying to keep me up above
Till I hear from you
I've got to keep on flying
And chasing my mistakes
Yes, hoping we can come around
Come around
All this traveling round gets to be a point of view
I meet so many fools that I start believing lies are true
You know I've started thinking any day
Some man is gonna come to take me away
But I ain't signing nothing, till I hear from you
No, babe, till I hear from you
Oh, till I hear from you
Till I hear from you
I've got to keep on flying
And chasing my mistakes
And trying to keep me up above
Till I hear from you
I've got to keep on flying
Chasing up the breaks
Yes, hoping we can come around
Please come around
But I ain't signing nothing, till I hear from you
No, babe,
I've got to hear from you
You...
Yeah...
You...
Hu-hhu...
Baby, let's hear from
You...
All right now...
Mama, let's hear from...
You...
You've got it,
But I ain't signing nothing, no, nothing till I hear from yousometime
You can never get me to sign
You got to drop me one damn line
I ain't signing nothing, nothing, baby, till I hear from you
Oh, darling, I've got to hear from you
All right now, but I've got to hear from you sometime
Written by Reg Webb
Champagne lady
You've got no time to spare
You've got no money of your own
You've got no face
You've got no hair
But you've been living
Yes, you've been living in someone else's mind
Looking for the good times
Yes, the good life
That you'll never find
But you may say
Man, that's just the way it looks
And you may say
I read too many story books
And champagne lady
I've seen how fast you dress unhooks
That you don't have to lie to me
You don't have to lie to me
Too many lovers
You've been drinking too much cheap champagne
One took your feelings, no more feelings
And the other took away your brains
But how long can you give yourself
Just how much longer can the champagne lady dance?
Why not jump off your carousel, pretty lady
Hey, why not give yourself a chance?
But you may say
Hey, man, that's just the way it looks
And you may say
That I read too many story books
But champagne lady
I've seen how fast you dress unhooks
That you don't have to lie to me
Oh, you don't have to lie to me
Move on up
Out of town
Champagne lady
Never come down
She flies... She flies...
Flies like a bird
And she's spinning like a wheel
Wohh, you don't have to buy your next meal
You could get to just how's love that girl can feel
But champagne lady, this is real
This is you... you!
But you may say
Hey, man, that's just the way it looks
And you may say
That I read too many story books
But champagne lady
I've seen how fast you dress unhooks
That you don't have to lie to me
You don't have to lie to me
No, you don't have to lie (to lie)
Champagne lady, don't you lie to me
No, you don't have to lie (to lie)
Champagne lady, don't you lie to me
Oh, you don't have to lie (to lie)
Champagne lady, don't you lie to me
No, you don't have to lie (to lie)
Champagne lady, don't you lie to me
You don't have to lie (to lie)
Champagne lady, don't you lie to me
No, you don't have to lie (to lie)
Champagne lady, don't you lie to me
You don't have to lie (to lie)
Champagne lady...
Written by Nik Kershaw
Brother of mine you have found the big time
Brother of mine you're the apple of your daddy's eye
Mamma says when you gonna do it
I say I'll do it in my sweet time
Enjoy the way he lives cause that's his life and this is mine
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
Brother of mine you have found your real love
Brother of mine they drop down on me from above
Pappa says for heaven’s sake
The money's fine and the weather's great
I don't need no bad advice
Cause it's too far and it's too late
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
I'm living in the shadow of big big brother
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
Big brother
In the shadow of big big brother
Written by Reg Webb
I'm in the union now
And I don't have to hurry
In the union now
I can respect myself
In the union now
I don't have to worry
In the union now
I can protect myself
That beats football for a game of soldiers
Lose myself in something bigger than me
When my steward says do what I told you
that's the meaning of
security
And if you knew how to unite with your brothers
And if you knew how, how I could make it that I was alone
But now,
There are so many others in the union now
I'm home and dry
You say that's a substitute religion
I just know I'm on a winning streak
All your crap is simply not my vision
I've got power sevendays a week
In the union now.
When I was a small boy
I believed in cooperation
And all of you, you believed it too
There was a wise man
He used to talk about exploitation
But here we sit
We're doing it... doing it....
Here comes the show:
All the profits are in their places
with strings behind
and their cardboard mind
All the workers got sold
And all the owners got cruel faces
They're greedy too
They're just like you... just like you...
I'll be saving for my house in Surrey
When my service to
the poor is done
That'll put the rich in such a hurry
When they realize which side I'm on
In the union now
And I know (???)
There is no time now for me to accuse myself
And if you knew how
How it feels to be in the union now
I'd never accuse myself
In the union
How I amuse myself
Union now.
Written by Nik Kershaw
Suchi, Suchi wait for me
There are things to do and things to see
We got hearts to lose and fights to be won
Ready or not
Here I come
I wrote another letter to you today
I tore into pieces and I threw it away
It didn't have a middle, It had no end
And even the beginning wasn't finished
To send to you
Before you go away
And leave me here for good
I'd rather be left for dead
So Suchi, Suchi wait for me
There are things to do and things to see
We got hearts to lose and fights to be won
Ready or not
Here I come
You'll want for nothing if you wait for me
Yes I'd buy you a washer and a colour TV
Just clap your hands and whistle and call my name
I'll be there to amuse you and entertain
Suchi
I'm on my knees my to you
Don't leave me here for good
I'd rather be left for dead
Suchi, Suchi wait for me
There are things to do and things to see
We got hearts to lose and fights to be won
Ready or not
Here I come
Suchi, Suchi wait for me
There are things to do and things to see
We got hearts to lose and fights to be won
Ready or not
Here I come
Written by Reg Webb
Round
Play around
Play around
Play around in your pride
But when you're young you're gonna have a cold lonely time
Play around with a
heart
But you're never gonna win, I'll finish you before you start
You've got lots to spare
Like a millionaire
But I refuse to share
with the world
Looking back, I have found
That whatever you're
in for you begin to play around
Play around
You're the star in your movie
You think you're pretty boogie
And you think that's called success
Someone else to clean
up your mess
Talk yourself out of worrying
Play around, watch your hurry
Medication is your thing
No man, no ring is ever gonna get to you
Play around
Play around
Play around
Play around with your time
But find yourself with half the skills you claim
Talk me round like a wise
But you hardly look, there's a hooker in your life
You've got lots to spare
Like a millionaire
But I refuse to share
with the world
Don't you cry, don't make a sound
'cause it's your pride that won't let you play
around
Whatever you're in for you begin to play around
Play around
A02.07 How Was I Supposed To Know
Written by Reg Webb
Anyone could have a change of heart
I should know and believe me I've had a few
Could not get through to you
Always seems like
everybody else is smart
Always know what they want and they get it too
The things I had in mind for you
They don't match the things I do
Never knew exactly where to start
People say that you never have a clue
When dreams come true, they never tell you so
How was I supposed to know?
Never let you see me fall apart
People sing I'm down, say I hurt you too
That must be true
So why can't we let it show?
How was I supposed to know?
How was I supposed to
know?
Written by Reg Webb
If I had the chance, girl
I would tell you why
I can't feel romance, girl
When you're passing by
But you're not away
Taking everything for granted
I want it so bad
And if I had the chance, girl
I could make you see
Every circumstance,
girl
That could favor me
But I'm not too pretty
And I'm not the richest man you
know
I know that you go
Leaving town
Going out to parties every night
When I ask you out
You say you mind
Those are not the words I'd like to hear
Honey word that
whispers in my ear
My dear
So you had your chance, girl,
But you walked away
And such an icy glance, girl
Means you're going to stay
But my childish heart
It won't believe that it's goodbye
(???)
goodbye
I had the chance
You're going out to parties every night
When I ask you out
You say you mind
Those are not the words I'd like to hear
Honey word that whispers in my ear
My dear
So you had your chance, girl,
But you walked away
And such an icy glance, girl
Means you're going to stay
But my childish heart
It won't believe that it's goodbye
But my childish heart
It won't believe I should not
try
How you try... You try...
I had the chance
If I had the chance
If I had the chance
Honey, just give me
the chance
If I had the chance
If I had the chance
If I had the chance
If I had the chance
If I had the chance
If I had the chance
If I had the chance to tell
If I had the chance I would say
If I had the chance I would say
If I had the chance
The chance
If I... If I... had the chance
If I had the chance
If I... If I... had the chance
If I... If I... If I... If I...
had the chance
Written by Reg Webb
Oh baby, the pain of love, that's a heartache
And going insane with love, that scares the children
But honey, the pain of love is everlasting
And it's casting doubt in my mind
Oh baby, the chain of love can be parted
And girl, to contain my love, it's surely gonna take an ocean
But baby, the pain of love, oh, it's a real thing
A hardness still pain down in my mind
Well, you meet somebody that you want so much
You want to hold her, but you dare not touch
And you take your chance before she says goodbye
You're making out at night, but you don't even try
Ah, honey, the rain of love, that's a heartache
And honey, the pain of love cannot be spoken
The rain that I'm thinking of, it's always falling
And it's falling down through my mind
Well, you meet somebody that you want so much
You want to hold her, but you dare not touch
And you take your chance before she says goodbye
You're making out at night, but you don't even try
Ah, honey, the rain of love, that's a heartache
And honey, the pain of love cannot be spoken
The rain that I'm thinking of, it's always falling
And it's falling down in my mind
Oh, baby, the pain of love
Oh, honey, the pain of love
Yeah, darling, the pain of love
Baby, the pain of love
I got going insane with love
Keepin' the chain of love
Ain't ever gonna contain my love
Oh, falling the rain of love
Oh, baby, the pain of love
That's the pain of love
Pain
Pain
Pain
Pain
Pain
Written by Reg Webb
You think you're such a hell of a guy
But we don't believe it
You would die for the look in her eye
But you don't perceive it
She gives you such a
smile
Man, she puts you on in style
And you think you're such a hell of a guy
But we don't believe
it
If you saw what you're doing it for
But you can't conceive it
You're trying to fly so incredibly high
But you don't achieve it
Freshen up your breath
Man, you bore us all to death
And you think you're such a hell of a guy
But we don't believe
it
You claim you can sweep them off their fee
Breaking every heart
But the way it looks from my seat
They're tearing you apart
And it ain't much you're in the game
But you don't believe it
You're keeping on
till the money is gone
And it's time to leave it
You think you've got the knack
But they laugh behind your back
And you think you're such a hell of a guy
But we don't believe it (don't believe it)
We don't believe it
You claim you can sweep them off their fee
Breaking every heart
But the way it looks from my seat
They're tearing you apart
And it ain't much you're in the game
But you don't believe it
You're keeping on
till the money is gone
And it's time to leave it
You think you've got the knack
But they laugh behind your back
And you think you're such a hell of a guy
But we don't believe it (don't believe it)
We don't believe it (don't believe it)
We don't believe it (don't believe it)
You think you're such a hell of a guy
But we don't believe it
You would die for the look in her eye
But you don't perceive it
She gives you such a
smile
Man, she puts you on in style
And you think you're such a hell of a guy
But we don't believe it (don't believe it)
Don't believe it
(don't believe it)
Don't believe it (don't believe it)
Don't believe it
Written by Nik Kershaw
Closing in on empty spaces
Winners laugh too soon
A paper world with paper faces
Beneath a paper moon
There's a man, a real pacesetter
Coming after me
And after him there's someone better and
After him there's me
Oh well, he'll offer you a cigarette
He'll offer you a light
Oh, but he hasn't finished with you yet
On another long, knife night
So look behind you
There's the man you're chasing
Look behind you
Let's go human racing
Human racing
Let's go racing now
Open arms and open purses
Open season's here
They fill your heads with clever verses
And then they disappear
Silent vows in secret places
They'll get you somehow
Oh ‘Cause you never win in human races
So who's the loser now
Wo-oh
Who's the loser now
Who's the loser now
Who's the loser now
Who's the loser now
(Who’s the loser now)
(Now)
Written by Reg Webb
Yep!
Oh, hey! Mr. Wonderful, you got it made
Please, may we slumber for you in your shade
You are the man who makes the world go round
If you eat some flesh, someone's gonna get you a pound
Hey, Mr. Wonderful, lead the parade
Are you cold as magic?
Are you old as hell?
Do you frighten the children with (a sculpture chair???)
?
Would you do it so well?
Hey, Mr. Wonderful, you put them down
If they don't knuckle under you by the tongue
Just leave your conscience in the lost and found
Threaten us with poverty and we won't make a sound
Hey, Mr. Wonderful, you powerful clown
Will we fall to pieces?
Will we dare to rise?
Will your trousers (???) down to size
Just look in her eyes
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
Yeah
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Ah, do you get the feeling
That your luck has gone
And the last train's leaving
And you can't get on
No!
Hey, Mr. Wonderful, now what will you do?
Because, they tell me that you won't look so wonderful when we finish with you
Finish with you, Mr. Wonderful!
(Mr. Wonderful)
You ain't gonna look so very pretty, Mr. Wonderful!
(Hey!)
Wonderful (Mr. Wonderful)
Who's the man who thinks he owns the world?
They call him Mr. Wonderful
(Hey!)
Wonderful (Mr. Wonderful)
That man's gonna get a big surprise, Mr. Wonderful
(Hey!)
(Mr. Wonderful)
Right before your very eyes, Mr. Wonderful
(Hey!)
Wonderful (Mr. Wonderful)
Captured down the size, Mr. Wonderful
(Hey!)
Wonderful (Mr. Wonderful)
(Hey!)
A02.13 My Love Ain't Loving Me None
Written by Reg Webb
I've been truckin' on
the railroads and floatin' on the sea
In such a great lady's company
Forsaken mama's apple pie
And all it got me was a chance to cry
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's got no time for me
My love ain't lovin' me none
That's a drag but ain't the same
She's hot for somebody who is something I can't be
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's got no time for me
I saw her lady lyin' in the sun
How could I blame her cause she spoiled my fun
If I'd been her and she'd been me
There'd still be somebody who would have to be singin'
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's got no time for me
My love ain't lovin' me none
That's a drag but ain't the same
She's hot for somebody who is something I can't be
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's got no time for me
Easy to be a liberality out of the gate
Especially when nobody's standin' in your way
Not until somebody takes your place
All your prejudice come a-hittin' you in the face
Get off my girl I said, I said it pretty much
I never heard somebody laugh so much
I've thought it over, well so would you
If I'd been her then I'd be laughin' too
Oooh
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's got no time for me
My love ain't lovin' me none
That's a drag but ain't the same
She's hot for somebody who is something I can't be
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's got no time for me
My love ain't lovin' me none
My love ain't lovin' me none
My love ain't lovin' me none
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's hot for somebody who is something I can't be
My love ain't lovin' me none
She's got no time for me
She's got no time for me
Written by Reg Webb
It's only a simple song
Just to make a start
Somebody appears
And he's asking you please to live with a lighter heart
There is silence inside the words, like a prayer for a sin.
But nobody needs it
There is nothing else I can
use as a gift for grief
Come and see me when you need the moon
Come and see me for a simple tune
Cause I know you always knew
I couldn't bring it to you
But I hope that this
song will do
It's easy to understand
And hard to talk about
It's only a feeling
We are more with our friends around
Than we were without
Come and see me when you need the moon
Come and see me for a simple tune
Cause I know you always knew
I couldn't bring it to you
But I hope that this
song will do
Cause it's only a simple song,
Just to make a start
Somebody appears
And he's asking you please to live with a lighter heart
Yes, I'm asking you please to live with a lighter heart
Live with a lighter heart
Instrumental track written by Nik Kershaw.
Instrumental - No Text
Instrumental track written by Nik Kershaw.