Is There A Better Way
(Lancaster/Rossi) -  1976

Is there a better way
Is there a better way
Is there a better way ahead or just another day
There's got to be a way
To make better day
I'm gonna find a way to make a better day

You're never gonna be the one to hold me down
You're never gonna be the one to hold me down
There never was a better day with you around

No matter what I do
Do what you've got to do
But do it now because the time is running out on you
You've got to find a way
To make a better day
You've got to live and learn to fight another day

I'm never gonna be the one to put you down
I'm never gonna be the one to put you down
You never know there may be someone in the crowd
There may be someone in the crowd
Is there a better way
Is there a better way
Is there a better way ahead or just another day

Maybe you'll never know
A better way to go
I've got a feeling you don't really want to know

I'll never let you be the one to hold me down
I'll never let you be the one to hold me down
There never was a better day with you around
There never was a better way

Ring Of A Change  
( Rossi / Young )  -  1976

I look back and I open my eyes
I hear the words like they should be heard
And it feels like a ring of a bell echoing through me
I look back and its never the same
And that´s the way it ought to be
What I feel is the sound of a change echoing through me

Move into the light
Come on into the light
Move into the light
I´ll see you in the light alright

I think on and I think of today
And what today is gonna be for us
Will we find all the peace that is there and needs to taken
I think on and think its a must
That we slow down for just a while
And I think there´s an ounce of a change echoing through me

Move into the light
Come on into the light
Move into the light
I´ll see you in the light alright

I look back and I think of a song
I change the words around to make a rhyme
But the song is the same and the change is echoing through me
I look back and its never the same
I leave the song that it use to be
But I know there´s a ring of a change echoing through me
 
That´s A Fact
(Rossi/ Young)  -  1976

Sitting in a cornfield
Looking at a cob
Thinking of a long time
Waiting for a job
And I'm alone and that's a fact

Sitting in a full car
Someone at the wheel
Going to a new stop
Wonder if it's real
And I'm alone and that's a fact
And I'm alone and that's a fact

I need to maybe talk to you
Said I need to and said I need you
I need to need to be with you
Said I need to gotta see you

Sitting at a new stop
Didn't get the job
Couldn't find a long time
Took another drop
So I'm alone and that's a fact
So I'm alone and that's a fact
And I'm alone and that's a fact
 

Mystery Song   
( Parfitt - Young )  -  1976

I see that look on your face
I see that look on your face
I see that look on your face

The boys know what you´re giving
You give the boys such a lot of fun
And by the way that you make a living
You´ve got the boys all on the run
S.T´s showing, you really got me going
Maybe you can give me a price
I wanna try it, yeh I wanna buy it
Tell me would you treat me nice
Oh my legs are shaking
Oh my heart is breaking
I´m just feeling like a boy
Now I just can´t slow down
Gotta get in go down
Have my share of pride and joy

Now I´ve got your name and number
I like to look upon your face
And now you know that I wanna take you
Give me the time you can name the place
Call me honey, you can take my money
Maybe we can make a deal
I really mean it, gotta get between it
Do you know the way I feel
Oh I´m feeling kinda
Like I´ve gotta find
A way to make you understand
Oh I know you´re lying
And your love I´m buying
Oh I´m feeling like a man
 
The boys know what you´re giving
You give the boys such a lot of fun
And by the way that you make a living
You´ve got the boys all on the run
S.T´s showing, really got them going
You can even say the price
They´ll wanna try it, even wanna buy it
If you really treat them nice
But I´d rather take you
Show that I can make you
Good enough for just one man
Oh I´m feeling kinda
Like I´ve gotta find
A way to make you understand

Wild Side Of Life 
(Warren / Carter)  -  1976

Well, you wouldn´t read my letters if I wrote you
You ask me not to call you on the phone
Well, there´s something I´ve been waiting for to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of a song

Now the glamour of the game that life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquer flow
Well, you went to be some body else´s baby
And forget the truest love you ever know

I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, I might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

Now the glamour of the gay that life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquer flow
Well, you went to be some body else´s baby
And forget the truest love you ever know

I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
Oh, I might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

 I never knew there where honky-tonk angels
 Oh, I might have know you never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life
 

All Through The Night    
(Lancaster / Rossi)  -  1976

All through the night,
Oh Oh all through the night.
All through the night,
Lonely day, lonely night

All alone again,
I never get my way.
It's never been the same.
I know what I had done before,
But now it's gone for evermore,
I want you back again,
I never get my way.

All through the night
Lonely day, lonely night.
All through the day,
Lonely night, lonely day.

Once upon a time,
I didn't really care.
I lost so many times,
But then I had my share.

I got a feelin' here inside,
And now I know you're here inside my mind,
I want you back again,
I never get my way.

Baby, Baby, I just can't go home
Callin', Callin',
Baby, Baby, Just won't let you go
Baby, Holdin, I wont let you go.

Hard Time 
(Rossi / Parfitt)   -   1977

Asked my girl what she wanted from me
She said ev'rything that I can see
I said baby what d'you thing of me
And she said nothing at all

So I sit here waiting patiently
To see if there will be a change or three
I think that baby she is using me
It doesn't matter at all
And now I'm wond'ring which way to go

So it's a hard time for us all 'til she gets it right
Yes it's a hard time for us all be som kind of fight
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again

Now I think of all the times we had
Yeah, of all the good and all the bad
I sometimes think that maybe I've been had
It doesn't matter at all
And now I'm wond'ring which way to go

Asked my girl what she wanted to be
She said ev'rything that I can be
I said baby what d'you think of me
And she said nothing at all
And so I'm wond'ring which way to go

So it's a hard time for us all 'til she gets it straight
Yes it's a hard time for us all, hope she's not too late
She makes the same excuse for making all the same mistakes again

Oh, it's a hard time Yes, it's a hard, hard time
Now, it´s a hard time Yes, it's a hard, hard time
 

Rockin' All Over The World      (Fogerty)  -  1977

Well here we are, and here we are, and here we go,
All aboard and we're hitting the road,
Here we go-oh  Rockin all over the world.

And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it,
I la la la like it, la la la like,
Here we go-oh, rockin' all over the world.
I'm gonna tell your mamma what you're gonna do,
Come on out, put your dancing shoes
 

Can' Give You More   
(Rossi / Young)   -   1977

 Now you now this ain't the kind of life for you ,
 It's not hte way you thought that it would be ,
 If I could change my way for you ,
 If I could change it wouldn't be me and you see ,
 
 I know I've never tried the things I should have done ,
 When time is always passing by ...
 I want to do the things I've never done before ,
 So I do try not to tell a lie ,
 But I'm so low when I'm so high ,
 Yet you cry when I say I can't give you more ...

 First you said you'd never try to slow me down ,
 That everything would work out pretty fine ,
 But as those walls closed in on us ,
 Your words just fell right out of line , and behind ,
 
 Did you figure ours would be any easy thing ,
 Like lazy days of lying in the sun ,
 I told you if you wanted me ,
 That every day just wouldn't be fun , now it's done
 I can't ain't got any more
 

Who Am I ? 
(Williams)  -  1977

Am I to you a lover or a brother
Am I the one you can rely upon
Am I the one you can take home to your mother
And am I the one who is singing you this song
Who am I
Who am I
Who am I to you

Am I the one who lies here in your bed
Am I the one you made to cry out
Am I the one who yesterday said
Am I the one you'd be better off without
Who am I
Who am I
Who am I to you

Am I the chain that keeps you from a'falling
Am I the thoughts going round in your head
Am I the night time
Am I the morning
Or am I a fool that you wish were dead

Yes I am your lover and your brother
I am the one who lies here in your bed
I am the one who never did you wrong
I am the fool that you wish were dead
Who am I
Who am I
Who am I to you
 

Hold You Back  
(Rossi / Young / Parfitt)   -   1977

How d'you know the music when you don't know the score,
Do you think that you can make it when you read no more.
Is it really the reason where there is not a need,
Are you trying hard to write it before you can read.

Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down,
Slow you down, I gotta try.

Does the cloud that you're watchin' ever tell you about the time,
Does the song that you're singing sound to you just like a rhyme.
Will there be an answer if you stop th asking why,
All because of the jigsaw, makes up a lie.
 

Dirty Water   
(Rossi / Young)  -  1977

Oh-oh-oh-oh the water escape me
And I can't swim
Because it's dirty, dirty water

When is the time I ask you to say
Why do you feel so bad - day to day
Could it be you're on
To push yourself alone
I say it's not a guess
You make yourself a mess
And get yourself in deeper water

Why do you think it's all wrong for you
Maybe it said some things back to do
Baby, it's alright
To stay up every night
If I could change your mind
I'll bring you back in line
To do the things you really oughta

Oh-oh-oh-oh the water escape me
And I can't swim If I could - can I come in
 
Rockers Rollin´
(Parfitt/Lynton) -  1977

T-t-t-take us along on a mystery train that's going nowhere
Take us along on a mystery train that's going nowhere
Just let us ride
We don't want to be tied
Had enough of peeping and hiding
Rolling away 'cause this is our day
and everybody's feeling alright

We wanna run on the nine forty one
till we're there
We wanna run on the nine forty one
till we're there
Taking our time
only trucking the line
everybody knows where we're going
Rolling away 'cause this is our day
and everybody's feeling alright

N-n-n-nowhere to stay at the end of the day
but you're movin'
Nowhere to stay at the end of the day
keep on movin'
Nowhere to sleep and I'm out on my feet
Had enough of peeping and hiding
Oh what a day
What I'm tryin' to say
is everybody feeling alright

Just let us ride
we don't want to be tied
Rolling our way back home
taking our time
(we're) only trucking a line
Rolling our way back home
We're rockers rollin' yeah
We're rockers rollin'

Again And Again
(Parfitt / Bown / Lynton )  -  1978

Once upon a time not so very long ago
There wasn´t such a thing as a rock´n roll show
You had to sit at home and listen to the radio
Then came a man with a rockin´guitar
Found himself a beat and he played it near and far
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll

Again again again again
Again again again again
Why don´t you do it
Why don´t you do it again

He travelled round the world in a rock-n-roll band
He stood there like a giant with a guitar in his hand
Everybody danced and sang and let the good times roll
Nobody cared about the clothes he would wear
Nobody cared about the colour of his hair
Everybody came to see and let the good times roll

Again again again again
Again again again again
Why don´t you do it
Why don´t you do it again
 
Now we´ve got the rhythm in us now we´ve got the rock
Time didn´t matter never living by the clock
Everybody came to hear him playing his rock-n-roll
Then came a line when the music didn´t rhyme
He couldn´t find the rhythm cos he couldn´t find the time
But still the people came to listen to the good times roll
 

Like A Good Girl
(Rossi/Young)  -  1978

As I looked across
To where she where she was before
I didn´t have long
To wait around here anymore
We went to a place
That I hadn´t seen before
She worked me over
Then she went away

She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She´s no exception to the rule

As I carried on
Looking here and there
I couldn´t believe
She worked it out
And it worked on me
I guessed early on
But it didn´t click inside
She knew my weakness
And she knew my name

She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She´s no exception to the rule

As I carried on
Looking here and there
I couldn´t believe
She worked it out
And it worked on me
We went to a place
That I hadn´t seen before
She worked me over
Then she went away

She looked to me like a good girl
I played along like a fool
I paid a lot just to find out
She´s no exception to the rule
 
Whatever you want
(Parfitt / Bown)  -  1979

Whatever you want, whatever you like,
Whatever you say, you pay your money,
You take the choice.
Whatever you need, whatever you use,
Whatever you win, whatever you loose.

You're showing off,
You're showing out,
You look for trouble, turn around,
Give me a shout.
I take it all, you squeeze me dry,
And now today you wouldn't even say goodbye.

I can take you home on the midnight train again.
I can make an offer you can't refuse.

Runaway
( Rossi / Frost )  -  1979

Riding on a high
Riding so high now I´m leaving
Am I running far from my own fears
I´m never facing up
I never face up to the reasons
And never showing any of my tears
Cos I
Leave out the back way
Not the way that I came in
Beacuse it seems like the logical way, at the time

And then I run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I´m on the run, run, run, I´m falling
Run, run I´m a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs

Take me far away
Take me away to an island
And leave me hear to cry in my own tears
Try me once again
Try me again when you´re passing
Maybe I´ll remember you in years

I can´t go out the back way
Just the way that I came in
I hope it seems like the logical way, at the time

Beacuse I´ll run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I´m on the run, run, run, I´m falling
Run, run I´m a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs

Looking for so long
But I am listening longer
I haven´t seen or heard a thing from you
I can´t stay here
I couldn´t stay here if you paid me
I can´t give you any guarantees
I won´t
Go out the back way
Not the way that I came in
Beacuse it seems like the logical way, at the time

And then I run, run, run
And seek a hideaway
I´m on the run, run, run, I´m falling
Run, run I´m a runaway
Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs

Can I go back
Can I go back where I started
I always will remember my needs
I always will remember my needs
I said,I always will remember my needs
 

What Your Proposin' 
(Rossi / Frost)   -   1980

It sounds so nice, what you're proposin',
Just once or twice, and not disclosin',
And not disclosin' how we're really really feelin'.
What you're proposin, the other night,
As I was leaving, looks left and right.
And not believing, and not believing that i'm finally believing.

What you're proposin, now i'll get it right,
If i'm proposing, about better times.
The runny noses, it must be runny, runny, runny, runny noses.
But you're supposin'
Don't be so sure, and just supposin',
We yearn for more, and compromising,
And compromising leads to really really feeling.
And just supposing, don't get me wrong,
I'm only dreaming, it can't belong.
I must be dreaming, I must be dreaming, dreaming, only, only dreaming.
Am I just supposin
What you're proposing,
 

Don't Drive My Car   
(Parfitt / Bown)   -   1980

Ah Ah Ah Ah,
Don't drive my car.
I'm just a boy,
My favourite toy.

I'm tellin' you woman,
Don't push me too far,
I'm tellin' you straight,
Don't drive my car.
Stay where you are.
 

Lies  
(Rossi / Frost)   -   1980

I had another drink, I took another drink,
And then I tried to crawl out the door.
I had another smoke, I heard another joke,
And then I couldn't take any more.
It didn't change a thing not any single thing,
But someone tried to tell be for sure.
I heard anther voice that said I wasn't in a dream,
I'd read a word or two about averything,
I never new the way that I oughta hold on,
They never told me a thing about it,
I never did know a thing about it.

And the lies in the eyes of a thousand eyes,
They won't go away.
And the times that I tried are the times
That I find they won't show today.
But you make me feel so good.

I woke up after four, still lying on the floor,
Waiting to be carried away,
I woke up once again, a little laugh, pretend,
Will things be any better today?
It doesn't change a scene it only changes me,
Well someone tried to tell me I'm sure.
I'm gonna hear a voice and know it isn't in a dream,
I'm gonna read the lines and get a look between,
I never knew the way that it oughta hold on,
They never told me a thing about it,
I never did know a thing about it.

I'm going back to school, gonna check the rules,
And see if I get carried away.
I'm going back again, I'm gonna try it again,
Don't listen what the people might say.
It doesn't change a thing not any single thing,
But someone tried to tell me for sure.
I'm gonna hear a voice that said I wasn't in a dream,
I gonna read the lines and get a look between, I never knew the way that i'd oughta hold on,
They never told me a thing about it, I never did know a thing about it.
 

Rock 'N' Roll 
(Rossi / Frost)   -   1980

Never thought I'd have a worry,
Or need to be alone.
Playing near are far too many,
Time I should have known.

It can loose you all your sleep at night.
Twelve bar blues is now alright,
Now it's up to you, try and find a reason too,
Rock 'n' rollin' every song,
Rock 'n' rollin' eveyone.
It's rock 'n' roll 'n' rock 'n' rock 'n' roll.
It's rock 'n' roll 'n' rock keeps rollin' on.
Waiting all then time to find,
Radio plays on caroline,
They say you'll get there in the end,
We can pray, what they say makes a difference in the end.

Rushin' always in a hurry,
I tried to give it up.
Everything we do is funny,
It's never good enough
 
Something ´Bout You Baby I Like
(  Richard Supa )  - 1981

I see you every day
Walking down the avenue
I´d like to get to know you
But all I do is smile at you
Oh baby when it comes to talking
My tongue get so thight
This sidewalk love affair
Has got me high as a kite
Yeah yeah, there´s something ´bout you baby I like

Well I´m a slow walker
But girl I´d race a mile for you
Just to get back in time
For my peek-a-boo rendezvous
Well baby maby it´s the way
You wear you´re blue jeans so tight
I can´t put my finger On what you´re doing right
Yeah yeah, there´s something ´bout you baby I like

Well I´m standing on a corner
Smiling by a telephone
I´d like to check you over
Get to know you with a fine tooth comb
Oh baby when I get home,
I turn out the light
And then you come a strolling through
My dreams every night
Yeah yeah, there´s something ´bout you baby I like

Carol
( Berry )  -  1981

Oh, Carol, don´t let him steal your heart away
I´m gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
Well, come in to my machine, so we can cruse on out
I know a swingin´ little joint where we can jump and shout
It´s not too far back off the highway not so long a ride
You park your car out in the open, you can walk inside
A little cutie takes your hat and you can thank her ma'am
`Cos ev´ry time you make the scene you find the joint is jammed

Oh, Carol, don´t let him steal your heart away
I´m gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
Oh, Carol, don´t let him steal your heart away
I´m gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day

Well, if you wanna hear some music like the boys are playin´
Hold tight catch your foot, don´t let him carry it away
Don´t let the heat overcome you, when they play so loud
Oh, don´t the music intrigue you, when they get a crowd
If you can´t dance, I know you wish you could
I got my eyes on you baby ´cause you dance so good

Oh, Carol, don´t let him steal your heart away
I´m gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
Oh, Carol, don´t let him steal your heart away
   
 
Riverside
(Rossi/Frost) - 1981

She left me cold and hungry by the riverside
She left me so downhearted there and I really cried
About mistakes I made and it's a crying shame
I can't believe the way they start all over again

She left me cold and hungry by the riverside
Without a word or a note, so I couldn't find
A reason for to stay where I wanted to stay
There didn't seem to me to be anyway

I got away to the city from the riverside
And it was all nitty gritty there, however I tried
I didn't wait to feel how I knew I would feel
I had to turn around, 'cos I wouldn't be found

Don't blame me
Or point your finger at me
I'm not blind and I see
Don't point your finger at me
Don't you do it, don't you do it to me
Don't point your finger my way
Don't put the blame all my way

She found me so lighthearted by the riverside
She didn't cry or try and I didn't mind
'Cos I (just) had to stay
Where I wanted to stay, and the mistakes I made
I made them anyway

She left me cold and hungry by the riverside
And it was oh such a pity, 'cos I really tried
It didn't make me feel how I wanted to feel
I turned around to be where I wanted to be

Don't blame me
Or point your finger at me
I'm not blind and I see
Don't point your finger at me
Don't you do it, don't you do it to me
Don't point your finger my way
Don't put the blame all my way

She left me cold and hungry by the riverside
And it was oh such a pity, 'cos I really tried
It didn't make me feel how I wanted to feel
I turned around to be where I wanted to be