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Lyrics:
It’s an ancient proposition:
You can’t win for losing
Ever since the world began
People started making plans
Working hard to try to see them through
But in the end, they all got screwed
Fly in the ointment
And it’s stinkin’ up the joint
Can’t conceal my disappointment
There’s just no end to the bad news
It’s the wisdom of the ages
Premonition from the sages
Whenever something right goes wrong
It never seems to take too long
Before the whole damn thing just goes to shit
Just like the lyrics of this song
Fly in the ointment
And it’s stinkin’ up the joint
Can’t conceal my disappointment
There’s just no end to the bad news
Say it!
Fly in the ointment and I hope you understand
The purge of the nations is upon the common man
The whole situation is beyond your command
A turn of events is going to do you in
I said yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh-huh, oh yeah
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Like a long-distance runner
Back to the wind
Not sure where you’re going but you know where you’ve been
And when you go down
You go down to the ground
Like a long-distance runner
Like a long-distance runner
Out on your own
Years going by like milestones
And when you go down
You go down to the ground
Like a long-distance runner
And if I had my way I’d be out there today
Like a long-distance runner
Like a long-distance runner
The path never ends
You just get up tomorrow and do it again
And when you go down
You go down to the ground
Like a long-distance runner
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We took to each other like sister and brother
Then we seemed to fall into loving each other
So, it's time to hang up our broken hearts
And get together for a brand-new start
Yeah
All the trouble we've been through
And I find myself loving you
So, it's time to hang up our broken hearts
Girl, I never told you how much I want to hold you
(It's hard to hide a broken heart)
Without really knowing my love for you was growing
(It's hard to live with too)
Now it's time to hang up our broken hearts
And get together for a brand-new start
Yeah
All the trouble we've been through
And I find myself loving you
So, it's time to hang up our broken hearts
Now it's time that we hang up our broken hearts
And get together for a brand-new start
Girl, I never told you how much I want to hold you
Without really knowing my love for you was growing
Picking up the pieces of a broken heart
Putting them together, trying to make a start
Trying to tell you girl just how I feel for you
What else in the world can a poor boy do?
There’s nowhere else on Earth I’d rather go
I really don't want to be left alone
Trying to tell you girl what I want to do
I want to take you home and then I'll stay with you
Hang up the broken hearts
Hang up the broken hearts
We're picking up the pieces of a broken heart
Putting them together, trying to make a start
Trying to tell you girl just how I feel for you
What else in the world can a poor boy do?
What can I do?
Hang up the broken hearts
Hang up the broken hearts
We're picking up the pieces of a broken heart
Nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-hey
Nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-hey
Nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-hey
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Broke Down in Chi-Town
03:49
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We met in an alley
She wore lingerie
It seemed some excitement might get in our way
I never rubbed up beside such a bad kind of love
Under cover of darkness
She took the form of a widow-maker
Too close to home
I never rubbed up beside such a bad kind of love
Bad Love, bad love
It’s all around in Chi-Town
It holds me down
And turns me on myself
You know, I broke down in Chi-Town
Now I know Chicago
Will always hold me down
But still, it’s my hometown again
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Reaction Time
03:46
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You go to school to get a trade
All your buddies think you’ve got it made
But deep down inside you wonder if you made the grade
You can’t cut out the voices in your head
Your spirit’s alive but you’re better off dead than alive
It’s reaction time
It’s time to find some action in this city tonight
There’s no alcoholic thrill
Or multi-colored pill
To ease the pain of having too much time to kill
You can’t cut out the voices in your head
Your spirit’s alive but you’re better off dead than alive
It’s reaction time
It’s time to find some action in this city tonight
Hit the streets and run the lights
Your destiny’s in sight
Get away from all your problems in the city tonight
You can’t cut out the voices in your head
Your spirit’s alive but you’re better off dead than alive
It’s reaction time
It’s time to find some action in this city tonight
It’s reaction time
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The Answer in Your Heart
03:21
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I want to know you, love you and hold you
I look for the answer in your heart
So, we’ll both know the reason why we are apart
If you are thinking what I am hoping
Then I’ll find the answer in your heart
So, we’ll both know the reason why we are apart
I acted thoughtlessly
Convinced myself that I was free
If only then I knew
As I fell you flew
Into the nearest passing wind
I can’t believe the bad shape that my head was in
And though I really hurt you so
I still ask you gracelessly
Do I see an answer in your heart?
Give me your answer
Even a gesture
Give me a glance into your heart
So, we’ll both know the reason why we are apart
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Full Speed Ahead
02:03
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You can’t slow down for me
There’s too many places you’ve got to be
And too much inside your head
There’s no time to lose, you’re going full speed ahead
Your phone’s ringing off the hook
There’s no space in your appointment book
Just throw it away instead
There’s no time to lose, you’re going full speed ahead
Are you misunderstood just ’cause life started treating you good?
Take the alternative route
You go in, you do it, and get out
Forget what those cynics said
’Cause there’s no time to lose, you’re going full speed ahead
You spin like a spinning top
You can’t slow down if you never stop
At least not until you’re dead
There’s no time to lose, you’re going full speed ahead
Are you misunderstood just ’cause life started treating you good?
Take the alternative route
You go in, you do it, and get out
Forget what those cynics said
’Cause there’s no time to lose, you’re going full speed ahead
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Die Like a Hero
02:34
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You’re going to die like a hero
Die like the hero you are
You were a superstar
Now you’re one of us
How right you are to die like the hero you are
You caved to temptation
But prayed for salvation in the end
No time to make amends
You’re on your own without a friend
You’ll die like the hero you are
Get away
You can’t get away
Burned some lives and you earned some karma
You can’t pray while there are debts yet to pay
They’re all yours
They won’t go away
You’re going to die like a hero
Die like the hero you are
You can run but won’t get far
You’ve got it coming
How right you are to die like a hero
Cave to temptation
Die like the hero you are
Make a pact with the devil then pray for salvation
Die like the hero you are
Laugh at the homeless
Build a moat ’round your castle
Die like the hero you are
Starve all the hungry
Binge on indulgence
Die like the hero you are
Just keep on smiling
You’re still going to die
Die like the hero that you are
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SHOWTIME
The party’s over
It was sublime
Now the lights all dim for showtime
Affairs in order
We paid some dues
There’s only one thing left to lose
Do you remember 1975?
Just clueless vagabonds who barely survived
Do you remember the soundtrack we played?
Behind a worn four-piece at the back of the stage
As we tried to keep ourselves alive
For all our lives
Now it’s showtime
You won’t remember the day you die
Or all the people left behind without saying goodbye
Do you wonder what they’ll do the next day?
They’ll just do it without you
They’ll just live their own lives without you
I think I get it
All of mankind pulls back the curtain for showtime
Heed the advice of the antitype when a song of death becomes an ode to life
If it’s a riddle, we can’t comprehend
Caught in the middle with no sight of the end
An arcane issue, fundamental to life, is:
What might be waiting on the other side?
As we tried to keep ourselves alive
For all our lives
It’s showtime
As we tried to keep ourselves alive
For all our lives
It’s showtime
It’s my life, oh yeah
Stay with me
Stay with me
I need somebody near me tonight
It’s my life, oh yeah
FLY IN THE OINTMENT, PT. 2
I’ve been up
I’ve been down
I’ve been twisted all around
I’m not invincible
I’m just a human, y’all
I've been treated like less than a man
I hope that some of you would understand
I'm not an animal
I'm just a human, y’all
There's a fly in the ointment
It’s a bitter disappointment
You can’t possibly avoid it
There’s just no end to the bad news
I can laugh
I can cry
I can give up
I can try
It’s unpredictable
I'm just a human, y’all
I’ve said things I would finally regret
Made big mistakes that I will never forget
I'm not a criminal
I'm just a human, y’all
There's a fly in the ointment
It’s a bitter disappointment
You can’t possibly avoid it
There’s just no end to the bad news
I’ve been up
I’ve been down
I’ve been twisted all around
I’m not invincible
I’m just a human, y’all
It’s not unusual
It’s quite predictable
I’m only human
I’m just a human, y’all
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Waldo Picasso Nashville, Tennessee
Waldo Picasso is an alias used by Andy Doerschuk, who in real life played drums with Steppenwolf, Rick Derringer, Chet
Atkins, The Pop, Debbie Davies, The Naughty Sweeties, Leslie West, Pat Travers, Brenton Wood, Billy Vera & the Beaters & The Kingsmen.
During his remaining waking hours he was also the founding editor of Drum!, Traps, Drums & Drumming, How to Play Drums & Bass Player magazines.
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