Ted The Mechanic

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• Letras

  Playing pool and drinking beer
  Nothin more'n the
  occasional tear
  But this man's life goes on
  and he gets
  greased all over
  from time to time
  At the strip joint, where we met
  He said 'Hi, my name is Ted
  See that one over there
  That ball of thunder
  Every time she goes Vavoom,
  I wiggle in my chair
  Can I buy you a beer?
  What a guy

  'I've had a few myself' he said
  'But I never quit when I'm ahead
  Too many rules and regulations
  Stupid laws designed by fools behind closed doors
  And another thing I won't discuss is religion
  It always causes a fight
  Vavoom
  There she goes again
  'How does she do that' said Ted

  And he told me
  of those unjustices (that)
  He had suffered in his life
  His wife and kids
  and boss and dogs
  and neighbours
  Raising cain and causing strife
  They were forever whining
  Bleating howling yapping screeching moaning crying
  Vavoom
  He fed them well
  He keep them warm

  Thing about Ted
  he didn't really care
  Nothing much got in his hair
  and the beauty of it was
  that he was right
  He was big as a truck
  and fast as a door
  (what's that?)
  he was always right

  The banjo player took a hike
  What's that song
  I used to like
  Vavoom
  He was big as a truck
  Fast as a door - Ted
  Ted the man our Ted

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Pictures Of Home

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  Somebody's shouting
  Up at a mountain
  Only my own words return
  Nobody's up there
  It's a deception
  When will I ever learn?

  [CHORUS:]
  I'm alone here
  With emptiness eagles and snow
  Unfriendliness chilling my body
  And whispering pictures of home

  Wondering blindly
  How can they find me
  Maybe they don't even know
  My body is shaking
  Anticipating
  The call of the black footed crow...

  [Chorus]

  Here in this prison
  Of my own making
  Year after day I have grown
  Into a hero
  But there's no worship
  Where have they hidden my thrown...

  [Chorus]

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Lazy

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  You're lazy just stay in bed
  You're lazy just stay in bed
  You don't want no money
  You don't want no bread

  If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
  If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
  You don't want to live you don't want to cry no more

  Well my trying ain't done no good
  I said my trying ain't done no good
  You don't make no effort no not like you should

  Lazy you just stay in bed
  Lazy you just stay in bed
  You don't want no money
  You don't want no bread

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When A Blind Man Cries

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  If you're leaving, close the door
  I'm not expecting people, anymore
  Here me grieving, lying on the floor
  Whether I'm drunk or dead, I really ain't too sure

  I'm a blind man
  I'm a blind man
  And my world is pale
  When a blind man cries
  Lord, you know
  There ain't a sadder tale

  Had a friend once, in a room
  Had a good time, but it ended much too soon
  In a cold month, in that room
  We found a reason, for the things we had to do

  I'm a blind man
  I'm a blind man
  Now my room is cold
  When a blind man cries
  Lord, you know
  He feels it from his soul

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Woman From Tokyo

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  Fly into the rising sun,
  Faces, smiling everyone
  Yeah, she is a whole new tradition
  I feel it in my heart

  My woman from Tokyo
  She makes me see
  My woman from Tokyo
  She's so good to me

  Talk about her like a Queen
  Dancing in a Eastern Dream
  Yeah, she makes me feel like a river
  That carries me away

  My woman from Tokyo
  She makes me see
  My woman from Tokyo
  She's so good to me

  But I'm at home and I just don't belong ...

  So far away from the garden we love
  She is what moves in the soul of a dove
  Soon I shall see just how black was my night
  When we're alone in Her City of light

  Rising from the neon gloom
  Shining like a crazy moon
  Yeah, she turns me on like a fire
  I get high

  My woman from Tokyo
  She makes me see
  My woman from Tokyo
  She's so good to me

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Strange Kind Of Woman

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  There once was a woman
  A strange kind of woman
  The kind that gets written down in history

  Her name was Nancy
  Her face was nothing fancy
  She left a trail of happiness and misery

  I loved her
  Everybody loved her
  She loved everyone and gave them good return

  I tried to take her
  I even tried to break her
  She said, "I ain't for takin' won't you ever learn"

  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman

  She looked like a raver
  But I could never please her
  On Wednesday mornings boy, you can't go far

  I couldn't get her
  But things got better, she said
  "Saturday nights from now on baby, you're my star"

  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman

  She's my soul, I love you

  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman

  She finally said she loved me
  I wed her in a hurry
  No more callers and I glowed with pride

  I'm dreaming
  I feel like screaming
  I won my woman just before she died

  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  I spent my money as I took my turn
  I want you, I need you, I got to be near you
  Ooh, I got a strange kind of woman

  Who do you think you are?
  Superstar
  Who do you think you are?
  Superstar
  Superstar
  Who do we think we are?
  Oh my soul, I love you baby

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Fireball

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• Letras

  The golden light about you show me where you're from
  The magic in your eye bewitches all you gaze upon
  You stand up on your hill and behop all around you
  They wonder where you're from oh yeah
  They wonder where I found you
  Oh my love it's a long way
  Where you're from it's a long way

  I tried to understand you, I tried to love you right
  The way you smile and touch me always sets my heart alight
  Your lips are like a fire burning through my soul
  And people ask me where you're from
  They really wanna know
  Oh my soul it's a long way
  Where you're from it's a long way

  Magic woman wreckin' up my soul
  Things you tell me have never been told
  Magic woman I don't know
  Electric before me I love you so I love you so

  You're racing like a fireball dancing like a ghost
  You're gemini and I don't know which one I like the most
  My head is getting broken and my mind is getting bust
  But now I'm coming with you down the road of golden dust
  Oh my love it's a long way
  Where you're from it's a long way

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