Status Quo : Perfect Remedy

Hard-Rock / United-Kingdom
(1989 - Universal Music Group / Mercury Records)
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1. LITTLE DREAMER

You're a dreamer
A pretty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever

Just listen while I'm talking to you
All night long
Right or wrong
Listen to me all night long
I'm never gonna waste time crying
All night long
Right or wrong
I won't be crying all night long

You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever

You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
I couldn't beat the fever

I've waited long enough I reckon
On my own
Tried to phone
Tried to phone, but you're not home
I'm thinking while I try and reason
what went wrong
Something's gone
Ain't no good in hanging on

You're a dreamer
A purty little dreamer
I couldn't leave you
I really couldn't leave you
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
A fever for the dreamer
You didn't gimme gimme time to beat the fever
I've got the fever
A fever for the dreamer

You didn't gimme gimme
You didn't gimme gimme
You didn't gimme gimme


2.NOT AT ALL

Might say yes, might say no
It's like watching the river flow
Might be shallow, may be deep
I won't lose any sleep, no, oh no

Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on and on?

I won't worry, I won't fret
Are you really that lonely yet?
If you listen, what you hear
Is it somebody saying so, oh no

Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on and on?

Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on?
Not at all will I take a fall for you
Not at all 'cos you want it all
And you try it on like a sad old song
Don't you think it's wrong
How you carry on?
Not at all


3.HEART ON HOLD

You have the technology
You are in control, you know all the angles
Forget your trigonometry
Please release my soul, please undo this tangle
You have the power remote control
One look from you and my blood runs cold

You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold

You had compatability
You're not giving in, you're not user friendly
There's every possibility
We can make a spark with the right connection
I need your wiring diagram
I need to break into your programme

You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold

You know the terminology
You leave me behind, I could use some training
Equipment is top quality
I'll supply the base, you supply the software
It's done by numbers, or so they say
So one plus one equals two today

You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold, freeze frame
You've put my heart on hold


4. PERFECT REMEDY

I thought that you would leave my memory
I didn't think you'd stay in mind, I didn't think at all
At least I thought that with some misery
I'd find a way to have it all, and with or without you

But it's all right, this or any way
It's all right, which any other way
Any night or any other day
It's all right, put it another way
You do like you do when you do what you do like I do
Day out, day in you're always trying to fight for control

You thought you had the perfect remedy
A perfect remedy for me, a remedy for all
You say at last you tried so pleasantly
To find a way to have it all, or have a drink on me

But it's all right, this or any way
It's all right, which any other way
Any night or any other day
It's all right, put it another way
You do like you do when you do what you do like I do
Day out, day in you're always trying to fight for control

I guess it's just a faded memory
That comes along with certainty
Then goes and fades away
But it's all right, this or any way
It's all right, which any other way
Any night or any other day
It's all right


5.ADDRESS BOOK

Throw away your old address book of the guys you used to Know
Get all dressed up in your best look, I'll take you to the movie show

You look lovely when you're angry, but I love the way you
Smile
We could while away the hours, or we could walk another mile
My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite The same

I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control
If I knew then what I know now of the chances at the time
Didn't know that I'd be missing a chance to lay it on the
Line
I could have asked you if you needed, or maybe wanted, to Get out

But it didn't really matter, we got together anyhow
My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite The same

I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control
Threw away your old address book, took a while to realise
You'd be better off with someone, what I mean is me and mine
So whatya doing at the weekend? Shall we make it Friday
Night?
Anywhere you fancy going, and any way with me's all right

My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite The same

I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control
My darling don't you ever change, don't think I'd be quite The same
I thought I was in control, I thought I was in control


6.THE POWER OF ROCK

He was a lonely boy
In a broken land
Where people were living and dying
In the name of a higher man
And then one day
Into his hand
The power of rock and roll

She was a hungry girl
For a caring world
And the rules say don't take a step over there
But she carries on
And drawn one day
Into the force by the power of rock and roll

Oh, oh, fighting for love, and singing you
Oh, oh, telling you why, and showing you
Oh oh, gonna be joined by rock and roll

In a working band
He became the man
But the law of the street
Said they could not meet
In any circumstance
But she did not care
They began to share
The power of rock and roll

Oh, oh, fighting for love, and singing you
Oh, oh, telling you why, and showing you
Oh oh, gonna be joined by rock and roll

Well they were learning
Of trouble they stayed ahead
And they were burning
Burning up and seeing red
That the place they loved would fall apart
If you can't show feeling from the heart
And then fighting
Know what they were fighting for
Can everybody
Give and take a little more
Because it's all too easy to forget
That you can fight 'til there ain't no reason left
So everybody, sing

Oh, oh, and singing you
Oh, oh, and showing you
Woh oh oh, and telling you
Woh oh oh

He was a lonely man
She was a hungry girl
Living on different sides
They were praying for a guiding word
And then one day
Into their hands
The power of rock and roll

Oh, oh, and singing you
Oh, oh, and showing you
Woh oh oh, and telling you
Woh oh oh


7.THE WAY I AM

I been cheated, been mistreated
Ain't ashamed of whatever I've been
Seen the good times, lived the bad times
Now I'm looking at the shape I'm in
Ain't got no money, ain't got no degree
But I got me somebody, she's taking care of me
And she told me that she wants me
Again and again and again and again and a-

She understands the way I am
I can see it in her eyes
She never tried to make me cry
She wants me for the way I am

I used to be so that I did not know
Take the chances when they came my way
Now I live like there's no tomorrow
And what is gone belongs to yesterday
Don't got no big car, ain't got no jet plane
But I got me that one thing they can never take away
'Cos she told me that she loves me
Over and over and over and over and

She understands the way I am
I can see it in her eyes
She never tried to make me cry
She wants me for the way I am

Well I ain't got everything money can buy
But I've got everything that I need to get by
'Cos she told me that she loves me
Forever and ever and ever and ever and

She understands the way I am
I can see it in her eyes
She never tried to make me cry
She loves the way I am
She understands the way I am
I can see it in her eyes
She never tried to make me cry
She wants me for the way I am


8. TOMMY'S IN LOVE

Heavens above, his mother would say
My Tommy's in love, he's moody all day
He's out of his mind, suspended in time

But he tries alibis and he tries to explain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
And he tries little lies, then he tries to refrain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

Listen to me, his mother would say
You're young and in love, it won't last that way
You're only a boy, you'll grow up in time

But he tries alibis and he tries to explain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
And he tries little lies, then he tries to refrain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go

Tommy's in love, he's always that way
Whatever he does, if only he'd say
He's feeling so fine, she's looking so sweet

But he tries alibis and he tries to explain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
And he tries little lies, then he tries to refrain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
And he tries alibis then he tries to explain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
And he tries little lies, then he tries to refrain, saying
Let me go, let me,
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go


9.MAN OVERBOARD

There's a hole in my bed where I ain't seen you for days
Got a pain in my head 'cos I'm back to my bad old ways
I can't get out, you won't come in
And you can't see the state I'm in
On top of it all, my A string's gone again

Everyday I'm a-wasting away, it's oh so bad
My mind's gone dead and my eyes are red, it's oh so sad
Nobody calls, they've had enough
I've got to stop myself drinking this stuff
On top of it all, my A string's gone again

Oh no, oh no, man overboard you know, and I'm gonna drown
Oh no, oh no, I'm wrecking myself and I'm running around

Save my soul, I said save my soul
Ooh save my soul, I'm losing my grip
I think I'm gonna slip, oh

I gotta do something or I might as well be living in hell
I gotta find someone who can break me away from this spell
It's getting to me, it's bringing me down
I'm cold and I'm lonley since you ain't around
And on top of it all, my A string's gone again

Oh no, oh no, man overboard you know, and I'm gonna drown
Oh no, oh no, I'm wrecking myself and I'm running around

Save my soul, save my soul
Save my soul, I'm losing my grip
I think I'm gonna slip, oh


10.GOING DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME

I wake up every morning and that's my first mistake
From thereon in it's downhill all the way
I used to have a problem but now you want to leave
My new problem's getting through the day

Going down for the first time
Guess I've yet to learn loves ain't blind
I could use a little help, I can't stay here by myself
And I can't work you out of my mind

Now I don't mind admitting that maybe you were right
The more we try the less it seems to work
We get so used to banging our heads against the wall
It's only when we stop it starts to hurt

Going down for the first time
Guess I've yet to learn loves ain't blind
I could use a little help, I can't stay here by myself
I'll step right out of line, I'll go clean out of time
Yes I could use a little help, know I'd lose it by myself
If you fall out of sight, you know you'll turn out the light.

Going down for the first time
Guess I've yet to learn loves ain't blind
I could use a little help, I can't stay here by myself
I'll step right out of line, I'll go clean out of time
Yes I could use a little help, know I'd lose it by myself
If you fall out of sight, you know you'll turn out the Light.
And I'll quietly go out of my mind


11.THROW HER A LINE

Throw her a line, she's sinking fast
Show her a sign, don't make her laugh
Don't try putting it on
Show her the time is here at last
And only the past is in the past
Don't try bringing it on

If it were you, you wouldn't wait so long
And if you were true you wouldn't carry on
On and on

So, throw her a line, she's sinking fast
Show her a sign, don't make her laugh
Don't try putting it on
Show her the time is here at last
And only the past is in the past
Don't try bringing it on

'Til there was you I was the only one
'Til there was you she didn't carry on
On and on

Oh, throw her a line, she's sinking fast
Show her a sign, don't make her laugh
Don't try putting it on
Show her the time is here at last
And only the past is in the past
Don't try bringing it on

I hope you don't mind if I just have to say
Just talking up high, it is the only way
Only way

So, throw her a line, she's sinking fast
Show her the time is here at last
Throw her a line, she's sinking fast
Show her the time is here at last
Throw her a line, she's sinking fast
Show her the time is here at last
Throw her a line, she's sinking fast
Show her the time is here at last
Throw her a line


12. 1000 YEARS

I can't wait to say all the things I want to say
You don't help at all, thinking I am just a fool
But one has changed and one remains, going on

Even if it takes a thousand years or more
Even if we cried a thousand tears, I'm sure
We'd still want more and more

Just the other day taking love you won't repay
Where's the give and take? Tell me why the sudden heartache?
The emptiness and loneliness say it all

Even if it takes a thousand years or more
Even if we cried a thousand tears, I'm sure
We'd still want more and more

Walked all over me, played around with my heart
Who knows where or when from the middle through until the
End?
An easy touch, you knew as much all along

Even if it takes a thousand years or more
Even if we cried a thousand tears, I'm sure
We'd still want more and more


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