R.E.O./T.W.O.

I’ve been on the road now for a day and a night
I’ve been lonesome and hungry for miles
I’ve seen how you people been lookin your lies
I’m gonna kill y’all with your own smiles
But I wish that y’all could get a look at the news
And see what the man’s puttin down
Well I gotta hold a one yesterday night
And they threw me outta this town, oh yeah

Well it’s gonna be awhile before I get home
But when I do that’s the end of my roamin
Cause I’ve been gone a lifetime and I can’t believe
That the people I trust still can deceive

By the time I get back here things have to change
Cause if they don’t there’s gonna be alot of strange
Lookin people marchin round, clappin their hands
And they won’t stop till everyone understands

Oh yeah
Let me ride, let me ride
Let me ride now, let me ride now, yeah

Livin’s just like sleepin
Why is life not like a dream
Now the dawn is weepin
Another sunlight sees
Oh I’ve been here too long now
I got to go outside
Ya people gotta let me ride

Let me ride, ride, ride
I got to feel free inside (4x)

(solo)

Ya people gotta let me ride
Let me ride, ride, ride
I gotta feel free inside (4x)
Words & Music Kevin Cronin
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved

Telephone girl talkin to her mother’s voice
Yet she knows these days will soon be gone
Cadillac crews take the band away tonight
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
It’s a dream I had playin music in my band
It’s a dream I had to be happy with the woman I love
Well if dreams came true
And they definitely do
For sayin I’m a fool
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
Ain’t it funny how the story goes

Hollywood queen lookin from her lacy tomb
It’s strange to know that I can laugh at you
Flash guitar instead of an architects tool
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
It’s a dream I had playin music in a band
It’s a dream I had to be happy with the woman I love
But if dreams came true
And they definitely do
For sayin I’m a fool
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
(solo)
(chorus)

Words & Music Gary Richrath
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved

I got lumps in my throat
When I saw her comin down the aisle
I got the wiggles in my knees
When she looked at me and sweetly smiled
Well there she is again
Standin over by the record machine
Well she looks like a model
On the cover of a magazine
But she’s too cute
To be a minute over seventeen

Meanwhile I was thinkin

Well if she’s in the mood
No need to break it
I got the chance and I oughta take it
If she can dance we can make it
C’mon queenie let’s shake it

I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie

Won’t someone tell me
Who’s the queen standin over by the record machine
Well she looks like a model
On the cover of a magazine
But she’s too cute
To be a minute over seventeen

I said go, go, go, little queenie (3x)
(solo)

Meanwhile, I was still thinkin, hmmmm,
Well if it’s a slow one
We’ll omit it
If it’s a rocker, then we’ll get it
If it’s a good one, she’ll admit it
C’mon queenie, let’s get with it

I said go, go, go, little queenie (3x)
(solo)
I said go, go, go, little queenie (3x)
Words & Music Chuck Berry
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved

Please don’t worry now about the mornin’
When it’s time we’ll sip our wine and sleep
Woah, but I’ve been known
To love more than one person
Woah, and I’ve been shown
That bein’ kind can hurt someone sometimes

Listen to my words now look no further
What you’ve seen is what I mean no more
Woah, but I’ve been known
To love more than one person
Woah, and I’ve been shown
That bein’ kind can hurt someone sometimes

Don’t dream of answers cause you know I’ve none to give
They burn like cancers they just won’t let you live

I’ve been known
To love more than one person
And I’ve been shown
That bein’ kind can hurt someone sometimes

Don’t dream of answers cause you know I’ve none to give
We move like dancers steppin on each other to live
And pouncin hard
Like animals in the yard
And there’s no healin, lookin, feelin
There’s no denyin that bein kind can hurt
Someone sometimes
Oh, there’s no denyin, woah Lord there’s no denyin
That bein’ kind can hurt someone sometimes
(solo)

Words & Music Kevin Cronin
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved

Recently I’ve been thinkin about what I am and where my priorities lie
Gettin it together on some future plan, decidin what I need to get by
I tried workin and schoolin but there just not my plan, oh no
Can’t ya see I’ll always be a music man

Well I could be pickin bluegrass or singin the blues, it doesn’t really matter to me
As long as I’m playin the music I just can’t lose, and noones gonna tell me differently
Cause all I really care about is sittin right here in my hands, oh yeah
Can’t ya see I’ll always be a music man

Well my momma sits and worries about me for days
Even though she really likes the way the boy plays
My daddy tells her I’m just goin through a phase
But that’s just what he always says
I hear what they’re sayin but I take it with a grain of sand, oh yeah
Can’t ya see I’ll always be a music man
(repeat) yeah

(solo)

Well my momma sits and worries about me for days
Even though she really likes the way the boy plays
My daddy tells her that I’m goin through a phase
But that’s just what he always says
I hear what they’re sayin but I take it with a grain of sand, oh yeah
Can’t ya see I’ll always be a music man

Well I’ve told you my story now here’s what I’ve found
To be happy you need only be real
So don’t let anyone try to turn your head around
Just remember you are what you feel
You see all of my life people been tryin to tell me what I am, oh yeah
Can’t ya see I’ll always be a music man, oh yeah
(repeat)

Words & Music Kevin Cronin
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved

Well I’ve seen women who cross their legs
Before they sit down to the table
And I’ve seen women who look to the sky
Screamin Lord I believe in the Bible
And I’ve seen hookers dancin through Times Square
With their heads held up so high
But I’ve never seen a woman
Who makes me feel
Woah, like you do

Well I’ve seen couples holdin hands
With that glazy look in their eyes
And I’ve seen lovers rollin round in bed
Screamin as if they’re gonna die
And I’ve seen lovers holdin hands
And then laughin when their back is turned
But I’ve never seen a woman
Who makes me feel
Woah, like you do

(solo)

Well I’ve seen women who cross their legs
Before they sit down to the table
And I’ve seen women who look to the sky
Screamin Lord I Believe in the Bible
And I’ve seen hookers dancin through Times Square
With their heads held up so high
But I’ve never seen a woman
Who makes me feel
No I’ve never seen a woman
Who can make me feel
Like you do

Words & Music Gary Richrath
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved

Diamond studded man
Ruby coated plan
Makes my heart ache to think that money could take you from me

Midnight dream
Almost made me scream
Nightmares came now that money took you from me

(Chorus)
Well, you’re a flash tan queen from the southern shores
Like a rotten peach layin’ in the Georgia sun
Well, you can lay all day, get your back real brown
But a dollar can take away your frown

Fat rat queen
Golden limousines
All of these things just come between you and me, yeah

Lacy white gown
Just makes me wanna frown
My heart aches now that money’s taken you from me

(Chorus)

(solo)

Shakes me apart
Make believe hall
I’m feelin’ like a flower stuck on somebody’s wall

Midnight dream
Lord it made me scream
My heart aches now that money took you from me

(Chorus)

Oh, you’re a flash tan queen

Words & Music Gary Richrath
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved

Diamond studded man
Ruby coated plan
Makes my heart ache to think that money could take you from me

Midnight dream
Almost made me scream
Nightmares came now that money took you from me

(Chorus)
Well, you’re a flash tan queen from the southern shores
Like a rotten peach layin’ in the Georgia sun
Well, you can lay all day, get your back real brown
But a dollar can take away your frown

Fat rat queen
Golden limousines
All of these things just come between you and me, yeah

Lacy white gown
Just makes me wanna frown
My heart aches now that money’s taken you from me

(Chorus)

(solo)

Shakes me apart
Make believe hall
I’m feelin’ like a flower stuck on somebody’s wall

Midnight dream
Lord it made me scream
My heart aches now that money took you from me

(Chorus)

Oh, you’re a flash tan queen

Words & Music Gary Richrath
©1972 CBS Inc., all rights reserved