2 Song ID's please
AlexiaFan
suchlike. The only lyrics I remember are something like "the islands where we
lived are not the same" and "the spanish border". I heard it on BBC Radio 2
last Thursday, but the DJ didn't say it's name.
2. I was at a wedding this weekend, and the band at the reception played a
song, probably called "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" The first line was
something like "Pretty woman with the gorilla from down our street". Is this a
proper song? Who's it by?
While I'm at it, anyone got the words for Steve Miller (?) "The Joker"?
Thanx in advance.
Catcha,
Tom
Baz
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>2. I was at a wedding this weekend, and the band at the reception played a
>song, probably called "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" The first line was
>something like "Pretty woman with the gorilla from down our street". Is this a
>proper song? Who's it by?
Yup, it's a proper song, and indeed it is called "Is She Really Going
Out With Him". It's by Joe Jackson.
>
>While I'm at it, anyone got the words for Steve Miller (?) "The Joker"?
>
You can find 'em at Lyrics World -
http://lyrics.natalnet.com.br/html/main_index/index.html
They've also got the Joe Jackson lyrics.
>Thanx in advance.
>
>Catcha,
>Tom
Cheers,
Baz
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erin c/o altmusiclyrics
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Steve Miller
The Joker
Some people call me the space cowboy.
Yea... some call me the gangster of love.
Some people call me Maurice.
Cause I speak of the pompotous of love.
People talk about me baby.
Say I'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong.
Well you worry, baby, don't worry.
Cause I'm right here, right here,
Right here, right here at home.
Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
I'm a lover, I'm a sinner.
I play my music in the sun.
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker.
I'm midnight toker.
I get my lovin' on the run.
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see.
I really love your peaches. Wanna shake your tree.
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time.
Ohey, baby, I'll sure show you a good time.
Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner,
I'm a lover, I'm a sinner.
I play my music in the sun.
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker.
I'm midnight toker.
Sure don't want to hurt no one.
People keep talking about me, baby.
Say I'm doing you wrong.
Well you worry, don't worry,
No don't worry mama.
Cause I'm right here at home.
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see.
I really love your peaches. Wanna shake your tree.
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time.
Come on baby. Show me a good time.
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AlexiaFan wrote:
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> 1. Quite latin, quite 80's, quite european-sounding. Spanish guitars and
> suchlike. The only lyrics I remember are something like "the islands where we
> lived are not the same" and "the spanish border". I heard it on BBC Radio 2
> last Thursday, but the DJ didn't say it's name.
>
> 2. I was at a wedding this weekend, and the band at the reception played a
> song, probably called "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" The first line was
> something like "Pretty woman with the gorilla from down our street". Is this a
> proper song? Who's it by?
>
> While I'm at it, anyone got the words for Steve Miller (?) "The Joker"?
>
erin c/o altmusiclyrics
Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Jackson)
Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
From my window I'm staring while my coffee goes cold
Look over there (where?) there, there's a lady that I used
to know
She's married now or engaged or something so I'm told
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me
There's something going wrong around here
Tonight's the night when I go to all the parties down my street
I wash my hair and I kid myself, I look real smooth
Look over there (where?) there, here comes Jeanie with her
new boyfriend
They say that looks don't count for much and so there goes
your proof
repeat, around here
But if looks could kill there's a man there who is marked
down as dead
'Cause I've had my fill, listen you, take your hands from
her head
I get so mean around the scene, hey, hey, hey
repeat, around here
Something going wrong around here(3X)
Something going wrong around
Boneless
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> 1. Quite latin, quite 80's, quite european-sounding. Spanish guitars and
> suchlike. The only lyrics I remember are something like "the islands where we
> lived are not the same" and "the spanish border". I heard it on BBC Radio 2
> last Thursday, but the DJ didn't say it's name.
>
Al Stewart - On the Border
Boneless
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On The Border - Al Stewart
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The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
The ghost moon sails a-mong the clouds
And turns the rifles into silver on the border
On my wall the colours of the maps are running
From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming
The torches flair up in the night
The hand that sets the farms alight
Has spread the word to those who're waiting on the border
In the village where I grew up nothing seems the same
Still you never see the change from day to day
No-one notices the customs slip away
Late last night the rain was knocking on my window
I moved across the darkened room and in the lampglow
I thought I saw down in the street
The spirit of the century
Telling us that we're all standing on the border
In the islands where I grew up
Nothing seems the same
It's just the patterns that remain an empty shell
But there's a strangeness in the air you feel too well
The fishing boats go out across the evening water
Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border
The wind whips up the waves so loud
The ghost moon sails a-mong the clouds
And turns the rifles into silver on the border
On the border,
on the border
Jean-Marc Lahaie
80's is Borderline from Madonna but I really don't think it is the song you're
looking for especially since it doesn't have any of the lyrics you've mentioned
and it doesn't sound european. By the way, what is european sounding to you?
Because European is quite a vague term and from what I know there ain't much
difference from American & European in term of music.
2.The title was as you guessed it:
Is She Really Going Out With Him?
( Joe Jackson )
Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold
Look over there! (Where?)
There's a lady that I used to know
She's married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me,
There's something going wrong around here
Tonight's the night when I go to all the parties down my street
I wash my hair and I kid myself I look real smooth
Look over there! (Where?)
Here comes Jeanie with her new boyfriend
They say that looks don't count for much
If so, there goes your proof
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me,
There's something going wrong around here
But if looks could kill
There's a man there who's more down as dead.
Cause I've had my fill
Listen you, take your hands off her head
I get so mean around this scene
Is she really going out with him?
Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
Is she really going out with him?
'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me
There's something going wrong around here
Around here..
Something going wrong around here
Something going wrong around here
Something going wrong
-Guy
AlexiaFan wrote:
> 1. Quite latin, quite 80's, quite european-sounding. Spanish guitars and
> suchlike. The only lyrics I remember are something like "the islands where we
> lived are not the same" and "the spanish border". I heard it on BBC Radio 2
> last Thursday, but the DJ didn't say it's name.
>
Andre Joubert
>> 1. Quite latin, quite 80's, quite european-sounding. Spanish guitars and
>> suchlike. The only lyrics I remember are something like "the islands where we
>> lived are not the same" and "the spanish border". I heard it on BBC Radio 2
>> last Thursday, but the DJ didn't say it's name.
>>
This sounds like it could be Al Stewart - off either his "Year of the
cat" or "Time Passages" album.
HTH
--
Andre Joubert
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the second cut on his "Year of the Cat" album.
You can listen to a clip from this tune on
amazon.com's site. Try this URL (if it doesn't
work, go to amazon, and search on "al stewart"
like I did):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002VCW
BTW, I've seen Al several times over the last few
years, and he's played this tune at each show.
- Mike
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