Permanent Vacation

  1. Heart's Done Time
  2. Magic Touch
  3. Rag Doll
  4. Simoriah
  5. Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
  6. St. John
  7. Hangman Jury
  8. Girl Keeps Coming Apart
  9. Angel
  10. Permanent Vacation
  11. I'm Down
  12. The Movie

Heart's Done Time

Met a woman, she had a man
Couldn't help it I had a plan
Right around midnight he was gone
Saw her red light she left it on

And oh my heart's done time
And oh now she's mine
Now she's mine, yeah

If there's a reason for these chains
It's like we suffer to ease the pain
Now I got a feelin' inside of me
My heart's in jail and I can't, can't, can't break free

And oh my heart's done time
And oh now she's mine
Now she's mine, yeah, yeah
Now she's mine
Now she's mine
Now she's mine

And oh my heart's done time
And oh now she's mine, yeah
Now she's mine, yeah
Now she's mine, yeah
Now she's mine

Magic Touch

Somebody better call a doctor, doctor
Or wake me up with a shove
I'm gonna knock you off your rocker, rocker
'Cause I think I'm in love
I tried to get a message to ya
But you walked the other way

I need your magic touch, don't you know
I got a habit and I can't let go
Feel the fire burnin' slow
You better get it while it's hot now babe
'Cause I can't let go, yeah

Don't need no wedding with a shotgun, shotgun
So don't you push me too far
Don't try to take me for a fool child, who child
Do you think that you are
You really got it coming to ya
It's gonna come as no surprise

I need your magic touch, don't you know
I'm after you and now I can't let go
Take it easy, take me slow
You better get it while it's hot now babe
'Cause I can't let go

You never know what you got
Till they take it away
I'm comin' ready or not
Gonna get you some day

I need your magic touch, don't you know
I'm after you and now I can't let go
Feel the fire burnin' slow
I got a habit and I'm back for more
Your magic touch don't you know
I'm after you and now I can't let go
Feel the fire burnin' slow
You better get it while it's hot now babe
Cause I can't, can't, can't let you go

Rag Doll

Rag doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man

Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before

I'm feelin' like a bad boy
MMM Just a like a bad boy
I'm rippin' up a rag doll
Like throwin' away an old toy
Some babe's talkin' real loud
Talking all about the new crowd
Try and sell me on an old dream
A new version of the old scene
Speak easy on the grape vine
Keep shufflin' in the shoe shine
Old tin lizzy do it 'til you're dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man

Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before

Yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Tap dancing on a land mine
Yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin'
Old tin lizzy do it till you dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery

Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man

Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me, baby won't you do me, baby won't you do me
Like you done before, huh huh

Yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Get crazy on the moonshine
Yes, I'm movin', I'm really movin'

Sloe gin fizzy
Do it 'til you're dizzy
Give it all you got until you're put out of your misery

Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man

Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before

Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man

Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before

Simoriah

Walkin' the line of a razor's edge
Take it as far as she goes
Slice of the sky on a silver wedge
Higher and higher we go
Let's go

Ladies in black put a spell on me
Feels like my head is going round and round
Round and upside down
Ladies in white ain't my cup of tea
So be it, I need it, long legs, big eyes
Ooh, she drives me crazy

OOO Simoriah
OOO Simoriah

Countin' the eyes of a dragonfly
Callin' on dreams from within
She knows the way and she makes me high
So be it, I need it
Long hair, blue eyes
She drives me crazy

OOO Simoriah
OOO Simoriah

Dude (Looks Like a Lady)

Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady

Cruised into a bar on the shore
Her picture graced the grime on the door
She a long lost love at first bite
Baby maybe you're wrong but you know it's all right
That's right

Backstage we're having the time
Of our lives until somebody say
Forgive me if I seem out of line
Then she whipped out her gun
And tried to blow me away

Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady

So never judge a book by it's cover
Or who you gonna love by your lover
Love put me wise to her love in disguise
She had the body of a venus
Lord imagine my surprise

Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady

Baby let me follow you down
Let me take a peek dear
Baby let me follow you down
Do me, do me, do me, all night
Baby let me follow you down
Turn the other cheek dear
Baby let me follow you down
Do me, do me, do me, sue me

What a funky lady
She like it like it like it like that
He was a lady

Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady

St. John

John was bad
He gave it everything he had
John he prayed
For all the people ever made
John was cool
He never did not after school

Late at night when he praised the Lord
He laid his hand down upon the bloody sword

John, St. John be cool
Tell the people
They follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people
They follow you

But every night when he praised Lord
He laid his hands down upon the sword

Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down your bloody sword

John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people, they'll follow you

Late at night when he praised the Lord
He lay his hands down upon the bloody sword
Laid down upon the sword, down, down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword, gettin' down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword, laid it down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword, "Late Night TV Roared"

John, St. John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
John, St. John be cool
Tell the people
They'll follow you
Follow you, follow you, follow you

Hangman Jury

Me and my old lady sittin' in the shade
Talkin' about the money that I ain't made
Singin' o boy dontcha line the
Track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track

If I could I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses stood
Singin' o boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track

Drank so much hooch
It made my eyes be gettin' blurry
They say I nailed her to the wall
A stitch in time don't mean a thing
No hangman jury could make me crawl
Cause I'm a poor boy
Dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
OOO

Whacha do with a gun that's loaded
Shot her dead and her heart exploded
Tell me baby now d-dontcha worry
Like lying to a hangman jury

I swear I didn't know that 45 was loaded
In fact my memory ain't too clear
That's not to say she didn't get what she deserved
Least that's the way it looked from here
Boy when you line the track a lack a
Hey boy when you line the track a lack a
Hey boy when you line the tack

OOO my love came tumblin' down
OOO love come tumblin' down
OOO (let's get outta here)
When love come tumblin'

And every night she take her thing
Into the city and in the mornin' make me beg cause
If I'd taken all her real titty gritty
I'd smack her right upside the head boy
Dontcha line the track a lack a
Hey boy dontcha line the track
Hey boy dontcha line the tack

OOO my love came tumblin' down
OOO love come tumblin' down
OOO love come tumblin'

Poor boy sweatin' in the hot summer night
Hangman waitin' for the early mornin' light
Singin' Hey boy dontcha line the track a lack a
Hey boy dontcha line the track
Hey boy dontcha line the track a lack a
Hey boy dontcha line the track

If I could I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses done stood
Singin' Hey boy dontcha line the track a lack a
Hey boy dontcha line the track
Hey boy dontcha line the track a lack a
Hey boy dontcha line the track

Girl Keeps Coming Apart

She's right peculiar
She'll try and fool ya
But the girl she's coming apart

She's so appealing
Right off the ceiling
Yeah, the girl she's coming apart

What did I tell ya
She buy and sell ya
'Cause the girl she's coming apart

She so affected
I'm so rejected
And the girl she's coming apart
Don't, don't, don't, don't let it get me down
Don't let it get me down
Down, down, down, down

She's just a screamer
A nightmare dreamer
Yeah the girl she's coming apart

She's like a call girl
Loose ends and all girl
But the girl she's coming apart

White lace and leather
She's so together
But the girl she's coming apart

I feel sedated
Boxed up and crated
'Cause the girl she's coming apart
Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't
Let it get me down
Don't let it get me down

So there she was
Buns up and kneelin'
I was a wheelin' and a dealin'
My ace in the hole so to speak

Angel

I'm alone yeah I don't know if I can face the night
I'm in tears and the cryin' that I do it for you
I want you're love let's break the walls between us
Don't make it tough I'll put away my pride
Enough's enough, I've suffered and I've seen the light
Ba-yay-by

You're my angel come and save me tonight
You're my angel come and make it alright

Don't know what I'm gonna do about this feeling inside
Yes, it's true loneliness took me for a ride
Without your love I'm nothing but a beggar
Without your love a dog without a bone
What can I do? I'm sleepin' in this bed alone
Ba-yay-by

You're my angel come and save me tonight
You're my angel come and make it alright
Come and save me tonight

You're the reason I live
You're the reason I die
You're the reason I give when I break down and cry
Don't need no reason why
Baby, baby, ba-yay-by

You're my angel come and save me tonight
You're my angel come and make it alright
You're my angel come and save it tonight
You're my angel come and take me alright
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight

Permanent Vacation

I got a letter from a friend the other morning
He say it's hot down by Montego Bay
I got the point and now I think it's finally dawning
Yeah, yeah, I got to get away

I got to take myself a permanent vacation
The sky's the limit but my plane won't fly
My nose is clean and lordie don't need no sedation
Yeah, yeah, and that's the reason why

I really need it, really, really, need St. Tropez
I want a tan where the sun it never shines
I really need it, really, really, need St. Tropez
You best believe it that I got to get away

I got a sister man she really got a pin head
She think she kinky but she can't get straight
She say she livin' but I kinda think she brain dead
Just excess baggage on a late night freight

I really need it, really, really, need St. Tropez
I want a tan where the sun it never shines
I really need it, really, really, need St. Tropez
I best believe it that I got to get away
Oh, my my my my my

I gotta take me on a permanent vacation
The girl's be cummin' down in Cayman Brack
I gotta hand it to a firm situation
Yeah, yeah, I got to cut me some slack

I really need it, really, really, need St. Tropez
I want a tan where the sun it never shines
I really need it, really, really need it
Really need it, really need it, really need it, wow

I'm Down

You telling lies thinking I can't see
You don't cry 'cos you're laughing at me
I'm down    I'm really down
I'm down Down on the ground
I'm down  I'm really down
How can you laugh when you know I'm down
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down

Man buys ring woman throw it away
Same damn thing happens every day
I'm down    I'm really down
I'm down Down on the ground
I'm down  I'm really down

How can you laugh when you know I'm down
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down

We're all alone and there's nobody else
You still moan "Keeps your hands to yourself"
I'm down    I'm really down
I'm down Down on the ground
I'm down  I'm really down
How can you laugh when you know I'm down
(How can you laugh) When you know I'm down
Don't you know that I'm down    I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down Down on the ground
Don't you know that I'm down, down, down, down, down, down
Don't you know that I'm down    I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down I'm really down
Don't you know that I'm down Down on the ground
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down

The Movie

Instrumental