Alvin Lee - Lyrics
"Real Life Blues"
1992 Space Songs, Warner Chappell Ltd.
So much trouble in the world, I can't watch
or read the news
Brings me down so bad babe, when I read the
daily blues.
So much heartache in the world, all the sickness
and the war
Keep my head down in the sand, 'cause I just
can't take no more
I'm talking 'bout trouble - too many reasons
for the blues
I'm talking trouble - it's time we had some
better news
So much fighting in the world, God and country
leads to war
They say we fight for peace, but I just can't
take no more
So much killing in the world, terrorist victims
by the score
So much trouble in the world babe, and I
just can't take no more
I'm talking 'bout trouble - too many reasons
for the blues
I'm talking trouble - it's time we had some
better news
"Religion"
1973 Chrys-A-Lee Music Ltd.
I never really understood religion
Except it seems a good excuse to kill.
I never really could make a decision,
I don't suppose I ever really will.
I can't relate to any power structure
Where ego is the driving energy;
I let mine go a long, long time ago, now,
When I decided that I would be free.
The only thing I understand is living;
The biggest sacrifice to make is death.
And once you're dead there's nothing left
for giving,
So life means fighting for your every breath.

"Remember Me"
1992 Space Songs, Warner Chappell Ltd.
Now you might think I'm crazy, 'cause of
all the things I do
I'd rob steal kill somebody, just to get
back home to you
I'll climb the highest mountain, swim the
deepest sea
Do anything you want me to, if you'll remember
me
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remember
me
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remememember
Now if you need some loving, before I am
deceased
Well I don't own this body Babe, it's only
out on lease
So don't wait until tomorrow, let's do it
while we can
And I will be forever, your ever loving man
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remember
me
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remememember
Hey Babe can't you tell me, what's a man
to do
I'd climb the highest mountain, just to prove
that I love you
Swim shark infested waters, I'd cross the
deepest sea
Do anything you want me to, if you'll remember
me
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remember
me
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remememember
Well I can't reach you Babe, 'cause you don't
notice me
I'll do anything that you want me to, I'll
even set you free
Now life don't come too easy, so live it
while you may
If they ask you about the future, just turn
around and say
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remember
me
Remember me when I'm dead and gone, remememember

"Ride My Train"
1974 Space Songs Ltd.
I don't ride, if you won't ride with me
I don't ride, if I can't ride for free
I don't care, if you don't understand
Want your lovin' but - I don't need your
hand
(If he don't understand, I want your lovin'
but I don't need your hand)
(Ride my train to the promised land, I need
your lovin' but I don't need your hand)
Take my body, all you want for free
Ain't the way I - live my life to me
I don't care, if you don't understand
Want your lovin' but - I don't need your
hand
(If he don't understand, I want your lovin'
but I don't need your hand)
(Ride my train to the promised land, I want
your lovin' but I don't need your hand)
I don't ride, if I can't ride for free
I don't ride, if you don't ride with me
I don't care, if you don't understand
I want your lovin' but - I don't need your
hand
(If he don't understand, I want your lovin'
but I don't need your hand)
(Ride my train to the promised land, I need
your lovin' but I don't need your hand)
(Ride my train to the promised land, I need
your lovin' but I don't need your hand)
(Ride my train to the promised land, I need
your lovin' but I don't need your hand)
Well I don't give nothing, I don't give a
damn
If you wanna run see another man
I don't care nothing, I am what I am
It doesn't bother me if you don't understand
Won't you - please, ride my train
Don't say no to me - don't try to tease my
brain
Won't you - please, ride my train
If you want me to ride again
"Ride On Cowboy"
1979 Space Songs Ltd.
Keep ridin' cowboy, hang up your gun
Peace is within you, your day will come
Keep pushin' forward, do what you can
You got to prove that, you are a man
Ride on, ride on cowboy, you had your time
to speak - yeah
Ride on, ride on cowboy, ride on to battle
creek - yeah
Life is a gamble, nothing has changed
Nothing is different, just rearranged
Works in a saddle, horse and a gun
You are the lawman, your day will come
Ride on, ride on cowboy, ride on to liberty
Ride on, ride on cowboy, you are the last
to be free - yeah
Times they are changin', quick on the draw
Progress will lay you, right on the floor
Said ride, ride on cowboy, you know what's
wrong with you - yeah
Ride on, ride on cowboy, leave your fightin'
we're through
Ride on cowboy, keep on ridin' cowboy,
Keep on, keep on
Keep ridin' cowboy, keep ridin' cowboy,
Ride on cowboy, keep ridin'
"Ridin', Truckin"
1980 Space Songs Ltd.
Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music -
it's the only way to go
Don't need no worries, gonna need no
It's a feelin' - don't you know
When you're ridin' down the highway doin'
ninty-five
Keep your eyes on the road, if you wanna
stay alive
One eye on the mirror for the highway patrol
Foot on the pedal - ooohh, you let it roll
Ridin' along the highway - everybody is goin'
my way
Just drivin' along down the freeway,
Everybody is doin' the Lee way - hey, hey
Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
I'm ridin', I'm truckin', groovin' to the
music
Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
I'm ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
Flyin' down the thruway, leave your rubber
on the track
People take the road, cause there ain't no
turnin' back
Start to feel the groove, and it's comin'
on fast
I may not be a winner, but I want it to last
Truckin' down the highway, and I'm losin'
my load
Streamin' down the crossway, with my rubber
on the road
Headin' for the corner, cause I hope it's
controlled
Truckin' to the music - from my radio
Said ridin' along on the highway - everybody
is goin' my way
Drivin' along down the freeway - everybody
doin' the Lee way - hey, hey
I'm ridin', I'm truckin', groovin' to the
music
I'm ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
I'm ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
- hey, hey
I'm Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
I'm ridin', I'm truckin', groovin' to the
music
Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
I'm ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music
Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music -
ridin', truckin' on
Ridin', truckin', groovin' to the music -
ridin', truckin' on
"Rocket Fuel"
1978 Warner Brothers Music Corp.
keep the beat, got to
To make it, shake it - if you want it that
way
Baby, baby - gonna take me for a ride
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll
Oh, you're driving me insane - gonna get
me going,
Like a rocket driven freight train - rocket
fuel
Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll
Oh - Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll
Got to go baby, wanna rock all night long
Rocket fuel !
Rock & Roll Girls
(2003 Space Songs)
Boney Maroney, Peggy Sue
Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Kinny Minnie too
how I love them all
yeah how I love them all
I'm a rock & roll singer
sure love my rock & roll girls
Long Tall Sally, Suzy Q
be-bop-a-lula, Lucille too
how I love them all
yeah how I love them all
I'm a rock & roll man
sure love my rock & roll girls
Oh well I got a girl called Boney Mroney
she's as skinny as a stick of macaroni
got a girl named Long Tall Sally
well she sleeps in the kitchen
with her feet in the alley
oh how I love them all
yeah how I love them all
I'm a rock & roll fella
sure love my rock & roll girls
Blue Jean Baby, blue jeans on
Long Tall Sally, she's tall and long
oh how I love them all
yes how I love them all
I'm a rock & roll man
sure low my rock & roll girls
Be-bop-a-lula, red blue jeans
my Skinny Minnie is the queen of the teens
oh how I love them all, yes how I love them
all
I'm a rock & roll man
sure love my rock & roll girls
(Love that Lucille now)
Well my Skinny Minnie is a crazy chick
six foot high and one foot thick
be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
well I love Lucille and I dont' mean maybe
how I lvoe them all, yes I love them all
I'm a rock & roll singer
sure love my rock & roll girls
(rock it for me girls)
Short Fat Fanny, Runaround Sue
Blue Jean Baby and Suzy Q
oh how I love them all, yes I love them all
I'm a rock & roll man
sure love my rock & roll girls
"Rock-N Roll Guitar Picker"
1980 Space Songs Ltd.
I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll guitar
picker
Never wanted to be a big town city slicker
My friends said to me, they said you don't
understand
You never make a livin' in a rock 'n roll
band
But I play it loud, and the music keeps rockin'
on
Well my moma she said, what you gonna do
when you get past twenty-one
Said, I don't think I'll make it - but if
I'm mistaken,
Well the music will be rockin' on
I said rock 'n roll music - is gettin' me
high
I wanna rock 'n roll until the day that I
die,
I always wanted to be - a rock 'n roll guitar
man
Well honey let me take you to a rock 'n roll
dance
I'll tell you how to do it if you give me
a chance
I'll give you good music and you're gonna
do right
Baby let you rock 'n roll - all through the
night
I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll guitar
picker
I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll guitar
man
I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll guitar
man
Well back in my school I was a rock 'n roll
fool
I didn't learn my lessons and I thought I
was cool
The headmaster caught me, the things that
he taught me
Will keep me out of trouble - but rock 'n
roll rules
Well I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll
guitar picker
I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll guitar
man
I never wanted to be a big town city slicker
I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll guitar
man
I always wanted to be a rock 'n roll guitar
man - yeah !
"Rock & Roll Music To The World"
1972 Chrys-A-Lee Music Ltd.
We did some rock and roll up in Texas,
and the folks from the coast towns said,
"You better watch yourself up in Texas
or you,
you might just wind up dead, boy."
But the people I found, they were groovin'
to the sound
of rock and roll music in the air.
We all had a ball - with no hassles at all;
pretty soon I'm gonna go back there.
I'm singin' rock and roll music to the world,
Rock and roll music to the world.
Ain't no relation to the United Nations,
Keep rock and rollin' to the world.
Give peace a chance, get up and dance
when I sing - rock and roll music to the
world.
I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna shout,
Get my emotions - and work them all right
out.
I wanna live - just like I give;
No need to fight, wait for tonight
when I sing - rock and roll music to the
world.
Rock and roll music to the world, rock and
roll music to the world.
Ain't got no callin' - except for ballin',
Rock and roll music to the world.
Don't need no boost, just turn me loose,
and I sing - rock and roll music to the world.
I tell the truth, I ain't no star,
I only shout and leave the rest to my guitar.
"Rock Your Mama"
1967 Chrys-A-Lee Music Ltd.
Rock your mama, and everything will be alright
Rock your mama, and everything will be alright
Rock your baby, she'll let you stay out late
at night
Rock your mama, and let her know that she's
o.k.
Rock your mama, and let her know that she's
o.k.
Rock your baby, she'll let you stay in bed
all day
You heard about a thing, just a treat her
right
You gotta rock your mama, you gotta hold
her tight
You gotta keep her happy, free from misery
You gotta rock your your baby, set her -
on your knee
You learn to rock your mama, and you - rock
her right
You'll never need to worry, you can stay
out late at night
Rock your mama, rock her good
Rock your mama, like you should
Rock your baby, she ain't made of wood
Keep rockin' - all the time
Keep rockin' - rock her fine
Rock your baby - feelin' fine, Oooww !
Rock your mama, and everything will be alright
Rock your baby, and everything will be alright
Rock your mama, she'll let you stay out late
at night
Rock your mama, and let her know that she's
o.k.
Rock your mama, and let her know that she's
o.k.
Rock your baby, she'll let you stay in bed
all day

"Running Round"
1974 Space Songs Ltd.
(Runnin' Round, Runnin' Round)
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - Keep on runnin'
til the break of day
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - Keep on runnin'
til the break of day
Gonna find a lovely lady - then she'll love
me, then I'll stand my pain
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - runnin' til the
cows come home
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - keep on runnin'
til the birds have flown
Gonna find a long haired woman - gonna keep
her for my very own
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - still I'm lookin'
for a
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - I need lovin',
not a telephone
Gonna find a foxey moma - then I know were
gonna have a ball
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - keep on searchin'
til the final dawn
Runnin' round, oooh yeah - keep on truckin'
til the
Gonna find a gypsey woman - who can show
me where to find my soul

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