Dave Edmunds
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Queen Of Hearts
Midnight, I'm a-waiting on the 1205
Hoping it'll take me
just a little farther down the line
Moonlight, you're just a heartache in
disguise
Won't you keep my heart from breaking
If it's only for a very
short time
Playing with the Queen of Hearts knowing it ain't really smart
The joker ain't the only fool who'll do anything for you
Laying out another
lie, thinking about a life of crime
That's what I'll have to do to keep me
away from you
Baby, it makes me feel so bad
Why is everybody telling
everybody what you have done
And baby, I know it makes you sad
But when
they're handing out the heartaches
You know you got to have you some
Playing with the Queen of Hearts knowing it ain't really smart
The joker ain't the only fool who'll do anything for you
Laying out another
lie, thinking about a life of crime
That's what I'll have to do to keep me
away from you
Lovers, I know you've had a few
You hide your heart beneath
the covers
And you tell 'em they're the only one
And others know what I'm
going through
It's so hard to be a lover
When you say you only do it for
fun
Playing with the Queen of Hearts knowing it ain't really smart
The joker ain't the only fool who'll do anything for you
Laying out another
lie, thinking about a life of crime
That's what I'll have to do to keep me
away from you
To keep me away from you
To keep me away from you
I Hear You Knocking
You went away and left me long time ago
And now you're
knocking on my door
I hear you knocking
But you can't come in
I hear
you knocking
Go back where you've been
I begged you not to go but you said
goodbye
And now you're telling me all your lies
I hear you knocking
But
you can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you've been
Ahhh
yeah
Let me hear it
Ohhooo woo
OOhh
You better get to your use-to-be
'Cause your kind of love ain't good to me
I hear you knocking
But you
can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you've been
I told you
way back in 52
That I would never go with you
I hear you knocking
But
you can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you've been
Yeah
Awwhoooo
From Small Things
At 16, she quit high school, to make her fortune in the
Promised Land.
She got a job behind the counter at an all-night hamburger
stand.
She wrote faithfully home to Mama, "Now mama, don't you worry none.
From small things, Mama, big things one day come."
It was late one Friday, he
pulled in out of the dark.
He was tall and handsome. First she took his
order, then she took his heart.
They bought a house up on a hillside where
little feet would soon run.
From small things, Mama, big things one day come.
Oh, but luck was fleeting. It's sad but it's true.
When your heart is
bleeding, you don't want to hear it abused.
She packed her bags and went to
Wyoming with a real estate man.
She drove down to Tampa in an Eldorado Grand.
She wrote back, "Dear Mama, life is just heaven in the sun.
From small
things, Mama, big things one day come."
Well, she shot him dead on a sunny
Florida road.
When they caught her, all she said was she couldn't stand the
way he drove.
Back home, lonesome Johnny waits for his baby's parole.
He
waits high on the hillside where the wide-open rivers roll.
At his feet and
almost grown now, a blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son.
From small things,
Mama, big things one day come.
From small things, Mama, big things one day
come.
Girls Talk
There are some things you can't cover up
With lipstick and
powder
Thought I heard you mention my name
Can't you talk any louder
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of
you can't come any clearer
Oh, I just wanna hear girls talk
Got a loaded imagination bein' fired by girls' talk
It's a
more or less situation inspired by girls' talk
But I can't say the words you
wanna hear
I suppose you're gonna have to play it by ear, right here
And now, girls talk
And they wanna know how girls talk
And they say it's not allowed, girls talk
If they say that it's so
Don't
they think that I'd know by now
Got the word up on everyone's lipstick
That you're getting
faded
You may not be an old-fashioned girl
But you're gonna get dated
Was it really murder, were you just pretending
Lately I've
heard you are the living end
Girls talk, and they wanna know how girls talk
And they say
it's not allowed, girls talk
And they think they know how girls talk
If
they say that it's so
Don't they think that I'd now by now
But I can't say the words you wanna hear
I suppose you're
gonna have to play it by ear, I hear
There are some things you can't cover up
With lipstick and powder
But I heard you mention my name
Can't you talk
any louder
Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer
My vision of
you can't come any clearer
Girls talk, and they wanna know how girls talk
And they say
it's not allowed, girls talk
And they think they know how girls talk
Girls
talk, girls talk
Girls talk, girls talk
Girls talk, girls talk
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah girls talk
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah girls talk
Bad Is Bad
Went downtown to see my cousin
He plays guitar like a
chainsaw buzzin'
In the crowd I see his mom and dad
I said, hey uncle, man
your son is bad
Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
I said cool is a rule but
sometimes bad is bad
Across the street, a neon sign
All you can eat for a dollar
ninety-nine
This old stew is the baddest in the land
But one dollar's
worth was all that I could stand
Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
I said cool is a rule, but
sometimes bad is bad
I came back uptown to see my Marie
Nobody home, so I opened
the door with my key
I love you baby was the note that I read
But there's
a strange pair of shoes underneath the bed
Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
I said cool is a rule, but
sometimes bad is bad
I said cool is a rule, but sometimes bad is bad
I said cool
is a rule, but sometimes bad is bad
Information
She's been around me all the while.
Try as I might, I can't
forget her smile.
In passing conversation, what did I hear her say?
Where
did she come from? Who is that woman anyway?
What can I do to change her
mind?
Maybe she thinks that I'm just not her kind.
I think she wants me
but she's trying to play hard to get.
When she treats me this way, I wish
we'd never met.
Information, that's what I need,
Some information. Where
did she come from?
Information, that's what I need.
Some information.
Information, that's what I need,
Some information. Where did she come from?
Information, give me a lead.
Some information.
The lights go down, the
music's loud.
She's not around, I lost her in the crowd.
I really want
her, but she's just a mystery.
What have I got to do to make her notice me?
Information, that's what I need,
Some information. Where did she come from?
Information, that's what I need.
Some information.
Information, that's
what I need,
Some information. Where did she come from?
Information, give
me a lead.
Some information.
If only I could find a way.
What do I have
to do to make her stay?
I've got to find her again and try to steal her
heart.
What I need is a lead, but I don't know where to start.
Information, that's what I need,
Some information. Where did she come from?
Information, that's what I need.
Some information.
Information, that's
what I need,
Some information. Where did she come from?
Information, give
me a lead.
Some information.
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