Lyrics

The Island Years

CD1

1. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
2. Buffalo Ballet
3. Barracuda
4. Emily
5. Ship Of Fools
6. Gun
7. The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy
8. You Know More Than I Know
9. Momamma Scuba
10. Sylvia Said
11. All I Want Is You
12. Bamboo Floor
13. Mr. Wilson
14. Taking It All Away
15. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
16. Darling I Need You
17. Rollaroll

CD2

1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Ski Patrol
3. I'm Not The Loving Kind
4. Guts
5. The Jeweller
6. My Maria
7. Helen Of Troy
8. China Sea
9. Engine
10. Save Us
11. Cable Hogue
12. I Keep A Close Watch
13. Pablo Picasso
14. Leaving It Up To You
15. Baby What You Want Me To Do
16. Sudden Death
17. You & Me
18. Coral Moon
19. Mary Lou

All I Want Is You

Summer days are gone
And winter nights are closing fast
And no-one knows how long they'll last
Until daylight comes again

Summer days are gone
And all we've got to show is tears
To last us all down the years
'Til we go home again

'Cause all I want is you now, honey
All I want is you now, baby
All I want is you now, baby
All I want is you
All I want is you

Summer days are gone
And everybody's in the dark
And no-one seems to want what you and
I have anymore

And when those summer days
Were covering us all up with tears
And the nighttime without darkness
Left us all for lost

'Cause all I want is you now, baby
All I want is you now, honey
All I want is you now, baby
All I want is you
All I want is you

Oh, oh, all I want is you now, baby
All I want is you now, baby
All I want is you now, honey
All I want is you now, baby
All I want is you now, honey
All I want is you now, baby
All I want is you now, honey
All I want is you now, baby

[top]

Bamboo Floor

Wednesday is the day of rest
In the house with the bamboo floor
I'm picking off the barroom flies
Just in case I need another glass

It's so hot and the mirror's gettin' dull
I couldn't see it, I couldn't see it if I tried
The man in the mask has sold out all for nothin' at all
Now the monsoon's here and it feels like judgment day.

Watch out for the ego's eye
Or the opium on the breakfast tray
And the laughter of the dying monk
From the poison of the tsetse fly

All the mountains, they have no sides
And the robbers, they have a thousand lies
You can see it all in the rivers of Shanghai
Another monsoon's here and it feels like judgment day.

Watch out for the ego's eye
And the opium on the breakfast tray
Or the laughter of the dying monk
From the poison of the tsetse fly

All the mountains, they have no sides
And the robbers, they have a thousand lies
You can see it all in the rivers of Shanghai
Another monsoon's here and it feels like judgment day.

[top]

You & Me

You got the bad bizarre
Like a mother-in-law with an [open] look in your face
It's a pain in your heart
That's making it hard
For you to look me straight in the eye

Now I try to make my own hands
But it don't make no sense
And I keep hearing lots about you
And there's nothing to do anymore about you
Cause you can take it and leave it when you want

Ah, we got it made, you and me
Yeah, we got it made, you and me

I got a letter, said I owed her some money
Take a look in the mirror, let's check it out
Whatever you see, it's too much for me
All I got is what you're gettin' right now

But, see, we got it made, you and me (whoah!)
Yeah, we got it made, you and me (alright, get into it)

Hey, you're talking too fast
But the words are warm
Makes it hard to believe that you know
Hard to say what you mean
Or to mean what you say
[In your tea or are you feeling your soul]

Oh, we got it made, you and me
Oh, we got it made, you and me

© 1999- Hans Werksman