NRBQ

Ain’t No Horse
Sail On Sail On
Pain
Housekeeping
Breakaway To My Dreams
Puddin’ Truck
CM Pups
Take Me To Your Secret
Blame It On The World
Birdman
I Want My Mommy
Careful What You Ask For
Tired Of Your Permanent
Love Came To Me
Termites


Ain’t No Horse (Adams/Adams)

Every day about sunset
In comes the king of roulette
He'll cash his great big stacks
Every time that he bets
But last night feeling extra fine
He put the whole mess down on red
It came up double-zero
His luck has just run dead

Ain’t no sea that can’t be crossed
Ain’t no ship that can’t be lost
Ain’t no horse that can’t be rode
Ain’t a man that can’t be throwed

Elvin said to Melvin,
"You never gonna get that girl
She's too high class, she's beautiful
She's a woman of the world"
Then Melvin learned to dance
And that gal she gave him a wink
Then Melvin turned to Elvin
He said, "I tell you this, what I think"

There's no sea that can’t be crossed
Ain’t no ship that can’t be lost
Ain’t no horse that can’t be rode
Ain’t no man that can’t be throwed

Oo-la
Oo-la-la
Oo-la
Oo-la-la
Oo-la
Oo-la-la
Oo-la
Oo-la-la
Tell you all about Brenda
That girl, she could really paint
But all the critics told her
"Where it is, you ain’t"
She showed her work to the people
And it was like they couldn’t even see 'em
But things can change and you know one day
They'll be in a big museum

There's no sea that can’t be crossed
Ain’t no ship that can’t be lost
Ain’t no horse that can’t be rode
Ain’t no man that can’t be throwed

You know a man can’t live on bread alone
He's gotta have something to spend it on

I heard about a group with too much cash
They came up with somethin’ really rash
They had the money, they had the power
They build themselves a great big tower
You know, they never got to heaven
You know somethin’, it went wrong
Check it out, you can still hear ‘em
Hear em babble on
Babble on
Babble babble babble
On !

Ain’t no sea that can’t be crossed
Ain’t no ship that can’t be lost
Ain’t no horse that can’t be rode
Ain’t no man that can’t be throwed


Sail On Sail On (Spampinato)

Well you change your mind so easy
You’re constantly writin’ us over
And I think this time you’re writin’ me out
You’ll find some reason why
You don’t think we’ll ever recover
Well I know now what you’re thinkin’ about
Oh-oh-mm

I think of you
You turned my world around
And you just walk away
You’ll be with someone new
He’ll look and you’ll be gone
Well, sail on, sail on

Well I try to see whose
Been just friends after being lovers
Well it’s much too hard to see you around
It’s already started
I can just feel the weight on my shoulders
And that feels so real, it’s takin’ me down
Oh-oh-mm

And now I feel
The worst is yet to come
It’s all you left to me
And now I can’t hold back these tears
And here they’ve just begun
Well, sail on, sail on

I think of you
You turned my world around
And you just walk away
You’ll be with someone new
He’ll look and you’ll be gone
Well, sail on, sail on

But I will always love you
Always love you, this I know


Pain (Adams)

I strapped the seatbelt on my feet self
Cut the rear view with my hand
Tied the battery as I stared at me
And said how much more can you stand

Pain
Pain
So much pain

When all the love was stagnant
They hunted me with a dragnet
I pray to God, but He just nods
And answers me in frankness

Pain
Pain
More pain

Pain
Pain
Pain

My heart goes out to no one
And now I know that I’m free
But freedom means that I’m all alone
And that’s what’s killin’ me

Pain
Pain
My old friend pain


Housekeeping (Adams/Spampinato/Spampinato)

Housekeeping
Housekeeping

I don’t care if you’re dead
You’re gonna get outta bed
I’m gonna get in your room
Make way for the vacuum

Housekeeping
Housekeeping

I don’t care what you’re doin’
What if your day is ruined
You better hit the streets
Right now I’m gonna change the sheets

Housekeeping

Leave the towels by the door
‘Cause I don’t need a thing
Please don’t knock anymore
I don’t want the phone to ring

I don’t want you around
Why don’t you get outta town
And leave your key on your desk
I clean it out for the next guest

Housekeeping

I don’t care if you’re dead
You’re gonna get outta bed
I’m gonna get in your room
So make way for the vacuum

Housekeeping
Housekeeping

I put the sign on the door
But that don’t mean a thing
If I could sleep a little more

Housekeeping
Housekeeping


Breakaway To My Dreams (Spampinato/Spampinato)

No one knows, no one cares
There’s a view at the top of the stairs
I breakaway to my dreams
I’ll leave here, just like that
I go there at the drop of a hat
I breakaway to my dreams
I breakaway to my dreams

No one looks, no one dares
It’s not enough just to know that it’s there
Breakaway to my dreams
Such a load, hard to bear
It’s a burden just sittin’ there
I breakaway to my dreams
I breakaway to my dreams

Well there’s a private place where I go to
No one can ever find it
It’s my sanctuary, yeah
There on my own
Freer than when the bird has flown

Breakaway to my dreams
I breakaway

When I get to the other side
Everything far behind me
And so solitary

No one knows, no one cares
There’s a view at the top of the stairs
I breakaway to my dreams
I breakaway to my dreams


Puddin’ Truck (Adams)

Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck

Everything’s all greet when you get your seat on it
Yes it leave right now like a big fat cow on it

Yeah
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck (yeah)
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck (yeah)
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck

A-you can find romance but you might lose your pants on it
And you can find your soul when you lose control on it

Take a ride on the puddin’ truck (yeah)
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck (yeah)
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck

You might be in luck if-a you get stuck on it
A-you can get your kicks on ol’ Route 66 on it

Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck

Let’s go
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Come on
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Come on
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Yeah
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck
Take a ride on the puddin’ truck

Yeah


CM Pups (Adams)

C M Pups
M M R Pups
S M R
C M P O
C M P O

C M Pups
M M R Pups
S M R
C M P O
C M P O

C M Pups
M M R Pups
S M R
C M P O
C M P O

C M Pups
M M R Pups
S M R
C M P O
C M P O

C M Pups
M-M M-M R Pups
S-S M-M R
C M P O
C M P O
C M P O
P-P
P-P
P-U
P-P
P-U
P-U
P-U
P-U
P-U
S M R
S M R
S M R
S M R
S M R
S M R
S M R
S M R


Take Me To Your Secret (Adams/Spampinato/Spampinato)

I call your name now
Oh don’t you hear me
I want you near me
Come to me now
Take me to your secret

My little playmate
My girl is surely
I want you early
I won’t be late
Take me to your secret
Take me to your secret

Just take it to me
I just don’t care how
What have you there now
I just can’t wait
Yeah-eah, take me to your secret
Take me to your secret
I said take me, take me to your secret
I said take me, take me


Blame It On The World (Spampinato/Spampinato)

You could play it nice or play it rough
You can take advice or say enough
You can tear it down or build it up
You could fill the glass, empty the cup
But blame it on the world
Well it’s always somethin’
And blame it on the world

You’ll never be the kind to give too much
Or keep an open mind, just slammed shut
You’ll always be the one to start a fight
Well like as you’d be wrong, but always right
You blame it on the world
If you can’t fight someone
You blame it on the world

When the sky is gray
Stormy clouds above
That’s the time you may
Hurt the one you love
If they forgive you
But you turn away
Just to think of
Somethin’ else to say

You blame it on the world
Well it’s always somethin’
You blame it on the world

Feel the cooling rain
When it’s just begun
It could take the blame
Of the burning sun
If it please you
And if they should remain
They will fear you
And never be the same

You blame it on the world
Well it’s always somethin’
You blame it on the world
You blame it on the world
If you can’t fight someone
You blame it on the world
Blame it on the world
Well it’s always somethin’
You blame it on the world
Blame it on the world
If you can’t fight someone
You blame it on the world
You blame it on the world
Well it’s always somethin’
You blame it on the world


Birdman (Adams/Greenberger)

Birdman
Talk extraordinary
Birdman
Conversations for the smooth

Birdman
Finest in transmissions
Birdman
In the middle of the night

Waitin’ all day for Birdman
Digging Uncle Birdman

Birdman
Birdman
Birdman
(Birdman)
Birdman
Birdman
(Birdman)
(Birdman)
(Birdman)
Birdman (Birdman)


I Want My Mommy (Adams)

I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy

I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mom

Can't tie my shoes
I'm gettin’ screwed
Nobody love me
Everybody shove me
Can’t keep up
With stupid rules
I wanna go back
To Sunday school

I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy
Yeah, I want my mommy

I wanna be clothed
I wanna be fed
I want peanut butter
On toasted bread
Don't wanna work
To get ahead
I'll call in sick
Stay home in bed

I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy
Look, I want my mommy
I want my mommy
I want my mommy

I - want - my - mommy

I - want - my - mommy

I - want - my - mommy


Careful What You Ask For (Spampinato)

You can visualize
Yeah, tune in to somethin’, anything you want to make it come true
But it’s your demise
If you set your sight on anything you might regret later and can’t undo
The sun is up, the moon is down
So be careful what you ask for

Well, make an affirmation
A positive declaration that you in the future will face your senses in the here and now
Well, it’s your own creation
But don’t think of would love cause a cosmos shape or have a sense of humor and it just might allow it
So make your move, but do beware
Be careful what you ask for

Ain’t no joke about it
Things you say and do and listen to, this ain’t just talk or idle chatter
‘Cause your thoughts go out
Right on out through the universe and’ll come back as solid matter
It’s all around, it’s everywhere
So be careful what you ask for

Well, it’s all you make it
I would chalk up a day if somethin’ I would say might get through
It’s all just give and take
We all make the same mistakes, it seems like there’s nothin’ we can do
So just make a wish and say a prayer
But be careful what you ask for

Careful what you ask for

It’s been proven and tested and manifested
It’s all by your own design


Tired Of Your Permanent (Adams)

When I first met you, you had a ponytail
Now it’s all curly and it looks like ?
I’m tired of your permanent (tired of your permanent)
Tired of your permanent (permanent wave)
Tired of your permanent
I’m a-gonna straighten you out (out), out (out), out (out)

Well, I used to love you with your long straight hair
But now it’s really curly and it’s goin’ everywhere
I’m gettin’ tired of your permanent (tired of your permanent)
Gettin’ tired of your permanent (permanent wave)
Gettin’ tired of your permanent
I’m a-gonna straighten you out (out), out (out), out (out)
Owwww

Wooo

Well, clip, clip, clippity-clip
Clip, snip, snippity-snip
Whirllllllllll
All right

Well, I told you gal, I don’t like it like that
Next time I see you, you better wear a hat
I’m gettin’ tired of your permanent (tired of your permanent)
Gettin’ tired of your permanent (permanent wave)
I’m tired of your permanent
I’m a-gonna straighten you out (out), out (out), out (out)

Well, every time I catch you messin’ with that ‘do
It make-a me sick, make me pink and blue
I’m gettin’ tired of your permanent (tired of your permanent)
Yeah tired of it (permanent wave)
I’m tired of your permanent
I’m a-gonna straighten you out (out), out (out), out (out)

Well-ell-ell, I’m tired of your permanent (tired of your permanent)
So tired of your permanent (permanent wave)
Yeah, tired of your permanent
I’m a-gonna straighten you oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-out
Out !


Love Came To Me (Spampinato)

Love came to me
Slipped in through an open crack
Then asked for nothing back
Love came to me

How could this be
The earth being round like that
Just when it seemed so flat
Love came to me

There all at once
From dark to light
I’m such a dunce
But at last I finally found it

There came a flash
A burning bright
Just like a splash
To wash away my sadness

Now I can see
The world like it’s supposed to be
I found the master key
Love finally came
To me


Termites (Adams)

Termites
Termites
Termites
Too many termites, not enough wood (termites)
Too many people up to no good (termites)
All through the night, they chew and bite (termites)
I’m tellin’ you, man, it just ain’t right

Guy who comes with ? (termites)
There ain’t nothin’ they won’t kill (termites)
They got a thirst that can’t be quenched (termites)
I’m tellin’ you, man, it makes no sense

There used to be butterflies of every size
And grandkids were chirpin’ too
But now you’ll be lucky if you’re still alive
When these guys are through
Termites

There’s so many ? that they gotta have
They can’t find a place that ain’t in their path
There’s nothin’ that’s sacred and nothin’ is safe
I’m tellin’ you, man, it’s such a waste

They chewed up the forest and chewed up the rain
And ate a big hole in the sky
They chewed up Alaska and all of Maine
To make the bridge on the River Kwai
Turn right