Kinks lyrics

Where did the spring go?
Where did the trees go?
Where did the sun go?
Where did the bluebirds fly?
Why did the rainbow turn into shadows?

Why am I cold now?
Why does my skin sag?
Why ain't my back straight?
Why do my feet ache?
Where did my youth go?
Where did my life go?

Remember walking in the rain,
And getting soaking wet,
Now I got rheumatic pains,

Who cares if you're Jewish,
And your breath smells of garlic,
And your nose is a shiny red light.
To me you are gorgeous,
And everything's right,
When I turn off the living room light.

Your clothes are old-fashioned,
Your knuckles are bony,
Your hair looks a terrible sight.
But I don't have to see you,
The way that you are,
When I turn off the living room light.

What can I do?
How can I show you,
And let you see,
That I am someone,
That you want me to be.

I'm only me,
Not someone better,
Not someone good.
I'd be a soldier,
That's if I only could.

If I were king,
I'd tell my army,
To change the world.
Then I'd be someone,
Like you want me to be.

In my little life,
I know that the world must keep on turning,

Rosemary Rose,
Nature sure gave you such a beautiful nose.
'Though you're not beautiful as someone would know,
That Rosemary Rose,

Has eyes of blue,
And someone is treasuring a picture of you,
Taken on a holiday when you were just three,
My sweet Rosemary.

You look nothing like a child,
Yet you're such a little baby.
Chewing on your liquorish gum, and cigarettes.

And I'm gonna spend my time,
Drawing pictures in the sand for you.
And I'm gonna ride the tide[?],
And I'm gonna make a rendezvous.

Sitting by the sea,
Sipping at my tea,
Drawing pictures in the sand,
And writing message to you.

Pictures in the sand (Drawing pictures in the sand)
There is nothing I would rather do (There is nothing I would rather do)

By the town of Straight and Narrow,
There's a dark and misty place.
Everything is hazy,
So the people are afraid.

All except Maria's daughters,
Who believe in misty ways.
Everything is lovely,
In a misty morning glaze.

I like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters,
They like misty water.

I like misty water,
I like fog and haze.

I want to walk eternity,
In through the land of make believe.
And watch the clouds roll over me,
And let the sun shine down on me.
The only place that I wanna be,
Lavender Hill for me.

Wish I could live on sugar and milk,
Then I could live on Lavender Hill.
Then I could raise my head to the sky,
And let the sun saturate me with love.

I wanna walk you up Lavender Hill,

Sometimes I think I'm gonna better myself,
Searching for acceptance in this big, wide world.
Sometimes I think I won't make it,
Playing in a rock 'n' roll band.
Sometimes I wanna be a picture director,
And try to make the world understand.

By making groovy movies,
By making groovy movies,
By making groovy movies.

All the movie makers of the world would be,

I've got that feeling, it's her, oh yeah.
I've got that feeling, it's her, oh yeah-ah-ah.

Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know,
I love her, I love her.
When we kiss [?] show,
But I love her, I love her.

She is the sweetest girl I know.
And when she kisses me I know.
Whoa-oh-oh.

I've got that feeling, it's her, oh yeah.
I've got that feeling, it's her, oh yeah-ah-ah.

Well I worked for a week and I got no pay.
(Things getting better.)
Well my baby's coming back home to stay
(Things getting better.)
Well she's coming back home, but I haven't got a dime
(Things getting better.)
But I've got my love to keep me fine[?].
(Things getting better.)

Oh-oh
Things getting better.
Things getting better.

Well since my baby's been away,

I gotta go now, gotta go now
I gotta go now, gotta go now

Hey, little girl
I've gotta go now.
Hey, little girl.
I've gotta go now.

Well your mum,
She's so angry
Hey, little girl,
Guess I'd better go now.

Hey, little girl.
What'cha gonna do 'bout it now?
Hey, little girl.
What'cha gonna do 'bout it now?

Well I love you,
But I guess I'd better go now.

AH LOUIE LOUIE, OH NO, SAYING WE GOTTA GO.

YEAH, YEAH ,YEAH, YEAH, YEAH...

I SAID A LOUIE LOUIE, OH BABY, SAID A WE GOTTA GO.

A FINE LITTLE GIRL SHE WAITS FOR ME.

TO CATCH A SHIP ACROSS THE SEA

SAIL THAT SHIP I ALL ALONE

WE NEVER KNEW I MAKE IT HOME

A LOUIE LOUIE, NAH NAH NAH NAH, SAYIN' WE GOTTA GO, OH NO

SAID A LOUIE LOUIE, OH BABY, SAID A WE GOTTA GO.

You do something to me
For my heart is so true
And I live just for you

Yes, you do something to me
That nobody else
That nobody else
That nobody else can do

You do something to me
For my heart is so true
And I live just for you

Yes, you do something to me
That nobody else
That nobody else
That nobody else can do

Everything you say,
Everything you do,

When you passed me by
You didn't look my way
But one thing I know
Our love is here to stay

And you still want me
And you still want me

You wanted the sky
But I couldn't reach so high
I gave you my love
But you found some other guy

And you still want me
And you still want me

I know because the smile that's on your lips
Is for me
They were meant for me to kiss

Got love if you want, babe
Got love if you want, babe
I got love if you want it
I got love if you want it
I got love if you want it
You don't ask all the while[?]
You don't ask all the while[?]

I love you little woman
I love you little woman
The way your hair hang down
The way your hair hang down
But you mistreating baby, yeah
You been a long town
You been a long town

It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing
Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing
There's one thing that you gotta do
To make me still want you

Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbing now

It is time for you to laugh instead of crying
Yes it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying
There's one thing that you gotta do

Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
But I've done my time, you know I've done my time

Well look here buddy, where'd you get your learning[?]?
Well look here buddy, where'd you get your learning[?]?
Well look here buddy, where'd you get your learning[?]?
Well here you come, boy, here you come

Running to and fro, hard working at the mill,
Never failed at the mill, there come a rotten bill.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.

Salesman talkin¹ to me tryin¹ to run me up a creek,
Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,

instrumental

Well I don't want no bald headed woman
Gonna make me mean, yes, love, it make me mean
I don't want no bald headed woman
Gonna make me mean, yes, love, it make me mean

Well I don't want no sugar in my coffee
Gonna make me mean, yes, love, it make me mean
I don't want no sugar in my coffee
Gonna make me mean, oh, make me mean

Well I've been driving on bald headed mountain

I don't want no Cadillac
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
The one I got I'm gonna take it back
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Come down to my house early in the morning
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Look at the car wouldn't give me no warning

Oh, Cadillac

Well look in the sun but it wasn't no Jack[?]
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
I think I'll take this Cadillac back
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)

In the back of a record rack
There's an old double pack.
Twelve inches and black,
With an old crumpled cover,
But every track is stacked.

And it takes me back
To the one who caused this melancholy mood,
And every single groove
Cuts me to the bone,
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone.

I took her back to my bachelor flat
While the stereo played for two.
She unwrapped her gift

Well I met a pretty girl, as pretty as can be
I thought she was my baby till she introduced to me
A great big tall fella, about six foot tall
I shivered and I shook, couldn't do any more

'Cause I'm a lover not a fighter
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter
And I'm really built for speed
Built for speed

Well I took my baby home
She said don't you leave me alone
She kissed me on the cheek and I moaned
I said I wo-wo-wo-wo-won't

Well, she said, baby I know what's best
She said I could do with a rest[?]
Then she put her hand on my chest
I said I wo-wo-wo-wo-won't

She had some pile-drivin' kisses
They really knocked me out
They knocked me oh-oh-over

They call me the Long Tall Shorty
'Cause I know what love is all about
They call me Long Tall Shorty
'Cause I know what love is all about
Well I can tell you where the lights go
Oh, when they go out

Girls, if you get lonely
Dial 4-2-4-6-8-9
Well, girls, if you get lonely
Dial 4-2-4-6-8-9
And your troubles will be over
I'll even give you back you dime
Oh yeah

Every night I just can't go sleep
Every night I have to count sheep
Every night I just can't go sleep, uh huh
Without you, without you
I just can't go to sleep

Every night I feel so lonely
Longing for you, one and only
Every night I just can't go sleep, uh huh
Without you, without you
I just can't go to sleep
(No, no, no, no, no)
Yeah, I just can't go to sleep, now

You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying

Well, help me, baby, get a message through
You leave my mouth wide open with the things that you do
First you say you love me, then you say that we're through
You know you're so mystifying, can't believe it's true

You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying

Beautiful Delilah, sweet as apple pie
Always gets a second look from fellas passing by
Every time you see her, she's with a different guy
Beautiful Delilah, that's the reason why

Rebecca don't allow me fool around with you
You are so tantalizing, you just can't be true

Beautiful Delilah, dressed in the latest styles
Swinging like a pendulum, walking down the aisle

Tears would fall like the falling rain,
There would be a sea.
But you don’t have to cry to prove your love,
Just believe in me.

’cause a little bit of sunlight is all that I want from you,
A little bit of sunlight,
Is all that I want,
All that I want,
All that I want from you.

A man who can’t live with cloudy skies,
Should only wait and see.

Come on pretty baby, don’t play hide and seek with me.
Come on pretty baby, don’t play hide and seek with me.
Ain’t nobody [? ] but you and me.

Said i, bye, diddly-iddly-i [? ]
I’m gonna get really by[? ]
All aboard,
All aboard,
All aboard,
Catch me if [? ].

Said ten, twenty, twenty-five thirty,
Thirty-five forty, lordy, lordy, lordy,
All aboard,
All aboard,

America, the land of the free, the home of the brave
That’s what I thought before I toured there
You see, I’ve got myself being seduced by the sheer americana of it all
And I’d seen their images on television
Of lee harvey oswald, john f. kennedy’s assassination
And I thought "america is a violent place"
And america is keen to trap you

I know a place,
Not far away where the sun always shines.
You will be mine,
And I’ll love you.

I know a place where the sun always shines.
You will be mine,
And I’ll love you.

Church bells will chime,
And they will know you are mine.
All of the time,
I will love you.

Church bells will chime so they know you are mine.
All of the time,
I will love you.

On reflection, it was not all wine on the wall
It was not all cuts and bruises
Or the pulling out of hair
And the bloodying of nose
And the tearing off of clothes, although

It was really animal, truly animal
There were times when there was absolute compassion in the air
Though it was really animal, truly animal

It could not compare to times we cared
And were in control and less emotional

Well in this new love that you've found,

Are you positive, are you sure,

And are you ready girl?

Are you ready?

Though it's fun you talk about[?],

It's the night life you explore.

And are you ready girl?

Are you ready?

'Cause you're living with a man

Who will find no understanding.

Do you mind if I layed down and cried?

Do you ever know the way,

The leaves of brown came falling through you,
Berkeley mews, I first met you,
I staggered through your chilly dining room,
Berkeley mews, I first met you.

Your kitchen sink was cluttered up,
So I couldn’t shut it up for longing
I brewed another cuppa up
And tried to sneak out early in the morning.

I thought you had much better things to do,
Berkeley mews, I first met you,

One time I saw you in the street
Thought that I would be that kind you want
Ooh babe, you’re the best of them all

I’m trying to tell you how much I love you
Oh baby, please let me climb your wall
Ooh baby, you’re the best of them all

Then in the dawn I’ll be leavin’
[? ]
Ooh babe, that’s the strength of it all

Come on over, and see [? ]

Did you see his name in the local paper,

Stole a tin of beans,

From a cut-priced grocery store.

The judge said he must pay,
So he put him on probation,

And the paper gave his name.

Did you see his name in the criminal section,

And the center page.

Gave his name and his address,

They stopped him doing it again,

So they put him to dishonour,

Oh, didn't you like to do,

An uneasy thing to do? [?]

Are you troubled by the bad things in your life?

If you're worrying 'bout a verse[?],

And you can't get it off your chest,

Just lie down and try to ease your mind.

If your mother[?] comes 'round the bend,

Come to give you a helping hand,

Do you wish to go and bury your head in the sand?

Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

You've been runnin' round with other guys
(Other guys)

I keep hearing these stories, I wish they were lies

(Wish they were lies)

Yeah, but don't ever let me go, because I want you to know

I want a new love, just not a true love

Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

I’m the elevator man,
I take people up and down all day,
Some get out others stay,
Some get off some go all the way.
I’m the eklevator man,
I see lots of different faces,
I see losers going nowhere,
I see winners going places.
I take ’em up and I bring ’em down

Everybody goes up and everybody comes down
Everydody goes up and everybody comes down

Into a lifetime of the time[? ]
See flowers bloom then fade to dust
I watch each moment sadly die

Time the[? ] stranger called me here
Fields before me I walk alone
Each tear that falls is lost forever

And this illusion where time has it’s way
Stripping away the future
People standing still, waiting for a tomorrow that never comes

Eternity, deserting me
While time just passes by

If a black cat crossed your path, little woman,
Would you walk along with me?
Don’t have to worry ’bout a thing, girl,
It’s all right, you see.
’cause I’m a good luck charm,
Honey, don’t worry ’bout me.

If you ain’t got no money, baby,
That’s all right too.
As long as you stick to me,
Some[? ] will come to you.

Today, when she comes in,
I’ll be standing at the door, and I won’t say any more.
I know that she’s been there.
It’s not the way I look at her, it’s the way she looks at me.

Yes you can hold my hand any other night,
Hold my hand, it’s gonna be all right.
Hold my hand any other night of the week,
It’s all right.

Hold my hand any other night,

I'll get over, no matter what you do or say.

I'll get over, pretty lady, now you've had your way.

For what it's worth, for what it gives,
Is there a better way for you to live?

In your eyes there is something strange.

Wandering around, a women of the night,

Are you sure that this life is right?

Is it real or are you just afraid?

I'm a hog for you baby, can't get enough of your love

I'm a hog for you baby, can't get enough of your love

When I go to sleep at night that's the only thing I'm thinking of

One little piggie ate a pizza (yeah)

One piggie ate potato chips (yeah)

But here's a little piggie comin' over your house

Gonna grab a love of your sweet lips

Are you loving him just the way,

That I loved you when you walked away?

Whoa, I'm crying, crying.

Do you need him just the way,

That I needed you when you left that day?

Whoa, I'm crying, crying.

Crying, crying.

Do you think that he's so glad[?],

Do you think he loves you so?

Do you think that he'd be mad,

If you never come on home?

I miss the soft cold touch of your skin

In the night when [?]

I see your picture smashed to the ground

But my heart begins to pound

I've got your number but you're never at home

I leave a message, please telephone

It's so sad that you're not around

It's bringing me down

In the [?] where we would meet

In a crowd where there's no one around

I believed you
I believed you
Now it’s up to me
I believed you
I believed you
Now it’s up to me

I believed what you said
The lovin’ days were through
But you were fooling around
I found somebody who,

Will never never take your place
Will never give me your embrace
But now that you’ve shown your face
You’ve broken her heart too.

I believed you
I believed you

You say you'll be home today

But I bet you won't stay

I bet you won't stay

You say you'll be coming home
But I bet you won't stay

I bet you won't stay

I bet you won't stay here with me, my darling

I know that you like to be free, my darling

You say what you like, you do what you want

But you don't have to stay with me if you don't want

Well I don't need you honey,

'Cause things just ain't the same.

Since you've been going out with other fellas,

Things have really changed.

Well I needed you once,

But now I'm standing alone.

I don't need you any more.

I don't need you any more.

I don't need you any more.

If I ever lost you,

Then I will surely have died,

That's what I thought.

Now the race has begun
You are strong and you are young
It’s your choice, it’s up to you
Be good to us and we’ll be good to you
And you will be rewarded for conforming to our plan
The system will accept you because we understand
You’ll be up there with us on the pinnacle of success
Winning, climbing on the ladder of success

Won't you sing me a song or two,

Won't take you long to just sing to me please,

Won't you whistle a tune.

I got nothing to gain, I got nothing to lose,
But if you sing me a song,

You'll make me happy [?].

Sing Mr. Songbird,

Sing Mr. Songbird,

Sing Mr. Songbird,

You help to keep my troubles away.

Sing Mr. Songbird,

Sing Mr. Songbird,

Sing Mr. Songbird,

I looked in my diary, no spaces today,
A life so eventful, stacked with appointments too important to break,
Lunch at the bistro, tea at the savoy cafe,
No time to contemplate the isolation,
No second can be wasted, no space to think because,
My diary is full but my life is empty.
Oh yes, my diary is full but my life is empty.

It’s all so contemporary, the sheer pretension of it,

Ein, zwei, drei, vier
I wake up in the morning
Looking at the street below.
Oh, the aggravation down below.
It’s no coincidence at all.
The war is over,
But the battle has just begun.
It’s still going on,
Still going on.
Why?

Mass migration of people,
Lithuania, estonia, czechoslovakia, poland,
Refugees from all over the european continent.
All traveling to america,

From the bright busy streets of the Charing Cross Road

To the dark little alleys in old Soho

From the smart noisy clubs where everybody goes

To the dark little streets that nobody knows

I couldn't care if the people don't notice me

They wouldn't know that I really exist

I'm nobody's shelter, I'm nobody's cover

I'm nobody's lover, and nobody's friend

I can see

Oh what a day it's gonna be

There'll never be another like it

As far as I can see

'Cause the world's gonna know

When they see our good times grow

Oh yes, today, girl

Oh what a day it's gonna be

'Cause I can hear

The birds are singing

It seems a better life beginning

And all the mist will clear

'Cause the sun is gonna shine

One fine day now,
My baby’s coming back home to me.
One fine day now,
We’ll be as happy as happy can be.

Well I saw my baby comin’ up across the hill
Well I’m a hootin’ and a hollerin’ ’cause I love her still
I said whoa yeah, one fine day
I said whoa yeah, one fine day
I said whoa yeah, one fine day

One fine day now,

As I sit by the sea
Drink tequila by the shade of a tree
There’s a seniorita sat on my knee
Sprinkling sand all over me

I’ve got sand on my shoes
I’ve lost everything that I’m gonna lose
I’ve got nothing but the sun and the moon
And the sand that’s on the beach

I am happy though my shoes are tattered and torn
Because the sea is so shiney
Ba ba-um-ba

Tell me now so I'll know,

There are so many things that I could do.

If you tell me now that I'd know what to do,

Tell me now so I'll know.

Tell me now so I'll know,

There are so many things for me to say.

Without your love I just couldn't live each day,

Tell me now so I'll know.

People tell me that you'll just drift away,

Oh believe me, I need you more each day.

Haven't we come a long way

From newly-weds in our bed-sitter flat?

We skimped and scraped every penny

For a down payment on our semi-detached.

New towns for all the young hopefuls,
A garden suburb with mortgage attached,

Oh, look at us now, sale all agreed, now it's time to exchange the contracts

With the people who sold us a million-pound semi.

As I walked into the charity store
I saw a second-hand shirt hangin’ up by the door
The collar was frayed, there was a stain on the cuff
Caused by ketchup or blood or some such stuff
It wasn’t made of polyester or nylon
The label said "made in the uk" so I tried it on
And I looked in the mirror and declared
"i like this shirt, I want it"

Now I know just what I've been doing wrong,

Life seems empty, but it won't last for long.

I shan't go on this way.
There's a new world just opening for me.

Been alive, but it could be lying down. [?]

Just can't tell when the devil's on the prowl.

I can't pretend no more.

There's a new world just opening for me.

There's a new world just opening for me.

Like the clouds that bring the rain
Like the sun that makes the flowers
Like the soft and gentle breeze
I will blow away the showers

This I know, this I know and I know
I love you for the rest of my life
I can’t wait till tomorrow comes
I can’t wait to see the sunlight in your eyes
When you know that I am yours

I don’t know what makes the stars

Time will tell if I will live eternally,
Through life instead of being someone.
All of my life, you are the one, you’re on my mind.
Have a good time, do what you want, but you will find,

Time will tell if I’ll survive.
I’d rather be dead than just pretend I’m alive.
Time will tell, it’s just a matter of time.
It’s just a matter of time.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, tokyo.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, tokyo.

I went down to australia,
With my rock ’n’ roll band.
It’s very hot in australia,
Still I’m gonna do the best I can.
Still I’m going to tokyo,
Somehow I’ve gotta go.

I’ve gotta go to oh, oh, oh, oh, tokyo
Oh, oh, oh, oh, tokyo.

When I get to tokyo,
I’m gonna see my girlfriend.

Took a walk outside, the truth was on my side,
But I didn’t even make the corner.
Revolution in my sights, the time seems so right,
But I never even saw it coming.
Can’t let it go. oh no, no.

Can’t you hear me call, bang my head against the wall,
Can’t stay around this place forever.
Can’t you see, we gotta be free,
We all gotta come together.

All night stand,
Been around seen a thousand places.
All night stand,
Seen a good half a million faces.

Because I’ve lived this life,
And I made it for myself.
If you scandalize my name,
Then you scandalize yourself.

Because I’m not to blame,
For the things that I’ve been doing.
You all say that I’m bad,
And I’ll only end in ruin.

All night stand,

Sitting alone on my hotel
Looking in the mirror wondering, "well,
After all this time you never thought you’d still be out on the road? "
Like a gypsy I was born to roam
Like a wanderer with no fixed abode
I think about the friends I’ve left behind on the road

Well, the road’s been rocky along the way
It’s been a long, hard haul on the motorway

(Heather Kinley/Jennifer Kinley/Sunny Russ)

I've got all that I need
All I could ever ask for
Here
And I will be
Lovin' you evermore
Here
Yeah, you and I it's amazing
Yeah, I'm gonna be stayin'

Here
You can have all my love
Here
Every little part of
My soul, my heart sings
Hey la, la, la
Everytime you're
Here

It's real love
The first time I've ever been
Here