Solar Fire lyrics

There she was just walking down the street
Singing do wah diddy diddy down diddy do
Snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet
Singing do wah diddy diddy down diddy do

She looked good(looked good)
She looked fine(looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine
And I nearly lost my mind

Before I knew it she was walking next to me
Singing do wah diddy diddy down diddy do

You are, you are,
You are the moment Martha's madman came out of darkness,
You are the eyeglass of the nearly, nearly blind,
You are the footprint in the sand of Easter island,
You are the fusion in the furnace of the sun.

I am the captain cried across the lonely sea,
I am and I'll be what I'll be,
I am the soldier sang across the lonely field,
I am and I'll do whatever I feel.

DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY
Manfred Mann on their 1964 single
(Barry/Greenwich)

There she was just a-walkin' down the street, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
She looked good (looked good), she looked fine (looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind

HA HA SAID THE CLOWN
Manfred Mann

Chorus
Ha ha said the clown
Has the king lost his crown,
Is the night being tight on romance
Ha ha said the clown
Is it bringing you down,
That you've lost your chance

Feeling low, gotta go
See a show in town
Hear the jokes, have a smoke,
and a laugh at the clown
In a whirl, see a girl
with a smile in her eyes
Never thought I'd be brought

IF YOU GOTTA GO, GO NOW
Manfred Mann

Listen to me, baby
I'm trying to make you see
That I want to be with you, girl
If you want to be with me

CHORUS:
But if you gotta go
Well, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
Or else you gotta stay all night

I am just a poor boy, baby
Trying to connect
But I don't want you thinkin'
Oh that I ain't got any respect

(chorus)

THE MIGHTY QUINN (QUINN THE ESKIMO)
Manfred Mann

- words and music by Bob Dylan
- Manfred Mann's cover reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968
- lyrics as recorded by Manfred Mann and included on the 1996 compilation
album "Rock Almanac, Volume Three - The 1960s" (Sony DMK 81024)

Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn

THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE
Manfred Mann

Let me tell you 'bout the Manfreds
The music that they're puttin' down
They started to play
On a rainy day
& the people came from miles around

CHORUS:
They didn't come for the rhythm
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
& see the singer lookin' sweet

Mike Hugg plays the drums, yeah

PRETTY FLAMINGO
Manfred Mann

On our block all of the guys call her flamingo
Cause her hair glows like the sun
And her eyes can light the sky
When she moves she walks so fine like a flamingo
Crimson dress that clings so tight
She's out of reach and out of sight
When she walks by she brightens up the neighborhood
Oh every guy would make her his if he just could
If she just would

RAGAMUFFIN MAN
Manfred Mann

Born & raised as a rich man's son
You were always the restless one
Living high only made you low
So you packed up & hit the road

CHORUS:
Hey, it's the Ragamuffin Man
Life was so grand, you used to stand
Holdin' your head up high
Look at you now, I wonder how
You can be satisfied

Stowed a ride on a westbound train

SHA LA LA
Manfred Mann

REFRAIN
Sha la la la la la la sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la

I met you for the first time last night
When I kissed you and I held you tight
Baby you made me feel alright
So this is the song that I sang all night

REFRAIN

When you kissed me I felt so weak
Never had so grand a treat
Each time I see you walking down the street

SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Crazy Janey and her mission man
Were back in the alley tradin hands
Long came Wild Billy with his friend
G-Man all duded up for Saturday night
Well, Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
And said, "anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?"
It's about a mile down on the dark side of Route 88
I got a bottle of Rose, so let's try it

Days begun and people rush
Off to work by 410 bus
Open eyes and open minds
Conditioned to the daily grind

Up the Junction x2

Days begun and people rush
Off to work by 410 bus
Through the factory gates they swarm
(can’t work this line out)
Overalls like uniforms
See their faces, young and old
Filling every crack and hole
Some are floating in a dream

YOU GAVE ME SOMEBODY TO LOVE
Manfred Mann

Baby, it's been hard for me since you've been gone
But you left me with the strength to carry on
Though it hurts so much, I've accepted the fact we're through
'Cause the greatest gift in life I got from you

CHORUS:
Baby, baby, you gave me somebody to love
You gave me somebody to love
Wo wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh

That certain night
The night we met
There was magic abroad in the air
There were angels dining at The Ritz
And a nightengale sang in Berkeley Square

I may be right
I may be wrong
But I'm perfectly willing to swear
That when you turned and smiled at me
A nightengale sang in Berkeley Square

Oooh

The moon that lingered over London Town