Dirty World
Rattled
Last Night
Not Alone Any More
Heading For The Light
Margarita
Tweeter And The Monkey Man
End Of The Line
She's My Baby
The Devil's Been Busy
Poor House
Where Were You Last Night?
Wilbury Twist
Been beat up and battered around, been sent up and I’ve been shot down.
You're the best thing that I’ve ever found, handle me with care.
Reputations changeable, situations tolerable, but baby, you're adorable, handle me with care.
I’m so tired of being lonely, I still have some love to give,
won't you show me that you really care?
Everybody's got somebody to lean on. Put your body next to mine and dream on.
I’ve been fobbed off and I’ve been fooled, I’ve been robbed and ridiculed
in day care centers and night schools, handle me with care.
Been stuck in airports, terrorized, sent to meetings, hypnotized,
overexposed and commercialized, handle me with care.
I’m so tired of being lonely, I still have some love to give,
won't you show me that you really care?
Everybody's got somebody to lean on. Put your body next to mine and dream on.
I’ve been uptight and made a mess, but I’ll clean it up myself, I guess,
oh, the sweet smell of success, handle me with care.
Dirty World
He loves your sexy body, he loves your dirty mind,
he loves the way you hold him, grab him from behind.
Oh, baby, you're such a pretty thing,
I can't wait to introduce you to the other members of my gang.
You don't need no wax job, you're smooth enough for me.
If you need your oil changed, I’ll do it for you free.
Oh, baby, the pleasure be all mine
if you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don't shine.
Every time he touches you, his hair stands up on end,
his legs begin to quiver and his mind begins to bend.
Oh, baby, you're such a tasty treat, but I’m under doctor's orders, I’m afraid to overeat.
He loves your sense of humor, disposition too,
there's absolutely nothing that he don't love about you.
Ooh, baby, I’m on my hands and knees, life would be so simple if I only had you to please.
Oh, baby, turn around and say goodbye, you go to the airport now and I’m going home and cry.
He loves your electric dumplings, he loves your red bell peppers,
he loves your fuel injection, he loves your service charge.
He loves your five-speed gearbox, he loves your long endurance,
he loves your quest for junk food, he loves your big refrigerator,
he loves your trembling Wilbury, he loves your marble earrings,
he loves your porky curtains, he loves your power steering,
he loves your bottled water, he loves your parts and service.
Dirty world, it's a dirty world, it's a fucking dirty world.
Rattled
Well, I get a-rattled every time we meet, I get a-rattled even in my sleep,
I get rattled, baby, over you.
I get twisted, I get turned around, I get twisted and I’m up and I’m down,
I get twisted, baby, over you.
Well, baby, baby, baby, won't you save one night for me?
Baby, baby, baby, is there something wrong with you?
Baby, baby, baby, this is out of my control,
it looks like nothing's wrong but deep down in my soul,
I’m twisted, shaken, rattled, I get rattled, baby, over you. Rattled, baby, over you.
Well, baby, baby, baby, won't you save one night for me?
Baby, baby, baby, is there something wrong with you?
Baby, baby, baby, this is out of my control,
it looks like nothing's wrong but deep down in my soul,
I’m rattled, twisted, shaken, I get twisted, baby, over you.
Yeah, I get a-shaken, I get torn up by the roots, yeah, I’m shaking, way down in my boots,
I get rattled, baby, over you, yeah, I get rattled, baby, over you, yeah, I’m rattled, baby, over you.
Last Night
She was there at the bar, she heard my guitar,
she was long and tall, she was the queen of them all.
Last night, thinking 'bout last night, last night, thinking 'bout last night.
She was dark and discreet, she was light on her feet,
we went up to her room and she lowered the boom.
Last night, thinking 'bout last night, last night, thinking 'bout last night.
Down below, they danced and sang in the street
while up above the walls were steaming with heat.
Last night, thinking 'bout last night, last night, thinking 'bout last night.
I was feeling no pain, feeling good in my brain, I looked in her eyes, they were full of surprise.
Last night, talking 'bout last night, last night, talking 'bout last night.
I asked her to marry me, she smiled, pulled out a knife,
the party's just beginning, she said, it's your money or your life.
Last night, talking 'bout last night, last night, talking 'bout last night.
Now I’m back at the bar, she went a little too far, she got me wrong, all I’ve got is a song.
Last night, thinking 'bout last night, last night, thinking 'bout last night,
last night, talking 'bout last night, last night, talking 'bout last night…
Not Alone Any More
You always said that I’d be back again, that I’d come running to you in the end.
I thought that you were on your own, (sha la la la, sha la la la)
and now I find you're not alone. (sha la la la)
(Not alone) I’ll see you through the rain, (not alone) through the heartache and pain,
(not alone) it hurts like never before, you're not alone anymore.
You always said that I would know some day just how it feels when your love's gone away.
I let you down, I let you go, (sha la la la, sha la la la) I lost you, how was I to know? (sha la la la)
(Not alone) I see you through the rain, (not alone) through the heartache and pain,
(not alone) it hurts like never before, you're not alone anymore.
I never knew I could feel this way, I never could see past yesterday.
You feel that everything is gone, (sha la la la, sha la la la)
I feel it too, you're not alone. (sha la la la)
(Not alone) I’ll see you through the rain, (not alone) through the heartache and pain,
(not alone) it hurts like never before, you're not alone, you're not alone,
you're not alone anymore, any more, any more.
Heading For The Light
I wandered around, nothing more than time on my hands,
I was lost in the night with no sight of you,
and at times it was so blue and lonely, heading for the light.
Close to the edge, hanging by my fingernails,
I’ve rolled and I’ve tumbled through the roses and the thorns
and I couldn't see the sign that warned me, heading for the light.
Ooh, I didn't see that big black cloud hanging over me,
and when the rain come down I was nearly drowned, I didn’t know the mess I was in.
My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway.
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
and I get the strangest feeling cause I’m heading for the light.
Ooh, my hands were tied, jokers and fools on either side.
But still I kept on till the worst had gone, now I see the hole I was in.
My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway.
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
and I get the strangest feeling cause I’m heading for the light.
I see the sun ahead, I ain’t never looking back.
All my dreams are coming true as I think of you,
now there's nothing in the way to stop me heading for the light.
Now there's nothing in the way to stop me heading for the light.
Heading for the light…
Margarita
Margarita, Margarita, my margarita.
It was in Pittsburgh, late one night. I lost my head, got into a fight.
I rolled and tumbled till I saw the light, went to the big apple, took a bite.
Still the sun went down your way, down from the blue into the gray
where I stood, I saw you walk away, you danced away, my margarita.
I asked her what we're gonna do tonight, shoo-anga-langa-langa-shoo ba choo.
We better keep trying till we get it right, tala mala sheela jah pur hoop.
She wrote a long letter on a short piece of paper. Margarita.
Tweeter And The Monkey Man
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up of cash,
they stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan,
for reasons unexplained, she loved the monkey man.
Tweeter was a boy-scout, of course he went to Vietnam
and found out the hard way nobody gives a damn.
They knew that they found freedom just across the Jersey line,
so they hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99.
And the walls came down all the way to hell,
never saw them when they're standing, never saw them when they fell.
The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man,
even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can.
Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill,
she made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill.
It was out on thunder road, tweeter at the wheel,
they crashed into paradise, they could hear them tires squeal.
The undercover cop pulled up and said, "everyone of you's a liar,
if you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire."
And the walls came down all the way to hell,
never saw them when they're standing, never saw them when they fell.
An ambulance rolled up, a state trooper close behind,
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind.
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory.
Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit,
he was taking the whole thing personal, he didn't care about the loot.
Jan had told him many times, it was you to me who taught-
in Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught.
And the walls came down all the way to hell,
never saw them when they're standing, never saw them when they fell.
Someplace by Rahway Prison, they ran out of gas,
the undercover cop had cornered them said, "boy, you didn't think that this could last."
Jan jumped out of bed said, "there's someplace I gotta go."
She took a gun out of the drawer and said, "it's best if you don't know."
The undercover cop was found face down in a field,
the Monkey Man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield.
Jan said to the Monkey Man, "I’m not fooled by Tweeter's curl,
I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl."
And the walls came down all the way to hell,
never saw them when they're standing, never saw them when they fell.
Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again,
I’m sitting in a gambling club called the lion's den.
The TV set is blown up, every bit of it is gone
ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on.
I guess I’ll go to Florida and get myself some sun,
there ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done.
Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan,
sometimes I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man.
And the walls came down all the way to hell,
never saw them when they're standing, never saw them when they fell.
And the walls came down all the way to hell,
never saw them when they're standing, never saw them when they fell.
End Of The Line
Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze. Well it's all right, if you live the life you please.
Well it's all right, doing the best you can. Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand.
You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring, (at the end of the line)
waiting for someone to tell you everything. (at the end of the line)
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring, (at the end of the line) maybe a diamond ring.
Well it's all right, even if they say you're wrong.
Well it's all right, sometimes you gotta be strong.
Well it's all right, as long as you got somewhere to lay.
Well it's all right, every day is judgement day.
Maybe somewhere down the road a ways, (at the end of the line)
you'll think of me and wonder where I am these days. (at the end of the line)
Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (at the end of the line) purple haze.
Well it's all right, even when push come to shove.
Well it's all right, if you got someone to love.
Well it's all right, everything will work out fine.
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line.
Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive, (at the end of the line)
I’m just glad to be here, happy to be alive. (at the end of the line)
And it doesn't matter if you're by my side, (at the end of the line) I’m satisfied.
Well it's all right, even if you're old and grey. Well it's all right, you still got something to say.
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live. Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive.
Well it's all right, (all right) riding around in the breeze.
Well it's all right, (all right) if you live the life you please.
Well it's all right, even if the sun don't shine.
Well it's all right, (all right) we're going to the end of the line.
She's My Baby
She's got her pudding in the oven and it's gonna be good.
She better not leave me and go out to Hollywood.
She's got the best pudding in the neighborhood. She's my baby.
She can drive a truck, she can drive a train, (my baby, my, my baby)
she can even drive an aeroplane.
She's so good to look at in the rain, she's my baby.
She's coming down the sidewalk, she's coming through the door,
she's coming home from places she's never been before.
Sits down on the sofa, she pours herself a drink,
says, "honey, honey, honey, ain't no time to think." My baby, my baby.
She's got a body for business, got a head for sin. She knocks me over like a bowling pin.
She came home last night and said, "ah, honey, honey, honey, it's hard to get ahead."'
My baby, my baby.
She can build a boat, she can make it float. (my baby, my, my baby)
She can play my guitar, note by note.
She likes to stick her tongue right down my throat. She's my baby.
My baby, my baby, (she's my baby) my baby, (she's mine) my baby.
The Devil's Been Busy
While you're strolling down the fairway showing no remorse,
glowing from the poisons they've sprayed on your golf course,
while you're busy sinking birdies and keeping your score card,
the devil's been busy in your back yard.
Steaming down the highway with your trucks of toxic waste.
Where you're gonna hide it? Cleaned me out of space.
You don't know what you're doing or what you have to guard,
the devil's been busy in your back yard.
Sometimes you think you're crazy, but you know you're only mad.
Sometimes you're better off not knowing how much you've been had.
You see your second cousin wasted in a fight. You say he had it coming, he couldn't do it right.
You're in a western movie, playing little parts. The devil's been busy in your back yard.
Sometimes they say you're wicked, but you know that can't be bad.
Sometimes you're better off not knowing, it'll only make you sad.
They're coming down Picadilly thrashing after dark,
arresting Sticky Willy, clubbing him with their cars.
They just might not have noticed, they've been beating him so hard,
the devil's been busy in your back yard.
The devil's been busy in your back yard, the devil's been busy in your back yard.
Poor House
You walked in half past nine looking like a queen, serving me with papers, calling me obscene.
Woman, I tried so hard just to do my best.
They're gonna put me in the poor house and you'll take the rest.
Up all day, down all night working on the job. Everything I do is wrong, I always end up robbed.
Woman, I tried so hard, done all I can do.
They're gonna put me in the poor house, keep all the best for you.
Oo-oo, in the poor house. Oo-oo, in the poor house.
If I drove a pulp-wood truck, would you love me more?
Would you bring me diamonds and hang around my door?
Woman, I’ve done my best, there ain't much left for me.
They're gonna put me in the poor house and throw away the key.
In the poor house. Oo-oo, in the poor house.
You walked in half past nine looking like a queen, serving me with papers, calling me obscene.
Woman, I tried so hard just to do my best.
They're gonna put me in the poor house and you'll take the rest.
In the poor house, oo-oo, in the poor house. In the poor house, oo-oo, in the poor house.
Where Were You Last Night?
Where were you last night? You were so uptight. What did you do? What did you see?
Where you with someone who reminded you of me? Where were you last night?
Where were you last week? Were you up a tree? Did you stay up pacing the floor?
Got me worried; you ignore me more and more. Where were you last night?
You weren't around me when they found me. Where were you last night?
You better stop your messing around. Your name is going around from town to town.
It's making me sad, making me feel bad. Where were you last night?
Where were you last year? You sure as hell weren't here.
You weren't waiting where you said, you sent someone in your place instead.
Where were you last night? It's getting to me, making me gloomy. Where were you last night?
Wilbury Twist
You put your hand on your head, (hand on your head) put your foot in the air, (foot in the air)
then you hop around the room (hop around the room) in your underwear. (in your underwear)
There ain't never been nothing quite like this, come on baby, it's the Wilbury twist.
Lift your other foot up, (other foot up) fall on your ass, (fall on your ass)
get back up, (get back up) put your teeth in a glass. (teeth in a glass)
Ain't never been nothing quite like this, it's a magical thing called the Wilbury twist.
Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury twist.
China, Belgium, France, Japan, Thailand, Poland, Pakistan,
everybody's trying to do the Wilbury twist.
Roll up your rug, (roll up your rug) dust your broom, (dust your broom)
ball the jack, (ball the jack) howl at the moon. (at the moon)
Ain't never been nothing quite like this, everybody's talking about the Wilbury twist.
Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury twist.
Puerto Rico, USA, England, Cameroon, Norway, everybody's trying to do the Wilbury twist.
Turn your lights down low, (lights down low) put your blindfold on, (put your blindfold on)
you'll never know (you'll never know)
when your friends have gone. (when your friends have gone)
It could be years before you're missed, everybody's trying to do the Wilbury twist.
It's a different thing, (different thing) for you all to do, (for you all to do)
spin your body (everybody should try) like a screw. (spin your body like a screw)
Better not forget it on your shopping list, you can stop and buy one, it's the Wilbury twist.
Ain't never been nothing quite like this, better come and get it, it's the Wilbury twist.
I guess by now you've got the gist, everybody's crazy about the Wilbury twist.